The Washington times., 1937-05-18

what did you make Of it at
the timeP" Cropsy asked Mitchell.
Nothing in particular" Cropsy
quotes the witness as answering.
I'm afraid I didn't attach any
special significance at the moment
to the fact that it was dagger
she had in her hand. In fact, it
didn't even occur to me that it
was a dagger, although I am sure
now that is what it was"
Mitchell Gives Reason
For Delayed Testimony
"And then what did you do?"
CropSy asked.
II went to bed" Mitchell an
swered.
What time was that?"
ut was exactly 10 minutes past
H." Mitchell declared. after I
shut my door I wound my wrist
watch for the night"
did you continue reading after
you had gone to bed"
For a short time, yes"
"And you heard no more noises
in the hall2"
mo"
Cropsy then asked Mitchell why
he had not come forward yeSter-
day with his evidence. Mitchell
replied that he had gone to Pitts
burgh yesterday on a business trip
and had taken an early train from
Cleveland before learning that a
murder had taken place. The
Perkins Chemical Company has a
Pittsburgh branch. Mitchell said
he went there to examine the
books. In the late afternoon, he
said, he read in a Pittsburgh
paper that Margie Shannon had
been murdered. He left Pitts
burgh on a late train, arriving in
Cleveland this morning, he said.
following which he telephoned to
police headquarters and was told
to report to the chiefs office.
Asked if he was sure that it was
Janice Fowler he had seen leaving
the murdered girls apartment,
Mitchell declared he was positive.
AS for the man who brought
Margie Shannon back to the
apartment at 1870 on the night
of the murder and who, because
of official reticence, must still be
known as the escort" his account
of activities on the fatal night is
brief and as follows:
He met Miss Shannon at half
past seven, by appointment, on
the meZzanine floor of the Statler
Hotel and took her to dinner
there.
scandals" Attraction
At Downtown Theater
After dinner they went to the
Ohio Theater to see a perform
ance of the Scandals"
Immediately after the show he
hailed a taxicab and took Miss
Shannon home.
Arrived at the apartment, he
accompanied the girl upstairs in
the elevator and visited with her
for a few minutes in her room,
chatting about the Scandals"
After about ten minutes or
So" he left and went directly
home.
He said he saw no other person
In the building, either on the
fourth floor or downstairs, besides
Joseph Lewicki, the night switch
board operator.
He described Miss Shannon as
being gay and amiable" when he
left her, and apparently without
any premonition of trouble.
Prosecutor Miles announced
that he would ask the grand jury,
which is still in session, to return
an indictment Of first degree muir
der against Janice Fowler
On the heels of these develop
ments came the news that Stanley
Evans of the law firm Of Louns-
bury, Evans and Gore had been re-
tanned by Miss Fowler as counsel.
This is the firm for which Miss
Fowler has been working as a
Stenographer.
Despite the girls familiarity
with legal procedure and her un-
doubted knowledge Of the serious
ness Of her plight, she had stead,
tasty refused to engage an at.
torney; and it was not until De
tective Thomas Hogan confronted
her with Saul Mitchell's story
that she finally consented to send
Tor Evans.
"As far as the police are con-
cerned," Lieutenant Cropsy said
"our activities in the Shannon
murder are almost at an end. The
case now passes into the hands of
Cuyahoga County's courts"
Interviewed today at police
headquarters, Janice Fowler main