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montgomery. Hearing mourning
more. she returned to bed.
About 4 am, Mr.. Brayerman,
who had also been out for the
evening, came home. He had
escorted Miss Virginia Warren,
eldest daughter Of the Governor
of California, to a party given
by, Representative Regain, Demo-
crat Of Texas. at 1926 N street
NV.
After the party, Mr.. and Mrs,
Garvin Tankersley drove Mr..
Braverman and Miss Warren to
the Statler Hotel garage where
MIR. Braverman picked up his
car. The attorney and the Gov
errors daughter went to the
Shoreham cocktail lounge where
they remained until it closed
Then they drove around, wind
ing up at the Statler, where Mr..
Braverman and his guest said
goodnight.
Climbed Stairs In Darkness.
When he entered his home,
Mr.. Braverman went to the
kitchen in the basement to get
a glass Of tomato juice. Then he
climbed the stairs in darkness
to the second floor. He didn't
put on the light on the first floor
because it cannot be switched of
from above.
AS he reached the hallway at
the second floor, he switched on
the light. Directly in front of
him, hunched on the two lowest
steps from the third floor was
the unclothed body Of Mr.,
Montgomery. A bathrobe belt
was knotted around Mr.. Mont
gomery's neck.
Mr.. Braverman cried John.
john" Then he fled down the
narrow. sharply twisting stair
way to the first floor telephone.
Running. he stumbled and broke
a small bone in his foot in the
fall.
At 4-21 am, his call reached
the police. Then he called DIR.
c. Leslie Glenn, pastor of st.
Johns Episcopal Church, where
Mr.. Montgomery was member.
A short time later. DR.. E. L.
Pierce Of Gallinger Hospital,
arriving in a Health Depart
mated that death had occurred
Mr.. Montgomery dead. He esti-
mated that death ha occurred
at least one hour. possibly two
hours earlier.
Police Reconstruct Crime.
Police went to the third floor.
AS they reconstructed the act,
Mr.. Montgomery tied a hemp
cord and the bathrobe belt
around his neck with slip knots
and attached the other ends OF
the cord and the belt to q third
floor baluster. Then he started
walking down the steep stairs
and stepped on into space. When
his body became a dead weight,
the cord slipped from the balus-
ter, the belt snapped
On the third floor. along with
clothes flung on the bed and
underwear on the floor, police
found another section Of the
hemp cord Mr.. Montgomery
was interested in art and had
used part Of the cord to tie his
collection. They founS no note.
The Investigations began. Po-
lice had to rule out foul play
State Department security ON
GERS had to make sure no Sc
curity angles were involved. DR.
Glenn quietly started talking I'd
Mr.. Montgomery's acquaint-
ances. At first, he couldn't be-
lleve his parishioner had taken
his own life. Only the day be-
fore. Mr.. Montgomery as MEM
Der Of the churchmen's club had
read from the prayer book al
a noon service for businessmen
But DR.. Glenn found clues In
Mr.. Montgomery's past, just as
the police did.
Lost Parents az Row
Mr.. Montgomery was an only
child and an orphan. He lost
his parents as a boy. Friends
told DR.. Glenn that an aunt was
q householder at the fashion,
able Mercersburg Academy and
that's why he attended there.
He did well in his lessons but
I suppose he wasn't accepted by
the other boys" DR.. Glenn said,
Children are cruel"
He went on to Princeton Uni
versity, graduated in the class OF
1885. One investigator said he
understood Mr.. Montgomery
wasn't asked to join any Of the
clubs.
"On the surface, he appeared
Self-suffcient, affable and digni-
ned" said DR.. Glenn. "Only q
sensitive observer would realize
his loneliness. There was a
deep-rooted inability in him to
make friends. He couldn't mix
easily. He was shy, almost
gauche. He came to our dances
at the church alone and he left
early. He was never what You
would call the life of the party. !"
Failed in Examinations.
In Washington, MIR. Montgom-
cry took his masters degree at
Georgetown University, tried and
failed to pass the foreign service
examinations and became q re-
search economist with the war
Production Board.
He Joined the State Depart
ment In 1915, resigned in May,
1916. and returned four months
later. For the past year and d
half he had been on the Finnish
desk. At one point. he joined
the Catholic Church, although
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