The Washington times., 1922-02-20
W. r. E. CONDUCTOR SLAIN BY
DESPERATE JOBLESS MAN

might alight and had planned to
hold him up. But no passenger left
the car. / saw the motorman in the
car. and the conductor got off to
place the rear lights in place. He
had pulled down the trolley and was
about to place il on the wire in the
rear of the car when / walked over
and thrust my gun in his ribs.
II had ridden OH the ''Owf" before
and the conductor recognized me.
pictured jail, a long sentence for the
hOld-up. knew that IL did not Kill
the conductor and close his mouth
should 1 be captured. That would
mean my imprisonment. So 1 blazed
away.
After the conductor had fallen,
reached in his pocket and took out
his wallet. Then / took his change
belt and ran away-ran into the Trim
ity College grounds. After taking
the $2.36 from the change belt, /
threw II into the underbrush. i
searched the wallet. but found no
money in II. I threw ii away.
Becomes ConsciOus-Stricken.
THE enOrmity of my crime then
confronted me. 4 became afraid. l
was sure 1 had killed the conductor,
and l began to fear that i would be
arrested for the murder. So ] walked
to Trinity College and surrendered to
the Waterman. / wanted to see the
sisters, but they were In bed"
Had Barry not become conscience
stricken he no doubt would have
given the police much trouble in To-
eating him. Davis, the motorman,
was the only person near the scene of
the crime when Barry shot Lawler.
He told the police he could not give
a description of the bandit.
1T all happened so quickly" de-
clared Davis, that l was unable to
get a good look at the man. / was
in the car and suddenly heard a mum.
Der of shots fired. / leaped from the
car, but the bandit had disappeared"
Barry claims that he was without
funds because of his inability to OBJ
tain employment. Up to a week ago,
George b. Barry, proprietor of the
Barry Laundry Company, 7oS Morton
street northwest.
At daybreak, Barry, in custody of
Detectives Embrey and Thompson,
Lieutenant Walsh and Sergt. J. r.
| Hood and other policemen OF the
Tenth precinct. returned to the Trim
| ity College grounds and showed
where he had thrown the wallet and
change carrier.
when i started out to hold mp
someone" said Barry, IL had no in
| tentiOn OF killing anyone. I merely
| intended to brighten my victim. But
when I saw that the conductor recOg.
nized me and would probably cause
my arrest, l felt there was nothing
else to do but shoot to kill
| Early in September Of last year
Barry and Vernon Joseph Clarke.
twenty-eight years old, of the Ho-
tel Logan, were arrested on the
charge of stealing two cars. They
admitted stealing three cars, one of
which was never recovered.
Stole Automobiles.
They stole the machine of Eldridge
r. Boyle, of the Z Hadleigh apart
ment, on two occasions. The ma
chine was found stripped of its ac-
cessories in the woods in Virginia,
and shortly after II was recovered
and repaired, it was again stolen.
On the pretense that they wanted
a machine for a wedding, the men
on two occasions requested that d
car be sent to the Victoria apart
! ments. While the chauffeurs were
inside making inquiries regarding
the wedding party, the two men
made off with the machines. One
OF the machines became disabled
while they were making away with
II, and they stole the other car to
take the disabled machine in tow.
The machines were taken to Phila.
delphia, where they were recovered
by Detective Sergeants Hughlett,
Jet, Connors and Alligood.
Barry, through the pleas of his
aged father and others, succeeded
In obtaining a parole.
Barry told Detective Sergearts
Embrey and Thompson this morning
that his wife is living in Baltimore
and that he has four children, all
OF whom are In an orphanage. He
said he pays $50 a month for their
support.
He had been employed by his
father at the latter's laundry, but
because OF differences, he quit.
Since that time he has not been EN-.
ployed.
Lawler was married December 7
last at Alexandria, Va. to Miss Marie
Hill.