Commonwealth v. DeMoss

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Benjamin B. Jones,

At approximately 10 a.m., July 4, 1955, a chambermaid discovered the dead body of Lulubel Boss-man, a 76 year old widow, in her room in the Adelphia Hotel, Philadelphia. Mrs. Rossman’s death 1 was caused by strangulation at the hands of some unknown person or persons who had bound her arms and legs with two-incli adhesive tape and had gagged her mouth. The appearance of the room — disorder, open pocketbooks and handbags, personal effects strewn about — suggested that a robbery had taken place, although there was no evidence that the room had been…