Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-12-05
HUNGER MARCHERS ASK COURT WRIT
AS POLICE HOLD THEM UNDER GUARD

motor cycle officers relieved the Mary
land police escort and led the cara
van Of trucks and cars to the New York
avenue camp site. There, hemmed in
by the Ivy City railroad yards on the
north, a deep woodland on the south
and phalanx of police on the east
and west, the marchers settled down
to a grumbling wait.
Police who escorted the northern
column brought it to an abrupt halt
on New York avenue within sight of
the Capitol. Carl Winter, secretary
OF the Unemployed Council of New
surveyed the surroundings and asked,
Whats the delay?"
There isn't any delay" a police OIL
Ger replied. This is where you are
going to stay"
Well said Winter, ct suppose you
don't want the people of Washington
to see us in this condition."
Winter than went into conference
with representatives from the Wash
ington office of the Unemployed Coun-
Gil and shortly afterward one of them
walked up to Maj. Brown and asked
why the police had not carried out
their original plan
We have" replied the police superin-
tendent.
II distinctly understood" said the
munger march representative, that the
police would escort us as far as Florida
avenue
You had no such understanding, "
answered Maj. Brown. Here is where
we promised to take you, and here is
where you are going to stay"
We'll see about that" replied the
hunger marcher, as he talked away.
Nearly five hours after the arrival of
the Northern delegation, another group
from the West, estimated at 1000,
crossed Key Bridge into Georgetown.
Again the police swung swiftly into &C
ton and headed the marchers to the
spot where their comrades were biv-
ouaced. The chosen route led far
around the White House.
Many Cars Disabled.
The contingent that crossed Key
Bridge was the remnant of the column
of 1900 that left Cumberland early in
the morning, leaving a trail of disabled
cars and trucks strung over the noun
tain country between that city and
Winchester.
IWefye hours this group had been on
the road since a stop. 1t had faced the
greatest concentration of police and
National Guardsmen, armed with rifles,
machine guns, riot guns and tear gas,
ever assembled for the purpose OF es-
corting such march.
Only once, when single Virginia
State trooper was left to guard them on
the Winchester-W Washington Route No
so, did the marchers show any signs OF
rebellion against the law. At that spot,
about 4 miles outside of Winchester,
the marchers disregarded the troopers
command to stay parked on the road
side until other officers arrived. They
drove their battered cars and trucks
past him in a rush to Washington. The
trooper. Pvt. r. z. Bayllss, shot MS
white roadster past the caravan 70 q
narrow bridge over Buffalo Lick Run
500 yards away, parked his car In the
center of the bridge, and blocked the
movement of the caravan until adu-
tional officers arrived from winchester
Shunted to West Virginia.
The western column originally hao
MANNED to come into washington
through Frederick and Rockville, nu'
MARYLAND authorities Unexpectedly
shunted the marchers into West VIZ
ginia. Maryland authorities said they
feared the decrepit trucks and auto
mobiles would fail to negotiate the
seven mountains between Cumberland
and Hagerstown.
After leaving Cumberland, which
had greeted them with machine guns
the narchers were met in West Viz
ginia with another display of arms
escorted through that State and into
Virginia. There we're no Virginia State
officers at the border line, but call
by a gasoline station proprietor's wife
brought 10 car loads Of them to the
scene. Throughout the remainder OF
the trip to Washington, except for the
incident at Buffalo Lick Run, the
marchers were guarded by details rang
ing between 20 and so State troopers
armed with ShOtpIns