Evening Star Newspaper, October 8, 1931, Page 31

THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON, D. C, THURSDAY, OCTOBER- 8, 1831, TR , Mother of Complainant Asks! Leniency—Four Freed of Assault. | By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. HYATTSVILLE, Md., October 8.—Al- tercations between young men of the \ ; . Berwyn-Branchville vicinity arising from i dance hall disputes were aired in Police Court yesterday and resulted in the i convictikn of one youth and the ac- ; j quittal of four cthers. ® [ 1 “Sunny” Hughes of Branchville was fined $30 by Judge J. Chew Sheriff on two charges of assault and battery and one of reckless driving. Hughes, a jockey, was accused of hit- [ ] ting Thomas Rheem, jr., at “a publie , ’ place of amusement” September 19, and of hitting him again on Rhode Island avenue September 27. On_the latter occasion Rheem accused Hughes of , xeckless driving. Mother Asks Clemency. Mrs. Rheem, mother cf tne complain- o ® pnt, interceded in Hughes® behalf, telling ;‘hn court he had ;lpolggiud tcl: striking - er son. Ycung es 1s the son of fs) Claude L. Hughes, who was stabbed to -——— --- Ceath by Paul E. Dement in a neighbor- ; ~hcod argument last February. Rheem was defendant with three other young men in a case brought by | ‘W. T. Lacy, who accused them of as- sault and battery, profanity and tres- passing on private property. Lacy told the court a dispute arose @t a dance September 27, and later about 20 young men came to his home end beat him. He could not identity ' khe four brought into court, however, @s the ones who struck him, and the uartet was dismissed with a lecture Judge Sheriff. Those acquitted were Rheem, Henry Freed Man Offers Cigar. Although ne said he did not have cent when arrested for being drunk ind disorderly at Riverdale, Howell - cCarney of Philadelphia, o ) ° [ [ 'mpted to show his appreciation of the feniency of the court in acquitting him g 7 2\ v offering Judge Sheriff a cigar. In declining, the court suggested Mc- arney smoke the cigar rather than $ % _firifik “intoxicating liquors. Undaunted, % g ¥ [ ) cCarney then offered the cigar to 4 : . oward Acton, Riverdale town bailiff, ho arrested him, but Acton also de- ined. 8 b 9 ° ° ° 3 A veteran of the World War, Mc- 1 g Washington to collect bonus money 4 when he fell afoul of the law. He % § fainted shortly after being arrested, | J 4 but was revived by the county rescue squad. A container of canned heat was found in his coat pocket. The eourt @cquitted him on the condition he go #o Washington at once. $5 of Bond Returned. g 2 o715 i e rnd o : R So great has been the demand two weeks and needed the money, Henry p / = J; 220 of Newark, N. J. had 48 of the £ h 1 tedis e had posted for failing to keep & 7 o the right réturned to him. ' . or the values presented 1n our Otto F. Gillians of the 1000 block of o : : Fourth street, Washington, was fined a total of $225 for possession of liquor and i 1 : men’s clothing event a week . . .,".’:f,:“ifi;, ‘"(J;;?.uab]e Howard Slater : 3 s . : < e ul S 2"1;1‘}0‘,’:; s,'fi:'f»’?'f:'fi:”l'):«’.ia . ‘ i ago that we have replenished \ i Syeeney of Bevie rew s s 4 i the size ranges and tomorrow ls31ues, Pll?m Gragrs, Oxg;lrd gafi'{s, Tans, referied by Couniy Policeman Raiph 4 tripes, Herringbones, Checks, Mixtures, preferred by County Policeman Ralph P e . . Brown, while an assault and battery ' Y 7 ™ S & # . ki again offer suits, overcoats, top Cheviots, Cassimeres, Tweeds, Serges, Cesterday’s session was rst full- % 4 " : = . e L T : coats, four-piece golf suits and ~ Worsteds, Single-Breasted Models, uilding. and the judge's bench was decorated with paims for the occasion. . y tuxedos that will surprise vou Double-Breasted Models. AUTO Is ONI'Y CLUE ot o when you Consider h()\v In other words, suits for all occasions, for business, for sport, for dress. For all men, young executives, salesmen and others who llttle you p’d\‘! value the importance of being well dressed. IN GANGSTER MURDER Bodies of Two, Stabbed and Trussed up in Burlap Bags, Found in Brooklyn. ] [ h O b r O at S + B the Associated Press. A . e e C NEW YORK, October 8.—The bodies | 3 N o e : otice S b e il ot in gangland’s modern machine gun ! i Meltons, boucles and overplaid woolens, in single and dou- SAfifl"fiés'Ei';nfyersfifil up: in burieg| - . : E T Alterations Limited to Lengthening ble breasted models—also ulster types—box coats—fitted ey were discovered n & parked au- : ; of Trousers and Sleeves of Coat coats—some with velvet collars—plenty of navy blue coats. -fomobile in Brooklyn and identified as A * 3 46 : ¥ s hose of William Price and Edward - Sizes 34to46. , . Brooklyn racketeers, who, . d, had obtained several boats engaged in the liquor-running e was sald to have been s leuten- 4pnc of “Vannle” Higgins, hoodlum srhieftain and alleged beer runner, and EZ:nmn also was reported to have en_one of Higgins' hangers-on. Both men had been stabbed more “$han half a dozen times over the heart »and strangled by cloth gags held fast “by wire and adhesive tape. Price's wrists were clamped together with steel handcuffs. Ropes were found around their bodies and pulled tightly, @0 _that their knees met their chins. ‘The only clue discovered by police was the license number on the car in Which the bodies were found. FORBES REMAINS SILENT | ON PANGBORN'S CHARGE Refuses to Answer Statement That He Failed to Aid Flyers in Japan. . v the Associated Press. BOSTON. October 8.—Ambassador W. ameron Forbes, visiting here, yester- y said, “I do not feel that I should eomment on the statement,” when told of the declarations of Clyde Pangborn during a banquet at Wenatchee, Wash., ' fTuesday night. Pangborn, who with Hugh Herndon. | r, flew from Japan to the United | tates, charged the Ambassador had Hailed to aid them when they were ar- anom e~ | | Men's Store Opens | NAVY YARDS CLOSED Btriking Workers at San Fernando, At A M | Spain, Refuse to Accept Terms. ° 0 ' CADIZ, Spain, October 8 (£ .—The favy yards at San Fernando have been elosed indefinitely, owing to the refusal of siriking workmen to sccept terms, & 2 Hours FREE Parking on 10th Street ing mpany said that . . " s _m;};ezfln‘pb;‘g%,ogotfinxxg:gz had been At Downtown Parking Station at Rear of . Palais Royal. 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