Evening Star Newspaper, March 16, 1928, Page 26

BOCUMENTS OFFERED IN FAISON TRIAL Prosecution Introduces Circumstan- tial Evidence in Rich- mond Case. By the Associated Press, RICHMOND. Va., March 16.—Cir- eumstantial evidence designed to show that Mrs, Elsie Holt Snipes of Pri ton. N. C. murder rather than suicide was being presented before a jury in Hustings Court today by the State in the second ohn’ Wesley Faison, charged with slaving the 28-year-old divorcee. A revolver, the chair in which Mrs. Snipes was sitting when shot and a bed bearing & bullet scar were in court. The death room scene was reconstruct- ed by detectives who made the investi- gation of the young woman's death that resulted in Faison's arrest. Commonw h's Attorney Dave E. Satterfield presentec the direct and documentary evidence for the State late vesterday following drawing of the jury from a panel completed after several hundred veniremen had been examined. ame to her death through | ¥ apartment, directly above that of Mrs, Snipes, by the sound of an explosion. Shortly afterward, Miss Wright sal she heard a man's ice crying: have killed poor Elsie. Faison Il present a different version through defense testimony. 1In the! former trial the defense quoted the statement Miss Wright said she heard | was “Poor Elsle has killed herself.” Faison, former manager of the Hermit- age Club, contends that the young wom- an shot herself when he informed her that he was going back to his wife and children, and that after calling his wife, he took the fatally wounded woman to a hospital. Other witnesses to testif) “1 Inie Wade, Robert Bybee and Mason | |Smith, the latter three having been |guests in the Snipes apartment before | Faison arrived on the night of the tragedy. Says Heart Is Not Pump. The heart is not an automatic pump\ | sending blood to all parts of the body. as generally believed, says Dr. Mendel- | sohn, & famous heart specialist of Ger- | many. The organ, he says, is simply a | governor to control the orderly flow of the blood, this current being due to the { constant outgo and intake of liquid THE EVENING Laid to Rest HARRIS KEWING J. D. WATKI ould not possibly be cap- STAR. WASHINGTON, RITES FOR J. D. WATKINS. Grocer Had Been in Business Here Since 1888. Funeral services for Joseph D. Wat- kins, 69, grocer, who died at his resi- dence, 1618 Decatur street, Wedncsday, | were conducted there this afternoon at 1 o'clock. Rev. W, E. Eisenberger offi- clated. Interment will be at Fairfax, a. Mr, Watkins had been engaged In the grocery business here since 1888, first maintaining his store on Sixteenth stieet near M street and from 1905 to the time of his death at 1613 M street. He was a_member of the Washington Board of Trade, <2 et ke TO ACT ON SHOALS. An climination contest to determine which of the various proposals for dis- position of the Muscle Shoals proper~ | ties the House military committee will adopt will be started Tuesday. The committee, In adopting this irmlrs&‘ of procedure tods™. decided that in the meantime it woula hear Senator Norris, Republican, Nebraska, in behalf of his measure, which was passed sev- eral days ago by the Senate. D. Cx FRIDAY. MARCIT 16, 1928, Revised Calendar With Extra Midyear Month Would Cost Little, Says Lecturer Advantages of the simplified calen- dar which divides the year into 13 months of 28-day periods were de- seribed at the City Club Forum lunch- con today by Col. H. Edmund Bullls in his lecture on “The Romance of the Calendar.” Of the 185 proposals received by the League of Nations, Col. Bullis said, the international fixed calendar plan sub- mitted by Moses BV Cotsworth, an Eng- lishman, is Lthout question the most logical. Col. Bullls outlined the pro- posal to secure adoption of the simpli- fied calendar in the year 1933, A new month, called Sol (abbrevia- tion for Solstice), would be inserted be tween June and July, he explained, a: at that time of the ycar the change would cause the I dislocation of dates by the old and new calendar: The first- day of each month would fall on a Sunday. The 365th day, known as “Year day,” would have no week day name and would be inserted between Saturday, December 28, and Sunday, January 1. In like manner, he ex- plained, in leap year, the leap year will be placed bebween Saturday, June 28, and Sunday, the first day of the new morth, Sol. dar change and would not involve any great investment loss as there is little invested in calendars beyond the cur- rent year. Since the World War, sev- eral nations with great populations have changed their calendars, he said. Col. Bullis is a traveler, explorer and lecturer, a fellow of the Royal Geo- graphical Society of England and is at present department adjutant of the American Legion in the District. PRESIDENT ENTERTAINS. Executive Has Former Chilean En- voy and Others as Guests. President Coolidge had as his honor | guest at a small luncheon party at the White House today Senor Silva Vildo- sola, who was one of the Chilean dele- gates to the recent Pan-American Con- gress in Havana. an_editor and published in Chile. ‘The other guests at the luncheon were | Secretary Kellogg, Don Carlos G. Da- vila, the Chilean Ambassador; Francis White, Assistant Secretary of State, and Senor Vildosola is | WOMAN DENIES CHARGE OF GAMING AFTER RAID Defendant Posts $2,000 Bond. Case Will Go Before Grand Jury. Arrested last night by Sergt. O. J. Let- terman’s police vice squad on a charge of setting up a gaming table, Mrs. Jo- sephine Graham, 51 years old, of 718 ‘Twelfth street pleaded not guilty, waived preliminary hearing and was held for the action of the grand jury under $2,000 bond when arraigned in Police | Court before Judge Isaac R. Hitt this morning. Mrs. Graham's apartment was ralded two days ago, police say, and she was | charged with runnirg a disorderly house. She forfeiled $50 collateral on this count. Last night the vice squad had to bat- ter down the door to enter her apart- ment. There they found two other per- sons, who were booked as Goverfiment witnesses. According to the officers, when they entered, Mrs. Graham reached alleged racing slips and handed them to | in her apron pocket, drew forth some them. RITES FOR DR. J. H. EVANS TO BE HELD TOMORROW World War Veteran Was Widely Known as Authority on Masonry. Funeral services for Dr. John Harry Evans, World War veteran, holder of decorations from the Armenian govern- ment for his work in the Near Fas’ Relief and internationally known Mason, will be held in Arlington Ceme- tery tomorrow morning. Intermen* wiil be with military honors. Dr. E died Tuesday at his home in Brovkiyn, N. Y. He was 50 years old. His service to the Masonie fraternity Included the diseovery of Masoniz insignia_on ancient ‘wildings the ruins of the City of Ani, in Turkfsh Armenia, giving first evidence of the spread of Masonry during the dle Ages. As a member of the United States Public Health Service, Dr. Evans erved as chief of the division of unhealed gun- shot wounds at Fox Hill Hospital in 1921. He received decorations from the Armenian government for his work in stamping out malaria and other discages in that country. He was at one time supervisor of sit hospitals and :anita- | tion officer of the entire Cauc: iss Bessie Wright, one of the State's|caused by chemical action in the body | man s cipal witnesses, then told on the |cells. He further declared recently that | able of driving the tenacious d tha mall muscle the size of a|blood through the entire bot Roodmard & Lothrop DOWN STAIRS STORE We have the Blue Crane Hose, priced at $1, advertised on page 45. Col. Osmun Latrobe, the President’s principal military aide. sald there is no real serious of making a calen mass of | The hearings will conclude with the 4 b appearance of t Easter Readiness In Our Children’s Sections Try to prove that we are wrong! 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