Evening star., 1933-08-03
Police Hope to Find Four
Women With Aid of
Victims Kin.
FIRST NAMES OF TWO
ONLY TANGIBLE CLUE
Montgomery and Capital Officers
Grill Bakery Workers-Pair
Held Are Freed.

Police engaged In the search for the
four women who called for Wilmer Lee
Jet, %, of 1914 North Capitol street,
several hours before his body was found
on the electric car tracks at Glen Echo
are pinning their hopes for success upon
an older brother of the dead man,
Charles c. Jett of 1716 Irving street.
The only tangible clue which police
claim to have uncovered in their in
vestigation of Jetts strange death Is
the first names of two women who are
believed to have accompanied him pre-
ceding his death. The elder Jett has
seen the women with his brothr on sew
eral occasions and can identify them
If they are found, they say.
Went on Many Parties.
Police learned yesterday that the
women had accompanied the younger
Jett on numerous parties held in cot
tage along the Potomac River near
Stop 27, short distance from the spot
where investigators believe Jetts body
was placed on the tracks few moments
before it was run over by q street car
Monday night.
Montgomery County and Capital de-
tectives hunting for the quartet grilled
a number of employees of northeast
baking company, where Jett is said to
have several friends with whom he had
tage until an early hour this morning,
but said today they failed to strike q
lead that would aid them In establish
ing the identity of the women who
called for Jett at his home in a large
sedan Monday evening.
Two women whose first names are
the same as those of the two who fire.
quently went with Jett on parties at
the cottage were found at the bakery,
but the elder Jett failed to identify
they and they proved their whereabouts
on Monday night to the satisfaction Of
police.
Pair at Chesapeake Beach.
The husband of one Of the women,
police said. owns a car Of the same
make as that in which Jett left his
home with the four women, but it was
found that the woman and her hus-
band we're at Chesapeake Beach the
night of Jets death.
A Washington man who police be-
lieyed knew the women with whom
Jett left his home several hours before
his death was discovered was arrested
by detectives and held for questioning
last night, but was released this morn
ing after the Investigators finished
grilling the employees at the Northeast
bakery.
Montgomery police said this morning
they attached no importance to the fact
that a girls photograph was pasted in
the face Of Jets pocketbook, which
was missing from his clothing when the
body was removed from beneath the
wheels of the street car and which is
believed to have been taken from him
to prevent his Identification.
Photo Of Former Sweett ,art.
The photograph, they declared. was
that of former sweetheart Of Jett who
lives in Northeast Washington. Jett
broke off" with her about a year ago,
they said, but still carried her picture.
Neither did they attach any particu-
lar Importance to the fact that a num-
Der of persons were seen along the
street car tracks near Stop ~ short
time before the street car passed over
Jett's body, they asserted.
It was pointed out by detectives that
there are IS or 80 cottages and camps
within hailing distance Of Stop n and
the people probably were going to their
cottages along the river shore or max
ing their way TO street car stops to re-
turn to their homes IN washington.