Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-14

erful, however, that outside inter-
ference is drowned out.
Driver Tompkins cruised over an aim
less itinerary, drifting along the Ave-
nue., down into the wharf section, out
to Georgetown, north to Mount Pleas
ant. The local station spoke but twice
during that period, except for the reg
ular 15-minute test calls. The extra
broadcasts were "lookoutS" for stolen
automobiles. Detective Tolson jotted
the tag numbers down in a small note
book.
Gets Another Call.
The vigilance car was moving east
on Euclid street near Seventeenth when
the loud speaker rumbled again.
Cruiser No. Go to fourteen
twelve Chaplin street-one- four-one-
two Chaplin street. Some one has been
cut"
Here was a piece of luck. The adj
dress given was but four blocks away,
and the car was headed in the right
direction!
The siren again lifted its tremulous
voice and Tompkins stepped on the
gas. The yellow light was turning to
red at Sixteenth street, but traffic re-
manned stationary in Difference to the
warning howl of the emergency car.
Around the corner at Fifteenth street
on two wheels. No speed lost there
to speak of. Another swing in the OPP
posite direction at Chaplin street. Down
the hill full tilt to a sliding stop in
front of an apartment house near
Fourteenth street. A precinct car pulled
up second or so later.
The augmented force rushed into the
building, to be, met by a white-coated
elevator operator and several fright
ened tenants.
Its all over" the elevator man an
nounced. Gust a little argument up
stairs between a man and his wife.
He's gone now"
where's the wife?"
ION the fourth floor, rear"
The group damned into the elevator
and went to the fourth floor. A ten
ant, poking his head through door.
pointed to a door down the hallway.
rung. A matronly woman opened the
door Her face was flushed as she in
vited the officers in.
Husband Fled.
"She's in the kitchen-back there"
the woman said, showing the way.
In the kitchen was frail young
woman, pale and uncomfortable. She
was standing beside table.
The story was brief one. The girl
was separated fronP her husband. He
came to get her-by force, if necessary.
When she stepped in the corridor to
speak to him, he drew a knife. He
stuck it in the woodwork to show it
was real
Did you hear about the woman who
was murdered by her husband to-
night?" he asked.
The girl screamed and the man fled.
Some one called the police.
There's nothing we can do unless you
swear out warrant for him, the ner-
vous young woman was advised.
She said she would get the warrant
the next morning, and one of the police
men volunteered to meet her at the
court house and "shoW her the ropes"
Back to the cruiser again, after a
telephoned report to headquarters from
the corner patrol box.
The loud-Speaker entertained with a
radio report from Youngstown about a
"stickup" at gasoline station, broad
cast from Detroit regarding collision
and several other out-of-town reports.
Then came the roar of the local sta
ton going on the air, followed by the
voice of the announcer:
Cruiser No. Go to fourteen
twenty-one Twelfth street, Apartment 8
"A poison case"
Barely Missed Collision.
The driver opened the siren wide and
headed down Eleventh street, switched
along Vermont avenue to Twelfth street
and down Twelfth. with the speedom-
eter figures steadily climbing. A red
light again, this time at Rhode Island
avenue. The siren rose to a higher
pitch. The way seemed clear, put at the
last moment a car moved across the
path. It's driver hopelessly confused,
the car choked right in the center of
the intersection.
The police cars brakes took hold with
a complaining screech. There was just
room to squeeze behind the stalled ma
chine by quick and expert manipulation
of the steering wheel. Tompkins cleared
the obstacle and everybody heaved signs
of relief. The car rolled on to its des-
t1nation-an apartment house.
AS the officers entered the front door,
a woman's groans guided them to a
first-foor apartment, the door of which
was open. A circle of anxious men and
women was outside the doorway
On bed inside lay a girl, wrIthing in
agony. Her husband, partly dressed,
was bent over her. Another man had
bottle in his hand.
she drank this" he said excitedly. &
1t was brown bottle with a skull
and crossed bones label. The odor of a
household diSinfectant permeated the
room.
AS Detective Tolson took the bottle,
Policeman Van Meter went to the
kitchen with the husband and returned
quickly with an egg, which he broke in
glass. He forced the raw egg into
the blistered mouth of the groaning
woman. She protested feebly, but man
aged to swallow it. Then he made her
drink some milk.
Sorry Nothing Happened.
AS he was taking the glass from her
lips a white-uniformed physician from
room. He felt the girls pulse, locked
at the bottle and called for the
stretcher Grooming and calling for
George" her husband, the suffering
woman was carried away.
George" left for the hospital after
explaining to police that he and his
wife had quarreled.
Detective Tolson and Policeman Van
Meter returned to the waiting car and
the former looked at his watch.
Gee! Almost IL o'clock-quitting
time" he calculated.
Radio cruiser No. l headed toward
police headquarters, where relief crew
waited
Sorry nothing happened tonight"
Tolson remarked in bidding the reporter
good-by
"Try it again some time and we'll see
II we can't dig you up story"
Births Reported.
The following births have been reported to
the Health DEPARTMENT in the last "a hours: