The Washington times., 1922-02-20
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LAWYERS ribs, demanding his money.
up with your hands" shouted
Barry. according to his confession
to the police.
You wouldn't shoot me-" said
LAWYER as he looked into the face
Of the bandit, whom he recognized
as a passenger who frequently had
ridden on his car.
In answer Barry blazed away,
firing two shots into the body OF
the conductor, who fell over dead.
Barry then seized wallet from
LAWYERS coat pocket and his change
carrier from around his waist and
escaped to the woodlands Of Trinity
College a short distance away.
LAWYERS life was taken for $2.36.
That was all the money he had In
his change carrier. There were no
bank notes In his wallet.
why did ] plan the robbery?
needed money for my four babies.
They cost me $50 a month. l did
not have the money to provide for
them and ] could not get work.
MY wife, the mother of the babies.
deserted US over a year ago. She
ran away to Baltimore. Had / been
able to make money honestly this
murder would not have happened
Died Immediately.
Lawler was shot twice. one bullet
lodging in his left lung. This bull
let is believed to have caused
death. The second bullet entered
the conductors abdomen. Physi-
clans believe he died a few minutes
after the shooting. According to
Motorman Davis, he did not utter
a word after he reached the con-
ductor's side.
Within an hour after he had shot
and killed LAWYER, Barry went to
Trinity College. on Michigan
avenue. and surrendered to Bernard
Vincent Moran. night Waterman.
Moran was in the postoffice of the
fashionable college for women.
Hearing the gong ring at 2:30
o'clock. he went to the door and
found Barry standing on the steps
with n revolver, In his hand.
I've just shot and killed q conduc-
tori exclaimed Barry. II want tn
surrender to the sisters"
Moran seized upon the situation
and demanded the revolver. Barry
willingly handed over the weapon,
with which the slayer claims he fired
four shots at the conductor.
Afraid to take the man in the build.
ing and telephone to the police, Mo.
ran escorted him to Michigan avenue.
Mounted Policeman d. w. Coombs,
of the Tenth police precinct, was
passing to pull in" at the patrol box.
Here's a man who claims to have
shot a CONDUCTOR" declared Moran.
Coombs. who had just heard of the
shooting, seized Barry and rushed
him to the police station.
But few persons heard the shots
that caused LAWYERS death. +,
A. Davis, motorman of the car,
was inside, and when he heard the
shots, he jumped to the street, but
Barry was running away. Davis
did not give chase. Instead. he went
to the rescue Of his fellow workman
Herman 8. Schmitt, OF 2817 North
wiler, Of 1916 North Capitol street,
were attracted by the fusillade OF
shots and ran from their homes.
When Lawler was taken to the
Sibley Hospital he was pronounced
dead. Attending physicians said
that death was due to bullet
through the conductors lungs.
Detectives Rusned to Scene.
| worn Oh lIt SHOOiliB was tioShCo
to police headquarters, and Night
Inspector Fred Cornwell sent De
tectives w. d. Embrey and ID. w
Thompson to the scene. Lieut.. j. M
| Walsh, on duty at the Tenth pre-
cinct station, also dispatched Off
GERS.
1t was while a dragnet was being
thrown out for the slayer that Barry
! walked into the Trinity College
grounds and surrendered.
! Although he claims to have had
more than 50 in his pockets, Barry
told the police that he had walked to
! Michigan avenue and North Capitol
street from Ninth and # streets
shortly after midnight.
IT had armed myself and had
planned to hold-up someone" de
clared Barry. IL had no intention OF
holding up the conductor when
started out from Ninth and F street
4 needed money, was out OF work
and owed $50 to the st. AIMS
Orphan Asylum for the support OF
my four children, which were placed
there several months ago after my
wife and I separated.
Suddenly I noticed the lights OF
tho car canning toward MiChiRan