Evening star., 1922-08-14
OIL MANS MURDER
MYST|F|ES POLICE
Establishment of Robbery
Motive Is Net Result of
Five-Day Probe.
AUTO is KEY TO CRIME
Search Is Also Being Made for
Companion of Slain
Man.
AUTO IS KEY TO CRIME

AFTER nFe Gays OF lnNeStlSatlOH "aSn-
ington and :iaryland police authorities
admitted today they are TO nearer the
solution of the mysterious murder OF
Barney A. Mcbride, wealthy Oklahoma
oil man. than they were when his badly
mutilated body was found last Thurs
day in a culvert on Maryland road
All .that the authorities apparently
have definitely established is that rob-
berry was the motive for the crime.
Various other theories advanced as pos
sible reasons for the brutal Staying
have been discarded.
Careful Search of all the jewelry
stores and pawnshops in Washington.
Baltimore and Philadelphia and other
the police in an effort to find the watch
and valuable diamond ring which are
believed to have been stolen from Nc
Bride when he was murdered.
sThe authorities are confident that
the jewelry will be found in the near
future. Until the watch and ring are
recovered tn" police feel certain that
they will have no tangible clues to
follow.
Shirt Clue Fails.
Various clues which the authorities
have spent much time investigating
have failed to develop anything i'm
portant. The blood-stained shirt
turned over to the Washington dc<ec-
tives Saturday night by a d street
haberdasher and which was believed
at the time to be an important piece
of evidence proved to belong to a
Washington man who was cut on the
lip during a brawl last Wednesday
night, the same night on which Nc
Bride was slain.
Maryland authorities today uncov-
cred what they term important in
formation" which. they claim. may
lead to the discovery of the automo-
bile in which Mcbride was a passen-
IL Pumphrey said he would turn over
to Inspector Grant. chief of detec-
tives, this afternoon.
Although the Maryland authorities
refused to reveal the nature of the
important information 1t was
mobile which was seen in the vicinity
of the culvert where McBride's body
was found. The Washington authori-
ties. however, are attaching little
importance to reports of the various
automobiles seen on the Marlboro
mitted. pointing out that scores o.
machines park alongside this road
nightly.
The death of Mcbride was due to
fractured skull caused by a blunt
instrument, according to DIR. Herbert
E. Martyr. deputy coroner, who made
an autopsy on the body yesterday
at Ryan's undertaking establishment
at 317 Pennsylvania avenue south
east. DR.. ]. E. Sansbury of Meadows,
Md, who made the first examina-
tion of McBride's body pronounced
that his death was due to a hem
orrhage and loss of blood
Pool PLAYER In sou~ht
With the question of where Nc
Bride was murdered still puzzling the
coroner's jury was
sworn in yesterday by Deputy
Coroner Martin in order to be pre-
pared to hold an inquest if it is
ever established that the Oklahoma
man was killed in the District. On
the jury are Louis Sacks, A L.
Crecy. William w. Riley, C. c. Lang
ley, W. q. Zimmerman and Wilbur
Clements.
Headquarters Detectives Kelly and
Scrivener, who are taking the princi
pal part in the investigation Of the
murder mystery. are still endeavorine
to find the man who was seen playfng
pool with Mcbride last Wednesday
afternoon at the Elks Club. The
murdered mans movements have been
traced up until he left the club about
5. 80. o'clock Wednesday afternoon.
The body of Mcbride was shfpned
this afternoon to Miskogee, okla.
where it will be buried near the
grave of his Indian wife, who died
years ago. 1t was claimed yesterday
by M. A. Arbuckle of MuskoRee. an
intimate friend OF the slain man