Evening star., 1941-06-23
Strieff Murder
Probers Be
Called in Quiz
Police Department
Inquiry to Be Asked
OfHouse Group Today

The first week since discovery Of
the body of Miss Jessie Elizabeth
Strieff ended this morning after
hectic days in which police, spurred
| on by reports of an investigation of
their department, have sought un-
successfully to locate tangible clue
in this newest of Washington mur-
der mysteries.
Representative Hebert, Democrat,
of Louisiana, is scheduled to appear
before the House District Commit
tee at its weekly meeting today to
ask for immediate congressional
action in investigating the activities
of the Police Department.
Convinced that something vital is
wrong that unsolved murders should
be allowed to pile up in the Capital,
Mr.. Hebert has indicated he would
suggest that every policeman who
has been at work on the mystery
slayings be called to Capitol Hill for
questioning
Investigation Pressed.
Meanwhile, the super-squad of Is
detectives assigned to the Strieff
case doubled back on their investi-
cation in the hope of finding some
clue they had overlooked in their
initial work during the first few
hours after the 23-year-old War
Department workers nude body was
discovered in a garage in the l700
block of Q street NV. Capt. Ira E.
Keck, acting chief of detectives,
frankly admitted to reporters that
efforts to trace the murderer were
at standstill.
The investigation was extended
today to the activities of 25-year-
old colored man who police were
holding for an assault on a 42-year-
old white woman in the 1900 block
of I street NV. about m. today.
The woman was treated at Casualty
Hospital for bruises to her face.
Two Possible New Leads.
Two possible new leads in the
Strief case appeared yesterday.
One was the arrest of a 24-year -old
colored man after on attack, ac-
cording to police, on a 35-year- -old
colored woman in an alley in the
rear of the 400 block of N street
NV.
Police said the man had been
unable to establish his whereabouts
the afternoon Miss Strieff vanished.
He claimed, they said. that he was
at home that day, but no one had
been found who would substantiate
the alibi.
The second lead was a blood
stained sheet discovered in an alley
in the rear of the 1000 block of P
street NV. near the garage where
Miss Strieff's body was left. 1t was
wrapped tightly in soiled paper, and
pedestrian said he saw man drop
the package and then hurry away.
Efforts will be made to check laundry
marks on the sheet.
Traced to Delicatessen.
The week-long investigation has
trailed Miss Strieff as far as deli
catessen in the 1900 block of Florida
avenue NV, where she is believed
to have purchased a stick of butter
One witness has related that she
saw some one who answered the
girls description enter a double
parked automobile in front of the
store and that the car drove away
toward Eighteenth street, but there
the trail ends.
Police are undecided whether Miss
Strieff was pulled into hallway and
attacked or whether she accepted
ride in an automobile driven by
her murderer. Residents in the
neighborhood of the delicatessen
have been found who said they saw
her walking toward the store, while
others reported they saw her get
out of a car.