Evening star., 1932-08-28
MAN SLASHES TWO
WOMEN TO DEATH
5-Year-0Id Girl Looks on as
Mother and Aunt Are Slain
In Baltimore.
Special Dispatch to The star.

Special Dispatch to The star.
BALTIMORE, August 28.-Wil-
liam Richards, alias Richard Nose
ley, sought as the slayer of two
women here last night, was cap
tured in freight yard near Carroll
Park early today. As police cornered
him. he swallowed poison and, fol-
lowing his capture, was rushed to
Franklin Square Hospital, where an
examination revealed his back had
been broken. No explanation for
the back injury was Immediately
obtainable.
Special Dispatch 70 The Star.
BALTIMORE, August 27.-While a
screaming 5-year-old girl watched in
terror, q man tonight slashed two
women to death with a razor in their
nome at 1911 Cole street, and then fed
in the darkness.
Confusing details Of the tragedy were
given by the child, who said she is
Bobbie Evelyn Pritchard. She declared
one Of the dead women was her
mother and the other her aunt A man
whom she referred TO as Daddy" was
the slayer, the girl said.
Immediately after the double murder,
which occurred about o'clock, more
than 80 policemen were detailed to
search Carroll Park for William Rich
ards, alias Richard MoSely, whom they
suspect of the crimes.
Women Identified.
One of the victims was identified as
Mrs. Grace Gregory, about IS. She Is
believed to be the girls mother al
though their names are at variance with
this theory. The second woman was
said to be Miss Eileen Pritchard. 23,
sister Of the suspect.
According to the girls account to
police, the slayer rushed into the living
room, grabbed Miss Pritchard and cut
her throat. He then tossed the woman
on the floor, according to the child,
and started in pursuit Of Mrs. Gregory.
Don't kill my mother" Bobbie said
she cried, and in response Mrs. Gregory
called to her to run from the house.
The girl said she ran toward the back
door, found 1t locked, and then ran to
the frcnt door. AS she reached the
man slash Mrs. Gregory and throw her,
too, en- the floor.
Several neighbors saw the slayer run
from the house through the back door.
Booth Hans, ITO Cole street, told police
the man who fed was Richards, whom
he knows as MoSely. Other neighbors
also identified Mosely as the fugitive
who dropped razor at the gate In the
yard Of the home before he ran through
vacant lot and disappeared.
Meanwhile, one child had fed to the
street and her screams attracted neigh
borS Frank Berry, who was sitting on
a porch opposite the house in which
the women lived, entered it to investi-
gate and found the bodies, side by side,
in the middle room on the first floor.
He Immediately summoned police.
The family Is not known in the
neighborhood, having lived in the house
only three weeks. However. police
learned Richards and the women have
been living in Baltimore two years.
They said the women came here from
Middlesborough, KY, and that Rich
ards Is native of Galveston, Tex.
No Motive Found.
No motive has been uncovered for the
killings. One clue, regarded as weak
one, was that some one whose identity Is
not known had gone to the house two
weeks ago and threatened the lives Of
the women This is being checked.
A picture, drawn by convict at the
House of Correction and addressed to
MY Darling Baby and My Wife" and
bearing the signature. Mike the
Greek" was found in the house.
Mike the Greek is said to be Mike
Gregory, now serving term In the
House of Correction, and the police
think he may be former husband OF
Mrs. Gregory. The picture showed
convict behind bars gazing up at clouds
which encircled the face Of a woman.
Fugitive Sought Here.
A lookout message was received at
police headquarters here shortly after
the tragedy. as Richards was said to
have sister living in the Capital and
it was believed the man might come
here.