Evening Star Newspaper, April 30, 1931, Page 46

SENTENCED 7 HOURS AFTER BANK ROBBERY Farmhand Captured by Michigan Posse Says Hé¢ Was Out of Work and ‘Desperate. less than seven hours later was under sentence of 30 to 40 years in Michigan Branch Prison at Marquette. Elmer Spencer, a Spanish-American ‘War veteran, robbed the Otisville (Mich.) State Bank at 9:30 a.m., cover- ing the cashier, Horton Randall, with a sawed-off shotgun which he had not loaded because he was “afraid of killing some one.” Half an hour later a posse of Otisville citizens captured him after firing several shots at the stolen automobile in which he escaped. He was brought to the By the Associated Press. county jail here. Shortly after noon FLINT, Mich, April 30.—A 53-year- |he was arraigned before Justice Fdwin old farm hand, out of work and des- | P. Mallory and then was taken to the turned bank robber av. | Circuit Court, where he pleaded guilty from a country bank, and |and sentenced by Judge Edward D. 35 to 46 Stouts 37 to 52 THE EVENING Black. Spencer told officers he turned to robbery because he hag been “out of work and was desperate.” FEWER MOVES THIS YEAR CHICAGO, April 30 (#)—Tomorrow | is moving day for many, not only in Chicago, but throughout the country. Checking up on the situation, officials of moving van companies figured that while May 1 is still popular as moving day, the number of moves in Chicago 3 will be 15 per cent less than it was a year ago. v WASHINGTTON, D. THURSDAY, APRIL 30, 1931. STAR, POLICE FEAR CLASH OF WARRING SECTS| Canadian DfiE; Ready for Trou- ble With Radicals Exiled From Doukhobor Colony. €L tion which has been found effective in ton's headquarters at Morristown, N. J. co:!peumg them to don clothing. in 1777, v,g Col. Alexander MooJ, dom, a strong force of police was at the settlement today by order of provincial authorities. Fear of a clash between the sects was intensified when the Doukhobors ban- ished the dissenting Sons of Freedom to an_abandoned settlement at Porto Rico, British Columbia. WASHINGTON LETTER HIT ter Veregin, leader of the Douk- said in part: hobors, 1s absent from the settiement.| IDLING IN PHILADELPHIA | ™ His assoclates say he is en route to Eu- | b e s rope. | Missive Sold for $375 Warned | Plicit and positive terms, to be exceed- SIS ingly atteniive to that duty, as idleness Colonel to Xeep Officers l Gen. Gilchrist to Speak and dissipation will not meet with the The Sons of Freedom claim a share From Temptation. smallest countenance. ‘Your other offi- cers are to attend the regiment cl in the joint property of the Doukhobor' Chemicals as a means of national de- and not suffered, under vgrimu ue{fl settlement, saying they have worked in | fense will be discussed by Maj. Gen. | BY the Assoclated Press, to be idling their time away in Phila- the colony for many years. Provincial| g 1, Gilchrist, chief of the Chemical| CHICAGO, April 30.—A letter in |delphia or elsewhere authorities expect them to resist the| G which George Washington warned the banishment order, but are .taking no| Warfare Service, on Wednesday, May |colonel of one of his regiments to keep part in the dispute. | 13, at 12:30 o'clock, before the Wash- | his officers away from the temptations | Striking the Intetior of the Domini- Police said if the Sons of Freedom |ington Post, Society of American Mili- |of Philadelphia was sold at auction last | can Republic recently, a tornado de- tempt to hold nude parades the | tary Engineers, at the Army and Navy | night for §: | stroyed 4 ales of tobacco, nearly will b> sprayed with a solu- | Club. ! The letter, written frcom Washing- | one-sixth e cTop. 3 By the Assoclated Press. — ey VICTORIA, British Columbia, April 300 Suits worth $ 450 Suits worth $ 162 200 Suits worth $20 .00 302 25 800 Suits worth $ Tropical Worsteds! Flannels! Tweeds! Twists! Mohairs! 3-Pc. SUITS of Imported Linen ’ A $5 Deposit Will Hold Your Purchase Until June 1 7 THF, HECHT CO. MEN’S BARGAIN ANNEX 613 E Street 6153 E Street ¢