Evening star., 1947-12-06

open garage at the SlQe OF CIle mouse
DR.. Sprowls then went to the ga
rage and called to the people to leave
He had heard them "fooling around
with some farm equipment ano
feared they were about to steal it OF
his car.
When the intruders ignored him
the professor returned to the house
and obtained the shotgun and free
it once into the ground to frighter
them.
That sent the four scattering In
all directions and DR.. Sprowls then
called police, who arrived in time
to make the arrests.
Mrs. Mcdonald, divorce, tolc
reporters another version.
She had spent the evening with
her friends at the Tick Took Tavern
Riggs road and University lane, ano
they were en- route home when they
apparently took the wrong turn
Mrs. Mcdonald said.
I'VE realized after seeing a cal
parked ahead of us few feet that
we had gotten the wrong road, ano
started to turn around" she con-
tinued.
Says Car Ran Into Fence. u.
Backing up, the car ran into 9
barbed wire fence and the back enc
got stuck on something like a ploW
The boys got out and tried to lift
the car off and about that time we
saw a man come out of the house
up on the hill.
1--WE all started yelling for helI
and the man went back into the
house. When he came back we saw
he had gun. He fired two or three
blasts and my three friends fell tt
the ground. I was getting out o
the car and I got stuck on the fence
in front of the car lights.
about that time I felt shot II
my right shoulder. I didn't notice
that my legs had been hit until late
at the station. The man went bacl
into the house and turned out thu
lights" (Hospital attendants sale
Mrs. Mcdonald was treated only fol
the leg wounds.)
She said then Heldreth and Mrs
Laird went toward the main road
looking for help while she and Weiss
ner stayed near the car. Soon the
police arrived and the man from
the house came out and spoke
angrily to them, she said.
No Trespassing Sign.
=, After the police helped free theil
car, they all drove to the station
Mrs. Mcdonald said.
The Sprowls home is in a woody
section about 200 yards off Riggs
road and the garage is about 81
wards north of the home down the
hill.
A wooden sign at the entrance tt
the drive says mo Trespassing,
sign Mrs. Mcdonald said her part!
did not learn about until police in
formed them.
The two men and two women wer'
taken first to the Hyattsville Police
Station where DR.. Spowls swore ou
the trespassing complaints, afte
which the women went to the hos
pital for treatment.
j Contacted by reporter today
Heldreth and WeiSSner said the
did not wish to comment.
Teacher, Lecturer and Author.
DR.. Sprowls is we'll known aroun
Washington as a teacher, lecture
and author on psychology. Anon
his other activities, he has written
newspaper column called "Everyda
Psychology" and talked to numerou
club groups.
Before coming to the Universit
of Maryland in 1927 he taught psy
chology at George Washington Uni
versity and st. Johns College, An
napolis.
He wrote a book called "Socis
Psychology Interpreted" in 1927 an
another called Everyday Psychol
ogy" in 1888.
A native of Claysville, Pa, he be
gan his career as a high scho'
principal and then taught educs
ton at Bethany college, the Univel
sity of Vermont and the Universit
of Tennessee before coming
Washington.