Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-09-11

United States Park Police,
has always seemed quite safe.
But last July 80. a group O
picnickers found themselves be-
set by a 1ist-swinging mob. 81,
of the picnickers went to thu
hospital. One was partially
paralyzed.
What Were Motives?
Who were the marauders anC
what motivated them? How die
they differ from the many
other young people who have
enjoyed the highway without
incident for so many years?
Here are some Of the thing:
friends, lawyers and police hac
to say Of the ringleaders:
About william D. (Buzzy)
Dudley, 20: Were expecting
to hear big things from Buzzy
He thinks he's hard as nails
He's sneaky and he's smooth
About Charles L. (Chinky)
Henderson, %: "Chinky never
thinks twice about fighting.
It seems to be his only pleasure,
He'd as soon take part IN q
fight as you and I'd have a
friendly drink"
About Alex E. Fisher, 20:
Fisher was a lazy kid. He
probably could have made
something of himself, but in
stead, just drifted."
Dudley, Henderson and Fisher
last week received five-year
penitentiary sentences for their
roles in the attack.
IL Arrested
AS a result of the attack, II
youths were arrested. Eleven
Of them were sentenced, two
more were convicted but not
yet sentenced and four more
face the Fairfax County grand
jury tomorrow.
Dudley, Henderson and Fisher,
described as leaders Of the at
tack, received stiffest sentences,
OF the II youths arrested, only
nine actually took part in the
fighting, police said.
The rest, lured to the scene
of the attack by promises of
action" or "fun," stood idly
by, or sat in their cars with
their girl friends and watched
the SHOW"
Police Know Trio
Dudley, Henderson. and
Fisher are not strangers to
police.
At the time of his arrest
Dudley was free on probation
after. having been convicted OF
beating up a police officer who
tried to break up a Dudley
fight.
1T was one Of the greatest
things that ever happened to
Dudley" an Alexandria lawyer
said. HE could then boast
constantly how he beat up q
cop"
After his arrest for the
picnic riot, the probation was
revoked, and he was given an
additional 10 months to serve
in the penitentiary.
Like all but one Of the II
youths involved in the fracaS
Dudley did not finished high
school. He left school before
finishing the eighth grade, and
spent a great deal of his ado
lescence in State correctional
institutions. His father died
when he was a child. Dudley
his younger brother and two
sisters lived with their mother
Record as Juvenile
Dudley had an extensive
record, officials said, but they
would not release the details of
it. At the age of 10, Dudley
married a 16-year-old girl.
They had one child. At the
time Of his arrest, he was
living with Lloyd R. Ange, %.
one Of the II arrested in the
fight who faces the grand jury
tomorrow.
Dudley held numerous jobs.
His last one was as a tar layer
for a roofing company.
Police said Dudley had tat
toos all over his body, which he
put on himself by pricking his
skin with a needle and then
touching the spot with ball
point ink.
HE liked to do it himself to
show how impervious to pain he
was" a lawyer said. "He
Dragged about his strength, but
was also sly and smooth. He
wasn't too well liked, because
everyone was afraid Of him."
Henderson, a former amateur
hoxer was out on probation for