The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-11-15

have testified that he was with
them IN to 1880 on the morn.
ing OF the murder. the approx
mate time they declare. he went
to Sc. al the home Of his parents
IN the 400 block Of Upshur st.
n. w.
Awakened by Fare
Frye declares that sometime be
tween 1870 and 3 o'clock . man
in 8 gray suit woke him up while
he was doing in his cab at Fiji.
tenth Street and New York
Avenue.
He directed that he be taken
to Twenty1irse Street and Penn
syIyar1ia Avenue. Arriving there,
Frye declared, his passenger or
dered that he be driven to an
alley in the rear Of the Park
Lane apartments, where he left
the cab. Frye is said 20 have
later identified Mcpherson as his
passenger.
Policeman Lawrence Bolts. Of
the Third precinct, who was with
Allen on the morning Of the muir
der, was before the Grand Jury
for more than an hour. He IS
believed to have been questioned
in detail as to the attitude Of
police "higher-ups" in attempting
to discredit Allen and prove their
suicide theory.
Mcpherson was indicted Four
tenth by a District Grand Jury,
but the instrument was found
voidable because Of the presence
on the jury of q Government
pensioner, technically ineligible
to serve. John e. LEskey, special
assistant to the Attorney Gen
eral, who is handling the prosecu-
ton. voluntarily consented to the
reSubmission Of the case to the
present Grand Jury.
Lewark's motorrnan on the trip
in question, J. H. Green, was also
questioned by Department Of JUS
tiee operatives, however. as was
Lewark, and it is not known
whether or not he will be called
before the Grand Jury.
Green told The Times that
what he knew wouldn't do any
one any particular good and
wouldn't do them any particular
harm.
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heard today is Inspector William
s. Shelby, deposed chief Of de-
tectives, who was Scathingly criti-
cised by the Grand Jury which In
dicted Mcpherson. 1t is believed
Shelby viii expound his suicide"
theory to the Grand Jury.
Aliens Theory Heard =
Nearly q dozen witnesses went
before the Grand Jury yesterday.
Most important Of these was ex.
Policeman Robert J. Allen, whose
one-man investigation Of the muir.
der caused the Grand Jury to re.
open it after the police and q
coroner'S jury had branded the
pretty North Carolina nurse as a
suicide"
Allen was with the Grand Jury
more than an hour and, upon
emerging, expressed the opinion
that this Grand Jury also would
indict.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy o. Heavrin
were other important witnesses.
Mrs. Heavrin, who lived directly
under the Mcpherson apartment.
is said to have told the Grand
Jury Of hearing q heated argu-
ment sometime after / q. m. in
the Mcpherson apartment.
She is said to have declared
that there were sounds Of q Scuf-
file, a woman's cries Of "Oh, Bob,
Sop" SobS, groans and then
silence. Then followed sounds Of
water and later a motor
Started up in the alley nearby.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Brown,
who lived in the Lonbardy, just
across from the Park Lane, also
estified. Mrs. Brown is said to
rave told the Grand Jury Of
wakening sometime that morn
ng Of September IS to hear a
crying in the direction
the Mcpherson Apartment.
hen coughing and choking.
Lieut.. Warren Embrey, night
laief Of detectives, was another
witness. It Is believed he told
of receiving a request from Mrs.
RTcPherson's parents in South
Carolina for 'protection" for their
daughter some weeks before the
murder.