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Milford chronicle., 1929-10-11
FEDERAL COURT
SAYSLIOUOR BUYER
IS NOT RESPONSIBLE
Appeals Body Reverses District
Judge Kirkpatrick's Decision
In Important Ruling.
LOWER COURT ERRED
New York Clubman And Broker
Had Been Convicted Of Such
Offense.

The United States Court of Ap-
peals in an opinion last Thursday
held that the purchaser of liquor
cannot be punished under the prohi-
bition law.
1t reversed Federal District Judge
William H. Kirkpatrick, who had
held that while the act of purchas-
ing liquor itself was not punishable,
the purchaser could be penalized
where the element of transportation
was involved, as an abettor of il
legal transportation.
The Circuit Courts decision was in
the case of Alfred E. Norris, New
York broker and clubman. Mr.. Nor
ris had appealed from a 5000 fine
imposed by Judge Kirkpatrick after
it had been shown that Norris had
purchased liquor from Joel d. Ker-
per, alleged society bootlegger.
Kerper was convicted September %,
1928, and sentenced to one year and
three months in prison, with a fine
of $4,000.
Mr.. Norris, at his trial, pleaded
''nolo contenderer," that is, he ad-
mitted the facts of the indictments
citation, but did not agree that there
had been crime. In upholding his
appeal, the Circuit Court said that
while he may have induced Kerper
to transport the liquor to him in
New York, he was not guilty of aid
ing and abetting either its sale or
delivery. "And," the opinion added,
"the degree of cooperation neces-
sary to constitute one a conspira-
tor must be such as to amount to
more than the mere aiding and abet-
ting in the commission of the Of
fense."
Judge Victor B. Woolley, of Will
mington, and w. H. S. Thomas
Joined in making the ruling, with
Judge Joseph Burlington dissenting.
Judge Burlington did not set forth
the reasons for his dissenting opin-
ion.
In summing up it's conclusions the
Circuit Court said. "We are salts
fed that the purchaser is not an
abettor of the offense within the
meaning of the statute. The bettor,
within the meaning of the statute,
must stand in the same relation to
the crime as the criminal, approach
it from the same direction, touch 1t
at the same point. This is not the
case with the purchaser of liquor.
"The purchaser Of liquor, by his
offer to buy induces the seller of
liquor to make the sale. But he
cannot be said to assist him in it.
The whole force, moral and physical,
that went to the production of the
crime, as such, was the seller"
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Milford chronicle., 1929-10-11
WILD DUCK AND GOOSE
SEASON OPENS OCT. Is
Both Delaware And Maryland Offer
Fine Hunting Spots.

The wild duck hunting season is
now open in Pennsylvania and it
will become legal in Ned Jersey and
Delaware next week, October 16, and
in Maryland on November 1.
There are many excellent duck
shooting places in Delaware, espe-
cially along the river and bay shore
marshes the entire length of the
State and particularly at Woodland
Beach and near Rehoboth.
OF course the finest duck hunting
is to be had on the Chesapeake Bay,
but that calls for the purchase of
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Milford chronicle., 1929-10-11
WALLS, FORMER SLEUTH,
SEEKS TREASURER'S JOB

Fred Walls, of Georgetown,
will be a candidate for the Re-
publican nomination of State
Treasurer, according to his
friends. The convention will
take place during the early
Fall of next year.
Mr.. Walls, who is a former
State detective, is well known
in political circles and has a
host of friends in Sussex
County.
Milford chronicle., 1929-10-11

"As necessary as my break
fast" said a business man,
when asked how he liked the
Milford Chronicle.
The Washington times., 1929-10-04
To FIX
RIOT BLAME

MARION, N. c., Oct. 4 u.N.S)
Answer to the riddle Of who fired
the first fusillade Of shot in the
Marion strike battle--the officers or
the strikers--was sought today by
Judge Thomas J. Harding sitting
as a magistrate in the muititudinous
cases growing out of the bloody en-
counter.
In one group of defendants were
Sheriff o. F. Adkins, nine Of his
deputies and five loyal mill fore
men and overseers, charged with
murder and conspiracy to murder.
Four Slain
Four union strikers were slain es
officers went to disperse a picket
line at the Marion Manufacturing
Company. They were under $4,000
bond each. Strike leaders say they
fired the first shots.
The death toll of the battle
mounted to five today. James
Roberts, a union striker. died of
wounds.
Another lot, numbering 3s are
strikers. The sheriff claims they
opened fire upon the officers and
himself. The strikers are under
5000 bond each charged with rioting
and rebellion. Union officials swore
out the murder warrants against Of
ficers and loyal bosses.
Protest Mt Funeral
WhiA the composite nearing
which )erceded n corner's fnuuiry
was in progress, the mass protest
funeral Of the four victims was
started. Speeches are to be made
by number of leaders in the
United Textile Workers Union.
In the Marion mill village two
companies of State militia have
pitched camp.
Picketing has been abandoned.
Despite the presence of the troops,
there is little tenseness In the air.
The Washington times., 1929-10-04
McPherson In Sp0ttsylUania
Before and After Wife's Death

young wife, visited in Spottsylvania
a few days before she was slain, and
a short time after discovering her
body, returned to that town. it was
learned today.
According to the records of the
Spottswood Inn. young Mcpherson
checked out of that hotel on Sep
tember 10.
Mcpherson returned on September
10. and. with a companion, stayed
at the home of Larkin Pritchett. a
relative, living at Goshen. near here,
until September %.
Miss Eleanor Sheppard, pretty
nurse, of the Chelsea apartments,
whose testimony regarding the death
Of her intimate friend, Mrs. Virginia
Mcpherson, figured Importantly in
the case, has suffered a nervous col
lapse.
Miss Sheppard's roommate, Kay
Smiley, also trained nurse and the
niece Of Superintendent B. B. Sand
idge of Emergency Hospital, said
that Miss Sheppard has left the city
and is at the home Of her parents in
Virginia. She will not return for
several weeks, Miss Smiley said.
The Washington times., 1929-10-04
D. c. PR0BERs SNUBBED
IN MCPHERSON CASE

convened. Shelby was represented
by Attorney Henry I. Quinn and
George E. Strong, while James A.
O'Shea represented Kelly.
The attorneys after leaving the
room said that they had demanded
that the board formulate a charge
on every criticism Of the officers
made by the Grand Jury and file
1t at once with the proper authori-
ties in order that a speedy trial
before the Police Trial Board might
be obtained.
They said they asked that the
charges be brought even though the
evidence which might be gathered
by the board might seem trivial and
unconvfncing to its members.
Counsel said that they wanted
action taken which will bring the
matter OF the charges out into open
hearing as soon as possible. They
added that they asked the board to
incorporate in it's findings a recon-
mendation that the Trial Board act
at once.
The attorneys also requested that
when witnesses appear before it with
counsel they be accorded the privi-
lege of being present.
The board took the request under
advisement.
Members of the board would make
no comment on the failure of wit.
nesses to appear. 1t was made known
however that report dealing with
the legal phases of proceedings be-
fore the Grand Jury and the subse-
quent revelations of these proceed
1ngs was read into the record of the
board.
This report contains the following
paragraphs:
"The proposition is sometimes
broadly stated that the members of
the Grand Jury cannot disclose the
proceedings that take place in the
Grand Jury room. But there are
many authorities to the effect that
since it is Of the highest Importance
that no citizen be tried until he has
been regularly accused by the
proper tribunal, neither the policy
of the law nor the oath Of the
Grand Jurors prohibits the dis
closure by a Grand Juror or any
other persons Of what has been
done before the Grand Jury. where
the evidence is required for the
purpose of public justice and the
establishment of private rights"
The Washington times., 1929-10-04
ANT|-DRY N { n
SEEK NAMES

with 10000 members in the East,
the Congressional Districts Modifica-
ton League, incorporated under the
law of the District of Columbia, has
Is men canvassing Washington to
get names on a petition that Con.
gress repeal the Volstead act.
Thus far the organization has con-
fined it's activities to New York,
Philadelphia and Atlantic coast cities
and plans to cover the country in its
efforts to secure notifications Of
the act so that beer and light wines
will be permissible. Its activities
consists of securing data, and petit
tions to be presented to Representa-
tives from 435 districts.
Business men, professional men
and Government workers throughout
the Capital will be approached with
in the coming two weeks by repre-
sentatives of the league.
The aim Of the Congressional Dis
tricts Modification League, its
spokesman say, is to secure the re.
peal of the act through sensible
and logical process and not by set.
ting up prejudices and using mob
psychology.
The Washington times., 1929-10-04
JEWRY j RG { D
To AID CHEST

Oscar Leonard, executive director
of the Jewish Welfare Federation,
has sent a letter to every rabbi in
the city urging that they explain the
Community Chest to their congrega-
tions during the Jewish holidays
which start tonight.
Leonard points out that the Chest
supports, almost entirely, the Jewish
Welfare F<deration. Hebrew Home
for the Aged. United Hebrew Relief
Society, Jewish Foster Home.
Juanita K. Nye Council House, and
the Jewish Community Center, with
others probably to be added FOR the
coming year. The Chest. he says.
apportioned approximately $150,oo0
to these organizations in 1929.
Heads of the various Jewish con-
gregations have promised to bring
Leonard's statements before their
people.
The Washington times., 1929-10-04
Outbreak Was Well Planned
And Came as 700 Went to Eat

The first outbreak of the riot, ap-
parently well planned in advance
with at least six desperate convicts
involved, came shortly before /
o'clock as some 700 prisoners were
at the noon meal.
Jimmy Pardue, serving a long
term for robbery. shot and killed
Guard James Irwin with a rifle that
he had stolen from the prison arse
nal. Immediately bedlam broke
loose.
The ringleaders in the confusion
raided the prison arsenal and Sc
cured an unlimited supply of arms
and ammunition.
Fire broke out in the dining room.
The Washington times., 1929-10-04
Father Patrick O'NeiI Risks
Life Trying to Dynamite Wall

The Rev. Father Patrick O'Neil,
of the Holy Cross Abbey, rislled his
life twice to place charges of dyna-
mite in cell house No. 8.
AS great sheets of flame from the
cell house pierced the early morn
ing darkness the pBiest advanced
an enfilading barrage Of machine
gun and rifle fire from militiamen.
He made a hard run in his first
attempt, placing a heavy charge of
dynamite at the corner of the cell
house. This charge failed to ex-
plode because of a defect in the
fuse.
Against the entreaties of officers,
the prelate insisted upon placing
another charge.
he said, 'but / can't stand this
savage butchery on the part of these
convicts."
Another dynamite charge was>pre-
pared and he again faced death from
the constant fire of the maddened
prisoners.
The second charge exploded but
| failed to tear away much of the
cell house.
1t was then that the officers de.
| cided to send for a tank and some
French 75's. Before arrival of these
war weapons the leaders Of the riot
killed themselves and officers
gained control of the situation.
Father O'Neil modestly told the
International News Service later of
his exploit.
There was nothing to 1t. really"
| he said. Although Daniels, the
rinsleader, did take q couple Of
shots at me.
81 placed the first dynamite
The Washington times., 1929-10-04

way out of the store and engaged
in a running gun battle with of.
ficers and was captured when Colo.
RADIO Springs police opened fire on
him with a machine gun.
Daniels had barricaded himself in
a store adjoining the robbed jewelry
store and was forced out by tear
bombs.
Cell House Shambles
Cell House No 8, where the last
stand of the desperately fighting
prisoners was made, was shambles
when guards entered. The dynamite
placed by the Rev. Patrick ONeil
had done some damage, but all
night bombardment by machine gun
and rifle had wrecked the cell house
All the bodies of the dead were
removed to a local morgue.
Only one cell house Of the four
at the prison remained intact today.
According to an uncertain and
rather unorganized count, no con-
victs escaped during the battle.
Mrs. Helen Grenells and Thomas
Duke. members of the State Board
Of Corrections, which administers
the prison, announced a thorough in
vestigation would be launched i'm.
mediately to determine how Convicts
Daniels and James Pardue secured
weapons with which they started the
rioting by killing Guard Erwin. Mrs.
Grenfells and Duke witnessed the
all-night battle.
1t was disclosed that Pardue also
secured a rifle and a hundred rounds
Of ammunition and cached them in
his cell before the prisoners raided
the arsenal
The Washington times., 1929-10-04
MacDonald's S Day
In Capital

Prime Minister Macdonald
will follow this program upon
his arrival here this afternoon:
4 p. m.--He will be received
at Union Station by high Gov.
ernment officials. The Marine
Band will play four flourishes
and God Save the King" An
escort Of Fort Myer cavalry
will conduct the party to the
British Embassy.
The route the party will fol.
low is: Through Delaware
Avenue to East Capitol Street,
past the Capitol to First Street,
then to the Peace Monument
and up Pennsylvania Avenue
to Madison Place, up Fifteenth
Street to X, west on X Street
to Connecticut Avenue, thence
north to the embassy.
6 p. m.-The prime minister
and his daughter, accompanied
by Sir Esme Howard and Lady
Isabella, will be received at the
White House by President
Hoover.
ID. m.-Press conference.
8 D. m.-InfOrmal dinner at
the British Embassy.
The Washington times., 1929-10-04
Daniels, RingIeader; Kills
Self As Long Battle Ends

The nearly 200 other prisoners.
who had been barricaded within the
prison walls by the blood-thirsty
ringleaders, Immediately marched
quietly into the yards, joining some
700 other prisoners who had been
led from cell houses late yesterday
after the first outbreak of rioting.
Daniels Kills Self
1t was horrible sight that greeted
guards and militiamen as they
poured into the cell house. A few
feet within the door lay the body of
guard. The body of Daniels was
stretched out on the cement floor a
little further along. Powder stains
were visible on Daniels, showing, Of
ficials said. that he had killed him.
self. after his murderous execution
of guards as well as fellow.con-
victs.
The features of the dead convicts
were considerably mutilated.
That the convict had prepared
for a long siege was indicated by
the discovery Of large amount of
bread and other provisions hidden
within the cell house.
Danny Daniels, ringleader Of the
rioting prisoners, who ended the
mutiny by committing suicide, was
a member of the notorious Terrill
gang of Oklahoma and considered
one of the most desperate thugs
ever encountered by Western police.
Faced Long Term
Daniels was sentenced to a long
term from Colorado Springs several
years ago for the robbery of a
jewelry store there. He shot his
The Washington times., 1929-10-04
for The Washington Times

EORD FRICK, we'll
u known International
News Service sports cor.
resppn d ent, whose
articles appear regularly
in The Times, has fol.
lowed the competing
teams closely all year
and will contribute a
daily story.
Immediately after the
close of each game The
Times will put on the
street a special World
Series Edition, giving a
complete box score, a
colorful play-by-play ac.
count of the contest, and
sidelights on the plays,
the players, and the
prom inent personages
among the spectators.
The Washington times., 1929-10-04

ID ABE RU TIL, the
- famous King of
Swat, whose articles are
a regular feature of The
Times, will view every
game Of the series and
will write a daily story
giving his impressions OF
the games, the plays,
and the players.
Harry Nelly, of Mr..
Hearst s Chicago Herald
Examiner, will supply
anal.yt ic al stories,
making an open book of
all the inside stuff.
Jimmy Corcoran, of the
sports staff of the same
paper, will supply hui
man interest features OF
the series.
The Washington times., 1929-10-04
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suicide, was the only dramatic note
of the first meeting of the board.
The rest Of it was pure comedy.
The board, consisting Of William
w. Bride, corporation counsel, and
Major Donald A. Dawson, assistant
engineer commissioner, had taken
elaborate precautions to preserve
the secrecy Of its proceedings.
Reportsrs were barred from rooms
of the Corporation Counsel where
the hearings are being held, and
were ordered to cool their heels
nearly half a block away.
! Policeman Ray Aggleson, OF the
First precinct, was stationed at
door far from the hearing room and
was given a list of witnesses who
would be called. No one else, he was
told was to be allowed to pass
through the door. Aggleson was
yigiiant. So vigilant, in fact, that
he wouldn't let even the shorthand
reporters who were to make a stem
ographic report of the hearings pass
Promptly at 10 o'clock Aggleson'
how dignified by the title OF palll1I'
received orders to call Merritt ~
Chance, who was foreman OF the
Grand Jury whit4. made the
charges -.->
Making a, megaphone of his hand
he bawled the name loudly three
times-nothing but echo answered.
Then the board adjourned until
IL o'clock at which hour 1t had
invited Policeman Robert j. Allen
to appear. ..
:. Again Bailiff Aggleson did his
duty. And again nothing happened
except the frightening of stenog-
raphers throughout the District
Building.
After Aggleson finished his futile
believing the board adjourned until
1870 o'clock when the bailiff was
to be given an opportunity to shout
the following names: James T.
Scott, Samuel P. Agnew, Almon @.
Ellington, William B. Hubbs and
John D. MacKnight. There is some
hope that Scott and Hubbs will re-
spond to their names. Possibilities
of the others appearing are un.
known.
Counsel for Shelby and Kelly ap-
peared before Bride and Dawson
some time before the board formally
The Washington times., 1929-10-04
FETE N DONALD
AS ROYALTY
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minister. This band will also play
four flourishes and God Save the
King"
The same honors will be accorded
the Prime Minister as would be
accorded the King of England him.
self and Washington is ready to
show the distinguished visitor the
respect and regard the people of
the country have for him.
Flags will be displayed on build
ings along the course the party of
the Prime Minister will take after
leaving the station.
There will be little formality,
however, between President Hoover
and the Prime Minister when the
latter calls at the White House to
confer on the problems which
brought about the visit which will
establish a precedent in interna.
tional diplomacy.
While the Scot who fought his
way from the masses to the chief
dom of the British government will
dominate the curiosity of the
American public. hardly less will
be the interest in his 26-year-old
daughter. the. charming Ishbel.
Loves to Dance
While her statesman-father is dis
cussing the delicate problems Of
international amity, Ishbel hopes
to be foot.loose. She is a blend of
modern girl and serious minded, as
an American might see it. She
uses no cosmetics, neither drinks
nor smokes, but loves to dance.
She Is a member OF the London
county council, intensely interested
in social work, a radio fan and
lover of the theater and movies.
American lads who cross her social
path in the next three weeks may
be interested to know that she is
pretty, with smiling eyes and a
ready wit: that she plays golf a
little, does not consider herself a
good housekeeper, and would like
to see an American baseball game.
Greetings Wired
Yesterday as the Berengaria
neared the shores Of the United
States, President Hoover and Sec.
retary Of State Stimson wired
greetings to the visitor from over
the sea-. They welcomed him in
the name of the people Of the
United States.
Macdonald. in reply, expressed his
hearty thanks for the greetings, stat.
ing that he was looking forward
eagerly to meeting the President and
Secretary Stimson.
During his visit here the Prime
Minister will have a busy program.
He will be received by President
Hoover at the White House at 6
o'clock this evening and an hour
later will receive the press, following
| which he will dine informally at the
British Embassy.
Goes to Hoover Camp
Tomorrow he will call on the Vice
President and in the afternoon will
join the Hoover camp party over the
| weekend. On Monday he will visit
Congress in the morning and will
lunch and dine at the White House
On Tuesday night a formal dinner
in his honor will be held at the EN-.
bassy.
The Overseas Writers Club will
entertain the Prime Minister Wed
nesday at luncheon following whicf
he will visit Mt. Vernon and ths
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier al
Arlington National Cemetery. He
! will dine at the home of Secretary
Stimson and on Thursday will leave
the Capital for Philadelphia.
The Washington times., 1929-10-04
Armstrong Tech High
Has Game Postponed

A last minutes announcement
Yesterday resulted in the Armstrong
Technical High School grid games
with Norcum High. Of Portsmouth,
Va. scheduled for today at the
Howard University stadium being
postponed.
The locals will not open their
football campaign until next Fri.
day, when they met the Whining.
ton. Del, high school eleven in the
Delaware metropolis.
The Washington times., 1929-10-04

the prison chapel and In cell houses
No. and No. 2.
Firing opened between the dozen
guards and prisoners, but within
a short time the convicts were in
complete control Of the cell houses.
Three guards were killed In the
first outbreak.
AS hundreds Of citizens, National
Guardsmen and peace officers gath.
cred from over the State late in
the day, the mutinous prisoners sent
an ultimatum to Warden Crawford
demanding that they be furnished
with automobiles and a "free get.
away" from the city. otherwise they
would slay all the guards they
had harricaded with them
The Washington times., 1929-10-04

charge against the wall, but there
seemed to be some difficulty with
the contact and it failed to explode.
Il didn't waste any time getting
back after placing the first charge,
and when it failed to explode tried
again, placing the second charge di.
rectly on top Of the first. A second
shot whiZzed by me from Daniels
lower window as I hastened away
after placing the second charge. The
dynamite explosion shook the town
but dug into the ground at the cor.
ner of the cell house instead of blow.
ing IL upward"
The Washington times., 1929-10-04
Galaxy
IN BE WASHINGTON

4A1 -" oNA44AN0 @OAN
= TIM e s has as
sembled a notable staff
of sports writer's to
cover the world series,
starting next Tuesday.
Heading the staff will
be Kirk Miller, Times
sports editor, who will
write colorful sidelights
and report the amusing
side Of the series. His
lifting, ,bubbling "Sport-
orial" is a daily feature
Of The Times.
Assisting him will be
Bob Thayer, Washing
toms oldest baseball
writer in point of SER
vice, who will report the
technical side of the
series and write the
running play-by-play ac-
count.
The Washington times., 1929-10-04


~ international News
Service sports editor,
who is nationally famous
as a result of his bril-
liant work in covering
big sports events, will
write the main leads.
His extremely readable
style, his expert judg.
ment, and his wide ac-
quaintance with the
principals in the con-
tests will make his
stories the talk of the
town.
Bill Corum, of the
New York vening 9
journal sports staff,
will write in a lighter
vein. Eddie Geiger,
Harold johnson, and
Henry McLemore will
round out the staff of
writer's.