Evening star., 1933-01-23
AIDE Of SLAYER
SOUGHT BY POLICE
Of NEARBY STATES
C0I0red Man Said to Have
Confessed Murder of Feed
Store Watchman.
POLICE INCREASE FORCE
TO COMBAT BANDITS
More Than 500 Hours of Protection
Added by Brown From $50
Pm. Until Midnight.

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Search for o white man named as
accomplice of the confessed slayer of
william Simms, colored, 65-year-old
Benning feed store watchman, was be-
ing pushed today In Maryland and
Virginia as well as In the District.
Although an all-night search Of
Baltimore "hop" houses failed to dis
close any trace Of the fugitive, named
in the signed confession of George Nc
Kinley Pittman, 80, colored, police of
the Maryland city we're asked to con-
tinue the quest.
The murder early yesterday Of the
watchman, an employe OF the Dickey q
Sons feed store on Kenilworth avenue
northeast, caused the police to re-
double their efforts to halt the wave
Of shootings. hold-ups, burglaries and
similar crimes.
Emergency Hours for Police.
Maj. Ernest w. Brown. superintend-
ent of police, ordered emergency over
time hours for all officers following the
killing. Previously more than 800
policemen had been ordered on extra
night duty. Under the new order,
effective until further notice, l25 officers
regularly assigned to day duty. will
return to duty from $50 pm. until
midnight. providing more than 500
hours of extra police protection for
until 6 am. more than $50 policemen
will work two hours overtime each.
giving the city an additional 332 hours
Of protection.
Despite the increased police, however,
five hold-ups, as well as numerous bur-
glaries and other robberies. were re-
ported yesterday and last night.
Man Shot and Hacked.
Simms. bullet wound In his groin
and his head hacked by a hatchet, was
found dead about 10 o'clock yesterday
morning In the feed concerns ONCE.
He had been robbed Of $40. The dis
covery was made by Emil Yobst. q
blacksmith, who noticed blood oozing
from beneath the offlce door.
Approximately eight hours before the
body was found, however, Pittman had
been arrested by E. E. Nicholson, q
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad detective.
Nicholson saw Pittman and q white
man walking along the B. & o. tracks
near the feed store and, becoming sus-
picious. decided to question them. As
he approached the pair, however, the
white man fled.
Pittman, according to the detective,
attempted to draw a revolver. but was
overpowered before he could get the gun
from his pocket. He was taken to the
eleventh precinct, where he was held
for investigation.
Names White Man.
Following discovery Of Simms' body,
Pittman was grilled by Detective Sergts.
Jerry Flaherty and Dennis j. Murphy,
who reported he confessed the murder,
naming the white man as his accom-
plice.
Capt. Bernard w. Thompson, assist
ant chief of detectives. and Detective
Sergt George Darnall left Immediately
for Baltimore where they searched vir-
tually every ''flop" house in the city.
Pittman. resident of Baltimore, told
detectives. they said, that his COM
panion, whom he accused OF planning
the robbery. probably had headed Tor
that city.
In his confession Pittman, according
to the detectives, said he and the white
man murdered Simms after the watch
man refused to permit them to spend
the night in the store.
Simms, the confession stated, drew
his gun as he was being beaten over
the head with q hatchet, but 1t was
wrested from him, and before he could
use 1t, he was shot.
Broke Open Safe.
After binding Simms with rope, Pitt
man and his accomplice, according to
the confession, broke open the COM
pany's safe and pocketed its cash con-
tents. They apparently divided their
loot after fleeing the store, the detec-
tives pointed out, because Pittman had
only about $18 when searched at the
precinct.
Simms, who was clad only in his
underwear when his body was discov-
cred, Is believed to have been in bed
when the slayers entered the store.
A Jury was sworn In over Simms'
body by Deputy Coroner Christopher j.
Murphy, but an inquest will not be
held, it was said, until the detectives
have had ample time to capture Pitt
mans accompnce. Efforts also will be
made, it was added, to link the pair
with other recent shootings, hold-ups
and burglaries.
The gun found on Pittman, according
to detectives, was identified as Simms'
q
number Of burglar tools, detectives said.
Other robberies reported included
the following:
Filling Station Robbed.
Howard s. Cunningham, 1852 IL
street southeast, robbed Of $19.61 by
two armed men, who held him up at q
filing station at North Capitol street
and New York avenue.
Charles E. Henry, taxicab driver, 637
F street southwest, robbed Of $6 by
two colored flares" at Wisconsin ave-
nue. and M street.
northeast, was held up and robbed of
IS by two oolored men at Fourth and K
streets.
Leroy Thompson, colored, 1918 Caro-
line street, robbed Of $3.l5 at Eighth
street and Barry place by two colored
men who had hired his cab at Six
and-a-half and M streets southwest.
Mrs. Ethelyne Grove, 1348 Euclid
street, reported her wrist watch, valued
at $500, was either lost or stolen while
she was visiting friend at Emergency
Hospital.
Theft Of narcotics, whisky and mer-
chandise from q Peoples drug store
at 806 H street northeast was reported
by Baxter w. Seaton, manager.
An automobile, reported stolen by
George Kazann, McKeesport, Pa, was
found wrecked and abandoned by sew
enth precinct police. The car, stolen |
from Its parking place near the Com
modore Hotel, where Kazann was stay
ing, contained two banjoes and type
writer worth Sat.
George Tinker, 40, colored. was ar |
rested BY Policeman B. A. Lemon, ninth |