Evening star. [volume], April 15, 1937, Page A-6, Image 6

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GINO A. RATH. 55,
SCULPTOR, EXPIRES
Directed Stone Cutting on
Statues at Supreme
Court Building.
Gino A. Ratti, 55, outstanding stone
earver sculptor, under whose skilled
touch and direction was done the carv
ing on statues at the Supreme Court
and Archives Buildings, died Tuesday
In Homeopathic
Hospital from
head Injuries re
ceived in a fall.
The time and
place of the fall
were unknown.
He had com
plained of pains
about the head
and said he had
fallen, but never
told when or
where he fell,
members of his
family related. He
had been seri
ously ill only a
G. A. Ratti.
week. Coroner A. Magruder Mac
Donald Issued a certificate attributing
the death to an accidental fall.
Mr. Ratti's work consisted of carv
ing out of stone figures designed by
artist sculptors. In recent years he
contracted for the work and left most
of the actual carving to skilled assist
ants whom he directed, although he
frequently used his own hands to put
finishing touches on many famous
statues.
Worked on Fraser Statues.
His work at the Supreme Court
Building included the statues '‘Con
templation of Justice" and "Execution
of Justice,” designed by the sculptor
James E. Fraser. At the Archives
Building his work, with assistants,
included the statues "Guardian of
Archives" and "Heritage,” also Fraser
statues.
Other statue-carving work of Mr.
Ratti included the statues of John i
James Audubon. Meriwether Lewis,
Daniel Boone and his dog. and George
Rogers Clark, done for the Roosevelt
Memorial Building in New York; two
groups on the Michigan Avenue
Bridge. Chicago.; the frieze on the
National Elks Memorial Building, Chi
cago. and work on statues on several
State capitol buildings. These works
were designed by famous sculptors.
Learned Art in Italy.
Mr. Ratti began learning his art at
Carrara, Italy, famous quarry town,
and came to this country 30 years ago.
Some years ago he went back to Car
rara with his son. Edward H. Ratti,
so the latter could learn the art. The
son since has been associated with him
in the statue-carving work. Mr. Ratti
came here from Chicago three years
ago. He resided at 4930 Wisconsin
avenue.
Besides his son he leaves his widow,
Mrs. Lina Ratti: a daughter. Miss
Marie F. Ratti. and a 7-month-old
grandson, w-ho bears his name.
Funeral services will be held at :
2 pm, Saturday, at Hysong's Funeral
Parlors, 1300 N street. Burial will be
in Rock Creek Cemetery.
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House Ways* and Means Group
Recommends Requirement
Be Stricken Out.
E* the Associated Press.
A proposal to repeal the law re
quiring publication of all corporation
salaries of $15,000 and up won the
House Ways and Means Committee’s
approval yesterday.
The committee recommended the
publication requirement be stricken
from the income tax laws.
Critics of the publicity law, which
reveals earnings of industrialists,
movie stars and other high-salaried
persons, contend it encourages kid
naping and blackmail.
Part of “Gaol” Where 7 Tories
Awaited Death Is Unearthed
By the Associated Press.
FREDERICK, Md„ April 15.—Work
er* on a sewer project here yesterday
uncovered part of a wall of the “gaol
of Fredericktown,” where seven tory
prisoners, sentenced by a revolutionary
war court to be hanged, drawn and
quartered, reportedly were confined.
Workmen excavating a house con
nection to the home of Cyrus Gambrill
I uncovered the long wall. Dudley Page,
a neighbor familiar with the history
of the old jail and its location, is au
thority for Identification of the wall.
The jail, destroyed by fire in 1862,
was rebuilt at another site.
Gambrill said the prisoners were
moved from Baltimore to Frederick.
A plot to free them failed and a spe
cial court sentenced seven of the pris
oners to death for high treason.
The concluding words of the sen
tence were:
“You shall be carried to the gaol
of Frederick, and be hanged therein
and you shall be cut down to the
earth alive.”
The sentence then gives detailed in
structions for carrying out the re
mainder of the gruesome penalty, and
ends:
"So Lord have mercy on your poor
souls.”
Four of the prisoners were par
doned before the dread punishment
was executed, but the sentence was
carried out In the other three cases.
About 10 years ago when buildings
were being moved to make room for
city improvements, remains of bodies
believed to have been those of the
hanged tory prisoners were uncovered.
DATE CHANGED AGAIN
By a Staff Correspondent of The Star.
UPPER MARLBORO, Md„ April
15.—Because of many protests re
ceived over postponement of the
Marlborough Hunt Club's horse show
to a date in May, Benjamin H. C.
Bowie, chairman of arrangements,
announced yesterday the show would
be held as originally scheduled on
April 24.
The postponement was ordered be
cause the date conflicts with the
Maryland Hunt Cub’s show.
The local show will be held on the
fair grounds.
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