Evening Star Newspaper, September 15, 1930, Page 6

A—6 " == THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 15 1930. POLICEMAN PUSHED [gbtng Potecmen | 6,2 e e } To Slralosphere 1239 G St. NW.— IN RIVER GETS MAN : R ® Corner tt';f 13th Gas Insufficient to Raise Alexandria Offlcer Halts| . | Gondola Against Wind Fleeing Attacker With ‘ | at Augsburg, Germany. Two Bullets. A - Sy<the asootibed Press AUGSBURG, Germany, September N | 3 5 | 15—The plan of Prof. Auguste Ple- ALEXANDRIA, Va, September 15 card to ascend 10 miles into the strato- ‘ Climbing from t Potomac _River, | sphere suffered a setback today when f S N B e e | : his balloon falled to rise from the t, slugged over the head with an | g ; automobile crank and had his ear | ground. rly bitten Patrolman John L. | X | The amount of gas proved insufm- by sy P Ao clent to raise the heavy gondola. He vy Mg et e ] had provided 2,200 cubic_meters of 4 il e e hydrogen, which filled only one-sev- i courage for which the local force has Cath of ihe ballodn’s capacity, expests ; won a name, mounied guard over his | ihg that as the high ititudes would % o s minnien L e . . | be reached the gas would expand to g e | 14,000 cubic meters. A stronz wind, Robert G. Brafford, 27. formerly of JOHN L. STEWART which arose immediately after the bag Concord, N. C. but recently 1iving at|of the Alexandria force, who got his was filled, pressed it to the ground 1731 T ect northeast, Washing- | man after being shot and thrown into | and prevented it from ascending 'fln wa man shot by Policeman |¢he Potemac River.—Star Staff Photo. Prof. Piccard, a member of the fac- . t the Alexandria Hos- | — ———————— | ulty of the University of Brussels, > llet wou ¥ / g from a bullet wound in | o\ s of o fecing car contaning tour |HOPEd. o s a bullet which went through | holdup men. and was pushed from the | ,, EWhich he believes will furnish According to police “\;;,’..»(,‘mnp 1t ‘was traveling &6 & 118N | clues to great sources ‘of vn;lg\',"lh; by the Highway |SPCS 2 th e aves | gondola is of aluminum and equippe truction Co. of |, The wounding of the officer leaves | iy, a1l sarts of scientific instruments, Piccard and his companion, Charles | Kipfer, had hardly entered the gon- dola when the downward wind arose. When all attempts to get the balloon | off the ground failed. Piceard opened the gondola’s porthole, pulled & line which permitted the gass to escape the local police force further depleted |Of the 29 men normally constituting Was Making Arrest. | the force, Patrolmen Lipscombe and | Pierce have been killed in the past Btewart sought fo arrest Braflord [1p days and another officer has re- and a companion, who escaped, about signed. Citizens are urging the em.- | 10:15 ];rf'r“”r W """P'm“’i‘g‘r A”urr‘\'{ | ployment of additional men, so that | am on t 7 ol tly] - on' the river front here | o, Omcers may ‘E;Y»'thr;u.'t fehtC" | and. emerging with Kipfer. said the at- drinking from a pint bottle of whisky. tempt would be repeated later. The r greed to accompany him to police he arters when Brafford got | Indecent Sa]es Charged. ; S out of the (‘u nd said he had to - - I { { ® out of the car and said i i fang | Charged with selling tndecent publ- : o 3 t o e ok | e ol sl e P [ ——— . e wi one Contro A nd xuu “him over the Wmhuger demnnded jury trial in Police 3 R » 3 | X 7 Ld . —JOour nile s lngs his car to make his getaway. Climb- | ing up the dock from which he had bom] | Court today and were held under $1,000 ¢ $65.00 followed, during which | e e : pushed, Stewart states, he fired three | | T 7 4 times and saw his assailant slump | 7 % down, half in and half out of the car. N R = 0 Wounded in he side and bleeding pro- \ / fusely from & long scalp wound &nd A | elivers the ! - Stewart had his left ear partly bitten | bond by Judge Gus A. Schuldt THE MONTAN pushed him into the river and ran for | Saturday. badly laccrated ear, Stewart went up | off and reccived a bullet would in his| The pair, alleged to have been selling right side, from his vier assailant, | POst_cards, were arrested by Detective 1726 M Street N.W. Then, according to the officer, Braflord | A. D. Mansfield of the first precinct and took a .38-caiiber special, pearl | handle, Smith & Weston revolver from | Brafford, then sat down on a nearby sand pile to mount guard over his| . i prisoner and call for help. The second | Mman, who, Stewart states, ook no part | twa ter ent adio 1 in the fight, got away by jumping into | 2 : & rowboat. He was not found by police. | Police headquarters was first notified | that something was wrong a few min- utes later when Stewart started blow- | ing on his police whistle and, having | §od - reloaded his gun, fired it into the air | i ; 7 g until emptied. Four autos set out for | T : JI ST a touch of your fingers and you bring the scene, but due to some confusion | . - forward the rippling, glittering notes of 16 map aimcs 10 mingies. inser: when | 5 7 TR . 3 . P . piccolo, flute, violin, or the pearly tones of UG et T ot s F STREET, AT SEVENTH MODEL 70—Lowboy. Finished in American walaut. Matched ! e the soprano. ters came up, four men and boys | i & s butt walnut front panels and apron. §119, less tubes. o 3 5 2 . headed by K. W. Wicker of 407 South | Radio Salon—Main Floor z £ .ASI‘gl"_"““ andyou ““,‘P}i“””h"b"&’ Lee_street, ‘arvived, atiracted by the : warm, middle tones of ’cello, trombone, whistle and shots. Stewart turned his | - = oboe and baritone. own gun over to Wicker, telling him : - - 5 . ; {:‘_Bg:ar'g :.g: ‘:&fi::rd‘n:n?-lo:g?{‘al“xl Z 4 - - 3 - i Another turn and you add still more E. E. Lawler, jr., and Earl Robey, who | o - ? depth and resonance. A fourth turn and were the next to arrive. Mickey Cos- | N y i g 10_1zg iy i i i i tello, who was with Lawler, guarded Trade In Your Old Radio on a 1931 Model Py 0 o iy, A you (‘mphasnze'the rich, resounding notes the prisoner until Sergt. George Everly ¥ 2 of tuba, bass viol and bassoon. and Patrolman Posey arrived in a f ' -, 5 P : . Pl car iand took Braftord to: the A I'WA I ER KEN I N S e 5 : Self-expression in radio music. That's 0spital 8 i - o The crank and Stewart's nightstick | N S - : what the perfected Atwater Kent Tone were later found in some nearby bushes | = 74 e Control gives you! where they had been flung during the scufle. A partially filled pint bottle |N Liberal Allowance Liberal Terms . 1 alleged vk : he New Excl g Sleged whleky was tound in Braf” | The New Exclusive Soaking wet when he was founds bus | Phone North 0790 and ask our representative he never lost consciousness. to call and give estimate on your old radio pusabl ool Q UICK=YISION DIA L MODEL 76— High- At the hospital Brafford was con- . MODEL 74—Table. Finished 1 Zi 1 < 3 L . s p iialidiad & ¥ probably —with all stations right before you all the time—gets the ) f . Finished in American always have a part of his ear miss- be placed anywhere in the room. 3t the il ha ey Snee \ station you want, instantly, easily, accurately. See how bty { . walnut. Matched butt man more toward lhre (‘rnu‘r]o( nlxg| RADIO SH widely separated the kilocycle channels are—evenly spaced 3 walnut doors and eir chance of survivs 4 2 N T 5 SR fen a vl “‘ggm; :m:]enfid to fn‘d;n.rl\lh|lf|rh|n: of stations. P;o(elh-lb-:. Dhloss lighely hightt wost 2 5 | !mntlrar:*}"'- $145, men were reported doing well today. Kk W, egible figures, fully illuminated — easy to read as a clock. of the Rackies and 2 } 1 H . ess tubes. ? %unce . wa; A Sy Wil One Block Weet of Mayflower Hotel e | ord, who outweighs Policeman Stewart | considerably, as soon as he reached the | T T hospital and he is handcuffed to the | Corner 18th and It Sts. 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