The Washington times., 1931-02-17
REPORT
Of MURDER .
CRITICIZED :.
BY JURY
Evidence Held insufficient
to Justify Detention OF
Men; Police Receive Praise

All four suspects in the murder
of Beulah Limerick were released
today from the District Jail when
the Grand Jury reported that the
evidence given them ''does not
sufficiently indicate the guilt OF
any person or persons"
This action by the Grand Jury
leaves the police just where they
were when the body Of the former
usher was found by her brother In
the house at 1S Nineteenth st.
s, E., on the morning Of Decenl'
ber 81 last. .-.
Justice Peyton Gordon, to
whom the report was presented
ordered the suspects released from
jai! where they have been held
without bail.
Langdon Still Accused
Robert F. Langdon, "the cop on
the beat whom Beulah feared;
Vernon Thomas Limerick, the
slain girls brother, who lived
with her: William Edward Paddy,
who accompanied her to a dance
the night before she was killed,
and Richard Sheridan Reed, who
lived in the same house with the
girl mad sometimes passed with
her as ''Mr. and Mrs. Reed the
suspects in the case, were re-
leased.
LangdOn, however, is stiIl
charged with possession Of q Stiq
and whisky in his home. The
still and liquor are alleged to
have been found in LangdOn'S
home when police went to search
for evidence in connection with
the murder.
The four men we're brought to
court from the Jail and lodged nj
cells at the Court House shortly
after 10 o'clock and held there
until released about 1890 o'clock.
Prosecutor Praised
Assistant United States At
torney Julien Richards, who has
conducted the Grand Jury
through the maze of investigation,
which included the testimony Of
nearly so witnesses, was extolled
by the different members of the
Grand Jury for his patience and
indulgence in presenting the evil
dence, and Capt. e. j. Kelly and
John Flaherty. Of the Detective
Bureau, were named nj the report
for the courageous, diligent, and
conscientious effort to solve this
crime" and utmost confidence in
them was voiced in the report.
The report recommends that
doctors or interneS who are called
in such cases be required to re-
port Immediately to police any
suspicious circumstances and to
remain at the scene until arrival
of the Coroner or police.
Delay Recalled
It is recalled that at the time
Of the murder, the nature Of the
girls death was not discovered
until the body had been sent to
the undertaken, and he reported
the discovery of a bullet wound
behind her ear, although the in.
terne in the case, who had been
called from Casualty Hospital had
reported her death due to H1emor-
rhage.
The Grand Jury also reported
that, from the evidence it had
heard, the deputy coroners pre-
ferred holding their autopsies at
the undertaking parlors rather
than at the District Morgue, be.
cause of the inadequate facilities
and generally poor conditions"
existing at the morgue, and
recommended that the authorities
make proper investigation and
correct these conditions, if pos.
sible.
Barton Ewers, foreman Of the
Grand Jury, signed the report in
his official capacity and the re-
manning members attested with
their signatures that the report
is offered purely in a construc-
tive spirit, for this body does not
wish the report to be critical of
any individual connected with
"a