Evening star., 1924-11-07
SUICIDE ATTEMPT
PERPLEXES POLICE
Name of Walter Muir Inject
ed Into Inquiry Serves
Only to Confuse.

Information received by the police
injecting the name Of Walter Muir,
American youth who was executed
July ii for murder in Valleyfeld, Can
ada into an investigation of the con-
nections and identity of Katherine
Morgan, 22-year-old girl, who is in
serious condition at Emergency
Hospital from a dose of LIQUID poison
sef-admfpistered Wednesday, today
served only to deepen an already
perpiexlng mystery which the case
presents.
Nhen members of the Women's Bu-
reau attempted to talk to the girl
Yesterday she had little to say. Her
throat is so burned she can scarcely
taik- She gave them the name Of "A
man, however, who, she said, could
furnish them with information. Al
most stimuli taneously with the above
long distance telephone call ar
riFed from Baltimore and man on
the other end of the line told the
police Women's Bureau that the girl
at Emergency Hospital had told him
she was welfare worker back from,
canada where she had Interested
herseii IN attempting to prevent the
execution Of Muir for murder.
1t was frankly admitted at tba
Women's bureau that there is not suf-
fclent information obtainable from
any source TO form definite opinion
OF the girls identity or her family
connections.
Police Know Little
All the policewomen know is that
on the second floor of Emergency
Hospital lies a girl suffering from ar
tempted suicide, who possibly has
been connected in some way with the
widespread movement that swept Ger,
tain parts of this country and Canada
during May and June to prevent the
execution of Walter Muir
Ihe informant of the women's bu-
reau, whose name was not made pub
lie. volunteered the information, he
said. because others to whom the
girl had given his name as a refer
ence were repeatedly Querying him
about the case. He added in his mes
sage to the Washington policewomen.
via the telephone, that he could not
imagine the purpose of the girl in
connecting him in the case, and he
wanted to state his position with frank
ness.
His story was. On a train to Bal
tfmore he met the girl some time
ago. She told him she was returning
from Canada, where she had been
fighting to save Walter Muir from
execution. She stated that she was
coming to Washington in connection
with another case. She said her in
terest in the case was merely that OF
d welfare worker
Says Parents Are Dead.
AS far as her parents are con-
cerned, the girl said at the hospital
they were dead, but full credence is
not placed in the fact. The reason
for her taking the poison has not
been determined, either.
Physicians refused today to allow
outsiders except the police to inter
view the girl, and the physician in
charge of the case was somewhat
wrought yesterday when it was
learned that her condition had been
a trifie aggravated by nervousness
following police interview.
Walter Muir was executed after
one of the most widespread attempts
to forestan the executioner had been
made Lady Astor, Countess Richelieu,
the boys mother, and hosts of others
worked on not only the American State
Department, but also o. me British
government to obtain a reprieve. Up
until the last minute hope was held.
Not until the actual execution was
the vigorous effort found fruiuess.
The murder took place i'll bar
room in Nalleyfield, Quebec, and the
defense offered was that the shoot
ing resulted in defense of cripple.