4 THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. 0., MONDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1926. DARROW SCORES PENALTY THE ANTINOE IN HER LOSING BATTLE WITH THE ATLANTIC DEATH NEGRO ON TRIAL i L MAN THRICE SAVED AT D. C. SUBCOMMITTEE HEARING FOUR DIE IN CRASH >’ - - b jt v.' ' “We Are All Murderers at Heart—ls You Are Hu- GUARDED BY 1.000 .. ; READY TO TESTIFY mane You Are Against Capital Punishment,” He CAUSED BY FOG ; V ' - ’ • ' c’ »-* > - ' Lexington, Ky., Under State Ross Guarded as Trial of Al- Tells Representatives —Backs McLeod Bill. Two Seriously Injured as Troops to Prevent Ac- leged Accomplice in Clarence J. Darrow, noted criminal thy cannot advocate capital punish- Train Wrecks Automobile at t • -V lawyer, was the principal witness to- ment.” These were two corner stones # •vj • day before the judiciary subcommit- on which Mr. Darrow based hi«* Grace, tion by Mob. ¦¦ Murder Opens. Havre De Md. : I tee of the Hou.se District commlftee, argument. -e- v*. miJk - which Is conducting hearings on the The law applies to white persons McLeod bill to abolish capital pun- By the Associated Pr»s». By the Associated Press. and colored alike, he said, but point- By th® Associated Pr«e». — ishment In the National Capital. ed that only one man has LEXINGTON. Ky.. February 1. MINEOLA, N. Y., February 1.—The out white HAVRE DE GRACE, Md.. February 1,000 troops of the Kentucky opening act an drama There was a large gallery of news- been hanged in the. District of Co- With of unusual of I.—Four persons were almost instant- National Guard guarding the court- life and death began today in Nassau paper men, photographers and other lumbia in recent years. The direct house, patrolling the highways lead- County Courthouse, with a heavy de- auditors awaiting Mr. narrow's ap- psychology of capital punishment, he ly killed and two others seriously in- generally po- pearance. hearing promptly is prevent murders, ing into the city and tachment on guard against a possible The was said, not to but jured la.te yesterday, when the auto licing the city to prevent mob vio- underworld vendetta against a star thrown into recess while approxi- to induce a criminal to take greater mobile in which they were riding was lence, Harris, negro, who con- witness. mately 100 pictures of Mr. Darrow precautions. All crimes that are plan- by Ed planned de- crushed and hurled 250 feet train fessed a triple slaying and an attack The center of the stage will lie oc and the members of the subcommittee, ned at all are to avoid No. 417 at a grade crossing on the on a woman, will go to trial cupied by Ambrose Ross, convicted and especially of Mr. Darrow and tection. Pennsylvania railroad, at Perryman, white danger tomorrow on the latter charge. murderer, whose death in the Sing Representative Reid of Illinois, posing The very encountered in the near here. The dead: here an troops were ordered here to Sing electric chair has thrice been together, were taken. commission of crime is often in- Mrs. Mary Steiner, 43, Baltimore. The tragedy to boys, go into prevent the recurrence of a postponed so that he may testify in It was nearly noon when Mr. Dar- centive who crime Mrs. and Mrs. Elleworth L. Griffith, years ago of Stanley Klvana, for this very reason. 18, Perryman, similar to the one six dur- the trial an al- row started speaking. He told the both Md. leged accomplice In England there were 150 Turner, ing the tlral of William Lockekt. in the murder of a an attempt to prove crimes Doris 3. Baltimore. committee that punishable by death, Belsky, negro. bond salesman during a bank holdup anything regarding de- Mr. Darrow told Antone 20, son of Mrs the merits or was Decision to order troops here for at Bellmore, Long island, in April, merits of capital punishment by sta- the committee, but this number Steiper and driver of the car, and gradually reduced on account of the Charles her grandson, are in negro's trial was reached last 1924. tistics would prove “a hopeless, use- Turner, the to In a the Mercy week by Gov. IV. J. Fields, after a States’ attorneys are mustering a less job.” Such statistics are failure of Juries convict. those critical condition at Hos- heavy availa- days was hanged Baltimore, they with local and county of- guard to surround the court- ble, said, compiled by earlier a man for pital, where were conference secret he and States. picking pockets, people Belsky's ficials. which was kept until house when Ross is brought here They the States and then the rushed aboard the train. from Sing will show that where would go see Saturday. Sing, possibly tomorrow. capital punishment has been abol- out in crowds to the skull is fractured and Turner is suf late They a hanging, and while they were sering from fractures of legs Col. Dan Carroll. 138th Field Artil- fear possible outbreak by the ished have a lower rate of crime than thus both and underworld, together pickpockets injuries. lery, will be in command of the apprehensive lest Ross other States where capital punish- huddled other Internal who prove a seeking plying During a period troops, from Louisville yes- will “squealer," to es- ment operates, pointed would be their trade. brief of conscious arrived cape own still but he at hospital Belsky physi terday, but to give a state- his death penalty. out abol- ness the told declined that the States that have failed the concerning plans. Whether Ross' testimony will be for capital punishment are mainly CONDEMN DEATH PENALTY. clans he to see approaching ment ished of fog and rain. the State or in Klvana's defense is agricultural naturally train because There Closed to Traffic. States which drop Area shrouded in mystery. His first re- do not lead to killing. Speakers at Meeting Declare Capital are no gates, he said. The train through sinking on prieve by three was traveling at a speed of The only information came The photo shows view of the British freighter slowly in gale. It was taken by a passenger board Gov. Smith within depend upon arguments, between county judge seas. of came "It doesn't Punishment Is “Failure.” miles an hour. mayor, sheriff and liner Dulllo, which was balked in rescue attempts by heavy The U. S. liner Roosevelt rescued the crew hours his scheduled death kind you 60 and 60 the a proc- through plea but what of fellows are,” of Favette County, who issued after standing by for four days. the of his attorney that you are NEW YORK, February OP).— the that testimony said Mr. Darrow. "If humane 1 lamation telling citizens area his was needed to save sympathy your Capital jtunishment a as a traffic. Klvana from and have for fellow Is failure would be closed to all conviction. man you are against capital punish- crime deterrent and is contrary to MARYLAND PLANS END be brought here under His second and third reprieves, Harris is to how- ment. We are all murderers at heart,” religion, ethics and logic, speakers Frankfort GRIFFS GET BUSH AND TOBIN ever, are understood to military guard from the have been and then he explained that he had said last night at a meeting at Wal- OF CROSSING DANGERS where he taken obtained through District Attorney Reformatory, was "never killed a man. but I read lack's Theater, which opened a State- at Georgetown Edwards because the latter believes after being arrested ABROAD FOR ZACHARY AND WIN BALLOU obituary notices with great satis- wide campaign against pen- SERVICE Ross’ the death escape from tne testimony will be while endeavoring to valuable to faction.” alty by Road Commission Chairman and the State. the League for the Abolition . reply . to a series of questions Mr. of State. lit- In Capita] Punishment. Governor Confer on Proposed Lexington was quiet today, and Klvana’s first trial ended in a dis- explained spoke agreement. Darrow that he from Warden Lewis E. Lawes of Sing was on re- He was convicted in the years for tle talk heard the streets Deal With Browns, Long Hanging Fire, Goes second, 48 of experience as a lawyer, Sing Prison, chairman of the league, Tax Fund 6. garding trial tomorrow. but the conviction was re- more years the FOR MACCURDY by and for than 25 had taken said that only one out of 85 homi- professional DR. versed the of Appeals. and men Court a great In subject Special Dispatch to The Star. Hustness Through. Veteran Acquired by Nats Rated Interest the dur- cides in this country Is given are located ing his the February- . whose business and offices practice In criminal cases, and death punishment and that is BALTIMORE. I.—Elm zone, announced "there nation all grade crossings in the closed have that he has appeared as an attorney never a man of or of railroad would permit their places As One of Best in League. Influence wealth in Mary land was the object if a con- that thev Collaborator of National Mu- In about 50 homicide cases and his who comes to the death house.” to be Tuesday during the trial. never yet hanged. Saturday night closed clients have been Clarence Darrow, Chicago attorney, ference between Gov Gov. Fields In a statement Issued Mr. explained Albert C. Ritchie and John N. Mac night seum Archeologi- (Continued from First Page.) plete Darrow that the In- said: “The place to prevent by sickbed at Frankfort last to Attend games, and was taken from the LOWER TAX terest takes subject crime is kail, chairman of the Roads his RATES he in the of State was serious.