The evening world. Newspaper, June 18, 1920, Page 2

OvSE ELWELL’S FORMER HOMES AT PALM BEACH Beraeret verses : eT BY JOS Exwerw ‘The photographs above show the resid ence built at Lake Trail and Seaspray Avenue, Palm “while the house on Lake Trail was being built, and the yacht is “wey under the mat én the vestibule.” “When was that?” _ “Bome time before last Christmas.” THINKS THAT ELWELL RESTED ON HIS BED. “Was Mr. Elwell's bed mussed?" {It looked as it he had been lying ‘the counterpane, resting. I took « ‘off the bed for the docter who v4 in the ambulance.” te id you come to ‘hide the pa- ‘were in a closet in the bed- _. “I knew her as Miss Wileon. she / Was the little dark woman.” “Dia she ask you to hide the pa- “Nobody did. I did it for her sake. Ghe wasn't there on the morning of “Why don't you tell the truth?” demanded one of the interrogators. “Didn't Mr. Biwell always treat you well?” “If I knew who killed Mr. Elwell I would gladly tell it. He was very (food to me.” ‘The woman's husband will be ex- and the District Attorney ‘amxious to chedk up on it. _ '__Of the three mysterious women who _ Were known to be at the Elwell house / @uring-last week two have been inter- ‘ by the investigators, The imp young woman” with the gray ‘whose skirt was edged with far, Junched with the ‘racing man on afternoon, has not been identi- She was driven to No. 806 Madi- ‘Avenue, then to 76th Street and Avenue, where she dismissed tho is { gig i Epa? at the Elwell house at No. 2 0th Street on Wednesday night ‘The third woman, who called at the | ee shortly after the murder, was | Met the owner of the pink pajamas, agcoriing to Mr. Joyce. The Agsist- fiat District Attorney said: » ton. She had come from New Jersey | ‘and was on her way up-State. When ~ ghe did not find Elwell at the station _; he naturally telephoned co the house, J and was told to come here. Her an- _ @wers gatisfied ys that she was in no ) way connected with the mystery. We The District Attorney is in daily) [receipt of anonymous letters of all ‘| desctiptions, One received to-day, . typewritten on perfumed note paper, reads: | “Dear Mr. Swann—Perhaps it will; ‘Help you to know that Mr. Elwell! met two parties at the Pennsylvania ia Railrcad Station at 384 Street and | Seventh Avenue on Friday morning 7 * about 5 o'clock, daylight saving } time, the station clocks registering - | +n hour earller, This is as much as 7 2. T may tell you without 1 volving my- » welt.” Phe murder house in West Toth | Street will be closed before to-night | and connycted by wire with the West, // Sth Street Police Station, The 'in- | vestigation thereafter will be aa at the District Attorney's office, Judge Swann announced this noon that he was satisfied no woman fired the shot that killed Elwell, The au- thorities suspect, however, that after _ Elwell left the Lewisohn party in front of the New Amsterdam Theatre last Friday about 2 A. M. the same young woman wpo was at the house Wednesday night, met him at his home, and possibly was there when a man who suspected her presence rang the bell and was admitted by Elwell. According to this theory the caller ordered her to leave, and som time Mater shot Elwell. The authorities think the young woman knows the mame of the slayer, but cannot di- 4 | Yulee tt because it would compromi: Victor Von Schlegel! and Miss Viola Kraus, bis former wife, were elimi- _Mated from the case to-day. Von in a grilling that lasted ; until 6 P. M. yesterday in Mr, Swann's office, gave @ satisfactory statement. Last night his luxurious bachelor apartments at No. 22 East + 624 Street were carcfully scrutinized ‘8 squad of investigators, who took of an automatic pistol that ua at young woman had a luncheom : ent with Elwell and he was}, eet her at the Ponnylvania Sta- amined at the Lewisohn home, in East ‘ANNIE’ IN KENTUCKY NOT ELWELL VICTIM Miss Griffy Explains She Wrote Formal Thanks for Flowers Sent to Hospital, LEXINGTON, Ky., June 18—Anne Russell Griffy, daughter of Porter Griffty of Versailles, Ky., prominent socially throughout the Blue Grass region and who local police believe is the “Annie” mentioned by New York authorities in their announce- ment Tuesday night that detectives were coming here tn connection with the murder of Joseph B. Elwell, made public to-day a statement explaining her relations with Biweil. Miss Griffy said she first met Elwell at a social function during the Lexington race meeting and saw him four tinves after that at enter- tainments. Biwell sent her flowers while she was in a hospital for an operation, the statement said, and she wrote a formal note of thanks to Elwell in New York. . It was the note of thanks from Miss Griffy that brought about activ- itles by New York authorities, police here believs Mr. Swann said later was a .38-calibre Coit and was covered with dust. El- well was shot with a 45. The detec- tives were told that Von Schlegel! had put in an order for breakfast to be sent up to his apartment at 8.10 last Friday morning, and that shortly afterward he went to a garage In the tS ae Oe see ih, by Joseph B. Elwell three years ago and « now in storage in Fowler's boat yard); and the Everglades Club, where Elwe! ep oa B "<a aa liv FLWEL'S ESTATE OF LUE VALUE, SHANA TOLD “Million in Bonds” Are Russian, It Is Said—Many Claims to Be Settled. District Attorney Swann to-day re- celved information that Joseph B. El- Well's estate would be found to be br.ctically valueless because’ of claims against it. Elwell was short $15,000 in one*of his brokerage accounts, the prose- outor was told. The turfman was re- ported to have boasted recently of having a million dollars’ worth of bonds. Mr, Swann has been informed’ these .were Russian bonds, how- ever, and of little value. i" ‘The petition asking for probate of the will, which was lacking when it was presented Tuesd: was filed in ‘the Surragates’ rt yester- day by Davies, Auerbach & Cornell, attorneys for the parents of the dead man, - Reasserting that Elwell left his en- tire estate to his parents, Joseph 8. neighborhood for bis car, ‘The maid who took breakfast to the tenants in tte Knickerbocker Cham- bers, where Von Soblegell lives, was questioned after the inquisitors left Von Schlegell’@ apartment. She said Von Schlégell called her by.telephone between 7 and 8 o’cloch on the morn- key and left the breakfast with- ‘out seeing any one in the apartment. She sald she returned later and found the breakfast untouched, according to Detective Cuniffe, MRS. KRAUS QUT OF CASE, SAYS, OLING. Miss Krave and her sister, Mre. Lewisohn, who had previously been questioned by the police and by As- sistant District Attornty Joyce, came In Jast evening at thé request of Mr, Swann to tell Mr. Dooling about the dinner and theatre party. They had been at the Lewisohn summer home, near Long Branch, They were re-ex- jd Street, after which Mr. Dooling gave out the statement that Miss Kraus. was “entirely vindicated of having anything to do with the af- fair.” Mr. Dooling said, however, that he haa vbtained from Miss Kraus ad- ditional information that may prove of value in the investigation, Among the witnesses who may be found by night is the man believed to | huve driven Elwell home in a racing car about 3.45 o'clock the morning of the murder, The police admit they have been unable to find him or learn his name, but for some reason they think they will be able to reach him soon and compel him to talk. A witness eummoned to Mr, Swann's office to-day was Frank Jeffreys, a negro, who formerly was a body- guard for John Longer’ De Suulies, who was kilied by bis wife near Mineola in 1917. it is said Jeffreys later worked for Elwell, who was friend of De Suulles, and knows a great deal about the whist player. One of the matters which haa not been disposed of was whether the taxi chauffeur who had picked up the Lewisohn party bad been confronted with Miss Kraus to estabiish conciu- sively whether she entered his cab about 1.80 the morning of the shoot- ing when be was baled in front of the New Amsterdam ‘Theatre, He asserts there were but three fares, Mr. Lewisohn insieta there were fuur. ‘The District Attorney is confident that when Elwell went to his home he was accompanied by a woman, and he is just as certain thet a en did not commit the murder. He base his belief that a woman was In the Elwell house gome time late in the night and left, with or without Biwell, on information he received from a variety of sources, He has a pretty accurate notion of who this woman was, why she went there and whether she had been there before. But Mr. Swann, of course, would not even in- timate who she might be. Telephone Income Mont’ WASHINGTON, June 18,—Operating income of the larger telephone con panies in Fobruary was $7,897,678, ' incrosee of $2,021,914 over that in the p $2,021,036 In and Jennie A. Elwell of Ridgewood, N. J. the petition the real property is unknown and that his personal property is valued at upward of $10,000," According to Davies, Auerbach & Cornell, no accurate estimate of the size of Elwell's estate can be made ‘Another young woman has admitted | ing of the murder and ordered break- until after the will has been admitted to the authorities that she remained fast for two in his apartment at 8.10, to probate and an executor causes an West | She said she admitted herself with a a) raisal of the estate to be made. ! inted out that the 's racing stable is a matter of conjecture and that there no means of determining whether the securities he had in a deposit box at the Knickerbocker Safe Deposit Company are valuable or worthiess. | |'AMERICANS VICTORS IN TENNIS AGAIN Defeat Opponents in London Semi- Finals—Singles Champion- ship Won, $ LONDON, June 18.—William T. Tilden of Philadelphia beat Zenzo Shimidzu of Japan 6—1, 6—1, and William M. Johnston, San Franciego, United States singles champion, de- feated Major Dudley ¢—2, 6—8 in the semi-finals of the London Lawn Ten- tis Championship Tournament here to-day. By these victories America has al- ready won the singles champlonship, In the fourth round of the doubles Shimidau and Nicholas Mishu of Rou- mania beat the American player, Capt. Samuel Hardy, and Blackbeard of South Africa 6-3, 5-7, 6-4, It only remains to be seen whether Johnston or Tilden ts the better man in the @nals to-morrow. Tilden and Johnston in defeating Shimidzu and Dudley furnished the most sensational tennis thus far wit- wessed in| the championship. The Americans toyed with their nents, both of whom were considered crack players, especially the Japanese, pein at ond hc AUTO “FENCE” CONVICTED. Jones of Disposing of Car A Jury in Judge. Dike's court, Brook: lyn, to-day convicted George D. Jones Jr, No, 254 Weat 127th Street, Manhat- tan, of receiving a stolen automobile, the property of Thomas Moyne Jr. tolen from in front of the Brooklyn, April U1. eott and Hussey trailed rrested Jones with Janes No. 332 West 19th Stree n James Dugan, No. 834 West 14th Street, Manhatten. ‘Horan turned Btate's evi- ence. Detectives and the District Attor- "s office assort Jones haa been the “fence” through which hundreds ot stolen cars have been disposed of end that he received $20,000 from one per- won alone, He will be sentenced Monday, aeipereemnsimee From Wife Romeo Woeed. Francesco Flaman of Harrison, N. ¥., was to-day granted a divorce in the Supreme Court of White Pt Mra, Agnas Flaman and given th tody of their two children, testified that he found Jor of No. 1761 Wins D: 6 Madison Avenue, Manhat- with Mr Flaman on the porch of nd that whon he climbed on the porch Romeo fled. He tried to corre! ding ‘menth the fore. Operating revenues tota. }1, 784,778 and op ‘ing expenses choke his wife, he said, but she was larger than he and threw him ‘{ow s corner. “THE EVENING WORLD, FRIDAY, JUNE 18, 1920. WILSON WELCOMES LEAGUE ISSUE; G. 0. P. PLATFORM ON PRUSSIAN LINES, HE SAYS HARDING ACCEPTS THE LEAGUE ISSUE In Interview for The World President Hopes Democrats Will Meet {t Squarely. The World this morning prints the following interview, with President Wilson's approval, which was obd- tained at Washington by the news- paper's special correspondent, Louis Seibold. By Louis Scibold. Sonya, 1920, by The Press Pub- lishing Co. (The New York World). WASHINGTON, June 19.—T7 President was naturally very much interested in the extraordinary re- sults of the Republican Convention at Chicago. He asked a great many questions concerning the organtza- tion, the dominant figures and the controlling influences that dictated the platform adopted and engineered the nomination of Mr. Harding. Re- garding the nominees, the President declined to make any comment be- yond expressing the belief that the gentlemen sdlected for President and Vice-President at Chicago “admirably harmonized with the platform.” “I suppose I should feel flattered,” he said, with a twinkle fn his eyes, ‘over being made the issue of the Pregidential campaign by the Repub- ican Party. But even the effort of the platform makers at Chicago to confer the distinction of being not only a burning but a living issue by camouflaging and obscuring the real issues will not deceive the people. REPUBLICAN CONVENTION ES- SENTIALLY PRUSSIAN. “The processes by which the Chicago platform was accom- entially and scientifically in inspiration and Instead of quoting method. Washington and Lincoln, the Re- publican platform should have quoted Bismarck and Bernhardi, because the Republican attitude regarding the suprome issue thut cannot be abandoned or disre- garded strongly suggests the ar- influences that dictated of those two emi- nent persons. “Of course, I have no way of an- ticipating the probable trend of sentiment that will be expressed in the Democratic National Convention at San Franclaco or forecasting the ultimate conclusions of that body. But I have every confldence that the delegates who will sit in that convention will repeat the challenge I issued to the Republican Party and) (Cohtinued on Sixteenth Page.) WILSON’S PHYSICAL CONDITION, AS SEEN BY LOUIS SEIBOLD World Correspondent Finds Him Quietly Transacting, Business— No Sign of Distortion of Face. be SEIBOLD, staff corre- spondent of The World. writing of the physical con: dition of President Wilson as ne observed it in the course of a three-hour interview, says» he found the nation’s Chief Bxecu- tive showing: His old-time decisiveness and mental alertnes: ‘Transacting large quantities of business with despatch, Walking with less of a limp in his loft leg than Gen. Wood. No sign of the distortion of the left side of his face that has been reported. Writing firmly and rapidly his copper plate wignature. “Kavoring” his left side slightly but using \t naturally and contin- ‘wously. | VER GLADES GhLUB. to Frank H. Clement for $75,000; the Yacht “Gardenia,” cost $30,000, whigh was often moored in Lake Worth, [Elwell and a Ru last winter, AND HIS YACHT | PHores we LANOSS n woman lived on the yaoht JERSEY DEMOCRATS OFF FOR FRISCO . Carry ‘Edwards Boom, but Gov- ernor Will Not Go Till Next Week. e ‘The New Jersey delegates to the Democratic Copvention left Jersey City this morning, taking with them the boom of Gov. Edward I. Edwards, which is ta be Introduced at the con- vention ‘by Charles F. X. O'Brien, Jersey City’s Commissioner of Public Safety. Mr. O'Brien said his intro- ductory speech at the convention will deal with issues of Americanism and personal liberty. Mayor Frank Hague of Jersey City is in Nebraska and will proceed from there to the convention. Shortly be- fore leaving, the delegates reecived ~ RAED BY WILSON Says He Believes Attitude of “Preserved Nationality” Will Be Endorsed. ‘ WASHINGTON, June 18.—Presi- dent Wilson's challenge. on the Peace Treaty as set forth in an interview encouraging messages from Mayor Hague. Gov, Edwards said he would: not start for San Francisco until next week. There were no women on the train, this being explained as due to a lack of sufficient Pullmans. Shortly before the train pulled out numerous canvas-covered suit cases, which appeared to be new, and some heavy packages covered with corru- gated paper, were “laced &board the special car of James R. Nugent, leader of ex County. Several hundred Democrats were at the station to give the deleagtes a send-off. for The World was accepted to-day by Senator Harding, the Republica: “sacks Presidential candidate. ‘I am sure,” said Senator Harding, “the Republican Party will gladly welcome a referendum on the ques- tion of the foreign relationship of | this republic and the Republican at- titude of preserved nationality will be overwhelmingly endorsed.” WASHINGTON, June 18.—Senator contents of the safe deposit box?"! Harding it is said will declare for a hands off policy toward Congress as one of the chief issues of his cam- paign, Repudiation of the Wilson administration and an end to the “dictatorship of the executive” will also bs a campaign ery pounded into every precinct during the Harding campaign. ~ Political opponents are already say- Government will be dominated by a “Senate oligarchy.” Harry M. Daugherty, his manager arrived here today to arrange details for the coming campaign. George Clark, Stanton, Ohio, Chair- man of the Republican Btate Adv ory Committee called to go over plans of the State campaign. 100,000 PACKAGES OF U.S. MAIL FOUND Lying in French Ports Many Months Undelivered—Many in Original Sacks, PARIS, June 18.—More than 100,000 American parcel post packages have been found by ¥. M. C. A. investigators which have been lying ih French porte | undelivered for many months. Owen A. MacGill, Postmaster of the Paris ¥, M,C. A., saidsto-day that the {nvestixators found 40,000 American |packages at Havre and “nearly all of 100,000 packages atill In the original in which they arrived from America.” | Other packages are at Brest, St. Na- noire and Cherbourg. Besides’ these a Loe" ut'the ‘Faris Custom House, SAID HE WAS WILSON ENVOY. at Grand Central Is Sent Passengers hurrying to the Grand Central Station this morning were stopped by a atranger who gravely pre- sented them a card taken from @ bar- ber shop, on the back of which was written.In pe il, "Oscar and Mra, Win- ters, Nassau, New York, “1 —am President ‘Wilson's special en- i where, he was fe aye the name takomont Winters and vald that he and hie wife were stopping at the Murray Tilt Hotels He ie about fifty-four years old. Gan Play K Boy. ‘William Liberanti, ton, of No, 273 Front Street, who accidentally shot himself yesterday while he and three other “playing hockey" from echool, re examining a revolver, died in Holy Family Hospital, Brooklya, ths afternoon, ing that if Harding is elected the to Manhattan she wore a pearl neck- SHE PUT EELS _W STEEL CSE (Continued from Page One} asked Mr. Young. “On Sunday morning, June 6," Mrs, Caruso replied. “I put the jewelry I had worn to Manhattan on Friday and Saturday in the jewel case.” “When you say that you put the Jewels in the case do you mean that you personally put them there?” “Yes, I do.” Mrs, Caruso said that on the trip lace valued at $75,000, a diamond ring | valued at $5,000, and a pair of dia- mond and pearl earrings’ valued at ; $9,000, “[ think I opened several of th> mall cases on Sunday,” said Mrs. Caruso, “When I was looking for a bar pin. I believe all the jewelry was there at the time.” Mrs. Caruso said she was not sur> that some articles had not been stolen, as it would be necessary to go to a safe deposit vault and check up. Yaruso sald: jattl; of Manhattan, valuation of $400,000 or Jewels Mrs. 2 M. placed a placement value. Mrs, ‘Caruso then described rooms in the hom personal maid had knowledge of th? whereabouts of the keys, also believed that two other maids knew where she kept hor keys. Q. "Did George Fitzgerald, chauffeur, ever have occasio’ your box?" A. “No, jhe did not.” Q. "Did Fitzgerald know where you kept your keys?” A. “No, not that I know of." Q. "Did your raro, have occasion to go to your room?” A. “Yes, he often brought ice water up to me in the evening.” Mrs. Caruso said she was sure sh set the alarm Sunday morning wher she put her jewels in the case. Asked! if a person could open the jewel bo it the alarm was set without ringin the bell, she replied “well, I know 1 know about others.” can, but 1 don’: Mrs. Caruso said she was out nfotor | ing on Monday, the day before the rot bery. Mra, Caruso then told of the in cidénts betweon the time the robe; was discovered and the arrival of t police, She was not positiv Fitzgerald suggested that she ew York wouce Headiuar ers he gave her the number of the tele- phone. On the night of the robbery she said Ferraro, the butler, eame to her about 9 o'clock and told her everything was locked, as he had been instructed to do. Mrs. Caruso declared that the first gerald installed new bat time. Recess waa then taken for luncheon, after which Mrs, Caruso resumed the etand VRS, CARUSO SURE. [ea seck to send a message to. his col- SEN. HARDING SENDS Republican Party Outstanding Personality, He Wires. " WASHINGTON, June 18, 192 NATOR Warren G. Harding, Republican candidate for President, to-day sent the following message of sympathy to the widow of Gearge W. Per- kins. “Please permit me to send you in this moment my deep sympathy. The country has lost a useful citizen and the Re- Publican Party an outstanding personality.” of sorrow SYMPATHY MESSAGE TO MRS. PERKINS Country Loses Useful Citizen and} MOTHER OF FOUR SUES FOR DIVORCE Wins $300 Alimony Pending Trial —Says She Houses Children in a Loaned Home. A. Morrison, a chiropractic an, with offices at No. 120 Bast Street, was to-day awarded $300 a month alimony by Supreme Court Jus- Dorinelly pending the trial of her for absolute divorce against Dr. a physician, with 43d. Street. that the physie Larkin spent part 8 in Davenport. la. assert < ts, Mre. Ho M. Rockefeller. old the court that her ives at the Commodore e of more than $1,200 of her patients WON'T TRY TO TALK TO HYSLOP’S SPIRIT Sister of Psychic Head Says Intense | Study May Make Mind \ Fanciful. No member of the family of Prof. | James Hervey Hyslop, who died tn| Upper Montclair yesterday, will attempt | to establish communication with his | spirit, It was declared to-day by a wom- | an who sald she was his sister, Miss | Henrietta Hyslop. Prof. Hyslop was Secretary of the American Society for Ps ical Research. It is expected he leagues. In answer to a question concerning Dr. Hyslop's views o tion after years of psychic investigation, | Miss Hyslop said: “Intense study af | certain subjects sometimes makes the | mind fanciful spirit communica: $150,000 BILTMORE SUIT. Widow of Southerner Who Died in| Hotel ‘Starts Action, | ‘Trial of a suit for $150,000 agatnst the | Hotel Biltmore wes begun to-day be- you Se sister, were guests at the Biltmore, Mr. | MoCaltim was hurt tn an elevator acci- | dent and died the following Feb. 8. The | | widow said McCallum was taken to a/| room not his own after the accident “by hotel employ and that for three | hours his mother and sister were not | Informed of the seriousness of his tn- | Juries, She alleged also that he did not receive proper care, lemona if— e Page 14 A hot day, a cold lunch —and what better appe- tizer than crackers or bread with Ancre Cheese and a glass of iced tea or de? (wn MADE BY SHARPLESS, PTILA, new crisp one- dollar bills for fore Justice Richard P. Lyden. The plaintiff is Mrs. Elise Cutrer McCallum, ia ANCRE “3 widow of Duncan Me m, a wealthy cotton planter of Coohama County, Mis- | With the Genuine Roquefart Tavore slesipp!. | 30, 1916, her husband, his mother and — sked for a valuation of the stolen, i has $500,000. 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