Evening star., 1932-07-13
DERANGED VETERAN
SLAYS DR.. A|MONE
WiId-Eyed Former Patient
Refuses to Discuss KILLING
at Mount Alto.
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who lived at Mount Alto. was pros
trated when rotified Of her husbands
death.
Hospital officials believe Cassel had
intended to shoot DR. Baxley instead
CT DR.. Aimone, for it was in the ward
supervised by DR.. Baxley that CaSsel
was treated when he was at the hes
pital. None knew. however. OF any
enmity existing between C3ssel and
either DR.. Baxley or DR.. Aimone
Cassel was to have appeared in
Police Court this morning to answer
a charge of simple assault on Ida
Richter. 370l Fourteenth street
Struck Woman in Store.
According to Policeman Henry Tucker
who arrested Cassel July /, the man
went into Mrs. Richters delicatessen
store, asked for glass of water and,
dirty and threw it on the floor, ours
ing. When Mrs. Richter upbraided
him, he Is alleged to have struck her
in the face. Arraigned the next day,
he pleaded not guilty and asked for a
Jury trial. He was released on 800
bond for appearance n court today.
According to Cassels hospital rec
ord, he admitted serving a sentence in
the Michigan State Penitentiary for
carving a concealed deadly weapon.
He was A years old and had been
here for about two years. He. was re-
ceiving about $40 month compensa-
ton from the Veterans Administration
for a disability other than war time in
Jury. On the bond executed for his
appearance in Police Court, he gave
the name of his mother as Mrs. Bidget
Warren of Pittsburgh.
Cassel was said to nave been crack
narksman with the A. E. F., holding
numerous Army medals. According to
DR.. E. E. budding of the Prisoners Re
lief Society, he had been sent to Walter
Reed Hospital nearly two years ago after
being paroled from prison. He stayed al
Walter Reed about a year and then was
transferred to Mount Alto.
DR.. budding said Cassel's mental con-
dition had been growing worse steadily.
He had been released from prison be-
cause of tuberculosis, budding added.
DR.. Aimone mad been medical officer
in charge of Mount Alto Hospital a
diagnostic center for veterans hospit-
alization work, since January, 1927.
He was born in New York As wears
He came to Washington in his youth
and attended the Georgetown Univer-
sity Medical School. taking his degree
in 1917. He joined the Army Medical
Corps during the war and left in Octo-
ber. 1920. with the rank of captain,
to enter the United States Public
Health Service. In 1924 he left tile
Public Health Service and took post
with the Veterans Administration. He
had no children.
An inquest will be held at the Dis
trict Morgue at 1880 am. tomorrow.
Expanded Institution.
Dr. Aimone had been in charge Of
Mount Alto Hospital while 1t was ex-
banded, and developed into diagnos-
tic center. which the veterans admin
stration had designed as a motel insti-
tuition of its kind. The latest addition
to the hospital, under DR.. Aimone's
direction was the new building used as
administrative headquarters and for
women patients.
DR.. Aimone is known to have had
the complete confidence of officials of
the veterans administration, and was
considered an excellent medical officer.
Reports from patients who have been
cared for at Mount Alto, commended
DR.. Aimone's ability, his personality,
and his attention to the welfare OF
Mount Alto received difficult cases
from the whole eastern section of the
country, and frequently had problems"
presented by patients who came from
all parts of the United States.