2 THE SUNDAY STAR. WASHINGTON. D. C., .TULY 24, 1927-DART 1. MILLSDEATH STILL NEW BUILDINGS TO RELIEVE SOME SCHOOL CONGESTION ZOO WILL ACQUIRE FIERCE BUFFALO COMING TO ZOO WOMAN ARRESTED ! PUZZLES OFFICIALS FIERCEST ANIMAL AFTER AUTO CHASE Montgomery County Search African Buffalo Is Quaran- Accused of Driving Under In- of Liquor for Clues Produces No tined at Boston-Turtle fluence After Important Results. and Fish Are Received. Three Collisions.
driving while The fiercest of living animals, fear- Charged with intoxi- Special Dispatch to The Star. cated, a red light on K street 23 —Al- by African natives far more than passing ,- ROCKVILLE. Md.. July ed at Sixteenth and hitting three auto- though more than two weeks have the lion and responsible annually for mobiles during a chase at a high rate ?lapsed since Edward L. Mills, many more deaths, now is in quaran- of speed through downtown Wash- Darnestown district farmer and dairy* from Washington destined for the Na- ington extending fnan, was shot to death in a held near tine at Boston, Circle, out K street to Vermont ave- his home, the identity of the slayer tional Zoological Park here. nue thence to N street and back to still is unknown, and apparently no This is the African buffalo, which Eighteenth and I streets without stop- has been made toward the Parks. 27 years progress inhabits the swamps of mint of South ping, Mrs. Andree L. solution of the mystery. of 1527 I street, was arrested yes- The old! Residents of this section, however, and Central Africa. particular terday afternoon by Policemen Fred- are convinced that the county author- specimen coming to the Zoo probably erick A. Schenck and P. Q. O’Brien ities are in no way responsible for is not exceptionally fierce, since it of the third prpclnct. the failure of all attempts to date to the way to the Wash- According to Schenck, he was stand- apprehend the murderer or to un- is only a calf which has been in cap- Pair of wild African buffaloes, one of- which Is on ington Zoo. These are among the fiercest of beasts. They attack on ing at Washington Circle when he effective clues to his identity. tivity its infancy, and it may animals cover since sight and do not wait to he molested. heard the crash of a collision and Miili Work on Case. never develop the aggressive habits commotion at Twenty-second street. car driving away, he From within a few- minutes of Mills' its type. He was shown a of said, and hailed a passing automobile death, the authorities have been in- The African buffalo is not particu- dustriously at work on the case, un- Gold Ore Found to take up the pursuit. larly crafty, but it is an instinctive der the direction of State’s Attorney Followed Down K Street. Peter, jr., and Chief of Police killer. It rushes head down, the fore- Robert Abandoned JURY DELIBERATES K street, Schenck said, he Moxley. During much of Near Down Alvie A. head protected by a hard, bony plate, sped after the car. which was run- this time the local men have been as- when detectives and gores with its long horns any- ning well over 60 miles an hour sisted by two Baltimore as Town in Wyoming reached the red light at Sixteenth well as’by former Deputy Sheriff J. thing that stands in the way. Most it By Associated Press. street, time when heavy traffic Stanley. animals, even the lions and tigers, tho at. a SUN DANCE. Wyo.. July 23. FATE OF BIRGER filled the streets. The cars sped across The investigation, it is believed ask nothing better of man than to The ghost mining town of Welcome, the intersection and continued on to here, has been as thorough as possible, and then to N street, without any tangible re- leave them alone and are not partic- now marked only by deserted and Vermont avenue, but so far decaying may brought doubling to Eighteenth street Although State's Attorney '• ularly dangerous unless molested. But houses, be Heavily Guarded back —...... ~\. - sults. • -¦ ¦¦ ’ Courthouse collision occurred. Be- no attempt to conceal to life again. where another Peter makes the buffalo seeks his victims without announc- reaching the intersection of ... August fruitlessness . , . ••: * Schliehardt has fore his disappointment in the ¦* !¦ streets, where she he said United States. The Miller at 2:05 p.m. torney Roy C. Martin had spent the From the third precinct station Mrs. home within several miles of the largest is the rare gopher tortoise of De- Florida. This will be first speci- morning in a scathing denunciation of Parks was taken to the House of Mills farm, in a search for additional the which he asked the 10 o’clock last bearing murder, of this type included in the Zoo the gangsters, in tention and at about information on the men the death penalty released on $2,000 bond. have interviewed 170 householders in collection, although it is not rare on SIEPHENSONBQXES jury to give them night was reign of machine gun last night, Mrs. Parke approximately half the territory, with- the plains of Arizona and New "and end the At her home Mexico. terrorism in southern Illinois.” denied the charges brought against out results. They expect to complete said that she could explain that of their investigation early Relic of Past. ‘'Gag” Attempt Charged. her and phase her actions a manner which should next week. interest attaches to this ex-cavalry who has in ft A Particular Birger, an man, prove satisfactory to the police at the turtle among scientists because it is headed the most formidable band of FOUND PROBER time. . . . BY proper . one of the few remaining relics coal-belt gangsters for three years, sat She denied thaf she had been drink- a vanished American fauna. Rep- silent while the prosecutor demanded ing and stated that she had been visit- tiles of a somewhat similar type once his death. His companions were during the afternoon, after abounded the North Indiana Ex-Grand Dragon’s ing friends MAN’SBODYFOUND, on American con- equally quiet as they realized they which she started eastward. She said tinent, but the majority of them be- were at the mercy of a Jury of farmers “scraping” against came extinct, for some unknown she remembered ’ Famous Black Belongings and miners. an automobile at Washington Circle, cause, millions of years ago. The “These men built their own scaf- looking back had noticed that Arizona tortoise thus occupies the their own but on Shrouded in Mystery. folds and put the rope about no damage was done and had contin- position of a living fossil. necks when they came into Franklin ued on her way. Beyond this state- i MURDER IS HINTED The turtle collection at the Zoo, County and murdered Joe Adams," ment, she referred all other question* with several score of rare African Martin declared. ———— her attorney. *-,• types, of the largest By Birger to now .is one in the Associated Prees. Referring to the evidence that ¦ ——•—— the United States and frequently is WASHINGTON, Ind., July 23. had attempted to put the "gag rule” Police Believe Carolinan Vic- inspected by university professors The two “black boxes’’ belonging to on Harry Thomasson, ID-year-old con- especially interested in the study of D. C. Stephenson, former grand fessed slayer of Adams, the prosecutor FALLS DOWN RIVER BANK. tim of Mysteriouc mammals. dragon of the Indiana Ku Klux Klan, said- Among the other recent arrivals at long sought by investigators into al- "Birger tried to keep Thomasson Samuel Shapiro Injured While Bo- the Zoo are some unusual fishes. One leged political corruption in Indiana from telling of his chief’s part in clay- A ,:;v. >. Killing. BHBtefiSSJKi«->»:wwv\.: Uv. - ... of those is the weather fish of west- likely sources of proof of reported Ray Thnra- From Vacation* " as ing Adams. Birger said to turning v • . • 1 '~~r~r: ern Europe and Asia, which looks “deals,” apparently have been found. asson, Harry’s brother, ‘you tell Harry reputed Samuel Shapiro. 23 years old, 3328 > like a small eel. It is to But whether they will throw any light stand pat on the Adams* affair or to M street, fell down the Potomac River ; By the Associated Press. Above: New Woodridge School at come to the surface whenever on corruption charges has not been we’ll both hang for it.* By those brewing and has been con- bank on the Virginia shore last night, 1 ASHEVILLE. N. C., July 23. i Central and Carlton avenues north- storm is learned. words Birger pleaded guilty and sen- a Addition Hines sidered an almost perfect weather Emsley Johnson, special prose- when the was returning from vaca- : Slouched down in a chair on the front < east. Center: to Junior W. tenced himself to death.” north of Rossl.vn. Shapiro porch of his brother's home, in the High at Seventh and Pennsylvania prophet. cuting attorney in the probe into In- tion camp political posses- Given. was picked up by a passing motorist * Pole Creek section, a discharged shot* ; avenue southeast. Champion Mosquito Eater. diana conditions, Is in Four Alternatives river boxes, at the foot of the hill near the ; gun across his knees, the lifeless body Below: Removing one of the portable sion of two black whose con- Birger, the prosecutor asserted, Another is the black moonfish, from very bank who took him to Georgetown ; of James W. Tinsley, wealthy bachelor buildings at Peabody School, Fifth and tents "are interesting,” a local ordered and paid for the killing,New- treated for I Mexico, the world’s champion mosquito newspaper man learned today. Hospital, where he was ; of 50 years, was found early today I) streets northeast. The new building eater. When this fish is obtainable man aided in the planning and Hy- about the face ana land poisoned and split the severe lacerations ¦by neighbors passing along the | program has made this possible. in greater quantities, it may replace Contents Kept Secret. bullets head. • Wavnesville Highway. Investigator^ the carp in fetid waters as a mosquito Mr. Johnson, vacationing at the and drove the automobile used by the •’ from the sheriff’s office believe Tins- scavenger. The Public Health Service home of relatives near here, displayed actual slayers, Harry and Elmo ¦ ley the victim of a mysterious mur- of one Mexican State has promulgated the boxes to the press representative Thomasson, orphan youths. : der. rigid orders that sufficient numbers of today with the observation that “if Judge Miller, in his instructions, MARIE FORSWEARS Near the body was found a small these fishes must be kept in every the reporters on the Stephenson case’ admonished the jurors that a defend- ; flint stone weighing about 4 NAVAL public water tank as a safeguard to knew they w-ere here, the woods would ant must be presumed to be innocent AMBITION TO RULE , pounds. Examination of the body re- RESERVISTS! taking pictures.” until proven guilty “beyond a reason- the health of the communities. be full of them He vealed a bruise on the right temple. 'Probably the prettiest of the new declined, however, to discuss their able doubt” and that a defendant is FOR KING MICHAEL On the chin was a slight cut. The arrivals is the angel fish or leaf fish, contents until Prosecutor Wr illiam H. “not obliged to testify.” None of the ' dead man had bled at the mouth and Venezuela, which very Remy chief in- defendants took the stand. from looks of Marion County, from First Page.l nose. Apparently no other injuries much like a brilliantly colored Au- vestigator in the probe, has had a The jurors were given the alter- (Continued had been inflicted. tumn leaf floating in the water. It chance to peruse them. natives of returning a verdict of Neighbors on finding the body noti- TAKETRAININGTRIPi is yellowish, with stripes, and Johnson refused to reveal who de- death, life Imprisonment, prison sen- ! be without one’s own house wherein red as fied sheriff here. livered boxes of to the broad as it is long, with ribs running the and documents to tence not less than 14 years, or ¦ live.” quite Three deputy sheriffs and Coroner through the design like the ribs of a him. acquittal. Princess Helen, who was over- U. S. S. Allen Leaves With \ act, ; Carroll dispatched immediately leaf. Another is the pigmy carp, from the jurors filed jury by the Queen’s generous were :.. . .. i Power In Politics. As into a cham- come * "' in most the scene. ~'-' ' *---•* ' India, member ber, acknowledged the gift touch- ¦ ¦ ¦— - - a true of the carp The “black boxes” were first the spectators were dismissed. Mr. Tinsley had dead for 13 Third Fleet Division family as voracious Even ing terms. --C been and as his larger mentioned In connection with the po- newspaper men were not allowed i the Asso- hours at S o'clock this morning, relatives, but less than two inches litical in the courtroom. Birger and the ; Queen Marie handed to probe when Miss Mildred ! copy reply to -Mr. Carroll said. Apparently death ¦ long. It is covered with iridescent Meade, former confidant of Stephen- other defendants were taken the ciated Press a of her for Maneuvers. to Coolidge’s cablegram of had resulted from cerebral hemorrhage silver dots, which vanish and reap- son, appeared before the Marion county jail to await the verdict. President as the result of the blow on the skull. pear it glides condolence, in which she said: as through the water. County grand jury which was inquir- Elaborate precautions against mob l kind The house was deserted when the Should Firemen demonstrations “Thank you deeply for your V.'ith the Third Fleet Division CHAMBERLIN TO FLY ing into the corruption allegations. and attempts to rescue my return officers arrived. According to them, Since the inception of the investi- the gangsters were taken by Sheriff words. Ever since hurried Jt has been occupied in recent years aboard, the United States destroyer from your hospitable country my Allen,1 training ship of the Naval Re- Overcoats? gation, Stephenson, now serving a life James Pritchard and deputies. Of- by Walter Tinsley, brother jf the FROM SHtP AUGUST 1 Wear MAN LIVES 2WEEKS sentence in the State prison for the ficers In the dear husband’s life has been a con- ¦ serve Battalion of the District of Co- courtroom bristled with martyrdom, and to feel that he dead man, who, according to the murder of an Indianapolis girl, has pistols, while an automobile filled with tinual J lumbia, left her berth at the Washing- rests at last helps me bear my bit- /sheriff’s office, finished a sentence on ‘ yes- London Problem stated that If given the opportunity machine gunners guarded the prison- ton Navy Yard shortly after noon WITH SHOT IN BRAIN ter grief and will give me courage to the Buncombe County roads only a Atlantic Ocean, Will Hop Off From Leviathan Off he could make startling revelations ers on the way to the jail. . few days ago. of Walter terday for the North regarding politics. stand ever faithful beside those who A son 1 the scouting fleet Indiana He failed, Tinsley is also said to have resided ' where she will join By the Associated Press. however, to make any revelations Guard Is Posted. shall carry on this work. for two weeks of maneuvering, during Nantucket and Land in One Toe of left Foot Is -there. LONDON, July 23.—Should fire- Only Mov- when brought before the grand jury. The jury still was deliberating on “MARIE.’* James W. only re- which target practice will be held. The former Klan chief the case 9 o’clock,, said she has Tinsley recently leisurely trip New Jersey. why was a power in at with no indica- The Queen received turned to the section from the Far The vessel made a men wear overcoats; and if so, able Part of Body, Republican tion as daily the King’s Potomac, politics while head of the to when It might report. 2,000 telegrams since West, where he had resided for more down the so as not to dis- not? Indiana Klan. Armed great many of them from pleasure craft by the wash deputies stood guard about death, a than four years. Neighbors told in- turb the By the Associated Press. question this effect Physicians Say. the per- friends and government officials in of her big propellers, but as soon as A in words to courthouse and no one was vestigators Saturday that he came BOSTON, July 23.—Clarence D. is being debated by the Tottenham mitted to approach the building. North and South America. Until she to North Carolina with the idea she entered the bay, full speed was Chamberlin will hop airplane off Judge Miller said could reply them she asked the .back an By Associated Press. MAN ROBBEDInTILEY. that when the to .