The Washington times., 1931-09-22
OLDER CHILD
RE.ENACTS
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Brother George Shows How
Tommy Fired Fatal Shot;
Sister Changes Her Story

Sister changes Her story
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the killing" He said late last
night:
Il have formed no opinion
as to the killing, despite the
fact that Sheriff Hopkins is
certain the Six-year-old lad
killed the aged recluSe. l am
going to let the law take its
course. 1 will hold an inquest
tonight in the Marlboro court
house. will listen to the testi-
mony carefully and will let the
jurymen decide who killed
Mari"
George Mckenzie, who appeared
to be the brightest of the Nc
Kenzie children, eagerly greeted
two visitors to the VermillIon
home.
Without hesitation, he said
Tommy" killed Mari.
At the suggestion of the visitors,
Mrs. Vermillion got a 12-gauge
gun similar to the one used in the
killing of Mari, and George re-
enacted the scene in the Mckenzie
home when Marr was shot.
He grasped the heavy gun like
q veteran huntsman and pointed
it at one of the visitors, who had
slumped in chair just like
George said Marr was Slumped,
when, he said, Tommy" fired the
shot.
When the gun was brought into
the kitchen, Joseph, or Tommy,
Cringed and hid himself under the
kitchen table. While George was
re-enacting the shooting scene,
Joseph attempted to break the
screen in the kitchen door ad-
joining the table to escape into
t. yard.
Mrs. Vermillion insisted George,
Joseph, and Phillip. another
brother. 7, we're drunk with Marr
at the time of the shooting.
frequently Drunk
She said they frequently got
drunk With Marr, who. she said,
furnished the children with
whisky.
All three boys, however, denied
they drank the whiskey, but all
admitted knowing what whiskey
is.
States Attorney Bowie said last
night he talked with George and
Phillip in Marlboro about four
hours after the killing Saturday
and he said neither showed signs
Of having been drinking.
George told:
Phillip. Tommy, and 1 were
in the kitchen of our home ad-
Joining the GIebe Gun Club Sat
urday morning with Old Man
Mari. He drank lot of whiS-
key. He was talking with uS
and laughing. Tommy, with
out saying anything, went into
the next room, got the shotgun
from a corner, and came into
the kitchen.
"He pointed the gun at Mari
and fired. He then put the
gun back in the other room
and we left the house and went
to our brother, John. IL years
old, who was sitting under a
tree in the yard. We stood
there until they took the old
man away"
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= Becky'S Story
Taking up the story at that
point, Becky said she had been in
g field playing with another
girl when a man in the club
house called to her and said he
had heard shot in her home.
She ran to the house, she said,
and saw MARI dead in the chair
She admitted she told the au-
thOrities, when they arrived, that
she saw Rudolph Brady. who
lives near the scene Of the kill
ing, running from the house
after the shot was fired.
Her statement resulted in the
arrest of Brady, his wife and
his mother-in-law. Mrs. Vermil-
lion. Last night, Becky denied
she saw Brady leaving the house
but refused to give reason for
her first statement.
Mr.. and Mrs. Brady and Mrs.
Vermillion were released when
George told the sheriff Joseph
did the shooting.
Oldest Boy Ill
Mckenzie, who is IS, spent last
night nursing his oldest boy John,
who developed typhoid fever.
John was running a temperature
of 103 at II o'clock last night.
Brady, according to Mrs. Yer
million, has a broken right
shoulder. She said he fractured
it a few days ago when he fell
from a hayloft. Last night, Mrs.
Vermillion said, he had gone to
Washington for medical treat
ment.
Wife Asking. DiUOrce,