Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-06
GUN THOUGHT USED
! IN MURDER FOUND
Weapon Offers New Clue to
{, the Staying of Marine
r Private Thorne.
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land, s. c., identified the body at the
Fitchie, Nd, undertaking parlor in
(which it is being kept. He said he
vas sure the corpse was that of Thorne,
even before he viewed it, because of
the initials "E. T." on wallet found
IN the. dead mans pocket and the
= Positive identification Of the body
vas made today by metropolitan police
and Navy Department officials
w, r. Enyeart, one of the identlflca-
ttuIi experts at police headquarters, went
to Richie, Md, yesterday and obtained
the skin from the right middle finger
of the dead man. After hardening the
skin with chemicals he was able to
obtain a print, from which identif1ca-
ton was made by comparison with off,
cisl Marine Corps records. The identi-
fsation was made by w. B. McKelden,
scivilian fingerprint expert for the
Marine Corps, who said the marks
tailed beyond question, The body Ere
Siously had been identified as that OF
Thorne by q fellow Marine who worked
with him In the kitchen at the Marine
Barracks.
Listed as DeSerter.
Thorne's murder resulted in his being
entered on rolls of the Marine Corps
as a deserter. The records show Thorne
disappeared from the Marine Barracks
at am. January II last and had been
classed as deserter since.
: His service records show he was porn
August /. 1908, at Hagan, Ga, and was
on his first enlistment, having joined
tina corps July 1S, 1927, at Savannah,
Ga. He received his recruit training at
Paris Island, and came to the Marine
Barracks here on February %, 1928. He
was promoted from private to private
iarst: class, April !, 1929.
\. Police here are searching for former
Marins. who is said to have been sent
to naval prison on testimony given
against him by Thorne. This Marine,
said to be an oil station attendant in
Washington, was accused by Thorne OF
having embezzled money given him 70
deposit in Thorne'S account at wash
ington bank and of forging checks
against Thorne's bank account.
2 Thorne reported the matter to ms
ktIperiors, and the accused Marine was
Eiven a general court -rnartlal ana sen,
firison at Paris Island, largely on the
Arength of the testimony given by
Returned to Washington.
: The Navy Department approved the
kentence, and the accused was 1mprls-
Oned on October "a, 1929. The Secre-
4ary Of the Navy RENTED the balance
Of the mans sentence for good behavior,
and he was discharged with bad char
Fcter on FEBRUARY IS last, after which
ne is said to have returned TO WASH
Sngton.
e Schaefer, cornetiSt in the United
states Marine Band, and one of the
men under arrest, came to the at
Eention Of the washington police on
February %, when he reported having
been held up in his home at $50 Hamn-
ton street and robbed Of SIT, radio ana
Ten DAYS later he reported having
been attacked by colored man at the
door Of his home and robbed Of about
S5. He thought the same colored man
figured in both cases.
Native Of Washington.
: Marine records show Schaefer was
born in Washington September IL, 1905,
and enlisted in the Marine Corps here
On September %, 1928. He extended his
enlistment for two years and re-enliSted
on September %, 1929, at Cleveland. He
holds the rating Of thi-d-class musician
IA the Marine Band.
Selbicky, also under arrest, holds
the rating of first-claSs musician IN
the Marine Corps, and in recent years
has been on duty here with the Marine
Band. He was born in Iowa City. Iowa,
March 10, 1891, and enlisted in the
Array on January IL. 1908, serving with
an Army Infantry Band until May Z,
1917, when he was discharged.
Selbicky joined the Marine Corps on
May IL, 1917, and has served con-
tinuously since. He last re-enlisted
May ~, 1929. His record shows his
services in both Army and Marine Corps
has been excellent, each enlistment
terminating in an honorable discharge.
TE1orne's mother, authorities said,
lives in Augusta, Ga. She has been
notified of her sons death, but other
members of the family are expected TO
go to Richie to claim the body.