Evening star., 1932-01-21
FOURTH MAN TAKEN
IN WATERS Staying.
BY THREE ROBBERS.
Nav Reveal Identity of Trio
in Old Germantown
Store Murder.
CLERK is SHOT IN ARM
TUSSLING WITH BANDIT
Arrival of Bread Truck Scares
Colored Men Away Without
Getting Wallet.
Nv A star correspondent Of The Star.

Nv a StaT Correspondent of The Star.
OLD GERMANTOWN, Nd, January
Ala fourth colored man, taken into
custoday early today by Montgomery
County police may be able to furnish
them. the officers believe, with some
clue to the identity of the three colored
men who early last night killed Horace
D. Waters, n years old, and wounded
his clerk, Richard A. Bennett, 66, in
futile attempt to rob Mr.. Waters, who
operated a small crossroads store mere.
Three other colored men who were IN
the store at the time of the hold-up and
murder are being held, but police have
been unable TO obtain any definite IN
formation from them with the expecta-
tion of a somewhat garbled account OF
what occurred after the colored bandits
entered the store These three men,
Herman Moore, 35; Milton Warren, AZ,
and Quaint Terry, 65. All live near the
scene of the crime.
All in Rockville Jail.
The fourth man held is Bud Praither,
rolored who was taken into custody
early today AL are in the Rockville
Jail.
The early belief that the bandits had
taken a wallet containing sum OF
money from Mr.. Waters was discounted
with the finding of his wallet pinned
into the inside Of his coat Win saIety
pins. 1t contained more than SIUo III
cash and a number of checks ana N
side of it was smaller pocketoooK,,
which also is believed to nave contalileu
considerable money. The bandltS are
believed to have been after this wallet,
hut did not find it before they ned
hastily from the store at the SOUND OF
an approaching bread truck.
Montgomery County police entered
the search this morning, following
sleepless night during which aHaHS al
times reached a fever pitch.
soon after word of the crime spread
abroad a crowd estimated at more IMAM
500 gathered at the little country STORE
here and aided police in thorougny
searching the neighborhood. Ine pan
dts are believed to have escaped IN an
automobile.
Autopsy This Afternoon.
An autopsy will be conducted thus
afternoon at the undertaking estab-
lishment of Warner E. Pumphrey, IN
Rockville. by DR.. Jacob w. Bird OF
the Montgomery County General Hos
pital and DR.. Frank J. Broshard OF
Gaithersburg to determine whether the
bullet which entered Mr.. Waters lett
side near his heart caused his oeatn.
Mr.. Waters also received wound III ms
left hip which is believed to have been
1,a A6-ralihPT nlllIet
which pierced the right arm near the
wrist of Mr.. Bennett, the clerk.
description of the two men who
entered the store has been broadcast by
MONTGOMERY County police. one OF
them is described as about feet tall
180 pounds, 80 years old, wearing a oarK
oyercoat and a chauffeur's cap, and tne
other as being about feet ncnes
tall. l40 pounds, 80 years old, and wear
ing light overcoat.
Mr.. Waters, who is known TO nave
been a man of considerable means, al
ways carried sum Of money about ms
person, and. police believe the oandltS
knew about this, as they made no at
tempt to rob the cash drawer and made
directly for Mr. Waters. They tore his
vest open after shooting him, searching
for the wallet.
The storekeeper, his clerk and the
three colored men, all OF the Old Ger
mantown neighborhood, were seated
about the small store when two bandits
entered. Mr.. Bennett, the clerk, COM
ing forward believing that the bandits
were customers to be waited on, was
about opposite Mr.. Waters when the
taller bandits started tussling with him,
and one of the shots fired at the
strorekeeper went through his right
arm near the wrist.
Bread Truck Arrives.
The three colored men who were in
the store had been covered by a gun
in the hands of the second bandit.
The first bandit then tore the store
keepers vest off, but had not con-
cluded his search when bread truck
started up the drive outside and the
men fed.
w. C. Hershberger and j. NJ. Sievers,
who were on the bread truck, entered
the store and notified police The
Rockville Fire Department reScuN squad
also responded and treated Mr.. Bennett
for his wound
Mr.. Waters was one of the original
directors of the Farmers Banking &
Trust Co. of Rockville and was a direc-
tor at the time Of his death. He was
formerly a director CT the First Ma
tional Bank of GaitherSburg He had
been in the general mercantile business
for about so years. In this neighbor-
hood he acted as a sort Of banker for
the poorer people, white and colored,
and is known to have helped many
needy people.
He leaves his widow, Mrs Valeria
Waters. who was Mrs Joshua Dorsey
when he married her and who was a
Miss Pumphrey Of Germantown before
her first marriage. He also leaves five
children, Mrs Ethel Spates of German
town. secretary to the judges OF the
Washington Police Court; Mrs. Vivian
Hedgman of Rockville, Miss Madeline
Waters of Germantown, Kenneth Wa
ters of Germantown and Herbert D.
Waters of Washington, D. c.: two step
children. Mrs. George M. Hunter OF
Rockville and Mrs. Mary G. Boland OF
Germantown, and a sister, Mrs. Nettie
Etchison of Gaithersburg. He was a
son Of the late Horace Waters. Also
surviving are four half brothers, Bowie
F. Waters, former States attorney; Ju-
lian B., William and Eugene II. Waters,
Al1 Of GprrnantOWn