Evening star., 1935-11-16
WOMAN FRIEND
WILL Be QU|zZED
|NL0R|NG KILLING
Identity of Witness Kept
Secret as Detectives
Press Clue Hunt.
FINANCIAL OPERATIONS
OF DEAD GIRL STUDIED
Reports of Loans Made Prior to
Disappearance Probed as
Police Seek Motive.

A woman friend of the murdered
Corinna Loring, who may have "'im-
portant new information" was to be
interviewed in Baltimore this after
noon by investigators seeking clue to
the garroting of the 26-year- bride
elect.
Lieut.. Joseph Itzel of the Baltimore
homicide squad, who is in charge of
the inquiry, confirmed this report to-
day at his Upper Marlboro headquar-
ters, but declined to identify the wit
ness.
1T is important from my point OF
view" said Itzel, ito run down this
angle of the case as soon as possible -
Meanwhile, police were going over
Miss Loring's financial transactions in
the hope of developing some motive
for the killing. They made little prog
ress in this respect, however.
Investigate Loan Reports.
1t was said that Miss Loring had
savings accounts in Prince Georges
County bank and in Washington
bank, but neither account at any time
totaled more than $780," Reports of
loans made by the Mount Rainier girl,
who was to have been married in
Washington November 6, two days
after she disappeared, are being in
vestigated, police said.
The girls beaten and garroted body
was discovered last Saturday after
noon in a clump of pines on Saddle
back Ridge, less than quarter Of a
mile from her home at 3ll0 Beech
street, Mount Rainier.
She had disappeared on the night
of November under circumstances
which convince detectives she left
with some one she knew well. Thus
investigators have definite premise
in their search for the person or
persons who accompanied the BRIDE
elect from her home.
Shoe Scratches Studied.
Although satisfied the girl was
dragged by one person to the spot
where her body was found, Robert
w. Hicks, local criminologist, is not
satisfied the scratches on the shoes
were inflicted while the body was
being dragged. Hicks said he expects
to make further examination of dirt
samples taken at the scene in an
effort to determine whether the soil
contains enough rock particles to have
caused the marks on the shoes.
Another Washington criminologist,
Edwin J. Creel, 1927 street, a former
automobile mechanic and inventor,
went to Upper Marlboro headquar-
ters of the investigation last night
and offered his services to further a
solution of the murder.
Lieut.. Itzel said that while he appre-
ciated Creels offer, he did not see how
he could use him in the investigation
at this time.
1t was disclosed late yesterday that
Miss Loring had locked herself out on
the night she vanished, leaving both
her latch keys inside the house. al
though she took time to turn out lights
in the kitchen, bed room and living
room before departing. The door,
which locks automatically, might have
swung to during brief struggle on
the porch, or the girl might merely
have forgotten her keys in the haste
Of departure.
One key was found in the girls
bureau drawer and the other In the
purse she left on the bed When Rich
ard Tear. %, an attendant at ST.
Elizabeth's Hospital, came to call on
his fiance shortly after $50 pm, he
found the door locked and no one at
home to answer the bell. Tear put a
note on the door knob saying he had
left for night duty at the hospital at
els pm.
Leo Lo Jacono, brother-in-law of
the slain girl and fellow attendant
Of Tears at st. Elizabeth's, said yes
terday at least one witness had seen
Tear on the front porch waiting for
Miss Loring on the night of her dis
appearance. Lo Jacono denied that
he knew the name of the witness, as.
did investigators.
Had Planned to Stay Home.
The girl was left alone in her home
about 8 pm. when her mother went to
church. She had expected to spend
the evening at home. Shortly after,
however. some one persuaded her to
go out, for the girl had changed her
house dress, put on coat and left in
such haste she forgot the belt to her
dress.
During his examination of the death
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