Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-25
WOMAN SLEW SELF,
HE CUT UP CORPSE,
DOCTOR CONFESSES


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I did not see Miss Dietrich. She was
in\ the bathroom.
Il sat down and read for 10 or II
minutes. Then | knocked on the
door of the bathroom. and when she
did not answer | pushed in the door.
which was fastened with catch.
Il found Miss Dietrich on the floor
in Il heap. unconscious. | picked her
mp and carried her to the operating
table in my office. | tried To revive
her but could not. | worked on her
until she died.
Became panicStricien.
Then became frightened and
panicky. | didn't know what to do.
have a wife and child. ana feared
would he blamed for her death.
Il kept the body all that night i'll
my office. Early next morning | came
back. and then | cut off the head and
legs with hack SAW and a knife.
"On Wednesday night | distributed
the body. | forgot the head. having
left it in my office, when took away
the body and legs. | remembered il
Thursday morning, and | took Il paper
that bore the date of September II.
1924 and wrapped il up and then took
ii and threw ii under the treStle.
Il burned the rug Friday afternoon.
| took the rug and the articles that
belonged To Miss Dietrich and disposed
of them. burning these things Friday.
MIR. Taylor asked il Miss Dietrich
had any reason 10 end her life.
she told me she had taken poison,
said Marshall. she had Il love affair
With one of the big fellows III New
York. and being a poor girl who went
To work every day. he threw her
down. That broke her heart"
MarShalls confession was The climax
Of a series of dramatic incidents in
the unraveling of the mystery.
Marshall Early Suspect.
The chironractor. known from state
ments made by Miss Dietiich's rela-
tives to have been one OF her friends
and admirers. WAS under suspicion
from the time a Pennsylva MIA Rail
road brakeman told the police he had
seen a man throw bundle away near
MAYORS Run, where the PennSYlva MIA
freight line crosses \ series of treStleS.
The police had learned that
Marshall'S home overlooked the ravine,
and when the head was found there
Saturday suspected he was concerned
in the Acknowledgement of the body.
Early yesterday souvenir hunters
discovered near MAYORS Run a bucket
with charred beads and some bits OF
woman's finery.
The bucket lay about $40 yards
from Marshalfs home. 1t also con
tanned part of the party dress Miss
Dietrich bought the day of her death
and the charred remains of woma n S
silk undervest
At o'clock last night. after con
ference in District Attorney Tavlor's
office Marshall was questioned in his
home and was then taken TO Media.
He was questioned vainlv until 10
pm. when he was returned to his
home.
Home Is Searched.
Delaware County authorities search
ed the house from cellar ~ attic. The
one important find they made was
4 portion of rug which Marshall
said he had brought from his Office
recently, when he put in some new
furnishings.
The nquisltorS then took Marshall
TO his office in Philadelphia. They
found that his operating room and
the womens dressing room had their
floors freshly vanished. They found
bloodStains on the white paint of
small closet off the dressing room.
newspaper bearing the date of Sep
temher II. 1924. the same date as the
paper which wrapped the head and
also the torso.
On The floors We're two new rugs.
To all the questions in his office
he returned cool answers. .-.-
Every so often. about once year,
he said. IL buy new furnishings. Re
Gently l painted up Il bit and bought
a couple of new rugs.
Explains BIoOdstain.
That's blood in that closet" said
one Of the GueStiOnerS.
Yes said Marshall. Il had a party
here and somebody got bust on the
nose That's his blood
Despite "A heavy barrage of ques-
tions Marshall did not vince.
1t was $50 m. when Marshall was
taken back to the district attorneys
office and then to the mOrgue at Media
to look upon the head of Miss Dietrich.
IF those lips could speak" said
former District Attorney Hannum
soiemnly, they would accuse YOU of
bloody and cruel murder
Il wish they could speak" replied
they could they would tell YOU that |
am innocent
From the morgue the party went to-
the district attorneys office, Marshall
still with his firm step.
1t was about three hours later that
Marshall finally broke down.