Evening star., 1934-03-09
SHOEMAKER GETS
CONTINUANCE ON
ASSAULT CHARGE
Waits Hour and IS Minutes
to Present Plea in
Police Court.
INFORMS JUDGE HIT
COUNSEL'S WIFE IS ILL
Parks in Restricted Area to Enter
Court Room-Taxi Driver
Files 100000 Suit.

Representative Shoemaker of Min
nesota, who was arrested last night
after six-hour siege Of his Office by
detectives with imperative orders to
bring him in." appeared in Police
Court this morning and was forced
to wait an hour and IS minutes be-
fore given an opportunity to plead for
a continuance to Thursday. The con-
tinuance was granted by Judge Isaac
r. Hit.
As he was explaining to the Judge
that his colleague, Representative Ray
mond L. Cannon of Wisconsin. whom
he has asked to represent him, was
unable to be present because his wife
was ill, Charles Newman. taxicab
driver. who brought the assault
charge. was filing 100000 damage
suit against the lawmaker in District
Supreme Court across the street.
Set free last night on s25 collateral,
Shoemaker, accompanied by his sec
retary, arrived at Police Court this
morning at 9 o'clock. half an hour
ahead of schedule He parked his car
in a restricted area in front of the
court house. AS a policeman ap-
preached he laughed and inquired,
This isn't another assault, is it?"
The officer saw the congressional tags
and made no objection to the parking.
Asks for Continuance.
Shoemaker went to the court room
and took his seat in the back of the
room. The judge walked In about
$50, and court was opened. For IS
minutes. case after case was called.
About 10 O'Clock, Assistant United
issued the assault warrant and is as
signed to the case, entered the court,
and Is minutes later the clerk called
the name, Francis H. Shoemaker"
Shoemaker addressed the Judge.
"I would like to have a continu-
ance to the latter part of next week, ="
he said IN q low voice. My attor-
ney. Representative Cannon, has q
sick wife and could not be here"
The latter part Of the week Is
next Friday" Judge Hit remarked.
II don't see why any case should be
postponed that long"
Mr.. Hart said be had no objection
to a continuance and Judge Hit set
the case for $50 am. Thursday.
Counsel in Noted Cases.
Representative Cannon, a prominent
Milwaukee attorney, represented JACK
Dempsey at the former heavyweight
champions trial on charges of evading
the wartime draft act. He also de-
Tended Joe Jackson in the Black Sox
base ball scandal case.
At his Office today, Cannon said
Shoemaker did not ask him to repre-
sent him until 9:15 O'Clock this morn
ing. He said he had had no oppor-
tunity to G, into the facts Of the case.
Cannon later told newsmen he had
not decided whether he would defend
Shoemaker.
He explained he was a member OF
House Elections Subcommittee
which had before it a resolution on
Shoemaker's eligibility to member
ship in Congress.
Newman's suit, filed through Attor-
ney Harry Friedman, asks SIS, ,00O
damages on each of four counts. The
first alleges that Shoemaker. without
any Just cause or provocation," made
an assault on Newman last Monday
hi r1fa apa1ngf
Newman's taxicab.
The second count states that on the
same date, at New Jersey and Florida
avenues, Shoemaker beat Newman and
threatened to kill this plaintiff, using
vile, vulgar, obscene and profane Ian
guage."
The third count cites an attack on
the plaintiff on U street, near Ninth
street. q threat to kill, and profane
language.
The fourth count combines the al
legations Of the second and third
counts.
Was Arrested Yesterday.
Shoemaker's arrest last night was
the second time the assault warrant
has been served on him. The first
occasion was at 1880 am. yesterday
in front of his apartment house at
Thirteenth and Clifton streets. Then,
an agreement was reached between
the legislator and police for him to
60 to court Saturday morning, II his
busines did not interfere.
United States Attorney Leslie @.
Garnett heard what had occurred and
called Maj. Ernest w. Brown, chief Of
police, late yesterday, and ordered
Shoemaker arrested Immediately and
placed on collateral or bond.
Hare-and- Hound Game.
Shoemaker's arrest last night came
after almost six hours of hare-and-
hounds maneuvering which had
police doubling their almost certain
knowledge that he was hiding be-
hind the locked doors Of his ofiice.
With Shoemaker in his Office dur
ing the entire time were Edward Be-
dell, ex-convict, whose charges led
to the Lorton Reformatory investi-
CATION, and DR.. L. c. Edwards, who
also described himself as an ex-con-
vict. So far as detectives and news
paper men could ascertain, they had
nothing to eat throughout the six
hours, unless Owen Lamb, Shoe
makers secretary. smuggled In food
on his numerous trips in and out.
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