Evening Star Newspaper, December 17, 1929, Page 4

*k THE EVENING S TAR, WASHINGTON, 4 FOUR GO ON TRIAL IN‘TORTURE DEATH' Prosecutor and His Brother, Counsel for Defense, Make T robust farmhand of 33, who sings| mountain songs, have been reunited, but despite the son’s claim that he is Connie Franklin. | Mrs. Lily Baker came here last night | from Clarendon, Ark., and embraced the | son whom she had not seen since last Christmas. She said his corrett name was Marion Franklin Rogers. her child by a former marriage. and she identi- | fied him as the “M. Franklin” who es-| caped in 1927 from the State Hospital for Nervous Diseases. Is Married and a Father. She said he is married and has three | | ehildren, but has been separated from | Opening Statements. By the Asociated Press MOUNTAIN VIEW, Ark. December 17.—Two brothers painted highly con- trasting pictures of the disappearanc of Connie Franklin from the St. James community last March in opening state- ments today to the jury trying four men on charges of murdering Franklin Prosecuting Attorney Hugh William- son said the State would prove that Connie Franklin was beaten to death on what was to have been his wedding night and his body then burned. His brother, Ben Williamson, counsel for the defense, asserted the defense would show that Franklin walked un- harmed from the St. James community. near here, and has returned nine months later to tell a jury he was not slain. Sweetheart to be Called. The prosecutor, in outlining his case to the jury. deciared testimony would chow that Franklin’s sweetheart. Tiller Ruminer. saw him beaten to death with “knocks” and rocks and that she was assaulted by two of the defendants. She was named as the only eye witness to the alleged murder. A jury of mountain completed at 10:30 a.m the four, The frial was halted _temporarily early in the day while Sheriff Sam Johnson left the court room fo sum- mon additional veniremen after ques- tioning of 48 resulted in only nine | being accepted for the jury. Meanwhile, the grand jury continued in session, but is understood to be investigating another case while await- ing developments in the Franklin trial Fulks to Be State Witness. In calling the list of Staté witnesses, | Prosecuting Attorney Willlamson re- | vealed that Alex Fulks, one of the | five men charged with murdering Franklin, but not being tried with the | other four, is to be a witness for the| State. The calling of his name caused speculation as to what would be the nature of his testimony. | e is charged with the same crime | af the others, but is named in a sepa- | rate indictment. | A mother and her missing son. a farmers was today to try his wife for five years. She said he probably changed his name to prrwnl‘ | his wife from knowing his whereabouts. and also to prevent capture as an scaped inmate of the hospital. She recognized & newspaper photograph s her son several days ago. The Franklin the State contends was <lain has not been established as a for- mer inmate of the hospital. 'MOVES TO INCREASE | FEDERAL SALARIES Senator Brookhart Introduces Bill Adding’ $300 Conditionally to | Pay of Each Employe. Senator Brookhart, Republican, of Towa, has introduced in the Senate, by request, & bill that would give Govern- ment employes a salary increase of $300 a year, less whatever amount of.increase they reccivgd under the Welch law. It was referred to the clvil service commit- tee for consideration. Senator Brookhart already has on the Senate calendar a bill which he drafted himself to correct qualities resulting from the manner in which the Welch law was interpreted. Under Brook- hart's own bill all those employes who moved up only one salary step under the Welch law would receive an in- crease of one additional step, the pur- pose being to give every employve an | increase of two salary steps within thelr | respective grades. When the Welch Law was put into effect some workers received an in- crease of two steps while others ad- | vanced only one step. Under the classi- fication law each salary grade contains | a cortain number of salary steps be- tween the minimum and maximum. Four hundred and seven persons were convicted of stealing automobiles in London in the last year. PROSECUTION RESTS Defense Attorney Asks That Judge Order Not-Guilty | Verdict. The prosecution of William L. MofTatt broker, charged with obtaining $21.250 | from Mrs, Marie T. Pauli by false pre- tenses, that the Riggs National Bank was behind the Bankers' Investment Trust Corporation, in which he wanted her to invest the money, was rested this after- noon by United States Attorney Leo A. Rover before Justice Willlam Hitz and a jury in Criminal Division 2. The prosecutor exhibited to the jury the notes which Mrs. Pauli had turned over | to Moffatt, which the indictment charges he appropriated to his own use. | Attorney John H. Burnett of the firm | of O'Shea, Burnett & Goldstein, for the defense, asked the court to in- struct the jury to return a verdict of not guilty. ~ He pointed out that the | Government had failed to prove that the notes shown to the jury and which | were described in the indictment as se- | cured by deed of trust were so secured and also had failed to show that the Riggs National Bank was not _‘bi‘hnld‘ Moffatt. A. M. Nevius, a vicé® presi- dent of the Riggs Bank, had testified only, according to Burnett. that, as far as he knew, the bank was not inter- ested in the corporation in which Mot- fatt was selling stock. i Rover this morning placed on the| witness stand George D. Horning, jr.. a member of the bar, who told of efforts | made by him to effect a settlement with MofTatt of the claims of Mrs. Pauli and ot Christian and Ada Stoll, who had|the game in this country. also claims against the broker. He sald | Moffatt turned over to him securities | valued at about $5,000, which he re- | duced to cash and distributed to Mrs. | Pauli_and the Stolls. Christian and | Ada Stoll and their daughter, Marie | Stoll. also told on the witness stand of | statements made to them by MofTatt | that the Riggs Bank was behind his company. Mrs. Stoll was overcome on the stand when she had reached the end of her testimony and had to be given restora- tive She recovered quickly and was led_from the court room. Should the court deny the motion | to instruct the jury, Attorney Burnett | will put on his defense. MofTatt is ex- pected to take the stand tomorrow to| give his version of the transactions with Mrs. Pauli. Lansburgh’s Radio Salon MRS. DEVEREUX DIES. Widow Succumbs to Heart Disease at Home Yesterday. Mrs. Caroline Elizabeth Devereux, 83 years old, widow of Frank Devereusx, and for many years a resident of this city, died at her residence, 2031 North Capitol_street, yesterday. Death was due to heart dise Mrs, Devereux was a native of Ches- ter County, Pa. She is survived by twe sons, Col. Frederick L. Devereux and Frank B. Devereux of New York; a daughter, Mis, Dennis Chester of this city: 11 grandchildren and five great- grandchildren Funeral arrangements are being com- pleted. HENRY M. EARLE DIES AT LONG ISLAND HOME Georgetown Graduate, Who Prac- ticed Law Here, Was Widely Known as Horseman. Henry Montague Earle, member of the law firm of Thatcher, Frederick & Hoar, New York, who formerly prac- ticed law in this city and a founder as well as charter member of the Chevy Chase Club here, died at his home at Old Westbury, Long Island, yesterday, according to word received here. Mr. Earle went to work here in the brokerage business when 18 years old, meanwhile studying law at Georgetown University. He was graduated from the latter in 1893. The following year he opened law offices in this city, where he continued practice until moving to New York in 1898. He was widely known as a prominent horseman and polo player. He had been assoclated with Henry L. Herbert and Harty Payne Whitney in encouraging He was a member of the United States Polo As- soriation and the Piping Rock and Meadowbrook Clubs. He was 59 years old. DR. SILVER GIVEN POST. Elected to Board of American Op- tometry Academy. Dr .Edwin H. Silver of 4401 Fifth street, with offices at 1410 G street. was elected yesterday to the board of direc- tors of the American Academy of Op- tometry at the annual convention of the institution in Boston. Dr Silver is to read a paper on “Ret- fmal Circulaton” at the conventon ses- sion tomorrow morning. Introduces Their New and Exclusive 1930 “Imperial 8” . .Powerful Screen-Grid 8-Tube Radio 1n This Beautiful Walnut- Veneered Highboy Console Complete 5100 Dynamic Speaker Equipped HUMLESS All-Electric —and In Time for Christmas It's NEW—never offered in Washington before—and offered now, only after careful research has proven to our radio experts that our “Imperial 8" invites comparison with its entire competitive field. % Our “Imperial 8” is a powerful super-sensitive A. C. receiver that answers xday's demand for the ultra-modern in a high-grade screen grid radio. It's thoroughly modern, and nothing has been overlooked to secure outstanding quality—or effi cient performance. 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DEC EMBER 17, 1929, CITIZENS ADOPT TRAFFIC MEASURE West End Group Urges | Street Be Made a One-Way | [ Thoroughfare. | Demanding traffic improvements pro- portionate to those established in other | heavily trafficked communities of Wash- ington, the West End Citizens’ Associ- ation, meeting last night in the Western Presbyterian Church, passed a resolu- | tion urging that 1 street be made a one-way thoroughfare, the discontinu- ance of parking on the south side of Washington Circle and the installation of traffie lights on Pennsylvania avenue from Seventeenth street to the circle. Citizens were advised that District authorities are favorably considering the discontinuance of parking south of Washington Circle between Twenty- second and Twenty-third streets, which at present dangerously narrows the traffic space around that part of the circle. Urging the installation of traffic lights on Pennsylvania savenue from Seventeenth street to Washington cir- cle, William T. Finn, chairman of the traffic zones, our community is entitled of the most heavily trafficked and also one of the most inadequately protected traffic zones, our community is entitled to safety improvements equal to those new established in communities of less or no greater, traffic than ours.” Hoping to enlist a second President of the United States on 1ts membership roll, the association will address a let- ter to President Hoover, who resides within the boundaries of the associ- ation, inviting him to become an active member. President Wilson was a mem- ber. ‘The adoption of a resolution thank- Sichelisefbagrand suc iflm‘!il " prices. Every materia for every shoe and every gown. BUCKLES! Flashing, jeweled trifles that make for perfection. An in- Hruh'l:]( variety of sizes and styles. HEELSI AT MLtk jeweled to add life to il it ies. A color is wrong. HOSIERYI To warm the heart of agond iz dskar el P Wilitencoche T Miller oval makes. [SOCIAL SERVICE ing the Washington spapers for their efforts in promoting DllEl‘!cltlfln of civic association news concluded the meeting. ‘Three new members were admitted to the association. They are James Ritchie, A. Wilson Luckett and Mrs. Charles Jacobsen, jr. FEATURES PROGRAM Southwest Citizens' Association to Hear Address on Community Chest Tomorrow Night. A discussion of social service lcllvl-ly ties, particularly those in Southwest | Washington, will feature the meeting of the Southwest Citizens' Association at | 8 o'clock tomorrow night in Fairbrother School, Tenth and E streets southwest. Elwood Street, director of the Com- munity Chest, will be the principal speaker. Others on the program are Miss Mary McCracken of the Catholic Charities, Miss Rosa Brown of the Associated Charitles, Charles M. Fyfe of the Bo{ls' Club, Miss Clara D. Neligh of tI Neighborhood House, Miss Charlotte Hasselbush of the Instructive Visiting Nurses. Miss Mildred Terrett of the Juvenile Protective Association and Miss Gertrude Cone of the Juanita K Nye House. Kilt Not Scotch, Latest. Scotland and England have been arguing as to the origin of the kilt, long believed to be distinctly a Scotch cre- L ation. The English have the best of the dispute at present by presenting proof that 200 years ago a Parkinson, an English tailor, while in camp with Gen. Wade, was commissioned to make the first kilt. It then was called the “feilidh bag” to distinguish it from the bt"lu‘d plaid, which was made in one plece. . IHICKr § N T T 0N INTERNATIONALE CELEBRATES DECEMBER WITH NEW IDEAS IN Aurora Hills, the Ject. Promising to Pay Auto Crash Damages, Man Leaps to Death By the Associated Press. CLEVELAND, December 17.— Following an automobile collision yesterday, Carl H. Tiedemann, 40, woolen goods manufacturer, told the two men whose cars his own Ci tracks 50 feet below. When the two men scrambled down to the tracks Tiedemann was dead. 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Eugene J. Connelly to Be Invested Thursday With Robes of Monsignor. | Rev. Eugene J. Connelly, pastor of |st. Peter’s Church, Second and C streets southeast, will be invested with the robes of monsignor, representing the rank of domestic prelate, which he was recently designated by Pope Pius XI, at ceremonies in the church Thurs- day evening. Archbishop Michael J. Curley of Baltimore will preside and speak. A number of specially invited guests, in- cluding bishops, monsignori and priests of Washington and Baltimore will be present. A letter from the Pope to Rev. Connelly will be read. Mgr. Connelly has been pastor at St. Peter's for the past seven years and previously served as assistant pastor of the Church of the Immaculate Con- ception here, as well as at several posts in Baltimore. He was also chancellor of the archdiocese and private secre- tary to the late Cardinal Gibbons. A public reception will follow the ceremonies. 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