Show Two Girls Mar Man Mai Struck Down by b bv Pistol Fusillade Mystery Assailants in Auto i Fire at Young Women on Streets FEDERAL HURT Forest Service Worker Shot in Back Condition Serious n Hr fly W WASHINGTON Feb 5 F 5 Fusillades 5 of revolver shots shot tired fired gangster fashion fashion fashion fash fash- ion from a moving automobile last nl night ht felled two high school girls anda and a government clerk In far apart sections sec see tons o of the city Hy Helen Andrews Andrel's 18 18 and Doris 10 10 were struck by several se eral bullets as they walked to a R public library In Takoma akoma Park Prk an m outlying outing suburb Miss Andrews was struck twice in inthe inthe inthe the left ler arm Miss Mis BeaU was hit hi Inthe in inthe the ankle Gordon T T. Backus Barkus 51 e of the forest service servie was as shot in the back as S he walked to his home In the thc Mt Mt Pleasant section closer to the center of the city His condition was pronounced grave rave after nier the bullet bulet was removed from his stomach ATTACKS UNRELATED Police were proceeding on the theory the two attacks were unrelated Ure hated because although both shootings shootings shootings shoot shoot- ings were said to have been done from a big black sedan descriptions tons did not tally The car that tj figured figured fig fig- in Backus' Backus shooting bore a Marland Maryland Mary Mar land number plate partially identified iden while the other had a District DIstrito o of Columbia license tag tg A possible explanation of oC the attack at attack attack at- at tack on Backus was advanced by a neighbor John JohnP W W. McDonald who Is a narcotic inspector He expressed a belief belef the attack atack was ws meant for or himon him himon on on account of his activity in dru drug cases Police believed no such motive entered en entered en- en bred the girls' girls shooting They were closely cosely questioned after police polee said Miss Andrews was heard telling her companion please dont don't blame this on me mc Her Tier mother told the authorities authorities au au- au- au that two telephone calls cals by men whose voices she did not nol know kow preceded the shooting WITNESS SHOOTING j i Several people saw the car from which the girls were shot shot It I slowed as it i approached them five shots rang rag out in quick succession then the driver stepped on the gas In both attacks 32 32 caliber calber copper coat ed bullets bulet were used Adding t tb tO the thc nights night's mysteries Arthur H. H Clephane civil civi- civi engineer of or Asheville N N. N C. C informed police polee that a man attempted to shoot him but his pistol misfired Ch Clephane phane I fled ted in the automobile he had str started start start- ed to park without giving the as assailant assailant as- as another chance He lie did not recognize the man mn h he said Holdup Men Kill Kil Girl OTTUMWA Iowa Feb 5 UP UP- UP U- U Bandits Bandis today shot and killed Miss iss Edna Shaw when she attempted to frustrate tc their ther hold holdup up activities Miss Mis Shaw Sha who was staying at the thc home of or Mr and arid Mrs Gerald Randol on or 01 North Court road at the outskirts of Ottumwa picked up a gun when three e bandits entered the place In search of oI money I She started firing at the robbers and they returned the fire fre killing I her with th a bullet bulet through h the h heart art Randol said the robbers robber obtained an all undetermined amount of money As they fled cd Mrs Randol picked up the the gun hc gun that had fallen had had-flen from th the lifeless fingers of ot Miss Shaw and again started shooting One of her r bullets struck the door casing casin a feW t C inches from a bandits bandit's bandis bandi's head but the trio reached their automobile evidently evi J c northward dently denty unharmed arid and ad sped awn away The holdup occurred d about 3 a. a m. m |