Evening Star Newspaper, June 8, 1930, Page 8

THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON. D. C, JUNE 8. 1930—PART ONE. OLD BRICK CAPITOL FACING LAST DAYS Building, Subject of Weird Stories, to Be Replaced by Modern Structures. BY GRETCHEN S. SMITH. "he wail of ghosts and the clanking of chains will probably be heard on Capitol Hill in about two weeks, when the Old Brick Capitol, until a few months_ago headquarters for the Na- tional Women's party. will be razed to make way for mcre modern bulldings. No structure in Washington is so woven around with historical £nd oc- cult legends than the old brick man- ston which will shortly look its last | upon the Capitol and the Senate wing directly facing it. Originally a tavern stood on the site where soon after the British burned the Capitol in 1812 a | large brick building was erected to pro- | vide temporary offices for the Nation's | legislative body. Some prominent citi- ns purchased the property after it | ad given its services to the Govern- ment for a period of three or four years. The Brick Capitol led & re-| tired existence for & number of yea and then emerged into the light of | Colorade. prominence again, when it was confis- cated for use &s & jail during the Civil War. Weird Steries Circulated. It is from this t'me. or perhaps short- 1y after the conclusion of the Civil War | that weird tales were circulated about | strange noises and queer “goings on” in the Old Brick Capitol. In it were con- fined such persons as Belle Boyd, thc Confederate spy: Mrs. Surratt, hanged for the assassination of Lincoln. and | Gen. Wirtz of Andersonville Prison | as truth or not, there are those to testi- Wolfson, a member of the National chosen for the title of irl at the University of —Associated Press Photo. Policemen Shoot At Gangster, but Hit Another Man Self Victim Introduces fame. Whether the rumors are accepted| When Error of Officers 1y to creepy experiences. Miss Fanny | Becomes Known to Them Woman's Party, and for many years a | resident of the Old Brick Capitol during | its service as headquarters of her or- ganization, contends. through Dersona'l By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, June 7.—He who got shot last night was not Patsy Staffanelli. experience, that beyond doubt strange|The two officers who did the shooting things have happened in the old build- ing. One of the legends is that much of the silver and loot. claimed by his | mebile, enemies to have been confiscated by | stafanelli Gen. Ben Butler during his occupation | pick him up.” of New Orleans, lies hidden in the base- | ment of the Brick Capitol. Miss Wolfson claims that {his tale has | The man moved much faster. now confess their error and are sorry. They saw a man get out of an auto- One of them said: “That's He's a gangster. They shouted to the man to stop. The man didn't. They opened fire. Pretty existed for many years and further adds | soon he was out of sight. that whenever persons have gone into the dark old basement in search of the treasure, the lights immediately go out. Both in the days of gas light and in | The officers sighed and sheathed their pistols. They glanced to the sidewalk | and saw a man lying there. “We were shooting at Patsy Staffan- these modern cnes of elsctricity, persons | elli” they said to the man by way of searching for the hidden loot have sud- denly found themselves in the dark. Frequently lights will be seen in the cellar and when an economical resident | opening the conversation. “T don’t know who you were shooting at,” said the man on the sidewalk, groaning “But I know who you hit. starts below to put them out, the lights | My name’s James Sassano.” are no longer there, so the legend goes. Plans Drawn on Wall. It is said that after Belle Baker was taken prisoner by the Union Army and placed in the old Capitol, then serving as a jail, she drew upon the wall in code the plans for one of Gen. Granv's campaigns, ~ which she had ol shortly before she was apprehendad. Another Confederate spy, who was |- serving in the jail under the disguise of a Union soldier, recognized her code immediately, tore off the strip of wall paper upon which she had made her drawings and carried them to the Con- federate Army. It was through Belle Baker's message, we are told, that Gen. Grant met with one of the most crush- ing defeats of the war. In the yard of the building are the graves of two Confederate soldiers who They took Mr. Sassano to the hos- pital with a bullet in his leg. | CHARGES DESERTION Eleanor Painter, Musical Comedy Star, Sues for Divorce. LOS ANGELES, June 7 (#).—Eleanor Painter, musical comedy star, sued Louls .Gravenure, concert opera singer, for divorce in Superior Court here Thursday, charging desertion. The complaint_stated the couple was married in New York May 4, 1915, and | separated September 15, 1928. Gra- venure, a Belgian tenor, is said to be teaching voice culture in New York. Miss Painter appeared in many Broad- are said to have been shot as spies and | WAy musical successes. buried in the places where they fell. el A 17 Held on Federal Charge. | MUSKOGEE, Okla., June 7 (®).—| Federal charges against 17 persons al- | leging destruction of Government prop- | erty during mob rioting at Chickasha last Friday night and Saturday were | filed here yesterday by Ed Frye, assist- | ant United States district atiorney. | The 17 are accused in a blanket peti- | tion of conspiracy to violate a Fed- | eral statute and charged individually | with destroying Government property. | They are alleg=d to have drained gaso- | line from an Army truck, poured the| fluid on the machine and set fire to it. | Most_of those charged were accused in a State charge filed Thursday by Grady County attorney TO ALL FRIENDS —Who have assisted during the demonstration period of CARBIUM PLANT FOOD, hearty thanks are extended. ‘Thelr interest and encourage- ment are deeply appreciated and we hope to be of service to them in their lawn and garden ac- tivities. 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Every one was run- ning around in circles telling what the other nations were doing in preparing for war.” He expressed regret that Germany was not represented at the London val Conference, and said he hoped she would be invited to the next con- | terence to be held in 1935. Urges Naval Treaty Adoption. Mr. Morrow urged ratification of the London naval treaty, both as a safe- guard of peace and as‘a guide for n: construction, He said the treaty was a good thing for the Navy. 00 troney an sacamie navy. " | DR. OLAYA PLANS “It is hardly too much to say that all the great nations cf the world today look upon their armament as defensive. But defensive against whom? Defensive against other nations that also think they are building only for defense. “Armaments beget Armaments. In the | vicious circle internstional trouble and misunderstanding almost inevitably | arise. I am just as anxious as any one | else to see some reduction of naval ex- | pense, but far outweighing the reduction of naval expense is the removal of in- ternational misunderstanding that in- evitably arises from unrestricted naval | competition. By the Associated Press. BUSINESS POLICIES Tells Chicagoans He Arranged for American Study of Colombi: CHICAGO, June 7 (#).—Dr. Enrique | Olaya Herrerra, President-elect of Co- One of his first acts after arriving was to announce he has arranged for an American financial comm| n to visit Colombia. The commission will be headed by Prof. E. K. Kemmerer of Princeton University, and on its report will depend the floating of further loans in Colombia. Tonight Dr. Olaya was the guest of Chicago bankers at dinner. Tomorrow he will be escorted over the city by the Chicago Plan Commission to study the city and especially the boulevard system. 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