Evening Star Newspaper, March 7, 1927, Page 6

6 * SUICIDE SCOUTED | BYBOY'S FATHER Explains Theory of Acci- dental Death as Young Willett’s Body Is Cremated ile the body of his son was m:nru-n for cremation today, Allan 1. Willett, father of the boy who shot| Tl ot Central High School on | Frida; ssued a statement for publica- tion, in which he sets forth the r sons for his theory that l‘hw“\::‘“i ot have been inten il ervices for young Willett were held yesterd: of the immedi Rev. Uly All Souls’ ed the servic Mr. Willett pi itarian Church, conduct- in - So much unavoidable publicity has attended the death of my son., Allan; Terbert Willett, jr., that T feel Ju tified in writing the following letter to the public setting forth the reasonsj} why his family and friends find it ab- solutely impossible to believe that Herbert sought his own death. Based on Inference. “Of the manner of his death there fs no question. It oceurred in ridor of Central High School and w caused by a bullet fired from a re volver held in his own hand. As death was ctically insiantaneous there was no opportunity for any ante-mortem statement. s to whether the act was intentional or accidental must be based entirely on_inference. “There are two circumstances, and two only, which can be cited as indi cative of suicidal intent, the location of the wound, which showed that the | A point of the revolver must have been held against the side of the head, and Conclusions 1 the final remark made to the other Young man present at the moment of the shooting. But when all the facts are taken into consideration, these 1wo circumstances are no less con- sistent with the idea that the whole thing was a foolish act of bravado in- tended to startle and amuse his com- panion. “The latter supposition is unfor- tunately quite in harmony with previ- ous acts on Herbert's part. Firearms always seemed to have an unusual fascination for him and he had more than once in the past been checked and reproved for acts of carelessness with them. The revolver used by him on_this occasion belonged to an older brother, by whom it was practically never used. It was found loaded in Herbert's possession a number of weeks ago, and we learned that he had heen carrying it in his pocket and using it, together with a friend, to #hoot at a target. “‘On that occasion the revolver was returned to its owner with the request that it be put out of sight and reach. We now have reason to believe that it was found by Herbert about two weeks ago and taken by him to the high school, where it had since been kept in his locker when it was not on his person, this, of course, without the knowledge, and still more without the consent, of his parents. How much use had been made of it by him in the .meantime we do not know. 0ld and Out of Repair. “The revolver was old and out of repair. It was so worn that the trig- ger when drawn back frequently did not catch at all or caught only by a hair and was dislodged by the slightest jar or pressure. For that reason, ac- cidental discharge was only too eas: At the time of the shooting it con- tained only one cartridge. That it “contained one cartridge might easily liave been unknown or overlooked, but that it should not contain more than one cartridge seems most remarkable on the supposition of suicidal intent. “The exact location of the wound and the nature of the boy's last re. mark are of little significance in *his connection. They are certainly as consistent with the jdea of aecident resulting from an act of bravado as with that of suicidal intent. The | head is the most natural place at which to point a pistol in jest, and | 1o, a person of Herbert's tempera- ment and character a sacrilegious re. mark that might be made in jst would be utterly impossible in a seri- ous moment. “Every attendant circumstance makes the idea of suicide more im- probable. Herbert was thoughtfully affectionate and very fond of his friends. Of all the Young people of his acquaintance theré was no one to whom he was more attached than the lad who was with him at the time of his death. It would Le en- tirely foreign to Herbert's character voluntarily to subject his friend to | the harnpwing experience inseparabie from decth from violence in his very presence. “Herbert, while not shy retiring disposition. H. rather than sought, public attention. The last thing that he could bhe thought of as doing would be to se- lect such a time and placa for a volun tary act of self-destruction. Both | his dislike for notoriety and his habit- | ual thoughtfulness for others makes the jdea of such a selection on his part inconceivable to those who knew him. was of a shunned, Absence of Note Cited. “Almost invariably young people who seek self-destruction leave behihd some form of written statement in professed explanation of thelr act. In Hlerbert’s case not a scrap of writing has been found, either written for the occasion or written earlier, to indi cate that he had ever had such an act in contemplation. “His earlier behavior on the morn- ing of his death is uttegly irreconcila- ble w the idea that at that time he had suicide in mind. On the way to school in the auto he discussed his plans for the afternoon and evening in a perfectly normal manner and con- tinued the con sation with his mother in the same tone after they 1wo had entered the high school build- ing. It is beyond the bounds of possi- bility that he should have gone al- most directly to carry out a premedi- 1ated plan of self-destruction. “"These cireumstances immediately connected with the tragedy furnish no Justification for the assumption of sui- cidal intent. Even weighter evidence of the accidental character of the act is to be found in the entire absence of motive for self-destruction. 1t could | not have been caused by any fear cf | dlsgrace. Not a breath of suspicion has arisen connecting him with any hidden actions, whose exposure he needed to feas “It cannot be attributed to his work at Central High School. He was car- | Februar: | at the Jewish Community Center. rying his studies with pleasure and without anxiety, and such remarks as were made to him by his instructors were commendatory of his progress. Finally, he had no physical disability of any kind, such as might have preyed upon his mind, or inclined him to_thoughts of suicide. “I have rigidly confined myself to a bold etatement of facts, trying to write dispassionately about a matter concerning, which my feelings are naturally “very intense. 1 cannot claim that the considerations advanced by me amount to a demonstration of the accidental character of my son’s act. Friends Confident, Too. “One may still choose to bell.vs t.hat a mormal, healthy of friends ‘xeepdo y M of Nm. no ther academic or SHIPPING NEWS Arrivals at lnd Sllllm:l From New Y ARRIVED AT NEW YORK | Fort Victor Stavangort) L e A DUE TOMORROW Glassow Cherhours Favana o Wani- e B MartinigePaerto TED ARRIVALS AT NEW ican Farmer. smibia Verdi—Gerion Hamburg Hav e it O . {innekahda:London agen . brvuident o posienes, Aircs csident Garfleld—Worid « Presidont Hartison— worid | Wilson.—Tri Reging— Lnermmx % Lo j Yar enos Aires. Voltaire—Buenos Ames” . OUTGOING SAILING ity of Cairo—F Angela—Cadiz T t_Said 11.00 AM Barcelona 10:00 AM Coast. Via 700 PN Guavra. Puerto bellg and Maracaibo. .. ... Mo T gl SRS Parahyba . R £.10:00 A M. SAILING TOMORROW Tomalva—Antwerp Chateau: Thierry —¢ Robert an mm-an-{.‘n#uuul nuda $.00n M stobal AM lli 01) AM moral hanging over him, and with no ! other discoverable motive for such an | act, would voluntarily take his own | life in a manner so repugnant to every normal impulse of his nature. “To Herbert's friends there is no need of presenting the ts. Many of them, both in person and by let- ter, have voluntarily expressed their absolute inability to believe that the tragedy iwas intentional, basing their statements not on sympathy for the family, but on their knowledge of, Herbert's own character. “It has been a great comfort to us to learn that at a recent novena of | grace, at St. Aloysius the officiating | priest took occasion to state public that as a result of a careful invest gation of all the facts of the case he had reached the conclusion that the shooting was accidental. All 1| have any right to ask is that, in jus- | tice to the departed hoy and his fam- | ily and friends, those who have no personal knowledge of the case give | due weight to the facts here set forth ; in forming this opinion concerning | the character of my son’s act. “ALLAN H. WILLETT.” SHIP CRASH BLAMED ON TWO CAPTAINS Result of Prohe of Bay Accident, Costing One Life, Given Without Details. | i | 4 Special Dispatch to The Star. + BALTIMORE, March 7-—Capt. George C. Claytor, master of the | Chesapeake Line steamer City of An- napolis and Capt. Howard E. Willing of the City of Richmond were both declared responsible for the collision 23 off Smiths Foint, Va., in| which the City of Annapolls was sunk. | The decision was announced by, Capt. Paul A. Tyler and David C.| Young, United States steamboat in- spectors, and was based on findings| at the investigation February The inspectors will go over care- fully points brought out at the trial and on cross-examination before giv ing a more detailed ruling. The penalty, which may be revok- ing of licenses, will be announced| within the next two weeks, Miss Virginia H. Starkey of city lost her life in the crash. A diver, who visited her stateroom,| which was wrecked in the collixion, failed to find her body. Other pas- sengers were na\'?d WILL GIVE SHOW TONIGHT. | Young Men's Hebrew Assochtion! Minstrel Troupe to Act. The Young Men's lHebrew ation minstrel troupe will stage song-and-iance show tonight at Wal- ter Reed Hospital and tomorrow night | this | Associ- Among the performers will | Matthews and Charles Mack, P Alnes, Sis Cohen and Eleanor P: Helen Dick, Hershey Kaplan, Flora Alpert and Eva Rosenbloom. Bee Greenberg, Perskin Sisters, Ethel Nor- wood and Harry S. Wende R e Fashionable women of Paris are | wearing flying helmets made of fine | straw. It costs less than the price of a Daily Newspaper! What does? A SAFE DEPOSIT BOX at the Federal-American RY CLEANIN AT WOUDRLFF'S s of the " Highest uality it route enn Por Eatimat ‘H’l 1400, 1 Estimates, Mai Bring or enciose (his nd ..-‘:fl"..’a‘.!.' INGROWN NAIL Turns nght Out Itself ps of “Outgro” in the crevice of the ingrowing nl|| reduces inflammation and nd so toughens the tender, n. ive skin underneath the tos n..l. that it ¢ not penetrate the flesh, and the nail (urnc naturally outward almost over " utare” is @ harmi manufactured for gh ever, any one can uy store .Iw '.luu- IFOREST GLEN CARS . RESUMPTION URGED' | |anda |an | the | the bu .. Noon |} | O1ds declared R | asking for | fce with limited stops during the rush Bouquet Coffee {817-19 Fourteenth THE EVENING KTAR, WASHINGTON, V. ¥, MONDAY, MARCH 7 i weatHeR | |ILL OPEN STREET District of Columbia—Rain tonight | and probably tomorrow. Warmer u» | night; colder tomorrow Maryland—Rain tonight and ably 1OMorrow. v v colder tomorrow afternaon, Virgind: tonight Jably tomorrow. Warmer colder tomorrow. * West Virginia —Rain and tonight. Tomorrow mostly and colder. Re Thermorn: midnight, and prob Many Communities Repre- sented at Hearing on Bus Substitution. warmer cloudy cords for 24 Hours. 4 pam., 50; aan., 46 8 pan., 8w er 46; 4 Special Dispateh 1o The Star BAL residents of Lyanwond ther settle ve practically un: toration of trolle stalement of fore the Public this morning at plication 90; 8 4 am., pan. 30.0 ter—1 pan., midnight, 30 ).09: noon, 30.0 wperaturc, . rday al the occurred | a Hij 2 pm. west perature, 4 m. today. Teraperature sani Highest, 56; lowest, Tide Tables. | 0furnished by Cnited Geodetic Survey.) v Low tide, 5:10 a.m pan.; high tide, 11:01 am Tine date 34, Commission last year a hearing on the 5 ] for permi mike permanent the abandonment of e on this line. A Luge dele- | gation of men and women appearcd. | o “One of the principal objeciions to | service is that now competled to transe order to reach the center of the ci in_ Washington, where- under car they were brought di to the center of the ety without change.” declared John Feast, a ¢ ernment employe, who has Woodside tor the past 2 : Busses Held Inadequate. J. E. Benedict_and Mrs, Olds, both Woodsid and and 113 morrow— Low tide 6:38 p.n.; high tide, 1 The Sun and Moon. . sun | 7 pa. Moon rises 9:09 a.m., sets 10:] m of the Water. and condition ter at Great Falls at 8 a.m 30; condition, nudd, 1son of the ‘that th o tike hington W perature Weather in Various Citles. b hun com- | - eted to pur (0 get to w the bus company hundreds of patrons every month by | inadequate service, the motorists on their way to Washington filled up their machines with waiting passen gers every stopping point. The | - change at the District line was de- clared dangerous and very few women went into Washington after dark on | At this account. 'Ei‘.‘.fl!!?l}'fim The car service is not only more | Bi satisfactor nd keeps to a m.ul.;r\g“*“';' schedule, but at the same time IS | Charie more safe than the bus service pecially for school children clared,” and many parent to send their children Washin; in Weather, ssauay Sy s i 008 Cloudy 0.08 Cloudy 004 006 0.02 0.0i ¢ v g to €loud R Clear * Glouay Rain Pt vlnuvl\ way Co. was substitute bus service three when the viaduct at Silve was first started, and pires on March 15, 192 road in its application asked that the | commission make the order perma- I nent, as husses can be operated more | economically. The railroad company sented by \W. president, and 8. R. Bowen, vice president and gen- | §4%p Dt eral counsel, while People’s Counsel | 8i. Louis Tingley appeared for the opposition. ;q:“h, lutions passed by the Capital | Citizen: ociation and the Woodside. Citizens’ Association the resumption of street | car service were presented to the | commission. The resolutions asked for a through service without trans- fer from Forest Glen to the heart of | | Washington and return, a rapid sery- s i Louisville. . Jlami, ¥ia was repre- Cloudy Clear Cloudy o Cloudy oW .01 Cloud; orth (8 am. Greenwich time. today.) Temperature. Weather. 42" Cloudy oudy Part cloudy Part cloudy Bart cloudy t cloudy Berl rm Covenhagen, Stockholm. hours, continuance of the ser the heart of the city 1 ce lol via Alaska ave- 2 and Sixteenth street, either di- rect by bus from Forest Glen or by transfer from trolle; riet | lLine, extension of the service from “orest Glen to Capital View and vice throughout the day at least | at no longer intervals than at present The North Woodside Citizens® As sociation, in a resolution presented to | the commission, opposed the resump- | tion of street operation and fa- vored *“an adequate through bus service by the Washington Rapid Transit Co. hetween Forvest Glen, Linden, Wheaton and Washington, with monthly commutation ticke and _company and intercompany | transfers, which we believe is for the | best interest of the people und the transit compa | It was brought out ut the hearing that at a recent canvass of the citi- aens residing in the ters ‘Burchell’s Anthracite Before introducing this brand of coal to the public we have had two hundred of our customers try this :oal and write us the result of their test. Mr. B. W. Pulliam, 1428 Chapin St. N. W, writes: “I have found the above-men- tioned brand of coal true to name, i. e, Superior in every respect. You may be assured that T will continue to use this brand.” A trial ton of this coal will convince “YOU.” John P. Agnew & Co. 728 14th St. Main 3068 Known Nationally 38c w. N. W. BURCHELL t. N.W. A Regal Realm 66 J AM MONARCH of all I survey. M right there is none to dispute claimed the poet Cowper. But, ‘aren’t we all?” Everything that comes to us through our eyes i undisputedly our own. How rich we are in visual wealth de- pends upon how well we can see. Enrich yourself actually as well as potentially— See Etz and See Better' NOPTOMETRIST 1217 G Street+ forboys and girls 7 Ralsto Rain Ptelouds | prob- | tonight; | oceur d\ | asphalt - | yards of rosurfacing BIDS ON MONDAY wnishts| District Announces Big Pro- fom gram for Resurfacing and Replacement. The initial installment of @ conpre hensive street vesurfacing and replice ment program for the current fi | vear was adopted today by the Di { Dlghway depart The ten of Mtreets slit improvesen 15 for 260,000 5g yivds of e wned 120,000 by the surfac e | heat {er method u s Coast and : Monday ) f‘::x of which will b and [ g | frees " street, —= | to to | | i ! Thirtieth i Thirtieth street to Wisconsin avenu | Potomac | Ridge | avenue | Thirteenth street; Bids for the resurfucing s projects will be opened On the following dus be for the the or wynte s tentative st ineludes 54 s glven new anohiadi 1 will be mm will rojects by hes and the remaining | paved by the heater method Un Those to be {system follow: . from 1Morid urth street, M o Florlda nvenue of Ninth from 4 aveni A Pennsylvanii ‘Twenty-nli ler Heater System, improved by the heater aide 1 e Clifton s rafty Elghteenth to to Sixteonth strect from Fourteenth to Un Cor V street, from | Nineteenth street; D street, from New {Jersey avenue to Third street: De from North Capitol to | First street; I* street, from Seventh Ninth strect, Florida avenue, from North Capitol First str Leroy place, from “onnecticut avenue to Phelps place; | treet, from Twenty-elghth to! street; N street from | venue, from N to O streef treet, from Fourth to Fifth | W street, from Twelfth rteenth street! N avenue to Potoms from Potomac avenue to Thirty- street; Third street northeast, to H 'street; Sixth street. from apitol to Massachuseits avenu inth street northeast, Maryland | to H strect; Tenth street| northeast, from Maryland avenue to H street; Emerson street northe from Thirteenth to Fourteenth street. M street northeast, Fourth street to Florida avenue: Third street southeast, | Pennsylvania avenue to C street; to E stree Sixth street south from North Carolina avenue to street; Sixth street southeast, from to G street: Seventh street southeast from East Capitol street to B streew| B street southeast, from North Carolina avenue to Eleventh street; | E street southeast, from Eleventh to| E street southeast, | Thirteenth to Fifteenth street: Third | reet southwest, from F to H stree ¢ street southwest, Third street to| Four and a half street: D street sout! irst to Third street; E street | venth to Twelfth street, | and G street southwest, from Sixth to Water street. 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