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The Washington times., 1931-08-27

Following a conference with
Corporation Counsel Bride, the
Commissioner issued the follow
ing statement:
"The Commissioners, the cor
pOratiOn counsel and the major
and superintendent Of police
are working in absolute har-
mOny and with the same pur-
pose, namely, to sift to the bot
tom any charges relating to al
legged use of the third degree.
"They are agreed also that
they desire all persons who
have facts in their possession,
whether they be members of
the police department or other
wise, to communicate them fully
to the Department of Justice
and they give their unqualified
assurance that such persons will
be protected against any re-
prisals of any character"
Major Pratt was in full accord
With the suggestion of having the
Department Of Justice investigate
the charges, the Commissioner
said.
Despite the Commissioners for
NAL statement. there have been
numerous indications that the Su-
perintendent of Police does not
enjoy the full confidence Of the
District heads.
Trial of the four accused police
The Washington times., 1931-08-27
WOMAN
HELD WEIRD
INFLUENCE
NeighborS Feared and Hated
Detroit Landlady Held
In Ten Insurance Deaths

DETROIT. Aug. 81 QN.SO.-
Cold blue eyes deeply,lined face,
silent tongue!
That is Mrs. Rose Veres, 48, the
witch lady" of Medina Street,
held at police headquarters on a
charge of murder. She is sus-
pected by the police of killing 10
men roomers in her unkempt
boarding house for approximately
100000 insurance. Her son Viii
liam 18, also is held.
An Eerie Street
Medina Street is a narrow by
way, just block long, lined with
small frame houses, skirted on
one side by a railroad and on the
other blocked from traffic to
make a playground for the chill
dren of foreign parentage, who
live there. 1t is a little world by
itself, away from the turmoil of
the big city of which it is a part,
a world completely shaken and
terrified by suspicious and ha-
treds of the brown house where
the witch lady" lives.
Mrs. Veres is known as the
witch LADY, by the neighbors
who stand in groups on the side
walks and in the street before
the house where the police say
Mrs. Veres pushed Steven Max,
68, her tenth alleged victim, out
of an attic window to his death.
"The witch lady is in Jail
again."
Thus they murmured as they
watched the house where for 10
years Mrs. Veres has lived and
where her name has come to
mean something sinister and
dark. Then they tell wild tales
of the charms she can conjure
and the evil she causes when
she casts an eye on you"
Community Nervous
The crowds in the street waited
until very late last night. They
were sure Mrs. Veres would be
freed, that she would come home.
They whispered:
"She has strange powers.
She boasts she cannot stay in
Jail and she knows the magic
to get out"
Always before, the. neighbors
said, when there was trouble and
she was arrested, Mrs. Veres
would return hom e-smiling
grimly.
Witnesses brought into the Of
flee of George Stutz, assistant
prosecutor, begged not to be
forced to look Mrs. Veres ''in the
eye" One able-bodied man re-
fused to go into the same room
with her. He moaned:
"She is dangerous. Look at
her eyes. They go through you,
They say such wicked things.
1 am afraid for my job and
for my family"
The Washington times., 1931-08-27
All Agencies Workin g In Harmony
, Saws Comm issioners Statement

men will not be undertaken until
after the Department of Justice
agents have completed their IN
Vestigation into the accusations
made by Harker, DR.. Reichelderfer
stated. He also said that the po-
lice department would continue
its investigation of the Harker
charges as we'll as inquire into
other third-degree charges, which
are mounting daily.
Pictures Denied Press
Comm is sioner Reichelderfer
early yesterday told Major Pratt
to release to newspapers pictures
of the four policemen who nave
been suspended on charges pre-
ferred by Harker. The men are:
James A. Mostyn, William C.
Groomes, William Laflin and Will
liam T. Burroughs.
When he discovered later in the
day that the pictures had not
been released, the commissioner
telephoned to Major Pratt asking
why his orders had not been car
ried out. Major Pratt protested
against releasing the pictures ON
the ground that the men de-
serve some considerat He
said the police policy was not to
release pictures until men have
been convicted.
Despite Reichelderfer's annoy
ance at Pratt's ObStinacy, the
pictures were not released.
The Washington times., 1931-08-27
OVERSEA ROMANCE DENIED
Briton Not to Wed
Campbell Soup
AeireSs

PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 27-A
rumor that Charlotte Kelsey Dor
rance. of Woodcrest, Radnor, was
engaged to marry a titled English
man was buried today beneath an
avalanche Of denials from the
Dorrance family.
The young woman, one OF the
four daughters to share in the
$l14 OOO, 900 estate Of the late DIR.
John T. Dorrance, president of the
Campbell Soup Company, Cam
den, is mot engaged to anyone"
according to her relatives, includ-
ing her mother. who is at the Dor
rance summer home in Bar Har-
Dor, Me.
Others who joined in denials
were two of her SiSters-Mrs.
Nathaniel Peter Hill. the former
Elinor Dorrance, now at her sum-
me. home, Newport. r. l.. and
Mrs. Tristram C. Colket. the for
mer Ethel "Fifi' Dorrance, who
has Just returned from her honey
moon abroad.
The Washington times., 1931-08-27

Another indication of the de-
Termination of officials to thor
oughly investigate the police de-
partment was given when DR..
Reichelderfer announced that
Commissioner Herbert B. Crosby,
administrative head of the po-
lice department, has cut his
vacation short and is expected
to return to Washington Monday.
In the meantime. relations be-
tween Major Pratt and Commis-
Sioner Reichelderfer seem to have
become considerably strained.
Meanwhile, new charges were
laid before the Department Of
Justice agents directed by Presi-
dent Hoover to investigate the
police, that the beating of a
prisoner was hidden under a
report that he attempted to COM
init suicide by hanging himself
with his shirt while in a cell.
Paul Henry, 20, of 800 Eight
eenth St. N. W.. made the
charges. He claims he was
The Washington times., 1931-08-27

personal account in Richmond,
and 8,3O9.30 to the anti-Smith
Democrats account in that city.
He also sent $500 to his per-
sOnaI account In the Crewe Vir.
ginia Bank and $4,000 to his ac-
count in the Citizens Bank At
Blackstone, Va.
The $6S,717 Account
From the two accounts in the
Continental Trust, the chart
showed Cannon had sent the
anti.Smith Democrats sci, 2,544.3O,
although he had deposited $685.
717.54, most Of which had been
traced to political donations.
The two accounts, for instance,
included $29,75O from Jameson
and at least $40, 900 adequately
identified as contribution to the
anti-Smith cause, the committee
was told.
Manly concluded his discussion
Of this banking account by say
ing "that $17,S95.24 had been un-
accounted for, so far as we were
able to investigate it."
The Washington times., 1931-08-27
RETR|AL
BRINGS NEW
PUZZLES
New Jury Deciding Fate Of
Mrs. Jones in Mates Death
Hears Medical Testimony

AMELIA COURTHOUSE. Va,
Aug. 27-TeStimony in the trial Of
Mrs. Jeston Allen Jones, charged
with the murder of her husband,
j. Will Jones, wealthy dairyman,
was resumed today after Judge
Edwin P. Cox had impaneled a
new jury yesterday.
When the trial was interrupted
by Judge COx's release of the first
jury, the Commonwealth had ex.
amined most Of its witnesses,
developing a line Of evidence,
largely circumStantial, which add
ed new puzzles to the case.
The Commonwealth attorney
asked particularly about the posi-
ton of the dead man when the
officers first saw the body, and
was especially curious about the
position of the left hand and arm
of the victim.
Stained With Blood
All the witnesses under careful
questioning by Commemorative
Attorney George Keith Taylor
said the mans left arm was ly-
ing across the wound and that
the hand was stained with blood
as far as the base of the fingers,
and that the blood had dried
only "at the edges" of the stain.
Three physicians who viewed
the body. DR.. Craig Eggleston.
DR.. w. L. Davenport. and DR..
George Arhart, all were asked if
the wound was paralyzing. and
if the left arm could have moved
after such a wound.
They said there might have
been zone cOnvuIsive jerk" and
said the arm could not have been
in that position when the shot
was fired. because there were no
wounds on the arm. The State
also developed that Mrs. Jones
told the officers. when they ar
rived, she believed her husband
n suicide.
Other Witnesses
The State thus far has not car
r!ed the evidence beyond the death
scene. other than to question one
witness, DR.. Eggleston, as to the
results of a nechopsy performed
on the exhumed body of the vic
tim three weeks after death. DR..
Eggleston said he found a 20
guage gun wad in the wound.
The State thus far has not ex-
smined Richard Lee. negro farm
hand, who after confession he
later repudiated. was convicted Of
shooting Jones and who lmplica-
ted Mrs. Jones in the alleged
confession. Nor has Robert Jones,
20, a son of the dairyman, who
volunteered to testify 1or the
prosecution, been called to the
stand.
The Washington times., 1931-08-27
MAJOR PRATT LOSES CONFIDENCE OF D. C. COMMISSIONER!
BREAK IS DECLARED NEAR
AS PROBE PROGRESSES

1t also was made plain that
the idea of having a Department
of Justice investigation was not
conceived by President Hoover.
DR.. Reichelderfer said he and
Corporation Counsel William W..
Bride were not summoned" to
the White House two. nights ago,
but went voluntarily to ask the
President to aid in gaining the
Department of Justice to institute
an investigation.
Aroused over published report
that he had threatened dismissal
of "a policemen attached to the
First precinct if the charges are
sustained, Commissioner Relchel-
derfer denied that any reference
had been made by him to this
matter.
The Washington times., 1931-08-27
Frelinghuysen $4,000 Gift Was Never
Reported By Cannon to Nye
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making these advances to Mr..
CannOn?"
"NO, sir"
did he ever state any rea-
son for these cOntributiOns?"
"NO; / think he merely sent
q messenger for the checks"
Chairman Nye brought out the
fact that the committee mad been
trying to trace these two checks
for two years.
He said the committees ;nveSti'
gators had had much trouble in
finally learning who haG pur'
chased them for Cannon. Fergu
son was asked:
why was cash used to buy
these cashiers checks::"
81 don't know" .l4
No Reports Made y.
Then Nye called Manly to the
stand.
"Were these contributions
reported in the report filed by
Miss Ada Burroughs with the
clerk of the House of Repre-
sentatives as treasurer Of the
anti-Smith DemOcrats?"
"They were not SO reported"
"There was no accounting
for such funds?"
mo, SIR"
Did Senator Frelinghuysen
make any repOrt?"
He did not. The sO-called.
Steiwer committee conducted a
thorough investigation into
political contributions made in
the presidential campaign Of
1923 and published a list Of
contributions of $4,000 or more.
That list does not include the
name of Senator Freling-
huySen."
Amount Deposited
Some light was shed yesterday
on the banking account at the
Continental Trust Company
The Washington times., 1931-08-27
Department of Justic els Prepared
To Bring As Many Agents As Needed

welcome any evidence anyone
can give US relative to third
degree tactics by Washington
police.
I'VE will not only investigate
the Harker case, but also every
case we can discover or hear
Of. Results of our investiga-
tiOn will be turned over to the
District Attorney. In the event
we discover evidence of police
brutality, that will be presented
to the Grand jury"
Less than half an hour after
Mr.. Hoover took the investigation,
The Washington times., 1931-08-27
Policeman Is Dead
Following COLLAPSE

Policeman B. E. Baltimore,
1925 Longfellow St. N. W., at,
tached to the traffic bureau,
collapsed in an elevator at police
headquarters early today. He died
at Emergency Hospital about /
o'clock this afternoon.
Baltimore, who is 40, is a
motorcycle patrolman. The Fire
Department rescue squad, sum-
nloned by fellow officers, treated
the man in the Traffic Bureau.
The Washington times., 1931-08-27
NetU Comet Visible
TOniQht at Sunset

NEW YORK, Aug. 27.-A new
comet will be visible in the west
ern sky Immediately after sunset
today, according to naval OBJ
servatory authorities.
The comet, which is nearly as
bright as the planet Venus. is
due to appear a few degrees
away from the sun.
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submitted with this report, and
win mot pre-tudge them.
when the reports Of the
police department, the Grand
Jury, and the Department Of
Justice are submitted, Is the cor
rect time TO determine whether
or not the charges have been
substantiated.
SIN the meantime, in fairness
to the whole department and
the very great majority Of the
fine men and women who COM
pose IL, complete justice re-
quires that an open mind should
exist-and this applies not only
to the Commissioners, but to
the whole body of our citizens"
The Washington times., 1931-08-27

bI4CIC, A4 wAhNkA VIC NACAAOP VIC
posted Frelinghuysen's donation.
It was shown then that Cannon
had started the account with
$500 donation from Jameson.
Later he transferred $4,000
from this account to the anti.
Smith Democrat account that he
had opened in the American
Bank and Trust Company at
Richmond. He also transferred
$500 of the money to his per-
SOnal account in the Richmond
bank.
Nye next declared the committee
had confronted an impossible
maze of banking transaction by
Bishop Cannon"
He said the committee, when 1t
first began its inquiry into the
Bishops banking manipulatiops,
had little hope of accomplishing
anything"
ManIey Praised
He paid tribute to Manley's serv-
ices in tracing the political dona-
ton to Cannon through scores Of
banking transactions.
Manley then produced q series
of graphic charts which showed
the Bishop had deposited political
funds in eight different banks,
mixing the contributions with his
personal funds.
He traced q dozen political gifts
through q maze of criss-crOssing
lines on the chart, showing how
the bishop had literally buried"
the donations amid his personal
funds.
More Cannon Shifts
The chart showed, for instance,
that Cannon during the 1928 cam
paign had transferred $29,6789l
from his personal account in the
American Bank and Trust Com
pany, at Richmond, to the anti.
Smith Democrat account in the
same bank.
He transferred during the
same period $31,136.19 from the
political fund to his personal ac-
count. He told Of many such
intricate exchanges of funds.
Manly then traced Cannon's
handling of two accounts in the
Continental Trust Company here.
He showed that Cannon de-
posted a $4,000 contribution
from Jameson and a $500 dona-
ton from r. c. Coffey, of Port
land, Oregon, in his personal &C.
count in this bank.
Opened With $4,000
Cannon had opened the per-
sonal account August 8, 1928,
with a $4,000 transfer of funds
from his personal account at
the American Bank at Richmond.
Within five weeks, though, he
returned $3.50 to the Richmond
account and used $528 more to
pay off a personal note.
He also transferred $2,625 to the
anti-Smith democratic account in
Richmond. ManIey said this sum
did not appear to have been re-
ported to the clerk Of the House.
On october IL, 1928, Manly
showed. Cannon transferred the
balance of the personal account,
$3,234.5O, to a new political ac-
count in the same bank under the
name, James Cannon, jr., chair
man."
Manly then presented a chart
showing CannOn'S handling Of the
new political account In the Cont
mental Trust.
Make More Changes
1t showed that Cannon had
put into this account new gifts
from Jameson, S19.75O, the $1O,-
600 donation from FreIinghuysen
and $1.OOO from 8. KreSge, Of
Detroit, besides the checks Of
small contributors.
One Of these was q $500 check
from w. C. Gregg, Of Hacken-
sack, N. j. The account was
closed June IL, 1929, when Can
NON withdrew the last $S.
During the campaign. however,
he transferred s11,0l0 TO his
The Washington times., 1931-08-27

The seriousness with which the
Department of Justice regards the
probe Of the police department
was indicated by the decision Of
j. Edgar Hoover to take personal
charge Of the investigation. Mr..
Hoover said:
"We will bring as many
agents here as we need. II
necessary, we will call them in
from investigations in other
States. We intend to get to
the bottom Of this situation. l
viii be In personal charge Of
The investigation and viii
The Washington times., 1931-08-27
ShOt-P'HnctUred Car
Deserted bU Renter

BALTIMORE, Aug. q G.NSO.
A rented sedan was abandoned
in the Italian section today with
$50 bullet holes in the rear and
side.
Police learned that when the
machine crashed in the curb,
two men deserted it. It had been
rented to a Baltimorean.
The Washington times., 1931-08-27
Miss Poland" Case
Waits on Records

immigration officials said to-
day a hearing in the case of
Janine Smolinska. Miss Poland
Of 1925" had been held in Los
Angeles August 4, but that the
transcript had not yet been re-
ceived here. Until it is received
no further action can be taken.
Nogales international., 1931-05-13
TTTTTTH 'T1mnD
Why Worry About $4,000 Dead?

There were $4,000 persons killed in automobile
accidents in $780, according to figures compiled by
a large insurance company.
The American public, and that includes the peo-
pie Of Santa Cruz county, have been strangely un-
concerned over the death rate. They seem to take 1t
for granted that automobiles and dead pedestrians go
together and even if at times, the occupants OF a-
toHlobles get killed The accident is usually 'unavold-
able"
How n1any people really believe that this 18th is the
ing, drunkenness and reckless driving tell the story
more often than not
Why wouldn't it be good idea to have more
rigid investigation Of these accidents? Why wouldn't
it be good idea to find out the facts about nonfata
accidents which might reveal careless driving which
will probabaly kill someone the next time?
Personally, we are not writing this editorial in
selfish capacity We have 40 idea Of letting any
body run over u.s. and hope to be able to keep our
wits together when driving the old bus 1t simply isn't
decreed hope that our end shall be via the auto
route, but there are 32 900 dead Americans IN one
year to show that many more going to get killed
in 1881
It's time to take steps to stop the slaughter.
-O-O-
Nogales international., 1931-05-13
Light And Health

Electric lamps Of the future will be heath-giv-
ing as well light giving, declares engineering
publication. It is well known that quartz mercury
lamps which radate the beneficial ultraviolet rays
have been used by physicians for some time. But
these have required expert and careful handling.
Now, it appears lamps giving off these health
full rays have been developed for use in general ght
ing, thus performing double duty In fact, such
lamps are already available but far their use has
been restricted principally to home treatment Of dis
eases in which sunlight or its equivalent is necessary
When the new lamps are adopted for general use,
as it is believed they eventually will be, it is expected
that they will be Of immense benefit especially to In
door workers who have little contact with the health
giving rays Of natural sunlight.
If you have great belief in the wisdom of the
ancients try to answer the puzzEng inquiries Of q
five-year-od.
Nogales international., 1931-05-13

Foreseeing decreased demand for copper during
1890 owing to diminished industrial activity, Amer-
can producers started curtilment early in that year.
AS result world production Of the metal was IA per
cent less in 1890 than in 1929
However, the favorable results of this were more
than offset by increase in surplus stocks on hand
AS consequence the price of the metal rapidly de-
clined reaching on several occasions, less than ten
cents per pound, the lowest level in many decades
Consumption continued to lag behind production.
Now it is believed that brighter days are ahead
more normal consumption Of the metal is beng
reached and price fluctuations are less violent
spirit Of cooperation among producers is paving the
way to return to stability When that is achieved
it will be great day for many western states.
-O-O-O-
The newspapers are the goofs who put the 'ad'
in radio.
Nogales international., 1931-05-13
Conservation By Destruction

The forest service is now agitating throwing the
Sycamore game refuge in northern Arizona open to
hunting. This is state game refuge. Unfortunately
lies within federal forest reservations Efforts at
game protection in this state have been greatly hind
cred by the forest services policy of conservation by
destruction.
One of the primary purposes for the establish
ment Of game refugees is that the overflow may stock
surrounding territory but does the deer On
game refuge show ar apprecable increase, then
the forest service begins Co express alarm that the
animals will njure the forage The forest service then
demands that they be slaughtered. Before the deer
on refuge reach such numbers that they would vol
unfairly migrate to more favorable outside the
forest officials insist that they shall be killed The
purpose Of restocking outside from the game
refugees is thus defeated
It is difficult for many of our citizens to under
stand how the forest service consistently adVo-
cate the slaughter of deer on the refugees the claim
that they injurng the forage while at the same
time this bureau permits the undisurbed grazing Of
thousands Of cattle and sheep on the areas.
-O-O-
Most Of the "ntellectuals' in this territory are
more interested in the per cent of profits than the
per cent Of illiteracy.
Wickersham Commission says We need more
crime statistics. But doubt that criminals be
reformed by merely counting them.
Nogales international., 1931-05-13
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M1l1etl1pr Mp Teel That may OF Nnt

GE7FRIEND of mine tells that he has recently added to
~ his by working in the evenings as press agent
for amusement park.
grown up the rather pathetic eageness OF folks to be
happy-to have their minds diverted from their work and
Worries
He said %DFy Job has been hard work but taught one
thing that priceess-how look pleasant whether tee
that way not"
1t reminded of a conversation once had with the press
agent Of circus. In describing the freaks IN the SdeoW
he remarked: Every often have to SEND cen away
They get sucker sore"
Sucker sore" l exclaimed "Thats new one on me
What's the meaning of sucker sore?
He explained that the parlance of the circus customer
is sucker 1t is derogaory merely the conven
tional phrase.
he freaks sit there their raised Platforms listening TO
of the suckers who press around them all day
long he said he living skeleton hears the rude Jokes
hundred thousand times The fat lady is poked at with
umbrellas, and kdded by smart young fellows VINO imagine
that their wise cracks are something absolutely fresh and new
"Day after day the freaks put with it, smiling patiently
But every day the strain of their suppressed eooS grows
greater until finally they want to jump down on their plat
forms and bite the Then we nave 10 Send eIn
away for rest. They are sucker sore,
Most of sympaize with the freaks we too nave
There have days when our tired
nerves rebeed against demands Of the customers who
give living when grumbed the JOB tor which we
should been grateful when it seemed that all interest
had gone from work, leaving only dull routine
1t wise such days pull down the desk and walk out
of the Office and say "I will not be back until tomorrow
But this does always work or can not always
be applied Soon have face the tact that lite IS
fight picnic And of the elements of victory IN
words Of my friend is the capacity to look pleasant
whether feel that way not"