Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-03
STRUGGLE SEENaA
. IN ROADSIDE DEAdH
Murder Theory Strengthened
by Witness in Baltimore
Woman's Death.
spec,.l oisnatch Ia me star.

Special Dispatch to The star.
BALTIMORE, Nd, August 2.--While
the remains Of Mrs. Virginia Matraz1o,
slain 22-year-old Baltimore woman,
whose bruised body was found In the
early hours of yesterday morning be-
side the old Philadelphia highway near
here. were being lowered into lonely
grave behind the Almshouse ut Texas,
Baltimore County, at county expense
this afternoon, police belief that the
woman had been the victim Of foQi
play and not Of an accident was rapid
ly gaining foundation.
Although an autopsy performed on
the body disclosed that death had been
due to internal injuries after the wom-
ans chest had been crushed, and wit
nesses living in the vicinity OF the
scene Of the finding Of the body had
told of hearing shouted explanations
on the highway which led them to pc
lieve the woman was the victim OF q
hit-and-run machine, police tonlgnt
continued to work on the muroer
theory.
Report Of Struggle.
Salient factors In the course OF their
investigation included the discovery OF
q witness who claimed to have seen o
man and woman struggling on the
highway near where the body was
found at 11:45 o'clock Thursday night;
the disclosure, following examination
of the woman's personal correspondence,
that a male friend had been warned 10
stay away from her" and the finding
of a blood stained shirt and a mans
watch at the spot where the corpse had
been found in the ditch. A piece OF
mans shirt had been found previously
clenched in the womars f1st. :.
Two Washington youths, brought
from the Capital to Essex for question
ing yesterday, we're released today after
q check-up of their story explaining
their presence near the death scene
early Friday. They we're Charles Fillah.
II years old, and John e. Bostick, 10
wears old, both residents of the 100
block of Tenth street, washington.
They satisfied police that the machine
In which they were returning nome
broke down outside Of Baltimore ana
they were continuing by way OF motor
bus.
West virginian Held.
Vincent Casey, 26-year-old coal miner
or Bayard, w. Va, whose tncoherent
remarks while under the influence of
liquor had caused the arrest Of the
washington youths, was still being held
in the Essex jail tonight, although
friends had appeared In his behalf 20
pretended with the Capital boys when
he arrived on the bus from Baltimore
Friday morning.
Questioning of the slain woman's
husband revealed that she had been
in the habit of going out quite often
without announcing her destination.
Usually this would occur following
quarrel, he said. Thursday night, how
ever, she disappeared during the eve
~, sox yiY11 VyaaPA she 7a
ing, although the two had not argued,
he said.
Examination of the woman's effects
has led police to search for man
mentioned in Mrs. Matrazzo's corre-
spondence, who was warned to stay
away" The identity of the man has
not been disclosed.
The witness who reported observing
q struggle on the highway Thursday
night. James Pinkus, bus driver, Of
the 5000 block of East Monument
street, Baltimore, was taken to Rocky
Point today for questioning by Lieut..
william 3. Dorsey and Sergt. Claude
Funk OF the Baltimore County police.
Tells Of Seeing Struggle.
He told investigators that he had
seen O struggle between q man and o
woman In the middle of the old Fllila-
delpnia highway near where the body
was found, while he was returning
home He told police the man. who
was in his shirt sleeves, struck the
woman and she screamed. Pinkus said
she called on him to stop, but fearing
for his own safety there being another
machine with two occupants parked at
the side of the road, he decided TO
mind his own business.
Following the inquisition Lieut.. Dor
sey announced: 1T seems to me as If
q murder case is looming up. It Is
quite possible the man who was beat
ing the woman In the road may nave
pushed her in front Of an suton1o-
bile"
Mrs Margaret T. Davis, near whose
home the body was found, wheL quesA
toned by police. said she had been
awakened early Friday morning by loud
voices on the highway. Looking out
she said, she saw what appeared to
have been the result of hit and run
accident She saw two men PICK up D
PROSTATE form and lay 1t in the ditch
beside the road and drive away In o
machine. Later her husband and
brother found Mrs. MatraZzo's body.