Evening star., 1922-06-21
MARYLAND SEEKS
CUSTODY Of LYLES
Would Be Tried on Charge,
Penalty for Which
Is Death.

ClioIly IOi VIiIVtI
Is Death.
J. Marshall Lyles. who is under ar
rest here on a charge of violating the
Mann white slave act in connection
with the alleged abduction Sunday of
Catherine Rosenbaum, thirteen years
old. will be extradited to Maryland
shortly to face charge of carnal
knowledge. with "a female under
fourteen years of age" conviction of
which carries the death penalty. This
was made known today by Constable
Thomas H. Garrison of Hyattsville
Md, following a conference with
Washington police officials.
Constable Garrison went to the
ninth precinct station this morning
he had a warrant for his arrest on
that charge. issued today by w
Brooke Hunter. county magistrate
LyleS refused to allow the contable
to take him into Maryland on the
warrant. however saying that he
would wait until the proper papers
were served on him, meaning extradi-
ton papers.
Lyles was released on $4,000 bond in
the Police Court, but was immedia tely
rearres'ed by Capt. Stoll Of the ninth
precinct for the Prince Georges, Md.
authorities.
Others to BE Arrested.
At the same time Garrison asserted
that he intended to arrest John Gid
dngs. his sons. Charles Redman. and
4
as being in the Giddings house dur
ing the time that Lyles Is said to have
had the Rosenbaum girl there. 1t is
probable they will be held on charges
of conducting a disorderly house
A new development today was the
confe SSion, in signed affidavit OF
sixteen-year-old William Emmich.
who was with the girl during a part
of her wanderings in the woods along
the Sligo branch. that he mistreated
davit was witnessed by a notary pub
lie and Detective E. c. Gilbert of
No. 9 precinct. and Policewoman Sank
The boy, described as being nearly
six feet tall, but possessing a child
mentality, has not been arrested.
Catherine. when questioned today
by Detective Gilbert. said she could
not recall being assaulted by the EN-
mich boy, although she admitted 60
ing with him to many of the places
he mentioned and added that she fell
asleep for a period while sitting
down with him to rest.
Believe Drug Given.
The police believe that Catherine
was given a drug in drink form at
least twice. This drug was opium,
it is thought, from the giF's de-
scription of it's taste and effect on
her. The first drink. she said today.
was given her somewhere on the
road in Brookland" by Lyles. from a
bottle She said she does not remem-
her anything after drinking this
liquid until she awoke in a room in
the Giddings house Sunday night.
Il was thirsty when l awoke," she
asserted. land asked for a drink OF
water. Lyles gave me a drink, which
burned my mouth and which tasted
like tobacco smells" Detectives
found the wine glass from which the
girl drank and noted the odor OF
opium therein.
tomorrow morning with 4 view to
having him held for the action of the
grand jury on the District charge OF
white slavery. The local authorities
probably will not press this charge
it is understood, in the event Lyles is
eXtradited on the more serious charge.
Aided by Young Boy.
In many ways the thirty -six-hour
search for Catherine was the most pc
culiar that the local police have engaged
in for some time. How this young girl,
said to, be entirely unacquainted with
the locality in which she was hiding,
successfully eluded tlte score of expert
headquarters and precinct detectives
and officers who, with the Maryland au-
thorities. secured the woods in the out
lying sections of Takoma Park, Nd, is
not easily explained.
In addition, a double mystery de-
veloped with the discovery Monday
morning that the girl was being aided
in her refuge by a flfteen-year-old boy
whom she had met in the course Of her
wanderings along Sligo branch. This
boy. William Emmicn, did not return to
his home until yesterday.
During the exhaustive hunt through
the Maryland woods and underbrush
Washington detectives several times
were close on the heels of the youthful
Holmes methods, operatives Of the
ninth precinct, for instance, trailed the
girl several miles through the densest
thickets by noting broken weeds and
rubber heel imprints which she had left
in her path.
Think Girl Was Drugged.
This trail led into the neart of Takoma
Park, on Flower street, from which point
it was impossible further to trace her
Inquiries made of residents in this sec.
ton failed to elicit helpful information
Catherine, before entering the woods
Monday morning, was seen by several
negroes and one or two white men, ali
of whom testified she was acting
strangely, as though ''doped." The DO
lice believe the girl may have been
drugged Sunday night at the GiddinEs
home. The girl in appearance is moth
ing more than child. She is Of a
slight, thin build, scarcely more than
five feet tall and, does not look to be
as old as she really is.
Lyles. a short, strapping fellow, with
SCARED chin, has assumed q defiant at
titude ever since his arrest yesterday.
Sensing an impending charge for vio-
lating Of the Mann act, he was quick
to claim that just before crossing from
the District into Maryland, he let Cathe-
rine out of his surrey so that she could
walk across the District line alone,