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A2 =« EX-JUROR DEFENDS | SHELBY AND KELLY| Eugene Beatty Is Outspoken in Praise of Deposed Heads of Detectives. (Continued From First Page.) following day when Inspector Shelby ;nln took the stand he reiterated his oubt as to the possibility of Allen's claims. Rage Not Indicated. One of the strongest points in the witness' testimony was his account of Inspector Shelby's manner in demand- ing the indictment for perjury of Mrs. Heavrin and Allen. He said the inspec tor did raise his fist in making the re- quest, but that this gesture did not in- dicate rage to him. “That remark only showed he was human.” Beatty said. “I drew the same conclusion myself before the case was over.” Beatty then described testimony given by Policeman Laurence Botts, Allen’s partner, that Shelby did not in any way attempt to influence his testimony to the grand jury. After stating that Allen was the first witness to appear before the grand jury, Beatty was asked to narrate the sub- stance of his testimony. He repeated Allen’s story of seeing the man leave the window, and then said the police- man went into some detail expounding his murder theories. Accused Officers. “All the rest of his statement con- sisted of charges against Shelby, Kelly and Collins,” he said. ‘H'e declared they had made & mistake, and knowing this, tried to thwart his investigation and to prevent two facts in the McPherson case from becoming known. He also declared that lice officials harbored a grudge against him, and accused Collins of removing from the depart- ment a book on jiu-jitsu.” The witness then was asked to de- scribe the scene in the grand jury room when Robert A. McPherson was re- quired to demonstrate the possibility that he could have thrown a dress over his wife’s body as it lay on the floor of the apartment. The first Jemonstra- tion was made, he said, with a piece of newspaper respresenting the body. ‘When this test failed to convince some member of the]:uri. ‘t‘-xhe -;l’shfit dk‘- trict attorney placed himself in - tion similar wpthl'. in which the my was found and McPherson again threw the dress. Beatty sald some of the jurors still were not satisfied, but that McPherson was so close to & break down that further demonstrations were not required of him. Beatty sprang a surprise when he tes- tified that the entire grand jury gave a rising vote of thanks to Assistant Dis- trict Attorney Collins after it had already been decided to issue the report severely eriticizing his activities and the activities of Shelby and Kelly in con- nection with the McPherson case. said that Foreman Chance walked over to Collins and shook hands only & few hours before the report was adopted. Beatty denied Chance had ever sug- gested to him that he was in favor of indicting Shelby and Kelly for perjury. ‘Woman Juror Protested. The most sensational phase of his testimony concerned the conduct of cer- tain members of the grand jury imme- diately after they had voted to indict McPherson for the murder of his wife. He said that half a dozen members, in- cluding men and women, gathered in & corner and started to laugh and joke among lves _while Collins was due Ted one clderty duct, he said, one elderly wng'.n of the jury that she fainted and had to be revived with smelling salts. He said she later made a vigorous pro- test to Foreman Chance. An argument ensued between Quinn and Lynch over the admissibility of this testimony, but the board supported Quinn’s contention that the charges against Kelly and Shelby were the di- rect eu'swmh of the grand jury’'s re- port, and that,any testimony bearing on the ‘:hml tl’?rfislnl“;‘thmr:ld Jury was proper at the trial of the charges, e said that Policeman Allen, by his own request, was allowed to make a sec- ond appearance befors the jury. Allen told them that he wanted to “sum up” the case. He was permitted to do this, Beatty said, despite the fact that Col- lins warned the iury such a ure was illegal. Allen gave no itional facts, he ullt‘l_l. hkg slzmlyx x‘exlyvgut;dcg{s ch against Shelby, Kelly an - lln:‘guuy said the witness closed his testimo) Pherson ny indicting his belief that Me- ‘was the murderer. Beatty was asked if in his opinion anything in Inspector Shelby's conduct before the jury justified the charges brought against him. Lynch objected and Quinn withdrew the question. Gave Only Facts. Attorney James A. O'Shea, counsel for Kelly, then began an examination of Beatty, and at the very outset drew from him a statement that the deposed head of the Detective Bureau's homi- cide squad gave the July grand jury s clear, concise picture-story of the en- tire McPherson case. He added that Kelly gave the grand jury only facts and at no time mads an effort to sway opinion toward a suicide theory. Later, in response to a question by O'Shea, Beatty said at one time when Kelly appeared before the grand jury Foreman Chance remarked: “Do we have to listen to that long-winded guy again?” Several times afterward, the witness said, Chance interrupted Kelly's testimony to inquire whether it ws | relevant. Beatty also said that Kelly made s decided impression on some of the members of the grand jury because| he gave testimony for three or four hours without referring to notes and at the conclusion, one member sug- gested that the detective write a book. “Did you notice in the course of Kelly’s ~statement anything _which showed he careelssly or negligently testified?” O'Shea asked. “I certainly did not,” Beatty an- swered. “Do you recall what was said about Kelly removing evidence?” O'Shea then inquired. Assumed Responsibility. “Assistant _United States Attorney Collins, I believe,” Beatty replied. “as- sumed the responsibility for having | given the order for the removal of | the_evidence.” “Now, Mr. Beatty, would you say from your experience sitting as & juror that you saw any reason to say that Lieut. Kelly did or did not fail to cause an efficlent and businesslike investiga- tion?” O'Shea asked. “There was no.fact on which to base the charge,” Beatty responded. “I con- sidered the whole charge an outrage.” Turned over to the prosecution for examination, Beatty, in response to a question by Walter L. Fowler, assistant corporation counsel, said there was nothing in the conduct of either Shelby or Kelly before the grand jury to justify its sensational report excoriating these two officers. Chance Made Objection. On _cross-examination Beatty denied that Foreman Chance was a member of the group which laughed and ex- changed jokes while the indictment was being drawn up. “In fairness to him, I must say that he objected to this conduct after the woman had complained to him,” Beatty declared. The witness explained that Allen regarded the book, which he accused Collins of having removed, as important in the case because it detailed various Japanese methods of strangulation. {nm , Fowler asked the witness if he not made this statement: “It was unfortunate that Inspector Shelby lost his temper because of the effect on _some of the grand jurors.” Beatty said that he had made this statement, but that he had not in- tended to convey the impression that he believed Sheiby had lost his tem- . _What he meant, he said, was t::c his attitude had given this im- pression to some other members of the Jury. Wants Record of Probe. Just before the trial board took its uncheon recess, the defense demanded that a stenographic transcript of the testimony of witnesses who appeared before the special board composed of Corporation Counsel Bride and Assist- ant Engineer Commissioner Davison, which was created by the Commission- ers to investigate ihe grand jury's charges against Shelby and Kelly, be included in the record of the present trial. The prosecution vigorously op- posed the recommendation and the board took it under advisement and an- nounced that its decision would be given in the afternoon. Beatty, who was one of the five wit- nesses who appeared voluntarily before the Bride-Davison board, was given a copy of the transcript of his testimony and asked whether he cared to make any changes in his testimony at that time. Beatty, however, had not fin- ished reading the transeript of his testimony when the board recessed for lunch, and he was told to return for the afternoon session. ANTARCTIC HIDES FATE OF 2 FLYERS IN WHALING PLANE (Continued From First Page.) on the other side of the date line from us so that our Christmas was December 26 for them. Took Off With Two-Day Rations. He started out about 6 o'clock in the evening, the Summer sun high in a clear sky, and with fuel for from five to six hours. His orders were to inspect the ice pack edge to the west of the Kosmos. ‘The three big whalers north of the pack were strung out west of Scott Island. The C. A. Larsen, which helped Admiral Byrd so much last year, and the Southern Princess were near Scott Island and the Kosmos was more to the west. ‘The plane carried emergency rations for two days because the possibility of a forced landing was always present but did not seem dangerous in view of Lier's method of flying within sight of the ships. Capt. Andresen had taken every possible safety precaution. After six hours had passed and Lier had not returned, anxlety began to be felt. The chasers of the Kosmos were ordered to look for the plane and as time went on the chasers from the other two whalers also jolned in the search, so that there were 16 of these fast little vessels, tearing along at 14 knots hunting along the edge of the ack. As the two whalers to the east came up to aid their chasers hunted the en- tire territory between Scott Island and the Kosmos and then the small fleet He | struck off to the westward. In the five days that have elapsed they have searched 220 miles to the westward of the Kosmos as far as the Balleny Islands and some of them have penetrated the pack at intervals for as far as 160 miles from the edge. When they returned, they came back in paral- lel lines far apart and sweeping the en- tire sea area for & long distance from the edge of the pack. Believed to Have Gone Into Spin. It is not believed that Lier made & mistake in his course, as the sun was visible all night and he could have followed the edge of the pack. The here are more inclined to be- lleve that due to engine failure in a climb he fell off on a wing and spun into the pack or the water. ‘The sea was fairly smooth at first, but after the second day the sea rose and it became foggy. The weather cleared again in a short time. After the first hunt there was a con- ference of the captains on the Kosmos and there seemed very little hope from the way the search d been carried out that the plane could be found. The Kosmos chasers are still searching, however, penetrating the pack, which now seeems to be breaking up, wher- ever possible. Admiral Byrd was much concerned when he heard of the mishap to the fyers and sent word to Capt. Andersen that he wished it were in his power to do something to help. He did give them an idea of the fast drift of a seaplane, but from the extent of the search al- ready made it is certain that the plane could not have drifted beyond the dis- tance reached by the whalers. He also offered to send down the bark City of New York to search if she woulds be of assistance. It would have been impossible to fly from here to aid in the search, for there are no pontoons for our planes and the distance to the northern edge of the ice pack is more than 800 miles, further than to the Pole jtself. Even if one of our planes could get that far, it would be impossible for it to land and refuel and it would have to turn around immediately and fly back. ‘The possibility of such help was im- mediately dismissed by the whalers as too hazardous and Capt. Andersen in a :‘dldlo message to Admiral Byrd today said: “The risk of even the plane flying up here from your base would be a great one in view of the uncertain weather experienced outside the there be- ing many days of fog at this time of year. I thank you for your generous of- fer of help in our time of trouble and know that you are with us.” Byrd Pilots Aware of Peril. The search has been followed anx-' lously here ever since the first news that the plane was missing, for nobody knows more than the pilots here the dangers which follow even a safe land- ing on the Antarctic Sea or ice pack away from the ship. Whenever the whalers could be reached there were quick inquiries for news and, when it was learned that Lier and Dr. Schreiner had not been found, every one felt greatly depressed This, the first year that airplanes have been used extensively in the Ant- arctic, has seen an invasion by them from all sides, and this is the first se- rious mishap, although all flights ex- cept Admiral Byrd's have been short flights. In addition to the Byrd expedition's planes and the one flown by Lier there are two with Sir Dougles Mawson's ex- | pedition on the other side of the con- tinent and two with the Norwegla ex- pedition, with which Capt. Hjalmar Riiser-Larsen and Capt. Luetzow Holm discovered land between Coats and Enderly Lands & few days ago. Then re are two planes with Capt. Sir Hubert Wilkins at Graham Land. So there have been 10 planes in the two of them have been lost, the plane which was blown away and wrecked in the Rockefeller Mountains last Fall and this whaling plane. (Copyright. 1930, by the New York Times and the . for publication reserved throushout the ) world. PLANNED EXPLORATION TRIP. Diary Discloses Lier Hoped to Fly Over i January 2—Radio reports from the Antarctic declare that no trace has been found of the two fiyers, Lier and Dr. Schreiner, who started on an exporation trip in a Moth lane last week and have not been ard from since. Reading from the transcript of testi- mony given by Beatty when he ap- peared before the special board of in- appointed by the District Com- @issioners to inquire into the grand In a diary found among Lier's pos- sessions, he made a note of his plan to fiy over ny Island. Apparently he had some Personal resson for making this flight, -although the chief of the { the Civil War, but later in the Gulf of Antarctic since last Summer, and only ) Do L. Louis Post-Dispatch. All right THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, Sea Roads to Peace Writings of Admiral Mahan, American, Set Europe Think- ing About Maritime Power. (Continued From Pirst Page.) To think of maritime questions is to think of Mahan—the man without & rival as an exponent of sea power, its basic elements, its principles, its crucial effects upon history. Mahan had an acute mind and a jealous love of accuracy, was industrious and knew the value of concentration. He sald to himself: “Historians have not under- stood sea power. They have thought relatively too much about military power. I will learn all I can about sea power. I will give my life to it.” And that is what he did. He did it and won a fame which | never will grow dim—a curious and singularly interesting story. Became Rear Admiral Alfred Thayer Mahan was this naval | student’s full name. He was an Ameri- can, and in the later years of his life | (he was born in 1840 and died in 191¢) he became a rear admiral in the United States Navy. The science and art of war were in his blood, for his father was a professor in the West Point Military Academy &nd wrote standard text books on civil and mili- tary engineering. raduated from the Naval Academy at Annapolis in 18 young Mahan lifted his eyes to an ominous look in the American political sky. Two years later that disastrous shot was fired at Fort Sumter, the American Civil War began its bloody course, and Mahan (a8 & lieutenant) was transferred abruptly from naval academics to serv- ice afloat on the Congress, Pocahontas, Seminole and James Adger. Not a great deal has been written of Mahan as & man of action, though he rose from lieutenant to lieutenant com- mander, to commander, to captain and at last to rear admiral (after retire- ment), seeing service not only during Mexico, the South Atlantic, the Pacific and Asia. It is probable, however, that he did well in action; his conscientious- ness, har . , energy and technical equipment dly would have permitted mm to do Outstanding Scholar. But his pre-eminent gift was for re- search, reflection and expression in dignified English. Of all our historians, it is doubtful if any one were more careful in me , more diligent in analysis and synthesis, more unaffected in style than was this incomparable historian of the s.1. History to him | was a source of light for everyday guidance; principles, things for = the uptl‘:gl.ldm. and maintenance of civili- zation, Serving at the Naval War College, Mahan (as clear-cut in features and personality as in reasoning) delivered a course of lectures which must have impressed his hearers deeply. These lectures subsequently were issued in book form and quickly captured the expert opinion of all nations. The volume was called “The Influence of Sea Power Upon History, 1660-1783." It produced an exceptional sensation in | England, where it was read not only | by politicians, technicians and journal- | ists, but by the thinking portion of the general ?ubllc. It was recognl: as a masterly statement of the prlnclglu‘ upo.:dwhk:h British safety always had rested. Boomed German Navy. Mahan’s work also excited keen in- | terest in Germany, where it revealed to that continental le what sea power means. And Germany had no Sea power in the effective sense; its| lack was her fundamental imperial shortcoming; Britain’s dominant posi- tion in the world was due to it. How- ever feebly Americans the significance of Mahan's exposition, the English and Germans understood it, and it influenced the German Em- pire in the direction of that formidable fieet which finally went to the bottom of Scapa Flow, “The Influence of Sea Power Upon History, 1660-1783,” was published in 1890, when Mahan was 50 years old. ‘Two years later he published “Influ- ence of Sea Power on the French Rev lution” and “Life of Farragut.” In 1905 1 his “Life of Nelson, the Embodiment of | the Sea Power of Great Britain,” and “Sea Power in Its Relation to the War of 1812” confirmed a reputation already unequaled in its fleld. In one way| Mahan liked particularly his study of the War of 1812, for (something not true of his other works) he had gone to ' “the sources” for all his material and | pronounced it “by far the most thor- | ough work” he had done. His last book, “From Sail to Steam” (1907), relates mainly to his own career. Praised by Rooseveit. “He (Mahan) founded & new school of naval thought,” said Theodore Roose- velt. “Indeed,” wrote Admiral Viscount Jellico, commander in chief of the Brit- ish grand fleet during the first two years of the World War, “it had fallen to the lot of & distinguished officer in a foreign navy, Mahan, to point out the all-imporatnt influence which sea power l’ul:d exerted and would exert on his- And what did the French say? Hear Auguste Moireau in the Revue des Deux Mondes: “After his first book, and especially from 1895 on, Mahan supplied the sound basis for all thought on naval and maritime affairs; and it was seen clearly that sea power was the princi- ple which, adhered to or departed from, would determine whether empires should stand or fall.” There is your “curious and singu- larly interesting story”—the fact that a radical understanding of sea power should have awaited the labors of a son, not of a nation historically supreme at sea, not of an island people, but of continental America. Sea power had played its mighty part in history for upward of 2,000 years—in the wars of the Greeks and Persians, in the Roman wars, in the Peloponnesian war, in the Mohammedan conquests, in the cru- sades, in every decisive struggle of na- tions right down to modern times—yet it remained for an American, Mahan, to interpret its inner nature and its his- torical function as late as the last quar- | ter of the nineteenth century. | With the principles illustrated in the | explorations and writings of this unique man, and with the relevant questions certain and likely to arise at the five- power naval conference, T will attempt o deal in subsequent articles. (Copyrisht. 1930.) (The second article, appearing tomor- row, will point out the importance of sea power to modern nations.) expedition had forbidden it on the grounds that it was too dangerous. Capt. Wisting of the exploration ship, Kosmos, declares that the fiyers may have landed without mishap, and that if they succeeded in reaching an ice- berg or solid ground, there is still a chance of finding them. Aided in Amundsen Search. Lier belonged to the rescue party which searched for Raould Amundsen in the Arctic last Summer, and there- fore is well informed on the methods of withstanding the hardships of long exposure. ‘The Norwegian newspapers give warm praise to Admiral Richard Byrd's ald in the search for the lost flyers. It is the second time that Admiral Byrd has rendered ald to a distressed Norwegian. The last time was after he flew across the North Pole and had returned to Spitzenbergen. He heard of a fisher- man wrecked on the rocky Spitzen- bergen coast and immediately flew to him with provisions. Liners Damaged in Havana. HAVANA, January 2 (#).—The liners Statendam of the Holland-American Line and Franconia of the Cunard Line were slightly damaged here last night when the Staten swung on her bow moorings while king and chashed into the Cunarder. BAFFLED POLICE SEEKBOM CLUES Religious Differences Doubt- ed as Possible Motive for Holiday Explosion Tragedy. (Continued From_ First Page.) éflnefl the Seat Pleasant Methodist hurch just before Christmas, and was teacher of a Sunday School class there. Parran sald this afternoon he was without specific clues and had no definite theories. He placed 10 credence in the religious hypotaesis, whose sup- | porters would attribut> 'the act to fanatics, and said that the idea of a rejected suitor seemed more logical, despite failure so far to substantiate it. Brady has insisted his wife had no suitors other than himself, and he and members of her family declare they . completely at a loss to account for the crime. Sister Is Questioned. Headquarters Detectives Fowler and Flaherty today held a conference with Mrs. Alice Ireland, 1249 Morse street northeast, sister of John Hall. father of the stricken family, after Lieut. Joseph Morgan, head of the homicide squad, learned that Mrs. Ireland had told re- porters yesterday she “had an idea who did it,” but “wouldn’t tell unless forced to In conversation with a Star reporter yesterday Mrs. -reland, after making these statements, intimated there had been some sort of trouble growing out of the elopement of Naomi with young | Brady. ‘Today Mrs. Ireland denied having any | suspicion of any one in connection with | the explosion. Lieut. Morgan said he talked at length last night with Norris Hall, oldest brother, who was away from home at the time of the blast, but gained no information of value. Boy's Find Package. John Hall, the father, was a pathetic figure as he paid a brief visit this morning to the gruesome shambles which was his modest, but comfortable home—the scene of holiday happiness— until yesterday morning. He said ar- rangements for the funeral of his daughter were being made by the Gasch undertaking firm in Hyattsville and that interment would be in Mount Oak Methodis; Cemetery at Mitchell- ville, Md. Russell Violett, & Star carrier boy liv- ing on Oakmont avenue, Seat Pleasant, and Everett Minder, his 15-year-old cousin and associate carrier, told today of finding the gayly wrapped package which hid the bomb on the front porch | of the home of Mrs. John Buckley last Sunday mornin~. Dellvering a paper to the hem- - »ich is diagonally across the R the Hall house, the boys Ppackage, bright with Yule dec- orations, on the porch and, ringing the bell, handed it to Mrs. Buckley. It was about a foot long and resem- bled a large candy box. Its contents were heavy, the boys recall. Mrs. Buckley took the package in and found it was addressed to Mrs. Hall. There were no postmarks or stamps. Mrs. Buckley did not know any one by the name of Hall, as Naomi and her famlly were newcomers to the com- munity. The package lay around the house until yesterday, when Mrs. Buck- ley called to one of’the Hall boys and asked him if the package was for his house. He said it was for his sister, and hurried home with it, in company with Stuart Carneal, a playmate, Two May Lose Sight. ‘The little family group was tense with curiosity as Naomi took the heavy package, examined it briefly, and won- dered what it contained. The interest of all the others also was keen, and even little Samuel, the baby of the lot, toddled up to his sister, eyes bright with excitement, as she an to tear open the wrappings from the box on her lap. ‘The injuries of the children tell a tragic story of how the m.l:r was bend- ing innocently over the deadly machine, when it exploded with a terrific roar. Little Dorothy and Baby Samuel, face: near their sister's lap, were probal ring close to the box. They may blind for life as a result. Bo)'s Fingers Amputated. Leslie and Thomas, with the im- pulsiveness of boys of their age, were reaching out impatiently, as though to help their sister expose the intriguing contents. Two fingers of Leslie's left hand were amputated at Providence, while both of Thomas' hands were man-~ gl:d. and several of his fingers may ve to be cut off. Mrs, Hall, standing close to her daughter, was torn and lacerated about the body and head. She and the two older injured boys are expected to re- cover, but the condition of Dorothy and the baby is very critical, it was said at Sibley Hospital today. Mrs. Margaret Bromley, 86-year-old ndmother, who was on the second at the time of the explosion, was treated at Casualty Hospital for shock. Carneal, who looked through the kitchen window, received a slight cut on the face from a flying piece of metal, Package Left at Wrong House, ‘The package, addressed to the young woman who w1s killed, was opened by Mrs, Hall in the kitchen of their two- gtory, white frame residence in Carmody road, after it had been sent there by Mrs. Buckley, Mrs, Hall was preparing a New Year feast. Hoping the box contained candy, the children gathered around her as she prepared to open it. As she opened the package there was a teriffic explosion, heard a mile away. The kitchen was wrecked by the blast, which shattered windows in the house and blew all doors on the first floor off their hinges. The only eye-witness who could give a coherent account of the tragedy was 12-year-old Stuart Carneal, who had brought the package witl Leslie Hall from the Buckley home a ;Ie‘:v“ minutes before. Politeness saved Politeness Saves Boy. When Leslie took the package inside to his mother, the Carneal boy remained outside on the back porch. He could not, however, resist the temptation to peer through the window, for the boys had “jiggled” the package and thought it contained Christmas candy. “Mrs. Hall was opening it,” he said, “when all of a sudden there was a ter- rible bang. I hollored and ran as hard as I could.” He was cut under the left eye by flying glass, but after having it cared for returned to the scene. He had been chopping wood with Leslie Hall earlier in the morning, when Leslie asked him to go to a shoemaker with him to get his shoes. On the way back Mrs. Buckley called them and gave them the package. Mrs. Buckley's action in keeping the package so long in her home is ex- plained by her ignorance of any one by the name of Hall in the neighbor- hood. Had it come through the mail she would have returned it to the post office, she said. Neighbor Becomes Hysterical. It undoubtedly was left at her house by mistake, which leads police to be- lieve that the maker of the infernal machine did not bring it in person. It was addressed in writing to “Naomi Hall, second house on clrmod{ road.” Mrs. Buckley's residence is the sec- ond on one side of the street, and the | the bomb exploded and Norris was atimy wife expected to be a mother,” he Hall home, about 200 yards distant, is the second house on opposite sid An error in delivery could easily have been made. ‘When Mrs. Buckley learned that the D. €, THURSDAY, | The home of John Hall, n | i | HERMAN BRADY, Husband of the woman killed. JANUARY 2, 1930. ‘where & “Christmas’ daughter, Mrs. Nancy Brady. Prince Georges County officials examining the wreckage in the kitchen where the blast occurred. JOHN HALL, Mrs. Brady’s father. explosion was due to the package she had harbored for three days in her own household of small children, she became hysterical. She declared that Providence alone saved their lives, for it would not have been unnatural if one of her young children had opened the package out of curiosity without knowing for whom it was intended. Flashlight Stampedes Crowd. ‘The crowd that surrounded the wrecked home was keyed up to a highly nervous pitch, When a Star photog- rapher took the first flashlight picture of the kitchen from the rear door, per- sons on the front porch, hearing the discharge and believing another b had exploded, stampeded into the yard. Hearing the explosion, members of the Seat Pleasant Fire Department hur- ried to the scene. Some smoke was coming out of the windows, but there was no evidence of a fire. It was the hole in the kitchen floor and the ab- sence of smoke generally in the kitchen that led police to think the package had contained dynamite instead of powder. Other firemen from Boulevard Heights, Capitol Heights and Greater Capitol Heights hurried to the scene, while the Prince Georges County rescue squad also put in an appearance, Fablan L. Augustine of the rescue squad and E. H. Catterton of Seat Pleas- ant were the first to enter the house. Augustine found a body, later identified as Mrs, Brady's, in a horribly mutilated condition on the floor. The woman was hurried to Washington in a hose cart. Police here had arranged so that the sig- nal lights would give them the right of way. The other victims were brought to Washington by neighbors, ‘The house was cleared of the curious crowd when County Policeman Frank Prince arrived to take charge of the investigation. The homicide squad of the Washington police were notified and Lieut. Joseph Morgan, chief of the squad, hastened out to Seat Pleasant. ‘They worked in close co-operation with the Maryland authorities. Morgan was accompanied to the scene yesterday by Headquarter's Detectives Sweeney, Fow- ler and Wilson. Postal Inspector John H. Colller also investigated. Postal authorities first thought the package had been sent through the mails, but after questioning Mrs. Buckley, Collier sald he had no further connection with the case. ‘The facts were reported last night to te's Attorney Parran of Prince .orges County, who had been duck uunting yesterday, by Sheriff Early, It was decided that an inquest was un- necessary since there was no question as to {he manner in which the young woman met death. Lieut. Morgan questioned the three uninjured members of the family, the father, who spent the night the home of Mrs. Emma Sweeney, a sister of Mrs. Hall, who lives across the street from Providence Hospital, at 436 Second street_southeast, and the man's two sons, Norris, aged 20, and Roger, aged 13, who were unhurt. Roger was in the back yard when work, being employed at the City Serv- ice Gas Station at Twenty-fourth street and Benning , Norris _told rgan that his brother- in-law, Brady, 1 family and that there had been no opposition to the marriage. Family Knows of No Enemies. Neither Mr. Hall, Mrs. Sweeney nor the others guestioned by police could assign motives for the deed. Norris sald the family did not mingle much | with others and so far as he knew had Do enemies. “I don't know what to think. It seems like a nightmare,” he | was sald to have told Morgan. Yesterday's explosion was the third major misfortune in Seat Pleasant in the past three weeks. On December 13 the Southern Mary- land Trust Co. was closed by order of the State bank commissioner, tying u) Christmas funds of hundreds of resi- dents of the community. A week ago James C. Blackwell, coun- Li clerk, who lives a few blocks from the Hall home and is buried within sight of it, was accidentally shot and killed while hunting ducks near Alex- andria. Blackwell had been active in financial and fraternal circles of Seat Pleasant and his death brought sor- Tow to the entire community. Tells of Secret Marriage. Brady, young husband of the dead woman, on reaching the scene of the tragedy early in the afterncon, was dazed by the sight as he looked into the wrecked kitchen of his wife’s home. He had received & telephone call at| his own home in Mitcheliville, saying, that “something terrible had happen- ! ed” at the Hall place. Told that the victims had been taken to Washington hospitals, Brady col- lapsed at Casualty Hospital, where he lestned later the body of his young bride had been taken. “‘We kept our marriage secret because we didn't want the old folks to know about it,” he said, “I couldn't afford a separate home for my wife at that time, but was arranging to rent a home when I heard what had happened.” He was inclined to blame the dzed on some jealous person. Brady's statement that he was on the friendliest of terms with his wife's family was corroborated by the state- ments of his father-in-law and neigh- bors. He had planned to visit her last night to tell about his plans for their future home. Since their marriage, which was made known to parents and neighbors about three weeks ago, he had paid more frequent visits to the Hall home in Seat Pleasant, Christmas night he celebrated with the family and Monday evening was the last time he had seen his wife before the tragedy. ‘To keep their marriage secret, he ex- plained that both he and his young wife occasionally went out with friends, but he was sure that Mrs. Brady had no particular friend. Brady had known his wife since she was 9 years of age. They “gone to- gether” for the last five years, he ex- was well liked by the|the plained. During the period of his courtship, he said, she scarcely went with any other young man, “We announced our marriage because EVERETT MIDNER, Cousin of a Star carrier boy at Seat Pleasant, who first found the package while helping his cousin deliver papers Sunday morning and gave it to Mrs. Buckley. JOHN CARNEAL, Who delivered the package contal serious ning the bomb and escaped o id watched Mrf, ~—Star Staff Photos. Mr. and Mrs. Hall apparently were hnggy over the news, he added. fore coming to Seat Pleasant about three months ago, the Halls had resided near the Brady farm, The first acquaintance of Mrs. Brady to view her body and definitely identify her was a cousin, Mrs. Olive Jourdant, 17 years old, who hurried to Casuaity Hospital after learning of the accident. This definitely cleared up a con- fusion at the hospital, where the au- thorities believed the dead woman was Mrs. Brady's mother, Mrs. Nora Hall. John 8. Hall, Mrs. Hall's husband, also left Casualty Hospital thinking his wife and not his daughter was dead, while his wife lay on the operating table in Providence Hospital. Dr. J. Rogers Young of Casualty Hospital, who treated Mrs. Brady, start- ed to perform an operation, but soon decided it would be useless, and Mrs. Brady was propounced dead at 12:25 yesterday afternoon. Great difficulty was experienced in learning which members of the family had been injured, as they were com- parative strangers at Seat Pleasant, where they had moved only a few months ago. Members of the Seat Pleasant Fire Department, who brought victims into the hospitals, did not know their names. At Casualty, Mrs. Bromley, the grand- mother, who was brought in suffering from shock, was unable to give any coherent account of the explosion. Tilden Wins Semi-Final. PARIS, January 2 (#).—Bfll Tilden defeated Christian Boussus, young French southpaw, in the semi-finals of the French international covered- court tennis champlonships today b scores of 6—3, 6—2, 8—8. Hn'lfi meet his old rival, Jnn Borotra, the boundinf Basque, in final of Sat- urday. o Panic Aboard Stranded Ship. LIMA, Peru, January 2 (#).—The Na- tional Telegraphs announced today the. the Chilean steamer Mapocho wa stranded at Samanco, about 200 miles north of Callao, and that panic pre- declared, adding “we loved each other,” and denled there had been quarrels be- tween himself and wife or between him- self and members of her family when secret marriage was made known. vailed on board. The Mapocho, Valparaiso, Chile, tons, bel ng to the Compania Sud Americal i de Vapores. ; Fox tre whose home port is | Waltz is & steamer of 1,552 | Final 115 PROSECUTORS . T0 BE APPOINTED No Evidence of Laxity as Cause of Vacancies, Says "\ Attorney General. By the Assoclated Pre In announcing today that 18 va- cancies among United States distriet attorneys were soon to be filled, Attor- ney General Mitchell said that he had no evidence of any kind that the pres- ent district attorneys were not doing their duty. The Attorney General said that the 15 vacancies were due to the expira- tion of terms of office and he added that he had received no statement from Senator ‘Borah with regard to the lat- er's charges that there were wide ogen saloons in the districts of about 17 dis- trict attorneys. Mr. Mitchell, however, said that a survey was being made of the activities of the district attorneys and that im- mediate action would follow any evi- dence of laxity. Twelve district af torneys have been replaced since Me. Mitchell took office, and of these one was removed from office. Some of the appointments to fill the present vacancies, the Attorney General sald, are expected to be sent to th Senate soon after it reconvenes. The Attorney General said that one of the difficulties faced by the offices of the district ntwrneivll was due to a large turnover among the assistants to the United States attorneys. He sald that because of low salaries that 25 to 30 per cent of them resigned to more lucrative positions. PARALYSIS IS' FATAL TO MRS. DRUSILLA DAVIS Mrs. Drusilla Davis, widow of Dr. John W, Davis of Partlow, Va., an member of a prominent Virginia famil, died yesterday morning in a prit sanitarium, 2005 Kalorama road, fol- lowing a paralytic attack. Funeral services will be held tomor- row at Waller's Church Cemetery, Spottsylvania County, Va. Mrs. Da is survived by eight children. They are: Dr. Henry J. Davis of Rich- mond, Va.; Prof. J. W. Davis of Rich- mond, Dr, George W. Davis of Warren- ton, Va.; Misses Mary and Anne Davis of Partlow, Va.; Mrs. L. W. Chewning of Partlow, Mrs. Lee Groves of Sealston, Va., and Mrs. Drusills Smith of Hunt- ington, W. SENATE CAMPAIGN OF MORROW BEGUN AT NEIGHBOR PARTY (Continued From First Page.) an Englewood neighbor of the Morrows, who is vice chairman of the Republican national committee and a member of the State committee. The public was admitted one by one, the queue quickly stretching more than a block along the sidewalk from the armory door. For a while the arrivals were mostl; Englewood folk, white and black, chil- dren as well as grownups and even a few babies in arms. Gen. Jay J. Mor- row, brother of the Ambassador, was {among the early arrivals. Soon after it started, the hometown affair changed into a gathering of political suj rs as well as personal friends, and not one neighborhood, but many neighbor] ‘were represented. E. Bertram Mott of Morristown, the Republican State chairman, ved, Morrow.” Five special busses brought nearly 200 members of the “Dwight W. Morrow Association of Hudson County. | Four of the busses were filled with white men and the fifth with colored people, headed by C. Bion Jones, who was de- | feated last Autumn for State Assembly- man. The lapels of the Hudson County delegates were resplendent with blue and gold Morrow badges. Among those wearing them were David J. Allen, ex- alderman of Jersey City; Benjamin Dowden of the City Council of Ji City, Frank Maas, secretary to the tunnel commission: Mrs. Bell Linden, president of the Ninth Ward Women's Republican Club; Mrs. Ida Cornwall, Hudson County Republican chairman, and John Mouncel, former ninth committeeman in Jersey City. At 4:45 there was a brief pa the speechmaking, broadcast by WOR. Mr, his party, in our opinion, has been just' a neighborly af- fair to honor a respected citizen” who has done much here in Englewood.” “I liked Mr. Thomson's word that thfs was a neighborly meeting,” said Mr. Morrow in responding. “In this little town of ours we are very proud of call- ing it a neighborhood. In the oldset maps it was called ‘English Neighbor- hood,’ and the name in time was changed to Englewood. This has been ‘n‘ neighborly meeting. I thank you for “Perhaps, though, with our modern appliances of science, neighborhoods are getting larger. Perhaps the thing that the telephone, the telegraph and the radio are doing is spreading over large areas the sort of contacts that people make and the sort of things they have to do in small centers. I want to thank all of you for coming to my o That was all—not & word of politics. But many of the people who went to the reception started home convinced that the Morrow campaign for the Senate had really begun this New Year day. STEAMER ASKS FOR AID. Vessel Wallows Helplessly Miles Off Tattoosh Island. PORT ANGELES, Wash., January 2 (®).—Wallowing Imgleuly 800 miles off Tattoosh Island with a broken stearing gear and her afterhold filled with ‘water, the steamer Californian early to- day asked ald from the Coast Guard. ‘The cutter Snohomish left here after 8 am, expected to reach a:nuornhn in approximately ays. 800 the three . SHOOTS GIRL AND SELF. Railway Employe Accosts Factory ‘Worker on Way to Job. BUCYRUS, Ohio, January 2 (#).— Milo J. Goodwin, 25, railway flngloye. shot Miss Rose Ulmer, 22, through the shoulder and then committed suicide here today. Miss Ulmer was going to work at a factory with Miss Mary PFisher, a fflsfl. when Goodwin accosted them. Auth, =] tles said Goodwin told Miss Ulmer % “get in this car or I will fix you.” g ‘When she refused Goodwin took a shotgun from his car and fired at her, He then reloaded the weapon and fired & charge through his own heart. —— BAND CONCERT. By the United States Soldiers’ Home Band Orchestra, at Stanley Hall, this afternoon at 5:30 o'clock. John 8. M. Zimmerman, bandmaster; Anton Point- ner, assistant leade March, “Navy Blue' Koc Gems from musical comedy, “The Serenade” ot, te, “The Arcadians’ le, “Let's Sit and Talk You' ....McHugh Bannes,”