Evening star., 1935-11-17
Experienced Matron of Rail
Station Identifies Photo
as That of Washingtonian
With Whom She Talked.
W0MAN'S ASSERTION
CREDITED BY POLICE
Discrepancy Is Reported Between
Time of Conversation and Vic.
tins Absence From Mount
Rainier Home-Appeared in
Great Haste.

An experienced railway station ma
tron, schooled in the recollection Of
faces, believes Corinna Loring was
the worried and impatient" girl
whom she talked to in a Baltimore
waiting room shortly after the &C.
year-old bride-elect vanished from
her home at 3ll0 Beech street, Mount
Rainier, Md, the night of Novem-
Der 4.
There was a discrepancy in time,
however. which seemed to refute the
first information received Of the girls
whereabouts between the time she dis
appeared from her home, after her
mother left her at o'clock that eve-
ming, and the discovery Of her gar
roted body on the afternoon of No
vember In q clump Of pines about
a quarter of mile from the Loring
home.
Baltimore police last night gave
considerable credence to the partial
identification which was made by the
veteran Baltimore g. Ohio Railroad
matron through a photograph and a
conversation of some length with the
girl.
Matron to Be Quizzed.
1t was the matron who was to be
questioned when Lieut.. Joseph Itzel
of the Baltimore homicide squad left
Upper Marlboro for Baltimore late
yesterday with the announcement
that he was going to interview a
woman believed to have important
new information.
Lieut.. Itzel had not talked to the
matron at an early hour today, it was
said, although the witness discussed
the case with a reporter.
The matron was positive she talked
to the young woman between BIS and
$40 pm, on Monday, November 4.
1t was pointed out, however, that
Corinna was at home waiting for q
visit from her f1ance when her mother.
Mrs Francis Loring, left for church
about o'clock.
1t Is a fast automobile drive of 40
minutes from the Loring home to the
Camden station.
Paced Floor NervOuSly.
The matron, who talked to reporter
on condition that her name be with
held, said she was on duty at the sta
tion when a girl came in shortly after
S:l5 o'clock and went into the ladies'
waiting room. The girl, dressed in
a dark coat, either blue or black,
trimmed with light fur, paced the floor
with every appearance of agitation.
1t was part of the duty of the
matron to see to the needs of girls
who come into the station, particu-
larly those who seem to be travelling
alone. The matron asked the young
woman If she was coming in or going
out on a train.
The girl replied she had come from
Washington by automobile.
They brought me to Baltimore and
then they went to the Lord Baltimore
Hotel" the girl said. They are COM
ing back for me-"
The girl paced up and down the
waiting room. peering nervously
through the windows and acting as If
in great haste to leave.
Had Date at 8 O'Clock.
you know" she said, If any one
had told me an hour ago would be
in Baltimore tonight I'd have called
them crazy" The girl explained she
had a date at home at o'clock and
must leave at once.
The matron, she said, suggested trat
the young woman take train.
That would not do" she replied,
"as live outside of Washington and
it would take too long"
The Baltimore and Ohio line passes
near Mount Rainier, but its trains
do not stop there.
The girl said she was stenographer
in Washington. When the matron no
ticed ring on her finger which looked
like a diamond, she remarked:
1T looks to me as though you're
having night out after the big
event"
The girl replied, with a smile,
You're a good guesser!" Incidentally,
Corinna did not have an engage
ment ring, although she owned an
expensive ring set with a diamond
(See LORING, Page A-5)