Evening Star Newspaper, October 22, 1929, Page 23

THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON. D. €., TUESDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1929. FORMER GOVERNOR HALED INTO COLRT Sidney J. Catts of Florida Ac- | cused of Aiding and Abet- ting Counterfeit Ring. By the Ansociated Press. TAMPA, Fla., October 22—Sidney J. Catts of Defuniak Springs, war-time | governor of Florida and twice since a candidate for that position, went on trial {n Federal Court here yesterday on | charges of aiding and abetting an al- | iCity Hearse Driver| Gets Wrong Number | And Smiles About It SomberMonotony Broken by Baby’s Tiny Fist and Blue Eyes. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, October 22.—Joe Becak | probably has the saddest job in all that long and strangely varied list of voca- tions followed by New York's 7.000.000. In almost every other calling—even in that of epitaph carver, for instance— there comes now and then a relieving touch of humor. But not in Joe’s—at least not until today. leged counterfeiting ring that Federal | operatives sald made counterfeit $100 | Federal Reserve notes with the in- | tention of disposing of them in New | York. City. | Catts is under two Federal indict- ments, including nine counts. of aiding and abetting the operations of the ring. | Prosecutor Outlines Charges. | The day's activities included the se- lection of a jury, and the outlining by W. J. Froelich of Government counsel | of the Government's course of action in the case. Froelich and Alfred Page of | the Attorney General's office in Wash- ington are assisting District Attorney | W. P. Hughes of Jacksonville in prose- | cuting the case. { The former governor was indicted by & Federal grand jury In April in con- nection with the alleged counterfeiting. Indicted at the same time were Julian | Diaz. Tampa attorney, who is now | gerving n 5-year term at the Atlanta | Federal Penitentiary for counterfeiting: | Leah Burwell, Diazs secretary; Mateor Mir and Armando Domingues. Diaz was brought here as a witness in the Catts trial. along with Miss Burwell, who is out on bond pending trial. . Attorneys indicated Dominguez would also be called. Aged Defendant Indifferent. The:aged former governor sat throug! the déy's session with apparently littl interest in the proceedings. Beside | him st his son, Rosler, while another son, Sidn Catts, jr., of the defense | counsel, sat with attorneys in the case. Froelich outlined the Government's | plan of action just before the court re- | cessed until this morning. He sald the Government would in- troduce evidence to show that Catts | had furnished $5.000 to finance th operations of the alleged ring under the | direction of Diaz. | Opposing counsel indicated the trial ‘would last for several days. GIRL IS EXONERATED IN SLAYING OF MAN| | | | Colored Employe Made Improper Advances, She Tells Coroner. By the Associated Press. SELMA, Ala,, October 22.—A coroner’s Jury last night returned a verdict of | Jjustifiable homicide in the case of Miss Esther Barnes, 20, who surrendered to Sheriff R. F. Hamner after shooting and killing Edward King, 27-year-old | colored man, who, she said, made im- proper advances toward her. ‘The sheriff released her after the inquest was completed. Miss Barnes telephoned authorities after she had fired one shot from a small caliber pistol into King's throat. She told officers she was at her home, | 14 miles from here, with two small children, when King, who was employ- ed as a chore boy, entered and made improper advances. She ordered him | away, she said, and when he returned later, she shot him. 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Send coupon below.” Folices & sent By morl e or are not & .00 ur death cause whatsoever, excepting suicide. Complying with the printed instruc- tions on the top sheet of a batch handed him by his superor, Joe, who drives the | city hearse, climbed the stairs of a| stone-faced flat on Haven avenue. He came to claim for the morgue the body of the baby certified by the physician to have been stillborn. It was the first and only child of Mrs. Irene Stowell, who scarcely looks her 17 years. Joe thought less of his job than ever. As he gathered up the tiny bundle, | a fold fell away, two questioning blue eyes opened and a til fist clenched. o number,” ~said Joe, and hastened back to his dismal job, com- | pressing his smiling lips, possibly to | avoid a joyful whistle. One doesn't | whistle when one is driver of the city hearse. But, anyway, Joe had had one “break” in his round of gloom. Law Delegate Is Named. Special Cable to The Star. SANTIAGO. 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