The Washington times., 1929-07-08
BRIDGE.
DENIES
Gull I

Evidence discovered today
convinced police that Alfred
.Aldridge, 20-year-old colored
desperate was the trigger
ma" in the shooting Of Harry
j. Mcdonald, policeman,
during a pistol battle Satur-
day at Seventeenth and @
Streets Northwest.
Inspector william S. Shelby chief
of detectives. declared a SS-caliber
automatic revolver found in Alfred's
room showed signs OF having been
fired recently. -Four shells We're
missing. Exactly four shots were
fired at Mcdonald.
Denies Shooting
Though Alfred denies he shot
Mcdonald, an exploded shell found
near the spot where the bluecoat
was wounded fits the gun. The
shiny blue steel weapon, Alfred
claims, was used by his brother
Albert in wounding Mcdonald be-
fore Albert himself was killed.
This prisoner Shelby said,
tells preposterous story. He
claims his brother pulled his finger
as he held the pistol. He'll CON
Tess before long,"
Detectives also rely on a death
bed statement of Albert to aid them
in drawing g. confession from AL
fred. Albert insisted before lapsing
into unconsciousness that his
brother shot Mcdonald.
Mcdonald Improved
Meanwhile, physicians announced
Mcdonald has shown marked inn
provement. While his condition re-
mains serious, he has a much bet
ter chance TO recover than was
originally believed.
Alfred was captured by policemen
with drawn pistols on street car
ut Seventh Street and Pennsylvania
Avenue Northwest, yesterday as
women screamed and men jumped
behind seats.
The foutfl had evaded far-flung
search instituted just after McDon-
aid collapsed in the arms of Tel
low bluecoats following the fight.
AIdridge confessed to accom-
panying, his brother on maraudlng
expeditions in which the following
places were fanSacKeu:
,Ioe's Haberdashery, in the 1900
block OF Fourteenth st. N. W.,
operated by Joe Kelbiling; People 3
Drug Store. 100 block Connecucut
ave- N. w: F'rederick's Clothing
store, 700 block OF Ninth st. N. W.;
Cayanaugh Hendricks hardware and
euorting goods store, 5000 block or
M st. n. W., and the kennsth
Pharmacy, Seventeenth and .
streets Northwest.
AIdradge later confessed to break
Ing into the garage Of Baxter Nc
kinney, in the first block Of De
catur ST. N. W.. the night of June
= and stealing about $25 worth OF
hack saw blades and other articles.
Surrounded Car
81 Aldridge was taken into custody
by Lieut. w. E. Holmes and J. Y.
BiIIman, q detective, both OF the
Third precinct, after police sur
rounded the street car on which he
]. was riding. The Gordon Of police
men rushed after the street car,
after a patrolnan summoned aid
when he noticed q suspicious look
ing colored man lettering about the
vicinity Of Ninth Street and Penn.
syIvania Avenue Northwest.
Lieutenant Holmes and Billman
rushed. into the street car. bran
dishin their pistols and had Al
bridge l"covered" before he was
aware bf their presence. Both en-
francis to the car were guarded by
otlieK1 police. Aldridge meekly sur
rendered
Find Guns
Questioning resulted in the police
karning the Aldridge brothers had
Ibeen living in a room in the 500
EbIock OF TWenty-second st, r. W.
TWO pistols were found there. Both
were loaded. Alfred Aldridge then
led his captors to the room of his
dead brother in the 1000 block of
q. st. NJ. w, where four loaded
guns were found.