Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-03-01
NEWcokB
Both Huntsmon and Housekeeper
Reported Subjected to Beotinqs
Continued From Page Al

BAlu tne secrecy had been i'm
posed ain the best interest Of
the people involved and the
people Of the county"
Mrs. Boley. one account said.
was able to telephone for help
after the attack.
~ Roger Jenkins Of Leesburg
Mrs. Boley's brother-in-law.
who told how the badly slashed
woman crawled to the phone.
said Mrs. Newcomb immediately
started for the farm. But
meanwhile a teacher at the
school contacted a farm owner
who lives near the Newcomb
property.
81 Seated in Chair
William T. Piggott, a., the
FARMER contacted by the teach
er, said he rushed to the New
comb home, about a mile and
a-quarter from his farm and
found Mrs. Boley still sitting
N q chair by the telephone.
III At first Mr.. Piggott saw no
evidence Of wound, but Mrs.
Boley could not talk clearly.
CT couldn't tell too much
what happened" Mr.. Piggott
said, II asked her what hap
pened. She started to answer,
but I couldn't understand her
i. I don't know If she recog-
ilized me-"
Mr. Piggott added that the
coroner CDR. Sampson) had
asked him ito keep quiet for
awhile" about what he knew.
MIR. Piggott said he did not
see Mr.. Newcomb,s body in the
room where Mrs. Boley was
sitting.
Mr.. Newcomb's body was
found lying in blood in the
hallway. An informant said
that from Mr.. Newcomb's con-
dition, 1t appeared he had died
IN q matter Of seconds"
sAs for Mrs. Boley's condi-
ton. one of the first to see her
said. Il don't see how she sur
vived."
One official close to the case
deplored the tight news censor
ship as entirely unwarranted.
IT don't know what their OBJ
ject is" he said, indicating he
considered 1t q routine criminal
investigation. "This sort of
thing leads to entirely too much
conjecture which the facts as
the police know them could
prevent" +
Served as Housekeeper
Mrs. Boley had been going
to the Newcomb farm once or
twice q week to serve as house,
keeper. She worked there three
or four years.
She Is the wife Of Samuel T.
Boley, q welder and heavy
equipment operator on the
Dulles International Airport
construction project. The
Boleys live about a mile from
the Newcomb farm on Route
600.
AT the hospital today Mr..
BOley said his wife had spent
a"good night" and appeared
to be improving.
For nearly a score Of years
Mr.. Newcomb. a Harvard Uni
versity graduate and onetime {
Wall Street Journal reporter. |
had qualified as a gentleman
farmer In every sense of the l
word-breeder of quality dairy !
cattle, huntSman and acquaint- !
ance Of some Of the countrys I
leading figures. t
On the farm he called Dun {
vegan. MIR. Newcomb developed S
a prize herd Of milking Short t
horns. following in the foot
steps Of his father, Herman t
Danforth Newcomb, whose
farm In Albemarle County also
was noted for show Shorthorns
Born in Louisville, KY, Mr..
Newcomb lived there for sew
eral years with his parents. {
Friends said his interest in the !
washington market, and an
urge to be close to his intellec- /
tual interests, caused Mr.. New '
comb to select the Loudoun =
farm site.
He was active in the Catoc-
tin Farmers Club, whose upper
strata members included such
notables as the late Gen.
George c. Marshall. {
Mr.. Newcomb had a high {
reputation for the steeplechase !
and fox hunting. In his book. s
Hounds and Hunting Through Ii
the Ages" Joseph Thomas
credited Mr.. Newcomb with
being a fox hunting authority, {
and supplying some Of the book {
material. In earlier years he l
was Joint Master Of the Iro- {
quois Hunt Club, in Louisville. {
Horticulture Devotee 8
His interests also extended e
to horticulture as one of the {
organizers and president of the
American Boxwood Society. He
was considered one of the lead
ing authorities on the subject
and enjoyed collecting samples.
Mr.. Newcomb was a director
of the Loudoun County His
torical Society.
When MIR. Newcomb's wife,
the former Edith Carlysle of
Washington learned of her
husbands death, she left for
Baltimore to break the news to
one Of her children, Penelope,
IS. a pupil at st. Timothy's
School there. The other child
is Katherine, IL.
There seemed to be no rob-
berry motive because Mrs.
Boley's purse continuing $13.17
was found in the home.
MIR. Boley said his wife had
been called by Mrs. Newcomb
Tuesday and asked to do some