| Show IDENTITY OF EARLY t MORNING VISITOR F ELWELL'S SOU SOUGHT T. T 7 f 4 I Neighbor to Be Interrogated 1 by New York Officials l Probing Mystery i I l. l By Ser Jc New Net Tork Juno lune 20 20 Joseph B.- B. well welt mu murdered was in- in his homo at o'clock on the morning he Was was found round dying dying- In a chair In n the reception room of his home a a. bullet wound In tho the center of his forehead In announcing announcing- that they have hav conclusive con con- elusive Information to lo this effect the authorities tonight ht said they were at attempting attempting attempting at- at tempting tempting- to reach John Isdale a neighbor neighbor neigh neigh- bor who said eald h he saw a man nian leap troma from froma a a. black roadster and enter the Elwell home borne at 35 on tho the Friday morning Elwell was found slain A A citizen has haa come forward rd formed us that h hR talked to Elwell on the telephone at a. a m. m that mornIng mornIng morning morn morn- ing that he ho was at home and did not appear in tho the le least t excited or nervous John T. T Dooling Dooling- assistant district at attorney attorney at- at torney said eald tonight More S The assistant t district attorney said the were wore now anxious to to question Isdale as to the man h he ho is said to have havo seen enter the tho murder house o one orio o hour and fifteen minutes minute later than this Isdale ladale who is first officer of tho the steamship Ariano of the Withy line was In Philadelphia Philadel phi phia a tonight but the authorities expected expected ex ex- to reach hl him by telephone to tu- tu morrow The police want a a. description of ot the roadster and will make every effort to learn the other occupants occupant's Identity Isdale being beng quoted as saying thereas there was as another man In the machine who drove droe vay immediately If It this mans man's identity can be learned a great step stop will have been made it was said toward toward to- to ward ard the tha solution of at the crime which at present remains completely tely b bat bat- t- t fling the authorities have hav not abandoned other theories and clUes cities they have uncovered They have not discarded the belief belie that a woman ma may have committed the crime although they denied reports given s-Iven circulation tI on that arrest was imminent of or a wom woman n whom they said to know as as tho the n-i n murderer mur U Tho only new development aIon along this line however was said to be that the Identity of the tho woman oman in gra gray has lias boen been definitely fixed This woman In Ingray gray ray was the tho companion o of at luncheon at his house on tho the Tuesday before his murder She was described by Mrs Larson Elwell's housekeeper r. r as aI having having- worn a gray ray Jersey s 's i trimmed with squirrel Tho Ii v b unit nau IQ no reason to connect her directly with tho the murder in an any wa way t. t Members of tI the tho o district attorneys attorney's staff conducting conducting- the tho probe of at the El Elwell Elwell Elwell El- El well case toda today constructed a a. schedule of events as nearly a as tl they e have bave been able to learn lean them prior to and imme Imm following Elwell's ass tion Tho new Information the they have have- lOb ob rob tamed the they said s indicated that Elwell vell had reached homo home sonic some time ber before r iq a. a m m. after his dinner at the Ritz fi- fi Carlton Canton and later party part at the ew Amsterdam roof lie He took oft off his llis clothing clothing- his hla toupee and false teeth and la lay down after ho he had been called on tho the telephone b by a friend wh whose s sex could not b be learned Between tho the hours of oC l 5 and SI 5 I g got t up and went vent downstairs downstairs- perhaps for tor the mall mail or for tor any num number ber tier of ot other reasons advanced advanced among among s' s them the tho theor theory that he be ma may even b hav admitted his murderer He was as murdered tho physician who l examined the tho bod body and the police agree between SIJ and Mrs Mra Larsen the housekeeper chine chinea a few tc- minutes after and the d i c- c tors are aro sure Elwell could not nol have hiu-e lived more than a few eVo minutes wItha a. a bullet through his brain He was alive c when she At t S. S according to tile the records at Flower hospital lh the ambulance eaU call to the Elwell homo was rec received Tho Tue mystery of or what occurred Inthe in- in the tho silent house on Seventieth Se street between 30 o'clock and the thc I Elwell sat down in his us reception ro room ril to read r-ead his early morning mall shori shortly after S a. a m. m remains as deep as ever eyer- There Thero Is IR one ono rn ray of hope seen by the tho authorities s In tho the stor story which Isdale may be bo able ablo to tell of oC tho the automobile which which drew up tip at the curb and the tho m man n who cn entered cred the Elwell house at 4 Prosecutor John T. T Dooling stated staled tont tonight hl that tho the Investigation b by the the- district attorneys attorney's office tomorrow will probably Include the tho examination of lore Torcy the letter carrier who ho left tho the mall mali and found round tho the blood splattered clutch In let Elwell's hand Joe Jo tho the cleaner who bo came to the Elwell house to wash windows and to polish Henri- Henri Otter tho tito mule milk man mn who had bad left the thc mornings morning's milk at tho Elwell home homo before be be- foro fore the hour when whon the murder Is supposed BUP- BUP posed td have taken place and Edwin Rhodes Elwell's chauffeur who probably probably ably will bo be recalled for further qu ques t I 0 n I n g. g |
