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Show DIAMONDS DP ' I SLIIiN I IBEJISSING I I Mi Element of Robbery as Well 1 as Assault Appears in Mys- tery of Mrs. Marcia S. , Groflf's Murder. DETAINED SUSPECT t WOMAN'S VDMIRRR Man I leld at Jail Not Physical- " ly Strong Enough to Have Strangled Victim, Say fe Officers. !' Wmnrdered Mrs. Marcia Qroff Saturday night m her squalid little home almost tin-der tin-der the eaves of the stately Methodist church on Second Enst and Second South streets, remain.' an Inscrutable enigma before which tli" combined criminal experience of the Salt La!.-- police force stand hatfled. gf", A twenty -four hour police Investiga-tion Investiga-tion into the crime has only served to accentuate the horror of the deed, and, If possible, to deepen the mystery. The police have brought to bear on the case all their lore of tenderloin ht'e. and out of it they have, at least, built a half dozen theories to account for the how and the why of the killing. As to the murderer, there appears do clue. SV Of Good Family. H From the lips of her son. W. J. Groff. it was learned yesterday that the dead woman w-3H the sister of the Rev. V.t- reward re-ward QaJIaher, pastor of the First Methodist church of Raltimoie, Mary- k land. From the hps cf John Boiain p; Ro'. whom the police hold as a possi-hie possi-hie suspect; came another bit of info.- mation in contrast to the first. ie frankly admits that be was her admirer. Robbery entered into the case yestet -da a. an additional motive. An hour's )k-search )k-search Of the room where the murder 0C- Incurred In-curred failed to disclose the whereabouts m of the S-I0O diamond earrings which th" V woman is known to have worn constant- 'jfo-ly. 'jfo-ly. N'eitiier were they on the lody when f,' it was found soon after midnight Sunday StV morning. J. W, Groff declares his mother was never known to remove the costly gems, which had been given her by her father many years ago. Rose says he had never noticed the diamonds on (he woman, a declaration the j,...lii a hold la I he the only palpable discrepancy In his I story. 'fa': Believe Rose Innocent. $ ; That Rose will he released after H thorough examination today is very H probable. The poli do not believe him S.ilil; . They arc holding him to make H sure of whatcs cr light he may he able H to shed on the crime, and perhaps be- H Cause there is no one else at hand on whom they can pivot their Investiga- H liens. Rose, who admits that is not his H I real name, and says he never w ill reveal H his real name, tells Straightforward - atory. Freely and with much mention- ft', y'- ing of names well known to the police, he ha.s established - fairly probable alibi, Ic. Th police are awaiting the opening of the saloons and pool halls today to con-firm con-firm the story of his movements during the boms in which the brutal murder H To a Tribune reporter last night nos RL admitted thai he had not worked since last June and had relied solely on th woman for a living. He says QUI people live m Columbus. O. but who H tfiey a.e he refuses to tell, Rose once worked wai!t In se ' iota! cafes, lie says bis age is 3 N.ears. lie is of slight build and sallow H Finds Woman Dead Bg'' "I T left the Salt I.sk Hi on Stat" H Etveet at midnight Saturday he raid. 'and went directly to my room. As I enjtered 'he house T noticed the I'gnt H burning in the hail, which was unusual. H climbed statlra entered my H room. Then I called lo Afrs. Groff, Whose was binning. She rtni nol answei, H (Continued on Page Two.) Hgjc1 ! MYSTERY OF MURDER BAFFLES OFFICERS (Continue ft from Page One.) eo l crossed the iini; and entered she was lying on the bed with her limbs, hanging oer the side and the feet just harr!y touching the floor I took her hand and ppokc to her. and then I saw what had happened. "er fa. vsns hlack and BWOlien, Just a:i soon us I could realize what was the inaiKi 1 rpshed tiown to tlie room where the Brays were Staying and gave the alarm. Her underclothing under-clothing was Iving about the room tot n tO shreds. Mrs. QrofI nut found dead on her bed, hslf stripped of her clothing, shortly after midnight Bundas morning. Her face was black fr..ni choking aiui the tongue protruded pro-truded S deadly blue mark extending ahont iur neck told the method Of the murderer, and a damp, twisted towel lying on the Hoot told the means He had tied the (iiwrl abOUt his victim's Throat and had twisted it until Strangulation Strangu-lation r nsin '1 None Heard Struggle. The body was warm when found; !n fact, almost normally so. proving according accord-ing lo physicians that death had no! 0( eurred more than an houi before. Thui would Jmvc been 11:30 o'clock Saturday night W. E Bray and Ida wife occupied Hie room fupt under the small atth chamber where the crime was committee. The.. .tiv positively thai they heard no eound from above nor an) mi entering or leaving the house after 10;."." O'clock, which was' tho hour they came home from town. They did hear Ftps' come In after midnight, heard him climb the stairs to the attic, tie--, end and ascend again. Then, after S pause of half a minute or so. they sav. he came rushing heavily lor. ii ths stairs and burst Into their r i. e.M laiuiinc that something terrible had happened to Mr. Oroff niay wem to the aitic examined the body anil called thr polll e. Officers Baffled. Myslery :hroiri. tlir iinie from every rt'ifle. The police found the bodj tlll wrni. and jet. no possible incident Indicating In-dicating that any one had entered or wi the little ln'Uo prior to the &rriHl of the Bra; ; al 10 o look and of Rose two hours later has been ascertained. The deed was done In those twe hours, but by whom'' fvo.se has his alibi and the poli-e ;r-: Inclined to accept It. Furthermore H is a small parson, BO frail and punv that It would have been practically fmpos-slble fmpos-slble for him to have overcome so strong ;iini healthy a woman as the victim was iii life, at leat without a desperate struggle thai probably would have aroused the neighborhood. The Brays were In the hOUSe those tWO hours, but the poll' po-ll' e have not ecn cast their minds in their direction, so utterly lacking Is all suspicion against them. The house lie.; slightly In the res r from the 1 1 irr and is surrounded by other houses, seversj Of which stand ax close j. t six fei i from ihe walls ,,f iiii death chamber. The residents of thesa heard absolutely no sound emanating from the house where the murder was ommltled. One Possible Clue. a woman whose name i bo poin c are carefully guarding ioii yesterday of having hav-ing seen .Mrs. Qroff In company was a man walking up state street between Second ami Third South streets al about 9 o'clock Saturday night, she described the man as heavy set. uf about, five feet seven inches in atature md of very rudd face. It was the murdered woman's habll to frequonl the cafes on State street, )ui it could not be learned yesterday yes-terday whether or unl she was in any of tiioe places Saturday night, the t"-llce t"-llce having been unable to rind the Walters on the nicht Shift, Some Jlbt may be shed on the case from (his source today. The life Of the dead wonian Is almost as much an enlgms as her death. Beyond Be-yond the facl thai she came here nineteen nine-teen years ao with her iwn S'jns. one of whom now lies in Mt. h ot cemetery, ceme-tery, and that she is of excellent famll) In the east, little is known. Her last place Of residence wn.s DeadWOOd, South Dakota. She was horn In Wes I Virginia, ami Was 19 years old to 'hp bes-r knowledge knowl-edge of her son. who appears to he mile informed as to hla mother's history or her habits of life. Voting doff works as a telegraph operator for the Oregon Short line, and lives with his youn wife at 7:;r Major avenue. lie ha hardly recovered from the ehocK of his mother's horrible death and has so far been unable to furnish ihe police with any significant Information Informa-tion that mlgbt lend aid in the solving of ihe mystery. Hidden Money Found. The entire police and detective force has been turned loose on the r-a.sc Chief of Police b F Grant and Lieutenants Carlson and Hemps! arc personally tli- re'-tinn the Investigation. A Becond examination ex-amination of the premises at 232 East Second South strct was made yesterday, yester-day, but beyond the discovery of $".o in '-aidi hidden in a stationery hov alon with n larce number of letters and hills and receipts, little was dt -closed. The U:ter:-t were re'aiped by the police and their contents kept seoret. The money was turned oyer to the son of Mrs. Groff A lurge number ol people, tmp-lled by CUliOeltyi isll -r the scene of tlie nihrdr yesterday afternoon, but were kept away fiom the iremlsr by tlie police. All roomers at the bOUSS have beep tem- porarily ordered away and it Is undej Urck and key with an officer keeping Strict watch over il n&ht and dn' Gruesome Location. The house sots back fiom the atreet in a ertahe cesspool Of mud !i Is a squalid brick structure with ihe gloom oi decay about it Jest west of it. not mure than twentv feel away, the Methodist Meth-odist church rise majestically with its Rrei colored ;las-' window depicting the Biblical Ruth gathering the rain in the Belda of Palestine. The body of Che murdered woman lies at the O'DOnoeil undertaking estahiish-ment. estahiish-ment. where an IrtQueel win probably be held Ittda-.'. Acting Coroner Harry B. Harper said last r.ight thin there was no doubt the woman had been murdered. Although the means of death are apparent appar-ent an Inquest may he nercssay us a formal procedure. |