Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-10
IronWorker Says Mother and
Sister of Slain Girl Asked
Him to Write Note.
NEW EVIDENCE DELAYS
REPORT OF INVESTIGATION
Statement Said Policeman Involv.
ed in Mystery Was Seen Helping
Drunken Officer From House.

A note which states that Policeman
Robert F. Langdon assisted a drunken
fellow officer from the murder house on
the night Beulah Limerick was slain
will be discussed by the grand jury
today.
The contents of the note. admittedly
written by Frederick George Taylor,
iron worker, of 407 Whittier street
northeast, to william Limerick, the
slain girls brother, resulted in the re-
calling Of two members Of the Limerick
girls family before the grand jury.
Mrs. Dora Limerick. mother of the
slain girl, and the slain girls sister,
Mrs. Julia Bywaters, will go before the
jury today, and are expected to deny
Taylor's story that he wrote the note
at their request.
Kelly Presents Note to Jury.
The note was presented as evidence
to the grand jury yesterday, and the
jurors Immediately asked to requestion
the two members of the family. The
note was presented to the grand jury
by Capt. Edward j. Kelly, assistant
chief Of detectives.
Taylor was called into the grand
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and an hour later was still telling his
story to the jurors.
While Taylor was testifying, Sergt.
John Flaherty, chief of the homicide
squad, was questioning George Anadale,
husband of Mrs. Ethel Anadale, sister
of the slain girl Flaherty declined 70
say just what Anadale will tell the
jury. It is believed, however, that he
will deny that his mother-in-law, Mrs.
Dora Limerick, made any statement In
regard to the hiding of gun following
the murder. Mrs. Martha Bargfrede
had formerly told coroner's jury that
Mrs. Dora Limerick had made such =
statement.
Taylor is expected to tell the jurors
that he was invited to the limerick
home week or so ago. He Is expect
ed to state definitely that at the time
of his visit both the mother and sister
of the dead girl asked that he write
the note.
Richards, who is presenting the case
to the grand jury, intimated today that
the note will result in the calling of
new witnesses before the jury tomor-
row or the next day. He declined to
say just who the new witnesses would be.
Report to Be Delayed.
Inc ASSISTANT QlSCr1cE attorney de-
clared that the testimony to be heard
by the jury today is of important value
to the investigation and win delay the
report of the grand jury. He said that
with the introduction of the new evil
0ence the report may not be submitted
until the latter part Of next week.
The letter, signed Joseph Smith,"
was traced by police to Taylor's author
ship after it was turned over to them
Immediately after it had been received
by Beulahs brother, william Limerick.
Mention was made in the letter of
two policemen having been in the house
at 10 Eighteenth street northeast, where
the slain girl lived and where her body
was discovered on the morning of De-
cember 81. The letter, it was said,
stated that one policeman came in and
removed an intoxicated brother officer
from the house.
Mrs. Bywaters Is quoted by police as
having said she invited Taylor to the
house of her mother on the night the
letter was proposed because he previ-
ouSly had said he had information
which might throw new light on the
Staying.
Taylor was arrested Friday az a
witness and has been held since at No.
IL precinct for investigation.