Evening star., 1935-10-17
CAPITAL GAMBLER
SUSPICION
IN WILSON MURDER
Police Are Suspecting For
mer DisgruntIed Friend of
mickey" Mcdonald.
FOUR WILL BE CHARGED
IN ROUTE AGENTS DEATH
Slayers Were Declared Hired
After Disagreement Between
Local Underworld Leaders.

With enough evidence already in
hand to go before the grand jury
against four suspected slayers of Allen
B. Wilson. newspaper route agent,
police investigators are trying to link
one of Washington's three leading
gamblers with the murder, 1t was
learned today.
Wilson was slain last October in
front of the Takoma Park, Md, home
Of Edward Mickey Mcdonald, local
gambler, when gangsters apparently
mistook him for Mcdonald.
Gunmen Declared Hired.
In their efforts to connect one Of the
city's underworld leaders with the case,
police are working on the theory that
hired gunmen we're sent to kill Nc
Donald because he had incurred the
jealousy of this man, who reputedly
was behind the scenes in the Staying
Of "Milsje" Henry.
Mcdonald, it was said, arrived
home much earlier than usual and
did not park his car in its customary
place. When the gunner drove up
short time later. they failed to see
the car and concluded Mcdonald had
not come home They hid in the
woods across the road until just be-
! fore daybreak, when Wilson drove up
to deliver paper. Mistaking him for
Mcdonald, they opened fire.
Investigators said Mcdonald form
erly had been allied with the sus-
pected gambler, but had broken"
with him. AS he expanded his own
business, it was said, he incurred the
other mans enmity until the latter
decided to kill him
Charges viii Be Placed.
Meanwhile, it was learned from an
authoritative source that four men
now under arrest will be charged with
the murder, with the local gambling
leader as q possible fifth. From the
same source, it was learned the prose-
cution has five witnesses, one Of them
reputable citizen who saw the
gunnen lettering in front of McDon-
AIDS home the day before the shooting.
Montgomery County States Attor-
ney James Pugh. however, said the
case is not yet complete and that 1t
will not be presented to a special
grand jury.
He intimated the case will not be
presented until an important phase
of the investigation has been con-
cluded.
Murder Car PLACED
Other officials said the murder car,
which has been recovered, can def
nitely be placed on the road in front
of McDonald's home the night Of the
shooting.
United States Attorney Leslie c.
Garnett. in a formal statement, said
he had returned secret indictments
against four men and a woman in the
case at the request of special police
investigators. He said he did not
know the supposed connection of these
five with the murder, but that he
felt he had ample evidence to justify
their indictment on the charges In
the true bills.
The men were charged with house.
pIcdklIlS Willie LIle WOINdQ, Matte
McKeever. was accused of being an
accessory after the fact in house.
breaking
The men indicted are william Cleary.
who is being held incommunicado here;
Thomas Melbourne, Ernest Wellington
Myers, George Davis and Carlton
George williams.
Transferred From Lorton.
1t was learned that Myers has been
transferred from Lorton Reformatory
to the District Jail, where Albert S.
Sutton, another suspect in the case, is
being held. The reason for the trans
fer could not be learned, but it was
unexpected since Sutton a few days
ago was removed from Lorton to get
him away from Myers.
Others allegedly involved in the in
vestigation are George Dewey Jenkins,
now being held here, and John (Slim)
Dunn, serving time in AlcatraZ.
Sutton was taken to the scene Of
the murder last Monday night for a
re-enactment of the crime. With two
policemen in plain clothes, he was
ordered to walk in front of automobile
headlights in an apparent attempt at
identification. One Of his escorts then
(See MURDER, Page 81