Evening Star Newspaper, October 24, 1924, Page 18

I BANDIT SLAYERS HANGED IN CANADA Executions Climax Sensa-| tional Roblfery—Go Easy,’ Victim Urges Hangman. By the Associated Press. MONTREAL, October 24—Louis Morel and Frank Gambino, murderers of Henri Cleroux, were hanged at Bordeaux jail at 4:56 this morning. Gluseppe Serafini and Tony Frank followed them to the scaffold and | were executed three minutes later, at 4:59 a.m Gambino’s last words on the scaf- fold were addressed to F Ellis, whom he enjoined to Mass said for the men shortly before they wall the scaffold. All the men spent hours immediately preceding the ex ecution in praver. They had a light | lunch at midnight. Morel wrote two | letters, one. to his daughters and one for publication in the newspa pers after his death. The lett penned by the former detective in the grim prison cell and headed with the words, “For the Journalists,” fol- low: “To My death in all the si offer you m fect love, Creator: 1 offer you my spirit of reparation for of my life. Lastly, 1j v death as an act of per- a last act of love for| earth. 1 pardon all and I implore the Holy Virgin to app snger of God and to preserve N from eternal malediction | ROBBERY SENSATIONAL. 3 | Driver of Bank Money Car Slain | by Bandits. With the execution of four of the| slayers of Henry Cleroux at Bordeaux | jall today, one of the most | tional robberies in dian erim- inology is brought to a close. Of the | six men convicted of th ying, four | have.paid the death penalty and two | others are serving life sentences. On | April 1 of this year eight masked | men held up the money car of the| Bank of Hochelaga under a railroad | bridge and without warning opened | fire on the car's crew. Cleroux, the| driver, fell dead. Overpowering | another bank employe, the bank ban- dits selzed $162,000 and fled, followed by a hail of bullets. Speeding madly away the band automobile crashed into a telegraph | yole and was wrecked. Seven of the robbers fled on foot, but the eighth, Harry Stone, internationally known 28 a narcotic smuggler, was killed. Buried in the ruins of the machine was found $40,000 of the bank's money. Within 24 hours police arrested men and two women and announced that $6,000 found on the suspects had been identified as part of the bank loot. On June 23 six of the suspects were found guilty of Cleroux's murder. | 5 Pigeons Released From Shenandoah Reach Girl Safely By the Assoclated Press. SAN DIEGO, Calif,, October 24.— Miss Olga Craven. daughter of Capt. Thomas T. Craven. command- ant of the North Island naval station, has received four messages via carrier pigeon from her father, who is aboard the Navy dirigible Shenandoah, now returning to Lakehurst, N. J., after a visit to the coast Two of the carrier pigcons were released by Capt. Craven as the a hip passed over Dulzura, Calif., at 12:15 Wednesday afternoon. One bird reached the air station here at 2 pam. that day, but the other did “not arrive home uutil 11 o'clock that night. Two other pigeons, released later Wednesday, arrived at North Island on Thurs- day, the first at 11 a.m. and the last at 6 p.m. Leo Dav Mike and ; Frank Valentino, Giu Frank bandoned it Then followed a ser! which were of no a ant a stay of il November others sentenc o be the leader of the band, in a let ter to Gambino's wife, confessed hi hold-up and absolvec ntino and Frank. on he had absolved ail except tc 6. With the share in the no, Va lier confe Last minute efforts to save the con ted men resulted in the calling o an emergency sitting of the cabine! and yesterday the deuth sentences o Davis and Valentino we to life imptisonment DESIGNATES RIFLE TEAM Commander Stephan Plans Marks manship Test for National Guard. Maj. Gen. Anton Stephan, com nder of the District of Columbi tional Guard, has nated rifle team to repres uard i the Corp to be fired at Ca morrow and Sunda “apt. H. 1 er, Ordnance Department, wa: elected team captain of the team are gineers; ade, Md., to ; Master Sergt Qorff, Headquarters and Suppl: gineers; Technical Headquarters and Suppl y, 121st H. Robert partment; Staff Company A, 121st D. Andrus, Company K, neers; Sergt. J. W. Crockett, Divi n A, 260th Coast Artillery; L. T. Meeds, Company A, 121st gineers: Sergt. T. A. Riley, Com E, 121st Engineers; Company A. 121st Engineers, an Corp. J. L. Wrenn, Company C, 121s Engineers. n, Alexander Thil ingineers; En an, Gambino. Davis and Serafini went on a hunger two days s of appeals, execution to Davis five d to hang, Morell, alleged In commuted | Principal competitions ngineers; Technical Ordnance De- Sergt 121st En- Sergt Corp. H. Milwit, MEET AT GEORGETOWN Father Gallagher, New Dean, Served in Russian Famine Relief With Rev. E. A. Walsh. Two former “comrades of mercy” who shared the same dangers and hardships during the worst crisis of the great Russian famine, were re- united at Georgetown University this week. When fhe two separated in Moscow, more than a year ago, they never dreamed they were to meet again under happler circumstances as associates under the same college roof. The first person to greet Rtev. Louis I’ Gallagher, when he arrived at the Hilltop this week to assume his new dutics as dean of the scollege, was “ather Edmund A. Walsh, S. J., his former “chief” In Russia, where the bored together for nearly two £ ing the Papal relief work . agher is better known as | the diplomatic courler for the Vati who brought church relics and treasurers surrendered by the Soviet government, safely on the hazardo journcy from Moscow to Rome. Nei- ther Father Walsh or Father Galla- | €her had seen each other since that { duy of parting in Moscow a year or | 50 ago, until their meeting at George- | town > s | Experienced In Scholaxties. 2| Although only 38 ycars old, and one | 11 0f the youngest deans in the history | Georgetown, Father Gallagher | rzetown with a wide in scholastic circles. He was athletic director at Iord- Hilltop’s ancient rivals, and of the Francis vter | | High sSchool ew York. He left { the latter post about three years ago | | to join Father Walsh as his assist- ant in directing Russian relief. | Since his departure from Russia, (her Gallagher has spent six | months taking special work in Dub- [lin and when he received the call to | | £ | perienc former! the ¢ | ham, srgetown, he was lecturing in San rancisco and Chicago. Owing to en- - | gagements already made he could not a|assume his duties at Georgetown un- altil this week. Father Gallagher suc- n|cceds Rev. William T. Tallon, who is | now private secretary to the pro- -|vincial of the New York-Maryland L | Province of the Jesuit Orde ince s|the cpening of the college, Father | walsh has been acting dean Another new member was added to | the college faculty this week wi 73 ic |on of Dublin, widely known in Cath: circles as a lecturer and writer sociology and psychology. He frequent contributdr to “Ame; \ther Barrett holds degrees e National University of Dublin and | the University of Louvaine. He has L Leen assigned as professor of sociol- I I i v from Maj. H. H. Kipp Coming. Maj. H. H. Kipp of the Marine Corps has been relieved from duty | d Mare Island, Callf, and ordered | t{to this city for duty at marine head- | quarters. ¥ | Thomas Newman and Herbert R. Cole, | TEN-YEAR SENTENCE Walter Tyler, Colored, Accused in Two Cases—*“Gun-Toters” Get Heavy Penalties. Walter Tyler, colored, 48 years old,| was sentenced today by Chief Justic McCoy in Criminal Division 2 to serve 10 years in the penitentlary. Tyler was charged with two cases of house- breaking and had already served three terms in the penitentiary in addition to jail sentences. The court regarded him as an old offender. Tyler broke the glass of a store on South Capitol street June 27 last and stole & number of watches and other Jewelry, and three nights later smash- ed the show window of R. Harrls & Co., Tth and D streets, and took & quan- tity of silverware. | George Washington Tate, colored, | will serve seven years in the peniten- tlary for an attempt to shoot “Two- | gun” Murphy, a nareotic agent, when | the ter attempted to place him | under arrest on a charge of violation of the dope law. Chief Justice McCoy | in imposing this se nce served| notice on all “gun-toters” that if con victed before him they need expect| nothing but long terms of imprison- ment James W. Johnson and George Lee, both colored, were given three years each in the penitentiary. They were snvicted of a “hold-up” on the street. also colored, were given two years each on a similar offense, but this/ term is to be in addition to a sentence of five years each imposed in the other branch of the court on a like charge. Willlam Harris, colored, convictea of grand larc received a sentence of three years, to begin at the ex- piration of a term of three years in fhe other branch of the court. Arthur M. Wood, who took an auto- mobile without permission, was sent to Occoquan for one vear, and Har- rison Wood, on a like charge, was| given nine months at the same| institution The recent appointment of Mrs. Marie W. Goodwin of Lake Provi- dence, La., as cotton statisticlan for the United States Census Bureau gives her the honor of being the first wom- an in the country to be assigned to lighted with _the such a position. q meal and environ- INE! Franklin Sq. Hotel Coffee Shoppe 14th Street at K on—Better Health Eyes Examined Glasses Fitted s “You will be de OPTOMETRIST 809 11th St. N.W. | opera. FORMER ASSOCIATES |HOUSEBREAKING NETS |CHALIAPIN T0 GIVE RECITAL MONDAY Famous Russian Singer’s Tempera- ment Depicted by Former Associate, Feodor Challapin, Russian bass, will give one of his individual re- citals at Poll's Theater next Monday afternoon at 4:30 o'clock under tho ausplces of Mrs. Katie Wilson- Greene's Concert Bureau. An interesting anecdote is told of her famous compatriot by Miss Carla Pasvolsky, Russian mezzo-soprano, who has just come to Washington for the Winter. Miss Pasvolsky was with Challapin in five performances of “Borls Godounov,” given by the Rus- slan Grand Opera Co. In Chicago a couple of years ago. She had the role of Feodor, young son of Borls. A comlcal story, which she tells of the great Interpreter of HBoris, re- lates how he was quite disgruntled with the manner in which the chorus sang the chorale, “He Is Dead,” after the supposed decease of Boris In the There lay Challapin, stretched out. apparently dead, with little Feo- dor crouched, weeping above him. All the while, Miss Pasvolsky says she could hardly keep from laughing aloud, because the most violent Rus- slan oaths were rumbling forth from Challapin's gigantic chest, scolding the chorus. “It is Challapin's way, you know,” sald Miss Pasvolsky, “to insist upon directing every bit of action, singing and even the settings of any produc- tion with which he is connected Therefore, he felt personal annoyance at the fact that the chorus in ‘Borls Godounov' did not sing its number in the way he felt it should " EARLY-DECISION IS DUE IN WARDMAN PARK ROW Macdonald Hears Final Testimony on Fight of Hotel Detective and Dry Agent. United States Commissioner George H. Macdonald expects to reach a deci- l sion within a day or two in the case of Harry J. Daugherty, Wardman Park Hotel detective, charged with assaulting Craig S. Atkins, prohibi- tlon agent, at the hotel October 11. Two final witnesses for the defense were heard at the closing of the hear- ing yesterday afternoon. Officer D. T. Bell of Substation T, seventh precinct, testified he was summoned to the hotel and asked to arrest Daugherty, but told Atkins a wargant would be necessary. Officer R. V. Carroll, also of No. 7, said Daugherty had co-operated with him in the past and had turned over to him persons who were intoxicated. Judge Daniel Thew Wright closed the argument for the defense, stress- ing the fact that the men were ig- norant of their respective status, and had cngaged in an encounter which, were it not for the Federal element involved, would be nothing but a Po- lice Court case. Leo A. Rover of the prohibition unit, counsel for Atkins, did not add to his presentation of Tuesday. Lacked Harmony. From the Boston Transcript. Wite—Henry, I'm afraid we'll ha to have the drawing room done over. Hub—What? Wife—I've just found out that the wallpaper does not harmonize with the color of the gown I'm going to wear when we entertain next Thurs- J. HOLDSWORTH GORDON - FUNERAL RITES HELD| Bishop Freeman and Eev. James Blake Officiate at Services for Attorney. Funeral rites for J. Holdsworth | Gordon, prominent lawyer, who died at his residence, 1737 Q street, Tues- day, were conducted in Christ Epis- copal Church, Georgetown, yesterday. Rev. James H. W. Blake, rector of Grace Church, and Bishop James E. | Freeman officiated. Honorary pallbearers included cleri- cal and lay members of the stand- ing committee of the Diocese of Washington, members of the vestry of Christ Church, a delegation repre- senting the bench and bar of the Dis- trict, and several lifelong friends of Mr. Gordon. They were Rev. Dr. | George Dudley, president of the standing committe. Rev. James W. Clark, secretary; Rev. Dr. Herbert Scott Smith and Rev. Dr. Joseph letcher, while the lay members of the standing co ittee were Dr. W. [(‘. Rives and H. M. Bowen. Vestry | members serving as palibearers cluded Willlam M. Orme, George A. | King, Owen Thompson, S. K. Radford | William Hiil and N. W. Dorsey. Mem- | bers of the bench and bar included | were Justice Wendell Stafford, | Henry R. Davis, George E. Hamilton | nd tanton C. Peelle, president of | '!h- Association, while William | | King and Frederick Duvall, both life- | long fricnds, were also on the honor- | ary list { Active pallbearers were relatives {and old friends of Mr. Gordon, who |grew up in Georgetown. They in- | cludea Maj kine Gordon, John i Blake Gordo Allen T. C. Gordon, | in- | | | | Hugh Nicholson, Rawlings Hume and ‘Walter Dunlop. The church was decorated with many flowers sent by relatives and friends of Mr. Gordon. Interment was in Oak Hill Cemetery, in the presence of only members of the immediate family. . PLAN AMATEUR SHOW. The first rehearsal of participants in the Government Show to be given at the President Theater the week of December 1 under the auspices of the District of Columbia Federa tion of Federal Employes’ Unions, will be held in the theater Monda afternoon at & o'clock. A number of Government worker« registered for parts as “chorus girls yesterday and the show committec also was presented with persons | the service describing themselves z composers, actors, singers, musiclar and dancers. ‘The committee an nounced the opening performance would be held Monday December | instead of Sunday. The Solid South is in REVOLT VIRGINIANS T » PERHAPS ITS EYES) 'NQUIRE ABOUT OUR DEFERRED PAYMENT PLAN W R Joses & Sons &Bstalliohod 1861 Wazbémgt‘oma ) Svniline el aon Ohrow Today and Tomorrow cight ko ken doming receplions Exhibition Features Louis OU.‘M’!t and Louis Quinze Period Needle Point A4 Collection of Venetian Embroidered Scarfs and Table Furniture Cloth; and a grouping of Madeira Pieces dn unusual display of Tapestries, Brocades and Drapery Materials 4 group of Picture Persian Rugs. One of the largest Chinese Rugs in the United States INQUIRE 4BOU In last Friday’s Star we used a page to announce that Saturday was Coat Day at The Hecht Co. If we had consulted with the Weather Prophet first we would have concentrated on Bathing Suits. They would have been more timely, with the kiosk on the Avenue regis- tering 82° in the shade. But tomorrow—it’s different. There’s a crisp Fall chill in the air. And so, instead of last Saturday, tomorrow will be Coat Day at The Hecht Co. We have some of the styles illustrated, plus many new and gorgeously furred coats that arrived during the week. At $39. $49.50, $69.50 and $119. Hundreds are here. M@[i@@h ' Street at Tth (Second Floor, The Hecht Co.) 7 00 Turkisk Oil Paintings—These paintings - will be shown " later in the Metropolitan Museum of Art UL QUR DEFERRED PAYMENT. PLAN