The Washington times., 1936-05-07
DUNN IS GIVEN
LIFE TERM
IN DEATH
State Seeks Supreme
Penalty for Third
Suspect in Case

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Nervously tapping his foot on the
floor as If keeping time to music,
Albert s. Bumps" Sutton sat in
Allegany county circuit court to.
day and watched tenSely as jury
was selected to try him for first
degree murder.
Almost the entire morning was
devoted to choosing IL men from
q long list Of taleSmen. Many
challenges, principally by the de-
fenSe, forced the elimination of
one person after another. The
asst man was sworn in at 1922
am.
One colored man, Alexander
Washington, railroad car
washer, was on the panel from
which was selected the jury to
consider charges that Sutton was
connected with the mistaken
identity" Staying on October %,
1884. Of Allen B. Wilson, Washing
ton TimeS-Herald route agent.
Washington was eliminated by
q defense challenge. Thomas j.
Shuttle was chosen as foreman.
Lawyers Retained
Not unit the trial of Sutton
opened at 9:15 was it made def
mite that his attorneys would be
j. Phillips Roman and F.. Brooke
Whiting, local lawyers. Both
were retained by Mrs. Nan Sut-
ton.. of Washington, who is now
In Cumberland.
Thomas L. Dawson, Secretary
Of State for Maryland, originally
retained to defend the convicted
robbery, withdrew because Of ILL.,
ness. He has been sick in a local
hotel since last week.
Witnesses were called at 1880
and the trial was under way.
Among those called were Ira
Gulickson, washington policeman;
Sergt. George c. Deyoe, of the
Washington force; Edward N.
Mickey" Mcdonald, reputed
Washington gambler; Mrs. Nc
Donald: Maryland State Police
man Joseph Nolte and William H.
Cleray, self admitted member Of
the gang that killed Wilson, who
has turned States evidence.
The defense announced as wit
nesses Sutton and his wife and told
the court no others would be called.
State Opens Case
Shortly afterward James H.
Pugh, States attorney Of Mont
gomery county, who is prosecuting
Sutton, opened the States side Of
the case.
Sutton, serving a 2O-year term
at Lorton on two convictions,
originally was scheduled to be
tried jointly with Albert Nc
Dermott, alias John slim" Dunn,
for the killing of Wilson.
Last Monday the two were per-
mitted to have separate trials in
the Allegany county circuit court,
and "Slim" Dunn was brought
alone to the bar Of justice.
Dunn Is Convicted
Late yesterday, before Chief
Judge D. Lindley Sloan, a jury of
elderly farmers and local business
men found Dunn guilty Of
firstdegree murder without cap
ital punishment. It required the
IL men only As minutes to reach
their decision.
During the Dunn trial, the
prosecution claimed that Sutton
was the man who hired a quintet
of five gangsterS to get" Edward
Mickey" Mcdonald, reputed
Washington gambler.
Early on the morning of Oc-
tober %, the State alleged, the
murderers shot down Wilson, as
he was driving away in his auto
mobile after delivering a news
paper in front of McDonald's Ia
koma Park residence. The Slay-
ers had the unfortunate belief"
the route agent was Mcdonald,
the State said. The latter, a
small, wiry man, testified in the
trial Of Dunn and in Sut-
tons trial is scheduled to repeat
his performance, which delighted
the courtroom because Of his
Surly, slangy language.
Sentenced to Prison
First sentenced in Washington
to q term of five years in 1921
on charges Of assault to kill, Sut-
ton was also convicted during
the same year of robbery, for
which an additional Is years
were imposed.
He was paroled in 1882 from
the total consecutive sentences
of 20 years, but again put back
behind the bars in 1884 on
charges he had violated the
parole. He still has nine years
to serve on these convictions.
Although Dunn's trial took only
three days, attorneys in the case
were inclined to keep quiet"
about the length Of the Sutton
case.
Members Of the family of
Dunn today expressed hope the
life Imprisonment sentence would
bring the convicted murder accom-
plice to the State penitentiary at
Baltimore, where he could be
visited"
However, authorities declared
"Slim" may be detained at the
gloomy Alcatraz prison in Cali
fornia until his term Of Is years
is completed-a term imposed be-
cause of his implication with a