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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-08-16
D. G.. Man Found
Dead in Bathtub

Harry Berry, AZ, Of 466 N ST.
S. W., was found unconscious in
a bathtub on the second floor Of
his home yesterday by his daugh-
ter, Doris.
He was pronounced dead by Q
Casualty Hospital physician. Pc.
lice said there were no suspicious
circumstances,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-08-16
PAINTER PLEADS
GUILTY IN n. Y.
.FIEND Staying

NEW YORK, Aug. 16 U.N.S0.
AS calmly as he recited the shock
ing details of four.year-old Joan
Kuleba's murder, Samuel Elmore'
57-yearold painter, today sped
himself to the electric chair by
pleading guilty to the Staying in
county court.
But, as in all capital cases, Ell.
more's plea was rejected. He was
remanded to a cell in the Rich
mond county jail where he will
remain until he is called to trial,
probably within the next two
weeks. 1
VICTIM BURIED
About the same time Elmore was
being arraigned in court, the little
girl he slew in New York's latest
sex crime was being buried by her
sorrowing parents in Calvary
Cemetery.
Fifteen minutes after District
Attorney Ines read the details O.;
the Staying to a specially i'm
paneled grand jury, an indictment
charging murder, first degree, was
returned.
Elmore was then taken to court
under heavy guard for arraign-
ment. Stolid and unmoved, he
puffed a cigaret clamly as he
made the trip from the district
attorneys office in the sheriff's
prison van.
SANE, IS CLAIM
Whatever Elmore's plans to
escape the electric chair, prosecu
tors minimized p plea of insanity
The man may be abnormal, they
said, but he is not insane.
Elmore, who also is known as
Simon, admitted in questioning
that he had been arrested 10 times
for wife abandonment. He was
not asked anything about Joan
whose body, her own bathing suit
caught in a death knot about the
throat, was found in an aban
doned shack in the sparsely set
tied marshes of Staten Island.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-08-16
100 Imperiled
During Cafe Fire

HILAD LPHIA, Aug. Is
Nearly 100 diners were locked in
restaurant by the manager ia
protect them from flying glass as
firemen crashed the windows on
the fifth floor to extinguish q fire
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-08-16
Struck by Train,
Girl Only Scratched

KENOsHA, Wis, Aug. Is
uNsJ.-sophie Filipowicz, Is,
was taking a short cut home and
crossed a spur track Of the Mil
waukee Railroad. A passenger
train, switched off the main line,
struck her with such force she
was hurled 30 feet. Nursing only
a few cinder scratches, Sophie
got up and continued home.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-08-16
JURORS INDICT.
MRS. H A H n IN
POISON DEATHS
'Borgia' Suspect Named
As Slayer of 2 Men

CINCINNATI, Ohio, Aug. 16
0N.S0.-First-degree murder in.
dictmentS were returned by the
Hamilton county grand jury today
against blond Anna Marie Hahn,
81, charging her with the deaths
of George Gsellman, 81, and Jacob
Wagner, 70.
Both indictments, reported by
Jury Foreman John .Bauerle,
charged Mrs. Hahn, a former Ger
man school teacher who came
to this country seven years ago,
with malicious and premeditated
murder"
POISON FOUND
Authorities asserted they found
evidence Of poison in the bodies
Of Gsellman and Wagner. Mrs.
Hahan has admitted associating
with Wagner but denied knowing
GSellman.
Already under arrest and held
without bond on q murder war
rant in the Gsellman death which
occurred on July 6, Mrs. Hahn was
to be arraigned on the indict-
ments Wednesday morning before
Judge Charles s. Bell in criminal
court.
The grand jury returned the
indictments quickly, hearing only
four witnesses. They were Police
Capt. Patrick Hayes, Lieut.. George
schattle, Detective Walter Hart,
and Assistant Prosecutor George
Gusweiler.
ATTENDS SERVICE
Over the week end, Mrs. Hahn,
who stoutly maintains her inno-
cence and blames her predicament
upon q desire to "be good 10 old
people," attended church services
in jail. She is held without bond
on the Gsellman murder charge.
Police Captain Hayes declared
his men have secured evidence
that Mrs. Hahn purchased large
quantities of poison. On one occa-
sion, he said, druggist refused to
sell poison to her 12-year-old son,
Oscar.
Prosecutor Outcalt said six other
deaths besides those of the five
whose names have been made
public are being investigated.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-08-16
PLAN RIVER OUTING

Capitol Branch No. 142, National
Association Letter Carriers, viii
sail on a moonlight cruise on the
steamer Potomac tomorrow eve
ming.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-08-16

Our CaVeman Ancestors. Charles
r. knight. Distinguished Artist-Scien-
fist, Paints a Stirring Scene Showing
Prehistoric Man Defending His Wife
and Child Against Wolves. Repro
duCed in Full Color In The American
Weekly, the Magazine Distributed with
Next Sundays Herald.
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Washington, DR.. Lind lists the
polyglot population of the metrop
oils, the existence of vast Slums
with unhealthy and congested liv
ing conditions, and the great guam
tity of suggestive plays, motion
pictures and literature.
1t seems that these unbalanced
men and women who commit the
outrageous offenSes often culmi.
mating in murder live a great deal
Of their sex lives in their minds.
They can read a suggestive
story, see a suggestive play or wit.
ness a suggestive incident and
null it over in their minds for
days. According to students of psy'
chology. they will even reenact
mentally little plays dealing with
the particular type of sex extrava
gance to which they incline.
Eventually, of course, the urge
comes upon them to carry these
fantasies into execution.
It is that urge which has de
prived those little New York girls
of their lives, victims of abnor
NAL lust.
MINOR CRIMES HERE
Although Washington largely
escapes major sex outrage:
minor sex crimes occur to {
considerable degree.
In many instances these are
not real or designed crimes bu'
are accidental and largely with
out intention.
In some instances the slight
est examination by psychiatrist!
reveals the perpetrator to have
been perfectly sound mentally
and to be either the victim O.
unfortunate circumstances or thu
victim of over-indulgence il
liquor.
But with those who have com
mitted sex crimes of major char
acter, the problem is quite differ
ent.
Commitment to an institution
with extensive mental examination
is obviously indicated; as DR.. Line
remarks any indication Of Sexua
abnormality is an important Symp
tom and cannot be regarded al
trivial.
1t is the Importance Of the symp
tom as a sign Of mental disorder
although not necessarily Of insan
ity, that has brought applause fol
New York's new program of giving
to every person accused of a seq
crime a thorough examination
with mental observation and study
up to the time of release.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-08-16

Conditions in Washington such as to make the city
relatively safe from series of the revolving crimes which
stirring New York and which have just been clmaxec
by the murder of four year-old girl.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-08-16
d. C. Relatively Safe
From SeX-Crime Wave

Following is the third of series of articles discussing
the UietUs of science dealing Nth criminals and
the possibility of curling such tendencies.
By FRANKLIN G. sARTWELL
Evening star., 1937-03-21
Miss Ellen Crane
Selects April "a
AS Wedding Date

| MISS ELLEN DOUGLAS BRUCE
CRANE, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Richard Crane of Westover. on the
James River, has chosen Saturday,
April "a, as the date for her marriage
to Mr.. Frederick Schilling Fisher, jr.,
Of New York, son of Mr.. Frederick S.
Fisher and the late Mrs. Ottilie P
Fisher Of that city. The ceremony will
be performed at 4 o'clock in Westover
Church and will be followed by a large
reception at historic Westover, the
former home Of the Byrd family.
Miss Crane, whose father was at
one time United States Minister to
Czechoslovakia, is the granddaugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles r. Crane
Of New York, former residents OF
Chicago. She studied at st. Catherine s
School in Richmond, was graduated
from Foxcroft School in Middleburg
Va, and later Travelled abroad. She
was presented to society at a recep-
ton given by her parents during the
Winter of 1882.
For her matron of honor, Miss
Crane will have Mrs. Adolph A. Berle
jr., OF New York, while Miss Norma
Stewart Bryan of Richmond will be
her maid Of honor. The bridesmaids
will include Miss Mary Byrd OF
Upper Brandon, Miss Elise Ferguson
of Newport News, Miss Mildred Nc
Kinney of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Miss
Ruth Marie Dawson of New York and
the Misses Alice and Beatrice Berle
OF New York. Frances Crane OF
Rome, Italy, and Miss Mary Bruce
Pendleton of Baltimore will be the
flower girls
Mr.. Fishers best man will be his
father and the ushers will be Mr.. John
B. Aspegren, Mr.. Grenville B. Bra
man, jr.; Mr.. Adolph A. Berle, jr., and
Mr.. Bretaigne Windust, of New York;
Mr.. Russell H. Dorr of Chappaoua
N. Y; Mr.. Robert Crane Leatherbee
of Woods Hole Mass; Mr.. Charles
Crane Bradley of Madison, Wis, and
Mr.. Courtney c. Brown of White
Plains, N. Y.
Evening star., 1937-03-21

and at the same time be an oppor-
tunlty TO pay tribute to the Army of
the United States.
The Secretary of War, Mr. Harry H.
Woodring, will be the guest of honor
and the principal speaker. Among the
other distinguished guests present will
be Representative Lister Hill of Ala
bama, chairman of the Military Affairs
Committee of the House of Repre-
sentatives; Maj. Gen. Albert j. Bowley
Of Baltimore, the 3rd Corps Area COM
mander; Rear Admiral Reginald R.
Belknap of New York, commander in
chief of the Military Order of the
Evening star., 1937-03-21

World War, and Lieut.. Col. George'E E.
Ijams past commander in chief of the
order The local chapter commander,
Maj. John D. Gutter, will act as toast
master
Officers prominent in the Army,
Navy and Marine Corps, as we'll as
representatives of the diplomatic corps,
have accepted invitations to be pres
ent. Many commanders and presi-
dents of the veteran and patriotic Or
carnations will also be among the
guests.
This committee has arranged for a
brilliant and spectacular entertain
Evening star., 1937-03-21

ment during the courses Of the BAN
quet, which will be opened with the
invocation by Col. Alva j. Breasted,
chief of chaplains. U. S. A.. and closed
by Maj. Arlington A. McCallum, the
chaplain general Of the order.
The seating list will close with Mai.
Edwin S. Bethlehem, jr., Army day
chairman, April 2.
Evening star., 1937-03-21
Military Order Plans
Army Day Banquet

The tenth annual Army day BAN
ouet, under the auspices of the Mill
tary Order of the World War, will be
held in the Mayfower Hotel Tuesday
evening, April 6. The occasion will
mark the twentieth anniversary of
Americas entry into the World War,
Evening star., 1937-03-21

Mrs. Julien Jaquelin Mason and her
daughter, Mrs. Mason Raynsford, for
merly of New York City and Wash
ington have gone to Baltimore, where
they have taken an apartment at the
Wyman Park for the Spring. Mrs
Mason and Mrs. Raynsford spent the
Winter in Florida.
Mrs. ]. Harrison Hollister enter
talned at luncheon at the Shoreham
yesterday for Miss Grace Garrett.
whose marriage to Mr. Carlton Col
man of Columbia, S. c., will take place
next month.
Mr.. and Mrs William P. Fisher have
arrived from Detroit Mich, and are
at the Wardman Park Hotel. They
are the guests of Mrs Fishers moth
er Mrs. Maurice Brown, who makes
her home at Wardman.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Quill enter
tanned Sunday, March IA, at tea in
their home in Michigan Manor in
honor of Mr.. and Mrs. Francis john
son, Mrs. Johnson before her recent
marriage was Miss Anne Veronica
Quill.
Among the guests were the Rev
Joseph A. Canning, S. j.. president of
1oyola College, Baltimore. Md, and
Rev. John Grafton. dean of arts and
science at Georgetown University.
Others present were students of Cath
ollc University and Providence Hos
pital School Of Nursing.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Wolf and their
son and Mrs. Mary Wolf of 1888 Otis
street and Mrs w. L. Turner of 1866
Perry place northwest have returned
from an extended stay in Florida
Mrs. NJ J. Kelly has returned to
the Capital after spending several
weeks at st. Petersburg and other
cities in Florida.
Mr.. and Mrs. George r. Cassidy
have MIR and Mrs. Clifton Haskett
Forbush of PeekSkill. N. Y. as their
house guests. and with a group of
friends entertained for the visitors at
& dinner at the Shoreham last eve
ming. Also in the party were Mr. and
Mrs Walter J. Reilly, Mr.. and Mrs.
William r. Grove and Mr.. and Mrs.
Rolan L. Trone.
Mr.. and Mrs Frank E. Mullen were
hosts at a dinner party at the Shore
ham last evening. the occasion being
Mrs. Mulien's birthday anniversary.
The guests included Mr.. and Mrs.
Jesse c. Harraman and Mr.. and Mrs.
James E. Mangum.
Evening star., 1937-03-21
Mrs. Davies Back

Mrs. Emien Knight Davies and her
daughter, Mrs. Aldace Walker, re-
turned last week from visit in Flor
ida, making the trip north by motor.
Mrs. Walker has taken an apartment
at the Shoreham for the Spring sea-
son.
Evening star., 1937-03-21
Residential
w WashingtOn
Social News
Mrs. Fulton Lewis.
Jr., Gives Luncheon
for Mrs. Pepper.

4 RS. FULTON LEWIS, jr,, was
MI hostess at luncheon Friday,
entertaining in compliment
4 to Mrs. Pepper, wife of Sena-
tor Claude Penroer
Evening star., 1937-02-22
FISHER W0RKMEN
HELD THREATENED
WeIder Says He Was Told
by Baltimore Manager of
Impending ''Ride."
BY JOHN c. HENRY.

Roy N. Wismer, Fisher Body plant
manager at Baltimore, told him some
of the union men in the plant were
going to be taken for a ride" Michael
Gallo. welder at the plant. testified
before the La Toilette Civil Liberties
Committee today.
Wismer made the statement, Gallo
said, during a conference in which he
was demoting Gallo from a post of
foreman Of welders on charges that he
was slipping" and was somewhat
sympathetic" to the union. The
charges grew out of Gallo's protests
against two orders to speed up pro-
duction of his staff Of welders.
Gallo said Wismer warned him that
some of the loyal General Motors
employees" we're carrying guns and
that they we're very hostile to the
union.
Gallo then told of q threat BY Wis
mer to fire all union members among
the welders. adding they would never
get their jobs back and the union
would never run" him. After this,
Gallo said, he joined the union.
Asked to Turn In Names.
Gallo said he was among those
called into conference by Wismer last
October. Wismer told the group,
Gallo testified, that production must
be speeded up without increase in en-
ployment.
WAS there any mention Of labor
organization?" La Toilette asked.
"Yes," Gallo said "Wismer told us
there had been increasing talk Of
union organization. He said the
company would not tolerate it. and
that We were to watch constantly for
it. We were to turn in the names
Wismer said they would be fired, that
there were plenty of men looking for
jobs"
Gallo said he objected to speeding
up the men after the granting of a
Christmas bonus. Gallo said there
(See LA TOILETTE, Page A-2)
Evening star., 1937-02-22
SENATOR ATTACKS
BAR ASSOCIATION
Bone Says Lawyers Guild
Is Result of National Body's
Anti-SociaI Behavior.

Declaring the National Lawyers
Guild was born out of the stupid,
anti-social behavior" of the American
Bar Association, Senator Bone, DEM
ocrat of Washington, today reiterated
his charge that the association has
not fought for the protection of
human rights.
Senator Bones statement was in
reply to defense of the bar associa-
tion by its president, F. H. Stinch-
field of Minneapolis.
Meanwhile. the Lawyers Guild,
holding its first national convention
here, today was considering adoption
of a proposed constitution. read to
them by Lee Pressman, general coun-
sci for John L. Lewis, Committee for
Industrial Organization.
The preamble said the guild looks
on the law "as living and flexible
instrument which must be adapted
to the needs Of the people"
Vote on Adoption Today.
Frankly organized in opposition to
the bar association, the guild. COM
posed of some 600 liberal lawyers, a
majority of whom are in Government
service, probably will vote on adop-
ton of the constitution today.
Senator Bone, who first criticized
the bar association Saturday night.
issued the following statement in reply
to Stinchfield:
AT a dinner of the National Law
yers' Guild I asked the hundreds Of
lawyers present to name one great
battle for human rights waged by the
American Bar Association. Mr..
Stinchfield, the honored president Of
that organization, attempted an
answer in the press this morning.
I am sure he does not understand the
meaning Of the words human rights.
and certainly he must be ignorant OF
the word battle when used for other
than private interests.
"Mr. Stinchfield. after trying to
carry himself on the shoulders of JET
ferson and Madison, says that his
association has indorsed legal aid So
cieties, written codes of legal ethics
and aided in the writing of books. I
want to put an end to this specious
defense by asking one simple ques-
ton: What did your organization do,
Mr.. Stinchfeld, on the child labor
amendment And don't tell me that
that doesn't concern human rights.
For fear that Mr.. Stinchfield will
never answer this question, let me say
(see LAWYERs. Page A-2.l
Evening star., 1937-02-22
$4,000 IS VOTED
FORK|LL|NCPROBE
Jersey Officials Declare War
on New York Gunmen After
Redwood Staying.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
HACKENSACK, N. J., February
pa special appropriation of s25,-
600 to be spent "for the detection,
arrest and conviction" of the killers
of R. Norman Redwood, New York
"sandhogs'' union leader, was au-
thorized today as Bergen County
authorities declared war on New York
gunner accused of being responsible
for the crime.
THE Redwood murder undoubtedly
was of New York origin and was COM
mitted by hired New York gunner"
declared Prosecutor John ]. Breslin,
Jr., in a statement in which he an
nounced the special appropriation.
He said New Jersey Supreme Court
Justice Joseph L. Bodine signed an
order authorizing use of s25,00O after
conference this morning. The
county Board of Freeholders, which
also attended the meeting along with
the two common pleas judges of the
county, consented to the expenditure
OF the money, Breslin said.
AAAOAASy WAL VIC uoSo, 1IC CA.
planned, to set up a temporary bu-
reau of detectives to concentrate on
the Redwood case. He will ask Mayor
Fiorello La Guardia of New York to
assign six trained detectives of the
New York homicide squad to work in
the special bureau, he said, with two
of his detectives and one detective of
Teaneck, where Redwood was slain
Friday night.
MY facilities here are entirely in
adequate to cope with the organizers
and perpetrators of this outrageous
murder" Breslin declared.
Bergen County has population of
350,000. Most of its residents are
owners Of small homes AS long as I
am prosecutor, am going to do all
in my power to drive New York gun
men out of this county"
Expressing his confidence that the
special investigation bureau would be
successful in solving the crime, Bres-
lin said with emphasis: mo man, re-
gardless of his political or social posi-
(See SLAYING, Page A-4)
Evening star., 1937-02-22
COLD To FOLLOW
FREAK|SH STORM
Maryland Tobacco Barns
Blown DoWn-Fairfax
Power Lines Shorted.

Fair and colder weather was in
prospect today, following freakish
thunderstorm, accompanied by hail,
snow and high wind last night.
which caused considerable damage in
nearly Maryland and Virginia.
approximately dozen tobacco
barns were blown down or shifted
from their foundations in Anne
Arundel County near Annapolis. The
wind, followed by heavy rain, struck
about midnight. No personal injuries
were reported.
A dozen cars were trapped in 8
feet of water at the r., F. e. P
Southern Railway underpass on Tele-
graph road near Arlington, Va. The
automobiles were towed to safety
without injury to their occupants.
Power Lines Shorted.
Power lines of the Virginia Public
Service Co. were shorted by the wind
which attained a peak velocity of "a
miles an hour. A large section of
Fairfax County was in darkness until
the damage could be repaired.
The temperature is expected to drop
to 26 degrees tonight, rising to a
maximum of IS degrees tomorrow
The minimum last night was IS de-
grees.
Flood waters of the Northwest
Branch of the Anacostia River rose
8 inches above the Washington-Balti-
more Boulevard and the Defense
Highway early this morning, slowing
up traffic, but doing no materiaI
damage to property.
Cars Kept Moving.
The swollen stream moved across
the highways at the Bladensbure
Peace Cross at am. and became
stationary at a depth of 8 inches
over the pavement. No appreciable
rise was noted after 8 am.
State police were on duty to keer
cars moving slowly.
A severe electrical storm occurred
at Winchester last night while snow
and hail were falling. The freak
storm followed day of heavy fog
and drizzling rain. The snow melted
almost as rapidly as it fell Light
ming and thunder continued at
frequent intervals over an hour. Skies
cleared during the night.
STORM HITS CAROLINAS.
Evening star., 1937-02-22
Plane Fished Out
Of atlantic in Net
Hides Its Identity
BY the Associated Press.

by tIc hSSOCldIeQ fIeSS.
CAPE MAY, N. j., February o.
The design of the two-cockpit open
seaplane whose rusted framework
fishermen dragged up 80 fathoms
from the ocean bottom was studied
by Coast Guard officers today.
Stripped of all but the naked IRON
work of the fuselage, the ships re-
mains bore little that would aid in
uncovering the mysterious circum-
stances of its final flight and plunge
into the Atlantic
I'VE are practically at our wits
end" said Lieut.. r. L. Burke, COM
mandant of the Coast Guard All Sta
ton, who heads the investigation.
He stated that the plane was def
nitely not Sikorsky flying boat. the
type of twin-motored amphibian in
which four men were lost March 81,
1929, while en- route from Norfolk,
Va. to Roosevelt Field, New York.
The water-eaten skeleton was
caught some 80 miles of the New
Jersey coast yesterday in a net 48o
feet below the surface. When a
winch on the fishing boat Irene and
Mabel of wildwood broke. tho engine,
gears and front part of the fuselage
frame tumbled back into the water.
Half Of the front cockpit, the rear
cockpit and fuselage back to the tail
were hauled up by hand.
The motor could not be recovered,
Burke said, because the fishermen
did not note its exact location, al
though they placed it about 80 miles
south southeast of Five -Fathom
Lightship. anchored IS miles east OF
Cape May.
Evening star., 1937-02-22
Roosevelt to Lay Wreath at Mount Yer
nOn-HOuse and Senate Hear Read.
ings of Farewell address.

The Capital led the Nation today
in observance of George Washington's
205th birthday anniversary, as Gov
ernment offices, banks, schools and
Libraries closed for the occasion
Many downtown stores were open for
business, some planning to close at
/ pm.
Franklin D. Roosevelt, the thirtieth
successor of Washington as President
of the United States, was to 60 to
Mount Vernon at 4 pm. to lay
wreath at the tomb of the Father of
the Country" He sent another
wreath this morning to Washington
Monument, around which the flags Of
48 States futtered in the breeze.
The Senate and House were to
gather at noon to hear readings. Of
Washington's farewell address by
Senator Lodge of Massachusetts, and
Representative O'Neill Of New Jersey.
Until late this evening patriotic
and military organizations in and
near Washington will take part in