Evening star., 1924-10-30
3 WITNESSES HELD
IN SHORES MURDER
Soldiers Consent to Detention
After Questioning by
Local Detectives.

In an attempt to break through the
mystery clouding the death of Russell
Shores, sentry, who was found mur-
dered in Walter Reed Hospital grounds
early in the morning Of October %, de-
tectives have detained three soldiers
stationed at Walter Reed Hospital as
witnesses.
The three men are Private Stanley
kadish, who was to have relieved
Shores from sentry duty, and who found
his body; Private Lyle w. Jordan, who
was on sentry duty between S o'clock
and midnight Tuesday night, during
the time the search was being conducted
for Shores, and Lawrence A. Mizer,
another private stationed at Walter
Reed Hospital.
Consent to Detention.
Inspector Clifford l. Grant, in charge
of detectives, said that the men had
volunteered to cooperate with the
police in the search for the murderer
and that their detention at police
precinct stations was entirely with
their consent.
The police have assumed entire
charge of the investigation at the
request and consent of the hospital
authorities. This announcement was
made by Col. William A. Glennan,
commandant at Walter Reed, today.
While Inspector Grant was reluc-
tant to go into details concerning the
police investigation, he stated, how
ever. that an out-of-town angle
would be carefully run down. All
evidence and exhibits in the case, in
cluding two letters, are in the hands
OF the police. One of these letters,
signed From the Furnace" it has
already been definitely established.
came from relative of the slain
sentry and contained simply news
regarding conditions about his home
in which he would be personally in
terested.
As far as the three soldiers being
held are concerned, moreover. it was
learned definitely that police are
simply restraining them from liberty
while running out vague portions Of
accounts of their actions on the night
of the murder. Inspector Grant
frankly admitted that the police and
detectives thus far had no tangible
clue and could not yet take up a def
mite trail in the case.
Have No Real Lead.
we haven't yet uncovered what
NC tSi iiSu d real 1eaQ In the
case he said. II can't say anything
about the case as yet, because the in
vestigating work is in reality in its
preliminary stages. I will say, how
ever. that all angles will be investi-
gated. and necessarily this will in
'lude out-of-town angles"
From the chaff of general opinion
among the personnel at Walter Reed
Hospital the definite opinion has
cropped out among the men that the
murderer is to be traced outside the
ranks of the Army.
Discount BootleEker Theory,
The theory and rumor that possibly
bootlegger or bootleggers were in
strumental in the murder has become
widespread among the men, but DO
lice Investigators state that scant
consideration is being given to such
opinions of the case, not founded on
first-hand facts.
Detectives Springman, Darnall
Sweeney and Waldron spent virtually
all of yesterday working on the case,
with the result that the three SOL
diers spent last night in various pre-
cinct stations in Washington. 1t is
stated by the detectives that their
verbal accounts Of the circumstances
which they knew of concerning the
murder were the point on which in
vestigation is being centered and
that If all points in their accounts
tally with facts, their release will be
only a matter of time.