Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-10
Colonial Beach
Protests Gunfire
In Boat Chase

I
10 (SpeciaD. - Gunfire which
SpriIlkled the waterfront here
with bullets as Maryland author
tiles pursued a Virginia oyster
boat drew angry protests today
from town officials who said they
planned to take the matter up
with Gov. Stanley.
Mayor L. c. Costenbader and
Town Attorney George Mason
both promised to ask the full
council on Thursday to adopt a
formal protest for Gov. Stanley
to take up with Maryland off,
Gals. They called the gunfire
"unwarranted" and said it en-
dangered the lives of Colonial
Beach residents.
! Harvey King, 80, surrendered
to officers at a local dock Satur-
day at the end of the early
morning chase that involved
both Maryland and Virginia pa
troll boats. The attempt to halt
Kings 42-foot boat. the Miss
Ann" centered in Monroe Bay
and Monroe Creek.
Large crowds gathered ashore
to witness the chase and so many
shots were fred that many OF
the onlookers had to take cover
1 Neither King nor another &C.
cupant of his boat, Albert Roll
Inns. was injured though both
were hit by shotgun pellets from
the patrol boats. They were pro-
tected by heavy oilskin coats
they wore.
rs Holes in Boat
Police here counted Is holes
in Kings boat which they said
were made by pistol shots, six
more made by rifle bullets, and
two made by shotgun charges.
Apparently all of the shots
were fred from the Maryland
patrol boats. An official report
from the captain of the Virginia
patrol boat Mobjack. which also
took part in the chase, said no
shots were fired from the Viz
ginia boat.
/ Robert Lee Shores, chief en-
forcement officer for the Mary-
land Tidewater Fisheries Com
mission. declined comment on
the shooting or the protest by
Colonial Beach. He said he would
await 1.-THE final report" on the
incident.
King, meantime, was free I'M
der $3.50 bond pending trial De-
cember 10 on charges on con-
cealing the name of his boat and
the license number under which
lit operates. Warrants setting
forth these charges were sworn
out nv Virginia authorities at the
request Of Maryland officials.
The report Of Capt. G. T. Ben.
son of the Mobjack indicated the
chase after Kings boat begar
when Capt. Benson and Capt
Chester Collerson of the Mary.
land patrol boat Tiny Lou sight.
ed King dredging for oysters il
the Potomac River of Monro,
Bay about daybreak Saturday.
Aid Summoned
Capt. Collerson summoned T;
Maryland patrol plane and thu
patrol boat Chesapeake, which
came to the scene and tried t,
catch King.
King. who told officers he ha,
been en- route back to Colonia
+ Beach after dredging in Monro
i, Bay. sped away into Monro
5 Creek and there lodged his pur
suers until. at the behest of Off
Y GERS ashore. he pulled the Mis-
e Ann into a dock and surrendered
!. King said he was in Monro
Bay-where dredging is lega
provided consent of the leas
owners is obtained-when tn
I Maryland patrol plane landet
behind him and TAXED along il
pursuit. Moments later, he said
: another boat pulled in front o
the plane and bore down on tn
Miss Ann, firing as it came. H
! said he fed because he though
they were trying to kill us.
King said no shots we're fired b,
D the Virginia patrol boat though
E 1t tried to ram the Miss AM
several times.
r c H. Stanford, owner Of
j. wharf on Monroe Bay, said "bul
! lets were skipping all around m,
/. dock" during the chase. Severa
: shots smacked into an oystel
shell pile near a crowd on Cur.
ley's Dock. Another hit q fisI
house adjoining the dock.
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