Evening star., 1936-09-19
JAN|T0R QU|zzED
IN TYP|ST KILLING
Requests Police Use Lie De.
tector-Probers Are
Baked.

AICer ulgnC OF intensive WOrk,
police today were still holding a COL
ored janitor for questioning in con-
nection with the murder of Mrs
Florence Goodwin, 43-year-old Gov
eminent typist, found beaten and
choked to death yesterday in her fash
ionable boarding house at 1902 Six
teenth street.
Investigators admitted, however, that
they had made little progress.
The janitor, Carl D. Chase, IS, Of
the 900 block of w street, underwent
an all-night grilling at the third pre-
cinct, stoutly maintaining his inno-
cence. Determined to check every
possible angle, however, police sent
his trousers to q chemist to be ex-
amined for possible blood stains and
ordered a chemical analysis of the
material under his fingernails.
Asks for Lie Detector.
During the grilling, according to
Detective Sergt. Joseph w. Shimon,
the prisoner said:
IT tell you that am not the right
man. Why don't you use lie detec-
tor or give me some of that truthserum
that will prove what I say"
Detectives searched Chase's room
last night, but found nothing except
a number of detective story magazines.
An autopsy performed by Coroner
A. Magruder Macdonald disclosed
that Mrs. Goodwin had been struck
on the head five times, instead of
four, as first reported. One of the
blows split her skull from ear to ear.
A blood-stained iron furnace shaker
was found lying across the CRATES in
the furnace at the boarding house
and police believe the slayer used this
as weapon.
The autopsy also resulted in dis
covery of several scratches on Mrs.
Goodwin's throat, presumably made
while her murderer was choking her,
but it did not reveal definitely whether
she had been criminally attacked.
A search was being made for an
Ob4lCA So4O1Co J1k14bO4, AlSS4Adk SCo
some time ago, but he had not been
taken into custody today.
Operated Boarding House.
Mrs. Goodwin had been employed
in the Procurement Division of the
Treasury Department since 1881. She
also operated the boarding house,
which was formerly the Venezuelan
Legation. Senator Capper's former
home is next door, and the Russian
Embassy across the street.
The woman's body, clad in under
clothes and a bath robe, was discov-
cred by Mrs. Alphonzo Billups, q
roomer, about IL am. yesterday. Sur
priSed when Mrs. Goodwin failed to
appear at her regular time, Mrs.
Billups investigated and found the
body, the head buried under q pillow.
She called Chase. who, in turn,
notified police. Mrs. Billups said
the door to Mrs. Goodwin's spacious
bed room was partly open when she
went to the room.
4lC lOOHi Wdo ilOt uloOluClCu, AlOW-
ever, leading police to believe Mrs.
Goodwin must have been struck the
first blow while she was lying on the
bed. There were blood spots on the
wall several feet away.
There is a back stairway leading
from the hall just outside Mrs. Good
wins room to the ground floor, and
police expressed belief the killer prob
ably used this avenue of escape.
Robbery Motive Probed.
Possibility that robbery may have
furnished the motive for the Staying
was being investigated, since Mrs.
Goodwin had large sum Of money in
her pocketbook when she went to a
(See MURDER, Page A-3.)