Evening Star Newspaper, March 24, 1931, Page 17

L d WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION @he Foen ny Star WASHINGTON, D. 0, TUESDAY, MARCH 24, o e TUCKER IS INDIGTED ONMURDER CHARGE BY DISTRICT JURY Suspect Accused of Stran- gling: Umbrella Mender in 1926 in Home Here. WARRANT WILL BE SENT LOS ANGELES BY PLANE Four Witnesses Testify—Finger- prints Tally With Those at Crime Scene. George Tucker, held in Los Angeles for the killing here five years ago of Miss Emma Kirk, 68-year-old umbrella mender, today was indicted for first degree murder by the District grand jury. Justice Peyton Gordan of Dis- trict Supreme Court immediately served a bench warrant for Tucker's arrest. ‘The indictment is in two counts. One charges that Tucker killed the woman by suffocating her with her shawl. The other that he strangled her to death with his hands. ‘The bill was returned less than 24 hours after local police had announced that Tucker definitely was linked with the crime by his finger prints, which tallied with those found on Miss Kirk’s eyeglasses in her home,”819 R street. A copy of the prints and two confes- sions which Tucker signed and later repudiated, were received here yesterday afternoon. As soon as it was deter- mined that the prints tallied, Chief of Detectives Shelby announced that the case would be brought before the grand jury at once. ‘The case was presented by William H. Collins, assistant United States attor- ney. The confessions and finger prints were offered in evidence, and testimony taken from four witnesses. Sergt. Pred Sandberg, in charge of the Identification Bureau at headquar- ters, identified the Ungerprints, while the other witnesses Fere Lieut. Dennis 3. Cullinane and Cay$. Edward J. Kelly, chief of the homicidé squad, and Police- ‘man John Poole, who were the first offi- cers arriving on the scene of the kill- ing, which took place January 23, 1926, and Dr. Herbert E. Martyn, who, as deputy coroner, performed the autopsy. Los Angeles Hearing. Inspector Shelby said the indictment and the warrant for Tucker would be sent by airmail to Los Angeles to ex- pedite jure. A removal hearing will be held in the ornia city, and the accused returned to Washington in custody of deputy marshals. Shelby said also that as soon as Tucker arrived he would take new prints to compare with those on the eyeglasses as & matter of precaution. The two confessions, which Tucker ‘later repudiated, were made on March 18 and 19. One covers five typewritten pages and the other . They are in_the form of &xzadom and answers. q “Can_you is quoted as replying: “Yes, it's very clear in my mind. I knocked at the door and this old lady came to the door and opened it, and I stepped in. I grabbed her by the throat and choked her.” Tucker's interrogator then asked him 4t he used a piece of cord to “tie her up in any way.” To this question Tuck- er replied that he could not say, ex- plaining that he had been drinking. He added, however, that he could not have been very drunk because he was able to get around all right. Amplified Next Day. The questions Los Angeles authorities put to Tucker on the morning of March 19 and his answers were as follows: “Do you recall making a statement yesterday afternoon, Mr. Tucker, re- garding having killed a woman in Washington, D. €. o “Yes. “Now, we have a dispatch stating that woman, Emma Kirk, age about 70, was murdered .in Washington January, 1926, at 819 R street. Do you know whether or not this is the case ou, have reference to?” “It 18.” “Do you recall the name of the victim as being Emma Kirk?” “I do now, Yes."” “And the address as being 819 R street, Washington, D. C.” Had Piece of String. “I can't say as to the street number, but that's the neighborhood.” “Can you give us any details as to how you committed this crime?” “Yes; it is very clear in my mind. I knocked at the door and this old lady opened it and I stepped in. I grabbed her by the throat and choked her.” “Is there anything else you could state about it?” - 's all there was to it.” “Did you use a string to tie her up in any way?” “I had & plece of string, but whether I used it arcund her throat or hands 1 don’t know. But I did have a plece of string; I remember that.” “Do you know why it was that you committed this act?” “No. I wish to God I did.” “Were you alone at that time?” “Yes." “Were you under the influence of liquor?” “I had been drinking, but couldn't have been awfully drunk because I found my way around.” “Where did you live or what was your address at the time the crime was comitted?” “I think I was at the Arlington tel.” this crime committed at night- “About what time of night?” ~That 1 dont remember, but it Was, 1 would say, before midnight sometime.” “Where had you been just prior to the murder?” “That I don't remember, but I evi- dently got home.” ‘Thought She Was Dead. “At the time you left this woman’s home, did you know she was dead?” “I was under the impression she was. “What made you think that?” “All of a sudden I realized what had happened and just like I woke up or something.” . “Did your parents live in Washing- D. C., at.this time?” “My parents are dead and have been for yearsl “You now have a wife and child?” “Yes" “Is there any other statement you care to make concerning this case?” “No. Nothing I can say.” “The statements made by you have been free and voluntary?” Yes “No offer of reward nor hope of im- munity ofleged?" “No foree or violence used to obtain - nt?” are you making such a state- “Well, I figured I have done ‘some- posed to be a college | Lewis Says Dreiser Lies RED-HEADED AUTHOR IS TACITURN. BY GRETCHEN SMITH. TALL, red-headed man sat on the edge of his bed in his room at the Hotel La Fayette this morning, surrounded by news- paper reporters and photogra- phers, and steadfastly refused to dis- cuss American literature or slaps in the face, both subjects which have brought himinto the news. . Sinclair Lewis, in Washington to lec- ture this evening at Central High School, - today ‘apparently * determined upon & policy of partial silence toward his newspaper public, ' Famous for his outspoken, radical opinions on many subjects, the author of “Babbitt,” “Main Street” anid other best-sellers today kept his- views on most subjects to himself. Defends Americanism. Mr. Lewls, however,spoke a few em- | phatic words on the Subject of his al- leged “un-Americanism,” & charge which has been made against him in the past. “Of all the red-headed, Middle-West- | ern, 187 per cent Americans, I'm it,” he declared. *“As for my Americanism, my family has been here for 10 genera- uons.” Surprise was expressed by one lis- tener that he refused to discuss the recent incident, when a _controversy arose between Theodore Dreiser and Mr. Lewis, in which Mr. Dreiser slap- ped the face of “Babbitt's” author. Irked by Dreiser. “I thought you liked a scrap, Lewis,” suggested one person. The red-headed, 187 per cent Ameri- can” smiled. “I don't like scraps—or rather, scrapes,” he replied. “I'm just & coun! ‘hick’ living on a farm and Mr. every time I leave it I get into trouble.” | Only once during the morning inter- view did Mr. Lewis show any symptom of fighting back. That was when he was chown a press account of a statement made recently by Mr. Dreiser in Kansas City. The “fighting” Mr. Dreiser, ac- cording to this account, remarked that the material for “Arrowsmith,” one of SINCLAIR LEWIS. | Mr. Lewis' most popular books, had first | seen given to him by Dr. Paul de Kreuif. | Mr. Dreiser refused the material. Dr. | de Kreulf then gave it to Mr. Lewis. Phones Mrs. DeKreuif. Mr. Lewis promptly arose, went to the telephone and called Dr. DeKreuif's New York home. Mrs. DeKreuif an- swered, stating her husband was not in. Mr, Lewis read to her the statement of Mr. Dreiser. “It's a lie, fsn't it?” | through the receiver. Mr. Lewis stated that he was contem- plating starting another book in the near future, but would not reveal his subject. Accompanied by his English publisher, A.'S. Frere-Reeves, Mr. Lewis yesterday visited Annapolis and Baltimore, paying a brief visit to Henry L. Mencken in the latter city. he queried WRESTLING SHOW WILL AID JOBLESS Tournament Here Set for May 21—Prominent Grapplers to Enter. A wrestling tournament, net proceeds from which are to go to the fund of the District of Columbia Committee on Employment, will be staged the night of Thursday, May 21, at Griffith Sta- dium, it was announced today by George J. Adams, secretary of the committee, following a meeting at the Transporta- tion Building. In co-operation with Joe Turner, Jocal wrestling promoter, plans were made to bring here 10 or more of the most prominent wrestlers in the East. Headed by Prederic A. Delano, & committee consisting of 138 prominent citizens was appointed by the Board of District Commissioners to handle the benefit tournament. Use of the Griffith Stadium was donated by Clark Griffiith, president of the Washington base ball club. Turner also has donated his serv- ices as promoter. Selection of the wrestlers will be made by Turner, who announced that he will try to secure the services of such matmen as Champion Jim Lon- dos, Dick Shikat, Jim McMillen, Chief ‘White Peather, Rudy Dusek, Tiny Roe- | buck, Jim McClinstock, Paul Jones, George Tragos, Doc Wilson, Billy Bartush, Carl Pogello, Mike Romano, Nick Nestor, Babe Caddock and George en. The performers will not be paid the usual percentage, but will get a flat salary, the rest to go to the fund. Either five or six bouts will be staged, it was announced. Possibilities of se- curing the services of the Marine Band | and Nick Altrock and Al Schacht of the National clowning staff were expressed. Turner does not intend to stage his own regular Washington Auditorium show that week. thing I should pay for. “Do you know what the punishment is in Washington, C., for the murder?” “I don't know. I'm worrying about it now. I was in hopes it would be the scaffold, but I am not sure.” ‘ou_hope it's capital punishment?” es.” ou want the extreme pendlty?” “Yes. I think with what little ability I have to think that a person of my sort is a danger to the community. had a very severe accident at one time and was unconscious for 15 days, and the doctor during this period stated that T would never regain consciousness or I would be insane the rest of my life if I didn’t die.” “Where did this accident occur?” “Salem, Oreg., State Fair. I was driving an automobile.” “Do you know whether or mnot the victim was wearing glasses?” “The only way I have the impres- sion she was wearing glasses was t the Washington papers carried an ac- count of a fingerprint on her glasses, is the only way I know of it.” “Do you know of anything else that would show you committed this crime?” “The mere fact that I am telling you I did. They have these prints which will_verify that I was there.” “Then you are certain that you, your- self, strangled this woman?” To this, the final question in his con- fession of March 19, Tucker nodded his head and replied, “Yes" The statement was taken in the cen- tral homicide detail, Los Angeles Police Department, on March 19, in the presence of Capt. J. B. Miller, De- tective Lieut. E. J. Romero and Police Officer P. T. Lee. Giving a more detailed account of the actual crime, he said: “I went down to this place. It was at night time. I knocked on the door, and tils poor old Jady came to the door and let me in. I made some statement about umbrellas, as that was her business, and I strangled the poor old dear and killed her right there, and left her right there in the room that she let me into. And that is the story, and that's all there is to it. Noticing in the papers they mentioned there were fingerprints on eyeglasses. 1 can’t say the lady had eyeglasses.” Tucker told the Los Angeles author- ities of worrying over the crime, and described how one time while in Wash- ington he was walking down Sixth street and mumbling to himself about it. Tucker declared In the statement that he had been arrested “many times” on charges including “drunk, resisting arrest, socking coppers and poking them and kicking them, and biting—no, I never bit them.” To one query Tucker replied: “Listen, I am tired. Get me hung, will you. ‘Tucker then referred to himself dis- fue!'gd]y with unprintable words, add- ng in a tone of disgusti, “I am sup- graguate.” PAVING CONTRACTS LT BY D.6.HeAS 1$800,000 Worth of Sewer and Highway Work Is Ordered. More than $800,000 worth of highway land sewer contracts were awarded to | various bidders by the District Commis- | sioners today. This is the second group of contracts | to be let for work which will be car- | ried out during the present working | season. Lists of the streets to be paved, re- paved or widened under these contracts have already been printed. One of the contracts, however, related to but a | single street, Bladensburg road north- | east, from L street to the District Line. ‘The center of this will be paved over and other improvements constructed |by the W. P. McDonald Construction tCo., at a total cost of $114,965.90. Curb Contract Let. A contract for construction of cement. concrete curbs and gutters went to the Highway Engineering Construction Co., Inc., for $132,865.75. Contract for re- placing sheet asphalt street pavements was awarded to Corson & Gruman Co., Inc., for $207,851. P. T. McDermott Co., Inc., received a contract for laying cement concrete roadways for $202,323.50. The street widening and repaving con- tract went to the Union Paving Co., Inc., for $151,167.50. The contract for grading various streets went to L. P. Haw at 29.5 cents per cubic yard for grading where the haul did not exceed 1 mile, and 1 cent | additional per cubic yard for an over- | haul of one-quarter of a mile. Sewer Work Ordered. Contract for the construction of Cen- tral avenue service sewer in Benning road northeast between Forty-fourth |street and Central avenue, in Central avenue between Benning road and Fifty-second street southeast and in Fifty-second street southeast between Central avenue and East Capitol street was awarded to Ligon & Ligon for $13,806.35; the contract for the con- | struction of Hoban road service sewer | between Reservoir road and T stree went to Charles R. Guthrie for $4,051.44, and the Warren F. Brenizer Co. received a contract for the construction of sewers in the line of Oklahoma avenue extended, on the property of the Young- Brown Junior High School for $9,975.17. |GEORGE ACKMAN, 73, DIES AT HOME HERE | Lifelong Resident of Capital Had Been 111 Week—Funeral to Be Held Thursday. | George Ackman, 73 years old, life- long resident of the District of Colum- | bia, died this morning at his residence, | 713 Fifth street northeast, after an ill- | ness of one week. His funeral will be held at 2:30 o'clock Thursday afterngon |at the funeral home of W. H. Sardo, |414 H street northeast. Burial will be at_Glenwood Cemetery. | “Previous to his retirement a number | of years ago Mr. Ackman was connected | with the W. B. Moses & Sons Co., and | at various tirpes engaged in the decor- ating and furnishing of the White House during the administrations of Presidents Cleveland and McKinley. Mr. Ackman was one of the oidest | members of the Order of Elks, which he joined in 1883, the year following its organization, in Washington. He was also a member of the Upholsterers’ Union and for a number of years was an officer of the local unit. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Minnie Ackman; two sons, George, jr., and Milton Ackman, both of Washing- ton, and two daughters, Mrs. Harry F. Flynn of Newark, N. J., and Mrs, Fer- guson Fague of this cit) MRS. VON BAYER BETTER Widow of Suicide Allowed to Sit Up for First Time. Rallying from the gunshot wounds inflicted by her husband, William H. von Bayer, before he killed himself at their home in tne Chevy Chase Apart- ments, Mrs, Grete von Bayer was per- mitted to up in her room at the Emergency Hospitai today. It is ex- B;cud that she will be permitted to ve the institution on Thursday. Von Bayer, chief forester of the In- dian Service, terior Depart- at the Inf ment, shot his wite after she allegedly beseeched him to kill her before he car- ried out & suicidal threat. | condition of the single operating com- ! KEECH LAUDS PLAN FOR ZONE GAR FARE T0'AID COMPANIES People’s Counsel - Praises Letters Sent by Utilities Commission to Two Lines. SUGGESTIONS TO REDUCE DEFICITS APPROVED Presidents of Traction Corporations Silent on Proposals Made in Reply to Increase Plea. People’s Counsel Richmond B. Keech today lauded the suggestion sent out by the Public Utilities Commission to the street railway companies yesterday that the companies try methods other than increasing carfare in order to make up their expected losses from the re- duced fare for school children. Merger, institution of a zone fare, reduced fares during non-rush hours, purchase of new equipment were the suggestions thrown out by the commission in a letter which wound up: “In other words, the commission suggests that you should attempt in every way possible to help yourself before asking it of its own motion to take steps to provide your company with additional net revenue.” The presidents of the traction com- panies reserved comment on the letters. John H. Hanna of the Capital Traction Co., said that this was too important, a subject on which to speak without thoroughly studying the letter, and promised that he would have a public statement to make at a later time. Wil- liam F. Ham of the Washington Rail- way & Electric Co., sald that he had no statement to make at this time, that he had not read the l:tter, and that he did not know whether he would make a ! public statement on the matter later.’ Zone Fare Attracts Interest, Mr. Keech was particularly intercsted in the zone fare proposal of the com- mission. On this subject the commis- sion’s letters to the companies, which were identical except as to o-rtain figures taken from the net earnings of { each company said: “The puttipg into | effect of a somewhat reduced fare dur- | ing non-rush hours, or possibly r:duced | zone fares, might attract a number of riders, possibly sufficiently great to bring ! about an improvement in your financial condition.” “The street »ailways are undoubtedly in an unhealthy condition,” said Mr. Keech, “and any plan that might bring | back the riders alienated by higher | fares and other causes would be well | worth trying. The matter of making | the fare commensygate with the dis- | tance travelled by rider has found favor in @ number of jurisdictions. Cleveland, for example, _originally started out with a 2-cent fare for a three-quarter mile haul in its business and shopping district. Recently the fare has been increased to 3 cents, with an increase in the distance to 1 mile. The result of this experiment has been reported as most encouraging. The reduction of rate for the short haul has a tendency to instill in the people the car riding habit, and not only does it attract persons to the rallway system | ‘who would not otherwise make use of it, but by a reasonable fare it has a t:nd- ency to substantially relieve congestion in central area by making it pocr busi- ness for persons to bring their uwn cars downtown, and likewise impractical for low-priced taxicabs to function.” Answers Companles’ Letters. ‘The commission’s letters were in re- ply to letters sent by the companies March 5 asking that the commLssIon" of its own motion, take some action to | make up to them expected deficits from | the operation of the bill calling for| reduced fares for schoo! children. In reply to this the commission states that there are as yet no facts available to show what, if any, effect upon the com- panies’ revenues will be caused by the children’s rate. When such facts are available, the letters state, the com- panies will be in a position to apply to the commission for a remedy. “However,” the letters continue, “in seeking ways in which to improve your financial condition if you should think of asking to be allowed to charge higher adult fares your attention is called to the<fact that in June, 1929, you applied for suthority to increase your street raflway fares and then estimated that if this were done the increased gross revenues would be $408,308.19 per year. The commission declined to luthonul this increased fare, but you took the matter to ccurt and did secure a court decree putting these higher fares into effect. During the six months begin- ning the first of August, 1930, with the higher fares in question, your revenues from rail transportation show a de- crease of $23,567.13 in the case of the Capital Traction Co. and $35.560.41 for the Washington Railway & Electric Co. Had Suggested Merger. “More than a year ago the commis- sion did, of its own motion, suggest to you & method by which not only would it have been possible to effect con- siderable savings in operating expenses, but which would have brought about a material improvement in street railway transportation throughout the entire city. This, the proposed merger of the two street railway systems, you opposed vigorously and defeated. “The commission still belleves that such a merger, even with a lower fare than the present, would bring about a decided improvement in the financial pany, contrasted with the conditions of the separate companies as at present operated.” | The commission also set April 16 as| the date of a public hearing on a re-| quest by the Washington Rallway &| Electric Co. for permission to abandon it Foxall Village—Potomac Heights bus line. Citizens of those sections have protested against the proposed aban- donment, which the company asks on the ground that operation of the line is causing a loss of more than $8,000 per annum. A public hearing will be held tomor- row on a petition of the Capital Trac- tion Co. to substitute bus for car service on F and G streets west of Seventeenth street and to make certain changes in schedules and transfer arrangements based on the proposed new service. MAJ. D. C. HUTTON DIES Maj. Daniel C. Hutton, Medical Corps, U. 8. A, stationed at Fort Mason, San Francisco, died yesterday at Phoenix, Ariz,, where he was on a visit, accord- ing to War Department advices. Born in this city December 18, 1893, Maj Hutton was graduated from the medical department of the Maryland University in 1916. He served as a first lleutenant and later as & captain in the Medical Corps of the Maryland National Guard from 1916 until July, 1920, when he was_commissioned as a captain in the Medical Corps of the Regular Army. . { alcohol _believed to ha 1931. Study Georgetown Water-Front Plan OFFICIALS HAVE TENTATIVE PROGRAM FOR 1MPROVEMENT OF CITY'S OLDEST SECTION. A PROPOSAL for the Georgetown water front of the future, prepared under the direction of Charles W. Eliot, 2d, director of planning of the National Capital Park and Planning Commission. This design will form part of an exhibit, prepared under Lieut. Col. U. 8. Grant, 3d, director cf public buildings and public parks, which will be shown in the Peck Memorial Building, at Twenty-eighth and M streets, in Georgetown, on April 10 and 11, in conjunction with a benefit program to be given for St. John'’s Church in Georgetown, which has recently con- structed a new parish hall. Georgetown area will likewise form part of the exhibit. Maps showing the proposed developement of the Rock Creek and Potomac Parkway in the Officials of the commission emphasize that this design is purely | der tentative and further study is being given the program for improving this water-front section. —Star Staff Photo. WOMAN S GUARDED IN EXTORTION PLOT Mrs. Paul A. Sweeney Re- ceives Threats After Hit- ting Man With Car. While a police detail was stationed | today to guard the home of Paul A. Sweeney, State Department attorney, in the 5300 block of Thirty-second street, headquarters detectives were en- gaged in tracing down clues in an effort to ascertain identity of the per- son or persons responsible for threats against Mrs. Sweeney made in an anonymous letter, a telephone call and by - colored man at the house yes- y. The threats, an aftermath to an in- cident in Rock Creek Park Saturday morning, when Mrs. Sweeney ran over one of two colored men whom she believed attempted to hold her up, re- sulted in the arrest of four colored persons by fourteenth precinct police today, but all were released after ques- tioning. None answered the descrip- tion furnished police by Mrs. Sweeney. | Money Demanded. First of the threats came in the form of a phone call from a person who de- scribed himself as the “doctor” for the man she ran down, and who ssked for a sum of money in payment as damages or “take the consequences.” The man’s diction, Mrs. Sweeney sald, was Dot refined. Later yesterday, the woman told po- lice, a man appeared on her front porch and knocked on the door. She did not open it, however, after a glimpse through a window, but went to tele- phone the police. After banging on the door with some hard object and making verbal threats, Mrs. Sweeney said, the man disappeared. It was shortly after this incident, she sald, she discovered the letter, which, although regularly postmarked and stamped, came at an hour not customary for mail delivery. Vengeance Threatened. ‘The missive, on the upper right-hand corner of which was written, “P. O,, O street alley,” read in part as follows: “You hide, but we'll get you yet. You think you're smart, but we'll get you and your husband, too. No use to hide, we'll get you just the same. You can’t Tun over our man and get away with it. Prepare to meet your God. Vengeance! Good luck till w2 get you.” The unsigned letter was turned over to Detective Sergt. Clarence Tally. Motioned to Stop. The incident in Rock Creek Park oc- curred ‘in daylight when Mrs. Sweeney was returning Mome from a marketing | trip, after taking her husband to his | office. She sald the two colored men stepped into the roadway ahead of her car and motioned her to stop. She slowed down, she said, and suddenly becoming frightened, stepped on. the ac- celerator and brushed past the men. Through her rear view mirror, she told police, she saw she had knocked one man ‘down. A check-up of hospitals failed to reveal a colored man treated for injurles Saturday. In addition to the police detail, Mrs. Sweeney has been given a police whistle by Capt. C. H. Bremerman of No. 14 precinct to summon an officer in an emergency. POLICEMAN I.S INJURED IN SCOUT CAR COLLISION William Wright Receives Head and Leg Cuts in Accident Near St. Elizabeth's Hospital. Eleventh Precinct Policeman William ‘Wright received cuts on the head and legs late yesterday, when a radio scout car in which he was riding was in collision with another machine in front of St. Elizabeth's Hospital. He was given first-aid treatment at that in- stitution. Richard T. Mullikin, 63-year-old attache at St. Elizabeth’s, was said by police to be driving the second auto. Policeman M. M. Welch was riding with Wright at the time of the accident. —_— WO0O0D ALCOHOL FATAL ears old, of 902 lled at Gallinger from drinking wood ve been stolen from a®medicine chest of that institu- tion where he was working as a “trusty” from the District Jail. Nalley was committed to the jail on March 16, to serve a 10-day sentence for intoxication. He was detailed by offi- cials of the jail to work at the hos] with & number of other “trusties.” Nal- Frank Nalley, 23 New York avenue, Hospital early today He was promoted to the grade of major in’ April, 1939, wife, Mrs, Eddie R, | Hutton, was wif when he died. ley is said to have taken the alcohol while hospital attaches' were out of the room in which it was kept, Held in Robbery CLEMENTS’ INTENDED VIC- TIM CAUSES ARREST. PAUL CLEMENTS. TWO YOUTHS HELD INHOLD-UP KILLING Police Check Alibi of Boys as Jury Fails to Name Slayers. . Two 18-year-old youths were being | held by police for questioning today in the fatal shooting of James H. Lane, 42-year-old street car conductor, who received a bullet wound in the abdomen Wednesday night, while resisting a pair of bandits, who sought to hold up his street car on Nichols avenue near Tren- ton street southeast. Following an inquest this afternoon, a coroner’s jury found that Lane was fatally shot by “a person or persons unknown to this jury.” Only meager testimony was given the jury. Two men living near the scene of “the attempted hold-up, Theodore van Sise and Samuel L. Hess, told of seeing two youths walk up the street from the car stop and wait for the ap- proaching street car, Hess heard the shot and saw two men jump from the street; car and disappcar into the dark- ness across a feld on the other side of the street. Van Sise did not see the men after the report of the pistol rang out. . ‘The youthful suspects were questioned for several hours this morning by Lieut. F. M. Dent, acting captain of No. 11 precinct. The lieutenant said the boys would be held until their alibi can be verified. ‘The pair was arrested through de- scriptions given by Lane before his death in Casualty Hospital Sunday. The suspects left town some time Sunday, reuixlming from Cumberland, Md., last night. Only one witness, a colored woman, who was a passenger on Lane's Con- gress Heights street car, has been lo- cated. She became greatly excited when the shot was fired and has been able to add little to Lane's version of the attempted hold-up. Lane told po: lice the two youths boarded his street car and shot before he had a chance to hand over the money he had lected in fares—about $8. Lane's description and a .32-caliber shell projected by the bandit's auto- matic and later picked up from the floor of the car, are the only clues. Several suspects have been arrested and relea: ter quest Detective Sergt. Carlton of the police headquarters homicide squad was sent to Richmond, Va., today, where he will make an effort to trace the owner- | ¢l tal | ship of a stolen automobile abandoned near the scene of the hold-up. Police are working on the theory that the stolen auf was d by the bandits. | “POP GUN" HOLD-UP SUSPECT CAPTURED Man Caught by Intended Vic- tim Believed Wanted in Other Robberies. ‘Overpowered by the intended victim of a taxicab robbery, Paul Alexander Clements, “pop gun bandit” suspect, was turned over to police of the second pre- cinct station last night and is being held for investigation into three hold- ups nl‘d”’l?‘" 'cclzmenh. ""f’ is 30 years old, lives af lerrydale, . One of two Capital-hackers o ‘were taken to Virginia and robbed by & man “wlut..h ;)"bllck &;hi" identg.ed Clem- ent ice say, following capture by Treat A. Newman of Md. to view Clem- ‘The other was ents at No. 2 station some time today. ‘Weapon Proves Cap Pistol. Newman told detectives he was hailed Clements at Second street and Massachusetts avenue and directed to drive to Sixth and U streets. Reaching money, Newman ibbed the pistol and wrested 1t from. the grasp of the bandit. It proved to be a second precinct, Clements for investigation. A short time after Clements’ appre- hension, Henry H. Smith of 810 E streef - PAGE B-1 GRAND JURY MAKES TWO INDICTMENTS IN DEATH OF GIRL Grand Jury Also Returns Bill Accusing New York Pair of Mail Robbery. BOGUS CHECK PASSING IS ALLEGED TO COUPLE Other True Bills Include Accusa- tions of Housebreaking, Larceny and False Reports. Premeditated murder is charged in an indictment reported today by the grand jury egainst Hazel M. Chinn, 24, 1320 Vermont avenue, and David Le- roy Russell, 36, 1472 Ogden street, in connection with the death of 19-year- old Thelma R. Cain March 12, as the result of a criminal operation. The m:t of perfc A e orm: alleged criminal ration. i o Miss Calu, who lived at 1424 Chapin tion. The murder indictmhent s in one count and charges that Russell made an assault on the young woman March B ety ad an as it the victim lingered until March 12, when Miss Chinn Also Accused. The other indictments alleging the criminal operation lays the assa Miss Cain s of March 1, eh'the of an unknown instrument and charges that the death of the young woman resulted therefrom. is sald by police to have identified | 35 Clements as the man who forced him drive to Cherrydale, Va., earlier in t.h'z day. The bandit took 80 cents, all of Smith’s earnings, but handed back half of the money. Victim to View Suspect. The man hailed his cab - teenth street and Penmylvm-h' Eev'!:“n" Smith said, and made him drive back to l;;nmyl?:? uv;:ue and Twenty- m‘“ streef fore he quit the hacker's Byrd of 8 Boyd avenue, Ta- koma Park, Md., reported m'?o“lfee'r:n hour later that he was hired by a man answering the description of the bandit drive 5 Girension, 3 e arendon, Va., whe; relieved of $3.50. He then {‘erol;: m robber to Eighteenth and H streets. aneffort 3 1Qentity Sien'as the ean who took his ‘8..")0‘.y i ‘Woman Robbed of $157. Held up at pistol point b; ) man while alone in her blkeyry-lfig;,“ldt 537 Eighth street northeast, last night, Mrs. Annie Eich of 1013 Maryland ave- r'\;lse_’ nlortgmt mhxomd to hand over n i sh ln_fil:e l] 1 e had concealed e colored man pocketed the money and dashed out, running north on Eighth street. Mrs. Eich followed to the door in time to see him jump into an automobile parked at the corner and drive off. She was unable to ob- mfi milllge%dnumber' rs. Elc! police of No. 9 - cinet she recognized her uullnnlpe:l the same man who came into her store Saturday night to buy an ice cream cone. She said at that time he acted e S farnishen rs. Eich furni a description of the bandit and a lookout was broa to all the precincts. o RUM CAR CHASE ENDS AS TWO ARE CAPTURED Pair Face Liquor Charge When Po- lice Seize Alleged Whisky After Fast Pursuit. A 50-t0-60-mile-an-hour chase throug] Southeast Washington streets ye-unu‘; afternoon culminated in the arrest of two men on charges of possession of liquor and the seizure'of an automobile and 10 quarts of alleged corn whisky. The men—Albert Wilmuth Hunt, 26 years old, of Oxon Hill, Md., and Nor- man Diggs, colored, 28 years old, of the 1000 block of New Jersey avenue south- east—were sighted near South Capitol and M streets H. G. Bauer and John Auffenberg of the liquor squad, who immediately e chase. During the pursuit the liquor car mng escaped other quor charge, he car, was exh was al- was drivi) with reckless d a it and failure’ o card, Diggs. wi have thrown a case from car, was also ch breaking glass in the street. having been tak store and where they recovered a number of the dresses taken Goffin establishment. Smith and was made to ot taken clothing valued at $280. CI E. , colored, is separately in- dicted for receiving the property alleged in | to_have been stolen. They en the store of Levy Nathan, 627 Seventh street, March 12, an‘ecordlnx w0 mr'.;e’. hmdlcmunent. by cut- a way E Are-said 35 have Taken clothing vaiued at $388. George Tucker and Spe son are alleged to have broken into the store of Martin O'Boyle, 3125 Eighteenth street, March 20, and to have taken clothing valued at $190. Charges of m: false re) in a divorce case in which he hndmbeen em- ployed to shadow the wife, are made in an indictment against Walter Parsons, a private detective, who is accused of false pretenses. Attorney Cornelius H. Doherty complained to the grand that he had employed Parsons to wa Mrs. Jeannette Hofer, who had been sued by her husband, Louis Hofer, for divorce. He said Parsons made reports which he found were untrue as to his activities in shadowing ‘woman and received a total of $200 from him. The indictment sets forth only five alleged false reports, for each of which Parsons had been paid $8 by Doherty. The re- ports were made September 6, 16, 17, 20 and 27 last, according to the indict- ment. Others indicted by the grand the charges Katya Sorina, and Fecue o th ek Sunday by Sokn e Pathe scenarist. she had left the beach and went