Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-12

nation of the floor for a possible bullet
hole at that time. Cross-examined by
LanEdons attorney, Harry T. Whelan,
Beck said the floor under the cot was
very dirty"
He also assured the jury that there
was enough coffee in several cups in
the, kitchen of the death house to have
hidden the presence of revolver shell.
Langdon found such q shell in one Of
the cups and this, too, he turned over
to police.
Brother Gives Version.
Outstanding in the testimony of Earl
Reed, q brother Of Richard Reed, held
Ger investigation, was his version of
| tho Limerick girls account of how she
had met Robert F. Langdon the police
man held in the case. The witness
testified the girl told him some two
weeks before Christmas that Langdon
had entered her room on several occa-
sions late at night without knocking.
Reed said she. asked him whether he
had read about Langdon in the news
papers. He explained, he replied, in
| the negative.
"She said Langdon told her one
| night" Reed declared, that he was
! supposed to bump Off some woman.
She said, He must be drunk or crazy
to- go around telling people such
things"
Reed told the jury he was present at
the home of Mrs. Limerick when her
son Vernon came in and told his
| mother that Beulah was dad. He added
he accompanied Mrs. Limerick and
! other members of the family to the
room where the body was lying.
Saw Body Lying on Bed.
1.-THE first thing I saw after I got
there" Reed said. was the body lying
on the bed. She looked like she was
dead. Some Of the others thought she
might not be dead and asked me to call
an ambulance. called the ambulance
and the fire rescue squad. waited on
the ambulance for about five minutes,
and when 1t failed to come, called
again"
Collins insisted that the witness at
tempt to refresh his recollection after
he had testified he remembered no con-
Versations between members Of the Linn
erick family concerning the cause Of the
girls death and any time after they
were notified. Reed declared he had
! overheard no remarks of this nature.
Asked About Conversations.
After Reed testified a doctor had told
members Of the family the girl had
died of hemorrhage, Collins asked him
whether there was any discussion with
reference to how the hemorrhages might
have been brought on.
Reed paused to look at the ceiling,
whereupon Collins demanded:
You've been all over this stuff before
with the police and everybody, haven't
you? Why do YOU hesitate so much III
answering questions?"
Evading Collins reprimand, the wit
ness said there were no conversations
so far as he remembered that had any
bearing on the hemorrhages.
How did her hair look when YOU
entered the room?" Collins inquired.
1T was not combed," the witness re-
sponded.
On cross-examination, Reed was
asked by Harry T. Whalen Of counsel
for Langdon, how he could remember
various conversations concerning Lang
don, but could not remember any of
the conversations which took place the
day the girl was found dead.
The witness had no explanation to
offer.
Sister Called to Stand.
Mrs. Ethel Anadale, q sister Of the
Limerick girl and the next witness, said
she went TO her sisters room in a taxi
cab on learning of the girls death. She
Il tried to talk to her." the girl ex-
planned but she didn't answer I then
went into the kitchen. My mother was
in there crying. tried to console her
and suggested she might not be dead"
Collins asked Mrs. Anadale whether
she ever had any conversations with
Beulah concerning men. She answered
she had not.
The inquiry was recessed at 2:3o
O'Clock this afternoon until IL 80 O'Clock
tomorrow morning.
Ashford Is Recalled.
The first witness at today's hearing
was Marion Ashford, who described
himself as a contractor farmer, living
at 327 Allison street. Ashford was re-
called to the stand after Langdon's at
torney questioned statement which the
days hearing.
Langdon, according to Attorney
Whelan, informed him that he had seen
Ashford in Beulah Limerick's residence
some time around Thanksgiving.
Ashford insisted Saturday and was
firm in his REPETITION Of his statement
today that the only time he had ever
been to the Nineteenth street address
was when he drove the Limerick girls
family to her death bed in his auto
mobile.
Asked by Whelan If his automobile
had ever been seen at the house prior
to December 81, Ashford replied that
1t had not ever been to that address to
his knowledge before. Ashford denied |
q direct question by Assistant District
Attorney William H. Collins, who asked |
II Ashford was connected with the |
liquor business.
Friend Takes Stand.
Ashford explained that he rented an |
apartment on q floor below that occu- |
pied by Beulah Limerick's mother, at |
116 North Carolina avenue southeast |
Ashford explained he went there to see |
friend about taking a trip to Phila- !
delphia. The friend, Hugh II. Edwards /
Of Gold Vein, Va, a farmer, next was !
called to the stand.
Edwards explained that he had |
boarded with the Limerick family for |
some four years before he went to |
Virginia last year. He said he went |
to the North Carolina avenue address |
to meet Ashford by prearrangement. |
Both men explained that Ashford's car |
was pressed into service when Vernon |
Limerick came running to the North |
Carolina avenue address with news Of |
his sisters Illness"
Jury Visits Scene.
The coroner'S jury was escorted by
headquarters detectives to the scene Of
the death house this morning, where |
they made q metriculous examination |
OF the premises.
The physical arrangement of the |
squalid little room in which the girl |
was found dying on the morning of |
New Year eve was restored as nearly |
as possible to that which existed when |
she was pronounced dead. The mat |
tress and a blanket and quilt from the !
cot on which Miss Limerick died were |