Evening Star Newspaper, November 18, 1935, Page 27

ASKS FORGVENESS FORSONS SLAVER Chicago Clergyman Quotes Creed in Explaining Stand From Pulpit. By the Associated Press CHICAGO, November 18.—A fa- | ther's plea that the world forgive the | slayer of his son, spoken from the pul- | pit of St. Simon's Episcopal Church, et an old problem in new guise before society today. “How can a Christian do other- wise?” Rev. Dr. Benjamin F. Root asked his congre- gation yesterday. Dr. Root’s son 3 Brenton, 34, was slain November 3 in Memphis, ‘Tenn. His daugh- ter-in-law, Daisy Alexander Root, was accused of the fatal shoot- ing To forgive, Dr. Root said in his sermon, “is as Dr. Raet natural as the sunrise or the smile of a little child.” Little Sign of Grief. The clergyman did not discuss de- tails of the tragedy, which police attributed to a quarrel over a cig- arette girl in a night club. But for & short and simple sentence—"My heart still bleeds"—no sign of his| grief escaped him His feelings found expression in his message on forgiveness, one which in essence he had planned to preach the day his son was slain. | “I have been asked by messages and telegrams from one end of the coun- try to the other to state the why and wherefore of my forgiveness,” Dr Root said. | Apostles’ Creed Quoted. “We say in the Apx * Creed t we believe in the ‘forgiveness of sins, and so I do—because I hope that I have the Lord Ji in my heart He said, ‘Father, ive them, for they know not what After the services E reporters: “I'm not permitted to in-| terfere with the interpretation of the | law, but I will intercede if she (his daughter-in-law) is convicted and sentenced to death. “She will always be my little girl.” GROSNER'S CELEBRATING. ITS 50TH ANNIVERSARY Original Store Was Established by Father of Present Owner at Ninth and F Streets. Grosner's Clothing Store, 1325 F street, today is celebrating its fiftieth anniversary. The original store was established by Isidor Grosner near Ninth and F streets, later moving to Eleventh | and Pennsylvania. The present store | was opened in 1922. Gerald D. Grosner, who entered the | business & year before the death of his father, the founder. has served @s a member of the Style Committee of the National Association of Retail | Clothiers as president of the National | Association of Retail Clothiers and | Furnishers and as a representative of the men's wear industry on the Retail Clothing Code Authority. He is now a member of the Board of Trus- tees of the Better Business Bureau and a member of the Board of Gov- ernors of the Merchants and Manu- | facturers’ Association. ' The store always has handled men’s | elothing, furnishings and hats. | —_— l PASTOR GOES ON TRIAL | | Rev. Edgar Eskridge Accused of Slaying Police Chief. HOUSTON, Tex., November 18 () —Rev. Edgar Eskridge, who learned how to shoot as a Federal prohibition agent, said last night he was ready for his trial to start today on a charge of slaying the man he baptized, Police Chief Ed J. O'Reilly of Orange, Tex., | last May 29. { The slaying of O'Reilly occurred | only a few days after he arrested Mr, Eskridge on & charge of im-| personating an officer during a raid on a night club, Mr. Eskridge had been active in a vice crusade. | R Zalyis Pyl New! HATS l Lambskin \ s THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., MONDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1935. The Convenience of a Charge Account is Cor- dially Extended You. # Ja A MOST SPECTACULAR DRESS SALE TOMORROW . .. AT 9:15 150 New DRESSES 16.95, 19.95, $25 and 29.75 values. | This is the most brilliant collection of fashionable dresses, at such a sensationally low price, that we have offered in years! Every dress is new and fresh! 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