Evening star., 1946-07-25
Residents Join Police
In Search for Slayer
OF Long Island Marion
BY the Assoeioted Press

Nassau County police combed heav-
ny-wooded areas of Long Islands
exclusive North Shore today for a
6-foot colored man with staring
eyes" who shot and killed a 52-year-
old society matron and then as
saulted and wounded her daughter
Shocked residents of the COM
munity joined officers and detectives
Of the county's six police precincts
patroled the deserted roads sur
rounding the territory, while police
cars were parked at every important
intersection.
Victims of the attacker were Mrs
Marjory Church Logan, wife of a
retired banker and former War Pro-
duction Boaro official. and her
daughter, Marjory Jeanne. 26, New
York Junior Lacquer, recently dis
charged from the WAC as q
sergeant.
Condition Critical.
Miss Logan, who was shot in the
face and neck, is in Nassau Hospital
at Mineola, where the bullets were
removed. Police described her con-
dition as critical.
At the hospital yesterday Miss
Logan gave Nassau County Police
Detective George Hutchinson the
following account of the Staying:
She was in her bedroom shortly
before II am. Mrs. Logan was down
stairs. The only other person in
the house was Mrs. Suzanne Dele
bar, a maid who was sewing in diff
ferent section of the home.
Il could hear my mother talking
to some one" Detective Hutchin-
son quoted Miss Logan as saying
And presently she called upstairs
Jeanne will you throw me down
$40? I want to pay a debt.
Il went to my purse, where I had
about 500 and got out a $40 bill
I folded 1t up and went out and
threw it down over the banister to
my mother I could just see her in
the light of the hallway. I couldn't
see the man.
Turned Over Money.
II turned to go back to my room
WHICH, ltCd4o n StloJs my
gasped and I heard her body fall
I turned and this man came run
ming up the stairs He had a shiny
nickel-plated gun in his hand. He
said, Gimme that money 1 had
my purse in my hand, and I gave
1t to him"
The man then ordered her into
her fathers bedroom and followed
her there. After attacking her the
man fired at her face. The bullet
entered her jaw between her nose
and left ear.
Tried to Rise.
IT didn't lose consciousness" she
told Mr.. Hutchinson. Il tried to get
up. turning slowly on the bed for
support. He fired again. CThe bull
let struck her in the back of the
neck) Then he ran. I could hear
him going down the front stairs"
Miss Logan ran screaming to a
neighbor's home. but when the maid
there failed to answer she rushed to
another home where painters were
working and told them of the at
tack.
One of the painters, Theodore
Klick, helped her into his car and
took her to the Office of DR.. Joseph
Teta at nearby Port Washington.
En- route, Miss Logan suddenly
screamed:
There he is. There he is. That's
the man who murdered my mother" !"
Miss Logan cringed on the floor
Of the car so that the man. who
was walking toward Port Washing
ton, could not see her. She told Mr..
Klick not to stop since the man was
armed. That was the last seen of
the man as he vanished into the
heavy wood
Died Almost Immediately.
Police who were summoned by
the other painters found Mrs. Logan
unconscious on the floor. An in
slant later she died
Police Capt. Theodore Blunt said
the Logan's maid told him she heard
Mrs. Logans voice, calling to her
daughter, and that she had heard
two loud noises" Capt. Blunt said
that two closed doors and the sound
of her sewing machine prevented her
from hearing more.
Mrs. Logan was the wife of Will
liam John Logan, baking soda firm
executive and retired vice president
of the Central Hanover Bank &
Trust Co. He formerly was director
of distribution for the WPB. He
also is former Mayor of Flower
Hill and a 1918 graduate of Prince
ton. where he was an outstanding
football guard.
Mr.. Logan was director of the
Distribution Bureau of the War Pro-
duction Board when he resigned in
June, 1945, after three years with
the agency, Civilian Production Ad-
ministration officials said today. He
lived at the Shoreham Hotel while
working in Washington.