The Washington times., 1935-11-12
SEEK FORMER
PATIENT OF
ASYLUM
Body Planted on Side
Of Hill After Being
Hidden 4Days
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Saddleback ridge, about 500 feet
from the Loring home.
Acting on this theory, police
believe the girl was murdered in
a dry spot such as a basement OF
a home. This theory is supported
by the general condition of the
girls body and clothes, which did
not show signs of having been
subjected to the elements. Miss
Loring was last seen week ago
last night.
U. S. Officials Silent
The bits of hair have been
turned over to investigative units
Of the Federal Government. either
to the Department of Justice or
the Bureau of Standards. Acting
in accordance with a set policy,
officials of both bureaus refused
to confirm or deny that they were
aiding Mt. Rainier and Baltimore
police in the search for the muir
derer of the girl who was to have
been married last Wednesday.
ShredS of hair were found woven
around a button on the dress Miss
IIoring wore the night she was
slain. With the exception of a
mans kid glove no other definite
clue to the murderer Of the &C.
year-old girl have yet been un-
earthed by police.
A piece Of paper smeared with
blood was found near the spot
where Miss Loring lay. This bit
Of evidence, however, has been
virtually excluded by police, since
the paper was Smudged by the
fingerprints of several persons and
is now considered useless in
tracing the murderer Of the Loring
girl.
Ring Is Missing
Also found near the body Of
the girl was the torn, crimson
stained piece Of a mans shirt.
Police are holding this bit of evi-
dence, but do not believe 1t will
aid them Sin break"
Police further today were at
tempting to trace the whereabouts
of a diamond engagement ring
given to Miss Loring by Richard
Tear, 30-year-old Government
clerk, now in Jail for questioning
in connection with the mystery
murder. No charges have been
placed against him.
The engagement ring is missing,
and police consider this fact
significant.
Dry Clothing
Study of the slain Sunday
school teachers clothing showed
it impossible that she should have
been out on the hillside during
the heavy transforms of last week.
Her clothing, while soiled and dis
arranged, was not soaked, police
said.
The murder, police said, is one
of the most unusual in criminal
annals in this part Of the coun.
try, since a garrote-the legal
form of execution in Cuba and
other Latin countries-waS used.
Meanwhile, insisting that the
murderer was assisted by a
woman, Investigators were still
searching for a woman who is
believed to have bitten the dying
girl on the left hand as she
struggled in the agonieS Of death.
Key Held BY Woman
One theory held was that the
woman was a former patient in
st. Elizabeth's Hospital, the
asylum where Richard Tear,
fiance Of the slain woman, is en-
ployed.
Strengthening this theory, one
group Of investigators pointed out
that the murder must be "the
work of an insane person"
Miss Loring, whose family in
sist that she had not known
enemy in the world, was tortured
before death mercifully ended her
struggles, these investigators say.
On either temple was wound
inflicted by some instrument re-
Sembling pair of ice tongs. Po-
lice scout the belief that the body
was dragged with tongs to the
lonely spot in Lovers Lane where
it was found Saturday. The marks,
they say, were inflicted to pain.
Wounds Reveal Cruelty
While there were two wounds
in the head, neither was sufficient
to cause death. They were in
flicted to quiet her before the cord
of the garrote was placed around
her neck and cruel hands pulled