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employed in the bus company's
purchasing department.
They were returning from 9
weeks visit with Mr.. and Mrs
George Scheneman of Englewood
Colo, Mrs. Mays former home
The Schenemans were godparents
of Mrs. May, and she had returned
there each summer since 1914 tc
see them.
The couple was last reported seen
alive about 5 pm. Wednesday at
Grand Island, where filling sta
ton attendant saw one of two men
in khaki engage Mr.. May in con-
versation, then both men enter the
car.
Auto Found In Omaha alley.
The bodies were discovered about
8 am. yesterday by two boys who
noticed a bloodstain on the high
way, No. 30 and 275. About IL feet
off the road we're the victims. Mr.
Mays wallet and Mrs. Mays purse
were missing. The Grand Island
attendant remembered having seen
Mr.. May produce large roll of bills.
Mr.. Cutler said he learned Mr..
May cashed $75 check when he
left Colorado Wednesday.
Friends of Mr.. May here said
it was not his habit to carry large
sums of money and that usually
he took only what was needed for
trip
Three hours after the Mays left
Grand Island the 1916 Chrysler lent
to them for the trip by their grand
parents was found in an Omaha
alley. The front seat was "awfully'
soaked with blood, Deputy Sheriff
Cutler said.
Position of the car led him to be-
lieve the murderer either was an
Omaha man or very familiar with
the city, Mr.. Cutler added. For that
reason, and the fact that no car
has been reported stolen in that vi
cinity, search for the slayer has been
intensified in the Omaha area.
Charley Burns, "a, of Omaha
told investigators he saw the May
car in the alley about 5:45 am. yes
terday, and that two men wearing
civilian clothes were nearby. One OF
them picked up a khaki-colored
bundle and dropped it into another
car, which they entered and drove
away, he said.
The scene where the bodies were
found is "a miles west of Boys
Town. Mr.. Cutler believes the
shooting took place near there.
Ffngerprints Sought.
Mrs. May was shot through the
back of the head and Mr.. May
through the right temple, ap-
parently with .38-caliber pistol
which was not recovered. Tests
are being made by the FBI for
fingerprints on the car and to deter
mine the size of the murder weapon.
Or. Thomas D. Bolen, county
physician, estimated the shooting
occurred between l and 2 am
yesterday.
Because Mr.. Mays father was
confined to bed with the grippe, he
sent Morgan Knight, traffic man
ager of the bus company, to Omaha
by plane to make positive identif1-
cation of the bodies and to arrange
for their return.
An inquest will be held, possibly
this afternoon. and the bodies re-
turned to Alexandria Immediately
thereafter. Funeral arrangements
have not been completed.
Wearing Uniforms.
The Grand Island filling station
attendant who saw the two men
enter the May car said they were
wearing neat uniforms without in
sigma.
He described one of them as about
Is years old, S feet inches, 140
pounds, with dark hair and COM
plexion. The other appeared to be
Is to % years old. S feet 9 inches
and $50 pounds. He wore an officer
type garrison cap.
Their luggage consisted of blue
barracks bag, a light-covered cloth
suitcase and a brown leather suit
case, the attendant added.
Shocked relatives of the May fam
fly. for years among Alexandria S
most prominent, gathered on the
terraced front lawn of the father
house yesterday. Among them were
Roberts sister, Mrs. Martha l..
johnson of BIB Martha Gusts drive,
Parkfaiffax, and his half brother,
Beverly C. May. jr.. who was cele-
brating his 4th birthday
Robert, who was known as
"Bobby" to his friends, spent most
of his early life at the May mansion
at Russell and Braddock roads in
Alexandria. The place recently was
sold.
Lived in Parkfairfax.
After his marriage. he lived with
Mrs. May at one of Parkfairfax's
four-family apartment units at 1888
Valley drive. His mother, Mr.. Mays
first Eit& l. Mrs. James Schmidt Of