Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-05


Of his lungs by the naval men and AL
of us were satisfied that he was dead.
1--WE were alongside the sea wall.
and a woman came down and asked IL
she could work over the body. She
worked for about 10 minutes, and then
some one suggested that we take the
man to the hospital. a car was
brought up and Burkett accompanied
the body to Emergency Hospital" The
car was owned and operated by y. ID.
Cradle. 2431 f street.
Doctor Hears Heart Beats.
Immediately upon the arrival Of the
body at the hospital DR.. Il. J. Ball
said he injected an extra large dose Of
very powerful heart stimulant, and
heard several heart beats. The doctor
explained, however. that this was not
proof that life was not extinct when
the body was brought in, adding that
the Stimulant would produce a heart
reaction. DIR. Ball worked until he was
exhausted before prOnOuncing death.
He was of the opinion that the man
was too far gone at the time he was
pulled out of the water to save him."
and declared that II don't think pull
motor right on the scene would have
done any good"
When the tire sailors returned to
the air station they reported to Ensign
Edwards, officer of the day, that in
their opinion 1.-The man had been dead
for a week" Eyewitnesses testimony.
however. contradicted this, as the man
was seem frantically trying to save
himself about 800 yards away from the
sea wall while large number of
people looked on.
Policeman ]. E. Shawhan OF the
Park nOIiCp to-day told inTIt CtOf II
S. Grant, Sd, his version of the story.
He said he was en- route to his home
after completing his tour of duty
when he was stopped at the John Paul
Jones monument and informed man
was overheard at Hams Point. Pick.
ing up Policeman J. N. Browning, he
sped to the point saw a floating
object in the stream and called the
harbor police on the telephone. He
was informed that the police already
had left for a point.
Saw Sailors i'm Launch.
Then he saw a motor launch with
three sailors aboard hurrying to the
spot. which he described as being
about 500 yards from the point. Using
boat hook they pulled the man
aboard and two of the crew worked
to restore life.
1.-The boat started ashore" officer
Shawhan said. land / asked if any
body had q fast ear and one young
man spoke up offering his. The boat
came around the point to the wharf
and then the harbor boat came up.
The sailors transferred the body and
returned to the station, yelling back,
That mans dead
There were a lot of people, about
800, hanging on the railing and hol-
lering and then the police boat pulled
around to the wharf. A woman gave
something to the men and told them
TO put it under the mans nose, but
that didn't do any good
AS far as the park police are
concerned, we had nothing to do with
1t. We never touched the man and
he wasn't brought ashore until placed I
In the automobile. We were not
equipped as the harbor police are, and
IT was purely harbor police case.
There was no friction or words passed
between the park and metropolitan
police"
Heard Many Versions.
Officer Shawhan said when he ar
rived he heard "a thousand different
versions OF what had happened" while
one person insisted that the ''aoatine
opJect IN the water was a dog.
Fred Drake, a chauffeur. of 1857 r.
harbor precinct as q witness. He said
ne was driving around the point when
ms attention was called to the river
py some women running to the rail
ing. lie saw man trying to climb
up pole out in the stream. but he
appeared to be too weak to help him
SELF or was weighted down with cloth.
ing. Then barge passed by and was y
sisnaled by those on shore to rush To 4
the rescue. AS it turned the Nav
boae appeared. Drake said the man
was hoatlnS nthe water motionIess
when the Navy boat pulled the body I'm.
Another eyewitness said today that
almost an hohr passed between the
time the man was removed from the
water and sent to the hospital. She
charged negligence on the part NJ tba
police in not rushing the man to rnedi-
cal assistance and held the lack OF a
pulmotor as a contributing factor TO
his death.
Stadlmeir, however, declares that
the entire procedure OF recovering the
man from the Navy boat, working over
the body that was lifeless, in their
opinion, and endeavoring to Identity
the man and discover how he got into
the river, occupied about half an hour.
The body was removed To the
morgue, where several hours later IT
was identified by Harvey Francis 21I
street northeast, nephew. IT had
not been claimed >nrior to noon TO-DAY
Makes Two Statements.
Officer Shawhan. after relatinr his
story TO Col. Grant, repeated II for n
stenographer and later swore tn n he
Tore notary. Capt. II. NJ. Parsons.
chief of the park police, declared he
had requested this of the officer "in the
event any formal charges are made"
Lieut.. Harry X. Lehman. in charge of
the harbor police. also was collecting
statements from the men under him.
Jones. according to relatives. left his
NOME IN nosemont about 1890 O'Clock
yesterday. 1t was the first tjma bs
had gone away from home alone in the
past six months.