Evening star., 1960-08-21
Wounded Officer
Fighting for Life
Suspect Held
For Grand Jury
In D.C.Shootino

HOIlCe FVC. JACK n. Murphy
lay in critical condition in
Washington Hospital Center
last night, after being shot as
he and his partner stopped a
man for speeding.
The 23-year-old second pre-
cinct policeman was shot in the
right side with a AS -caliber
bullet about 4 am. Saturday
as he sat in a patrol wagon in
the 1900 block of s street NV.
Julius Snowden Ogton, SO, of
the 1900 block of Kenyon street
NV, has been charged with
assault with intent to kill and
is being held under $4,000
bond for action of the grand
jury.
Pvt. Murphy, who joined the
force last January after leav-
ing the Marines. lives with his
wife, Mary, at 8012 Fourteenth
avenue, Hyattsville, Md. They
have one child, Dennis P. Muir
ply, less than a year old. Pvt.
Murphy is a native Of Orrville,
Ohio.
Chased Spceder
Deputy Police Chief George
Wallrodt said Pvt. Murphy was
riding with his partner, Pvt.
Peter S. Monaco, %, when they
spotted a car speeding near
Fourteenth and @ streets NV.
They gave chase and over.
hauled the speeding car in the.
1900 block Of S street NV.
When the suspect was
stopped, according to Pvt.
Monaco, he jumped out of his
car and ran beside the police
wagon holding a gun. Pvt.
Monaco said the man, later
identified as Ogton, pointed
the gun at Pvt. Murphy's head
as the officer sat in the wagon.
Pvt. Monaco said he yelled a
warning to Pvt. Murphy and
tried to push him down and
away from the gun. Then a
shot was fired. and Pvt. Mo-
naco said he heard Pvt. Muir
ply groan.
Pvt. Monaco said Ogton fired
a second shot through the
open window Of the wagon,
and Pvt. Monaco began re-
turning the fire with his police
pistol.
Gave First Aid
AS the gunman ran away
! from the scene, Pvt. Monaco
said he went to the aid Of his
y wounded companion. applying
n first aid.
However, other policemen
! hurried to the scene and quick
ly traced the registration of
the speeder's car to Ogton,
y according to Deputy Chief
= Wallrodt. Ogton was picked
up as he was about to enter his
, apartment house half an hour
after the shooting.
i Police said he resisted ar
= rest and that it took three of
= them to handcuff him. They
said he denied the shooting.
Earlier Shooting
Deputy Chief Wallrodt said
II Ogton had been involved in an
n other shooting spree half an
,, hour before the policeman was
u wounded. He said Ogton be-
came involved in an argument
with another motorist over a
= parking spot near his apart
e ment and eventually fired five
4 shots into the engine of q car
owned by Francis B. Owens of
Baltimore. This happened in
front of Ogton's home.
S Ogton was driving away from
r this affray when he was stopped
for speeding by Pvts. Monaco
. and Murphy.
An eyewitness to both Shoot
o ings was free-lance photogra-
IS pher Art Semmig, who said he
, followed Ogton from the Ken
. yon street engine shooting 10
. the scene of the shooting of
3 Pvt. Murphy. Mr.. Semmig said
he prayed for a policeman to
e join the chase as he pursued
= the Ogton car.
" After Pvt. Murphy was
0 wounded, it was found the pa
troll wagon had one bullet hole
near the door and another IN
the roof.
Police found a .45-caliber slus
in the gutter behind the wagon
The pistol was found in a va
cant lot near the shooting. The
clip was empty.
Ogton was taken before Mu-
nicipal Judge Austin l.. Fickline
yesterday and ordered held for
the grand jury. Police said he
formerly worked for a laundry