Evening star., 1941-11-29

By Star staff Correspondent
LEESBURG, Va, Nov. 29.-Ir
separate jails, SO miles apart. tn,
two youths charged with the murder
OF Ward Loveless. prominent Wash.
ington attorney, were held incom.
municado today to await action Of
the Loudoun County grand jury 8
week from Monday.
Paul Bernard Pete Hoback oi
Bluefleld. w. Va. was locked w
here Herbert Buckle Porter, alias
Tommy Peters. from Brentwood
Md, was in Jail at Winchester.
Commonwealth Attorney Charles
s. Harrison, who, with Sheriff S. P
Alexander and State troopers
brought the boys back from Cum
berland. KY. sprang a surprise at
midnight last night when, at
Winchester, he suddenly separated
the boys after they had travelled by
automobile 500 miles manacled to-
gether. He left the Porter boy in
jail at Winchester and brought
Hoback here
The father of the Porter youth.
Herbert Porter of Brentwood, came
to Leesburg yesterday afternoon
only to find his son was still some
where on the road.
The grief-stricken father reached
the Leesburg courthouse about 3
pm. accompanied by State Senator
Aubrey Weaver of Front ROYAL. Va,
who has been retained as counsel
for the Porter boy.
Delayed En- Route.
The Loudoun County officers and
their prisoners left Bristol. where
they spent Thursday night, about
10 am. yesterday, but were delayed,
first by a message to State Trooper
E. D. Helm that his mother had
died, which required him to leave
the group at Roanoke. then by
"other matters" Mr.. Harrison said.
1t was shortly before / am. TODAY
that the State police car drew up in
front of the county Jail here.
AS the car bringing Hoback drove
up photographers spread about it.
A State trooper ran ahead, up the
steps TO the open door of the Jail.
Another officer waited in the car.
Hoback, a swart, husky lad. ran up
the steps alone, his hands shackled
together.
AS flashlights popped, he turned
and snarled:
II don't want no pictures.
Some of the photographers fol-
lowed him into the Jail, and Hoback
suddenly whipped off shoe and
started to aim it at the pursuing
cameramen.
Get out, you buzzards?" he
shouted.
A deputy interviewed and shooed .
the photographers out.
Police Hold Coupe.
The present location of the 1910 .
green coupe, stolen from the Love .
less garage, an important State ex-
hibit in the case. was not disclosed |
The car was missed last Monday .
after the beaten and bullet-riddled !
body of Mr.. LoveleSS was found in a
china closet in his Peonian Springs .
home near here. The coupe led to .
the boys capture. When they |
abandoned it at Cumberland, KY,
wednesday and fled afoot. they were
quickly caught at nearby ACoal-
schia, Va.
In connection with the detention
of one boy at Winchester, it was re-
called that investigators have re-
ported evidence that the pair COM
mitted series of burglaries in the
Shenandoah Valley town few days
before the Loveless murder.
Crowd Gathers.
Mr.. Harrison and his associates I.
went ahead with preparations to
present the case to the grand jury |.
week after next. Meanwhile no |
preliminary hearing was planned, it
was indicated.
Long before the hour the officers |
and their prisoners were expected to
III llNC Ill lO"llopCOPIC w
gan assembling in groups around |
the courthouse. Although it was |
generally known that the police car |
could not arrive before 6 pm, due
to the late start from Bristol. dozens |
of school children and older resi- !
dents were waiting as early as $3.50
pm.
Although a few of the curious |
waited until about 10 o'clock, the |
late hour and the cold finally drove |
away the last one and only hand
full of newspapermen were on hand |
when the car finally arrived.
Mr.. Weaver issued a statement
yesterday in which he pointed out
that Mr.. Porter was highly re-
spected employe of the Southern
Railroad and knew nothing OF his
sons part in the affair until he saw
the boys picture in the newspapers.
TT shall be our policy to CO.
operate in bringing out all the facts
in this unfortunate case" Mr..
Weaver said.
Hobock's Father Says