Evening star., 1940-04-05
Sayings
(Continued From First pare.)

father broke down and sobbed "Oh,
my poor baby!" To which Chloe re-
piled: Buck up, dad. Don't let 1t
get you down."
Examined BY Psychiatrist.
DR.. Paul De River, police psychia-
trist, after questioning Chloe, de-
scribed her as above average intelli-
gence. 1t was he who said he con-
sidered her "the cruelest- -blooded,
coolest individual I ever met"
Veteran police officers, accustomed
to questioning hardened criminals,
said they were astonished by the
imperturbable demeanor of the girl,
described by one police matron as
having "a face like an angels"
II had very limited interview
with the girl in the police station
after I had been called into the
case," said DR.. River. She stood up
well for one of a family struck by
such a crime. She showed little
emotion.
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"Chloe is a precocious youngster.
She acts like a girl of IS or 16 years
of age. She is child with great
deal of imagination and is well read.
"As to her guilt or innocence, I
cannot say. She told me she was
sure she had not committed the
murder"
After being questioned for awhile,
Chloe sat down with Capt. Edwards
and ate hearty steak dinner. When
he refused to order her q bottle Of
beer, she snapped:
Mother and I split a bottle q
couple of days ago."
Repeated questioning of the girl
led Edwards to conclude, he said,
that Chloe awakened while her
mother was still in bed; went to the
kitchen, where Marquis and Daphne
were playing, and fatally bludgeoned
them; then encountered her mother
in the hallway and beat her to
death.
Capt. Edwards said the palms of
Chloe's hands were blistered, ap-
parently from considerable use of
the hammer.
Tried to Burn Body.
Continuing his reconstruction Of
the tragedy, Capt. Edwards said:
"Chloe then went into the bath
room and killed Ann. In an attempt
to disguise the whole affair, she tried
to burn her mothers body. She
dragged mattress from a daybed
in her mothers bedroom, placed her
mothers body on the mattress and
started fire.
'The nightgown was burned from
Mrs. Davis, but Chloe saw she could
not, as she hoped to do, burn the
house. She changed her clothing,
took an hour to think things over,
concocted story about her mother
believing in demons and called her
father"
When the father reached home,
Capt. Edwards said, and inquired
what was wrong, she told him,
you'd better go in the kitchen
and see."
Sought to Calm Father.
Later, the police captain related,
the girl said to her father: Daddy,
you mustn't get excited; let's go for
a walk"
Chloe had a head injury police
believe she either suffered in a
struggle with her mother or she
inflicted upon herself with the ham,
mer to substantiate her story.
En- route home from the police
station for a re-enactment of her
version of the crime, Chloe waved
airily to schoolmates who, faces
white with terror, were clustered on
the lawn.
Inside the house, she walked
sprightly through the rooms, telling
her story in a lively chatter.
. Father ''Nuts," She Says.
At one point, she strolled over and
started to play a small organ pur-
chased for her by her father, of
whom she once remarked: Hes
nuts"
Pointing to some books in her
room, Chloe said: I'm q book
worm I read all the time"
Little Patricia Axte1l, a neighbor,
told police she once saw Chloe fly
into q rage and beat her mother re-
peatedly with a broomstick when
her mother refused her a nickel for