Evening star., 1960-06-27
REES
REEs
u. S. Seeks
Return of
Suspect
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IconecClon with four other un-
solved Washington area slay-
ings. They are: the double
murder on June is, 1855,
of Nancy Marie Shomette, 16s
and Michael Ann Ryan, IA, in
Northwest Branch Park in
Prince Georges County; and the
killing of two BeltSville, Md,
girls. Mary Elizabeth Fellers,
18, and Shelby Jean Venable,
Is. on June /, 1856.
Jurors Get Case Tomorrow
A Federal grand jury in Bal
timore tomorrow will receive
a Government request for an
indictment against Rees under
the Federal kidnapping statute.
The Justice Department dis
closed today that United States
Attorney Leon H. Pierson will
present the evidence against
Rees in the Jackson case.
Mr.. Pierson conferred with AS
Sistant Attorney General NAL
colin r. Wilkey in Washington
by telephone this morning, and
| it was decided to proceed
against Rees via the grand jury.
The Governments strategy, it
was disclosed, will be to keep
Rees within Federal jurisdic-
ton.
A grand jury indictment
would permit Rees' transfer to
Maryland merely by proving
to the United States Commits
sioner in Memphis that Rees
is the man named in the in
dictment. Such an Indictment
would take precedence over the
unlawful flight to avoid prose-
cution warrant filed against
Rees in the Harold murder.
Under the Federal law, a
conviction could carry the
death penalty if bodily harm
is connected with the kidnap-
ing.
Rees. in the meantime, is in
Shelby County Jail in Mem
phis, awaiting hearings set for
July 6 on the two Federal
charges in both the Harold
and Jackson cases. Bond of
100000 has been set.
Yesterday, Rees conferred
for half an hour with one of
three Memphis attorneys re-
tained by his parents. One of
the defense lawyers, C. P. j.
Mooney said, Hes innocent.
Any other comments should be
saved for the trial, if there is
a trial"
Also retained by Rees' par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Melvin
Rees, were Attorneys Cecil
Keltner and Blanchard Tual,
who will meet today with Mr..
Mooney to discuss the case.
Rees himself has had very lit
tie to say to Investigators. He
made no statement at his ar
raignment Saturday on the
jackson charges.
Quiet Prisoner
Sheriff M. A. Kinds said the
dark-haired prisoner just sits
quietly in his cell. HE has
been no trouble at ALL" said
Sheriff Kinds. HE has been
quiet and calm and has been
eating we'll" Mr.. Kinds said
ReeS spent the first hours after
his arrest in West Memphis,
Ark. last Friday afternoon
looking at prisoners in other
cells and smiling occasionally
from one to the other"
Mrs. Harold, mother of two
was shot through the back o1
the head on lonely road neal
Gambrills, Md, on the evening
of June 26, 1857, as she sat in
a parked car with a soldier
from Fort George G. Meade
Md, where she was employed
The soldier fled from the cal
after the killer got into the
back seat and fired one >shot
from a pistol.
Jackson Killing Later
1t was nearly two years later
that two boys found the bodies
of Mrs. Jackson and Susan ir
a shallow grave near Gambrills
very close to the scene of the
Harold murder.
The Jackson family of Apple
Grove, Louisa County, Va, wa.
returning home from a visit or
the night of January IL, 1859
when someone apparently
forced their car off the road
Mr.. Jackson, a burly, 80
year-old truck driver, had beer
shot in the head and hi
daughter, Janet, had been suf
focated. Both bodies wer,
found in a brush pile nea