Evening star., 1937-04-30
Jordon
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and the other shorter-the latter doing
the shooting She declared both men
wore stockings or ribbed bathing caps
over their heads.
Corvie Mason, colored bus boy.
agreed with Miss Colt as to the size Of
the hold-up men.
Miss Colt viewed Jordon on the occa-
sion Of his first arrest and declared he
"resembled" the shorter man, the rec
ords show. She made no positive
Identification, however.
The case was prosecuted by Assist
ant United States Attorney Roger
Robb
Most important Of the statements
filed today, in the opinion Of the at
torneys, was one by Mrs. Bell, who de-
clared Mrs. Jaynes backed her de-
scriptions Of the killer and his ac-
complice with the assertion that he
had eaten lunch in the restaurant sew
eral hours before the robbery.
The new witness detailed conversa-
ton she had with Mrs. Jaynes in the
dressing room of the cafe Immediately
after the shooting. Asked how she
could remember the gunman's appear
ance, Mrs. Jaynes replied, according to
the witness:
How could help 1t when saw
him before In the afternoon? The same
man."
The other statements were obtained
from three officers who participated in
the original investigation OF the crime.
All agreed that the recently dis
covered police incidental" describ-
ing the bandits as 6-footers were
written on the basis OF information
provided by Mrs. Jaynes before she
realized she had been wounded.
Mrs. Jaynes collapsed in her apart
ment while telling her husband, W. B.
Jaynes. of the robbery. She died in
Garfield Hospital two days later.
At the time Of the shooting Mrs.
Bell was resident manager OF an apart
nent house at ls4l Columbia road.
The T Shoppe Is at 1885.
Mrs. Bell, who said she knew Mrs.
Jaynes very we'll" told Of being asked
by an employe OF the cafe to telephone
police Immediately after the gunplay.
After making the call, she said, she
ran to the restaurant.
"' rushed over to Mrs.
Jaynes quickly and asked her II she
were hurt" Mrs. Bell related, "and
she said, I don't know whether am
shot or not, but I have = peculiar feel
ing"
Mrs Bell escorted the cashier into
the ladies room and examined her,
finding no evidence Of = wound.
Mrs. Jaynes. according to Mr.. Bell,
declared the gunman was - thin, tall
man, gray eyes and light hair"
Did you ever see him before?"
Mrs. Bell asked.
Yes. he was in the cafe this after
noon," Mrs Bell quoted Mrs. Jaynes
rs saying. He had lunch there, and
he sat at the third table from the
cashiers desk"
Another Man With Suspect
Mrs. Jaynes, according to Mrs. Bell,
described how the man walked
around and appeared to be looking In
the little glass windows that lead into
tho back, the kitchen" Then, Mrs.
Jaynes said, he walked back to the
desk and paid me for lunch" An
other man was with him At the time,
Mrs. Jaynes added.
Later. Mrs. Rpll Said she heard Mrs
Jaynes tell policeman thst the gun
man called to his companion rs they
fed; Il didn't shoot the woman. The
gun went off,"
The other statements were from
Policeman F. ]. Hack and Thomas F.
Heide. the first of1icers to reach the T
Shoppe after the shooting, and Detec-
tive Sergt. M. j. Mahaney, who sub
sequently took up the investigation.
Hack verified the descriptions of
Che bandits carried on the second pre-
clnct incidental book" explaining
they came from Mrs. Jaynes and a
waitress, As we'll as half a dozen"
customers in the T shoppe at the
time.
80 far as Mrs. Jaynes was concerned,
Hack said, the descriptions were
"clear and unmistakable," because
"she wasn't hysterical at ALL"
Heide, whose statement was along
much the same line, explained he
jotted the descriptions in his notebook
- Mrs. Jaynes gave them.