Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-08-20
'C0|tfORCUMMINGS.
Drawn BY POLICE.
Witnesses Here Ready TO
Face Him as Man They Saw
Near Scene Of Crime. !.
PROGRESS IS REPORTED

George Cummings. the negro held
here. for investigation in connection
with the murder of George Peter and
the swounding of his daughter Kath-
crime on their farm near Bowie, Nd.
Sunday. will face witnesses today
who claim they saw him in the neigh
borfiood of the Peter home on the day
Of the crime.
Deputy sherif Thomas Garrison Of
Prince Georges county told Washing
tonsdetectives last night thattwo men
and a woman have told him they saw
a colored man resembling Cummings
near Bowie on Sunday.
One Of these witnesses IL Mrs. Harry
Neary. wife of the foreman of track
walkers for the railroad in that vi
cinity, who knew Cummings when he
worked for her husband on the rail-
road several months ago. According
to officials of Prince Georges county.
she.cfaims to have seen Cummings on
the tracks not far from the Peter
farm Sunday.
Deputy Sheriff Garrison went to
Severn. Nd, where Mrs. Neary lives.
early this morning. and is expected to
bring her to Washington late this aft
erneon to look at Cummings.
Funeral Of the Victim.
Neighbors of George Peter. who
have been searching for his assail-
ant, laid aside their shotguns this
afternoon and went to the Lutheran
chapel in Bowie. where the funeral
OF Peter is to be held. Burial will be
in the chapel cemetery.
Detectives working on the case said
this morning that they have no direct
evidence yet to show that Cummings
10 guilty, but that there are discrep-
Ances in his story and the stories OF
his: friends as to where he spent Sun
da N,., ..,..,.a vs.,.,a.x ;. All.
he spent the day at the home OF rela-
tfves in Georgetown. going there at
O'Clock in the morning. According to
Lieut- Burlingame. occupants of the
house named by Cummings declare he
did not come there until after 6
o'clock Sunday evening.
GCummings' Wife Detained.
Detectives yesterday afternoon took
Nofyelle Cummings, said to be
Georges wife, into custody and
looked her up for investigation" to
question her about the mans move
meats. This woman. the detectives
say was formerly known as Nora
Hawkins. and came to Washington
from Prince Georges county with
Cummings when he quit work on the
railroad early in the year. Detec-
tives will question her further today
as-to Cummings movements on Sun
dag and since.
When the officers took Cummings
into custody yesterday they remarked
that he had a. new cap and asked
him where it came from. They took
him to the seventh precinct station
temporarily. and when they brought
him TO headquarters a few hours later
to quiz him the detectives said the
cap was as dirty as IL he had been
wearing it for months The men
working on the case said II looked
as IL it had been rubbed on the floor
i s's CELL ;+. = 80
Confident They Have Right Nan.
50 confident are the authorities Of
Prince Georges county that Cum
mfngs knows something about the
tragedy that they have not resumed
their man hunt in the county since
he was arrested here yesterday.
According to Lieut.. BurlinEame,
Cummings admitted. In the presence
Of Sheriff Garrison yesterday, that ne
knaw Mr.. Peter. but denied that he