The Washington times., 1922-08-17

This theory must give way to
the truth. Barney A. Mcbride met
death In the company Of three well
dressed men. One. the acquaint-
af,ce Of . few days, and the other
two of Wednesday evening.
The first man, like the others,
was engaged In q general unlawful
business, being ON the lookout for
an opportunity to rob, In some
manner, and II necessary slay, any
innocent person, to accomplish
their parp0se.
They were staying In the city
and were alleged citizens and were
well acquainted with the city and
also the country round about.
Mr.. Mcbride probably spent
Tuesday evening with his first &C
quaintance, and the opportunity to
rob Mr.. Mcbride did not present
his aim, the first acquaintance
assist, and the two other acquaint-
ances appear to Mr.. Mcbride.
They all three may have taken
Mr.. Mcbride away from the club
In the car belonging to the two
new acquaintances. and after o
drive and dinner together they
probably continued to drive.
Mr.. Mcbride probably intended
to 60 to his room, out by some pre-
text, the obtaining Of q small sup
ply OF good whiskey or q mere
drive, he was kept In the car until
they saw that he was aware Of his
peril. He fought and tried to get
away, but too late: they killed him,
probably before they intended to,
and not in the manner intended.
Perhaps In this car he met death.
G. r. v.
My theory Of the death Of
barney Mcbride was that q trap
was set by a friendly car ride In
order to rob him Of his belong
ines and l believe he was killed
In the cat. IL looks TO me as II
II was carefully planned. then the
body was thrown out where Il
BESSIE DIXON.
When the truth Is known, and
IL will be known, most Of US will
be surprised to learn that Bar.
ney's murder was premeditated.
The idea that Barney met his
death while riding In an automo-
bile might as well be abandoned.
No doubt he was carried to his
temporary resting place In an
automobile, but when his body
entered said automobile his eyes
were closed In death. His death
was almost instantaneous. The
blows that he received on the
head were the direct cause Of
his death. The knife wounds
probably were inflicted after the
man lay cold In death, and were
inflicted with the intention that
was not the motive" To get
tunes to. some people. The mur.
two Of them, were not the ones
who benefited most by, the death
Of Mcbride. Those directly re.
sponsible for his death were quite
friendly with Barney, and was
termed by him as his hest friends,
but instead were his bitter enc
mics. Keep an eye on some OF
those who today seem to be his
best friends, and are continually
striving to have the theory that
Robbery was the motive" thor.
0ughly established. The murder,
ers followed Barney to Washing
ton, and were strangers In the
Capital City. WIN. 8 PRICE.
In the first place, I believe him
to be q victim Of q cOld-blOoded,
prcmeditsted murder, he being
framed to 60 with q party Of two
to this spot which happened TO be
the stopping place, and there muir.
dered; but, In my opinion, robbery
was not the motive OF the crime,
although II might have been wise
on the slayer TO make it so ap-
pear. ! believe revenge was sweet
for some one, namely, woman,
who thus committed murder for
reasons which she will be able to
explain, II she Ii taken into Gus.
t0dy. ! do not for moment think
she was alone In the affair, and I
believe that II the Louisiana auto,
mobile with the man and woman
occupants be questioned df appre.
hended), some interesting facts may
come TO light. which will or may
prove that she was not alone. At
any rate, I would ply my investi-
cation In that direction, ard run
those auto clues down to sea hot.
tom. JAS. A.. CARLSON.
II the police will consult the