Evening Star Newspaper, December 9, 1927, Page 27

' @efense, testifying that when he ac- DRY AGENT GIVEN LIFE PRISON TERM Hagerstown Jury in H-ur Convicts Walters of Stotler Slaying in July. B the Associated P HAGERSTOWN, Md., December 9. =—A verdict of first degree murder thout capital punishment was re- tirned today by County Criminal Court against Regi: nald E. Walters, undercover man, for the killing of Hunter R. Stotler, west- ern Maryland dry chief. Valters was charged with having killed his chief near Boonsboro last July 26, when the two men had gone out, presumably in search of illicit mountain stills. Plea of Self-Defense. The prisoner based his plea on self- cused Stotler of having “improper re- lations™ with his wife, Stotler reached for his gun. He said that he shot his fuperior officer o protect his own e. ‘The first two ) which opened here 1 v, were etween the de- of the killing made by W3 1y after the event oc admitted. It was fina the grounds that it was duress. Tells of Apologizing. After testifying that he had accused | Stotler several times of improper con- duct with his wife, Walters went jnto great detail to explain that he had always apologized for the accusation. The prisoner and his wife broke down when the jury foreman an- nounced the verdict. The jury's de- cision carries with it a mandatory Sentence of life imprisonment in the State Penitentiary. Theatrical Producer Dies. NEW YORK, December 9 (#).— Julian Alfred Polachek, known in the theatrical world as Julian Alfred, director and production manager, died jury in Washington | s ADMIRAL JOSEPHTHAL HEADS PATRIOTIC BODY Society Holds Election at Meeting Here—Bloom Bill Is Indorsed. Rear Admiral H. M. Josephthal of New York was elected president of the United States Patriotic Society at a meeting in the Mayflower Hotel ves- terday. The gathering indorsed the bill Representative Bloom of New York will introduce in Congress, pro- viding for the distribution by the Gov- ernment of copies printed in foreign languages of the Constitution and | other documents pertaining to citizen- ne idea of the society, it is ex- plained, is to educate immigrants in the fundamentals of this Government, and at the same time to arouse Amer- ican people to their responsibilities of citizenship. Besides Admiral Josephthal, other of- ficers elected yesterday were Judge John R. Davies, New York, first vice president; Albert A. Hohauser, Phil second vice president; Maj. orea, New York, recording Julius A. Baer, .New York, i Benjamin Greenspan, New . attorney for th and Cash, marsha New York, founder of the society, chair- man of all committees. About 75 of the delegates were pre- sented to President Coolidge by Mr. Bloom yesterday. . DIES AT AGE OF 102. Colored Woman. Born in Slavery, Passes Away Here. Rebecca Johnson, colored, 102 years old, died at the home of her niece, Mrs. Bertha Hawkins, janitress of the apartment house, 1915 Fourteenth street, yesterday morning. She had been ill since Friday. Members of the family were un- able to give the date of her birth, but stated that as far as they could learn, she was born in slavery on the Baker estate near Scotland, Md., vears ago. She was freed when rs old and spent most of her life traveling with an invalid woman. She was in good health until 18 months ago when she came to Wash- ington from Pittsburgh to make her home here. She was never married. Eleven nieces and four nephews survive. of pneumonia vesterday at the Hos- pital for Joint Diseases. hili 606 - 614 Funeral services will be held tomor- row. ' ELEVENT THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, 1. ELECTRICIAN INJURED. John R. Cusick Severely Burned in ‘W. R. E. Conduit, A powerful electric arc, caused by a short circuit in an underground con- duit of the Washington Railway and Electric Co., at Fourteenth- and F streets, severely burned John R. Cu- sick, 41 years old, 1629 Gales street northeast, an electrician employed by the gompany, yesterday afternoon. He was taken to Emergency Hospital. aceident oc “TRADE MARK At Sloan 71 REGISTERED ings by artists of note, ric! rare old China and Glass, hogany furniture, screens, etc. To Be Sold at At2P. M. together with additions prominent owners. Terms: Cash. psborn H ST. Special Pre-Christmas Sale! Just 47 Individual Models, ' Reduced to Sell at 395 Coats that bear the hall-mark of exclusive quality and reflect Paris in their authentic styles. Rich fabrics trimmed with Furs knowingly used complement the season’s in which black leads. most favored colors— Now there is no excuse for not having that better coat at once. A Saturday Special! 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