Evening Star Newspaper, July 15, 1936, Page 7

* WONAN FRENZED AS DOOM NEARS Mrs. Creighton Examined by Commission Sent by Governor. By the Associated Press. OSSINING, N. Y., July 15.—Mrs. Mary Frances Creighton, condemned to die tomorrow night for the egg- nog poison murder of Mrs. Ada Apple- gate, was examined late yesterday by ® commission appointed by Gov. Her- bert Lehman. Three of the commissioners then went back to Albany where, they said, they would give the Governor an oral report on Mrs. Creighton's sanity and health. | Her husband John and members of the family of her alleged lover, who was accused of helping her do away with Mrs. Applegate, were at the prison yesterday. In appointing the commission Gov. Herbert H. Lehman gave no indica- tion whether his action presaged a possible commutation of sentence. | The Governor presumably acted on | reports from Sing Sing Prison the past few weeks that Mrs. Creighton's losing fight for life has left her phys- ically wasted and almost speechless ‘with fear. As the hour set for her death ap- proached the 36-year-old mother of two was pictured by attendants as paralyzed from the waist down, and able to retain only liquid nourish- ment. On the other hand, her alleged companion in murder, Everett Apple- gate, was reported calmly awaiting developments. The two were convicted of adminis- tering poison to Applegate’s 220-pound wife in the Long Island bungalow which the two families shared last October. The State produced testi- mony tending to show that Applegate, a salesman. had been intimate with both Mrs. Creighton and her 16-year- old daughter Ruth. LAST RITES HELD FOR HENRY C. KARR Prominent Jeweler to Have Pri- vate Burial After Services This Afternoon. Funeral services for Henry C. Karr, 68, prominent Washington jeweler, who died Monday after a short illness, were to be held at 2:30 p.m. today at Gawler’s funeral parlors. Burial was to be private. Mr. Karr, who lived at 7619 George- | town road, Bethesda, Md., conducted his business here for 40 years. He suc- ceeded his father, who founded the | concern in 1857. He was born in this city, and after attending public schools, completed his education in Europe. Until his |~ later years Mr. Karr was active in civic and other local organizations. He was & Mason and member of the ‘Washington Board of Trade. | Writer May Fight ‘Excommunication’ | By British Church Scenarist Plans Action on Ruling by Bishop. By the Associated Press. FERRING-ON-SEA, England, July' 15.—James Bunting, young scenario writer who says he has been to Holly- wood, declared yesterday he was *“taking opinion of counsel” on his virtual excommunication from the Church of England. The Bishop of Chichester, the Right | Rev. George Bell, denied communion to Bunting because, he said, the latter violated the Fifth Commandment: *~Honor thy father and thy mother.” Bunting's parents died recently in a gas-filled bed room. The father, the | Rev. W. H. Boyne Bunting, curate at | Comelsdale Parish, left a letter saying his son had the bulk of his fortune. Subsequently a coroner's jury criti- cized the younger Bunting for not helping his parents financially. Outlining his plans, the writer said: “I do not intend to attend church in view of the terms of the bishop’s alle- | gations, but I hope to prove him wrong in what he says about me. | “In the past it may be I was a ‘naughty boy,’ but there are lots of sons who have been naughty boys.” He conceded he had between £3,000 and £4,000 of his parents’ money. but declared he had begun to help his parents and said his father’s letter ab- solved him from blame. 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EXETER, England, July 15.—Mrs. Charlotte Bryant, 33-year-old mother of five children, was hanged today for the poison murder of her husband last December. She was the second mother to die on the gallows in England this year. Dorothea Waddingham, executed April 16 for poisoning two woman patients in | her nursing home, also had five chil- dren. Mrs. Bryant, shortly before her death, telegraphed a last appeal to King Ed- ward, asking the monarch to “have Ppity on your lowly, afflicted subject.” Testimony at Mrs. Bryant's trial dis- closed that & love affair with an itiner- ant horse dealer led her to poison Fred- erick John Bryant, 39-year-old farm laborer. Bryant died after a sudden illness, and a local doctor suspected poison as the cause of the death. Investigation D. C, Pedestrian Arrested as Ice Cream Cone Hits Driver’s Face By the Associated Press. | PHILADELPHIA, July 15.—Al- fred Deggregorio, 26, munching an ice cream cone as he crossed a busy street, made a leap to the curb as an automobile narrowly missed him. The cone landed squarely in the face of Howard Pressman, the driver. Traffic Officer Charles Metzner arrested Deggregorio on what he said was a charge of “assault and battery by ice cream cone.” “I was enjoying that cone, t0o,” sald Deggregorio. disclosed & can of weed killer had been purchased by a woman resembling Mrs. Bryant. The empty can was found in the Bryant cottage at Coombe. Mrs. Bryant contended she was inno- cent. The execution was advanced one hour to prevent any demonstration around the Exeter Jail. Mrs. Violet Van Der Elst, feminine opponent of capital punishment, drove up to the door of the jail in a cream- colored automobile ana attempted to address the 1,000 persons outside. 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