Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-04
Bride Found Slain;
Husband Is Charged.
Street Cana
Is Blamed
By Suspect

Two weeks, on a honeymoon
Trip in Washington with her
husband, was beaten to death
last night. and police today
charged the husband with
homicide.
The victim was Mrs. Ute
Skunk Carsey. 20, blond, blue
eyed native of West Germany
and the divorced wife of a SER
geant now stationed at Noun
tain Home Air Force Base,
Idaho.
Her savagely beaten and
partly clad body was found in
the bed of room the couple
had occupied at the Morgan
Guest House, 1928 Bladensburg
road NE. Deputy Police Chief
Thomas Rasmussen said both Of
Mrs. Carsey's eyes had been
and her face bore
both old and recent bruises, as
well as bloodstains.
Held on the homicide charge
Is Earl A. Carsey. 40, of North
Salt Lake City, a truck driver
for Battles Moving g. Storage
Co. of Salt Lake City.
Carsey was arraigned before
United States Commissioner
Sam Werlich today on a charge
of second-degree murder and
was ordered held in $1,000 bond
for action of the grand jury.
The case was continued TO Oc-
tober IL.
Married in Nevada
The couple had been married
in Ely, New, on September 81
and started for Washington the
next day. Carsey told Deputy
Chief Nunzio Bonaccorsy he
had driven here at the wheel
Of a vanload of furniture while
his bride had followed in her
own Volkswagen automobile.
Chief Bonaccorsy told re-
porters Carsey had given police
! q wild" story Of being attacked
by a gang of three men as
the couple sat In their parked
car last night near Bladensburg
road and Montana avenue NE.
Carsey, according to Mr..
Bonaccorsy. said he fled after
his wife had shouted, run
and hide the money" When
he returned a few minutes later,
according to Carsey, he found
his wife bleeding and -un-
conscious on the sidewalk.
Stops Breathing
He said he took her limp
body in his arms. put her in
the car and drove the several
blocks to the guest house.
There, police quoted Carsey
as saying. he went inside to get
a washrag and returned to the
car to clean some of the blood
and dirt from his wife's face.
Then he carried her into the
bedroom. Carsey was quoted as
saying. took off some of her
clothes and put her to bed. He
said his wife later stopped
breathing, about 10 pm.
Capt. George Donahue. head
of the Homicide Squad, said:
I'VE charged him (Carsey)
with homicide because we do
not believe his story. There
are too many discrepancies"
Carsey. a burly 6-footer,
who weighs ITS pounds, had
scratches on his face and ears,
according to Capt. Donahue. He
said Carsey claimed he was
vague" about many of the de-
tails of his account because he
was in "a state of shock"
VanlOad of Furniture
The honeymoon trip started
on September %, the day after
the couple was married, &C
cording to police. Carsey said
he started from Ogden, Utah,
with a load of furniture to be
delivered at various points
across the country, including
Minnesota, Washington and
New Jersey. His wife drove be-
hind him for the entire trip.
he said.
Some of the furniture was
consigned to Mr.. and Mrs.
I lvid McKim of 6001 James,
town road, West Hyattsville,
Md, who police said left Utah
on September % by car and
arrived here on September IS.
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