Salt Lake Telegram | 1917-01-05 | Page 3 | Suicide Fails to Halt Inquiry in Girl Slaying

I SUICIDE FAilS TO TOI I HALT INQUIRY IN I GIRL SLAYING Death at Atlantic City Deepens Deep Deep- ens Mystery of Philadelphia Philadelphia Phila Phila- delphia Model 5 H Ky yil N c. c I n Th Tb to TIun PH PHILADELPHIA lIA fA Jan Jon 5 6 Despite tho network of circumstances connectIng connecting connect connect- In ing Bernard W. W Lewis Pitts- Pitts bur burger I and former Yale e student with the thc sla slaying ing of or Graco Roberts the pretty prell model tile tho police today decided to continue continuo energetically lIer their investigation Into her hr death Tho Tile suicide of or Lewis In an Atlantic City hotel lintel on tho eve o of oC his arrest has haR made mado a very I com complicated c cast so even more moro It was war stated Capt James Tate Tute director of or th the score of detectives es that working are arc on tIl tho CA case e declared that ho lIe would not eliminate any person under suspicion until every scrap of or evidence obtained by hi his men had been ben gone rono over or BELIEVE LEWIS SLAYER I Captain Tate at first was wa inclined to I Ire re regard the suicide of or Lewis Levis as RR closing up th the case Whether hether receipt of oC new evidence caused the tho change of or front he ho declined to say sal a All the reports from Tates Tate's men who are arc working in A Atlantic City In Indicate In- In Lewis as the slayer he be declared d. My 1 men aro absolutely eon convinced that Lewis killed the guI girl irl ho saidI saidI said I shall not form a pOE positive opinion until 41 L more thorough h examination of ot teh evidence has haR been made malle The Thc theory that the wealthy wealth Pitta- Pitta bur burger lr ma may have been beon tho the second man manIn manin mann In n the tho models model's rooms on the night of ot Elm tho tm tragedy ed has a n tenacious hold on onI n many of or tile the officials prominently identified iden itlen- I tilled with the cn case e The They pointed out toda today oday that it wn was sas entirely possible that Lewis himself IC was attacked h by the slayer layer of or Mrs Irs Roberts and In the cuC- cuC lo lie received the thc scratches that were found on his bod body PARTIALLY IDENTIFIED I The handkerchief found In Lewis Lewis' pocket and the tho bloody shirt and collar which have been Identified a as his could be he accounted for tor or it I Is IA held h b by Lewis handling tho the hod bod body This Tills nn angle lc Is in keeping with the lie statement of ot the thc police surgeon con who examined the models model's bod body that two men handled the body Tho TIlt police sur surgeon eon declared It was impossible for tor one man to have havo carried tho the hod body I from Crom the dining room to the that bedroom I and arranged It as it was found The reports that the model was In Insen sen serious ou 15 financial 1 d difficulties I cul t Ies were Wore proved pro untrue toda today when It developed tle that she had 1000 lOGO on deposit in a a. local bank One of or tho the strongest trong-eRt points In favor Cavor of ot Lewis Lewis' innocence nce of tho crime Captain Cap Cap- tam tain Tate said was ag that ho he didn't act like a a. murderer 0 It must be remembered di said the det detective cUve that Lewis was an educated man Ho must have lu known the thc value of evl evidence ence T Yet t wo find him staying around Philadelphia even aft after r ho lie knew the warrant way was out for tor his hiM arrest After Aitel his first telephone conversation con con- with the Kyle girl Sill in which she Silo told him to read the tile papers papers' he Ito called her up frequently One of ot tile the most damning facts a against the thc Captain Tate said was waA that his hair hoh corresponds to the t few w black strands found clutched In Grace Roberts Roberts' dead hands