Evening star., 1935-11-11
Police Refuse to Identify
Person Sought-Diamond
Engagement Ring Gone
from Hand of Dead Girl.
HAIR CLUE SUBMITTED
FOR D. J. EXAMINATION
Mans Glove Found Near Scene Of
Murder Also May Aid Search
for Killer - Baltimore Detec-
tives Expected to Aid Mount
Rainier and County Officers.

Arrest Of woman for questioning
in connection with the brutal CARROT
ing of Miss Corinna Loring was ex-
pected today by police, who are hold
ing a former suitor of the attractive
26-year-old bride-elect and her fiance,
Richard Tear, 90.
Investigators refused to identify the
woman or say if she was wanted as a
suspect or merely for questioning.
They confirmed previous rumors. how
ever, that there were indications a
woman might have been involved in
the weird murder.
1t became known today that an
expensive diamond engagement ring
was missing from the hand Of the
murdered girl when her body was
found Saturday afternoon in lonely
clump of pines about 400 yards from
the Loring home. 3l10 Beech street,
Mount Rainier, Md.
JeweIry Found Trampled.
Tear, an attendant at st. Elizabeth's
Hospital. gave the ring to Miss Loring,
whom he was to have married in
Washington Wednesday. The girls
wrist watch and earrings were found
trampled into the earth near the seems
search failed to disclose her engage
ment ring.
The possibility that a woman might
have participated in the murder was
strengthened somewhat police said.
by row of deep indentations on the
knuckles of the dead girls left hand.
believed to have been tooth marks.
Dr. Oscar Lavine. who conducted the
autopsy. said today the wounds ap-
peared to have been made by teeth,
although he could not be certain.
A number of human hairs found
under the coat sleeve of the strangled
bride-elect were to be submitted to
the Department of Justice along with
a length of wrapping cord found twist
ed around the girls neck. 1t was hoped
the hairs might be identified with an
individual later. The heavy wrapping
twine will be tested to determine II il
was of the same type ss some cord
found yesterday in the basement oi
the Loring home.
Similarity Revealed.
A casual examination revealed the
two lengths of twine were similar.
Police followed up the arrest late
Saturday night of Tear by taking into
custody Aubrey Hampton, 80, of the
1000 block of New Hampshire avenue,
a former admirer of Miss Loring. No
charges were booked against either
Tear or Hampton.
Hampton, Government clerk, had
gone out with Miss Loring several
times before the pretty public steno-
grapher became engaged about four
months ago to Tear.
Police Chief Eugene Plumer Of
Mount Rainier, said Hampton told
him he had not seen Miss Loring since
last Summer, when he chanced to
have a glimpse of her on moonlight
cruise on the Potomac in company
with Tear.
Will Be Held Another Day.
Hampton. who came here from Ken.
lucky as an enlisted man in the Army,
later obtaining Government posi-
tion, was believed to have been at
night school at the time Miss Loring
disappeared from her home between 8
and 9 pm. Monday. Police said ooth
young men probably would be held
for at least another day until thor
ough check could be made upon their
movements on the night in question.
Chief Plumer said the first joint
was missing from the middle finger of
Tears right hand. A mans glove for
the right hand found Saturday near
the scene of the murder is regarded
as a valuable clue. Efforts will be
made to learn if the glove shows signs
OF unusual wear in the middle finger.
There was no indication, however,
that this is the case.
The medium-sized motorists glove
might have fit most any man except
one with unusually small or unusually
large hands. Tears story of his move
ments Monday night corresponds with
checks from other sources and only
a comparatively short interval remains
to be proved by other parties.
Waited at Fiance's Home.
Tear left night school at Mckinley
High about $50 o'clock Monday night.
He drove to the Mount Rainier home
of his fiance. learned no one was home
and waited for less than half an hour
before leaving a note. explaining he
had left for work at 9:15.
It is almost a half-hour drive to
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