The Washington herald., 1922-06-17
SLAYER LEAPED
!: FROM BOAT IN
RIVER RIOTING
Alexandria Man Sought
.sFer Murder of Louis
= b. Mccormack.
NEW CLUE is FOUND
Arrest Is Expected-Crime
Committed in ID. c.
Jurisdiction.
NEW CLUE is FOUND

In the arrest of an Alexandria
man who is said to have leaped
from the steamer Charles Macaies-
ter as it passed Washington Bar
racks the night of the murder of
Louis B. Mccormack. police declare
the mystery will be solved.
sPoIice say the man after stab
hing Mccormack and cutting his
way through the crowd as the boat
was pulling into the Alexandria
dock. dashed to the rear of the
boat and waited until it was well
out in the river They declare he
feared arrest by leaving the boat
al the Virginia city.
Witnesses Tell Of Leap.
YESTERDAYS investigation un-
earthed witnesses who. according
to police. declare they saw the man
leap over tie side or the boat and
sTim yl--r0usly for the District
shore owing to the darkness they
vere unanj- TO determine IL ne
lskded safely.
The man. known to police. has
been seen in Alexandria since. He
is'said to have been questioned by
Chief Goods. Of the Alexandria po-
lice department.
That the murder was committed
in the Jurisdiction of the District
there is no doubt. according to Dis
trtct authorities. They declare that
as the steamboat blew its whistles
preparatory to pulling into the
Alexandria wharf the murderer in
j0prneying from: one side of the
boat to another got into a fight.
Getting Worst Of Fray.
as he was getting the worst OF
thr fray. police declare. he drew the
knife and started slashing pro-
miscuously. at the same time max
ing the fatal thrust over the heart
OF Mccormack. Ernest J. Watson,
3d I street southwest. was cut at
the same time.
Watson. besides John r. Histon. 81
years old. sol h street northeast,
and James J. Noonan. Of Washington.
are being held as United States wit
neTses- Police last night declared
they did not do the stabbing.
According to the evidence gathered
yesterday by police. the fight started
at Marshall Hall over the sale of a
bnttle Of tea for whisky. The battle
ranged for a considerable time on
the resort grounds and was renewed
on the boat During the fray bottles.
sticks and other missiles were hurled
through the air.
Victim Innocent Bystander.
Police say the dead man took no
part in the fight. but was an innocent
byStander who happened to get mixed
up in the crowd as the rush was
made from one side of the boat to
the other
The fatal wound and the cuts about
Wstson's left side Of the body were
made by a lonE-bladed knife. believed
tO'have been of the Boy Scout" type.
p0lice declared. The wounds were
ragged on one side. while those on
thf other side were keen.
q. T. Goods. Alexa ndria's chief ot
police. announced last night that he
hoped to solve the crime shortly He
with a corps Of his men. examined
passengers aboard the Macalester
when Mccormack was killed all yes
teTday.
Additional Witnesses Called.
Several additional witnesses will be
summoned befor- Tuesdays session
Of the coroner's jury in an effort to
corral sufficient testimony to identify
the slayer IT was learned last night.
Capt Charles VI. Wright and
Michael Stanton, both of Baltimore,
steamboat inspection agents for the
Department OF Commerce. are daily
investigating responsibility OF the