Evening star., 1945-03-11
|Fb| Joins Hunt
For Medley in
Boyer Staying
Ex-Convict Wanted
For Tub Murders
In Two Other Cities

The Federal Bureau OF In.
vestigation last night began a
Nationwide search for Joseph
Medley, A. escaped convict. fort
whose arrest Washington police
swore out a warrant charging
him with the first-degree MUIR
der in the shooting of Mrs.
Nancy Boyer, about As, whose
body was found Thursday night
in her Washington House apart
ment at 2120 Sixteenth street
NV.
Shortly after Inspector Robert j.
Barrett, Metropolitan Police detec.
tive chief had obtained the murder
warrant from United States Com
missioner Needham c. Turnage, the
FBI filed with the commissioner q
complaint charging Medley with
unlawful flight to avoid prosecu-
ton. Meanwhile, there was no clue
to Medley's whereabouts. He last
was seen at $50 am. Tuesday when
he checked out of downtown hotel.
He is being sought also by the
police of both New Orleans and Chi.
cago in connection with the bath
tub murders of women there. Both
victims, like Mrs. Boyer, were red
haired, peculiar circumstance
which detectives have noted.
Returned to Hotel.
Acting on tip from Chicago po-
lice, seeking Medley in connection
with the death February II of the
woman there, Washington detec-
tives on February % went to the
hotel here where the man was
staying and found that he had
checked out only a few minutes
earlier. He registered there again,
according to police, and remained
until the morning on which Mrs.
Boyer was killed.
Police last night put a flash" on
the teletype asking Medley,s arrest
for the murder of Mrs. Boyer. They
gave five aliases for HIM. H.
Gordon, D. j. Stafford, L. A. Fischer
(the name he used here and also
the last name of the woman slain
in New Orleans, j. H. Hanan and
A. Blakey.
The hunted man escaped in No.
vember from the Michigan State
prison where he was serving a SEN
tence of from 80 to go years for kid
naping and robbery.
Details of events leading up to
Mrs. Boyer's murder, so far as they
have been ascertained by police,
were given the press late yesterday
by Maj Edward ]. Kelly, superin-
tendent of police.
Poker Party Held.
He said that on Monday night a
poker party was held in the apart
ment of Mrs. Boyer, at which IL or
more persons were present. The
stakes, Maj Kelly said, were high.
Medley lost heavily. while Mrs.
Boyer won consistently. The game
broke up in the early morning hours
and guests left about am. Medley
departed with the others.
Earlier, according to Maj. Kelly,
several of the women present had
heard Mrs. Boyer whisper to Med
ley an invitation to return "and
have breakfast with me-"
Medley, the police head said,
escorted one of the women guests
to taxi, but later returned to
Mrs. Boyer's apartment. An en-
ploye of the apartment house who
saw the murder suspect re-enter the
fat, placed the time of his return
at about 7 am. He left about 8
am. and checked out of his hotel
an hour and a half later.
During the hour Medley was in
the apartment, he and Mrs. Boyer
apparently quarreled, for it was re-
vealed that she had been struck in
the mouth before she was shot. Two
bullets from 80 caliber gun pene-
trated, her head as she stood in
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