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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-24
.HiuIeuh Results
BY the Associate 1 Press

FIRST RACE--Purse. 81, 500; claim
ing; {-year-olds and UP: "a miles.
Laurel kinE ssh'rm'nD 1910 s.;;99 ~ 3
Overland tWOodhOusel 4Df
erman L., Tribunal. Slide Sir. MI
Hash. Receipt. Bull Lame, GAY Jet. MIN
Baron. Gabrielle Time. i:33.
SECOND RAcE-Purse. $4,000; g.
year-old maidens; . furlongs.
Mt; oliyst sHartaeD HOO 20 aa.eo.:
Charles Alibi tUssery) $50
Bishop's Light. Gem Cutter. Loxa
hatchee. Montello. Nances Host. Soda
gudge. Pa Bull. Wreekef. Mnsh On
DAILY DOUBLE PAID sIe6.e0
THIRD RAcE-Purse. 81 900: claim.
ing; 4-year-olds and up; =. miles.
CAhoose tBr0oksl $40 $40 3.OC
Royal Pursuit tBurrD $50 i.su
KinE Red. Masle Lamp. Mcdrisan
Double DOGGY, Kitty LiEhtner. Alan X,
Time. 2.0sts
FOURTH RAcE-Purse, S.. 900; claim
Ing; 4-year- odds and up. q furlongs.
Candle Gsn s M.Sd , .ss. 700 ss 20 ~
Lord Henry, Aeeolade. Plstolero end
Hoop Ring. The Surgeon. Time. l:l3ss
FIFTH RAcE-Purse. $500: allow
H Ra..sn oS yss1 ses ,SrsSnfs al,
Hearts Desire tCataIano) TO ola
LOdestone (Daltonb f.s0
Crossword Susie. Royal Pearl, Dainty
Jane. Rapid Song. Adormidera. BriRhi
coronet. Louise Parham. Time, l:1f4s
SIXTH RAcE--Purse. $500; allow
ances 3-year-olds. d furlongs
North End tHigleyl 1900 $50 A.60
Dixie DoEe tCookb 1880 a.3G
Moon Crazy tVaIenuueIal 3.20
Roman Request Lloyds Angal Banned
Ballyrush Ftghting Force. Royal Envoy,
Sir Warren. Time l:i3as.
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only slightly under Fridays holi-
day totals of $1,650.751 with the
sum Of $1.597, 999 being showed
into the Bowie separation center.
Record Double Betting
In addition, fans today set a
track record for daily double
betting. They wagered $l54,734
on the combination races.
Don Lilns, Bowie's president,
optimistically had predicted So
million wagering over the George
Washington'S Birthday week end,
but the totals exceeded his hopes
by nearly a quarter of a million.
This surprising Splurge drove the
rising Bowie daily average to
$9l9,704 for the first IL days of
the earliest meeting ever IN
Maryland.
The 18th Burch Memorial was
a speed contest all the way with
George w. Parker's Sand Boy
cutting out a swift early pace
with a 224s opening quarter
Kinda Smart was never far back
and when German gave the five
lyear-old horse his head he
bounced to the front.
On top in the stretch, German
took no chances. working over
his mount with the whip. Kinda
Smart has tendency to take it
easy when he gets in front. but
German made him keep his
mind on the business of running
yesterday Fabricator. top weight
with 1l9 pounds against Kinda
Smart's lis. closed willingly, but
could not overtake the winner.
Improves with Age
In registering his first triumph
of 1957-it was only his second
start--Kinda Smart, a Mary
Iland-bred by High Lea and
March Scholar. netted $9,375 and
indicated that he is improving
with age.
The first four favorites in the
opening races got home safely.
and the daily double on a pair
of Fights was worth a conserva-
tive $3.50.
Two veteran riders whose ages
add up to 80. took care of the
double for the chalk followers
in clever style with 50-year-old
Claude Hopper guiding Page
Lady to the wire in the opener
at S7.20. and Jim Lynch who
is 40. steering Rapid Jim in the
second at SO. Rapid Jim. owned
by Mrs. Lawrence F. Vanier. be-
came the first triple winner of
the meet.
Traffic movement was much
smoother yesterday in compare
son with the Washington Birth
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N"' " " "s' vs.
EIGHTH RACE---Purse. SIa 400: al
lowances; 4-year- oldS and up. rs miles.
Turf
Lofty Peak tcatalano) $40 1890 500
JAbneh tHartackb $50 800
SunningdaIe Blum 2.90
King Grail. First Served. Greek Spy,
Blue Choir Time, .53ss
NINTH RACE-Purse. $4,000: claim
Ing, 3-year- oids and up; ] y miles.
Go Lightly (Cookb 500 $40 f.O0
Dientudo (UsseryD $50 A.30
Morning After tTreJOs) 200
Lark Sun. Dru Away. BTightest Star.
Pfrdala, War Hawk. Time. 1921.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-24

Traffic movement was much
smoother yesterday in compare
son with the Washington Birth
day jam, and all cars were
parked before the first race. The
going was slow after the races
as usual. but that too showed
improvement,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-24

Phillip Ripstein, SIS. a fan from
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-24
BOWIE

Continued from Page CT
only slightly under Fridays holi-
day totals of $l,650.751 with the
sum Of $1,597. 999 being showed
into the Bowie separation center.
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CHARTS OF RACES AT BOWIE

scopyright 1857. BY Triangle Publications, Inc,)
EdFSI RACE-Purse $1,000; claiming; 3-year-old ndles
place drying Winner, j. R. Dryers CHI BY Page Boots
Lady Day. Trainer, A. Taylor Vaues-Sl $50 5000, $500
$3.50. Time, 1:13A. Clear fast
Evening star., 1957-12-22

decision. They ordered Q re.
argument. Again Mr.. Blow and
Mr.. Rublee pleaded their case
while the shadow Of the death
chair Enlightened over Green.
Last Monday, the high court.
dividing 5 to 4 bypassed a
principle Of more than half
century standing and held that
Mr.. Blows Interpretation was
indeed correct.
Green now is awaiting .
paper Of the Supreme Court
which, when processed through
District Court. win mean his
release from District jail. The
paper has been airmaiIed to
Justice Black. who is in Florida,
for his signature. 2
II everything goes through
on schedule, Green, ailing, but
with a new suit, bus ticket
and $25--gratuities from the
Government he is entitled to
as q released prisoner-will be
out by Christmas.
The two young lawyers are
arranging to have him placed
in a veterans home.
Evening star., 1957-12-22

retired himself. in another
room.
Next morning At T:3S am,
Police Pvt. d. John Leacock
was walking his beat when he
noticed smoke pouring from the
Massachusetts, avenue residence,
He ran TO the door. It was
locked. He pounded on 1t with
his nightstick. No answer. He
ran to a call box at Eleventh
and L streets NV. and put in
the alarm.
Basement Door Forced
Among the iirst at the scene
was John Malinak Of Truce
Company 3. He forced open the
basement door. which was
locked. as were the other doors,
Wearing a mask against the
fumes inside. he entered. Open
ing the door Of q bathroom In
the basement. he walked In 10
find Green lying face down in
Ia bathtub which contained q
couple Of inches Of water. The
man was clad in trousers and
shirt. The latter was bloody.
Malinak carried Green. who
appeared unconscious. outside.
In the basement. the fireman
testified. he heard q kissing
sound and discovered the plug
in the gas meter had been re-
moved and gas was escaping
He replaced the plug he had
found lying on the floor.
Meanwhile. another fireman,
William H. Phillips. entered the
house through o window. On a
bed. In q first floor room. he
found Miss Brown clad in a
nightgown. He carried her OUT
Evening star., 1957-12-22

because. he said. his assailant
first had pulled It up.
Il was at the conclusion of
the trial. In charging the jury
that Judge Mclaughlin made
his understandable II crucial
error.
He instructed the jury that
it could bring in q verdict Of
second -degree murder-that Is
q Staying with malice but with
out premeditation. and with or
without an intent TO kill.
Now such q charge had been
held by higher courts TO be
valid In charges Of felony mur-
der. where the evidence war
rants II. such as In q case where
q man is robbed and found
dead. There may be circum-
stances to indicate that the
victim might have been slain
In a fight and that the slayer
later decided to rob him. The
death then did not occur dur
ing the robbery nor was It
caused by the robbery. Hence
1t may not be first-degree MUIR
der.
Second Degree Verdict
On the basis Of Judge Nc
Laughlin's charge. Green es-
capped the death penalty. The
jury brought in q verdict OF
second-degree murder and ar
son. Green was sentenced 10
serve 5 TO 20 years.
The case. however, was far
from closed. On the next turn
Of the legal machinery, the
United States Court Of Appeals
held that there was no evidence
to warrant a second-degree
murder charge. The verdict
should have been first-degree
or acQuittal. the tribunal said
A new trial was ordered.
When Green made his appeal
the court warned him that at q
new trial he might be convicted
OF first- degree murder. But hi
said. at his age, he would take
the gamble with death.
Around this time. the Law
firm Of Covington and BurlinG
was asked to take the cas-,
without fee. Green was penni'
less and the appellate cour
acted to obtain counsel for him
The flrm assigned Georg'
Blow. then out Of the Univer
sity Of Virginia only six months
to take over the case. He sough
out the late Charles z. Ford
widely known criminal lawye
who died recently, for advice
Evening star., 1957-12-22

ol existence or the AVERAGE
man. He was born In WASH
inston and for q while attended
the Bradley School In South
west Washington.
Afterwards, his father gave
him q job In the elder Green's
small decorating business. In
1908. Green left to 60 to work
in the machine shop Of the
Bureau Of Engraving where he
stayed until 1915.
He served a short hitch In the
Army. He didn't set overseas
and he was honorably dis
charged at Camp jackson, s. c..
IN 1918 as a private In a Field
ARTILLERY replacement division.
In 1920 he married. The cou-
pie had no children. After
about 10 years the marriage
ended in a divorce.
Dabbled in Real Estate
During the depression sos he
dabhled in real estate--mostly
unsuccessfully. One day he
dropped in to see Miss Betty
Brown. a spinster nearing so
who had been q friend Of the
Greens and his parents. She.
then. was operating a rooming
house at 1925 Tenth street NV.
Miss Brown. like Green. was
pretty much alone. Her father,
Q hotel desk clerk. had died In
Houston. Tex. in 1914 and her
mother passed away shortly
afterward.
The visit to Miss Brown
turned into q cut-rate version
Of The Man Who Came to
Dinner" Green came down
with flu that night and re-
mained to recuperate. He
wound up by renting q room
there and stayed for years
afterward.
Then. in 1850. he placed
small down payment on the
Evening star., 1957-12-22

Mr.. Ford agreed TO Anter the
case.
Sentenced 10 DlD
Green. rolling for high
stakes, lost. At the new trial
he was found guilty Of FIRST
degree murder. that Is Of caus-
ing Miss Browns death by ar
son. He was sentenced to die
A new appeal was planned.
This time, another Of the firms
young lawyers entered the case
George Rublee III. q gradu-
ate Of Harvard Law School.
Mr.. Blow. before the second
trial, in sweating out legal is
sues had hit on a novel con-
cept. When, at the FIRST trial.
he reasoned, the jury found
Green guilty Of second -degree
murder. 1t. by inference. ac-
quilted him Of first-degree
Staying. Hence. the second trial.
for first-degree murder would
place Green in double jeopardy
--he would be on trial for a
crime Of which he already had
been acquitted. -
The trial Judge ruled against
this proposition as did, later.
the u. s. Court Of Appeals in
o 8 to 3 opinion. But the mi
nority composed Of Chief
Judge Henry w. Edgerton. Da-
vid L. Bazelon and Charles
Fahy who agreed with Mr..
Blow and Mr.. Rublee were to
find themselves vindicated
later.
Taken to Supreme Court
The plea was put before the
Supreme Court last year. But
the justices could arrive at no
Evening star., 1957-12-22

letter had been received by
Mrs. Enid Anthony, q friend Of
Miss Brown and Green. Signed
Everett and postrnarked May
90. 1880 pm, II read:
Tuesday am. Please notify
w. T. Thompson. Fredericks-
burg. Virginia. Of Miss Betty
Browns death. A fine and good
lady. q true friend 70 me. We
both want It this way. Good
bye, my friend. Please have my
ashes thrown on the Chesa-
peake Bay. The enclosed Is for
flowers for her." Enclosed were
two $40 bills. Mrs. Anthony inn
mediately turned the note over
TO police.
on February 81 1854. Green
went on trial for felony murder
before Federal Judge Charles
IN. Mclaughlin IN q. s. District
Court. Assistant United States
Attorney Thomas A. Flannery
prosecuted.
Death Penalty Mandatory
Under the law. anyone who
causes the death Of another
by arson Is guilty offlrst- degree
murder. The death penalty is
mandatory upon conviction.
On the witness stand. Green
testified that after walking Miss
Shannon home the night be-
fore the fire. he went into Miss
Browns bedroom TO check on
her since she had complained
Of feeling weak. He found she
was not breathing and he de-
termined that she was dead.
Grief-stricken. he said. he
planned suicide and wrote the
note to Mrs. Anthony.
He said he then went 10
sleep to be awakened by the
smell OF smoke at about 6:45
am. He said he had decided
against suicide and tried TO get
Mrs. Anthony on the phone "a
tell her to disregard the letter.
But there was no answer al
her home. Then he repeated
the story Of the attack in the
basement.
Says He Was Dazed
On cross-examination, Green
said he did not tell the officers
Of finding Miss Brown dead be-
cause the question was moi
raised and anyway he wai
dazed at the time. He ex-
planned that no holes were
found In his undershirt, al
though he had been stabbed
Evening star., 1957-12-22
6 Destroyers Return
From Mediterranean

NEWPORT, r. l.. Dec. 81 tR).
Six destroyers returned from
four months duty with the 9Th
Fleet in the Mediterranean and
docked at Melville shortly after
8 am. today.
The six ships Of Destroyer
Squadron "a are the Berry.
Norris, McCaffrey. Hatwood,
Thomas and Keppler.
Evening star., 1957-12-22

ill-fated three-story brown
stone house on Massachusetts,
avenue, Miss Brown moved IN
also. He planned TO renovate
it and open q rcoming house,
Green and Miss Brown were
happy in their fashion. From
time to time they would have
little parties attended by q
couple OF cronies. Mostly soft
stun like Jeilo and ice cream
were served. Good. nutritious,
and yet easy on the bridge
work.
Miss Brown. by this time,
was showing signs Of age. She
was about 80. Hardening Of
the arteries. a falling heart
and liver trouble made their
inroads.
Deputy Brings Papers
Business was not good. Ten
ants were nonexistent. Then. on
May IS. 1858. q deputy United
States marshal appeared. He
had papers ordering eviction,
Green had not been able to
keep pace with the mortgage
payments.
IF they put me out they're
going to be sorry" the deputy,
Alva e. Cornelius. later quoted
Green as threatening.
That night Green, Miss
Brown and q friend. q Miss
Elsie Shannon. had q little
dinner together. Green pre-
pared 1t. Miss Brown by this
time was pretty III and Green
used TO do the shopping and
cooking.
At about 1850 pm. Green
walked Miss Shannon home. He
then returned. Miss Brown. who
had been feeling Ill. retired.
Then. at about midnight. he
Evening star., 1957-12-22

side where q physician pro-
nounced her dead.
Turpcntine wAs smelled by
Fire Inspector Warren G. Kelly
as he CROPPED his way through
the smoke. He found an empty
bottle Of the fiuid in the kitch-
en-. Five separate fres were
burning.
He concluded that an infiam-
mable liquid was used because
cracks In the floor were burned
out very deeply.
Autopsy Performed
At the morgue. Deputy Corr
Oner Richard Rosenberg per-
formed an autopsy on the body
Of Miss Brown. He found she
died from smoke inhalation. He
also found she was suffering
from o diseased heart, arterio-
sclerosis and other ailments
He admitted that younger
and healthier woman might moi
have been killed BY the smoke
fumes.
But the fact that a chemist
found IA per cent carbon diox-
ide in her blood proved signifi-
cant:
.She had 10 be alive to in
hale It." DR.. Rosenberg testified
Mr.. Green was removed 70
Emergency Hospital and later
to District General Hospital,
Puncture wounds described as
superficial were found in his
chest. Two small wounds pin
Ipricked his neck.
He told Homicide Sergt
Lionel Couture that he had
been awakened by smoke, said
he went to the basement and
found 1t full Of smoke. Then,
he was quoted as saying. q
strange man felled him with q
blow and. leaping on him,
stabbed him with a dagger w
to the hilt.
Paper and Pens Found
Mr.. Green told police that
after the stranger disappeared,
he pulled the dagger from his
chest and stumbled TO the BATH
tub hoping that by keeping his
face near the water. he would
avoid suifocation from the
smoke. An open box Of writing
paper and some pens had been
found In the kitchen. Had
Green written any letters? he
was asked.
No. he had not. police quoted
him as saying.
But the day after the fire.
Evening star., 1957-12-22
a GAMBLE With DEATH
Judges Error Helps
Green Win Fight
ny HOWARD L. DuTKIN

This Is the story of elderly condemned for MUIR
der Of young lawyer who before had argued
and OF Judge. not given to error who made mistake.
stances that Just couldn't occbut did II the story Of
the Everett Green case
For IS years Green led the unexcng ANONYMOUS sort
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-30
Hearings to Stort
On Airport Funds

A subcommittee of the House
Appropriations Committee will
begin hearings tomorrow on the
request of President Eisenhower
for an appropriation of $35
million fdf resuming construc-
ton of the second Washington
airport at Burke, Va.
This is a part of numerous
other requests made by the
President for inclusion in the
first supplemental appropria-
ton bill for fiscal 1858.
Another appropriation SUBJ
committee was to hold a hear
ing today on supplementary re-
quests for the District govern
ment totalling about SO million
These requests include SIS. 00C
for the corporation counsel and
$4,000 for the Municipal
Court to carry out the terms OF
the bill providing for recipro-
cal action against runaway
fathers and $4,000 to provide
for the enforcement of the
new law against charity rack
cts.
The supplemental District
requests also include about ST.
million to provide for the con-
Structionl of additions to the
Bryan, River Terrace, Noyes
and Kingman elementary
schools.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-30
Virginia Dissents
Not to Be Printed

RICHMOND. Va, July 80
R.-The FIVE separate state
ments filed by members of the
State Senate's Courts of Justice
Committee with the commit
tees majority report on inter-
position will not be printed
by the committee.
State Senator NJ. NJ. Long
Of Wise. the committee chair
man. said yesterday that COM
mitteemen had been advised
Of this plan before the majority
report indorsing the doctrine
of interposition was sent to
the printers. No objection was
raised by any committee men,
Der. Senator Long said.
State Senator John A. K.
Donovan of Fairfax. who had
filed a minority dissent. had
protested the omission Of his
report when the majority re-
port was printed and dis
tributed.
Senator Long said copies Of
all the separate statements
we're available and would be
mailed to anyone who wrote 10
the Senate clerk and aSked for
one.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-30
Driver Is Killed
In Maryland Crash

A motorist was killed today
when his car collided with a
tractor trailer at the interSec-
ton of Routes / and IT'S in
Howard Country. Maryland
State Police reported.
Roland Cannon, so, of Buff
falo. N. Y. was killed.
His wife, Mrs. Florence Can
non, so. who was thrown from
the car and trapped under the
wheels of the tractor trailer,
was admitted to the University
of Maryland Hospital in Bal
timore with hand and foot cuts
Two children in the car were
not injured.
State Troopers j. P. Viewer
and Norman Tooren reported
Mr.. Cannon was attempting to
make a left turn of Route
onto Route IT'S when his car
collided with the tractor-trailer
driven by Milford d. Brashears,
26, of Edgewater Md.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-30
Alexandra Safe Robber
Asks Leniency for Pal

IAN Alexandrian who adj
niltted engineering a $1,000
safe theft asked Judge yes
terday for mercy for his part
ner because the co-defendant
has a clean record.
Johnny Vance Waugh. "a, of
the 200 block OF North Column
bus street. was sentenced to
FIVE years in the Virginia State
Penitentiary for grand lar
ceAy. He admitted taking a
safe containing the $1,000
from a service station in the
800 block of North Washington
street on June 10.
The co-defendant, Jerry E.
Belcher. "a, of 1892 Duke street
pleaded guilty TO receiving
stolen goods. Waugh testified
that Belcher provided him with
tools and was there when the
safe was removed.
There is no doubt about my
guilt" he said TO Judge Frank
lin BackuS. but l would like
YOU 10 show him Belcher)
some leniency because he has
never been IN trouble before
II was all my idea Judge
Backus ordered a pre-Sentence
report on Belcher by the pro-
baton officer.
Waugh. according to William
Cowhig. assistant Common.
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N Is No Replacement
For Teacher, British Says

make their classes more in
teresting for both their stu
dents and themselves" he said.
He cited the case of a
geometry teacher who was
scheduled to teach a Junior
high school course on tele-
vision. The teacher, who had
based his instruction on one
system for IL years, decided
he was tired of the blackboard.
He created a simple but gra-
phic method of putting his
lessons across by use of black
elastic bands formed in geo.
metric patterns.
Mr.. British said television
seemed to monopolize the
child's attention more than
most classroom teachers.
1--WE had fewer discipline
problems in TV claSsrooms
than in regular classrooms.
Mr.. British said.
Mr.. British said it was neces-
sary for his schools to MAIN
tain two teaching staffs-one
to give the lessons over the
closed-circuit television and
the other to supervise applica-
ton of the lesson and answer
ing questions.
"Television is not a teach
ing process" Mr.. British said.
1T does not replace the teacher
or the book"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-30
BY the Associated Press

The use of television in edu-
cation will not make the teach
er obsolete, according to a SUI
perintendent of schools in a
county which has experimental
with closed-circuit educational
TV.
William British, Washington
County superintendent of
schools, told a group of about
200 teachers that his county'S
experiment with educational
television was in many ways
beneficial to both students and
teachers.
Mr.. British spoke yesterday at
a University Of Maryland sum-
mer lecture series on trends in
education.
I'VE found teachers who had
been instructing by one method
for years and years suddenly
waking up, re-evaluating them
selves and devising systems TO
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-30
.M'KeIdin Expected
To Try Again for
Irrigation Law

BALTIMORE, July 80 (P).-
Gov. McKeldin's assistant says
the Governor almost GER
tainly" will try again to get
the Legislature to make some
provision for irrigating Mary
land farmlands in times of
drought.
Albert w. Quinn, speaking
for the Governor, who is vaca-
tioning in Europe. said the
legislation to be proposed very
likely" will be patterned after
a bill which the General AS
sembly turned down last winter
In general, the measure
would have authorized county
commissioners to borrow funds
for building small reservoirs
The bonds would be retired
with funds paid by farmers
using the water.
The bill was prepared with
the assistance of DR.. Joseph T.
Singewald. jr., director of the
State department of geology
mines and water resources.