Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-10
TWO MORE CALLED
IN SCRIVENER CASE
Doctor and Close Personal
Friend Are Surprise"
Witnesses.

Important last-minute developments
in the grand jury investigation of the
shooting three years ago Of Detective
Sergt. Arthur B. Scrivener were fore
seen today with the announcement by
District Attorney Leo A. Rover that he
will present testimony to the jury to-
morrow from a physician and close
personal friend of the slain detective.
Especial significance was attached TO
the district attorneys announcement
because he formerly had stated that he
did not expect to call any additional
witnesses. It was believed, however,
that he received information last night
or this morning that these two wit
nesses might be bale to throw some
light on the ti1ree-year-old mystery
of the detectives death.
1t was announced yesterday that the
grand jury would return a report on the
case as soon as it received a statement
from the Department of Justice as to
the result of a comparison of finger
prints OF witnesses with smudged print
found on gun lying beside Schrivener's
body. The finger print report was
turned over to Mr. Rover this morning.
He would not say whether information
contained in this report had anything
to do with his decision to reopen the
case.
DIR. H. NJ. Dixon to Testify.
The witnesses who will testify tomor-
row are DR.. H. M. Dixon, 20l3 street,
and Ralph T. Stabler of the 900 block of
Tenth street.
Stabler said this morning that he
was close personal friend of Scrivener
and that he had associated with him
regularly just before he was killed. He
said that he and Scrivener often went
to restaurants and theaterS together
and that he had considerable knowl-
edge of the detectives personal affairs.
Stabler said he had not been question:
ed by Mr.. Rover, but that he supposed
the District Attorney hoped to secure
information from him which would
clear up several unexplained incidents
in the detectives career shortly before
he met his death. He said he would
gladly give all information he had to
the grand jury.
DR.. Dixon said that he had known
Scrivener slightly for some time, but
did not believe he would be able to
furnish any information that might
helm explain his death. He said he was
not Scrivener's personal physician and
had never performed any professional
services for him.
Both Mentioned Before.
Although the names of both men have
been mentioned in connection with the
Scrivener case before, neither has been
called upon at any time to testify.
Considerable speculation was aroused
when it was learned that Mr.. Rover was
in conference for nearly an hour this
morning, with Miss Katherine Markey,
said to have been engaged to Scrivener
shortly before he was killed. According
to information which Mr.. Rover has,
Scrivener, who went to see Miss Markey
shortly before becoming engaged to an
other girl, had asked her to return an
engagement ring he had given her
When Miss Markey testified before the
grand jury last week, she is thought
to have said that Scrivener asked her
to marry him at that time, but that she
refused.
Mr.. Rover would not state why he
had called Miss Markey to his office
this morning, saying there was no
news" in their conversation.
After comparing approximately !,4OO
finger prints with the print found on
the 0un with which Scrivener was killed,
the Department of Justice is thought
not to have found any one which tai
lied Finger prints of all but one OF
the more than 80 witnesses who testl-
fIed before the grand jury last week
were taken. The exception was John
j. Maragon, who early III tne cast nau
demanded that the grand jury hnger
print every one connected WIN Ine
case. Maragon refused to say why ne
changed his mind when it came his turn
to testify
Expects Report This Week.
Scrivener's body was found in an
alley near his home in Georgetown
early on the morning of october l3,
1926. The police at once declared that
murder had been committed and start
ed an investigation. Subsequently, a
coroner's jury decided that he had been
murdered by unknown persons.
Mr.. Rover said that even with the
reopening of the case he expected that
report would be forthcoming from
the grand jury before the end OF the
week.
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