Evening star., 1962-04-17
STABBING
Widow Hod Feared D. G. Streets

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has been a friend of Mrs. Min
ard for years. About 4 pm.
yesterday Mrs. Minard told her
she was going to town to shop.
Many stores are open until 8
pm. on Mondays.
Fixes Time of Trip
In the neighborhood, police
found a woman who said she
had walked toward the bus stop
with Mrs. Minard for her
downtown trip. The neighbor
fixed the time at about 7:30
pm.
At $50 pm. Mrs. Mary Cook,
Sc, and her daughter, Bette
Jean, 80. of 1923 G street Sc,
we're driving home when the
latter saw the wounded woman.
Look, mother" Miss Cook
said, "it looks as though some
thing is wrong with that
woman"
Mrs. Cook stopped the car,
and her daughter rolled down
the window and called, What's
the matter?"
II have been hit." Mrs. Min
ard replied.
Before she could leave the
car. Mrs. Cook said, the victim
had slipped to the ground, hit
ting her head hard.
Il noticed there was blood on
her skirt and both stockings"
Mrs. Cook said. Il put a pack
age under her head and went
for help"
Instinct directed her to the
parsonage Of her pastor, the
Rev. Michael A. Terifay OF
First Wesleyan Methodist
Church. next door to Mrs. Min
ards home.
Mrs. Cook was very ex-
cited" Mr.. Terifay recalled.
"As soon as I learned what was
wrong I went to the apartment
Of Mrs. Evelyn Tate at 3o35 and
called police and the rescue
squad"
Gives No Description
Before she died, Mrs. Minard
once raised herself from the
operating table and asked,
Where am I and what hap
pened?" These were her only
words. giving police no descrip-
ton with which to work.
The four chest stab wounds
were only about two inches
apart. Under the left arm of
Mrs. Minard's spring coat there
was a slash about three inches
long, indicating the knife was
very sharp.
As detectives went over the
neighborhood for clues, one
neighbor across the street from
the scene recalled hearing some
boys just before Mrs. Minard
was found. On second thought,
he said it could have been a
wonan's screams.
John Louderbach of 303l K
street Sc. said he was in his
living room watching TV and
heard nothing, not even the ar
rival Of the ambulance.
Group Of Boys Recalled
Mr.. Terifay recalled that his
wife had seen a group Of six or
eight boys about three blocks
away an hour before Mrs.
Minard was found.
Friends said the widow often
had expressed fear of going out
nights since about a month ago,
when she was awaiting a bus at
Barney circle and two teen-age
boys approached her menac-
ingly. She saw a man nearby,
walked to his side, and the boys
fled.
Mrs. Myrtle Aron, past off,
Ger Of the Rebekah Lodge, said
she tried to persuade Mrs.
Minard to ride home in cabs
from night meetings after she
had said she was scared to
death"
Mr.. Terifay recalled that the
former pastors wife saw the
shadow Of man in the church
basement last July. She called
to her husband and the man
fled.
NeighborhoOd Changing
Because the nature Of the
neighborhood is changing, Mr.
Terifay said, the congregation
recently decided to sell the
church and parsonage property.
Mrs. McCloud remembered
seeing a man looking under
the hood of a car near the
scene early last night. Three
hours later. when she returned
from church. he was still there!
For the last several years,
she and Mrs. Minard have been
subjected to a series of rob-
berries, Mrs. McCloud said.
In 1856, her home was
broken into three times. On
the first occasion she looked up
from a newspaper to find a
man in the house. He dis
appeared when he was OBJ
served.
Knife Stolen Another Time
Two weeks later she was In
bed at 5 am. when somebody
cut a screen in the back door,
slipped into the kitchen and
took a butcher knife and can
opener. AS she turned on a hall
light, he ran away.
Another two weeks elapsed.
This time she was out shop
ping. On her return, Sl69 in
cash was missing from a
cabinet.
Last fall Mrs. Minard was
shopping in a downtown de-
partment store. She reached
into her purse and discovered
S18 missing, She had inst