The Washington times., 1935-11-13
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Supposedly "Missfne"
Ring Found in Home
of Family
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menus OF MT. van Alleu 10 1edQ
us in believing he knew anything
about this crime" States Attor-
ney Alan Bowie, of Prince Georges
county, declared today after a
hurried conference with Lieut..
Joseph Itzel, Baltimore detective
assigned to the murder case.
"We checked everything con-
corning Mr.. Van Allen" Bowie
said. There is nothing to justify
asking for an autopsy on the
body"
Funeral arrangements for Mr..
Van Allen were to 60 ahead &C
cording to the original plans. He
will be buried in Arlington Me
mortal Cemetery this afternoon.
Ring Found in Home
Another angle Of mystery in the
case, the disappearance Of .
$500 diamond ring owned by
Miss Loring, was cleared up to-
day when it was learned that the
ring had been found in the Lor-
ing home.
At first it was believed that
the ring had been torn from her
finger in her death struggle the
night she dropped from sight,
week ago Monday, giving rise
to a theory Of robbery, but that
has been definitely eliminated
with the discovery Of the ring.
Following the funeral of the
slain girl this afternoon, from
the Mount Rainier Methodist
Church where a week ago today
she was to have become bride,
Lieutenant Itzel and other Of.
ficers will question the family
of the girl for the first time.
Detective Optimistic
Mrs. Frances Loring, mother
of the girl, who has been i'll and
hysterical since the discovery Of
her daughters body; George
Loring, her father, who was away
from home for q long period be-
fore the murder: her sister,
Florence, and brother-in-law, Leo
Lojacona, will be asked to give
all information they may have
that will tend to clear up the
mystery.
Lieutenant Itzel today was op-
timistic that the case would be
solved, despite the fact that the
only two men held for questioning
have been released.
Richard Tear, 29-yearold fiance
of the slain girl, was first released
yesterday, after being questioned
for several hours. His first act on
securing his freedom was to ar
range to have flowers sent to the
funeral.
Fiance Bitter
Tear was bitter over what he
termed the inefficiency Of police
in the case, and vowed that he
would not rest until the slayer Of
"my girl" is brought to justice.
A few hours after Tear had
been released, Aubrey Hampton. a
former Suitor of the girl, also was
released after police satisfied
themselves with his story and
alibi.
Lieutenant Itzel said he was
eager to talk to the slain girls
mother. Mrs. Loring left the
family home around 8 o'clock the
night of the Staying to go to
church. leaving her daughter busy
and happy. That afternoon Miss
.Loring had spent several hours
with Tear, shopping for furniture
for their new apartment, which
they had already rented, and
seemed happy.
Waiting for Tear
At the time the mother left,
Miss Loring was wearing a house
dress, and awaiting the arrival Of
Tear, who had planned to see
her before reporting for duty at
:St. Elizabeth's Hospital, where ne
is an attendant.
What happened within the hour
after the mother lett for church
holds the key to the battling case.
Tear arrived to find Miss Loring
gone. and after waiting some time
left a note on the door and went
to work.
, But in that hour Miss Loring
changed her clothing, putting ON
"a blue street dress-and was ap-
.parently in a rush, for she neg
lected to put on the belt, which
was later found in the house.
: When Mrs. Loring returned
from church she discovered her
daughter was missing, and when
the girl failed to return home, the
disappearance was reported to
police on Tuesday.
Saturday afternoon the body
was found on a hillside, only half
a dozen blocks from the Loring
home. But Investigators do not
believe the body was there all
week.
The state of the clothing was
such, police said, that it could
not have been on the hillside dur
b: ing the rains Of last week.
PLANTED" Say Police
One man, George James, Of
Mt. Rainier. told police he was
on the hill with his hunting dogs
last Friday morning and that the
body was not there at that time.
Police believe the body was
planted" there Friday night, only
few hours before it was found.
4. Important developments that
; may lead to final solution of the
case are eXpected within the next