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JOHN M. BIDDLE

Funeral services for John N. Bid
die, 50, prominent in social and finan-
cial circles, will be held at his late
home, 1929 s st. n. w, Monday,
followed by interment in Rock Creek
Cemetery.
Mr.. Biddle died yesterday Of heart
disease.
Born in Elizabeth, N. j.. the son
Of the late Gen. James A. Biddle,
u. 8. A., and related to the Biddles
Of Philadelphia, Mr.. Biddle came to
Washington 30 years ago. He WAS at
one time manager Of the Metro.
politan Club, of which he was q
member, He was also a member in
the Racquet, Alibi and Chevy Chase
clubs.
MIR. Biddls is survived by his wife,
Mrs. Ethel Murphy Biddls; a son,
samuel, a student at the Choate
School in Connecticut; a brother
Col. David Biddle. of Fort Sam
Houston, Tex, who is now on his
way to Washington. and a sister
Mrs. Nellie Shipman, of New York
widely known landscape artist.
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DEATHS

sarah ?. JsnkinG % years. ioas
Emma Gibbs. So years. 50 Frank
y niys Rr.ap.z. "a year. asis Eight
Thomas W. Griffin. "a years. ls45
North Carolina Ave. N E.
John w. sartain, II years. 1912
Ystta sf > Bsrentsr. 70 years. crllinssr
cstherins C. Howard. IS years. loola
Hannah priscOll. So years aels
Lewis 4. reed, Sc years. s7O1 six
teenth st. n. w.
Julian L. Gaines, 81 years, 1901 G
Jacob e. Gibson, 81 years. s5l G
Arthur NJ Murphy. SO years 1913
North Capitol st.
Angela v Parrsn, IS years. sibisy
Hospital.
Rosli: 2; spauldinE, II months. 1903
Gene B. Ho.nsrton. 10 months Chill.
dren's Hospital,
Marie J. Donovan. 4 months, 52s
Tucksrman st. N w.
Infant Of Walter and Marie Frisk
hours ProvtdsHee Hospital.
Fannie 2. Reeves. 81 wears. Freed
mems Hospital.
sellis Debaon. 50 years sl4 Mary
waiter Brovn. ~ years St Eliza
Gsrtruds Banks. 20 years 1883 Mon
tello Ave. N II,
r,s..s samuel :, HsnsqR. 20 years 1873
Marie Ellis, 81 years. Frssdmsn's
James A. Jenkins. - years sD K
pN- -
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MARRIAGE LICENSES

Robert johnson, 80, and Lena L.
Barnes, Il The Rev. Joha Richards,
Gray, 20. The Rev. W. II Brooks.
W. W. Grove, %, and Augusta Eieh-
ely, 20. The Rev. Mark Depp
Grey X, Carter, 2at and Emma p.
Cubben, 20, The Rev. H r. Downs,
George A Simpson, 2s. and Mary
1. Adams 25. The Rev, Edward 3.
Fontaipe.
Jackson Royal, %, and BuEnlca Ed
wards. Is. The Rev. Samuel Keisay.
Fred Komher, 90, and Agnes PFueh-
niewska. is. The Rev. W. NJ Hoffman.
Mi1lsr Rishasd bs Collins Ras T. shi Dorothy
Edwin L. Bright. a. and Mary r.
LafouHteiHe, 81. TIE Rev. w. H.
Hoffman
Harold C. Otto. ss. and Alice n.
Daiy, IS. The Rev. 3. J, McGeary.
Herman Silver, 22 and Marian sri.
wax. IL The Rev G siiverstoae.
Dennis Menu. 20, and Mildred shapp-
nor. o. The Rev. W II Hntffnan.
s. L. Jenkins, n. and sabsna ?.
Kelly, IL Ths Rev J c. Bah.
The Washington times., 1929-02-01
PatrOlwoman Makes
First Done" Arrest

NEW YORK, Feb THE first
arrest made by a woman member Of
the newly reorgani2ed police mar
cottc bureau was revealed yesterday
when Joseph Ciago, 80, was ar.
raignsd before Magistrate Roseno
bluth in Tombs court on q charge Of
selling narcotics. He was held with
out bail for a hearing Friday.
Ciago was arrested at a Delancey
Street theater by Patrolwoman Cath
crime Schneider. She said she pur-
chased a quantity OF heroin from
him for 81.
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Representative Porter
To Address Omen Forum

Representative Stephen O. Porter,
of Pennsylvania, chairman OF the
House Foreign Affairs Committee,
who has studied the narcotic ques-
ton thoroughly, will address the
Washington Open Forum the after.
noon of Sunday. February ~, it was
announced last night.
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MRS. ETHEL pRURY pAsHIELL

Funeral services for Mrs. Ethel
Drury Dashiell, 34-year-old wife, of
B. Francis Dashiell. radio specialist
in the United States Weather Bu-
reau, will be held at her girlhood
home. CLANCY, Calvert county, Md,
tomorrow afternoon, followed by in.
terment in Shiloh Cemetery at that
place. Mrs. Dashiell died Thursday
at her home, 1920 r st. n. w.
Besides her husband, Mrs, Dashiell
is survived by her father. John II.
Drury, of Chaney; four sisters, Mrs.
s. j. Teller, of Hartford, Conn
Miss Viola Drury. Calvert county:
Miss Blanche and Miss Mabel Drury.
OF Washington, and two brothers.
oryille Drury, OF Calvert county,
and D. H. Roland Drury, Of Wash
ington.
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Births, Deaths, Marriages
DEATHS

DEMPsTER--on wednssaay. January 30,
!, 1929, ,st the hoaiso q Z, hsE niece. Mrs.
Baltimore CITY, poRA Z DEMPsTEk'
EuqssSl viii lsays ths home top on Fsi19nr sStyr:
station. We. Services at st. MRry's catho-
lic Church at 10 q. N Internent In Falrs
fax Court House Cemetery.
LAMKIAs- ThlEsaay., Janlsry 81
1a6ss 3 81. II. W.. SUSIE &. LIHKINs.
the devoted wife OF the Rev. s, q. Lam.
Church She leaves, besides her husband,
one sister Mrs Josephipe Bundy, OF New
York city; daughter; Mrs. Elegnqr jack
son wife of Allen Jackson, of Washington,
%. c.. and 3 host of other relatives and
friends TO wourn their loss.
Funeral Sunday February 3. at 1 p. m,
from Metropolitan Baptist Church r Street
between Twelfth and Thirteenth NoEthwest.
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When Exceptional Bargains They FoundHere
{ Automobiles $
III HIJDSON-ESSEX u ID
PRICES
REDUCED
Automobiles IS

Due to the recent reduction in our new
car prices and the great demand for new
Hudson and Essex cars. we have made
sharp reductions IN our entire stock of
used cars. The following list will give
you q chance TO compare prices
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FLORIsTs

APPROPRIATE Funeral Tokens.
GUIDE Bros. Co., 1919 F ST. NJ w.
Artistie--Rxpressiye ye--lnexpepGye
PRoNPf AUTO DELIVERY sBiiVicD
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TIMELY TIPS

Dining Room Suits for Sale
DINING room suite, walnut sx-
tension table, s chairs, sideboard,
china cabinet. modern. reasonable
price.
Furnished Apartment
14TH AND EUCLID ~ Front
apartment, s outside rooms, hand.
somely furnished, S67.5O.
Furnished Rooms
10TH ST. N. W.-BeautifuIIy
furnished rooms for gentlemen,
best location. Moderate rate.
Unfurnished House for Rent
TEN.ROOM Brick. s. E.-hot
water heat, electricity, convenient
to congressional buildings, S75
per month.
Unfurnished Apartment for Rent
ENTIRE 2d floor, 14th ST. s. K.
--S rooms, clOsed-in porch, modern
kitchen. ami. hot water heat,
block south Pennsylvania Ave-,
$35; with garage space. $40.
-
Money Loaned on Real Estate
SECOND and Third Trust
Loans.
i 81
Used Cars for Sale
5-Day free trial plan.
1928 Buick Standard Sport Coupe.
1928 Buick Standard H8rougham.
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1927 Buick Master Sport Roadster.
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The aboVs Wants and offers
are only q fsw Of many inter.
,stinR proportions you wiH find
adUertised in today's Times
slusSiFisd adUsrtisine sections.
The Washington times., 1929-02-01
HOTEL ANNAPOLIS

'11th, f2th and H N. w.
In the immediate down
town section. One room,
kitchenette and bath, COM
pletely fur is h e d, $65
monthly and up,
Wardman Management
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WASH

BUSINESS OFFICE, 1917 IT. N. W.
RATES. DELIVERED BY CARRIER. IN
WASHINGTON AND ALEXANDRIA
The washington Tirnss. DALI. il deliy-
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Daily Times and Sunday Herald. is
cents per wesk. Daily Times aad
Herald daily. 20 cent? per week. Daily
Times and Herald. daily and Sunday.
sk cent? Per weak
The Washington Herald, Daily and
Sunday, is delivered by carrier at IL
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week. and sunday only. 10 cents per
week
Orders can be sent By mail or tele-
phone Main $3.50. Collection is made
weekly by carrier.
RATES BIZ NAIL
The Washington times., 1929-02-01
ROSE GOLDNAMER STEPHENS

Funeral services for Mrs. Rose
Goldnamer Stephens, who died yes
terday at her home, 194O Biltmore
ST. N. W., will be held there Sun.
day morning at 10 o'clock. Burial
will be in the Washington Hebrew
Conversation Cemetery.
Mrs. Stephens was born In
Princeton, Ky. in 1894. and moved
to Washington with her husband
about six years ago. Her hus,
band, Arthur Stephens, secretary.
treasurer of the Franc Jewelry
Company, survives her.
The Washington times., 1929-02-01
WILLIAM e. GARpNER

Funeral services will be held to-
morrow at 1;30 o'clock for william
z. Gardner. who died Thursday at
his home. $50 e st.. N. e.. follow,
ing an illness of nine months.
Burial will be in his boyhood home,
Hamilton, Ohio.
Mr.. Gardner was born In Middle
town. Ohio. and was 73 years old.
He came TO Washington in 1895,
and entered the employ Of the
Postoffice Department, and has
worked there since. He Is survived
by his wife, Mrs. Alice y. Gardner.
The Washington times., 1929-02-01
FRANKLIN OFFERS.

Franklin Used Car Dept.
and
Southern Motor Sales
1924 I4th ST.. Potomac 1851
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just a few of our many
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STANLEY H. HORNER, Inc.
1O15-1f11 14th st. N. w.

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Balance monthly or weekly Cars are right
in both respects condition and price.
FOrds CheVFoIets. Overland Packard
Oakland Essex, Studebaker. Hupmonpe
Hudson. Buick Peerless Velie
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BAILEY MOTOR co.
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Outside of the high rent district
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payable IN Adyanesl
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-14

on the northern slopes of the great At
las Range.
Meanwhile French reinforcementS, in
Guiding eight battalions of the French
Foreign Legion, under Gen. Freyden-
berg, were approaching Ait Yakoub, and
were expected to initiate retributive
measures almost at once.
No other desert tribes seemed today
to have joined with the the dissident
Moors, who June attacked the French
detachment at FL Bordi pursuing it to
Ait Yakoub. Eighty-three French troop
ers, officers and men were either killed
or are missing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-14

turned to Frederick County and last
Spring took the widow Of Enen Keller
to Ohio, where he married her. His
alleged crime may have escaped detec-
ton had it not been for his second
wife entering a suit in the Frederick
County Circuit Court. In which she used
the name of Mrs. David Baker.
The suit, a chancery action. was
brought to settle her first husband s
estate. The Clarendon wife heard OF
the suit. and investigation resulted IN
her authorizing Bakers arrest on a
bipamv charge. The second Mrs. Baker.
who lives in this county, was here
today. She denounced Baker.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-14
Truck Driver Prefers Patrol Ride
To Hauling Policeman to Station

mo, ticket responded the police
man.
According to Woodson. Tolliver when
given the summons, tore it up.
do you want to ride to the station
in the patrol with me or do you want
me to ride with you in your truck?"
Woodson declared he asked.
''No-policeman is going to ride
in my truck" Toliiver is accused OF
saying.
charge of disorderly conduct was
lodged, but Judge Robert E. Mattingly,
in Police Court today, continued the
case in order that Tolliver might secure
witnesses, he said would corroborate
his denial of Woodson'S allegations.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-14

Rather than allow a policeman to
ride in his coffee truck, William G.
Tolliver, colored, driver, rode IN the
police patrol to the first precinct sta
ton Yesterday. according to testimony
in Police Court this morning.
Policeman T. r. Woodson testified
that he observed Tolliver's truck parked
between two mo parking" signs on
Eighth street and began to write a
ticket for the driver.
Then Tolliver arrived at the scene.
What are you doing: writing letter."
he is said to have asked.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-14
FREDERICK COUNTIAN
HELD ON BIGAMY COUNT
David Baker Accused of Taking
Second Wife While Still
Welded to First.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
WINCHESTER, Va. June 14-David
Baker, a well known Frederick County
SIS 600 bail on bigamy charge. His
case will be considered by the next
county grand jury. The charge was
brought by a wife living at Claren-
don, Va.
1t is claimed he married Miss Ida
Gardner there December Is, 1927, the
ceremony being performed by Rev.
Glenn j. Cooper After living with her
some time, Baker is said to have re-
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s. MOORS KILLED
! IN DESERT BATTLE
French Colonial Troops Make
/ ReprisaIs Against Rebel
Iious TribeSmen.

RABAT, Morocco, June 14.-While re-
bellious Moorish tribesmen besieged
French attachments at Ait Yakoub,
other French colonial troops have pene-
trated their own country and captured
their village OF Tounfit.
Thirty-f1ve of the Moorish tribesmen
were killed, the French attackers find-
ing 80 rifles and taking six prisoners.
Due possibly to this attack at their
rear and to the severe punishment to
which French airplanes have subjected
them, the besiegers at Ait Yakoub have
begun to withdraw, the tribesmen leav-
ing In small numbers for their homes
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-14

In an effort to stop the great number
of truants at Ulster, ireland, ofhcials
are letting the pupils of but are round
ing up parents and threatening them
with Jail sentences if the children do
not attend school regularly.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-11
THREE BOMBS BURST
IN DETROIT SECTION
Apartment House. Home and Ga.
rage Damaged-No One
Injured.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
DETROIT, June 11.-A Highland
Park apartment house and business
block under construction, a home in
Wyandotte and garage in Detroit fell
victims to bombers last night. No one
was injured at either place.
The home of Fred Begeman, de-
scribed by police as a retired Wyandotte
bootlegger, was damaged by bomb
thrown on to the porch. Begeman.
according to Wyandotte police, blamed
the bombing on kidnapers who abduct-
ed him two months ago and held him
for S25, 900 ransom.
The garage of Harry NJ Greenberg,
real estate salesman, was damaged by
a bomb, which also shattered IA win
dows in the Greenberg home
Slight damage was done to an apart
ment house and business block under
construction in Highland Park by an
explosive said to have been dynamite.
Police attribute the bombing to labor
trouble.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-11
Princes 35th Birthday Celebration on June 90 or
Embassy Ball on Friday May Bring
Announcement of Engagement.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, June 11.-Belief is growing
in some quarters here that an an
nouncement of the engagement of the
Prince of Wales to Princess Ingrid,
Sweden, may be made within the next
two weeks.
Two possible occasions are suggested,
the princes thirty-fifth birthday on
June 23' and an elaborate ball which
the Swedish embassy has arranged for
the beautiful princess, June IA
1t is not the first time there have
been rumors that the British heir would
marry his 19-year-old second cousin
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-11
Heavy Fuel Load Blocks Hop
for Greenland on Way
to New York.
AHRENBERG TO CHANGE
PROPELLER FOR CRUISE
Plans Third Attempt Within Few
Hours to Reach Goal
at Ivigtut.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
REYKJAVIK, Iceland, June Ii
Capt. Albin Ahrenberg, in his seaplane,
the Sverige, returned here at 9:25 am.
(5;25 am. Eastern standard time), after
taking off at 6:35 am. OBS am. East
ern standard time) for Ivigtut, Green
land, in continuation of his flight from
Stockholm to New York.
1t was the second time this morning
that the flyers had got into the air
successfully and had to return, the
heavy fuel load also forcing them back
shortly after 4 o'clock.
Ignores Weather Warning.
Capt. Ahrenberg's start this morning
was made despite a warning from the
meteorological station here that weather
conditions in the vicinity of Greenland d
made his trip not feasible. Lieut. Axel
Floden and Mechanic Hans Liunglund
are in the plane.
Capt. Ahrenberg returned to change
the propeller on his palen. He expected
to start again within a few hours.
First attempt at take-off in their
plane was made at 4:1O am, the
plane actually getting up off the water,
but returning in a few minutes because
OF the heavy fuel load The second
rising was easier and the plane sailed
off to the southwest.
From Reykiayik to Ivigtut is little
more than 900 miles The plane al
ready has flown approximately l,4O0
miles from Stockholm to Bergen, and
Bergen to Reykjavik. punctured with
wait OF several hours when the sea-
east Icelandic coast by a broken fuel
line.
Given Official Greeting.
The three aviatorS arrived at Reykia-
vik at 7:48 pm. (3:48 pm. Eastern
standard time) yesterday from Vest
mann Island, a small island south of
Iceland and about 60 miles from Reyk-
1avik. They had been towed shere
earlier by government boats which
speeded to their aid when they made a
forced landing at Skaptaros late Sun
day evening.
The flight over the so miles was
made in 35 minutes Arriving, they
we're met by the mayor and town
council, who escorted them to the Hotel
Iceland for banquet, while spectators
on. the quays sang the Swedish ma
tional anthem.
Their plane functioned perfectly, they
said. The slight damage it received
when 1t aligned near Skaptaros had
been repair ii and it was only neces-
sary to alight at Reykjavik to secure
fuel for the water fight to the South
west Greenland coast
The Sveridge left Stockholm Sunday
morning at 6:03 o'clock Q2:03 Eastern
standard time), refueling at Bergen,
and leaving within a few minutes at
3:29 pm. 1928 am. Eastern standard
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ONLY ESTATE BACKS
HOOVER OIL ORDER
Storm From Representatives
of Rocky Mountain Districts
Continues in Session.
Rv the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo, June
1.-THE storm of opposition against
President Hooyer's order withdrawing
Government land from oil prospecting
which swirled up from Representatives
Of Rocky Mountain States, showed no
signs of abatement today as the gov
ernor's conference, called by President
Hoover to consider means of conserv-
ing oil, went into its second day of
work
Called specifically to consider the
feasibility of an interstate compact
which would control production by
limiting drilling, the conference early
became forum of debate on the Hoo
yer order, with arguments predominant
| in opposition to it.
Representatives from only one Rocky
Mountain State, New Mexico, supported
the Hoover policy, Hugh B. Woodward,
lieutenant governor, declaring his State
was confident the administration had
every intention of protecting the well
fare of the Rocky Mountain States.
Would Urge Control.
Sharing the limelight with opposition
to the Hoover order was the statement
made by Chairman Mark L. Reuua. in
| his opening address that II the States
and the industry did not cooperate and
conserve he would urge rigid Govern
ment coercive regulation.
Practically every leader of the coun-
try's oil industry heard Mr.. Pequa as
he declared such control to be the only
alternative if cooperation was not
! forthcoming.
Secretary Wilbur, after brief ad-
dress, sat silently throughout the bar
rage against the order he is carrying
out, but today was on his way West,
where he will preside over the COM
mencement exercises of Stanford Uni
Versity. He may return later to the
conference
Independent operators, after an un-
successful attempt late last night to
place the conference on record as op-
posing the Hoover policy and favoring
| a tariff on oil, held the attention of
the opening sessions today, several as
sociatlons announced their intention OF
opposing any compact which did not
limit the amount of foreign oil inn
ported, declaring that such oil can be
placed on the market in New York at
a lower price than can American crude
This foreign Oil. they said, was produced
and transported to this country BY
! American operators and under those
conditions could be controlled.
Big Three Only Interested.
| The big three of the oil-producing
States, Texas, Oklahoma and California
went on record as being interested in
but not enthusiastic about, an inter-
state compact. M. M. Crane of Dallas
representing Gov. Moody said he and
other Texas delegates were willing to
learn, but all they could do was listen
and carry back to Gov. Moody, and
the Texas Legislature reports of what
they had heard.
Pat Malloy, speaking for the Okla
homa delegation, said his State was
willing to sit in any conference about
Oil. but was not willing to enter into
any compact which would set up a su-
pervisory commission to control the
production of oil
Fred Stevenot, DIRECTOR TO natural
Continued on Page 2, Column g.
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Prisoner V:anishes,
Battling Marshal's
Office by Escape
First Word of His Get
away Given by Him in
Pledge to Reappear.

Chagrined representatives of the
United States marshal's Office today are
searching diligently for 21-year-old
vcolored prisoner who walked out on
them last month in such a mysterious
manner that he was not even missed
until week after when he notified his
lawyer that. he would be in court on
June II for preliminary hearing.
The escaped man is James John
Cooper, under indictment on three
counts of grand larceny and house
breaking,
The United States marshal knows
that Cooper was arrested and was in
Jail until May 80 What the marshal
would like to know is just precisely how
and why Cooper isn't there now, and
since he isn't, where he is.
Maybe He Doesn't Know 1t.
In some quarters the belief was ex-
pressed that Cooper doesn't know he
has escaped. Those, holding to- this be-
lief say that the prisoner thinking he
had been released by the court, just
walked out of the building without the
slightest intention of escaping from
anyone. This theory is borne out by the
fact that Cooper went to his lawyers
house Friday night to assure the attor-
ney that he would be present in court
on June IT, the date set for his prelimi-
nary hearing.
The marshals representatives, how
ever, scout this theory. They are al
most ready to believe that Cooper is
Houdini reincarnated, and that he van
ished, fguratively speaking, into thin
air The facts are:
Cooper ws2 arrested early in tha
year and lodged in the District jail
on February &.
On May 20 a deputy marshal came
to the Jail with signed order for
Cooper to appear in court. Maj. Peake
superintendent of the Jail, turned
Cooper and three other prisoners over
to the deputy, who loaded the four into
patrol wagon and started for the
District Supreme Court.
Clerk Denies Cooper called.
On reaching his destination the
deputy escorted the four men into the
downstairs cell room at the court build
ing and 9ocked them in. 1t seems rea
sonably certain that Cooper was among
the four at this time.
Some time during the morning, ac-
cording to the court guard in charge
OF prisoners, a call came from Criminal
Division No. that Cooper was wanted
in court. This is denied by the clerk
Of the court, who says Cooper was not
called at all. But that is Question
which must be Strengthened out by the
marshal.
At any rate. the guard says he
separated Cooper from the others and
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