Evening star., 1934-11-26
BUS DRIVER LINKS
WOMAN'SDEATHT0.
Staying OF GIRLS
Tentatively Identifies For
mer as Companion of Chill
dren Carried From Boston.
MONOXIDE POISONING
THEORY DISCREDITED
Test Shows No Trace of Gas Ef-
fects-Garb of Trio Traced
to Source.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
CARLISLE. Pa, November ga
solution of the mystery surrounding
the death of three little girls whose
bodies were found along a lonely
mountain road Saturday turned more
strongly toward a tragedy at Duncans-
vile, near Altoona, where man and
woman were found shot to death.
Paul White, a Harrisburg driver
tentatively identified a photograph OF
the woman in the Duncansville trage-
dy as the woman who made trip
on his bus from New York to Harris
burg last Wednesday, accompanied by
three children.
White previously said he was certain
the bodies of the three children in a
morgue here were those who made the
trip with the woman.
Identification Tentative.
white said the photograph looks
like her." said Lieut.. Harry E. McEl-
roy. chief of detectives of Pennsyl-
vania State police. in announcing the
pdTIldl lOenlulCdtlOn
McElroy said the bus driver left i'm
mediately for Altoona Ito take good
look at the body of the woman" D."
Neither victim of the Duncansville
tragedy has been identified
Meantime, the examination for the
cause of death of the three victims
was further complicated by report
by DR.. George R. Moffitt that he found
no traces Of carbon monoxide poison
ing or asphyxiation in the bodies Of
the girls
Other Poisons Sought.
The physician also reported he
found no evidence Of criminal assault.
DR.. Mofitt reported he is continuing
his analysis of specimens of the girls
blood for traces Of other poisons. The
analysis was ordered after autopsies
failed to show the cause of death.
State police learned that coats worn
by the girls came from New York
manufacturer Oh. & J. Block Manu-
featuring Co., 507 Seventh avenue,
New York; and that their shoes came
from Auburn Square, Mass
Woman every Tired"
White said the woman on the bus
with the children seemed very
tired" He described her as about
35 years old, with chestnut hair.
She was commonly dressed. She did
not get of the bus on the entire jour
ney from New York, he said.
The bus driver said he described
the children to Investigators before
he saw the bodies, even to a hole in
the coat worn by the small girl, who
was about years old. The others
were about 10 and l6.
White explained he remembered
the youngest girl particularly because
he helped her get on and of the bus.
White also positively identified the
suitcase. picked up two miles from
where the girls bodies were found. as
one of three carried by the woman
on the trip.
"One child" White said, answered
to the name of Jennie" She was
the youngest Of the three.
Book Carries Name.
A child's puzzle book distributed
by an oil company is also being
checked because one was found in
a black bag picked up in the noun
tains near the scene two days before
the bodies were found.
The book has the name Norma"
scrawled over one page, apparently
by child.
A State police check of gasoline
stations within radius of 20 miles
showed none know about the books
Officers said this indicated diStribu-
in another section of the country
and they also began investigating that
angle.
William Kasparvich of the State
police said the Duncansville angle Of
the case still looks very much alive"
The officers are seeking to determine
whether there is link between the
three children and man and woman
found shot to death at Duncansville,
near Altoona.
Dress Will Be Checked.
A red dress worn by the woman
found at Duncansville is expected
to reach Carlisle today for checking.
White said the woman accompanying
the children on the bus also wore q
red dress.
A party Of persons from Lykens was
rushed to the morgue in an automo-
bile before daybreak, and will be
questioned further today. Kasparvich
explained members of the group had
not seen the children they had in
mind for about three years. He de-
clined to give their names.
Kasparvich intimated the State po-
lice have many clues. which 'tlook
good" and which would indicate an
early solution of the mountain mys-
terry. At the same time he empha-
sized many good clues have led to
blind trails in the last two days.
In school rooms throughout Cum
berland County and other parts of
the country today, teachers inquired
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