Evening star., 1916-12-03
L|SNER ASSA|LANT
BATTLES OFFICIALS
Police Have No Trace of Man
Who Attacked Washing
ton Merchant.
HE MAY NEVER BE FOUND

Maj. Raymond W. Pullman. superin
tendent of police and Inspector Grant.
chief of detectives. last night stated
that they were without single clue
to the whereabouts of will S. Hayes"
alias y. S. Stacy" the name registered
at the Raleigh Hotel by the alleged as
sai1ant of A. Lisner, proprietor Of the
Palais Royal In a second edition of
the police lookout for the accused
man mis- name appears as Will 5.
Hays" said to be his name.
Hays, the police stated, disappeared
as completely as did Detlef Schultz,
who several years ago shot a Young
man in East Washington. In the
Schultz case. it was stated. the accused
man was of the type that should make
Identification an easy matter. and the
same was said of Hays.
1T looks as If Hays should be easily
captured" said Maj Pullman. land it
also looked easy in the Schultz case"
Had to Step Over Scrubwoman.
SO far as the detectives have been
able to ascertain, it is stated. no per-
son seems to have seen Mr.. Lisner's as
sailant after he appeared in the hall
way on the second floor of the hotel
and made his way down the stairs Be
fore reaching the first floor. it is stated,
he found it necessary to step over a
woman who was scrubbng the steps.
No person on duty in the hotel Office
nor any of the guests in the corridor
paid any particular attention to a bare
headed man hurrying from the hotel
Friday afternoon. The police think it
singular that bareheaded man could
have left the hotel at 1870 o'clock in
the afternoon ard gone bareheaded
through the streets without attracting
attention.
Inquiry at stores within a radius of
several squares of the hotel failed to
elicit the information that a barehead-
ed man had appeared at a hat store and
made purchase Friday afternoon. Mr.
Lisner was able to recall that the man
against him in the hotel room had
light hair. Will Hays friends assured
the police that his head is bald on top
and the police think he probably wore
wig. his only disguise, if the armed
man really was the former secretary
to Representative Crosser.
wig much darker than the hair
described by Mr.. Lisner was found in
the pocket of an overcoat left in the
room in which the exciting episode
sion of il. Continuing their investi-
cation of the affair, the police learned
that the man who assaulted Mr.. Lisner
really telephoned him from Baltimore
He also telephoned the hotel from Bal
timore to engage accommodations.
No Demand Made for Money.
Police officials are at a loss to de-
termine what was the motive for the
visit and drawing of the weapon. All
Mr.. Lisner was told was that the young
man represented Guggenheim interests
in the proposed consolidation of local
banking institutions; that he expressed
himself as having no interest in the
plan and declined an invitation to dine
that night.
There was no demand made on him
for money. but that may be explained
by the action on the part of MIR. Lisner
to protect himself being taken too soon
for such demand to be made. 1t is
believed by the police that the man
also had other business men in this
city In view to deal with them as he
intended dealing with Mr.. Lisner. He
had their names written in a small
book. and IL is suggested that he may
have communicated with some Of them
II he did so, however. they have told
the police nothing of it.
Inspector Grant has been in communi-
cation with the police OF Cleveland
Ohio. where Hays parents are said to
reside. but has learned nothing that
will assist in the search for him. His
Norfolk. Va. but the police have no
idea that Hays tried to reach that city.
I'VE simply have no line on him."
said Maj. Pullman last night.