Evening star. [volume], April 15, 1936, Page A-4, Image 4

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STUDENT ENTERS
IN WENDEL CASE
Youth Who Testified a'
Hauptmann Trial Goes
Before Grand Jury.
BACKGROUND—
EUis H. Parker, county detective,
who conducted special investiga
tion of Lindbergh kidnaping for
New Jersey’s Gov. Hoffman, caused
sensation in last days of fight to
save Bruno Richard Hauptmann
by introducing “confession” of Paul
H. Wendel, middle-aged New Jersey
resident. Wendel, arrested and
charged with the crime, imme
diately denied “confession," charg
ing he was himself kidnaped
in New York, taken to Brooklyn
and tortured for 10 days until he
signed the paper saying he was the
man who committed America’s
most famous crime.
By the Associated Press.
TRENTON, N. J., April 15 —Benja
min Lupica, young Princeton studen!
who testified at the trial of Brunt
Richard Hauptmann, unexpectedly ar
rived at the Mercer Court House todaj
and immediately entered the grant
Jury room to testify in the study o:
Paul H. Wendel’s “confession.”
Lupica, the third witness called
appeared for the defense in Fleming
ton, testifying that a car containing
a man and a ladder was stationed
near the Lindbergh estate at dusk or
the night of the kidnaping. Lloyc
Fisher, a defense attorney, commentec
that he was probably the last mar
to see the kidnaper before the crlm<
Was committed.
On cross-examination, Lupica sale
the man resembled Hauptmann, bu
did not identify him positively.
Lupica apparently was to be ques
tioned on possible resemblance o:
Wendel to the occupant of the car.
Parker Against rieia.
It was Ellis H. Parker and his aide
against the field today on the questioi
of holding Paul H. Wendel any longe
In the Lindbergh kidnaping case, a
the Mercer County grand jury starts
another extended session in its investl
gatlon of the repudiated Wendel “con'
fesslons.”
Still adamant in his contention tha
Wendel perpetrated the crime fo:
which Bruno Richard Hauptmam
died in the electric chair, Parker wai
ready for his fifth lengthy appearanci
before the jurors who apparently wen
prepared to absolve the disbarred law
yer of the kidnap-murder chargi
pending against him.
Jury Is Perplexed.
Some members of the jury were rep'
resented as perplexed that Parke!
should offer to stake his reputation oi
his contention that Wendel is “guilt)
as hell,” as he told them. They lookec
to today’s questioning for an answer.
At least 11 other witnesses besidei
Parker were under subpoena for tlu
day’s session. In the so-called Parkei
group of witnesses were Mrs. Anns
Bading, his secretary; Ellis H. Parker
Jr., his son, both of whom figure in tiii
Wendel Investigation activities, anc
Chester Chianese, a privte detectivi
with alleged information on Wendel’i
familiarity with the Bronx cemeteries
which figured in the Lindbergh ran
com negotiations.
Wendel’s two children, Paul Wen
del, jr., and Mrs. Dorothy Wende
Phillips, likewise were called to thi
guarded witness room. Both alread;
have appeared before the grand Jury
There was a possibility Wendel himsel:
would be called for a second appear'
ance.
THE WEATHER
District of Columbia—Partly cloud;
tonight; tomorrow local showers
slightly cooler In the afternoon or ai
night; gentle variable winds, beconv
Ing fresh southwest by tomorrow.
Maryland — Partly cloudy tonight
tomorrow local showers, cooler in th(
afternoon or at night.
Virginia — Cloudy, probably loca
ahowers tomorrow and in central anc
aouth portions tonight; slightly coolei
In west portion tomorrow afternoon
West Virginia—Probably showen
tonight and tomorrow; slightly coldei
In west portion tomorrow afternoon.
Report for Ult 24 Boors.
Temperature. Barometer
Testerday. Degrees. Inches.
4 p.m._ 64 30.04
8 p.m. _61 30.00
Midnight __ 65 29.93
Today—
4 a.m.___ 66 29.86
8 a.m._ 60 29.82
Noon _ 82 29.73
Record for Last 24 Hours.
(Prom noon yesterday to noon today.)
Highest 82. at noon today. Veai
■ to. 69.
Lowest. 54. at 1 a.m. today. Teal
ago. 39.
Record Temperatures This Tear.
Highest. 82 on April 15.
Lowest. 0 on January 23.
Humidity for Last 24 Hours.
(Prom noon yesterday to noon today.)
Highest. 71 per cent, at 2 a.m. today.
Lowest. 29 per cent, at noon today.
Tide Tables.
♦Furnished by United States Coast and
Geodetic Survey.)
Today. Tomorrow
High___1:58 s.m. 2:59 a m
Low .-8:18 a m. 9:33 s.m
High_2:23 p.m. 3:30 p.m
Low -9:10 o.m. 10:10 p.m
The Ban and Moon.
Rises. Bets.
Bun. today _ 5:32 8:45
Bun. tomorrow_ 6:30 6:46
Moon, today-1:44 a.m. 12:07p.n
Automobile lights must be turned or
one-halt hour after sunset.
Precipitation.
Monthly precipitation In Inches In thi
Capital (current month to date):
_ Month. 1936. Average. Record.
January _ 5.87 3.55 7.09 ’8!
February ..... 3.83 3.27 6.84 ’8(
March___ 4 47 3.75 8.84 ’9:
April_ 1.91 3.27 9.13 ’81
May . ... 3.70 10.69 ’81
June_- ... 4.13 10.94 ’0<
July _ 4.71 10.63 ’8(
August _ 4.01 14.41 ’21
September _ 3.24 17.45 ’3
October _ 2.84 8.57 ’8!
November___ 2.37 8.69 ’8(
December__ 3.32 7.56 '0:
Weather in Various Cities.
Temp. Rain
Stations. Baro. H'h.Low.fall. Weath’
Abilene. Tax_29.94 88 60 Clear
Albany. N. Y.--29.8f * 44 0.28 Cloudy
Atlanta. Ga_30.0 64 Clear
Atlantic City 29.8 46 0.02 Cloudy
Baltimore. Md 29 8- Cloudy
Birmingham 30.08 _Clear
Bismarck. N. D. 30.1 Clear
Boston. Maes. 29.9 0.04 Rain
Buffalo. N. Y. 29.71 0.14 Cloudy
Charleston. 8.C 30.10 74 - __Clear
Chicago. XU. 20.88 80 42 _Cloudy
Cincinnati. Ohio 29.88 78 60 _Cloudy
Sleveland. Ohio 29.84 66 40 _Cloudy
olumbla. 8. C. 30.06 76 58 -Cloudy
)enver. Colo. 80.00 70 48 Cloudy
letrolt. Mich 29.86 TO 38 0.02 Cloudy
3 Psso. Tex. 29.84 88 00 ... Clear
Sslveston. Tex 30.08 70 00 _Clsar
lelena. Mont 30.28 66 38 Clear
luron. B. Dak.. 80.06 Clear
ndlanapolls 29.88 0.01 Cioudy
Jacksonville 30.12 Clear
Lansas City 29.80 loudy
*os Angeles 30.02 oo oudy
Louisville. Ky._ 29.90 80 loudy
dtami. Fla_ 30.18 85 Tear
Minneapolis - - 29.76 66 __ -loudy
New Orleini... “ ' " — Cloudy
lew York Cloudy
Oklahoma City Cloudy
Omaha. Nebr.._ udy
Philadelphia IO
Phoenix. Aria - r
‘ittsbursh. Pa.
‘ortland. Me.
talelsh. N. C.
Ban Antonio .
Ban Dleso. Cal. j
San Francisco ?
It. Louis. Mo. 29
leattle. Wash. 80.__ „ _ __
BsssarMW* sum as?
WASH, a a.. 29.82 67 54 -Cloudy
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Students Receive Civitan Club Award
Presentation of the Civitan Club gold keys to outstanding high school graduates of this year
was made last night at the Lafayette Hotel. E. Barrett Pretlyman made the presentations. Left
to right: William N. Seitz, Ashby L. Leeth, president; Pretlyman, presenting gold key; William
C. Shelton, jr.; Dr. Frank W. Ballou, Thomas Mitchell and Donald Heaney. In the back row:
Walter Guthrie, Raymond Wankall and Robert Slaughter. —Star Staff Photo.
Lobby
(Continued From First Page.)
courteously and answered questions in
a “responsive” way.
Muse and Kirby told the Senators
that John J. Raskob gave $5,000 to
the Committee to Uphold the Consti
tution. Muse said the contribution
was made after he and Kirby had
visited Raskob on the eightieth floor
of the Empire State Building in New
York.
Pierre S. du Pont also gave the or
ganization $5,000, Muse declared. He
said he got a check for that amount
during a call on Du Pont at Wilming
ton.
Muse said the gifts of Raskob and
Du Pont were for the specific purpose
of financing a Talmadge-for-Presldent
campaign meeting in Macon, Ga„ last
i Summer.
t Muse said nearly all of the $10,000
r was spent on the Macon meeting.
! Muse said the principles of the
1 Committee to Uphold the Constitution
' “appealed to those gentlemen,” mean
ing Du Pont and Raskob.
Lammot du Pont contributed $2,500
; and Henri du Pont $500 to the
general fund of the committee. Muse
1 said. Alfred P. Sloan, Jr., sent $1,000,
| he said.
Kirby said he expressed at Macon
a disclaimer of responsibility for
| literature attacking President and
1 Mrs. Roosevelt.
Muse, under rigorous questioning,
said he had received at Macon a
’ bundle of papers containing photo
( graphs of President and Mrs. Roose
, velt being escorted by Negroes.
“Did Mr. Raskob and Mr. du Pont
know about this literature?” asked
, Black.
, “No, nothing at all.”
Muse said he always carried some
of this literature around in his
pocket.
j Senator Schwellenbach, Democrat
of Washington, reading from a list
of contributors in the West, asked
i why “this Southern committee was
t able to get money in other sections
. of the country."
“Well,” responded Muse, “It was
■ probably because there an people
l out there who believe In the American
i form of government and who want
' to save it.”
Muse said the Committee to Uphold
' the Constitution was organized last
year by "that lovely old gentleman,”
Kirby, Austin Callan and himself. He
described Callan as a Texas newspaper
man who “knows the Constitution.”
Schwellenbach brought out that
other contributors included Howard
C. Hopson, utilities magnate. $10;
Irenee du Pont, $50; Senator Metcalf.
Republican, Rhode Island, >50; John
W. Prentiss, of Homblower & Weeks,
$50; R. E. Olds, jr., Lansing, Mien.,
>100; Carleton Macy, New York
City, >10; Ogden Mills, New York
City, >100; Alvin Macauley. Detroit,
$50, and Prank B. Kellogg, St.
Paul, $50.
The committee examined a “broad
side” containing reproductions of head
lines and articles published in various
white and colored newspapers in con
nection with attendance by the Roose
velts at colored meetings. The circular
reprinted an editorial, "Social Equality
at the White House,” from the
Chronicle, published In Arlington
County, Va.
Muse said these circulars were given
to him by Allen S. Shepherd of the
Election Managers Association. Black
said he might call Shepherd to testify
The committee excused Muse and
Kirby shortly after noon, with the
understanding they would later send
the group recent literature circulated
by their organization. The committee
adjourned until 10 a.m. tomorrow.
Prom an unwilling witness yester
day the committee learned of a friend
ly relationship between the Liberty
League and the Partners’ Independence
Council, whereby the council uses of
fice facilities of the league in Wash
ington and Chicago and receives
financial aid from league leaders.
The witness, Stanley P. Morse, vice
president of the council, said he was
"consulting agriculturist” of the Lib
erty League at $200 a week at the
time he organized the council more
i - --- — -
than a year ago. He said he had dis
cussed the proposed farmers' organi
sation with Jouett Shouse, president of
the league and former chairman of
the Democratic National Committee.
TESTIMONY CONFIRMED.
HOUSTON, Tex., April 15 (>P).—
Allen Sheppard said today that testi
mony Vance Muse gave before the
Senate Lobby Committee concerning
the circulation of pictures of Mrs.
Franklin D. Roosevelt in the company
of Negroes, was correct.
“That's correct,” Sheppard said
when informed here that Muse had
told of circulating such pictures In the
South.
"Are you going to fight Roosevelt
in county convention next month?”
be was asked.
"No,” he replied. "I am fighting the
Negro movement—I am fighting any
step which is toward social equality
for Negroes. For 43 years I have been
lighting this movement—ever since I
was 19.”
"Did Muse get the pictures from
you?”
“Yes. He and many others got
them.”
'How many were circulated?’'
"I collected the pictures from va
rious papers and magazines and then
had a lithograph made. We got 10,000
copies and these were distributed over
the Southern States.”
Sheppard, who is also a member of
the Democratic County Executive
Committee, was asked who paid for
the printing.
“It was done by popular subscrip
tion,” he answered.
FRIGHT IS FATAL
CHICAGO HEIGHTS, 111. OP).—
John Fisk, 28, died on the operating
table as nurses prepared to anesthetize
him for a tonsllectomy.
Fire Chief George Mahnke, who
used an inhalator in an unsuccessful
effort to revive the patient, declared:
"I think the man was scared to death.
His mouth was locked shut so firmly
we couldn’t open It.”
MARIONETTE FESTIVAL
W. P. A. Unit to Provide Displays
Tomorrow Also.
A marionette festival is being held
at 1 pm. today and tomorrow at Oar*
nett-Patterson and Roosevelt High
Schools under the auspices of the Fed*
eral theater marionette unit of the
W. P. A.
Among the local marionette groups
participating in the festival are the
Junior League, Francisco Portillo and
Miss Alma Thomas groups. Other
groups from the public schools will
give performances as well as display
their puppets.
The Federal theater marionette
group of the District has been working
under the direction of Robert War
field, and will present plays at various
playgrounds In Washington this Spring
and Summer.
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