Evening star. [volume], October 25, 1935, Page A-4, Image 4

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TRIAL OF COOPER
IS NEWIG CLOSE
Week End Recess in Case
Against Former Bank
President.
The trial of Col. Wade H. Cooper,
former bank president, on charges of
defrauding the old Commercial Na
tional Bank of more than $80,000
marked time today while the court
gave attention to other duties. The
case will be r^umed Monday.
Indications are the Government will
complete presentation of its case Mon
day or Tuesday. It is expected the
case will go to the jury before the end
of next week.
Bookkeeping Presented.
Bookkeeping details of loans alleg
edly made by Commercial to the de
funct Continental Trust Co. to enable
the latter to pay dividends were given
the jury yesterday afternoon by Law
rence A. Slaughter, former vice presi
dent of the Commercial Bank, and
Frederick W. Pimper, once head note
teller.
Both witnesses identified numerous
ledger sheets, debit and credit tickets
and other papers covering phases of
the transactions which, according to
the Government, were fraudulent and
engineered by Cooper.
Irving Goldstein for the prosecution,
and Chief Defense Attorney William
E. Leahy made frequent use of a
blackboard in their efforts to explain
more clearly to the jury their respec
tive theories as to the nature and pur
pose of the financial dealings. The
parade of complicated figures held
little interest for the spectators, and
the court room was only partially filled
during the afternoon.
Contention of Goldstein.
Goldstein contends the loans were
Illegal and that Continental should
not have been paying dividends at a
time when its assets were pledged to
Commercial for security in a merger
deal whereby Commercial assumed the
deposit liabilities of Continental. Some
of the dividends went into Cooper's
pocket, Goldstein told the jury.
Slaughter, under questioning by
Leahy, said while he had opposed pay
ing the dividends, and had remon
strated to Cooper about it several times,
he believed Cooper acted because of
an "honest” difference of opinion.
Brown
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reports of major crime here and a rise
In activities of several divisions. Dur
ing the past fiscal year 9.219 major
offenses were reported, of which 62
per cent w-ere "cleared.” as compared
with 8.875 in the year ending June
80. 1934, when 72 per cent were re
ported cleared.
Including all manner of offenses,
there was a grand total of 132.108
arrests during the past year as against
118,559 in the preceding year. There
were 4,774 arrests for felonies or 145
less than the year before.
Statistics also told a story of a
rise in traffic law and regulation vio
lations. The Traffic Bureau reported
47.474 arrests as against 41,077 the
year previous.
Arrests for driving while drunk,
speeding and reckless driving showed
an increase. Maj. Brown reported 252
arrests for driving while drunk, as
against 180 the year previous. There
were 8.137 arrests for speeding, as
against 7,058 the year before; and 482
arrests for reckless driving as against
480 the year previous.
125 Killed in Traffic.
The toll taken in accidents also was
reported. There were 125 deaths offi
cially attributed to traffic accidents
in the past fiscal year. In addition to
these there were 4,245 "minor casual
ties” resulting from 8,526 accidents.
Private automobiles killed the greatest
number of persons—86. Motor trucks
were second with a toll of 16 and
street cars third with 10. Taxicabs
killed 7 and busses 3, bicycles 2 and
motor cycles 1. Private cars caused
the greatest number of minor casual
ties, or 3,046 and taxicabs were second
With 438.
Washington drivers paid an expen
sive bill for disregard of rules. The
record shows that 49,685 cases were
made and that $213,162 in ■ collateral
was posted at various police units.
Ticket "fixing,” which ran a fast
gait until the House Crime Committee
centered a spotlight on it, saving
many a traffic violator collateral pay
ments or fines. The police report
shows there were 4,585 "warnings and
cancellations of tickets” during the
year ending last June 30. Last Spring
the Commissioners invoked a new
system on ticket fixing and now the
name of the person sponsoring any
dropping of charges is listed, together
with the reason and statement of the
offense. Officials say the ticket fix
ing business has declined.
Maj. crown reported me nomiciae
squad made a good record in handling
56 murder cases last fiscal year. All
were solved except one, he said. Fifty
three were ‘‘cleared” and in two other
eases the accused have been indicted,
but not yet arrested. In the unsolved
case, that of the murder of Florence
Dancy. 65. colored, who was found
strangled to death at 2139 L street
last April 12, Maj. Brown said wit
nesses had given a good description
of a colored man accused of the
crime. He is being sought.
Reports of 1,170 robberies were
handled by the robbery squad, as
compared with 1,166 the previous
year. Maj. Brown said 50 per cent
of these cases had been closed, or 3
per cent better than the year previ
ous. when 1,166 robberies were re
ported.
Police did a “land office” business
In recovery of stolen automobiles.
There were 3.689 cars reported stolen.
Police precincts recovered 1,680, the
auto squad 390 others and 355 more
were recovered by owners on infor
mation furnished by the squad.
Seventy-five owners reported their
cars “stolen” when in fact they had
been repossessed by sales agents. Only
197 of the 3,689 were reported not
recovered.
Maj. Brown reported “recovery" of
ether property, mostly from local
dealers, nearby pawnbrokers and loan
companies, valued at $86,845.25, as
compared with $78.627.29..
The Bureau of Criminal Investiga
tion had on file the fingerprints of
S2.684 persons at the end of the past
fiscal year, Maj. Brown said. During
the past year the bureau photographed
• total of 4,384 prisoners.
Olive Oil Carries Drug.
When a solitary barrel of olive oil
arrived at Cairo, Egypt, from Palestine,
the police, becoming suspicious, opened
It. Inside they found a little water
proof package containing nearly a
pound of opium.
A Deserter Rewarded
Dedjazmatch Haile Selassie Gugsa (left), a relative of Emperor Halle
Selassie, who deserted with his troops to the Italian ranks and received as
a reward the title of Ras (prince) of the Tlgre Province, is shown here
with Gen Emelio de Bono, governor general of Eritrea. It is believed that
this was the first step in the setting up of Gugsa as the pretender to the
throne. —Wide World Photo,
Mussolini
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spell of several days, the Fascist
northern and southern armies in
Ethiopia gathered for an attack on
the important strongholds \>f Makale
and Gorrahei.
Four armies seemed about to clash
in two big battles that might decide
the fate of Ethiopia.
The fortress towns of Makale in the
north and Gorrahei in the south were
the rallying points for major bodies
of Ethiopians.
A small third Italian army was re
ported endeavoring to creep in from
Assab, Eritrea, to a point where it
might eventually attack the flank or
rear of either Ethiopian army.
Gen. Emilio de Bono, on the north,
had his lines somewhere forward
of Adigrat, Aduwa and Aksum, his
three main columns totaling more
than 100,000 men.
Gen. Rudolfo Grazl&nl, In the south,
straightened his line of numerous
large detachments from the famous
Walwal to Dolo, the first major point
to fall cn the Italian Somaliland
front.
Italy’s Somaliland army was an
nounced today to be moving up the
Webbe Shibeli Valley in the direction
of Harar. An official communique
announced the capture of two addi
tional villages In the Sciaveli region,
Callafo and Celedi.
One skirmish was reported to have
occurred in the north yesterday, when
Ras Seyoum led a band of 1,000
against the Italian right wing, at
tacking some small outposts west of
Aduwa.
Budget Balancing.
Spain’s minister of finance Is pre
paring to balance the budget next year.
D. C. LAWYER FACES
ARKANSAS CHARGE
Collecting Excessive Fee From
War Veteran Alleged Against
W. W. Smith.
By the Associated Press.
LITTLE ROCK, Ark., October 25.—
William Wolff Smith of Washington,
D. C., former general counsel for the
Veterans’ Administration, has been
ordered to appear at Jonesboro, Ark.,
on November 25 for arraignment on
a Federal Indictment charging him
with collecting an excessive fee from
an Arkansas veteran whom he repre
sented in a disability compensation
case.
The indictment was made public
here when Smith appeared before
United States Commissioner Needham
C. Tumage in Washington yesterday
and made a $500 appearance bond.
Smith resigned from the Veterans’
Administration In 1932 after he had
been criticized by Representative
Blanton, Democrat, of Texas for ac
cepting $187.50 monthly In disability
compensation while drawing $9,000
a-year salary from the administra
tion.
The matter on which the Arkansas
indictment was returned involved
Smith’s appearance more than a year
later before the Veterans’ Administra
tion as associate counsel for Arthur
E. York of Corning, Ark. York, suf
fering a World War disability, ob
tained an adjusted rating and a lump
sum back-compensation payment.
Records here show that after the
award, Smith sued York for recovery
of $1,295, claiming he had a con
tract with the veteran for a fee of
40 per cent of the amount recovered.
The suit was compromised and in
October, 1934, a consent Judgment en
tered for Smith in the sum of $569.19.
The Government claims there was a
$10 limit on fees In such cases.
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