Evening star., 1935-03-18
BLAMES BOMB"
GUN IN SHOOTING
Mountaineer Who Killed Of
fiCer Says He Was An
gered by Shot.
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"higher-ups" might be implicated,
Galleher added graphically, Let the
chips fall where they may"
Capt. w. R. Sayles, assistant deputy
revenue commissioner, head Of the
Alcohol Tax Unit, who personally par
ticipated in the man hunt until after
capture of the sharpshooter. indicated
today that he had assigned some of
his best Investigators to the case and
expected developments soon.
Tells of Game"
Apparently rested somewhat after
sleep in Jail following his two-day
battle with Federal and State officers,
the mountaineer today talked of his
hazardous game of hide and seek.
He heard the voices of his purSuers
beating the mountainside. He saw the
Coast Guard airplane swooping low
over the bushes Once the plane flew
not 80 feet over his head, he said,
and then whirled away into the dis
tance.
More than once the officers came
within 10 feet of his hiding in the
bushes, he said.
why didn't you shoot them then?"
he was asked.
Il was lying down in the field
Saturday night when the officers
passed right close by" he explained.
II could have picked 'em off one at
time. But they wasn't shooting at me
and I didn't want to bother nobody
that wasn't bothering me-"
I'm a good shot. I never missed
anything Many a time I have killed
a hawk on the wing at a quarter of
mile with my rifle
Lives by His Rifle.
Quesenberry denied that he was
desperate and claimed that he kept
TO himself, in the mountains, living
by his rifle.
Il don't bother nobody that don't
bother me-" he repeated.
Admitting his recollection was hazy
of the first shooting Saturday when
he dropped Federal Agent kirkpatrick
in the battle at the apple brandy
still, Quesenberry confessed to being
drunk at the time from his own
brandy. He felt sure, however. that
he had been fired on first Reports
from Federal agents indicated that
Quesenberry fired the first shot, that
Kirkpatrick replied with one shot from
his pistol. and that when the Federal
agents pistol jammed, Quesenberry
then blaZed away with his rifle, drop
ped Kirkpatrick and retreated into the
woods.
Il was then the manhunt was let
loose with all the fury of Federal,
State and county forces concentrated
on the mountainSide country.
Coast Guard forces from three quar-
ters we're concentrated on the scene,
and Federal agents were called in
by Capt. Sayles from several States to
supplement the hurriedly collected
local forces.
Machine Guns Enter Fray.
A Coast Guard plane few over from
Cape May, N J. A truck with Coast
Guardsmen and mounted with high
powered machine guns sped from the
Coast Guard depot at Curtis Bay, Md,
near Baltimore. From Fort HUNT, Va,
between Washington and Mount YER
non, Va, went a radio truck, which
was the first to flash news of the
capture to Washington.
State and county police threw their
full forces into the field, and joined
with the Federal men, beating bushes,
ravines, mountainside and investigat-
ing every possible hiding place. Ap-
parently several parties of the State,
county and Federal men passed close
by the hiding mountaineer.
QueSenberry was sighted yesterday
morning and put up fight resulting
in the death of Corpl McClary.
Federal Agent Clyde w. Saunders
of Richmond called to Quesenberry
to surrender. According to officers the
trapped mountaineer replied with a
shot from his powerful rifle. The
agents returned the fire and advanced
through open country. The rifleman
turned, ran to cover of some nearby
woods and then rested his weapon
across fallen log for a shot.
Fears Bomb Gun"
He said today at the Jail:
II was weak and tired and couldn't
run. I was trying to get away.
didn't mind them shooting at me with
revolver and shotgun fire, but one fell
low had that old bomb gum"
Apparently the moonshiner was re-
ierring to the automatic repeating
rifle borrowed from the National
Guard and carried by Corpl. McClary.
Quesenberry continued: That Off
Ger was chipping the leaves from all
around my head. That made me mad.
I thought they meant to kill me. I
turned and drew a bead on the man
with the boom gun. I saw him fall,
and I knew I had him. The other
officers then let me alone. They got
behind barn and stayed there and
! went into the woods
He got me-" McClary said before
he died. Now you get him" Nc
Clary was shot through the abdomen.
Brother Also Killed.
Corpl. McClary was the second of
two brothers to be killed in line of
duty while members of the Alexan-
6ria Police Department. =, An older
brother, Sergt Charles R. McClary,
was fatally wounded when shot by
an escaped murderer in June, 1929.
The murderer, kid" Lilly, colored
desperate, was later captured at Co.
1umbus. Ohio, and brought to Alexan-
dria for trial. He was sentenced to
life ir1nriSOnmnnt