Evening star., 1938-05-20

later made the statement the man was
about IS years old.
Il asked Langdon If he went into
that house on the morning he turned
his flashlight through the window"
the inspector said. Langdon denied
| this. he added.
The inspector said he then asked
Langdon outright if he had shot the
girl.
Langdon's reply, the inspector said,
was: Il did not. had nothing to
do with it. That is foolish question"
Iangdon later was asked by Sergt.
Flaherty if he had gone into the house
| to investigate a complaint and per-
haps accidentally had discharged his
revolver. The detective pointed out
that Langdon obviously would have
been in very embarrassing situation
and might have sought to save himself
by cleaning up the blood and trying to
pass off the girls death as from nat
urad causes.
Langdon was quoted as having re-
piled: mo, nothing like that happened
If 1t had I would have stayed and
faced the music
Hadn't completed Investigation"
On another occasion, Inspector Kelly
said, he questioned Langdon as to what
disorder he had observed in Beulah's
house. Langdon replied he had OBJ
served "obscene acts in the kitchen"
Why did you not obtain a warrant
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said Langdon was asked. The reply.
Inspector Kelly said. was that he had
not completed his investigation of the
case.
Was Beulah making plans to move
on the day Of her death because she
was afraid Of you?" Langdon was
questioned by the inspector His reply,
with the added remark that: We'll,
she ought to have moved anyhow, as
that place was disorderly.''
Inspector Kelly was followed to the
stand by Policeman Arthur G. Coates,
who served one eight-hour tour OF
duty as guard in the Limerick house.
He said nothing was touched or dis
turbed while he was guarding the
premises.
1t. Robert c. Pierce. fifth precinct,
told the jury Langdon voluntarily had
offered to go on duty at the house
where Beulah was killed. although he
was supposed to be off. 1t. Pierce said
he gave I,angdon orders to touch MOTH
ing in the house and that when he
later asked the patrolmsn why he had
disobeyed the order. Langdon replied:
Il thought I was doing something for
the good of the department"
The prosecution suffered somewhat
of a setback late yesterday in the
testimony of Detective Sergt. Walter
S. Beck, who accompanied the investi-
gators to Beulah's home.
Sergt. Beck told the jury that in his
opinion no very thorough search was
made of the Limerick house while he
was a member of the searching party.
He testified he himself made no con-
vincing search Of the premises where
the body was found.
New Evidence Factor.
Part of the Governments case
against Langdon rests on the fact that
he reported new evidence" which he
discovered in the house while there as
police guard to see that nothing was
disturbed
Investigators today were seeking to
trace a rumor that the shell found by
Langdon in the coffee cup had been
planted" by a person who visited
Beulahs house soon after the strange
murder was made public.
Tells of Careful Search.
It. Flaherty, who was member OF
the homicide squad at the time of the
original investigation, told the jury
he made a careful search Of the prem
ises soon after the murder.
1t Flaherty said he looked at the