Evening star., 1941-11-25
Mrs. love|ess
Reaches Scene
Of fS|dYing
Cigarette Stubs May
Offer Clue; Revenge
Motive Is Studied

Ward Loveless. Washington lawyer
who was slain Sunday night, arrived
at her home in. Loudoun County, Va.
late this afternoon and authorities
planned to question her for the first
time to see if she can shed any
light on the motives for what they
believe is a revenge or jealousy
murder
Shortly after her arrival. police
were rushed out to the estate to
photograph pile of about a dozen
cigarette stubs which had been
found on road running beside the
estate. Police said the stubs were
found at spot where some one
might have stood on Sunday night,
watching the house.
Mrs. Loveless. who left Virginia
shortly before Thanksgiving to visit
her husbands family near Elkmont.
Ala. arrived On train from the
South this afternoon. She and
several members of the Loveless
family got off the train in Alex
andria and proceeded to Loudoun
County.
Robbery Theory Discounted.
Mrs Loveless went first to the
funeral home where her husbands
body is resting. Charles H. Har-
rison, Commemorative attorney. an
nounced his intention of question:
ing Mrs. Loveless as soon as pos
Sible.
II was Mr.. Harrison who revealed
earlier today that the 5l-vear-old
tax lawyers personal life was being
scrutinized closely. Investigators
said they did not believe that rob-
berry was the motive, but felt that
something more was behind the
killing
Originally police had placed much
weight in the fact that Mr.. Love-
less 1910 green Ford coupe was miss
ing from his Peonian Springs home.
believing that a robber had made
off with it.
Mr.. Harrison. however, in an inter-
view at his home, said he thought
the coupe was taken by some one to
"mislead" the police. The vehicle.
bearing Virginia tags No. 30O-364. is
the object of wide search in the
East.
Silverware Untouched.
Mr.. Harrison also pointed to the
fact that there was about $1,000
worth of silver gobletS tableware
and dishes in the lower part of the
house which were not carried off.
Questioned about burned candles
found in the upper part OF the
house, as though a robber had
searched the house with a dim light
rather than turn on electric lights.
Mr.. Harrison said he couldn't ex-
plain their presence. but that he
attached very little Importance" to
them
Victims Hat on Lawn.
Mr.. Harrison regarded as very,
very important" a mans brown felt
hat found in the breakfast room
near the closet where Mr.. Loveless
bullet-riddled body was discovered
yesterday morning by Will Davis,
colored, employe on the estate.
The initials "a. T." we're found
stamped on the leather band of
the hat.
Washington detectives working on
the case, he said, were reminded of
a notorious Washington criminal"
who had these initials. However,
MIR. Harrison said he did not believe
this man had anything to do with
the crime, in the light of the fact
that the robbery motive had been
dismissed. Fingerprints found in
the bloodStained downstairs room
of the mansion would prove conclu-
sively whether this individual was
at the scene of the crime, he thought.
Mr.. Loveless' hat was found on
the lawn of the Colonial type house.
Mr.. Harrison said this led him to
believe that a person fleeing from
the house in his haste had picked
up the victims hat instead of his
own. Then, Mr.. Harrison continued,
the party discarded it on the lawn
and did not return to the house for
his own.
Mr.. Loveless' hat. furthermore.
was in the path between the front
of the house and the driveway
where the coupe was last seen
parked.
The next most important evidence,
about which the authorities were
anxious to learn more, was whole
lot" of cigarette stubs with heavy
stains of lipstick on them found
strewn about the breakfast room and
dining room of the house, Mr.. Har-
riSOn said.
Two women companions, Miss
Nora Macon, 48, of 1920 Sixteenth
street NV. and Miss Mary Heath of
the Blackstone Apartments, Balti-
more, visited with Mr. Loveless Sum-
day afternoon, but both denied they
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