The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-19
SOLUTION 70
STAIRS DEATH
MAY Be NEAR
Inspector Indicates Definite
Break in Case Looms
Momentarily.
MURDER THEORY LEADS
Movements of Beautiful
'PIaygirP Traced to 10
Hours of Death.
Press

By United Press
NEW YORK. June l9.-Broad
indications of a solution of the
mystery of beautiful Starr Faith
full's death were issued today by
Detective Inspector H. R. King of
Nassau county.
He announced he was working on
information which, eff verified, will
prove a definite break in the case
and will solve it."
I'VE are working on information. ="
King said, land while not very new.
it will prove a definite break in the
case, if true, and will solve it.
The chances are that somebody
will be picked up.
Based on Say So
This information is based on
somebody's say SO. If it proves
without foundation, it can be put
down as another rumor."
King, always cautious, apparently
the sentence to safeguard
himself in event of failure, but he
gave the impression of feeling con-
f1dent Of major development.
When pressed for elucidation as
to whether his information pointed
to murder or suicide in the death
of the moody Starr, King merely
said that the person sought may
be suspect"
This consequently pointed to a
murder theory, and it was recalled
that Stanley Faithful, stepfather
OF the Inflated girl, returned to his
home Thursday night from Mine
ola with the impression that the
authorities were working on the
murder theory rather than on
Sister Also Traced
There had been some belief that
authorities might be leaning to a
suicide theory.
One rumor had it that the person
being trailed by authorities was a.
well-to-do man who had toured
abroad sometime ago. His possible
connection With the case was I'M
revealed.
Still another rumor was that a
man hitherto presumably eliminated
as a suspect might be under sus-
picion at this time.
Authorities also have indicated an
interest in the actions Of
Tucker Faithful over the
weekend in which her sister met
death. The mystery of fuckers
weekend in Providence deepened
with the revelation of Inspector
Harold R. King that he is seeking
several kilograms which he believes
were received by Tucker and signed
only with the initial u" King re-
fused to reveal what connection this
may have with the case.
Bottle Note Is Hoax
Discovery Of bottle at Wading
River, L. l., with a note in it pur-
porting to be signed by Starr was
considered a hoax.
The note said;
Help! I am going to be thrown
overheard and I am just a little
tight"
1t bore a signature, Starr Faith
ful-with only the single 81" at the
end, whereas the Faithfulls use two
lis"
Another development was the dis
closure by Mrs. Jack Barr of Larch-
month, N. Y. that friend whom,
police described only at Loretta"
saw and talked with Starr between
2:30 and 8 o'clock on the afternoon
Of her death in Grand Central sta
ton. Authorities have fixed the
time of the girls death as either
late Friday night or early Satur-
day, approximately forty-eight
hours before her body was found
washed up on the sands of Long
Beach.
The woman, police said, described
Starr as being cheerful and in an
apparently happy frame of mind.
Previously, the last positive knowl-
edge Of STAIRS movements on that
day ended with her departure from
her home at $50 a. m.