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2 THE SUNDAY STAR. WASHINGTON. D. C., .TULY 24, 1927-DART 1. MILLSDEATH STILL NEW BUILDINGS TO RELIEVE SOME SCHOOL CONGESTION ZOO WILL ACQUIRE FIERCE BUFFALO COMING TO ZOO WOMAN ARRESTED ! PUZZLES OFFICIALS FIERCEST ANIMAL AFTER AUTO CHASE Montgomery County Search African Buffalo Is Quaran- Accused of Driving Under In- of Liquor for Clues Produces No tined at Boston-Turtle fluence After Important Results. and Fish Are Received. Three Collisions. driving while The fiercest of living animals, fear- Charged with intoxi- Special Dispatch to The Star. cated, a red light on K street 23 —Al- by African natives far more than passing ,- ROCKVILLE. Md.. July ed at Sixteenth and hitting three auto- though more than two weeks have the lion and responsible annually for mobiles during a chase at a high rate ?lapsed since Edward L. Mills, many more deaths, now is in quaran- of speed through downtown Wash- Darnestown district farmer and dairy* from Washington destined for the Na- ington extending fnan, was shot to death in a held near tine at Boston, Circle, out K street to Vermont ave- his home, the identity of the slayer tional Zoological Park here. nue thence to N street and back to still is unknown, and apparently no This is the African buffalo, which Eighteenth and I streets without stop- has been made toward the Parks. 27 years progress inhabits the swamps of mint of South ping, Mrs. Andree L. solution of the mystery. of 1527 I street, was arrested yes- The old! Residents of this section, however, and Central Africa. particular terday afternoon by Policemen Fred- are convinced that the county author- specimen coming to the Zoo probably erick A. Schenck and P. Q. O’Brien ities are in no way responsible for is not exceptionally fierce, since it of the third prpclnct. the failure of all attempts to date to the way to the Wash- According to Schenck, he was stand- apprehend the murderer or to un- is only a calf which has been in cap- Pair of wild African buffaloes, one of- which Is on ington Zoo. These are among the fiercest of beasts. They attack on ing at Washington Circle when he effective clues to his identity. tivity its infancy, and it may animals cover since sight and do not wait to he molested. heard the crash of a collision and Miili Work on Case. never develop the aggressive habits commotion at Twenty-second street. car driving away, he From within a few- minutes of Mills' its type. He was shown a of said, and hailed a passing automobile death, the authorities have been in- The African buffalo is not particu- dustriously at work on the case, un- Gold Ore Found to take up the pursuit. larly crafty, but it is an instinctive der the direction of State’s Attorney Followed Down K Street. Peter, jr., and Chief of Police killer. It rushes head down, the fore- Robert Abandoned JURY DELIBERATES K street, Schenck said, he Moxley. During much of Near Down Alvie A. head protected by a hard, bony plate, sped after the car. which was run- this time the local men have been as- when detectives and gores with its long horns any- ning well over 60 miles an hour sisted by two Baltimore as Town in Wyoming reached the red light at Sixteenth well as’by former Deputy Sheriff J. thing that stands in the way. Most it By Associated Press. street, time when heavy traffic Stanley. animals, even the lions and tigers, tho at. a SUN DANCE. Wyo.. July 23. FATE OF BIRGER filled the streets. The cars sped across The investigation, it is believed ask nothing better of man than to The ghost mining town of Welcome, the intersection and continued on to here, has been as thorough as possible, and then to N street, without any tangible re- leave them alone and are not partic- now marked only by deserted and Vermont avenue, but so far decaying may brought doubling to Eighteenth street Although State's Attorney '• ularly dangerous unless molested. But houses, be Heavily Guarded back —...... ~\. - sults. • -¦ ¦¦ ’ Courthouse collision occurred. Be- no attempt to conceal to life again. where another Peter makes the buffalo seeks his victims without announc- reaching the intersection of ... August fruitlessness . , . ••: * Schliehardt has fore his disappointment in the ¦* !¦ streets, where she he said <? them waiting for them to seek him. ed the discovery of a lead of gold as Trial Ends and Ver- Eighteenth and Q ' of the search for the slayer, which has assayed more than was arrested, another automobile had he has no idea of abandoning Germany. ore today Obtained From a ton. It has been known for been struck, according to the police. the investigation and his men were S3OO dict Is Awaited. owned by This animal was obtained from years that there is gold in the The first machine hit was hard at work again today. Webb of 2131 N street; the sec- head Germany and. since it is one of the Black Hills of Wyoming, but it has R. D. Raymond E. Kennedy, of a pockets which have ond, hit at the intersection of Eigh- agency Baltimore, hoofed quadrupeds, must be kept in been found in private detective in out, making the installation By the Associated Press. teenth and N streets, was the prop- the last week, re- quarantine for two weeks or more played who entered case dreaded machinery impractical. Schlie- BENTON, 111., July 23.—Twelve erty of Chari Knichvilla of 1744 Cor- sumed his investigation today, follow- until any symptoms of the of deliberating on Eigh- hoof-and-mouth disease have a chance hart’s discovery, however, does not jurors tonight were coran street, and the last on ing a visit of several days to Balti- the fate of Charles Birger, gang chief, teenth streets, between P and Q He tvould not disclose the to develop. appear to be a pocket. It is only Art more. The Zoo received this week as a few miles from the famous Home- and his two former henchmen, streets, was owned by Daniel T. Rior- nature of his work here. a Hyland, of At this present from M. E. Musgrave of the stake mine at Lead, S. Dak., and Newman and Ray accused dan, 1975 Biltmore street. Interview 170 Householders. which Slaying Joe Adams, 300-pound mayor point the police reached the automo- Biological Survey a giant Arizona not far from the canyon in 12. placed the The four county policemen, Roy land tortoise. This is a close relative President Coolidge panned for gold of West City, last December bile sought, they said, and Gaither Island turtles and The jury retired with the final in- operator under arrest. Bodmer, Douglas Dosh, Oscar of the Galapagos today. Judge H. Wilkinson, who were in- is the second largest of the family structions of Circuit Charles and Dean after State’s At- Freed on Bond. structed by Mr. Peter to canvass every found in the United States. The Miller at 2:05 p.m. torney Roy C. Martin had spent the From the third precinct station Mrs. home within several miles of the largest is the rare gopher tortoise of De- Florida. This will be first speci- morning in a scathing denunciation of Parks was taken to the House of Mills farm, in a search for additional the which he asked the 10 o’clock last bearing murder, of this type included in the Zoo the gangsters, in tention and at about information on the men the death penalty released on $2,000 bond. have interviewed 170 householders in collection, although it is not rare on SIEPHENSONBQXES jury to give them night was reign of machine gun last night, Mrs. Parke approximately half the territory, with- the plains of Arizona and New "and end the At her home Mexico. terrorism in southern Illinois.” denied the charges brought against out results. They expect to complete said that she could explain that of their investigation early Relic of Past. ‘'Gag” Attempt Charged. her and phase her actions a manner which should next week. interest attaches to this ex-cavalry who has in ft A Particular Birger, an man, prove satisfactory to the police at the turtle among scientists because it is headed the most formidable band of FOUND PROBER time. BY proper . one of the few remaining relics coal-belt gangsters for three years, sat She denied thaf she had been drink- a vanished American fauna. Rep- silent while the prosecutor demanded ing and stated that she had been visit- tiles of a somewhat similar type once his death. His companions were during the afternoon, after abounded the North Indiana Ex-Grand Dragon’s ing friends MAN’SBODYFOUND, on American con- equally quiet as they realized they which she started eastward. She said tinent, but the majority of them be- were at the mercy of a Jury of farmers “scraping” against came extinct, for some unknown she remembered ’ Famous Black Belongings and miners. an automobile at Washington Circle, cause, millions of years ago. The “These men built their own scaf- looking back had noticed that Arizona tortoise thus occupies the their own but on Shrouded in Mystery. folds and put the rope about no damage was done and had contin- position of a living fossil. necks when they came into Franklin ued on her way. Beyond this state- i MURDER IS HINTED The turtle collection at the Zoo, County and murdered Joe Adams," ment, she referred all other question* with several score of rare African Martin declared. ———— her attorney.

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