Evening star., 1944-05-22
Accused Slayer
Planned 10 Wed
Shooting Victim
Mrs. Junehons Faces
Coroner Admits She
Fired Deuth Gun

Weeping in her quarters at the
Woman's Bureau early today, Mrs.
Phyllis Green Junghans, 10, held in
the shooting Saturday night OF
Lewis r Hindle, 81, told today how
they had intended to leave WASH
ington this week, change their
names and be married.
"AnG now" she sobbed, I'VE can't
do it. I wish they'd kill me SO 7
could be with him"
Mrs. Junghans, whose husband Ia
in the Navy overseas, is scheduled
to appear at coroner's hearing at
noon in connection with the fatal
shooting.
A tall, willowy girl with black
hair and brown eyes, she said that
she and the sailor had obtained a
limited divorce which prohibited
either from remarrying.
Il can't seem to get any sense
about anything" she said this
morning. Il can't believe that any.
thing is real"
Changes Story; Admits Shooting.
The young woman was arrested
by police Saturday night after she
had driven Hindle to Casualty Hos
pital with a bullet in his stomach.
He died there at 1925 am. yester-
day.
When questioned by detectives, Mrs.
Junghans said at first that Hindle
had been shot while standing by
MS parked car and had called to
her to come downstairs and take
him to the hospital. She lives at
1928 K street NE. Later. accord
ing to police, she changed her story
to admit shooting the boy, but de-
clared that 1t was accidental as she
did not know there was bullet In
the chamber of the gun she fired.
Mrs. Junghans was dressed in a
loose-fitting seersucker' garb when
she was interviewed at the Woman's
Bureau this morning. She was in a
highly nervous state, as she looked
over newspaper accounts of Hindles
death and sobbed bitterly.
Discussing her marriage to jung
hans, the girl said in a thin voice:
mo, it wasn't just a marriage Of
convenience. But I wanted to be
my own boss. suppose every girl
who marries very young (she was
l6) has that reason"
Three Weeks With Husband.
She said Junghans, then laun-
dry truck driver, and she had lived
together only three weeks and then
separated. Later he joined the
Navy.
She said she met Hindle, who for
merly helped his brother operate q
filling station at Mitchellyille, Md.
while visiting her aunt, Mrs. Mar
garet Mckay, at T. B., Md.
Earlier, the girls mother, Mrs.
Chester Green, 313 Seaton place
NE, told of Phyllis early life and
what she knew of her marriage and
later romance with Hindle.
She described Phyllis as a child
who had done well at school, was
always obedient, stayed out no later
than she had permission to, and
gave me no trouble"
Mother Gives Background.
The mother, talking at the modest
home at 313 Seaton place NE, which
she occupies with her husband,
mail carrier, and another daughter,
Mrs. Frank Harrison, whose hus-
band is in the Army, gave the fol-
lowing facts about her daughters
married life and friendship with
young Hindle:
Two years ago, when Phyllis was
16, she fell in love with Daniel Jung
hans, the sailor, then 20, and asked
her parents permission to marry
him. They agreed and went to the
marriage license bureau with the
boys parents to give their written
consent.
The young couple were married
and lived together for three weeks
in the Green home. Then, Mrs.
Green said, Junghans became dis
satisfied and left, later joining the
Navy.
About year ago, Phyllis, having
an income both from her husbands
pay allotment from the Navy and a
salary as typist at the National
Electric Manufacturing Shops, Inc.
took her own apartment at the 4
street address.
Asked FOR Divorce.
Meanwhile, Phyllis had met young
Hindle, who worked at a gas sta
tion, and fell in love with him"
She asked her sailor husband for a
divorce so she could marry Hindle-
whom the girl called "Bunny"-but
he refused, the mother said.
Mrs. Junghans. according to
homicide squad detectives, had gone
so far as to have the initials on
her baggage changed to B. A. p
which she said stood for the name
she intended to adopt before marry
ing Hindle, Betty Ann Parker"
She also told detectives, they said,
that she had had her hair, originally
chestnut, dyed black, and had gone
to plastic surgeon to ask him to
change her features. The doctor,
she said, refused.