Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-30
SAYS HE IS SLAYER HEARS PEACE PLEA
Police Station Visitor Startles President Taft Guest of Honor
Ninth Precinct Force. at Pan-American Mass.
rs SENT TO THE Hospital SERVICE AT ST. PATRICKS
Sylvester and Bishop Donahue of West Virginia
Little Faith in Confession Urges Harmony in Americas
DAVIS STICKS TO HIS STORY CARDINAL GIBBONS PRESENT
0oVernnnt omcials Represent
Store Shortly Hefore Murder
Was couni+tea Attend.
Police Station Visitor StartIes
Ninth Precinct Force.
is SENT TO THE HOSPITAL
Maj. Sylvester and Detectives Have
Little Faith in Confession.
DAVIS STICKS TO HIS STORY
Declares He Saw Smith in MickIe
Store Shortly Before Murder
Was Committed.

While Commissioner Johnston and Mai.
Sylvester were looking over the squad of
policemen and detectives In the ninth
precinct station house this morning Dud-
ley Stone, twenty-four years old, who
said he resided at 1113 c street north
east, entered the door and leaned against
the brass rail in the reception room"
What you want?" a man behind the
desk asked, and the bluecoats standing
there on inspection glowered.
''I want to be locked up" replied the
stranger, as he gazed about the walls
What for?" the man behind the desk
insisted.
Il am the man who killed Mlckle.'
About eighteen large policemen showed
prominent symptoms of apoplexy and
Maj. Sylvester displayed great activity
Policeman Strobel. who has been promi.
nent in the Bennett assault case, led the
man gently aside and questioned him:
What did you kill Mickle with?'
"A monkey wrench
Where did you get that wrench?"
Il took from Anderson's wood yard
HIM. Do you know man named
James Smtih?'
"Oh, sure. I knew him In Chicago"
AL" Policeman Strobel exclaimed
you have been reading the newspapers?
mo, / haven't" was the answer. Il
know what I'm talking about, and.its no
use trying to put everything on Smith. ="
We'll, how much money did You get
from MickleT'
Not a cent"
Maj. Sylvester and Commissioner john
ston took a hand in the questioning. after
which Stone was taken to Casualty Hos
pital. Dr. Kane and DIR. Fftzhugh ex-
pressed the opinion that Stone had been
drinking.
Sergt. McQuade said he recollected
having been called to Stones house at
one time three or four months ago be-
cause 1t was feared Stone might attempt
to kill himself. According to Sergt. Nc
Quade Stone was then sent to the Wash
ington Asylum Hospital.
Davis Sticks to His Story.
Although the wrench clue in the Mickle
mystery has weakened. Charles Davis. the
principal witness. told The Star today
that he is still willing to swear to his
first statement that he saw James Smith
standing in William Mickle.s store only Q
few minutes before the tobacconist was
killed. The police have held that Davis
testimony is. the strongest thing they
have found. and, IL anything, 1t has been
made stronger by Davis own inyestiga-
tions and eorroborations of his talks with
the poiice and with Harvey Given, assist
ant United States attorney.
when I talked with Mr.. Given" said
Charles Davis, ''he told me to make sure
could account for all my time on the
afternoon of the murder. l am waiting to
be summoned again to his Office.
II started away from my home. 1911 9th
street northwest, about o'clock the att
ernoon of Thursday, November ID and
went straight to the Happyland Theater
know 1t was after / o'clock, because the
theater doesn't open till l. and 1t had
been opened before I got there. Then
stayed there long time.
Looked in Store Windows.
ut must have been g. o'clock then. Of
near It, and I turned up 14th street Il
f, and started to look into some store
windows. I walked down r street slowly
looking in haberdasher's store windowl
and clothing stores, and took my time TIL
/ got to 7th street Then I went up I'll
street until / came to Mickle'S went in
and Mr.. Mickle., said. Hello. Charlie
You're looking fine. said: so are you
AIr. Mickle. Give me a package of Pied
monts.' rs----------s-~.
..'Then he came down to the end of the
counter Wnere- Cne- CI&8TeCLeSl 8k6 AcQts
and l remember seeing this other fellow
standing in the little door that leads into
the back room. He was leaning one ell
bow on a shelf and in his other hand he
had package. don't know what the
package was. It looked like a paper bag
to me-. But 4 know the man Was Smith.
Says Man Looked Hard at Him.
.'Mr. Mickle sold me the cigarettes. and
1 broke open the package and went to
the cigar lighter to light one l saw
Smith all the time. and he looked hard
at me.
Then a few days later. the day after
the Bennett assault / was looking at q
newspaper and saw Smiths picture. I
said L know that fellow, and said some
thing about it to my wife Then I saw
a friend of mine, 1t may have been that
same afternoon, but I think 1t was the
next day, and t.ld him the picture In
the newspaper was a picture OF the man
I had seen in the Mickle store. We had
an argument about whether ought to go
to the police. said at first 1t wasn't
any Of my business, but he urged mo
to CO."
J Charles Davis was. asked whether he
had changed any Of his statements since
he first told the police. he said he had
not, and that he Is ready to swear TO the
principal fact. which is that. he saw
Smith standing in the Mickle store with
a paper package in his hand.
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