Evening star., 1923-07-16
REdDSE Is HELD
IN Staying AT STILL
Said to Have Admitted He
Shot D.. c. Man During Argyll
ment Over Rent of Plant.
BY a stan Correspondent.

ROCKVILLE, Md, July ma cor
|soners jury Will hold an inquest in
Pun mphrey's undertaking establish
5ment here this AFTERNOON over the.
sbody of Henry j. Adams. 139 11th
rstreet northeast. found yesterday
near the log cabin home OF Truxton
Goodrell,. "A 'middle-aged irecluse, Jon
|.the Golseville pike. between Four
Corners and Burnt Mills. Md. Good
-rell is in the montgomery county.
jail here. aha1Eet, with murder. I,
+ fFoursbullet wounds were In Adams
body. .One had piowed -thraugh his
heart. another was in bis left leg.
the third in4his wrist andy yfhe fourth
an his. risht sbuhtdsr, Physicians.
said Adams had .'heen dead at. least
twentysfpur thonrs when his 'hody.
was Afoun q. ie-,..7. sa: i. 81.
Prisoner Said to Have Confe.aed.
According to States Attorney Thomas
Dawson, who made thorough iinvesti-
cation of the case, Goodrich confessed
to shooting Adams in self defense dur
ing quarrel. The prisoner. however,
under the influence of liquor when ar
rested, has not given the authorities a.
coherent story.
Goodrell told the officials that Adams
attacked him with an axe shortly be-
fore noon Saturday, when he demanded
immediate payment of back rent on
the Goodrich property which had been
rented to- the slain man as a site for
a moonshine still. 10 protect himself,
Goodrell is said to have whipped out
.45-cahber pistol from a holster he
carried and fired. five shots at Adams.
MOtorist Gives Clue.
Had it not been for the arrest of
speeding motorist, the murder of
Auams probably would not have yet
been revealed. News that the body
was lying near the STILL. in the
thickly-wooded section surrounding
the Goodrell estate, was given TO
Motor Cycle Policeman C. lB. Black
when he arrested Dennis r. Beatty,
urday night. for speeding a truck
falong Georgia avenue. Beatty told
the policeman that he would show
him the body of a man If he would
release him., The police interviewed
him yesterday morning and he re-
iterated his original story. The in
vestigation which resulted in the
finding of the body and the arrest of
Goodrell followed.
Beatty told the police. it is said.
that he went to the Goodrich estate
saturday evening to get a load of
liquor which he had contracted TO
haul for Adams.
Lived Alone In log Hut.
Unable to find Adams around the
still. Beatty inquired of .Goodrel as
70 MS whereabouts. GoodreIl replied
that Adams had gone away earlier
IN the day and would not return.
Beatty distiil "a quantity of the mash
at the still. Before undertaking the
work, Beatty returned to his home
to notify his wife that he would be
away during the night and came
back. Upon his return. Gootirell, ac-
cording to the authorities, then in
formed him that Adams had been in
2 fight with negro who had ;slashed
his throat. Pointing out the body to
Beatty, Goodrell, 1T is said. asked him
to help him bury it in a cave, a num-
ber % OF which are nearby the hut:
truck and was hurrying back to the
city when arrested for speeding. !.
Goodrich, who is said to be the son
of a former Army colonel. has lived
alone for a number of years. The
property, known as the 'Benjamin
tract" is owned by his mother, Mrs.
Emily +. Goodrei1; of Winchester. Va
The hut, contains one room. Sur
rounding it is a high fence made of
pine saplings, a bed made of sticks
and straw, a trunk. which was used
as table and a chair, and several
pans are It's entire FURNISHINGS,
Goodrells sole companion was a pet
cat a
Doubt GoodrelPs Story. i
Neighbors of Goodrich and those
who know him in Rockville say hesis
exceedingly ecoentric and idled away
his hours wandering aimlessly along
the roads of the county.
The still found on the Goodreu
property was of twenty-gallon capac-
ity. 1t was completely destroyed by
the Maryland authorities.
Adams body is in Humphreys
undertaking establishment here. 1t
will be removed to his home follow
ing the inquest. which will be con-
Quoted by Magistrate Samuel Riggs.
State~Attorney Dawson said today he
is not inclined to believe Goodrell's
story that Adams attacked him with
the axe. Mr.. Dawson said the axe a.p-
parently had not been moved from
its customary resting place.
Headquarters Detective James
Springmann assisted the Montgomery
county authorities in the investiga-
tion of the case. The Maryland
authorities were Policeman Oscar
Gather. Lawrence Clagett and De-
putty Sheriff Gingef.