Evening star., 1925-07-07
POSSE SEEKS MAN
IN DUAL SHOOTING
Husband Whose Wife Is
Dying of Wounds May
Be in Capital.

Aroused by the attempted double
murder Of his wife OF IS months and
his mother-in law. at whose home he
was guest. by Ralph Todd. Balti-
more street car conductor. at Hunt.
inStown. Md. last night. men from all
parts OF Calvert County and Prince
Georges County TODAY armed them.
selves and Joined in the determined
hunt for the man. More than 12s
men are reported TO have formed into
posses, which are securing the roads
and woods in the two counties. fol.
lowing clues OF his flight.
Police in Washington have been
placed on the watch for Todd, who
was believed heading for this city.
The young wife. Mrs. Beatrice
Lyons Todd, is dying OF two bullet
wounds in her stomach, according TO
DR.. J. w. Leitch Of the Calvert County
| Hospital. where she and her mother
were taken. The wife's mother.
though dangerously wounded, is said
not to have been mortally wounded.
Emergency operations were performed
on the two victims last night by DIR.
Elliott HutchinS. who was called
from Johns Hopkins University Hos.
pital, in Baltimore.
Todd escaped into woods near
Huntingtown about dark after he had
fred ii point blank into the back Of
his mother.in-law. who was driving
him, TO meet bus. in her car, and
then turned and shot his wife. He
had disa ppeared before Mr.. Lyons
attracted by the screams OF the two
women. could reach the car.
Man Acted Normally.
No reason could be given for the
fNf h,-
Lyons. All said he had acted normal
~ throughout his visit and had eaten
dinner quietly with the family before
he started to return to Baltimore.
Hints OF quarrel. however. were
raised by Constable Polk Lyons. who
said Todd had been reported gun
| ming" for his father-inlaw earlier In
/ the day.
! The story OF the attempted killing
| was sasped out by the two women, the
| only witnesses. as they lay in the hos
pital last night.
Todd went TO the Huntingtown home
| last Friday. where his wife had been
| visiting for a week or two. He de.
| clded to catch a bus back to Balti.
more last night and the mother-in.
law, volunteered TO drive him to the
bus stop in her car. Todd and his
wife sat in the rear seat while she
drove
Drew Pistol In Auto.
As they passed through a woody
section not far from the home Todd
the women said. drew a pistol and
fired. once At Mrs. Lyons the bullet
piercing her right lung. Tusning in
flash before his horrihed wife could
move. he fired another bullet. which
lodged In her abdomen. Screaming
Mrs. Lyons leaped from the car and
tried to grapple with him, but he broke
free, returned to the machine. and
fired second shot into his wlfe's body
! Mrs. Lyons told Constable Polk Lyons
Oden Lyons. the girls father, at.
| tracted by the shots and the screams
arrived at the scene few minutes
after Todd had plunged into the
woods and disappeared
County off1cials were notified and q
posse OF so was quickly formed and
took mp pursuit. An all.night hunt,
however. was futile. Early this
morning train crew on the B. & o.
Railroad reported they had seen a
man of Todd's description AT Owinss
Nd. heading in the direction OF
| Washington.
Todd. who recently was treated in
sanatorium for tuberculosis. accord.
| ing to Constable Lyons. is 8 feet 6
! inches tall. has gold teeth and has g
distinct droop 10 his shoulders