Evening star., 1931-12-03
MURDER WARRANTS
FOR TWO FILED IN
TEA HOUSE Staying
Manager and Owner Named.
Charges Also Due for
Trigger" Suspect.
PHILADELPHIA COMBED
AFTER ABBOTT ARREST
Reputed Leader Ready With Alibi
as Police Seek Four Gunmen
Described by Witnesses.

With the alleged trigger man" In
the Old Colonial Tea House shooting
under arrest in Philadelphia, first-de-
gree murder warrants were issued here
TODAY against Charles Levitt manager
OF the Blacensburg resort, and Norman
Garey, an employe, both of whom are
recovering from bullet wounds at Cas-
ualty Hospital
Ihe warrants, which describe Levitt
and Carey as fugitives from Justice
were issued by Assistant United States
attorney Milford F. Schwartz. They
were sworn out by Detective j. w
wise, who said he was acting at the
request OF Constable Andrew Gasch of
Hyattsville
Guard Against Escape.
The object of the warrants. it was
explained, was to guard against the
possibility of the men leaving the hos
pltal When they have recovered from
their wounds. Both are said to be re-
covering rapidly.
Chief jeremiah j. Crowley of the
Prince Georges County police denied
mat the warrants were issued at
Gasch's request and insisted his inves-
tlgators knew nothing of them
crowley said, however, that a war
rant probably will be issued today
against Peter Abbott, alleged Philadel-
pllla gangster, who has been named as
tne trigger man" in the shooting
Abbott, Crowley said, will be charged
with murder and robbery In connection
WIN the shooting, in which Grover
Amlck, 27-year-old Washington gaso-
me station employe, was killed and five
other persons were wounded early last
week. -''''
The warrant will be obtained, Crow
ley said, as soon as Sergt. William
Feehley, one of the two Baltimore de-
tectlVes working on the case, returns
from Philadelphia.
Feehley went to Philadelphia yester-
Gay to question Abbott, who was arrest
co tnere Tuesday night, after a battle
with two detectives.
Alibi Reported Ready.
Abbott is reported to have declared
tnat ne can prove he was in Phila
oelphla at the time of the shooting.
FeehIey is said to have picked Abbott
from a group of prisoners at the Phila-
oelphla police headquarters, asserting
ne answers the description of the
Trigger man" in the shooting. A man
OF the same general appearance as Alb
Dott Is reported to have been seen in
6laoensourg, short distance from the
peIense Highway tea house, the day
before the shooting.
Arraigned before a Philaselnbis
magistrate yesterday, Abbott was held
without bail, pending an extradition
nearing next Wednesday,
meanwhile, Lieut.. Cornelius Roche
Ine other Baltimore detective assigned
10 the case. is busy running down all
available clues to the identity of the
four gunner still sought.
Underworld Is Searched.
One alleged member of the bandit
gang, Charles Simone, was wounded
curing the gunplay and is under treat
ment I at Casualty. The others are be-
HeVeo TO have gone to Philadelphia.
The Philadelphia "tenderloin" Is
being searched by detectives, and all
the known haunts of underworld char
acters are under police surveillance.
Gasch, who has been working with
the Baltimore detectives, will requestion
Miss Anna Lechlider, 1116 Monroe
street, one of the most important wit
nesses, according to Crowley
Miss Lechlider, who accompanied
AmIck to the tea house, was sitting in
an automobile parked in the rear yard,
when the gunmen arrived. She saw
Liiem remove Ine d1StrlDutOrS from other
cars parked in the yard and enter the
tea house.
There for Delivery.
Amick, an employe of a Washington
gasoline station, is said to have gone
to the road house to deliver a machine
to one of the habitues of the place On
his way, it is said he and a friend.
George Osborne, called for Miss Lech-
lider, who had been visiting in the
county.