Evening star., 1936-08-09
FUNERAL TUESDAY
FOR z|ONCHECK
Death Plunge Attributed to
Psychiatrist's Advice to
Take Long Rest.

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Funeral services have been set ten
tatively for Tuesday for Representa-
tive Marion A, Zioncheck. whose FIVE
story plunge to death in downtown
Seattle, Wash, late Friday has been
attributed by friends to worry over
a psychiatrist's advice that he take
long rest from politics.
While friends and associates, as
well as political opponents, expressed
regret over the tragedy, Seattle Off
cials were reported by the Associated
Press to have offered to arrange
public funeral, but there was no i'm
mediate response from the grief
stricken bride, who remained in Sc
cluSion.
Kenneth Romney, sergeant at arms
Of the House, who came to the aid OF
the headline making Representative
during his hectic experiences in the
Capital, said he had received tele-
gram from Mrs. Zioncheck notifying
him the rites probably would be held
Tuesday afternoon.
To Fly to Seattle.
! Romney said he would fly to Seattle
! to attend the services and talk with
members of the family prior to carry
ing out a request to 'unscramble" the
business affairs of the Representa-
tive, a mission personally imposed
on him by Zioncheck before he left
here a month ago after climaxing
series of escapades by escaping
from Towson, Md. sanatorium.
Also in attendance at the funeral
will be four members of the House
and two from the Senate, appointed
by Speaker Bankhead and Vice Pres
ident Garner as official representa-
tives of Congress. They are Senators
Schwellenbach and Bone, Democrats
Of Washington and Representatives
Wallgren, Smith and Knute Hill. all
OF Washington, and Ekwau Of Ore
gon.
News of the spectacular tragedy
that resulted when the 35-year-old
Representative tore away from a rel
ative and leaped head-first from the
window of his Office. falling few
yards from a parked car in which
his wife sat, has been kept from his
mother, Mrs. Frances Zioncheck, who
has been i'll for some time.
She Wanted Him to Run.
1t was at her insistence, Zioncheck
recently said. that he decided TO run
for reelection last Monday after hav-
ing announced two days before that
he would not be a candidate.
Friends intimated Zioncheck was
about to undergo more institutional
treatment, but had been given per-
mission to attend one last political
meeting, postal employees dinner
His brother-in-law, william Ma
deau, had found the Representative
penning an incoherent note when he
entered his Office to take him to the
dinner. Breaking away on the pre-
tense Of going to get his hat. Zion
check plunged out the window before
Nadeau could stop him.
Referring to Zionchecks plans to
be present at the political dinner
County Prosecutor Warren G. Mag
nuson, a candidate for the Demo-
cratic congressional nomination, said
"he thought he could show his friends
that he was all right"
Suffered From Melancholia.
The friends said zioncheck's case
had been diagnosed as Oppressive mel
ancholia and that the family had
been warned not to leave him unat-
tended when he was having spells Of
depression.
Nadeau said the Representative had
written a letter to a psychiatrist DR..
Edward D. Hoedemaker, at the fam
ily's request.
"Dr. Hoedemaker had told me there
was nothing wrong about zioncheck-
as far as being insane and all that"
said Nadeau But he told me Marion
was terribly depressed and that l
should watch him.
No official verdict Of suicide has
been issued in the case, County Cor
oner Otto H. Mittlestadt having set
an inquest for Friday after announC-
ing zioncheck had apparently taken
his own life.
Widow Sobs Through Night.
After a night of sobbing and Iltful
sleep, Zioncheck'S widow, the former
Rubye Louise Nix, P. w. A. Stenog-
rapher whom he married last April
after a whirlwind courtShip was re-
ported by friends to be bearing up
well.
She spent the night at the nome Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Louise N Small, neigh
bors. Her sister, Mrs. Jesse Stitt, left
Blytheville, Ark, yesterday by plane
to join her.
She didn't say anything-just sat
weeping most of the time" Small said.
She slept some"
For the sake Of his pretty, blond
wife, Zioncheck announced after his
return West that he would be good
boy" There were no repetitions of his
Eastern escapades that resulted in mis-
arrest for speeding and finally his con-
f1nement at Gallinger Hospital and
Sheppard and Enoch Pratt Sanato-
rum for mental observation.
May Receive $4,000 Grant.
Friends recalled the surprise he ex-
wholly Unexpectedly, on his trip West
after his sudden departure from the
Capital. She few West and boarded
his train as it neared Seattle.
Under congressional precedent, the
widow probably will receive q Gov
ernment grant of $4,000, an amount
equal to one year of her husbands
salary.
There are a number of tangled af-
fairs which might claim the attention
of Romney in the Capital when he
goes about carrying out Zioncheck's
request to "unscramble things"
One Of them involves the expensive
black roadster, in which Zioncheck
careened over the streets and ran
into trouble with the law on several
occasions. 1t still is being held by
the United States marshal's office in
connection with damage suit fled
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