Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-01-16
TAXI Staying CLUE
duplicates THREE
Police Seek to Connect Men
Held for January 10 Rob-
berry in Jones Murder.

Working under the direction Of Lieut..
Edward J. Kelly. detectives Of the h0rni-
eide SQUAD today conferred their at:en-
ton on identifying three colored men
who held up colored taXicab driver
January 10 as means OF leading 10
the solution of the murder OF William
Harvey Jones. % years old, driver for
the Black g. White Cab Co, who, police
now have found. was shot TO death
while driving fare Saturday night on
Twenty-fifth street between NJ and y
streets.
Ready Small, colored. Ills T street,
driver Of a taxi. was held up By three
colored passengers Just after the cab
turned into Twenty-ffth street from NJ,
according to his report TO the police.
Jones cab is believed 10 have followed
the same route and had proceeded a
short distance on Twenty-hfth street
when the driver received the fatal
wound
One of the alleged hold-up trio Of the
Small taxicab is in custody at the eighth
precinct station, charged With robbery.
He gave his name as Charles Harris, "a
years old. l847 Seventh street Ac-
cording 10 the police Small has identi-
fed him. Small was 70 have appeared
at police headquarters this afternoon 20
view several coIored persons in custody
on the theory advanced by the police
that one or two Of those being held for
investigation may hare been occupants
of his cab at the time Of the holc-Up.
-Four men and a woman are IN Gus
tody. Two Of these are claimed by the
police 10 have been seen in Harris COM
pany on the day of the robbery.
Once the identity OF the colored trio
is established the detectives feel they
are on the right track in their efforts
to apprehend the murderer Of Jones.
Funeral Plans Made.
While the investigation went forward
without a let-up from the moment
Jones body was found slurped over
the wheel Of his cab. which had sped
driyerless for half block before crash
ing into tree after he had been fatally
wounded. preparations for the funeral
were being made today by his widow.
Mrs Irene Jones OF 260l Morris place
northeast. and members OF her family.
Servi>SS are 10 be held Thursday after
noon al O'Clock and interment xiIi De
IN Congressional Cemetery Today an
autopsy was performed or the BODY or
Dr.. Joseph D. Rogers. deputy coroner.
who stated that no date had been SET
for an inquest.
The identity Of the colored woman
who rushed into the Black & White
Co.'S Office at Twenty-fourth and "
street. Saturday night was established
yesterday and she vas questioned closely
by the police. She was quoted as hav-
ing informed those II the Office ira.
one Of your men IS Shot somebody
Is shot" and my husband shot him
The husband. estranged from mis-
wife, vas Questioned He denied that
he had fired a. the driver and eS;sb-
lisfled alibis which the police checked
carefully. Later the woman, according
10 the officers. adrnittd she had mem
toned her husband because he vas q
mean man" and might have been in
volved In il.
Meter Registers IS Cents.
Detectives established the fact ths.
Jones was employed az Eighteenth
street and Florida avenue. Using 3
cab similar 70 that driven BY Jones.
they went 20 the scene q. the shooting
and found that the meter turned over
10 80 cents w.Hcn they reached the point
the Gao had stopped II lis crash against
the tree The meter il Jones cab
reached SIS cents when his body was
found James II. Miles. q driver for
me taxi company. gave police The IN
formation thai proved 20 thei- SA.istac-
Ton that Jones vas hired by some one
and that person fred The fatal shot.
Throwing additional ..Sht on this
point John Fleets. Waterman a. ths
District properties at Twea:y-S.-h and
streets, told police re saw q coIo-sa
man Jump from the t2x;cab shortly -
fore he heard q shot Fleets said ths
man lsaped while the CAB WAS T.
notion
TWO rewards. ;ctaiing $500. 5000 GU;
toGay fo- the S-re>. ard co-yic.:c2 cs
the "OerScn ~ oS-ScrS~ EAo murdered
Jones Five hundred 6ola-S WAS Con-
tricGtSS oy ~ ,SN!cSa COMPANY ard
$500 BY The HNll.s DsSsrs--,sr,