Evening star., 1941-10-17
Maryland Officials
Going 10 Maine for
Trio Held in KiIIinq
Boy and Two Girls
Waive Extrodition.
Sheriff Informed

Hartford County and Maryland
State authorities, armed with war
rants charging the murder Of Grain
ger G.. Browning. 38-year-old car
penter Of Mount Olive. N. c., were to
leave today for Portland, Ne, to
bring back to Alexandria CVaO two
high school girls and their 16-year-
old boy friend.
The body OF MI. Browning was
found in thicket near Conowingo,
Nd. about noon today, only a few
hours after Portland officials an
nounced that Herbert H. Cox. jr., 16,
of Alexandria, had admitted shoot
ing the man somewhere between
Baltimore and the Maryland-Penn
sylvania line. He claimed that the
man made advances" to one of his
girl companions, but later admitted
he shot him to take his car and go
on" authorities there said.
The two girls are Ida Mae Price.
Is, and Leona Ellen Cunningham.
IA. students at George Washington
High School in Alexandria. who ran
away from home with the Cox boy
in Mr., Browning's car Sunday night
The shooting occurred early Mon
day.
Warrants Issued.
After the body was identified by
Ms. Paul Lutfman. who had served
meals to Browning in her trailer at
the Martha Washington trailer
camp in Alexandria. and Mrs. Ger
aid L. Ray. another resident of the
camp, States Attorney D. Paul Nc
Nabb of Hartford County. obtained
the murder warrants from Justice of
the Peace Stanley Spencer at Bel
Air.
Sheriff Walter E. Bennington Of
Hartford Coanty. said he and State
trooper would leave this afternoon
or tonight for Portland, where it was
reported the three young people had
waived eXtradition. The cases will
be presented to the Hartford County
Circuit Court grand jury which
meets for the fall term November
TO- he said.
Sheriff Bennington said the trio
would be returned to Maryland in
Mr.. BroWning's automobile. He said
his wife would go to Portland with
him and State police by train and
that the youths would be brought
here Sunday or Monday for arraign-
ment before Magistrate Spencer.
The body of Mr.. Browning, who
had lived at the same trailer camp
where the three young people re-
sided with their parents, was being
held at an undertaking establish
ment in Darlington pending an
autopsy by DR.. Howard j. Maldeis,
chief medical examiner for the State,
and DR.. James Ramsay, deputy med
ical examiner of Hartford County.
The latter yesterday issued a certifi-
cate of death from gunshot wounds.
He said there was bullet wound at
the base of the skull and another in
the forehead near the right eye.
Third Version of Case.
County Attorney Albert Knudsen
at Portland today announced a third
version of the shooting. When first
taken in custody there, the Alexan-
dria trio explained the bloodstains
in Mr.. Browning's car by saying
they had picked up a victim of an
automobile accident near Boston and
taken him to hospital.
During the questioning, however,
the girls declared that a man named
Browning" who was giving them
a ride on their way to Portland, had
been shot and his body hidden beside
the highway after he tried to get
fresh" with the Price girl, seated
next to him in the front sea, accord
ing to Portland police.
Later, Mr.. Knudsen said, the
youth admitted the shooting took
place nearly an hour after the al
legged advances while they were
parked few miles north of Bel Air,
and that he took Mr.. Browning's
wallet containing about $40,