Evening star., 1935-12-03
REWARD OF $500
OFFERED TO SPUR
LOR|NG SOLUTION
Head of County Board Ex-
presses Concern Over
SIoWness in Case.
MT. RAINIER TIGHTENS
PROTECTIVE MEASURES
Baltimore Detective Agrees to
Posting Of Cash by Prince
Georges Commissioners.
By Stan Correspondent of The Star.

BY Stan Correspondent Of The Star.
UPPER MARLBORO. Md, Decem-
ber Sin the hope of squirting the
hunt for the slayer Of Miss Corinna
Loring, the Prince Georges County
Commissioners today authorized re-
ward Of $500.
The reward will be formally offered
by States Attorney Alan Bowie, who,
with Lieut.. Joseph Itzel. Baltimore de-
tective in charge of the investigation
acquiesced in the plan to post a re-
ward.
Lieut.. Itzel had previously opposed
such action, fearing he would be
swamped with bum tips" but
changed his view after a conference
with Perry Boswell. president Of the
county commissioners.
''Now or Never"
Boswell believes police must find the
slayer now or never" and Is dis
appointed that no one has been
charged with the crime despite the
strenuous investigation carried on for
the past three weeks by Lieut.. Itzel.
an ace Of the Baltimore homicide
squad.
The head of the commissioners
thinks some one in possession OF i'm
portant information may decide to
turn 1t over to the authorities If a
pecuniary reward Is available.
In response to public demand that
some action be taken for. better police
protection in the town. the mayor
and Council Of Mount Rainier last
night ordered Inauguration of patrol
system, and voted to allow each town
bailiff $3.50 a night for gasoline and
oil expenses.
The plan was sponsored by Council
man John E. Parsell after Mayor Nor
man A. Pruitt's proposal that ref
erendum on the question of increaS-
ing the number of paid town police
men from one to three be held at once
was rejected.
Fan MaiP Probed.
Having run out Of all other clues
police investigating the Loring 'mys-
terry yesterday resorted to interviewing
the writer's of fan mail" Several
persons who wrote letters that con-
tanned promise Of important mforma-
ton were seen. Nothing Of value was
obtained. from them, however. accord
ing to Lieut.. ItZel.
The detective said he also talked
to Mrs. John DeVine of the 3l00 block
of Connecticut avenue, an elderly
woman who employed Miss Loring to
read for her. Mrs. DeVine was unable
to give him any lead" Lieut.. Itzel
said.
Deputy Sheriff william E. Clinton
one of the local officers helping Lieut.
Itzel. went to the Washington Navy
Yard to check on a man with a
scratched face who disappeared about
the time Miss Loring vanished. Late
yesterday authorities here were told
a man answering the description OF
the missing Navy Yard worker had
been seen in Salem, N. c., and may
send there to question him.
Lack Of tangible clues as well as
inability to disprove the alibis of all
who might be considered suspects is
admittedly hampering the investiga.
tors. Among the clues sought are miss
ing earrings and hat belonging to Miss
Loring, and late diary which, police
believe, must have existed. The --latest
they can find ended in 1888.
Victor Harrison Redmond, AZ, Wash.
ington restaurant manager, arrested
on a charge Of attempting to attack
a 9-year-old Mount Rainier girl, viii
be given preliminary hearing before
Justice Of the Peace Gilbert Hughes ir
that town Thursday night, States
Attorney Bowie said. Although they
have questioned him at length, the
Loring investigators have been unable
to connect him with that case.