Evening star., 1919-08-19
D. C. POLICE MAKE,
| ARREST IN BOWIE.
MURDEROf SUNDAY:
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George Cummings Taken Be,
fore Miss Peter, Assault :.
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Victim at Hospital. =
GIRL BELIEVES MAN ISN'T
ONE WHO KILLED father
Clothes and Facial characteristics
Not Identified by Prince Georges =
County Victim.

Not Identified by Prince Georges e
County Victim.
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The Washington police today arr
rested George Cummings. the negro
Who the officials of Prince Georges
county, Md. believe. may be able to
throw some light on the murder OF
George Peter and the wounding OF
his daughter. Katherine Peter, near
Bowie. iad.. Sunday.
Cummings was taken into custody
without a struggle by Detectives
| Kelly, Scrivener and Springman sfs
iS13 26th street at 1880 O'Clock.
knowledge Of the crime or that hs
was in the vicinity of Bowie on the
day il was committed. He told the
detectives a story of his movemenis
on Sunday. zoL
The detectives took him directly 10 :.
Emergency Hospital and led him intsss
! the room where Miss Peter lies seri-
ously wounded The girl said she dht5
not believe he was her assailant. 20
! Before the detectives took the maEw
tefore the girl DR. Mankin, head Of
the hospital staff asked her if she feka
| a BILE to look at him. 2ft
81 will il you won't let him hurS1
| me- the young woman bravely an-s7
swered. SsS
| The negro's coat was taken into the
| room first After gazing at it stead-s
lily for a few moments Miss Peteoz
said it did not look like the. csaae
worn by the man who shot her. Slst
said her assailant's coat was lighte1~
shade.
| The suspect was then led into thsos
room and turned SO that Miss Peter
could study his features from ever!-s
angle. Finally she shook her head
and said she did not believe he MS.
| the man. -.
| She told the detectives her assailanf
had a longer nose and that it was
hook shaped She said also that h-
had heavier mustache than the MAJ.
standing before her -
No Evidnce to Hold Man.
| Lieut.. Burlingame, in charge of ther
detective bureau, said the local police
would not hold Cummings unless thee
sheriff of Montgomery county ca&ey
bring in some evidence to indicates
/ that he has a knowledge of the criment
| >4eeports which could not be verlne&f
reached Washington early this aftesxs
noon that another suspect had beeS
arrested in Prince Georges county.
Without bringing Gummings to h-a.lsv
4
: took him in a machine to the places her
said he had been in an effort to verify
! his assertions. sn
/ when word Of the arrest reachssL.t
Sheriff Beall and his deputy. Thom&4x
iGarrisoa, they were beating down the
swamp in the vicinity OF the Petetp
farm. They Immediately halted theirsf
man-hunt and took train for Washds
ington. s-r sa.s~7 .foi3
According to the detectives. Cumrsg
| mings had no wounds on his body
| nor had the police been able to ind
a weapon in his possession up ns1
noon. sap
| According to Detective Kelly, thtSr
1 negro under arrest admits havin&dt
| lived formerly in Bowie. Md. buta
/; said that for some time he has beensf
positively that he was near BowlS<,
: Sunday. He is now being questione4I.
at one of the precinct station housesss
Cummings was later locked up Al,
the sixth precinct station. On thHs
; station blotter the charge against HIN
! is held for investigation" sx
/! Baltimore Sends Suspect.
Baltimore detectives are on taeir
way to Washington this afternoon.
| with another suspect for the purpose
| of having Miss Peter look at him.
! This negro. according to informa
] ton from Baltimore. gave his name as
Clarence Smith and said he lived az
i Snipley. Anne Arundel county, Nd.
I, Sheriff BealI and Deputy Garrison
went to Marlboro, the county seat.
this morning and requested the coun-
+! ty commissioners to offer reward
! for the capture of the assailant. Al
/ l o'clock it was unknown what action
| the commissioners would take. a
The large posse that secured the
| country surrounding the Peter farm
Sunday and yesterday had dwindled
down today to the sheriffs and few
intimate friends of the murdered
farmer. .1.5
The negro arrested on suspicion b.
Deputy Sheriff Hugh ODonnell or
Montgomery county yesterday after-~
noon is still being held In the Rock
vile jail. but nothing has been found
to connect him with the crime. -ay
| Sheriff William l.. Aud of Moht-
| gomery county said today he is de-
| tanning the colored man until Sheriff
Garrison of Prince Georges county
sheriff said he took the man into cusEs
!; tody because he gave two names wherF
stopped on a road near Cofesville and
did not give a clear account OF hfeo
A grocer at Colesvilie called Sneriffss
Aud on the telephone shortly aftera
noon and told him colored man wnoa
resembled the description of Mr,,
; Peters assailant had % Just bought mt soms. da.
tailed to overtake the man on thes
road. al
The negro told tho sheriff he he,
longed in the vicinity Of LangJon andv Z
Seat Pleasant, but denied any knowie
edge of the tragedy at Bowie. Hso
said he was in Montgomery sountp5
seeking work ~
Miss Peter in Nervous Condition. %
Physicians at Emergency Hospitsrz
repcrted today that Miss Katherine
Peter, who was shot eight times by
the man who killed her father. had+
spent a restless night and that her
nervous condition was slightly worse
than yesterday.
The doctors said this was due to the
fact that she is now realizing more
clearly the terrifying events of Sunre
day. No complications have set i1o
vet. however, and the hospital regards
her chances of recovery as good.
Detective Springman, who met the'
wounded girl at Union station Sunday
today commented on the remarkable
presence of mind shown by the younGs
woman. by going into the yard and
picking up her fathers purse before
ta9rering to the railroad tracks
She did this because she thought she
would need money to come in to the
hospital ~
of the District refornatory. at ,Lor-
ron va. said today that the blood
hni,nds from OccoQQaD have not beent 4