The Washington times., 1935-07-29
DENIES CHARGE
SHE WAS PAID
FOR MURDER
Ex-Dancer Is En- Route
To Chicago For
Police Quiz

NEW YORK, July 20 N.N.S.).
Returning to confront her wOm-
an accuser, Mrs. Evelyn Smith,
46, wanted at Chicago for ques-
tiOning in the Erwin J. Lang
murder, left by plane this noon
in custody Of Chicago authOri-
ties.
She waived extraditiOn in
Brooklyn Supreme Court earlier
and reiterated her innocence in
the brutal staying of Lang,
whose mutiIated body was found
near Hammond, Ind, July 9.
CHICAGO, July 20 N.N.SJ.
''Mrs. Smith told me they
strangIed Erwin, cut up the body
to make it easier to carry, and
put the pieces where they were
found in Indiana"
Mrs. Blanche Dunkel, mother
in-law of the victim Of the grue-
some torso murder, will have an
opportunity to thus accuse Mrs.
Evelyn Smith to her face some
time today in one Of the most
Sensationally dramatic scenes in
Chicago's criminal history.
Mrs. Smith, former burleSque
dancer, arrested in New York
Saturday and scheduled to arrive
here by plane late today, told
New York police:
81 didn't kill Erwin Lang.
last saw him at Mrs. Dunkers,
June 30"
(L1ng 1D1S killed the night OF
July S, his dismembered body
found July 9 in a S1DGmp near
Hammond, IndJ
THREATS MENTIONED
"All 1 know is that she was
bitterly jealous Of him. / heard
her threaten to kill him for
going out with other girls after
his wife, Mallie MRS. DunkePS
daughter), died."
Told :: that statement last
night, Mrs. Dunkel, who has told
police she paid Mrs. Smith 500 of
a promised $500 to murder Lang,
declared:
II can hardly wait to confront
her and make her tell the truth.
She's guilty."
Thus the stage is set for the dra-
matte meeting of the two women
erstwhile friendS-each accusing
the other of the CHASTITY Staying.
Mrs. Smith was aided in the
ACKNOWLEDGMENT of the body, Mrs.
Dunkel has told police, by Harry
Jung, her Chinese husband. Chi
cago police said today they had
received information from New
York that police there are on
lungs trail and his arrest is ex-
pected momentarily.
Mrs. Dunkel, who is 43 and a
grandmother, has admitted her
love for her son-in-law. This love
turned to passionate hatred, she
said. because of Lang'S approach
ing marriage to Miss Josephine
Mckinley, 81, and she arranged
the murder with Mrs. Smith, she
admitted.
Jealousy Theme
In later statements, Mrs. Dunkel
denied she hired the murder done
because of her unreQuited love,
but because Lang was unfaithful
to the memory of his dead wife,
at one time even declaring he
poisoned his wife $50 he could
run around with other women"
In New York, Mrs. Smith &C
cuSed Mrs. Dunkel Of poisoning
her daughter because Of jealousy
over Lang.
Coroner Frank J. Walsh said
today he would investigate the
death of Mallie Lang, and 1ndi-
Gated he may seek court order
to have the body exhumed.
Assistant States Attorney
Charles s. Dougherty, in charge
of the murder investigation and
stage manager of the weird drama
to be enacted today, requeStioned
Mrs. Dunkel today. He said:
"She didn't change her story
one bit. She insists she agreed
to pay Mrs. Smith $500 for the
murder, and that Mrs. Smith
told her Erwin was killed in her
apartment early in the morning
of July g."
HEADS FOR CHICAGO
The muddy" blonde honky-
tonk dancer then, Mrs. Dunkel
told Mr.. Dougherty. told her she
and Jung hacked off Lang's legs
and they disposed of the body.
Lang's legs, stuffed in a small
trunk, were found beside a coun-
try road near Munster, Ind.
After extradition fornalities in
New York, Mrs. Smith, accom-
panied by two Chicago detectives.
is to be put aboard Chicago
bound plane scheduled to arrive
here at AIS p. m.
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