Evening star., 1926-10-15
ACID FAILS TO BARE
FIGURES ON GUN IN
SCRIVENER KILLING
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offered for the CAPTURE of Scrivener p
slayer today. In addition to sums Of
fered hy newspapers, the Police De
partment is Offering $500, and Detec-
tive James Sprlncm2n made 1t known
today that he was commissioners to
offer $500.
Mrs. Nina Van Wrinkle lieutenant
of the WnmenS Bureau. was in con
ference vest erday afternoon and late
last night with Inspector Pratt. hut
stated TODAY &ne Was taking n" active
mart as vet in the investigation other
than the general activity characterize
ing the whole Police Department.
Questioning Establishes Little.
Every person arrested during the
last few days by police who could
possibly have had any sort of con
nection with the murder has been
questioned along this line. without
helping police to any material degree.
Rex Downing Of Pennsylvania and
Frank Roberts Of New York City
were being held for investigation at
the seventh precinct. Precinct au-
thorities discla lined any knowledge as
to why they were being held. intimat-
ing, however. that they were not be
lieved to he held In the general MUIR
der investigation.
OF those questioned thus far in con
nection with the case. detectives are
satisfied none has been able tn he of
assistance sin the probe.
Mai. f. b. Hesse today IT@Dived n
letter advocating the wearin- of pis
tolls on the out side Of the uniform by
policemen, from Andrew *. Reynolds
local real estate man.
Mr. Reynolds stated that lit takes
too long time for man to reach in
and get his gun ont in an emergency
and a bandit can kill. as II has already
been indicated. by assassination of
some good men of the police depart
ment here of late" In addition. he
said. the mere appearance OF the pis-
tol would serve as notice for eau
tiOn on the part of the bandit being
placed under arrest.
The thoroughgoing effort of the
one who filed off the pistol numbers
became known also today. 1t was
established that the serial numbers
had not only been filed off the barrel
but also off the butt OF the pistol and
off the metal slab beneath the COM
position handle castings. There were
three other numbers on the pistol.
These were on the cylinder. Either
these were missed or deemed unim-
portant and left intact. Through
prior communication with the arms
company. however. 1t has already
been established that these three
numbers were the last three of the
serial number of the pistol.
Minister Has Sorrowful Duty.
The minister who was to have per-
formed the wedding ceremony on the
| day of .Scrivener's assassination Off
| ciated instead today at his funeral.
In the presence Of his sweetheart
| relatives and persons high in the
public affairs of, the Capital Rev. DIR.
Earle Wilfey. pastor of the Vermont
Avenue Christian Church. paid a
striking tribute to the slain detective
at preliminary rites held at his late
| home in Georgetown.
Grimfac men-many of them
comrades of the deceased-and others
| in the company of mourners which
overfowed into the street in front of
1929 \ street. could glimpse from the
| funeral place the tragic spot. in an
alley just across the street, where
Arthur Scrivener fell. mortally wound