Evening Star Newspaper, October 17, 1930, Page 20

o THONEN SOUGHT = N DANORD ASE £ Elevator Boy Tells of Visit- ors—Gangster Still improving. By the Assoclated Press. NEW -YORK, October 17.—Efforts of police. seeking the assailants of Jack “Legs” Diamond centered today upon learning the identity of two strangers seen in the Monticello Hotel about the time Diamond was shot last Sunday. The first definite information con- cerning_them was obtained from John Hughes, an elevator boy, in the hotel, who told District Attorney Crain of rid- ing up to the eighth floor to take a key to Diamond, who had telephoned down that he wanted to use room 820 m said iwo men in the elevator got at the same floor. Time Element Coincides. Crain sald he intended to question another youth, named Breslin, who was operating the elevator, concerning the two. The time the two strangers appeared colneides with incidents related to Po- lice Commissioner Mulrooney by Miss Marion Roberts, dancer, who was with Diamond in the hotel. Mulrooney said the girl told of two conferences Diamond had, one which began late Saturday night and lasted until 2 am. B\l;:g-y. ::d the one m;:: forenoon just before the shooting. said she did not know who the people were, Condition Improves. wounded gangster's _condition continued to show improvement, al- though doctors said he was not out of danger. Extraordinary precautions were. taken Polyclinic Hospital lmhl rumors credited to 1d ‘| gave are lyn investigation Hotel Owner Sought. District Attorney Crain said he was informed “Waxie” Gordon, Broadway hotel owner and reputed beer racketeer, Diamond the $50,000. Detectives for Gordon. the story goes, went o Europe on the money and the brewery whs ralded while he was gone. On his rn, “Legs” was reported to have been notified he would have to pay up béfore noon last Sunday. noon, Crain pointed out, Diamond shot by gunmen in his room at the Hotel Monticello. pTGRIERITY HEFLIN’S SON FINED Pleads Guilty to Charge of Being Disorderly in Atlanta. ATLANTA, Ga., October 17 (#)— J. Thomes Heflin, jr, son of United of Alabama, was.fined $10.and $2. costs in Police Court today after he had pleaded guilty to & charge of being drunk and disorderly. Heflin was booked on the charge after his arrest early this morning at a downtown hotel. Heflin was unable to pay the fine and costs and telegraphed an uncle for the money. He sald he ‘was released yesterday 2 hospital at Smyma, Ga., and came to Atlanta last night. Subscribe Today . It costs only about 1% ecents dn'; and 5 cents Sundays to ve Washington's best newspa- per delivered to you regularly every evening and Sunday morn- ing. Telephone National 5000 and the delivery +vill start immedi- ately. The Route Agent will col- lect at the ond of each month. _THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, FRIDAY, Se<| THREE MEN ARE HELD SQUIRRELS KEEP OUT OF MISCHIEF | SEIZE $75,000 IN LIQUOR | IN TRAIN DYNAMITING Trio Alleged to Have Blown Up Section of Freight at Indigo April 12 TLast. -— Special Dispateh ta The Star. HAGERSTOWN, Md, October 17.— Three men are under arrest today fol- lowing their indictment by the grand jury in Cumberland . yesterday on charges of having dynamited a Western Maryland freight train at Indigo Tun- nel, near Little Orleans, W. Va., on April 12 last, according to an announce- ment made by Lieut. Edward J. Chap- man, head of the Western Maryland Railroad’s detective force. Bruce Peck, o]} ROSES DAHLIAS 1B prices quoted by growers. Metro. 7433 CARNATIONS - The flowers are coming in in great profusion now and we're quick to give you “sale” benefits of the better C. & C. Flower Stores 807 14th St. N.W. 804 17th St. N.W. 609 12th St. N.W. Metro. 7945 [o]———=[a|——|alc——2o|c—] 26, of Cohill, Md., s In the jall here on a charge of larceny, but, it was said, will be turned over to the Allegany authorities to face trial in the dynami ing case. George P. McDonald, 34, and John McDonald, brothers, living at Lit- tle Orleaps, are under arrest i Cum- berland. The McDonalds aré trackmen for the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad and have been working for that company since the Western Maryland strike in 1922 During the strike both were convicted on a charge of assault on a Western Maryland Railroad employe. Manuel McDonald, & brother of the two under arrest in the dynamiting cese, now serving & six-month sentence in the Maryland House of Correction follow- ing a conviction on & charge of tam- pering with air brakes on a Western Maryland train at the same tunnel where the explosion occurred. The blast at the time rocked the countryside early in the morning and narrowly missed blowing up the tunnel. A section of the train was wrecked. 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Green, wi Sizes 14 to 20.. ne, brown, gray and black. THE DOWNSTAIRS STORE Newly Arrived Girls’ and Boys’ New Fall Coats : 85.95 For the little girl and boy who would keep warm and at the same time look “all dressed up” . . . these coats come in very service- able and neat mate- rials...warmly lined, In tans, browns, navy, grecns and mixtures. “or the little girl 2 to 6 broadcloths, chinchillas ile fabrics $5.95 For the little boy 2 to 6 . . . tweeds and chinchillas . THE DOWN STAIRS $TORE and OCTOBER 17, 1930. IF FED MORE NUTS, OFFICER SAYS Profound Conclusion Reached After Examination of Pillars Gnawed in Citizen’s Cellar. EVANSTON, T, October 17 (®).— The squirrels, Robert D. Sawyer told police, were getting to be such nui- is | sances that he wanted them to do something about it. . ‘George Ammon investigated laint and found that their wing done damage to the pil- ars in Sawyer's basement, but he was at & loss to know how he could solve the problem, so he called in John Erickson, the redoubtable dog catcher. Erickson said he had never done any the squirrel cateh! Mwmt the easiest ":'v.out of it would be to feed them more nuts. 60-Foot Cruiser; Two Trucks, Coupe and Ten Men Also Held. NEW YORK, October 17 (#)— Twelve prohibition ‘agents closed in on & sheltered cove of Great South Bay oot loaded with malt and liquor they valued at $75,000. It was one of the seigures re- t, however, that the|tion ~Adm He ited ou city n&'fi""m funds so Sawyer is st problem, for such 3 Al pondering. the i Tightening of the marriage laws to prevent young men living on “doles,” or state charity, from marrying is being urged in Great Britain. one of them loaded with 50 cases liquor, and an expensive coupe. Ten men were arrested. John Harvey of land, has June Fecemmeds pock card malled In’ S ney, Australia, August 25, 1908. Rooms $1.50 up— with Shower §3.50. Double Room and Bath 53 ond 4. DINNER 81, Sails irom Baltimore Tuesday and Thersday ¢ Setwrday 4 P. M. Arrives Philad FARE, $2.50 Wiustrated folder on reauent. ERICSSON LINE COR. LIGHT & PRATT $TS. Wo00DWARD & LOTHROP: 10™ 11™ F aND G STREETS Same-Day Service on the Developin AM., they will be ready after 4:4§ and Printing of Films. If left before 10: 45 P.M. the same day. Films, Fourth Floor. 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