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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-28
TrogedyHit34Ye Ago
AtKnickerbocker Theoter
Survivors Recall How Roof Coved In
From Heavy Snow, Tokine 81 Lives

nearly paralyzed trafflc. within
is minutes doctors, police and
flremen, along with soldiers and
Marines from nearby military
installations, began to arrive.
Before police Ind soldiers
formed a Gordon around the
jtheater, some anxious parents
already had entered and were
stumbling over the ruins. calling
hopefully for son or daughter
who had gone to the show.
Rescue work was tedious and
agonizing, with torches and
flashlights. hammers and crow
bars. Scores were buried alive
under tons of stone and timber,
Slowly the dead and injured
were dug from the wreckage.
Every nearby residence and
store became a first aid station.
The basement Of the nearby
Christian Science Church be-
came a morgue.
Hour TO Free Bride
When reScuers reached the
Bowens, it took almost an hour
to free the young bride from her
cement trap. She and Mr.. Bowen
described their recollections in
an interview with The Star this
week.
The only thing that saved
US from being crushed by falling
concrete was that we were lean
ing together. We'd only been
married a month them Mrs.
Bowen said, looking back over
the years. Those old high-laced
shoes were the only thing that
kept my foot from being cut of -
The Bowens now live at 1918
Shepherd street NV. Mr.. Bowen,
an attorney adviser with the
Tax Court of the United States,
was only scratched and bruised
in the theater cave-in.
Still Remembered
Mrs. Bowen said she recalls
the disaster every year about
this time. There are still many
Washington residents who re-
that night "a years ago.
Some of them had miraculous
escapes similar to that Of the
Bowens.
Another survivor Of the disas-
ter who still lives here is Elliott
Brumbaugh. 1909 Elm street,
Chevy Chase. Md, an industrial
arts teacher at Alice Deal Junior
High School. Buried for four
hours. the young high school
basketball star suffered a para
lyzed leg for six months, he
recalls.
There are other Washington
ians who mournfully recall the
loss OF friends and loved ones in
the city's worst calamity, which
took 81 lives and injured $50
persons.
Rescue work lasted for 80
hours. The District Commits
sioners ordered movie houses
shut down until snow could be
cleaned from the roofs. A Fed
eral grand jury quickly indicted
five men, who had designed and
worked on construction of the
Knickerbocker. for manslaugh-
ter. They were charged with neg
ligence. But the court, three
later. dismissed the in
dictment as being too general
because it didn't say how each
defendant was negligent.
Station WRC-TV has sched-
uled a flash-bac to the Knick-
erbocker disaster on the news
program -Four Corners News"
at $50 o'clock tonight.
Tonight the Bowens and a
few other survivors of the Knick-
erbocker catastrophe will look
back "a years, thankful that they
were shared
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Purty Honors Wives

Wives Of the District Commits
Isioners were honored last night
by more than $50 persons at a
cocktail party in the Hotel
Washington, given by the Num-
cipal Luncheon Club Of city en-
ployes.
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BY TAFT TRUSSELL

The newlyweds leaned clos,
to each other in their fourth row
balcony seats at the Knicker
booker Theater. The silent pic
ture was Get Rich Quick Wal
lingford." 1t was 8 pm. anc
showing outside.
The day was January %. Ths
year was l922-just "a years age
today.
The wind-whipped snowflake:
whirled down. Worst Snow
Since 1899 Grips D. c." the
newspaper headlines proclaimed
that Saturday night. Snow hao
fallen the previous night and all
that day.
Streetcars and autos were
stranded all over town. derelicts
E In a sea of snow. Shiverine
Westinghouse had plowed
through knee-deep drifts to
reach work. The temperature
was chilling Is degrees.
There is danger in the snow "
an Evening Star editorial had
warned ominously that day.
Saturday Night
Most Westinghouse were
satisfied to chat by their fire.
sides when night came and Won
der when the snow would stop
But this was Saturday night
to some a gay time of the week.
no matter what the weather.
Among those the snow couldn't
keep in were the honeymooners
Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond j. Bowen
married one month. Before they
left their home at 1949 Biltmore
street NV, Mrs. Bowen pulled
on four pairs of hose and her
high shoes. They were out
Of style, she thought to herself,
but her feet would keep dry.
In that fashionable residential
section Of Mount Pleasant, it was
only a short trudge to the
Knickerbocker, at Eighteenth
street and Columbia road NV,
where the comedy hit. featuring
Bill Haines, was showing.
Roof Falls In
In the balcony, the Bowens
huddled close. A merry melody
floated up from the orchestra
Then. at 9:10 pm. it happened
With a mighty hiss. the roof
Of the majestic old Knicker-
booker gaped open under the
weight of rs inches of snow.
Plaster. stone, timber and steel
Numbered down on the balcony.
Then the balcony gave way.
crushing down on the unsuspect-
ing audience below like a giant
press.
A slab of concrete smashed
down on Mrs. Bowen's left leg.
Another V-shaped piece of con-
crete plummeted down over her,
covering the young woman like
a boxtop. A chunk Of concrete
crashed down on the other side
Of the couple SO near it sliced
the pocket right off Mr.. Bowen's
trousers.
For a stunned moment. there
was silence, witnesses recall.
Then through the dark came the
agonized cries of the manned.
Alarm by Telephone
At about GIL pm, according
to newspaper accounts of the
catastrophe, Miss Elsie Cook, a
telephone operator, got the
frightful message from a witness
to the tragedy. Immediately she
spread the alarm that the roof
Of the Knickerbocker Theater
had caved in. She notified po-
lice, fire departments and all
the hospitals.
Although the snowstorm had
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-28

4AoV ASAAS W.
Major. william l..
Marks, Ruth Ann
Marsh. Gregory v.
Marston. Daniel H,
MeSnig, Nancy Ann
Moncure, Nancy H.
Motley, Donald r.
Murray, j. G.
Newman, Esther r.
Novak, Joan Y.
Odoron. Charles L.
Padgett. Dorothy J.
Padgett, Robert L,
Pals. Helen r.
Parks. Lois b.
Payne, r. E., jr.
Plott, Billy r., jr.
Poole, RAYMOND K.
Pullman, Edward W.
Reese sallie Asn
REYNOLDS, John =.
Ritenour, Paul r.
Rucker. Boyd L.
Sanderson. Y, L.
Scholl Adrienne
Schiller. Gareth 2.
Severson. Arthur p.
Simms, David L,
Smith. Sandra X
Sonosky. Judith H.
SperlinR, Ronald L.
Stewart, Helen L.
Stewart, Janice g..
Summers, Krystsl
Sutler Cora r.
Thornett r. A.. jr.
Tucker. Doris j. .
Walter. Noel 3. I
Wood. Edward c.
Wood. Marilyn =.
Wooli. Elaine
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Milk Board Stymied
Virginia House Approves
Resolution Extending Life
d . star stah Correspondent

RICHMOND, jan 2s-Efforts to abolish suspend or limit
the powers Of the State Milk Commission appeared doomed
during the present of the General Assembly following
adoption by the House resolution study the agency
The effect of the resolution agreed overwhelming voice
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-28
Alexandra School
Graduates 80

Eighty-three students we're
graduated last night at George
Washington High School in
| Alexandria The list follows.
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james Carter, 70,
District Teacher
For AZ Years

James M. Carter. 70. a retired
District school teacher, dice
Tuesday at his home, 402 I
street NV.
Born in Amherst, Va, Mr.
Carter was graduated from How
ard University in 1901. He played
football in college and later
served on Towards Alumni AS
ISOLATION and board of athletic
control.
Mr.. Carter taught English and
mathematics in the District
school system for AZ years. His
last post was at Dunbar High
School.
A deacon Of Lincoln Congrega-
tional Temple for 80 years. Mr.
Carter was also active in the
work of the YMCA and the
NAACP.
Survivors are his widow; a son,
James R., Of Philadelphia: a
daughter. DR.. Marion E. Carter
of District Teachers College; two
grandchildren; two sisters and
two brothers Of Amherst, Va.
Funeral services are at II am.
today at Lincoln Congregational
Temple. Eleventh and r streets
NV. Burial will be in Lincoln
Memorial Cemetery.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-19
Frank Golfer Pearson, 88.
Delivered Stur Is Years

While the ruins of his home
were still smoldering his neigh
bors decided to build him an
other home. They did, right
where the old one had stood.
-Four years ago, Mr.. Pearson's
9 acres were bought by the Fed
eral Government for the pro-
posed Burke airport area. He
had made his home with his
daughter since then.
Besides Mrs. jeffrey. he is sur
vived by two other daughters,
Mrs. Alice Wright and Mrs. Nam
ME Wright, both Of New York
City; three sons, Ellsworth Pear
son, Cordell Pearson and Lee B.
Pearson, all of Washington: SO
grandchildren. and "a great
grandchildren. Also surviving
are a sister, Mrs. Sadie Newman
|of Arlington, and four brothers.
John Robert Pearson of Fairfax.
and William F., Harry Alexander
and Chester Arthur Pearson, all
Iof Washington,
Services were to be held at
4 pm. today in the Little Zion
Baptist Church in Burke. Burial
viii be in the Pearson Cemetery
there. /
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w. M. HeinIine, IS,
.Ex-Superintendent
OF D. c. Cemetery

William M. Heinline, IS, who
lived here almost all his life, died
yesterday in Lankenau Hospital
in Philadelphia.
Mr.. Heinline, a native Of New
port News. Va. moved to Phila-
delphia about five years ago after
his retirement as superintendent
of Congressional Cemetery. Be-
fore that. he worked at the Navy
Yard for more than rs years as a
machinist.
He was a thirty-second degree
Mason with the Lebanon lodge,
and for many years a senior war
den in Christ Episcopal Church
in the 600 block Of @ street Sc.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs.
Mabel Trazzare Heinline, also a
native Of Washington, who lives
in North Philadelphia; his
daughter, Mrs. Robert w. Mar
shall. Of Wilmington. Del: two
grandchildren and four great
grandchildren.
Services will be held at 2:3O
pm. Monday at the Lee funeral
home. Fourth street and Massa-
chusetts avenue NE. Burial will
be in Congressional Cemetery.
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Mrs. Griffith,
57,Wife Of
Letter Carrier

Mrs. Fred P. Griffith, ST., 81,
a native of Washington, died
yesterday in Doctors Hospital
of a heart attack. Mrs. Griffith
had had a heart condition for
longer than two years. She lived
at 612 North Fillmore street, Ar
lington.
The wife Of a letter carrier in
Arlington. she lived all of her
life in this area. She was the
former Frances Mooney. Mrs.
Griffith was a graduate of I'M
maculate Conception Academy,
Surviving are her husband, of
the home address; a daughter
Mrs. Teresa johnson, BOG Rollins
street, Falls Church; a son, Fred
p. Griffith, jr., 1405 Strathmore
street, Falls Church; five grand
children. and a sister, Mrs. Helen
Knee of Pittsburgh.
Services will be held at $3.50
am. Monday at the Ives funeral
home, 2847 Wilson boulevard,
Arlington. followed by requiem
mass at 10 am. in st. Charles
Catholic Church in Clarendon.
Burial will be in Columbia Gar
Idens Cemetery in Arlington.
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J. M. Peterson
APoIicemun
For SO Years

Once a familiar figure on
Georgetown streets. S3-year-old
James M. Peterson, a retired Dis
trio policeman. died Tuesday. He
retired in 1888 after SO years
with Georgetown's No. Z Pre-
cinct.
He often said he wouldn't be
happy anywhere but on his own
Georgetown beat" said a friend,
Mrs. Helen Gilbert.
Mr.. Peterson's chief hobby af-
ter his retirement was his back
yard rose garden. The 30 bushes
were in full flower at the time of
his death. He also collected an
tique silver with his wife. They
celebrated their 61st wedding
anniversary in April.
Mr.. Peterson, a Washington
native, lived at 1924 Fairmont
street NV. He was a member
of the Nineteenth Street Baptist
Church, where his father was a
deacon for IS years.
Survivors are his widow, four
sisters and a brother, all OF
Washington.
Funeral services will be at II
am. tomorrow at the residence
Burial will be in Lincoln Me-
mortal Cemetery.
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Mrs. w. E. Jarvis,
Native of District:
Funeral Monduy

Mrs. w. Ernest Jarvis. 70, a
native of Washington and the
daughter of native Washington
parents, died yesterday at Freed
mems Hospital after three
week illness.
A graduate of the old M Street
High School, Mrs. Jarvis, for
merly Miss Elva Catherine Minor,
married the founder of the Jar
Wis funeral home in 1900. Her
husband died in 1945. Mrs. jar
Wis lived at 1889 T street NV.
Survivors are a son, Norman
o., and a daughter, Arthea, who
Jointly operate the funeral home
at 1882 U street NV. There are
nine, grandchildren and two
great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held
at 10 am. Monday at st. Angus
tines Catholic Church on Fiji
tenth street NV. between r
and S streets. Burial will be in
Lincoln Memorial Cemetery.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-19
6. A. Watson, Broker,
Dies on European Trip,

George A. Watson, a Wash
ington investment broker, died
unexpectedly yesterday while on
vacation in Berne, Switzerland.
Mr.. Watson, SIS. an account
executive with the Auchincloss.
Parker and Redpath Office here.
was on a tour of Europe with
his wife.
Active in the Organized Bible
Glass Association. Mr.. Watson
was a deacon of Chevy Chase
Baptist Church. He lived at 4l00
Oliver street. Chevy Chase, Md.
Born in Washington, Mr.. Wat
son attended Roosevelt High
School, then a business school.
He worked in various investment
offices over the years and Joined
the Office of Auchincloss, Park
Ter and Redpath in 1949. From
|1944 to 1949 he was associated
with the Washington Office OF
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner
and Beane.
Mr.. Watson was a member OF
the Washington Board Of Trade,
a member of st. Johns Masonic
Lodge and an organizer Of the
new Bethesda Chevy Chase
branch of the Knights Of the
Round Table.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-19

Frank Golfer Pearson. 80. q
native Of Burke. Va. and one Of
the towns best-known citizens,
died Wednesday at the home Of
his daughter. Mrs. Mary jeffrey,
in Fairfax Station. Va.
Mr.. Pearson, who is colored.
was known to the whole COM
|munity. He delivered The Star
there for IS years and gave up
the work when he was 80. Sew
|eral winters, when the back roads
were too bad for the safe pas
sage of mailmen's cars. he would
take the mail around on foot. as
Ia favor to his neighbors.
They returned his kindness
after his house burned down in
November. 1949. Fire broke out
in Mr.. Parsons two-room frame
dwelling while he was seated on
the front porch, and there was
nothing left Of the small build
ling when firemen arrived. Mr.
Pearson had known no other
home as long as he could remem-
Der. He had raised his children
there, and his wife, Mrs. Annie
Marian Bowles Pearson, had died
there in 1910.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-19
MRS. Christensen,
Wife of Alexandria
|Physiotherupist

Mrs. Carl 0. Christensen, 81
wife of an Alexandria physio-
therapist. died unexpectedly yes
terday.
A native of Norway, Mrs
Christensen met her husband
when they were studying in
Copenhagen, Denmark. She
came to American in 1924.
DR.. and Mrs. Christensen lived
in Washington from 1924 until
1949 while DR.. Christensen
served on the stats of Provi-
dence and Gallinger (now Dis
trict GeneraD Hospitals, and
also was in private practice
They moved to Alexandria in
1949 and lived at 1884 Fitzger-
aid lane.
Survivors are DR.. Christensen
two sons, Carl o., jr., and Ken
meth, and two daughters, Mrs
Lillian Anthony and Mrs. Norma
Met Clean, and six grandchildren
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-19

ties of the firms he represented
and Red Chinese assessments.
He was one of two Americans
reported able to move about the
Chinese city. The other, Roman
Catholic Bishop James E. Walsh
of Cumberland, Md, has said he
will not leave Red China until
he is kicked out"
Looking across busy Hong
Kong harbor. Mr.. Miner. said:
l"Comparing this activity to that
of Shanghai harbor is like COM
Iparing a cart to a streamlined
train. The Chinese Communists
just don't have anything"
So far as business is con-
lcerned, he said, Shanghai is a
commercial graveyard as the
present program calls for elimi-
nation of private business"
He said the process of forcing
out all private businesses
foreign as well as Chinese-was
a slow one, letting them wiring
themselves out until they are as
dry as a dishrag and nothing
left"
He said the Communists had
appeared more tolerant toward
! foreigners in the last few months.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-19
Mrs. Mann, 81,
Years

Mrs. Frank A. Mann. Ga,
mother of two professors Of Eng
lish at Georgetown University,
died yesterday after a long ill
ness at the University hospital.
A native of County Cork, Ire
land. Mrs. Mann. the former Miss
Nora Toomey, was a resident OF
Washington for 48 years. Active
in affairs of Our Lady Queen OF
Peace Church, Ridge road and
Ely place Sc, she lived at 3942
Ames street NE.
The two sons teaching al
Georgetown are Frank A.. jr., anc
Jesse Mann. Also surviving are
her husband, and two other sons
John. an Official of Plumbers Un-
ion Local No. S, and William
Ia Potomac Electric Power Co. EN-.
Iploye. Other survivors are two
brothers. Dennis Toomey ano
Joseph Toomey, and two daugh.
tiers, Mrs. Michael Herlihy ano
Mrs. Dennis Corbett.
A requiem mass will be offered
lat 10 am. Monday in Mrs
Mann's church by her nephew
The Rev. D. Joseph Corbett oil
st. Gabriel'S Church in Wash
ington. Burial will be in Mount
Olivet Cemetery.
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zAGANII

zAGAML. GIAcoMo. sacred to the
memory Of my devoted husband,
GIACOMO zAGAAdI, who departed this
li5e four years ago today. May 10.
There Is wife who misses you sadly
And finds the time long since you
went,
And thinks Of you daily and hourly.
But tries to be brave and content.
But the tears that shed In silence
:. And / breathe a sigh OF regret
FOR YOU we're mine, and | remember,
Though all the world forQets
BELOVED WIPE, NATA.
LAGAMI. GIACOMO. In SAD but loving
remembrance OF our dear father and
grandfather 0iACOMO .zAcRAfI. who
entered IN eternal rest four years aRo
today. MAY 10 1859.
4 broken circle. a vacant chair.
We seem to miss you everywhere.
But IN our lonely hours Of thInkine,
thoughts OF you are ever near,
on, how Ions and sad the day
elnee from earth you passed away
DAUoHTEa AND YoUS oRi IS.
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F. B. Weuthersbee,
Held Federal Posts

Frank B. Weathersbee. "a, who
spent q years in Washington,
working with the Public Works
Administration and the Treasury
Department. died Wednesday.
He lived at 1895 Newton street
NV.
A native of North Carolina.
Mr.. Weathershee is survived by
his widow; two sons, Frank B.
jr,, of Rockville. Md. and David
Raymond of Springfield. N. j.,
and two grandchildren.
Funeral services will be at 10
am. Monday at the Warner
Humphrey Funeral Home 8434
Georgia avenue. Silver Spring.
Burial will be in Parklawn
Cemetery.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-19
John P. Siege, II, Nemesis
Of Chicago Mobs in Dry Era

He cracked down on Prohibi-
ton era gangsters by raiding
Speakeasies and cleaning up vice.
ridden neighborhoods. He was
probably the only policeman
ever accused of libel by a gang
ster.
During his career that began
in 1910 he won three creditable
mentions for meritorious police
work. They were for cleaning
up vice on the north side, fol
bravery in arresting a gunman
who had held off scores of police
and for arresting Aloe Salts, a
beer baron, on a murder charge
Salts sued Mr.. Siege for $780,
900 damages, claiming Siege had
libeled him by calling him a
gangster. The case was thrown
out Of court,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-19

(Mr. Miners mother. Mrs.
Thomas D. Miner, lives at Gil
Ethan Allen avenue, Takoma
Park. He once worked for the
Maryland News in Silver
Spring.
(Mrs. Miner said she has
heard frequently from her son
since the Red Chinese govern
ment said last September he
would be free to return home.
She said he told her on Moth
er's Day that he had no def
mite information on how long
he would be delayed.)
Mr.. Miner was the representa-
tive of the American owned Eve
ming Post and Mercury and 81;
other United States-owned com
panies in Shanghai. He was re
ported to have signed, contract
with the Chinese Communis
government three months ago Il
close the businesses. The once
outspoken English Language
newspaper edited by Randall
Gould suspended publication il
June, 1949.
Mr.. Miner was quoted earle
this year as saying there, was
wide gap between actual liabili
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R. Knight
Services Set Monduy

Funeral services for William
r. Knight. 33. killed Wednesday
in a bulldozer accident, will be
held at 8 pm. Monday in Coles
vile (Md0 Methodist Church.
A prayer service will be held at
2:15 pm. before the funeral at
Warner E. Humphrey funeral
home, 8434 Georgia avenue, Sill
yer Spring. Burial will be in
Parklawn Cemetery.
A member of the Kensington
Volunteer Fire Department and
World War II Air Force veteran,
Mr.. Knight, who lived at 1904
Old Ridge road. Silver Spring, is
survived by his wife, his mother.
two brothers and two sisters.
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Dewey to Address
Mason Day Fete

Former Gov. Thomas Z. Dewey
OF New York will be the featured
speaker at the annual George
Mason Day celebration June II
at Gunston Hall In Lorton. Va.
II was announced yesterday.
This year marks the lS0th an
niverSary Of the adoption Of Ma
sons Declaration OF Rights
which became the basis for the
Federal Bill Of Rights.
The June - observance viii
begin at pm. With q concert by
the Marine Band. NJ. Dewey uili
speak afterward The program
also will include presentation G.
a Tag % Gunston Hail b.
George Mason chapter Soa.
fhe Arre~t~sr nasaluftuu n
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Michael Goffredi,
Futher Of Doctors

Michael Goffredi, SO, father
OF two Washington doctors. died
Wednesday in Kingston, N. Y.
He was a retired restaurant and
apartment operator.
Survivors living in Washington
are DR.. Louis j. Goffredi. a sur
geon, of 1909 Shepherd street
NV; DR.. Corrado j. Goffredi,
"a dentist, of 1886 Upshur street
NV, and a daughter, Mrs.
William Nealon of 1445 Otis
place NV.
Other survivors are his widow
in Kingston. two sons and a
daughter in New York City, and
IL grandchildren. Funeral serv-
ices and burial are in Kingston
today.
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CHICAGO, May 10 (R.-Fu-
neral services are being held in
Santa Monica, Calf, today for
John P. Siege, II. one Of the
toughest policemen in Chicago
history in the handling Of hood
lumS.
Mr.. Siege died in California
from a series of heart attacks.
He and Mrs. Siege moved to
Santa Monica in 1912.
Mr.. Siege became chief of de-
tectives in 1880. One Of his first
orders was seize on sight all
known gangsters." Mass arrests
crowded lockups but paid of in
solution of crimes.
I'VE sure went after them, F"
Mr.. Siege recalled in an inter-
view. Il had my hat shot off
six times before I'd been at the
detective bureau a month"