Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-20
CHECK BEING MADE
OF AL|B|S OFFERED
IN MCPHERSON CASE
Federal Agents Turn Again to
Account Given by Accused
Husband of Nurse.
MEMBERS OF FAMILY
QUESTIONED IN PROBE
Friend of Dead Woman Expected
Today to Give Testimony
to Officers.

The Governments inquiry into the
mysterious death by strangulation of
Mrs. Virginia Mcpherson again has
turned to a check on the alibis furnished
by her husband, charged by grand
jury with her murder.
Reams of testimony have been taken
for the purpose Of testing the soundness
Of theories that persons other than
Robert A. Mcpherson, jr., might have
been implicated. Nothing so far has
been uncovered warranting the arrest
Of any other man or woman.
Having put that much Of their task
behind them, the Federal operatives
have turned attention to the speclfc
charges against the only person jailed
as a result of the Park Lane tragedy.
Before the protracted investigation is
over it is expected Mcpherson. himself,
will have been questioned with the con-
sent of the prisoners attorney, William
E. Leahy. Leahy announced yesterday
he would offer no objection if the Gov
eminent desired to interview his client.
VIII Check Whereabouts.
The Department of Justice is inter-
ested particularly In determining be-
yond a doubt the exact whereabouts, at
all times. of the husband on the tragic
night of September IL. when the young
nurse was choked to death at the Park
Lane apartments with pajama belt
tied tightly around her neck.
With that end in view the Bureau
Of Investigation yesterday devoted much
time to the examination OF so-calleo
'.a1ibi" witnesses. Prominent among
these witnesses we're members OF the
Mcpherson family other than the par
ents of the boy. The latter were queS-
toned at length Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Donald Mcpherson. at
whose home the husband says ne PAID
a brief visit before retiring at the home
of his parents after midnight OF Sep
TENDER IL, were inHconference for some
tinae late YESTERDAY with Thomas F.
Cullen, in charge of the McPherSon IN
n,Iiry. Mrs. Donald Mcpherson Is an
aunt of the accused youth. Miss Alice
Mcpherson, q daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Donald Mcpherson. also was inter-
viewed.
brother and sister-in-law of tire alleged
murderer, completed the circle OF Tela a-
tives who were Intercepted by agents
at the Department Of Justice yesterday
evening.
Recounts Activities.
Young Mcpherson, in his original ae-
counting of his movements on the night
IF his wife's death, told of having PAID
short visit to the apartment of his
wife shortly before o'clock on the fatal
evening. of attending meeting OF an
athIetic club, Of driving home with
several club members after the meeting
of visiting his aunt briefly. and OF re-
firing at his parents residence.
.4.-r, 4xaH<a aaft r.
tnr on this version Of how McPherson
euent the evening are being sought. Tor
questioning.
THE Anal move in this effort to trace
4he movements of the husband PROB
ahlv will be the questioning OF NC
Pherson himself. Until Leahy let IL De
known yesterday he would gladly per-
NIT the Federal agents to talk with
his client. the possibility OF an inter-
view with the prisoner seemed remote,
Previously it had been indicated the
:Tustice men exceedingly regretted hav-
ing been called into the case too late
to gain the benefit Of an interview wltn
the husband.
John z. Laskey. special assistant to
the Attorney General. who has been as
signed to prosecute Mcpherson, refused
to say definitely whether the courtesy
extended by Leahy would be accepted
sTf and when we desire to question
Mcpherson, Mr.. Leahy will be SO ao-
vised."
Will Talk to Nurse.
Mrs. Billie Lindsay, nurse, said 70
have been an acquaintance OF MRS.
Mcpherson was to be interviewed To-
5ay at the Department OF Justice. MRS
Lindsay is coming here voluntarily IRON
U1ox- she resided
at the Park Lane apartments. MOVING
from there about two weeks before mel
friend came to her death.
An important development tomorrow
will be the receipt from North Carolina
of the oficial findings OF chemists VINO
have been seeking possible traces o.
poisons or drugs in the body OF tnt
dead nurse. Tissues removed from the
corpse at the time Of the second autopsy
q week ago have been under sclentlne
Ecrutiny during the past week.
THE report Of expert roentgenologlsc
who have been studying X-ray photo
graphs of all parts of the body also Il
exnected to be received at the Bureau
If Investigation tomorrow. A prellml'
nary and unscientific examination Of
the plates is understood to have dis
closed something important, and TIM
has lent tremendous interest TO the re-
port OF the experts.
In the midst of its huge task OF tax
inc thousands of words Of testimony
the department of Justice has beer
given, a new worry Controller Genera
McCarl has ruled that no author1t
aTists for the employment OF outsid
stenooraphers to report the proceed
inrs although a Arm of court reporter
have taken down great piles of steno
graphic copy. j. Edgar Hoover, directoo
Of the Bureau Of Investigation, sal
yesterday the decision of the controlle
general had been conveyed to "highe
authorities" and that he had receive
No instructions to discontinue the pres
ent method of recording testimony.
Has Worry Enough.
"r,ye got enough worry on my min
with the Mcpherson case, withou
worrying about something else" HooVe
THE senate added another worry I
soover's collection yesterday, howeve
hv requesting aid of his bureau In cor
di,cting an investigation OF the loci
Police Department. =,
The request was contained in lei
Ter received by Attorney Gener;
Mitchell from Senator Sackett. chail
man of a subcommittee assigned to In
ouire into charges of ineficiency levele
AGAINST the police administration her
The letter asked that Federal ager
be designated to assist the COMMITTEE
IN its investigation.