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and carried him into Garfield Hos
pital recalled they had seen the
muddy prints of rubber r-heeled mems
shoes on the sidewalk near the spot
where Mr.. Kelly was found.
The day of the murder, house
breaking was reported in the 21oC
block of Eighth street NV, not
many blocks from the shooting
scene. Reported stolen, along with
clothes and a radio, were a Smith
& Wesson pistol and a pair OF
rubber-heeled mems shoes.
Inspector Barrett put a crew OF
detectives to work on the house
breaking. Detectives visited after
hour hangouts and talked to every
contact they had. lily, they
learned that a man an ped
ding goods ansWeri,-- descrlp-
ton of the clothes s.o4en in the
housebreaking.
Late Saturday night police ar
rested Preston N. Barnes, 10, colored
of 2241 Tenth street NV.
Inspector Barrett said Barnes ad-
nitted he had taken part in the
house breaking. Police recovered
the clothes and the radio but not
the shoes or the weapon.
Names Three Others.
Under questioning, according to
/ the detective chief, Barnes named
three men who were with him on
| the house breaking, and revealed
that Harris had the pistol and the
shoes.
Barnes was charged with house
breaking and larceny. Arraigned
today, he entered no plea and was
held under 81 500 bond for hearing
April /.
When arrested Harris had pair
of shoes with heels that could make
prints resembling those the police
had noticed at the scene, Inspector
Barrett said. Police had not taken
moulage of the heel prints be-
cause Mr.. Kelly's death was believed
at the time to be from natural
causes.
Police questioned the three men
most of yesterday. Finally, Inspector
Barrett said. each of them made
statements revealing where they
had disposed of the pistol and the
circumstances of the attempted
holdup that ended in murder. In
spector Barrett said the three stories
jibed on all details.
The pistol was recovered by police
in a sewer at Ninth street and
Barry place NV. The men said
they had tossed it into the sewer
as they fled from the scene, ac-
cording to the detective chief.
In their signed statements, In
spector Barrett said, the men, said
they saw Mr.. Kelly walking up
Eleventh street and converged on
him
Harris, the detective chief said
was closest to Mr.. Kelly and held
the pistol on him. When told tc
hold up his hands Mr.. Kelly started
to obey, but then struck out at the
man holding the gun.
Inspector Barrett said the state
ments agreed that Mr.. Kelly missed
Harris but hit the pistol, knocking
it downward but not out of Harris
hand. That accounted for the cut
police found later on Mr.. Kelly s
knuckles.
Victim Runs Six Steps.
After this gesture at fighting back
Mr.. Kelly turned to flee. He ran
six steps before being hit by bullet
According to Inspector Barrett
Harris fired from the hip from a
distance of about 6 feet.
The three men said they then fled
south on Eleventh street, east on
Barry place and into the Banneker
playground. 1t was there, Gray
and Hall said. that Harris threatened
to kill them if they "squealed."
According to police, Harris had
been known to them for long series
of offenses beginning when he was
IL. Most of his arrests police said
came when he was juvenile. The
record showed he was accused vari-
ously of threats, petty larceny and
concealed weapons. He was twice
convicted.
AS described by the three accused
men, the murder of Mr.. Kelly fol
lowed the exact pattern drawn by
police in their reconstruction of the
crime Thursday.
1 Mr.. Kelly, an electrician in the
District office of the Corps of En-.
gineers, left Central High Schoo
alone Tuesday night after attending
a meeting of the Association for the
Education of Physically Handi.
capped and Shut-in Children
There he had discussed the case o1
his daughter, Edith, who was suf.
fering from heart ailment.
Missed Streetcar Stop.
Police theorized that Mr.. Kelly
walked east to Eleventh street
missed the nearest streetcar stop be-
cause he was unfamiliar with tht
neighborhood, and walked north to-
ward a streetcar stop near the corner
of Eleventh and Euclid streets NV
AS he neared the stop, according
to the police theory, he encountered
something so terrifying that he
whirled and attempted to flee south
It was then he was shot down, fall
ing with such an impact that his
head was deeply gashed.
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