Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-09-11
Allison 10 Stay
In Jail Until End
OF
Judge Delays Ruling
On Hobeos Corpus
Plea by Sergeant
BY q staff cerre.pend.nt Of III, star

Force Sergt. Homer Arthur Allison
will remain jailed on a murder
charge until authorities complet,
an investigation of the fatal in
jury of his wife, Rosie Ann.
Circuit Judge j. Dudley DiggeI
yesterday postponed decision on :
habeas corpus action designed t,
free the one-time B-29 tail gunnel
under bond. He is credited with 81
missions over Korea.
The court continued the hearing
indefinitely when Charles Count!
States Attorney Robert r. Bar
bour refused to recommend or op'
pose bail until his Office and Stat,
police conclude a joint investiga'
ton.
States Position Explained.
"While I cannot say that ths
investigation is completed" the
prosecutor declared, nothing dia.
bolical has so far been founc
and I am open-minded as tt
whether Sergt. Allison should be
tried for murder or on a lesser
charge.
"At this time" he added. "the
State could not prove premedi-
tated murder"
Judge Digges said the county
grand jury will convene Septem-
Der % and suggested that the
case be presented to the panel
if a prima facie case is offered
by the State at a preliminary
hearing. No date was set for
the hearing, but the court sug-
gested that it be held before re-
sumption Of habeaS proceedings.
Mrs. Allison, 23-year-old moth
er Of three, died at 8 am. Sunday.
two hours after her husband car
ried her unconscious into Physi-
clans Memorial Hospital here.
Hair and Blood Found.
Sergt. Allison, who is 81, and
was stationed at Andrews Air
Force Base. told police she
jumped from their car on route
S near Waldorf after an argu-
ment. He was charged Tuesday
when he changed his story, &C
cording to police, who said they
found blood and hair on the I'M
derside Of the right front of the
chassis and a fresh fender dent
under the right headlight.
The impression on the fender
authorities said, appeared to have
been made by a human skull in
an impact which drove the fender
backward so that the right front
door would not open more than a
foot.
Mr.. Barbour said yesterday
that chief State Medical Exam
iner DR.. Russell S. Fisher report
ed that blood samples scraped
from the chassis and sent to his
laboratory came from a human
and are Of the same type as that
of Mrs. Allison.
DR.. Fisher had ruled earlier
that Mrs. Allison's hair and a
single strand taken from the
underside of the chassis matched
in structural characteristics.
The States Attorney made It
clear, however, that the findings
are not incontrovertible proof
that the blood and hair subjected
to analysis were Mrs. Allison's.
Can't Attend Funeral.
Deferment of the courts de-
cision means that the airman car
neither attend his wife's funera
nor Immediately visit his children
Neil, S; Roger. 2. and Sandra Ann
/. The children are in the care
of neighbors.
Sergt. Allison was flanked in thu
courtroom by his counsel, Edward
S. Digges of La Plata and Oscal
r. Duley of Upper Marlboro.
A brother of the defendant
William Allison of Aberdeen, Md.
and a blond young woman sat
together in a courtroom almost
empty of spectators. William AL
lison said the woman was his Sis
ter Freda and added that there
are six brothers and three sisters
in his Hartford County family.
Mr.. Duley told Judge Digges the
defense attorneys did not contest
the validity of their clients COM
mitment. The move for his re-
lease in bond was motivated, he
said, by Sergt. Allison's anxiety
about his children and his desire
to attend his wife's burial.
Called by the defense as the
only witness of the day, Capt
Arthur M. Becker, adjutant OF
the 1402d Maintenance Squadron.
said he had been assured that the
Andrews Base legal officer would
recommend that the Air Force as
sumo responsibility for Sergt
Allison's appearance If he Is freed
under bond.
Visited Tavern.
State Police Sergt. Richard E
Stallings and Corpl. Fred B. Col
lison said Mrs. Allison was fatally
injured shortly after she left a
tavern near Mechanicsville. The
couple went to the tavern Satur-
day night with two Washington
girls whom police would not iden.
tify. The women were friends Of
the Allisons and were visiting theil
home. The four left the HOUSE
with a babysitter IN charge Of the
children.
Corpl. Collision said the Allisons
ouarreled so violently in the tav.
ern that the District girls refused
to accompany them on the return
trip. The quarrel continued in the
car, the officer said.
Corpl. Collision said his theory
Of the tragedy IS that Mrs. Allison
demanded to be let out Of thu
car and that her husband com.
piled with her request. She walked
up the road, as Corpl. ColliSor
nny;SioyoS fhe creme and Was rIIT