Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-08-20
TWO HELD IN PROBE
Of F0FF|CER'SDEATH
Foot Ball Star Taken After
30-Hour Hunt by Al
exandria Police.

Carl Crockett. 20-year-old Alexandria
foot ball star. and Thomas Vance, So
Washington colored man. today are re-
garded by Alexandria police as the prin-
cipal suspects In the murder of Police
Sergt. Elton B. Hummer. who was shot
through the heart at o'clock Saturday
morning as ne was making his rounds
of the city, Another colored man
Graham White of Alexandria is still
held.
The young Alexandrian, who has per-
formed brilliantly on the foot ball fielc
with several independent teams, wa:
arrested yesterday at the home of hi:
stepmother. Mrs. Hugh Crockett, 42e
Seventh street southwest. and taken tc
Alexandria by Police Chief W. w
Campbell He is booked for investi-
cation and is to be questioned at length
today by City Manager Paul Morton
and Chief Campbell.
Sudden Claim Causes Arrest.
Vance was arrested Saturday after
noon by Washington police on a charge
of drunkenness and taken to the ninth
precinct police station. where he sud-
denly declared without questioning: \
haven't been in Alexandria for two
weeks" A .45-caliber automatic pistol
and shells similar in size and type to
those believed by police to have been
used in the killing of Sergt, Hummer
were taken from Vance.
The gun, which was taken from Vance
after his arrest by Policeman J. NJ. Hor-
ton of the ninth precinct. was sent
to New York this morning TO be en-
amined by Maj, Calvin Goddard, fire.
arms expert of that city.
The gun, Horton said. was fully load
ed when taken from Vance. the clip
containing eight cartridges. Horton said
the gun had been fired some time dur
ing the preceding "a hours. This was
denied by Vance, who said the gun had
not been fired for some time.
Similar shells were found on the
ground near Hummer'S body. Those of
As caliber are hard to obtain not being
used by the Army. Neither are they
on sale In most sporting goods stores
Search Reveals Nothing
II Mai Goddards examination of the
weapon indicates IL Is the same one
which fired the shells found beside
Hummer'S body. Vance will be taken 10
Alexandria at once and charged with
murder, Capt Campbell said
A search of Vance's home. at $50 /,
street. yielded nothing having any con-
nection with the case. police said.
CrockettS arrest yesterday terminated
a 30-nour search by Alexandria and
Fairfax County police. which included
a raid on the farmhouse of Edward
Finch, a relative of Crockett by mar
riage. in Fairfax County. The youth
said yesterday that he had been i'll the
farmhouse at the time of the raid, but
left by window and walked nearly
10 miles through fields TO Bancroft.
where he caught bus and came TO
Washington.
Chief Campbell scoffed at the rumor
that tealouSiy might have been In
volved In the Staying However, he ad-
mttted he had determined that Hummer
had one date with Mrs. Margaret
Hudgins who was Crockett'S companion
ON party the night of the shooting,
Witness Heard Voices.
The rumor began at the inquest into
the death when Miss Lena Shapiro.
who heard the policeman and his mur-
derer talking beneath her bedroom
window a few seconds before the shoot
ing took Mace. testified that one of the
mem said, This is the last time I'll
warn YOU"
A bullet hole in fence 10 the rear
of the shoe shop of Frank Ferson
226 South Alfred street, Just of the
alley. where Hummer was shot, account
ed for the third shot fired Ferson discov-
cred fragments of lead about the hole.
about eight feet from the ground This
indicates that Hummer was shot Just
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