Salt Lake Telegram | 1932-06-11 | Page 1 | Girl Was Innocent, Mrs. Morrow Says

SUICIDE VICTIM NEW SUSPECT I 4 A c.- c. p- p I 5 L. L t t 9 v J Ti v 4 v t k 4 q 4 t 8 4 r- r 1 N I Violet Sharpe and anCI Ernest Brinkert I Girl Was Innocent Mrs Morrow Says Employer Believes Servant Who Took Poison Was Vas Frightened to Death 8 Br United Tree ENGLEWOOD ENGLE N N. N J J. June 11 Pale ll-Pale Pale nervous Violet Sharpe dining room girl in the Dwight Morrow home was innocent simply frightened to death Mrs Dwight Morrow told friends after the girl had killed herself by taking poison She disagreed with the l police olice version version ver er sion that the servant girl who failed to answer satisfactorily all their questions ques had guilty knowledge of the th and murder of Charles A A. Lindbergh Jr Mrs Irs Morrows Morrow's grand son Violet was vas absolutely devoted to tc the bab baby She vO I dr dream am of allowing allowing al lowing harm to come to him a friend of or the family said snide She was always nervous and ex cx Only a month ago ngo she went to the hospital for an operation on her tonsils and she was still stilt weakened friend said from that thc the family family And in contrast were the words of ot Detective Harry Walsh investigating the Someone had to tip off the kid kidnapers and md we are ure assuming that Violet Sharpe was wac that part party It was his lib questioning that brought conflicting stories a little clue here another there and finally the suicide of the girl and the arrest a Sew few hours later of her escort the night aught of or the crime She was fresh at aL first Walsh said after the s suicide icide She said first she and nd her sister had gone on a date with Ernie that night They went with another couple to a picture show she he said Then she changed chanced her stor story and nd said thc they had gone to a 1 cabaret 30 miles the other way vay She was s plenty fresh until the baby aby was found Then jhen when we wc talked to her again she was shivering a I bundle of ot nerves We went to work We prowled in her room found the little Ittle card of the Post Road Rond Taxicab company and md that led to Brinkert We got other evidence evidence and and then we sent word yesterday morning mornin to the he Morrow home that we were ready to o talk to her again at Alpine The next we wd heard she was dead And all we had to go on was that little ittie taxicab business card Maybe it t will solve the mystery in the tha kid naping and murder Walsh Wa h sa said sad d j