Evening star., 1953-11-18
Youths toFace
Beaten Students
In Showdown
Purents of Accused
Also Will Hear Story
Of Attack Tomorrow

The youths accused of beating
up three boys on the street Sat-
urday night will face the victims
in a showdown session to clear
up all the conflicting stories to-
morrow night, Police Capt. John
Ryan announced today.
Parents of the six boys under
assault charges and of the three
injured boys will sit in on the
7 pm. session. So will other
witnesses, particularly the three
girls who saw their dates mauled
and kicked by gang of teen
ayers.
Seek to Clarity Motive.
One point to be cleared up is
the motive for the attack. Po-
lice reported that the first boys
arrested admitted they wanted
to "get" the 14-year old Paul
Junior High School youth who
helped police break up an ex-
tortion racket in the school at
Eighth and Oglethorpe streets
NV.
Since then juvenile squad de-
tectives have heard other ex-
plantations from the accused
boys. One was quoted as saying
he had long standing grudge
against another of the victims.
Another boy said he thought the
fight was just a revival of an
earlier scrap between Montgom-
cry Blair and Coolidge High
School students.
Capt. Ryan said he wanted all
the boys to tell their stories in
front of each other to determine
who did what to whom. He said
the session will not affect the
charges already prepared against
the boys. but the results of the
conference will be relayed to
Juvenile Court.
The reported shakedown rae
ket and the street beatings have
had many repercusSions. Police
and teachers are maintaining
special patrols at Paul Junior
High, joint investigation by
parents. teachers and citizens
association representatives is
under way and alarmed parents
have kept telephone lines hum
ming.
To Quiz Auto Driver.
AS a prelude to tomorrow
nights conference. Juvenile
Squad detectives arranged con-
ference this afternoon to con-
slider the case of Paul Michael
Vito. 16, of TIL Kennedy street
NV.
Sergt. William Rasmussen of
the Juvenile Squad who arranged
the conference explained that
young Vito admitted driving one
of the cars to the scene of the
beating but denied he had &C
tually taken part in the attack.
Sergt. Rasmussen said conflict
ing stories were involved here
and he asked one of the victims,
David Fran, 16-year-old Cool
idge High School student, and
his date to come to the confer
ence at 4 pm. Parents of the
boys and girl also were asked to
attend. Young Fran went home
from the hospital yesterday after
undergoing surgery for cut facial
muscles.
Need Warrant for Sailor.
In another development, Capt.
Reid Hammann of the Sixth
Precinct ran into a roadblock in
getting the return of one of the
suspected participants in the
fracas. The suspect is a sailor at
the Patuxent Naval Air Station
who, police said, drove one of
the three carloads of teen-agers.
Capt. Hammann said he had
been informed the sailor could
not be compelled to return here
unless police got a warrant for
his arrest. He said he would see
if the Juvenile Squad had
enough evidence to justify a
warrant. If no warrant is issued,
he said, police may go to Pa
tuxent to interview the sailor.
One more suspect also has not
yet been brought in. He is
Montgomery County youth. Dis
trict police have been assured of
cooperation from county au-
thoritieS in locating him.