Evening star., 1934-05-10
MYSTERY CLOUDS
HIGHWAY DEATH
Strange Roadway Fatality
and Attack Probed in
Montgomery.

Inc mysterious circumstances sur
rounding the death of man lying un-
conscious on the Rockville -Norbeck
pike early this morning and the injury
OF another who was attacked by an
unidentified white youth at Bethesda
were being investigated today by men,
bers of the Montgomery County po-
lice force
40 years old, Of Newport, r. l.. who
was visiting in Washington at the
home of brother Albert O'Sullivan
of 5908 Dalecarlia place.
He was an electrician at the Dis
trict filtration plant, and is survived
by his wife. who accompanied him to
the Capital, and one son, Rodger, who
is IA years old today.
Edward o. Likens. 80, of 1904 Le-
land street, Chevy Chase, Nd, victim
OF the attempted hold-up, is at the
Georgetown University Hospital with
a possible fracture of the skull and
conclusion Of the brain.
In Coma Beside Road.
O'Sullivan was found in a coma,
sprawled beside the Rockville-Nor-
beck road near Rock Creek, shortly
before 3 o'clock this morning by a
Norbeck youth en- route to his home.
The Rockville Fire Rescue Squad was
summoned and rushed the man to the
Montgomery County General Hospital,
at Sandy Spring.
He was suffering from a severe
laceration of the scalp and fractured
Iok ND dind nf tha fnr i,,;,
hour later after reviving somewhat and
telling three different versions regard
ing the manner in which he was hurt.
Police said that he first told Corpl
Harry Merson and Pvt. Gassaway
Linthicum that he leaped from
moving car and later said that car
struck him.
He gave hospital authorities a more
rational account of his activities,
however, and explained Just before
dying that he did not know what
happened"
Took Bus to Rockville.
O'Sullivan. according to officials at
the institution, said that he left his
brothers home about o'clock yester-
day afternoon and caught a bus for
ride to Rockville When he reached
the Maryland town he decided to get
OH the bus and walk toward Norbeck.
He had been walking along the road
only few moments. according to his
story. when two unidentified men
offered to give him a ride and he en-
tered the machine. The last he re-
membered, he said, was leaving the
car and resuming his walk toward
Norbeck after the men stopped and
let him out upon reaching a lane
leading from the main road toward
their home.
1t was said by members of the Fire
Rescue Squad that the man appar-
emily had been lying beside the road
for several hours as blood from his
head wound had dried on the ground
Officials at the hospital said that
there was no evidence that O'Sullivan
had been drinking.
Slumped Over In Car Seat.
Likens was found slumped over in
the drivers seat of his car in the
6700 block of Wisconsin avenue IN
Bethesda by Patrolman James S. Nc
Auliffe of the Montgomery County
Police Station there shortly after / 80
am. and was removed to Georgetown
Hospital by the Bethesda Fire Rescue
Squad.
Questioned by police after partially
regaining consciousness, Likens was
unable to furnish any information
other that he had been struck over
the head" by an unidentified young
white man. Robbery was discarded
as possible motive. Likens had more
than $50 on him when he was found.
Likens' car was parked in front of
delicatessen. The proprietor told
police that Likens had been in the
deiicatessen, but had left about 10
O'Clock last night.