Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-10-27
Boy, IA, Shoots
2Jeen-Agers;
Man, As, Dies
GunpIoy Lands Poir
In HospitnI, Witness
Suffers Heart Attack

/. HANOVER, MD, oct. 20 up.
Charles Smith, tousle-haired
teen-ager with q bent for
books, was questioned for long
hours today about q shooting
rampage in which two school
companions were wounded. A
46-year-old man died in the
excitement.
The youth. IA. was captured
shortly after dawn. nine hours
after Carol Ann Downing, is,
was wounded by shotgun pei
lets in her face, and Francis
Bussey, Is, was shot in the
groin. Both we're in satisfac-
tory condition in st. Agnes Hos
|pital, Baltimore. The dead man
was Andrew Jacobs. q store
proprietor.
The Smith boy was still car
rying q % calibre rife and 3
shotgun when troopers found
him in q gravel pit not far from
THE shooting scene. He silently
obeyed q troopers order to url-
load and drop the guns.
HE showed no remorse. He
seemed ,outwardly calm" one
officer said.
Young Smith and his par
ents. Mr.. and Mrs. Clifford
Smith, were closeted with State
police at the Waterloo Barracks
and not available for comment.
However, officers said the par
ents told them the youth, "the
studfous type" had been
"heckled by other boys In the
neighborhood."
Shot Through Rear Door
Here is an account Of the
events, as related by police and
witnesses:
Carol Ann Downing was at
the home Of Edgar Manning.
us. with two other teen-agers.
Edgar said he heard q sound
like q big f1recracker" and
turned to see Carol Ann crunl-
pie to the floor. A face ap-
peared in a hole IN the rear
door where the shotgun blast
entered.
Edgar said he ran to the door
and saw young Smith. He
whirled around and took his
ll6-year-old sister to the floor
with him to escape q possible
second shot.
Eddie Jones, II. the fourth
teen-ager there. said he saw
Smith walk down the street
and into the corner store
operated by Mr.. Jacobs. where
Iteen-agers sometimes gathered.
Richard wingate. IS. was in
THE store with several other
youths. They were gathered
around Q pinball machine.
He came in and walked
laround to the back of u.s." the
youth said. We didn't even
pay any attention to him until
Ihe leveled the gun at US and
said. Don't move. This thing
lis loaded
Francis Bussey) looked
over his shoulder at him and
snickered. That's when he was
shot"
Police WIN Catch Me-
Smith then walked toward
the rear of the store to look for
more shotgun shells. The boys
said he kept the shotgun
pointed at them as they stood
over young BuSsey.
Grabbing q box of .22-caliber
rifle bullets and q box Of shot
gun shells, they said. he left.
saying: You can do what you
like now. The police will catch
me anyhow"
A short time later. Mr.. Ja-
cobs, who had come running
when he heard the shots. col
llapsed. He was pronounced
dead. apparently Of heart
attack.
Smith and the other attend
Arundel Junior Senior High at
Gambrills. riding back and
forth on a school bus from their
small community about 10
miles south Of Baltimore.
Police said Smith would be
charged with juvenile delin-
Iquency and taken before Judge
Banjamin Michaelson in An
napolis for q Juvenile Court
hearing. 1t will be up to Judge
Nicholson whether to waive
Juvenile Court jurisdiction so
that more serious charges might
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