Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-27
KaIorama Combed
For Staying Clues
Police Seeking
Description Of
Two Gunner

DSSCIIPtIOH VI
Two Gunner
Detectives today pressed a
door to-door canvass of the
Kalorama area in hopes of
finding someone who may have
gotten a better look at the men
who shot and killed the son of
a prominent Washington law
yer early Sunday morning in q
street robbery.
The gunner who shot Newell
W. Ellison, jr., 81, as he was
walking his dog are believed to
have fled in a 1866 two-tone
Oldsmobile with a white top
and blue or green bottom.
The license plates, of which
some residents got only a fleet
ing glimpse, were probably
white in color, as are Virginia'S
CuITeIlC IdSS.
Mr.. Ellison was shot twice
in the body and either shot
would have killed him, accord
ing to an autopsy report. His
chest was pierced by % caliber
and .38 caliber bullets, both of
which struck portions of his
heart.
Shot at 1:35 AM.
The shots were fired in the
2300 block of Kalorama road
NV. at about 1:35 am. Mr..
Ellison had returned to his
home at 1928 Wyoming avenue
NV. from a date. He then
went out to walk his dog.
Detectives theorize that the
gunner intercepted Mr.. Ellison
as he and his baSSett hound.
DID, were strolling past the
home of Clarence Aspinwell at
2340 Kalorama road. 1t is not
known whether he resisted the
robbery.
The autopsy report revealed
the fatal shots were fired from
so close that powder burns
stained the victims suit and
shirt.
A group of Thai students,
having a snack in the Thailand
EmbaSSy's kitchen nearby,
heard the shots and a male
voice shouting Lets get out
of here"
Failed to Get Number
1t was too dark to get the IL
cenSe number of the car that
roared away as the students
rushed to the victims side, de-
tectives were told, but at least
two men were seen in the flee
ing automobile. .
n The victims wallet was found
shortly after the crime by Pvt.
William @. Burchette with an
undetermined amount of money
missing from it. The wallet
was turned over to the FBI
Laboratory for examination and
a search for latent finger
prints.
The murder weapons have
not been found.
i District Commissioner Walter
N. Tobriner commented, THE
tragic murder points up more
than ever the need for a gun
law along the lines of the one
recommended by the Commits
sioners." The bill, which has
been the subject of congress
sional hearings, would require
a police permit for possession
of any handgun in home or
office.
who knows if Mr.. Ellison's
life might not have been
spared or the detection of the
slayer made easier?" Mr.. To-
briner asked.
Scholar and Instructor
Mr.. Ellison was the son of
Newell w. Ellison, a member
of the law firm of Covington
& Burling. Funeral services
were held today at the chapel
of st. Adams School, where he
had been a student. Burial was
private.
Pallbearers at the services
were Philip p. Perkins; DR..
Edward B. Marsh, E. Terhune
Miller, Robert Hitler, DR.. Grille
Crisler and David P. Young.
Officiating az the services were
Canon Charles Martin, head
master of st. Adams School
since 1949, and DR.. Joseph r.
Slzoo, director Of the George
Washington University chapel.
The victim, who was unmar-
ried, was a brilliant student
and a popular instructor in
English at Oberlin College in
Ohio and at Yale University.
He had graduated from st.
Adams and Princeton Univer-
sity and had taken summer
courses at Harvard and Oxford.
He had planned to resume
teaching at Oberlin next
month.
Capt. George r. Donahue,
head of the homicide squad,
indicated police have no sus-
poets at this stage Of the