Evening Star Newspaper, December 19, 1929, Page 4

4 w¥® BRITISH NON-STOP “ AVIATORS KILLED Plane of Jones-Williams and Jenkins Found on North African Mountain. By the Associated Press. TUNIS, Tunis, December 19.—At- tempt of two British Royal Air Force fiyers to fly 6,000 miles from England to the far southern tip of Africa ended | in death on a North African mountain- side, 30 miles southeast of here. An Arab reported yesterday afternoon he had seen wreckage of an airplane on & slope known as St. Marie D'Uzit. Searching parties were sent out imme- diately, but because of the wildness of the terrain did not locate the wreckage until nightfall. It was identified easily as the Fairey- | Napier monoplane in which Squadron | Comdr. Jones-Williams ) Lieut. A. H. Jenkins left Cranwell Air- drome at dawn Tuesday intending to make a non-stop flight to Capt Town, South Africa. Weather Delays Removal. The late hour and bad weather pre- vented bringing bodies of the two fiyers, which were located in the wreck- ag., to Tunis immediately, but a de- tachment of soldiers was left to guard them. While it was impossible until further investigation to_determine exact cir- cumstances of the fatal crash, it was believed the two airmen had been ouf- feted severely by a storm which raged in this section of the Mediterranean Tuesday night. It is supposed they lost their way in the darkness and dashed against the mountainside when they sought a landing. A The French resident general, learning for certain the identity of the airmen, sent an official to convey his condolenc to the British consul general, who in formed the air ministry at London of the fatal termination of the flight. Disaster Had Been Feared. Until reports of the airplane wreck- age were received fear had increased steadily that the two flyers had met with mishap, since they had arranged to communicate every four hours with a land station. Nothing had been heard from them since they reported they were about 10 miles north of Sardinia. Search continues for another airplane, piloted by the Frenchmen, Lasalle, Re- bard and Faltot, which is missing in this vicinity. It arrived here Sunday en route from Le Bourget to Saigon, Indo-China. It took off again at 8:45 p.m. for Bengasi. Nothing has been heard of it since. Ships searched the gulf of Gabes for a trace. MAN DENIES BWNERSHIP OF SEIZED LIQUORS Arrest of John Robert Walker, 34, giving his address as the Logan Hotel, and seizure of 14! gallons of alcohol and 15 bottles of alleged whisky in a garage in the rear of the hotel this morning was reported by Pvt. Henry Rinke of the second precinct. Walker is reported by police to have denied knowledge of the ownership of the seized intoxicants. He was in the garage this morning doing some clean- ing when he learned of the presence of the intoxicants in his car, he said. He was held on a charge of illegal posses- sion and the question of ownership and possession will be determined in court. SHIPPING NEWS Arrivals at and Sailingy From New York. ARRIVED YESTERDAY. Albertic—Liverpool December 7 December 11 November 29 November 28 Olympic—Southempton - December 11 American Shipper—Lond DUE TODAY. Dominica—FPort of Spal Lancastria—Southampton DUE TOMORROW. Conte Grande—Geno: Alfonso XIII—Corui Rochambeau—Havre Buenos Aires—H: Dresden—Bremer] Duchess of Bedford—} Thuringla—Hampburg Sud Americano—Buenos Aire: DUE SATURDAY. DECEMBER 21. Columbus—Bremerhaven : Venezuela—San Francisco...... Falcon—La Guayra .. .December 1 DUE SUNDAY, DECEMBER 22. Havana—Vera Cruz.. Deutschland—Hamburg Pastores—Port _ Limon. Lapland—Antwerp .. DUE MONDAY, DECEMBER 23. American Trader—Londo; December 12 Carmania—Southampton December 13 Mauretania—Southampton December 17 Ponce—San_Juan.......... December 18 President Rooseveli—Bremerhaven. December 14 San Lorenzo—Santo Domingo City. ecember 17 Santa Teresa—Valparals Virginia—8an Francisce Cameronta—Glasgow Caronio—Liverpool Carmania—Southampton . viathan—Southampton ‘oro—Kingston December 18 DUE TUESDAY, DECEMBER 24. Dorto—Liverpool - Becemeer 10 December 5 mber 3 ey—Havap: Caracas—Maracaibo . December 16 DUE WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 25. Mercier—Antwerp ... ....December 11 DUE THURSDAY, DECEMBER 26. De Grasse—Havre . December 18 Maya—Puerto Barrios. December 17 Metapan—Santa Ma December 18 Silvia—8t. Johns. December 21 OUTGOING STEAMERS. SAILING TODAY. American Shipper—London. President Harrison—world cruise. Coamo—San Juan and Santo Domingo City. Hellig Olav—Christiansand, Oslo and Copen- Havana, Progreso and Vera Cruz. arbara—Cristobal, Callso and Val< and F]izhti b | KILLED ON AFRICAN FLIGHT Left to right: Flight Lieut. Jenkins and Squadron Leader Jones Williams. —Underwood Photo. HEALTH THOUGHTS STIRRED BY SEALS President Kober of Tubercu- losis Society Tells of Bene- fits Beyond Money. “Over and above the money received by the Tuberculosis Association in pay- ment for its Christmas seals for use in carrying on its various health services e there is the very great value of the health thoughts thus set in motion among the thou- sands of Washing- tonians who buy and use the seals for their Christ- mas gifts and greetings.” said Dr. George M. Kober, presldlertnlt of the association, in a statement today, “Every time any per- son buys seals or uses them or sees them, the idea of health and how best to give it to others or to keep it for one’s self flashes before the mind. ‘'We see this demonstrated in hun- dreds of personal contacts with the seal buyers at our various booths, people who ask questions about the work our association is doing or tell of some énr;nly v.rag;dty b2ue ,m the failure to ave cases of tuberculosis diagnosed and treated in time to prevent death. Oth- ers ask how to get needed information as to proper health measures. Thus the sources of information are brought to the atténtion of hundreds of our citizens during the seal sale and long afterward. - Also the effort to sell 4,- 000,000 seals to the half-million popula- tion of Washington necessarily involves a wide dissemination of information about the work of our assoclation and its health services and health rules. Many letters received from seal buyers are another indication of the fact that they are thinking about health as a community problem.” The seal sale this morning passed the total of 2,500,000 seals sold toward the goal of 4,000,000 seals, which at 1 cent each is needed for the support of the health activities of the associa- tion during anolher year. This leaves still a large margin of 1,500,000 seals or $15,000 worth still to be sold to our Christmas public within the few days still remaining before Christmas day. Persons desiring more seals may ob- tain them at the headquarters of the association, at 1022 Eleventh street, or at any of the numerous sales stations in stores and other public places throughout the city. All who have re- ceived the seals by mail on approval are asked to hurry along their pay- ments for seals kept or for the return of any not desired so that the associa- tion may account for all seals issued here, . DEMONET IS NOMINATED AS RESERVE PRESIDENT Major Named to Succeed Himself. Election Will Be Held at Next Meeting. Maj. Charles Demonet was nominated to succeed himself as president of the District_of Columbia department, Re- serve Officers’ Association of the United States, at a meeting of the organization last evening at the Interior Department Building. The annual election of offi- cers will be held at the next meeting. Others nominated were: - Maj. Lester E. Wilson, Lieut. Col. Thomas H. Shenton and Maj. Frederick Livingstone, to be vice presidents; Lieut. Col. Samuel Goodacre, treasurer; Lieut. Charles Reimer, secretary, and the fol- lowing to be members of the executive committee: Lieut. Col. Lawrence Hazzard; Col. Isaac Weil, Lieut. Dunlap P. Penhallow, Capt. Henry C. Finkel, Maj. C. P. Skemp, Maj. L. M. Leisen- ring, Maj. Roy E. Hughes, Capt. Milton J. Landvoight, Capt. Hallock P. Long, Capt. Arthur C. Adair, Lieut. Col. J. Millsr Kenyon, Maj. Harry Furniss, Steam Heat in Use On Cyprus 500 B.C., Excavation Proves By the Assoclated Press. STOCKHOLM, December 19.— A Greek temple of the sixth cen- tury B.C., with 50 life-size statues, has been unearthed on the Island of Cyprus, in the Med- iterranean, by the Swedish Prof. Sinar Gjerstad and his asso- clates. In the remains of the recently excavated Palace of Vouni of the same island, dating from the fifth century B.C, Prof. Gjerstad found a room to which water was led in three conduits and then boiled in order to heat the bed- rooms on the second floor with steam. The results of his researches show that Cyprus was colonized by the Mycenaean Greeks about 1200 B.C. CEREMONIES HONOR REV. . X. BISCHOFF Elevated to Monsignor at In-i vestiture Services at Nativity Church. Rev. Frank X. Bischoff, pastor of the Church of the Nativity. was ele- vated to the rank of domestic prelate of the papal household last evening, becoming a monsignor, at impressive ceremonies held in his church, at 6010 Georgia avenue. This evening another Washington priest, Rev. E. J. Connelly, pastor of St. Peters Church, Second and C streets southeast, will be similar- ly honored. More than 20 priests and a large representation from his and other par- ishes witnessed the investiture. Right Rev. Michael J. Curley, Archbishop of Baltimore, presidede. Dr. Louls Motry of Catholic University read the rescript from Rome, and Rev. Benedict F. Han- namann, assistant pastor of the Church of the Nativity, acted as master of cere- monies. A native of Washington, Mgr. Bisch- off was ordained December 23, 1888, and for 14 years served as assistant pastor of St. Augustine’s Church. In 1907 he became pastor of his present parish. At the ceremonies at which he was honored a_brief address was delivered by Archbishop Curley and Mgr. Bischoff spoke briefly in appreciation of his ele- vation. Very Rev. Mgr. John Murra{, pastor of St. Elizabeth’s Church, Balti~ more, was the celebrant at benedic- tion. Archbishop Curley also will preside at the elevation of Father Connelly this evening, at 8 o'clock, in St. Peter's Church. Rev. Paul L. Norris, assistant pastor of the church, will be master of ceremonies. Brief addresses are to be delivered by Archbishop Curley and Mgr. Connelly, and Mgr. Connelly will be the celebrant of benediction. He will be assisted by Rev. George B. Harring- ton, pastor of St. Stephen's Church of Washington, and Rev. Robert J. Achstet- ter, pastor of St. Philip and St. James Church, Baltimore. HAMMERWELL HONORED. Elected President of Washington Society of Engineers. F. A. Hammerwell was elected presi- dent of the Washington Society of En- gineers at a meeting last night of the assoclation held at the Cosmos Club. Other officers elected were: W. E. Par- ker, vice president; T. C. Whitney, sec- retary; W. S. Garland, treasurer; and E}» lC Géfluelta,’ C. Ci’l ‘Witt, and D. C. ‘alser, ectors. They wi 1 e for the 1930 term. Sl A motion picture on “Hydroelectric Lieut. Col. Robert P, Parrett and Maj. Harry W. Hart. Power Production in the New South” featured the program at the meeting. G00D WILL MARKS JAPANESE CLAIMS Desire for 70 Per Cent Naval Strength of U. S. Is Not Held Disturbing. BY MARK SULLIVAN. ‘Those most familiar with the ap- proaching Naval Conference are not in the least disturbed by the announce- ment of Japan's wish for a naval strength equal to 70 per cent of what- ever the conference accords to the deeper quality by which Japan's atti- tude toward the conference is measured is her known, unquestionable and fully accredited good-will and wish that the conference shall be successful. Those who are best informed look upon Japan as a sincere partner of the United States in the promotion of peace. Japan during the last 10 years has participated with the United States in three naval conferences. At the first in 1921, she was still under the in- fluence of an older statesmanship. That statesmanship in part hung over from her war with Russia in 1904. In part that statesmanship took account of what was then the statesmanship of European nations and looked upcn strong armament as an essential attri- bute of strong nationality. Also, it is a fact that the 1921 conference took place at a time when it was the fashion in many American circles to be suspi- cious of Japan. Desire for Peace Shown in 1921. Nevertheless, Japan at the 1921 con- ference, as a_ contribution toward suc- cess, accepted a naval strength in capi- tal ships amounting to 60 per cent of that of the United States and Great Britain. At the same 1921 conference, Japan made other sacrifices too com- plex to describe here. Among other things, Japan with Great Britain ter- minated an alliance: between those two nations which was necessarily disturb- ing to the United States. It is not too much to say that the 1921 conference marked a turning point in Japanese national policy and di- plomacy. The change can be expressed in terms of the Occidental nations Japan took as her model. Previous to 1921, and especially previous to the Great War, Japan was engaged modernizing her ancient civilization. In that process she intelligently looked about modern Western nations to see which were the ones whose policies seemed to make them great. At that time, by an understandable choice, she took Great Britain and Germany as models and was disposed to imitate their insistence upon fighting strength. Since the 1921 conference, however, Japan has tended to look upon the United States as the Occidental nation whose practices and policles seemed most worth taking as a guide. ‘When the 1927 conference for naval limitation at Geneva came, Japan was as earnest for success as the United States itself. The guiding purpose of the Japanese at Geneva was to facili- tate American_hepe of limitation and reduction. Those most familiar with the Japanese are confident that this is now her guiding purpose as she approaches the present ‘conference. This good will is far more fundamental than any figures she puts forward as an initial estimate of her defensive needs. Can't Judge by Figures. 1If newspaper discussion, and the in- evitable public_reaction correspynding to newspaper discussion, is focused on comparative figures, the atmosphere of the conference may not be favorable. If, on the other hand, the public is made aware of the complete gcod will of Japan, the atmosphere of the con- ference will be more lavorable. There is, of course, a sime for the careful checking up of the concrete results of the conference. That time is the inter- val between the ciose »f the conference and the submission of the conference’s results to the Senate. Nothing the con- ference does is binding upon the United States until and after the Senate rati- fies it. Probably the aspect of the coming conference most imporiant to be borne in mind by the public is the desirabil- )ty of success. This is a conference de- signed to halt and avert an incipient race in the construction of cruisers and other auxiliary naval craft. That race was already under way. If the confer- ence had not been called, the race would have gone on at one rate of speed or another. 1If the conference is suc- cessful, naval competition will be halt- ed, ibly forever. If, on the other hand, the confereneg is not a success, the world will be In a far worse ctate than if the conference had never been held or suggested. Failure of the coming conference would amount to an announcement to the world that the five great nations, or the three, are unable to agree not to build competitively against each other. That such an announcement, concrete though tacit, would be followed by an accelerated race in competitive naval armament, goes without saying. Japan can be counted on to try to prevent such an outcome, more, perhaps, than any other nation in the conference. Her creditable reasons for wanting to pre- vent it include her sincere friendliness to the United States, her belief in the American policy of peace, the national policies she has adopted for herself, and her economic relation to the other na- { tions. o Byng Retirement Seen. LONDON, December 19.—The Daily | Mail said today that Lord Byng will sail for South Africa tomorrow on advice | of his physiclans. The newspaper will also predict his early retirement as com- missioner of the London police. Lord Byng was in better health yesterday afternoon, after a setback Tuesday. United States and Great Britain. The | | | | D. C. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1929. SHELBY-KELLY HEARING IS TOLD OF SEARCH FOR FINGER PRINTS (Continued From First Page.) Lynch and Walter L. Fowler are the prosecution lawyers. The principal clash between opposing counsel developed during the testimony of Shott over a stenographic notebook which he revealed was missing from his files at police headquarters. The par- ticular notebook contained a statement of Policeman Laurence Botts, a partner for former Policeman Robert J. Allen. Bbtts, it developed, gave a subsequent statement to Inspector Shelby. Shott said he transcribed the original state- ment and had not seen it or the note- book since. In the heat of the argument over the missing note book the prosecution brought out that its sole purpose was to show that while Shelby and Kelly had taken statements from trivial wit- nesses they failed to get statements from important witnesses. During the testimony of Collier it was revealed that former Policeman Allen in- troduced him to Manager Ruff as “Mr. Hoover of the Department of Justice.” J. Edgar Hoover is director of the Bu- reau of Investigation of the Justice De- partment. The prosecution has excused Merritt 0. Chance, foreman of the July grand jury which made the serious charges against Kelly and Shelby, and five other members of that grand jury until the session tomorrow. These members of the grand jury also are looked upon &s important prosecution witnesses. Lynch Conducts Examination. Assistant Corporation Counsel Lynch conducted the examination at the open- ing this morning, the first witness for the prosecution being Enyeart, who visited the McPherson apartment the day her body was found in his capacity as an assistant fingerprint expert at headquarters. Enyeart testified Kelly ordered him to photograph the body as it lay on the floor of the death room, and he spent about 45 minutes in a careful search for fingerprints. Although he looked all over the floor, walls, doors, bedposts and other available furnish- ings the expert testified he could find no fingerprints that he could do any- thing with. Lynch inquired if he sought for fin- gerprints in_the bathroom, where blood spots were, found, or if Kelly had in- structed him to look in the bathroom. He replied he could not recall any such instructions from the homicide chief and declared also he did not think it necessary to look for finger- prints in that room. The prosecution then placed in evi- dence the photograph of Mrs. Mc- Sherson after her death. It was passed around to the officers of the trial board, and Enyeart explained the difficulties he had in taking the picture. Upon cross-examination by the de- fense, Attorney O'Shea elicited from the witness that it was not necessary for Kelly to give him instructions in the performance of his duties. Fingerprint Taking Discussed. Counsel entered into a discussion of fingerprint taking and the witness said it was impossible to take impressions on a person's neck. He also said finger- prints cannot be taken from papers or letters after an hour had elapsed. Sergt. Sandberg, who has been in the Identification Bureau since 1904, upon being called as the next witness, said that the men in his bureau were sub- ject to orders from headquarters detec- tives, but declared it was not the usual thing for detectives to give them in- structions as to their duties. ‘The prosecution evidently was anxious to show that under the circumstances of Mrs. McPherson's death the finger- print expert who visited the apartment should have inspected the bath room. Sandberg said if he had been there he would have been governed by the cir- cumstances of the case. “If the case looked bad to the cap- tain who was first on the scene, would you have looked in the bath room then?” Counsel Lynch asked. This question precipitated a warm dispute between opposing counsel, Mr. Quinn, for tne defense, insisting that Capt. Stott had called it a “suicide” case. “Well then,” Lynch repeated, “if you found the woman with a cord twisted around her neck two times, who was separated from her husband, who was being held by the police, would you, under those circumstances, have in- spected the bath room for fingerprints?™ “Yes,” I would have looked for every possible evidence if I thought the bath room had any connection with the case,” Sandber; replied. Satisfied With Enyeart’s Work. Under_cross-examination by the de- fense, Sandberg explained he was thoroughly satisfled with the investiga- tions made by Enyeart and considered him a competent man. He reiterated there was no necessity for either Kelly or Shelby to give the expert any in- structions about his duties. As for Kelly's own efficlency as an investigator, Sandberg testified he had found him always thorough and painstaking in the 22 years during which he had worked frequently with the homicide chief. There was more discussion of a technical nature over the photograph of Mrs. McPherson’s body, Sandberg having testified that he could not tell whether a better -picture could have been made without having seen condi- tions for himself. Before he was excused from the stand the defense obtained a statement from the sergeant that in 368 homicide cases investigated by the bureau, fingerprints were obtained in only 86. The third witness called was Knee- land, News reporter who “covered” the McPherson case when it was first re ported to the police. He got there be- fore Kelly. Kneeland’s hazy, especially as to wheth Kelly who admitted him and three other reporters to the death chamber. The reporters were not allowed inside the room until after the deputy coroner recollections were very had completed his investigation, Knee- Start the New Year er it was| hi land said, adding that the official had “inferred it was a case of suicide.” He said he did not hear Kelly say anything to the deputy coroner about having an autopsy performed. Collier, a reporter of The Star, who covered the McPherson case, followed Kneeland on the witness stand and through questions by Prosecutor Fowler sketched his visits to the McPherson apartment. Tells of Observations. Collier said he first visited the apartment on the afternoon of the cor- oner’s inquest, accompanied by John Snure, a former Star reporter, and former Policeman Allen. Asked 'about his observations, the witness said he saw a large smear of blood about the size of a dinner plate on the bathroom floor. In the bedroom, he said, he saw what appeared to be two thin spots of blood on the floor. Collier admitted he had handled sev- eral articles in the apartment, including magazines and papers. “I just made the general cursory inspection,” he added. After leaving the apartment. Collier said he went to The Star office in com- pany with Snure and Allen and reported to his city editor what he had found. Afterward, he said, the group went to the office of William H. Collins, assist- ant United States Attorney, and with him returned to the apartment. Once again, about two days later, Collier said, he returned to the apart- ment with Snure and Lieut. Kelly. Asked by Fowler what he did on this visit, he replied that Kelly explained certain conditions in the apartment. Later, Collier said, he discussed the case with Shelby and Keby. “Tell us the conversation between you and Inspector Shelby and Lieut. Kelly,” Fowler asked. “Snure and I visited Kelly'and Shelby for the purpose of clearing up in our minds certain phases of the case which seemed to be peculiar. We wanted to know if they would explain these ap- parent discrepancies. Both were very courteous and willing to do so. Willing to Investigate. “I think both gained the idea that we were getting ready to write a sensa- tional story. That was not the case at all. Inspector Shelby and Lieut Kelly both said that although the coroner's jury had decided the case a suicide, it was still open on the homicide books and they were willing to investigate any new angle that might be developed. “I told them two things seemed strange 1o me. One was the position of the body against the door and tne other was a_bloodstain on the bath- room floor. I think we indicated that I did not understand those two angles of the case. “Both Kelly and Shelby then went into a detailed explanation of the case and Kelly went over the whole course he had taken in his invstigation.” “As a result of your conversation did | P you go away with the impression that Shelby and Kelly had arrived at any definite conclusion?”” Fowler asked. “The only thing they said.was that the case is still open on the homicide books,” Collier answered. Quizzed by Shelby Lawyer. Subjected to examination by Attorney Quinn, one of Shelby’s lawyers, as to Allen’s activities in the apartment, Col- lier said the former policeman was busy in the apartment propounding his theories. “He is full of those, isn't he?” Quinn asked. *‘Yes, sir,” Collier responded. Subsequently, Quinn asked Collier if he had sought any additional informa- tion from Allen as to what he had learned in his independent investigation of the case. “You didn't have to ask him any- thing,” Collier replied. “He volunteered his information.” ‘The stenographic transcript of Allen's talk at _the Washington Auditorium on the McPherson case was then produced by Quinn and he read from it excerpts of the former policeman’s address which referred to Collier's investigation and his conversation with Allen. Collier was asked how Allen got into the apartment the day Collier and Snure accompanied him. Amusing Incident. Collier explained that it was rather an amusing incident. “On the way to the apartment I asked Allen if reporters would have any trouble getting inside,” Collier said. Allen told him, “No, I'll tell Ruff you are friends of mine.” “Allen introduced me to Ruff as Mr. Hoover of the Department of Justice and Snure as an associate,” Collier said. “You are sure you weren't introduced as President Hoover,” asked O'Shea. Collier explained that he regarded the whole thing as a joke because on sev- eral occasions Allen forget to call him “Mr. Hoover” in the presence of Ruff and mentioned his real name. Prosecution counsel objected to the line of testimony as a “waste of time,” but O'Shea indignantly denied time was being wasted. He contended the de- fense wanted to prove that only au- thorized persons, such as reporters or police, were admitted to the apartment. Collier said he was in conference with Shelby and Kelly from about 9:30 o'clock until about 1 o'clock. He knew the hour because he was surprised at the lapse of time. On his third visit to the apartment the prosecution asked the reporter if the blood spot was still on the floor as he had seen them before. Collier thought it had been removed. Ruff was in the room with Collier and Allen and grobnbly heard the policeman refer to the alleged “Mr. Hoover” as Collier, the witness testified. Policeman _Allen rvfientedly told him that he could *ive the names cof wit- nesses who_would prove it was & mur- der case, Collier said, in reply to the question, He thought Allen had given im the names of the janitor and of Miss Conway. ,O'Shea interrupted with a question. Isn't it a fact that you went to the apartment with Kelly’ at one time to get information about the blood stain, It is not necessary to have had an Ac- —_— that being one of the things which puzzled you?” “That and the position of the body against the door,” Collier replied. Kelly's attorney drew from the wit- ness the fact that Collier had told the homicide chief that he was convinced Kelly had made a thorough investiga- tion of the McPherson case. When Collier was_excused the Park Lane manager, Mr. Ruff, was called to the stand and told how he had been notified of Mrs. McPherson’s death by the young husband. He said he found McPherson looking for a note in the apartment and that Dr. Roeers, the assistant coroner, ar- rived 45 minutes later. At the order of the district attorney's office a guard was placed over the apartment on the Tuesday afternoon following the wom- an’s death. Ruff said he had talked frequently with Shelby and Kelly on the first day. Defense attorneys, however, got him to admit he was mistaken about Shelby, as the inspector did not go to the apart- ment the cay the body was found, but did visit it and the Lombardy apart- ment on Sunday to investigate reports of disturbances heard by various wit- nesses. Russ gave a minute description of the scene he found in the apartment when he went there at McPherson's call. He went there several times with Kelly, he said, but under frequent questioning, declared he could not recall having heard Gorman tell him the case looked like a murder. Questioned About Dates. ‘The witness was questioned at length about the date the effects of the apart- ment were removed and the blood stains mopped up. Before permitting McPherson or anv of the young man’s family to go into the apartment he said he first got into communication with Kelly, who told him it was their right to have it cleaned up. The upshot of it was that the janitor mopped up the floors on Wednesday and Kelly chiselled up part of the blood spot in the bath room before the mop- ping commenced. He said Thursday afternoon McPherson's father and mother started packing up some of the effects. Ruff said the day the Department of Justice started ifs investigation the twin beds were left in the bedréom and Mrs. McPherson's clothes were packed in a trunk in the living room. He gave a complete inventory of every article in the rooms. Warned by Kelly. Ruff testified under cross-examina- tion that he had known Kelly for 21 years. He was asked about an investi- gation Kelly made of a suicide at the Houston Hotel a few years ago where Ruff was manager. He said he was not required to sign a statement he made to Kelly at that time. Reverting to the McPherson case Ruff was asked if it were not a fact that Kelly had told him the day the body was removed not to let anybody in the apartment except from the De- tective Bureau or some one who had police power. “That's correct,” he re- led. He testified that after the inquest he had ridden back to the apartment with Allen and that the policeman re- marked that he was going to get in touch with Hoover at the Department of Jua!é‘cg' and “get this case opened up again.’ “I tried to persuade him there was no use in doing that?” he added. Very shortly after that Ruff said that Allen had come to him with two associates, one of whom he introduced as “Mr. Hoover.” “And I suppose the other was Sher- lock Holmes,” O'Shea remarked. Told It Was Joke. Ruff said he did not know Collier was not “Mr. Hoover” until later, when he went to the office of Senator Overman of North Carolina and saw the reporter there. “I was told it was all a joke,” he said. He gave further testimony to the fact that when the Department of Justice took over the investigation he put a special lock on the door of the McPher- son apartment so no one could get in. A question by Mr. Lynch as to whether the witness had seen Kelly pick up a note book in the apartment and put it in his pocket caused a sharp row between counsel. O’Shea jumped to his feet and called gso l2he prosecutor to produce the note “We've never had it or seen it, and I presume it is in Kelly's possession,” Lynch replied. O'Shea brought out testimony that Kelly had been checking up a number of telephone calls in the apartment and it was quite evident that the note book in question contained these numbers. Asked about the telephone numbers, Ruff said that there was a notation of ;e “bootlegger” after one of the num- TS, After some questioning about the suicide of the man shot through the chest in the Houston Hotel, Ruff was excused. Asks Subpoenaes Issued. Fowler then called out the names of Alice Brown, Willlam Brown and Mr. and Mrs. Roy Heaverin. Mr. Brown ap- peared and said his wife was not pres- ent and the two others did not respond to their names, “Then bring in Maj. Pratt, the superintendent _of police, Lynch de- manded. But Maj. Pratt wasn't there either. Whereupon the prosecutor asked the Trial Board to order Pratt to have subpoenaes issued for both Mr. and Mrs. Heaverin. The last witness before recess was Schott, stenographer of police head- quarters, who was questioned about a statement he had taken wn from Officer Botts. He had turned this stat @he Foening Htar ment over to Sheiby about September 24, he sald. ‘When defense objected on the nd that the statement had to do with an- other matter before the Police Trial Board, Lynch jnsisted that he wanted to prove that Sheiby and Kelly were taking statements fiom unimportant witnesses and ignoring written state- ments from materi2] witnesseses. “You know Botts was questioned about a matter before the trial board that had nothing to do with this case,” Quinn demanded indignantly. Deceptive Tactics Charged. He charged the prosecution with re. sorting to deceptive tactics and de- clared it could not be proved under the specification that Shelby and Kelly had failed to take statements from material witnesses. Quinn and Lynch faced each other across the table. The defense attorney insisted that the prosecution was try- ing to make it appear that the two police officials had not taken proper precaution by offering the Botts state- ment in evidence. Lynch replied excitedly that he was going to put it in evidence at the proper time. “we don't object to the statement in itself,” Quinn insisted, “but we would like to know what the prosecution is trying to prove under the specification.” The objection of the defense was overruled and as Lynch rose from his seat to turn the paper over to the witness for identification O'Shea re- marked unde{ hfi hlzrenh. “You are still groping for light."” A ]fiuphcgn recess was taken at 12:40 o'clock after reference had.been made to a second statement taken from Officer Botts. At the very outset of the afternoon session, which began at 1:45 o'clock, Attorney O'Shea requested the trial board to remove witnesses from the room in rear of the trial board room to a room on the lower floor of the sixth precinct station house. Special tele- phone lines to newspaper offices are in the rear room, the lawyer pointed out, which makes it useless to keep witnesses out of the trial room when they could overhear the account of the proceedings as relayed to the newspaper offices by reporters. The request was granted. Ten Testify for Prosecution. Ten of the 32 witnesses summoned by the prosecution testified at the first day's session yesterday, and none of them developed anything which the de- fense regarded as detrimental. In fact, counsel for Shelby and Kelly expressed the opinion that some of the testimony of the prosecution witnesses aided the case of the defense. The biggest surprise of the day was furnished by Capt. William G. Stott of the third precinct, a prosecution wit- ness, who paid a glowing tribute to Kelly, describing him as “a competent, efficient investigator.” Stott also de- clared that the police investigation of Mrs. McPherson’s death had been 8o thorough that subsequent inquiries by the grand jury and the Department of Justice failed to develop any new evi- dence or facts. The only new development that fol- lowed the police investigation, he pointed out, was the “alleged” statement of former Policeman Allen that he saw & man come out of a rear window of the Uark Lane Apartment the night of Mrs, McPherson's death. Stott said that after Allen made his unauthorized investigation of the death he asked him if he had learned any- thing the police did not already know and he replied in the negative, although some time later he was quoted in the newspapers as having seen a man leave a rear window. Testimony Proves Surprise. Another surprise came in the testi- mony of Louls Kaplis, former stenog- rapher at police headquarters, who re- vealed that stenographic statements he had taken from Kelly, Policeman Law- rence Botts of the third precinct and former Policeman Allen had been re- moved from his possession by Corpora- tion Counsel William W. Bride. He said the stenographic statement of Kelly which concerned his investiga- tion of the McPherson case had been only one-third transcribed when the note book was taken away, and he was forced to complete the transcription in Bride's office. The other witnesses who testified yesterday were Louis McMahon, & re- porter for the Washington Herald; Dr. A. A. McDonald, who performed the autopsy on Mrs. McPherson's body; Headquarters Detective Dennis Culll- nane and the following members of the third precinct: _Sergt. Emil Desch, William Burke, Frank O. Brass and Earle P. Hartman. C. OF C. 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