The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-02-16
SHOT,
EXPECTED To
RECOVER
Greene, of Vermont, Struck
by Bullet Fired at Flee
ing Bootlegger.
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Serg6antS. Accompanied by their
attorney, Harry Whelan, the two
were on their way to detective head.
quarters to give the police their in.
formation. The two had spent some
time in a house at 4S r street
northeast, and when they got in
touch with Whelan he advised them
to surrender and tell all they knew.
In his opening prayer in the
Senate at noon the Rev. j. J. Muir,
Senate chaplain, prayed for the re-
covery of the Senator.
The two gave their names az
Benjamin Chesevoir, twenty-three,
of 318 New York avenue northwest,
and Raymond J. Beavers, twenty,
of Silver Hill, Md. Both are being
held at the Third precinct without
bail pending full investigation of
their connection with the shooting.
Headquarters Detectives Sweeney,
Waldron, Thompson, Flaherty, Fow-
Ter, and King arrested the two.
They were assigned to the case by
Inspector Grant, chief Of detectives,
soon after the shooting.
The trail followed by the detec-
tives took them all over the city's
darker sections, into Virginia. and
AAO06O
where the two were found. The
home is occupied by Henry Smith,
whose son, David Smith, il a close
friend of Chesevoir's.
Prohibition Agent Otis e. Fisher
is being held at the Sixth precinct
on a technical charge Of investiga-
ton. The detectives say that the
only shooting was from Fishers
gun, and should the bullet which
struck Senator Greene be found, 1t
will be compared with others in
Fishers weapon.
The Avenue, near the Peace Monu-
ment, was thrown into an uproar
shortly before 10 o'clock last night
when the reports Of pistol firing
near Third and the Avenue were
heard. The crowds scattered
quickly, and in their search for
places Of safety none paid attention
to Senator Greene, who, with his
wife, was walking east on the
Avenue toward the Capitol.
Told Wife to Flee.
AS the Senator and his wife
passed the alley known as Jackson
Hall alley, he glanced up, placed his
hand to his head, and murmured:
I'm shot,
With blood streaming from the
wound in his head, the Senator's
only thought was for the safety Of
his wife.
Go to the hotel. I'll be all right.
Get out Of here as quickly as you
can" he is said to have told her.
Senator Greene was rushed to
the hospital. 1t was determined
that, though the bone was shattered,
no parts were protruding danger
ously inward. Having made GER
tain that there was no immediate
danger attending physicians direct
ed their energies toward making
the Senator comfortable for the
night
In a statement given to the de-
tectives shortly after his arrest,
Chesevoir said that he and Beavers
were in Jackson Hall alley when
they noticed another car coming
toward them. Chesevoir was at the
wheel and Beaver was standing in
the alley, unloading still, the de-
tectives declare.
Foreseeing that the coming auto
mobile might contain policemen,
Chesevoir drove his car away, leav-
ing Beavers in the alley. He drove.
the police say, ten miles the other
side of Alexandria, where he threw
away the remaining portions of the
still. Then, he said, he came back
to Alexandria and parked the car
in front of a friends home, coming
to this city in taxicab.
He said that he met Beavers at
Fourth street and Pennsylvania
avenue northwest, and the two Of
them decided that it would be best
not to go to their homes. They
planned to spend the night at the
r street address, but they had
scarcely gotten there when the
police arrived. The car, the police
charge, was listed in the name Of
Rose Chesevoir, Benjamin's wife.
The shooting occurred when Po-
licemen e. c. Moore and M. J.
Dowd, Of the Sixth precinct, &C.
companied by Agent Fisher, went
into the alley with Edward Farrell,
twenty-three, of SAT Seventh street
in search of a store of
liquor. Farrell, the police say, had
been arrested for bootlegging, and
he had told the police that he would
lead them to his storage house and
turn in all his liquor. they say.
Fired -Four Times.
As the police car entered the al
ley. Beavers. struggling with a
large still. was seen. they say.
Fisher ttmred out Of the car. fired