Evening Star Newspaper, December 2, 1928, Page 23

SLAYER-SUICIDE § WAS MARYLANDER Killed Wife, Daughter and [ Self in Florida on Thanks- giving Day. By the Associated Press. PENSACOLA, Fla, December 1.— | Officials announced today that the man I%ho killed his wife and daughter “Thanksgiving afternoon and then com- itted suicide at Molina, near here, was va'cmfl B. Gordy of Pittsville, Md. | Identification was made from an ap- $lication for an automobile license Which was found on the body. This gave the name of Gordy and showed that he had applied for a Maryland Yicense on January 6, 1928, giving his sesidence as Pittsville, Md. ‘Another card found on the body car- #ied a pencil notation that Gordy had ‘Jived in 1926° at 4400 Jones avenue, Drexel Hills, Pa Wife Left in July. whose wife left him at Pitts- in July, to make her home Molina, 6 miles from here with mother, came to the home on sgiving day. As he entered the use he met his mother-in-law, Mrs. | George Mead. Drawing a revolver from his pocket he shot her. inflicting nly a scalp wound. Then he continued into the back room and there shot to death his wife and his daughter Eliza- beth. Immediately Gordy returned to the front porch and committed suicide. A 6-month-old child was playing on 1he floor in the room where Gordy shot his wife and daughter to death, but was not molested Dazed from the scalp wound, Mrs. Meade walked half a mile to a filling stationed and telephoned the sheriff for help. Gordy, e, Md Died in Hospital. The wife was killed instantly, but the daughter, Elizabeth, was in a semi- conscious condition when the sheriff arrived. Gordy was slumped on the porch with a bullet wound in his head and still breathing. The daughter and Gordy died after being taken to a| hospital. Gordy was a building contractor George Mead, at whose home the laying occurred, came to Florida 16 years ago_ to take up farming in Escambia County. He was said to have been formerly a flour manufacturer in Milwaukee. Mrs. Mead, whom he married here, formerly was Mrs. Eliza- beth Wall of Philadephia and Mrs. Gordy was her daughter by the first marriage. Mead was absent from home when the shooting occurred. He was return- ing when he stopped at the filling sta- tion to find his wife, wounded and en- deavoring to call assistance. No inquest will be held, it was stated, end officials planned no further investi- gation, NEAR EAST WORK HAS ITS GOLDEN RULE DAY DObservance by Relief Workers In- cludes Appeal for Care of 32,000 Orphans. This is Golden Rule Sunday for the femaining 32,000 orphan children under the care of the Near East Relief. As part of its nation-wide appeal, the Near East Rellef is asking Washington- dans to do their share in helping the organization to fulfill its goal to bring every one of these 32,000 children to self-support at 16 years of age and so finish the task which America began 12 years ago. The Near East Relief operates in Greece, Armenia, Syria, Palestine and ‘Egypt. During the war period and the stress that followed, the relief organiza- tion saved the lives of 1,500,000 in the Near East. These 32,000 orphans re- main from the 132,000 who altogether {12\'9 been in the care of the organiza- ion. Golden Rule donations may be sent to headquarters of Potomac division, 1334 Connecticut avenue. This divi- sion embraces Maryland as well as the District. SURVIVOR OF GUNFIGHT RECEIVES LIFE PENALTY One of Two Hold-Up Men and In- tended Victim Are Dead——Girl's Buicide a Mystery. By the Associated Press. EVANSVILLE, Ind, December 1.— The sole survivor of & gunfight which resulted when two men attempted to hold up W. O. Bohannon, an attorney of this city, today pleaded guilty to the charge of murdering of Bohannon and was sentenced to life imprisonment. ‘The survivor was Frank Paisley, 28, of Essex, Mo, Frank Mills, 19, companion of Paisley, was shot and killed by Bo- hannon at the time of the hold-up. In a confession which authorities said they obtained from Paisley, the statement was made that Bohannon opened fire in defense of a girl com- panion. The identity of the young woman was never learned. On the night following Bohannon’s death, his stenographer, Miss Norma Feuger, 20, committed suicide. She left | no statement explaining her act. Finish for Walls. To produce a mottled finish to the | walls of a house, apply wall paint over a ground color of another shade, and while it is still wet touch the surface lightly with crinkled wrapping paper | loosely held. URNITURE| —for those who want some« thing good at moderate cost. Terms Convenient George Plitt Co., Inc. Painting—Upholstery—Draperies Phone M. 71{ 13(& St. FOR RENT Chevy Chase Bungalow | 410 Taylor Street, Chevy Chase, Maryland | | _ Five rooms and bath, hot water | heat, electric lishts; lot' 50x101 feet. | I | Rent for $55.00 Per Month (Or Lease) Open and Lighted Until 9 P.M. J. Dallas Grady 904 14th St. N.W. Main 6181 THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, [DISTRICT WOMAN PRODUCES 20TH DETECTIVE THRILLER IN 16 YEARS Natalie Sumner Lincoln’s Newest Novel Is “The Fifth Latch Key.” Plots Deal With Capital Life. Writing One of Many Interests. Miss Natalle Sumner Lincoln of ‘Washington, prolific writer of detective “thrillers,” has just chalked up another mark in her constantly growing record of criminal mysteries and political intrigue that have their settings in the upper crust of the Capital’s social set | and “cave dwellers” of old Georgetown. Her twentieth novel in 16 years of authorship, entitled, “The Fifth Latch which opens the door to a new startling serfes of episodes, has just been accepted for publication. Like all her books, except one, it was written in Washington, where Miss Lincoln was born and reared. First Work a Success. ‘Writing detective “thrillers” is more than & business with Miss Lincoln. It has taken on something of the form of a “hobby,” for often her novels require intensive search into the methods of criminals and the mysteries of little known poisons. Somehow or other it never occurred to Miss Lincoln to write anything until 1912, when the struck her that she would iike to her luck” at writing detective Her first book, “The Trevor Case,” proved for her a success, some- thing that doesn't come the way of every author. Since then the same New York firm has been publishing all her books. Miss Lincoln evidently inherited her literary talents from her mother, the late Jeanie Gould Lincoln, who was widely known in her day as a novelist and writer of girls’ stories. As early as 6 years of age her mother developed a gift for poetry, her poems drawing af prized note of congratulations from Tennyson. Has Many Interests. How Miss Lincoln finds time to write a_couple of detective novels a year, as | she is now doing, s almost as much | a mystery as that contalned in her stories, Since 1915 she has been editor of the Daughters of the American Revo- lution Magazine and she is interested in a score of other things besides writ- ing extensively for current magazines, “Lots of imagination and & slight knowledge of medicine and law,” Miss Lincoln declares, “are more necessary than real facts on which to base mys- tery stories.” | A study of law and medicine 1s neces sary, she explained, to lend conviction. “One must know just how long it takes for the victim to die after having been administered a certain poison,” she said, “or how tfo unravel in an authentic manner some complicated legal cese which may be a part of the plot.” -She is too modest to add “hard work.” Outside of a slight knowledge of these subjects and an ability to create plots, Miss Lincoln does not think it necessary to have any other qualifications in order to write detective stories. Member of Press Body. Miss Lincoln is a member of the Women'’s Press Club of Washington, having served a two-year apprentice- ship on a local newspaper while working out the plots of her early books. Sie finds time, too, between her very stren- NewWa fo Make Shin Flawless uous d\xfl(‘fi QD take an nv(ne part in the Authors' League of America, the Mayflower Society, the District of Co- lumbia Colonial Dames of America and a number of other societies. “The Secret of Mohawk Farm," one of her latest and most successful books, was the only one on her long list that has been written outside Washington. She worked out that intriguing plot while visiting on a farm in Connecticut. |NATIONAL CASH REGISTER SEEKS TO BUY ELLIS FIRM Federal Court Hears Application. Competitors’ Consolidation Denied. By the Associated Press. 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Mrs. John Allan Dougherty, chair- man of the committee in charge of the shop, was much %rlflfled not only by the amount of sales at the shop, but also by contributions to the shop. SI {has worked out a plan, which calls for contribution of articles each month by each member of the four boards in- terested. In addition large canvas bags are be- Beginning tomorrow the days of the!ing distributed to other persons inter- Just think of getting a Piano for only Or a taken-in-exchange Player-Piano for only.. Whoever Heard of such prices before? 1928—PART 1. ested..and are being filled with articles suital for the rummage sale. Many of these bags are being brought into the shop by the persons themselves, while others are being called for by members of the motor corps organized among girls of Holton Arms School, by Miss Caroline Roebling. The management has hopes of en- larging the number of contributors of [ articles to the shop, as it is said that in general, the problem of running such an enterprise is more to get supplies for the stock, than to sell the stock. Large crowds patronized the place throughout the first week. The store was also open last night, snasenaiods Methyl is a colorless and odorless gas; a compound of hydrogen and car- 2 ‘92 COME EARLY Our last one day sale was such a tremendous success. All pianos were sold by 3 p. m. FREE Pianos: With Each a Handsome Stool and Free Service Chickering (Ebony Case)............. Bradbury (good practice piano)....... sss Shoninger (mah. case, plain)......... Behr Bros. (good voice piano)........ Kohler & Campbell -. Ricca & Sons - .. ... Bellair - - - Hunington: Player-Pianos: With Automatic. . .. Beckwith - ---- Davis & Sons Cable Nelson - Arthur Jordan. - Marshall & Wendell Marshall & Wendell (EledncAmpxco) Rolls—10—Rolls Handsome Bench $22 $75 $90 $100 $125 $145 $150 $92 $195 $280 $295 $315 $320 .- $365 $600 Francis Kimmel............. Arthur Jordan.... Meldorf- Kimmel - STOTT WILL OFFER CURIOSITY DEFENSE ership of Car Loaded With Alleged Liquor. ‘The contention that he was not the | owner or driver of an automobile loaded | with alleged liquor, but following it ‘out of curiosity, will be the | defense of Lindsey Scott, 24 years old, Wwilliam G. Capt. Stott of the third | Former Dry Agent Disclaims Own- was merely | former revenue agent and son of Police | il precinct, when he stands trial before a jury for transportation, possession and ownership of property designed for manufacture of liquor it was learned at Police Court yesterday. Attorney Harry T. Whelan, who has been retained as counsel by Stott, de- clared the young man claims he was passing in the neighborhood of Gar- field street and Connecticut avenue when attracted by the police towing car. He also contends he saw another man hiding in the bushes nearby. | When approached by pnm:r Stott expressed a willingness to appear at court whenever called, but asked not 10 be arrested as it would be “very em- | barassing,” according to Whela ‘There are 24 high schools in Chicago. MAIL ORDERS Bearing a postmark prior to 12 o’clock noon Monday, Dec. 3rd, will be filled if the piano ordered has not already been sold. Carlisle (mah. case, ivory key Dunhamih: - ooanitersistsnnesens Wilbur (good case, good action)........ §110 Shoninger ( real bargain) ... . Cameron. - Bacon - $45 $65 $90 $100 $150 eee.. $165 eeer.. $190 Bench and 6 Months’ Free Service $295 ...$308 $310 $320 veee.. $370 Knabe (Electric Ampico)...covveencaas, 8830 Come Early! Sale One Day Only, MONDAY, Dec. 3id e e P Open Tomorrow Evening Until 10 o’Clock ARTHUR JORDAN PIANO COMPANY 1239 G STREET, Corner 13th