Evening star., 1936-04-12

mumbled the name of man and then
left.
The body of Mrs. Titterton, who
came to New York in 1925 from Ohio,
where she was born, was found at 4
pm. by two drivers for an upholstery
firm. Arriving to deliver couch, they
found the door unlocked and went in.
The body, lying in the tub. was clad
in a slip and rolled-doWn stockings.
A pink pajama top and a red blouse
were knotted tightly about the neck
and there were bruises on the wrists
indicating her hands had been tied.
Detectives found piece of cord with
which they said she may have been
tied to a bed post.
Although the tub was empty of
water, officials said the body was
moist. indicating an attempt may
have been made at drowning. Acting
Chief Medical Examiner Thomas A.
Gonzales said there was no water in
the lungs, however.
Husband at Office.
The victims husband, Lewis H.
Titterton, head of the broadcasting
company's literary rights department,
was at his Office when the crime was
discovered. He said he last saw his
wife when she kissed him good-by
yesterday morning
Detectives, after questioning neigh
bors and employees of the building,
expressed themselves as puzzled by
the seemingly noiseless commission of
the crime The only sound of pos
sible significance was reported by
Countess Hoyos, who said her Negro
maid had heard some one calling
Dudley! Dudley! Dudley" while
she was preparing lunch yesterday.
The voice, which the maid took to
be that Of a woman or a child came
loudly from the rear courtyard. the
maid said. She thought nothing of
it at the time because the janitor's
name was Dudley Mings and she
assumed some one wanted him.
Police said Mrs. Titterton, woman
Of slight build. weighing about 100
pounds, could not have defended her.
self against the advances of man of
even moderate strength. No weapons
were found in the apartment.
Clothing Is Examined.
Using the silver nitrate process to
bring out possible flngerprints, two
police laboratory experts made a
minute examination of clothing and
other objects taken from the bed room.
The clothing included the ripped
white slip in which the body was
found, lavender bath robe, a garter
belt, stockings, pajamas. a blue silk
dressing smock and rumpled lavender
bed spread.
An ironic note was injected into the
crime when friends disclosed that the
Tittertons had moved to the quiet
Beekman place neighborhood last Oc-
tober because Mrs. Titterton felt un-
safe in their previous quarters in the
West Side district known as "Hel's
Kitchen"
Nothing could happen to any one
on Beekman place." she was quoted
as saying.
The couple was married in 1929 at
the Little Church Around the Corner
after a romance that f1owered from
mutual literary tastes.
Both had contributed book reviews
frequently to newspapers and maga-
zines and they sometimes were seen at
the more sedate literary teas.
Graduate of Cambridge.
Titterton is a native of England,
graduate of Cambridge University and
former associate editor of the Allan
tic Monthly.
Mrs. Titterton, who wrote short
stories and book reviews under her
maiden name, Nancy Evans. was the
only daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Evans of Georgetown, Ohio.
She came to New York to take a
position with publishing firm after
serving on the editorial staff of her