Evening Star Newspaper, August 5, 1937, Page 3

COURT GETS FIGHT OVER HORST CHILD Abductors Were Boy’s Real Parents, but Intrusted Him to Care of Wealthy Horsts. BY the Associated Press, CHICAGO, August 5—Otto and Martha Horst turned to the courts to- day, hoping to win permanent custody of ‘the dark-haired boy they cherished as their own since infancy, who was | taken from them Tuesday in what| police first believed to be a kidnaping. The 30-month-old boy, Donald, was | being cared for at St. Vincent's Or- | phanage pending settlement of the dispute between the Horsts and the young man and woman who told au- | thorities Donald was their son and | admitted taking him forcibly from Mrs. | Horst Donald was surrendered to Assistant | State’s Attorney W. F. Crowley yes- | terday by the abductors, John Regan | and Lydia Nelson, who said they had | intrusted the boy to the Horsts at| birth because of lack of money. Crow- ley said the Horsts admitted this was true The prosecutor said it was unlikely any charges would be filed against any one, but there was a possibility Fred Ewert. accused of driving the car in | which Donald was taken from the Horst home, might be questioned if found. Police said Ewert, missing since | the time of the snatching, had a criminal record. Sobs at Mention of “Mama.” “I'm sure Donald will be back here playing with all his toys by tonight,” Mrs. Horst said cheerfully after dis- | cussing plans to have an attorney start | legal proceedings at once to regain the child, The boy appeared to enjoy his new aurroundings, but mention of “mama” | started him crying. He sobbed in his crib until he fell asleep last night. While not showing any animo: toward the Horsts, Miss Nelson, year-old common law wife of the ma- chinist. indicated she would fight for the child | “My heart aches” Mrs. Horst told | her. “I want that child. Won't you | give him to me? We'll take care of | him.” “I've had a lot of heartaches my- gelf.” Miss Nelson replied. “He's my child and I'm en m | “We can take of him,”| suggested se husband ! 'd equipment | | done pretty | ed. He re- | well for him.” lated they hesitz 1 minutes at the Horst home after they saw| how well the boy was being cared for, before taking him from Mrs. Hor. | Papers Show | Crowley said M she and Regan nev she had not been first husband She sail t although she tried for more than two years to find the baby, it was only 10 days ago that she learned the Horsts had him. “John and I knew it would be hope- less to ask the Horsts to give up the | baby. So we decided just to take him. | We didn't tk Mrs. Horst would make a fuss, knowing the circum-| stances of the child’s birth.” | The Regans denied asking $5,000 ransom. Mrs. Horst's account of *he demand by telephone started the in- | tensive search for the two men and a | woman who effected the abduction. | Crowley said his investigation re- vealed Donald was born to Miss Nel- son January 6, 1935, and that the mother agreed to let the physician, Dr. John A. Rose, place the infant wita a “wealthy man” Believing the adoption only temporary, the Regans signed no papers. The doctor then arranged transfer of the infant to the Horsts. Horsts Paren ss Nelson told him married because ivorced from her The prosecutor said a birth certifi- | cate showing the Horsts as the par- ents had been filed. CRASH FATAL TO FOUR Indiana Woman Is Latest Victim of Chicago Accident. CHICAGO, August 5 ().—Mrs. Helen Neff, 63, of Logansport, Ind., died in & hospital at Chicago Heights today, the fourth fatality resulting from an automobile collision in suburban Bloom Township last Tuesday. The three other persons killed were: The Rev. John Neff, 40, Amarillo, ‘Tex.. priest and son of Mrs. Neff; his housepeeker, Mrs. Rose Pigenger, 50, and his uncle. John Harrington, 60, of Chicago. C. E. Dillon, 45, Chicago, driver of one car, was seriously in- Jured. .J. KAUFMAN, Inc. 1005 Pa.-Ave. . . Tomorrow Only! Radio soe Tues., 6:30 P TROPIC WORSTED =msmmm $30 Values___$|5% Mrs. Otto Horst lovingly kisses her adopted son, Donald, 2, before police take him to a Chicago orphanage pend- ing settlement of the strange parentage and abduction case. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, i Mrs. Lydia Regan embraces the boy whom she kidnaped from Mrs. Horst and then turned over to police, claiming she is the real mother. D. . C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 5, 1937. “Mothers” Bid Good-by to Abducted Chicago Child A nun welcomes Donald to St. Vincent’s Orphanage, where he will stay until the miz-up is settled. —Copyright, A. P. Wirephotos. * A3 they arrested Corcoran and Don Hav- erly, Nogales, on mformation {fom across the international line. ' They said they found 4': ounces of nar- cotics in a rubber tube above the motor of Corcoran's car. Mrs.. Cor- coran recently filed suit for djvorce at Canton, Ohio, charging that her husband insisted on remaining in Nogales. She also alleged “gross nege lect and extreme cruelty.” SMUGGLING CHARGES FACED BY TWO MEN Bonds Set at $5,006 Each—One Claims to Be Grandson of Art Gallery Founder. By the Associated Press. NOGALES, Ariz., August 5—A man who have the name of William Eustice Corcoran, and claimed his grandfather founded the Corcoran Art Gallery in Washington, D. C., ap- On a New peared before United States Commu-‘ sioner R. L. O'Neill yesterday on a | DE SOTO charge of smuggling narcotics across | OR the international boundary Iromi PLYMOUTH Mexico. (Immediate Delivery) He and a companion were ordered | MID-CITY AUTO CO. held for the Federal Court at Tucson, | Ariz., on bonds of §5,000 each. Neither | Wit 5 De Soto and Plymouth Deal posted bond immediately. | Customs Officers Charles Jones, Ed | 1711 14th St. N.W. Leahy and Leonard Mansfield said | EE US BEFORE YOU CLOSE ANY DEAL er w “ALL | WANT RIGHT NOW IS SOME SHREDDED WHEAT 5: ACHES I~ AND PE. 4 FARLEY RIDICULES TALK OF REPRISAL TellsAOhio Democrats Thal; Administration Has No Time for Vendettas. By the Associated Press. AKRON, Ohio, August 5.—James A. Farley, chairman of the Democratic | National Committee, declared last | night that talk of political reprisals against those who defeated President Roosevelt's court reorganization pro- | posal is a “piece of moonshine.” “This administration is concerned | with bringing back and perpetuating | prosperity; it has no time for ven- dettas,” he told a meeting of the Sum- mit County Democratic organizations. ‘The Democratic chairman said Re- publicans are circulating the story of coming reprisals. “Not Interested in Feuds.” “Those who are spreading this ab- surdity forget that the national Dem- ocratic organization is a practical | party implement,” he added. “Its! function is to win elections. It is in- terested in campaigns and not in feuds. It is in the building business; | not the wrecking business.™ Farley also declared that talk of an “‘unbridgeable. gulf and an incurable rift in the Democratic party” comes from Republican orators and anti- | administration newspapers and is “the | veriest moonshine.” Says Situation Not Unusual. Referring directly to the fact that some members of the President’s own | party vehemently opposed his court | bill, he said i “There has not been a President | since the early days of the Republic who has not encountered a similar situation. Men of strong opinions are bound to differ. But when the con- troversy is over and the heat of de- bate has cooled. you will find each of | them valiantly pulling his oar in the party boat.” In an interview at Mount Vernon, ©Ohio, on his way to the meeting here, | Farley predicted that Senator Van- denberg of Michigan will be the Re- publican candidate for President in | 1940 and that there will be no third | party. |SCOTTY, HURT, IS BITTER HOLLYWOOD, August 5 (#).— | Blood in his eye and bitterness in his heart, Walter (Death Valley) Scotty was in town today on crutches. “They've been saying a donkey did this to me,” growled Scotty. “Donkey, my eye! It was a full grown mule, I'll have you know.” He referred to a foot injury re- ceived, first reports said, while shoeing a donkey in Death Valley. Scotty said he would be on crutches Scant Raiment Stylists’ Goal In Fall Dress Trend Makes Clothes Mere ““Index to Body Beauty. By the Associatea Press. PARIS, August 5—Startled fashion | experts today greeted an exhibition of | styles for Fall that was literally and | | frankly a revelation of how scant| tiations with the five train and yard | g e o) clothes may be and still be clothes. | It was off with the old—unless it | was very old—and on with the new— | provided there was not too much of it. “Scant raiment” was officially the | theme of the Schiaparelli show and | one stylist, glancing pointedly at a daring decollete evening gown, sum- med up the trend: “Primarily clothes have become an index to the beauty and vitaliry of the body.” Evening gowns were cut revealingly | low in front or molded to the bust with startling frankness, but there were other surprises in a show that had | for its keynote “Away with all inhibitions.” There were hats named “foolish | virgin” and “suppressed desire,” and there were hats of felt shaped like, high-heeled shoes, turned upside down and cocked over milady's ear. There were shoes that were actually worn as shoes—kid evening sandals | tied on with wide ribbons that were | carried up and up right to the knee. | There were buttons that were shiny | fiddles, birds and twinkling stars. And | pockets were not pockets but inviting cupid’s bow lips of red, red tinse! | embroidery. Colors were riotous. One coat collar | of silver fox had pink eyes and a cunning ribbon tied about its neck Other furs were dyed crimson red | unions, RAILROADS FACE MORE PAY TALKS Demands of Non-Operating | Unions Settled for 5-Cent Raise in Parley. With the wage demands of the non- operating employes settled. the rail- roads of the country today faced nego- brotherhoods, scheduled later this month. After extended discussions involv- ing the demand of 14 unions for a 20-cent-an-hour increase, announce- ment was made last night that an! agreement had been reached on the basis of a 5-cent grant. It will be | effective as of August 1 and will en- | tail an annual payment of $98,000,000 to between 750,000 and 800,000 work- | ers. The settlement was effected through | the offices of the National Education | Board and still is subject to ratifica- | tion by general chairmen of the but Otto S. Beyer of the | board pointed ouf this was a mere formality. The brotherhoods had voted & walkout if an increase was denied. | The board praised the work of both | representatives of the railroads and | the brotherhoods in reaching the set- [ tlement. | “The National Mediation Board de- | sires to commend highly both parties | to the controversy for the calm pa- | tience which they have shown and for | the orderly procedure which they con- sistently have followed,” a statement said. “The board also wishes to express | its satisfaction that this dispute be- | tween the carriers and their non-op- and prickly pear green and there was | €Tating employes has been disposed of | & fur-trimmed glove in 10 colors—a | in & reasonable, just and far-sighted | color for each finger. | manner.” | Just for contrast there were st . The operating brotherhoods. which | from the days when grandmother was | have also taken a strike vote, are ask- | six weeks. 14th and Eye Sts. At All 3 Stores $20 $25 AL $35 SUITS No. Cash Needed 3 Months to Pay! PRICE e 1744 Po. a girl, styles that brought wistful | memories of the Victorian era and the | mauve decade of the gay nineties with | modifications of the hoop skirt snd | Jjust a suggestion of a bustle. Sport coats featured trimming: and linings of dark-colored plaids or stripes with berets of plaid to match. The day silhouette was kept straight and narrow for suits and dresses but not as straight as one evening creation which fitted straight over the body like a tube. Afternoon coats had fitted waists with a modified hem width and some were lavishly trimmed with silver fox or heavy embroideries of gold. Gold and jeweled embroidery was also fea- tured for velvet cocktail and dinner jackets worn with crepe or broadcloth dresses. | One cocktail “gown” was a pair of | bright red wool trousers to be worn with a lame jacket. f Values -__$]0® Values___$]|20 Values___.$|7-0 3 ing a 20 per cent increase. Youth Saved From Execution. RALEIGH, N. C, August 5 () — Gov. Hoey yesterday commuted to life imprisonment the death sentence of Reed Coffey, 20, of Avery County, who was to die in the gas chamber to- morrow. Gov. Hoey said the State “relied heavily upon circumstantial evidence" | in convicting Coffey, who was charged | with the murder of his uncle, Hardy | Coffey. | \\\ \ \ § & N § &8 NN §§Q B & & SR - - -_-. Congress Status Pre-Adjournment Calen- dar Heavy With Eighth Month Starting. By the Associated Press. Here is the status of pre-adjourn- ment legislation as Congress today began its eigth month of work: Wages and hours—Passed Senate, awaiting House debate. Housing—Senate debating, Committee holding hearings Sugar—House begins debate today, Senate has not acted Court procedure—Passed kes up next Tax loopholes—House opens hearings Monday Committee | Deficiency appropriations—Still un- framed by committee. Match Lights Gas Again. 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