Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-26
SAY CLUESPO|NT
TO JAMES SMITH
Police Believe He Killed MickIe
and MurderousIy Assaulted
Bennett.
SUMMARY OF EVIDENCE
IN SUPPORT OF THEORY
Same Form Of Weapon Was Used in
Both Crimes.
SUSPECTS MOVEMENTS TRACED
Search Made for Money Said to
Have Been Taken From Pockets
Of BENEFITS Trousers

William H. Mickle was mur-
dered in his store, 1904 9TH street
northwest, November I6, within a
few feet of persons passing his
front door.
Ten days have elapsed, and no
one has been charged with the
crime.
James Smith, whom the police
suspect in the Mickle case, and
who has been charged with the
assault on Morris Bennett, whose
head was crushed with the dull
end of a hatchet last Monday
morning, was positively identified
yesterday by the local police as
being John or Frank Kabusta,
alias Kruger, alias Krigel, alias
Cabbage who shot one man to
death and who. five days later,
beat another to death with base
ball bat in Chicago in August.
1908.
Chicago Police Ask His Surrender.
While the Washington police
were using their own Bertillon
measurements to name Smith as
the man wanted in Chicago a
telegram from Nicholas Hunt,
chief Of detectives of Chicago, was
received here also positively iden-
tifying Smiths measurements and
portraits as those of the man
wanted there for the two killings,
and asking that he be surrendered
to the Chicago authorities.
James Smith denied to Star
reporter that he ever was in Chi
cago in all his life, and says he
never even heard of the names by
which the Chicago police want
him. When shown the Kabusta
circular he paced the cell. Detec-
tive Baur said, "like panther"
Held Under $40, 900 Bond.
In order to. hold him in Jail,
Ralph Given, assistant United
States attorney, asked Judge Null
lowny in the Police Court to place
Smith under $4,000 bail, which
was done.
No Formal Charge Of Murder.
Ten days have elapsed since William
H 'Mickle, q reputable merchant. was
killed In the back room OF his cigar store
at 1904 7th street northwest The muir
der was one marked by the cold brutality
of a man who chooses the dull end Of a
heavy bludgeon, and was. perhaps. only
one Of a series of crimes of the same
sort which have marked the murderers
path through his life. A most remark
able series Of condolences have come to
light concerning this murder within the
past week. The wrench has been identt-
fed and partially traced. Reputable citi-
zens have come forward to give evidences
as to q man they saw In the Mickls
store and In the vicinity OF the store
The police positively stated to q Star re-
porter last night that the chief witness
In the Identification Is still ready TO swear
to his statements In court.
'Who killed William MickleT ts now
q by word. Never has there been q Ques-
ton Of crime which has been moro widely
discussed In this city. Even the recent
famous Beattie case could hardly oe
~ tn fhA ~,trhI a
far as this locality In concerned. WASH
ington 90 free from the '.yeggman" and
the underworld thug, who crawls Ike Q
mole In the darkness OF his soroid sur
roundings to emerge into prominenca
only after he has Drained some unfortun-
ate man for his watch or his money, has
at last seen an instance Of how some
hoodlum, skilled In thuggery and schooled
within q few feet Of q passing throno
and remain unchanged with the crime foo
ten days
Police Theory Advanced
The police believe they hold the man
who murdered William Mickle. One Of
them remarked last night:
II believe ws have evidence which pos
itfvely forces us to make q charge in
the Mickle murder case"
Whoever killed William Mickie chose
the dun. blunt weapon-the bcne-break-
Ing, brain-ecatterfng, blunt thing the
very handling OF which makes an ordi-
nary man siludder when he contemplates
the thing in the light Of q weapon For
several days after Mickle was found ly-
ing in his own blood. no clue Of CT nse-
uuence was discovered. Then Morris
harmless. peaceful grocer. who
carried few dollars with him daily. was
found lying In his wagon, his head hor-
ribly mutilated. and the weapon had been
the dull end Of q hatchet- The man who
did II did not choose the swift, sharp
stroke Of the blade, but preferred the de-
generate use of the hammer end Fog
that crime q policeman arrested James
Smith within two hours
Whether or not further evidence In the
Mickle murder mystery comes to light,
Il can never be denied that the arrest OK
James Smith seemed to bring an ava
lanche OF testimony and condolences ana
the strangest sort OF chronological
parallels to the front
Outline Of Developments.
First Of all, William Anderson told ths
police that James Smith slept IN Andses