The Washington times., 1923-02-26
THIRD Man
Gull TY
POLICE
TOLD
Wounded Policeman Il Too
Weak for Operation Sus-
pect Held on Bail.

Policeman Fred G. STANCE, fifty
eight years old, Of the Fourth pre-
.cinct, who was shot through the
head while being arrested by Pre-
cinct Detective Robert OsDOnnell
last nigllt ii connection with =
stolen automobile bump . 20
serious d condition today - b
operated upo1l FOR Tire bulllle which
'is still lodged in his head.
Dr.. William Borden, police slir-
sReon, is III cons tant attendance.
upon STANCE at Emergency Hos
pitaI and will allow nobody ex-
cept Mrs. STANCE, their step
daughter, and officials Of the Po-
lice Department to see the wound
ed officer, who is conscious only at
intervals.
Weak From Loss Of Blood.
When STANCE was taken to the hos
pitaI shortly after midnight he was
too weak from the loss of blood to
have the bullet removed, and at 1
o'clock today had not regained any
of the lost strength, according to DR..
Borden.
Inspector Pratt, who made the pre-
liminary investigation after STANCE
was run down in an automobile, to-
gether with Policeman Rubin Downs,
today turned the case over to the Dis
trict Attorneys office. Downs was
stealing property from the District
Of Columbia, and no action in the
case of STANCE will be taken pending
the outcome of his injuries. Capt.
Ira Sheetz visited STANCE at the hos
pital this morning and Quizzed the
wounded man during his lucid mo-
ments.
Meanwhile Policeman Downs claims
that the bumper was in possession Of
a third party, whom he refuses to
name and whom he declares, even
though Officer STANCE RECEIVERS, he
will not betray.
This statement was made this
morning by Downs, who further
declared that he is being charged
with the crime as the result of q
revenge threat to get even with
him for some past grievance, which
he said O'Donnell uttered to q
mutual friend some time ago.
"O'Donnell and I have not been
on speaking terms for quite q
WHILE" said Downs, because or
q falling-out of some years stand
ing. He has threatened to get
even with me IL it took him all his
life and this charge of stealing that
automobile bumper is his opportun-
ity to get revenge.
"The whole matter came about
like this: STANCE is an old man, and
as we were on the 4 o'clock to mid
night shift together, and as he lives
not so very far from me, I always
take him home in my automobile
when we are on this midnight
trick.
Third Party Had Bumper.
GAS we left No. 4 station in
vited him to come along, as we
usually do, and we drove away from
the station with the third party,
who had the bumper In his posses.
sion.
1--WE had not gone very far when
O'Donnel drove up along side my
Maxwell in another car and ordered
me to stop. I asked him what he
had to do with what I did and
kept on driving. He then shot
several times, one bullet taking
effect in STANCES head, and the
third party jumping out of the off.
side of my car and escaping.
Before STANCE lapsed into uncon-
sciousness we agreed that we would
not reveal his name, and as the
authorities cannot force us, even
though STANCE lives, to take the
stand against ourselves, this party's
name will never come out"
Emergency Hospital doctors are
preparing to remove the bullet from
STANCES head as soon as his c0ndl-
ton will permit. They do not -
lieve he can live unlass the
can be dislodged.
Mrs Mary STANCE W
a headquarters ambil
as the seriousness Of