Evening star., 1950-05-27


Carmody Hills, Md. was found
so feet from his borrowed cab,
semiconscious from several deep
scalp wounds from a blunt instru-
ment. at 2:30 am.
Police were seeking a motive
for the assault. Mr.. Browns
wallet was intact and his change
carrier containing $3.50 was in
the cab undiSturbed.
Homicide Squad Capt. jeremiah
Flaherty told reporters: 1T looks
like the murder was done by some
one attached to the base. Police.
he said. have discovered nothing
tangible as yet in the way Of q
lead to the killer.
Police were not discounting the
possible motive of robbery. despite
the undisturbed wallet and change
carrier. Capt. Flaherty said that
at this point robbery appears to
be the most likely motive.
Agents of the Federal Bureau
Of Investigation and the Air Of
fee of Special investigations were
cooperating with District police
on the case.
Mr.. Brown had driven past a
sentry box at the entrance to the
base only a half hour before his
body was found. Corpl. Ber-
nard McGhee. who logged the
entrance of the cab, said he did
not notice who occupied the back
seat. There was nothing unusual
about the cab to arouse his inter-
est, he said. He waved it through
without stopping it.
Cab Swerved From Road.
About half mile from the en-
trance gate tire marks in the soft
ground indicated the cab had
swerved from the road. but had
been brought back under control.
The cab continued for about
100 feet and again left the road
and came to stop between two
barracks housing members OF the
42d Statistical Control Unit. It
was about 80 feet from the road
when it stopped.
Mr.. Brown staggered about 80
feet from the cab toward one OF
the barracks before collapsing.
None of the sleeping soldiers In
the barracks reported any COM
motion.
Sergt. Neil E. Wegner found
Mr.. Brown. He was returning
from a date when he saw the
empty cab with it's lights burning.
He looked in the cab and then
called military police to investi-
gate. Returning to the cab he
heard a faint moan that led him
to the injured man.
Called Name of Wife.
The man gave his name, Sergt.
Wegner said, and then moaned:
"Oh, what will my honey think
Of me now"
Before lapsing into uncon-
sciousness Mr.. Brown uttered the
name of his young wife several
times.
Sergt. Wegner said he was un-
able to draw from the injured
man any coherent account of how
he had been hurt.
Mr.. Brown died two hours later
in the post hospital.
All Roads Blocked.
Air base police quickly blocked
all roads leading out of the SOUTH
ern section of the base and re-
stricted all personnel in the area.
Passes at the main gate were being
checked carefully.
Ofhcials said it was impossible to
determine whether or not any cars
or pedestrians left the base after
2 am. The practice at the gate
is to check only incoming cars.
they said.
A native of Washington, Mr..
Brown moved to the Carmody Hills
section about Is years ago and
graduated from Maryland Park
High School. He and his wife,
Audrey. %. we're married in l945.
Their only child. Bobby, was born
four years ago.
Was Typewriter Mechanic.
Mr.. Brown had been employed
for the past two years as a type
writer mechanic by the Post Once
Department Before that he
worked for Remington Rand.
Two years ago he built the
modest home in Carmody Hills,
doing most Of the work himself.
To raise funds for the project he
obtained cab drivers license and
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