Evening star., 1933-10-24
Matin Gives Police Name as
They Question Him of
Strange Murder.
GOES TO HEADQUARTERS
AFTER NIGHT IN CELL
Detectives Still Skeptical, but De-
termined to Run Down All
Possible Clues.
Homicide squad detectives began a

Homicide squad detectives began a
city-wide hunt this afternoon for a
young woman named as a mutual &C
quaintance of Beulah Limerick and
1sadore Matin, %, who claims to have
slain the 19-year-old theater usher.
Matin, who describes himself as a
professional golfer" gave Detective
Sergt. George E. Darnall, acting chief
OF the squad, the name of the young
woman during the course of an in
tensive grilling this morning at police
headquarters.
Previously both DarnaTl and Capt.
Bernard w. Thompson, acting chief of
detectives, had declared one of the
most important points to be established
IN their investigation wes whether
Matin actually knew any of the slain
girls friends.
Questioned Hours.
Matin, who surrendered Sunday in
Philadelphia, was questioned for nearly
two hours before being taken back to
the fifth precinct, where he had been
held since Darnall and Detective Sergt.
John c. Dalglish brought him to Wash
tngton last night.
Among his queStionerS was Acting
Coroner A. Magruder Macdonald, who
girl.
Another point which the detectives
were endeavoring to verify was Mathis
statement that he met the Limerick
girl in Alexandria in the Summer OF
1880 and made frequent trips from
Philadelphia to see her between then
and the night she was shot to death.
Rover to Get Facts.
After the detectives had completed
their investigation of Mathis confess
sion, Thompson said, all the facts in
the case will be laid before United
the matter will be entirely out of our
hands" said the acting detective chief.
It will be up to the district attorney to
decide whether the facts warrant pre-
Senting the case to the grand jury"
Matin was brought here from Pfila-
delphia last night and locked up in the
fifth precinct Although Darnall had
warrant charging him with murder, it
was not used, and no charge was placed
against him on the police blotter. Dar-
nall explained he obtained the warrant
from Police Court Judge Gus A. Schuldt
before leaving for Philadelphia lust as
Q precautionary measure"
When Darnall and Dalglish reached
perfectly willing to return to Wash
tngton. s
Press dispatch quoted him as saying
II want to get this Ger with
Won Publish Confession.
Mathis confession, made to Phila-
delphia police shortly after his sur
render. was turned over to Darnal and
Dalglish, but they declined to make
public more than brief outline OF Its
contents.
In this confession, Matin declared he
shot the girl. then covered the wound
in the back of her head with gauze and
pulled her hair down over it: The bull
let hole was not discovered until her
body was taken to an undertaking
establishment.
A Casualty Hospital inferno had
ascribed her death to a cerebral
hemorrhage, but Acting Coroner A. Ma
gruder Macdonald, then deputy coro-
ner, was asked to examine her. When
he went to the funeral parlor. he dis
covered Slight trickle OF blood on the
slab on which the body lay. A hasty
examination disclosed the wound. which
had been bathed and plugged with
tiny wad of hair.
Matin said, according to Darnal, that
he fired the bullet into the back OF the
girls head while kissing her. He ex-
him, and he was afraid she might in
terfere in his romance with a Phlla-
delphia girl to whom he was engaged.
The Philadelphia girl has since mar
ried another man, Darnall said.
Made Four Trips Here.
Matin said he had made four trips
AL hn
killing. His idea in making the trips,
he explained, was to ascertain whether
he could be away from his Philadelphia
boarding house without the landladyS
knowledge Finally convinced his abb
sences had not been detected. he de-
cIared, he came here again the nlght
of December 30, 1880, went to the
Limerick home, at 18 Nineteenth street
southeast, and waited for her. She
returned home from dance a snort
time later. he said, and he went into
the house. shot her and then hurried
back to Philadelphia.
He explained the perfect alibi' es-
tablished at the time of his first arrest
by saying he left Philadelphia by train
early In the evening and went back by
automobile with salesman, whose
name he did not know. Neither his
ldI1ulaOy llOI dlly VI llCl oIAiSA AooAAASAS
knew he had been out of the house, he
added.
Gave Anonymous Tip.
Matin was arrested the first time
after giving Washington police an
anonymous tip to look for Ted Mar
tin in Philadelphia" Picked up by
Philadelphia police a short time later,
he at first confessed the crime, then
asserted he had been motivated only
by q desire to obtain publicity as
professional golfer" This time, how
ever, he declared his first confession
which was at variance with the facts
in the case-was "a carefully planned
scheme to avert all possibility OF sus-
picion" - ,. ~
fession, Darnan said:
"Matin gives enough exact detail to
make it imperative to check up on
everything he says. He tells a much
straighter story this time than ne did
the first time we had him.
If he was convinced Matln was