Evening Star Newspaper, September 23, 1931, Page 24

B3 = CHILDREN CLEARED OF MARR SLAYING New Probe Begun as Cor- oner’s Jury Returns “Per- sons Unknown” Verdict. By & Staff Correspondent of The Star. UPPER MARLBORO, Md., September 23 —With the theory that Alem K. Marr, 78, was accidently killed by chil- dren playing with their father's shot- | gun fiatly rejected by the cofoner’s Ll:s“ Prince Georges County authori- today launched a new investigation into the man’s death, which has mysti- fled the southern part of the county for the past four days. After barely half an hour’s delibera- %ion the jury brought in an open ver- dict that Marr was killed by person or persons unknown, but specifically ex- onerated the children. Justice of Peace Horace Taylor conducted the inquest. An effort to have the children who were suspected of the shooting, re- enact the crime before the jury falled completely last night when a sleepy 6-vear-old barefoot boy, overwhelmed with bashfulness before a crowded court room, hung his head and refused to answer questions or touch the 12-gauge shotgun that was found in the same house with Marr’s body. i Leans Against Rail. Joseph McKinzie, the child, who was blamed Katie Vermillion, for the shooting, merely sHifted from one bare foot to another and leaned against the railing of the witness stand as State's Attorney Alan Bowie, Sheriff W. Curtis Hopkins and Deputy Sherift ‘Thomas H. Garrison tried to persuade him to show the jury how he “broke” and loaded the gun. Miss Agnes Duvall, county .social ‘worker, also tried to get the lad to tell' the jury his name and answer other questions without success. After 10 minutes of -futile entreaty the uuthorities awoke 5-year-old Phil- 1lin McKinzie, who had " fallen - asleep while playing on the floor of the sher- iMr's ice, and brought him into the court room. Phillip was said to have been playing with .the gun along with .Yuleg: ‘when it went off, killing Marr, but merely rubbed his eyes and tried to walk out the rear door of the court room when questions were asked. Several hundred sweltering specta- tors who crowded the court room rose | 10 their feet, as did some menibers of | the jury, in attempt to catch any par-| ticle of testimony that ‘might come' from the children. | TWwo older children of George Mc- Kinzie, caretaker of the Glebe Club, | in whose home the body of Marr was found, talked more freely. George Mc- Kinzie, jr, 8, repeated the story he previously told authorities, that Joseph and Phillip had been drinking out of | 8 jar of whisky and were playing with | the shotgun. ] fingering a | .9, mnervousl handkerchief, lnlwtez all questions | promptly and politely, -but could shed | no light on the actual shooting. John' Henry, 11, who told police of seel a| man run from the house (ter | hearing & shot, was ill and unable to attend the inquest. ‘Talking very repidly, Katie Vermillion | testified that Joseph told her h> shot | Mr. Marr because the man wculd not #ive him a dollar. | ‘Whisky Smell Charged. “When Jossph cams from the house,” | she said, “his face was very red and you cou'd smell whisky from him the RN estify were George F. Hamel and Willlam Hackinger, members of the Glebe Club; George Mckinzie, father of the children, who was on ti Carred: adildred Brady: dvughics ot 3 a of Mrs. Vermillion; Dan Smith and John Savoy of Croome. Sheriff Hopkins and Deputy Thomas Talbott, David Edwerd Brown, son-in-law of Mr. Marr, and ‘William Lunn of Marlboro. . o It is presumed that whatever evi- dence may be collected by the new investigation of the shooting, as well @s that offered before the coroaer'’s Jury, will be presented the October grand SCOUTMASTER FREED IN FATAL ACCIDENT William C. Westlake Is Cleared of Manslaughter Charge After Boy’s Death. By & Staft Correspondent of The Star. ROCKVILLE, Md., September 23— William C. Westiake of 426 Taylor -ttz-eet,' crmyr (‘;vh..:': Md., scoutmaster of a troop of ington y Scoul has been cleared of ('lurmnwol’ Fl:-. slaughter preferred against him, follow- ing the death of Thomas Benfleld; 10, also of Washington, who was nnxc‘ by s truck driven by Westlake on the Rock- ville pike, September 7. The charges were dismissed by Judge | § Charles W. Woodward in Police Court ll’::e. wher‘ev the :nnm.: came up wt‘orb- ring. Westlake whs represen y g-m. Joseph C. Cissell, Rockville attor- ey. The scoutmaster was driving a Boy Scout truck bearing several Washing- ton Scouts back home after a tour through New York State when the ac- cident occurred. The boy darted in front of the truck, witnesses testified, which they stated was proceeding | about 20 miles an hour at the time. B o0 e gl One hundred and twelve coaches car- | ried 13,000 children to & &ltnu in Bir- mingham, England, recently. 1 Secret Operation On Queen Marie In July Revealed By the Assoclated Press. BUCHAREST, Ruménia, Bep- tember 23.—The carefully dis- guised secret that Dowager Queen Marie underwent a serious opera- tion immediately after the mar- riage of her daughter, the Prin-. cess Ileana, last July, became public knowledge Monday. The Queen’s symptoms were so threatening that the surgeons de- cided to operate at the royal fam- iiy Summer home at Sinala, and | an operating table and 17 cases of surgical instruments were rushed there. WILLARD PLEADS FOR FREIGHT RAISE President of B. & 0. Believes Increase Would Enable Rail Maintenance. | By the Associated Press. AKRON, Ohio, September 23.—Danlel Willard, president of the Baltimore & Ohio Raflroad, today told the Great Lakes Regional Advisory Board tha’ granting of the railroad’s proposal for a 15 per cent freight increase would pro- mote stabilization of business and em- pioyment. Willard said a resultant . increased revenue would put the railroads in a position during a “temporary period of depression” to maintain their forces 50 far as could be justified by the volume of business and good practice and con- tinue their ordinary maintenance pro- gram. Says Nation Would Benefit, ting his argument, Willard as- serted that in normal business times, all of the raiiroads purchase as much as 28 per cent of the entire annual steel output, an equal amount of lumber, an equal or g:eater percentage of coal output and large quantities of copper. Tubber, ofl, .cement and many other articles for maintenance purposes. “What other industry in the United States,” he asked, “could serve with greater effect as a stabilizing agency if only it were permitted in so-called gcod times to build up such a reserve as is contemplated in the transportation act, which would enable them to continue their maintenance program during pe- 1lods of temporary depression?” A freight rate increase would be tem- prary, as railway managers realize their existance depends on their ‘hfll(yi to make lower rates in order to meet changing and competitive conditions, Willard said. He said wage reductions had been considered instead of & freight increase, but would not be effective in time to be of help in the emergency. He said he hcped a wage reduction would not be necessary. He stated, however, that in 1920 there were 2,000,000 psople in rail- road employment and that there are m‘L but 1.300,000, a reduction of 35 per | cent BURIAL OF DR. JONES . SET AT KENSINGTON By 4 Staff Correspondent of The Btar. KENSINGTON, Md., September 23— Services for Dr. Eugene Jones, 58 years physician and three times member of the State Senate, which will be ‘held tomorrow afternoon, will be conducted jolntly by Rev. Jo~ szph Sinclair, pastor of 8t. Paul's Meth- :‘dlfi cenc‘::)crh ’hel'l:h‘lnd Dr. W. D. w"l.‘l- late, re of Christ Episcopal Church, also uf Kensington er, Albert M. Bouic, James T. Cashell, Dr. Harry O. Trowbridge and J. Hamp- ton Jones, all lontgomery County, and %r erhg‘ ice of Washington, D. €. There will be no honorary pall- bearers, members of the family state. The services will b: held at the fam- ily home here at 3 o'clock, while burial will follow in the Mon 0 Cemetery, at Beallsville, Md. 5 e igton. Acvive pallbearers will be W. P. Hunt-’ Optician—Optometrist 922 14th St. N.W. Established 1 i, auick rellef. guaranteed. §1 at good drug steres. Hay‘fever relief at slight Cost! Use 2 R M INOSTRO | At Drug and Dept. 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Demonstrations of Electrical marvels by and Westinghous engineers, every DMISSION. . 50c See Radio or Electrical Dealers for Special Rebate Tickets i THE EVE shouid be found necessary as to other products, it should be denied as to all agricultural products, Constantly fall- ing prices, the utter collapss of farm BRUUKHARI WARNS credit and of farm land values make this inevitable.” Brookhart sugguaud thlt'}he rhaeter:( railroad properties - [::::\;‘ 3°npfr cent, which, he declared. would be more in line with what cap- ital earned. Boost Would Ruin Busmess,gmlufid?:gs-yl“mfl;; League, ook in Freight, Senator Tells of an increase. 4 He charged the Railroads and Secur- I. C. C. Hearing. ity Holders' Committee with having picked only such bonds as they felt would back up their plea of falling values instead of giving the commis- sion the entire picture. Rallroad bonds, he said, were higher now than in 1921 and interest rates were more favorable than during the By the Associated Press. | The view the railroads in urging a | 15 per cent rate increase were adopting a policy that would ruin their freight business was laid before the Interstate | Commerce Commission today by Senator of Jowa. * Opposing _the increase, .the Senator contended freight service already was paying far more than a just return to{ the railroads. He said the railroads themselves ruined their passenger serv- i¢e by rajsing passenger rates to an ex- tortionate figure. “They are adopting now the same short-sighted policy as to freight that destroyed their passenger service.” Others Oppose Increase. Brookhart appeared after Wilbur Laroe, jr. of Washington, representing the Associated Industries of New York, and J. 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