The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-11-22

ding. But District Attorney Vincent Dorsey and his aides gave no indi- cation that they had obtained any evidence linking those purporteC threats with his death.
 They detained two other men foi questioning, but declined to reveal their names.
 Mary and her mother and step- father, MT. and Mrs. Nichols Sala- mon, were questioned early today and sent home. Later the Salamons received a United Press correspond- ent in the gloomy living room of the 16-room mansion in which they live, mile outside of New City It is a rambling old house that dates back to Revolutionary war times and the Salamons rent 1t.
 Mary was kept out of sight and Mrs. Salamon, a tall, suave woman, did all the talking for the family,
 Mother Doubts It
 Tt is proposterous that my daugh- ter could have been involved with smith," she said. There were no relations of any kind between her and Smith except that they were friends. The last time any of us saw him was Saturday night when he was here for dinner"
 So far as authorities revealed, no one else had seen young Smith since. They believed he probaly was killed early this week and his body dumped in the field across the road from the Salamon residence.
 Thirty feet from where the body was found, Sheriff John Cook to- day discovered the weapon with which Smith was slain. It was Q .32 calibre nickle-plated revolver, and two of the five bullets had been fired,
 The Salamons moved here 0 year ago because living in New York is too expensive, Mrs. Salamon said. She is a designer and shopper, who makes weekly shopping expeditions to New York to buy clothes on com for residents of the com Salamon Is Q commercial artist. They also maintain Q one room apartment on East 36th street, New York, where Mrs. Salamon said they stayed when she made trips to New York. It was there that au- thorities found them last night.
 Father in Germany
 Mary's father was Fred Swope, whom Mrs. Salamon said she thought was Q very distant cousin of Gerard Swope, president of the General Electric Company. She divorced him in 1919 and believed he now was in Germany.
 Last year Mrs. Salamon sent Mary to Cincinnati to live with relatives and attend high school. Mary met Philpot, e Pineville, Ky, youth and they eloped to Covington February IS.
 Mrs. Salamon heard about the marriage in March, went to Cincin- natl, started annulment proceedings which have not yet been completed, and brought Mary home. According to her friends in Cincinnati, the pre- ocious bride, then only 15, defiantly asserted she would stick to my husband.
 Tn any event, Philpot soon came to New York and got @ job in @ PWA project in Carnarsie, N. Y.
 But Mrs. Salamon said that so far as she knew, he had never seen Mary or bothered her in any way" since he came to New York.
 Mary Was Popular
 Mary was popular in New City and met Smith on Q neighborhood party. Mrs. Salamon said.
 He became e good friend of the family and often came here for dinner, usually with other friends" she added.
 She described Smith as' steady and handsome young mana but said he had been rather delicate since he was hurt in an automobile acci- dent last winter. He had been ordered by a doctor to take 1t easy"