Evening star., 1935-11-22
Mrs. Loring

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the time?" she demanded. 1--WE been
picked on enough"
Her husband, however, relieved the
tenseness That, in substance, is
what she said," he answered.
Had Heard Uugy Rumors.
Mrs. Loring, of course, has heard
the ugly rumors and the insinuations
that followed the finding of her
daughters body, and they have
shocked her visibly.
There have been a lot of foolish,
ridiculous things said and printed" "
Mrs. Loring resumed. II don't know
where it all comes from. I didn't
think people could carry so much
1oolishness around in their heads"
Mrs. Loring then touched briefly on
the scene in the trim little cottage
on the night that Corinna was last
seen alive.
Il was sitting on the davenport
over there, reading (she pointed to q
corner in the room. Corinna was
running up and down the stairs going
from her bed room to the kitchen. I
thought she was ironing. I think the
last thing she said to me was Watch
out for the ironing board
But didn't see any clothes T
don't know what she was doing, but
she kept running up and down stairs. Z"
Daughter Appeared Happy.
Mrs. Loring said Corinna had not
indicated In any way that she was
either nervous or excited, but on the
contrary, appeared to be very happy.
Mrs. Loring said she left a few
minutes after the girls warning about
the ironing board to attend a testi-
monial meeting at the Mount Rainier
Methodist Church. Upon her return
about GAS pm. she said she found
o note attached to the front door
signed by Richard Tear, her daugh-
ter's f1ance, who was to have married
her two days later.
The note explained Tear had waited
until 9:15 pm. and then left for
work
Mrs. Loring explained she thought
30 little about the message at that
time that when Corinna failed to
return home by IL o'clock midnight
she thought perhaps the couple had
eloped and had left the note as ruse.
But I just couldn't make myself
believe that" Mrs. Loring said. Be
cause 1t was not Corinna's nature to
do thing like that"
Believed Couple Eloped.
Anyhow, Mrs. Loring said, as the
hight waned, she got up several times
and looked in the girls bed and be- |
came angered when she finally became |
convinced the couple had eloped.
Mrs. Loring admitted she never did
feel Tear was the proper man for her
daughter to marry because of his
disposition. She did not explain fur
ther, but added she had made no ef- |
fort to interfere with the impending |
marriage.
Mrs. Loring said she had planned |
no special ambition for Corinna to
practice to force child to follow some
subject in which it was not inter-
ested. She pointed out she had been
forced as a child to take music lessons
against her wishes and had been made
to practice four hours a day. She
declared, however, she did want
Corinna to be a wife and a mother
and have good home.
Mrs. Loring expressed belief that
Corinna must have left her home on
the night she was murdered with some
one she knew. She expressed the
opinion, too, that the girl may have
left In q hurry because she left her
pocketbook and keys on her bed. That |
theory may not hold up, she declared,
because Corinna's sister had told her
the pocketbook and keys had been |
covered with bed clothing and the girl
may have left thinking she had mis-
placed these articles and couldn't find |
them.
Cites MASS OF Lies"
Mrs. Loring next reverted to the |
"mass of lies" that she said had been
printed since the murder and called |
particular attention to a report that
the house had recently been painted
inside. She said that rumor probably
grew out Of the fact that some one
saw a stepladder on the back porch.
Next she was asked about the in
surance policies. She said the policies
had been made out with her as a
beneficiary. She explained that her
own policy was made out jointly. one
to Corinna and one to Florence, her
other daughter. Both policies were
for 81 900 each, with double indem-
nifty clause In case of violent or ac-
death.
Mrs. Loring said she could not un-
derstand "all the talk" about the in
surance poicies because any child
would be likely to name its parents
rs beneficiaries. She said she was
not going to touch the policies until