Evening star., 1929-12-03
MARAGON TO URGE
FINGERPRINT CHECK
IN SCRIVENER PROBE

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it look like scrivener had committed
suicide" he said.
The first witness of the morning
DR.. Joseph Bateman of S026 Wisconsin
avenue-was closeted With the grand
Jury Is minutes. Before being called
DR.. Bateman told reporters he realized
he could decline to testify on the
grounds that to do so would be in vio-
lation of the ethics of his profession
He said, however, that he felt an in
justice had been done and the public
should learn Scrivener's physical condi-
tion at the time of his death.
DR.. Bateman asserted he had been a
friend of Scrtvener for several years
and was his private physician. He said
the detective was in excellent health at
the time of his death and that he knew
of no reason why Scrivener should have
wanted to delay his marriage, set for
the night after he met death. DR..
Bateman said he had no criticism to
make of the Police Department.
The first woman to appear before the
grand jury today was Miss Catherine
Markey, former fiancee of Scrivener.
Miss Markey testified nearly an hour.
She was the first witness since the
investigation started yesterday morn
ing to take more than IS minutes Of
the grand jury's time.
Mis- Markey EvaSive.
Though courteous, Miss Markey evad-
ed all efforts of reporters to question
her. She sat in the private Office of
United States Attorney Leo A. Rover
until she was called before the grand
Jury. On leaving the hearing room
Miss Markey told questioners, Il don't
want to say anything, please"
The young woman appeared to be
| highly nervous. She hurried from the
! building in company with an unidentl-
fed man.
AS a witness before the coroner's in
quest into Scrivener's death Miss Mar
key testified she saw Scrivener only a
day or two before his death. She quotes
him as having asked her to marry .liIn
as she once had promised to do, al
though he at the time was engaged TO
another girl. She said Scrivener NUT
tered, I'm not married yet-God knows
what win happen"
VIII Check Prints.
Rover revealed before the investiga-
ton got under way this morning that
he would do everything possible to
check the fingerprints found on the
Scrivener pistol. Asked whether re-
ports that he would compare the prints
with records of the Department OF
Justice were true, Rover said ne was
unable to say.
The United States Attorney disclosed
no dispositions would be taken, from
Mr.. and Mrs. Turner Scrlvener OF
Winchester, Va, the parents OF the
dead detective. He pointed out That
the couple declined invitations to ap-
pear before the grand jury because OF
i'll health and said it would be illegal
to take their testimony by deposition
because the investigation was being con-
Quoted by grand jury.
Mai. Hatcher Testifles.
Mai. James L. Hatcher, a firearms
expert of the War Department., was
closeted with the grand jury Tor an
hour and a half. AS witness before
the conorer's inquest, Maj. Hatcher
demonstrated various tests made in an
effort to determine whether the bullet
which killed Scrivener could have been
fired by the detective himself. Maj.
Hatcher expressed the opinion at that
time that the detective might have fired
the shot.
The grand jury spent only a few
minutes questioning Lieut.. Joseph Nor
gan, acting chief of the homicide squad.
Lieut. Morgan's only connection with
the case was his questioning of Mrs.
Amelia Turley, who testified yesterday.
Mrs. Turley told the grand jury man
had confessed to her that he had shot
Scrivener.j