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The Washington times., 1933-09-21
'WeHaveN NoF Fear of Gangs,
Says Wife of keenan,

be maintained as long as Govern,
ment officials feel it necessary, it
was revealed.
Expressing confidence that all
would be we'll, Mrs. keenan, said:
Il am sure that Mr..
keenan, will be well guarded
and that he is in no danger,
despite the threats against his
life.
II know he will not be
frightened and that these
threats will not deter him from
carrying through his case
against this gang.
II personally have no fear
for him or for our children. I
do not believe that the gang
sters would attempt to come
here and harm them"
The four keenan, children are
going about their usual routine
of life, Mrs. Keenan, said, and
are not being locked up and
guarded because of the threats
George ("Machine Cum Kelly
one of the most notorious men,
bers of the gang, is still at lib
erty and it is he who sent the
death threats to Urschel and
Government officials connected
with the case.
The Washington times., 1933-09-21

The Chevy Chase home Of Jo-
seph B. keenan,, Assistant Attor-
ney General in charge of the Gov
ernment drive against kidnapers
and racketeers, was placed under
a heavy guard of Department of
Justice agents, 1t was revealed to-
day, following threats against
Keenan's life.
keenan, is now in Oklahoma,
directing the Government prose
cution of the Bailey gang, charged
with the kidnapping Of Charles F.
UrSchel, wealthy oil man.
Take No Chances
Mrs. Keenan,. and their four
children are in their home, First
block HeSketh St., Chevy Chase,
Md.
Mrs. keenan, denied that her
home had been placed under
guard, but j. Edgar Hoover, direc.
tor of the Bureau of Investigation
of the Department of Justice, ad-
mitted he had ordered the place
guarded following the death
threats received by Keenan,.
No threats have been received
by Mrs. keenan,, it was said at
the department. but mo chances
are being taken" The guard will
The Washington times., 1933-09-21

Even a multimillionaire Sen
ator's daughter can't talk back to
the law in Falls Church, Va.
The law, represented by the per-
son of Mayor L. P. Daniel, who
in addition to being mayor of the
little Virginia town is also police
chief and justice of the peace, has
summoned to appear before him
Mrs. Margo Couzens Chewing
daughter of Senator James Couz-
ems of Michigan on charges of
unnecessary blowing of the horn
in a traffic jam.
Asks Change of Venue
Mrs. Chewing has retained
John Mackall, Washington attor-
ney, to represent her. Mackall has
asked for a change of venue and
the case will be heard some time
next week probably in the Fairfax
police court.
Mackall is inclined to pooh
pooh" the case. He says:
"If it had been anyone else
but Mrs. Chewing or someone
of her prominence there would
have been nothing to the case"
Mrs. Chewing says she and
her husband, William Jefferies
Chewing. were returning to
washington Tuesday night when
they were held up in traffic jam
The Washington times., 1933-09-21
Two Indicted in kidnapping
Of O'Connell; Seven Held

Poffo and Parkin were lured from
the gang hideout here, trailed to
a point near Harrison. N. Y. and
murdered.
Police then questioned the pair
about the Albino shooting and
again, detectives said. Scarnici
admitted his guilt. He said:
"They didn't get their hands
up quick enough and we shot
them."
Convinced Caliegro and Russo
were members of the gang partici-
pating in the Rensselaer, bank
stickup, police charged Scarnici
and Reino with that murder also.
According to Capt. Richard
Oliver, head of the undercover
squad which has spotted" every
move of the gang for weeks, the
band was responsible for at least
five other bank holdups, includ-
ing three in Manhattan. one in
Richmond Hill. and one in Brook
lyn.
The Washington times., 1933-09-21
BAD BILLS LAID
To K|DNAP|N

SAN FRANCISCO. Sept. 81
U.s).-Expert engravers, torn
from their homes or places of
business by a gang of New York
kidnapers, have been forced un,
der pain of death to turn out
thousands of counterfeit bills
which are now flooding the coun-
try.
This was the amazing revela-
tion made today by Capt. Thomas
B. Foster, head of the United
States Secret Service here, as the
Government prepared to prose
cute half a dozen alleged counter
feiters trapped here.
While not charging that the
men now awaiting trial are mem
bers of the gang, Foster declared
that the bills in some instances
show the same expert workman
ship. He said:
"The counterfeit $40 and $50
bills now circulating throughout
the country have been printed
from plates made by some of
the finest engraverS in the y,
United States.
"TheSe men are not voluntary
viOlators of the law, our evil
dence shows, but are kidnap
victims"
The Washington times., 1933-09-21
PRES|DENTGETS
MONEY PLEA

President Roosevelt was back
at work today after a three day
illness with q cold.
The Presidents temperature was
normal. He had a full list of
engagements, but remained away
from the executive offices. He
worked in his study in the White
House proper.
Raymond Moley, formerly AS
sistant Secretary of State, a close
friend of the President, was the
first caller of the day. At noon
the President received a delega-
ton of Senators and Representa-
tives from the cotton States as
well as Senator Thomas Cd,
Oklahoma, who appealed for di-
rect initiation.
A delegation of trade union
representatives, headed by the
socialist leader, Norman Thomas,
also was to see the President, as
was James A. Warburgm.
Last night former Governor
Cox, of Ohio. was a White House
guest informally mad he and the
President chatted until a little
after II o'clock before the execu-
tVie retired.
The Washington times., 1933-09-21
PRISONERS GE 7
NEW HOSPITAL

The opening of the Department
of Justice medical center at
Springfield, Mo-, tomorrow is Of
special significance because this
hospital is the final unit in a
broad prison program authorized
by Congress in May. 1880.
This institution has no counter
part elsewhere in the world, in
as much as it will serve as the
medical center for the whole
Federal penal system.
The first prisoners to be trans
ferred will be a group of about 35
mental cases now confined at St.
Elizabeth's Hospital. st. Eliza
beth's has long been crowded so
that it is no longer possible to
assume care of Federal prisoners
who develop mental trouble dur
ing their incarceration.
When the prisoners are trans
ferred, they will be heavily
guarded because of their danger
Gus characters.
The new hospital is on a 445-
acre tact donated by citizens of
Springfield. DR.. Lawrence j. Kolb
of the U. S.. Public Health Service
will head the institution. The
medical and hospital staff will be
recruited from the Health Service.
The Washington times., 1933-09-21
H|DEOUT
PICTURED AS
DUNGEON
Witness in kidnapping Trial
Tells of Finding Cellar
Used by Gang

EDWARDSVILLE, ILL.,, Sept. 81
GN.SO A vivid description Of
the finding by officers Of the
damp hole which served as the
kidnap prison of elderly. August
Luer, Alton banker, was given
from the witness stand in circuit
court here today by Detective
Sergt. Leonard Murphy, crack
sleuth of the st. Louis police
force.
Several detectives of the st.
Louis police department aided
Government agents and Illinois
authorities in the roundup of the
six suspects, five men and a
woman. who are on trial for their
lives here for Luer'S kidnapping.
Suspect "Squealed"
Percy Michael Fitzgerald, alias
the dice Box Kid" identified by
Mrs. Helen Luer. wife Of the
kidnaper victim as one Of the
actual "snatchers" Of her hus-
band, first revealed to authorities,
the location of the kidnap
dungeon. Murphy testified.
Although Fitzgerald told them
of the location of the cellar,
Murphy said that it was still a
difficult task to find it. He
said that only after one Of the
officers noticed the presence Of
some loose dirt around a board
roof on the farm Of Mike
Musiala, one Of the defendants,
did they locate the cellar, which
had been filled in.
No Ventilation.
The hole in which the Ill and
elderly banker was kept prisoner
for nearly a week was said to be
four and a half feet high, three
and a half feet wide and 8 feet
long. with no visible means Of
ventilation.
The Washington times., 1933-09-21
Young Republicans
Reflect WV. DuIUSOn

The Young Republicans Club, Of
Montgomery county, met last night
at Rockville and reelected Walter
w. Dawson, a member of the
Montgomery county delegation to
the Maryland legislature, presi-
dent. Others chosen were Paul
M. Coughlan. first vice president:
Miss Olive Kinsman, second vice
president; Leo Bender. recording
secretary; Walter Young, cor.
responding secretary, and T. M.
Anderson. Mrs. Paul Coughlan,
Mrs. Walter Young, Charles Clark
and Sidney Oliver, directors.
The Washington times., 1933-09-21
REVOLT LEADER.
IN CUBA STILL
At LIBERTY
Hernandez Hiding in Hills as
Grau San Martins Men
Jail 35 Followers
BY WILLIAM X. HUTCHINSON

BY WILLIAM X. HUTCHINSON
HAVANA, Sept. 81 G.N.S).
Thirty-five rebels who were cap
tured by government troops while
operating in Camaguey and Santa
Clara provinces under Juan Bias
Hernandez were brought to Ca
banas fortress today.
The government now admits,
however, that an earlier announce
ment that the insurgent chieftain
himself had surrendered was er-
roneous. His whereabouts are un.
known, but it is believed he is in
hiding in the Camaguey hills with
remnants of his band.
Leniency Promised Him
The military authorities prom
Use Bias Hernandez lenient treat
ment if he gives himself up.
Meanwhile, President Grau San
Martin prepared to issue a decree
granting Cuban women the right
to vote in recognition of the part
they played in the recent revolu
ton and as a bid for their further
support.
Operations against scattered reb-
els in Camaguey and Santa Clara
provinces continued.
Excitement in Havana
There was some excitement in
Havana throughout the night ow-
ing to rumors that the opposition
to the president would attempt a
coup d'etat. An armored car was
stationed at the presidential pal
ace, and others at the National
Hotel, and the guard at both
points was heavily increased.
Automobiles loaded with soldiers
dashed through the streets at high
speed, but the attack failed to
materialize.
Early solution of the problem of
the ousted officers at the hotel
was expected through mediation,
although this was temporarily
suspended, as the officers evil
IDENTIFY believed they would be
rescued.
Their food supply is low, and
some solution appears likely un-
less they attempt to make break
for liberty. Despite offers of free
egress from the hotel in yester-
days papers, such an attempt Is
unlikely, since members of the
army are we'll entrenched around
the hotel. Leaders among the o'fi-
GERS deny they contemplate max
ing a break.
The Washington times., 1933-09-21
EDITOR OUSTED
FROM SHOW

NEW YORK, Sept. 21.-Lincoln
KRISTEN. mild-mannered editor of
the aesthetic Horn and Horn. was
bounced by a couple Of strong
arm Broadway ushers when he
tried to ask a question in the
New School for Social Research,
where private showing of
Thunder Over Mexico" was held
for guests of the Riaito Theater
KRISTEN not only was unable to
ask his question, but he didn't
see the film. The picture has
been the center of stormy con-
troversy, in which it had been
charged that the art of Sergi
Eisenstein. who spent IA months
in Mexico making the picture, had
been butchered by Hollywood
editing,
The Washington times., 1933-09-21
MRS. MARCO COUZENs CHEWING

> in Falls Church. Mrs. Chewing
blew her horn.
Told To Stop Noise
A man stepped from the curb.
Said he, according to Mrs. Chewn-
ing:
"Stop blowing your hOrn."
Mrs. Chewing claims she re-
piled:
"WhO are you to tell me to
stop blowing the horn? I'll blow
it all I want"
Then, according to the society
woman, the man introduced him
self as Mayor Daniel and dis
played badge. She says he
slapped her nand away as she
sought to reach the badge to see
what it was.
Policeman Gave Her Ticket
Then, she added:
"He called a policeman, A. J.
Shumate, and he gave me a
ticket"
Daniel says he had nothing to
do with the affair and it was
entirely up to Shumate. The
traffic jam was caused by fire
engines going out a side road
It developed later the fire was
near Cabin John, Md, across the
Potomac.
The Washington times., 1933-09-21
FISHING SEASON
PROLONGED

Fishing in the Tidal Basin will
be permitted hereafter until No
vember Is. instead of only Octo-
ber /, under an order issued to-
day at the Office of National Cap.
ital Parks.
The season will open June IS,
however. instead of May 80.
The changes were made on the
recommendation of Frank T. Bell,
commissioner of fisheries at the
Commerce Department, who point
ed out many persons in the Dis
trict depend upon fish taken from
the Tidal Basin to feed their fam
lilies.
The opening of the season is de-
layed since bass frequently spawn
locally until June 10. Fishing is
permitted the year around along
Rock Greek and Potomac Park
way, at East and West Potomac
Parks and Anacostia Park.
The Washington times., 1933-09-21
Indy Mhs
Hop; Anne
Has Cold

HELSIN GFORS, Sept. 81
0.N.S0 0.-Col. and Mrs. Charles
A. Lindbergh planned to inspect
a proposed airport outside this
city today following their arrival
in Finland after a flight from
KarlSkrona. Sweden, en- route to
Leningrad, U. S. S. r.
They probably will remain in
Finland until tomorrow before
continuing toward Russia.
They spent the night at a
hotel, where they we're carefully
guarded from disturbers by the
entire personnel.
Mrs. Lindbergh was recovering
from a slight cold which she
contracted yesterday and which
was believed responsible for the
decision to stop in Finland before
proceeding on to Russia.
The Washington times., 1933-09-21
KEENAN, LABELS KELLY THREAT TCHEAP TRICK OF A RAT
SaturAqyD Daun
To See Death
OfSummer

If you are awake and outside
at I:Ul Saturday mo. nIng, you
will witness the official passing
of the summer OF 1888.
At that minute exactly sum-
mer ends here and fall begins.
And it has beer a peculiar sort
of summer. marked by the visit
Of two tropical storms and ex-
ceSSive rainfall.
The temperature was just
about normal for Washington.
June was 212 degrees above
normal, July 6 of a degree
under normal, and August l
degree above.
June rain was normal, July
2 inches above normal and
August SO inches above. This
increase is explained by the
visit of the tropical storm. the
center of which passed over the
city and left 6.39 inches of
rain in "a hours.
The Washington times., 1933-09-21
NEW PROBLEMS
RISE To DELAY
RETAIL CODE
Consumers Board Sighted Be-
cause 1t Was Ignored When
Plan Was Submitted
international News Service


A plan designed to save retailers
of the nation from destructive
price wars without committing the
NRA to a policy of fixing
was being prepared today by econ
omists of the consumers advisory
board for submission to Hugh S.
Johnson, administrator.
With members of the consum-
ers board visibly disturbed be-
cause the retail code was sub.
mitted to the administrator with
out consulting the board, the
new plan presented a definite
issue which may be decided by
johnson or may go to President
Roosevelt.
Final Action Faces Delay
The retail code was being
studied by johnson and his aides
in the hope of composing differ
ences between leaders in the key
business Of the nation, but final
action may be delayed for sew
eral days.
The problem of labor relations
also commanded the attention Of
johnson as the National Labor
Board prepared to inaugurate a
new program to bring peace to
industry.
Confident that both industry
and labor seek a peaceful solu-
ton of difficulties. despite the
bitter fights. both above and be-
low the surface, Senator Robert
Wagner. of New York. chairman
Of the National Labor Board. re-
doubled his efforts.
Regional Agencies Planned
Under the boards proposal,
regional agencies of the National
Labor Board will be established
to aid in settling strikes or avert
ing threatened strikes.
With one representative Of in
dustry. one of labor, and a third
chosen by the NRA, Chairman
Wagner believes that many labor
difficulties can be solved around
the conference table.
Economists of the Consumers
Advisory Board. who oppose the
stop-loss price provisions of Uhe
retail code as submitted to John
son by Deputy Administrator A.
D. Whiteside, were seeking a
definition of "ruinous price,
cutting.
Their goal was to prevent de.
structive competition without re-
sorting to anything which could
be labelled as price-fixing. believ-
ing that price-fixing would be
injurious to business men and
consumers alike.
The Washington times., 1933-09-21
ROW Of 4 IN CAR
BARES RUM

A bitter argument between two
men and two women seated in a
parked automobile at Fifth st,
and Rhode Island Ave. N. w.,
early today attracted police.
Investigating they found two s.
gallon tins of alcohol in the car.
The men, Lonnie E. Long, 80, and
Henry D. Huff. 30, of Baltimore,
were booked for illegal possession
of liquor.
The women, Mrs. Elizabeth
Huff, "a, and Florence EreWanZ,
IS. also Of Baltimore. were held
at the Women'S Bureau for in
vestigation.
The Washington times., 1933-09-21
(Continued from Page ~


the Bronx section and at Mt
Kisco, N. Y.
Two Tentatively Identified
Authorities were confident
O'Connell, kidnapped in front of
his home last July 7, and held
captive three weeks until his
family paid $4,000 ransom, would
clinch his partial Identification
of two of the men-Leonard
Scarnici, q, and Anthony Reino,
%. O'Connell last night told
police:
"They look like two of the
men I saw when was Snatchcd,
but it's tough to send man
away for so years when you
aren't sure. l am not positive
these two are the fellows"
Later O'Connell told newspaper
men he was sure Scarnici and
RENO were members of the band
which held him. He declined
formally to make the identifica-
tion stick.
Charged With Homicide
Meantime, Scarnici and Reino
were booked on charges of homi-
eide and robbery in connection
with half a dozen bank rob-
berries and the Staying of at least
five men, alleged former gang
confederates.
The others, Philip Zeigler,
Charles HerZog, alias Shore. and
Fred Plentl, were held on rob-
berry charges. The women, Flea
more Scarnici, wife of Scarnici,
and Emma Russo, described as
Reino'S wife, were held on
charges of acting in concert, with
a probability the charge would
be changed to Sullivan law viola
ton because of discovery of an
arsenal in Scarnici's Mt. Kisco
home, where the women were
arrested.
While police awaited O'Con-
nell's second inspection of the
prisoners, Federal agents spread
over the city, hunting a bank
or banks where the $4,000 ran
som paid for O'Connell or part
of it may have been deposited.
Prosecuting authorities also got
busy, and local officials were ready
to place formal homicide charges
against the pair on the basis of
q confession said to have been
made by Scarnici and partly cor
roborated by Reino.
On the basis of the confession.
police said the murders of Will
liam Poffo and James Parkin,
former members of the same
gang, the killing of James Ca
liegro and John Russo, whose
bullet-riddled bodies were found
near Harrison, N. Y, early this
summer, and the killing of John
and Louis Albino at a Connecti-
cut filling station, would be
cleared up.
Scarnici, admitting participa-
ton in the murders and half a
dozen bank holdups, according to
police, refused to talk about the
O'Connell case. He said:
you've got me for four
murders. What more do you
Want?"
TWO SHOT DOWN
AS police outlined the confes-
sion, Poffo and Parkin were slain
shortly after a holdup of the
Rensselaer,. N. Y, bank on june
Is in which a detective was shot
i and killed.
There was a quarrel over divi
| sion Of the loot, police said, and
The Washington times., 1933-09-21
BANKERS OFFER
MORE CREDIT

NEW YORK, Sept. 81 G.N.sJ.
The New York Clearing House
Association banks today an
nounced plans to aid the Govern
ment's credit expansion program
with the statement that n COM
mittee had been formed to inves-
tigate the possibility of expanding
bank loans. particularly to the
little fellow"
Percy H. Johnston, president of
the Chemical Bank & Trust Com
pany. was named chairman of
the Committee Of 10. The group
will serve under the State NRA
representatives.
The Washington times., 1933-09-21
kidnapping Charges
Yield to Murder Count

NEW YORK, Sept. 81 Q.N.S).
Feeling certain of obtaining con-
victions for murder and robbery.
authorities today temporarily
shelved the kidnapping charges
against five men and two women
seized in raids yesterday in con-
nection with the abduction of
Lieut.. John j. O'Connell, jr., of
Albany.
The kidnapping investigation
was swept aside when various
cities put in claims for the right
to try members of the band on
charges growing out Of their
long careers as outlaws.
Three of the men, including
Leonard Scarnici, the leader, and
Anthony Reino, alias Russo, were
slated to face murder charge
in Rensselaer, county for the
death Of a policeman during q
bank robbery.
District Attorney Delany indi-
Gated that if New York or RensSe-
laer county authorities insisted
upon pressing a murder charge
against Scarnici and RENO he
would not stand in their way by
insisting upon trying them for kid
naping O'Connell.
According to Delaney, both men
have confessed to participating in
the holdup last summer of the
Rensselaer, County Bank and Trust
Company in the city of Rensselaer,
in which a detective was slain.
and in the killing of two former
members of their gang.
The State of Connecticut put
in a claim for two of the gang
in connection with a double muir
der during a gas station holdup
at Woodbridge. Scarnici was
alleged to have confessed killing
these two because they didn't
get their hands up quick enough" D."
Mrs. Eleanor Scarnici and Mrs.
Emma Reino, the two women
caught in the O'Connell dragnet,
face prosecution in Mt. Kisco.
N. Y, for possession of an arsenal
which included a machine-gun, a
shotgun and a Lueger revolver,
as we'll as a large quantity Of
ammunition.
The Washington times., 1933-09-21
TO ADDRESS NURSES

The Rev. Edward F. Garesche
spiritual director of the National
Catholic Federation of Nurses, will!
address a group of nurses and So
cial workers who will gather at
the Washington Retreat House
Sunday.
The Washington times., 1933-09-21
CONDITION OF TREASURY

Treasury balance, $1,191, ,7a9.-
s81.64.
M. I. R., $2,s51.142.2s.
Customs receipts, $40, 165, ,246.3l.