Evening star., 1912-11-10
CLUE AN EMPTY ONE.
Occupants of Auto Which
Killed SatterfieId Sought.
CHARLES COUNTY C0MBED
Capital Detectives in Machine Visit
Several Maryland Towns.
E. H. STOBBE RELATES INCIDENT
Man Who Found Victim Lying in
Street Promises to Prove an
Important Witness.
CHARLES COUNTY C0MBED
E. H. sT0BBE RELATES INCIDENT

Detectives seeking the automobile that
figured in the fatality at Pennsylvania
avenue and 18th street southeast Friday
night shortly before IL o'clock, when
Charles Satterfield. paper hanger. sus-
tanned injuries from which he died, fol-
lowed a clue yesterday which took them
to Charles county. Md, having received
which suggested that some
prominent residents of that county were
OCCUPANTS of the car.
Reports to the police at an early hour
this morning. however, indicated that the
trail into Maryland was not hot one.
The detectives reported that they located
the car which they had trailed from
Washington through Brandywine to
Charles county, Nd, and
found the car was undamaged, and did
not in any way show that it had been in
an accident. The detectives also talked
with all the men had had been in the car.
they said, and the automobilists. while
they had been in Washington
Friday night, denied striking any person
on the trip.
Detectives Charles Mullen and Harry X.
Warren were accompanied to Charles
county in an automobile by Detective
Wise of the fifth precinct. They reached
Brandywine about fifteen miles from
Hughesville, about 1 o'clock yesterday
afternoon At Brandywine they received
information that an automoolie party
of four OF five men passed through there
Saturday morning about l O'Clock on the
road to Hughesville.
Leaving Brandywine in their automo-
bile, the detectives went in the direction
of l.ughesviIle. Inspector Boardman
teIephoned to sheriffs and constables in
the nearby counties of Maryland that a
reward of $50 would be paid for informa-
tion leading to the arrest OF the occu-
pants of the death car, and last night he
remained at his office later than usual
expecting to hear from the detectives.
Brandywine is about sixteen miles from
this city, on the Silver Hill road. ana Is
a station on the Pope's Creek branch OF
the Pennsylvania railroad. 1t Is the west.
ern terminus of the short Line which
passes through Hughesville and has Its
western terminus at Mechanicsville.
Prince Georges County Visited.
While Detectives Mullen and Warren
and Precinct Detective Wise were con-
ducting an investigation in Charles
county, Detectives Armstrong and For
teney were in Prince Georges county
Later Policeman Waldron went to Prince
Georges county to follow supposed clue
The detectives returned early last nigh,
from trip to Upper Marlboro. Forest.
vile and Crome, and reported the result
of their investigation to Inspector Board
man. Policeman Waldron telephonet
that he had made no headway. 1t is SAID
that they obtained Information which
they regarded as being important, and
unless arrests are made In the mean
while they may return to the county TO-
e. H. Stobbe. 1873 Potomac avenue
southeast. the man who found Satter-
field on the street after he had been in
jured, and who assisted Leon White to
take him to Bradley's drug store, prom
ises to prove an important witness In the
investigation of the fatal accident. he
called at police headquarters late yester-
day afternoon and told Inspector Board
man what he knew of the affair.
Stobbe was on his way home from
Twining City between 1880 and 10:4l
o. clock Friday night, he tod Inspector
Boardman. and while crossing the Penn
mobile in which five men were riding.
"It was a low car" said Stobbe, land
think it was Ford. One lamp was out
and it seemed to have been damaged OF
battered
One of the men in the car, he said
wore a brown overcoat and soft light
hat The car was speeding over the bridge
in the direction of Randle Highlands at a
rapid rate of speed.
1T was between three and five minutes
after / saw the car said Stobbe, tna'
found the injured man."