The Washington times., 1918-05-19
m Lead Police Authorities Spot Where Victims Body Found

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he acted like he was coming TO again
and we got scared that he would come
10. 50 We started 10 beat him again
with the iron bar"
Neither Gamble nor NewmPa re-
members whether they went pack 70
the machine for the bar and returned
to finish Werres or whether they had
carried the bar with them when they
took him over the bank. They said,
further:
HUntiI He Was stiIl.7
ave beat him until he was still
again and went through his pockets
This was about midnight. The girl
had stayed by the machine. We
stayed up in the thicket in the dark |
with Werres for about half an hour
to see II he was coming TO again.
The fact that the two soldiers, in |
panic. had beaten the unconscious
man as he lay in the bushes until they |
were weary is evident BY an exam
ination made last night which re-
vealed that Werres' skull had been
crushed like an egg she'll
"After we left Werres' body in the
thicker we went back TO the machine-t
and CNewman) took the wheel We
followed the telephone poles from
little town CBallston) until We came
to a creek CThis was Doctor
branch. near the country place OF
Col. william c. Sheliy.)
wasRed on Bleed.
1--WE stopped the machine here and
washed the blood on the machine and
of our hands and clothes the best we
could. We then drove to another lit
tie place CKnox Station) and took
road that brought US TO another ht-
tie town CRose Cornefs). From there
we went to Alexandria Then we fol-
lowed the telephone poles out OF
there fthis was Telegraph road until
S,s c.rne 20 another little place (Po-
bIck church,, and then, early in the
morning, we got on the road to Rich
mond.
| fFredericksburE) and bought some
civilian clothes and changed from
our uniforms there. Then we went
on to Richmond"
werres' Hat Found.
Last night sheriff Fields found the
| chau6eur's soft straw hat lying up
on the bank at the spot where Wer-
res met his death. The hat was ly,
| ing on the opposite side Of the roeo
from that side up which the Doey
was carried. The right SIDE OF tne
hat had a long cash, made When
| yUsrres was hrst struck. On the
crown of the hat were four tull-
length. well defined prints Of bloody
6nEers. made undoubtedly when the
men had returned TO the machine
and one OF them threw the hat up
on the bank.
shertF Fields also found a note
I from a washington bank for $3O'
which Werrss had recently paid near
where the hat was found. The iron
bar has not been found
Coroner Views Body.
DR.. F. T. Ashton, the coroner
viewed the body OF Werres at $3.50
o'clock this morning at the under
itakinr rooms OF Dyer Bros. l113 Sew
euth street northwest. The names OF
the iurymen who viewed the body
/ saturday evening, and who viii also
sit at the inquest next wednesday
night. were as follows:
] Tom Crack, coal dealers; y N.
I tK9rns. farmer; Edwin Kerns, railroad
sUTitchmsn: 8. J. Schnell, plumber;
/ Frank Imboden. engineer, and J. B.
Pearson. timer. All these men are
Il from Ballston.
1 II is. possible no autopsy will be
1 held. the condition OF the body being
such that it will have to be placed in
a sealed casket-
Newman in TenrH.
Here is where we beat him. His
body Is right up there
/ While Newman broke down sob
Ibing, after having led a party OF Of
Rcers to the spot where he and Gam
bic had committed the murder. the
authorities dashed up a bank at the
side Of the road, and short dis
tance away stumbled upon the body
( OF Werres.
Ends LonE Search.
The little scene. enacted yesterday
afternoon, three-quarters OF a mile
west OF the Alexandra county. Va,
courthouse in Fort Myer, on the Ball
ston-FalIs Church road. was the cli-
max to one OF the most Sensational
murder cases OF recent years in this
section.
The hndIng OF the body ended q
/ search that had lasted since O'Clock
yesterday morning. when a party of
| Washington detectives started to hunt
for the remains OF Werres after the
two soldiers confession OF murder
had been corroborated by Mrs. Bur-
CESS story.
. The officers sought vainly until
late yesterday afternoon. when the
two soldiers. who had been arrested
in Richmond. Va, were brought TO
Alexandris. Upon their arrival they
were rushed into an automobile and
taken to aid in the search for the
body OF their victim.
Gamble, sullen, defiant, and silent
refused to guide the officers. New
man, sobbing. hanging limp in the
seat of the auto, was anxious 10 do
All he could to aid the police. II
was ne who guided the party through
many windings in the road until he
came to the spot where Werres had
been beaten to death. The finding Of
| the body followed.
Pleads With Lover.
Mrs. Burgess, who steadfastly
maintains her love for Gamble, one
Of the murderers, collapsed when
taken with the soldiers to the Alex
andria jan. Sobbing hysterically.
sbe threw her arms around the neck