The Washington times., 1935-11-23
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Mystery Car Traced,
Loring Home Is
Searched for Clues

A quartet of inquisitors in the
Marlboro courthouse today faced
Mrs. Frances Loring, mother Of
Corinna Loring, whose strangled
and beaten body was found two
weeks ago on Saddleback Ridge.
four blocks from her Mt. Rainier
(Md.) home.
Weeping and clingirag to the
arm Of her husband, George A.
Loring, she arrived at the Upper
Marlboro headquarters of the MUIR
der investigation at 10:30 a. m.
A few minutes later she entered
the room at police headquarters,
where she was questioned alone.
Her inquisitors, who were still
questioning her early this after
noon, are Lieut.. Joseph Itzel,
Baltimore detective in charge of
the Investigation; Detective Sergt.
Leo VogelSang, of the Baltimore
homicide squad who entered the
case yesterday to assist Lieu.
tenant Itzel, Chief of Police
Eugene Pluuner of Mt. Rainier,
and Sergt. Ralph Brown, Of the
Hyattsville police.
Questioned Three Times
Mrs. Loring went to Upper
Marlboro at the request Of
Lieutenant Itzel, in the hope
that she could throw further
light on her daughters life and
her movements the night of her
disappearance, November 4. This
is the third time that the
mother has been questioned.
The slain girls parents were
driven to Upper Marlboro by
their son-in-law, Leo LoJacono.
Both Mr.. Loring and Mr.. Lo-
Jacono waited in an outside
waiting room while Mrs. Loring
was being questioned.
Lieutenant Itzel and Sergeant
Vogelsang spent two hours in the
Loring home yesterday, searching
for clues, and then requested Mrs.
Loring to come to Marlboro. She
was first questioned following her
daughters funeral.
Car Seen on Ridge
At that time she was highly
nervous from the double tragedy
of her daughters murder and the
sudden death of her only brother.
Jacob Van Allen, who collapsed
and died a few hours after the
discovery of Corinna's body.
With the questioning OF Mrs.
Loring as the most important
move Of the day, other develop
mentS were:
/. Two women who saw a car
drive up on the ridge the night
of November 4, the last time Co.
rinna was seen alive, were to be
questioned in the hope they
could recall the license number
or describe the car in such a way
as to enable it to be identified.
2, Authorities hoped to obtain
the name of a married man who
was reported to have met Corinna
several times near her home.
Officers expressed great interest
in the reports of Mrs. Harriet
Whitehead and Mrs. Mae Miles,
of Mt. Rainier, that they saw a
dark sedan drive up Twenty.
eighth Street, which crosses the
Ridge and opens into Lovers
Lane, and turn into the ridge
road about 8 o'clock the night
Corinna disappeared from home.
Time Significant
The time is significant, the
officers pointed out, since Mrs.
Loring told investigators that she
left home about 8 o'clock that
night for church and Corinna was
gone when she returned an hour
later.
Richard Tear, st. Elizabeth's
Hospital attendant, who was to
have married Corinna two days
after the date Of her disappear.
ance, said he arrived at the house
about $40 and found no one
there. He waited until about 9:15,
he told investigators, when he
wrote a note saying he could wait
no longer, slipped it over the door
knob and left for work.
Mrs. Whitehead and Mrs. Miles
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