Evening Star Newspaper, August 10, 1930, Page 42

THE SUND STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., AUGUST 1 PART THREE. BANDITS WHO SLEW OFFICER AT LARGE Trio Killed Vigilante While Fleeing From $15 Hold-up and Kidnap Farmer. By the Associated Press. MAQUOKETA, Io August 9.—Three bandits who robbed a drug store of $15 escaped and killed a vigilante and later kidnaped a farmer, commandeering his automobile, still were at large today, sought by Towa and Illinois authorities. The trio late last night released the kidnaped farmer, Robert Moore, 50, of ‘Tipton, Iowa, who told authorities here he believed the bandits had rented another automobile at East Dubuque, Il where he was freed. Early yesterday the robbers held up employes of the Lage Drug Store in Davenport, Iowa, obtaining but $15. The word was passed along to be on the lookout for their car. R. G. Sproat, 51, a Cedar County wvigilante, who with two companions ambushed the escaping car near Tip- ton, was shot three times in the back | and killed. The killers continued, but a short time later overturned their car in the mud near Moore’s farm. They ap- pealed for help, saying one of them was injured and asking that he drive them to a hospital. Moore agreed and soon after found himself a kidnap victim. He was held more than 12 hours while :m abductors drove along by-roads all ay. Gov. John Hammill of Iowa author- ized a reward of $500 for the arrest and conviction of the slayers, pointing out that three other Iowa officers have been slain recently. ATTACKER IS EXECUTED ugust 9 (). — year-old Port Ar- thur colored man, whom mobs made three attempts to lynch for alleged tacks on white women, was electro- cuted at the State Penitentiary here at 12:097 a.m. yesterday. He was the first man ever electro- cuted in Texas for an attack upon a colored woman. At his trial July 2 in Port Arthur, however, two white girls identified him as their attacker, Willlams was whisked away from a Port Arthur mob, and later officers guarded his life against two mobs that stormed the Beaumont Jail, where he ‘was taken for safety. Wealthy Retired Importer Dies. OAKLAND, Calif. August 9 (#)— Philip Shepheard Teller, 69, wealthy retired importer and for three years member of the United States Shipping Board, died yesterday at Alameda. WILKINS INSPECTS POLAR SHIP GRAY’S CHURCHYARD Married June 21 :'E’; ?:,":,”';?;‘:’:Em":f: ’."’E‘E‘?f}"& BROADCASTS STAGED [ | SRS Sir Hubert Wilkins, who plans to cruise by submarine toward the North Pole, is shown looking over his craft, the O-12, in Philadelphia Navy Yard. Sir Hubert is below and standing above him are three men who expect to make the undersea journey with him. Left to right: Sloan Danenhower, Xllpphpshhlu'; —A. P, Photo. and Frank Crilley. MOTHER TRIES T0 KILL : CHILDREN AND HERSELF | Girl Overpowers Parent to Save Her—Three Youngsters to Live Despite Wrist Cuts. By the Associated Press. LITTLE ROCK, Ark., August 9.—Mrs. George Waller, formerly a prominent clubwoman of this city, slashed three | of her children with a razor and then | attempted to commit suicide with the | same instrument at her home here yes- | terday. | ‘The elder daughter overpowered her | before she succeeded in wounding her- self_seriously. ‘The children—George, 13; Emily, 11, and James, 8—were attacked as they slept. They were cut on the wrists, but at the hospital where they were taken | for treatment doctors said their wounds | were not serious. Authorities believe Mrs. Waller went trl:st:xm after worrying over financial af- Gramophone Brings Great Organ Concerts to Folk at Stoke Poges. STOKE POGES, England (P—A | gramophone record now broadcasts | chimes over the churchyard where the | poet Gray heard the curfew toll "mci knell of parting day.” | Before the evening service an electri- | cally operated gramophone is placed in | the belfry and instead of the bells of | Stoke Poges Church the ('uunlryside‘ hears the chimes of York Minster, St. | Margaret's, Westminster and “Big Ben.” Later the loud speakers in the belfry are disconnected, and the gramophone plays within the church records of or- gan music and excellent choirs: If this new idea gains support the tiniest churches in the land will be able | to hear world-famous choirs and organ- ists at their services. ‘The ancient yew tree in the Stoke Poges churchyard under which Gray is sald to have sat when he composed the first draft of his immortal elegy still stands opposite the church door. The old tree has been patched in the middle with cement, and its branches are held up_with splints and supports of wire. But it is alive, and the foliage is now green. Rockefeller Hills Hit by Drought. | TARRYTOWN, N. Y., August 8 () — | The drought has hit the Rockefeller | fountain in front of the mansion has been shut off. The estate uses more than 100,000 gallons of water a day. nicipal system has been granted. MRS. WALTER LAURENCE SMALLWOOD, Miss Marvel Ann estate. The 9,000,000-gallon reservoir | Before marriage, —Edmonston Photo. at Pocantico Hills is almost dry, and |Dudley. among curtailment measures the large ———— Men in Race With Horses. MONTREAL, August 9 ().—A 24- Permission to tap the Tarrytown mu-| hour relay race between six teams of men and as many horses will be run Looks Ahead to Diamond Wedding. OSTIA, Italy, August 9 (#).—Signor and Signora Perfetti have a free air- plane ride coming. They celebrated their golden wedding anniversary by taking a jaunt in a hydroplane to Palermo, Sicily, and have been prcm- ised a free ride on their diamond anni- versary by Minister of Aviation Balbo. 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