Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-05-25
OTHER SUSPECTS ARRESTED
POLICE SEARCHING FOR MEN WHO
ASSAULTED GEORGE GAMBLER.
Young COlored Man With Badly In
jured Eye Partly Answers Descrfp-
ton. but Not Identified.

Inspector Boardman's detectives who
have been at work on the Long bridge
| shooting case, in which George V. Gambler
| was severely wounded. have made several
more arrests. but they have not yet fas-
tened the crime on any one.
In relating to the detectives the story OF
the assault Mr.. Gambler told of having
struck one of the men during the struggle
| in his buggy and he thought he had in
| jured the mans eye or face. young col
| ored man with a badly injured eye ar
| rested this morning by Detectives Nc
Nance and Herndon, and called upon to
| explain how he received the injury. He
| told conflicting stories about it. and was
taken to police headquarters. thence to the
hospital. where Gambler saw him. The
wounded man could only say that he re-
sembled the one who received the blow in
the buggy Tuesday night.
The prisoner gave his name as William
Talbert, and said he reached here Monday
| morning from his home at Chattanooga,
Tenn. When the detectives met him on c
| street in the rear of the Central Union Mis-
sion and questioned him he said he was as
saulted on Pennsylvania avenue the night
of the parade, and that his hat was taken.
His injury was dressed by the doctors at
the Casualty Hospital and he told the ply
sicians there that he was injured by COM
ing in contact with the I'd street bridge
while riding on a Baltimore and Ohio train.
During the investigation today he told the
officers that he was injured riding on the
top of a car.
John Williams, Known ms "SIim."
Another prisoner who was taken to head
quarters today was John Williams, who is
known as "Slim" resident of South
Washington. who was fined $50 in the Po-
lice Court yesterday for carrying a revolt
yer. He was brought up from Jail this
morning. An examinat ton of the weapon
i'm ho1 hop,, Il ,
charged recently.
Walter Brim alias "Klondyke" Joseph
E. Durham and John Williams, the prison.
ers who were locked up at the first precinct
station. as heretofore stated in The Star,
were taken to the Emergency Hospital
yesterday afternoon. Mr. Gambler said they
resembled his assailants, but he could not
positively identify them. These colored
men are known about Jackson city, "Klon-
dyke much better than the others. He is
very talkatfve, and among other persons
whom he says were in Jackson City the
morning after the shooting was John Will
liams. The latter says he was not at Jack
son City at o'clock in the morning but he
was there about noon Wednesday
George V. Gambler, the victim of the high
waymen, has improved very much since he
went to the hospital Tuesday night. This
morning he was much stronger. and it is
now known that the sight Of the eye that
appeared to have been injured was not de-
stroyed by the bullet
TaIbert Released.
This afternoon the detectives learned
that Talbert was really injured while try
ing to get out of the city on a B. and O.
train, and he was released. Williams
alias "Slim." was taken to the hospital
and Mr.. Gambler said he looked more like
the man who had done the shooting than
did the others he had seen.
Thomas Bowler and John A. Moore were
arrested by Policemen Aud and Yoe on
suspicion. They were taken to the hospital
and Gambler said they were not his assail-
ants. Williams was returned to jail this
afternoon.
The detectives are continuing their IN
vestigation and will have residents of
Jackson City call at the Jail tomorrow and
see Williams. 1t Is likely the detectives
will pay another visit to Jackson City be-
fore tomorrow.