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

man In Uncle sam 8 service. however
q detective at headquarters, remembering
one of the small .curlycues" of one Of
the fingers on the Chicago imprint, De
lieves that the Smith prints are very
similar. Photographs of Smiths hngel
marks were mailed to Chicago, but VII
not be received there until Saturday
morning.
Saw Man With Bennett.
While finger prints of blood are
forming a fresh path for the investf-
cation of the entire army OF sleuths
and Bertillon experts of headquarters
and while the police are as far away
as ever from establishing the identity
of the man who killed Mickle. Capt
DAILY at the ninth precinct Is gaining
Roadway rapidly in the pursuit of evil
dence in the Bennett assault Frank
Solan, proprietor of the Benning Ho-
tel, the man who telephoned to The
Star last Monday the news of the Ben
nett attack before it had been reported
to the police. put the police of number
nine in possession of a piece of evil
dence today which at present seems to
be the most valuable bit of informa-
ton yet gained.
Mr.. Solan called at the police station
today with this statement:
"A man whose name / do not know but
whose personality is as we'll known to me
"a my own, stops at my hotel nearly
every day. He is a driver for Ewald' s
bakery, and is a member of the Eagles.
lie told one of the people at the hotel to-
day that he saw Bennett and another
man in the wagon in which Bennett was
assaulted. As near as l can find out. he
saw these two together about two min
utes before the attack must have oc-
Cured"
Acting on this the police set out imme-
afelN 70 cot he 6ri yvnr of ho ION,
When he is found he will be taken to
James Smiths cell, and the police are
anNiously awaiting what he has to say
about the man they are holding there.
Seen on His Long Walk"
Almost complete record of James
Smiths actions between s o'clock and 10
o clock on the morning Bennett was at
tackled. has now been procured by the
police If the ninth precinct, one of the
most important details having been
CLEANED today by Sergt Mccormack, who
found man named W. b. GridSty, Both
street and Broad Branch road northeast.
who claims TO have seen James Smith
on the morning of the attack. Ac-
cord.ng to Gridsty he saw Smith
making for a ravine in the woods to the
left of the Chesapeake Beach railroad
about a mile from the Ches-
ing that Smith had something to hide
there, Sergt. Mccormack went over that
trail this morning. The police can now
furnish a map on which they say they
can prove what Smith was doing when
"he took a long walk into the country"
That is the term used by Smith himself
when asked to explain where he was be-
tween the time Bennett was attacked
and the time John Walker found Smith
who had just entered the Walker home in
Fairmont Heights, Md.
The police believe that Smith was walk
ing that morning in tie woods to the
right of Gitchie spring. They claim
that they have two witnesses who saw
him in the woods of Maryland Park, and
now the Gridsty story places him further
along in the woods, and in a position
to have gone into the Walker house to
the left of the store, where he is sup
posed to have bought the tobacco he was
smoking when he was taken to the ssa-
course for him in the form of huge let
ter s. all of which sticks fairly close
TO the woods.
Handkerchief Near Ratchet Blade.
One more clue that No. precinct is
working on is the handkerchief found
near the spot on Gitchie spring banks.
where Sergt. Trurnbo found a bloody
ratchet blade. Policeman Strobel has
that handkerchief trying to find out
whether or not it was Benefits or
smiths. There is little to identify it.
except a huge lack of cleanliness.
The white terrier dog, kicked by Ben
nett before he left home, and which re-
fused to be left behind by his master,
continues to be one of the odd features of
have made a pet of him, and wis., the
dog could speak. for they are confident
he was the sole witness to the blows
which felled his master. Several times
rhe police believe the dogs actions are
significant, for they say, he gives them
he impression he is scared of Smith.
Edward Schmid. q dog fancier and two
log experts who would not tell their
James went to the cell this morning to
zee what the dog would do. He acted as
usual. Whined a little and ran away aft
r shifting at Smiths clothes.
Fails to Ide nifty Smith.
Mrs. Bette Sander SON. who conducts a
coming house and who, the police
hought. might identify Smith as having
been in the city at her house at some
lime the night of the Mickle affair, dis
appointed the bluecoats in that respect
his morning when she declared she had
never in her life seen James Smith. She
entered the ninth precinct station house
and went directly to Smiths cell. The
police believed at first that Smith AMI. a
woman had tried to rent a room from
Mrs Sanderson, at 231 % street north.
west, and that Mrs. SanGerson had re-
fused to let them have it. Mrs. Sander.
son. however, positively declared that she
to the house Of detention this afternoon
to see Mrs Davis. who was located last
night at the home of her mother near
Mount Vernon, Va.
RS Bennett identified him, despite pub
lished stories to the contrary. II Smith
can hold up under the third degree in
which he lives, the police will hand him
the palm for being the nerviest prisoner
they have ever had They are at him con.
and break in on his sleep when.
ever they tn nix they have a new line OF
He told Policeman Hart yes
terday:
II hope Bennett lives so he can clear
me. and l know that If he dies 1t looks
bad for me-
Bennett has not identified anybody yet.
He can barely see, and shakes his head
as IL saying yes to almost anything
asked him. The police place no conf
dence In his "identifications'' SO far.
Bennett is showing the surgeons of Cas-.
ualty Hospital one of the greatest exam
pies of tenacity to life. If be pulls
through the next day or two they be-
lieve he will stand a chance of recover
ing.
Smiths Maryland Court Record.
sergt. Mccormack OF the ninth precinct
obtained a record OF James Smith In the
courts Of Prince Georges county. The
record is signed by John Weast. justice
of the peace. of Capitol Heights. Md. The