Salt Lake Telegram | 1927-12-30 | Page 16 | Police Probe Mystery Death of N. Y. Actress

POU POUCE f PR PROBE Bf Mf MYSTERY DEATH 1 f Y A I 1 NEW YORK Dec 30 AP AP The The mysterious murder of ot a vaudeville actress who either was shot or beaten to de death th in her upper West Vest WestSide Side apartment occupied the attention at attention attention at- at I of police today The body of Mrs Olga Waters Harrington Barrington 29 years old clad in a 11 nightgown negligee and bathrobe was found found by neighbors on the bathroom floor loor early yesterday but butS S the fact that she had been murdered murdered murdered mur mur mur- dered wa was not determined by police until almost twelve e hours later An early parlY the theory or that 1 she he had died from u. u nasal hemorrhage was discarded discarded discarded dis dis- carded by the police when Assistant Medical Examiner Miles discovered a wound over the lef left eye lie He could I not determine whether it had been caused by a a. bullet or a blow I Belief that robbery might have been the motive for the slaying was expressed b by police pollee when they I learned that Jewelry which Mrs 1 Harrington had been seen wearing could not be found along with her pocketbook and the keys kes to the apartment Mrs Harrington was the wife of Guy Harrington stock company manager actor-manager against whom she had filed med suit for divorce in Binghamton Bing- Bing hamton N N. N Y Harrington failed tailed to contest the suit and a final degree decree de ree was expected next month Mrs Harrington had been awarded 10 Harrington whose engagement to Mrs Grace Lake of Binghamton re recently recently re- re was announced In newspapers newspapers newspapers news news- papers at Wilkes Barre Pa said In that city that thac he had been separated ed from his wife for several years and had not seen nor heard from her in two years ears He is filling a astock astock stock engagement there Another tenant of or the apartment house noticed the door of or the Barrington Harrington Harrington Har Bar rington apartment a ajar r and sum- sum mond the janitress The two women women women wo wo- men entered the tha apartment and found the body Gashes on Mrs Harrington's head and blood on the bathroom walls walls indicated to police that a terrific 8 i had ta taken n place Detectives were told b by a neigh neigh- a bor bor that she thought she heard a ak k scream scream from Mrs Harrington's apartment late Thursday afternoon o Mrs Harrington Barrington was th the actors actor's second f r wife and had pla played ed will with him in 11 In stock shows in Bh Binghamton Bing years e ls ago She had visited Bing Bing- t Ir ham himton on recently leaving there U n few days a s 's ago to visit her mother In Mo 10 She told friends fri site sie sh pl planned nned to stop In New Mew York to arrange art ar ar- ar- ar t range for the closing of her apart- apart