Evening star., 1938-11-19
Sniper
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a man with whom he had lived, he
had been dressed in brown-one OF
the points in Mrs Browns descrip-
ton of the assailant.
The suspect told the investigators
he had been in Jail at Rockville, Md,
for the last two weeks. but Jail rec
ords did not show he had been in
custody. When arrested, he was
dressed in white, but police found
he had brown clothes and dressed
him in them for his appearance be-
fore Mrs Brown today.
sOfficials urged the public to re-
port to police Immediately any in
formation or suspicious that might
help lead to the snipers capture.
and the public was responding this
morning.
Calls from residents of the Rock
Greek Park area led to the arrest
by sixth precinct police of white
man, a w. P. A. worker, who aroused
suspicion as he picked up golf balls
in the vicinity of Sixteenth street
and Rock Creek Ford road NV
and sent officers on hunt for a
colored man reported acting sus-
piciously around Vinegar Hill a
colored settlement near Sixteenth
street and Concord avenue. Police
questioning the W. P. A. worker did
not list him as definite suspect be-
cause the sniper is believed to be
colored.
There were no reports of the
sniper being active last night. Police
investigating report that col
ored man of similar description had
Jumped on the running board of an
automobile driven by Miss Edna
Grunewald, II. of 1000 Cathedral
avenue NV, and been frightened
away when he speeded up. decided
there was no connection with the
killers activities.
Boy Is Bullet Victim.
The general excitement and fear
aroused by the recent shootings was
indirectly responsible for the acci-
dental shooting of l2-year-old Jo-
seph Steer in his home. at 63l5
Florida street, Chevy Chase, Md,
last night.
His father, Henry B. Steer, was
going to choir practice and had to
drive through lonely section Of
the park. AS a precaution. he loaded
his revolver and put it in his pocket.
His 10-year-old daughter, Jean.
brushed against him in such way
as to dislodge the pistol, and it fell
to the floor, discharging a bullet as
it hit. The bullet inflicted a super
fetal wound in Joseph's side and
lodged in his arm.
The hunt for the mad sniper as
sumed a do or die" aspect yesterday
when ballistics tests showed the
bullets which killed Mr. Murray
and wounded Mrs. Brown were fired
from the same gun as those used in
the other shootings last week.
Mr.. Murray. so, w. P. A. deputy
foreman, of 7574 Fourteenth street
NV, was shot six times in the left
side and back. Mrs. Brown, 40, a
widow and chief sorter at the AM
bassador Laundry, who resides at
1920 Harvard street NV, suffered
a bullet wound in the hip. She is
recovering at Georgetown Hospital.
They were attacked on Grubb
road, extension of Beach drive, about
half a mile south of the East-West
Highway, as they were driving along
the short cut" en- route to a dance
in Silver Spring. Md. Mrs. Brown
said the colored assailant forced
them to stop at pistol point, took
Mr.. Murray's wallet and, when he
found only IS in it and she told him
she had no money, started shooting.
He fired II times.
Wallet Discovered.
Police discovered the wallet about
100 yards away from the scene yes
terday, identification and other
cards in it torn and scattered over
the ground.
In addition to possible finger
prints from the wallet, police found
three footprints at the spot where
Mr.. Murray was forced to stop his
car. Plaster casts were made of
these, in the hope they might help
to identify the killer.
They were the first definite clues
discovered in connection with the
supposed maniac's attacks. He had
left no trace last week when he
wounded John G. Clements, %. Of
the 6100 block Of Fourteenth street
NV. and the next night killed Ed
ward Roper, 81, colored, 1927 c street
S.W.. and wounded his woman COM
panion. The victims last week were
shot without warning as they sat in
parked automobiles In the park Sec
ti@l, and the survivors could give