Evening star., 1936-05-08
INTENDED VICTIM
IN WILSON KILLING
RECALLSB0YHOOD
Defendant Was His Friend,
He Says, and Warned
of Plot on Life.
DEFENSE is UNDECIDED
ON COURSE OF ACTION
Jury May Begin Deliberations .
Late Today-Wife of Gam
bier on Stand.
BY w. HI. SHIPPEN, JR.,

Stan Correspondent Of The Star.
CUMBERLAND, Md, May 8.-The
State rested it case at noon today in
the trial Of Albert S. Sutton in con-
nection with the gang killing of Allen
B. Wilson, Washington newspaper
carrier.
This followed the recall to the wit
ness stand of Edward G. Mickey
Mcdonald. intended victim of the
gang. Mcdonald. Washington gam
bier, did not like his role of States
witness and declared the defendant
was a boyhood friend of his and had
warned him of the plot against his
life
The defense was undecided this
afternoon whether to put Sutton on
the stand in his own behalf. The
case was expected to reach the jury
late today or early tomorrow. T.
Tells Of B0yhood Friendship. :.
Mcdonald. on the stand for the
third time in the three separate trials
Of those allegedly involved in the plot
on his life. told the jury how he had
known Sutton since boyhood.
I'VE was kids together" Mcdonald
said. Il called him Bumps"
Sutton is accused of hiring five
gunner to get Mcdonald" but they
shot Wilson by mistake. Wilson was
killed in October, 1884, as he de-
livered morning newspaper to the
Takoma Park home of Mcdonald.
Albert McDermott, alias John (Slim)
Dunn, was convicted here Wednesday
OF f1rst-degree murder in the killing.
The jury specified against capital
punishment. Ernest W. Myers was
convicted in Rockville several weeks
ago and sentenced to life imprison-
ment.
Five Men Put a; Scene.
The States star witness, William H.
Cleary, Philadelphia gunman. places
flve men at the scene.
Cleary says the men were Nc
Dermott. Myers, Claude Bailey, Tony
(The Singer Cugino and himself.
Bailey was killed in an attempt to
flee Lorton Reformatory last Summer.
Cugino hanged himself in New York
cell after telling police of his long
career as an assassin.
Mcdonald told the jury this morn
ing how his automobile was DESTROYED
in an explosion. He said he installed
food lights around his home after this
incident.
The gambler explained that at the
time of the explosion he was accom-
panied by his wife and baby. The
State charges the gang put nitro.
glycerine in the cylinders of Mc-.
Donald's car and set stick of dyna-e
mite beneath the drivers seat. s
Saw Man Following Him.
Mcdonald said he saw a man fol..
lowing him one day and walked up To
ask for a match. He said the man was
Cleary. The gambler declared he later
was asked by police to go to a Wash-
ington precinct to identify suspect in
the Wilson slaying.s The witness dess
clared the man was Cleary.
What did you do?" he was asked
by States Attorney James H. Pusf
of Montgomery County. s.
II lost my temper. slapped him.
Mcdonald testified.
The gambler related how he was
awakened by gunfire on October %.
1894, and saw a car near his drive.
He said he heard four shots.
The gambler then told how he had
known Sutton for 20 or 25 years and
had entertained him in his home. He
explained that Sutton told him he
was to be taken for a ride by Bailey,
adding he could imagine no reason
why Sutton might want to kill him. {;
No Motive Apparent. 4
Woman Takes Stand. z
Mrs. Viola Mcdonald, wife of the
intended gang victim, described what
she saw of the Wilson killing from the
windows of her home. The comely
matron then declared that several
weeks prior to the Wilson murder an
automobile drove by her home and one
man in the car was McDermott.
Mrs. Mcdonald said she went 10
Washington after the Wilson staying
at request of her husband to look over
defendants in the trial of two robbers.
She said she recognized one of the men
as McDermott.
At that time McDermott was con-
victed in District Supreme Court in
the tri-State gang hold-up Of the
Heurich Brewery. He now is serving
O sentence at Alcatraz Prison.
Sergeants on Stand.
The investigation of the Wilson
Staying was described by Sergts. JOSS
eph Nolte and Roy Snyder Of Mont
gomery County.
Frank Collier Of New York, brother
in-law of McDermott, was introduced
by the State to testify as to Nc.
Dermott's presence in New York Just
prior to the Staying.
The prosecution contends that Me-
Dermott and Bailey went to New
York to buy a machine gun to use on
Mcdonald. 2
Lawrence Vermillion, manager Of
the telephone company In Washing
ton, said call was put through from
Alban Towers Apartment, where Sut-
ton lived, to Golfers home in New
York.
Cleary says the conspirators lived
at Alban Towers while plotting the
murder.
The manager Of Alban Towers, ).
s. Bardwell. told the jury Sutton wes
a tenant in the building prior to the
Wilson killing. At that time Sutton
was on parole from Lorton Reforn3-
atory, where he was under sentencs
for assault to kill He had q lQf1E
police record in Washington.