Evening Star Newspaper, March 20, 1929, Page 12

1?! s — | Curb on Murders S[ANUELP(;'RL _-: i | By School Children All Models of ATWATER KENT on Display at J.C. Harding & Co., Inc. SALES AND SERVICE 2821—Decatur—2822 1336 Connecticut Ave. N.W. Dupont Circle Bldg. Free Home Demonstration of the New Electric Dynamic Hear the New ATWATER KENT On Credit From By the Associated Press. BUDAPEST, March 20.—The government has instituted chil- dren’s courts in an efiort to curb increasing murders by school chil- dren, Police records show that among hundreds of children brought to trial for various of- fenses recently, no less than 25 have been convicted of murder. Six homicides were laid to a | (== murder gang the eldest of whom | | was 16 and the youngest 12. Murder is punishable by hang- ing in Hungary, but an exception has been made in the cases of ese juveniles, who on account of youth have been sent to Body Believed Taken in Mo-| tor Car to Field Where i It Was Found. ‘ 920 14th St. N.W. Open Evénings Without Cost or Obligation Dorians 704 10th St. NW. Main 774 \ “Just Around the Corner § ) from Palais Royal” Wy % By the Associated Press. ALLENTOWN, Pa, March 20.—De-| velopments in the investigation of the | death of Verna Octavia Delp have led | the authorities to believe that the pretty 21-year-old girl was slain at a gun club near Catasaqua, Pa., and her body taken in a motor car to a nearby field, where it was found Saturday { Police said hat the investization had been hampered because reside e community, who might throw the mystery surrounding the g had kept silent for fear that doctor” would cast a spell upon them. | They felt certain, however, they said, | that Miss Delp had been taken to the | gun club grounds last Friday in an au- tomobile and efforts were being made today to learn the identity of the driver ||, : . 2 il of the car. | g / ” Hex Fear Causes Silence. | /’ | The authorities have been unable to 74 | fl ‘ | 1 \ \ §. § \ | . N\ \ Call Main 2190 for Expert of correction to serve long SR 2900 14th St. N.W. At Harvard Col. 101 OPEN EVENINGS i houses terms. William Cary Poland Dies. PROVIDENCE, R. I, March 20 (®) o —William Cary Poland, 83, professor | | emeritus of the history of art at Brown | x | University since his retirement in 1915 | and nationally known for his writings | on art and archeology, died here last [ TOE FVENTN@ STAR. WASHINGTON, D. €. WEDNESDAY. MARCH 2. 102, | The Business Paper Correspondents’ We Are | | committee, composed of Washington | \ é | | technical pepers, was formed as a per- for | | manent organization at a luncheon yes- | H: i The purpose of the new organization | ATW ATER B is to advance the interests of writers| | political news, and who represent busi- | KE T | ness papers of nationa. circulation, | | luncheon meetings. EASY TERMS For FreeHome Call Pot. 3040 nd SPECIALTY CO. 1741 Conn. Ave. WRITERS ORGANIZE. | | correspondents of business, trade and | ® Authorized Dealers | terday at the National Press Club. who specialize in cconomic raher than | N The committee will hold monthly | R ADIO Demonstration ////)//, ZRAN Low Terms \ Arranged on All Models ‘ ATWATER KENT ATWATER KENT Jearn what happened at the club Friday and they attribute the silence of some of those questioned to fear of the “Hex” | doctor. X A “It is hard to believe that people wili | withhold information at this time, be- | cause of such ridiculous reasons,” said || i = Ditrict Attorney Gearhart, “but it is(| K ; true nevertheless. The investigators | have encountered silence at nearly every ||| % : . SALON deli ' g | elvers Tuy I / and Eye 7 not seen her for several months. ' . the . W . Atwater 2 RADIO -} ‘ 827-829 7th St. N.W. % | have been written by her, probably at i Tl i % - - » . ,’\ A i ] y - B ATWATER 50 | KENT RADIO nt. | poTh(' district attorney said he was convinced the giris death was the re-| sult of the practice of witcheraft. This assertion was made after Frank Mas- | ters, a former friend of Miss Delp had | been absolved of any connection with her death. Masters said that he had stopped going with the girl when he | learned that she was friendly with an- | other man, and declared that he had Between the dictation of a powpow doctor. The writing was similar to that in letters written by the girl to Masters, Physicians at a local hospital said it would be several days before they could complete the examination of the viscera of the body to determine what poison caused the girl's death. The theory of suicide has been aban- doned by the police. 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