Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-19
Rodney Parker, CoIored, Want
ed for Shooting William
Meredith, Escapes.
SEARCH THROUGH NIGHT
IN ALEXANDRIA COUNTY
Lad, With Bullet in Temple. in Sc
rious Condition-Assault
at Rosslyn, Va.

An all-night search OF Alexandra co,in-
ty Va. which was participated in ~
Sheriff 4. IL. Barbor and other county
officers. failed To locate Rodney Parker.
colored. resident of Rosslyn Parker Is
wanted To answer for the shooting YES
terday afternoon Of William Meredith. III
teen years old son of Guy Meredith. chirf
hostler for the PENNSYLVANIA Railroad
Company. The boy was a passenger uR
Falls Church car in Rosslyn at tie
time of the shooting.
The bullet struck the lad near tho right
temple on line with the eye and near
the ear So great WAS the shock that a
was unconscious a few minutes. lie
quickly recovered, however. and later
was able to make statement to Com
monwealth's Attorney Crandal Mackey
Young Meredith left his home at Cot
tage Park, BenninE, yesterday afternoon,
he said. to visit his grandmother Mrs. j.
Il. Meredith, and Mrs. j. y Ramp, his
aunt. at Clarendon He walked across
the Aqueduct bridge and boarded the car
at Rosslyn. About loo yards from the
station the car stopped III front of the
Arlington National Bank 10 take on two
colored women, Ruth Pollard and Ber-
tina Parks who reside at Ballston.
Fires Into Group of Passengers.
Rodney Parker, Raymond Walker and
Herbert Spence, young colored men, il is
stated, were talking To the two women
when the car made the stop. The car
was well filled with passengers and u
number of them were on the rear plat
form, where Meredith stood Just As the
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one made remark regarding the group
of colored people and Rodney WAS -
greatly incensed over the remark, il is
alleged, that he whipped out his revolver
and fired once into the group of passeu-
gers on the rear platform of the car the
bullet shattering two panes of glass b.
fore striking the boy.
Broken glass was scattered about the
car. Passengers became excited and
made an effort to capture the shooter.
but the lsfter quickly disappeared To the
south of Rosslyn and escaped. Raymond
Walker and Herbert Spence took no part
in the shooting, nor did they pay amy at
tention to the remark 10 which Parker
objected.
Walker who is a messenger in the
Treasury Department and resides at
1919 h street northwest, furnished Sc
curity for his appearance as witness
and was not detained. Spence, "A resi-
dent of the county. gave his personal
bonds for his appearance.
Boy Conveyed to Hospital.
The car was stopped as soon as the
shooting was done Young Meredith Ma
taken to the office of the Rosslyn Milling
Company, and cared for until he could Ia
driven to Georgetown University Hosp
tai The boys father visited the hosp
tai last night, but his mother. who il III.
was not advised of the shooting. Com
monwealths Attorney Mackey obtained q
statement from young Meredith last
night, and he also interviewed other wit
nesses. All said that Meredith was not
the one who made the remark To tho
colored men.
At the hospital this afternoon II vas
said that young Meredith's condition Wa
improved and that the wound Was not a.
dangerous as was at first supposed
Under the laws of Virginia, said Com
monW ealths Attorney Mackey this morn
ing. it is penitentiary offensc 10 shoot
or throw missiles at cars. The on"nsc ls
punishable by Imprisonment for from two
to ten years. a number of offenders haN"
been sent to prison tor violation of the
law.