Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-23

peace warrant, charging Smith WIZ
threats and firing q gum at him. The
on this charge" and kept In jail until the
April term Of court, when he was re-
leased.
Arrest Of Mrs. "Frankie" Davis.
Mrs. FRANKIE Davis was arrested at
2 o'clock yesterday afternoon by Detec-
tive Grant. who found her near Alexan-
dria, in the home Of her mother. She
was chagrined at her arrest. but promised
to tell all she knew. Her statement was
that she is acquainted with Smith and
Stout, and that she met Smith unexpect-
eddy at 9th street and New York avenue
on the night of the Mickle murder. she
said it was between and Z O'Clock ana
that they talked together for five min
utes, and then Smith left her. saying ne
would be back in twenty minutes.
Il don't know Where he went, or what
he did in the meantime, but ] saw MIN
again in about twenty minutes. Inen
we walked around about an hour or more
and finally he took me home AT my mousse
on lower 7th street. There Is one tnlns
certain. though, he didn't spehd any
money in my presence
Mrs. Davis is at the house or deten-
ton. and the police believe sne Is so iLu-
portant a witness that written ORDERS
have been given from headouar.ers G Moe
will be taken to the 9th precinct station'
it is believed as part OF the CONTINUOUS
third degree work that SnVtn Is unoeI,
going and when the police have examined
ranged together for the most vigorous
shaking down yet seen in the proSecutioi
of the Mickle mystery.
Smiths Pal Makes Statement.
Willard Wilson Stout. Jim Smiths pal.
who arrived here this morning from
Newport News, where he was arrested
yesterday by detectives from Washing
ton today detailed his acquaintanceshlp
with Smith. He declared that he had
known Jim Smith only a few months.
that he had not known that Smith was
a crook in any way. II he had not
believed that Smith was straight he.
Stout, would have nothing to do with
Smith, he said.
Stout declared that there had been two
wrenches a. Anderson's wood yard, one
big one and one small, and that the
small one had been broken. He said that
he and Smith had left Anderson's wood
yard last October to go to Newport News.
We locked up the wood yard and /
gave Smith the key to carry to Ander-
son. He was to meet me later at the
Norfolk boat, and he did 80. We each
carried suit cases.
Saw No Wrench.
II had occasion to see In Smiths suit
case several times while we were to-
gether and j did not see a wrench in it.
L feel sure that 1 would have seen q
wrench if Smith had had 1t with him."
Stout said that Smith had told him that
he came from Nebraska. near Omaha. and
that his father had owned ranch In
hat ov,A hoA h40 q hl0<1r~vyrSth
Smith said his father was dead. accord
ing to Stout. but that he had Q brother,
mother and sister living there still. Smith
himself has told the police that all OF
his relatives are dead.
Stout said that he had carried away
the revolver borrowed from Andersen by
that the revolver was not
worth stealing anyway, even u he had
wished to steal it.
Smith, Stout said drew $12.A It the
Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry
Dock Company when he left there No
vember II. He said Smith had been en-
ployed with the drillers on the steel work.
Hunting for Mysterious Man.
A mysterious man, with ruddy complex
ion, light hair and blue eyes and about
5 feet inches tall, is being sought by the
police in connection with the Mickle MUIR
der. The man was discovered peeping
through the glass in the door Of the
Mickle residence on Mount Vernon place,
the night Of October ~ about Z o'clock.
One of the manicurtsts in Mrs. Miekle' .
establishment saw the man peeptng
through the door. At first she thought he
said today, but when he did not enter she
opened the door and found a strange
man. He was embarrassed at first, she
said, and when she asked what he wanted
he replied that the thought friend OF his
was inside being manicured. He claimed,
To prove 1t he walked around to the
Mickle store.
Hello. Mr.. Mickle. don't you remember
me-" he is said to have remarked to Mr..
Mickle. Mr.. Mickle replied. shortly. that
he did not and asked the man why he
peepinS through the door. The man was
dressed in gray suit and wore gray
felt hat, fiat on top. He was rather
person. It is said
That the man was not Jim Smith IL de-
clared by a sister Of Mrs Mickle, who
not only saw the man who peeped through
the door. but also went to the ninth pre-
cinct station last night to try to identify
Smith as the man.
Subjected to Close Grilling.
Willard Wilson Stout and Frankie
Davis were both taken to the district at
torney's Office this afternoon. They were
kept apart and were put under guard.
Stout was gut through q most rigid ques-
tioning by Detective Burlingame and sew
eral others and Mrs. Davis had the same
ordeal to go through.
The closest secrecy was maintained by
the police and other officials as to the
statements the two made. 1t was said,
however, that Mrs. Davis made no state
ments damaging to James Smith beyond
the fact that she met him In the neigh
borhood of the cigar store Thursday
evening.
Mrs Frankie Davis at q late hour
this afternoon was being closely ques-
toned behind closed doors In his Office
at the City Hall by Harvey Given, as
sistant United States attorney, who
figured prominently In the preparation
Of the BONNIE case.
Earnest efforts were made by a Star
the suspected parallel in the identity OF
James Smith and Of one Schrifogei. alias
Kitty Holmes, who 10 wanted to
answer a charge Of numbering Policeman
George ]. Gesswein In Baltimore July
8. 1865
A photograph Of Smith was carried
to Baltimore. and Police Sergt Philip
j. Flood. the first to see 1t, declared
he knew schrifogel well. and that the
Charles e. Pearson. proprietor Of
restaurant at Wells and Light streets,
Baltimore, stated that "Ducky' Holmes
and kitty Holmes we're employed as
singers in his restaurant every Satur-
day night several years ago. and he
knew both brothers. He could see in
the picture Of Smith no resemblance to
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