Evening star., 1938-06-21
Story of Fight With Woman
Resembling Victim Is
Sifted for Clue.
EFFORTS TO IDENTIFY
Brunette ARE FUTILE
Two Describe Seeing Person
Of Same General Appearance
Crying on Highway.
BY GARNETT d. HORNER,
Stan Correspondent Of The Star.

PRINCE FREDERICK, Md, June
21.-An inquest into the mysterious
death Of an attractive young expectant
mother whose body was found float
ing in Lyons Creek near here yester-
day was postponed indefinitely for lack
Of evidence today as police sought to
trace a fat, thin-haired Washington
man in connection with the case.
Bafhed in attempts to identify the
woman they believed was murdered or
to determine definitely the cause Of
her death, investigators checked
closely for possible clues the story Of .
brunette answering her description be-
ing beaten at North Beach last Friday
evening by a man 50 corpulent that
he had to hitch up his trousers each
time he swung his fist.
A woman of the same general ap-
pearance was reported seen standing
in the roadway near Lyons Greek about
two hours later, crying and attempting
to hail ride toward Prince Frederick
while a man stood nearby beside q
parked automobile bearing District
license tags.
approximately 100 persons from
North Beach and vicinity have viewed
the body in futile attempts to estab-
lish the Woman's identity.
May Ask Clerks Aid.
Meanwhile, authorities considered
enlisting the cooperation of the julius
Garflnckel & Co. department store of
Washington in an effort to identify
the dead woman, whose garments bore
the establishments label-the only ap-
parent clue to her identity found on
her body or clothing. 1t was sug.
gested the store clerks who might have
sold the garment may be asked to view
the body, held at Hutchins g. Son
funeral parlor at nearby Owings, Md
States Attorney Arthur w. Dowell
Of Clavert County told an inquest jury
convened before Justice Of the Peace
William w. Duke in the county court
house at IL am. today that he be-
lieved the inquest should be continued
indefinitely lin view of the fact that
our investigation has not developed
as speedily as we had hoped"
"At this time, we have 30 little svi-
dence to offer that you could arrive
at no definite conclusions after hear
ing it," Mr.. Dowell added. you Will
be called back at some indefinite date
when we think we will be able to pre-
sent evidence on which you can bring
in a verdict that would mean some
thing"
Request Is Granted.
Magistrate Duke then granted Mr..
Dowells request for an indefinite con-
tinuance. pointing out that it was un-
certain when the jury would be called
again.
Mr.. Dowell said there were no def.
mite leads toward identification Of the
woman or toward solution Of the
mystery Of her Staying, but that he
and other officials were investigating
the stories of the woman being beaten
at North Beach and the woman being
seen on the highway near Lyons
Greek "as circumstances to be con-
sidered"
He planned to question George Free
land and Frank Smith, who live near
Prince Frederick and reported that
about 10 pm. last Friday while driv-
ing in truck over hill near Lyons
Greek, they saw a woman in a blue,
red-flowered dress with big red butt
tons standing in the highway crying
and waving a handkerchief. They
dimly glimpsed q man standing be-
side q District automobile nearby.
They did not stop to investigate.
No Water in Lungs.
In report prepared for the inquest,
DR.. Page G. Jett said post-mortem
examination showed there was no
water in the woman's lungs. indicating
she had been killed before being thrown
into the creek less than "a hours be-
fore she was found about am. yes
terday. His gross examination failed
to disclose the cause of death, DR.. Jett
said, leaving suf1ocation or poisoning
as possible causes. Contents of her
stomach were being analyzed for traces
Of poison. There was no evidence she
had been drinking, he said.
Although somewhat skeptical Of
being able to connect the North Beach
alteration with the apparent Staying,
officers pushed investigation Of this
angle when witness partially identi-
fied the dead woman as the brunei
involved in that scuffle.
Edgar S. Browning, %, Of S211
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