Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-05
MUSICIAN IS HELD
WHEN MANS BODY
IS FOUND IN YARD
Three Bullet Wounds in
Unidentified Victim in
Shallow Grave.
WIFE OF MARINE BAND
MEMBER is QUESTIONED
Sheriff Links Mysterious Staying
of Beulah Limerick With
Latest Murder.

Three bullet wounds caused the death
Of an unidentified man whose body was
found buried yesterday in a shallow
grave In q strip of woods in the rear
of the home of Vincent Selbicky ct
Capitol Heights, Nd, just across the
District line, it was announced after an
autopsy last night.
Selticky. a tuba player attached 70
the United States Marine Band here,
drove into the yard Of his home in his
automobile while the body was being
removed and was taken into custody by
the Prince Georges police. Later last
night police here visited the home Of his
estranged wife in the 1900 block Of
Twenty-f1rst street and took her to po-
lice headquarters for questioning. After
ward Mrs. Selbicky accompanied Dis
trict and Maryland police to Ritchie,
Nd, 70 view the corpse In an effort to
identity the man.
Sing Entered Head.
The three bullets were discovered by
DR.. James I. Boyd, who assisted Cor
oner Thomas Grifith of Prince Georges
County In performing the autopsy.
One Of the slugs had entered the top
of the mans head and lodged in the
base Of his neck, the second, fired di-
reetly into his back, had pierced his
spine. and the third had struck his left
elbow
The autopsy revealed no marks of
Identification other than several nu-
merals stamped In the sleeves Of the
mans blue serge coat. An earlier ex-
disclosed the letter "T" on the mans
belt buckle and the initials e. T." on
a wallet found in his pocket A folder
Of safety matches, bearing the insignia
Of the Marine Corps, also was found on
the mans person.
Woman VIII View Body.
Several persons visited the under
taking parlors during the evening and
attempted to identify the body. One
man said he might be a friend who had
been shot In one of his fingers, pointing
out that one Of the murdered mans
fingers was straight, while the others
were tightly clenehed While the ali-
topsy was IN progress, a Washington
woman, who refused to reveal her name,
telephoned and promised to visit the
undertaking parlor today and attempt
to identify the corpse.
The autopsy was Witnessed By hast.
lily chosen coroner's jury, Of which Rob
ert Carr was named foreman. The
other members Of the jury we're Paul
Harris, Anderson Parks, John Barrett,
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Barrett, Frank Kneas, Charles Good,
Harvey Ferguson. Walter Radtke and
George T. Morris.
Sees Limerick Angle.
Following the autopsy, Chief Deputy
Sheriff Thomas Garrison declared: II
am confident the mysterious Staying of
Beulah Limerick has some connection
with this He steadfaStly refused to
elaborate on this statement, however.
Beulah Limerick, 19-year-old theater
usher, died Of bullet wounds in her
home here December 81.
Selbicky returned home short time
after the corpse had been discovered by
H. L. MerTyman, Capitol Heights we'll
digger, who had seen foot protruding
from the ground while training dogs In
the woods.
Stepping from his automobile, Sell
bicky asked Constable Earl Blackwell,
who had been summoned by Merrynan:
Whats the matter?"
We've Just found dead man"
Blackwell replied.
A moment later, Garrison arrived ana
placed Selbicky under arrest. He was
taken to the Prince Georges County jail,
Upper Marlboro, where he was held in
communicate.
Dragged Into Woods.
The murdered mans body apparently
had been dragged by the feet into the
woods, Blackwell declared, pointing out
both the overcoat and the suit coat had
been pulled over the dead mans head.
Trampled underbrush in the woods also
indicated the corpse had been dragged
some distance, Blackwell said, adding
the man appeared to have been dead
about month. This conjecture was
ouhctantiated by DR.. Boyd following the
autopsy.
Selbicky, according to officials of the
Marine Barracks. Is rated as a first
class musician. He was scheduled to
report, with the other members of the
band. at Arlington National Cemetery
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