Evening Star Newspaper, October 15, 1931, Page 29

SEEK EARLY TRIAL FORFAMILY SLAYER Prosecutor to File Charges Soon—~Colored Farm Hand Confesses. By the Associated Press. .BERLIN, Md., October 15.—The law moved swiftly today to tighten its grip om Orphan Jones, 60-year-old itinerant | cglored farmhand, as warrants charg- ing him with the murder of the four members of the family of Green Davis were prepared for serving. Four cor- oners' juries meeting here last night found him responsible for the deaths | and ordered that he be held without | ball for the Worcester County grand Jury, meeting at Snow Hill Monday. “Meanwhile the man was held in the eity jail at Baltimore for safe keeping. He was taken by heavy guard tq the city Tuesday afternoon after he®had signed a confession admitting the mur- dérs, which he said were committed while he was in an intoxicated condi- tion. He was arrested after the discov- | ery of the bodies Monday evening. The victims, slain Saturday night, were Davis, his wife Iva, and their two daughters, Elizabeth and Mary Lee, both | students of the Berlin High School. | They were shot to death while asleep | ahd their heads then battered with an | ax. The house was saturated with | coal ofl and an unsuccessful attempt made to fire it. As soon as the reports of the juries | were received State Attorney Godfrey Child said formal charges of murder would be placed against Jones. An ef- fort will be made to secure trial at the clirrent term of the county circuit court. The funcral for the victims was set for today with the high school clased to permit classmates of the girls to aftend the services. - Helmets of Wicker. i Wife, Seeking Decree, Has Spouse Enjoined From Public Nagging By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, October 15.—A Chi- cago ocourt has issued an injunce tion against nagging in public. It was directed against Peter Dowidaltis by Judge Joseph Sa- bath in favor of Peter's wife, Victoria, who is suing for sepa- rate maintenance, The pair run a grocery store. Under thq in junction” Peter rust not stop while waiting on & customer and ask his wife what she did with the $1.25 he gave her last week, or engage in other forms of nag- ging. Mrs. Dowidaltls complained that Peter persisted in picking arguments during business hours. MOTORIST FINED $2,350 Boston Man Ignores 48 Parking Tickets—A47th Causes Arrest. BOSTON, October 15 (#).—John A. Kelley, an insurance investigator, was arraigned yesterday on 47 charges of 1llegal parking and fined $2,350. He had overlooked 46 of the summonses served on him since last February and was only in court because the forty-seventh charge involved his actual arrest. And when the court, after & rebuke, assessed the fines, Kelley promptly took an appeal to Superior Court and was held in $1,000 bail. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1931 MDDLEAGED HELD QUKEST THNRERS Better Accident Preventers Than Young Men, Safety Council Is Told. By the Assoctated Press. CHICAGO, October 15.—Young men, Dr. Hart E. Fisher of Chicago told the National Safety Council yesterday, do not think or act as quickly as middle- aged employes in preventing accidents. From the standpoint of safety, health and efficiency men from 40 to 59 years old have more stable reaction time than others in operating stree 2aid the chief surgeon of the Rapid Transit Co. “They can more quickly visualize a situation which might lead to an acci- dent and do the right thing to prevent it.” he said. “A similar group in the Rapid Transit Co. has been involved in the least injuries, has smallest lost- time record for sickness, and is in the best physical condition.” C. W. Bergquist of Chicago was re- elected president of the council and W. H. Cameron, Evanston, re-elected man- aging director. Will Cooper, Chicago, was named treasurer. Vice presidents chosen included: For cars, icago VERY SPECIAL Fancy-back Playing Cards Regular 50c Value Special 30c Pack Fancy-back Playing Cards Two Decks to Box Regular $1 Value Special 60c 'lndultfll! safety, Arthur M. Tode, New York; for public safety, Edward Dana, Boston; for business administration, G. T. Hellmuth, Chicago; for territorial councils, John E. Long, Albany, N. Y.; for membership, Howard B. Fonda, New York; for engineering, J. E. Culliney, Bethlehem, Pa.; for education, Albert ‘W. Whitney, New York: for health, Dr. C. E. A. Winslow, New Haven, Conn. A certificate of special commendation was presented to the Michigan Central, Boston & Albany, Pittsburgh & Lake Erie, and New York Central Rallroads for traveling 26,047,687,000 passenger miles between 1924 and 1930 without a passenger fatality in collisions or de- rallments. Snail Races New Wales Craze. Patience-trying races are popular in Britain this Winter. 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