Evening Star Newspaper, April 4, 1929, Page 17

WOAN WANTED N GREEN GABLES CASE BROUGHTHERE Ruth Bradley Held in Capital on Larceny Charge While Story Is Probed. - DENIES BEING IN ROOM WHEN SHOT WAS FIRED Coroner’s Jury Returns Open Ver-i diect in Prince Georges County Investigation. Ruth Lynette Bradley, alias Ruth Hunt, alias Ruth Harrls, alias “Hot Shot” Ruth, alias Lynn Dalton, 29- year-old self-styled beauty culturist, wanted by Maryland authorities in con- nection with the killing of Wesley Pcutra at Green Gables roadhouse, ar- rived in Washington this morning from Florence, S. C., in the custody of Head- quarters Detective Arthur T. Fihelly and Policewoman Caroline Alexander. She was brought back to this city on a warrant charging the grand larceny of $1,100 worth of furniture. Although the Maryland police have | & warrant charging the woman as being an accessory to the murder of Poutra, who was fatally wounded during the shpoting affray in the Maryland road- | house on the morning of March 20, District authorities stated the prisoner will be tried in this jurisdiction before being turned over to Maryland. An open verdict was rendered in the shoot- | ing at Upper Marlboro last night. Lists No Occupation. While the woman, -who gave her ad- dress as in the 1600 block of S street in this city, said she formerly conducted a beauty culture school and was a trained nurse, she gave no occupation on the police blotter and said she was unmarried. After her arrival at police headquar- ters this morning she was taken to the police “gallery” for photographing, fin- gerprinting and measuring. She: went through the formalities with an air of indifference. “As I said before, I have no more ides who shot poor Wesley than you.” she sald in answer to a query of whether or not she knew who did the shooting. “I was in the kitchen trying to get the cook to fix me up & chicken sandwich, 'when I heard several shots fired,” she eried, “and when I ran out into the dining room, every- body was running around amongst over- turned tables and the smoke was so thick I couldn't see a foot in front of me. All of a sudden some one grabbed me by the arm and pulled me out into a machine and drove me straight home to my apartment on S street. ‘That's all I know about the shooting. ‘The next morning I decided to go away for & and stopped off in Richmond before going to visit friends in Flor- ence.” Grilled by Detective. Headquarters Detective Joseph Wal- dron of the homicide squad, after grill- ing the woman for more than an hour, said she had told him everything she knew about the affar, which was sub- stantially what she had told news- per men, but added that she might g: able to tell more later. She is being held in the House of Detention for investigation, and will probably be given a preliminary hearing in Police fcurt w&‘omw morning on the grand larceny charge. Apparently satisfied with the evidence of &e only witness produced by the State, the coroner’s jury returned a verdict that Poutra “came to his death by reason of a gunshot wound inflicted by party or parties unknown to the Jury.” Others Not Called. Although it was announced when Emilio Torre, Lucille Grisson and Eve- lyn Metcalf, all of Washington, were taken to the Marlboro Jail Sunday that they would be held for the coroner's inquest, none of them was called and the only person to testify was George Knighton, a waiter at Green Gables, the Suitland roadhouse where the fatal shooting occurred. Release of Torre Sought. At the conclusion of the inquest At- torney Harxry Grand applied for the re- lease of Torre. Justice of Peace H. W. Gore_admitting he could see no reason for holding the prisoner longer, de- clined to release the man until con- ferring with State’s Attorney J. Frank Parran. An effort will be made to secure the release under bond of all the prisoners. Those who appeared be- fore the grand jury were Knighton, John Lawrence Brenner, who was ar- rested after driving Joe Hauser, an- other man shot in the affray, to Emer- gency Hospital; Lewis Behrens, alias John Bunny, who was injured just be- fore the shoof ; Judith Cole, a host- ess at Green and George Bow- man, & REPRESENTATIVE SUED. W. J. Lankford of Georgia Faces $330 Action, Suit to recover $330 from Representa- tive William J. Lanckford, of Gea'fin was filed in- the Diammct of Columbia Putney, of Richmond, Va. tiff says that the sum is due him unpaid note which Mr. ited 6, 19 on an premium on an insurance policy which had lapsed. He intends to pay it, he said. MARCH FIRELOSS INDISTRCT-ROPS ! Marms Increase, but Report ' Estimates Damage at | Only $27,960. A sharp decrease in the value of property destroyed by fire in the Dis- trict ds recorded in the monthly report of Fire Marshal Leonard V. Seib, re- leased today. report estimated damage $27,960, compared to $219,103 in Febru- ary and $455,611 in January. The fire loss also shows a decrease in compari- son with March, 1928, when $37,158 was reported as the value of property | destroyed. According to the report $22, 960 of the loss recorded was covered by insurance. Although more alarms were turned in during the month than during Feb- ruary, the individual damages were smaller. There were 534 alarms during the month, an increase of 143 over Feb- ruary. Of these 175 were box alarms and 359 locals, that is, calls received by the Fire Department by telephone. Of the fires reported, 180 were in trash, brush, leaves, or grass, 132 in brick buildings, 58 in automobiles and 40 in frame dwellings. Thirty-one oll apparatus responded to three alarms outside of District limits. ‘The cause assigned: for most of the blazes was hurning brush, trash, or leaves, where ‘the fires were allowed to get out of control. This caused 178 fires. Careless smoking caused 48 and soot igniting in chimneys, 46. COMDR. BLOEDORN IS SUED BY WIFE illimumwe Action Against Re- tired Naval Surgeon Makes Ref- erence to Alleged Love Letter. Mrs. May Howard Bloedorn, 2725 Thirteenth street, filed suit in Equity Court today for adequate support and maintenance against her husband, Wal- ter A. Bloedorn, retired naval surgeon j with the rank of commander, now re- | siding at the Army and Navy Club. ‘Through Attorney Enoch A. Chase, the wife tells the court that absences of her husband, sometimes covering sev- eral months, were explained when a love letter addressed to him reached her hands. Ever since their marriage in 1910, she further tells the court, she has endured the hardships of separation and deprivation in order to advance her husband’s career in the Navy. They have' one daughter, now 10 years of age. : Last July, the wife says in her com- plaint, Comdr. Bloedorn left her alone in Washington for a vacation. He told her his mail should be forwarded to Fort Morgan, Colo. She alleges she did {not hear from him during his absence {and did not succeed in locating him until she learned from the Navy De- partment that he had returned and was stopping at the Army and Navy Club. The letter in question arrived about 10 days after his return. ‘The complaint sets forth that Comdr. Bloedorn was retired for physical dis- ability last Fall and at the time was executive officer of the Naval Medical School in Washington. His retired sal- ary is abov* $3.500 a year, the wife tells the court, out he receives an additional $2,000 a year as a lecturer at Howard 1 University. Last January. she alleges, he was appointed visiting surgeon at ital, receiving $2,000 an- nually from that service also. His wife pleenh to discover ul‘:e!n l:ne::\c from a practice W) when not attending to his other duties. She asks the court to compel her husband to make an adequate settle- ment upon her and provide also for the expenses of their daughter's musical education. |AUDIENCE APPLAUDS at Barracks Auditorium Is Well Received. The United States Marine Band chestra pruentezo its. Iutertweek 1 flwnlc program to a dience jast’ night in the ai bflu{n‘“flflu i poprims opened with the Butsiss Easter overtre of Nicholss . Korsakow, “La Grand Paque effectively played by which was the orchestra, particularly the brasses, Musician He; ‘W, Erisman, pianist, soloist, gave a well received rendition of Grieg’s * in A Minor,” ably supported by the orchestra in its ac- companiment under the direction e of the most enjoyable numbers | of the program was 's from fires during March at | aq MARINE ORCHESTRA secretary-tr assistant serg A, | Easter Week Symphonic Program MUNIGIPAL AIRPORT OF ADEQUATE SIZE DESREDBY HOOVER Gives Impressions After Bingham Explains Plans of Committee. GROUP TO LOOK 20 YEARS AHEAD, SENATOR STATES Hearings Will Start Monday. Davison Will Be First Wit- ness to Be Called. President Hoover is extremely anxious to see Washington have a municipal airport of adequate size ,and ,located properly so as to meet the needs of the Government departments and the Dis- | trict govelnment, as well as the com- mercial and individual needs of the Capital, according to the impression he gave today to Senator Bingham of Con- necticut, chairman of the joint con- gressional committee appointed to study the airport problem in this city. Senator Blnahlm said after his talk with the President that he had advised him of what the committee has done in the way of studying the airport question and what it is planning to do between now and the next regular. session of Congress, when legislation covering the local airport needs will be recommended to Congress. Senator Bingham stated he found the President remarkably well informed to the airport needs of the Capital as well as to the various sites that-have been proposed. It was explained to the President by Senator Bingham that the joint committee, in planning for a local airport, will look 20 years ahead. In other words, it will be the alm of the committee to provide the Capital with a port that will be sufficient in size "and equipment to meet the re- quirements 20 years from now. He sald it may be necessary to have more than one airport and possibly three, if these are thought necessary to meet the situation anticipated for that future period. g p Hearings Start Mondsy. President Hoover was informed by the Connecticut Senator that the committee will start hearings at 10 o'clock Mon- the first witness called before the com- mittee. The Senator said that the com- mittee already has received letters from one or two of the departments of the Government dfi'ecn L*lxy aldmth in the proj arport. He at repre- sentatives of the Post Office Department the Department of Commerce as well as the District government and repre- sentatives of commercial aviation will be called before the committee. not committed to any particu- lar Jocation,” sald Senator in the project. “If Gravelley. Point is the best location, then it should be there. “In years t0 come will the Post. Office Department have inspectors of air mail service who would need flying facilities from Washington? Will the Treasury Department have inspectors who could use plane service to advantage? of the im int developments ture will be the for- mation and growth of flying clubs, and storage accommodations for these pri- vately owned planes will have to be taken into consideration in planning an airport here.” . Senator Bingham said it is desirable to have an airport located where land- ing would be easy in the immediate m in the evsn;.fl a mnm:.m landing necessary lore tude has been attained. Desirable Starting Point. Senator Bingham, in discussing the future development of flying-boat pas- senger service both within the United States and from this country to Central and South American points, said he thought Wuh!nftnn would be a desir- able. stayting point for flying boats to Florida.” The Senator said he had heard that such a service from Norfolk to Florida was being considered. The Connecticut Senator, who learned to fly in the vicinity of Miami, Fla., 12 years ago and who is enthusiastic over the future of aviation, returned here yesterday from a trip to Florida much impressed by the landing facilities he found in Miami. He said there are two airports in Miami, one municipal and one the terminal of the Fan-American Airways. The latter concern is operat- ing plane service to Havana and other points south of the United States. BERT NEVIUS ELECTED PRESIDENT OF OPTIMISTS Other Officers of Club and Mem- bers of Board of Directors Chosen. Bert Nevius was elected president of the Optimists’ Club at a luncheon meeting in the Hotel Hamilton yester- Wflilm St. day morning at the Capitol. Maj. D. A. |is the alarms were false, and the District’s | Da 3 One of the historic theaters of Wash- ington, formerly Ford’s (!)ptn~ House, and later the Bijou, located at Ninth street and Lousiana avenue, has been purchased by the Government in its Federal building program, it was learn- ed today. The theater, which once was a center of the finest drama coming to the National Capital, and the gathering place for the social elite of the city, later was turned into a burlesque house, and has not been operated as a theater for years. It is now used for a station for bus lines and some stores. ‘The property was purchased by the Government at the price of $212,250, at which it is assessed by the city. The offer was made by the Union Trust Co. of the District of Columbia, Edward Stellwagen and Daniel W. O’Donoghue, trustees. While the Treasury has ac- cepted the offer of the trustees, final are being completed by the Department of Justice. The actual ownership prob- ably will not pass for some time yet, Plans Are Undecided. ‘The block in which the theater is lo- cated is part of the site for the Archives Building, but as plans for this structure are in a very uncertain stage as yet, it understood the Government has not yet decided it will tear down the old %hulg soon, m"‘B let l: stand and use it lor storage, rents and other purposes. As Ford’s Opera House, rfle theater FORD'S OPERA HOUSE BUILDING IS PURCHASED BY GOVERNMENT was run by J. Louis Ford and John T. Ford, who. moved their activities to this location after they abandoned Ford’s ‘Theater' on Tenth street, following the assassination there of President Lincoln, Ford's ra House was the scene of brilliant theatrical events of the day. In ijts early days Charlotte Cushman and her Baston company &h red there in “Meg Merriles,” and wi T sister she presented there, “Romeo and Juliet.” Lydia Thompson and .her famous “British Blondes” from England played there a week, and Tomaso Salvini, the Italian tragedian, appeared in Shake. | sperian plays. Later Known as Bijou. Rossi, another Italian tragedian, .Lr- peared as “Edmund Kean,” and Othello, the Wilbur Comic Opera Co. it on Gilbert and Sullivan’s operas and Pred- E ppea; a plsys, including Bulwer’s “Richelieu,” and “Brutus.” The theater later was known as Harris' Bijou Theater, and presented a series of popular plays of the day, Among these were L. J. Carter's play, “The Mail.” ‘The theater was in the zenith of its popularity in the seventies, when it was the scene of many of the great plays of that time. Here the famous tre ians and comedians of Europe made their first appearance in the Na- tional Capital. FISH DENTISTS AND MASSEURS, WITH OFFICE HOURS, DESCRIBED & Life of Marine Autniali.on Bétim. of Sea Off Florida Keys Revealed in Studies by Dr. Longley. % BY THOMAS R. HENRY. Fish dentists and masseurs with definite offices and office hours, fish who live in apartment houses, fish engineers and fish masons, were de- scribed to the Carnegie Institution of Washington last night by Dr. W. H. Longley of the instituation's marine bi- ology station at Tortugas, at the end of the Florida Keys. Dr. Longley literally has lived with the fish to learn their secrets. He spends hours among them, in a diving suit and carrying a camera, on the sea bottom of Florida. Thus he has been able to study the fish as individuals. He has found a real community life in the pink coral caves and gorgoni jungles. He found some fish who picked parasites off the scales of others, These, he discovered, remain in places, appar- ently well known to the undersea com- munity. When a larger fish gets un- comfortable with the accumulated load of tiny worms and crustaceans on his body, he swims to the office of one of the parasite—pickers and is “deloused.” Apparently these fish never seek patients, he found, but remain in their offices” walting for patrons. Some may have built up a definite clientele. “Dentist” Swims Into Work. Still more curious are the fish dentists. They are small, curiously formed fish who wait for larger fish to come to them with mouths wide open, signifying a desire for cleansing the teeth, mouth and throat. The “dentist’ then swims into the mouth, picks the teeth clean of parasites, and may swim out of the gill openings. The entire operation requires some time. larger fish submits patiently. When he begins to get nervous, the dentist realizes that it is time to let the patient go. The operation is -en- tirely safe for the operator so long as he keeps in a position where the patient i | in safety. ttom William | adaptability of its nndp also to the lightness in the water. Another fish observed ley sinks in the the | shaft, which it Studley, of / Filrgits: .hulhy of Milwaukee, MARCH TAX'COLLECTIONS IN DISTRICT DECREASE ‘Tax collections in the District fell off slightly during March as with the same monti in 1928, Tax Collector Chatham m I‘cwer& reported. today. The t month amounted to §4,- and 'in March. 1928, to $4,693,. of shell. e “reoess n the Tocks owned is safe from .&mult. When it goes in for a long stay, it closes cntrance ' to the shaft with ‘a . stome. Coral Patches Like Flower Gardens. fa! patches were described by ?Dwu?:eyl’s.l “like submarine flower {wardons” These corals, animals living |in & “close-knit colony, act: are witits; but show attractive combinations of brown, purple, yellow, rose and red due to the min {which live in day to Capt. ¢ | tendent of the The arrests were distributed as fol- tions of ‘The gorgeously-colored sea-bottom gardens are far from sunless. There usually is enough light to take photo- nghs and sometimes the sunlight is sufficiently intense on the sea bottoms for the fish to cast shadows. The fish themselves show a curious mingling of .| fear and curiosity at the. presence of man. Dr. Longley found the fish divided into two broad classes, the diurnal and the nocturnal. The former are always active when the observer is among them and act more as individuals. The latter u;u:lly are found in groups, doing noth- g. ‘The fish have all sorts of physical adaptations to their environment, Dr. Longley found. Some have impregnable defense against enemies, such as the “shell fish.” This is not a mollusc or crustacean, but a real fish covered with bony plates. It can move only its lips, gills and tail -and must stand up to feed. Among the diurnal fish are the workers and the loafers. The former keep busily engaged probing for food in the sea bottoms, but they are ac- companied by others who only wait to catch what they dig up. Many of the fish are gorgeously colored and some have the ability to change their color, like chameleons, in different environments. Such a crea- ture as the fish becomes mottled when on a en, rocky bottom, but white on & smooth sand bottom. The dominant colors, Dr. Longley finds, tend to be the colors of the places where the fishes live. Sometimes this protective coloration extends even to the inside of the mouth and to the iris of the eye. PARK POLICE ARREST 189 DURING MARCH .| Total of $1,091 in Fines and For- feitures Reported to Super- intendent. ‘The XBM States Park Police se- ‘the 189 persons arrested during March, Capt. P. J. Carroll reported to- M. H. Parsons, superin- park police. lows: Fast nnwmnl;oilu 8; violat c regulations, 40; violations of the, park reckless driving, 9; ly conduct, 6; , 1 assault, 1; violation lice n, 1; operating automo- W] ~ intoxicated, 1; ess, 18; tions, 94; erick Warde, under management of J. | details of the title and other matters| J, llins, a) red series of ,091. in fines and forfeitures of MOVE T0 PUT BUS STATION AT HUDSON HOTEL SITE PUSHED Owner of Property Arranges | to Call Meeting of Oper- ators of Lines. PLANS ARE DISCLOSED TO CHILDRESS AND FISHER New Building to Be Constructed on Area Could Be Revised for § Terpinl], He Says, A definite move to have the proj terminal for motor busses engaged in in- terstate transportation established in a new building to be erected on the site of the old Hudson Hotel, 1329-1331 H street, was initiated tcday by the owner of the property, who made arrangements | to call a meeting of the bus operators to consider his proposition, ml.’yllr;.:n Iwor g;:" mm:h:m disclosed ol A ) irman of the | Public Utilities Commission, and Earl V. Pisher, its executive secretary, who have taken the initiative in a movement to establish a union terminal. The date for the conference has not been fixed, however, but it probably will be held early next week. ‘The owner pointed out to the com- mission officlals that plans have been drawn to erect a modern office building on the site, but that if the bus opera- tors agree to terminate there, the plans will be revised to provide terminal facili- tis on the ground floor. Plan for Tour Continued. In the meantime. Chairman Childress | and Mr. Pisher continued with - tions for the trip they will ‘within | the next 10 days to cities which have | outstanding motor bus terminals. The | inspection tour will be for the two-fold purpose of finding how the terminals were financed and how motor bus oper- e "aetion. oF i e of the tilities committee of the Wi wux‘fn:nd of clpmleeotmy in indorsing the prin- has given a new impetus to the move- ment for a union bus depot. The com- mittee also authorized its chairman, Jesse C. Adkins, to appoint a special subcommittee of three members to make a comprehensive study of the terminal problem. . Detailed Explanation Given. A detailed explanation of termminal due to the lack o itions Warner Tufts of the bus transportas division of the American Automobile Association. also spoke, stressing the im- portance of locating the proposed termi- % .b‘le close to the congested section as Mr.. Childress told the committee mnu-mmummeeommtf S S lu old Hudson Hotel erty. The others are the Cosmos mpmp: ter Building at 921 Pennsylvania ave- nue, the southeast corner of Tenth and E streets, the site of the First Congrega- tional Church on the northeast corner of Tenth and G- streets and the entire square bounded by Tenth and Eleventh streets and New York avenue and K street. A real estate firm also sug- lmwfl, he said, that Louisiana avenue between Sixth and Seventh streets be ‘l;uerved 1&!"’ ":e parking of motor usses pen the erection s pending of a union Commission Can Route Lines. The Utilities Commission, Mr. Chil- dress pointed out, lacks authority to force the erection of a bus depot, but it can route busses so as to them to a terminal if one is built. “In other m‘l{‘ he n:dm “the commission, by cting routing, can force busses to use a urmhul."‘ Mr. Fisher outlined the growth of motor bus travel, pointing out that in 1920 there were only two interstate lines operating into and out of Washington and now there are 18, exclusive of the interstate lines run by the local trans- portation companies. These interstate lines, he explained, run 140 busses into Washington daily and these busses make 208 trips a day. Traffic congestions caused by the big motor busses, which are using sidewalk terminals in the downtown business sec- tion, was stressed by Brown. “I am ’lld to know there is a movement on oot to establish & terminal,” he said, “and the Police Department will wel- come the day when it is erected and the busses required to use it.” i Mussolini Busy at Villa, off-street. terminals for busses | this . | between the James H. Elkins tion | Revenue job all’ their raise, but that These | Wages in Washington,” declared Locher 4 ;fh—?mmlzr e is protractin doing ennddznhl: DEATH RATE OF Treasury Actuary Is Passed By the Associated Press. —_— fxmonth ESTIMATED AT 3 PCT. YEARLY SOL BUCKNER. WORKISRESUNED OND.A R BULDING 10 Per Cent Pay Raise |s! Granted Iron Workers, Union Agent Says. Steven & Son Co. of Chicago, which is doing stone work on the new D.A.R. Building and has a subcontract for stone work on the Internal Revenue| Building, has agreed to pay structural iron workers the 10 per cent increase in pay demanded by the Iron Workers' Union, and as a wmflumu four der- ricks that had been idie since Monday on the D. A. R. project resumed work this , according to John A. Locher, business agent for the union. At the Steven office the resumption of work was confirmed. Stone for the Internal Revenue Build- PAGE 17 BANDIT 15 KILLED TRYING T0 HOLD UP DRINK SHOP OWNER One Robber Escapes Fire of Intended Victim’s Gun as Bullet Misses. SLAYING JUSTIFIED, YOUTH, 25, CONTENDS “Sorry I Didn't Get the Other One," He Says While Awaiting Coroner’s Inquests. TWO years ago a drunken ecolored man shot at Sol Buckner, 25-year-old proprietor of & soft-drink establishment at 401 O street. The bullet missed its mark, but Buckner resolved to learn to shoot. For months he practiced in the base- men and last night when two colored hold-up men attempted to, rob him his forethought was proved, . 2nd,_although one of the bandits escaped, the T died with a bullet fmmp?'mfiu’n through his jugular vein. The man killed was identified as James Edward Armstrong, 20 years old. In the dead man’s hand was clutched the empty revolver with which-he had attempted to bluff Buckner into turn- ing over his money. The other fled hen he saw his - companion fall. Buckne;e %v& n;mm as the door swung slug making a hole the door. o “I was perfectly justified in shooting and I'm only sorry that I didn't get the other fellow,” Buckner declared this morning at the twelfth police pre- cinct, where he was held to await the coroner's inquest. ‘When the inquest was held this morn- ing Buckner was exonerated by a coroner’s jury after less than three ven | Minutes’ delibertation. the yards. About 80 fron workers were on the | job at the Internal Revenue Building | today and about 20 more were at the Vi unloaa ards the work of steel. Riveting was expected to r,z?r{ on the steel structure today, and the noise of the hammers is expected to i s S i , when untll steel skeleton is | Persistent rumors that the mflt' c- tion Co. and the union would not give the union workers on the Intzr';lul the 10 per cent increase would be put in escrow in control of the union, were denied today by Mr. Locher. He sald the raise would be included .0 P S ler now t we have established our new basis of increased today. “We have more than 75 per cent“;:f 'ahmonmctou doing orna- mental an ictural iron work signed up already, and others are going to sign up for the new pay scale.” Locher clalmed " that few projects were being held up in the city on account of men quitting when they did not receive the pay increase. He said the demand for pay increase was sub- Animmdl last November, to be effective On the other hand, Ross H. Johnson, manager of the Iron Contractors’ Asso- clation of Washington, who claimed that this association was organized “100 per cent” in Washington, declared flatly not one of our men has signed a thing with the union, or is going to sign any- thing. Not a single local contractor has agreed to pay the increased pay scale by the structural iron workers.” f .éohnmn s;d the Bufljen and Manu- urers' Exchange also was going Imhnd with plans to resist any increase in pay. TWO MEN ARE SENTENCED IN SALE AND POSSESSION Penalties Imposed by Judge One Minute After Jury Returns Verdict. Convicted yesterday by a Police Court jurv of sale and possession of liquor, Eugene Thomas and Curtis McDowell, both of the first block of Fenton street. ;’er‘;‘ nntawedml:y dndfa Gl:; A. Schuldt in one ul after e jury re- mm::& ury“' men stood Jant 30, the S trial yesterday before Judge Schuldt. Deliberating for a short time, the jury returned a verdict of guilty and ‘was by the court. dismissed 3 Judge Schuldt sentenced ‘Thomas fiylflneofuooorurnaodnnln McDowell received a sentence of six months. MILLIONAIRES Says $5.150.000,000 to Heirs Immediately following the verdict, S. 8. Messer, a lawyer, who lives at 1329 Park road, came to the and identified the dead holdup man as on: of two colored men who robbed him at the point of a pistol a week ago last Saturday while he was walking along Thirteenth street at T street. ‘The holdup then occurred about 7 o'clock in the evening. Messer thinks he can identify the other bandit. He has always kept a gun behind the counter in the store, the young proprietor said today, but until two years ago knew little of its operation, | not having fired it more than half a dozen times in his life. Mother Walks Into Danger. Near Christmas in 1926, he said, he was standing behind the bar one night when an obviously intoxicated colored man entered and, tendering a five- dollar bill, demanded that it be cl . Because of his condition Buckner ordered him out. The man became enraged and attempted to tug & gun from his pocket. Buckner, seeing his intention, seized his gun, a .32-caliber revolver, and ran to the end of the counter. Just then his mother, Mrs. Eva Buckner, entered the room. he tried to persuade her to leave, the colored man wrenched the gun from his clothing and leveled it at Buckner. “We stood there like two old duelists." Buckner asserted. “His gun was point- ed at me and mine was resting on the counter, leveled at him I turned to force my mother down behind the coun- ter and just then he fired. The bullet struck the wall at the height where my neck had been. If it hadn't been for me pushing mother, I probably would have been killed.” Following the incident, he purchased & .38-cabiler revolver and practiced in the basement of the store. Thinking himself sufficiently proficient about a year ago, he left off practice. Alone in Store. Buckner was alone in his store at the time of the attempted hold-up last night, and his mother and sister, Miss Lillian Buckner, had just retired to the floor above. Buckner was sitting behind the counter reading a magazine when the bandits entered. Police are attempting to link Arm- strong with a series of recent corner store hold-ups in that vicinity. He had previously been arrested for joy-riding. His companion is being sought. INDOOR CIRCUS IS GIVEN BY BOYS’ CLUB IN GYM Program Includes Jungle Animal Act, Acrobatics, Dancing and Musical Features. Best traditions of the “big top” were upheld by the Boys' Club of Washing- ton last night in presenting an indoor to | circus before a capacity crowd in the club gymnasium, 230 C street. All the accessories from red lemonade to the were in evidence: clowns capered and freaks held forth 1;: t;:r:iyde al}fiw. mfl: w:.nfiers extolled y Mulligan, the barker. ‘The program launched by a parade, offered a jungle animal act, some as- tounding feats by acrobats, as well as dancers, while a musical feature was contributed by the Boys’ Independent ‘With Theodore Tiller as ringmaster, the De Molay Tumblers and Boys’ Club Balancers won popular aj val, as did the mmmnw of four girl pupils of Miss ., The_circus, planned and directed by A. L. Patterson, netted funds to be ap- plied on new equipment for the gym- nasfum. 2,500 FLY OVER CITY. Four Days’ Records of Four Com- mercial Flying Fields Reported. pproximately 2,500 aerial sightseers h.Av‘: b:s’m mlv’&nn m‘ '.hed. ’:uonnl Capl iring past four from fou-?un‘n’:«ds}ngdml fields here and in 3 Un I numbers of children e e L :m ranged in age from a few e el PLAN DANCE AND PARTY. Event Is Scheduled for Saturdey Night at Willard Hotel. ¢