New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 5, 1917, Page 14

f; LEW PHILA. MODEL: i Il 7 jContinued From Tirst Page). p.of the school ding to information obtained by police here, he telephoned to the teachers, each ‘Speaking of the girl’'s murder, ing it was terrible, asking what ould do, and replying to his own lon with the assertion: I am going I have ar- on’t worry. ghten this thing out. to ed to see a good lawyer, and will fhataver he says.” t even last night the police were unable to trace all Lewis’ move- 5 from Friday night until cnt of his he reached this city about death. the They know 10 ek Wednesday night, His father, man Lewis, a retired coal opera- had occupied a cottage near the Villa four years ago, and to 8 Villa Lewis went. He was mo- and uncommunicative, o other guests of the house, and, ently, he was short of funds, for accord- a maid told the police thut he hail! borrowed $10 and with it puinased | the rifie with a tilencer aftachinent. | with which he killed himseii Yaoster- day he had nou left hi's room. i But all this the police learned after i Lewis was dead. Before they sur- rounded the Villa and hammerei at | his door they had little to work on. i I'rom Captain of Detectives Tate of | Philadclphia had come the request ' that Captain of Detectives James K. Malsced here aid,in the investigation which had led to this city. ‘Woman Informs Police. Detectives Joseph Farley and Frank Totten set out to find Lewis but they failed and it was a woman who bhe- trayed the fugitive’s presence here. ‘Who she was i{s not known to tne po- lice even now, but she telephoned to Captain Malseed and, in a faltering voioe, told the captain that Lewis wus then'in the States Vilia. p The detectives and a squad of pe- lice reserves raced to the place. A maid at the door said that Lewis was in his room on the third floor and Farley and Totten ran up the stairs. The policemen scattered about the house. Residents of the villa gath- ered curiously in the halls and par- lors, excited and wondering. “Who is there?”” was Lewis’ resly to a rap on his door which was locked. “We have a message for you,” Far- ley answered. “Let us in.' NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD. FRIDAY, JANUAkY 5, 1917. “Al] right,” was the reply and then there followed a sound like the bang- ing of a door. The detectives thought Lewis was trying to reach a window to escape and they shouted to the men outside. The whole house was in an uproar. About the house policemen ra: back and forth shouting to one another that they couldnt see the fugitive. In- side the house the detectives ran to a room adjoining | Lewis’ bedroom from which there was a door giving into a bathroom connecting with Lew- is’ room. They battered at it with fists, heels and clubs, It resisted and within they could -hear Lewis moving about. They smashed at the door again and it burst open. Before them was Tewls half-reclining in the bathtub. His feer were braced against its head and tle muzzle of the rifie rested almost against his right temple. His finger was on the trigger. But Lewis was dead; he had discharged his weapon and the silencer had stilled it. Dr. L. R. Scudder, the coun sician, was summoned and said death had been instantaneous. He directed an examination of Lewls' room, but found no paper left behind to explain the suicide. Lewis had removed from his clothig every mark that would as- sist in his identification by any one who had not known him in life. and had forgotten nothing apparently, ax- cept & handkerchief on which Dlood $195 OUR BIG ANNUAL SALE new and used upright and grand pianos and also player pianos is in full swing. The first day of the sale showed gl 0 11 R a large number of purchases. gains of either new or used pianos /r plover nirnos before it is too late. Special Secure one of these bar- Feature New Handsome Mahogany Concert Grand Upright, made by a thoroughly reliable manufacturer. which retails from $300 to for the low price of No interest, Stool and Scarf and Tuning for one year free. Open evenings by appointment for those not able to come in during the day. Telephone Charter 3644 for evening appointment to see these pianos. Mathushek Upright, Original Cost $400 .. 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Fancy Large Apples Spinach Lettuce, . 18c can . 4 qts. for 19¢ . 12c a can .2 for 5c 25¢ peck Cabbage, Potatoes, Turnips. : ) Fresh COalves Liver, Beef Liver and Scholfield Sausage. $1.15 34 gallon | Sauer Kraut . . 59¢ a quart WE GIVE ROYAL GO LD TRADING STAMPS ¥RANK MAIETTA, PROP, STERN MARKET 0 ' rHOND 1058 had dried. The police believe it was the blood of Miss Colbert. Lewisg had stuffed the spaces he- tween his door and the jamb. He had crammed paper into the window cracks and had hung a towel over the transom of his door. He had provid- ed well to accomplish his end, for he had put an extra cartridge on a ledge within his reach as he reclined in the bathtub. Apparent intended to use it if the Arst fs On the bu- reau wa fresh hox from which these two cartridges had been taken. There was little blood about the temple, where the bullet had entered, but there were marks on nearly all his fingers and apparently this blood came from scratches which marked both hands as they might had he em- ployed them in a struggle with soine one. On the bureau were cbpies of Phil- adelphia, Atlantic City and New York newspapers, and across the front page | of one was this flaring headline: “Girl May Solve Model Mystery.” Be- neath this was a large picture of Miss Colbert, or Grace Roberts, as she pre- ferred to be known. Captain Malseed took charge of Lewis’ body and last night Dr. Scud- der had not determined whether or not he would hold an inquest. Its only purpose would be to learn more of Lewls’ movements sinco Friday night and of his relations w'th the model. He was well known hereo, and was de- scribed by many as a ‘“high flyer And there information about him end- ed until last night. Undone by Taxicalb Bill. Even now the police have not traced to its beginning the acquaintance of Lewis and the model. THey might never have suspected its existence and Lewis might be alive were it not for so small a thing as & $19.60 taxi- cab bill. Lewis did not pay it, and g0 set in motion the inquiry which he himself closed. It was the bill for a taxicab in which Lewis drove the Misses Kthel and Mabel Kyle from the Ritz-Carlton ho- tel, Philadelphia, to their home .in Germantown on the night of the mur- der. With them he had made the rounds of hotels after an evening at the theater, he had driven them home and then had returned, riding part way on the box with Elwood Poweil, the chauffeur, to whom he explained that he wanted some fresh air. It was Powell who dropped him outside the Wilton, who waited long and anxiously and who departed after he had failed to trace his fare into the apartment house and had de- spaired of collecting h's $19.60. It was 'owell who went to the police with this tale of a minight ride that had ended outside the murder flat aund he carried it to them because he wanted his $19.60. From the moment of the discovery of the murder the Philadelphia police had been at a loss which way to direct their energies. There was not a lack of clues but rather a plethora of them for letters and cards, autographed photographs and books in profusion filled the rooms of the girl whc had been known as the “model with the form divine.” ~Moreover, the names were those of public ofMcials, nf men prominent in society, of college men and men who had mad> names for themselves in amateur athletics. Captain Tate and his men had turned from one to the other, meeting at every hand men who acknowledged their friendship with the girl but who proved their innocence of any con- nection with the crime The police evolved theory after theory. They theorized that the gzirl had been slain by a man whom she had beggared and whom she was about to discard. And they arrested a con- tractor, freeing him only after he had been confronted by Miss Marie Col- ling, a confldante of the model and by the janitor of the apartment house, Richard Benjamin. They theorized that she had been killed by a discard- ed suitor when he learned that she was about again to take up with a man from whom she had been estranged. And they hunted this man up and questioned him. He was a wealthy brewer, and like the other, he established his innocence. The theory on which they fixed was that two men had Miss Colbert's flat on Friday night. One was an admirer., So was the other, but his acquaintance was of longer standing and his attitude tow- ard the girl was somewhat different in consequence. This man the police now think was Lewis. They are certain that he entered the apartment to find the other man there and became angry at once. 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It struck her in the back of the head, crushing her skull, and probably making her senseless, Meantime, the other man, fright- ened by the quarrel, had opened a window and let himself out intoc the night. The flat was on the ground floor. His absence was never notined by the second man, enragel now to the point of madness, and he flung himself at the girl, beating and chok- | ing her until he thought of a stocking and twisted one around her throat. That is the theory the police had built before Powell came to them, but they had built it without a guess as to the identity of this second man. It was a mystery they seemed little in the way of solving until the chauf- feur arrived with his complaint of a $19.60 loss, School Teachers Found. From Powell the police learned of the ride ‘to Germantown and of the identity of the sister schoolteachers. It was easy to find them with the chauffeur for a guide and the sisters were ready enough to talk. They told all they knew of Lewls, including his name and something of his his- tory. Miss Ethel Kyle said that Lewis had called on her on Sunday and had ac- companied her to church. He had seemed the same as usual, not nerv- ous or worried and on Mondgy had called again. On Tvesday he had telephoned, and then the young wom- an had seen Powell’s statement to the police. “I told Mr. Lewis of it “and asked him to read it. He sald he would buy a paper and do so. A little later he called me up again on the telephone and said he had seen what I referred to and I needn’t wor- ry about it.” The police arranged Miss Kyle to make an appointment with Lewis, should he telephone to her again. She promised to do so, and, according to the police tried to make good her word. The knowl- edge, however, that she was betray- ing the man who had been her friend made her so nervous that Lewls ap- parently became alarmed and refused to make an appointment. None knew where he was stopping in Philadelphia, and the murder trail seemed to have ended as abruptly as it had begun, when there came this afternoon the telephone message she said, at once for from Lewis here to the Kyle home in Philadelphia. Once more he was trapped, and this time the police made his capture thelr own business. Established 1886 GlobeClothingHouse Hart, Schaffner & Marx | CLOTHES ARE INCLUDED IN OUR 31st Annual Sale By Comparison you will instantly recognize the Remarkable Reductions in Price During the Mdnth of January CLEARANCE SALES OF SPECIAL LOTS OF Ladies’, Men’s and Children’s SHOES STORE CLERKS' DANCE. Annual Event For Aid of Charity Will Take Place in Booth’s Hall, Plans are nearing compietlon for the second annual charity ball to be given by the McMillan store clerks in Booth's hall on February 15. The re- ceipts a year ago were given to the Children’s Home, the Polish Orphan- age, the Sunshine society and the La- dies’ Talmud Torah spclely and this year charity will again profit. The dance cominittee hus engaged Lynch’s orchestra. Those in charge of the affair are J. J. Barry, chairman; Miss Anna L. Gross, retary and treasurer; refreshment committee, Miss Gertrude Carlson, chafrman; Misses Florence Robertson, Mary Lynch and Philomena Groman; re- ception committee, Mr. and Mra. Alex- ander Jessiman, Mr. and Mrs, J. Mec- Kay, Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Burr, Mr. and Mrs. O. P. Richter and Mr. and Mrs. George Graves. e E. H. SOTHERN IMPROVED, Wife and Physiclan Hurrying to His Bedside. Chicago, Jan, 5.—The condition of E. H. Sothern, the actor, who is seri- ously ill at a local hotel with stones in the kidney, was slightly improved today, according to attending phy- sicians. While it is believed that an operation may be necessary, local physicians made no decision, pending the arrival ¢f Mrs. Sothern (Julia Marlowe) and Dr. Joseph Bissell, the Sothern family physician, who are ex- pected from Nek oYrk during the day. Dr. Bissell performed an operation on the actor more than twenty years aga for the same complaint. Mr. Sothern collapsed then during a per- formance in Washington which was attended by the late President Grover Cleveland and Mrs, Cleveland. YES, SOMETHING WAS 4 THE MATTER INSID William King, Anatomist Says, Built “Left Handed Inmide and Out.” St. Louis, Jan, 5.—The body of liam King, which has been p: for twenty months, is described by anatomist as “left handed, both 4 side and out,” according to a s ment made public today st the £ hospital. In May, 1915, King, who was vears old, applied at the hospltal treatment. He said he was & and had lived most of his Ufe in consin. phoid fever. He was suffering from ‘When asked who be notified In case of his death, KB sald: “Don’t worry about that. Just ¥ me up and examine my body; th something wrong with me besides fever.” When surgeons made an examyl tlon of the body they found one of surgery. most abnormal cases in the history] The heart was on the rig side, the liver on the left side, apj dix also on the left spleen on the right. turned around completely. side and The stomach On the lung was three lobes, while the lung had but two. The left kid was larger and lower thean the one. SAYS BARTENDER BEAT M| Arthur Swanson believes that was treated with little conside this morning when he stopped in Skritulsky’s saloon at 26 Broad s tq eat a sandwich. He complains without any provocation, he was saulted by the bartender. But a days ago a relative of the same loon proprietor was in court ch with assaulting a patron with a cue. He died a few days later.: EXTRAORDINARY] ANNUAL CLEARANCE SALE a John A. 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