Evening Star Newspaper, November 14, 1927, Page 3

* ( mail system. . BLACKMAIL PLOT BAEDIN HOLDP ¢ Seven Seized in New York as Partners in Program of Crime. By the Ascocinted Press. fuddled with drink, ran into the arms of a policeman. Murphy escaped. But Meighan talked. Six Are Arrested. His disclosures led to the arrests of William Murphy, charged with homi- cide; Charles Hand, 35, with viola- tion of the firearms Howell , 24, Roy Callister, 31; Harold Callister, 8, and Emily Thomas, held as material witnesses. Meighan also was held on a homicide charge, but detectives said they thought him in- nocent of complicity of the murder. harles Hand, also taken in the was released. , authorities declared, con- d the murder, admitting he fired three shots and then hit Grav over the head with the butt of his gun. NEW YORK, drunken hold-up ma revolver sumn der at the was sald hy partnership formed to make murder and blackmail pay dividends throuzh the medium of an expensively out- fitted woman decoy. After a 30-hour round-up in which every alleged member of the gang was arrested, one of whom was charged with the murder of Max Gray, a tailor, police said they had wrecked the most ambitious venture into crime since the days of Richard Reese Whittemore. Caught at Scene. Immediately after the shooting of Gray, when he resisted an armed robber in his shop Saturday night, John Meighan, a former subway mo- torman, was caught running from the scene. Meighan “squealed,” police said, and seven other arrests fol- lowed. Detectives said the initial hold-up was intended to raise funds to equip pretty 18-veay-old Emily Thomas with a fashionahle wardrobe that she might act as lure in the gang’s black- They had planned their opera over several quarts of gin Saturday afternoon, detectives asserted. Tha evening William Murphy, 27, a twice-convicted criminal, went with Meighan to the tailor shop. After the shooting of Gray, Meighan, be- ¢ | he is ready to render every assistance AUNT SEEKS BABY TAKEN BY FATHER!: Police Aid Asked by Miss Florence Bacon, Clarendon, Who Tells of Man’s Visit to Home. Special Dispatch to The Star. CLARENDON, Va, November 14.—Miss Florence Bacon of 305 Clar- endon avenue has requested Arlington County police to assist her in locating 11-month-old Jo Ann Gibson, reported to have been taken from her home the night of November 4 by its father. When Gibson appeared at the house, according to Miss Bacon, he said he wanted to_ show the baby to some friends in Ballston and promised to re- turn it that evening. R Miss Bacon, a sister of Mrs. Gibson, had custody of the baby ever since its birth in_Florida, January 28. The mother died February 17. Sheriff Fields stated today that while possible in locating the child, he is powerless when it comes to making the father return it to Miss Bacon. It is his child and he is within his rights in holding onto it, the sheriff said. SPECIAL NOTICES. POTOMAC_ELECTRIC POWER COMPANT. ’H.\‘tufllfhfil flflal"ler‘lll ;;hvu:end oll;‘me :‘lnd one- r ‘cent ). on the 6% e ot "T05 " Preforred Stock. ‘and the eecond quarterly dividend of one ‘and three- sighth: v cent (1% % ) on the 51 % e Preferred Stock of the Potomac any_ have been declured asabl 1071927, 1o preferred Biockholders of rfecord on November 17 Books for the transfer of the said vre ferred stock of the company will be closed from the close of business on November 17 1927, to the ,opeming of business on No vember 21, 1627, H. M. KEVSER. Secretary WASHING RAILWAY & ELECTRIC CO. A dividend of one and three-fourths per cent (1% %) on the common stock of the +| of §-year-old Henry R, Knight. o Boy Bites Tongue, Dies. “Died from excessive bleeding through accidentally biting his tongue,” was the verdict at an in-| quest held at Roachdale Ingrmary, Belfast, Ireland, recently, on the body The boy was normally healthy, but, ac- cording to the testimony, had a con- stitutional tendency to bleeding. 1f | he cut himself, he bled excessively. He fell in the street and bit his tongue, which bled almost continuously for five days before he died. Washington Railway & Eleetric Railway my has been declared pavable Decem- Ter 1, 1927 to common stockholders of rec- 4gic at the close of business on November 17. 027 The transfer hooks of the common &tock will be closed from the close of business on November 17. 1927 o the opening of busi- Dess on Noveiber 21, 1927. n ““accordance ~with _action heretofore taken. the books for the transfer of the pre- ferred stock of the Washington Railway, & v o lose e the payment on December 1. 10 the balance "ol the forty-seventh e ~COAL- ow COAL COMPANY 811 E St. N.W.—Main 311 60 Years’ Faithful Efficient Service. annual divic TICE. Notice is hereby given to all holders of bonds now outsianding and unpaid, secured b H e 4{):]. 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