Evening Star Newspaper, December 12, 1930, Page 24

AN CAPTURED N NANAE O Taken in Woods Near Clin- ton, He Gives Name Only as “Fred.” By & Btaff Correspondent of The Star. UPPER MARLBORO, Md., December | 12.—Captured in the woods near Clin- | ton yesterday by a posse searching for & suspected maniac, a man giving his name only as “Fred” was being held in the county jail today while authori- ties endeavored to learn his identity. “it was to find that his apartment Makes Big Haul—| Confederate Bills i Special Dispatch to The Star. CULPEPER, Va., December 12.— When Thomas G. Tate of Culpeper, who is connected with the State Prohibition Department in Rich- mond, retu to Richmond after being out of the city for a few days had been burglarized; antique jew- elry and other valuables of Mrs. Tate's were strewn over the floor and a roll of bills, upward of $3,000, was removed from a drawer in his desk. Although Mr. Tate reported -the matter to the police, he was not as upset about it as he would have been under other circumstances, and has been spending some moments wondering what were the sensations of the robber when he found his e THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. FRIDAY. DECEMBER 12, 1930. h ) |Culpeper Burglar ‘ii§§iiiiiiiiiiii&iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiifiiiiiiiiiiiiliiii Visit Toyland and Talk with Santa Claus Himself! & A = . RRERNPEVEREDVZLVEVERREEED Ouistanding Sale! = L 3,000 Pairs of S roll of bills to be Confederate money, for that is what they were. |“GOLF WIDOW” DESCRIBES HUSBAND’S AVOCATION A Sprngue: Kansas City, Rather Be Player Than Live With Her, Wife Testifies. By the Associated Press. KANSAS CITY, December 12.—Golf caused another marital disaster yester- day and Mrs. Thelma Sprague legally entered the “golf widow" class. She testified her husband, Frederick A. Sprague, told her if he had to choose between playing golf and living with her, he would chocse to be an unmar- ried knight of the niblick. CHILDREN DIE IN FIRE Two Perish and Parents Critically Injured When Home Burns. OKLAHOMA CITY, December 12 (#). —Two children were burned to deal and their parents were critically burned yesterday in the destruction of their farm home near Hintcn. W. H. Garnett, - the father, used kerosene to kindle a FUNERAL SERVICES HELD | S 2nd the can of liquid became - FOR “FATHER OF RAINS” Californian Drew World Attention With Theory That Sunspots Affect the Weather. By the Associated Press. | SANTA CLARA, Calif. December 12.—Funeral services were held yester- day for Father Jerome Sixius Ricard, “Padre of the Rains,” whose theory concerning sun_spots s affecting the weather brought him international at- S Deanzes Tothe it d usiness In e city was suspend- ed while the services were held in the December old mission chapel on the University of Santa Clara campus. Distinguished 14th churchmen, members of the laity, fac- ulty members and students attendéd the | fi'g-hfle custom dictates the llmplzn: RAU“HER,S of services for members of the Jesuit : : order, tradition was broken in two re- Tutti-F; rutt1 Ice Creanr bishop E. J. Hanna, and flowers were | banked about the coffin of the late $1.25 1 . Per Quart (I»C‘: Price, $1.75) teacher. WIFE DRINKS POISON i s i i | Teleph. Decatur 1170 Buicide Follows Quarrel With Bul—'i c::: OAII:.' ::; lla-. o band on Auto Driving. - | Special Sunday Dinner CHICAGO, December 12 (®)—Mrs. | oy S 'I'x’fg police said, took her | ‘ sea ving"” ously. $1.50 Berved in Restayrant from 1 to 8 PM. Telephone North 4684 Plan Mental Test. Sheriff W. Curtis Hopkins, who says the man actually appears to be mentally deranged, said he would be examined by doctors. Inasmuch as the man dis- plays anger at the menfion of New York, police believe he is from that city and intend to wire authorities there | today. The prisoner, who is being held on & technical charge of investigation, is described as being about 45 or 50 years of age, 5 feet 8 inches tall and weigh- ing about 150 pounds. | His arrest climaxed a series of re- ports of the appearance of a mentally deranged man in various parts of the county during the past few days. He offered no resistance to his captors, and was_brought to Marlboro by Constable A. C. Thompson. 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