Evening Star Newspaper, December 7, 1928, Page 50

50 THE EVENING S o e e VESTRI FFGES ACANAREFLAYED Fj‘ailure of Captain to Direct ; Crew Is Assailed in Ad- visers’ Report. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, December 7.—The re- ports of the British and American ndutical advisers at a Federal com- missioners’ investigation of the sinking of, the British liner Vestris agree that the officers of the vessel were incom- petent Although they differ in tone, that of Capt. E. A. Jessop, U. S. N., retired, being uncompromising and severe, while that of Capt. Henry McConkey of the Cunard Line being more restrained, both declare the § O S should have been sent out six hours earlier and that the officers did not take proper steps to see to the safety of the passengers. Capt. McConkey tempered his criti- cism of Capt. William J. Carey, who went down with his ship, by calling attention to the captain’s long service and perfect record. He said there might have been reasons which the inquiry had not brought out which led the captain to delay his S O S and urged withholding judgment on the captain until a review could be made by the British Board of Trade. Capt. Jessop, however, did not spare Capt. Carey nor other officers in his charge of inefficiency and bad sea prac- tice. “History holds no incidents, to my knowledge, to compare with the incom- petence and sheer stupidity of this exhibition,” He said the evidence seemed to show that the crew would have been compe- tent if they had been led, but “they had no leadership.” # Capt. Jessop made a number of sug- gestions for more stringent regulations 1o safeguard ships at sea. France now has 1,000,000 licensed By the Associated Press CHICAGO, December 7.—Leroy Gil- chief, who was proud of his reputa- tion as “a tough cop,” won't bother the “boys in the booze racket” any more, some men with sawed-off shot- guns got him last night; shot him dead, through the back. He was seated at home with his family. His back to the front window and the light from a floor lamp beside his chair set him apart from others in the room, like a spotlight singling out an actor on the stage. His chair was only a few feet from the front window; and the back of his head, dropped slightly forward as he read, was an easy target from the street. The shade had been draw only half way. Tracks Found in Snow. The killers got out of their motor car, a sedan, and crept the few yards from the curb to the window. Their tracks in the skim of .snow on the ground were found by investigators later. The shortened gun muzzles were rested on the window sill, permitting the sldyers to take steady aim. Twice the guns sent charges of shot tearing through the window into the back of Chief Gilbert’s head. A third volley went wide, and the third finger of Mrs. Gilbert's right hand was torn away. Thirteen? year-old Ruth, one of five children, came running in from another room and dropped, screaming, beside the chair in which her father's body had slumped. Glenn Gilbert, the chief's brother, ran from the house, and the gunmen sent a wild volley at him as they drove away. He was able, however, to gain a good view of the machine, the descrip- tion of which provided one of the princi- automobiles. This is due to the general increase in prosperity and the spread of installment buying. pal clues on which highway police are at_work. If Gilbert’s life had been threatened, bert, the South Chicago Heights police | "TOUGH’ CHICAGO OFFICER KILLED. RACKETEER GUNMEN BLAMED Shot Through Back While Seated at Home With Family—Sawed Off Shotguns Used—Slayers Escape. he had kept it a secret. - His wife said she had not known that her husband had an enemy in the world. Protector of 1,000. Gilbert, with four policemen, has been in charge of law enforcement of the community of 1,000 inhabitants for six months. The village, 2 miles south of Chicago Heights, is largely populated by Southern Europeans, and Federal prohibition officers on several occasions hase found a thriving alcohol business there, as well as in Chicago Heights. The slain chief has co-operated with the Federal dry agents, and on some occasions has led raids himself, turn- ing his prisoners over for Government prosecution Recently he discussed with the sheriff a program for a cam- paign against vice which had sprung up, he said, under the protection of the alcohol industry. This challenge to the outlaw rule, authorities said today, may have been responsible for his assassination. The brother, Glenn, holds that belief. Racketeers Blamed. “The boys in the booze racket did it.” he said. “They said Leroy was a tough cop and they marked him. He knew they would.” Gllbert, who was 33 years old, was appointed chief last June by Mayor Fred Hartman, who said he wanted things “cleaned up and kept clean.” Last Friday there was an “execution” similar to that of Gilbert, when Joseph Martino, regarded ds a leader in the alcohol racket, was shot and killed in front of his soft-drink parlor in Chi- cago Heights. The killers drove by slowly in a large car, with no attempt at concealment, and used shotguns and pistols. —_— The fiftieth anniversary of the Brit- ish occupation of-the Island of Cyprus is being celebrated this year. STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1928. WILL CONFER CROSSES. Daughters of Confederacy Honor ‘War Veterans Monday. Stonewall Jackson Chapter. No. 20, United Daughters of Confederacy, will hold a short meeting, to be followed by a program, Monday at 7:30 p.m. The Confederate Cross of Service will be conferred on two World War vet- erans, Walter Council Tyner and Rea- ville Brown. 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