Evening Star Newspaper, August 3, 1937, Page 6

A—6 COL VL ORNSON DEAD N VERNONT * A.E. F. Athletic Director and Holder of Many Medals to Be Buried Here. Col. Wait C. Johnson, 60, athletic director of the American Expedition- ary Force and holder of many military medals, died yesterday at Fort Ethan - THE EVENING STAR. “WASHINGTON, D:. C. TUESDAY, AUGUST 3, 1937. GOTT IS SENTENCED INEXTORTION PLOT Youth Gets From Two to " Five Years Despite Attorney’s Plea. Earle William Gott, 22, who pleaded guilty to sending a threatening letter - through the mails in an endeavor to extort $1,000 from Mrs. Henry Han- Purple Heart, for his World War services; Greek Royal Order of the Redeemer (officer), Montenegrin Order of Prince Danilo, I. E. R, third-class commander; Serbian Order of the White Eagle, fourth class; Italian Order of the Crown (officer), Belgian Order of Leopold (officer), French Legion of Honor (officer) and French Order of the Blue Star (officer). He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Chattie M. Johnson, and a son, Charles M. Johnson. Honorary pallbearers will be: Maj. Gen. Edgar T. Connally, adjutant general of the Army; Maj. Gen. G. A. Lynch, chief of Infantry; Brig. Gen. Augustus B. Warfield, assistant quartermaster general; Brig. Gen. 1 2 - | Dana T. Merrill, Brig. Gen. W. H. Aotemeed odas. Gor. Jommsom:wil be | Burt, retired; Col. Warran T. Hannum, | ford, 3106 Military road, widow of buried at 3 pm. tomorrow in Arling- | Col. Lewis H. Watkins, Senator War- | Henry Hanford, Evening Star execu- ton National Cemetery, following serv- | 7en R. Austin and Maj. Clarence R.| = T R ices 1n the Fort Myer Chapel. Huebner. —————————— Col. Johnson's service here included | a four-year tour of duty in the office of the chief of staff of the training division from 1920 to 1924. He re- turned in 1930 for another tour of duty at the War Department and also was graduated from the Army War College. The colonel was well known in the service as & base ball and tennis player. While on duty in the Philip- pines many years ago, he was director of the 26th Infantry's base ball team, then celebrated for its long string of victories. In 1920 he was the Army representative on the American Olym- pic Team Election Committee. Entering the Army during the Spanish-American War as a volunteer, he reached the rank of colonel in | 1924. His military honors include the Distinguished ~ Service Medal, the tive was sentenced to from two to five years imprisonment in District Court today by Justice Oscar Luhring. Despite a lengthy plea by Gott's attorney, John P. Jones, that the youth be placed on probation, Justice Luhring ordered the defendant sent to the penitentiary. “I can't see any justification for this sort of thing,” he declared. “To me, directed that the money be left with the doorman at a local hotel. Mrs. Hanford communicated with authorities, and Federal Bureau of In- vestigation agents set a trap for Gott. | oo, | 19 BUNETY when he wrote the They trailed him from the hotel door, & where he obtained the package he FRRE e e, thought contained the money, into ; Franklin Park, where they seized him. Skeleton in Closet. REgotiing jlhe(dremsl i, Jusice Luhring read from the bench | SEATTLE, Wash. ()—Patrolmen ‘ b 2 A€ today a portion of Gott's confession, in | answering a report there was a dead | ’ hy k kidnaping and extortion.” Which he told of the elaborate precau- | man In &n uptown hotel found the | Po8Td while ‘L‘"PP\);mwt ODdF(‘ 'n( .l Gott confessed sending a letter to | tions he took to prevent his handwrit- | “corpse” hiding in a closet. e~ Devarimeny Mrs. Hanford, June 19, demanding |ing being identified or leaving fing:r-| ‘His death nad been reported by a|said his home was in St. Louis, Mo, | bill collector when he failed for three| The chaser was sent here from An- $1,000 on penalty of death for her | prints on the letter. He said he waxed ? and her son, S. J. Hanford. The note | his fingers before writing the letter * days to answer knocks at his door. napolis to lay & marine smoke screen | | | and then penned it upside down with | as part of a demonstration at the his left hand. SAILOR ROLLS OFF DECK Lm‘.wnll here. Officers said Moran Jones, pleading for mercy for the| |turned in with the rest of the crew, youth, said he had no prior record and OF SUBCHASER’ DROWNS but was missing this morning. A life- —— boat crew found his body in 9 feet of By the Associated Press. water near the chaser. EDGEWOOD, Md, August 3.— Michael J. Moran, a seaman stationed | at the Naval Academy, drowned nr)y‘ today when he apparently rolled nver-. VY ATT |lNSTALLl-:D COOL ENTIRE HOME GICHNER NA. 4370 _— —— W. P. A DANCE IN PARK ATTRACTS 50 COUPLES HOW ABOUT BREAKING INTO THAT MOUSE NEXT DOOR P 1L 6T INTO THE BABY'S MILK TODAY AND YOU CAN OET THE BABY TONIOWT Swing time and waltz time inter- mingled at the weekly W. P. A. dance under the trees on the Monument grounds last night. While some 50 couples swayed to the music an audience of 200 looked on and Bob Merchant, conducting the W. P. 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Arlingten Motor Co., Ine. Rosslyn, Va. Holt Motor Co. Vienna, Va. Waterford Garage Waterford, Va. GULF STATIONS 15th and Church Sts. N.W, 22nd and Va. Ave. N.W. 11th and R. I. Ave. N.W. Washington Hoover Airport Arlington, Va. 49th and Mass. Ave. N.W. 11th and N. Y. Ave. N.W. 14th and S Sts. N.W. 8th and M Sts. N.W. Fla. Ave. and W St. N.W. Ga. Ave. and Lamont St. N.W. Ontario & Kalorama Rds. N.W. R. I. Ave. and Newton St. N.E. 4885 Conduit Rd. N.W. Conn. Ave. and Yuma St. N.W. Wisc. Ave. and Q St. N.W. Ga. and Eastern Aves. N.W, 19th and M Sts. N.W. 20th and N. Y. Ave. NW, 22nd and P Sts. N.W. 9th and H Sts N.W. | 3301 M St. N.W. 12th and Franklin Sts. N.E. 50 Fla. Ave. N.E. 2nd and Mass. Ave. N.W. Bladensburg Rd. & Neal St. N.E. Mass. and N. J. Aves. N.W, 2nd and H Sts. N.W. 11th and Potomac Ave. S.E. No. Cap. and N. Y. Ave. 6th and Md. Ave. S.W. Bladensburg Rd. and Mt. Olivet 6th and N. Y. Ave. NW, 8th and R. I. Ave. N.E. 14th and Good Hope Rd. S.E. R. I and N. J. Aves. 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