Show GRAND JURY MAY MA f SOLVE Of nr fr Gl o 0 fATH I Officers Officer's ers er's Accusations Turn J Suicide Verdict in I Ide Murder de robe Probe WASHINGTON Sept ept 30 AP AP Al'- Like any other tiler city Washington which is Js unlike most in m many n respects turned tensely toward a gl grand and jury today its answer answer an an- t to tu a a. riddle riddle- of ot deal death Mrs irs rs Virginia n aged ed 23 23 estranged from tram her iler husband wa was as tOlma found strangled with aj ai jania cord ord around around her het throat In her apartment Tl Tile The e question before th tho grand jury Did she commit sui suicide or r was as shoo she murdered 1 Its answer was expected before 6 6 6 p p. m. m because e its t term term rm e expires 5 at that thal hour houi SE SENATOR ATO TA TAKES E HAND First accepted calmly as a a. casc case of oC suicide the matt matter r ras was reopened opened after t r. r Senator L Lee e. e S g. g 9 Overman r n n of North C Carolina na tho homo state of Mrs Sirs l I McPherson m challenged the de decision de- de cislon of the city authorities and d demanded an an aJI In Investigation Since then developments have been so 50 rapid ra and so 50 spectacular th that t they have liac vied I d rot for interest with j the c capito capitol capi capi- pl to tol toJ and White WHiteHouse House Washington's chief center of ot news Robert J. J Alien n long a storm I c in Int internal police affairs pub accused his superiors of or whitewashing white washing w th the case case A coroners coroner's gury j ty ry had returned a a. a verdict of or suicide upon Inquiry into the case casc after atter the tho young toung womans woman's husband Bobert Robert McPherson Jr a bank clerk reported finding her body the fl flO floor rr Jl r her li tied bed d. d The rhe policeman 11 however W t s said ld his superiors supe sulie were er ver covering c v up ind not Qt calling g witnesses who believed she was as murdered because they vish wished d to avoid having unsolved murd murder r cases cases' against their theIL record lie He was pro promptly suspended and his dismissal sal or ot promotion rests upon upon the outcome outcome out out- come conie of ot the grand I nd Jury jur tion a 1 STREAM OF WITNESSES Since then a a. steady adY stream of or witnesses many of ot them heln lieu brought Into the case through the efforts of or orthe the suspended poll poli policeman eman hia have been questioned b by the grand Jury to tell tellof tellof of ot screams and other peculiar inch inci dents the they say they heard on the night of ot the tho young oun woman's womans death A. A taxi driver S says S 'S I he lue e told of taking a a. nervous excited fare to an alley y leading to the back entrance of f h her r apartment t. t Allen o says he saw saw a a. aman man leave her window and disappear disappear pear O over Ol l' l a 0 roof root As he s said ld he would he ent went dramatically before belore the jury as It neared red completion of ot Its inquiry and is believed to h have vc named the person Jl he Jie suspected of oC 0 the murder murder- J I r believe she was as the Jc victim Im of ot jealousy he ho has lias Insisted and that the hands of je Jealousy lousy choked the life liCe from her hel young bod body Once before e Allen Alen was vas suspended d. d b but t won Yon reinstatement to the thc police 1 force after alter demanding a hearing by tho the trial board Since tl then l he I hu has been continuously at odds odds' with th Ills his superiors and fellow policemen and has been repeatedly cited for various vari Otis ous infractions of the traffic code If Il rf the evidence gathered by the grand grand' jury tends to show that th the case is murder Inspector tol William Willlam WilliamS S. S Shelby said after he be le made public hI his accusations we 0 will go after It with every very resource available lc and Allen AUen win will be made a a. detective Uve ser oem geant If not Allens goose is cooked t I 1 t |