Evening Star Newspaper, October 12, 1931, Page 4

DEACON 1S KILLED AND WOMAN SHOT Charlottesville Husband Fires When He Finds Couple in Car. if Special Dispatch to The Star. CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va, October 12.—Charlie Zahab, proprietor of the Jefferson Restaurant, where six weeks ago Battle Shiflett, mountaineer, is said to have fatally shot his cousin, Lula Shiflett, yesterday killed J. E. San- dridge, well known local merchant and deacon of the University Baptist Church, and then shot his wife, Mrs. Victoria Zahab, the man told police here. The shooting occurred on the Garth road, 2 miles northwesi of Char- Iottesville. Zahab, according to his story, had suspected his wife for some time, and yesterday followed the couple in & hired car. “My wife refused to tell me what she was doing out there and then told Sandridge to shoot 1ve,” he is quoted by police as saying. “As the man started to get out of her car T shot him. Vick then got out and grappled with me and I shot her.” Mrs. Zahab hailed a passing car and was driven to the Martha Jefferson Hos- tal, where it was found that a bullet d passed through the muscles of the chest wall, missing the lung and com- ing out the back. Officers dispatched to the scene found Bandridge lying dead in the roadway, with his feet crossed under a rear wheel of the car. A bullet had entered the mouth and penetrated the brain. Following_the shooting Zahab drove to town, called up_ police headquarters and told what had happened, and asked that an officer be sent for him. He was later lodged in the city jail. ‘Sandridge, who was 60 years old, was & native of Mechums River section and was held in high esteem here in busi- ness and religious circles. He was one of the most active workers in the Uni- versity Baotist Church. He is survived by his widow and three children. His only son, Ollie E. Sandridge, is a patrol- man on the city police force. One of his two daughters is married. Mrs. Zahab was Miss Victoria Nesser, a native of Beirut, Syria, and is 27 years old. She was married in Columbus, Ohio, in 1922. There are three chil- dren, the eldest being 8 years old. POLICE FAIL TO FIND OFFICER’S KIDNAPER Two Colored Men Alleged to Have Taken Official for “Ride” Saturday. Bpecial Dispatch to The Star. ALEXANDRIA, Va., October 12.—Ef- forts of local police to locate the colored man who, with a_companion, took Po- liceman Clifford Dodd for a “ride” late Saturday night after the officer arrested them for having no permit, has so far | proved futile. He escaped into the Woods near Four Mile Run. Ordered by Dodd to drive o police headquarters, the men overpowcred the officer, took his gun and fored him to Tide with them to Four Mile Run. There he was put out, mirfus hat, coat, gun and blackjack. Douglas Mathews, 21, 422 South St. Asaph street, the companion, was ar- rested by Patrolman Snoots a half hour Jater when thefr car broke down near Aurora Hills. Snoots fired at the other men as he escaped into the woods and police searched the vicinity for several hours. Mathews is being held on charge of grand larceny. FIVE MAKE ESCAPE FROM FAIRFAX JAIL Bricks Torn Out With Aid of Piece of Iron From Cot in Cell. a1 Dispatch to The Btar. FAIRFAX, Va. October 12.—Five prisoners of the Pairfax jail escapea early Sunday morning through a large jagged hole in the rear wall made by fearing out the rotten bricks with a plece of iron from one of the prison cots. Their escape was discovered at the .breakfast roll call and an alarm ev ‘broadcast by Sheriff *E. P. Kitby to o police in neighboring jurisdictions. Three of the men who escaped yester- day were colored. Willlam Longstreet, 22" years old, and James Washington. 24, had spend only one day in the local jall, They had just finished serving sentences in the District of Columbia Reformatory at Lorton. Fairfax County officers brought them here, Longstreet on charges of grand larceny and Wash- ington for highway rcbbery. They were held, pending action of the November grand jury. The other two escaped prisoners were white men. James Parker of Wash- ington, 26 years old, was arrested sev- eral weeks ago near Fairfax by State Motor Vehicle Inspector Stafford of ‘Warrenton, following a 20-mile chase over the Lee High He was being held for the November grand jury to answer charges of transportation and possession of liquor and reckless driv- ing. Dennis Grear, 21, was in jail on charges of throwing rocks at his father- in-law. ‘The men escaped from the first floor of the fall. The upstairs tier of cells in which the more dangerous prisoners are kept is locked each night, but, ow- ing to the overcrowded condition of the jald, prisoners on the lower floor are allowed freedom of the corridors. The anclent building was designed to accommodate 16 prisoners. Actually, there are rarely less than twice that number incarcerated. Yesterday morn- ing there were 25 prisoners left. of ‘whom 10 or 12 were on the first floor and might have followed their compan- fons to freedom. Over and Above BOVE all, get over to those whose business you want, that your business attitude is optimistic. Over and sbove all other ways of doing 1l stands the use of ;n[u\'!d tionery designed y— BrewmD grners u:{fiallbm 611-12th St, N.W. District 4868 I Wins High Honor CHEVY CHASE GIRL GIVEN PEABODY PRIZE. MISS FRANCES KENDALL BROOKS, Brooks, 3 West Irving street, Chevy Chase, Md., who has been awarded the Peabody harmony scholarship by the Peabody Conservatory of Music, in Bal- timore. The scholarship, which is for a term of three years, is awarded on the basis of outstanding talent in harmony and musical composition. Before entering Peabody, in the Fall of 1930, Miss Brooks was a pupil of Pearl Waugh of Washington. She re- ceived her academic training at St. Margaret's Episcopal School, the E. V. Brown School in Chevy Chase and the National Cathedral School for Girls in ‘Washington. WOMAN IS KILLED AS CAR OVERTURNS Washington Mother Dies When Hit-Run Driver Side- swipes Auto. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. SILVER SPRING, Md., October 12.— Mrs. Ruth Shipp, 30-year-old mother of four small children, was killed last night when the automobile in which she was riding overturned on the Glen- mont-Lay Hill road. Willlam A. Scrog- Daughter of Mr. and Mrs, Harold | ing THE EVENING WEALTHY WIDOW'S INIURIES PROBED Forced Removal From Hotel With Hidden $900,000 Is Blamed. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, October 12.—The World Telegram said today it learned Su- preme Court Justice Irwin Untermyer | will hold a special hearing tomorrow to investigate charges that Mrs, Ida E. Wood, 93-year-old recluse, was pall fully injured last weel when she was foreibly removed from the hotel room | in which relatives found nearly $900,000. Mrs. Willlam C. Shields and Miss QGertrude Wood, held by the court to b Mrs. Wood's relatives, said they found her body covered with bruises and a mark like & burn scar on her upper lip. The burn on the lip was explained away, the World-Telecram sald, in the fact that Mrs. Wood . as started smok- cigars to calm her nerves any may have touched the lighted c=d of one to | her lip. | Held Gambling Winnings. The Evening Sun sald it learned much of Mrs. Wood's money came from gambling winninzs of her late husband, | Benjamin, through an agreement by Wwhich she offered no objection to his takings. s The eccentric recluse, whose seclusion has been destroyed by an order placing her affairs in the hands of the court, was greatly agitated yesterday when | five curious interlopers made their way into her rooms. | Visitors Not Welcome. her privacy had been disturbed. The little lady, who habitually sent out for a single egg to boil on her electric grill, was considerably disturbed by the in- rusion. She demanded that her unwelcome visitors get out. She said she did not intend to have her two-room suite “profaned” by their presence. Otis E. Wood, her nephew and guardian, said the intrusion had aroused anew the fear that has haunted his aunt— she would be sent to an “institution’ he, who once was a belle of New York. |8 2 dancing partner of a crown prince and the wife of a wealthy publisher. Guards Statloned. Yesterday's incident led Wood to in- crease the force of “guards” stationcd outside his aunt's hotel rooms. Publi- cation of the discovery of her wealth has aroused scores of people to seek to talk with her, each hopeful of getting some share of her wealth. Mrs. Wood, despite her 93 years and her slight stature and weight—which is only 90 pounds—is unusually active gaming provided he gave her half his| It was the first time in a decade that| 10 gins, 223 P street, Washington, who was driving the car, told Montgomery | County police that it was sideswiped by | another car, which failed to stop. | Two of Mrs. Shipp's four compan- jons were injured. They were Miss Ruth Dunn, North Capitol street and New York avenue, who sustained a se- rious head injury, and Jack Klein, 1514 North Capitol street, broken ribs. Miss | Dunn had not recovered consclouzmssym this morning and her condition was | 11qU0T sald to be serious. The fifth member cf the party, all members of which were from Washing- ton. was Theodore Breeden, 69 Seaton | place. Neither he nor Scroggins was | red. 1“’5“c:‘fnm was arrested by police and | BY & Staft Correspondent of The Star. charged with reckless driving, follow- ! LAUREL, Md., October 12.— Inau- ing an investigation. an-1 ve Prince The three men and two wcmen 're1gul'ntlng e e s2id by police to have started from the vicinity of Bates and North Capitol streets early in the evening for a ride | into Maryiand. They were returning toward Washington about 10:45 o'clock when the accident cccurred. and healthy, her physiclan said. FOUR ARE SEIZED IN COUNTY RAIDS and Disorderly House Charges Placed Against Laurel Woman. Claude Reese, arrested four persons in three raids over the week end. Mary Burleigh, Courtney Fleming and Clarence Smith, all colored, werz booked for possession. Additional charges of disorderly house were pre- William Disney, Silver Spring ga- |ferred against the woman, while Flem- rage proprietor, who lives near the |ing was also accused of operating a scene of the accident, was the first to [lunch room without a license. Teach the wreckage, He summoneg| The officers are launching a cam- police and carried Mrs. Shipp, Miss | paign on persons ‘who maintain various Dunn and Klein to the Montgomery businesses without proper licenses, they County General Hospital in his auto- sald. Claude Ralph mobile. Mrs. Shipp was pronounced , Policemen | Reese, el - | Brown and William E. Clifton arrested For several hours the identity of the | Smith, Who operates a pool room. Offi- donT e o not known. " Scrog. |cor Reese and local town bailiffs raided gins and Breeden told police that they |the Tiome of Mary Burleigh, &1d not know her name, having met her | ,The Iourth person arvested wa earlier in the evening through Miss Charles Starr, colored, who was also Dunn. Later she was identified by a |ShATSed with operating a lunch room Tern 1ne A e s R e 5040 be 47180 i ngton, where Mrs. Shipp also Tesided. S he case was investigated by Police- | Police Court toda g&n Charles Barnes and Lawrence on. Marriage Licenses. e W, Eisenacher, 22, Chevy Chase, and _Elizabeth Barker, 22, this .. R. Y. Nicholson. 1. 37 and Helen Davis, 21; igle. . Jr. 25. and_Ann_W. of Petersburg, Va.; Rev. 32, and Marle Thompson, Tymes ith. 45, and Frances Parker. h of Fairfax, Va.; Rev. Bernard THREE HELD IN THEFT Speclal Dispatch to The Star. MARTINSBURG, W. Va,, October 12, —Vernon and Charles Clemmons, brothers, and Silas Fisk, all of this city, are being held here in the robbery of a local store earlier in the week. They were arrested after a clerk at the store identified articles found in the Clemmons home, where all were ar- rested. Fisk recently was released from serving the minimum in a one-to-ten. year term imposed after he had pleade: irlumy to robbery of a filling station ere. Irish Free State half crowns, with, a harp on one side and a horse on the other, are being placed in ecirculation. Choice of the House Every Kuppenheimer and Grosner TOp Coat In Our Stock—_—ln 3 Reduced Groups $ 4.75 329.75-% $39.7; Group One: | Georges County police, led by Officer | STAR, WASHINGTO New Barrister WOMAN COURT REPORTER IS ADMITTED TO BAR. MISS ELSIE A. CANNON, Court reporter, who was admitted to the bar of District Supreme Court today, holds three degrees from National Uni- versity. 'They are bachelor of laws, master of laws and master of patent laws. She is gnown for her work in behalf of Indians. She is the only white woman ever admitted to the Assini- boine tribe. Miss Cannon was selected for reporting the claims of the Ass! niboines against the Pederal Govern: ment while she was serving as a col missioner of the Court of Claims. Sre was given the Indlan name “Han-wis-ka-win,” or “White Sun ‘Woman,” because she took a spectac- ular airplane trip across the Yellow- stone National Park to obtain the last signature needed to make valid the claim of the Assiniboines. She chose | the risky air trip in a condemned plane rather than the delay of an automobile | journey of 150 miles. Had she arrived | three minutes later than she did, she would have been unable to obtain the signature. —Star Staff Photo. T CTIZENSHP PLEA IS REFUSED Two Refusing to Bear Arms | are Denied Rehearing by Supreme Court. | By the Associated Press. Pleas that the Supreme Court re- consider its stand that an applicant for | citizenship must take an oath to fight, if necessary, for this country today | falled. ‘The decision ended hope that Prof. Douglas C. Maclntosh of Yale and Marje Averil Bland, former war nurse, might become citizens without taking | an unqualified oath to bear arms if called upon to do so by the Govern- | ment. Both are Canadians | | The five justices who combined to re- | fuse citizenship to the pair last term [and the four who dissented, including | Chief Justice Hughes, passed today upon the petitions for rehearing. Hughes Delivers Opinion. | The Chief Justice, son of a Baptist | minicter, delivered the dissenting opin- ion last term. Many ranked it with the | famous dissent of Justice Holmes in the | similar case of Rosika Schwimmer, | Hungarian writer. Justice Sutheriand, in the majority | opinion, said the issue had been settled by the refusal of the court to allow Miss Schwimmer citizenship. Dr. MacIntosh served overseas dur- | ing_the World War, but in taking the | oath he insisted that he be permitted | | to decide whether a war was just before | | he took up arms. | Miss Bland, now a resident of New York, nursed American soldiers in France after the close of the war and | sald she would be willing to 80 to the trenches to nurse soldiers in the event of another conflict. | Would Not Bear Arms. She sald, however, that she was not persgnally willing to bear arms in time | of war. | 'John W. Davis, former Democratic | nominee for the presidency, and coun- | sel for Dr. MacIntosh, said the decision | 1t allowed to stand meant that no alien could obtain citizenship unless he agreed to fight in any war, just or unjust. 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