Evening Star Newspaper, June 9, 1933, Page 6

MACDONALD YOUTH DENES HE'S SLAYER il Quarreled With Mother Be- | fore Flight From Michigan, .1+ Says Captive. g @By the Associated Press. NASHVILLE, Tenn., June 9.—A Nation-wide search for Balfe MacDon- ald, 17, wanted in Flint, Mich,, in con- | nection with the slaying for his wealthy widowed mother, Mrs. Grace B. Mac- Donald, ended here yesterday when a youth held on Federal charges admitted to Detective Chief Elkin Lewis that he was the missing son. Denying that he killed his mother, who was found in bed with her skull _crushed the morning of May 27, young iMacDonald said he “argued” with her {“practically all the night before” and ‘decided to run away. Seen Day of Murder. ‘He last saw his mother about 1 a.m. the day she was found dead, he told the chief, although it was three hours later that he left home with one of his mother’s automobiles and $45 he had itaken from her purse. { He and William Terwilliger, 16, left Flint together “to make it on our own,” e youth told Lewis, going first to De- | troit and then to Toledo, where he said he first learned of his mother's death " through reading of it in a newspaper. MacDonald steadfastly denied killing | his mother. Lewis, however, said Ter- | 1 williger, told him MacDonald bad re- {Jated a story of “a fight” with his mother and the detective chief quoted Terwilliger as saying “he said he struck | her with a book end.” | . “"Flint police found two heavy book ends beside Mrs. MacDonald’s body and j#aid they were apparently the weapons | | with which she was killed. i Seared to Return. 1 Lewis quoted MacDonald as saying: | $%1 knew they wanted me, but I was {scared to_go back. I didn't kill her, though. I couldn’t prove I didn’t and I couldn't clear myself. That's why I didn’t go back. “She didn’t like the way I'was doing. +She criticized eve I did. She Shad a detective out to the holse Friday afternoon (May 26). BShe wanted to put me in a reformatory, “I stayed up talking io Wer in her yoom until about 1 o'clock the next morning. She went to bed and I de- cided I was going to run away from | home. I slipped all of her money out of her pocketbook. It was a little over | $45. Then I got the keys to one of her | cars and left.” Notes Cause Arrest. MacDonald and Terwilliger were ar- | rested here six days ago on charges of writing and mailing extortion notes to | Nashville business men. Ter! was seized by a clerk in & furrier's shop when ‘he delivered an extortion note addressed to the man- ager with the comment that “a guy out | there on the’ street said give this to ,B.‘: few minutes later MacDonald vlu“ found by police at a downtown board- | MRS. RUTH BRYAN OWEN i HAILED IN COPENHAGEN U. 8. Minister to Denmark Enthu-| . siastically Greeted at American 9 Club Dinner. By the Associated Press. | COPENHAGEN, Denmark, June 9.— Mrs. Ruth Bryan Owen, United States Minister to Denmark, was enthusiasti- «cally greeted last night at an American club_dinner by Elna Munch, wife of the Danish foreign minister and her- | self a member of Parliament and a| prominent politician. “We Danes are difficult to your ministership is an u set by many obstacles, but you will win | through,” sald Mme. Munch. “Your | charming personality already has won | 8ll hearts. President Roosevelt could not | have made a happier choice.” “I toast you, the finest imaginable | pepresentative of your great country!” GET.JAIL SENTENCES Four Imprisoned for Terms Rang- ing From 4 to 12 Months in Lichtenstein. VADUZ, Principality of Lichtenstein, June 9 (#).—Four Germans, whose at- tempt to kidnap the Jewish Rotter atrical producers, resulted in the suicide of one of the intended victims and his wife, were sentenced yesterday fo im- prisonment ranging from 4 to 12 months. Alfred Rotter and his wife were | killed when they plunged over a cliff |and Pritz Rotter and another woman | were injured as they jumped from the | kidnapers’ automobile last April 5. The kidnapers sought to return the Rotter | brothers to Germany for trial on | charges resulting from the collapse of | their enterprises. | The Rotters were citizens of Lichten- | stein. ‘The principality does not permit | extradition of its citizens. 'ROOSEVELT RENEWS SUPPORT OF SEAWAY Letter to La Follette Again Voices Indorsement of St. Law- rence Project. By the Associated Press. President Roosevelt yesterday indorsed the St. Lawrence seaway project anew with a declaration that “the beginning of the work of construction at an early date can be made an essential part of the national public works program.” The words were contained in a let- ter 0 Senator La Follette and arrived |at the Senate at a time when the pos- sibility of ratification of the treaty at the extra session appeared remote. Although Mr. Roosevelt previously had expressed a desire that the treaty be acted ?n now, his letter did not specifically state this. Opposition to ratification has evi- denced itself recently in floor debates. NATIONAL CAPITAL CIVIC FUND DRIVE BEGUN Program of Organization Com- mences With Independence Day Celebration. A drive to raise funds to continue the work of the National Capital Civic Fund, Incorporated, to su pro- grams of community, eivic and patriotic interest in the Capital, got under way | this week. The program of the organization this vear will beain with_the Independence day celebration, including a fireworks lay on the Monument Grounds. lans are being asked to contribute to the 1933-34 fund, since the National Capital Civic Pund has severed its connection with the Community Chest. The goal is $5,000, the amount formerly provided by the Chest. ‘The first of a series of benefit pro- grams took place last night in &1:- fith Stadium, when Joe Turner, wres- tling promoter, staged five matches, fea- turing well known wrestles Paint Your Screens and Prolong _.«Their Usefulness Don't wait until rust sttagks and destroys the delicate wire esh_of your screens. ‘otective paint fl eaper than new screening. Get yours here. today she said. { SPY SUSPECT FREED ®rench Professor Is Released From Rome Prison. ROME, June 9 (#).—Charles Eydoux, director of the Polytechnic School in Paris, who was sentenced to two years imprisonment February 4 on a charge of spying, was pardoned yesterday and is returning to France. The French professor was accused of making strategic maps along the Yugo- vian border. His defense was that notations embraced only -objects seen from the road, as any tourist might have seen them, &nd there was no political motive behind his activity. Purthermore, he declared he had “pre- Jerences” for the Italian regime. Lady’s FREE PARKING At 6th and PAINTS—GLASS 607-9 CSt.N.W, Met. 0150 $37.50 Diamond Rings - Magnificent diamonds set in exquisite mountings of white d, make these lovely value at this exceptionally low price! %0 easy to pay for on our credit terms! an unusual lAnl they're America’s Oldest Credit Jowelers KIDNAPERS OF ROTTERS |THREE DIE IN FIGHT brothers, formerly Berlin's leading the- | BY the Associated Press. THE triply tragic solution of Raymond Irizarry’s “in-law” problem. As a screaming quarrel in a little | East Side flat reached its height, Iri- zarry, 33-year-old laborer and man of the house, reached for the knife. “I am tired,” he said to his wife, “of | supporting your mother and sister on the money I make.” He stabbed the mother-in-law, Mrs. Julia Vizarrondo. She stumbled out on the landing and died. He plunged the knife into the abdomen of his sis- u%fl-llw Cecelia, 25. hIShe fell d!!”d. en he attacked his young wife NEW YORK, June 9.—A 10-cent| Ricarda. She ran screaming into s bread knife cut its way today to & |neighbor’s flat and died of her wounds. OVER MOTHER-IN-LAW| Assailant Also Seriously Wounded After Tiring of Supporting Wife's Family. EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, IrizArry, still holding the knife, ran into the street. A policeman lunged toward him. He darted into a hallway and stabbed himself in the chest. He is not expected to live. Policemen entering his flat found his three dsughters—the oldest 4 years— sleeping on their cots. Church Outing Tomorrow. VIENNA, Va, June 9 (Special)— | The Kinnier Young Men’s Class of the Calvary Baptist Church of Washington will hold its annual outing tomorrow afternoon at the Evergreens, the home of Miss Richardetta Gibson, here. D. C., FRIDAY, JUNE 9, 1933. 16 RECEIVE DIPLOMAS AT ST. PAUL’S ACADEMY Rev. Francis P. Le Buffe, 8. J,, of | New York Delivers Annual Address. Sixteen graduates of St. Paul's Acad- emy received their diplomas at the annual commencement exercises Tues- day evening. Rev. Francis P. Le Buffe, 8. J, of New, York, editor of the publication America, made the commencement ad- dress. Seniors were Ruth Jackson, vale- | dictorian; Charlotte Knott, class essay- ist, and Frances Le Buffe, class poet. ] The graduates were Helen Barrett, Leo | Brady, Aileen Bradley, Gerald Carlton, | Mary 'Fowler, Hilda Greenbank, Rich- | ard Harvey, Ruth Jackson, Lucille | Faris, Charlotte Knott, Frances Le Buffe, Dorothy Marsh, Marshall Marks, Lillian Marshall, Msrgaret Hendley, and Martha Davis. Few Big Incomes in France. Only 702 persons in Prance last year reported earnings in excess of $40,000. | Incomes for the country were taxed | $91,000,000. Rubs Pain Away'Quickly Agonizing rheumatic paing, -sore muscles, bruises and sprains quickly respond to Musce Rubbing Oil. This soothing, stimul @ . liniment conta and other Pain and congestion go il Does not blister. Used a dorsed by thos 25 years. 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