New Britain herald., 1929-05-11
WOMAN IN CASE
 COSTElL0'S BELIEF
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(Continued From First Pase) homicide, Dr. Costello pointed to the fact that when the body wss found. the mouth was clean of bloed end traces of nausea. though eU- 6ence of the latter was found beside tho head. Dr. Costello thinks thai the body bore signs of ministrstions by . woman.
 It would not please the 'sensibil'- tics" of . woman to leave man In ! had posture after he had died. he said, and it might have been woman who had laid his hands across his chest. just as it might have been . woman. in his opinion, who wiped blood from the head and mouth.
 Could Not Reach Wound
 The blood on the left hand, Dr. Costello believes, fell upon it as it flowed out of the wound. He docs not think young Huntington was atle to reach to his head with 1t. The medical examiner recalled the statements of two farmers. living rear Murphy farm. where the body Of the student was found early Wednesday. that on several occa- sicns. previous to the shooting, they had seen | car parked on the road near the spot where the body later lay In this car, they said, were . young man and . young womah' pr. Costello believes this may sup l port his theory of woman in the case"
 Hickey Denies Blind" Report It was said here that Hickey had reported to states Attorney Hugh M. Alcorn that his emphatic state- ments of belief in q suicide theory was a "blind" to give the slayer as- surance he or she was not being sought. This Hickey denied this noon. reiterating his earlier state- ment that he had found. both here and in Cambridge, where he took . flying trip yesterday evidence cor roborating his theory.
 He repeated that he will continue his investigation on the basis of sut- eide. The detective believes young Huntington lay down. flat on his back. in almost the position in which he was found, and then fired the bullet. His assistant shifted the sand underneath the spot where the head lay. in the hope of finding the slug which. on passing through tho head and coming out at the crown has disappeared.
 Denies Bullet Has Been Found
 Hickey denied 1t had been found. He continued his search for the 33 calibre automatic pistol which he has asserted was used in the shoot. ing. Inquiries at the states attor- ney's office brought information that MT. Alcorn was out of town until Tuesday"
 This information came from Mrs. Hickey, wife of the detective and MT. Alcorn's secretary.
 Hickey KtScks to Suicide Adhering to his theory that Hunt tngton died from . self-inhicted bull let wound. Detective Hickey today after . conference which lasted much of the night said he had found cor. roborative evidence. He-returned late last night after | visit to Cam bridge, Mass.. and summoned 2 cousin of the dead student, Charles A. Huntington. ! tobacco grower Of Poquonock for conference. After this was over Mir. Hickey said: There is no truth in the re- port that the bullet which killed young Huntington has been found. do not believe I can state any names of persons interviewed. There are no suspects and corrobo- ration Of evidence I had. was found. My Cambridge trip revealed certain information to warrant me to con- tinue investigation on the same theory fsuicide)."
 It is understood that Hickey while in Cambridge talked with Captain Patrick J. Hurley. chief inspector ot police and Martin Hsstsr, | claas- mate at Harvard of Huntinston's. Charles Huntington, representing the family, has been making his own inquiry into the conditions sur. rounding young Huntinston's last days.
 "Hickey's Case Calhoun Coroner J. Gilbert Calhoun las, night in commenting on the case which he had referred to as | "puxsle" said that "a great deal ol Hickey's case II inference. The two doctors are of the opinion the boy was murdered and Hickey is of .ht opinion he committed suicide. The case is circumstantial anyway. We have nothing to 70 by. If the su, is found it will likely clear up the situation very much. The probabil. ity is that the boy was shot neal the spot where the body was found One of the things noticed was the m&n had smeared his left hand ove, his face and cheek. There were nc powder marks about the wound. 4 cartridge several years old has | chance to dry out and combustion ja almost complete. He may have smoothed away such powder mark, and because of the age of the pow. der there wouldn't have been any oi these markS."
 Coroner Calhoun said there wal nothing to indicate the body had | disease. Yesterday Detective Hickey eaid . motive had been found in hi,