The Washington times., 1929-09-26
SICK GIRL
To BARE
. STORY
Continued from First Pase)

OOnLlI1ueu LEOIl IL 81 "SC'
Purpose of recalling the witnesses
could not he learned.
Lieutenant of Detectives Edward
Kelly. leading protagonlst OF theory
that Mrs. Mcpherson committed sui
eide, and Robert Allen, suspen nded
policeman and leader of the gloup
which believes that the young nurse
was murdered by a stranger VINO
knotted a pa jana belt around her
throat, were on hand when the jury
convened to marshal their last wit.
ness.
The report of the jury, last word
In the controversy which has ragged
for two weeks as to whether Mrs.
Mcpherson was murdered or COM
mitted suicide, probably will be
submitted to the court tomorrow
or Saturday. The term of the jury
expires Monday and the report
must be submitted by that time.
Alibi Being Studied
Witnesses called before the jury
this morning are believed to have
been questioned largely in regard
established to prove that he was
early in the evening of Thursday
ber IA, and found his wife's body.
Howard of the Washington Loan
and Trust Company where young
Mcpherson is employed as a book.
keeper are believed to have told
of the youth having been at the
bank Friday morning for short
while.
Trenis Jones and Elmer Holland,
young friends of Mcpherson. were
also called, presumably on the alibi
angle.
Screams Are Told
The jury is believed to have heard
the story of screams and groans
issuing from the Park Lane Apart
ment on the Thursday night that
Mrs. Mcpherson is believed to have
met her death by James Mills, jani-
tor of the lombard Apartment,
next door. Mills has said that
about 2 o'clock in the morning he
was awakened by a piercing shrek,
which was followed by groans. Mills
also contends that after the shrek
he heard a mans voice angrily ex-
claim, Il told you to let me alone
Letters Are Revealed
Letters exposing the troubled
married life of the McPhersons
were placed before the jury. They
were received from A. A. Hurley,
father of the dead girl and We're
written by her to members of her
family
Allen is expected to tell the Grand
Jury who he suspects committed
the crime when he is recalled to
the jury room some time today.
DR.. Thomas Ballard, now practic-
ing in New York, is expected to be
called before the Grand Jury to
tell Of his relations with the young
nurse to whom he is reported to
have been engaged prior to mar
riage to the young bank clerk. The
jury is expected to inquire as to
whether or not DR.. Ballard had
kept an engagement with Mrs. Nc
Pherson a week prior to her death.
Another figure was introduced
into the case today when The
Washington Times learned that
Mrs. Mcpherson had an engage
ment with mysterious person
called Doc the Wednesday pre-.
ceeding her death.
This important fact was es.
drug clerk in the Park Lane, and
He saws that he was in the Nc
Pliers on apartment Wednesday eve
ming, and that while he was there
he heard the pretty nurse telephone
doc" and make an appointment to
meet him later that night
Friend viii Testify
Testimony to the effect that Mrs.
Mcpherson had met DIR. Ballard a
week prior to her death is expected
to be ELECTED from Miss Eleanor
Sheppard, intimate friend of the
dead girl. Miss Sheppard. now i'll
and exhausted from what she claims
was a police grilling while she
waited outside the Grand Jury room
Tuesday, says that Mrs. Mcpherson
told her of the engagement with
the physician.
Policeman Allen last night proved
his contention that a person emerg-
ing from the window of the Nc
Pherson apartment could be seen
from the street. He claims TO have
seen such a proceeding on the night
OF IHc CIdIItiS HdNC
been refuted by the Police Depart
ment homicide squad.
Allen Sees Kelly
Last night Allen stood on the street
with other witnesses and saw De-
tective Lieutenant Kelley. chief of
the squad, emerge from the window.
Allen happened on the detectives
experiment through accident.
One of the significant statements
In the letters received from Hurley
is the following, written by the dead
girl to her father and mother on
July %. this year:
There is no mixup in this. you
know-no other man or anything
like that Bob and l are both
young and think this fuss has
taught us both a lesson"
In both OF the letters, the other
being undated. Mrs. McPhers III
complains about having to give her
husband money which she earned
by nursing and also refers to fuss.
ing with her husband over money
matters.