Evening Star Newspaper, July 21, 1924, Page 16

ROBBERY MOTIVES IVEN N SLAYINGS Negro Is Held After Alleged Confession to Killing’ Memphis Trio. FIND $2,000 HIDDEN LOOT Police Hunt Diamond Ring Said to Have Been Taken From Woman Victim's Finger. Br the Associa MEMPH renn., July 21.—Follow- Ing his alleged conf on to the mur- der of Mrs. Ruth McElwain Tucker ler, on the night of and of W. Obe Spen- lier, Cha ing presen ~gro has cleared ) mysterious | which held motor- | murder: terror last year, and today ce quote him v into a water B it could be too easily identitied " Robbery Hix Motive. the motive for both Kouda Barr had pawned a wri and detectives had trailed Lo her home, where she ficr bysband had given her / to the detectives first told t watch f Barr m that he had hought the ma local jeweler: how- dentificd _the d to Miss S n ring that he s wife got the watch. The maintained, however, that taken from Barr arrest. Both the commitied with a 000 in Loot. rday afternoon Barr, the | a . told them if they lhis wife's home they “mighd find something of interest.” A~ sauad of home of the negress, where they found more than $2,000 worth of rugs, linen, silve e. silks and other household effe. Among several who identified many articles as_having been stolen® from them was James Chase. The weapon taken from Barr was handed to Mr. Chase. who promptly identified it as Meanwhile, detectives had r ered from another pawnshop a diamond ring said to have been worn by Miss Johnson the night she and W. Obe Spencer were killed. This ring had aiso been pawned by Barr's wife. With the two robberies and ‘identi- | | | | {night wore on, POKER PORTRAITS ™M - wooF! {VE Clock! Alr + fication of the pistol to work from. the detectives resumed their inter- rogation of the negro and as the the inspector sgid Barr weakened and finally agreed to tell the story of the two murders. The inspector said Barr detailed the held up Spencer and Miss Johnson for the purpose of rob| According to Mr. said that he shot Spencer when the latter called for help. but maintained shooting of Miss Johnson lental. alleged confession’ of the Tucker-Waller murder -and robbery was almost identical to his stoty the Spencer killing. the inspector said. In this instance Barr was quoted by the inspector having said both Waller and Mrs. Tucker called for help and he fired upon them several After killing his vietims, Barr lleged to have said he robbed and escaped. Store Open Till 2 AHM UG ERY AH LM - HA WAFM™M AB AMINM EAT INCE INMIT 0B -6 — . Gu-AFUM-m UH' Spencer murder declaring that he |, THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. Come om !‘ Come o AHLL EE VE LVET BE FOR! TWELVE So WHATCHA 'fRAI10 OF 7 =3 2 7P THE MAN WHO GETS WAY AHEAD. THEN STALLS FOoR AN HOUR EATING LUNCH e e Y You'VE STALLED LOMG EMOuGH! 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Herrick, who was- unable to be present, transferred the deeds of the property and the keys of the chateau to_the ‘mavor. \ The Marquis de Lubersac reealled the commiltes’s carly days. when O’Clock Saturdays eight American women ‘“organized their work.” {America, paid tribute to the commit- tee workers in the United States, who had raised 50 million francs 2 After the ceremony Miss Morgan Honor, and Miss Elaine Walker, 158 | health officer in the service of the committee, and Miss Elizabeth Scar- || - borough and Miss Elizabeth Perkins || of New York were created khib’hl:" i in the same order. Dr. Casper W. Hiatt Dead. PEORIA, T, July 21.—Dr. Casper W. Hiatt, former pastor of the Ameri. can Church in Paris, died yesterday at Crystal Lake, Mich., according to word received here. +'irst Congregational Church here. Third and Last Week of Our Stock Reduction Clearance Sale This remarkable Sale has neves lagged in interest from the moment we opened the doors on “OPPOR- TUNI ” to buy the Standard . shoes of America at cut prices. 109} Discount on All Standard Lines of Women’s and Children’s Shoes Broken Lines and Remnants in. Women’s Strap Pumps and Oxfords—many selling as high as $13.00 for $4. 85 159 Discount on Men’s Shoes (Except Stacy-Adams Shoes) 10% Discount on All Stacy-Adams Shoes for Gentlemen EDMONSTON & CO. (Incorporated) t 1334 F Street Andrew Betz, Manager Advisers and Authoritics on All Foot Troubies |their office in a shell hole and began | Androw Tardieu, hon- || orary president of the committee,and || {former French high commissioner in || and Mrs. Dike were invested with the ||| insigna of officers of the Legion of | He was pastor of the || FRENCH-SOVIET ACCORD BROUGHT STEP NEARER Premier Herriot Eases Traveling Rights of Russians in France and Moscow Follows Suit. By the Awsoolated Prom, PARIH, July 21,-Htepw toward more normal relations between Krunce and Ruwsin are foreshadowes in lotters ex- changed between Premior .Herriot and (eorge Tohitoherin, the Bolshevik for- clgn minist Jpublinhed here yesterday. n u le Herriot miys tnat as a proliminary to the re-estublishment of full normal conditionn he hus instructed thut Itusulan citigens bn given the great- ext liberty possible for vikiting France, and that” he hopes the Hoviet govern- ment will ihatruct i reprexentatives abrond not wystematioally to refue visas for passporta of Fronch men desiring to Vinit Rusgin, M. Tehiteherin, in hix letter, after ex- premsing profound watinfaction over France's friendly declarations, promises to provide the utmost facilities for the udmimlon of Krench citizens into Rus- in. Ha wddw that delnys and other dif-' ficultion are kolely due to the absence of the relations between the two govern- menta for whi government In he declares ‘the soviet no way résponsible. MONDAY, JULY 21, 1924. “LIGHTNIN’ ” STAR DIES. Succumbs to Injuries Received in Auto Accident. & SPRINGFIELD, 1L, July 2{—Wal- ter Duchardt, 26 years 5ld, member of the original cast of Frank Bacon's “Lightnin’," died at a local hospital this motning of Injuries received . yes- terday in an_automobile accident near Beardstown,~his home. Recently’ Duchardt, who was the rotege of Bacon, played one of the eads in “Goose Hangs High,” which closed recently in New York. 1In “Lightnin’" he played the part of “Thomas, ‘the attorney.” The “accident occurred when. Du- chardt’s automobile turned turtle on a paved road. en S e L Chemist Dies in South. SPARTANBURG, S. 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