Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-29
Student-S|aying
Inquest Ho|ds3
For Grand Jury

guage and then held three men
for grand jury action.
The inquest was held over the
badly-beaten body of John A.
Rieff, 20 : year old deaf mute
student at Gallaudet College,
who was shot in the head early
Thursday in a street scuffle.
Deputy Coroner Christopher
]. Murphy, who performed the
autopsy, said the man was very
badly beaten" DR.. Murphy testi-
fled that the body bore two black
and badly-bruised eyes, skid
burns on the face and neck and
had a .38-caliber slug in the
brain.
3 Held for Jurors.
The three men held for action
OF the grand jury are:
Joe Granville Metoyer, jr., 26,
of 2100 Nineteenth street NV:
Charlie William Harris, 81, of
the $500 block of Fourteenth
street NV, and Albert Nicely,
80, of the 200 block of Ascot
place NE. All are Negroes.
Through Detective William
berwick, an interpreter, a fellow
student of the slain man ges-
tured the story of the Staying
before the coroner's jury yester-
day.
Roger F. Pendergraft, 81, of
Marlin, Tex, named Harris as
the man who gave Mr.. Rieff the
beating and pointed out Metoyer
as the one who fired the shot.
The other students were How
ard r. Busby, 10, Of Theodore,
Ala: Thomas w. Holloway, %,
of Taylor. Tex, and Larry G.
Stewart, 10. of Longview, Tex.
The students said they were
on their way to an all-night res
taurant near the college about Q
am. when they came upon what
they thought was a robbery at
tempt. They said it appeared
that two men we're attempting
to drag third man into a car
parked near Florida avenue and
Sixth street NE.
Single Shot Fired
The students said they went to
investigate, were rebuffed and
started to walk on. When the
car remained in the area, two
of the boys returned to it. AS
they approached the auto, one of
the men got out of the car and
chased them. they said.
Four of the students ran west
on Morse street. AS they ran
along the street, their pursuer
fired a single shot, which struck
Mr.. Rieff in the back of the
head. Three of the students
went to the all-night restaurant
for help and Mr.. Stewart, who
had run in another direction,
went to the college to awaken
fellow students.
The quick capture of the three
men was made possible, police
said, by tips from two men who
were near the scene of the
shooting.
Arphelius Calling. jr., 80. of q
Seaton place NE, a postal en-
ploye, saw the trio speed away
and followed their car for a short
distance. He was able to give
police part of the license number
and a good description of the
1855 light blue, two-door Mer-
curry.
Described the Men
Also expediting the capture
was a description of the men fur
nished by Lorenzo P. Price, 36, OF
1928 Georgia avenue NV, a
Pentagon employe. He was
standing on the sidewalk, near
the scene of the shooting, watt
ing for some one to pick him up,
he told police.
Through a check of auto IL
cense records, police traced the
car and learned it belonged to
Nicely, a cook at a Bethesda res
taurant. Police put a stake
out" at the restaurant and nine
hours after the shooting Nicely
and the other two, also employees
of the restaurant. we're arrested.
Waive ExtraditiOn
Following their capture, the
three men were taken to Mont
gomery County Circuit Court in
Rockville where they waived ex-
tradition and were returned to
Washington. They were ar
raigned late Thursday before
Municipal Court Judge Edward
A. Beard. He denied them bond,
but granted a continuance of
the preliminary hearing until
January 3. Judge Beard stayed
late for the arraignment at the
request of the United States At