Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-02
Detective Leaves to Return
Ruth Bradley, Accused in
Green Gables Case.
CHARGED AS ACCESSORY
IN ROADHOUSE Staying
Florence, S. c., Police Act on Ad.
vice of Capital Officers Working
to Solve Case.

Investigation of the Green Gables
murder case took new turn today
when local police sent detective to
Florence, S. c., to return Ruth Bradley,
alias Lynn Dalton, wanted by the Dis
trict on grand larceny charge and by
Maryland authorities as an alleged MUIR
der accessory In the roadhouse shooting.
Headquarters Detective Arthur T.
FINELY is on his way to the South Caro-
lima city with the larceny warrant,
which has no connection with the Mary
land case. In view of the more serious
charge made out against the woman in
Prince Georges County it was uncertain
what disposition would be made of the
larceny case.
The Bradley woman was arrested at
Florence last night at the request of the
Washington police. She had been sought
continuously by local and Maryland au-
thorities since the Staying at the road
house on March 20 of Wesley Poutra
and the shooting of Joe Hauser. She is
expected here tomorrow night.
Associated Press dispatches from Flor
ence quoted the Bradley woman as
denying that she mad anything to do
with the shooting. She told police she
was at the roadhouse the night of the
affray, but fed when the shooting
started, leaving her car and fur coat
at the scene. She said she knew Poutra
and that he was "a fine man."
Message Intercepted.
The girls arrest was brought about
by an intercepted message signed Lynn
Dalton" and addressed to Evelyn Met.
calf. alias Evelyn Austin, one of the
girls now being held in connection with
the ARRAY at the Marlboro Jail. The
message was written from Richmond
Va, and mentioned that Ruth Bradley
was being sought on the Green Gable:
case. Detectives here then remembered
| that they had a warrant for a Lynn
| Dalton, woman, for grand larceny
| and a search of the records revealed
| that the description tailed with thai
of Ruth Bradley. The telegram wa:
| then sent to the Florence authorize.
asking that the woman be arrested.
| Headquarters detectives today ad
mitted that both they and the Mary
land authorities had believed UP to las
night that the Lynn Dalton they Sough
was man.
It had previously been believed tina
| the Bradley woman would be brough
back here and turned over to the Mary
land authorities, but after a length!
conference between Lieut. Edward Kelly
chief of the homicide squad, and Mary.
land authorities, it was decided shortl!
before noon today to send FINELY t.
Florence to return the woman here II
be tried in the jurisdiction on the Crane
larceny charge.
The arrest of the Bradley woman
brought the total number of persons ar
rested in the case to date to seven
Lieut.. Kelly said. He listed the other
as Louis BehrenS, alias John Bunny
John Bremen, Evelyn Medcalf, ALA
Evelyn Austen; Lucille Grisson, Emil
Tore and Joe Hauser. Behrens an,
| Bremen are at liberty on bond. Tore
Evelyn Metcalf and Lucille Grisson ar
held at the Marlboro jail. Hauser /
at Emergency Hospital recovering from
| gunshot wounds.
Opinion Of Police.
| Police still insist that the riotol
party and subsequent shooting wer
staged for the purpose of placing tn
Maryland roadhouse in Ill repute an
depreciating its sale value.