Evening star., 1935-11-13
Microscopic Examination by
D. C. Criminal investigator
Also Reveals Shreds of
Skin Under Victims Nails.
TEST OF BLOOD FAILS
TO SHOW ANY POISON
Hicks Refuses to Say Whether
Clues Point to Man or Woman.
Confidential Report Submitted
to States Attorney Bowie, in
Charge of Probe.

Charge of Probe.
Strands of human hair found on
the coat sleeve of Corinna Loring, slain
Mount Rainier bride-elect pretty
definitely" match the. hair of a suspect
in the case, it was learned today.
This disclosure followed microscopic
examination of the hair by Robert w.
Hicks. a District employe:. who has
devoted 10 years to scientific criminal
Investigations.
The tests conducted by Hicks. who
said he participated in the investiga-
tion of the murder of the Lindbergh
baby. also are said to have resulted in
the discovery of shreds of skin under
the dead girls flngernails. Exam
ination of her blood. it was said, failed
to reveal any traces of poison.
Hicks said the physical evidence in
the case was turned over to him Sum-
DAY by States Attorney Alan Bowie,
who is in charge of the investigation.
Hicks said he completed his eXamina-
tions yesterday and submitted a con-
fidential. written report to Bowie.
Although refusing to divulge the
contents of his report for fear it
Knight hamper the investigation. "
Hicks confirmed reports he had eN-
amined the hair, blood and finger
nails. He also made a cursory eXamina-
tim of her stomach
Two Hair Specimens Found.
Hicks refused to say whether the
hair found on Miss Loring's coat
sleeve was that of man or woman.
This point, he explained, is of vital
importance in the investigation and
cannot be cleared up at this time.
The hair he said, was found on the
cuff of the right sleeve, apparently
having been torn from the murderers
head during Miss Loring's struggles.
The investigator, it was learned,
was given two specimens of hair to
compare with that found on the coat.
One sample, however, did not match.
Hicks, an employe in the District
engineers Office, has devoted all of
his spare time during the past 10
years to criminal Investigations He
said he expected to cooperate" with
authorities in the future during the
Loring investigation.
Investigators assigned to the mur-
der Of the 26-year-old bride-elect
shifted their headquarters TO Upper
Marlboro Md. today. as the bereaved
family and friends of the pretty ste
nographer assembled in the rain to
attend her funeral services at Mount
Rainier Methodist Church.
Meanwhile, the investigators at
Upper Marlboro. led by Lieut. Joseph
1tzel. crack Baltimore detective. pre-
pared this afternoon to question
woman Government clerk from Wash
ington.
The woman, Miss Edith Tavenner,
400 block of G street northeast, is
not under arrest, it was empha-
sized, but had agreed to 60 from the
Capital to Upper Marlboro for ques-
tioning
Itzel plans to question at least so
persons, including Mr. and Mrs. George
A. Loring, the parents of the murdered
Mount Rainier girl; other members of
the Loring family. and at least score
of friends.
Clues Being Analysed.
Prior to Hicks disclosures, Itzel
said he had no idea where a num-
Der of clues to the murder had been
sent by the Prince Georges County
and Mount Rainier police, who first
investigated the crime. The clues
include the strands of human hair
found under the girls coat sleeve, a
blood-stained paper napkin, the torn
remnant of a mans coat sleeve, and a
length of twine similar to that found
about the girls throat
Itzel will work from a headquar-
ters in Bowie's Office at the court
house here. After the funeral, he
plans to question Leo Lojacono,
brother -in-law of the slain girl. Lo-
jacono is an intimate friend of Rich
ard Tear, 29-year-old attendant at
st. Elizabeth's Hospital.
introduced Tear to Girl.
The brother-in-law. who also is
employed at st. Elizabeth's, intro
duced Tear to Corinna Loring about
four months ago. The couple had
been engaged for several months. The
two were to have been married in
Washington a week ago today.
Miss Loring dropped mysteriously
from sight shortly after 8 O'Clock
on the night of November 4, only
"a hours before her wedding day.
She had been left alone in her par
ents' home at 3l10 Beech street,
Mount Rainier. Her body was found
Saturday afternoon in a pine thicket
about a quarter of mile from her
home.
Tear was released yesterday after
noon, following his arrest for inves-
tigation Saturday night. Several
hours later, police liberated former
suitor of Miss Loring's, Aubrey Hamp-
ton, 30-year-old Government clerk,
Tno was arrested for questioning
Sunday.
Itzel hoped to obtain some useful
from Lojacono, who was
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