The Washington herald., 1922-08-12
Body Identified as B. A.
Mcbride, of Musko-
gee, Okla.
KNOWN TO CARRY
BIG SUM ON PERSON
Stepdaugh g hit er, Indian,
Graduate of Immaculate
Seminary Here.

AFTER twenty-elght nourS OF IN
vestigation detectives yesterday
started to weave 4 chain of evidence
toward the solution of the murder
Of B. A Mcbride. 60 years old.
wealthy OIL land owner and retired
capitalist Of MrskoSee. okla, whose
ody was discovered in culvert
along the Maryland State road
about a mile from Meadows. Nd,
Thursday morning.
Following the Identification of the
slain man yesterday. developments
came rapidly and detectives on the
case are strong in their belief that
robbery was the motive for the
staying. Mcbride was known to
have carried large sums of money
with him at all times but only 4
cents was found by investigators
Ipon examination of the body.
Mcbride was also known to pos
, sess a valuable watch and chain.
both of which were missing when
the body was discovered. Detec-
tives are centering their invest!ga-
tion on the recovery of the watch
and chain which would give them
the first tangible clue in the case.
Lack OF Clues Hinder.
Although hindered by the absence
of clues. police believe that the
wealth. oil land owner was rem
dered unconscious by blows from a
blunt instrument and carried to the
spot where the body was discovered
Death was due to shock and loss of
b'ood. according to Deputy Coroner
Herbert +. Martyr. who examined
the body at the District morgue.
Mcbride is believed to have
started on the fatal automobile ride
early Wednesday evening. After
being attacked with a blunt instru-
ment and rendered unconscious he
was carried into Maryland and left
to die.
He was attacked brom the back
with n sharp curved instrument.
probably a carpenters chiseI Deep
cuts On his wrists indicate that he
raised his arms to ward off the
ofoWs but his assailants continued
TO ram blows on his head. Twelve
siashes were made on the scalp.
Potato Sack Over Head.
When discovered. a potato sack
covered the dead mans head. De-
tectives differ as to whether the
sack was placed over his head be-
fore or following the attack. The
sack shows signs of having been
pierced by. the instrument used in
the attack. lending credence to the
theory it was placed over his head
after he had been rendered un-
conscious.
Inspector Clifford l.. Grant. chief
OF the detective bureau. and De-
tectives Kelly and Scrivener Wis
tied the scene where the body was
found. They found a trail of blood
mile and half from the cuIvert
where the body was found, indicat-
Ing that the attack was made in
an autoobile and that the assaiI-
ants drove at fast clip along the
road to find a place where they
could hide the body
For more than twenty-four hours
following the discovery of the body
the police were unable to move in
their investigation because of the
fact that the man was unidentified
His identity was revealed yester-
day by Mrs. Mary Gone. of 232
Third street northwest. at whose
rooming house he had stopped dur
ing his trips to Washington for the
past ten years.
Was q wIdower.
with his Identification established
II was learned that Mcbride was a
widower. his wife. who was a full
bIooded Indian, having died in 1906.
Following her death Mcbride OBJ
tanned an interest in 100 acres of
rich oil lands in OkmulSee County.
Okla. and this, added to 32o acres
of oil and farming lands through
out the State which he had already
acquired. netted him a large in
come.
His wife had a daughter. Alice
Ellen Deer. by a previous mar
riage. After the death of his wife
Mcbride was appointed guardian of
the daughter. The daughter. now
IS years old, graduated from I'm
maculata Seminary. Wisconsin and
Nebraska avenues, Washington.
early in June and Is now spending
her vacation with friends in Chi
cago.
spent Time Travelling.
& Mcbride also had a residence in
Alexandria, La. but spent most of
his time in travelling. He registered
at the Elks' Home in New York.
July 2s. and left four days later
for Atlantic City. He arrived here
Saturday and spent that night at
a downtown hotel. The following
day he went to the home of Mrs.
Gone. where he engaged a room..
Identification of the body was
partially made through a tag from
the Elks' Home in New York which
was found in one of McBride's
shoes. while detectives were run
ming down that clue Mrs. Cone
viewed the body and positively iden-
tifed the murdered man.
Initials Given Wrongly.
when he did not put in his ap-
pearance Wednesday night, I felt
rather uneasy ard would have con-
nected his absence with the story
of the murder which appeared IN
the papers but for the fact that
the initials given in the papers
were wv. c. B." Mrs. Cone said.
Later ID was determined that the
laundry marks were M. c. B. His
continued absence finally caused me
to go to his room. where / exam
ined one of his collars and found
that the laundry marks Tailed with
. .those of the murdered man. I i'm
mediately called headquarters and