Evening star., 1926-10-31

, of individual pistols produced hao
been kept. Tracing was Impossible.
The pistol found at the death scene
| was loaded with five .3S-caliber Ger.
man made cartridges. They were OF
cheap grade. They were made Tor use
| in a Smith 4 Wesson pistol hetore tne
war. one Of the five had been dis
charged The leaden bullet from IL
passed through SCrivener's heart.
Shells Found i'm Locker.
In the locker of Arthur Scrivener at
HEADQUARTERS, detectives prosecuting
a search of his personal effects found
| az cartridges of .3S callber. TheN
we're the same type German made
cartridges and of the same cheap
grade as those found in the pistol.
A canvass of stores where 'nrearms
and cartridges are sold was made.
II was learned that these German
made cartridges are not common
stock in trade and that they were
obtainable at only a few second-rate
stores. 80
Another person connected with
police headquarters told OF strange
proposal Scr.vener had made to him.
1t was, obviously. n publicity stunt.
| The proposal was that this man go
| into a residential section where per
| sons are asleep and fire blank
cartridges, then run away. Scrivener,
remaining, would tell a story Of
hand to- hand struggle with thugs who
| fired at him, but who escaped.
| Scrivener said, this man Informed
| investigators, that it would be a big
story" for the newspapers.
AS to the necktie Matthew Walsh,
with whom Scrivener lived, brought
| necktie into police headquarters. 1t
! was blue with red dots, OF the same
pattern and material as the one found
| in Scrivener's hand. If differed only
in color He told investigators that
Scrivener had presented 1t to him
about year ago.
Ties Bought i'm Same Shop.
Inquiry revealed that this tie. as
we'll as the sort Of tie found in Scriv
ener's hand had been sold here at
| the Young Mems Shop. more than a
year ago. At the store there was no
! recollection of having sold these two
| particular ties to any particular per-
son, but both were positively identified
| as being ties which had been sold in
| that store.
The necktie found in Scrivener's
| hand was tied i'm a four-in-hand knot.
| 1t was parted in the center Of the
neckband as though torn from the
asSa ilant'S neck.
| Tests at the Bureau of Standa rdS
demonstrated that the tie would with
stand tension up to a point of 140
pounds per textile unit. Tests by In
! Spector Pratt and Detective Kelly re-
| vealed that necktie of similar quail
| ity would support the weight of In
spector Pratt. when he suspended him
self from a tie around kelley's neck.
weighs 23O pounds. Jerking. yank-
ing and pulling failed to part the fab
ric The tests indicated that it was
virtually impossible to pull such a tie
from a mans neck, parting it in the
middle of the neckband.
Friend Tells of Threat.
From friend of Scrivener. whose
name was not made public, police were
told that two years ago, when worried.
he said, "If worst comes to worst /
will put myself out of the way SO that
they could never make it suicide"
From another friend it was learned
| that Scrivener recently had been
hard-pressed financially. having bor-
rowed "a total of $1,000 from this par
ticular friend at various interval Is
during the last year.
| Regarding Mrs. Annie Stauff, who
heard voices in the alley shortly be-
fore the shot was fired on the morn
ing of Scrivener's death, police stated
they had nothing to corrobOrate her
| statement.
AS to the powder burns on Scriven-
er's coat, further tests are being
made to attempt an estimate az to
the range at which the pistol was
held when the bullet was discharged
These have not been completed
That is the story the police have
uncovered during their investigate
1t will go before a coroner's Jury
week from tomorrow