The Washington times., 1931-04-10
POSSES DES|ST
AFTER NIGHTS
SEARCHING
Hope Entertained Widow of
Dead Leader May Point to
Whereabouts of FugitiVes
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taken q taxi to a hiding place.
The sheriff believes that the
men walked to the Capital under
cover Of darkness, as no cars
have been reported stolen in this
Vicinity since the hold-up.
The body of the dead bandit
leader still remains in an under
taking establishment at Ritchle,
Md, and has been viewed by
many curious persons. What dis
position will be made of the re,
mains has not been determined,
An inquest will be held in
Hayes death this afternoon at
Forrestville, Md.
There is still great excitement
In Upper Marlboro and the street
in front of the courthouse is
thronged with, men, many OF
them armed, ready to go if word
should be received that the BAN
dts have been located.
Widow Quizzed Again
AS headquarters we're preparing
to throw out a dragnet over the
city for the mysterious woman
scout in the case, Mrs. Joseph
JerviS Hayes. widow of the slain
% bandit chief. was again being
questioned by police.
The woman was interrOgated
for several hours last night by
Capt. Edward J. Kelly following
her arrest at her apartment in
Clifton Terrace. She talked freely,
detectives admitted, but declined
to reveal just what information
she had given them.
Following the first questioning,
the widow of the bandit chief was
returned to the House of Deten-
ton. It was then indicated that
she had told enough to give in
VeStigatorS a strong lead to the
Identities of the two bandits, who,
armed with a machine gun, are
at large.
May be "SkeetS" Hayes
From descriptions of the slain
bandit it was said that Hayes
might be the "SkeetS" Hayes
q SOuHAS NVAAAACC9AOA Will OOs
Valentines Day massacre of seven
men in Chicago three years ago.
y "Skeets" Hayes is believed to
have been the gunner operating
the Thompson sub-machine gun
used in the wholesale Staying.
Finding of parts of machine
gun, number of belts of amnuni-
ticn and cartridges for a machine
gun in Hayes apartment yester-
day further strengthens the belief
that the bandit was professional
killer and had possibly been i'm
plicated in a number of recent
bank hold-ups in other cities.
Point to Florida
A number of pictures found in
the apartment showed Hayes, his
wife and 18-mOnth-Old yOungSter
beneath palm trees on tropical
beaches. This gave rise to the be-
lief that Hayes may have been
wintering in Florida, probably
near the CapOne estate, but when
the hue and cry to clean out
gangSterS was made, beat a haSty
retreat.
Photographs of the slain bandit
will be compared at the National
Bureau Of Criminal Identified
ton as soon as w. R. Enyeart
returns from Marlboro, where he
is taking fingerpri.lts of the
slain gangster. The fingerprints
will be compared with those
found at the Garden T Shoppe
following the robbery last ! 'iday,
in which the cashier was shot
down in cold blood.
Captain Kelly and other mem.
bers of the homicide squad dis.
counted reports that the two 9s-
capped bandits are hiding in a
swamp near Marlboro or that
they are anywhere near that
vicinity. A map found in the
automobile at Browns Station.
eight miles from Marlboro, was
found to have well-defined
getaway" route marked on it in
! pencil.
Road Seldom Used
( The road charted out is a dirt
thoroughfare which is seldom
used, and leads in the general
direction of the Crane Highway.
The men had gained a long
start of pursuing officers, and de-
tectiveS now express the belief
that they were miles away when
che abandoned car in which they
escaped from Marlboro was found
i'm q ditch.
It was also discovered yesterday
that the escaping bandits had an
other machine parked on the road
which they had selected for their
escape. They are believed to have
transferred to that machine.
Investigators are of the opinion
that the bandits. after being
blocked in their attempt to enter
the District, turned into the dirt
road and made their way through
Jacksonville. Md. and then to a
paved State road. possibly the
Crane Highway, and headed for
Baltimore.
{ Two Men Are Seen
While Washington police were
/ making a futile attempt to CLEAN
sufficient information as to the