Evening star., 1958-07-15

mystery man" who may hay
when he was shot to death Sal
Police Chief Russell A. Ha'
men, said neither could be loca
was a resident of Alexandria 6
Police believe Mr.. Mawyer, a
22-year-old grocery clerk, may
have been accompanied by an
other man to the scene of the
shootings in the back yard of
the dead mans in-laws. One
of the men being sought report
ediy was seen with Mr.. Mawyer
about half an hour before the
shooting.
Mr.. Mawyer's mother-in-law
Mrs. Roger o.. Colt. so, has been
charged with murder. She has
admitted firing four shots
through a back screen but says
she was shooting at a noise and
saw no one. according to police.
They want to ask the mystery
witness" where Mr.. Mawyer was
standing when he was shot and
whether the man heard any
conversation before the shoot
ing.
The victim was seen in a waf-
fle shop at King and Washing
ton streets at 1925 am. by a
policeman who said Mr.. Nav
yer was with the young man
who was about his own age.
! Mrs. Charlene Travis of is
West Custis avenue discovered
the body at l:l0 am. $50 yards
from the Colt home and said
she saw a man run away when
her headlights shone on the
scene.
Mr.. Mawyer was found in the
street in the 500 block of Wood
land terrace, just around the
corner from the home of Mr..
and Mrs. Colt. He was dead
when police arrived. One bull
let had pierced his chest and
another his side.
Four Shots Admitted
Mrs. Colt, was released under
$4,000 bond after she told po-
lice she bought the gun at a
pawnshop July 5 to protect
her family"
Police said i'll feeling be-
tween Mr.. Mawyer and his in
laws had existed for some time,
most of it concerning the
young mans separation from
their daughter, Kay Colt Maw-
yer. II, who gave birth to a
son April 26, shortly after
their estrangement. Investiga-
tors said Mr.. Mawyer had
been warned for weeks by
both the Colts and police to
stay away from the Colt home
at 2406 Taylor avenue in the
Jefferson Park area of the city.
Almost from the start the
investigation has centered
around finding an explanation
for the dead man being near
the Colt home in the early
hours of the morning.
Investigators said they would
like to know why the dead man
thought he could see his wife,
or get to talk to her in view of
the family's feelings if he ap-
preached the house at / o'clock
in the morning.
Police Pvt. William Powell
told detectives he chatted with
Mr.. Mawyer over a cup of
coffee about 1925 am. in the
waffle shop.
He said Mr., Mawyer gave the
impression he was going to see
his wife.
/, Capt. Thomas Woods. chief
of Alexandria detectives, said
the second man probably could
be of invaluable help to the
investigation.
Since Mr.. Mawyer did not
own a car-and he was seen in
one earlier in the day with a
man about his own age-police
think the other man may
have driven Mr.. Mawyer to the
Colt home.
ALI but one question put to
the Colts by reporters have
brought replies of mo COM
ment" or directions to call
the family attorney, Alexandria
Mayor Leroy s. Bendheim.
The dead mans wife. his Sec
ond. would say only that their
son was born April 26 in Alex
andria Hospital.
A check Of Prince Georges
County Circuit Court records
shows the Mawyers were mar
ried in Hyattsville, Md, last
February S, the same day. ac-
cording to Clerk Of the Court
records in Alexandria, that Mr..
Mawyer was granted a divorce
from his first wife. The decree
stIpulates, however, that he