Evening star., 1941-10-17
Maryland Officials
Going 10 Maine for
Trio Held in KiI|inq
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 tt
leave today for Portland, Me. to
bring back two Alexandria (Va)
high school girls and their 16-year-
old boy friend.
The body of Mr.. Browning was
found in a thicket near ConoWingo
Md. about noon yesterday, only 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, accord
ing to the Associated Press.
The two girls are Ida Mae Price,
IS, and Leona Ellen Cunningham,
ID. 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
Mrs Paul Luffman, 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.
Municipal Court Judge Robert w.
Dewolf of Portland today held the
trio without bail on fugitive charges.
Their cases were continued until to-
morrow.
Sheriff Walter E. Bennington of
Hartford County. 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
10. 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.
Funeral services for Mr.. Browning
will be held at $50 pm. Sunday at
Mount Olive, N. C.
His parents, Mr.. and Mrs. r. J.
Browning. Route 3, Mount Olive;
two brothers and a sister survive,
Third Version of Case.
County Attorney Albert Knudsen
at Portland today announced third |
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
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 a few miles north of Bel Air,
and that he took Mr.. Browning's
wallet containing about $40.