The Washington times., 1936-04-20

me. 80.
His voice dying away in q
whisper, Louis Bush, president
and owner Of the Gray Line Sight
seeing Tours, told this story to
homicide detectives gathered
around his bed in the Emergency
Hospital. Rushed there shortly
after the shooting which took
place October 6, 1880, in the rear
of his home in the $500 block
Fulton st. N. W., Mr.. Bush was
given two blood transfuSions In a
desperate attempt to save his life,
Fortyeight hours later he was
dead.
However, he had given police
an accurate description Of the
white man who lay in wait for
him in his garage and who shot
him down when he resisted the
holdup.
That deScription-and q bloody
fingerprint found on the radiator
Of the bus presidents automobile
were the only clues police had.
The next day detectives, led by
Lieut.. Edward j. Kelly, chief Of
the homicide squad, searching the
alley in the rear Of the Bush
home found an overcoat button,
evidently torn off in the Scuffle
for the gun, four empty cartridge
shells and q bunch Of keys.
Imbedded in q plank in the
house next to the Bush home they
found q 80 caliber bullet. The
murder weapon was missing.
Few Clues
The motive Of the Bush Staying
was obviously robbery. The bus
magnate was known to carry large
sums on his person. On the night
Of the killing, however, he ha6
only $50 in his wallet and the
killer evidently frightened after he
had shot the 60-year-old Bush, had
fled without waiting to take the
money.
Police Immediately threw a
dragnet around the underworld
Criminals whose speciality was
armed robbery were questioned
questioned without success. Three
suspects" were taken into custody
held for several days, grilled and
finally released.
Mr.. Bush, the police learned, had
no enemies. He was known
throughout Washington for his
philanthropies. He was admired
and respected by his employees.
None Of them, as far as police
could ascertain, would have reason
to kill him. He had even. in the
case Of one bus driver, taken the
man back after he had served a
term at the workhouSe. AS q
matter Of routine all Bush EN-
ployeS, including q woman, were
fingerprinted.
To make the case more battling
neighborS living in the exclusive
Northwest section near the house
where Mr.. Bush lived with his
married sister and her husband,
declared they had not, heard any
sounds of q Scuffle. They said
they miStook the shots for the
backfire Of an automobile.
Mr.. Bush's sister, Mrs. Marion
IuchS, told police the first she
knew Of the shooting was when her
brother staggered to the front door
Of their home and gaSped out that
he had been shot.
Finding themselves up against a
blind alley, police offered a $500
reward for information leading to
the arrest Of the killer. The Bush
family added $1,00O-but nobody
came to claim it.
MicroanalySis - today used as
O matter Of course in the solution
OF a crime - was then practically
unknown. AS a last resort, police
called in Edwin r. Donaldson,
microanalysist and chemist now
connected with the Department Of
Justice, but at that time working
for the District government.
BloodStainS found on Mr.. BuSh's
garments were scraped for the
particles Of lint on it In the hope
that magnification might show
shreds from the killers clothing.
Concluded In T