Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-14

and Mrs. William Brown of the LoH-
bardi. Mrs. Heavrin told the previous
grand jury she plainly heard screams
from the direction of the MCPHERSON
apartment, and later said she heard the
voice Of woman and threatening tones
Of two men, Mr.. Brown told the
former grand jury that some of the
his apartment In the lombard, where
he claimed he had had . row" with
his wife on coming home late from
dance. Mrs. Brown, however, denied
she had screamed, although she adj
mitted having probably raised her voice
during the alteration, She added that
she was awakened around or o'clock
in the morning by screams outside her
apartment.
Also called to testify today was Con-
ductor ]. H. Lewark Of the Georgia ave-
nue. street car line, new mystery wit
nes," discovered recently by the De-
partment of Justice. Lewark, who
claims to be . friend Of Mcpherson,
operated an "owl" car that carried 10
passengers downtown from the Pet
worth section after midnight of Sep
TENDER IL. Other witnesses subpoenaed
we're Policeman ], j, Ramsey Of No. 8
precinct, Inspector william S. Shelby,
former detective chief, and Mary Ron-
erts, former telephone operator at the
Park Lane.
One of the strong points iE the testi-
mony against Mcpherson in earlier
stages of the death inquiry. seems to
have grown weaker with the advent OF
the second grand jury probe. This
point is whether the husband actually
went inside the bedroom when he dis
covered his wife's body.
Two witnesses who appeared before
the first grand jury were of the definite
opinion Mcpherson had been in the
room prior to summonilg the apart
ment management and that the hus-
band specifically had told them so.
The witnesses were Winner G. Run,
manager of the Park Lane, and Mrs.
Sue Thompson, desk CLERK.
Both witnesses now appear less conf
stood to have indicated this to the
present grand jury. Run testified at
the opening Of the new Investigation.
He told reporters he gained the i'm
preston from Mcpherson he had been
inside the room to cover the body with
dress and that therefore he was sur
prised to and the body blocking the
door when he went to the scene with
the husband. Ruff admitted he might
have had a mistaken Impression.
Mrs. Thompson, testifying yesterday,
said she told the jurors she was de-
pending on her memory as to what Me-
Pherson had said when he first broke
the news of the tragedy, and that her
memory might be faulty. To the best
Of her recollection, she said, MCPHERSON
said his wife was dead, and when the
clerk protested she might be only Ill.
Mcpherson said something to the effect
that he was sure she was dead because
she's cold" Mrs. Thompson said the
Jury questioned her closely on this point,
and that she could not give them any
thing more definite.
Mrs. Thompson emphatically denied,
however, that Mcpherson had told her
he had actually felt the body to see II
it was cold. although she was quoted
as saying this during the previous In
quiry.
It is understood that Federal agents
who investigated the case checked care
fully on the disputed angle OF the hus-
bands movements after he entered the
apartment and discovered the body, and
that they were satisfied the husband did
not enter the room, but reached around
the edge of the door 10 drape the dress
over the corpse. If this were the case,
the assertion of Ruff that he could not
open the door wide enough to enter
would lose any possible significance.