Evening Star Newspaper, November 21, 1929, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast) Fair and colder, with lowest tempera- ture about 28 degrees tonight; tomorrow, increasi cloudiness becoming threat- ening. ‘emperatures—Highest, 52, at 4:30 pm. yesterday; lowest, 36, at 7 a.m. today. Full report on page 24. Closing N.Y. Markets, Pages 13,14&15 b ¢ Foen ‘WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ing Star. P D, 31,250, T et B WASHINGTON, D. C., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1929 —SIXTY-FOUR PAGES. %%¥% () Means Associated Press. The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press news service. Yesterday’s Circulation, 112,773 TWO CENTS. [ o 2 DIE, 25 HURT IN BLAST McPherson SHOPPERS TRAPPED AS BOILER EXPLODES IN McCRORY BUILDING Frenzied Rescue Workers Fear More Dead Are Buried in Debris Filling Basement. MANY ON SIDEWALK ARE CAUGHT AS 30-FOOT HOLE IS TORN AT FEET Clothes Are Ripped From Some Victims, Detective Says—Automobiles in Front Are Wrecked. Two unidentified "persons were reported killed and more than a score were injured, many seriously, when the entire front of McCrory's 5 and 10 cent store near Seventh and D streets collapsed today from an explosion of a steam boiler located in the basement in the front part of the establishment. 1t was feared several bodies were buried beneath a jagged mass of concrete and steel, which fell into the front portion of the basement of the building. S%uads of firemen and p this afternoon to remove the the basement when a section of feet wide, collapsed from the conc The bodies of the dead and inj by the terrific blast, the force of Wl ing at the curb. olicemen were working frenziedly late huge chunks of debris which fell into f the sidewalk, 30 feet long and 15 ussion. ured were blown in all directions hich wrecked automobiles stand- Known Injured. The list of known injured included: Ch:rlcs Jacobson, 65, employe of the Hub Furniture Co., residing at 2824 Twelfth street northeast, two fractured le%; bruises. Mrs. Mary Carter, 30, 609 Delafield place, possible internal injuries. Margaret Cockerell, 10 years, of 4725 Arkansas avenue, severe cuts ises on head. lnd‘!;rl:‘ Anna May Cockerell, 32, her mother, of the same address, ises. cu“h}:‘r‘ybg!{sell, 21, of ‘Bast Maple street, North Rosemont, Va., cuml and bruises. ¢ Florence Davis, and bruises. Elizabeth Dorsey, 337 Maryland avenue, Mrs. H. A. Hungerford, Fort Foote, Md., glass. ) b A 1 are said by eye-witnesses to have been remo iromTvzgleChgla‘{)ri;ng steam-filled cavern, their bodies bleeding and bmk’xe':‘e bodies of half a duzent ot}l‘aer in‘J:lurgdc “;;e;ls_ggss were picked t by hospital attaches and res 3 2 fflgtlxg !vlll.reufl'eriehowy wingow and entrance in front of the building was wrecked and windows of adjoining buildings were shaner‘efii. A large plate-glass window of the Mayer Furniture Co., across the street, was blown in by the concussion. t Garfield Hospital, in | d legs and other in-| 18, of 701 South Lee street, Alexafdria, Va., cuts cuts and bruises. cuts about feet by broken Lulu Carter, 25 years old, graduate nurse of a serious condition, believed to have two fracture b ; cuts and bruises. Mary Bird, 25 years old, colored, 2202 M street; cuts an e mmer, 483 Missouri avenue; cuts and bruises. e Alexandria, Va.; cuts and bruises. Mrs. H. Herndon of i ; cuts and bruises. Edna Kent of 508 Eighth street southwest; Cr the first surgeons to Dr. I. Rutkowski of Emergency Hospital, one o.d e G et ittt Ve e, said he pronounced one person de :;r(::;er-cdt:‘; igr;nusen to a ‘l’\osplLIL A check-up at the hospitals failed to disclose the whereabouts of the bodies. Store Filled With Customers. i -Cent store was well filled with customers at the time of e ex- plosl;h 'nggnconrus\nn reigned. The building was emptied quickly, however, | through a door at the far end, which remained intact. P Spectators said a number of injured persons were taken from euc: jmmediately after the explosion in commandeered taxicabs and auwmobd“.cu Tnumber of those receiving minor injuries are thought to have gone rectly to their homes. large blocks of concrete scattered over T s vsicy {oundn:\egl's apparel were around. A woman's . and numerous particles of Wi m’: :;l;eexth the gutter beside the gruesome hole in the sidewalk. Firemen Risk Lives. Fod i t iron pipes had great difficulty in removing the concrete, brukenv cas| and sther debris which iled the lagged recess. Risking thelr own lives beneath Joose portions of overhauging concrete, Jro . the firemen Say with sledges and axes in quest of possible victims un Pra‘had & basement Gepariment and it was feared some of those in the lower Section of the building might have been caught in the blast. e Pne resouers tied ropes and cables around the blocks of steel and concre d cooges of firemen heaved the debris out of the hole and into the street. and seores O fanguard of injured started reaching Emergency Hospital, calls went out to every nurse and ph)‘s}icmn‘én the city who was free to come to 3 ly and lend their aid. e hq‘-’;i“:x);fi:’cfidftm the institution was quickly taxed, and the less. seriously injured were forced to await their time before recciving treatment. Jured Wit the explosion quickly went over the city, and almost Witk the arrival 0f the first of the injured at the hospital, anxious relatives began besieging the place. ; i Bl e r' ¢ho was managing employed on the fourth floo! thw?ggl; 1(3:‘;;9“1&?83»‘“(1:0 front of the |building, said she heard a slight flumh» o e employe |ling noise, followed by @ terrific, “most store, and who perhaps was the SmBRY | i bl explosion.” closer 10 the explosion than, any ot | e Gas wagon, attached to the Dis- E rea. | m m% thoa: St ety | trict of Columbia Fire Department, car- e 5 i ried four persons to the hospital. { [SoaeTE Saple t6isk. Headquarters Detective B. C. Kuehl-| He was standing behind his counter, | ing was serving papers in the vicinity of | with his back to the window, whicll|the explosion when the explosion came. | tirely blown out, when the explo- | He said he saw a vast cloud of steam vas enf Slon took place. When he heard the that seemed to hover over the hole §oise, he turned suddenly around, he |made in front of the two stores, whose said, and saw the front of the store | fronts were wrecked. collapsing and the sidewalk with people | Some. inking below. | Clothes Torn From o endleton, colored operator of | | As the cloud blew aways he said, 7 5 Sixth street SRR clory e O e of ‘the | there was left in the street a great mass Seckient.” | of twisted and broken automobiles, great When Pendleton heard the terrific | gahs of concrete sidewalk and broken explosion he immediately ran to the | gjaqc upper floors of the store and warned all | ® Giothes, he said, were torn off of the employes that the building was unsafe ' yictims of the explosion, in some cases. and carried scores of them to safety In| ' He was the first to send in th2 alarm. his elevator. | Tre injured werc brought to Emer- Pendleton described the explosion as gency Hospital at a time of day when something like an earthquake, Which ' an ynusually large number of doctor: ook the entire building. He said-that | were ai work in the dispensary. The many of the employes were thrown from | staff was quickly organized under the Their feet from the force of the impact. | direction of Dr. Walter Atkinson, Who Geraldine Lampkin, 504 Eighth street | s chief of the staff doctors. who was working on the first floor of | spon0 the outside doctors who were the store, said she was thrown SXOW | ,recent at the hospital at the time of her feet recelved a crulse on the head ipe gocident were Dr. John Shugrue, from the fall. Her version of the ex- |,y cpecialist: Dr. Edward Cafritz, Dr. plosion was $imilar to that of Pendle 0|; Ned Piekford, Dr Willlam Monroe, Dr. Miss Lampkin said that glass nd | jon,"'parner, Dr. John Lyons, Dr. bricks were thrown for nearly half | John Damer Dr. Joho Lyots DF. block from the store and that the | Robert Scott amb, B, My Showcases: and dispiays in the front| man snd Dr. Guy Leeliot, 0 section of the store were completely | Lansburgh _ store, which adjoins the olished. deg‘he sald that she saw at least five people whom she did not know and whom she thought were customers, | Five and Ten Cent store on the rear, } was_just going into the alley when the explosion occurred. A woman, fright- ened by the blast, rushed to the second OPTIMISM REIGNS AS HOOVER TALKS OF BUSINESS PLANS WITH TRADE HEADS Wages Must Go Up, Ford Says, as Industrial Lead- ers Declare Any Reduction Would Be Unwelcgme. EXCHANGE OPINIONS ON WHOLE SITUATION Labor Executives to Assemble at ‘White House This Afternoon With President and Davis to Discuss Part Unions Will Play in Program. Optimism was the keynote of the President’s conference at the White House today with the lead- ing industrialists of the country. No reduction in wages is ex- pected, the heads of some of the leading industries of the country informed President Hoover during the conference. Any move look- ing to a reduction of wages would be an unwelcome surprise, they sald. The indication is that wages generally will be kept up in this country. Henry Ford, in a statement is- sued after the conference, de- clared: Ford Urges Wage Raise. “Nearly everything in this coun- | try is too high priced. The only thing that should be high priced in this country is the man who works. Wages must not come down, they must not even stay on their present level; they must g0 up.” £ Nearly 30 of the representatives of great industries gathered in the cabinet room with the President | today. There was a free ex-| change of views regarding the sit- uation in the industries and in the country generally. Plans| were made to aid in the co-ordi- nation cf industry with agricul- ture, labor and governmental agencies for the promotion of zzontinued prosperity in this coun- ‘ ry. yl'hix afternoon at 3 o'clock the Pres- | ident met with the leaders of American | labor to discuss the part which labor | should play in this plan of co-ordina- | tion of the country's resources. { Impressive Array at Parley. | It was an impressive array of leaders | in American industries who met with the President this morning, bearing names that have become household words_throughout the country. The list follows: Henry Ford, Dearborn, Mich.; Julius Rosenwold, head of Sears, Roebuck Co., Chicago, Iil.; Clarence W. Woolley, American Radiator Co.; Walter Tagle, president of the Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey; Owen D. Young, chairman, General Electric Co.; Matthew 8. Sloan, president New York Edison Co.; E. G. Grace, president, Bethlehem Steel Cor- poration; Myron C. Taylor, chairman, finance committee, U. S. Steel; Alfred P. Sloan, jr., president, General Moters; Pierre du Pont, chairman, Dupont Co.; Walter Gifford, president, American Telephone & Telegraph Co.; Samuel W. Reyburn, president, Lord & Taylor Co.; president, R. H, Macy ; William Butterworth, president, United States Chamber of Commerce; E. J. Kulas, president, Otis Steel Co.; George Laughlin, Pittsburgh, Pa; A. V. Robertson, Westinghouse Electric; Redfield Proctor, New England Council; Philip H. Gad- ston, president, Chamber of Commerce; Ernest Trigg, chairman, industrial re- lations committee; Henry M. Robinson, California Development~ Board; Julius Barnes, chairman of the board, United States Chamber of Commerce; Homer‘ L. Ferguson, president of the Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock Co.; A. W. Shaw of Chicago, chairman of the business cycle committee; Dr. Julius Klein, Assistant Secretary of Com- merce; Alexander P. Legge, chairman of the Federal Farm Board, and Roy A. Young, governor of the Federal Re- serve Board. | His conference with the agricultural 1group. which was originally scheduled for tomorrow, has been postponed until Monday morning. He will meet the public utilities group Monday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. Fight Mental Slump. in calling his conferences with repre- sentatives of America’s industries, agri- culture and labor, has been to dispel any possible pessimism regarding the jbusiness and the economic conditions of the country, which, he insists, are absolutely sound. He already sounded out the leaders of the gre raflroad systems and the advisory coun- cil of the Federal Reserve Board. The raflroad man have assured him there is to be not let-down of work in con- nection with the railroads and that at extension projects are to go for- ward in Ve immediate future. The jbankers have told the President f&at ) the credit of the Nation is sound and that lower rates for money are in prospect. not only necessary to lift all t, T ' 1s. . —— dragged from the debris. (Continued on Page 2, Goli 6 Mary Pace, 1468 W street, who was (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) 1S 1T FINISHED 0R UNFINISHED HOLDING THE BAG. SCHOOL TO TEACH WORLD AFFAIRS T0 BE FOUNDED HERE Judge E. B. Parker Leaves Bulk of $2,000,000 as Endowment. S T y | A Graduate School of International | Affairs, to be affiliated with a local unl-i versity, is created by the will of Judge | Edwin B. Parker, formerly of Houston, | Tex.,, a member of the Mixed Claims Commission, who died October 30. ! ‘The bulk of his $2,000,000 estate is to | establish the Parker Endowment in the | custody of the Riggs National Bank, executor and trustee under his will, which is to finance the new school. Harlan F. Stone, justice of the United States Supreme Court, is named as chairman of the board of supervising trustees of the school, and Frank Fritts of Chester. N. J., as secretary. Other members of the Board, all of whom are designated by the testator as his friends, are Henry L. Stimson, Secretary of State; Willlam D. Mitchell, Attorney General, and Harry T. Klein of New York. Outlines Purpose of School. .The purpose of the school, as outlined in the will executed September 9, 1929, is “to teach high-minded young men of proven character and ability sub- jects calculated to equip them to render practical service of a high order to the United States Government m its foreign relations.” The testator suggests that the scope of the work of the school be “broadly conceived IAmbassador to France l UNDERWOOIE S | WALTER E. EDGE. EDGE CONFIRMED SHELBY AND KELLY ‘FAGE NEW STATUS, DOUGHERTY STATES Neither }Jf Two omciaié Who Were Relieved of Duty Comments. ‘When he was informed that the grand | jury had ignored the presentment against Robert A. McPherson, Com- missioner Proctor L. Dougherty, who has | executive charge of the Police Depart- ment and is president of.the Board of | Commissioners, sai ‘This action by the grand jury creates a new situation with | respect to Inspector Shelby and Lieut. | Kelly, accused by the former grand jury | of improperly presenting the McPher- son case. The Board of District Com- | missioners will lose no time in trying to straighten out the status of Shelby and Kelly, now that another grand jury has, in effect declared that the July Exonerated by Jury and Released From Jai ACCUSATION IGNORED; SENATORS’ CRITICISM OF PROBE IS RAPPED Indictment of Husband Nolle Prossed on Recommendation of Prosecutor Laskey. U. S. PROBERS OF PARK LANE MYSTERY PRAISED BY GROUP Statement Fails to Make Reference to Murder or Suicide of Young Nurse Found Strangled. Robert A. McPherson, jr., indicted by a former grand jury on a charge of murdering his wife, Virginia, was exonerated today by the present grand jury and was immediately released from jail. The previous indictment was nolle prossed on the recommenda- tion of John E. Laskey, special assistant to the Attorney General, assigned to prosecute the case. In a supplemental report, the grand jury commended Laskey and Thomas F. Cullen, also a special assistant to the Attorney General, for their fairness and efficiency in presenting all the evidence to the grand jury and condemned criticism of their conduct of the case from the halls of Congress. Foreman Fitzpatrick, after handing to Justice Gordon the formal “ignoramus,” gave the court a special report of the grand jury. The report reads: “It is the unanimous sentiment of this grand jury that the De- partment of Justice made a most thorough, competent and con- scientious investigation of all the facts that would shed any light on the McPherson case. “It is likewise the unanimous sentiment of this grand jury that John E. Laskey, special prosecutor, and Thomas F. Cullen, special investigator, spared no efforts to obtain all material witnesses and- evidence in presenting this case to this grand jury. ‘Witnesses Heard Fully. “Every witness was given the fullest opportunity to tell every- thing that had any bearing on the case. This is the sentiment, not only of members who voted against an indictment, but also of every member who voted for an indictment. “This grand jury protests against the issuance of unfounded statements from the United States Capitol regarding the presenta- | tion of this case to it, and particularly do we condemn the unjust attacks made upon John E. Laskey in his handling of a case, which to us, was a splendid example of a discharge of public duty.” Overman Makes Statement. Upon learning this afternoon that the grand jury had not returned an lndlctme:lt. Senator Overman, Democrat, of North Carolina, made the following comment: “I expected that would be the outcome, when I learned the prosecution allowed defense witnesses to go before the grand jury to prove an alibi, trying the case just like they do before a petit jury.” Senator Overman described as “unheard of and outrageous” the taking of defense witnesses before the grand jury. He said he had been informed that this was not done elsewhere. Senator Overman said he was satisfied the gir! was murdered, but that he did not know who did it and had nothing to do with the prosecution of McPherson. He said the opinion that he had expressed was directed at the unusual provedure before the grand jury. Senator Blease of South Carolina, also reiterated the attack he made in the Senate yesterday on the procedure. | gand jury erred in its conclusion con- cerning McPherson.” Shelby and Kelly were relieved from duty in the Detective Bureau after the first grand jury re- rt. Inspector Shelby and Lieut. Kelly | both were asked for comment on the | action of the grand jury, each replied he had no comment to make. The day after the report was made, Shelby, who was chief of the Detective Bureau, was ordered transferred and placed in charge of the uniform forces. Kelly was ordered to exchange places with Lieut. Joseph C. Morgan, the de- partment’s complaint officer and liaison man, with the Civil Service Commission. AS PARS ENVDY Senate Approves Nomination. Baird Is Appointed Succes- sor to Senate Seat. Within a few minutes after his nomi. nation had been sent to the Senate to- | day by President Hoover, Senator Wal- | ter E. Edge, Republican, of New Jersey | The Commissioners next erdeavored to prepare charges against Shelby and Kelly and created a committee con- sisting of Assistant Engineer Commis- McPherson Pleased. McPherson was “very much pleased” to learn of the grand jury's action. Col. William L. Peake, superintendent of the jail, was at lunch when word that the grand jury had not indicted was received at the ja‘l. He accom- panied a reporter for The Star to the entrance to the cell tier, where Mc- Pherson has been held and directed that the youth be sent out. McPherson, his white shirt opened at the collar, smiled broadly when the information was given him. “Well, major, I guess you know what I am thinking,” he said. Col, Peake said he supposed was thinking about his fdmily. “Well, I am thinking about the last time when I almost got out,” he said. the youth y watch, so anxious did he seem to get out of doors again. A clerk called him back to hand him an enveloj containing the watch and a key. Tfi: youth was in high spirits and did not mind not having an overcoat. Leahy asked him if he had on enough clothes and he said, “Oh, I'm warm enough.” The grand jury presented its decision to the court at 12:30 o'clock before Justice Peyton Gordon, sitting in Crim- inal Division 1. The decision was sim- Ply to ignore the case against McPher- son for lack of evidence. Special Prosecutor Laskey addressed the court immediately foilowing the grand jury's report, reviewing briefly the Government's activities in the case 2;’lgrgcnnclurdingdwll’ml; motion that the | e preferred by the previous gran jury be nolle prossed. 5 7 was confirmed as Ambassador to France. The nomination arrived from the and be always adjusted to meet the need of the times.” | sioner Donald E. Davison and Corpora- tion Counsel William W. Bride to in- Plans Statement. Laskey's Statement. president, ! The primary purpose of the President | A bequest of $100,000 is made to the national board of the Y. W. C. A. to finance the Katherine Parker Music Foundation, the net income to be used to establish and maintain a department of music, with & capable secretary, to promote and stimulate the use of music in Y. W. C. A. activities throughout | the United_States, with special atten- | {tion to Girl Reserve organizations in | ilr‘:duslrhl centers and rural communi- | ties. Niece Is Given $5,000. i | The household effects at 2001 Twenty- { fourth street, with automobiles, jewelry and the like, are given to the ‘widow, | Katherine Parker. Anne Fitzhugh { Parker, a niece, now a teachcr of his- | tory, is given $5,000 to complete her |academic work, obtain a degree and { visit Europe. | "The remaining estate goes to the! Riggs National Bank to create the Par- | ker Endowment, with instructions to| { permit Elsa M. Peterson, a member of | | the Parker household since girihood, to | continue to live at the home with the widow during the life of Mrs. Parker and in event the home property is sold to pay her one-gixth of the income from the proceeds. The widow is to be paid $2,000 month- ly for life; George A. F. Parker and Os- wald S. Parker, brothers, of Texas, each is to have a life annuity of $250 per month; Clifford C. Acker of Texas. a nephew, a life annuity of $150 per month, and Anne F. Parker, a niece, 1 $100 per month during her life. | According to the petition for the pro-| i bate of the will filed by the Riggs Na- tional Bank t h Attorney Frank J. Hogan, the court is told that Judge Parker owned premises 2001 Twenty- | fourth street, assessed at $175,119, and had personal property estimated at | $1,840,746. | i | Bus Line Permit Asked. The Public Utilities Commission yes- terday received an application from the East Coast Stages for a permit to a bus line from Washington to Alex- andria, Fredericksburg, Ashland and Richmond, Va. The application will probably be considered at the commis- sion’s meeting nug‘uom. 11930 {Herrick at Paris and that he was to be | 'Radio Programs—Page 55 White House when the Senate met at | vestigate the charges made by the 10 o'clock. Senator Borah, chairman of | 8rand jury. ~This committee invited the foreign relations committee, asked ' Sy, Temoer f the grand jury and and obtained unanimous consent for!fore it to tell what they knew of the Immediate approval of the appointment | conduct of Kelly and Shelby before the without referring it to committee. This|grand jury, but only five of the grand action was taken. ‘Juerlrs tnf]c_lepted the invitation. h " H 1 of those were understood to have Baird Is Named Successor. | been opposed to the report censuring Coincident with the confirmation, an, K Shelby and Kelly. The Commissioners Associated Press dispatch from Newark | then canceled the Bride-Davison in- announced appointment by Gov. Lar-| vestigation and the matter has been son of David Baird, jr., ta succeed Mr. hanging fire ever since. The Commis- Edge as Senator. Baird will serve until ' sioners were unwilling to take any ac- the next general election, in November, tion that might prejudice the McPher- / son trial in court. Now that McPher- son is a free man, they will go back to the beginning and try to straighten out the status of Kelly and Shelby. The third member of the department whose fate is linked in the McPherson case is Pvt. Robert J. Allen. The Com- missioners have before them a recom- mendation that Allen be dismissed from the force for insubordination and an appeal from Allen asking that he be retained. Allen’s dismissal, however, did not grow directly out of the McPherson case The insubordination with which he was charged consisted of a state- ment to the newspapers that he intend- ed to investigate the district attorney's ! It has been known for a month or | two that the New Jersey Senator was slated to succeed the late Ambassador appointed after the work of the special | session was nearly completed. i Senator Edge was born_in Philadel- | phia November 20. 1874. From 1897 to 1899 he was journal clerk of the New | Jersey Senate, later becoming secretary | cf that body.” He served in the Army | as a volunteer in the Spanish American War. For the last 25 years he has been | active in New Jersey politics. In 1909 | he became a member of the New Jer- | sey Assembly and a year later was elected to the r;lev{t Jersey Senate. He served as majority leader in th | office and a letter ™ branches of the New Jersey Legislature. | Pratt, supem-.unun:‘co o e '3:3-3- His successor, Mr. Baird, is a wealthy | ment. reaffirming the statement given lumber dcaler and the son of a United | to the press. States Senator. Mr. Edge appointea The Commissioners will hold a board the elder Baird to the Senate to fill| meeting tomorrow morning, but it is not a cy caused by death. The sou! known whether the Allen case will be has never held public office. | on the docket. A leader in the southern section of | the State, Baird was largely crediteu for the victory which United States Senator Hamilton F. Keane won in the | five-cornered fight of 1928, | His father served from March, 1913, to March, 1919, as successor to William | Hu(h:s.muuket fiu“‘flt’l;en lll:l‘s plrl-; With Soviet. mounf Tes! e cs. Short, heavy set. and "not _vet 50, TOKIO, November 21 (#)—Reports years oid, the new Senator is a man | were received from Mukden today that CHANG TO NEGOTIATE. Will Try to Settle Railway Dispute | would mean his release from the jail some time today. McPherson again smiled and said, “That’s fine.” “If this is final,” he said, “of course, I will make a statement through my attorneys to the people of Washington.” The youth said that he would go straight to the home of his parents at 05 Upshur street when released and that the attitude of the people of Wash- ington would determine whether he re- mained in the city. “If the people of the city want to accept this action as exonerating me and won't point their fingers at me on the street, I'll want to stay here and g0 about my quiet way,” McPherson said. “My family has made plans for me. If the people of Washington con- tinue to suspect me of any crime, I may want to go to another city. I wouldn't like that because I love Washington.” McPherson, walked out of the jail at 12:47 o'clock, A few moments earlier court papers ordering his release after the grand jury had failed to indict him in con- nection with the death of his voung wife, were delivered to Col. William L. i Peak, jall superintendent by William | Leahy, McPherson's attorney. Leaves Grinning. Leahy waited in the corridor while | oq‘tiers sent for McPherson. guess h» is & happy boy,” said Loy ppy boy, In a few moments McPher=on came ! from the tier of cells, a broad grin on al packages of letters is left arm. He shook hands ral guards, gre dially and said “good-by” to Col. Stopping momentarily at the clerk’s office in the front office, he was handed his watch and then, with no more ado, ! was let out of the jail. Leahy had his car ready. With two men from his office he ushered Me- Pherson into the car and drove off in Assured that the grand jury’s action | | case, “The Department of Justice, through ;}"l‘ed Elll.‘renubegl f:ves&lgamn:' Laskey , “has 'n investigating since October 4. R ey “The investigation has been a most thorough one and I feel I can say that it has been conducted in a fair and im- pur}rl:l manner, “The result of this investigation to- !gether with all the evigence‘;relennue,d iby witnesses who appeared before the previous grand jury, which presented an indictment against McPherson, was offered to this grand jury. “The grand jury has found this evi- dence insufficient to indict and has ig- | nored the charge against McPherson. hat is the end of this case. States vs. Robert A. 'Pherson, in which a murder indictment was re . turned by a grand jury whose member- {ship included ar ineligible juror, I wish ':: move that the indictment be nolle | | ossed. “I think this should be done, as there are no other charges against the in- dicted man Justice Gordon listened attentively and then inquired if it were not a fact that Mr. Laskey was the Government's | special prosecutor in the McPherson Laskey sald this was so. Defense Savs No. Justice Gordon then instructed the clerk to enter the nolle prosse plea on the records. Turning to Willlam E. Leahy, defense counsel, who stood be- side Laskey and Cullen in front of the bench, Justice Gordon inquired if the defense had any comment to make. Leahy said he had nothing to say. The grand jury met this morning at 1 o'clock, apparently with their mfi'lds already made up. No witnesses had been called for today. The jury'’s re- port was delayed by the presentation of testimony in another case not connec:- ed with the McPherson investigation Rumors had been rife all morning that the direction of his office, where Mc- Pherson’s mother and father awaited of unbounded energy. He starts Iy 5 2 Gay early and ends it late, and has| onens Heuch Lisng. B a ready smile and hearty laugh. the Soviet government for settlement s of the Chinese Eastern Railway dis- pute independently a( the Nanking Na- tionalist govelzmn them. The youth's release was effected within six minutes of the receipt of the court papers, The necessary for- malities were few. McPherson wasted no and was ready to leave without his the grand jury had decided to clear the name of the goumml bookkeeper and athlete, who has been awaiting trial since October 14 on a technically void indictment. Cullen, who in his regular capacity of an ctor of tne Bui of Inves [C ued on Page 5, Column 6.)