Evening Star Newspaper, September 18, 1931, Page 23

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Perpetual Building Association Established 1881 | Largest in Washington i Assets Over $25,000,000 il Cor. 11th lndPEml!‘.W. 34 3 Ways to Make Your Purchases »=On Your Charge Account =On Our Budget Plan —By Paying Cazh il | automobile accident il | Blackburn, ll | not appear at the inquest, having I e il | June for promotion by reason of length of = service. HOLD NAVY OFFCER CONMITED SUIGDE Comdr. Blackburn Leaped to Death, Inquest Reveals. A verdict of sulcide was returned today by the coroner's jury which in- vestigated the death Comdr. John H. Blackburn, 50, U. 8. N... retired, who plunged from & third-floor bal- cony at Walter Reed Hospital yester- day. “The jury brought in the sulcide ver- dict despite the fact one witness de- clared Blackburn fell from the baj- cony when he leaned too far over the rail. This testimony was given by Pvt. Paul Clark, assigned to guard Comdr. Blackburn, However, another witness, Pvt. Howard Johnson, colored patient, testified he saw the retired officer leap over the rail. Clark testified he had taken Black- burn, & mental patient, to the dental clinic, after which Blackburn asked per- mission to go out on the balcony to rinse his mouth. Plunge Described. “He had a solution of some kind in a paper cup,” Clark said, “and I saw him rinse mouth several times, each time leaning over the rail. The last time, however, he seemed to lean too far and suddenly plunged over.” Asked if he had been given orders to remain with Blackburn constantly, Clark replied in the negative. He was contradicted, however, by Detective Sergt. Dennis J. Murphy, who said the soldier had been told Blackburn had a “suicidal tendency” and had been given | | strict orders to watch him very care- il | tully. MsJ. Cleve C. Odom, 8 member of the hospital staff, testified that Blackburn was admitted to the hospital March 17 || | and was transferred to the mental Wednesday. The retired officer had become a patient at the institution, Maj. Odom explained, follow! an in Califernia in wkich his jaw was seriously injured. ll | A recent operation proved unsuccessful and Blackburn had since spondent, the witness added. ‘Wife Not at Inquest. ‘The dead officer’s wife, Mrs. Emma B. 906 Butternut street, did excused because of the shock of her been de- il | nusband’s death. Funeral arrangements for the officer, who _was the executive officer aboard the U. 8. 8. Leviathan when it carried thousands of troops to France during the World War, awalted word from his son, John H., jr., who is at the family home at Burlingame, Calif. Comdr. Blackburn was born in La- 30, 1930, having become ineligible THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. €, FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 18, 1931 JUDGE KILLS SELF AFTER QUITTING BENCH FOLLOWING AUTO CRASH Resigns When Driver’s License Is Revoked, Then Calls Doctor Friend and Shoots Self. By the Assoclated Press. LANCASTER, N. H., September 18.— Chief of Police Myron J. Phillips of this town said this afternoon that Eri C. Ozkes, who resigned today from the bench of the Superior Court, had been found dead in his home. Chief Phillips said he was refused admittance to the Oakes home by a man who said he was counsel for the judge. The chief said he knew none of the circumstances other than it had been reported to him that the judge was found dead. The body was found by Dr. William H. Leith, acting medical referee and & lifelong friend of the judge. Dr. Leith said Judge Oakes telephoned him at 11 o'clock and asked him how long it would take him to get to his house. Dr. Leith said it would take him only five minutes and Oakes replied that such haste was not_necessary. Dr. Leith” went to the house and found Judge Oakes dead in his bed, with a pistol on the covers near him. He had been shot the head. On a dresser Dr. Leith found two letters, one addressed to himself and | pol one to the judge's sole surviving rela- tive, & daughter, Mabel, 14, who was at school in Lancaster. In the letter to Dr. Leith the judge said his con- templated act was “inevitable” and he regretted it was necessary. He asked Dr. Leith to take care of his daughter. Judge Oakes' automobile struck a pole in Milton September 13 and Chief of Police Ismac Downs of Milton and a Rochester #'iceman went to the scene. The judge was under the influence of liquor, the policeman said, and he was taken to the Milton police station. His identity was not known until a county official was called on the case. While at the station Oakes struggled with the policeman, tearing the shirt of the Rochester officer and striking him, of- ficials sald. No charge was preferred against bim, John F. Griffin, State commissioner of motor vehicles, brought the case to light, for the first time yesterday when he announced the suspension of the judge’s right to operate a motor vehicle “for good and sufficient reasons.” Oakes had been a practicing attor- ney here for several years and was ap- ted to the bench in 1927, He was 42 years old. - PRESIDENT COMMENDS TWO NAVAL OFFICERS Comdrs. Preston B. Haines and James C. Van de Carr Sent Letters by Hoover. President Hoover today officially commended by letters two naval of- ficers who make their homes in Wash- ington, one for excellence as com- mander of a destroyer division and the other for efficiency as commander of & submarine division. Comdr. Preston B. Haines of 2911 Forty-fifth street, commander of De- stroyer Division 13, recelved a letter from the Chiet Executive for the high- est merit in battle efficlency of any de- stroyer division in 1930-31. This group operated with the United States Asiatic Fleet. Comdr. James C. Van de OCarr, whose Washington address is the Army and Navy Club, as commander of Sub- marine Division 11, operating at Pearl Harbor, Territory of Hawail, was re- warded by the Chief Executive for fhe highest merit of any submarine division in battle efficiency. GAS WELL FIRE STOPPED IRVING, N. Y., September 18 (®). —A flaming column of gas shooting skyward from a well at Pive Corners Field, near Irving, was e shed last night by steam equipment hurried here from Pennsylvania. Eight men were seriously burned when the gas ignited on Tuesday. HEIRS GET TAX REFUND Milton Bills’ Estate $3,536. A refund of $3,536 and a credit of $18,675 to the estate of Milton Sills, the late movie Actor, for over assessment of income tax in 1928 was announced wd.‘y by Of the total, $20,785 was caused by the elimination of taxable income of a; amount erroneously reported which was later determined to be the income of Refunded NIGHTS @ Every Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday _night. 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