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at a coroner's inquest held No
venfber 16, 1926.

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venrber 16, 1926.
Scrivener at Prize Fight
Fred w. Merkle, steward, and
Gustav Blank, cashier at the
Occidental Hotel, declared they
went to a prize fight with
Scrivener and left him in the
lobby of the Occident Hotel an
hour or so before he was mur-
dered.
Both said they told the Grand
Jury that Lieut.. Edward j. Kelly,
deposed chief of the homicide
squad, was not with Scrivener, as
reported. They said they did not
see Kelly the entire evening. They
said Scrivener was in good spirits,
appeared perfectly normal, and
seemed to enjoy the fights i'm
mensely.
Other witnesses who testified be-
fore adjournment were Inspector
w. H. Harrison, Detective Sergt.
Thomas Nally and Robert Doehr-
ing, who notified police after his
sister had awakened him following
the sound of the pistol shot and
footsteps pattering away in the
distance.
Mrs. Amelia P. Turley, who told
District Attorney Leo A. Rover
that she believed her husband
killed Detective Sergeant Arthur
B. Scrivener, three years ago be-
cause "he came home that morn
N1ng without his necktie," failed
"a, identify the neckpiece found
in, the detectives hand when
called before the Grand Jury to-
day.
Mrs. Turley was the fifth wit
ness to go before the inquisitorial
body when it began it's belated
investigation into the killing in
a Georgetown alley on the early
morning of October 13, 1925, of
WaShington'S detective ace.
Fails to Pick Mates Tie
She had caused a sensation
earlier last week by voluntarily
going to police headquarters with
a story that she believed her
Scrivener. After police had
turned her over to the District
Attorney, she was quoted as
having asked Rover to let her see
the tie and saying she believed
abe could identify it as the one
worn by her husband when he left
home that fateful night.
When she came out of the
Grand Jury room today she was
more excited than some of the
governments witnesses were dur
Ing the second Mcpherson hearing
after they had undergone cross
examination by Special Prosecu-
tor John E. Laskey.
Forbidden to Talk
p. She was in a highly nervous
condition and, at first, refused
to talk to reporters. She stated
that Rover had told her it was
against the law to talk to news
paper men after she came out Of
the Grand Jury room.
Persistent questioning by re-
rorters elected the statement
that Rover had placed before her
number of necktieS, but that
she did not even try to identify
the one she claimed her husband
wore on the night Scrivener was
killed.
, How could I identify the tie
he had on" she said, when he
came home without it," She set
the time of his arrival home as
1880 in the morning." but would
not state how she placed the
time so accurately, or the date,
October Is, 1926, so definitely.
She also denied several pub
aished statements of her husband,
especially the one about his age.
She claimed he was born in
ireland on st. Patrick'S Day, 1867.
and that she was born in England
of Scotch parentage. Her 16-
year-old daughter accompanied
her to the court house.
She declared that the Grand
Jury had asked her every ques-
ton under the sun" and made
her nervous. She said one of
the colored members of the jury
was particularly keen-witted and
"knew MS stuff"
The first witness called was
Viggo Larsen, photographer at
Police Headquarters.
The second was Sergt. Alvin S
Bohrer, of the First precinct, who
was the first policeman to arrive
on the scene after finding of the
body was reported to police.
Bohrer is believed to have testi-
fled to having struck a match
and, not recognizing Scrivener,
having, sent across the street to
the slain mans home to have him