The Washington times., 1929-09-30


nesses as they appeared before the
Grand Jury investigating the mys-
terious death of Mrs. Virginia Nc
Pherson with a brief summary of
what each is believed to have testi.
fled to, based upon statements made
before they entered the Grand Jury
chamber:
ROBERT j. ALLEN, suspended
from the police department because
of his Independent investigation of
the case-that he saw a man climb
out of the window of the Mcpherson
apartment on the night the nurse
died; that the woman could not have
committed suicide by knotting a
pajama cord around her neck and
a score or more of other facts
which he asserts bear out the
theory that she was murdered.
WILMER c. RUFF, manager Of
the Park Lane Apartments, in which
Mrs. Mcpherson met her death
that after Robert A. Mcpherson, jr.,
told him he had found his wife
dead in their apartment and had
thrown a dress over her body that
he went to the apartment and
could not enter the bedroom with
out pushing the body aside from
the door.
= Chief of Homicide Squad
= LIEUT.. EDWARD S. KELLY,
chief of the homicide squad-that
Mrs. Mcpherson could have killed
herself by knotting a pajama cord
around her neck; that each and
everyone of Aliens murder clues
had been fully explained and were
in consonance with the suicide
theory; that screams heard to en-
anate from the apartment house on
the night of the fatality had been
explained and did not come from
the Mcpherson apartment.
Captain of Police William G.
Stott and Policemen e. p. Hartman,
j. J. Ramsey, w. F. Burke and
F. o. Brass. of the Third Precinct
testified as to conditions found
in the Mcpherson apartment when
they responded to the call for police
on Saturday, September IA, when
the body was found.
." Lieutenant Warren Embrey, night
chief of detectives-that about
three months ago he received a
long distance telephone call from
A. A. Hurley, father of Virginia,
in which he said that his daughter
had written him that her life was
in danger; that he sent policemen
to the apartment and that the
young nurse told them she had no
complaint to make.
Detective Sergeant Dennis Gull
- ~ SA
he aided Kelly in his investigation
and that he agreed with the sui
eide theory.
Mrs. Lillian Conway, telephone
operator at the Park Lane-that
she heard Mrs. Mcpherson sob hys-
tericaly1 over the telephone on the
Thursday preceding finding of her
body: that later she went to her
apartment to see If she was alright;
that she entered the living room,
saw a black dress on the floor and
concluded that since she could not
see the nurse she was alright; that
she did not penetrate to the bed
loom in which the body was found.
Telephone Operator
Miss Mary Roberts, telephone
operator dl the 1drk Lane-tndt
she overheard telephone conversa-
tions into and out of the McPher-
son apartment and what she over
heard.
Two other telephone operators
at the Park Lane-on minor phases
of the case including - telephone
calls.
Howard Templeton. drug clerk at
the Park Lane-that he went to
the Mcpherson apartment on the
fatal Thursday night about 81
o'clock and delivered cigarettes to
Mrs. Mcpherson; that she was
dressed in a black gown and told
him she was going to a dance with
Bob.
Miss Martha Berry. nurse and
Intimate friend of Mrs. Mcpherson |
that Mrs. Mcpherson was happy
and good natured and Of their
past relations.
Mrs. r. A. Mcpherson. sr.,
mother-in-law of Virginia-that her
e0A and daughter.in.law had quar-