Evening star., 1924-02-16

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and fell to the pavement He was
taken to Emergency Hospital and
made as comfortable as possible until
this morning. when the X-ray re-
Vealed that the wound was not as
serious as had first been feared.
Green out of the hospital in a week or
SD at the most
City-Wide Search Begun.
In the meantime, the car with the
still had disappeared and a city-wide
search was begun. Early this morn
ing James r. Beavers, twenty wears
old, Silver Hill, Md, and BENJAMIN
Chesivoir. twenty-one, of 31s New
YORK avenue northwest, were arrested
at the home of Henry Smith, As r
street northeast, charged with being
leggerS' car.
Chesivoir made a clean breast Of
the case, but emphatically denied
elther he or his companion had fred
shot or even had any pistol with
which they might have fired He said
ne was at the wheel and Beavers on
the running board. Soon after clear
ing the alley, Beavers jumped off and
ran while Chesiyoir continued out
into Virginia.
Driving about eight miles in the
direction OF Bull Run. Chesivoir said
ne dumped the still, with a capacitv
OF several hundred gallons of mash.
down an embankment and drove his
car back to the home of his brother
in Alexandria. Explaining he had
had breakdown, the young man left
his car in Alexandria and returned
to Washington bv taXicab
Say Fisher Returned Fire.
Chesivoir went Immediately to the
home of Mr.. Smith, where he met
~ Detectives Sweeney. WaIdron
Fiaherty and King. Both denied
having firearms and the policemen
accompanying Fisher also denied they
had ahot. Their pistols bore out
thotr statements, neither showing
evidence of having been fired re-
Gently. Tho policemen. however in
their reports seemed to verify, the
claim Of Fisher. that ,:e had return
ed'' fire from the fleeing car.
Fisher is being held under the tech
nical charge of Investigation" at the
sixth precinct station. Beavers and
Chesivoir are at the first precinct un-
der similar charges. What additional
charge might be lodged the police did
not know today and it was intimated
thdl tHey lHlSHl nave Qlliiculty lIlu -
ing complaint, since no liquor was
found in the car
Dumped Still Found.
Chesivoir led policemen to the spot
where he dumped the copper still. It.
together with the car, which was still
at the home of Chesivoir's brother,
were brought back to Washington
today. Harry T. Whelan. counsel for
the boys, said he was about to take
them to detective headquarters just
them. They promptly surrendered, he
declared
Immediately after hearing official
details of the shooting, officers of the
Treasury Department ordered men,
bers of the special intelligence bu-
reau to begin a thorough investiga-
ton. simultaneously movement
was on foot both in Congress and
among officials Of the District govern
ment to begin similar probes.
oUnfortunate. Says Haynes.
At the office of Prohibition Commits
sioner Haynes, from which Fisher op-
crates, no statement was Forthcoming G
except the commissioners announce
ment that the incident was "a very
unfortunate one" and that he had ex-
pressed his distress" to Mrs. Greene
by telephone. The lips of all officials
there were sealed, including those of
Fisher.
When seen at the sixth precinct,
Fisher was asked for a statement.
He Immediately called his chief in
Commissioner Haynes Office and was
instructed to refrain from discussing
the case with any one. Fisher, In the
meantime. is detained at the station
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