The Washington times., 1922-08-22
DETECTIVES
AbAn D ON
FElJD CLUE.
Muskogee Authorities Report
Dead Man Had No Enemies
In Oklahoma. :., ,...

UolVeu mufueT mySCSItcc VI =" aoh-
mgton"4 is written the Mcbride
murder will take Is place as the
most battling that the Washing
ton police have been confronted
with. a., E5... .s.-..
Running down clues of every
conceivable kind since the body of
Bernard A. Mcbride was found on
the Mary'an hi hrvav august 10,
last, the police ha'c de lared that
the farther they 60 ia their ~
vestieation the more complicated
the case becomes.
Had No Enemies.
!. Inspector of Detectives Clifford l..
Grant declared TO lay that he is con-
vinced that the murder was COM
mitted In Prince Georges County,
Md: that II was not the outgrowih
OF a feud between Mcbride and GER
tain former Western associates; that
IN all probability the slayers were
Washington men who would kill a
man for a dollar"
kilograms received today by In
spector Grant from the police at
Muskogee, Okla, for many years Nc
Brides home. point out that the dead
man was never known to have had
an enemy; that he was generous
with his friends; that he was hail.
fellow-wellmet with everyone with
whom he came In contact and that
he would share of his time and his
money to help friend in trouble.
Along with this information comes
q letter to Congressman James b.
Aswell of Louisiana, confirming the
an pK-i1 a.
thing in his power for a friend.
The letter Is from v. v. Lamkin,
vice-president Of the Alexandria
Bank and Trust Company. The
banker writes that Mr. Mcbride Is
q stockholder in this bank and a
large depositor. He has been here
about eighteen months, and we have
formed quite an attachment for
him."
Since the body of Mcbride was
found In Maryland. the Washing.
ton police are not recording the case
as Washington murder. For the
same reason they have been unable
TO get an extra appropriation for
carrying the investigation 70 the
West and Southwest, where Mcbride
has made his home.
Like Other Local Mysteries.
Prince Georges county authori.
ties at the same time are listing
the murder as having occurred in
Washington. but have been uniting
their efforts with the Washington
police In trying to run down the
slayer.
Similar to the Mcbride murder
was that OF Major Frank NJ. Scan.
land, whose mutilated body was
found October 20, 1920. in a clump
OF bushes in Arlington county, Va,
five mics from the District.
The police have never determined
whether Scanland was murdered
here and taken into Virginia or
whether he was taken into that
State and slain. He Is known to
have been financially embarrassed.
but everything pointed to robbery
as the motive for the killing.
The Dennis murder mystery In
which Mrs Ada Gilbert Dennis
was beaten by an unknown man at
her X street home proved one of
the mes battling ever known here.
The slayer used the seat of
piano stool as his weapon. The
woman EvSd some months and die
without giving an accurate descrip
ton of her assailant.
The slayer OF William II. Mickle
whose body was discovered in tn,
rear of his Seventh street Cigal
store, used a monkey wrench as
his weapon. A man recent con-
fessed In California that he slew
Mickle, but his story was later
proved TO be a fabrication.
A striking coincidence in the Nc
Bride murder and that Of Dominic
Cuzzucoli is that both men were
beaten and then stabbed seventeen
times. The latter Is believed by the
police to have been the victim Of
enemies in the Italian colony either
Of Washington or Baltimore. O:e
arrest was made, but the grand jury
failed to indict.
Vito Domico, the Italian grocely-
man who met his death ON October
2 OF last year, was stabbed to death,
the murderer using a butcher knife
he found in the victims Capitol
Heights place of business,
A dozen persons have been arrest.
ed in connection with the murder Of
Mrs. Margaret Weber. a bride of
seven months. The body Of the
woman was found May 10. 1921, u
few yards from the Wash :'on,
Baltimore & Annapolis Rallr -ar. at
White Staten. A negro known as
.North Carolina Joe is the only one
being held In connection with the
case. RI ts1 rE.. hwy i
The police have never establish ed
the Identity of the decomposed man
found on the Rockville Pike, in
Montgomery county, Nd. on April
1921. A pearl cuff button. on
which was the letter "F." WIS =,
his shirt and two go d teeth -''.'r
expected to furnish c'us the
would lead to his Identity. He
was thought to be a missing army
officer by the name OF Franklin"
but the dentist who did work for
Franklin declared the dead man
was not Franklin. F'ranklin's wifi.
for q tim2. believed the BODY wsa
that c. her missing hus and.
: The -, ole tha 'he;' hF =
only Il -; sjivad mu de- lys.
teries-ir - iiis. ,Mlck'e anu Cuz.
zucoh cases The others are listed
as having occurred In Maryland