The Washington times., 1922-08-17

I believe that Barney A. Nc
Bride met two gamblers, posing as
Ellss, in friendly game Of billiards
at the Elks Club on Tuesday after.
noon. These two men, learning Of
the large sums Of money Mcbride
was supposed to carry, decided to
cultivate his acquaintance ana In
vited him to spend Tuesday night
with them at their hotel. Being
clever swindlers, they made no at
tempt to rob Mcbride ut that time,
intending to take him TO Mary
land gambling resort Wednesday
evening and win his money with
one Of the "sure thing" games.
Wednesday evening Il was cas-
ually suggested by one Of the gam
blers that the three 70 for q ma
chine ride. Mcbride, not suspect
ing their real destination, agreed.
AS the machine neared the Mary
land State line, Mcbride became
suspicious and inquired De TO
where they were go}ng. The two
men were expecting him to ques-
thChIg but tHoukht Woutu
prove q willing victim. When he
objected, however, the man In the
rear Of the car struck the oil man
over the head, IL having been pre-
vi0usly agreed that he should do
so In the event that Mcbride raised
objections. The two men did not
intend at first to kill Mcbride, but
they did not expect to be SO forci-
bly, opposed. Finding that he would
not tamely submit, they made des-
perate efforts to prevent an out
cry, being well aware that he pos
sessed shrill, high.pitched voice,
which could be heard some dis
tance. They attempted to rag him,
but found their efforts useless, as
their handkerchiefs were not Of
sufficient size to 60 about his un-
usually large head, and McBride's
violent struggle prevented them
from looking for other material
that would serve the purpose as
well. They thereupon concentrated
their efforts on knocking him un-
conscious, and finally succeeded
after the bloody fight in which the
oil man received his numerous
wounds.
The information appearing re-
Gently I'm the papers concerning
two other murders In the same
family, while II Is doubtless true,
Is, In my opinion, being used by
the two actual murderers as
blind to shield themselves. The
gamblers believe that by placing
the Indians under suspicion they
will divert the attention Of detec.
tives and thereby further their
chances Of escape. This informa.
tion, IL will he remembered, did not
appear In the papers until several
days after the murder, and the de-
tectives will do well TO learn who
first suggested the past murders
as having q bearing on the present
crime. That individual may be one
OF the parties to this brutal mur.
der. JOSEPH T. DREAMER.
IL Is my belief that Barney Nc.
Bride was murdered by someone
that knew him. and knew some.
thing Of his wealth. do not
think that Mcbride was murdered
by anyone In the District, but I
do believe he was murdered in
town, and his body was taken TO
the roadside to make II appear
that he was murdered by some
highwayman.
I believe thore is q woman in
the case, because I don't think q
man would have thought OF put
ting a sack over the head Of the
murdered man, but would have
put him In the automobile Just
as he was murdered. and carried
him to the roadside.
The motive for this murder was
robbery. No person, I don't
think, would have murdered this
man Just to get possession Of his
on lards. ~ the murderer had
left the diamond ring, watch and
money on the person Of Barney
Mcbride the motive would not
have been robbery.
To clear ub this mysterious
murder, the last man seen with
Mcbride nc the EIlts' Club should
be apprehended and questioned,
as 1 am sure he could throw