OCR Text |
Show OWNER DF SILK lEGUEEEKil j Police Learn Which Young I Woman Left Garments at ; Scene of Murder 1 I NEW YORK, June IS. The first legal detention In the mysterious case of the murder of Joseph B. Elwe.ll, wealthy sportsman and whist' expert. j who was shot to death in his home , here last Friday was forecast today by tho district attorney's announcement announce-ment of intention to have Mrs. Marie Larson, housekeeper, and Edward Rhodes, chauffeur, of the dead man, I held by the court as material witnesses. wit-nesses. "Both of these people know a great deal about this case," said Mr. Joj'ce, "and before the mystery Is cleared I am sure that they will tell everything they know. Man Shot Elwell. "I feel certain now that a man shot El well and that a woman was the cause of the shooting. No one has been eliminated from the case and we will continue work nt every angle." Mr. Joyce said that a short time after af-ter the murder was discovered a young woman called the Elwell house on the telephone. She said she had had an appointment at the Pennsylvania station sta-tion with Elwell and wanted to know why he had not kept it. She was told that Mr. Elwell was ill and was asked ask-ed to go to his house, Joyce said. She did 50 and was notified of tho tragedy. Woman Is Known. A "Miss Wilson" Is the 'woman lo whom belonged the pink silk lingerie found in the bedroom of Elwell the mornluc of his murder. Mrs. Larson told District Attorney Swann todav. Although the identity of ".Miss Wilson" Wil-son" is said to have been made known lo Mr. Swann,. nothing further concerning con-cerning hp'r was revealed. District Attorney Swann laler said he k. v the 'full name of the woman mentioned as "Miss Wilson," and where, she could bo reached. He said she had been described as short and dark. . "It appears." he said, "that ihis Miss "Wilson, was indiscreet and whatever what-ever mental uneasiness she is suffering suffer-ing now," she is suffering as a result of her indiscretion. However, 1 do not think she was in any way connected con-nected with the crime." " j |