Evening star., 1949-09-15
Speedy Action Sought
From Grand Jury in
Hotel Attack on Girl , 4

| The rape charge against a So
year-old ironworker, accused Of
attacking a four-year-old girl in g
downtown hotel, will be rushed te
the grand jury, spokesman fol
the United States Attorneys Of
flee said today.
Hugh J. Mincey, father Of -four
children, has admitted assaultlng
the child at the Eastern House
518 H street NV, Tuesday night
according to Capt. Robert V. Muir
ray, acting chief of detectives.
Mincey was charged with rape
and held without bond for the
grand jury yesterday by Municipal
Court Judge Aubrey B. Fennell.
May be Presented This Week
The prosecutors office said the
Police Department would be asked
today how soon the evidence can
be completed to present the case
to the grand jury. The spokesman
for the United States Attorney
office said because of the mature
of the case" it will go to the grand
jury this week if possible.
Capt. Murray said 1t. John Lay
ton would discuss the case today
with the United States Attorneys
office. Capt. Murray said the case
was completed except for the re-
suits of chemical tests being made
by the Federal Bureau of Investi-
cation. These tests, he said, may
take several days.
Ordinarily, the grand jury hears
from the complainant, but in this
case it was thought likely that the
child would not be asked to appear
The child, taken to Gallinge1
Hospital suffering from shock
bruises and lacerations, spent a
comfortable night, the hospital re-
ported. Her condition was said
to be satisfactory.
Capt. Murray said Mincey at
first denied completely, but as evil
dence piled up, he broke under po-
lice questioning and signed a de-
tailed statement. Capt. Murray
quoted the ironworker as saying
he was ashamed of himself.
Mincey was arrested in Room
$40, at the opposite end Of the
hall from the room where the
child lived with her mother. The
child was found on the second
floor at $3.50 pm. Tuesday.
Cannot Plead Guilty.
In court, Detective Sergt. George
H. Robson Of the sex squad said
Mincey told police in his state
ment that he had been drinking,
beat the child and then attacked
her.
Despite the reported confession
Mincey cannot plead guilty be-
cause rape can be a capital ofense
Before signing the statement
Capt. Murray said, Mincey tried
to establish an alibi by declaring
he had been in his ROOM all eve
ming with several men. He named
three men beside the one who was
in his room when police arrested
him. the detective said.
Has Family in Georgia.
In questioning these men, how
ever. detectives noted a gap in
time during which Mincey might
have left the room, Capt. Murray
added.
Mincey later admitted, accord
ing to Capt. Murray, that he in
vited the men to his room after
the attack.
Employed on a construction job
near Washington, Mincey had
been living at the hotel three or
four weeks. He told police he
had a wife and four children in
Georgia.
The detective revealed that a
pair of blue dungarees with damp
spots on them led police to Min
cey in the course of their ROOM
to-room search of the hotel. The
dungarees found in Mincey's room
and other articles of clothing are
being tested by the FBI.
Pvt. Norman S. Jones of the first
precinct was the one who found
the damp dungarees during the
search. He relayed the clue to
detectives.
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