Evening star., 1931-06-19
STARR FAITHFUL
MYSTERY NEAR END
New Clue Expected to Solve
r Death Case Within Next
Il Three Days. r
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RMINEOLA. II. Y, June 19.-InSpector
Harold King of the Nassau County po-
lice said to-day me was investigating
report which, II true, would solve the
mystery surrounding the death OF Starr
Faithful and might result In his hold
ing a suspect.
He said he expected "a break in the
case within the next three days. 1t
might come late today or tomorrow.
IF this report is true, it will solve
the case entirely" he said. "If it isn't
true. then it just means q lot of labor
lost"
Clerk Calls on Telephone.
Beyond saying sonr o3s might be
held as a suspect as the result Of this
new investigation, he refused to say
whether it indicated murder or suicide.
Mr.. King said he had q telephone
call today from Olivia Harlsnd, the de-
partment store clerk with whom Miss
FAITHFUL was reported to have had
lunch the day she disappeared. Miss
Harland he said, told him she had
never heard of Starr Faithful and did
not know she herself was connected
with the case until she saw her name
In the newspapers.
The INSPECTOR exhibited note which
he said three small boys found IN
bottle on one of the Long 1slano
beaches wednesday. 1t read:
"Help I'm going to be thrown over
board-and I'm little tignt'
Note May Be Hoax.
It was signed starr Faithful" with
nnIv one a." Because of the mlSspell-
ing of the name and the fact that the
toYicolopist's analysis revealed no alco-
hol in the girls body, Mr.. King re-
.rarded the note as hoax: Members
Of the Faithful family said the VIII
ing was not STAIRS. .,
Grand jury proceedings In the nvestl,
cation of the death we're postponed
,,ntiI tuesday pending the arrival
of DR.. G. Jameson Carr, Cunaro
Tine ships surgeon, who is en- route
from England with a letter he received
from the girl, written shortly before sne
DR. carr is due in New York Mon
cav on the steamship Laconia. one
statement from the letter he has with
him has been made public ssntencG
which reads when you receive TINS, l
will be dead" DR.. Carr received the
letter after her death.
See Rapid Developments.
= District Attorney Elvin N. Edwards
said today that developments in the
investigation would be rapid from
now on.
should yery soon be able to trace her,
hour by hour, during those two dark
Gays that preceded her death"
: Miss Faithfull's parents have said
that she left home about $3.50 FRIDAY
morning, June S. Early the following
Monday morning her body, bruised and
containing enough Of sleeping powder
to indicate that she might have peen
unconscious before she was drowned
was found half buried in the sand pc
hind the receding tide on Long Beach.
Mr.. Edwards said today he still
thinks she was murdered. 1T is In
conceivable" he said, that girl who
was beaten and drugged as she was
could have committed suicide"
Chauffeur Is Held.
Henry Goldstein, his part as wit
ness in the investigation completed. is
held in So, 500 bail to await extradition
to Los Angeles, where he Is wanted
on charges of grand larceny made by
his wife.
The 32-year-old chauffeur was being
held as a fugitive when Nassau County
authorities learned he could be OF as
sistance in the Faithful case. Be
cause of his assistance Magistrate Got
lieb reduced his bail from $4,000 to
S3 500. The exact nature of his aid
was not disclosed in court.
The magistrate directed that Gold
stein be held for 80 days, pending
extradition
Police were still checking the un-
explained absence from the city OF
sylvia Tucker Faithful during the week
end her sister vanished. Efforts were
made to trace kilograms sent to her az
Providence, r. I.
Peter, I7-year-old cat, which was
Starr Faithfulrs pet, died in vet
erinary hospital today. The animal
refused to eat regularly after starr
vanished and developed indigestion and
altointOXicatiOn,