Evening Star Newspaper, July 1, 1936, Page 8

- A-S8 THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D C WEDNESDAY, JULY 1, 1936. " 3 ) B N, 3 2 NEi < s —_— e SECRECY SHROUDS - BRUTALITY PROBE Nashville Grand Jury to = Make Recommendations < on Reform School. 4By the Associated Press. # NASHVILLE, Tenn., July 1.—Grand ‘Jurors worked in secret today on their areport of reputed brutality at a State Zeform school for boys, described by its superintendent as ‘“just one big, happy family.” The county body closed its inves- tigation yesterday after an open hesr- ing. in which a former woman em- ploye of the school accused its offi- cials of wholesale drinking and sav- age treatment of inmates. The fate of Supt. D. Newt Choate and others connected with the school remained uncertain while the grand Jury shaped its recommendations and Gov. Hill McAlister studied other findings submitted by E. L. Pardue, State commissioner of institutions. In a preliminary report Monday the grand jury termed Choate unfit to hold his post and told of testimony that 'teen-age youths were beaten with a wagon-wheel spoke and with a metal-studded leather strap at the| institution here. Six guards have been indicted on sssault and battery charges. Mrs. Mollie D. Stone, a former dor- mitory matron at the school, testified yesterday that once she stood outside | 8 store room and heard 95 lashes in- | flicted on one youth as he “prayed to | die.” Mrs. Stone said that once she saw 12 cases of whisky taken past her | door to other offices and that Choate later “became angry” when she re- fused to take a drink. Pardue’s report to the Governor was accompanied by several photographs, showing wounds on inmates of the #chool. The investigation started when Criminal Judge Chester K. Hart, hear- ing a case in which 14-year-old Ted Phillips was a witness, observed sores on the youth’s arm and was in- formed they resulted from a beating he had received at the institution. GOV. NICE DECLINES T0 PAROLE BOLAND Buggests Lyddane Case Figure File Plea Through Regular Channels. Fy¥ the Assoclated Press. BALTIMORE, July 1.—Gov. Harry W. Nice suggested yesterday that John Martin Boland. convicted of conspir- acy to murder Francis Lyddane, should seek his release through the regular parole channels “I would not take any action, even on a parole petition,” the Governor went on, “without some recommenda- tion from the judges and the State's attorney in the case.” James Pugh, Montgomery County State's attorney, asked the Governor ‘to pardon Boland, now serving a four- .vear sentence. Pugh made the appeal after Mrs. Anne Lyddane, indicted with Boland, was acquitted by a jury of the charge in a separate trial last month in Hagerstown. Mrs. Lyddane was one of three per- sons indicted on charges of conspir- ing to kill her husband. Boland was convicted by the Circuit Court at Rockville previous to Mrs. Lyddane’s trial. Another defendant was granted immunity for turning State's evidence. The Governor announced that an unconditional pardon, asked by Pugh, would not be granted. Pugh said, shortly after Mrs. Lyddane’s trial, that the same evidence was presented against the woman and against Bol- and. If one was not guilty, he said, the other should not be in jail. Boland began serving his sentence on June 18, 1935, and will be eligible for parole on September 18 of this | companion of Admiral Jones. Colorful Ceremony Held at Historic Court House. By the Associated Press. ASHLAND, Va., July 1.—A portrait of Rear Admiral Hilary Pollard Jones, jr, of the United States Navy was presented to Hanover County yester- day at ceremonies held in historic Hanover Court House ‘The portrait, the work of Bjorn Egeli, Norwegian "artist who makes his home in Washington and New York, was unveiled by little Miss Eleanor Gamble James, daughter of Capt. and Mrs. Jules James of the United States Naval Academy. Miss James is the goddaughter of Admiral Jones. Admiral and Mrs. Jones, who now live in Washington, maintain & home near Doswell, the old Hanover Acad- emy property which was owned by Admiral Jones' father, Col. Hilary Pollard Jones. Rear Admiral Adolphus Andrews of the United States Navy, made the presentation of the portrait, which was accepted o behalf of the county | by Rosewell Page of Oakland, author and scholar, who was a childhood Supt. J. Walton Hall of Hanover | schools presided and introduced Capt. | Chester Wells of the United States Navy, who was chairman of the Por- | trait Committee. Contributions for | the portrait were made by many for- | mer associates of Admiral Jones, who | achieved a distinguished Navy career. | A telegram expressing regret at his inability to attend was read from Sec- | | retary of the Navy Claude A. Swanson. | | The invocation was offered by Chap- | lain Bower N. Patrick, U. S. N., re- Rear Admiral Jones Portrait Presented Hanover County ADMIRAL HILARY P, JONES, Jr. tired, of Norfolk, and the benediction was pronounced by the Rev. Thomp- son Southall of the Ashland Presby- terian Church. ‘The portrait will hang beside those of other distinguished citizens of the county which line the walls of the court house, built in 1735. It was | here that Patrick Henry spoke in the parsons’ cause on December 1, 1763, GOING AWAY? Accident and Baggace Insurance. 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