Evening star., 1933-04-21
TWO MEN ARE HELD
| IN Staying Of KIN
| OF POLICE OFFICIAL
Harry (Doc) Davis Wounded
Yesterday in Trying to
Break Up Braw!.
INQUEST IS TOMORROW
BY ORDER OF CORONER
Accused Surrenders, but Insists
Shooting Was Accidental.
Witnesses Deny Story.

Two men we're under arrest on muir
der charges today in the fatal shooting
Of Harry CDoc) Davis, 46, brother OF
Police Inspector Ogden T. Davis.
Davis, described as betting COM
missioner" by the police, died in Sibley
Hospital yesterday afternoon. a little
more than IL hours after he had been
shot while trying to break up brawl
in front of restaurant in the 900 block
Of Ninth street.
Shortly after Davis death. George p
Harding. %, Of the 100 block of Tenth
street, whom witnesses had named as
the slayer, walked into police head
quarters and surrendered. With him
were Harry Whelan, his attorney, and
Bennie Olewack, %, Of the 300 block
Of Second street northeast. with whom
he had been in hiding since the shoot
ing.
Inquest Tomorrow.
Following an announcement by De-
tective Sergt. John c. Dalglish that
statements had been obtained from
Harding. Olewack and other witnesses,
Acting Coroner A. Magruder MacDon-
aid ordered an inquest at noon tomor-
row.
Harding, according to Dalglish, in
sisted he had shot Davis accidentally
Other witnesses asserted. however, the
detective reported. that Harding leveled
his pistol at Davis before pulling the
trigger.
Davis. in a death-bed statement. told
the police, they said. that the shooting
was accidental. Olewack. under ques-
tioning by Dalglish, made a similar
statement
After hearing the stories Of the va
rious witnesses. the detective recon-
structed the killing as follows:
Davis. Harding. Olewack and several
other men, including Gus Lewis, 900
block Of K street, were standing In
front Of the lunchroom, engaged in con-
versation. Harding and Lewis became
| involved in heated argument and the
former slapped the latter's face A fight
followed, and Davis stepped between
the combatants. Harding drew his gun
and fired. the bullet piercing the left
| side Of Davis chest
Hid Until Yesterday.
! While the wounded man was being
placed in q taxicab. Harding and Ole
wack fed. They remained in hiding
until yesterday afternoon, when they
conferred with Whelan, who advised
Davis, meanwhile, had been treated
| by q physician In the neighborhood
who ordered him transferred to Sibley
He died while surgeons were preparing
| to resort to blood transfusions in an
| effort to save his life.
The police search for Harding be-
gun Immediately after the shooting
was intensified following Davis death
Dalglish and the other detectives as
! signed to the case were aided by the
wives of both Harding and Olewack
who took them to several places which
| they thought the pair might be using
/ as hideaways.
If the coroner's jury should hold
both men for grand jury action, it was
indicated, an effort will be made to
prosecute Olewack as an accessory after
the fact.
Meantime, police were continuing
their search for the pistol used in the
Staying Harding, who insisted he
dropped it when 1t was discharged
declared he bought it a few minutes
before the shooting. Davis lent him S.
with which to make the purchase, he
said, after its owner had aroused his
sympathy with "a hard-luck story"
| Davis funeral will be held at $50
am. Monday from his late residence
423 Ingraham street, with a requiem
high mass in st. Aloysius Church halt
an hour later
He Is survived by his widow, Mrs.
| Adelaide Mckenzie Davis; two sons,
Harry and Paul, and q daughter, Mrs.
Sally Fillah.