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Evening star., 1961-07-01
Harris Client
Wins Right 10
Ask New Trial
Convicted Woman
Complains Lawyer
Was Impostor

A woman convicted of man
slaughter in District Court last
January was granted a chance
yesterday to seek a new trial
on her complaint that her trial
attorney was an imposter.
The opportunity was made
possible yesterday by the United
States Court of Appeals in the
case of Elsie v. Jones. Originally
she had been charged with sec
ond-degree murder, but was
convicted on a manslaughter
charge and was sentenced to !
serve a jail term of from one
to four years by District Court |
Judge Edward M. Curran.
She appealed her conviction,
and the appellate court ap-
pointed Washington attorney
Alfred Moses to handle the ap-
peal. Earlier this week Mr..
Moses appeared in the appellate
court prepared to argue the
case on claimed errors during |
trial.
However, a development of |
June 81 handed Mr.. Moses an
other issue which he argued tn-j
stead. =, '7s Z
FBI Hunts Harris j
This was the flight of the
woman's trial lawyer, known
during 1S months of law prac-
tice here as L. A. Harris.
Harris" fled as an investi-
cation got underway concern
ing his qualifications to prac-
tice as a lawyer. On June %
the FBI started a Nation wide
search for the man, and it was
revealed that his real name is
Daniel Jackson Oliver Wendell
Holmes Morgan.
The arrest warrant issued by
the United States Commits
sioner charges Morgan with
carrying out a fraud by repre-
senting that he was a lawyer.
The FBI said that he had been
convicted in 1857 for contempt
of court for carrying out sim
liar pose in Chicago.
Acting on this knowledge.
Mr.. Moses asked the U. S.
Court of Appeals to order
District Court hearing to de-
termine whether or not his
client should be given a new
trial on grounds she was rot
represented by counsel in viola
tlon of her constitutional
rights.
New Appeal Invited
Yesterday the appellate court
ordered the District Court to-
entertain" a request for such a
hearing, adding that if the
hearing is not granted or if the
hearing is granted and a new
trial denied, the Jones woman
may again appeal.
The Jones case is one of more
than 20 in which Morgan acted
as an attorney either during
trial or during preliminary pro-
ceedings leading up to trial.
New lawyers have been ap-
pointed or retained by several
defendants in these cases to
defend them at time of trial
and two others have already
taken steps to seek a new trial.
The Jones woman had been
charged with Staying a guest
at her wedding party during an
argument in 1860. If she does
not press the request for a new
trial further-under the SEN
tence already imposed following
the manslaughter conviction
she would be eligible for parole
next January. 1t is conceivable
that on re-trial she might be
given a stiffer sentence, if she is
again convicted.
Those clients of Harris
Morgan who were not con-
victed may not be tried again
since double jeopardy would
preclude such action.
Evening star., 1961-07-01
Weather Bureau
70 Years Old,
Draws Praise
BY the Associated Press

The Weather Bureau is 10
years old today and, according
to Secretary of Commerce
Hodges, should celebrate by
providing good weather for the
Fourth of July week end.
In a congratulatory message
to DR.. F. w. Reichelderfer, bu-
reau chief, Mr.. Hodges said
yesterday the country has
reason to be proud of the
progress made by the agency
in reaching the fine old Bib
lican age of 3 score and TO-"
He added:
I'VE are even prouder of the
way the old man of 10 has
clambered aboard space We
hicles to keep pace with the
developments of this new age"
Congress created the bureau
as a civilian agency on July /,
1891. There had been a ma
tional weather service earlier,
under the direction of the
Army Signal Corps.
Il am glad TO have this &C.
caSion to say publicly what a
fine job you are doing" Mr..
Hodges wrote. I'm response,
the least you can do is promise
us all a spell of good weather
for the Fourth OF July week
end"
Evening star., 1961-07-01
Driver Killed
As Auto Hits
Rear Of Truck
Letter Vehicle
Was Booking Up
On Parkway

A mortrist was killed in
stantly today when his car ran
under the rear of a truck back
ing up on the Baltimore Wash
ington parkway at Route IT'S
near Waterloo. Maryland State
Police reported.
The victim was identified by
police as James Thomas Linton.
26, of 502 Green Hill avenue,
Laurel. He was pronounced dead
on arrival at University Hospi-
tai, Baltimore.
The truck had driven several
hundred feet south past the
parkway exit to Route ITS and
was backing up to turn off the
highway when the accident oc-
CURED, according to Trooper
Gordon Maddox. Trucks are
not allowed on the parkway
south of the Route ITS turmoil.
Trooper Maddox said the
truck driver was Jacob Bell, 54,
of Philadelphia, who had
rented the vehicle from the Ace
Rental Co. of Philadelphia.
Riding with him were his wife,
Adell, 46, and a niece, Elaine
Clements. II. "
The three were treated for
cuts and bruises at Prince
Georges General Hospital. No
charges have been filed pend
ing consultation with the,
Anne Arundel County States
Attorney, Trooper Maddox said.
Evening star., 1961-07-01
County Names
Schools Head

PETERSBURG, w. Va, July
l (SpeciaD &C. D. Sions has
been named by the Grant
County School Board as super
intendent of schools. He sue
ceeds A. Neil Frye, who re-
signed to accept duties else
where. Action was taken at a
special meeting of the board.
Mr.. Sions was principal of
the high school here for IL
years. resigning three years ago
to accept duties as educational
adviser to the West Virginia
Director of Conservation. Most
recently he has served as dis
trict manager for the World
Book Encyclopedia.
Evening star., 1961-07-01
BY JEREMY FOSS
Star Staff Writer

ANNAPOLIS, July Six
teen year = old Ralph Wayne
Dresbach, who shot and killed
his parents, has been convicted
of first degree murder, by an
Anne Arundel Circuit Court
jury. The verdict. which did
not include a recommendation
of capital punishment, carries
an automatic sentence of life
Imprisonment.
Young Dresbach was charged
with the Staying of both his
parents in their Franklin
Manor, Md, home on January
7, but he was tried yesterday
only in the death of his father,
Washington Attorney H. Ma
lone Dresbach. Formal SEN
fencing will be Monday.
Quick Verdict Given
The all-male jury returned
the verdict just IL minutes
after they were charged by
Judge Benjamin Michaelson at
6:02 pm. yesterday.
The boy, who attending pSy-
chiatriStS and police say has
shown no remorse since he
killed his parents in a fusil-
lade of shots in their home,
showed no reaction as he heard
the jury judge him not insane
now nor at the time of the
shooting, and guilty of the pre-
meditated murder of his father
Permanent personality dam
age could have been done, said
one psychiatrist, when Wayne
was separated from maternal
care at an early age. The boy
testified that ne did not learn
until he was 10 years old that
he and his brother Lee, Is,
were adopted.
But none of the pSychiatriSts
defense or prosecution, judged
Wayne insane. When asked il
he believed the youth could dis
tinguiSh between right and
wrong now and on the morning
of January Z when he fired
some ten .22-caliber bullets into
his father and mother, DR.
Manfred S. Guttmacher an
Swered yes.
After hearing this opinion
from his own defense psychia-
trist and also from State psy-
Evening star., 1961-07-01
STUDENT KILLED,
OTHERS HURT

An Alexandria youth was
critically injured Thursday
night near Princeton, w. Va,
in a three-car collision which
took the life of one young stu
dent and also injured a third.
According ta the Associated
Press, the Alexandria youth was
Nelson David Conner, %, who
was admitted to Memorial Hos
pital in Princeton, along with
H. Matthew McCabe, %, of
Waterbury. Conn. Both were
reported in critical condition.
The dead youth was Sammy
H. Launtz. 20. of Johnstown,
Pa. All three were students at
Concord College.
Evening star., 1961-07-01
Mochine-Gun Bandits
Leave eFewCIues Behind

employees and customers with
a submachine gun, while the
other. carrying a .45-caliber
automatic, ordered a teller to
collect all the big bills from
the other tellers on duty.
Witnesses said the bandits
were not interested in bills of
smaller denominations.
One customer, Arthur Carter.
owner of Victor Liquor store at
6220 Georgia avenue. had laid
out 81, 500 in four stacks before
depositing it. The bandit with
the machine gun spotted the
money and stuffed it into his
pocket.
Loss Paid Quickly
Thomas J. Groom, president
of the bank, said the banks
bonding company had already
handed over a check covering
the losses, including the 81 500
lost by. Mr.. Carter.
Mr.. Groom said. no alarm
was sounded when the robbers
entered the building because
the bank doesn't have an
alarm. He said officials of the
bank were afraid an alarm
could tempt employees into
making moves that would cause
armed men to shoot. No one
was injured in yesterdays
holdup.
Robbery Squad Capt. Nunzio
Bonaccorsy said the holdup
was the sixth time in recent
years that branch banks on
upper Georgia avenue have
been held up. The Bank of
Commerce branch was held up
for $4,000 by a lone bandit two
years ago. The robber was
arrested shortly after the
holdup, and is now confined to
a mental institution.
Evening star., 1961-07-01
AUTOCRASH FATAL
TO SCOOTER RIDER

A 20 -yea ar old Seabrook
Md man was killed last
night when the motor scooter
on which he was a passenger
collided with a car in the $500
block of Lanham Severn road.
Seabrook.
} Prince Georges County police
said George. w. Morgan, jr., of
Railroad avenue, Box 6, was
pronounced dead from head
and internal injuries at Prince
Georges County Hospital.
He was riding on the rear
of a motor scooter operated by
Walter L. Wilson, jr., 10, of
9120 Fowler lane, Lanham,
Md, when the scooter was
struck from behind by a car
driven by Clarence House, 43,
Gilt Tuckerman street, Sea-
brook. police said.
Police said the accident is
still being investigated and no
charges have been made.
Evening star., 1961-07-01
HyuttsviIIe Man
Shot in Argument

A HyattSville (Md.) man is
in undetermined condition to-
day in Prince Georges General
Hospital with a gunshot wound
in the left shoulder received
during an argument last night,
city police reported.
The victim, Roscoe Hayes,
27, of the 4700 block of Rhode
Island avenue, Hyattsville, was
shot with a .38-caliber revolver
at the home of Charles Nc
Keever, 46, of the 4700 block
of Forty-first place, Hyatts-
vile, according to Police Chief
Silas Dennis. Police charged
McKeever with assault with a
dangerous weapon.
Evening star., 1961-07-01
so Prince Georges
Policemen Promoted

The Prince Georges County
commissioners yesterday pinned
badges on so newly promoted
policemen, representing the
largest single upgrading in the
departments history.
Herbert w. Reichelt, vice
chairman of the commissioners,
praised the men for being the
nucleus of lone of the most
efficient police departments in
the Metropolitan Area" About
so relatives of the policemen at
tended the ceremony, held in
the courthouse in Upper Marl-
boro,
Evening star., 1961-07-01
MEMO FROM THE EDITOR:
Star Reading Quiz
For This Sunday

l. WHOM DOES PRESIDENT KENNEDY consider the
six braveSt Presidents? This is the first in
series which appears Sunday in This Week
Magazine.
2. WHICH is WASHINGTON'S OLDEST HOSPITAL?
1t outgrowth of the Civil War. For the
answer, read "The Civil War as Reported by The
Star 100 Years Ago" in SUNDAY, The Star
Magazine.
g. is THIS GOING TO BE BAD YEAR FOR
TRAVEL? Star Travel Editor Jack Jonas discusses
the travel industry's new trends in recent weeks.
4 WHERE DOES ROCK CREEK START? In a word
and picture story, SUNDAY, The Star Magazine,
gives you its exact location.
S. WHAT ABOUT PLAYHOUSE co. RERUNS?
color cover picture of Jack Lennon and inside
story by Bernie Harrison tells the story in TV
Magazine with more color pages and more televiSon
liStngs
g. WHAT'S CASEY'S SUCCESS SECRET? For more
answers how Casey Stengel managed to win 10
pennants and series in IL years of managing
the Yankees see This Week Magazine.
Phone Lincoln $4,000 for Home Delivery
Evening star., 1961-07-01

Federal agents and local po-
lice searched today for the two
men who seized $4,000 in the
daylight robbery of a Georgia
avenue bank yesterday.
Authorities reported they
have received few leads in the
case, and admitted that the
search is centering around an
uncertain description of the
getaway car.
FBI agents said this morn
ing. however, that a car an
Swering the general description
of the bandits vehicle had been
found by Takoma Park (Md.)
police. Federal agents were
busting the car for finger
prints this morning.
The search began after two
men, one of them holding a
submachine gun, held eight
employees of the Brightwood
Branch of the Bank of Com
merce and a dozen customers
at bay and escaped with $18,852
of the banks money and about
S1,500 being deposited by a
businessman.
Abandoned Car Found
Police were at the scene
within minutes after the rob-
bers left through the back
door, and fled in a stolen Ca
dillac convertible. The robbers
abandoned the car severa
blocks away, and entered
another vehicle.
They avoided road blocks sci
up around Washington, anc
were believed to have headed
north through Maryland. Tht
second car at first was de.
scribed by a witness as a 1885,
Plymouth. The description
was later changed to read 6
1856 turquoise Chevrolet.
The FBI's 13-State lookout
for the robbers described them
as heavy-set white men in their
early 30s, with swarthy COM
plexions. Investigators SaiC
their method of operation
showed that the robbery was
we'll planned and that the mer
were probably professionals.
The pair entered the one
story building at 6422 Georgia
avenue NV. about 9:45 am
yesterday. Both were carry
ing blue Upper bags.
One of the men covered the
Evening star., 1961-07-01
Police Hold Man
In Street SIuyinq

A 27-year-old market worker
was shot to death last night
on a Northwest street.
According to Homicide De-
tective Sergt. Harry Pixton,
the dead man was identified
as Leo Griffin, 81, of 1412 New
ton street NV. Sergt. Pixton
said Ernest Carter, %. a tile
worker of no fixed address,
was charged with shooting
Griffin in front of the Lucky
j Restaurant at 1882 Four
teenth street NV.
Evening star., 1961-07-01
MoryIonder'sS Son
Feared Drowned

The 50-year old son of an
Annapolis haberdasher is miss
ing and presumed drowned in
Vermont's Lake Champlain.
Searchers have found no
trace of DR.. David Greengold
and three companions, the AS
sociated Press reported. The
four set out on a fishing trip
last Sunday in a l5-foot out
board boat.
DR.. Greengold of Pittsfield.
Mass, was the son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Abraham Greengold, who
have operated a clothing store
for SO years.
Evening star., 1961-07-01
Dresboch Youth Guilty,
Faces Life Sentence

chiatrist DR.. Jacob Morgan
stern, defense counsel Albert
]. Goodman dropped his plea
of insanity. He asked the jury
instead for a verdict LESS than
first degree murder"
The court heard Lee, a tanned
and robust looking contrast to
has pale brother, tell them how
their father had forced Wayne
to take an academic course to-
ward college when he preferred
general studies. After Wayne
failed and was held back a
grade, in the same class as Lee,
Mr.. Dresbach would "goad''
Wayne about his grades, even
in front of company. Lee said.
Lee described his father as a
man who drank a lot"
Tells of Punishment
When Wayne took the stand,
he told the jury that his father
often beat him with a leather
strap after report cards came
out. The last time, however,
he said his father told him he
improved but could do better.
The boy told the jury he
once had to remow the lawn
after he missed a 2-inch
strip" and one time was made
10 sit for an hour in front of
window he had broken with
croquet ball.
These were some of the
things Wayne said he thought
about the night before the
shooting, after his parents had
told him to quit lying" about
his reason for coming home
an hour later than his brother
1t was that night, he said,
that he decided 10 kill his
father. He had thought about
it before, he said, but never
planned it.
The next morning Wayne
aWoke early, went downstairs
and took a rifle from his
fathers gun rack. He loaded
it and waited behind a tele-
vision set in the living room.
When his father came cut of
the bedroom minutes later,
Wayne started firing. Bullets
rammed into the walls and
mirror. -Four killed Mr.. Dres-
bach. AS his mother ran into
the room Wayne said he "lost
control of himself and killed
her, too.
Evening star., 1961-07-01
Prolific Cot

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP).-
Herman" a 20-year-old fe-
male cat owned by Mac Tool
of Columbus, gave birth to a
lone kitten the other day to
bring her total offspring to 1913.
, 1961-08-05
Mon Stedls Gosh.
FORCES Two Checks.
Returns to Antigua

A man, identified as Os-
borne Batson of Antigua,
entered the home Of Miss
Eunice Long, a pubic steno-
grapher, on the night of
July 18th and removed SO
i'll cash from her pocket
book, also two checks, one
for $36.18 and another for
$43.80, together with a Gig
arctic lighter on which her
initials are engraved.
The first check was cash
ed at the store Of Luis Lo-
pei Garcia; the second at
Domingo Velasquez Shop
at Estate st. Johns.
Batson left for Antigua.
=H#H
, 1961-08-05

the WOLF, by Mrs. Att Bermu-
DEE.
8. Clever Alice, a story read by
Mrs. Rita Schuster.
A. An illustrated folk tale,
'Gusta", by John L. Nichols, com
mercial artist.
S. "Alice in Wonderland, dra-
matizations by Michael Du Shant.
6. The Making of the Empty
Lavior," a French story by Mrs.
Gran Roebuck.
Most of the participants involv-
ed children, inviting them to sing,
to act out stories and; in any other
ways, to be more than spectators.
This the children loved and they
took their part with gusto.
The Forbes family group closed
the program with stirring mar.
cheS.
The children were loud in APP
plause and warm in their reac-
tons to the. program, according
to all reports. They did not even
revolt when they found the baker
had sent ginger cup cakes instead
Of gingerbread men for the re-
freshments which followed the
program.
Besides those mentioned, the
other students who took part in
sponsoring the fair were: Mrs.
Blanche Holder, Mrs. Crystalia
Christopher, Mrs. Elisa Dennis,
Mrs. Inez Joseph, Mrs. Agatha
Sergeant.
The Hampton Institute Expert
mental College in the Virgin Is
Continues on page -
, 1961-08-05
Judge Cracks Down
For Shooting Deer
Out Of Season

On Tuesday in the Mum
cipal Court Julio L, Cordero
was fined $500. and sentenc
ed to sixty days in Rich
mond Penitentiarw for
hunting without a license
and shooting a deer out Of
season. The jail sentence
was suspended.
Judge Moorhead warned
Cordero that if he appear
ed in court within 5 years
he would have to serve the
suspended sixty days.
, 1961-08-05
Local L~egiondires TO
Meet on Monduy
In Old Police Court


Members of the Alexand-
er Hamilton Post No. IS Of
the American Legion will
meet in the old Police Court
room in Christiansted on
Monday night, August Z, it
was announced by Ejnar r.
Boiling, Commander.
The meeting will begin
at $50 sharp.
, 1961-08-05
Phillies. Commanders
Baseball Come For
Sunday Postponed

The baseball game sche-
duled to be played between
the PhiIlies and Comman-
does on Sunday at the Ca
negata Ball Park, has been
postponed until Sunday,
August Is, it was announc-
ed.
The Phillies having won
z and lost 2 games; the
Commanders won 6 and
with 2 on the losing side,
has two more games to play.
One will be with the Phil
lies and one with the Pi-
rates.
, 1961-08-05

0SAO
er, is expected to be able to
organize a book fair for her
school, her own classes or
for her city.
The Introductory program
was short, as the students,
divided in primary and up
per grades groups waited
for the children-centered
program.
This opened with the
moving performance of the
Forbes family quartet, COM
posed OF AlphonSo and Rita
Forbes, and their children,
Robert (snare drum, Lame
GLASS drums) and cymbalsl
and Mr.. Forbes (cornet).
Mrs. Forbes sang and also
presented two other chill
dren who played the piano
Herman Hall of Germany,
and David Christensen.
The primary graders shar-
ed in the following:
lack and the Bean Stalk,
a story told by Miss Elinor Bly,
den of st. Thomas.
2. "The Baby Goes to Boston,
a poem by Miss Aurora Heyliger.
3. "A ballad, 'The Blue Danube,
danced by Miss Rhea Moorhead;
music by Mrs. Leona Spencer.
A. "The Frog Prince, a story by
Mrs. Una Shulterbrandt {St. Tho
mas.
5. Finger Plays, animated
and recitations directed by Mrs.
Florence Roberts (St. Thomas).
6. The Gingerbread Man." a
story read by Mrs. Hermione Fa-
bio, assisted by her son, Malcolm,
displaying illustration by her 9TH
er son, Rodney, Jr.
Z. A medley of ballads on the
banjo, played by Miss Ann Ehle.
In the other section upper grad
ers were the audience for:
/. The Jumblies", a poem read
by Mrs. Elisa Dennis.
2. "A demonstration of Peter and
, 1961-08-05

tai College today, at the Chi
Some parents also attend
ed they learned How to
Build the Child's Personal
Library, and how impor
tant books are in helping a
child to know other worlds
besides those forced on
him by his parents.
Charles Emanuel, Jr., high
school librarian, spoke on
the child's personal library.
Mrs. Hermione Fabio told
how the fair had grown
from a mere classroom pro-
ject to a community-shar-
ing program. Deputy Com
missioner of Education Ar
thur Richards suggested the
role of books from the point
of view of parents, teachers
and children.
Besides exhibits by the
library and the Experiment
tai College, children's books
were shown in four stalls
sponsored by Sylvia's Maya
zine Shop and Jelthrups
books. All this took place
in the high school library
which was made beautiful
not only with books, but
with. branches of the flam-
boyant, with crotons and
with ported plants. The Ii
brary grounds were also CO.
lorful with foliage.
Mrs. Emmy G. Wilson,
instructor Of the classes in
Children's Literature and
the Teaching Of Reading.
Mrs. Wilson directed her
students in working out
the details Of the program.
Each student, being q teach
, 1961-08-05
80 CHILDREN MAKE FIRST BOOK FAIR
AN0TABLE SUCCESS

Children, numbering 80, were the audience when
Is booklovers played their parts at a Children's Book
sponsored by the Hampton Institute Experiment
5al College today, at the Christiansted High School.
Evening star., 1961-01-01
Children Robbed
Of IndividuuIisn.
Educators Fear

The distressed opinion of five
national educational groups is
that Johnny is becoming an
Organization man."
They fear schools are drift
ing toward "impersonal solu-
tions" such as mass grouping
standard curricula, examina-
tions and test scores that are
squeezing individuals into q
common mold"
These arguments are put
forth in q booklet, Labels and
Fingerprints," issued jointly by
the American Association Of
School Administrators, the As
sociation for Supervision and
Curriculum Development, the
National Association of Secon-
Diary School Principals. the De-
partment Of Elementary School
Principals and the Department
Of Rural Education.
After a look at the little red
schoolhouse, they think it isn't,
but should be. a place where
Johnny can find himself in a
group. not bury himself in it,"
They call for more individual.
personalized teaching as q so.
luton.