Evening star., 1938-12-03
Mary Brown
Sticks 10 Story
Of kidnapping
Girl in Interview Tells
Of Being Beaten
By Three Men


year-old Mary Brown today retold
her story OF how she was forced into
a delivery truck, driven blindfolded
to an unknown hide-away, held
prisoner for 30 hours and returned
to be released by three men about
half mile from her home near
Oxon Hill, Md.
Meanwhile, the girls father, Will
liam B. Brown, an employe of the
Bureau of Engraving and Printing,
reafflrmed his faith in the girls story
and denounced those inclined to
doubt certain details related by
Mary.
Earlier, Maj. Elmer r. Munshower,
superintendent of Maryland State
police, said report by a physician
revealed the girl had no marks of
violence on her body when she
stumbled, half fainting and hys-
terical, into her home Thursday
night. She was clad only in a slip,
underwear and torn stockings.
Has Added Details.
The girl since has been under the
care OF a physician and members of
her family. She has told her story
to her family and police several
times. Her father said none of
these accounts varied in fact,
although the girl had added details
overlooked at first.
Five newspapermen were taken
upstairs to Marys bedside this
morning. The girl appeared COM
paratively calm, although she spoke
in voice hardly above a whisper.
The father repeatedly had asked
that only one reporter talk to the
girl. Also present in the room at
the time were Mrs Brown, Chief
Arthur Hepburn of Prince Georges
County police and two Maryland
State police officers.
The girl was asked if she knew in
what general direction the kidnapers
drove after snatching her from the
roadway
Il know" she murmured, "it was
that way" pointing in a SOUTH
ward direction through her bedroom
| window.
| BnndfOlded Entire Time.
Under further questioning she said
the blindfold was not removed from
her eyes during the 80 hours she
was in the presence of the men.
She said they rode until 2 am,
when the driver steered the car
from paved road and into what
she thought was a bumpy road
through woods. She said they then
left the truck with one of the men
and she accompanied the other two
through the woods, walking for ap-
proximately Is minutes before they
reached a passenger car.
| She said:
Then they drove me for about q
mile and helped me out of the car.
We then entered what I believed
was a shack. Then they made me-
take off part of my clothing to use
in starting fire in a stove.
Later they made me lie down on
a mattress, which was on the floor.
and they laid down on either side
OF me. One of them had gun.
Voices Very Gruff.
II did not sleep at all. I was so
frightened. They said very little
during the entire trip and even after
we arrived at the shack.
They whispered among them
selves most of the time and when
they spoke to me, their voices were
very gruff.
Some time later, they asked what
kind of job my father had. I told
them he is only poor farmer
"One of the men then stated,
Well, we don't want anything with
YOU"
She said that short while later
one of the men hit her in the
stomach knocking her unconscious.
When she revived, she said, they
were riding again.
After driving for some time" she
said, one of the men removed the
blindfold from her eyes for the first
time and told her to get out of the
car.
The father said the girl, as re-
lated before, called themselves "One,"
Two" and Three"
The interview was concluded when
the father said in a quiet voice,
Don't you think that is enough,
boys?"
Marks Near Eyes.
The girl did not appear excited
during the interview. Alongside her
right eye were marks like those left
by a blindfold bound tightly about
the head.
On the return to the living room
downstairs, Mr. Brown said, "Boys,
I have heard that same story time
and again and that is exactly as nv
daughter related it,"
In an effort to show she could
(see MARY BROWN, Page A-40
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