Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-07-31
GUARDSMEN ARE BUSY TARRY TRIO IN COURT
Citizen Sodiery Deep in Coast And Their Bonds Increased to
Defense Work. $1,000 Each Too.
HAVING STRENUOUS OUTING SENSATIONS ARE PROMISED
Washington Meet Bliss Who Was Tarred Will Not
Enemy in the Woods Say Word
NO WORK FOR MEDICAL MEN ALL KINDS o. RUM0RS ROUND
of
Be Desired-signal Corps Unique Case-Trial
everalW
SENSATIONS ARE PROMISED
Bliss, Who Was Tarred, Will Not
Say a Word.
ALL KINDS o. RUM0RS ROUND
About Why's and Wherefores of This
Unique Police Case-Trial in
Several Weeks.

50 far my Investigations have shown
the present case-that Of assault and bat
ta,y against these three defendants here
to be of such a serious and high-handed
nature that l must ask your honor to
raise their bonds to $1,000 each for their
arpo arance before jury in this court"
This statement was made by Assistant
United States Attorney Ralph Given in
the United States branch of the Police
Court this morning. upon the arraign-
ment of Charles Marthinson, Henry c.
Cole and James L. White. who. as pub
lished exclusively in The Star yesterday.
were arrested yesterday afternoon by De-
tectives Pratt and Hewlett on warrants
issued upon the complaint of F. E.
Bliss. who alleges that the three men beat
him and coated him with tar in the base
men: of the Marthnson home. 1917 Ken
yon street northwest Wednesday night.
The Trio in Court.
The three defendants appeared in court
early this morning accompanied by their
firm of Croswaith & Colladay. and upon
their arraignment entered pleas of not
guilty and demanded trial by jury. 1t
wls at the conclusion of their arraign-
men, this morning that Mr. Given asked
for the increase in the bond to double the
amount furnished by the accused men
their arrest.
IL
PENDANTS were arraigned, granted the re-
quest of the prosecuting attorney and the
men were formally held until the neces-
sary bonds were furnished. This was
done later in the day. the three bonds be-
ing signed by the United Surety Company
represented by Oscar j. Ricketts,. formerly
public printer. as surety. Mr.. Ricketts,
had become surety on the bonds of $500
each given yesterday. Immediately after
the necessary papers were signed and the
papers filed with the clerk of the court
the defendants left the building.
Why He Asked Increase.
Later, in giving his reasons for request
ing an increase in the bonds, Mr.. Given
said: II asked for the increase in bond
in order to make it absolutely certain
that these men come here to court and
face trial on the charges. l do not care
to go very fully into the details of the
case at the present time. but. so far as
my information has shown. Bliss was
deliberately enticed to the Kenyon street
house under pretense of having a ring
returned to him, and after he got there
was grabbed by these three men. bound
with ropes soundly beaten and then
daubed with tar, after portion of his.
outer clothing had been removed"
The proceedings in the courtroom lasted
but few moments. and at their conclu-
sion Marthinson, Cole and White were
given seats in the jury box until the new
bonds could be made out and filed Each
of the men emphatically refused to dis
cuss the affair. and all interviewers were
referred to their attorney. Mr.. Colladay.
who. in turn. said that beyond formal
statement, the defense had nothing to
say.
The trial of the three men will not take
place for several weeks.
Bliss Is Reticent.
Bliss, the complaining witness. was di-
rected by the officers in the case and the
prosecuting attorney to make no state
ment whatever. AS soon as the court
proceedings were over Bliss left the
building and referred all questioners to
the prosecuting attorney His face still
bears decided traces of the coating of tar
famed 1t is said he has experienced a
great deal of pain.
Immedat tely after the arrest of the
three men yesterday afternoon bond was
furnished and they We're given their lib
erty. Mr.. Marthinson. as soon as he
ascertained yesterday that a warrant had
been issued for his arrest. went to police
headquarters and gave himself up, re-
manning there until the necessary bond
was furnished. He is considered a
wealthy man, and among those VINO OIL
fered assistance to him was Vice Pres1-
dent White of the Commercial National
Bank in which institution Marthinson
has an account The vice president OF
the bank offered to certify to Marthin-
sons character and bail him out.
Here Are the Three.
Mr.. Cole another of the defendants, is
general manager of a local tabulating
company, and his address is given as 1917
KENYON street the same address that
of the Marthinsons. The third defend
ant, James l.. White, is a we'll known
broker. who is said to have accumulated
a comfortable fortune through successful
investments.
Formal Statement.
The formal statement made by Attor-
ney Colladay is as follows:
Bliss had his very unpleasant expe-
rience because of his unwelcome presence
in the home of Mr.. Charles Marthinson.
He had also visited at least one other
home In the same neighborhood.
Mr. and Mrs. Marthinson were married
sixteen years ago have a son nearly
fourteen years of age. have always lived
happily together until this man Bliss
came upon the scene a short time ago.
They and their son live at 1917 Kenyon
street where they have resided for threa
years past. They have lived together in
Washington for eight years.
''Bliss was introduced TO Mr.. and Mrs.
Marthinson socially and under such cir
cumstances they received him as their
social equal. Bliss was seen frequently
in company with Mrs Marthinson. and
Mr. Marthinson's suspicious soon were
aroused Mr. Marthinson has made
study of hypnotism. and he became con-
vinced that Bliss had extraordinary hyp-
motto powers over Mrs. Marthinson. Bliss
frequently boasted that he had hypnotic
powers.
ION Tuesdaysevening of this week Bliss
came to the Marthinson home with Mrs.
Marthinson and sought an interview with
Mr. Marthinson. The latter met them
at the door, and Mr.. Marthinsin was SO
infuriated at the sight Of Bliss in coma