Evening star., 1962-09-04
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Pistol Discovery Leads to Suspect;
Peeping Tom Theory Confirmed
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hearing Friday that Vinson be
certified an adult for trial on
the murder charge. Falls
Church Attorney Phil Brophy
will be Wilson's lawyer.
The break in the case came
yesterday afternoon when a
neighborhood resident, Sterling
E. Springston, Of Ills Carlton
avenue, found a .38-caliber Ie-
volver under q log while walk
ing in the woods about rs
yards behind the Vinson home.
Factory Records Checked
He turned the weapon over
to Fairfax police. They had
been searching the area with
the aid OF Army mine detector
experts most of the day for
either the weapon or two bull
let's that had been fired at
Lewis Goldfein but had missed
aim.
Mai. Durrer said police i'm
mediately determined the gun
was a Smith & Wesson Chief
and called the factory in
Springfield, Mass, to trace the
serial numbers. Factory records
indicated the gun had been
consigned to a wholesale dealer
in Rockville, Md.
From Rockville, police traced
the weapon to the Small Arms
Of the World gunshop in An
nandale, Va. Arriving there,
police learned that a gun with
those serial numbers had been
sold on June 8 to a John VIII
iiams Vincent" of an address in
Arlington that turned out to be
fictitious.
Police said the gun was sold
to Vinson by clerk who de-
manded and received an af-
fidavit from the youth that he
was old enough under the law
to buy a gun. The suspect at
tested in writing, police said,
that he was % years old.
3 Pistols Bought Recently
Investigators said they
learned that young Vinson had
bought a total Of three pistols
in recent months. in addition
to a .22-caliber rifle he left
in police custody last March.
Police said he gave his mother
and father a .38-caliber pistol
each and apparently kept one
for himself.
The fourth .38-caliber pistol
figuring in the case apparently
was his fathers police service
revolver. county detectives said.
Mr.. Fitzgerald said Fairfax
County law prohibits sale Of
guns to minors under the age
Of l8, as does Virginia State
law. He said the law requires
that the seller must be satisfied
the purchaser Of a firearm is
l8 or over.
Meanwhile, the gun had been
rushed to the Federal Bureau
Of Investigation crime labora-
tory In Washington where
ballistics experts began making
comparison tests with the three
battered slugs that had cut
down Lewis Goldfein.
It was learned that the bullet
which struck Lewis in the leg
retained sufficient ballistic
markings to prove the pistol
found yesterday had fired the
shots.
With this evidence in their
hands. Chief Durrer's men
quickly moved in to make the
arrest.
Vinson was taken from his
home to police headquarters
and confronted with the evi-
dence. according to Detective
1t. David Eike. Asked by de-
tectives if he wanted to make a
statement, the youth said he
first wanted to speak to his
father.
Volunteers TO Type
Then he volunteered to type
out his own statement of what
had happened in the GoldfeinI
yard where Lewis, who was
buried Sunday, had been gazing
at the stars.
Chief Durrer gave this sum-
mary Of the statement, which
was not released to the press:
Vinson left his home by a
side door about 11:45 pm. Fri
day, apparently unknown to
his parents or sister. He car
ried with him the loaded pistol
in his right pants pocket and
took five extra cartridges in his
left pocket. He carried with
him a pair Of tan leather gloves
which have not been found.
,Vinson gave no reason for TAX
ing the gun or the gloves.
Vinson said he cut through
neighborhood yards and when
he was near the Goldfein home
he "hesitated because I saw a
seemingly pretty girl preparing
for bed"
Saw Party Ending
He said he saw a party about
to break up inside the Jeffer-
son avenue home Cthe Gold
feins had been playing cards
with friendS) and waited be-
hind a fence at the side of the
house until the guests had left.
A few minutes later, accord
ing to the statement. Vinson
saw someone come out of the
house carrying something" 1t
was Lewis Goldfein, bringing
his telescope out to attach to a
charcoal grill for a look at the
stars.
Thinking no one could see
him, VinSon crawled under the
board fence to get closer to the
window, in which there was a
broken slat in the venetian
blind. AS he moved around
near the window. he said he
saw young Goldfein coming to-
ward him.
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