Evening star., 1952-11-26
State May Aid Family
'0f Slain Policeman:
Citizens Fund Grows

Sympathetic citizens continued
to swell the fund for the widow
and son of a slain Montgomery
County policeman today as it was
learned that they may also benefit
under the Maryland Workmen's S
Compensation Act.
On the day her husband was
being buried-the victim of an
Iex-convict's gunshots-Mrs. Rob-
ert w. McAllister could find some
solace in the friendliness of many
people.
The fund being collected by a
special committee of businessmen
has reached nearly $4,000, and
promises to continue to grow. Mrs.
McAllister was left without sup
port after her husband was slain
Sunday.
If the State Industrial Accident
Commission deems that Pvt. Nc
Allister was on duty at the time
of his death, Mrs. McAllister will
be entitled to $25 week for the
next eight or nine years. 1t usually
takes two or three months for the
commission to act in such cases.
Mrs. McAllister also will receive
$50 a month and the child $40 a
month from the police retirement
fund.
Was Driving to Work.
Pvt. McAllister was in uniform,
driving to work, when he en-
countered Louis A. Kirkland in an
other car. The policeman ordered
Kirkland into his car and was
driving him to the police station
because of a traffic violation when
Kirkland shot him.
Yesterday the McAllister fund
was swelled by $500 contribution
Iby the Silver Spring Lions Club,
and many lesser donations.
Cissel Post Al, American Legion
lin Silver Spring, will sponsor a
benefit dance from 9 to IL pm.
Saturday at the Kensington (Md.)
Armory.
Students of Montgomery Blair
High School had raised $270 last
might in a collection drive sug-
Igested by a friend of the slain
policeman, Saul Honisberg, 18, a
senior at the school.
No Drug Symptoms.
| Montgomery Police Chic
Charles w. Orme said kirkland
apparently has rested we'll, with
out noticeable nervousness, in the
Rockville Jail. He is eating hearth
ly and showing no symptoms of
the part time drug addict he had
described himself as being. Chief
Orme added.
Chief Orme said he regretted
that police were not aware Kirk
land was a paroled convict, or he
could have been reported to the
Maryland Parole and Probation
Board before he shot Pvt. Meal
lister. Kirkland had had several
brushes with the police, once on
a complaint that he had threat
ened a mans life.
State parole and probation Off
clalS said they also regretted that
the policeman lost his life, but
defended their failure to publi-
cize the fact Kirkland was q
parolee. They pointed out that
efforts to rehabilitate ex-convicts
would be hampered if police knew
their names and arrested them
frequently for suspicion.
Long Police Record.
Kirkland has a police record
dating back to 1929 and escaped
from San Quentin in 1916 while
serving a burglary sentence. After
he was recaptured, he was paroled
four years later from Folsom
Prison in California.
Kirkland was visited yesterda,
by two ministers, one of them the
Rev. Claude Brubaker, pastor o1
the Little Church in the Wild.
wood, Bethesda.
Mr.. Brubaker said Kirkland and
his wife had attended the church
several times. Although he was
allowed only a few minutes with
the prisoner yesterday, Mr.. Bru-
baker said, Kirkland expressed in
terest in joining the church and
agreed to another meeting next
week.
/ Police from Montgomery anG
PRINCE Georges Counties and the
District attended the funeral o1
Pvt. McAllister in Silver Spring
today. He was buried in Arlington
Cemetery.