Evening Star Newspaper, October 4, 1929, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Fair, continued cool tonight; tomor- row increasing cloudiness. Temperatures: Highest, 66, at 4:15 am. yesterday; lowest, 49, at 10 a.m. to day. Full report on page 9. Late N. Y. Markets, Pages 14 and 15 b \ ‘WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ¢ Foening Sfar, The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press news service. Yesterday’s Circulation, 112,519 No. 31,202, (0L omee Wa Iniered as second class matte! 5 D, C shington, « WASHINGTON, D. C, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1929—FIFTY-EIGHT PAGES. e () Means Associ ed Press. TWO CENTS. MDONALD LEAVES FOR CAPITAL AFTER HOUR IN NEW YORK: RECEIVES PLAUDITS Accident Narrowly Averted‘ as Premeir Prepares to Step on Gang Plank to Board Tug Macom. FORT JAY GUNS THUNDER NINETEEN-GUN SALUTE Throng Massed at City Hall Park Breaks Into Wild Applause. Walker and Flynn Greet Distin- guished British Visitor in Name of City and State. B: the Associated Press. NEW YORK, October 4.— Cheered through the streets ov thousands who lined lower Broad- way, J. Ramsay MacDonald, prime | minister of Great Britain, passed through this Eastern gateway of America today on an e nd of peace to the Nation's Capital. | ‘The special train taking him to Washington and the conferences with President Hoover on limita- | tion of naval armaments, whicia are the purpose of his visit, pulled | out shortly before noon, scarce‘.;f‘. more than an hour after he had | landed at the Battery. | But during that brief period he had ample opportunity to judgei the sentiment of the people whosc | President he had come to see.| ‘The north end of the Battery wasi black with crowds and all along| Broadway they filled the side- walks. City Hall plaza crammed with other thousands who cheered as the prime mini ter entered the City Hall to be presented the freedom of the city by Mayor James J. Walker. From that ceremony Mr. Mac-| Donald and his party were es- corted direct to the Pennsylvania station, where the special train was waiting. | Accident Narrowly Averted. | - 'An accident was narrowly averted at | Quarantine when a hawser holding th- | Macom against the Berengaria, parted | just as Mr. MacDonald was preparing o _step aboard the gangplank. The Macom slid back several feet, al- most pulling the gangplank off her | deck. Mr. MacDonald was waved back | and a new hawser quickly adjusted. | He and his party then clamered aboard the bobbing city tug. A police band in an accompanying tug played “Briticannia Rules the ‘Waves” as the party left the Beren- garia. In the little cabin of the Macom. jammed almost to suffocation by a| hundred or more reporters, Mr. Mac- | Donald submitted to an interview. Speaks of Purpose of Visit. ! After scveral minor questions, the | British Prime Minister, his voice deep | with feeling, turned to the purposz of his visit to this country. know that I shall find here a great treasure of good will toward Eng- Jand,” he said, and then aftir a few remarks concerning the proposed con- versations with President Hoover, said: “If we (England and America) stand side by side for peace, who can stand against us?” y He was dressed in formal morning attire, a sprig of heather in his but- tonhole, held fast by a bit of plaid ribbon. While her father was being inter- viewed in the main cabin, Miss Ishbel was in another cabin with a group of women reporters, She was smiling and light-hearted, but 1 hesitant_to ~(Continued on Page 4, Column 4.) “SCARFACE A‘L” CAPONE AGAIN DENIED LIBERTY By the Associated Press. PHILADELPHIA, October 4.—Al- | phonse “Scarface Al" Capone, Chicago | gang leader, lost another battle today in his effort to free himself from the penitentiary, where he is serving a year's sentence for carrying a loaded pistol. The petition for a parole for himself and Frank Cline, his bodyguard, also | serving a one-year sentence, was dis- missed by the Municipal Court. “Tuner” Gets 26 in Raid. LITTLE ROCK, Ark., October 4 (P).—Arrested as a sequel to six weeks’ | activities by a Federal undercover agent, posing as a piano tuner, 26 al- | Jeged Federal prohibition law violators | faced preliminary hearing today before | United States commissioners. Ten of the prisoners were white and 16 colored They were arrested yesterday in a series of raids near Devalls Bluff, Ark. | dent and Mrs. Hoover. AMERICA’S DISTINGUISHED GUEST RAMSAY MACDONALD. MILIFARY HONORS i 10 1ARK ARRNAL OFPRIVE MINSTER acDonald Today With All Possible Tributes. | | | | | MacDonald. p of Britain, today becomes the Nation's guest in the National Capital. He and his official party and Mr. Stim- | Secretary of State, will arrive at | Tnion Sation at 4 pm., coming| directly here from New York, where Mr. MacDona'd landed this morning. Ra minister G Washington has prepared to welcome | Kelly, formally opened its inquiry at| its distinguished guest warmly and with | every possible honor. The determina- | tion of the head of the British Labor government to come to Washington for a conference with President Hoover on Anglo-American relations generally and limitation in particular w. y received in this country. While Mr. MacDonald and his daughter, Miss Ishbel MacDonald, will be guests at the British embassy this afternoon, | tonight and tomorrow morning, they will go to the White House tomorrow aiternoon to become the guests of Presi- Troops to Escort Premier, The British premier and his party | will be received at the Union Station | this afternoon with the customary mil- | itary honors reserved for the most dis- | tinguished guests of the Nation. United | States Marines, a battalion of Field Artillery and two troops of Cavalry from Fort Myer have been ordered to| meet them. The Marines and the Field | Artillery will act as a guard of honor, and the Cavalry troops will be Mr. MacDonald's escort up historic Penn- sylvania avenue and to the British embassy. The United States Army Band will play four flourishes and “God Save the Kinf and “The Star Spangled Banner,” upon Mr. MacDon- ald’s arrival at the station. When Mr. MacDouald and his party | and Secretary Stimson enter the Union | Station, they will be received by the Undersecretary of State, accompanied by George Akerson, secretary to the President; the President’s military and naval aids the Assistant Secretaries of State, lbur J. Karr, William R. Castle, jr.; Francis White and Nelson T, Johnson: J. Theodore Marriner, chief of the Western European division; James Clement Dunn, chief of the di-| vision of international conferences on protocol, and by Ronald Ian Campbell, counselor of the British embassy, ac- companied by the British embassy staff. In White House automobiles, the party will be driven to the British em- basey on Connecticut avenue. Sir Esme Howard, the British Ambassador, met Mr. MacDonald in New York and ac- companied him to Washington. Will Call at White House. After a brief rest at the Embassy, Mr, MacDonald will pay his first call in this country, a call upon the Presi- dent at the White House. He will be accompanied by his daughter and by the British Ambassador and Lady Isa- bella Howard. It is expected that this visit will be of short duration, with an exchange of courtesies on both sides. Then the British premier will return to the embassy for an evening of rest and informality. At 7 o'clock he will receive, (Continued on Page 4, Column 7.) GRIFFITH INVITES TO WITNESS FINAL BALL GAMES Daughter of British Premier America’s Favorite Sport. Miss Ishbel MacDonald, daughter of Great Britain's premier, may see her first game of American base ball during her brief visit in Washington. Hearing that she had expressed a desire before leaving England to wit- ness an exhibition of America’s fa- vorite sport on its native heath, Clark Griffith, president of the Washington base ball club, today extended to Miss MacDonald and her distinguished fa- ther the courtesies of Griffith Stadium for the two final games of the season. In the hope that both the premier and his daughter may find time to 13 AMISS M’DONALD Has Expressed Desire to See visit the ball park without interrupting the routine of their engagement, Mr. Griffith announced that the President's box would be reserved for them to- morrow and Sunday for the final games with the Boston Red Sox. Miss MacDonald is familiar only with British cricket and, being a mod- ern young woman who keeps abreast of times, she had looked forward to an opportunity of comparing the fine points of that game with those of base ball as played in the United States. She will be a guest of Mrs. Hoover at the White House tomorrow and Sunday, so it is not known at this time whether she will be able to ac- ALLEN AND CHANCE ABSENT AS BOARD OPENS POLICE U1 was Capital Prepares to Welcome Investigation in McPherson ment's Bureau of Investigatior Case Delayed Half a Day by Witnesses. If a day by the failure of witnesses to appear, the spe- cial board appointed by the District Commissioners to investigate the grand jury’s charges against Inspector Wil- liem S -Shelbyjand Lieut. Edward J.| " :30 o'clock this afternoon. James T. Scott, one of the 23 mem- | bers ot the grand jury which returned | ¢ an indictment for murder against Rob- ert McPherson and criticized severely the conduct of Shelby and Kelly in their conduct of the investigation into his wife's mystericus death, was the first witness to face the board of in- | quiry, composed of Corporation Counsel | Willlam W. Bride and Maj. Donald A. | Davison, Assistant Engineer Commis- sioner. Merritt O. Chance, foreman of the discharged grand jury, and Policeman Robert J. Allen, “whose independent probe of th: death of Mrs. Virginia Mc- Pherson brought about the grand jury’s action, who were scheduled to testify at the init'al session of the board, did not appear and left Bride and Davison stranded. Allen Explains Absence. The board received no word from Chance, but Allen previously notified it that he would not testify since he had not been restored to duty. ‘The policcman has boen under sus- pension for scveral weeks because of his “unauthorized investigation of the case.” Handicapped by the lack of authority to subpoera witnesses, there was noth- ing for the Board to do after Chance and Allen had failed to appear but to adjourn. It expects better luck, how- ever, at the afternoon session, which is adjourn at its morning session. Four witnesses were notified to be present this afternoon. They are James T. Scott, Samuel P. Agnew, Alman Q. Ellington and Willlam B. Hubbs, all members of the discharged grand jury. Hubbs is the taxi driver who served as clerk of the jury. Two Ask Open Hearing. As a prelude to the morning session of the board which never got under way, Shelby and Kelly, through counsel, de- manded that the star chamber investi- gation be suspended and that they be given an opportunity to vindicate their reputations before the Police Trial Board, where sessions are held in the open and witnesses can be subpoenaed and cross-examined. ‘The board took the demand under advisement. Belief was _expressed, however, that charges could not be drawn against Shelby and Kelly on the basis of the conclusions set forth in the grand jury’s report. Shelby .was represented by Henry I. Quinn and_George E. Strong. Kelly's counsel is James A, O'Shea. The two veteran police officers were not present when their deman to the board, but renfained in an office adjoining Brides’ where the investi- gation is to be held. ‘The lawyers went into conference with the fwo-man board avout 9:30 o'clock and remained until 10:15, 1o minutes after the investigation origi- nally was scheduled to start. Attorneys Reveal Action. Quinn and’ O'Shea announced to newspaper men as_thay left Bride's office that they had filed with vhe board (Continued on Page 2, Column 1.) ALBANIA BREAKS. Minister Notifies Turkey of Sev- erance of Relations. TRIANA, Albania, October 4 ().— The Albnntli?n m::h:gze,«- st ‘f;l:zora to- is nof e ] govern- gi.e};xt of his 1¥emm hon’:‘ev and of break- ing off of relations between Turkey and Albania. Failure of Turkey thus far to Tt the monarchist regime in Albania was assigned as a reason for the action. cept the offer of the courtesies of the hd, park. |Radio Programs—Page 43. were presented | mioht LASKEY T0° DIRECT U.S.PROSECUTIONIN IPHERSON'S TRIAL, MITCHELL REVEALS | Department of Justice “Reg- uisitions” Ex-District At- torney, Who Will Appear at Arraignment Tomorrow. CRACK FEDERAL AGENTS CALLED IN FOR PROBE | | | i i Bureau of Investigation Brings in “Best Men"” From Over Country to Help—Blease Introduces Reso- lution for Thorough Inquiry of | | | i ! ] { Local Officials and Police. i ! John E. Laskey, former district |attorney and veteran of many criminal prosecutions, has been “requisitioned” by the Department ! | of Justice to conduct the prosecu- tion of Robert A. McPherson, jr., |young bank clerk accused of SLUP IN STOCK '% WELCOME A | strangling his wife to death with a pajama cord. i Laskey will make his first public | jappearance in the exlraordinaryf role assigned him by the Govern- ! ment when McPherson is ar-| |raigned in Criminal Court tomor- | 1‘ row under a special grand jury in- idictment charging “wilful and| | premeditated” murder. Attorney General Mitchell an- nounced Laskey's appointment as | “special assistant” following a! |conference between the two this| ! morning at the Department of Justice. At the same time some of |the “best men” of the depart. | | |were called hére from various| | parts of the country to take part im the Federal probe of the casc. | While the judicial branch of the Gov- | | ernment interested itself in the crime | proper, the legislative halls of the Capi- tol were stirrcd ancw with echoes of | | the grand. jury's condemnation of the | | police investigation of the girl's myste- | rious death. “7" Wiease Wants Action. Senator Cole Blease of South Caro- |lina, from whose neighboring State| | young Virginia McPherson came to the Capital, introduced a resolution calling | or a sweeping senatorial investigation | of the Police Department, the district | | aitorney’s office and other local au- | thovities connected with the alleged “bungling” of the case. | A municipal investigation along this ! line, launched by the District Com- missioners, met with obstacles at the very outset today, when two of the | “star” witnesses failed to appear. These witnesses, Foreman Merritt O. Chance of the McPherson grand jury and Po- liceman Robert J. Allen, instigator of the grand jury inquiry, had been sum- moned as witnesses likely to support the grand jury’s arraignment of In- spector Shelby and Lieut. Kelly, de- posed heads of the detective force. These veteran officers have been ac- cused of inefficiency and other serious things as an outgrowth of the sensa- { ;ional developments before the grand ury. - Mitchell's Announcement. { Attorney General Mitchell announced the appointment of Mr. Laskey in the following official statement, made pub- | lic shortly before noon today: “The department has requisitioned the services of J. E. Laskey of Wash- ington to take charge of the McPherson | case as a special assistant. | “The appointn@nt has been urged | upon him as a matter of public service, ! and he has accepted it on that basis. “He is a leading member of the par of the District of Columbia, of high attainments and good judgment. Hav-| ing some years ago served as United States attorney for the District, he has had experience as a prosecutor. The | department is satisfied he will deal with this case in a dignified and judi- cial way, without regard to any col-| lateral controversies that have arisen.” | Mr. Laskey was in conference with the Attorney General in the Ilatter's private office at the Department of Jus- tice this morning. It is understood he went over with the Attorney. General | the principles involved and he is now ready to proceed with his new re- sponsibility. Allen Refuses to Appear. Under suspension from his dutles as a policeman and consequently not sub- ject to orders of the Police Depart- ment, Officer Allen today refused to appear before the special board of inquiry investigating grand jury charges of inefficiency on the part of Inspector Shelby and Lieut. Kelly. Because of his failure to obtain rein- statement in the department, Allen de- clared that he has been forced to seek | employment in order that some salary be forthcoming. If, however, he is able to find a position and obtain money, he probably will appear before the board of inquiry later. Allen’s theories concerning ‘“‘mystery witnesses” are becoming as mysterious as the demise of the young nurse, the cause of whose death he is endeavor- ing to prove. Yesterday Allen declared that he had located such a witness. At an aus- picious moment he would reveal the witness’ identity and connection with the case, he said. Later He denied that he had knowledge of a witness who could throw further light on the death of Mrs_ McPherson, but last night he again“mentioned such & per- son. This morning he again denied his previous statement. If such a witness is discovered, Allen declared, he immediately would form the Department of Justice and let its investigators probe the matter. Pratt Probes Memo “Leak.” e vesbgation 1o deter- toda an inve lon r- mmzy why a third precinct policeman'’s memorandum to Capt. W. G. Stott, commat that precinct, concerning a_re] that the suicide of a local phyam might be connected in some (Continued on Page 2, Column 4) 192D BOMB OF YEAR PRIGES IS CHECKED Market Turns Upward in Early Afternoon as Selling | Pressure Lifts. ‘ By the Associated Press. 1 NEW YORK, October 4—After a morning of falling prices, which carried large numbers of shares 1 to 20 points | below yesterday's close, stock prices headed upward around noon today. ! The volume of trading was exception- | lly heavy and at that hour the ticker | tape was about 45 minutes late. The increase of $43,000,000 in Fed- eral Reserve brokers’ loans, announced after the close of the market last night, following within 24 hours the an- | nouncement that Stock Exchange mem- | ber loans had increased nearly $670.- | 000,000 last month, caused heavy seil- | ing for both long and short accounts, | during the first two hours, blocks | f :.000 to 10,000 shares chang- 2 ent. vals. .. Huna. ened marginal accounts were closed out because of the un- willingness or inability of speculators to put up more collateral. U. S. Steel common, Anaconda, Mont- gomery-Ward and scores of other re- cent leaders sagged to new low levels on the current decline. New low rec- ords for the year were established bVJ Chrysier, Studebaker, Marmon, Yellow | Truck, International Combustion, Gen- eral Foods, Kolster Radio and Warner | Bros. Pictures, some of which sold at less than half of the year's hij People's Gas broke $19. National Cash Register dropped $5.25. Allied Chemical, Norfolk & Western, Auburn Auto and Detroit Edison fell $3 to $4 a share. Scores of others sagged $1 or $2 a share. | | MAIL FRAUD BANKER | WINS DELAYED TRIAL Defense Counsel Granted More Time to Prepare in New York Court. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, October 4—The trial of Charles Delos Waggoner, bank presi- dent of Telluride, Colo., on an indict- ment charging him with mail fraud, was delayed until October 10 in Fed- | eral Court today. Judge Alfred C. Coxe advanced the date upon motion of Waggoner's attor- ney, Allan B. Campbell, who asked for more time to arrange defense. The motion was granted over the pro- test of Charles H. Tuttle, United States attorney, who demanded an immediate trial for the banker in consideration of a large number of witnesses summoned from the West. RUINS CHICAGO STORE Front of South Side House Is Blown Out—=Several Families Are Stunned. By the Assoclated Press, CHICAGO, October 4. — Chicago’s ninety-second bomb of the year, and the third in less than three days, early today blew out the front of a cigar store in Englewood, on the South Side. Several families living above the store were thrown from their beds and stun- ned. A passerby was cut by glass. Police believed the bombing was an incident in a gamblers’ war. SALVATIONISTS WIN. Nashville Business Judge Grants Street Service Permit. NASHVILLE, Tenn., October 4 (#).— Freedom to conduct services at any place and any time was the privilege of ! the Salvation Army here today follow- ing dismissal by City Judge Guild Smith of charges brought by city police | against Commandant W. E. Graham. Graham had been charged with “re- fusing to move on when told to do 3 by an officer” and “obstructing traffic’ while conducting services at the en- trance to the Arcade Bi Ing. er- chants told police the services interferec l with business. Slain Woman's Mate Freed. ALLENTOWN, Pa.. October 4 (#).— Roy Van Wagenen was ‘oday acquitted | of the charge of killing his wife by throwing her out of his automobile. The jury had deliberated 20 hours. | serve Woman Asks Court To Muzzle Hungry Kin Raiding Larder By the Associated Press. MINNEAPOLIS, October 4.— Mrs. Agnes Hiller of Minneapolis has so many hungry relatives with large families who take ad- vantage of her well-stocked lard- er that she has gone to court in an effort to get away from them. The means she secks is to change her name to Agnes Sulli- van and then to move to a new home. She petitioned the Dis- trict Court- here to grant the change. With the new name she hopes to throw all the uncles, aunts and cousins off the scent of the pantry, and thus enable her better to provide for her three children. She is a widow. FLEET SALE PROBE URGED BY SENATOR Fletcher of Florida Advocates Investigation of Report on Ships’ Low Prices. Investigation of the charges made by Controller General McCarl that the Shipping Board has sold its fleet at| “exceedingly low prices” and to “jere- sponsible companies” was advocated today by Senator Fletcher of Florida, ranking Democrat on the commerce committee. Defending the board's sales program, however, Chairman Jones of the Senate commerce committee said if an investi- gation is necessary it should be ordered by the President. Senator Fletcher has been a foe throughout of the sale of the Govern- ment fleet at reduced prices. He said he had under consideration a proposal authorizing the inquiry. Senator Jones, in discussing the M- Carl report, declared, “We have known all along that the ships were being sold far below their icost, but we also have known that the shipping board got the best price it could get for them.” Most, if not all, House ' merchant marine committee, which probably will be called upon to begin action on the report, were out of the city, meanwhile, and the attitude they might take was not indicated. BLEASE IS NAMED TO D. C. COMMITTEE South Carolinan to Fill Vacancy Caused by the Death of Senator Tyson. Senator Cole Blease, Democrat, of South Carolina, was selected today to All the vacancy in the Democratic membership of the Senate District com- mittee. Announcement of his appoint- ment was made by Minority Leader Robinson of Arkansas. The vacancy was caused by the death several weeks ago of Senator Tyson of Tennessee. The appointment of Senator Blease came almost at the same time that he was introducing his resolution seeking to have the District committee launch an investigation of the Police Depart- ment and other agencies of the Kk government. Although Senator Blease will be a new member on the District committee, he has taken part in the debates on local questions frequently since he has been in the Senate. Senator Blease was born in Newberry County, South Carolina, in 1868. After attending grade schools in South Caro- lina, he came to Washington and was graduated at Georgetown University Law School in 1889. After practicing law in South Carolina for some time he became a member of the State House of Representatives. Later he was in the South Carolina Senate, and ed as 1911 to 1915. United States Senate in 1924. Publisher Victim of Paralysis. ATHENS, g‘xfln. -October 4 UP).— erick W. Bush, 62, publisher of the ?z;‘;n- ue!unzer and ‘3‘;. of the best known newspaper publishers in Ohio, died at his mw here today from ke of B‘“’"’" which -he suffered :tcmbl.l F Tuesday. Funeral services will be held Sunday. members of the | Qua ORY ACTNOWCLASS LAV, BUTLER AVERS | Enforcement Policy Rapped by Marine Leader Before Crime Probers. Maj. Gen. Smedley D. Butler of the United States Marine Corps yesterday afternoon told President Hoover's Na- ‘uuna! Commission on Law Observance | and Enforcement what he thinks about | prohibition. Appearing as an authority before two | members of the commissions prohibition | subcommittee, Gen. Butler is believed to have frankly told Chairman George |W. Wickersham and Judge William S. ;Kenyon it is his studied opinion that {the prohibition law has been trans- formed by the method of its enforce- {ment into “the grossest piece of class | legislation in the country’s history.” tracting no attention, Gen. "utler, now | command#fit” of the Marine base at presented himself to the commission’s headquarters promptly at 2:30 o'clock. He appeared in response to an invitation extended by Judge Kenyon. He was closeted with the Wy- oming jurist Chairman Wickersham and other members of the commission | for more than two hours. Many of Phases Studied. Availing themselves of an opportunity | to hear from the famous Marine officer | who for three years served as director of public rafety in Philadelphia, the members of Mr. Hoover's fact-finding on prohibition enforcement and recom- mendations, based on his experience at Philadelphia and elsewhere. Several members of the commission met Gen. Butler for the first time. The occasion was taken advantage of as an opportu- many of the phases of law enforcement general and prohibition enforcement |in particular. enforcement method is “using 16-inch guns to kill sparrows.” That conclu- sion, he said, is based on three years as a civilian officer trying to stamp out saloons and speakeasies in Philadel- phia, an experience as commandant at the San Diego, Calif., Marine base, where at one time prohibition violations were flagrant among officers and en- listed men, and more frequently at Quantico, where he ruled the town of ntico “out of bounds” to Marines until civillan officers cleaned out boot- leggers and speakeasies. . Prohibition enforcement will be in- effective to the point of failure, Gen. Butler believes, as long as the enforce- ment officers “snoop aroand after half pints on the hip and let the racketeers and king bootleggers do business un- hindered.” In jllustration, he described his cam- paign against breweries in Philadel- phia. Talking informally, but candidly, Gen. Butler asserted that he succeeded time and again in closing up speak- easies in the city only to learn others had opened within a few hours. He couldn’; close the breweries, despite that he had indicments with 400 counts re- turned against them. Not one indict- ment was brought to trial during his three years' service, he said. “Breeds Disrespect.” Citing that fact as evidence of the real source of illicit liquor, a source, he said, that flows freely while the “little fellows” are being stopped, only to start again, Gen. Butler went further to de- clare that the system of enforcement is breeding dlsreslpect for lJaw amng citi- zens. One incident of his Philadelphia command he recalled as a case in point. A aoueemnn forced his way into a private residence, arrested eight men and women for possessing alcoholic beverage and took them to a station house. Next day he suggested that it required bravery to face eight persons singlehanded. Gen. Butler called him Attired in civilian clothes and at-| commission heard Gen. Butler's views | nity to discuss, informally and at length, | Gen. Butler holds the view that the | RIOT LEADERS TAKE OWNLIVES AND END CONVICT MUTINY IN WHICH 13 ARE SLAIN i150 Prisoners Surrender in Colcrado Penitentiary After Guards, Held as Hostages, Are Murdered by Mutineers. \CATHOLIC PRIEST HELD l HERO OF BITTER FIGHT | |Dramatic Climax Comes | When | | Desperadoes Realize Efforts to Gain Freedom Are Futile; Bodies of Men Tossed From Cell House After Executions. CANON CITY, Colo., October 4. —A definite end of the prolonged and chaotic prison riot at the Colorado State Penitentiary came early today just after a crisp gray dawn broke over the mutiny- racked institution. The beseiged convicts, more than 150 of them, walked from cell house No. 3 in orderly fashion, their hands held high over their heads. Thirteen lives was the toll of the day and night of warfare and massacre within the walls. Five men were wounded, at least two | seriously. Following is the death list: Guards—Elmer Erwin, C. W. | Rinker, R. P. Brown, John J. Elles, Robert Abe Wiggins, Charles | Shepherd and John W. McClel- land. ‘ Convicts—Danny Daniels, Albert Morgaridge, James Pardue, George | (Red) Riley, A. H. Davis, Charles Davis, a brother. In addition, three other guards | and two members of the attacking | forces were wounded. The more seriously wounded guards are { Marvin Duncan and Robert Good- win, The exodus of the convicts followed | tnmediately on rceipt of news that Il-he ringlcaders of the rebelllon had i shot themselves during the early hours |of the morning. | Without opposition the guards swarmed nto the inclosure about the cell house and surrounded the convicts, Leaders Commit Suicide. One of the guards who came out w.th the convicis said Danny Daniels, Major Davis and “Red” Riley, three of the knowr instigators of the riot, had committed suicide. The end of the riot came after half a day and a night of furious fighting during which guards, held hostage by the embattled prisoners, were murdered when their demands to Warden Francis E. Crawford for safe conduct from th2 | prison wete refused. During the riot dynamite, barrages of machine gun and rifi> bullets and tear gas bombs failed to vanquish the prisoners, Guards rushing into the cell house today found th: bodies of the ring- leaders, dead apparently about two hours. It was noted the rebzllion had calmed about two hours before the gxi‘s&uncrs marched from their strong- old. and Fifteen feet inside of the door lay the body of one of the guards, mur- dered last night by Daniels, the con- victs said. A few feet further along lay the body of Daniels himself, leader of the riot and known executioner of at least three defenseless guards. | The entering men came also upon | the bodies of James Pardue and Major | Davis, other ringleaders. It was evi- dent they had shot themselves, the shots that killed them having been fired at close range. The features of the dead mutineers were mutilated. The convicts had made provision for a long siege. In one of the cells they had stacked 25 huge loaves of prison bread. Two long butcher knives that might have been used as weapons were found nearby. Marvin Duncan still was alive when taken from his cell. He was removed to Holmes Hospital. Pre- viously Duncan had been numbered among the dead Guards Murdered. Inside the building the bodies of Charles Shepherd and John W. McClel- |land, guards held hostage, also were found. These two guards, it appeared, had been murdered when the rioting was at its height last night. Brutally murdered in retaliation for the refusal of Warden Crawford to grant the embattled convicts a “safe getaway,” the bodles of four guards were tossed from the windows of cell house No. 3 during the night. The first guard shot was J. J. Elles, He was thrown from the building while still living and his body was borne from the inclosure by convicts told off by the ringleaders. He died soon after- ward in a hospital. After that, one by one, three other guards were slain and their bodies thrown from the building as the des- perate convicts made good their threat (Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) (Continued on Page 2, Column 8.) ~ Luckily, William Hamilton Bones is But consider this paradox: Being a goat, William won't be a goat, now that the Army has moved to “eliminate” - undesirables trom the stable at Nineteenth and C streets. Things looked bad for Willlam at first. The War Department appointed 2 board to look over the tenants at Wii~ liam's “with a view to elimi- nn'ulsx unsuitable and unneeded ani- mals.” | Imagine Willlam's embarrassment. “BILL” BONES WON'T BE THE GOAT IN ARMY’S STABLE CLEAN-UP Rather, He Is, and Isn’t, So Keeps Home Since Order Applies to Mules and Horses. ‘The board was duly constituted—Col. Guy V. Henry, Cavalry: Lieut. Col. Ben Lear, jr., Inspector General's Depart- ment, and Maj. Ernest G. Cullum, Quartermaster Corps. It also is to look over the stables at Fort Myer, Va. Fearing that the Secretary of State's goat was about to lose a happy home, a wild-eyed reporter made inquiry at Army headquarters. “That order applies to horses and mules,” he was informed. “not goats.” Neither a horse nor a mule, but just a h‘r:“' ‘William must have thanked his s