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.Robbi Asks New Plea
In Savings Firm Case

rabbits original legal counsel In
the case, Rourke j. Sheehan
and David Berger.
I'VE intend to cast no shad-
ow on his counsel it was a
serious misunderstanding" at
torney Lifschutz told the court.
The 38-year-old rabbi was
one Of four officers Of the firm
who received jail terms in the
case. At the time of his SEN
fencing, character witnesses
were produced who described
him as "a good rabbi and a
good scholar" until he became
linked with Mutual Security
which went into Federal bank
ruptcy two years ago.
Dispositions for Brother
Attorney Lifschutz produced
several dispositions yesterday
on his brothers behalf, includ-
ing one from Robert H. Sy-
monds, former president of the
company, who said: "Mr. Lifts
chutz was named as one Of the
board of directors and officers
Of Mutual Security to take adj
vantage of his reputation and
good standing in the communi-
ty he took no part in its
management and operation . =.
he was simply an employe, and
had no authority as a company
executive except to do as he
was told.
"Lifschutz was not familiar
with usual business practices
and was agreeable to sign what
ever papers he was requested
to sign. Lifschutz is not guilty of
the charges against him and
this affidavit is made to help
him demonstrate his inno-
cence."
Symonds, who pleaded guilty
and is now in jail, signed a de-
position November is.
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ish was founded as q mission Of
st. Paul's Catholic Church, Fif-
tenth and v streets NV, In
1918. Its founder was the late
Rev. Thomas A. Walsh. who
served as pastor from 1918 to
1886.
He was succeeded by the late
Right Rev. Msgr. Joseph NJ.
Moran. pastor from 1886 until
his death in 1860. Msgr. Roeder
has been pastor since that
year.
A frame church was built on
the present site in 1918. In 1928
it was supplanted by a base
ment church, which was COM
pleted In 1851.
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A Washington rabbi told a
Montgomery County Circuit
Court judge yesterday that he
didn't derstand the full
meaning Of his attorneys plea
Of mo contest" in the case of
Mutual Security Savings and
Loan Association, in which he
was found guilty in September.
Morton Lifschutz, of 7746 Six
tenth street NV, treasurer Of
the now-b a nkrupt silver
Spring firm said that he had
thought during his trial that
the plea 'nolo contendere," was
comparable to a plea Of inno-
cence.
It was not until after he was
found guilty Of conspiracy
charges on September 20 and
sentenced to three years in the
Maryland House of Corrections,
Mr.. Lifschutz said, that he real
lied his incorrect assumption
about his lawyers plea on his
behalf. He asked the court
yesterday to permit him to
withdraw the earlier plea and
to plead not guilty.
Calls II misunderstanding
His present attorney is his
younger brother, David, who
told Judge Thomas M. Ander-
son that ut is in the interests
Of justice to allow him to with
draw his plea, because it was a
misunderstanding"
Judge Anderson continued
his case until $3.50 am. Monday
to permit an answer from the
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.81County
Police to Get
Promotions

Eighty-one Prince Georges
County policemen will be pro-
NOTED next Tuesday. The
county commissioners this week
approved the largest promo
ton list in two years.
Among the promotions,
Sergt. John B. Haas, COM
mander of the Bowie Belair
subStation, will become a lieu
tenant, as will Sergt. George
E. Simmons, commander of
the Oxon Hill Substation.
The following promotions
will be effective December /:
Detective first class to detective
Robert p. Baeschlin, Paul W.
Hamilton. Everett O. Husf. Arthur
NJ. Kriner, Wayne NJ. Milligan, Blair
L. Montgomery. Henry P. Stswinski,
Lawrence w. Wheeler.
G STpClI 70 sesE EssaI,sn Toni, F
sydnor, Ptcl Clabert H. Taylor,
Ralph M. Thompson.
Private first class to corporal:
Joseph X. Brown, Peter G. Cham
Gerard, Donald F. Greenfield. Vernon
]. Herath. William c. Hicks, James
B. Kinnaman, Howard W. imports,
William A. O'Neil. Bedrick o. Packet,
Theodore r. Peters. Harold Il. Rus
sell, Joseph E. Thornberry. william
F. Williams, Robert NJ Zidek.
Detective to detective first class:
Christopher o. Bryan. Robert 2.
Duncan. Charles s. Kiess. Henry w.
Private to private first class or
Robert A. Harrison to detective,
Ralph F. Kalmus to detective. Carole
A. Policy to detective, James n.
schroeder to detective, Edward j.
Armstrong to Pfc, Lawrence H.
Bsranski, Anthony A. Bless, Thomas
R. Blandford. Jr.. Robert H. Borruso,
Rodney NJ. Brewer, James H. Burch.
Gary F. Clendenirg. Roy L. Cochran.
Bernard H. Dixon. Ronald r. Donley,
Vincent 2. duCellier.
Ho Ksanst aDsfs au kSs E SobsFf 4
Law. Frank B. McoIain. Gerard E.
Northcutt. John r. Parker, Richard
A. Pearson, jr., Carlisle p Peterson,
Lester R. Rackey. William r. Richards,
Ernest H. Riess, Richard c. Salter,
Edwin T. J. Stahl. Richard Z. Tague,
Rice Turner, Z. A. Fox, Robert
Rollins, Fenton Hinson, Donald Knepp,
James Rash, Samuel Segar, John
Cicala, Robert N. Cabral.
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AhLES I. NORRIS, AttorI
7oz3 Eye Street NV,
Waehlnetan. n r.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
for the District Of Columbia, Hold
ing Probate Court. No. 0q.6Is,
Administration. This Is to Give
Notice: That the subscriber, Of the
State Of Maryland has obtained
from the Probate Court Of the
District Of Columbia, Letters OF
Administration, C.T.A., on the es-
tate Of ALIEN c. MAHONEY,
late of the District of Columbia,
deceased. All persons having claims
against the deceased are hereby
warned to exhibit the same, with
the vouchers thereof, legally au-
thenticated, 10 the subscriber, on
or before the 18th day Of May,
AID. 1854; otherwise they may BY
law be excluded from all benefit
of said estate. Given under my
hand this 18th day Of November,
1888, MICHAEL +. DELEA, l332
North Charles Street, Baltimore
70, Maryland. (Seal.) Attest:
ARTHUR p. SMITH, Deputy Reg
lister of Wills for the District Of
Columbia, Clerk Of the Probate
Court. no2e-de6,l3
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SPECIAL NOTICES
PROPOSALS

NOTICE OF sALE-The underlined
will sell for cash one 1852 Chew
rolet, Serial Number 21sl7B26e651
on December 3, 1888, at ll:0o am,
at 1900 Nichols avenue Sc, Wash
ington, d. c, The undersigned re-
serves the night 70 bid. ASSOCIATES
DISCOUNT CORPORATION.
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us q CERVERA, Attorni
l7zs X Street NV
WaehfuRtan {, n e.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
ing Probate Court. No. loq.ele,
Administration. This Is 10 Give
Notice: That the subscriber, Of the
State Of Maryland has obtained
from the Probate Court Of the
District Of Columbia. Letters Of
Adminlstra on the estate Of
GEORGE WIRTH, late Of the
District Of Columbia, deceased. All
persons having claims Against the
deceased are hereby warned 10
exhibit the same with the vouchers
thereof, legally authenticated, to
the subscriber, on or before the
18th day Of May, AID. 1854; other.
wise they may By law be excluded
from an benefit Of said estate.
Given under my hand this 18Th day
Of November, 1858, ID. ROBERT
CERVERA, ms X Street NV.
Washington 8, D. G. Seal At
test; ARTHUR P. SMITH, Deputy
REGISTER Of wills for the District
Of Columbia, Clerk Of the Probate
Court. n029-de6,l3
~rr nW re nrOnnTQ
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RICHARD A. BISHOP, Attorney,
I'll 18th Street NV.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
for the District Of Columbia, Hold
ing Probate Court No. 100 ,574,
Administra This Is TO Give
Notice: That the subscriber, Of the
District Of Columbia has obtained
from the Probate Court of the
District Of Columbia, Letters les
tamentary on the estate of JOHN
j. Q'C0NN0R, late of the District
Of Columbia, deceased. All persons
having claims against the deceased
are hereby warned TO exhibit the
same, with the vouchers thereof,
legally authenticated. to the sub
Scriber, on or before the 18th day
of May, AID. 1854; otherwise they
may by law be excluded from an
benefit Of said estate. Given under
its hand this 18th day of November,
1858, THE NATIONAL BANK OF
WASHINGTON. BY OTIS r. Nc
COLLUM, Asst. Trust Officer, 18th
and G Streets NV. (Seal.) At
test: ARTHUR P. SMITH, Deputy
REGISTER Of Wills for the District
Of Columbia, Clerk of the Probate
Court. n02o-deS,1 IA
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. p. CROWELL, Attorney,
Ill Z Street NV

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
for the District Of Columbia, Hold
ing Probate Court. No. To-, q3l,
Administration, This Is 10 Give
Notice: That the subscribers, Of the
State Of California and the State
of Maryland, respectively, have OBJ
tanned from the Probate Court Of
the District Of Columbia, Letters
Testamentary on the estate Of
CLARA SIMON BURKEr, late Of
the District Of Columbia, deceased.
All persons having claims against
the deceased are hereby warned TO
exhibit the same. with the vouchers
thereof, legally authenticated. 10
the subscribers, on or before the
10th day Of May, AID. 1854; other
wise they may by law be excluded
from al benefit Of said estate.
Given under our hands this 10th
day Of November, 1888, MARY B.
Los Anseies y. California; JuNioR
z. CROWELL, 800 Quaint Acres
Drive, Silver Spring, Maryland.
lSeai.) Attest: ARTHUR p. SMITH,
Deputy Register Of wills for the
District Of Columbia, Clerk Of the
Probate Court. no2S-de6,l3
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RANK z. SCRIvENER, Attorney,
105 Perpetual Building,
WaRhlnRtOn, ID. G.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
for the District Of Columbia, Hold
ing Probate Court. No. 100 40,
Administration. This Is 10 Give
Notice: That the subscribers, Of the
District Of Columbia have obtained
from the Probate Court OF the
District Of Columbia, Auxiliary Let
tiers Testamentary on the estate Of
JOHANN M. LINDNER, late Of
the State Of Maryland, deceased.
All persons having claims against
the deceased are hereby warned
to exhibit the same, with the
vouchers thereof, legally authen-
ticated, to the subscribers, on or
before the 18TH day of May, AID.
1884; otherwise they may by law
be excluded from all benefit Of
said estate. Given under our hands
this 18th day Of November, 1888,
PAULINE z. PELLEY and FLOYD
PELLEY, 2l20 3lst Street Sc,
Washington, d. c. (Seal.) Attest:
ARTHUR p. SMITH, Deputy Reg
lister Of Wills for the District Of
Columbia, Clerk of the Probate
Court. nos -de6,l3
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Jackson advocate., 1963-11-09

war was beginning to blur the
national image.
Jackson advocate., 1963-11-09
The BARBER OF NATcHEz
MOST FAMOUS NEGRO OWNER
OF SLAVES IN MISSISSIPPI

The history of Negro slavery
in Mississippi reveals that
there were a number of free Me-
groes in the state who them
selves were owners of Negro
slaves, the most widely known,
and perhaps the wealthiest OF
these being William Johnson, Of
Natchez, who left an extensive
diary, which furnished the ma
terial and background for a book
by Edwin Adams Davis and
William Ransom Hogan, recent
ly published by the Louisiana
State University Press, at Baton
Rouge, under the title "The
Barber of Natchez."
Just how many slaves john
son owned during his lifetime
may be open to question but IL
seems probable from his own
accounts that the number may
have been between twenty-five
and thirty at one time.
The Johnson story began in
1885, long before the abolition
Jackson advocate., 1963-11-09

WaA W0o DC8 MAAh6 W O4uA SktC
national image.
Before his death johnson be-
came The owner of q barbership,
serving white patrons, that be-
came famous from New Orleans
to New York, and served some
of the most famous people of
the country who travelled by
steamer on the Mississippi Riv-
er, Natchez being at that time
an important river port. He
was a successful businessman
and farmer. In his business
transaction, which involved the
buying of land, lending money,
and other types of business
transactions, his dealings were
largely with white people.
The johnson story came to
an end in May 1851 when he
was shot to death from ambush
by Baylor Winn, a supposed
to be Negro" as a result of dis
puted land and timber-cutting
rights.
The trial of Winn for the
murder of Johnson lasted for
two years and became one of
the most celebrated criminal
trials in the history of the State.
Winn was freed in the final trial
because the state failed to prove
that he had Negro blood.
Upon his death Johnson left
wealth enough to establish one
of the most important and high
ly respected Negro families in
Natchez following Emancipa-
ton and the end of the civil
war. Following the death of
his widow, the family name was
changed in spelling from John
son to Johnston. Through the
following years many of the
Johnstons left the state. Dur
ing the 192Os and 193Os the
Natchez branch was led by a
grandson, DIR. w. R. Johnston,
a physician who died in 1888.
He was a graduate from Wilber-
force University, and Howard
University Medical College in
Washington, d. C.
Jackson advocate., 1963-11-09
State Legislature
Passes A Law To
Permit A Freed
NegroTo Remain
In Mississippi

In a most unusual concession
to a Negro slave who had been
given his freedom by his mas
ter, in 1854 the Mississippi leg
islature passed a law to permit
a freed slave to remain in the
state. He was William Winston
of Natchez, Miss.
Winston had been set free
by the will of his master, former
Lieutenant Governor Fountain
Winston, who made provisions
in his will, at his death, for the
freedom of William Winston
and his mother Rachel Winston.
Not long after his masters
death Winston went to Ohio
where he obtained Freedom
Papers," but because of the
growing abolition movement
and anti-slavery agitation in the
north, and the widening gulf be-
tween the north and south that
would eventually lead to seces-
sion and the civil war, Ohio
Freedom paper, in 1854, had be-
come open to serious legal ques-
ton in Mississippi.
It was for this overpowering
reason that the State Legisla-
ture took the unusual step osf
passing a law to permit William
Winston to remain in the state,
and thus honor the will of his
former master.
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Broken Gas Line
Burns Half Hour
In Arlington Area

A broken gas line burned for
about 80 minutes today in the
$500 block of North Kensington
street in Arlington. Fire Off
Gals said the blaze apparently
erupted when a hydraulic
shovel broke the gas line.
The flam was extinguished
by a crew from the Washing
ton Gas Light Co. and no one
was injured. Arlington Battal-
ion Chief Charles L. Padgett
said.
A spokesman for the Airing
ton County Water Department
said construction crews were
laying a water line to Thirty
eighth street and North Ken
sington street when the miShap
occurred.
| Chief Padgett said there was
no real danger of explosion and
that damage was slight.
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Mann Hits Road Plan
As Fovorinq Truckers

side Of Virginia to avoid even
this tax, since the only tax
the out-of-State trucks pay is
the fuel tax. A 30-ton truck
can drive all the way across
the State of Virginia and pay
only So cents surtax for pound
ing our highways to pieces. "
Continuing Battle
During several sessions of
the legislature. Mr.. Mann has
waged a battle to make truck
ers pay a larger share of high
way costs.
The trucking industry has
succeeded in largely multiplying
the recommendations of every
study commission such as your
own. 1t has reached such pro-
portions that it borders on a
State scandal"
In his statement today, Mr..
Mann said, The foreign truck
subsidy will continue so long
as Virginia citizens supinely
agree to giving those monsters
a free ride at their expense. II
Mr.. Average Citizen doesn't
protest to his legislators, he
can expect this highway rob-
berry to continue"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-13

1868 and Christmas, 1864. Come in to
any First & Citizens Office or branch and
open your Christmas Club Account.
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live" Police Inspector James
M. Mahoney said.
Mr.. Grimm, who lives at 1903
Holbrook avenue in Fairfax
City, said he crawled around
his desk and spotted the Vir-
ginia tag number Of the car
carrying the hold-up men.
Il was calling police as their
car pulled away on Route T."
he told reporters.
Police Immediately traced
the car license to a Falls
Church address.
BY 1870, 20 minutes after
the holdup. police had ar
rived at the suspects address
at the Ancient Oaks Trailer
Court in the Falls Church area
About 10 policemen, led by
Chief Durrer and accompanied
by Commemorative Attorney
Ralph G. Louk, arrived shortly
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Serious Crime
Still Increasing

Serious crime in Arlington
continued to increase last
month.
Mai. William Fawver, police
chief. said in his monthly crime
which include crimes such as
murder and forceable rape,
were 24.6 per cent above the
figure for the same 1l-month
period last year. The number
of offenSes generally rose 1855
per cent over November, 1862.
The chief said in comparison
to figures recently released by
the FBI on serious offenseS
for the first nine months Of
the year. Arlington figures in
dictate an overall increase of
Is per cent. The national in
crease was 10 per cent and the
increase in suburban areas Is
per cent.
In the category Of forceable
rape. the incidents rose from
seven last year to 10 this year
in Arlington for the nine
month period, he said. He
noted increases Of 43 per cent
in burglaries and % per cent
in larcenies over $50 for the
same period.
At the same time, the arrest
rate increased 1853 per cent
through November in compari-
son with the 1l-month period
last year.
He also reported that So po-
lice officers were commended
for their part in hating an
attempted jail break November
Is by three prisoners who over
powered two jailers and armed
themselves with a revolver from
the Jail office.
The escape attempt was
broken up after an exchange
Of several shots between officers
and prisoners, police said. Tear
gas fumes forced the prisoners
to surrender.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-13

afterward and evacuated the
women and children from the
cabin.
At 2 pm, the men walked up
the path with their laundry
and were arrested.
Police recovered 1886 which
they said had been placed in
side a table model radio after
four radio tubes were removed.
The suspects were hold on
$4,000 bond on armed robbery
charges and face a preliminary
hearing on December 26.
Trivett told police he had
worked as plumber in Manas-
sas. He and his family have
lived in the Falls Church area
two or three years.
Wilson and his family ar
rived in Falls Church a month
ago from Bristol, Tenn.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-13
LegIess Pilot
Fighting for
Navy Rank

1t. Frank K. Ellis Joined the
Navy to see the worldly air.
plane-and he's not going to
let the loss of two legs ground
him.
While serving as a Navy
pilot in July, 1862, 1t. Ellis
had both legs amputated after
his Jet fighter plane crashed
near Point Mugu, Calf.
Now the 30-year-old airborne
sailor is trying to become the
first double amputee in the
Nays history to remain on
pilot status.
And if the Navy allows him
to fly again, 1t. Ellis says he
would like to become an astro-
naut.
1t. Ellis was in Washington
last night to receive a public
service award from the Mutual
of Omaha insurance company.
The special award, consisting
OF $1,000 and a plaque, was
made by DR.. Charles w. Mayo
of the Mayo Clinic, Rochester,
Mimi, and retired Air Force
1t. Gen. James H. Doolittle.
During ceremonies at the
Madison Hotel, 1t. Ellis was
cited for refusing to bail out
Of his crippled jet fighter until
he guided the disabled aircraft
away from a populated area.
Although the low-altitude
election from the jet critically
injured 1t. Ellis, he was fitted
with a pair of wooden legs be-
fore he recovered from his
other injuries.
1t. Ellis proved his physical
abilities to the Navy so vel
that, last September, they gave
him temporary Group III
flight status"-he was allowed
to fly land-baSed planes with
another qualified pilot aboard
1t. Ellis said he should know
in a few weeks if the Office
of the Chief of Naval Opera
lions will grant him Group
flight status unrestricted fly.
ing of land-based or carrier
based Navy planes.