Evening star., 1938-06-26
OFFICER TO:FACE
JURY IN Staying
Scheid Will Go on Trial
Tomorrow in Shooting of
D. C. Motorist.

Edwin Scheid, %, one Of two Falls
Church (Va.) policemen indicted on
murder charges in the shooting Of
Theodore B. Daugherty. 3l-year-old
Washington musician, will 60 on trial
tomorrow in the Arlington County Cir :,
cult Court.
Scheid, and the other oficer, Her
bert Knox. "a. have been under sus-
pension since the shooting, which oc-
CURED early on the morning Of March
20 as Daugherty was driving back
to Washington after a visit with his
wifes family in Falls Church.
II Scheid is acquitted. Knox will
not be tried under the indictment re-
turned against them. 1t was indicated.
No trial date for Knox has been set
and 1t Is highly improbable that he;s,
could be tried immediately after
Scheid, 1t was learned. Il
With l3 witnesses subpoenaed for
the Commonwealth and only three
summoned for the defense, indica-
tions are that Frank L. Ball, counsel
for Scheid, will call several surprise l,
witnesses
DcIenSc SdlS ) OmCeTS.
The three summoned for the de-
fense are all Washington policemen.
They are j. E. Burke. F. l.. Mason
and G. L. Norris. Mr. Ball said, how
ever, he would probably call about
40 or Is witnesses"
Practically all the witnesses sum- .
moned by, Commonwealth's Attorney :
Lawrence w. Douglas have either tes- :
titled at the Police Court preliminary
hearing or have given accounts to the
newspapers.
Scheid and Knox, In their report F,
Of the incident to Falls Church Mayor
L. P. Daniel, said they chased Daugi1-
erty as the latter sped by the inter-
section Of Lee highway and the Lees
burg pike. When they stopped"
Daugherty's car in the 1900 block Of =
the Lee highway-after chase Of =
nearly 4 miles-they reported they
got out of their automobile and
Daugherty allegedly tried to run them
down. They stated they fired their
pistols at, the tires and not at the
driver
The two officers turned themselves
over to Arlington County authorities
and an investigation revealed that
Officer Scheid's gun was discharged
five times and that of Oflcer Knox
once. There were four bullet holes
in Mr.. Daughertys car.
A ballistic test by 1t. John Fowler
Of the Metropolitan Police Depart
ment allegedly showed that the fatal
bullet was discharged from Mr..
Scheid's gun.
Commonwealth Witnesses.
Among the witnesses whom Com +,
monwealth Attorney Douglas had Or
dered summoned yesterday we're A. D.
Langley. John E. Conway and John
Sanders, all Arlington County police-s
men who we're on duty at the time
Of the incident; County Coroner W.
G. Welburn, Robert Albertis of 1870
Lee highway, who testified at the Po-
lice Court preliminary hearing the
shooting occurred in front Of his home
j. F. Bean, a milk wagon driver for
Hazel's Dairy, and Harry Frazer,
brother of Mrs. Daugherty, widow of
the slain man.
Other witnesses summoned bv the
prosecution were Mr.. and Mrs George
C, Frazier, the parents of Mrs,
Daugherty. and Mr. and Mrs. Law
renee r. Barghausen, who live oppo-
site the Fraziers on Broad street in
Falls Church.
Other Fairfax County witnesses
listed are c. V. Weishaupt Of the
Leesbure pike, outside Fall Church;
Marvin A. Poole and Mrs Cecil Raw
lings, both Of Mclean. Va.
A panel Of so talesmen was drawn
yesterday.