Evening Star Newspaper, May 7, 1937, Page 38

B—20 ¥» PROBE WIDENING INTAYLOR SLAYING Los Angeles Grand Jury . Hears Mary Miles Minter, Mother and Sister. BY the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES, May 7.—The be- hind-the-back slaying of the ace movie director, William Desmond Taylor, at a time when he was en- ®gaged to wed the screen’s young dar- ling, Mary Miles Minter, may draw 8 new, exhaustive inquiry after being unsolved for 15 years. The district attorney’s office dis- closed today that such an inquiry was being considered by the county grand jury now studying the latest chapter of the voluminous file. Two intimate diaries of Miss Minter and a reputed old romance with the one-time screen hero, James Kirk- wood, were drawn into the picture. However, District Attorney Buron Fitts was quick to say he could see nothing in these which might shed light on the biggest real life mystery in movieland. Assuring “Kirkwood isn't implicated | in this case,” Fitts said he might ask | the former matinee idol, now in Grand | Rapids, Mich, for a statement, “but | it would have to be a voluntary state- | ment.” Miss Minter, her mother, Mrs. Char- lotte Shelby, and her sister, Mrs. Mar- garet Fillmore, now estranged from the rest of the faniily, appeared be- fore the grand jury yesterday. Mrs. Shelby said she was asked if she shot Taylor or knew who did, and | replied “No™” tc both questions. Abattoir (Continued From Page B-1.) act numbers of livestock transported on railroad cars and delivered by truck cannot be determined, but the processors, no doubt, will complete their requirements for a daily kill by ; supplementing what may arrive by truck through purchase at the stock- ards in Baltimore. This would mean he movement in and out of railroad traffic with shunting engines, whistles and bells throughout the day and night with the accompaniment of livestock bawling and stench from the | filled and empty railroad cars. “The chimneys, roof ventilators, glaughter, rendering, processing and sewage ventilation stacks of the pro- posed plant would discharge free gasses to the atmosphere below or on an approximate level with the Ben- ning viaduct. All highway traffic | along Benning road concentrates at this viaduct and would have to pass through an odor curtain discharging | directly from killing floors, processing | tanks and the inedible rendering de- partment where fertilizer is pre- pared. The plant would be located at a low point where atmospheric con- | ditions probably would allow heavy | odors to accumulate and seep through- out the neighborhood. Under proper atmospheric conditions. and with the wind in the right direction, there tan be no question but what a typical stockyards stench will drift over a considerable portion of the city. I= “The plans show a ‘new casing de- partment,” which means that the in- testines of the slaughtered animals will be evacuated of fecal content and | the slime scraped off the inner side | of the intestinal tube. Slime from Intestines has a pervading smell, of- fensive in the extreme. It is possible | to control to a large extent the smell | arising from these operations if de-] partments are isolated and so con- | structed as to provide for internal air | conditioning and the obnoxious pro-i cessing gasses are burned at high tem- | peratures. However, under the pres- | ent plans (and the plant must be built Reemberlhe On Her Day With a Box of FRESH HOMEMADE Special Mother’s Day Boxes Filled With Delicious 1-Ib. Oblong Boxes 75¢ & 85c¢ cg;mnw HOME-MADE CANDIES 60c n. 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In addition, blood from the killing beds is to be dried and ground and while the other fertilizer treatment and handling is not specified in detail, dust collectors are not indicated on the plans. Dried blood in powdered form is taken up and carried by the slightest breeze. A strong draft will send clouds of this substance into the air. In the proposed plant the type of construc- tion and open ventilation would mean that this dust arising from the driers and grinders would be carried into the atmosphere and settle on and in the homes and buildings of the vicinity. Under certain circum- stances, this dried blood dust may be carried a considerable distance by the wind and deposited on win- dow sllls, balconies, doorways and the like. When this dust is wet by rain it reverts to some extent to its former character and becomes ex- tremely offensive. 4. POLLUTION. “The proposed plant would be lo- cated, in part, over a stream of water known as Popes Run. Popes Run is a natural drainage for spring and storm water for a large area of land and, after passing beneath the pro- posed plant, its pollution would be | inevitable. This polluted stream courses through private property and | empties into the Anacostia River at or near the lily ponds development whose purpose of affording recreating and civic beauty will definitely be impaired by the effluent from the stock yards and environmeht. 5. DETERIORATION OF PROPERTY VALUES. “The circumstances surrounding operation of an abattoir inevitably attach a stigma to the neighborhood of the plant. In this particular in- stance, especially in view of the heavy concentration of traffic cross- ing the viaduct at this point, it would mean the creation of a ‘stock yards district’ in Washington in the center of an extensive proposed public im- provements, and completely sur- rounded by a vast park system. “From the above and other similar causes of nuisance the whole district in the vicinity of the slaughter house, packing plant and stock yards should deteriorate in value very rapidly.” FIX ROOF LEAKS 5 _Gallons “JETBLAK" and Brush I's & heavy _asbestos Toof coating ~ that you brush on just like paint. Avply it yourself. HUGH REILLY PAINTS AND GLASS 1334 NEW YORK AVENUE YOU CAN ENJOY LOVELY GROUNDS AT LITTLE EXPENSE Phone for our expert land- ¥ scapers to estimate free of st. We will be glad to show Q vou how your home can be made more attractive through P7 sodding. spraying. trimming. soll revitalization. etc. Fannie May Candy 2-Ib. Heart and Oblong Boxes._ 31.60 IS MOTHER OUT OF TOWN? Send “her” a box of Fannie' May today. We mail candy anywhere, All you pay is the postage and small cost of carton. Your candy insured free. AND SUNDAYS CANDY SHOPS 1406 N. Y, Ave. N.W. 1354 F St N.W. 1317 E 8t. NW, $1.80 For Both | & ’ THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., FRIDAY, MAY 7, 1937. NEW LAW 1S GITED INT-SHOPPE CASE Counsel File Plea for Con- demned Man They Say Witnesses Cleared. Invoking a law enacted three months after a jury found Thomas Jordor guilty of murdering Mrs. Lizzle 8. Jaynes during the Garden- T-Shoppe hold-up six years ago, counsel for the condemned man today petitioned the United States Court of Appeals to grant him a new oppor- tunity to prove his innocence. His execution is set for next Friday. The petition was filed by Attorneys T. Whelan and Willlam B. O'Connell, who disclaimed all re- sponsibility for, or oconnection with, a prior petition placed before the appellate court by John M. Holzworth, a New York attorney, who recently entered the case as associate counsel for Jordon. . Both papers, however, set out sub- stantially the same new evidence, which consists of a police incidental and statements by several persons to ‘whom Mrs. Jaynes spoke shortly after *| she was shot. These are to the effect that the slayer was a tall, fair man. Jordon is short and dark. New Law Is Cited. ‘Whelan and O’Connell agree with Assistant United States Attorney Roger Robb that the new evidence is hearsay and could not have been introduced had it been known of during the trial. They called atten- tion, however, to an act of Congress signed by the President June 20, 1936, just three months and three days after Jordon's conviction. ‘The gist of the statute is that any writing made in the usual course of business fo record a happening shall be admissable in evidence in Federal courts, although the circumstances of its making may be shown to affect its weight. This law, the attorneys claim, would let in the incidental, should a new trial be granted, and the circumstan- ces surrounding its making could be shown to indicate its credibility. DR. RUSTIN TO SPEAK Youth Conference Banquet Will Be Held Tonight. Dr. John W. Rustin, minister of Mount Vernon Methodist Church, will address the banquet of the Interde- nominational Youth Conference at 7 o'clock tonight in Calvary Baptist Church. He will discuss “Problems ‘Which Young People Must Face.” The conference continues at 2 p.m. tomorrow with discussion groups and addresses by Prof. Hornell Hart of Hartford Theological Seminary. STATE CLUB TO MEET The New York State Democratic Club will hold its May dance and card party tomorrow evening at the ‘Washington Hotel. The card party will begin at 8 o'clock and the dance at 9:30. The whole New York delegation in the House has been invited, as well as Benators Wagner and Copeland. A. J. 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