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BROOKLYN DAILY EAGLE. NEW YORK, MONDAY, MAY 13, 1935 TREE FOR TWO Slaying Linked To Robbery of Armored Car Deutsch Lashes Back At Relief Quiz Critics Tells Social Workers They Should Adopt Help-. ful Suggestions Instead of Attacking Threat lo Slay 4and Self Laid To Mrs. Gross Dopomlcnt Over Poor Health and Big Family, Neighbors (Juotrd Garsson Told To List Debts In Bankruptcy Assistant to Probers of Bondholders' Groups Is Overdue on Filing Continued From Page 1 He said he had no assets then, eithpr. Alderman ic Committee Alder-manic President Deutsch lashed back today at the Welfare Council which issued a statement charging the Alder-manic relief investigation with doing more harm than good.

"If the social service workers would give some of their Doctors Condemn Socialization of Medicine in State Wings Fail Him 10,000 Feet in Air Hasbrouck Heights, N.J., May 13 Bill Picune tried his wings yesterday and found them wanting. Bill, who is IB years old, lumped from an airplane 10.000 leet over Teterboro Airport, only to find himself shooting straight toward the ground. His unexpectedly swift course earthward was slowed somewhat out not enough at 5.000 fert when he unfurled a parachute. Three thousand feet lower, a second parachute opened and the birdman drifted slowly to the surface of the flying Meld. Unhurt but disconsolate over the failure of canvas wings he had attached to both sides of his body to enable him to float through the air, he said he would try again.

Leaders of Music World Present at Withcrspoon Rites 1. 500 Attend Funeral of Former Manager of Metropolitan Opera Co. Leaders of the musical world crowded St. George's Protestant Episcopal Church today to attend the funeral of Herbert Witherspoon. former general manager of the Metropolitan Opera.

More than 1,500 persons were at the services for Witherspoon. who died In his offices Friday. He had been selected about two months before as successor of Giulio Gatti-Ca-sazza. The services were brief and without a eulogy, according to the funeral rites of the Church. Immediately after the cortege left for burial in Woodlawn Cemetery, Westchester.

The Rev. Dr. Kai Reiiand, rector of the church officiated. He was aided by the Rev. J.

Phillip Anshutz and the Rev. Clyde H. Roddy, assistant rectors. Notables Present Among those who attended were Rosa and Carmella Ponselle, Marguerite Halstead, Richard Stokes. Frederick Jagel.

Arnold Gabor, Max Altglass. Marion Telva, Doris Doe, Mme, Dorothy Manski, Merle Alcock. Greta Hughes, George Po-lacco and Pompiha Malatesta, all members of the company of which Witherspoon was once leading basso. Among the honorary pallbearers were Paul D. Cravath, chairman of the board of the Metropolitan Opera Association; Dr.

Walter Damrosch, Ernest Hucheson, dean, and John Erskine, president of the Juilllard School of Music. Edward Johnson, an assistant manager, came East to offer condolences to Mrs. Witherspoon, but. was compelled to return to Detroit before the services. The services were marked by organ and choir music under the direction of George W.

Kemmer, organist and choirmaster of the rhurch. Continued From rate 1 the wtli tn die and take nil children with her. "She was unhappy hceausc the hart so many babir." Gross himself made his second appearance in court in three riavs uhen he was haled into Homicide Court this mornim; Masistrate Brill put over the hearing: for an-oiher week. In rrqucstins the adjournment Assistant District Attorney Vincent J. Ferreri tndirated that the rution plans to exhume thp body of whose riea'h on "March 28 was the first one in the family.

l.awrer Prolem Maurice Nia. attorney for Cross. rigorously protested the sdjourn- rnent, pointing out that, his client had been in Raymond St. jail for 48 hours since bem held on a short affidavit charging murder Saturday, nd that previous that hp had been quizied by police for 30 hours. The attorney threatened to seek a -writ of habeas corpus to pel his client, atill being held without bail, out Jail.

Mr. Ferreri said his Investigation required more time because of scientific tests made necessary by the fact that the deaths "were caused bv a subtile poison. During the argument Gross clutched with nervous fingers at a irrav fedora. He looked distinctly shabby, wearing a shiny blue suit nd a dirty and wrinkled white shirt. with blue tie.

He had on a gray -topcoat of Inexpensive make. AaserU Innocence Oris declined to talk to reporters, hut through his lawyer announced his "absolute innocence." Of the books found In the Grass home, belonging apparently to Mrs. Gross, several were on nursing, Including a Nurse's Handbook of Drugs and Solutions, one entitled Practical Points of Nursing and two being on Materia Medics, contain-; lng lists of poisons and antidotes. In addition was found a pocket "medical dictionary and a paper-covered booklet issued bv Pfaltz Bauer giving a list of chemicals and "the sizes in which they were sold. The list in this booklet included thallium sulphate, the saltlike pnl.

'son suspected as the cause of all five deaths. Penned Notes In Book Also anions the books was Schop enhauer's Studies in Pessimism, with underhntngs and marginal notes time to following out the suggestions made during the investigation instead of attacking the committee, the ad ministration of relief would be vastly Improved." Mr. Deutsch de ciared. "I will refrain from any other comment until the commit. tee's report has been completed.

It will be a direct answer to the Wei fare Council." Deutsch added that he considered the request made by four Democratic members of the investigating committee for a $10,000 appropriation for completion of the report unrea sonable and unwarranted. He be lieves that 12,000 Is sufficient. The Welfare Council charges the Investigation, "has misled the public, It has undermined confidence and created apprehension and anxiety in hundreds of thousands of families who have already passed through long periods of hardship and deprivation, and who should be spared further needless distress; it has seriously Injured the morale of the entire body of relief workers." In the first point it crittcieed the Aldermanic committee for taking the stand that a Qualified and trained personnel was not necessary for the distribution of relief. Secondly, it criticized the committee for cultivating the Idea that a relief personnel should be drawn from the ranks of the destitute and should be paid practically on a relief basis. Non-Resident Idea Scored The statement In Its third point contested the committee's belief that no one should be appointed to tht relief staff who Is not a resident.

that since the bonus payment machinery would not be set In motion for several months if a veto were overridden, there would follow immediately a period of accelerated buying that would improve the markets and at the same time afford the Administration time in which to gain control of the situation that would occur when the greenback money was actually paid out. 23,000 Wires Sent Washington, May 13 (PI Twenty-three thousand telegrams favoring the Patman cash bonus bill by 8 to 1 were on President Roosevelt's desk today when he returned from a weekend fishing trip. Nevertheless, White House attaches looked for the President to return the measure lo Congress with a veto soon after It reaches him, probably tomorrow. Stephen Early, a Presidential sec- retary, made the estimate that the deluge of telegrams were 8 to 1 for the bonus. In addition, he said, there werp between 2,000 and 3.000 letters on the subject.

It was said at the White House that Mr. Roosevelt did not discuss the bonus with Congrpssional lpad- ers during his weekend visit to the Woodmont Rod and Gun Club in the Blue Ridge Mountains. i In that proceeding, examined by creditors, he testified that he kept no personal books or records of his business transactions and did not know what had become of the books and records of the various corporations through which the business was transacted. He also testified that he had then been living four years at the 2R8 Dover St. address, that he paid no rent or taxes but "thought" his wire, Mrs, Rose F.

Garsson, did so. Examination Ordered On the strength of that testimony, given before Bankruptcy Referee Eugene F. O'Connor, an order for the examination of Mr. Garsson in proceedings under Section 21-A of the Bankruptcy Act was obtained by Roger M. Gildersleeve of Jackson Heights, trustee In the bankruptcy proceedings.

The late Isaac F. Russell, appointed to preside over the 21-A probe, called a probe meeting but It was never held. Additional to the "no books and records" citation, Trustee Glider-sleeve charged in his application to Referee O'Connor for the 21-A probe that he had learned that within the previous nine months several of Mr. Garsson's corporations "had received and controlled large sums of money, amounting to thousands of dollars." Objection Withdrawn Mr. Garsson then applied for a discharge from bankruptcy.

An objection to his discharge was interposed by the Consolidated Film Industries, a creditor, but was withdrawn two weeks later. Mr, Garsson's application then came up in the routine manner before Judge Robert A. Inch on July 15. 1927, and, no objection being raised, he was discharged from bankruptcy, absolved of his $500,051.73 Of debts. Mother and Son Face Death Quiz Mrs.

Sadie Wohl of 879 New Jersey Ave. and her 17-year-old son, Andrew, were requested today to call at the office of District Attorney Geoghan and answer his questions about a beating which caused the death of Mrs. Wohl's husband, Samuel, In Kings County Hospital yesterday. Police aay Wohl, an ex-convict, went home drunk on May 7, began beating his wife and that the boy struck him on the head with a baseball bat. Wohl was taken to the hospital suffering from a fractured 6kull.

He was under arrest on an assault charge based on his attack on his wife. Wohl, a machinist and the fathef of eight children, had a record of 13 arrests and two terms In Sing Sing for felonious assault. Strike Cripples Naval Building In Jersey Plant 4,000 Walk Out at Cam den Yard Auto Union Vole on Proposals Camden, N. May 13 OP) A complete shutdown of the New York Shipbuilding Company operations was claimed by the Industrial Union of Marine and Shipyard Workers lodav as some 4.000 men walked out on strike as a result of failure of contract negotiations. Only the plant maintenance men walked out through the cordon of hundreds of pickets around the shipyard to their Jobs, the union reported.

Several millions of dollars In United States Naval construction projects are tied up by the strike. I Aulo Union to Vote Toledo, Ohio. May 13 (A) Toledo's small but far-reaching automotive strike entered a new phase today as the union prepared to vote tonight on terms of a proposed settlement which were reached over the weekend. A question of whether the union would follow the recommendations of Francis J. Dillon, American Federation of Labor organizer, became the latest problem.

Lumber Plants Close Seattle, May 13 (P Only two major lumber plants in the Pacific Northwest were In operation today arter a breakdown of negotiations between operators and union officials representing S0.UOO striking loggers and lumber workers. 8 Towns Lose Power Belleville, 111.. May 13 (Pi Fight southern Illinois towns were without electrical service today as a result of the strike of union employes of the Illinois Power and Light Company. Rlchberg Sees Sloan Donald Richberg, head of the NRA, was back In Washington today after a flying visit here yesterday for a confidential conference with Alfred P. Sloan president of General Motors, on the Chevrolet, plant strike In Toledo.

Ohio. It was understood that Mr. Richberg was seeking the co-operation of the General Motors official to the Government's efforts to bring about a settlement. May Override Veto of Bonus Continued From Page 1 passed in both houses, has not yet been forwarded to the President. While it is clear that Chairman Jasse Jones of the RFC, in advocating payment of the bonus, and Governor Marriner Kccles of the Federal Reserve Board, in discounting talk of Inflation under the terms of the Patman bill, were not speaking at White House direction, the effect of their remarks has been to cast doubt on- the President's true position and to raise the cry that the Administration is hedging.

See Accelerated Buying Those in the latter group contend charges he threatened her with social ruin if she refused to waive her dower rights and extend the loan. Mrs. Ringling is suing to recover $50,000 and void the waiver. A circus employe would he discharged if he used profanity on thp lot, Mr. Ringling said in replv to a question which recalled that Ina Sanders, his nurse, had previously said Mrs.

Ringling used profane language. BROOKLYN $190,000 Holdup Clue Seen in Aviator's Murder Wife Arrested Harkensack. N. May 13 -PV-Chief of County Detective Henry B. torkwitod said today the slain Eddie .1.

Martin, alias Eddie Nichols, has been Identified as one of the gunmen who staged the robbery of the Newburgh, N. National Bank last Thuri-dar. Miss Elsie Van de Mark, a clerk in the hank, made the Identification. Harkensack. N.

May 13 P' A man and a woman werp under arrest today and three oiher persons were hunted by polirp working for a solution of thp ndp slaying of Eddie J. Martin, alias Eddie Nichols, whose body was dumped out in Ho-Ho-Kus Friday. i 1 William Frank Kecfe. 35. of Bill i College Point, allegedly an 1 escaped Federal convict, was held on i charge, or suspicion or murner.

1 Mn Tvett Mnritn 2R of the same address, whom police described as the common law wife of the slain man. was held as a material witness. Chief of County Detectives Henry Lockwood stated that Keefe and Martin were escaped prisoners from the Penitentiary' Atlanta and said he was investigating the possibility that both men had been Involved In the spectacular $490,000 armored-car holdup In Brooklyn last Summer. The men were sentenced to Atlanta in 1928 for robbery and escaped In November. 1933.

he said. Keefe and Mrs. Martin will be taken to the Morgue today to view Martin's body. The body will also be viewed by several persons from Newburgh. N.

in an effort to establish whether Keefe was one of the band that staged a $15,000 bank robbPry there last week. The New- burgh witnesses will also view Keefe. From Mrs Martin Chief Lock-wood said he learned the slain man was an aviator and he pointed out that an airplane had figured promi- nently in the Brooklyn armored car holdup, the rich loot was transferred from the bandit cars first to a speed boat and later to a plane. J. H.

Jourdan Pay Listed as $80,000 Washington. May 13 A salary of $80,000 was reported to the Securities Commission today by the Brooklyn Union Gas Company for its president, James H. Jourdan. Paul G. Hoffman, president, and Harold 8.

Vance, chairman of the Studebaker Corporation, South Bend, each received $50,000. John M. Devoe, New York, was I paid $62,820 as president of the United States Tobacco Company. Mr Jourdan recently was named chairman of the board of the Brook- lyn Union Gas Company, and Clifford E. Paige succeeded him as president.

High Court Halts Negro Execution Washington. May 13 tr Again annlvincr its rulinff in the celehraipri Scottsbnro case that Negroes could not be excluded from juries, the Supreme Court today sPt aside a death sentence imposed on Jess Hollins. Oklahoma Negro convicted of criminal assault on a white woman. The case was spnt back tn lowpr court for further proceedings. It means a new trial unless prosecution is dropped.

The uninimnus opinion was read oy Chief Justice Hughes, Compulsory Health Insurance Also Hit at Convention in Albany Special to The lagle Albany, May 13 Socialised medicine, compulsory health insurance and all plans for treatment of the sick "which woulld Interfere with the confidential lelationshlp between physician and patient," were condemned today aot the opening session of the 129th annual convention of the Medical Society of the State of New York. Among the speakers who struck this keynote was Dr. Charles H. Goodrich of 280 Park Place, Brooklyn, who followed up his address with a resolution enunciating his principles and calling upon the convention for their adoption. Dr.

Goodrich's resolution and others predicated upon the same premises were referred to committees which will report tonight and tomorrow. An election of "retired members" of the medical society who have reached the age of 70 will close the business of the first session late today. Dr. Henry T. Hotchklss of 146 Halsey Brooklyn, is one of the physicians to be so honored.

Dr. Frank Bethel Cross of 832 President Brooklyn, will preside tomorrow at the meeting of the section on medicine. Dr. Henry M. Moses of 108 Prospect Park West, Brooklyn, will open a discussion or a paper, primary Carcinoma of the Lung." to be con ducted by Dr.

Lewis E. Frissell of Manhattan. Brooklyn is represented at the conference by 23 delegates. Joseph Warner Is Dead at 49 Joseph LeRoy Warner, 49. as sistant treasurer of the Bristol-Myers Company, chemists, died late Saturday night at his home, 47 Plaza of a heart attack.

Mr. Warner was born in Manhattan, the son of Mr. and Mrs. William Leland Warner. He leaves his wife, Ann Moran Warner; a daugh- ter.

Miss Doris Ann Warner, and a sister, Mrs. Roy St. John of Detroit. He was a member of the Lido Country and Cherry Valley Golf clubs and the Downtown Athletic Club. A requiem mass will be offered at 9:30 a.m.

Wednesday at St. Augustine's R. C. Church, Sterling place and 6th Ave. Interment will be in Holy Cross Cemetery.

numerous in the chapter on worn-1 snr 'm -en a plav bv Stnndberg, "Married," tp anc death In the family, she and a paper-covered volume called." wnal- she couW t0 heJP- nd "Man's Mission on Earth." dealing 'pft-, was between March 29 and with sexual functions and diseases, APnl 4 Mrs- Gr0 and two of Also found in xhe apartment was 8005 tw daughters dying nofir. riateri Nov 17. 1933. showinc latPr' on APnl 36 Says Mrs. Ringling Begged Him on Knees Not to Sue I If I 111 Mil jl The man who has the cat by the neck is John Joule, an A.

P. C. A. agent who has the kindliest intentions. Puss was treed at Eastern Parkway and Ralph Ave.

by a dog and was well away to setting a new mark for continuous yowling when Mr. Joule obligingly shinnied up the trpp to the rescue. name of her son Leo. 30. a chemist, had been found In papers left in Gross clothes at the time of his arrest, on the charge of murder.

Mrs. Dugonics told the assistant prosecutor that she and Gross "were only friends." She explained that when Gross first came from Germany 17 years ago, four years before he was mar-j ried. he boarded at the Dugonics I home Since he married, she hasj only seen him occasionally, she said. Woman Asked Hli Aid Several months ago. she explained, she asked him to get.

her a passport for a trip to Hungary, where she was born, but he failed to do anything about it. The last time she was at the Gross uugnnics saio, was eany Dugonics son who lives i 1,0 rtve- lulu Guinness that he could not recall any special interest on Gross' part in poisons, or that the two ever talked about the subject, Known In the Herkimer St apartment as Mrs. Gilbert. Mrs. Dugonics proved to be short and stocky, with heavy black hair and spectacles.

She spoke broken English in an ex cited tone. She explained that the bookkeeper ramp to hvp in hpr. home, then at, 12', W. 113th Manhattan, shortly after the factory accident in which he lost, his left, leg. Got a Lot of Money "Hp was living with an aunl when he had the she said 'She; could not keep him Bnv loncer.

because he was not able lo lake care ol himself. "I took him in mv house and ihP' lawyer paid me his board every' week. After the case was settled i and hp got a lot of money, he bought a wooden leg and went, to Germany' to visit his family. After that he! rame bark and got married. When the first child died.

I went with my son and his wife to express my sympathy." Mrs. Dugonics said thai the Gross child. Leo. was named aftpr her. own son.

who was asked to he pod-1 fathrr. but who was out of work at the time and didn't have the neces- sary clothes. I Crest Milk makes ifah mr vmir Mrs. Emily Ringling got down on her knees and with tears in her eyes pleaded with him to drop his action for divorce, John Ringling. the former circus magnate, testified today in Supreme Court.

Manhattan. She promised him all the money she had; indefinite extension of a $50,000 loan and that, she would! cease nagging him. Mr. Ringling continued. His testimony was in part his reply to Mrs.

Rlngling'si Of SEKMKX'ID that Gross1 meager'salary was being! carnlsheed because of a suit after i he had fallen ten weeks behind In payments on his furniture. Two insurance endowment pollctes rm Frederick Jr. and 7-year-old payments on which were 25 cents a week, the policies to ma nure in 20 years, were also found "3Tiese. Gross ha? told police, lapsed when he was unable to keep up the payments. Mrs.

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