Evening star., 1936-12-16
NUMBERS CLASH
COSTS ONE LIFE
German Wright Dies OF
Wound-Maurice JuIiano
Death Held Suicide.

The numbers" shooting Monday
night of two men in the 1900 block
OF Twelfth street ended in death to-
day for one of the victims-Gorman
Wright, 27, colored.
Wright and Victor Juliano, 26, were
shot during a fight that police said
started when they ridiculed and
roughly handled another colored man
at Turner's Arena.
The gun play resulted when they fol-
lowed the man to the Twelfth street
house, where, police said, he went to
get gun.
Harvey James, ~, colored, who, ac-
cording to Lieut.. C. H. Lutz of the
second precinct, admitted the shoot
ings, is being held
Wright died in Emergency Hospital
of a gunshot wound in the abdomen.
Juliano is confined to Sibley Hospital
with a wound in the shoulder.
Gas Death Suicide.
Meanwhile, suspicion that the death
OF Maurice Juliano, 28, killed by car
ben monoxide gas, was linked with
the shooting Of his brother and
Wright, was definitely removed today
when the case was termed a suicide.
An autopsy revealed the elder brother,
whose body was found in his car in
the closed garage in rear of the Juliaro
residence at 2105 Fourth street north
east yesterday. had been dead more
than "a hours before Victor was
wounded.
In deciding Maurice took his owr
life, Coroner A. Magruder Macdonald
said evidence had been uncovered to
indicate a lovers quarrel probably
was the motive.
Maurice, the post-mortem showed.
had been dead about 40 hours when
his body was discovered by his l3-year-
old sister, Eleanor, who went to the
garage to get some firewood.
Quarrel Reported.
Maurice had not been seen by men,
bers of his family since early Sunday.
Police were told he had Quarreled
Saturday night with girl with whom
A woman's hat found in Maurice's S
car is believed to belong either to the
dead mans sweetheart or to the COM
panion of another man. The couple is
understood to have been riding with
Juliano late Sunday.
Maurice's body lay on the seat of
the coupe, with the head under the
wheel and the feet projecting from
the right-hand door. The hands lay
under the head, as if to pillow it.
Engine Had Stopped.
The ignition switch was on. but the
engine had stopped There was still
some gasoline in the tank, but DR..
Macdonald said the monoxide fumes
could have become dense enough to
prevent combustion and kill" the
motor.
Maurice, like Victor and Wright
had a long police record. but, al
though police suspected him of being
involved in the numbers" racket, he
has never been arrested for activities
along that line.
Dating back to April. 1921, Maurice's
record included charges Of transporta-
ton and possession of liquor, assault
disorderly conduct and drunkenness
, He was known to police by aliases oi
Maurice Culiano and Morris Juliana
Victor's record goes back to Au-
gust, 1920, when he was arrested for
petty larceny. He also was taken
into custody for possession of liquor,
transportation and setting up gam
ing table.
Wright had been arrested on charges
OF disorderly conduct, sale, transpor-
tation and possession Of liquor, receiv-
ing stolen property and permitting
gaming.
James has been arrested several
times for being disorderly.