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CEMETERY LOTS.

f0T or g GRAVEsITES, Mt. Comfort
Cemetery; S450. AL. 5052. 3
& CEMETERY LOTS. in Ft. Lincoln. de
luxe chapel section: will sacrifice. ,uN
l142. -2o
NATIONAL MEMORIAL PARK-one lot,
sites; LEAVING city; $1,000 or best oyer oyer
OV. 5406. -@o
NATIONAL MEMORIAL PARK-one lot,
4 sites: S595 cash. Call FA. 7l08. -2S
SIX CHOICE LOTS. Fort Lincoln Gene,
terry Family has left town. VIII sell all
or part. UN. $3.50. so
FOR SALE-Reas.; Lot S09-B. Unit /.
Section c.; graves; Wash. Natl. Gene
terry; very desirable location. 10. s-62l7.
FORT LINCOLN-Lot with sites. Save
money by calling HO. 1924.
SIX SITES on Lot 1908, Sec. 27; $3.50.
OIL. $685.. so
NATIONAL MEMORIAL PARK-Four grave
eites in front of cemetery Will sell 2 or
Ali; reas LO. 7-7596.
NATIONAL MEMORIAL PARK, Falls
Church, 10 sites; Cedar Hill. 10 sites
win sacrifice. WA. 9049.
NATIONAL MEMORIAL PARK-Choict
lot, 4 sites. viii sell at great reduction
for cash, KE. s-6T0O.
f0RT LINCOLN CEMETERY-Eight sites
excel. location. Sell reasonably. FIR. 1870
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4tt MPn1urtai.:

GATOR. EDWARD. In loving memory of
my dad and pal. EDWARD GATOR, who
passed away tive years ago today. Sep
Today recalls the memory
And those who think Of him today
Are those who loved him best.
At times my thoughts 60 wandering
To the grave not far away.
Where lives sweet memory
That will mover fade away.
Although his soul is now at rest.
And free from care and pain,
This world would seem like heaven
II he were here again.
DUDLEY. EARNEsT 4; IN loving mem
DUDLEY. who passed away suddenly.
September %. 1861.
The years have passed so swiftly.
We miss you more and more each day;
We viii not say that you are dead.
You are Just away.
Your kind deeds and loving smiles
DEvoTED WIZ CHILDREN. guRNICI
81; oscAs HsfNHsI nUpnrr' f. 'R'' DORIS AND
votion to the memory Of our 6eloved
mother and grandmother. AMY DREW.
who passed away seventeen years asc
today, September %. 1885.
Thoush you have some. our precious
Your lovely vision before US we see.
You will always be with US. darling.
%ThTough% % % al stsTnits; .uourrps AMI
S dRANpcHMDREN.
O'DAY, ANNIE SARAH. In loving mem
ory of our mother and grandmother.
ANNIE SARAH O'DAY. who passed away
two years ago today. September %. 1850
Gone but ne'er to be forgot
While life and memory last
Is our tender. loving mother and grand
mother.
And the happy days long past.
Somewhere above this troubled world.
Safe from all grief and care,
Our mother and grandmother rest in
heavenly peace.
God grant some day we meet her there
DEVOTED DAUGHTER, MARIE FER
GUSON; GRANDDAUGHTERS. MRS
MARIE MARSHALL, MRS. HELEN
PALMER, MRS RUTH 10y. MRS
ELIzABETH BOXWELL.
REEDER, WILLIAM r. In sad but lovina
memory Of our dear husband and father
WILLIAM r. REEDER. who left US hvt
years ago today, September %, 1947.
May he rest in peace and perpetua
light shine upon him.
DEVOTED WIFE AND eoN.
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gency Hospital
after a two
year illness.
| DR.. Scurlock
retired in 1910
after 40 years
service at the
University. He
Ilive ed at 929
r h de Island
avenue NV.
| A native OF
Fayetteville. N.
&C., he received
his bachelor of
arts d e g r e e
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terday. He was
IS.
A diabetic for
many years and
almost totally
b lind for a
y e ar, Mr..
Simpson COL
lapsed W h lie
eating dinner In
a d o W n t o W n
restaurant Fri
day night. He
was taken to
Garfield an d
died without re-
gaining con.
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Author Of 10 books, most o1
which were published by Harper
& Bro, Mr.. Simpson died leav.
ing Office files bulging with in.
formation compiled over 40 years
toward an 11th book on little
known facts about Shakespeare
Friends in high Government
circles and on Capitol Hill hon.
ored him last spring on publica.
ton of his 10th book-simply en-.
titled "A Book About American
Politics" Yet the publication was
one of the best evidences Of his in.
tense search for little-known facts
Was Authority on Bible.
In 1945. he published "A Book
About The Bible" which is con-
sidered as one of the best informa-
ton sources. Friends said that by
the age Of IS he had read all o1
IShakespeare's works and had read
the Bible, Cover to Cover" al
least 80 times.
The gathering Of strange ano
unusual information began as ar
avocation and grew out of ar
early job which Mr.. Simpson helc
with Pathfinder Magazine. For al
least 10 years he conducted col.
umn in that magazine which an.
swered questions from all parts
of the Nation on all manner OF
subjects.
At one time he was associate
editor Of Pathfinder.
He was a member Of the Ma
tional Press Club and served a.
president Of the Club in 1886.
Pioneered in Radio.
He conducted one of radios first
question and answer programs
broadcasting over Station WRC ir
1924-25, and authored a daily
syndicated column Information
Roundup" He was Washington
correspondent for the Houston
(Texas) Post from 1884 to 1941.
Mr.. Simpson. born near Ana
mosa. Iowa, in November of 1896
came to Washington in late 1872:
after graduation from Valparaiso
University, Valparaiso, Ind, and q
years newspaper reporting expert.
ence on The Messenger in that
city.
He worked briefly on the ole
Washington Herald and joined
Pathfinder after one year al
George Washington University Law
school.
A bachelor. he lived at George
Washington Inn.
Visited Zoo Every Year.
He took his blindness with re.
markable philosophy for a man Sc
devoted to research. With Feli1
Gotten, International News Servic.
Correspondent here and a colleg,
roommate. Mr.. Simpson mad,
annual pilgrimmages to the Zoo
merely because they had strollec
out there when both first came tx
Washington.
On one visit. shortly after h,
learned he was becoming incur
ably blind, he remarked 1T is {
tremendous blow. but I cannot fee
sorry for myself. I'll be able tt
use the eyes of my friends. Tn
afraid this is the last time I'll bt
able to see the Zoo"
Mr.. Simpson is survived by hi.
mother. in Anamosa. several broth.
erS and q sister.
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Rubbi jacob !. Korff

BOSTON. Sept. ~ R.-Grand
Rabbi Jacob I. Korff, leader Of
the Hebrew Chassidic movement
In the United States, died tonight
at New England Deaconess Hospi.
tai Of . coronary ailment. He was
SO.
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George ". Simpson,
Newsman and Expert
On Shakespeare, Dies

George w. Simpson. newspaper
man. author and lifelong student
of the Bible and Shakespeare,
died at Garfield Hospital late yes
Evening star., 1952-09-28
Dr.. Herbert ScurIock,
Retired Department
Head al Howard j.

DR.. Herbert Clay Scurlock. II,
retired head of Howard Univer-
Isity's department of physiological
chemistry. died Friday at Emer-
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FUNERAL DESIGNS.

FUNERAL DESIGNS.
GUDE BROS. co. FLORISTS
1912 r st, NV. Ma. 4276
GEO. c. SHAFFER, INC.
Expressive Floral Tributes. Moderate
prices. Open daily. sun SUM- holidays; Pnons
1aeSfS. 900 14th q: NV. MA. 0lOo:
Evening star., 1952-09-28

IN. MIX. i. HENRY. The omcers
and members OF Ruth Chap
ter, No. l, o. E. S.. are re-
quested to attend the funeral
services for our late brother,
I. HENRY HENDERSON, P. P,
on Sunday, September %,
1852. at 7:45 p.m.. at the Lee
ONE, 4th st. and Mass. ave. ne.
ISABEL l.. LOUCKS, w. M.
GARET KNOTT. Secretary. 2S
IN, I. HENRY. Special com.
municatlon Of Naval Lodge
No. 4, F. A. A. M. is called
at 1:45 pm. Monday, Sep.
tember 20, 1852, for the pur.
pose Of conducting Masonic
burial of our late brother
I. HENRY HENDERSON.
rARSDEN F. BUSCH.
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DOGGETT. CATHERINE WILEY.

Saturday September 27. 1862, CATH
ERNIE WILEY DOGGETT OF 37O0 South
Of Mr.. J. Leonard Lennie) Dosgett
daughter Of Mrs. ]. Bernard McDevitt.
sister Of Mr. James A. Wiley. Friends
st. and Mass. ave. ne where services will
be held on Tuesday, September 30, at 10
am. Interment at Cedar Hill Cemetery.
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DOVE, CoRPL. HENRY L. LARRY.
Corpi. HENRY L. (LARRY) DOVE. be-
loved son of Mr.. and Mrs. Harry J. Dove
and brother of James E.. Jack G: and
Joseph H. Dove; Mrs. Mary Long and Mrs.
Harry LanZilotta. Friends may call at
the Demaine Funeral Home. $40 South
Washington St. Alexandria. Va. Mass
will be offered at st. Rita's CATHOLIC
Church on Monday. September 70. az
9:3O am. Interment Arlington National
Cemetery. 20
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as, Mrs. Alice Price of Washington. D. c.;
Mrs. Irene Rutherford and Mrs. Laura
Patterson of Lynchburg, Va; one god
child. Frances Perry; three cousins. Sid
ney and Odell Sweeney and Mrs. Minnie
and friends Friends are invited to call
at the Taft H Williams Funeral Home.
10000 18th st. NV, after noon SUM-
ices will be held Monday, September ~.
at l o'clock pm, Rev. A. s. George Of:
nciating. Interment Arlington National
Cemetery, 70
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Metropolitan Contest

The 18th Metropolitan State
Art Contest will be held in the
foyer of the Natural History
building, from November 8 to
%, under auspices Of the D. c.
Chapter, American Artists Pro-
fessional League. assisted by the
Entire Nous Club.
Eligible exhibits include graph
ic arts, paintings in OIL. water
color and pastel, done within
the last two years and not pre-
viously exhibited, by all artists
living within 20 miles of WASH
ington. Entry cards and fees
must be sent by october %, to
Mrs. M. c. Trowbridge, chair
man, D. c. Chapter, A.A.PL.,
$500 Jones Mill road, Chevy
Chase, Md, from whom cards
and full information can be OBJ
tanned. Works are to be deliv-
cred Saturday, November /.
The exhibition will open No
vember 8 and remain through
November %. Cash awards will
be made in each class by a jury
whose members will be an
nounced later.
Evening star., 1952-09-28
News Of Artists and Exhibitions
Artist-Instructors of the Corcoron School of Art
Currently Display New Paintings and Soul pture

The Corcoran Gallery Of Art
early this past week opened an
exhibition of new paintings and
sculpture by its school faculty.
Each of these nationally-known
artists was invited to show two
works completed within the past
year and not previously exhi-
bited in Washington.
The diverse talents Of the
faculty and in some instances.
of individual members, are well
illustrated by the current show.
In every artists pair of works.
I liked one much better than
the other. The tastes Of some
visitors may be quite the op-
posite of mine.
OF paintings by Richard La
hey, principal Of the school, I
liked the semi-abstract "Bou-
quet," with its admirable bal
ance of forms and colors.
(Sports lovers will doubtless
prefer his jockeys weighing
In.~ BY Eugen Weisz, the
schools vice-principal, I pre-
ferred the Waterfront" with
its happy memories Of the sum-
mer just departed.
Omar Carrington's Regatta"
Cat night). with q ghostly still
life in the foreground, is akin
to many Of his spacious noe
turnes seen through an open
window. Jessalee Sickman'S s
robust and colorful "Trees" is
superior to her raffish figure in
q smock, I think.
Edmund Archer's portrait Of
Helen Downham in a peridot
satin gown. is full of quiet vital
ity. as is also his little study of
three figures. Kenneth Stubbs'
two paintings display the great
est contrast by one instructor. I
favor his beautiful conservative
"Carcassonne Rooftops."
Figures in Wood
Heinz Warneke, the only
sculptor, shows two figures of
wood. The handsome 'Kneel-
ing Woman" is an essay in
curves with a feeling of the solid
form beneath.
It is well for prospective stu
dents to get a glimpse of these
artist-instructors' own works,
even though the latter have no
intention of turning their pupils
into imitation Laheys, Warnekes
and so on. This exhibition will
remain for another week or
longer.
Next Sunday the Corcoran
Gallery will open a large retro
spective exhibition Of paintings
by Andrea Zerega.
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Current Exhibitions

NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART, Consti.
tuition avenue and Sixth street
scSlpsSres By mSsss,;
sculpture and European paintings,
tnanent collection. through September.
NATIONAL MUSEUM. National Collec-
nue. and Tenth street-American
tions by Kiln Club and washington
Sculptors Group throush today.
SMITHSONIAN BUILDING. Division Of
erson driye-serisraphs BY Dorr
rREfR ihEGasn TSefth FSsfk street and
Jefferson drive S:W.-oriental art.
D1ntnsi .sts Showing aha eglRss Dy
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS, East Capitol
and First Exhibition Of His.
toric Bibles, through october 30.
Closed for the summer.
DUMBARTON OAKS collection. l730
Christian and Byzantine art. Tues
coSRsSSoRASD core aISDsa aAEMRRT SHRRsiy OF ART. Seven:
teenth street between. New York ave.
nue. and e street-American paint
inSs and sculpture CLARK
retrospective BY Andrea Zeresa, to
PHILLIPS MEMORIAL GALLERY, 1900
Twenty-frst street-Paintings and
prints: Group OF washington paint
ARTs; SnTss ehiEfsn eeI9 sYI't I t;tre.t-paintinss
GESSyR6T aGvAEa WAsafSFoSp safs f Spsr rsHSEeEkslrx
LIBRARY, 2O20 q street NV
Tribute to W. W. Corcoran, to open
wSsH' WRITE GALLERY. 1913 connecticut
avenue N.W.-Water colors by VII.
helm Kaufman, through Saturday.
BARNETT ADEN GALLERY, 127 RAM
dolph place N.W.-Paintinss BY con.
temporary Americans. >.v., >.r
scum, 1910 H street N.W.-WaSh.
ington Ship Model Society Show.
to open Oceober L.
THE NEW GEORGETOwN GALLERY.
1924 Prospect, avenue--Water colors
by John Bryans, through October 81.
IFA GALLERIES, 1920 Connecticut ave.
nue. .N.W;-Exhibition of portrait
paintings by area artists.
SILVER SPRING ART GALLERY, 9210
Flower avenue. Silver. Spring---New
autumn exhibition, through octo.
q.
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Art in the Open

The first outdoor art show, CO.
sponsored by the Bethesda Music
and Arts Center, held from Sep
tember 18 through last Sunday,
was briefly mentioned here two
weeks ago. The enthusiasm it
aroused. and the large number
of entries from professional and
amateur artists living within Is
miles Of Bethesda (the eligibility
limit) determined the directors
Of the center to make this an
annual event.
The Center. now beginning
its second year. was founded
and is under the direction of
two young musicians from Pitts
burgh, Ben O'Brien and Mark
Ellsworth, who met during their
Army service in World War II.
Mr.. Ellsworth was first violiniSt
Of the Pittsburgh Symphony
Orchestra, and Mr.. O'Brien was
pianist Of the William Penn
Hotel there. Both instruct in
their respective instruments, on
the faculty of more than 20
artists at the Center.
A jury composed of the three
Washington newspaper art crit
ics awarded twelve prizes and
several honorable mentions. Oil
paintings: First to Marguerite
Burgess for her whimsical Bird
Walk: second to Milton Davis
for THE Old Country" semi
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finally to the Vatican, where he
scribbled this little note:
"Dedr and Most Sacred
Holy Father: These foUers
are for you. Please let me
see you and tell you about
my donkey Violettd, Dho is
dying, and they will not let
me take her to see st. Fran
els so that he may cure her.
I liue in the toiUn of Assist.
but I haze come all the y0y
here to see you.
"Your louing Pepino."
The small miracle that fol-
lows is like the answer to q
prayer.
This new story by the author
Of 1.-THE Snow Goose" can be
read over and over again, each
time with greater appreciation.
Paul Calico has written q
classic.
Evening star., 1952-09-28
Books in Review
Here's Texas, So Big and So Bold,
Deep in the Heart of Edna Ferber
Giant
BY Edna Ferber. doubleday; $685.
BY Edna Ferber. Doubleday; 1885,
Reviewed BY Corter Brooke Jones

gated, second-class citizens Ne
groes are in the deep South.
The story starts beautifully
with a description Of a titanic
party which a fabulous charac-
ter called Jett Rink is giving to
celebrate his gift of the biggest
airport in the SouthweSt-of
course. he means in the world,
honey-to the city of Hermoso.
The wealth of Texas Is there.
Many of the guests go in their
four-engine planes. No one par
ticularly likes Jett Rink. He's
an arrogant ex-cowhand who
found a billion in oil. But no one
dares stay away; there1l be too
much money and influence there.
This Belshazzar's feast explodes
into climax when Jordy, the
young son of Jordan Benedict.
the cattle king. crashes his fist
against Jett'S massive jaw,
right at the head table before
the honored throng. Jordy's
Mexican wife was thrown out of
the beauty parlor in the town
owned by Jett that afternoon.
One Long FIoshboek
But the author lowers the
curtain on this dramatic scene
and never goes back to it. The
rest of the book is one long
flashback. First we are turned
back Is years. We see Leslie.
the Virginia girl, go to Texas as
Jordan Benedict'S bride. The
tough life Of a Texas ranch EN-
pire is stranger. more bizarre
to her than Main street ever
could have been to Carol Ken
nicott. To add to the brides
troubles there's Luz. Jordan'S
matriarchal older sister, who
has always run the "big house"
and intends to ever after. The
clash Of the two women is in
evitable. But, instead Of facing
this situation squarely. Miss
Ferber ducks it by quickly dis
posing of Luz-a lazy writer's
device unworthy of Miss Fer
ber's better achievements.
Unfortunately the story says
under a great accumulation Of
mere detail. The author keeps
backing out of dramatic Situa-
tions. And she has a way of
forecasting what will happen
to a character which averts all
suspense and surprise. Texas is
here, surely, in too great pro-
fusion, but Miss Ferber has
muffed her story. It is a pity
that Sinclair Lewis in his prime
never got around to Texas. He
might have emerged with a
character as memorable as
Babbitt.
Evening star., 1952-09-28
Fair Trial
BY Richard B. Morris. (Knopf;; So

Mr.. Morris, who is professor
Of American history at Colum-
bia University. has reviewed IA
celebrated American criminal
trials. They range from the
trial Of Anne Hutchinson for
Sedition in 1887 in Massachu-
sets to the trial of Alger Hiss.
Eight of the cases resulted in
conviction, six in acquittal.
The author does not say the
verdict necessarily was wrong in
any specific trial. He does in
vite the reader, after considering
his summary of each case. to
answer for himself this ques-
ton: Did the accused receive
q fair trial2" Mr.. Morris OBJ
viously thinks most Of these
trials were under conditions too
prejudicial, in one way or an
other, to allow impartial JUS
tice. Certainly many Of his
citations, interspersed with di-
rect testimony and courts rul-
ings, support this thesis.
The Anne Hutchinson Triol
Surely no reasonable person Of
today would think Anne Hutch
mson had a fair trial. She was
charged for holding religious
services in. her home and for
criticizing certain prevalent the
illogical doctrines. She was
baniShed from the colony. But
Mr.. Morris goes pretty far in
the role Of what he undoubtedly
would call a liberal when he
says that. allowing for differ
ences In political climate. Anne's
trial s".could have been staged
at Foley Square, New York. any
time during the last few years."
She. would, he comedies. have
had a different sort Of trial.
but would still have no guar
antee that her judges would
Judge her dispassionately or that
the jury would be uninfluenced
Evening star., 1952-09-28
Act of Passion
(Prentice-HaH;: $500
BY George Simenon. (Pre

This French novelist has a
gift for psychological portraits.
His new novel reveals the at
tempt Of a psychopath who
killed his mistress to explore
his own mind. His futile at
tempt to explain a crime with
out a discernible motive makes
q story generally absorbing. If
uneven and at times repetitious.
Alavoine was a physician with
q successful. practice in a pro-
vincial town. He appeared a
model Of settled respectability.
He lived with his mother and
his second wife. to whom he had
been married for 10 years. He
had two daughters by his first
wife, who had died young. It
develops from his confession,
addressed to an examining mag
iStrate after his trial, that the
doctor never was happy. From
childhood his mother dominated
him. His first wife was a color
less girl, but his second wife
controlled firmly both him and
his mother. When by accident
he met MARITIME. a girl on the
make. little more than a tramp,
they fell in love, he insisted.
Eventually he quit his home and
went with MARITIME to Paris.
where he bought a practice in
q community Of impoverished
families. Instead Of the happi-
ness he expected. strange phan-
toms began TO haunt him.
The story lacks suspense,
since We know from the first
what happened and are con-
/ cerned only with Alavoine'a
Evening star., 1952-09-28

The popular author Of "Show
Boat" "Cimarron" and Sara
toga Trunk" has set her sights
on the colossal State Of Texas.
Such a close observer could
hardly miss such a conspicuous
target. That no Texas chamber
Of commerce will promote
Giant" and it will not be rec
commended reading in any Lone
Star school is hundred-to-one
shot, with no takers. The book
is q sharp-edged satire. As q
novel it is something consider
ably less.
Is 1t so much a satire? You
don't have to know Texas to
realize that the picture is not
much overdrawn. You have only
to- have known a few Texans.
And who hasn't? Texans as a
race-and they are almost that
do not bloom unseen or hide
their lights behind cactus
bushes.
Texons as She Sees Them
Miss Ferber has reflected,
without much distortion. the
heat, the dust, the vastness, the
monotony,, the Incompatible
resources Of Texas. She reports
Texans as she has seen them,
probably without much con-
scious exaggeration-a proud
and vain species. tall, we'll
muscled, belligerent. both tact
less and kind, hospitable, gre
gariouS, provincial, energetic,
many Of them lately come into
great wealth. She has caught
the Texan speech, an idiom not
quite like anything heard any,
where else in the country. Ac-
cording to her-and the non
Texan will stay out Of this ar
gtment II he knows what's
good for him-their cooking is
atrocious and they don't read.
She is concerned particu-
larly with their attitude toward
a million or so American citi-
Zens within their borders whom
they regard, as inferiors-those
of Mexican descent. AS she
shows, Texans of Anglo-Saxon
heritage paradoxically copy the
Mexican. or the older Spanish,
motif in everything-names of
towns, streets and festivals, de-
signs Of houses, clothes, dishes.
They employ Mexicans, in many
sections exclusively-as house
hold servants, ranch hands and
in every other capacity. And yet,
according to Miss Ferber's OBJ
servation, these Mexican-Amer-
leans are the same sort of segre-
Evening star., 1952-09-28

It is the story Of Pepino.
orphaned by the war. and
Violetta. "the ust-colored little
donkey with the Mona Lisa
SMILE" all that a rough world
had left the lad.
Together they earned a liv-
ing. carrying things and run
ming errands in the village of
Assisi-the lovely little town
that had once been the home
of gentle st. Francis. who loved
all Of Gods creatures.
But Violetta became deathly
Ill. And when the desperate
Pepino sought. as a last resort.
to bring her into the crypt
beneath the basilica Of the good
saint, he was turned away. A
shocked supervisor had ex-
claimed: "A donkey in the
crypt" And the sad little boy
Evening star., 1952-09-28

by the infiammatory outpour-
ingS of the press"
Mr.. Morris also declines to
consider the Hiss case ''res
adjudicata." Perhaps" he
writes. "the entire truth about
the Hiss case will never be
uncovered" Despite the two
trials and the refusal of the
Supreme Court to interfere in
the conviction Of Hiss, he con-
tends "the mystery that en-
shrouds this case has by no
means been resolved" And he
adds: There are those who
believe that neither the accused
nor his accuser has told all he
knows and that Hiss's reticence
encourages McCarthyism and
the continued sniping at the
liberals within the State De-
partment."
Doubtful Murder TrioIs
But Mr.. Morris does not con-
fine his trials to political cases.
He reviews some colorful mur-
der cases. He is not the first
historian to cast doubt on the
guilt of Capt. Kidd. His excel
lent summary Of the captains
trial in London at the close of
the 18th century-on change of
venue from New York-shows
much evidence that Kidd was
framed. There is, in fact, more
than a reasonable doubt that
the man whose name is a by
word for piracy ever was a
pirate. None the less, he was
hanged.
The treason trial of Aaron
Burr, the murder trial of Prof.
Webster of Harvard Medical
School in 1849 and the Hall
Mills case of the 1920S are
among the most interesting
chapters. The book is engag-
ingly written.
&C. B. j.