Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-03-20
Suspect VINO Admits HauFY
Conspiracy Is Linked to
Prior Shooting.
DENIES He TOOK PART
IN EFFORT TO KILL TRIO
Justice Department Agents at
Chicago Trace His Story for
Police Here.

Department of Justice agents last
night were checking on an abb offered
by George MacSullen, AZ, identified as
the gunman who attempted to kill
three officials of the International
Union OF Operating Engineers nearly q
year ago.
Although MacSullen signed a state
ment acknowledging he concocted q
plot to aSsaSsinate Charles E. HAIRY,
supervisor of the organization, last
Thursday night, he denied having any
knowledge Of the previous murder
scheme and insisted he was in Chicago
at the time.
Albi Checked In Chicago.
Inspector Frank s. w. Burke, chief
OF detectives, requested the Justice De-
partment TO have its operatives in Chi
cago check MacSullen's alibi imme-
diately. If it develops that MacSullen
was not in Chicago at the time of the
shooting, Burke said, he probably will
be charged with assault with intent to
kill.
Should MacSullen's abb be verified,
however, the inspector continued. a
charge OF conspiracy to murder will be
nled against him in connection with the
more recent case. In any event, Burke
said, conspiracy charge will be placed
against three of the four other persons
held as q result Of the plot to slay
Haury.
The intended victims of the earlier
scheme were the late Arthur M. Hud-
dell, then president of the union; his
successor, John Posseh1, and Frank
Langdon, editor Of the organization's
onlcial journal. They were fired upon
as they sat In restaurant across the
street from the unions headquarters
at Tenth and K streets. Langdon was
seriously wounded, losing the sight of
an eye, but his companions escaped
injury.
Picked From Lineup.
MacSullen was picked from a line
up at police headquarters YESTERDAY by
Possehl, who came here FROM New
YORK Tor the purpose. Three other
witnesses previously had declared he
resembled the glnman.
The others held In connection with
the plot against HAIRY are Ed John
SON, 80. OF the 900 block Of Grant place:
Burt w. Carpenter, Il, of the 1900 block
OF Seventeenth street; Walter Reed
ALAS Malaga, &c, Of the 200 block of A
street southeast, and Mrs. Kaye Reed.
20, also Of the A street address.
Carpenter Reed and johnson also
signed statements in which they ad-
Haury. All the confessions cleared the
woman, who is said to be Reeds wife.
The statements were obtained by De-
tective Sergts. A. D. Mansfield and
Jerry Flaherty.
Reed. in his confession, said he and
MacSullen watched for HAIRY near his
home in the $500 block of Connecticut
avenue last Monday with the intention
Of putting him ION the spot" then.
They followed an automobile of the
same make as Haury's for several
blocks, Reed said, but finally aban-
doned their plan because they were
not sure of the identity of the driver,
Both men were armed at the time,
Reed added.
Mansfield and F1aherty, assisted by
several other detectives captured the
alleged plotters Thursday night. The
five were arrested in house in which
q dictaphone had been secretly in
stalled by the detectives a few days
previously. Conversations regarding
the scheme, Transcribed by a police
stenographer stationed at the receiv-
ing end Of the dictaphone, gave the
detectives detailed information regard
ing the plot after they had received
several tips from confidential sources.