Evening Star Newspaper, July 1, 1936, Page 9

JAMES IS ACCUSED OF DROWNING TWO Previous Wife’s Death Cited in Trial for Murder of Seventh. By the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES, July 1.—Use of a previous wife's death as an additional weapon in the prosecultion of Robert 8. James on a charge of murdering his seventh mate was fought by his de- | fense attorney today. Prosecutors contend James drowned both women to collect their life in- surance—after other methods had failed, an automobile crash in one case, rattlesnake poison in the other, An argument on admissibility of testimony concerning the death of Winona James at Manitou, Colo., in 1932, was started yesterday when J. A. Rogers. superintendent of the Pike's Peak Highway, was placed on the stand. Scarcely had prosecutors begun questioning Rogers when the defense protested the case of Winona had nothing to do with the charge on trial—that he drowned Mary James last August after submitting her to snake bites. Deputy District Attorney Eugene ‘Williams told the court James struck Winona on the head with a hammer | - as they drove up Pike’s Peak, sent the car over a cliff as she lay unconscious, and reported it as an accident, in which he escaped injury The jury was excused while attor- neys argued the point. Superior | Judge Charles W. Fricke said he would rule on the question today. John Barnes, another deputy dh-‘ trict attorney, said Mrs. Winona James' body was found in a tub off water after she recovered from the supposed accident,” and that James received $14,000 in insurance. In a strategical about-face the de- fense announced James would testify next week, thus necessitating aban- donment of previous indications an insanity plea would be used. DAVID LEE, REPORTER, APPLIES FOR PAROLE D. C. Newspaper Man Is Now Serving 90-Day Sentence for Contempt of Court. By the Associated Press. BALTIMORE, July 1.—David Lee, Washington newspaper reporter serv- ing a 90-day sentence for contempt of court, has applied for a parole. Lee and another reporter on his paper were sentenced by the circuit court to the Montgomery County jail for allegedly being instrumental in having a decision printed before it was announced by the court. Lee’s case was appealed to the court of appeals, but it declined to intervene. His application for a parcle was disclosed today at the office of W. David Tilghman, jr., parole commis- eioner. - Soviet Embassy Impressive. Nanking's most magnificent man- slon and grounds are those occupied by the ambassador and staff of the Soviet Russian Embassy. Juts FUNERAL RITES HELD FOR DR. W. 0. HAINES Funeral services for Dr. William Oakley Haines, 65, dentist, 1101 Fif- teenth street, who died Monday in Emergency Hospital, were held at.10 am. today in Gawler's chapel, 1756 Pennsylvania avenue. Burial was to be at Linden, Va. Dr. Haines, a native of Baltimore, had practiced dentistry here for 34 years. He was the son of the late O. P. Haines, for a number of years managing editor of the Baltinore Sun. At one time Dr. Haines was a mem- | ber of the Maryland Board of Dental | Examiners. MORGAN.WILL HEAD CHEST BUDGET UNIT Thomas P. Morgan, jr., manager of | the local offices of the Mutual Life In- | surance Co. of New York, has ac- | cepted the chairmanship of the Com- munity Chest Budget Committee for the coming year, it was announced yesterday by Clarence Phelps Dodge, president of the Chest. Other members of the committee are to be appointed soon. Morgan, who has been a member of newly appointed officers at a meeting Tuesday at 1101 M street. A travel bargain=—cany day. Cool,clean,comfortable. Ride in B & O's air-conditioned Individual Seat Coaches. For information, phone District 3300 ‘ MORE & OHIOR. k the committee for the last two years, | will present his plans for the year to | THE - EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, 45TH AUTO DEATH WILL BE PROBED John F. Oertel of Vienna, Va., Is Run Down by F. W. Buchholz, Jr. An inquest was to be ordered today into the death of a 78-year-old man, who was run down yesterday after- noon at Nineteenth street and Con- stitution avenue by an automobile operated by Fred W. Buchholz, jr., 36, Washington restaurant man and for- mer member of the District Boxing Commission. The victim of the accident was identified as John F. Oertel of Vienna, Va. Taken to Emergency Hospital in the automobile of Wade H. Thomas of Virginia Highlands, the elderly man was pronounced dead shortly after arrival, Fatalities Reach 45. Oertel's aeath brought the District fata toll frem traffic accidents to WE SELL U. S. i 311 7th St. N.W. 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