Evening star., 1926-10-18
PISTOL CLUE FAILS
IN SCR|VENER CASE
Weapon Found on Scene Not
One Sold to Suspicious
Character.

Back from Winchester, Va. where
they attended impressive final rites
for Arthur B. Scrivener, slain detec-
tive sergeant. who was buried near
the scenes of his boyhood yesterday
afternoon. detectives today, redou-
bling their thus far fruitless efforts to
solve the mystery of his murder early
Wednesday morning, had another
clue fail.
They were told that a weapon
answering the general description of
that used in the Scrivener killing had
been purchased from a local pawn
shop by . man whose nervousness at
tracted the attention of the seller. The
latter had required the man to inden-
tify himself by personal papers, but
when the fatal weapon was taken to
the pawnshop the proprietor said it
was not the one he had sold.
Pistol Sales Checked.
In conjunction with this trend of
the investigation. a city-wide check
up was being made on the sale of
pistols in Washington. A thorough
inspection was made of the records of
such sales with scant results thus far.
All hope has not been lost that the
pistol which was found on the scene
Of the murder with the serial number
carefully filed off, will finally be iden-
titled Detective b. w. THOMPSON.
who took the pistol to the factory of
the company which made it, in a
further effort to bring out the obscured
serial number Of the weapon, returned
early yesterday morning and attended
the funeral He reported that It might
be Wednesday or Thursday before ex-
perts at the factory would be ready
to report on success or failure of their
efforts to bring out the number. Acid
baths by laboratory experts at the Blu
reau of Standards, prosecuted with the
same aim, proved a disappointment
last week.
Replying to a wire dated Miami.
Fla, from John F.. Maragon, former
narcotic agent, an acquaintance of
ScrlVener. who. like other friends of
Scrivener, had been sought for friend
ly cooperation with police. Inspector
Pratt today told him that he was not
wanted by local investigators.
Maragon's wire informed INSPECTOR
Pratt he had been in Florida for sew.
eral weeks.
Thousands Attend Rites.
Scrivener's body was consigned TO
It's last resting place in Mount Hebron
cemetery yesterday, with ceremonies
in the history Of Win
chester. $500 men and women. natives
md visitors. paying their final tribute
Early yesterday morning a long
string of automobiles filled the road
from washington to Winchester.
lhese machines bore Scrivener's com.
ades-from the detective bureau, from
.he Masonic order, from the Elks.
from the American Legion. from tho
civil life of Washington. From sl,.
perintendent to private. the Police no
partment was represented. From in.
spector to detective private, the detec
i've bureau was in attendance. At
torheyS from the courthouse district.
representatives of the district attor
ney's office: those who had been Scriv.
ener's social associates as we'll as
tnoSe associated officially with him Mt
tended. -'A1'i III
The family and friends of the do.
tectlEe bore up we'll under the long
u'd"h,out ordeal, which consumed
more than three hours. Miss Helen
Barnes Parker, the girl Scrivener was
10 nave married on the night Of tho
day he was killed, was in attendance
on the arm of his brother. Garner
Scr1vener, a detective of Akron Ohio
Hands CIasp Floral Spray.
Literally hundreds of friends viewed
the body at the home and at the
church. Scrivener was laid to his
nnal rest clasping a floral spray from
Miss Parker, bearing a message:
with all my love-
AT 1880 O'Clock yesterday afternoon
the funeral procession left the home
OF Scrivener's parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Morgan A. Scrivener. l.. NJ. Guth.
ridge and J. 7. Boyd, motor cycle
policemen Of Winchester, led the pro-
cession. Then walked Mai Edwin
B. Hesse and Inspector Henry G.
Pratt.
The Valor Club of the Police and
Fire Departments, including the men
especially singled out for public COM
mendation for their heroic deeds, oc-
cupied the place of honor, next, in
line. The members of this club. of
which Scrivener was president. went
to the funeral as the guests of Fred
W. Buchholz, a close friend Of Scriv-
ener and proprietor of the Occidental
Hotel
Then followed Scrivener's associates
from the detective bureau, the men
with whom he had worked during re-
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