Evening star., 1934-05-23
Red Stained Shirt Found
so Feet From Where
Couple Lay.
TO THOSE WORN
BY FOREST WORKERS
Recent Robberies Lead Police to
Investigate Possibility Corps
Member Is Guilty.
By stafY Correspondent of The Star.

By staff Correspondent of The Star.
FREDERICKSBURG, Va, May %
Discovery of a red-stained khaki
shirt in the ravine in which Milton
j. Brown and his flancee, Miss Fan
ME Kurz, were found beaten into un-
consciousness Monday, sent investi-
gators on new course today-as the
couple lay near death in the Mary
Washington Hospital here.
The shirt, of the same type as
those worn by members of the Ci-
william Conservation Corps who have
been doing reforestation work near
the scene Of the mysterious attack,
was discovered today by Policeman
Harry Fleming He took it to the
Office of commonwealth Attorney
w. B. F. Cole, who said 1t would be
turned over to the three Justice De-
partment agents working on the case
The garment, in good condition
aside from the red stains and tear
near the bottom, was found about so
feet from the spot where the "a
year-old filling station attendant and
his 2l-year old sweetheart were dis
covered
Chemical Analysis Slated.
Whether the stains were blood. in
vestigators were unable to say imme-
diately. 1t was understood, however.
the Aains would be subjected to a
chemical analysis.
The theory that the assaults may
have been the work of some member
of the C. C. C. had been given con-
sideration by investigators even be-
fore the shirt was found. The C. C.
c., it was pointed out, has two camps
within few miles of here-one at
Bloody Angle, and one at the historic
Civil War battlefield at Chancellors-
vil;e-and its members have been sus-
pected of participation in several
hold-ups staged recently in the ''lov-
els lane" in which Brown and his
flancee were beaten.
The possibility had been seen earlier
by some of the investigators that
Brown and his fiancee were assaulted
by the same person or persons who
murdered A. Paul Rice, Washington
terminal employe, on a path near the
Anacostia Golf Course late Saturday
night or early Sunday morning.
Both Rice and the local couple evil
IDENTIFY were attacked from behind by
some one who beat them over the
head with a club or some other blunt
weapon, It was pointed out So far
as is known, robbery was the motive
for each attack-Rice having been
robbed Of Sl8 and Brown Of S25, ac-
cording to the investigators.
Impromptu Posses Organized.
Throughout most of last night, resi-
dents of Fredericksburg and vicinity,
working in small, unorganized groups,
carried on independent searches for
a colored man reported to have an
noyed couples parked along Battle
Field Park road, ''lovers lane" on
the outskirts of the city.
Less than 80 minutes before Brown
and his fiancee are believed to have
been assaulted, a colored man. armed
with a sawed-off shotgun, attempted
to hold up another couple, parked
about 100 yards from where Browns S
car was found. Henry Trasse, one
of the victims of the attempted hold
up, was able to give Police Chief
Silas B. Perry only a vague descrip-
tion of the man, however. This angle
also is being Investigated.
Rewards totaling $400 have been
offered for information leading to
the arrest and conviction Of the
aSSailant.