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' FATHER ACQUITTED OF GIRL’S MURDER Jury, on One Ballot, Finds Him Hot Guilty, Despite Testimony of His Father. By the Associated Frees. BRIDGETON. N. X. March 29. Thompson Dickson, fifty-three years old, last night was acquitted on a charge of murdering his fifteen-year old daughter, Emma, last September in the rear of their Brlcksboro home. The jury brought in the verdict for acquittal after a two-hour session, which opened with prayer for divine guidance. Only one ballot was nec essary. “Thank God,” exclaimed the defend ant. with upraised hands, when he heard the jury foreman mumble the words "Not guilty.” Benjamin Dickson, the defendants aged father, who was the principal * witness in the state’s prosecution of the case, and who charged his son with the girl’s murder, did not appear at the courthouse yesterday. The accused man was on the wit ness stand for nearly two hours. He categorically denied ail the charges and stories related by his father Thursday. When asked by his coun sel, J. Ray Oliver, whether he had • killed Emma, the gray-haired de fendant stood up. raised his right . hand and exclaimed; “I did not kill my child.” He also denied he had seen the girl after she left the house on the night of September 13. as sumably to buy milk. STUDENT POLICEMAN IS GUILTY OF SLAYING Faces Dong Term for Killing Theo logical Student —Had Been Drinking Before Tragedy. ‘ By the Associated Press. NEW YORK. March 29.—Paul A. Henry, a student policeman, last night was found guilty of first degree manslaughter for fatally shooting Charles Rice, a Roman Catholic semi narian, last January 27. The charge was second degree murder, but the jury had the option of returning a lesser degree: its finding carried a sentence'of from ten to twenty years. Henry admitted he had been drink ing before the shooting, but denied he was intoxicated, contending his act was Justified since Rice ran when he demanded that he submit to arrest. Henry and Rice were on a subway train, and Henry said he saw Rice place his hands on passengers’ pockets and that when the train peached a station he started to arrest the seminarian. The latter, however, ran through the crowd and when Henry reached the sidewalk he fired. Cost of living dropped two-tenths of 1 per cent in January. Exceptionally Good Homes At Very Low Prices Petworth —$8,750 | Very nice home of 6 rooms and bath, with hardwood floors and I trim, hot-water heat, electric lights, gas and many other modern *• conveniences. House is on large lot. with room for garage. Must I be seen to be appreciated. Small cash payment, with easy terms. I Columbia Heights—s9,2so I # Half Block off 14th St. i Beautiful home, containing 6 rooms, bath, hardwobd floors, I electric lights, gas and other improvements. House is in perfect % I condition and is a very good buy. Can be bought for small cash payment and easy terms. i Otis Street—sl2,soo. Just off 14th St. | Home of 7 large rooms and tile bath, with parquet floors, hard wood trim, hot-water heat, electric lights and other conveniences. House is in perfect condition and is on large lot with room for double garage. Small cash payment, with easy terms. j Good Location—s7,2so | Six rooms, bath, hot-water heat, hardwood floors, electric lights, gas. Home in perfect condition. Nice lot, with garage space. I ' Priced very low, with very easy terms. Takoma Park—sß,ooo | Especially good suburban home of 6 rooms and bath, with many I improvements. Lot is large and grows various kinds of fruit and I berries. This house is very attractive and will prove to be a good investment. Very easy terms. f j Kensington—s7,ooo j Six-rochn and bath home* with all modern improvements. One acre of ground, with shrubbery, fruit and berries. Good buy, with easy terms. I Aurora Heights J Eight-room and bath home in perfect condition, with many im- I provements. Large lot, with chicken run, fruit, berries, etc. Easy Ij terms. F. H. DAVIS 205 Cmitinental Trust Bldg. I 14th & H Streets N.W. Main 1640 Columbia 4482 | 3001 and 3005 Albemarle Street | v || # Open Sunday for Inspection I * I Superb New Homes in a Wonderful Location, |jl Unsurpassed for Natural Beauty Anywhere in the City i H ':r These detached homes are of the center hall type ■; with very large rooms, ten in number, with three baths, I and contain every convenience desired by the practical | housekeeper. The lots are 75 feet front by 150 deep, and have an abundance of shade trees, beautiful lawns, I '' I shrubbery and evergreens. i ' I I The outstanding feature of these properties, how- | f;’ ever, is their construction. We do not hesitate to say | |'j there are no better built houses on the market today, and we confidently assert that an inspection will con- I || vince you of this fact. f S To inspect, take Connecticut Avenue car to Albe- | I marie Street, which is two blocks north of the Bureau | of Standards, and walk one square east. Moore & Hill, Incorporated ' | 730 17th Street N.W. | REAL ESTATE. THE TIMID SOUL. . ' —By WEBSTER. APP*OACHCSTHe CL€&K in a • hotel desk wh»sp£«. a ___ FeeuHG That 3.00 f?oorv» -e« - A \ ROOM WITH \ , ,7 LOO6 V • I g/VTH I /vie OM H,M ll ( NOTHING LESS j asks A<Sa.m / U H-e < - Coucor^\ than sever. \ TXX.SXS / I DOLLAR S A j \ A bath Forf Tncee ( aeßKAert's r w havien'T ? ' n C'PEmt ' «£*..* c An©COvsT « £i? seI > / WITHOUT BATH* j • / i_ ' ~'’ ~ i - - - - - - i THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON, D. C„ SATURDAY, MARCH 29. 1924. i OPEN FOR INSPECTION j Sunday From 2 to 6 1405 3932 | Decatur St. - Morrison St. | W hite Stucco House; 8 Chevy* Chase Home at a I Rooms and Bath : Garage on Bargain 8 Roo 2 Baths, Paved Aliev; Newly Painted _ b ’ _ j and Decorated. This cer- Garage; Paved Alley; Ex- j tainly will appeal to you. cellent Condition. BE SURE TO Don’t Miss This Opportunity INSPECT SUNDAY to Inspect Sunday I BORDEN & NEWBOLD j | 1415 K N.W. Main 280 ! ' in the I Dent Building j 1409 L Street N.W. >ij Large, bright, welt ventilated rooms; central, conven ient location. The only office building in the entire block. I Rooms single or en suite. Apply: !; I GARDINER & DENT, Inc., Agents | On Premises I Main 4884 ||| AN UNUSUAL BARGAIN IN | 3100 South Dakota Avenue N.E. Masonry construction. Nine very large rooms and tiled ! bath. Glassed-in sun room. Two open fireplaces. Built-in , bookcases. Beamed ceilings. Large porches. Hot-water, | heat and electricity. Space for three more rooms in attic. j | Lot has over 100 feet frontage on South Dakota Avenue and j 26th Street and overlooks triangular park. Garage. OPEN ALL DAY SUNDAY lake Mount Rainier cars; get off at South Dakota Avenue, Woodridge, and walk one block south. One car fare. Or drive out Rhode Island Avenue to South Dakota. WOODWARD & VEJTH Exclusive Agents 2029 Rhode Island Avc. N.E. North 730 | Office Open Sunday | Britain's Official Hangman Quits After 23 Years Without Excuses Has Sprung Trap for Dozens of Criminals, But Had Friends Wrinjg Necks of His Chickens, By the Associated Press, LONDON, March 29.—John Ellis, the official hangman of Great Britain, has resigned his job, but has not given any reason for doing so. For more than twenty-three years he had held the position and dozens of criminals, notorious and otherwise, passed through his hands to their doom', among whom were Crippen, Roger Casement and Edith Thompson, the last woman executed in England. H© is a student of criminology and reads the accounts of murder trials in DR. C. F. WISHART ILL. Presbyterian Moderator Has Mild Form of Typhoid. PHILADELPHIA, Pa.. March 29. Dr. Charles F. Wishart of Wooster, Ohio, moderator of the General As sembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America, is suf fering from a mild form of typhoid fever in a Pittsburgh Hospital, it was announced yesterday from the offices of the general assembly here. Phy Best Value in Washington Jameson-Built Homes 833 to 47 T Street N.E. you to inspect these houses. 1 t *"c 1* htsr dee' lot t ' I WHO OWNS ONE uiltf Owned and For Built to Last a Century • Price, $21,500.00 5 ■ ■ FW v This brick house is built on a large lot overlooking Rock Creek Park. It contains eight jooms besides an inclosed sleeping porch and exceptionally large and nicely finished attic, suitable for • servants’ quarters. There is a beautiful stone fireplace in the living room. The basement is exceptionally bright. It contains a large built-in garage and coal and cold storage rooms. TO INSPECT—Drive not 16th street to Vanuta aid west <m Varaam to 4330 Terrace. MARTIN BROTHERS Owners —Builders Adams 3J12 The Air Is Fresh and Pure in Chevy Chase, D. C. THE HIGHEST TO^mCHEVY C. X With Homes Nestling Among Beautiful Pine Trees i Charles E. Wire, Inc., have just finished nine beautiful homes | with eight rooms and reception hall, fully tiled bath, built-in I tubs, hot-water heat, open fireplace, glassed-in sun porch, hard wood floors, extra shower, Pittsburg instantaneous water heater, something new in kitchen furnishings, houses fully screened, I garages, ample lots. COME OCT SUNDAY—Conn. Avc. can to Chevy Chase Circle, east on Rittcnhooae St. to Broad Braaeh Road, aid look for oar slam on ample hour. Salesmen on premises from IOiOO to BiSO, or phene fop anto. TERRELL & LITTLE, Inc. Phone Main 3285 1206 18th St. N.W. Evenings Phone Franklin 1686-J or West 3118-J 1 ■ ' v '• the newspapers with professional in terest. His fee for dispatching a criminal was 60 shillings and another 50 shill ings for “good conduct.” The lat ter amount was paid in consid eration of the fact he was forbidden to stay at a public‘house near the scene of an execution and earn a commission for attracting custom, as was the executioner’s privilege In former years. Ellis Is a breeder of poultry and it Is said that he is so devoted to his birds that he gets a friend to wring the necks of those he wants to kill. cians said there was no cause for alarm. Dr. Wlshart was taken ill while on a tour of churches. It was decided to cancel his engagement for a speaking trip to the Pacific coast. FOUND BURNED TO DEATH. SEN'OIA, Ga., March 29. —A charred stump with flames still flickering served as a funeral pyre for W. M. Odum, elghty-flve, civil war veteran. REAL ESTATE. whose burned body was found In a solitary spot in a field on bis farm Thursday. He had been burning grass in preparation for spring plant ing. Members of the family said the giiuHHitKiiHiiiniimniHimmiHniniiimiHiiHiiHiMHuiiiHiiimimiiin<miiiiiiniuHiiiiiiM)niiiiiuimiiuiiimiums | Near Comer of 14th | | Street and Park Road | | Near Riggs Bank Building, New Tivoli Theater I | and Arcade Market | In a section which real estate authorities predict will 1 | shortly be second to none in Washington. Values con- 1 1 tinually rising. | Three-story brick, lot over 50x120, good income pro- 1 s ducer. | PRICE AND TERMS VERY ATTRACTIVE I GARDINER & DENT, Inc. 1 Main 4884 1409 L Street N.W. 1 luiini»iiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiHHiHiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiini | OX ALL HEIGHTS' ■ Overlooking the Scenic Potomac I Many Will Build ■ Terms —individual homes such as I As Low As this 0,1 their own lots in this I eino beautiful suburb this spring. ■ SIOO You, too, can possess a cozy I Cash dwelling here at very rea ■ sonable costs. Many choice I Balance Monthly sites are still available. ■ In Small Payments. Why not see for yourself ■ Sunday? ■ 20 Minutes by Chain Bridge-Cabin John Car Line or ■ 12 Minutes Over Q Street Bridge via Reservoir Road I Office on C, C, f,ACEY 710 14th Street Property * Mam 7787 Priced Very Low $10,500 I 0 ■P* ■ ■ I —■ " ' ■» 4302 Chesapeake St. N.W. One Block Went of Wisconsin Avenue These homes are detached. Large lots. Alley. The arrange ment we know will suit you. Living room 12x23; handsome fire place. Electric floor plugs in every room. Closets large enough for dressing rooms Open 9 A.M. to 9 P.M. Built, Owned and for Sale By Allen C. Minnix, 1416 F St. N.W. Phone M. 538 > BROKERS TAKE NOTiCE For Colored of the Better Class GLENDALE Prospective home owners may find it to their advan tage to know some general information about GLEN DALE. It is one-half mile long. It is mile wide. There are within its boundaries 22 city blocks, most of them double size. There is room for about 300 homes, of which 118 have been built. There has been considerable de velopment of streets, electric lines, sewer and water, and a school worth SIOO,OOO. The people have access to churches, citizens’ associations and the various activities 1 which go to make up a prosperous home community, i The money spent in this development, which includes municipal improvements, power lines and homes, will run well toward million dollars. And, remember this, it is largely being paid for with rent money tha* was formerly thrown away. Last week we announced our project at 42d and Clay, 4 homes were bought this week. We have left 2on 42d, 5 on Clay, 2on Dix, one on Brooks end 2on 44th. They have 5 large rooms, range, heater, electric lights, large lot; room for garage; lawn and garden. Prices from $3,750 to $4,350. The cash payment and monthly payments are such that almost any family can meet them. Cut this ad out and come out Sunday. It will pay you. Every courtesy will be extended by Mr. Beverly, who is in charge, but you will not be annoyed by agents if you just come to look us over. ! To get there take the car on H street or New York ave. marked District Line, get off at 44th N.E. at the 3-way sign, go south into Glendale. It starts on the high ground 3 blocks south; or motor straight out the Benning road over the viaduct cross ing the railroad to 44th street and turn north. —through the week between William P. Irvin 10 AM. and 5 P.M. and ask to be shown the homes. 1410 G St. N.W. L—J aged man was exceedingly feeble and advanced the theory that he fell across the stump and was unable to rise. Mr. Odum served In the Confeder ate army and was cited for bravery. 23