Evening Star Newspaper, October 23, 1930, Page 11

TWOBOYS BEATEN, THROWN INTO FIRE Hltch-HIklng Students Die of Crushed Skulls—Tramps += Are Suspected. B the Assoclated Press. MEMPHIS, Tenn., October 23.—The battered and burned bodles of two North Carolina High School students lay today in a morgue, apparently vic- tgu_ of assailants who beat them e and placed them on a pyre ed by embers of an Arkansas swamp campfire. died in a hospital last night without regaining consciousness. Their skulls had been crushed. The boys were identified by notes and s liary found in their pockets as Burton “Hensley and Woodrow 8. Wilson of the . Advices from 1d- Creek said they left their homes t days ago, presumably on & hitch- trip to the West. [/ Tramps Belleved Slayers. ¥ Discovery of the two youths, their seared by the flames of the still burning campfire, was made by two Wood choppers late yesterday. Pirst reports that the boys left their home in North Carolina in an auto- mobile caused authorities of Crittenden County, Ark, where the bodies were found, 'to lean to a belief that they ‘were alain by tramps to obtain posses- slon of their car. Later advices sald t’ney were without a definite theory as the motive which prompted the Nom found in Hensley's pocket were lltne Irene and were posted at Day C. The diary, which was Wllaonl. and a copy of & poem of the ‘West were the only other identifying marks found. Neither had any money in his clothing. The ground about the camping place showed signs of a strug- gle and tracks of an automobile tire. Godbold to Head College. JACKSON, Miss, October 23 (#).— Dr. Edgar Godbold, secretary of the Missouri Baptist State Mission Board, Tuesday was elected president of Mis- sissippi College, at Clinton, near here. Dr. Godbold will succeed, on June 1, 1831, Dr. J. W. Provine, who asked to be relieved. Here's 2 value of real pre-war vintage. Woolen socks from the finest millsof England. In smart plain colors l ...new heather mix- | tures . . . interesting clock patterns. Light weight.Longwearing. Others $1.50 and $2. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1930. FORTIETH TRIP TO COURT COSTS [$75,600,000 BANK BAD CHECK DEFENDANT 630 DAYS Appearances and Various Prison Terms. Maxwelton Thompson, 40 years old, was completing his first 24 hours in ail today on a sentence of 630 days for passing bad checks. Nine were heard by Judge John P. McMahon in Police Court yesterday before he passed sentence and after he learned from records that the defendant was Imkmg his fortieth appearance in this court. The testimony was brief, police tutl- fying that Thompson, who sports, say, 11 other allases, bought clothing valued at $150 from merchants and on each occasion giving a worthless check. “All T ask, your honor, is that you be a little lenient on me,” Thompson said on env;enng a plea of guilty. ‘The court uked for the prisoner’s they | not in priso: record. He studied it closely, ascertain- ing that, besides appearing 40 times in this tribunal, Thompson has been held for grand jury action 21 times. More- over, the records show, Thompson served six years in the Federal Peni- tentiary at Atlanta and five years in the District jail. He has also served several lesser terms in various other penll Institutions, police said. “What does man do when he is " the court queried. “Nothing,” replied Detective Sergt. Carleton Talley, who arrested Thomp- son, We]l what dou he'do in prison?” udge McMahon then imposed the 830-day sentence. WILLIAM W. FIELD DIES IN SAN DIEGO Father Twice Attorney General of Virginia—Survived by Daughter, Two Grandchildren, William Warren Field of this city and San Diego, Calif., died recently in San Diego, where he had gone to spend the Winter. Funeral services were held in San Diego. The body was cremated, and the ashes are to be burled later at Orange, Va., it was-learned today. Mr. Fleld was the father of Mrs. Samuel Herrick of 4916 Indian lane, Spring Valley. 'n in Culpeper, Va., in 1857, Mr. Field was a member of an old Virginia family, His father was Gen. James G. Field of the Confederate Army, twice attorney general of Virginia and at one Gives a thousand trouble-free miles when you fill the crank case with “Autocrat.” That is the way to measure oil worth. J.P.Glass . . AMERI J. P. Glass. The First Interview, will begin Sunday, “BEST OIL IN THE WORLD" time & candidate for Vice President of the United States. Mr, Fleld was educated at Richmond College and the University of Virginia. 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