Evening star., 1922-08-11
MACBR|DE, LIKELY
NAME Of MURDER
VICTIM MAL0NGR ROAD
Inscription Found on Tag in
Mans Shoe Gives New
York Address,.
CORRESPONDS WITH 'MCB'
MARK PRINTED ON LINEN
Police Are Working on Theory
That Staying May Have Been
Done by Gamblers.

| The combined detective departments
Of Maryland and the District today
| were following family marked trails
through the pail of mystery that en-
! shrouds the murder of the elderly
man whose body, mutilated by score
| of knife thrusts and with a small
piece of rope tied firmly around his
| neck, was found along q road near
Meadows, Prince Georges county. yes
| terday.
The discovery early this afternoon
Of small leather tag bearing the in
| scriptions, 'MacBride. New York,
Lodge No. 1. B. P. o. E., 1os-116 West
43d street." inside a shoe worn by
| the murdered man is considered by
the authorities as most likely to lead
too complete Identification.
Two highly important facts had been
established today in the discovery that
the victim had lived here at 232 Sd
Cone, and that he was member Of
Lodge No. 1. B. P. o. E.. New York
city. Pending more definite informa-
tion from the New York police. the
authorities here made every effort to
prevent the premature publication OF
more important discoveries.
Detective Vermillion visited the
Bird street address and was told by
| Mrs, Cone that her roomer had dis
appeared Tuesday. leaving behind
dry mark M. c. b." which are the
same initials found stamped on the
linen worn by the man the night he
was murdered.
Club in New York that man giving
the name of r. A. Mcbride of Musko-
gee, Okla, had registered there from
July % to August I.
Additional information which was
expected momentarily from the New
mystery Of the mans identity. 1t 10
believed. giving the local police .
foundation upon which to start
more thorough investigation of the
murder itself, which still remains a
complete mystery.
Whether or not the victim feared
being murdered is a new question
raised by discovery of an identifica-
ton tag kept in such an unusual
in a pocket betwsen the tongue and
vamp Of the shoe and never would
have been found except for an scci-
dent.
Detectives were calling q Tennessee
congressman on the telephone to exc
plain that the mans shoes bore evi
dnce Of having been purchased in that
state, thinking perhaps he would rec
ognize the initials M. c. B." In his
a flap. the detective jerked the tongue
and out rolled the identification tag.
Identification Marks Removed
he murierers carefully removed
from the mans pockets and clothing
any marks they thought might helT
in Identification. Only the laundry
marks were overlooked and per
marks made by laundry in a fac
distant city. But the assassin n.vO
suspected that the real Identification
tag was hidden behind the tongue o'
q shoe.
Arrangements are being made to
taking establishment at Ritchie Sta
tion. where 1t was prepared for
burial. to the District morgue. The
police believe identification will be
more likely if the body is kept here.
where larger numbers Of persons are
likely to view it than If it remained
in the Maryland village.
Out Of the host of proba abilities
one stands out that the police believe
may soon develop into an important
clue. Careful examination of the
body this morning by Inspector Grant
and Detectives Kelley. Scrivener and
Horn resulted in the unanimous
opinion that the victim followed a
While Inspector Grant would not
saw definitely that the victim was
professional gambler. he ADMITTED
that he bore every evidence OF nav
ing spent much time with the ele.
ment that frequents race tracks and
the better sort of gambling houses.
Likely Victim of Gambling.
With this deduction. 1t was pointed
out that Prince Georges county has
most recently been the seat of a num-
Der of gambling houses which were
exposed, several Of which were forced
to close, Whether or not the stranger
could have been killed as result OF
a brawl over game OF chance, or
whether he knew too much" are two
questions that the police are at least
considering.
While some members Of the squad
of detectives conducting the probe de-
clare robbery could have been a mo-
tive, others declare the fact that
valuable diamond stickptn was left in
other hand, Constable Thomas Gar
rison has advanced the theory that
the man might have been murdered by
a man employed to drive him to some
county. <
Fifteen Wounds Found.
The latter theory is regarded as eX-
ploded, however, by the strange bru-
tality Of the murder. Fifteen wounds.
probably made by a large penknife.
were found in the mans head by DR..
]. f. Stansberg. who performed the
autopsy Seven of them penetrated
the skull and caused brain hemor-
rhages that resulted in death. Other
slashes were found on the mans arms
and hands.
What might be additional proof
that the crime was committed In the
District was found this morning in
the shape Of a pool of coagulated
blood, which was discovered near Fort
Dupont, about one quarter of a mile
from the spot where q battered straw
hat was picked UP yesterday. It Is
believed that the murder was commit
ted there. the body placed in an auto
mobile and carried to the spot near
Meadows. where boy discovered 1t
yesterday.
Bertillon experts from both the Dis
trict and Maryland police departments
have taken measurements OF the
body, and the authorities soon will
know whether the man was known
to the police departments Of either OF
those commonWealthS.