Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-22
SUIT TAKEN FROM
ARLINGTON COURT
Smoot Sand Injunction Pro-
ceedings Sent to United
States Tribunal.
BY LESTER N. INKEEP,
Stan Correspondent of The Star.

ARLINGTON COUNTY COURT
HOUSE. Va, October o. Judge How
ard w Smith, in Circuit Court yeSter-
day, granted a motion OF Gardner l.
Booth, counsel for the Smoot Sand d
Gravel Co, to transfer to the United
States Court eastern division, the near
ing on the injunction proceedings re-
.sntly instituted against the formercon
Germ by the Washington Airport Cor
poration.
In the suit the Airport Corporation
which is represented by Attorneys Wal
ter C. Mccarthy of Arlington County
and c. Bascomb Slemp, Louis v. Titus
George v. Triplett, jr., and John w.
Price, alleged that the Sand & Gravel
CD is constructing retaining wall
above the Virginia side of the Highway
Bridge that will deprive them Of the
water rights acquired by them when
they purchased the land upon which
the airport is located. It is their in
tent.on, they claim, to use the water
front for hydroplane landing.
Work Under Contract.
The Smoot Sand g. Gravel Co. is do
ing this work under contract from the
Bureau of Public Roads, Department of
Agriculture in preparation for the con-
struction of the Mount Vernon Boule-
ward so the case in reality is against
the Federal Government. The question
to be decided is whether the Federal
Government has title to the high or low
water marks.
YESTERDAY was the first day of the
October term of court. In addition to
the return of So indictments by the
grand Jury, most of them being for vlo-
lation Of the prohibition law, the docket
was prepared. According to this docket,
Harry N. Douthitt. former chief investl-
gator for the Citizens Service ASsocia-
ton of washington. later publisher OF
the Clarendon Chronicle and now pub
Usher of the Bluecoat, washington
police journal. will go on trial Friday
on a charge of having attempted TO
bride Judge Smith.
Douthitt was indicted at the June
term Of court on the strength OF letter
written to Judge Smith offering him
the sum of $500 to decide in Douthitts
favor in a suit instituted against him by
Morris A. Bealle, former business as
sociate and now Montgomery County,
Md, newspaper publisher. Douthitt
admits that the signature to the type
written letter is his, but says that the
latter must have been written on a
piece of paper to which he had at some
time afixed his signature. He denies
knowledge of the origin of the letter.
Gov Byrd has not yet announced the
appointment Of Special judge to try
this case.
Charges From HoId-Up.
Indicted on three charges as the re-
suit of the hold-up several months ago
of the superintendent of the Washing
ton Brick & Terra Gotta Co., South
Washington, Joseph Parker, colored,
will be placed on trial November z.
Al the request of Commemorative
Attorney William c. Cloth, Judge Smith
announced that he will appoint COM
mission to examine James A. Wood,
who is charged with the murder of
Charles M. Joyce, in his home at
Aurora Heights, in August, to deter
mine whether he may be insane. Wood
was a former patient in st. Elizabeth's
Hospital.
Robert Krezell, driver of an automo-
ton-Alexandria pike on September IL.
resulting In the immediate death Of
William G. Robinson, a companion, was
indicted on two charges, one for murder
and the other for driving while intoxi-
Gated.
others indicted on felony charges
we're: Leo S. Simonton, Samuel Muse,
Isaac Jackson, Louis H. Ressler, Amber
Roberts, w. G. Brown, Harold Hamp-
ton, Arson M. Hampton and John H.
Rickard.
THOSE indicted on prohibition law
charges, most of whom were sentenced
at the time, were:
Vincent Walsh, Willie Alma Miles,
George p. Graves, Charles Padgett (two
indictmentS), w. H. Smith, L. A. Hooks,