Evening star., 1922-08-13
Three Dark Men Sought on
Evidence Obtained at
D Street Store.
SUPPOSED INDIAN
LIKELY PLOT VICTIM
Motive Seen in Fear of Exposure
IN Oil Deal-Wore
$4,000 Ring.

i'sHt had been furnished with three
outstanding facts which are con-
| sidered as likely to have an impor-
tant bearing on the murder of Barney
A. Mcbride. wealthy Oklahoma oil
operator, whose knife hacked body
was found on a road in Prince Georges
county last THURSDAY.
These three discoveries. which are
only the most important of a number
of others. are:
~ Wednesday night when Mcbride
Is believed to have been slain. man
wearing bIood-stained clothing ap-
peared at ID street haberdasher's
and purchased shirt, leaving one
| saturated with blood
t2.) Mcbride had been in the habit
OF wearing a diamond ring valued at
( $1,000, which was not found on the
body or in his effects at the Sd street
| boarding house he used as a resi-
dence.
Cd Mcbride occupied a position in
| the affairs of Oklahoma which might
have made enemies for him in either
| the oil or Indian factions, which have
virtually been at war for years
Thinks Dead Mnn Indian.
| Despite the fact that the police
claim Mcbride was an Irishman. and
had no Indian blood in his veins. r. j.
Hamilton. chief of the Blackfoot
! tribe in Oklahoma. living here at 3IS
c street northwest. was positive the
man was d member of either the
Seminole or Saxon Fox tribes Not
only did Hamilton declare the char
acteristics of the dead man indicated
the presence of Indian blood in his
veins. but added that he had talked
to him back in 1916 and that Mcbride
had then told him he was part Indian
and here on business for his tribe.
James !. Coffey. a Chippewa chief,
| living here at 234 Sd street north
west, who also viewed the body at
the request of representative of
The Star declared that he believed
Mcbride was part Indian. and i'm
! mediately recognized him as a per
son he had seen before Careful
thought, however failed to bring to
mis- memory the place of his meeting
with the murdered man.
DUH VI tHtSt are III W ASH
ington as the official representatives
of large numbers of their tribes in
Oklahoma. They are paid salaries by
societies of Indians and are we'll
known at the Indian affairs bureau. In
addition TO them. Thomas q. Bishop,
an Indian from the state of Washing
ton. who just returned from Musko-
gee. McBrideS home. also recognized
the victim. but only by name
See Murder Motive.
Bishop and Hamilton advanced the
theory that Mcbride had been slain
because he had come here To expose
true conditions that exist between
, "the interests" and the Indians. This
would not be the first time such
! thing had occurred. Bishop said.
In 1897, he declared, Peter Stan-upr
an Indian. was killed in the stale
| of Washington because he had made
! arrangements to expose plots where
| by the Indians were to be fieeced
| out of their property. Indian stool
pigeons" of the Interests he con
tinued had gotten Stan-up intoNl-
Gated and then thrown him into
, river. drowning him.
Opposed to this theory. however
is the fact that Mcbride himself
was a heavy owner of oil lands, from
which he hSd derived sufficient
money to keep him in ease. In addi-
tion The Star learned last night
| that the man was bitterly opposed
to radicalism of any sort.
lii Id TO-, afE
Mcbride not only inherited an ia
terest in her lands. but became the
trustee of the remainder, which be-
came the property of his step-daugh-
ter. Miss Ellen Deer. This property
| he leased for $127,000 and turned all
of the royalties from them over 10
the Indian affairs bureau or invested
them in liberty bonds. His affilia-
tions with the Indian office here
would indicate that he is not SO bit
| terly opposed to the oil interests.
bloody Shirt Clue.
! The bloody shirt clue was obtained
in a canvass of certain tailor shops
to ascertain if any person had LETT
] a blood-stained suit to be cleaned. Al
the shop of Morris Berman, 18th
! street near E. Mrs. Charles Hughes
| and her husband, living at 1907
street northwest, told the following
story:
| Last Wednesday night they wers,
visiting a haberdashery at 925 e
street northwest which is also main.
tanned by Berman. Between $3.50 ant
i1O o'clock three man, all dark com.
iplexioned, appeared. One of then
lh.rcovered with blood, his entir,
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