Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-09-29
ENRAGED At PALS,
BANDIT DESCRIBES
OFF|CER'SSLAY|NG
Eagles, One of Trio Held,
StartIeS All at Inquest With
Full Confession.
DRAMATIC STORY MARKED
BY SARCASM AND ANGER
Went With Others. He Says. En-
pecting Only Hi-jacking, Later
Holding Up Auto.

Holding Up Auto.
With the fire of vengeance still in
his eyes. Nichols Lee Eagles. 81 years
old 319 street. one of the trio Of
alleged bandits held on charges of
murder i'm connection with the fatal
shooting Of Policeman Leo ". n
Busch of No. 10 precinct early Sun.
day morning and the serious wound
Ing OF Policeman Frank l.. ACh,
created a sensation at the District
Morgue this afternoon when he volun-
unfairly took the stand and gave y
detailed account of his part in the
robberies and hOld-ups which pre-
ceded the pistol battle and the sub
sequent capture OF the men.
Following his story, the three meh
Samuel Marino. Eagles and John
+. McCabe--were held for the action
of the grand jury.
1t was as the cOronerS inQueSi
to determine responsibility for tl.
death last night of Policeman Busch
at Garfield Hospital was drawing 1"
close that Eagles shambled to his
feet, drawing Marino, to whom hr
was IdIlUCuHeU, with hlm.
II want TO make statement" he
announced
Coroner j. Ramsay Nevitt. sur
prised with the rest cautioned
Eagles for some moments that what
ever he said would be used against
him later.
Il don't care" Eagles continued.
i am anxious to tell the whole
story"
Voice Shakes With Rage.
After this second request Capt.
Fred Cornwell of the tenth precinct
hurried over and unlocked Eagles
handcuff from Marines and took him
to the stand.
From the outset il was evident that
Eagles motive for wanting to tell the
story was TO give what he considered
an accurate account of John r. Nc
Cabe's and John Proctor's part in the
gun battle which led to Policeman
Busch's death
With his voice quivering with rage
and sarcasm Eagles first impressed on
those who attended the inquest, and
were weighing upon every word he
uttered, that Proctor was the IA.
nous leader and McC'abe the silent
partner
Speaking in a clear strong voice.
Eagles told the following story:
AT o'clock last Saturday night
John Proctor came to my house, on
G street. He begged me to- go out
with him. ! said. No
AT midnight he came back and
pleaded for me to go out with him
Marino and | were playing casino
and drinking coffee. He wanted both
Marino and me to GO
Merely Planned Hijacking.
Despite the fact that my wife
pleaded with me not 10 go at mid
night, ! went when Proctor said all
they were going to do was a job of
hijacking, involving 20 cases Of red.
"Marino and left the house. We
went with Proctor over to n car which
was running and were introduced To
McCabe. | had seen him only once.
the night before at Ninth and T.,
streets.
1T was here" and here again
Eagles waXed sarcastic. that We met
the famous leader and silent partner.
We'll. we went over to Virginia.
but we saw patrol wagon over ther"
and we got scared off.
Next we went over to Maryland.
We let couple of ears pass and at
last we stopped one off.
This Meant HOId-Up.
Inasmuch as Eagles used a great
deal of underworld language and slang
he was forced to interpret good
many of his remarks.
He explained that stopped one off,
meant that they held the car up and
robbed it's passengers.
1.-The first car We held up was
Buick. 1 got a stickpin. Mr. McCabe
got two watches and Proctor the key
to the car"
Eagles made a point every time he
referred to McCabe TO say 'Mr. Nc
Cabe." with an accent on the mister.
After we held up this car we went
to barn and we got an automobile
here While coming to Washington
we got fiat tire. We abandoned the
automobile.
we started walking and presently
we came to Black and White taxicab
telephone box. McCabe and Proctor
called for a cab.
Then Saw the Officers.
at was after we had called for a
cab and walked for about four blocks
that we saw two officers, a short Off
Ger and another one.
1.-The officers questioned us. We told
them we had an automobile out of
commission, but they did not believe
us.
Proctor said to me: Nick. we'll
have to shoot our way out
Just then / saw a flash. l ran with
Marino after me. Marino told me j
am shot.
eve got in a cellar and / covered
Marino up. After a while Marino said
he couldn't stand the bullet wound
in his leg any more. We went up
stairs to get help from the woman
of the house.
Woman Then Screamed.
1.-The woman screamed. She would
not listen to us. She would not be
lieve us. We started to run and a
man grabbed us.
1T was McCabe who wore a green
coat and Marino's hat. He threw the
hat away"
After he had concluded his story
Eagles stood up dramatically and
pointed TO McCabe. declaring:
That's our leader. right there"
After Eagles had completed his tes.
timony. Coroner hewitt asked Marino
If he wished to say anything. Marino
mumbled that he would rather talk
in court.
That there has been keen hostility
between McCabe and Eagles and Ma
rino has been known by the police
since they arrested the three on sun
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