Evening Star Newspaper, July 8, 1933, Page 7

GAPONE GANGSTER HELD IN MASSACRE Kansas City Slaying Suspect Said to Be Wanted in Bal- timore Robbery. By the Associated Press. KANSAS CITY, July 7—Fingerprint | records have identified James il“ul’)| Sammons, Chicago gangster, as the man arrested here for questioning re- garding the machine gun slaying of four officers and their prisoner, Frank Nash, June 17, during an attempt to free Nash. Sammons, said by Federal officers to be wanted in Baltimore in connection with a $47.000 robbery, at first pro- tested: ou don't wanted.” Told by officers his identification was positive, and asked why he had dyed his hair black, he sald: | “Well, if the Parole Board comm!ts me back to Joliet (Illinois), I thought 1t would help to take on a masquerade.” Once Sentenced to Death. ! Sammons once was sentenced to death in Tllinois for killing a saloon- keeper, a sentence later commuted %0 life imprisonment and subsequently he{ was paroled. The circumstances surrounding his arrest here drew him under suspicion in connection with the Union Station slayings for which 10 men are sought, | including Charles (Pretty Boy) Floyd, Oklahoma desperado and killer. Police previously had announcea! identification of Verne C. Miller, former Huron, S. Dak.. sheriff, as one of the machine gunners sought for the killings, | which occurred as Nash was being | taken to the Leavenworth, Kans., Fed- eral Penitentiary. Nash. said by officers | to have boasted engaging in Chicago | rackets. had escaped from the prison 1n_1930. The tracing of a moving van from 8 house rented by Miller to another in which Sammons was arrested resulted in placing of the latter residence under surveillance. Sammons Found Unarmed. | Yesterday three Federal officers and six deputy sheriffs entered the resi- denco armed with four machine gun 8 gas gun, a riot gun, rifles and three | bulletproof hand shields. Thay found) Semuions unamad, but) reported picking up two pistols in me1 room he occupied. They said they also found $8.589 33‘ in money and some expensive jewelry. | The latter included a platinum wrist | watch set with 60 diamonds nmunu’ the dial. “Those jewels are gifts,” he protes(vd Questioning authorities said Sammons refused to tell his whereabouts June 17 or the days immediately before and after that date. | “You don't want me,” was his repiy 1 came here to’set up an electrical business.” Sammons has served 18 months in Leavenworth for internal revenue law violation. He was once an aide of Al Capone. Sheriff Thomas B. Nash said that 1f | want me. I'm not Sammons was not linked with any crimes in_this section he will be turned over to Baltimore or any other city | seeking him. , JAPAN ASKS BIGGER ! TANKS AND GUNS Suggests 20-Ton Tanks and 155 Millimeters as Maximum for Land Weapons. By the Associated Press. GENEVA, July 8.—Japan wants big- ger tanks and bigger guns than are | provided in the British draft con\'en-’ tion for the Disarmament Conference, | Toklo's delegation made known yester- | day in filing amendments. | The Japanese suggestions called for | tanks of 20 tons, instead of 16 tons, as authorized by the British project. which is the basis of discussions at the con- ference. Topographical eonditions in the Far East require tanks of & more extensive range and action, the Japanese docu- ment asserted Similarly the Tokio amendments ad- vocate making the maximum limit for land guns 155 millimeters, instead of 115, as under the British pan FURLOUGHED DRY AGENT IS CHARGED WITH THEFT Affidavits Allege W. D. Jones Stole 800 Gallons of Alcohol From Federal Building. By the Associated Press. HAMMOND, Ind., July 8.—Walter D. Jones, furloughed Federal prohibition agent, was charged with stealing 300 gallons of confiscated alcohol in affi- davits placed before United States Com- missioner 8. C. Dwyer yesterday. Another indictment charged Jones with selling empty beer barrels belong- ing to the Government. The liquor, it was charged, was stolen | from storage vaults in the Federal| building here. ‘Three others were named as accom- plices. They were Robert Harden, gar- age owner; his 16-year-old son, Wayne, and Joseph Adich, Indiana Harbor. Jones has not been apprehended. Minute Mystery Solution to CLASS DAY. (See Page A-3.) Bush could not very well have missed the signal. He was facing Reynolds! SIMPLICITY IS A DELICATE IMPOSITION.—Rochejoucauld. (Copyright, 1933.) SWAT THE | FLY | Use Star fly swatters to | continue an aggressive | war on the fly through- || out the season. | The Star has for free distribution wire- handled fly swatters. Ask for one at the main office of The Star 11th and Pa. Ave. N.W, | corpus, Dr. Physicians Puzzled By Girl’s Appetite For Painted Objects Child in Hospital With Lead Poisoning Eats Legs of Tables. By the Associated Press. KINGSTON, Pa., July 8.—A 2-year- old girl, whose name is kept a secret by puzzled physicians is in a hospital be- cause of an unusual appetite for any- thing painted. Physicians said the child prefers linoleum, legs of tables and woodwork generally. She was brought to the hospital suf- | fering from lead poisoning. | Attendants said at first she r!lused‘ all normal food. and chewed off the leg of a painted doll. Physicians asserted the chflds trou- ble was traced partially to “pica.” or an abnormal appetite. They expect her ultimately to acquire a taste for an or- dinary diet. EX-HARVARD LECTURER RESISTS EXTRADITION Man Sought by Germany Says He ‘Won't Get Fair Trial Because of Jewish Faith. By the Associated Press. | BOSTON, July 8 —Hearings on_the petition of Dr. Joao Federico Nor- mano, former Harvard lecturer, held here for extradition to Germany for| a writ of habeas corpus were indefi-| nitely postponed yesterday, Federal offi- : cials said. Dr. Normano has been held in Lh!‘ Middlesex County jail since January | 5, when the German government al- | leged he was Isaak Lewin, banker, sought for participation in a $750,000 swindle in Berlin in 1928. In /| s petition for the writ of habeas Normano contended he | would not be given a fair trial in Ger- | many because of his Jewish faith. Counsel for Dr. Normano declined to day that the captain and four sanursl say whether they had requested the indefinite postponement and referred | inquiries to the State Department at| ‘Washington. WooDWARD 0™ U™F axp G SrremTs You Can Now— Berlin | ., 1 THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTO! CARRIES REPEAL FIGHT TO KENTUCKY Farley Predicts Victory if Only 37 States Vote This Year. By the Associated Press. Postmaster General Farley says that if only 37 States vote this year the necessary 36 will agree to repeal the eighteenth amendment. He is taking his fight for repeal into Xentucky, Alabama, Arkansas and Tennessee. Before Gev. Ruby Laffon of Kentucky there lay today the Postmaster General's second appeal that provision for & re- peal convention be included in the call for & special session of the State Legis- lature. Reasons Farley gave for repeal: Enforcement under present conditions “is impossible,” it will promote “true temperance,” and supply $2,000,000 a day in revenue. Votes in 40 States are practically as- sured, Farley told the Governor, add- ing: “I recall to your memory the fact that the Democratic party is pledged to rer 11 and that the Kentucky delega tion in the Democratic convention at Cliicago voted unanimously for that pledge.” At Memphis cn July 15, Farley plans an address which will be transmitted to Alabama and Arkansas. 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