Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-04


the house in which the murder &C.
CURED Thursday morning.
Shelby quoted him as having said he
found the bullet embedded In the floor,
in a position to indicate 1t had been
shot through the mattress where the
girl had lain.
Found Shell In Cup.
The exploded shell Langdon was said
to have turned over to police was found,
he said, in coffee cup in the kitchen
adjoining the death room.
Part Of the time Langdon was guard
ing the house, at 10 Nineteenth street
southeast, two patrolmen from No.
precinct were with him.
Shelby said he personally inspected
the premises with homicide squad mem
bers shortly after evidence Of the girls
violent death was uncovered Wednes-
day night. At that time, he said, he
examined six coffee cups left unwashed
on the kitchen table and saw no shell
in any Of them.
These extremely. unusual circum-
stances Shelby said brought the
patrolman under suspicion and Friday
morning he was detained for question
ing, At that time, police said they
found one loaded as automatic on
Langdon's person and obtained tnfor-
nation from him of another in an
unused refrigerator In his home, at 1882
Oates street northeast.
This gun was con6scated. It was
unloaded.
Saw Man Leave House.
Questioned, Langdon was quoted as
having explained that on the morning
Of the girls death he was patroling his
beat in the vicinity Of her home when
he noticed a man come out the front
door about $3.50 am. Having received
reports, Langdon said, Of disorderly
conduct there, he trailed the man to
a nearby cafe.
After the man left Langdon said he
asked the cafe proprietor who he was,
but could not obtain his full name
other than he was a Maryland boot
on his rounds he stopped at the Linn
erick house and threw the beam Of his
hashlight through the glass panel Of
door to the girls reimbursement bed
room.
He said he saw the girl stretched
upon her cot as II asleep, with the
bedding pulled well up over her. Not
hearing or seeing anything suspicious,
he continued on his rounds and re-
ported on duty at 8 am. Wednesday,
he added.
Shelby said yesterday the girls moth
er had informed police here daughter
complained that Langdon had come into
her house and annoyed her on sew
eral occasions
Grilled last night for two and half
hours, however, Langdon insisted that
the only time he had seen the girl
previous to the morning Of her death
was when he went to her home some
weeks ago to investigate an anonymous
complaint against the premises received
at his precinct.
Unable to Shake Statement.
Capt. Kelley and Sergt. Flaherty
said they were unable to shake Lang
don's original statement. While police
continued their investigation in sew
eral directions last night, numerous au-
tomobiles passed along the littie-fre-
Quented street, where the death house
stands, their occupants gazing curious
ly at the dilapidated two-story frame
structure.
The two No. precinct policemen on
guard there had rugged up a radio to
help them while away the tedious hours.
A service overcoat covered the front
door glass to hide the interior of the
+ The investigation Is by no means CEN
tered on Langdon, Shelby said. Nu-
merous men, said to have been friends
Of the girl, will be questioned and for
NAL charges will not be placed against
Langdon until additional evidence, II
any, is uncovered, the inspector ex-
planned.
Other Policeman Freed.
Another policeman, attached TO No
Q precinct, was summoned TO head
quarters yesterday, questioned concern
ing his acquaintance with Miss Lime
rick and discharged after police had
satisfied themselves he knew nothing OF
the girls death.
Meanwhile the girls brother, ver-
non Limerick, 10 years old, with whom
she made her home at the Eighteenth
street address, was still under deten-
% years old, of the 200 block of Four
tenth street northeast, Miss LINER
icks escort TO a dance at Capitol
Heights, Nd, Tuesday night, and Rich
ard Reed, q roomer at the Limerick
home.
Vernon said he found his sister. ap-
parently very III, when he arose about
9 O'Clock Wednesday morning. He sum-
moned members of his family and later
q Casualty Hospital ambulance. The
girl was pronounced dead by DR.. Ly-
man Greene Of the Casualty stan. The
bullet wound apparently had been
cleyerly concealed and death at first
was thought to be due to natural
causes.
Reed explained he noticed the girl
when he went into her room early
wednesday to light IRE in the stove
She seemed to be sleeping peacefully
and he went to work unsuspecting
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