Evening Star Newspaper, November 9, 1928, Page 24

THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 9. 1928 NURSE ENDS LIFE BY INHALING GAS Mary V. Hennessey Despond- ent Over Registration Trans- fer, Police Believe. Miss Mary V. Hennessey, ‘35 years old, a trained nurse, committed suicide this morning in her apartment, at 2100 I street, by inhaling illuminating gas. ‘The police believe she was despondent over the refusal of the New York State Board of Nurse Examiners to transfer her registration to permit her to prac- tice in Washington. Clad in a night robe, Miss Hennessey was found lying on the floor of the kitchenette of her small apartment un- conscious. Her head rested on a pil- low and gas was escaping from all cocks on the gas stove. She died before the arrival of an Emergency Hospital ambulance. Coroner J. Ramsay Nevitt issued a certificate of suicide. Came From New York. Miss Hennessey had occupied the apartment about five months, coming to Washington from New York City. Her New York address, according to police, was 146 West 104th street. She had no relatives here as far as the police could learn, but her father, John G. Hennessey was said to be in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., and he was notified. Odor of gas on the fifth floor of the apartment house attracted tenants and they notified the resident agent, and an investigation led to Miss Hennessey's suite. The apartment was filled with gas fumes when the door was opened. The police believe the gas had been turned on several hours. » Miss Hennessey left no message to in- dicate the reason for her act, but cor- respondence found in the room showed that she had made continued pleas to the New York Nurse’s Examining Board and Senator Wagner of New York to have her registration transfer approved. Although she had been out of work ever since coming to Washington, the resident manager said that the nurse had shown no signs of despondency. She was last seen yesterday afternoon returning to her apartment with a bas- ket of groceries . E. S. CHAMBERLAIN DEAD. Former Secretary to Assistant D. C. Engineer Commissioner. E. Sterling Chamberlain, formerly secretary to Assistant Engineer Com- missioner W. E. R. Covell and to a number of other officials in the District Engineer Department, died at his home, 107 Wooten avenue, Friendship Heights, Md., early today. Chamberlain had been ill since he caught a cold during the last Christmas holidays. He was a graduate of Busi- ness High School and a member of the 0dd Fellows fraternal organization. ARRESTED IN APARTMENT. Russell Prince Denies Charges of Police and Asjs Jury Trial. Sergt. O. J. Letterman_and his vice squad last night arrested Russell Prince | in an apartment house on the 1800 block on S street for maintaining a dis- orderly house and second offense for illegal possession of liquor. Prince pleaded mnot guilty and was released on bond for jury trial when arraigned before Judge Isaac R. Hitt in Police Court today. ROTHSTEN HOST HELD ASWITNES Police Also Announce They Know Identity of Gambler’s Slayer. NEW YORK, November 9 (#).—Po- lice revealed taday that they were hold- ing Jimmy Meehan, host at the card game at which 'Arnold Rothstein “dropped his Toll,” the game which led to Rothstein's death, and that they had learned the identity of the slayer. Mee- han was held as a material witness. This information was made public by Discrict Attorney Joab Banton, who said the police had informed him they were looking for the man they were convinced shot the gambler last Sunday when he refused to pay $200,000 he had lost in the game in Meehan’s apartment. Roth- stein had refused to pay because he be- lieved marked cards had been used in a game of stud poker and high spade. Withholds Information. Besides_this, Banton said he had “a lot of information” ht could mot yet divalge for fear of weakening the case. Police were also looking for George McManus, whose overcoat was found in the room where Rothstein was shot: igger Nate” Raymond, a gambler who was ouestioned after the shooting, but who then disappeared, and several other underworld characters. In the meantime District Attorney Banton summoned Assemblyman Maur- ice F. Cantor, Rothstein’s attorney, and members of the gambler’s family, to his office for questioning. Cantor, in police questioning, has not denied that Roth- stein confided in him at the hospital before he died, but has held that what may have passed between them was protected by the privilege of secrecy between lawyer and client. Banton in- timated that if Cantor persisted in this attitude he would take him be- fore the grand jury. Hear Rumors He Told Story. Rothstein, true to the code of the underworld, died without revealing the identity of his slayer to police, but there were persistent reports that in his last hours he did tell the whole story to his lawyer or some other of his intimates. Shortly before noon detectives took Meehan and E. C. (Titanic) Thompson, the latter a reputed participant in the fateful card game, to the district at- torney’s office. It was announced that neither man had been arrested, but they had been subpoenaed for ques- tioning. CAMPAIGN EXPENSES PROBERS TO MEET Steiwer Asks Members'if They Can Convene Next Week; Texans Ask Inquiry. Chairman Steiwer of the special Sen- ate committee appointed to investigate presidential campaign expenditures to- day sent telegrams to all the members of the committee asking whether it would be possible for the committee to meet some time next week to resume work. He said he was not prepared at this time to outline any definite course of procedure for the committee. 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