Evening star., 1933-11-07
GUNMAN IS SLAIN;
THREE QUESTIONED
200 Present in Beer Garden
as Joseph NaIley Falls
Fatally Wounded.

With three bullet holes in his chest,
Joseph F. Nalley, 81. alleged gambler,
gunman and hold-up man, died In
Freedmen's Hospital at 5.45 am. today,
less than two hours after he had been
shot down IN athe "Wiinder Mite club," !"
. beer garden patronized BY both white
and colored persons, at Tenth and U
streets.
Nalley. described by the police as
strong man for local gambler,
had been arrested about so times. ac-
cording to records on file, at headquar-
ters, and was to have been taken into
custody again today.
A few hours after the shooting,
Charles fRags) Warning. "a, and tg0
other men surrendered at the third pre-
cinct and were taken to headquarters
for questioning.
The other men, who were said to have
been, with Warning at the time of the
shooting, shoot were Identified as as Don
of Pennsylvania avenue, and Victor
(Smitty) Juliano, %, of the 2100 block
Of Fourth street northeast.
Placed in lineup in the homicide
squad room at headquarters, Warning,
Wallace and Juliano were singled out
by five witnesses as having been in the
beer garden at the time of the shooting.
One Of the witnesses said Warning was
the man who did the shooting, while
the others selected Wallace and Juliano
as members Of his party.
The three we're ordered held on open
charges, pending coroner's inquest,
which probably will be held tomorrow.
zoo at Shooting.
Although approximately 200 men and
women, both white and colored, were In
the beer garden when Nalley was shot
down. the police were able to obtain
statements from only nine of them.
To Detective Sergts. Floyd Truscott and
John w. Wise they gave the following
account of the shooting:
Nalley. two other men and two wor1-
en- were seated around q table, drinking
beer After a while, Nalley arose and
walked to another table, at which War
ring. Wallace and "Juliana" were drink
ing.
Nalley and Warning walked to a cor
ner OF the beer garden and talked to-
gether for about IS minutes They
SPOhc 50 quietly IndL uODOQy nSaIO
what was said. and so far as the wit
nesses could see, there was no indica-
ton that either man was angry. Final
ly, Nalley and Warning separated and
returned to their respective tables.
A short time later Warning arose
again and walked over to Nalley's table
Nalley stood up, and for moment or
two he and Warning remained notion
less. staring at each other. Then, sud-
denly four shots were fired in rapid
succession.
Nalley crumpled to the floor, bullet
hole in each side of his chest and an
other In his heart. Two of the slugs
tore through his body, and one OF
them, along with the one that missed. !
was picked up later by Truscott. They
were turned over 10 Lieut.. John
Fowler. police ballistics expert. for ex-
Almost before the gun had ceased
firing the beer garden was virtually de-
serted. Excited patrons dashed through
the front door. scurried through the
rear, sped on hands and knees under
tables and clambered out Of windows.
Policeman w. F. Hopkins, second pre-
cinct, took Nailey to the hospital in
patrol, and he was given emergency
treatment by Dr. W. r. Wright Before
he died he regained consciousness long
enough to give detectives an account Of
the shooting. .
Statement Withheld.
Although the investigators refused to
reveal the nature Of Naliey's dying
statement, 1t was only few minutes
after their return to headquarters from
the hospital that lookouts for Warning,
Wallace and Juliano were broadcast
While police of all precincts were
making an intensive search for them,
the three gave themselves up to Detec-
live Sergt. Joseph w. Shimon. He i'm
mediately notified Capt Bernard w. |
Thompson. assistant chief Of detectives,
who ordered the trio removed to head
quarters for questioning.
Nalley. who lived with his step-father, |
william Kearns, at 1908 M street north |
east, was to have been arrested today,
according to INSPECTOR Frank s. w!
Burke, chief Of detecttVes.
About two weeks ago. Burke said, |
was notified Nalley had
slashcd an unnamed college student |
during row in an alleged speakeasy