Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-06-13
Philadelphia Comes to D. C.
After Another Is Arrested
There on U. S. Warrant.
ADMITS HE WAS HERE
ON DAY OF Staying
Woman Taken as Suspected Access
sorry Denies Knowing Penn
sylvania Prisoner.

Harry CHoofsie) Davis, "a. of Phila-
| delphia, named in a murder warrant as
the driver Of the automobile used in the
recent gangland Staying of Milton w.
| (Milsie) Henry, 35-year-old Washington
gambler, surrendered today to Detective
Sergt. Joseph Waldron.
Davis. booked for investigation at
Police headquarters despite the warrant.
issued last Wednesday by United States
Commissioner Needham c. Turnage.
came to the Capital from his home in
| Philadelphia this morning, after friends
informed him he was being sought in
connection with the killing.
After being questioned briefly at
headquarters, Davis, whose real name
is said to be Ben Keihletz, was taken to
the fifth precinct According TO Inspec-
tor Frank S. w. Burke, chief of detec-
tives, he will be returned to headquar-
ters for further interrogation later in
the day.
Another Is Held.
Meanwhile, Inspector Burke was pre-
pairing to dispatch detectives to Phila-
delphia to bring back frankie Blum,
IS, held there since last Friday.
Blum, also arrested on murder war
rant issued by Commissioner Turnage,
will be brought to Washington tomor-
row. the detective chief said Detec-
tive Sergts. John Dalglish and Dennis
j. Murphy were sent TO Philadelphia
for him Immediately after his arrest, but
police there decided to hold him for
questioning anent series of crimes on
which they were working.
After quizzing Davis. Sergt. Waldron
said the suspect admitted having been
Henry was slain, but denied having
any knowledge of the crime.
Had Sought Henry.
1t is known, however, according to
Waldron, that Davis sought Henry in
several gambling establishments a few
hours before the killing. At one of
these places, Waldron said, Davis left
word for Henry to telephone him.
Davis arrest was the third made In
connection with the Henry case within
the past 10 days. The first was that of
Mrs. Lillian A. Maddox, 80, taken into
custody in Atlantic City week ago
Saturday on a warrant charging her
with being an accessory in the murder.
She was ordered released Saturday by
Commissioner Turnage, however.
Her arrest came after it was learned
several men. termed suspicious char
acters" by police, visited her apartment
at 25l9 Third street northeast. about
the time of the Staying. Investigation
of the activities of these men is said
to have led to the apprehension of
both Blum and Davis.
Will Be Questioned Again.
Though Davis acknowledged being q
friend of Mrs. Maddox, she denied &C
uuaintance with Blum when she was
questioned at the House of Detention
prior to her release. Davis, according
to Waldron, is one of the men who Wis
tied Mrs. Maddock'S apartment about
the time of the killing Mrs. Maddox,
he said, probably will be questioned
again.
Henry was shot while driving his au-
tomobile in the 3400 block of Brown
street, in the rear of his Sixteenth
street apartment After firing five
charges from sawed-of shotgun into
his body, the killer leaped into an au-
tomobile and was driven away.