The Washington times., 1931-01-03


locate him all morning. Until
/ have seen him and talked
with him, don't know Of any
thing I can say at this time"
It was also learned that a
second .25-caliber automatic pis-
tol, the type of weapon which
was used in the murder of the
girl, was found in Langdon's
home.
A gun of that caliber was
found in his pockets when he was
first questioned about the case
last night.
Langdon admitted that he knew
the girl and that he had Ocalled
ut the house at times while pa.
trolling his beat.
He denied, however. that he
carried the small pistol with him
the night of the murder, explain
ing that he carried it in civilian
clothes.
The night of the murder Of the
girl, he carried the regulation
service pistol, he said.
Lieut.. John Fowler, Police DE.
partment balliSticS expert, was
called to headquarters last night
to make tests with gun to COM
pare bullets from the weapon
with the Stub removed from the
girls brain.
A second bullet, believed to have
been fired from the death gun,
was dug up out of the floor of the
girls room by police last night.
Life of the Party
The death of the girl is one Of
the most battling cases to confront
Metropolitan police. Tu sdag
night the girl was in good spirits
and looking forward to party.
And at the party she was the
life of the affair. Then early on
that fatal Wednesday morning,
she returned with William Paddy
to the drab little house on Nine
teenth Street.
That was about 1880 in the
morning. Shortly before 5 o'clock
Richard Reed came downstairs
and into the cold scantily-furn-
ished room where she was in bed,
= either asleep or dead, to fix the
~ fire.
Death Is Discovered
Three hours later, her brother,
Vernon, came in. Unable to arouse
her he called his mother, Mrs.
Dora Limerick, 116 North Carolina
Ave. S. e. It was then that the
girls death was discovered and an
ambulance called from Casualty
Hospital.
DIR. Lyman Green, the ambu-
lance surgeon who pronounced
the girl dead, declares that she
had been washed and dressed, her
face powdered and her hair ar
ranged over the wound.
Only fleckS of blood in the
corners Of the mouth indicated
that anything was wrong.
The blood-stained pillow had
been covered with a fresh slip,
DR.. Green said. But when police
visited the house several hours
later, when it was discovered that
the death was not due to hemor-
rhage, but to a gunShot wound,
the clean slip had vanished. In
its place were dirty blood-Stained
pillows.
Police Locate Diary
The little hOdse yielded what
police believe to be an important
clue, a diary kept by the girl
telling of her dates, Of the par
ties she attended and names of
many men.
Boy friends there were by the
score, the diary relates. Dances
and parties of the "Whoopee
Club" Of which she was secre-
tary.
Last summer with a girl friend.
Iona Dewey, she drove out to-
Kansas and hitch-hiked ba.k.
And month later they hitch
hiked to California, visited Mex.
leo and returned to Washington.
Romance came into the slain
girls life at the age Of IA.
She was married to William
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er Of Laurel, Md.
It was a marriage filled with
grief.
Only a few weeks ago, she was
granted an annulment.
Funeral Rites in Secret
Reconstructing the crime, detec-
tiveS believe it happened between
$50, when Reed left the house and
$3.50, when Vernon Limerick came
downStaiS and was unable to
arouse his sister.
Funeral services were held in
strict secrecy yesterday afternoon
for the slain butterfly. In little
funeral chapel on H Street North.
east, with only members of the
family and police present, final
rites were read.
It Is understood that the girls
body will be buried at Poses
Greek, Va, her childhood home.
But so far the body has not been
removed from Washington.
The Coroner's jury was sworn in
over the body yesterday, but the
date for the inquest has not yet
been set