Evening star., 1932-07-29

| Maryland Courts Apartments. struck on
head. All are at Emergency Hospital.
In the melee Gen. Glassfords badge
was torn off, but he continued to run
among the veterans urging them to
listen to their leaders. who had tried
to stop the fighting.
Several officers pulled their revolvers,
but no shots were fired at that time.
More Police Called.
A hurry call was sent for more police
and the situation was soon under con-
troll as the patrol wagons poured into
the area with reinforcements.
Soon after the encounter the guard
about the White House was increased
and preparations were made to close the
gates If necessary. The President was
in the rear grounds of the mansion
presenting the Distinguished Flying
Cross to John Polando and Russell
Boardman, who flew to Turkey, when
the ambulanceS from Emergency Hos
pital. sirens screeching. bore the IN
jured policemen to Emergency Hospl-
tai nearby.
While men high up in the buildings
around the ramshackle shelters, which
have been the marchers' home. alter
nately booed and Cheered, brickbats
flew fast and furious between the bonus
marchers and police stationed along the
rope lines around the first building from
which the marchers we're evicted. Po-
licemen threw bricks and welded clubs
freely and there were nearly a score OF
battered heads among the opposing
groups.
A number Of veterans were arrested
and taken to the first precinct station
house.
Bernard Mccoy, 36. of Chicago said
to have been the veteran who Snatched
Gen. Glassfords badge. was booked at
the first precinct for investigation. The
same technical charge was placed
against John J. Olson, A, Of Sacra-
mento. Calf; John Culshaw, 33. OF
Duquesne, Pa, and Charles P. Rubey
36, of the 100 block of Fourteenth
street southeast Mccoy and Olson
were bleeding when brought in.
Gen. Glassford was in the thick OF
the fight. He stood behind a veterans
shelter while the bricks were flying and
then advanced with about 20 police
men to the rope lines which held the
veterans back and engaged in hand-to-
hand fighting.
The growing riot took a freakisf
turn, however. when the perspirine
police chief climbed a knoll and shout
ed to the mob: Come on, boys, let's
declare an armistice for lunch"
He was greeted with cheers and the
crowd broke up.
After the fighting had subsidec
Comdr Waters blamed the rioting or
the radical group led by John Pace.
The angry mob continued milling
around the marked-off area about the
building from which the Texas uni
had been evicted and wherever Comdr
Waters appeared three or four hun
dred of his more loyal followers trailec
behind.
The first shots by police we're free
shortly after noon. after Gen. GlaSsforC
had tried to break up a fight between
two veterans.
In the riot that followed one veteran
William Hashka 38. Of Chicago was
shot and killed and two others wounded
| by bullets.
Two versions Of the fatal shooting Of
Hashka were given. One was that Po'
/ liceman George Shinault opened fire
on the veteran as the latter charged
| him. firing from a pistol as he came
| Another version was that Hashka trieC
| to wrest pistol from an unidentified
/ policeman and was shot through tht
| heart by Shinault at that time.
Shinault said later that he shot II
! self-defense and to save another po
/ liceman from being hit by brick.
! After the shooting of Hashka the othel
veterans hurled brickbats at the police
men. Officer Miles Znamenacek free
at one Of the brick throwers, who top
pied over. Veterans and spectators scat
! tered in all directions as the policeman
! fired several more shots. Znamenacel
was painfully injured by bricks ant
other missiles thrown by the veterans.
/ The fighting stopped as suddenly a!
/ it had started when Gen. GlaSsfort
mounted a stairway and called to hi!
men to put up their weapons. Tht
/ firing and brick throwing ceased
/ once.
/ Policemen John o. Hite and Henr!
Price also were injured in this fight.
There were no further casualties un
! til after the troops arrived.
Troops Called Out by Hoover.
The troops were called out by ordel
| of President Hoover after the Distrlc
/ Commissioners had said they were un
able to maintain order.
Two troops of Cavalry, a machine
gun company, battalion of Infantr.
and six tanks responded.
| Secretary of War Hurley told Gen
Douglas Macarthur, chief of staff. t.
use all force necessary to clear the vet
Grams from the area.
Turn over all prisoners to civil au'
thorities." his instructions said. Treat
women and children with every consid-
Grafton"
The troops first took up position
south OF the White House on the Ell
lipse, and just after 430 pm marched
down Pennsylvania avenue to the af
! fected area. Their progress was wit
messed by thousands of Government