Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-04-01

wire fence and well beyond towering
tree tops.
Far from busily travelled Michigan
avenue, from which Mr.. Ford plunged
none of the wracking city noises
which might have disturbed him in
the urban Henry Ford Hospital will
be heard.
Estate Doubly Guarded.
The Ford estate normally is i'm
pregnable, with gatekeepers, guards
and host Of other servants, and with
the master lying injured and fighting
for his health, the confines of the yasl
estate were doubly guarded.
1t developed today that the accident
occurred just outside the city limits
OF Dearborn, between that village and
its neighbor Fordson. and that the
official responsible for the reports con
corning that territory is a constable
A. w. Peck of Wayne.
Every official agency In Detroit and
Wayne County denied participation in
an investigation of the accident ex.
cepting the small Dearborn police
force.
The Dearborn Police Department
concluded its inquiry two DAYS ago
but has withheld its report.
1t was demanded by Joseph O.
Castellucci, assistant prosecuting at
tofney in charge of accident investi
cations, and it then developed that
the Dearborn department was without
formal jurisdiction over the scene OF
the accident.
Castellucci then turned to Peck. the
constable, asking for a complete
report.
Castellucci said he wished only ia
assure himself there was nothing es
pecially suspicious and that he did
not think further inyestiga ton by the
prosecuting attorneys STAFF would be
necessary.
Back Still Pains Him.
1t was not until shortly before noon
today, 16 hours after Mr.. Ford had
been removed, that official confirma.
ton OF the change was made.
This is the fifth day after the acct.
X. ID. Mcclure. surgeon in chief of the
Henry Ford Hospital. Last night Mr.
Ford was removed in an ambulance
from the hospital to his residence.
THE sprained back still is most
painful"
That even at his own urgent re
quest Mr.. Ford was permitted TO re-
turn home was accepted as indicat.
ing nothing seriously wrong was
found to persist after minute exami
nations at the hospital. 1t was under
stood that the desire for X-ray pic
lures of the back and chest conditions
was one of the chief reasons for send
ing Mr.. Ford to his hospital after he
had lain in his home for two days
after the accident.
II was understood today that the
Ford organization private investiga
tors continued their efforts TO find the
big automobile which crowded Mr.
Ford off the road at one of the only
two spots on his route home from hi
laboratories where such an accident
could have been more than trivial.
Their head. however, was authority
for the statement that he accepted
he crash as an accident.
Effect on Trial Debated.
On the other hand, the initial state
ments from two sources close to thu
manufacturer that IL was believed
there had been a deliberate attemp
to kill him stood unchanged.
As the 81 900, 900 libel suit of Aaror
Sapiro OF Chicago against Ford spec
to the point at which Ford was Il
have taken the witness stand. interes
was heightened in the turn his en-
| forced inability TO testify would cause
Sapiro's counsel remained adaman
In his expressed intention TO dema NJ
that the court force the defense t
| proceed with its case, and Senato
| James A. Reed of Missouri, head O
| the Ford counsel, and his associa ties
| continued their reticence concern
| ing their stand.
| In some quarters was vsioned an in
| terruption of the trial until such Iim'
as the injured automobile maker coult
! appear in court.
During the two weeks of The tria
| before he was injured Mr.. Ford die
not attend the court sessions. but hi
| counsel met the demand Of Mr.. Sa
| pros lawyer that he testify with tn,
| statement that he would be availa bl
! when wanted.
EDISON SENDS REGRETS.
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