Evening star., 1923-10-07
ADM|TSSUSPECTS.....
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District Attorney Rowland to
Present Case tomorrow !.
Before Grand Jury. -
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star 81. =,
NEW YORK. October s.--Armed
with the report of DR.. Alexander Q.
Gettler on his analysis Of Mrs. Gertie
German Webb's organs, District At
torney Arthur Rowland will present
the case to the westchester county
grand jury at White Plains Monday.
Investigation into the circum-
stances surrounding the death Of Mrs.
Webb at the iltf1aore
Club on, September % was held up
pending the completion OF this re-
port. Coroner Il. F. Fitzgerald had. a
conference here today with DR.. Get
tier, who is toxicologist for Bellevue
Hospital Neither one had any COM
nent to make afterward. - =.
For the first time since the investi-
cation was started District Attorney
Rowland admitted tonight. that un-
Questionably there are suspects In the
case. Previously he asserted he had
no one under suspicion. but his use
OF the plural noun made Il plain
that more than one person Is under
surveillance in connection with the
death of Mrs. Webb.
Although IL is definitely known
that DIR. Gettler found mercury in
his laboratory analysis, II is reported
that the quantity was inSu f1oient to
cause death. DR., William F. Meyer.
the physician who precipitated. the
by refusing to sign Mrs.
Nebb's death certificate, said tonight
that even IL II Is determined that his
former patient did not get lethal
doses of mercury, there Is efaough
evidence in the hands of the prose-
cutor to warrant an indictment.
ment about .'suspects' In the case was
called forth after former Judge Rob-
ert $. John1tone had told reporters
that those friends OF Mrs. Webb who
demanded an autopsy and grand jury
inquiry now felt there would be no
indictment. =
we are perfectly convinced the
grand jury proceedings in West
chester county will not result In an
indictment" he said: I'm fact we
template such q result. The .politi-
cal clique in Westchester is having
it's little fun now, realizing that these
proceedings are merely the slight
spluttering that precedes the big fire.
works. The case will settle In New
ence to US how the Westchester pre-
result.
Close Friends OF Mrs. Webb.
Judge Johnstone and his wife were
close friends Of Mrs. Webb. He Ia
acting as attorney for DR.. Meyer ana
fori his own WIFE. who banded over
to the grand Jury diary of converse
tions that took place in the sick
room before Mrs. Webb's death. When
told OF Judge g.. .Johust0pe's 8 statement
District Attorney Rowland remarked:
1T 10 unfortunate that Bob, John
stone has seen At to make this at
tack. We all like Bob but he ought
to do justice to what the grand jury
Is doing. 1t is investigating both
sides Of this case. He might make
astounding DISCOVERIES and perhaps
spare himself 4 humiliating mistake.
There unquestionabiy are sus-
poets In this case. Both Johnstone
and others who should know better
are bfunderins woefuliy when they
seek, to force a hasty Indictment of
a man who has been all but openly
accused OF murder"
Eleven witnesses have been sub
poenaed TO appear before the grand
Jury Monday. The first called to the
stand will be Dr. Meysf. The pre-
diction was made at White Plains
tonight that 1t was. unlikely an fn-
dictment would be returned Monday,
but that the grand jury in all proba-
bility would turn In presentment
urging further. investigation. =