Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-12
HOUCK MYSTERY
STILL UNSOLVEO
Brother of Missing Woman
Arrives in Washington
toad Search.

Earl V. Walters of Canton. Ohio,
brother of Mrs. Gladys w. HouCk,
missing now almost month while
her husba nd. DIR. knutt Houck. is un-
der observation at Walter Reed Hos
ltal, arrived in Washington today to
familiarize himself with the ground
covered by the police in their search
and also to satisfy himself as to the
accuracy of statements several per
sons have been quoted as making re
garding the domestic life of the
Houcks.
After being closeted in the Office OF
Inspector Pratt. chief of detectives
flor more than two hours this morn
ing, during which every step taken by
the inveStiga tors had been described
10 him. Mr.. Walters declared he was
| sa tisfied beyond doubt that Capt
James Wilson of the eleventh pre-
cinct station and Headquarters Detec
tive Benjamin kuehling had worked
above the line of duty in trying to
find my sister,
II have no criticism and nothing but
praise for their work and / think no
body else could have done better to
! date" he said. II shall carry back
to the family the statement that they
have done all that is humanity possible
to locate Gladys
Relatives Without Clue.
Mr.. Walters said his visit here was
not prompted by any belief on the
part of himself or his family that the
Washington police were not putting
forth their best efforts to locate Mrs.
Houck. The missing woman's rela-
tiveS in Canton have received no clue
as to her whereab bouts he added, and
because of this fact they have no All.
thoritN to express an opinion as to
whether Mrs. Houck is living or not.
The wo-and-one-h half year-old son
| of the couple is Obvious to the tenn
porary loss of his parents, Mr.. Wal
tiers said, adding that the child is per
fectly contented and delighted with
his surroundings.
According to Kuehling and Capt.
Wilson, Mr. Walters was unable to
shed any new light on the mystery or
bring to their attention any points
that had not heretofore been inves-
tigated or considered. Accompa MED
by these two officers and Detective
Harry Wilson. originally assigned to
the case with kuehling from detec
tive headquarters, Mr. Walters this
afternoon is calling upon several ac-
quaintances of his sister.
I'VE are going to recheck for Mr.
Walters some of the ground that al
ready has been thoroughly covered, -
Capt. Wilson said, 'and are not in
vestigating any new angles, because
there are none"
The persons to be interviewed by Mr.
Walters and the ground to be "re
checked" was not revealed by the po
lice.
Blood Stains Again Inspected.
Upon the written request of Inspec
tor Pratt yesterday afternoon, Dis
trict Chemist Alvin Fuller turned over
to Kuehling the blood-spotted wooden
neck scarf found in the Potomac
River Christmas day, and which had
been given to him to analyZe for hui
man or animal blood. Kuehling then
gave that portion of the scarf bearing
three pin spots of blood" to DR.
Ludwig Hekteon of the National Re-
search Council, who, 1t Is said, possess
| es certain type of serum that will
facilitate the analysis.
Mr.. Fuller had rendered a report
that the spots on the scarf were these
of blood. but his facilities for determ
lining whether the blood was human
or not were such that his test would
require at least 10 days, he said. His
procedure includes the innoculation
of rab bits with human blood and
then waiting until they developed an
immunity.
The scarf was picked up on the Vir,
ginia channel side of the Potomac, a
short distance below Giesboro point
Christmas morning by George Bash
ford, of 900 X street southeast, who
told the police it was only partly wet
and that. had he desired, he could
have shaken 1t and then worn it.