Evening star., 1932-03-18
FIVE HELD IN DEATH
PILOT" FACE PROBE
IN 1881 SHOOTING
Woman and a Men Accused
of Conspiring to Kill
Union Official.
HAURY SAVED BY PHONE
TIP, POLICE ANNOUNCE
Prisoners Linked With Alleged
Attempted Triple Assassina-
tion Last May.

A woman and four men, arrested last
spiracy to assassinate an official of the
International Union of Operating En-
gineers, are being held today for ques-
tioning in connection with an attempt
to kill three other officials of the organ
ization last May.
Those under arrest are George Mac
sullen, Al, Of the 200 block of A street
southeast said by police to have come
here from Chicago recently; Walter
Reed, y 26, same address; Mrs. Kaye
Reed, 25, reputed to be Reeds wife;
Ed johnson, 49, of the 900 block of
Grant place, and Burt Wilton Carpen-
ter, Al, of the 1900 block of Seventeenth
street. All have been booked for in
vestigation.
They were arrested in a house which
had been surrounded by headquarters
detectives following receipt of several
tips that a group of union members
we're scheming to shoot Charles E.
Haury, supervisor Of the organization.
Horsewhipped Last Year.
The shooting, according to police, was
planned for last night, the plot having
been to fire upon Haury as he left an
executive. meeting in the unions head
quarters at Tenth and K streets.
Haury, who lives in the 4500 block OF
Connecticut avenue, was horsewhipped
by q woman in front of the organiza-
tion's headquarters early last year. The
woman and her husband were indicted
on an assault charge, but the count
later was nolle pressed.
A few months after the horsewhtp-
ping an attempt was made to assasSi-
nate the late Arthur M. Huddell, then
president of the union: Frank Z. Lang
don editor of the ORGANIZATIONS ofhc1al
journal, and John Possehl, who sue
ceeded HuddeI. The three were fred
upon by lone gunman In restaurant
across the street from union headquar-
ters
One of the bullets put out one Of
Iangdon'S eyes. Another hit a note
book in Huddells vest pocket. Though
both Huddell and Possehl escaped in
jury, the former died short time
later of heart attack.
Tip Received by Phone.
Last nights arrests, police said, were
the result of several weeks work. They
began their investigation, they ex-
planned, after Haury received an anony-
nous telephone message that an at
tempt would be made to put him ION
the spot" Langdon received a similar
warning about the same time, they
said
Receiving another warning last Mon
ciay-this time that he would be shot
as he left his office-Haury left the
building through rear entrance, po-
lice said, borrowed the janitor's auto
mobile and fed.
Shortly thereafter the detectives as
signed to the case-Sergts. Joe Wald-
ron, Jerry Flaherty, A D. Mansfield and
Tom Bragg-received another tip which
enabled them to trace the alleged plot
ters to an address which they refused
to divulge.
A dictaphone was installed in the
dwelling, and police stenographer was
placed on duty there. The alleged assas-
sination scheme came to a head last
night, police said, and the stenographer
notified the detectives, who were watch
ing the house from nearby vantage
points.
Police are checking up on a tip that
the alleged plotters have several sub
machine guns secreted here. Detectives
were assigned to search for the weapons.
Police Raid Building.
The detectives, some of whom were
armed with submachine guns, raided
the dwelling, closing in on its occupants
from all directions and placing them
under arrest. Two guns were found in
the house, they said, and two of the
prisoners had cartridges in their
pockets.
Following the arrest of the five, in
formation in the possession of police
was turned over to the Department Of
Justice, with the request that agents CT
the Bureau of Investigation make an
inquiry into the case.
The plot, police said, was to fire upon
Haury from a stolen automobile bear
ing Connecticut license plates. The tags
also were found in the dwelling, police
added