Evening Star Newspaper, July 8, 1930, Page 9

" DEL RAY CASHIER - GIVEN SIX YEARS . Clay T. Brittle Pleads Guilty to Charges of Larceny of $61,000. Special Dispatch to The Star. ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 8.—Clay T. Brittle, 32, former cashier of the Bank of Del Ray, which closed its doors January 21, last, and is now in the hands of a receiver, entered & of guilty to charges of larceny of approxi- mately $61,000 of the bank’s funds in Corporation Court here today and was sentenced to serve six years in the State Penitentiary, with the option of serving his time on the State roads. The sentence was announced by Judge Frederick W. Coleman of Fred- ericksburg, appointed to sit on the case by Gov. Pollard. In presenting the case, Commonwealth's Attorney Albert V. Bryan stated that Brittle had made restitution to the full extent of his ability and that he recommended ® sentence of six years be given. Twelve other indictments, found by a special grand jury a few weeks ago, will be nolle prossed, Bryan announced. Entitled to Consideration. In passing the sentence, Judge Cole- man said: “The stealing of funds from a bank is a bad crime, but restitution to the full extent of one’s ability and pleading guilty is the best & man can do. To be brave enough to come to court and admit it, a 'man is entitled to consideration.” Brittle was neatly dressed in & light blue linen ‘suit, "blue shirt and dark blue tie. When called to the bar he entered his plea of guilty with a smile on his face. After being sentenced he was taken to the local jail to await removal to the penitentiary &t Riche mond. Clerk Becomes Nervous. The indictment, charging the larceny ©f more than $61,000, had to be read to the court and this was started by Earl Sullivan, deputy clerk of the court. When about half-way through, Sullivan faltered, became extremely nervous-and had to leave the court room, and the rest of the paper was read by Judge Coleman. '.l,'fl his Brittle will be o receive 10 behavior and will be el sentence for ble to & of his days each month two children. . renton, Va., his parents now live. Only a small audience was Euent and consisted principally of e 20 veniremen summoned for jury duty and & number of witnesses, ides the lawyers and court attaches. Thirteen Indictments Returned. Brittle was arrested January 29 past, following the closing of the bank by action of the board of directors eight where xCess of $60,000. After one night in a cell at local headquarters he was released on $25000 bond, furnished by friends, which bond was renewed following his mdxcchment by a special grand jury last month. Thirteen indictments, totaling in all approximately 40 counts, were returned against Brittle, all charging larceny, by the special grand-jury & few weeks' One indictment alone flhll'fi him witt larceny of about $61,000. ny of the indictments were on the o1 depositors, a large number of were called before the jury. Receiver Appointed. Fol the closing of the bank and mguquem arrest of its cashier, an audit was underway for some time, ‘The State banking authorities then stepped In, as the institution was a State bank, and had Courtland H. Davis of this city appointed receiver for the bank. Some time later & one-third dii- dend was declared, but no indication as « o further dividends has been forthcom- ing, excépt the statement by the re- ceiver that only a few thousand dollars are on hand ac this time and that what assets the bank has are tied up in real estate. Judge Coleman was a) ted to tty the case by Gov. Poll~xd, following a re- ! quest of Judge Willlam P. Woolls of the local corporation court that he be re- lieved as he was connectéd with the bank. The closing of thé bank, which was the only one located ih Del Ray, formerly in the town of Potomac, out now a part of Alexandria, affected a large number of small depositors, chiefl: raiiroad employes and operators of sma! business establishments. The audit re- vealed that the bank’s deposits at the time of closing were approximately $100,000. RANSACKING OF 3 HOMES IS PROBED Woman Arrested After Police Answer Georgetown Burglar Alarm. An investigation into the ransacking of three old Georgetown homes during the past week was launched by seventh ers of the homes were out of the city, precinct police today. Since all own- lice were unable to determine what E‘A’a been stolen. ‘The home of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Pennington, at 3100 Q street, known s the old George Dunlap Estate, was en- * tered and ransacked some tim: last week, the caretaker, C. Tavenner, re- ported to police. Entry was gained by smashing a rear window. Tavenner #aid he found the entire home in a state of disorder. Valuable umquu‘ i turn immediately. Jimmying a rear door, thieves ran- sacked the home of Mrs. John Ecker, 1516 Thirty-fifth street. Police found the room in disorder. Mrs, Ecker will be notified of the looting. She is visit- ing friends in Europe. The home of Mr. and Mrs. William Conant, 1402 Thirty-first street, was ransacked by thieves who entered by forcing a rear door., As in the other homes, police found antiques and other valuable furnishings strewn about the place. An effort will be made to com- municate with the Conants, who are spending the Summer at & resort in Maine. Police are holding at the House of i+ Detention Miss Katherine Oannon, 35 years old, of the 1000 block of Monroe street, arrested yesterday at the home of Willlam Rives, 1702 Rhode Island avenue. Miss Cannon, who is being held for investigation, was found in the home after a burglar alarm was sounded at the residence. Police said she told them she entered the Rives home with & key to get several of her dresses left there before the departure of the Riveses, VILLAGE SWALLOWED BY QUAKE IN INDIA !By the Assoctated Press. DHUBRI, Assam, Indis, July 8.—An unconfirmed report reached here toda that the Sahki hills had been cle asunder by an earthquake and a vil- lage in Kanchigaon completely swal. lowed up. ‘The quake which caused the tragedy | a large erowd of personal friends and his post in Mexico City after a long stay THE KEvENING Ambassador Dwight W. Morrow (second from left, with cane) was met by ment officials when he returned to in the United States. —A. P. Photo. =< BRADYS REQUEST CHANGE OF JAIL Defendants in Bombing Case Ask Removal to Up- per Marlboro. & Bpecial Dispatch to The Star. ROCKVILLE, Md, July 8.—Return of Lawrence Leroy Brady and his brother, Herman Brady, to the Marl- boro jail, so that they can be near their Telatives, was asked by defense council in & petition filed in Circuit Court this morning. The brothers, who were jointly in- dicted in Prince Georges County for the Seat Pleasant bombing last New Year, have been in the local jail since early last menth, when Leroy was tried for murder. After the jury failed to agree Sherift les 8. Early of - Prince Georges County made a special visit to Rockville to get the prisoners, but the court refused to let them be removed. Parran Cites Expense. Accompanying the petition, which was filed by Attorneys M. Hampton Ma- der, Lansdale G. Sasscer and Frank 1, was & signed statement from J. Frank Parran, States attorney for Prince Georges County, saying the return of the prisoners to Marlboro would "be sat- isfactory to him. Parran’s statement points out that the maintdinence of the Brady brothers in the Rockville jail is an expense to Prince Georges County which could be eurtailed county jail at . After the petition was placed in the hands of Circuit Court Judge Robert B. Peter he indicated that he would imme- diately consult with Chief Judge Ham- mond Urner and Associate Judge John S. Newman, and that prompt action on the petition could be anticipated. Trisl Was Removed. The Brady brothers are accused of being responsible for the bomb which, disguised as & Christmas present, ex- F'loded while being opéned by Mrs. asomi Hall Brady, to whom it was ad- dressed, in the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Hall, on Carmody road, Seat Pleasant. Mrs. Naomi Brady, who was Her- man's wife, and her sister, Dorothy Hall, and her brother, Samuel Hall, died as a result of the explosion, Foll the indictment of the two brothers defense counsel succeeded in lenn’g‘m case removed to Rockville for trial on the ground that they could not :!e'. a fair trial in Prince Georges County. Mrs. Ella Brady, mother of the two suspects, and several other of their close relatives live at Mitchellville, about 10 miles from Marlboro. COL. EARL R. BROWN SENT TO PHILADELPHIA Other Reassignments and New Tours Are Announced by ‘War Department. Col. Barl R. Brown, Corps of Engi- neers, has been relieved from duty ':t headquarters, 8th Corps Area, at Fort Sam Houston, Tex., and ordered to Philadelphia to satume charge of that engineering district; Col. Lawrence C. Brown, Coast Artillery, at San Fran- cisco, has been ordered to the Panama Canal Zone for duty with troops; Capt. J. C. Johnston, Fleld Artilk has been transferred from the Panama Canal Zone to Shreveport, La., for duty with Organized Reserves; Capt. Lee S. Dillon, Engineers, from Detroit, Mich., to St. Louis; Capt. E. E. Keatley, Infantry, from Plattsburg, N. Y., to the University of Pennsylvania, at Philadelphia; Capt. A. V. Galir, Field Artillery, from Hawaii to Fort 8Siil, Okia.; Capt. W. A. P. Mon- cure, Infantry, from Fort Eustis, Va., to Altoona for duty with Pennsyl- vania National Guard; Capt. B. C. Capt. M. V. Branson, c’&rri‘frm the Panama Canal Zone to cPherson, Ga., and Capt. Horace J. COaterer, Medical Administrative Corps, at Denver, Colo.,, ha. been or- dered to examination for retirement. The the res ron, U. 8. at Fort Monmouth, . JERSTEIT 250 PER CENT GROWTH IN INSURANCE SOUGHT 0il Wells and Resultant Fire Haz- ard in Oklahoma City Given as Reason. By the Associated Press. OKLAHOMA CITY, July 8.—Because | of the additlonal hasard caused by the drilling of ofl wells in residential sec- tions, fire insurance companies have applied to the State Insurance Board for a 250 per oent increase in rates in Oklahoma City. A flat increase of $1 & hiundred is asked. The present rate on oorumenca property is 40 cents per $100. FLORIDA CENSUS 1,500,000 Official Returns Filed From 65 of 67 Counties. JACKSONVILLE, Fla., July 8 (#).— Offisial census enumerations made pub- lic today from 65,0f the 67 countier in wagamong the first of 112 shocks reg- istéred in the last few days. The local hospital treasury build. ings and match factory have been dam- aged seriously, Florida showed & population of 1,447 845, Ce « that reports from the other counties 0" Thace. the State's Spproximately 1,800,000, population at Two Get Commissions. Commissions in the Reserve Corps of the Army have been fssued to Ferris MacA. Smith of the Aeronautics Branch, | Department of Commerce, as a second |lleutenant and specialist, and to An- | thony B. C. Graves of Kensington, Md., ] as a second lieutenant of Infantry. " | map a battleground for Surg. Gen. Hugh | STAR, QUARANTINE OF AIR FOR HEALTH SEEN Surgeon General Cumminu“ Finds Fast Cholera Spread | in Philippines. | By the Associated Press. 3 " Cholera and yellow fever, old scolirges in a new age, have made the tropic | 8. Cumming of ‘the United States Pub- It is a fight of many phases, brought | sharply 4o focus by the serious outbreak | of cholera in the Philippines. In its/ broader aspects it involves rigid quar-| antine regulations by sky as well as by sea, and ultra-modern vaccination and eradication methods. ‘To Dr. Cumming has been given the task of formulating an international | convention whereby the various coun- tries involved in tropic travel may enter |a compact to prevent the spread of Iph;gues by airplanes. eturning to regular desk routine | | this week after absences which included an international health conference on tropic diseases, Dr. Cumming found the cholera problem on Uncle Sam's | own doorstep for the first time in many years. A crescendo of thgglne cables, each longer than the last, because it told of :’no;e cases, more deaths, lay upon | desk. “Sounds bad,” he commented, with | & rueful shake of the head, “it has hit many of the large islands—seems pretty much all over the Philippines.” He tossed the messages across for inspection. The speed with which the disease spread was shown by its trail WASHING'TON lic_Health Service. | boai D. C., tuisbAY, | through the Island of c:-hu.X about 200 | a. miles by sea south of M: The first cable, June noted one death in Cebu. On June 10 there were 8 cases, 7 deaths: June 19, 53 addi- tional cases, 28 additional deaths; June 23, 33 more cases, 11 more deaths June 30, 86 more cases, 43 more death: July 7, 14 cases, 6 deaths in the Port of Cebu. The most modern note in cholera control, Dr. Cumming ‘remarked, is the mouth method of vaccination, recom- mended at the May League of Nations Health Conference by Great Britain, Rumania, Bulgaria and Soviet Russia. In the fight against yellow fever, Dr. Cumming has sent Dr. H. F. Smith, former chief quarantine officer of the Philippines, to Liberia, its historic home, with the instruction, “Eradicate.” The airplane may be as dangercus in the spread of disease as it is helpful in its check, Dr. Cumming pointed out. “There is regular plane service to| nce from the home of the yellow fever in Africa” he said. “Flying ts come to Miami after skirting a long coastline where yellow fever has raged for years. India, which never has had the yellow fever, but which | has all climatic conditions favorable to it, could be infested within a few days after a plane which carried the plague left Africa.” Fined on Traffic Charge. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. LAUREL, Md., July 8.—Convicted of driving while intoxicated, Thomas W. | Matthews, colored, was fined $100 by Police Court Judge J. Chew Sheriff yesterday. The man was arrested by State Policemen Henry C. Clark and C. C. Serman. He was also charged with reckless driving and having inade- uate brakes and drew fines totaling $6 for those offenses. PO Plans Long Phone Call. LAKE GEORGE, N. Y,, July 8 (#).— The Siamese Minister to the United States 1s to talk with his King tomor- row. It will be the longest telephone call ever made, 12,000 miles. JULY 8, 1930. Mrs. Mary Hindman Ran Through Bullets to ‘ Milk Cow. l "Believed Oidest Now Living! | Who Resided on Battle- | field. SPRINGVILLE, Iowa (#).—Mrs. Mary Hindman, 83, of this place, milkec thti family cow on the bloody fleld of | | Gettysburg, with bullets whistling all | around her. Mrs. Hindman claims to be the only person now living who resided on that famous fleld during the battle, Her | father, a loyal Union supporter, lived on the southern edge of the battlefield, | wheré he had an 80-acre farm. By July, 1863, the opposing forces had converged on Gettysburg. Con- federate troops overran the farm, but the family was <10t molested. A distinguished appearing man called for a drink of water. It was Gen. Lee. | “He thanked me,” she said, “and oh, he was a fine gentleman.” Mrs. Hindman was Mary Wiseman then, a lass of 16. She ran nearly a half mile through the gun fire, with WOMAN WHO SAW GETTYSBURG BATTLE NOW LIVING IN IOWA MRS MARY HINDMAN. bullets whizzing around her, to milk the cow. Later the family was forced to the attic by the firing and could not get to their well. Her mother died from typhoid fever as a result of drinking the impure water they were forced to use. Orphaned, Mary came to Iowa to live with an aunt. W00DCOCK CALLS AIDES First Official Conference Under New Dry Law Head Is Announced. The first official conference of hibition administrators under the TO- partment of Justice has been called by Col. A. W. W. Woodcock, new_director of prohibition, for late this month. It will be a conference similar to the one held annually by the old Treasury Department Prohibition Bureau, for the purpose of discussing problems of en- forcement, and for personal get-together conferences among the administrators. * A-—11 D.CANDUSION : IN MOSQUITO FIEHT Campaign Under Way to Rid Capital of Breeding Places of Pests. With two branches of the Federal Government and the Government of the District of Columbia co-operating, the campaign to rid the:National Cap- ital of mosquitos, or at least to reduce their numbers materfally, is under way, it was announced today by Lieut. F. B. Butler, assistant director of public buildings and public parks, who is acting in place of the director, Col. lUAt S. Grant, 3rd, now absent from the ' city. . Standing water in the parks, whether | in fountains or pools, is being sprinkled | with crude oll by workers of the office | of public buildings and public parks. These men are also putting boracic | acid at the various public golf courses. To the District Government is al- | lotted the task of putting oil in the | manholes throughout the city and other places that come under the jurisdiction ot the local government. The Public - Health Service is co-operating with both of thege agencies in the work, lending assistance and advice wherever possible. Gives Boating Lessons, ATLANTIC CITY, N. J,, July 8 (®). —Having rescued Olive Hamilton, fore mer telephone operator, from the ocean, William B. Leeds, jr. has been teache ing her to drive a speed boat. She fell out of a rowboat near his yacht. Fully clothed, he dived in after her. 1S THIS YOU five years from now? 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