Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-15
WOMAN IS SOUGHT
IN MORROW DEATH
Officer Seen With Companion
Night Eefore Body Was
Found in Ravine.
Continued From First Page.)

, Continued From First Page.)
bottles of White Rock from him during
/ the course Of the eve ling
Another witness, John KredicoS, pro-
prietor of restaurant at I'LL Seven
tenth street, told of delivering two din
ners to Hainshaw'S apartment. When
I returned for the dishes about two
/ hours later" Kredicos declared, Nor
row was drunk"
Earlier in the evening, Kredicos went
on, Morrow chatted for a few minutes
with three other policemen in his lunch
room. When Morrow left, the witness
added, one of the other officers. APP
parently having noticed his condition,
said: THAT stuff has got him whipped
Tells Of Seeing Body.
Mrs. Ruth Richardson testified she
saw the body from a window Of her
apartment, at 37o1 Sixteenth street.
After watching for a few minutes, "
she said, II looked through pair Of
field glasses. The body was so still
that sent my son, Billy, 10, to notify
two traffic policemen whom had seen
on the Sixteenth Street Bridge"
One of the traffic officers. Craig L.
Smith. testified he and Policeman John
o. Hite climbed down the steep incline
into the ravine after the Richardson
boy had called their attention to the
body.
Morrow, both Smith and Hite said
was lying on pile Of dried weeds, his
arms folded on his chest and his legs
crossed. His face was cut and scratched
and one Of his eyes was diScolored and
swollen, the witnesses agreed. Wher
they rolled the body over to further
examine it, they said. the imprint Of q
rubber heel was found on the back OF
the dead officers shirt.
"An Paths Steep"
Three paths lead down into the
ravine," Smith testified, and all OF
them are very steep. In fact, slipped
and fell myself on my way down"
Officer Richard F. McCarty, tenth
precinct, summoned by Smith and Hite,
told of having examined the ravine
shortly after the body was found. One
Of the paths, he said. led from rear
door of the apartment house in which
Morrow lived
The inquest got under way after six
members Of the jury had visited the
ravine and thoroughly examined the
spot where tie body was found.
According to Inspector Frank S. w.
Burke, chief Of the Detective Bureau,
Morrow was in the habit Of walking in
the ravine. 1t was pointed out he may
have gone to the ravine so as not to
be at home II q policeman were sent
there to learn why he had not reported
for duty at midnight Friday.
There was footprint on the door,
jamb," McCarty testified, land It looked
as though somebody had slipped.
Branches along the path were broken
of and the dirt had been disturbed. At
the bottom Of the embankment, there
was an inclination which looked as
though it may have been made by a
body. Footprints led toward the spot
where Morrow later was found.
Mrs. Morrow told me her husband
once took her down the path, explaining
it was his private way Of entering the
ravine, where he often took walks"
McCartys testimony was corroborated
by that Of his commander, Capt. Ira
Sheetz, who said he notified Inspector
Louis ]. Stoll. commander Of the first
inspection district.
Has Car Accident.
Mrs. Morrow told me her husband
had taken her to work at the Veterans
Bureau the morning before and was to
have called for her at the end of the
day." the captain testified. Instead,
she said he telephoned and said he
had been involved in an automobile &C
cident, but would see her at home later
She did not see him again."
James J. Roche, GOT Decatur street,
manager of garage, testified Morrow
came to the repair shop about pm.
Friday to have some minor work done
on car owned by another man, ex-
planning he had been in a little acct
dent" The policeman, according to
Roche, had no money and asked for a
50 loan.
II paid the repair bill for him." Roche
added.
After hearing several additional wit
nesses Coroner hewitt ordered the in
quiry continued until 1870 o'clock to-
morrow morning. Meanwhile, members
of the homicide squad under the d.
rection of Capt. Edward J. Kelly, as
sistant chief of the Detective Bureau,
are continuing their search for the
woman.