The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-08-08

tCOnEinued from rage ~
treasury appropriations that can be
passed only by unanimous consent
Leaders Admired Him
Last year when the fret session
II the 74th congress convened, Zion
A1eck had advanced 80 far IN the
estimation OF his leaders that he
was made o member OF the ail-irn.
DoTtant house appropriations COM
fnittee and became an important cog
IN party machinery. There was
much talk Of his becoming the next
governor OF Washington Or Of ad-
Vancing himself 10 the senate. Then
something happened,
Soon before the second session
convened III January, zioncheck
was q guest at q cocktail party IN
q Washington apartment The hos
tess was the girl with whom he was
IN love, The guest OF honor was the
man she had decided 10 marry.
Complete Change
The night OF Dec. 81, 1895, q dis
iIeveIed, wildly shouting young man
raced into the lobby Of an apart
Hnent house, demanding 10 see o
friend, He pushed his way 10 the
switchboard End began ringing all
the phones In the EuiIding. He was
arrested for disorderly conduct and
forfeited o 9i6 bond,
A few weeks later he raced MS
car through o red light and dared
pejice 10 arrest him. They didn't
A. week later he was arrested for
driving at 10 miles an hour along
Connecticut avenue, lie posted S23
bond but did not appear N court,
Judge Walter Casey ordered him
brought before him, After q fight
pejice oVerpoWercd him In court he
started another fight and ran for
the door, Captured again he was put
IN jail and kept there until Repre-
sentative John j. 0'Conf0r ad-
Vanced 946 10 pay his fine.
Thought Him este
A few days later gil teiephot1cd
him 10 ray she thought him cute"
He fell IN love with tho Y0icc "tbe
first time / heard H." an1 traced "
10 Rubye Nix, o u year old item
ographer IN the public works admin
istTation, A few weeks later they
went 10 Maryland. ZionGheck boz
TOEed 80 from q court cIcrE 10 pay
for his license and they were mar
Tied.
The next day they started for
Florida on their honeymoon, He was
arrested Ior speeding ~ vTBhnM Mslu
North Carolina and JOE V@IIouS
trafilc otfcnScs II Rlorioh. 49,.
They sailed Tor Puerto Eico, WIicrc
Zlonchcck borrowed tbe autOfi'oDlIc
OF the president o. the lnenlaT 6en"
ate and wrecked w. nc waS cnaI.
1ensed 70 Q dueI ny tne oWilef OF tIc
other car ~ the acCident' NC pohrn'
Cd o German cruiser ana taut tcd ItS
officcrS as "NaZlS."
Sought Protection
Finally hostile croWds lorcea DIED
70 seek the protection OF tne Vnlted
States Marines, VINO sent hlin 70 tIle
Virgin Islands, where similar advet1'
lures took place,
Returning 10 Warrington by way
OF New York, nc paused long enough
TO pubiicize his alcoholic creation,
the ZIoncheck upper, ana 70 take
his wife wadipg IN the pool OF
Rockefeller Center.
In Washington his landlady, Mrs.
Benjamin Scott Young who had
found their apartment N tauers,
was waiting 70 evict them, she Was
thrown bodily out OF the apartment
and Zioncheck was arrested.
Released from jail, he returned TO
the apartment, His bride was gone,
He threw his clothing out the WIN"
dow. The ilejghbors complained. 70.
lice broke into the apartment ana
dragged him out IN MS snorts 70
jail. He was released on bond.
FrenZied AZ Hours
This was on June ] and there
then engued q frcnzied Al hours
Driving ut break neck speed, Zion
check drove from the nome OF one
friend TO that OF another, then 10
government buildings and 10 hotelg.
every place demanding his bride.
His car dashed up on sidewalks, over
lawns. He wanted en- army machine
gun squad TO lombard" a hotel
where he believed his wife was held
captive. He wanted q warrant
charging Vice President John Nance
Garner with kidnapping. He called at
the White House, was told President
Roosevelt was out, and left two
empty beer bottles and q table ten
mis- ball AZ "Gouvcnirs."
Police cornered him finally and
took him to Gallinger Municipal hos
pitaI. where he spent three weeks IN