Evening Star Newspaper, October 2, 1925, Page 24

24 GUNPOWDER IN JAR THREAT TO NEGROES Death and Destruction as Penalty for Occupying House in White Neighborhood. By tbe Associated Press. NASHVILLE, Tenn., October 2. Jar containing gunpowde d a note warning that “death, h destruc: tion™ would be the fate of the negro who would move into the building, was found Thursday wmorning at a house in South lle which was being prepared fo bers of a negro college traternity. The house, said by police to be the property o is in a white neighborhood. d that prepara- tions were being i to muke it a fraternity house for negro students. o note, which wax in the powder was printed with a pencil on h pap igned with a vy drawn skull and crossbones, led “death. The note read: take the chance on moving in house, iell and destruction White people who stay place. Last warning. The note and_po in their were turned was made could aban- ving in the build- over to police us to whetl don their plan: ing. Cash or Credit the Price is the Same > the negro who | will follow—death, | Abe Martin Says: Ever'thing else seems so cheap com- | pared t’ th’ upkeep of a car that folks don't feel it when they do git stung. t s almost fnvariably L touch. =ht John F. Dille Co ) Remarkable Behavior. From the Christian Register. “Did you behave in church?” asked {an interested relative when Junior re- from the ourse I di THE EVENING ST. BOOKS OF MISSING MAN SCRUTINIZED Beale’s Accounts in Bad Way, His Treasurer Says. State Checks Collections. By the Associated Press. BINGHAMTON, N. Y., October 2.— The books of the Mobinco Brokerage Co., insurance underwriters in this city, of which Fred G. Beale, missing since last Friday, is president and general manager, are under scrutiny. Beale {3 facing indictment as a grave robber, the evidence being that he sought by a funeral to give the im- pression that he himself was dead. Robert S. Parsons, treasurer of the company, says that the accounts were in a serious condition. An accountant has been called to audit the books. State troopers are checking up per- sons whom Beale is believed to have collected money last week, just prior to the time his automobile was found, burned and wrecked, near Hancock. with a charred body, at first believed to be Beale, but later identified us James H. Davis of Hancock, concealed underneath ft. ‘The body had n taken from a cemetery nearby. From Miami, Fla., came word that Mrs. Dorothy Bolger, Beale’s for- mer stenographer, and her husband, Charles Bolger, had voluntarily ap- peared at police headquarters and had convinced the authorities that she was not implicated in the affair. Cash or Credit the Price is the Same Wear These Quality Clothes Now Keep Your Cash and Pay Us When You Can Spare It That’s the secret of man and woman in Washington. buying their apparel in G the prosperous, rayson's easy-way-to-pay. embarrassment or red tape. Men’ Suits and O’Coats Women’s Dresses and Coats $29% Our splendidly equipped, separate depart- ments for Men and Women are replete with the finer fabrics, tailored in the accepted metrépolitan manner, with style correct to the moment. well dressed appearance of many a wise Lots of folks you see at smart functions are You can do the same without Just now- we are showing a dazzling array of the choicest new Autumn wear for men and women at prices which represent the most emphatic values. Use Your Credit— Buy on Payments OPEN SATURDAY TILL 9 P.M. Beale's family believes there are some detalls, which, when explained, will clear his name. Beale's father has pledged himself to leave no stone unturned to find his son. BOLGERS NOT INVOLVED. Coupls At Mlnml Ignorant of Beale’s Affairs They Tell Police. MIAMI, Fla., October 2 (#).—Charles A. Bolger, husband of Mrs. Dorothy Bolger, who was until recently em- ployed by Fred Beale of Binghamton, N. Y., told the Miami Herald last night that nefther he nor his wife knew any- thing of the whereabouts of Beale, whose disappearance from Bingham- ton a week ago is baffling police of that city. Mr. and Mrs. Bolger came to Miami last Monday from Bingham- ton, planning to spend the Winter in Florida. ““We knew nothing of the case until we read press reports in the papers,” said Mr. Bolger. “‘We left Bingh ton at 12:30 last Friday night by trai for Miami. My wife worked for Mr. Beale until the day we left. Mr. Beale was out of town when we left and we have neither seen nor heard anything of him since. The “third party” men- tioned in newspaper storles is a friend of ours who was already in Miaml when we arrived here. We have ab- solutely no theories to offer concern- ing Mr. Beale's disappearance. Mr. and Mrs. Bolger, when they read that Miami police were searching for them in connection with Mr, ser nlloux for the trip to Florida six weeks ago. De- tective Reeve sald that press reports to the effect that Miami police had instituted a search for the couple were false. lle declared that he is satisfied that nelther of them is implicated in any way. WASHINGTON, D. C. | months by local police, and wa PRISONER PLUNGES 12 STORIES TO DEATH Escapes Charge of Forgery by Leap, When Cornered in Rich- mond Building. By the Ausociated Pres RICHMOND, Joseph D. Stokes, 2i years old, escaped the law last night by leaping 12 stories to his death after he had been cap- tured by a local detective agency on charges of forgery and turned over to the police. Cornered in the detectives’ office in the Mutual Building, Stokes Jjumped through the heavy plate-glass window. Stokes had been sought for three sald to have been wanted also in Norfolk. Bstranged from his family here, he was found in a hotel and taken to the offices of the detective agency in the Mutual, where, officers say, he ad- mitted a number of forgeries. After officers had been summoned by the detectives, Stokes asked and was granted permission to go into an adjoining room to use a telephohe. An instant later the crash of broken glass told of his leap through a window, and his body lay on the cement pavement of a little court 12 floors below. A | large crowd had gathered around the spot when the coroner arrived und the | body wag remo | Sea Shells in 011 Well. From the Los Angeles Times. | At 1,900 feet depth, the bailer on the | Copening oil well, near Bowie, Ariz., has brought up a number of small| shells of type common on the sea-| FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1925. C. E. JAMES EXPIRES. Builder of Bailroad and Power Plant Dies in Chattanooga. CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., October 2 ). — James, master builder, and prominent business man of Chatta- nooga, died here early today after sev- eral weeks' illness. Mr. James was the originator of the Hales Bar hydro-electric plant, found- er of the Signal Mountain develop- ment and president of the Tennessee, Alabama and Georgia Rallroad, once controlled and owned by Russell Sage. Mr, James built this road originally and u few years ago repurchased it, reorganized and put it on a paying basis. Mr. James was 74 years of age and | had been sick with pneumonia, which | developed into heart trouble, the im mediate cause of his death. vived by his wife and one son. Cigarettes of colors to match the gown are smoked by women of Fu- rope. Tl GE GlNGER NONE BE’I"I'EB A. G. 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