Evening star., 1942-07-11

! ALLIES FLAGS FIX SIDE 81
Stripes fly side by side at the
derry, Northern Ireland, where
rain-soaked street, injuring his
wrist. Ek4dnd ran north on Nine
| teenth street and, according to
Schmidt, turned east at the corner
of Nineteenth and B streets Sc.
! Another Entrance Correct One.
Later 1t was learned that this YER
sion was erroneous-thatE Ek1und hat
bolted out Of the van In front Of the
Twentieth street entrance to the
! Jail, ran down b street to Nineteenth
! and north on Nineteenth.
| approximately 500 members Of
the force. including every available
plainclothesman, co-operated tn the
search last night and the major
| ity of them were still out at 9:3(
| am. today, Inspector Richard H
Mansfield. chief OF the Detective
Bureau, reported.
Inspector Mansfield, who relieved
| Capt. Barrett In the search at 7:3C
am, said that an effort was being
made to relieve the policemen who
had been wading knee deep In sew
ers and swamps all night.
Maj. Kelly said Capt Barrett, ac-
companied by a detachment from
No. S precinct, started a daylight
search OF the marshes in the victn-
ity at am.
Maj. Kelly remained on duty him
self until after / am, having been
downtown for the Police Academy
graduation, after which he stopped
by the Detective Bureau, where he
was informed Of the escape.
Kelly Praises Carlson.
When he confronted the deputy
marshals. he said he Immediately
recognized Carlson as a former
patrolman under his own command
at No. 3 precinct. He described
Carlson as absolutely honest and
pretty clever"
Appointments Of deputy marshals
are made on recommendations sub
mitted by the United States mar
shal subject to approval of the
Department Of Justice. These dep
uties are under Civil Service regu-
lations and are investigated before
their appointment.
Police emphasized that Eklund
tyo41IA v.nAd a ov~{efoprn - r~,~r~s,~ 81. =
handouts. Some police said that
they would have to be sawed
through, while others thought 1t
would be necessary to spring the
lock with a hammer. The double
lock involves snap lock and, "a
second precaution, a lock turned
with key.
Eklund once attended George
Washington University here. WheT
he was arrested, police found that
he had a Jail record in Indiana.
His mother, who lives here at 210s
F. street NV, Issued an appeal fol
him to surrender last night. She
said:
Gene, please surrender yourself
to the police or to Mr.. Whelan, youl
attorney. The jury last night
plainly indicated utter disagree.
ment as to their verdict, but an
confident that you will be acquitted
-'I know that the strain this Ions
trial and your long days in Jail have
made you feel desperate for free.
dom. I feel that your full freedom
will not be far away, so please re.
| turn"
Eklund was arrested in November
1910, and police revealed that they
had a strong circumstantial cas<
against him. Bullets recovered from
the bodies of five sniper victim.
were studied by ballistics experts.
1t was found that these bullet!
matched number which had beer
dug out of a tree in the rear of q
drive-in restaurant in nearby Vr.
ginia where Eklund had worked.
Convicted at First Trial.
He was brought to trial last veal
and a Government witness, Herbert
Ray, testified that he had seen Elk.
lund fire into the tree from which
the matching bullets had been re.
covered. A jury convicted the youth
OF the McClaine Staying.
Later the Court of Appeals granted
Eklund a new trial when it was re.
vealed that Ray had committed per.
jury during the original trial, BY
denying that he had a Jail record.
Eklund's second trial began or
June 80. This time Ray was no
called as witness The Govern.
ment had some new evidence, how
ever. This consisted of a rusty .38
caliher gun which had been dug III
in park in Baltimore. Direction.
to find the gun had been furnished
to police by fellow prisoner O
Eklund's.
This prisoner, Marvin r. Harlow
took the witness stand and told tn,
jury that Eklund had admitted t,
him, while IN jail, that he was re-
spohsible for the sniper murders
During Harlow's testimony Eklunt
rose from his seat in District Cour
several times to protest.
Two Other Escape Attempts.
Two prisoners have attempte
to escape from police custody her
in the last month. One made goo
in his break for freedom, while tn
other was captured after being sho
in the legs.
On June "a Floyd w. Lamore, 2s
of College Park, Md, disappeare'
from the Municipal Center Buildin
under mysterious circumstances. H
had been brought in to face polio
lineup, was left alone for a fey
minuts and vanished from tn
tightly guarded building. He is sti
at large.
James M. Hare of the 900 block Q
Ninth street NV, arrested on
charge of driving a stolen automo
bile, was shot in the legs Thursda
when he made dash from polio
custody in the same building. H
was put under guard in Gallinge
Hospital after being recaptured be
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