Evening star., 1941-11-25
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had smoked while at the house, po-
lice said. One of them said she did
/ not smoke at all, and, although the
/ other did to some extent, she never
wore very much lipstick, Mr.. Har-
rison said he learned.
Two Persons There.
The Commonwealth attorney said
| he believed there were at least two
persons there when Mr.. Loveless re-
turned to his home early Sunday
morning after dinner party in
Washington with Miss Macon. Miss
Heath and Lawrence Richey, former
secretary to ex-President Hoover.
Mr. Harrison based his belief
mainly on the fact there were no
blood smears leading from the
/ breakfast room, where Mr.. LovelesS
is believed to have fallen when
fatally shot, 10 the nearby china
closet where his body was found.
Mr.. LoveleSs weighed about 1875
pounds and hardly could have been
lifted by one person. he pointed out,
and the indications were that he
had not been dragged
The wires 10 two telephones in
the downstairs and upstairs parts of
the house were found cut. Mr.
/ Harrison said this showed a care
( fully-laid pan, expressing the be-
lief that the cutting was done before
! Mr. LovelesS returned to the house.
Mr.. Harrison also said police
were anxious 10 learn the owners of
a pair of womans capeskin gloves
and a pendant watch. without a
strap, found in the downstairs part
of the house.
Police at first had described the
house as having been 'ransacked," "
an angle strongly supporting the
robbery theory. Mr.. Harrison, how
ever. said that while some bureau
drawers were found open and a few
clothes lying around the upstairs
rooms, there was no indication that
any one had been searching for val
/ uables.
Police reported that last week Mr.
Loveless had called at a Leesburg
hardware store to ask for certain
type of 22-caliber rife At the
time, it was said, he laughingly re-
marked that he wanted the gun
for bodily protection" The gun,
however. was not in stock and had
TO be ordered for later delivery.
Picketbook Missing.
Mr.. Loveless' pocketbook could
not be found Although it was said
he customarily carried 5000 to $500
on his person, friends who saw him
Sunday night quoted him as saying
he had no money with him He also
told a filling station operator from
whom he usually bought gas for
cash that he would have to pay
him later for 10 gallons of gasoline.
DR.. John Gibson, Loudoun Coun-
ty coroner, officially reported after
an autopsy that Mr.. Lovless died
of internal hemorrhage brought on
by the shock of a gunshot wound
Three wounds were found in the
body, but DR.. Gibson said the bullet
which brought on death was one
that lodged in the lung. Another
bullet entered through the side of
the chest, but missed the lung,
while a third lodged in the spine.
All three bullets were found in
the body, Dr. Gibson said. Another
1 bullet was found imbedded in a
mantle over fireplace in the break
fast room, and three more in various
parts of the room. The bullets were
of different caliber. police said.
Foreign Ammunition.
Capt John Fowler, Washington
ballistics expert, reported after tests
that a 25-caliber bullet found i'm
bedded in the breakfast room wall
was foreign made, but he could not
name the country from which it
came. The gun from which it was
fired was an automatic pistol, ne
added. Although he could not set
the age of the weapon, he said the
barrel was mot in such good
shape
This type of foreign-made ammu-
milton was formerly very plentiful
in this country. he said, but lately
has become quite scarce since i'm
ports have ceased.
He said he also had .25-caliber
shell from which the slug apparently
was fired. The shell was found on
the floor of the breakfast room, ap-
parently having been elected auto
matically when the gun was fired.
Capt. Fowler also was testing five
.32-caliber slugs, three of which
were taken from the body, while the
others were found imbedded in va
rious parts of the breakfast room
This was American-mad ammuni-
ton, he said.
Seek Fingerprints.
Washington police fingerprint ex-
perts were testing a number OF
articles found in the rooms, includ-
ing a silver bowl that was bent as
though it had been used as a
weapon, a liquor bottle and several
glasses that had been recently used
The possibility that Mr.. Loveless
was murdered by some who knew
him and was searching possibly fol
valuable papers was not ruled out
by 1t. jeremiah Flaherty, chief o.
the metropolitan police homicide
squad and one of several Washing.
ton officers assigned to the case.
Miss Macon and Miss Heath were
quoted as saying that they had 9
lunch at the Loveless home. They
also told 1t. Flaherty that Mr.
Loveless had said specifically that HI
had no money with him Sunday
night and that this was the princi
} pal reason for having dinner at tht
Columbia Country Club, where HI
could sign the dinner check and !