Evening star., 1926-09-30
MARKS ON BULLETS
LL|NGPOL|CEMAN
TO REVEAL SLAYER
Expert Studies Guns and Mis-
siIeS to Determine Who
Slew Busch.
GIRL TELLS FULL STORY
OF H0LD-UP WITH THEM
"Stick EN- Up, Big Boy" She
Calmly Ordered Victim. Accord
ing to Vivid Confession.

Three steps were taken today by
headquarters detectives in their in
vestigatiCn of the fatal shooting Sun
day morning of Policeman Leo X.
Busch. the wounding of Policeman
Frank Ach, and the resulting arrest
of John +. McCabe, Samuel Marino.
Nichols Lee Eagles and John Proc
tor, who are being held for the grand
jury on murder charges.
These steps. which are expected by
headquarters detectives to make their
case stronger against the mon, were:
Inspection by Maj. g. II. Goddard.
arms expert. of the guns and bullets
used by the gunmen with a view Of
determining which of the men fired the
four bullets responsible for Policeman
Busch's death
The obtaining of a complete confes-
sion from 1S-year-old Reva Cooper.
who posed as Eagles wife, that she
accompanied Eagles. Proctor and
MarinO on the recent series of Yin
ginia holdups and gas station ron
berries
Arrest of two more men who. police
say, were cOmpa MONS Of the gunner.
on charges of vagrancy and their
prompt sentence by Judge Robert
MIA attingly of 90 DAYS In lail or the
posting of n $500 bond to keep the
peace.
Guns big Factor.
Realizing that the most important
question at the expected murder trial
of the alleged gunmen will he proof as
to which of tho men fired the fatal
shots. Inspector Henry Pratt has
been able to secure for this test the
services of Maj. Goddard. an interna
tiOnal authority on forensic bailiStics.
who is stopping over in Washington
en- route from Mexico To- New York
City. He will examine the bullets
and guns at headquarters this after,
noon.
The detectives say Marino has
identified his gun, and they feel GER
tain that one of the bullets which
hit Policeman Busch was from this
weapon but they are anxious to de
termine whether the other bullets
were fired from the Marino gun. or
another one found in the path of the
gunmen but not claimed. or from one
of the two other guns which the po-
lice say they have not recovered
The dramatic confession of Mrs
Cooper. whom Eagles claimed az his
wife, came after Detective Sergeant
Ed Kelly had won the confidence of
the wife and mother in three hour
talk.
She told Kelly she had lied because
Mick Eagles has been very kind to
me and wanted TO stick by him
She then calmly admitted. accord
ing to Kelly, that she sat in an auto
mobile while Proctor. Marino amt
Eagles held up j. j. TwiGg at the
MyleX gas station, in Virginia on Sep
telnher 19.
Girl Tells Life Story.
THE man Twigg." the girl re
counted in the vernacular of the un.
derworld, kept his hands at his side
He acted like they were sticky. So
! says to him. as | pointed Il gun at
him: Stick EN- up. big boy He
didn't put them very high. 81 | re
peated; Stick em up higher, big
boy. -
The girl told Kelly that she met
Eagles. alias Silverblatt alias Lee
karig. III New York city in June. She
said Eagles told her he was half In
dian and half Italian. She said they
came to Washington four weeks ago.
Delving back into her early life the
girl told Kelly;
II was born in Philadelphia in 1905
v j
seven and the court awarded me To
my mother. She made my life unbear-
able because | was Il dead image of
my father.
Il left home and married Malcolm
Cooper at Elkton. Md, in 1924. and In
1925 / had Il baby son. | left my 1uS
band because he did not support me.
] think my husban nd now is in Spain
Il left my baby in Tilford. Pa.
and on my last visit there | let 81
woman adopt il. | returned to Phil
adelphia and worked as stenog
rapher and subscription agent
The local police will turn the girl
over to the Virginia authorities
where 1t is said she will be indicted
for robbery. She spent the morning
at headquarters being photographed.
Two Held as Migrants.
The arrest of Claude \ Terry, q
Of tire La Grande Apartments. ami
Thomas DOlan. Sc. of the National
Hotel was made by Detectives Kelly,
Scrivener. Waldron and Sweeney
The detectives say the pick up is
the first of "A series To rid the city
of young men who have no visible
means of support.
The detectives aver that both Terry
duu OOldf were Oh LTe
four now held.
John F. McCabe. formerly real
estate and automobile salesman in
the city. and the fourth alleged gun
man held on charge Of murder. was
not involved in the Virginia robberies
by Mrs. Cooper
The fact that McCabe was not on
this trip bears out the testimony by
Eagles at the corouers inquest yes
terday that he and Marine met Nc
Cabe for the first time the night be-
fore the fatal shooting.
Funeral services for Policeman
Busch will be held tomorrow morning
at $50 o'clock at ST Paul's Church.
Fifteenth and V streets interment
will be in Arlington National Gene
terry. Hundreds of policemen have
filed into the Hysong undertaking
parlors. 1900 y street. to view the
body II was announced today there
will be four pallbearers selected from
his former companions at the tenth
precinct station, and four from The
Loyal Legion. an organization of over
seas men. Busch was in the Navy
as a radio man during the World
War.