Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-01-11
LOOKING FOR VANOAL
Police Investigating Effort to
Blow Up Statue.
BEARDED MAN FOUND
PROVED TO BE A PHOTOGRAPHER
WHO MADE A PICTURE.
Not Believed Now Statue Would Have
Been Badly Injured-Driver
Gives Description.

The man with the light beard who was
seen in the arsenal grounds in the vicinity
of the statue of Frederick the Great about
the time the explosion occurred there yea.
terday as stated in The Star, is no longer
suspected of having hung the dynamite on
the fence which surrounds the statue. AL
fred Carter, the colored driver, who waited
upon the man who handled the explosive,
gives description of the man entirely diff
erent from that given by the excited SOL
die and others who were in the arsenal
grounds when the explosion occurred. Car
ter is an Intelligent man and had a much
better opportunity to observe his passenger
than did the soldiers and others who were
in the grounds at the barracks yesterday.
He says the is between thirty and
thirty-five years old and that he had the
appearance of being countryman. The
man, he says, was of medium build. had
smooth face and ford complexion. He also
says that he wore gray suit of clothes and
a black derby hat, but no overcoat.
The mystery of the man with the light
vandyke beard was cleared away TINS
morning by the appearance of Mr.. G. X.
Luckey, the official photographer of the
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company. He
was upon the ground yesterday short
time before the explosion occurred and
photographed the statue. Before taking
the photograph, however he obtained the
necessary permission from Lieut.. PillSbury.
He knew nothing of the explosion having
occurred until last night. Concluding that
he was the man who had been referred 10
by the soldiers at the barracks. he hurried
to the barracks this morning and saw
Lieut.. Pillsbury. Private Albert Rieger,
who gave so complete absorption of Mr..
Luckey, was called into the Neutenant's
office. but he failed to identify Mr.. Luckcy
as the man he had seen there yesterday.
Il think the man who was in the grounds
yesterday he said, is little heavier than
this gentleman"
Explained to Police
Later Mr.. Luckey went 10 police head
quarters, where he saw Maj Sylvester and
Capt. Boardman. He told them he Thought
he was the man who had been referred 10
as having been near the statue yesterday,
| and ne wanted to explain the matter to
them in order to save them trouble and
annoyance.
In conversation with a Star reporter Mr..
Luckey said that he went to the barracks
with colored man who carried his camera.
AT the gate he made inquiries and was told
that he would have to get permission to
photograph the statue. This permission
was readily obtained from Lieut.. PilIsbury,
and the colored man, who had been de-
tained at the entrance to the grounds with
the camera, was released and directed to
meet Mr. Luckey at the statue.
| Mr.. Luckey explained that he does some
magazine work and that he wanted the
| picture for use in connection with an inau-
| guration publication. He was in no par
| ticular hurry yesterday and spent some
| little time in the grounds. He thought it
| was about lao O'Clock when he started
| from the grounds He was away from
| there when the explosion occurred and did
| not hear the report. Now he regrets that
| he left there soon as he would like very
! much to have obtained a picture showing
| the explosion. His visits to the Office of
| Lieut.. Pillsbury and police headquarters,
| Ii is said, were appreciated by the officials
| it disposed of the story of a man with a
| light beard having had a hand in the piece
| of vandalism Mr.. Luckey lives in Hyatts-
| vile, but most of his work is done in Bal
| timore.
| Actions of Strange Man. t
Carter. the driver, as stated in yester-
| days Star, was employed at the Balti-
| more and Potomac depot After the
| stranger engaged him he entered the
| railroad station and soon returned with
| the satchel Obeying the instructions of
| the passenger Carter drove direct to the
| statue, where his passenger alighted The
| stranger carried the satchel with him.
| but did not have it when he returned to
| the vehicle. The driver then drove hur-
riedly out of the grounds and was dis
missed just outside the gate. Carter did
| not have change for a SIS bill and the
passenger said he would meet him at the
| railroad station and get the change. The
| driver kept the bill, but the man who had
| ridden in his coupe did not call for his
| change. Carter said he had served the
| man the same as he would serve any
passenger and frankly admitted that he
| had no complaint to make as he had been
more than paid for his services.
Making Investigation.
| NAL Burr. commander of the post. was
in his office yesterday and heard the
noise of the explosion. He says the noise
| was about as loud as that made by the
discharge Of q six-pound gun. He doubts