Evening Star Newspaper, November 11, 1929, Page 25

RIORDAN SUICIDE LAID TO INSANITY Ecclesiastical Authorities Agree With Medical Ex- aminer’s Ruling. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, November 11.—The suicide of James J. Riordan, banker and friend and business associate of Alfred E. Smith, was regarded by civil and ecclesiastical authorities today as due to_insanity. Riordan, president of the County ‘Trust Co., of which Smith is a director, shot himself Friday. News of the suicide was suppressed by Dr. Charles Norris, chief medical examiner, until after the bank's regular closing hour Saturday. ‘Temporary insanity was given as the reason for the suicide in Dr. Norris’ official report. He said his theory was based on statements by two physicians who had attended Mr. Riordan shortly before his death that he had been suf- fering from severe depression and ap- gelred to be upon the verge of a break- lown. Bishop John J. Dunn, in the absence { of Cardinal Hayes in Rome, issued a dispensation to permit burial of Mr. Riordan tomorrow in the consecrated ground of Calvary Cemetery. It was issued on the application of Rev. Pat- rick Drain, rector of St. Bernard's Roman Catholic Church, of which the banker was a parishioner. Burial of suicides in consecrated ground is for- bidden by the church except in case of insanity. Joseph A. Broderick, State superin- tendent of banks, in a statement pub- lished today said that the County Trust Co. was in splendid condition and worthy of every public confidence. A group of Riordan’s friends sald they would show their confidence by making large deposits. Former Gov. Smith, William F. Kenny and John J. Raskob, chairman of the Democratic national committee, visited the office of the trust company yesterday. Mr. Raskob, who was elected tempo- THE Pricke said, in view of Siermen, ot e pard o thve ot | PANTAGES, GUARDED, |pivtiioy™te” i Shpicnson o e by Mr. Riordan tion. Judge any stock speculal and adced that the banker h:d not borrowed any money from the trust company for any purpose. Mr. Riordan was 48 years old and generally regarded as very wealthy. He was raised on the lower East Side in the neighborhood where Mr. Smith sfint his boyhood. When he organized the County Trust Co. in 1925 Mr. Smith opened the first account with a deposit of $355. Mr. Riordan was organizer of the United States Trucking Co. Mr. Smith was once chairman of the board. Mr. Riordan was a generous contributor to Mr. Smith’s campaign funds. They were golf cronies. STATE POLICE LINKED BY TELEGRAPH LINES Pennsylvania to Have System of Automatic Wire Printers—To Aid Crime Apprehension. By the Associated Press. HARRISBURG, Pa.—The advan- tage of the criminal with a high- speed automobile will be offset in Penn- sylvania by installation of a system | of instantaneous communication among all police departments. Through an appropriation of $260,000 by the Legislature, 100 cities and con- trol points of the State police and high- way patrol will be connected on January 1 by the telegraph-typewriter machine that has gained wide use in business, | particularly by newspapers. The discovery of a crime will be im- mediately flashed to all police head- | quarters, with all data that might aid in_apprehension. Maj. Lynn G. Adams, superintendent |of the State police, has selected cities along the two main thoroughfares of the State, the Willlam Penn and the Lincoln highways, approximately 20 miles apart, for the installation. The system will also be empioyed to aid in such matters as tracing lost air- planes, and advising aviators of weather conditions. Autograph Album for Hoover. TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras, Novem- ber 11 (#).—An autograph album for President Hoover as a souvenir of his ‘South American trip last Winter has been brought here by Ose Serricchio, Argentine newspaper man. It is to con- tain the signatures of Presidents and cabinet, members of all Latin American countries. TO VISIT SICK WIFE Theatrical Magnate, Under Prison Sentence for Attack on Co-ed Dancer, Planning Appeal. By the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES, November 11.—Alex- ander Pantages, theatrical magnate, sentenced Saturday to 1 to 50 years in State prison at San Quentin for a criminal attack on Eunice Pringle, 17- year-old co-ed dancer, will be taken to his home under guard today to visit his sick wife, Mrs. Lois Pantages. Pantages, immediately after his sen- tence, asked to be allowed to go home. Judge Charles Fricke said he would grant permission if Distriet Attorney Fitts had no objection. Judge Fricke pronounced sentence after denying Pantages a new trial, de- the nature of the crime, he did not think probation should be consid Mrs. Pantages was placed on 10 years' probation Friday when she appeared in court. She was convicted of man- slaughter in connection with the death of Juro Rokumoto, a Japanese, in an au- tomobile crash. The woman was taken to court in a wheel chair. She signed a check in court for $78,500 in settle- ment of damage claims—$63,500 to Mrs. Rokumoto and family and $15,000 to Mrs. Kiku Kawaguchi and her three chu'gren, who were riding with Roku- moto. ered. TR Portugal Repatriates 86 Plotters. LISBON, Portugal, November 11 (#). —The cabinet council yesterday author- ized the return home of 86 officers and non-commissioned officers who were banished to the Azores Islands for par- tul&atlon in a plot against the present dictatorship. Among those included in the amnesty are Gen. Sacardozo, Col. Costa Pinto and Col. Hleder Ribeiro, who played a lead! t in Nt el honen Why Not Try It? 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