Evening star., 1926-10-04
BANDITS INDICTED
ON MURDER CHARGE
IN BUSCH Staying
SiIverbIatt, Marino, McCabe
and Proctor Accused in
First Degree.
ONLY SEVERAL CALLED
TO GIVE TESTIMONY
Three of Prisoners Declared to
Have Confessed to Police
After Arrest.

Murder in the first degree was
charged in an Indictment returned
today by the grand jury against
Lee Silverblatt, alias Nicholas Lee
Eagles; Samuel Marino, John r. Nc
Cabe and John Proctor, in connection
with the death of Policeman Leo w.
X. Busch last Tuesday.
Policeman Busch died from wounds
received in a gun battle with the four
alleged auto bandits and hi-jackers
early on the morning of. September
rs and the Indictment was returned
within less than week Of the date
the officer succumbed.
Maj. Peyton Gordon, United States
attorney. Immediately following the
gun battle near Grant Circle in the
early Sunday morning hours, prom
Used speedy action in getting the four
accused men, who had been charged
with murder, before the grand jury.
Following the death of Policeman
Busch. the men were formally charged
with the crime and on the following
day were ordered held for the action
of the grand jury by coroner's jury
Eight Counts In Indictment.
The Indictment returned today is in
eight counts. In the first count it Is
alleged that Silverblatt. alias Eagles
held the pistol which inflicted the
fatal wound on the policeman BY
the second count the weapon is
placed in the hands of Marino. The
third count accuses McCabe as the
one holding the fatal pistol, while the
fourth count places the weapon in the
hands OF Proctor. The fifth count
alleges that either of the four ac-
Cused--the exact one to the graz
jurors Observation-Disclosures one mortal
wound on Busch. BY the sixth count
1t Is alleged that all the accused held
pistols and all shot. infiicting one
mortal wound.
The seventh count resembles the
fifth allegation except that it is
charged that some one inflicted three
fatal wounds on Busch. BY the
eighth count it is charged that all
fired and all inflicted three mortal
wounds.
witnesses who gave testimony tc
the jurors were: Headquarters Detec
tive Edward Kelly, Ralph c. Proctor
brother of John Edward J. Duffy
newspaper man: Policeman Enoch s
Bradshaw. Capt. Fred NJ. Cornwell
DIR. Ralph j. Benoit. Precinct Detec
tive Dennis J. Murphy and Roscoe l.
Oatley, through whose residence near
Grant circle one of the bandits ran.
Go to Question Proctor.
Immediately after leaving the grand
Jury witness room Detective Kelly, ac-
companied by Headquarters Detec
tives Sweeny and Waldron. left by
automobile to question John Proctor
who is IN the Franklin Square HOspi
tai, suffering from bullet wounds re-
ceived in the battle, and is understood
to be on the road to recovery. To
date the detectives have not discussed
the case with him, owing to reports
that he probably would not recover.
Confessions purported to have been
made by Silverblatt, Marino and Nc
Cabe were understood to have been
given to the jury by Detective Kelly
Proctor's testimony was to the effect
that Immediately after a gun battle
on the Sunday morning in question,
John, wounded, came to his house
and requested that he be taken to
Baltimore.
Silverblatt, at the coroner's inquest.
gave a description of the shooting as
he declared he saw it.