Evening star., 1921-03-07
|GROCK DETAINED
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Henderson's AssaiIant Out
on Bond When Rearrested.
Assault Case Postponed.

Charles A. Crock of T8koma Park.
Md, was again taken into custody
by the police today. when he emerged
from the Police Court building. fol-
lowing the continuation OF case tn
which he is charged with assault
upon former Senator Charles b. Hen
derson. who was shot In the forearm.
He was apprehended by Detective
Sergeant Darnall and Sanitary onfcer
Phillips to be held for mental oh
servation and was sent to the wash-
ington Asylum Hospital.
Released by District Attorney.
Crock was released Saturday under
a bond of $1,000 by District Attorney
Laskey.
Detective Sergt. Fred Cornuell
swore out an affidavit for the sani-
tary officer, certifying under oath
that he believed Crock 'to be insane
or of unsound mind, incapable OF
taking care of himself or his prop
erty. and if permitted to remain at
large or go unrestrained in the Dis
trict of Columbia the right of persons
and property will be jeopardized or
the preservation of public peace i'm
periled."
An informal ruling by District At
torney Laskey assured the police of
their right to detain Crock, although
now out on bond. by reason of the
fling of the lunacy affidavit with the
sanitary officer.
Attorney John Murphy appeared in
behalf of Crock before Judge McMa-
hon today. He asked for continu-
ance of the case for two weeks, ia
order that he might have time for
reviewal of all facts in connection
with it,
Judge Grants More Time.
Judge Mcmahon informed the attor-
ney that the matter was simply that
of preliminary hearing. in which
the defendant need not make known
however, for the defense. Assistant
District Attorney Ralph Given is
handling the case for the government.
Former Senator Henderson. Mrs.
Frank Healy, his secretary and the
only eyewitness to the shooting.
fee of Senator Broussard of Louis
lana. who held Crock for the policx
following the shooting. and sererai
others were in the courtroom await
ing the hearing.
Crock addressed an open letter to
members of the Senate under date Of
February %, 1921 These letters. howl
ever. have only just been receivedf
They apparently were mailed before
| the shooting took place.
Contents OF Letters.
In the letter Crock charges that MIR.
crime trust in the United States Sem
ate" The letter said. in part:
Gentlemen: Secretary of State
Evarts said on August 13. 1873. that
the first duty of government is to
| protect life and property. That is a
= Ynf oh lScpa
| ernments are instituted. and govern
| ments neglecting or failing to per-
form it become worse than useless.
! Gentlemen of the United States
Senate. il there is such government
in existence here, will you please
kindly let me know where to find 1t.
as even with the help of the pastors
of Washington, and of over thirteen
years of honest endeavor, l have been
unable to locate it,
| Further along in the letter Crock says.
Writes Of Crime Trust.
| THE crime trust at home attempted
| to create q brand-new superlative
! carded virtues of the Nevada divorce
queens for that purpose and by hypno-
tizing the reading public into the be-
lief that the Ali Baba's cave of the
forty thieves was transformed into
the seventh heaven of justice by the
In conclusion, he said: THE crime
trust has for about a quarter of
| century arrogantly played destiny to
! me and mine by industriously helping
/ death and destruction to catch up to
us. Have we the right to a show
down after a lapse of that length of
! time, or have we not?'
! Crock inclosed with this letter
number of communications which he
had sent to various officials in the past.