Evening star., 1949-06-19
Glue Sought in Deaif
.0f Transit EmpIoye
From Head Wound

FOllCe IaSt HlBuk NtTe Sill u lnk
to determine whether a 47-year-
| Capital Transit Co. supervisor was
bludgeoned fatally early yester-
day or died as the result Of fan
Of great force"
Homicide squad detectives had
been unable TO uncover q clue as
Ito how Millard Cecil. 221 Seven
teenth street NE. received q frac-
tured skull and blow in the
mouth that broke an upper dental
plate.
Coroner A. Magruoe1 MacDon-
aid performed an autopsy yester-
day afternoon. He said the wounds
on the head and face could have
been caused by blunt weapon or
by a fall of great force" from a
considerable distance, like a tum-
bic down a steep fight Of steps.
|, Made No Statement on Injury.
Police were told the injured
man made no statement as to how
he had been hurt after he stag
gered bleeding into the apartment
Iof o friend, Mrs. Marie DAILY. at
1901 Olive street NE, and lost
consciousness.
Mr.. Cecil. who had been super
visor at the transit company's
central bus garage for the last s
years, was married and the father
of a 20-year-old married daugh-
ter. His wife lives at the Seven
teenth street address.
Mrs. Daily, who was said to have
been a friend Of Mr.. Cecil for the
last five years. told detectives Mr..
Cecil came to her apartment about
IL am. yesterday and in reply to
her inquiries exclaimed:
Don't ask so many questions.
and everything will be all right"
Unable to Check 2-Hour Period.
Police said they had been un-
able to learn anything about Mr..
Cecil's movements in a two-hour
period in which anything could
have happened" They learned he
had been visiting friends at the
home Of George Phares at Alto
New Hampshire avenue NV. un-
til he left at midnight. While
there, 1t was said, he had "a cou-
pie of drinks"
Mrs. DAILY. employe of a Belts
vile cafeteria. who shares the
apartment with a 16-year old son,
told police she bathed Mr.. Cecil's
wounds, put a hot compress on his
head. gave him some aspirin and
he went to bed.
Says Doctors Refused Aid.
The woman explained she be-
came worried about 3 o'clock and
called several physicians. but she
said they refused to call at her
home at that hour and advised
her to call hospital.
She telephoned Casualty Hospi-
tai about 8 O'Clock yesterday morn
ing, police were told, when she
realized Mr.. Cecil was uncon-
scious. He was pronounced dead
shortly after arrival at the hos
pital in an ambulance.
Detective Sergts. T. r. Haage
and J. L. Sullivan weye assigned
to the case. Sergt. Haage said
"a canvass of the neighborhood
failed to reveal any witnesses to
the tragedy.
Some blood. 1t was said, was
found in the lobby Of the apart
ment house and traces on the
stairway leading to Mrs. Daly's
home. Police were investigating
a report that neighbors heard q
loud argument outside the build
ing early yesterday.
Detectives said Mr.. Cecil prob
ably was injured in the neighbor-
hood because the severity Of his
wounds would scarcely have per-
mitted him to travel any distance.
The blood in the. apartment build
ing, however. did not indicate MIR,
Cecil might have fallen down the
steps there.
Friends of Mr.. Cecil told police
he drank moderately on social oc-
casions.
He did not say where he was
going when he left the New
Hampshire avenue address, 1t was
said.
Mr.. Cecil had a wallet contain
ing $45 and a watch on his per-
son. diseounting the possibility Of