The Washington times., 1929-12-20
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friendship with Edmund J. Nc
Brien, New York stock broker, at
the time she plunged to her death
last October from the balcony Of
the Potomac Boat Club.
This statement has been sworn
90 by relatives of Mrs. Dreyfus in
affidavits submitted to District At
torney Leo "A. Rover.
The affidavits declare the cou-
pie engaged In a bitter love quar-
rel at the home of the relatives
In KenilWorth, D. c., on the aft
ernoon Of the day of the tragedy
and that the discussion arose
again at the dance at the boat
club. n
The relatives declare that Mrs.
Dreyfus had been supporting NC
Brien since being divorced by q
New York architect.
King Story Haunted Her
The affidavits also declare that
AlIrelia lived in dread of being sent
to the penitentiary for lying to
the grand jury in the famous Dot
King murder case in New York.
In that murder investigation
she and McBrien furnished an
alibi for Albert E. Guimares, Dot
Kings clanccsCine lover. Later
Mrs. DreyfuS told her relatives the
alibi was false.
The affidayitS filed with Rover
declare that fingermarks were
found on each side of the neck of
Mrs. DreyfuS and that these
marks correspond with two breaks
in the diamond necklace which
was worn by her that night and
which later was found near the
spot where she fell to her death.
Two sisters Of Mrs. Drsyfus
told their story to Rover yeSter-
day afternoon, amplifying the
sworn affidaYits which had been
turned over to the prosecutor.
Announcement Due Today
Rover said he would make an
announcement at noon today CON
corning his future actions in the
case. Tho two sisters spent txo
hours and d half in the prose
cutor's office going over their az
fidaYits with him.
On the strength Of the affi-
dayits and the personal inter
Fogation Of the two sisters, Mrs.
knorr and FTieda Fischer, Rover
is expected to take the strange
death Of Mrs. Dreyfus before the
January Grand Jury,
Mrs. Dreyfus was escorted tn
thes dance by McBrien, who was
exoi1erated by q coroner's Jury Of
any responsibility for her death.
McBrien, by his own testimony.
was on the porch of the boat
club 9 few moments before the
fatal plunge, talking to Mrs.
Dreyflls, the divorced wife Of Her
bert Dreyfus, wealthy New
Yorker.
Relationship Covered Years
Members Of Mrs. Dreyfus' fam.
ily have admitted intimate rela-
tionship between Aurelia and Nc.
Brien over a period Of seven
years, antedating the Dot King
murder IN New York on March
IS, 1928. B
Mrs. DreyfuS swore To New.
York police and to q Manhattan
grand jury that she, McBrien and
Guimares spent the night of Dot
Kings murder in Guimares
suite ia the Embassy Hotel at
Seventy fourth Street and Broad
way, Manhattan.
Hotel employees denied that
they had seen Guimares In the
hotel on that night and contra
dicted In practically every re-
spect the alibi set up for
GuimafeS by. Mrs. Dreyfus and
McBrien. New York police, how
ever, accepted the story Of the
two aIibi witnesses and released
Guirnares whom they were hold.
ing on q technical charge Of
violating the Sullivan Pistol Law.
The sworn statements Of the
family quote Aurelia as having
confessed to her mother, Mrs.
Fredricka Fischer, and to Elsa
that on the night Dot. King was
c1loroformed and her apartment
ralaSacked she and McBrien were
alone In Guin1aTes' apartment. M
Facts concerning the death Of
Mrs. Dreyfus in Washington and
ptirporting to show a direct con-
necti0n between her demise and
the Dot King murder are set
forth by the family in their
sworn statements.
MCBrien was named as core
spondert In the divorce action
brought by Dreyfus against Mrs.
Dreyfus following q raid on BoS-
ton hotel In which the pair were
alleged to have been trapped in a
bedroom. "A substantial settle
Inent was made on the wife at
the time Of the divorce and she
was insured a comfortable living.
The undertaken who prepared
the body for burial and the au-
topsy surgeon failed to make any
mention Of the alleged finger
prints on the neck The mother,
however, bending over the body
of her daughter as it lay in the
coffin, saw the marks, she has
sworn.
The two sisters also have sworn
that they saw the marks on the
body. They also swear that they
saw marks on her neck at the
time she was in Emergency Hos
pital and Just few hours before
hmp death