Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-09-20
Altman Seeks
After
CHARGE
Renews Bond Effort:
Witness Says He
Told Of Pushing Wife
By J. [. Michel
Stor Staff Correspondent

siar sioff Correspondent
LA PLATA. Nd. Sept. TO-
Counsel for Air Force sergt.
Homer Arthur Allison today re-
newed a move to gain freedom
lnder bond for the one-time B-29
;ail-gunner who is awaiting grand
Jury action on a charge Of MUIR
iering his wife, Rosie Ann.
The 27-year-old veteran of IS
Missions over Korea was remanded
TO Jail yesterday after legal ma
1euvering at a preliminary hear
ing here, when Charles County
Trial Magistrate lie Merton e.
crist, jr., held him for the grand
Jury, scheduled to convene Sep
tember 20.
Defense Counsel Edward S. Dig
yes and Oscar r. Duley said they
will seek early resumption of q
habeas corpus action started Sep
TENDER 10 before Circuit Judge j.
Dudley Digges. The Judge and
the attorney are brothers.
Recesses Hearing.
Judge Digges recessed the hear
ing when States Attorney Robert
T. Barbour reported that his in
veStigation of the case had not
reached the point where he could
recommend or oppose the airman's
release under bail.
Mrs. Allison. q 23-year-old
mother of three and expecting
another in November. died Sep
TENDER Z, two hours after her hus-
band carried her unconscious into
a hospital here. Allison told po-
lice she had jumped from their
car onto Route 5 near Waldorf
after an argument which began
in a tavern near Mechanicsville.
He said they were returning to
their home near Clinton, where
they had left the children with q
baby-Sitter.
Neighbors who cared for the
children after Allison's arrest said
last night that they are now with
the sergeant's mother, who lives
near Aberdeen. Md.
Police said Allison changed his
story under questioning to say he
did not know how his wife got out
Of the car. Investigators checked
the car. They found a dent in
the right front fender and blood
and hair on the underside Of the
right front of the chassis. The
right front door was damned so
that it would open only a few
inches. Allison was charged with
Chemical analyses Of the blood
and hair revealed that both were
Of Mrs. Allison's types.
Two Witnesses Called.
The names of two hitherto
secret witnesses. Claude Handy,
40, and Everett Bradburn, 20, both
North Carolinians employed at a
sawmill near here. were revealed
yesterday. Mr.. Bradburn re-
sponded but Mr.. Handy could not
be found. Both had been sum-
moned by defense lawyers when
they were informed the men were
expected to be key prosecution
witnesses.
Through their testimony, the
prosecution hoped to prove that
Allison had admitted that he
elected his wife from the front
seat and the defense expected to
explain how the fender Of the Al
lison car was dented.
Judge Crist signed a writ of at
tachment for Mr.. Handy. He was
brought to court soon afterward
and placed under guard.
Shortly afterward Mr.. Handy
was called by the State and placed
on the stand when the court over.
ruled vigorous defense objections.
Later, the defense countered by
calling State Police Corpl. Fred B.
Collision to testify for Allison. {.
Says He Admitted Pushing Her.
Mr.. Hamby's testimony was eli.
naked when he asserted that Al
ison, nervously pacing a hospital
'orrider a few moments after his
vife's admittance. first told him
The had jumped from the car and
hen suddenly turned and said:
"I'll tell you the truth. We were
lighting. L either pushed or
showed her from the car"
Mr.. Handy testified that he and
Nr. Bradburn were stopped in La
Plata by Allison while the sergeant
vas on the way to the hospital
With his wife and that they drove
heir car ahead to show him the
way. At the hospital driveway.
Mr. Handy said, the car in which
le was riding was rammed in the
ear by Allison's auto. They fol-
owed Allison's car and helped
larry Mrs. Allison into the emer-
yency room.
State Poolice Trooper william
Earle, Sergt. Richard E. Stallings
md Mr.. Bradburn also testified
yesterday. The stories Allison told
is related by the officers conceded
Is to the thread Of events. but diff
cred in some points.
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