Evening star., 1962-04-20

after midnight September II,
1861, after a wild auto chase,
The affair began in the $500
block of Wisconsin avenue NV
and continued at high speeds
for about eight blocks.
Once JarmanS almost ran
over a fire hydrant, and on
turning another corner. hit the
rear Of a parked car at Forty
second and Harrison streets
NV, and knocked it 80 feet
This ended the chase.
Pvt. Raymond Romanick, one
of the arresting officers said
Jarman's car appeared to be
on fire. He pulled the driver
from the car and called an
ambulance. Jarmans was treat
ed at District General Hospital
and released to police.
Pvt. Romanick said Jarman
later pleaded guilty to unauth-
orized use Of an auto. He also
was charged with reckless driv-
ing, leaving after colliding and
operating after license revoca-
ton, and was sentenced to go
days.
That resulted in the hanging
attempt. DR.. Winfred Over
holser, st. Elizabeths superin-
tendent, said the effort failed
when the strap Jarmans was
using broke.
Jarmans was placed in John
Howard Pavilion, the maxi
mum security section of st,
EliZabethS.
On February 26, he was re-
leased to jurisdiction of the
court as without mental dis
order"
DR.. Overholser said hospital
phychiatristS did not consider
JarmanS mentally ill.
Jarmans. who reported for
work every day this week ex-
cept yesterday, also is charged
with unauthorized use of a car
the one he was driving yes
terday when arrested.
Got 6O-Day Term
In Municipal Court, Jarmans
was found guilty Of reckless
driving, leaving after eolliding
and operating after license rev.
ocation. He was sentenced to
so days in the, District Jail.
While in jail, he also was in
dicted by a District Court jury
early in october of unauthor-
lied use of a car September Is
the car in which he later led
the wild chase.
Later that month he tried to
hang himself, but was saved
when the strap he was using
broke. After that his attorney,
Wesley E. Mcdonald, went be-
fore District Judge Leonard P.
Walsh and obtained an order
for a 90-day mental examina-
ton at st. Elizabeths.
JarmanS was placed in John
Howard Pavilion, the maximum
security section, and extensively
examined for the 90-day period,
Supt. Winfred Overholser said
today.
DR.. Overholser wrote the Dis
trict Court clerk that psychia-
trists had found JarEnans men
tally sound and abb to stand
trial. He was released Febru-
airy 26 to the United States
marshal.
Filed Guilty Plea
On March /, Jar1nans ap-
peared before Chief District
Court Judge Matthew F. Nc
Guire. changed a not-guilty
plea on the unauthorized use
charge to guilty. He was given
suspended sentence and i'm
mediately placed under three
year probation. 1
Jarmans has a record dating
back at least to 1855 when at
the age of IA he was linked
with auto theft at Pikesville,
Md.
The following month he was
re-committed to District Train
ing School.
On January z, 1861, he was
convicted of intoxication, in the
District, $25 fine or 10 days
in Jail. The scene shifted to
Pompano Beach, Fla, February
2, 1861. There he was fined $50
for vagrancy and carrying a
concealed weapon. il
| Jarmans, who reported for
work every day this week ex-
cept yesterday, also is charged
with unauthorized use of a car
the one he was driving this
morning when arrested.