The Washington times., 1922-06-16
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Quoted by Coroner Thomas Marshall
Jones a. Alexandra. From each Of
the. witnesses before this body he
sodght information as to the alleged
sale OF the bootleg product on the
Manchester and at Marshall Hali. He
believes he has information which
win be of the greatest value in the
intended crusade against Illicit dis
tilifng and sales of corn" along the
river. - Il
+, :. An .aIl.nisht search for evidence of
rum at the Maryland picnic grounds
and clues that "riyer rats" are car
ryng on illicit liquor sales. were
made by agents OF the prohibition
enforcement bureau.
Three agents of the bureau, il was
announced this morning, were dis
patched to the scene OF the rioting
and have been out all night in quest
Of evidence, to be used in breaking
up the sale Of LIQUOR aboard river
boats and ut Marshall Hall.
= Much Of the liquor, II 10 believed,
II being made in the woods adjacent
70 Marshall Hall. Assistant Director
Linton 81. Evans. of the Prohibition
Enforcement Bureau, stated this
morning that. with one exception. the
bureau had found the largest stills
that have been raided In the vicinity
or. Marshall Hall.
Five or six 600-gallon stills. in full
operation. he stated, had been raided
BY tbe bureau within Just few miles
Of Marshall Hall, and II 10 believed
that moonshiners found the picnic
grounds one OF their chief markets.
Witnesses to the rioting are being
uuizzed by the bureau, and from the
evidence secured from them, It is rx.
spected that the source Of supply will
be ferreted' out and broken up.
Headquarters Detectives Spring
man and Darnell. to whom the Mo.
Cormack case was assigned when the
Manchester reached Washington, are
most sanquine of getting to the bot.
tom of the case when they have laii
their hands upon the three Alexan-
dria men. They are also much in
terested in Robert z. Devine, 627
South Lee street, Alexandria, one Of
the witnesses brought before the
coroner's jury in the police court
building last night.
Springman states the belief that
-Devine" knows more than he 10 tell.
ing" He admitted being on the
Macalester and penknife was taken
from him after being examined by
the jurymen. He was partially iden.
titled by Cass Curtfss, of Del Ray.
Va, as having been In the vicinity OF
the McMormack stabbing, though
when Curtiss WIS confronted by De-
vine he went back on his previous
testimony. Springman declares never.
theless that he will arrest Devine II
II Is established, as he believes 1t
will be. that the case comes under
District jurisdiction.
Boat Officials Blamed.
Headquarters men handling the
murder are outspoken In their
criticism Of actions of the Charles
Manchester officials. They main
tain that the vessel should never
have been allowed to cast off from
the Alexandria dock until the stab.
bing of Mccormack and the wide
spread rioting had been thoroughly
Investigated by the police. Spring
man says the forces of Chief Good
arrived at the dock while the boat
still had her gangplank out. but
that they were not allowed to
come aboard. At this moment.
Springman says, James J. Noonan,
one of the three men held by the
local police, was leaning from n port
in the mems washroom and shout
ing at Alexandrians descending to
the wharf: d"
Wen come back and get You,
oil right" At that time. the Head.
quarters detective ayers, Alexan-
dria men probably having direct
connection with the Staying were
near by. but escaped in the oonfu.
sion attendant upon the alleged
controversy between the police and
the boat officers,
Lawyer Criticises Reports.
Repeated requests to officers Of the
Mount Vernon and Marshall Hall
Steamboat Company for a statement
on the fatal affair were finally re-
ferred today to Gardner L. Boothe,
Of Alexandria, their attorney.
"'I do not see that we can make
any detailed statement at this time"
Boothe said. We do not wish to be
prejudgSd before all the evidence 10
In. will say, however, that we
deeply deplore this unfortunate af.
fair.
IAN our employees on the Macalss.
ter insist they did everything in their
pSwer to prevent fighting and to stop
any fights that started. The testi.
nony taken before the coroner 8 Jury
demonstrates to me that officers and
A.
affrays. II seems TO me, also, that
published reports of the affair pre.
sent too continuous q picture of riot.
ing and alterations. The evidence
shows that there was trouble on the
Marshall Hall grounds before the
Macaiestsr left the dock and that II