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Two Are Treated After Being
Struck in Street—Woman,
92, Hurt.
Two children were injured in traf
fic accidents in the District last night.
Two-year-old Gordon Saunders, 319
D street northeast, was treated at
Casualty Hospital for a severe head
injury and bruises about the body
after being struck by a street car as
he crossed the street near his home.
The motorman was Bascomb L.
Padgett, 27, of 1527 B street north
east.
The other child victim, Sally Pen
hallow, 5, of 1830 Jefferson street, suf
fered ruts and bruises when the car
tn which she was riding with her
mother, Mrs. Kathryn Penhallow, was
in collision with a truck at the Speed
way exit.
» V* nv ix uwui, nnam xj. it ui*
ris. 43, of Gainesville, Fla., was re
leased under $300 bond on a charge
of colliding.
A third child was knocked down and
alightly injured by an automobile to
day at Twentieth and P streets. He
was Edward Thompson, 7. of 2148 O
street. At Emergency Hospital his in
juries were described as not serious
and he was expected to be released
early this afternoon so he could re
turn to school.
Mrs. Margaret McGavin, 92, of 919
I, street was knocked down to the
sidewalk a few doors from her home
when a truck backed into the curb.
Bhe was treated at Emergency Hos
pital for injuries to the right eye
and arm. The driver was Thomas
Butler, 24. colored. 1212 Half street
southeast, police said.
While yesterday’s accidents were
few. statistics for May, released by
the Department of Vehicles and Traf
fic, showed the trend in fatalities and
Injuries on Washington's streets was
Still upward.
Eight persons, including six pedes
trians. were killed during May. twice
the number of fatalities in April and
bringing this year's death toll to 48.
FOUND.
COAT—Found on Connecticut ave. Mon~
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KEYS found on Eversfield farm. College
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GOLD CROSS, on F st.. oetween Oth and
Jfith sts. n.w.. Thursday, Mav 20 1610
A st. ne. Ant, 4. after 3.
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ANCHOR brass, and gun: lost Sunday
afternoon about :i pm. in Rock Creek
Park or vicinity Reward. ;;.5(in 14th
st. n.w.. Apt,
BILLFOLD containing valuable pr^pprs. m
vicinity of 1 ♦ fh and Newton n w kepp
money. Return to J Walsh. 1.544 Shepherd
At n.w.
BRACELET—White gold. .‘5 sapphires; lost
6wnday__ Atlantic 205U-J Reward.
BRIEF CASE containing valuable papers;
also suit case and contents; lost Fri.. May
-Mh: lib. reward. Call Col 77 4 4 Apt
An-i-E^or Nat. OTuf. Brji.Mi Nat Bateman
COIN PURSE, small, black, containing
money and bills, at loth and F sts. n.w ;
liberal rewarn._ Adams 7UQ2
COIN PURSE, small, brown containing pi\
Flit bills and key; in or near Little Tavern
1 K st. n.w. Very liberal reward if
returned to Room 5nn. Arlington Hotel, or
1515 1 »ith_st n.w
DIAMOND RING lady S he’. Md. Club
Gardens and 17th and P n.w 'emerald
m issing >: reward Po; omac 5646
DOG—Part Scott ;e. black and brown
Muegsy; strayed from filling station. New
Baltimore. Reward._Lincoln 1‘47 7 -W.
EYEGLASSES—Pinch nose, tortoise-shell
rim; lost Saturday night. Reward.
Jbth st. n.w._ Adams 5»1«'»:».
FRENCH POODLE black, large, named
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Columbia 531 ♦>.__
GLASSES, tortoise shell, with gold nose
piece: in taxirab Friday, Mav 2*. Reward.
Return to Lewis Schools. 25rd st. and Pa.
ave. n.w._ •
LEATHER CASE, small, brown, containing
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PERSIAN CAT. large, vicinity Silver Spring.
Md Please co nmunicate with Mrs. Miller.
Shepherd 171k. _
POLE salt water fishing Ha ins Point:
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POCKETBOOK brown, containing pye
classes lost Tues. eve at 1 ii.h st. and
Par< rd Reward. Return 4 M st. n.w.
POCKETBOOK containing monav and oa
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before said body will be held Wednesday.
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office of the association. OUU F st. n.w..
on Thursday. June :t. next between the
hours of 13 o'clock noon and tl o'clock
pm. HENRY E. DECKMAN.
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notice is hereby given that cou
pon No. 28. maturing December 1. 1936.
In amount of $30.00. detached from OG
Gold Mortgage Income Bond of New Or
leans Public Service. Inc.. Scries A. No.
M4.T01. has been lost, and at the time it
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Application has been made to the debtor
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NOTICE^ LS HEREBY GIVEN THAT ON
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Close-Ups of Principal Figures and Evidence in Keene Mystery
Edward Smith of Smiths Is
land. who found body of
Charles F. Keene while re
turning home from fishing
trip.
Sheriff William H. Dryden
examining keys and woman’s
mesh bag taken from leather
bag tied to Keene's neck.
Close-up of the handbag
and keys. The bag was en
graved with the initials
F. R. K.
—Star Staff Photos.
Keene
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.
the lead pellet from one of the un- !
fired .32-caliber bullets found in
Keene's vest pocket. The lethal bul
let was 9’j grains lighter than the
unfired bullet, it was revealed.
“We thought the lethal bullet was
a .32-caliber of the same type as the I
bullets found in Keene's pockets, but
we can't be sure now',” said Brubak“i\ j
“We will have to make further tests.
Of course, there is a possibility that
a few pieces of the lethal bullet may '
have chipped off when it struck the
skullbone.”
State's Attorney F. Kirk Maddrix,
who is directing the investigation
here, said: “We have not enough evi
dence to say whether Keene was mur
dered or committed suicide."
Maddrix said evidence which might
support a suicide theory is:
1. Keene was known to have owned
a ,32-calibcr gun. which was last seen
in his possession about two years ago
2. The presence of three .32-caliber
bullets in his left vest pocket.
3. Discovery of a woman's silver
mesh handbag, with his keys in it, in
the brief case.
4. Testimony of Dr Norris that the
fatal wound could have been self
inflicted.
Blood Spot on Bunk.
“But then,” Maddrix said, "we must
try to explain the blood spot on the
dead man's bunk, on the wash-stand
and on the aft deck rail about 10 feet
from his cabin. Obviously, the man
didn't shoot himself through the brain,
tie a brief case to his neck, climb out i
of the window and clamber along a
catwalk to the aft-deck rail before he
went overboard.”
Solution of the baffling case. Mad- ;
drix said, may hinge on identification
of the auto jack and tire iron and the
mechanic s hammer found in the brief
case. Investigators are proceeding on
the theory Keene owned the brief
case, but it has not been positively
identified yet. Maddrix pointed out.
"If we found that Keene went aboard
that boat with a suit case loaded with
metal and with pistol shells in his
pocket, We could hardly avoid the
suicide theory,” Maddix said. “On the
other hand, we must remember that
Keene did not own an outomobile, but
the tools were readily accessible to a
murderer in the cars in the hold of the
ship.”
i Friends in Washington were at a :
loss to explain the presence of auto
mobile tools in the weighted brief
case. They said Keene did not have
a car aboard the boat and had not
driven one for almost a year. Keene's
automobile was damaged in an acci
dent some time ago. they said, and
he never drove after that.)
Maddrix said he is anxiously await
ing the arrival here today of Smith,
who told a Star reporter yesterday of
the marlin rope around the dead
man's neck.
“I had heard only of the strand of
cotton rope which held the brief case
to his neck,” Maddrix said. “If there
was a second strand of marlin rope
around his neck the murder theory will
be greatly strengthened."
Cut From the Neck.
Smith said the marlin rope was tied
so tightly it had to be cut from the
man's neck, while the cotton rope was
loosely tied.
"I just put a stick under the cotton
rope and lifted the loop right over the
man's head,” Smith said. "The rope
had cut into the back of his neck from
the weight of the brief case, but still
it s a wonder it didn't slip off in the
water. You know, rope shrinks in the
water and stretches when it Is dried
and put under pressure.
"That loop must have been even
looser when the man was killed than
it was when I found him. But that
Marlin rope was plenty tight. I
heard somebody say it looked like
a piece of iron might have been tied
to that Marlin rope.”
Marlin rope, it was explained, is
used in the strongest lines on a boat.
It is treated to withstand the effects
of water.
Smith said Keene’s left hip-pocket
was turned inside out when he found
the body. No money or wallet was
found.
Keene, his family believes, had
about $40 when he boarded the boat.
He changed a $5 bill when he bought
a bottle of soft drink at the refresh
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ment stand on the boat. Only a
nickel was found in his cabin.
"If this is murder, then robbery is
the only motive we have so far," Mad
drix said.
Thinks Death Was Immediate.
Dr. Norris said there would have
been very little blood from the bullet
wound.
"If he had been lying on the bed
when he was shot, only a little spot
of blood, perhaps as big as a quarter, j
would have trickled down on the
sheet,” Dr. Norris said. "If he were
lifted there might have been more |
blood. It would have been impossible |
for a man with a wound like that to
walk. I think he died instantly.”
Keene evidently was killed about
1:45 a m. on May 14. when the steamer i
District of Columbia was off Point |
Lookout, Md. It was at that hour that :
William H. Bowen, 38. of 1269 Oates |
street northeast, Washington, night |
watchman on the ship, heard what he '
believed was a shot. Keene's cabin
was dark. Bowen said, and although
he walked bark to the after deck he 1
saw nothing suspicious and was lulled
into the belief that the noise he heard
was steam cracking in the radiators, j
Smith said that if the body had J
been thrown from the boat near \
Point Lookout it would have drifted 1
to the spot where he found it. 5 miles :
off Smiths Island. Smiths Island is
10 mile* out in the bay from Crisfield.
The body was attired in a shirt,
vest, trousers and socks. Keene's shoes
and coat were found in his cabin.
Smith towed the body to the island,
which is isolated from all communica- |
tion with the mainland. Magistrate
Bradshaw convened the coroner's
jury Monday night and, after exam
ining the body, 12 fishermen unhesi
tatingly returned a verdict of murder.
First word of discovery of the body
did not reach Sheriff Dryden until ’
yesterday morning, when the fishing :
fleet- from Smiths Island put in here.
Smiths Island is in Somerset County,
as is Crisfield.
Jury's Findings Weighed.
Maddrix said little weight would be
placed on the verdict of the coroner's
jury because the fishermen acted
without sufficient evidence or knowl
edge of the background of the case.
He predicted that eventually the rase
may be laid before the Somerset
County grand jury.
Sergt. Brubaker said his search for
the mysterious, taciturn "red-faced
man,” last person seen with Keene,
has been futile. J. M. Eby, manager
of the refreshment stand on the Dis
trict of Columbia, said the red-faced
man appeared at his stand shortly
before midnight on the night Keene
disappeared and ordered a bottle of
beer. When he placed the beer on
the counter, Eby said, Keene, who was
wearing a red beret, walked up. With
out a word, the red-faced man shoved
the beer to Keene, ordered a soft drink
for himself, and then walked away,
leaving Keene at the stand.
Eby thought the red-faced man
might have been a resident of the
Old Soldiers’ Home at Hampton, Va.
Brubaker said he has talked to five
residents of the Soldiers’ Home who
were on the boat the night Keene
died and who disembarked at Old
Point Comfort. None knew Keene or
had talked with him, Brubaker said.
Investigators admittedly are puz
zled by the testimony of Mrs. R. F.
Loper of Virginia Beach, who occu
pied the cabin adjoining Keene's. She
said she is an unusually light sleeper,
but she heard nothing unusual in the
cabin adjoining hers. The investiga
tors are convinced the report of a
shot fired in Keene's cabin would
have awakened even a heavy sleeper
in the adjoining cabin.
_A crytic note found in Keene's
vest pocket also is puzzling investi
gators. Written in pencil, It said:
"All over *30 is yours—F. B. C.”
Cards of several real estate men
were found in the pockets, and on a
scrap of paper were penciled the
names, "Sen Reynolds, the Shoreham,
George Marshall and Mr. McDonald.”
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The Treasury said today it ended
the first 11 months of this fiscal year
$2,377,264,019 in the red.
Eliminating provision for debt re
tirement. the net deficit stood at $2.
275.519.219. For the entire fiscal year
ending June 30 President Roosevelt
forecast a net deficit of $2,557,000,000.
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Receipts for the entire year were
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Articles taken from the leather bay. including automo.
bile jack, hammer and tire iron. The tea strainer in right
hand corner was in the mesh bag. The three bullets were
found in Keene's rest when his body was picked up.
mesh bag, which contained Keene's j
coys, were:
The real estate section of a Wash
ington paper of January 13, 1937; a
handkerchief, a collar button, a rusty
pocket nail file, a broken piece of
romb, two rusty beer ran openers, a 1
pearl-handled pocket knife, a silver
tea strainer and a box of paper
matches and an aspirin box contain
ing two tablets wrapped in silver foil.
The jack was stamped with the
number S-J 710 and the name of the
Automobile Specialty Co. of St.
Josephs, Mo.
BRIEF CASE NOT FOUND.
Landlord Uncertain if Keene Took It
With Him on Boat.
Charles S. Osborne, a dealer in jew
elry, from whom Charles F. Keene
rented office space in the Union Trust
Building, said today he knew Keene
had a leather brief case, but was un
certain if the rpal estate agent tool:
it with him when he left for Norfolk.
Efforts to locate the brief case here,
however, have been unavailing, it was
said. The widow said today she did
not know whether her husband took
the brief case with him.
Keene's son, Charles F. Keene, jr.,
a former naval lieutenant, who re
signed to go into business in New York
City, came to Washington yesterday
upon being notified that his father’s
body had been recovered, and today
was arranging for the funeral.
PUBLISHER GOES TO JAIL
Friends Seek Presidential Pardon
for Parole Violator.
SYCAMORE, 111., June 2 (A>\—
John W. Tilton. 24-vear-old news
paper publisher started serving a six
month jail sentence today while civic
leaders of his home town sought a
presidential pardon because his efforts
toward community betterment ' have
in a measure repaid his debt to so
:iety.”
The young publisher was paroled by
i Federal court five years ago after
pleading guilty to charges of perjury,
rilton said he violated his parole by
leaving the State to obtain medical
treatment. He must pay a $2,000 fine
is well as serve the sentence.
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KEENE SUICIDE !
THEORY SCOUTED
“Last in World to Have'
Taken Own Life,” Says
Distant Cousin.
‘ Charley was the last man in the
world to have killed himself. * * *
“Under the circumstances, a suicide
theory is in direct conflict with Char
ley's whole life and nature.”
Walter Blount, distant cousin of the
late Charles F. Keene and perhaps
his mast intimate friend, was em
phatic in his opinion.
Blount discussed the strange mys
tery today aboard his yacht Sunshine,
where Keene stopped for a chat just
before he embarked on the night of
May 13 on the steamer District of
Columbia for Norfolk.
At that time. Blount was able to
give his friend of 30 years some busi
ness tips which the real estate man
noted on a slip of paper. The paper
was found on Keene's body yesterday.
This was tangible evidence to sup
port Blount's conviction that Keene
left Washington intent on business
plans for the future, and with no
thought of ending his life during the
Norfolk voyage.
Two notations on the slip—“Bra
love” and “Hendricks"—were entered
by Keene, Blount said, as a result of
their conversation aboard the Sun
shine. which lay at anchor near the
District of Columbia.
Blount said he tipped off the real
f.-tate tradrr. who dealt in a variety
of commodities, that a man named
Bralove had a boat for sale, and that
an interior decorator named Hen
dricks was interested in purchasing
several acres of a country estate.
"I'm sure Charley made the notes
from our conversation that afternoon
with a view to running them down- on
his return from Norfolk. He was in
need of money, I know, and deter
mined to mend his fortunes.
“Too, Charley was ma«t optimistic
. about his chances of closing a profit
i able deal in Norfolk. Charley did
! not say whom he planned to see in
| Norfolk, nor did he discuss details of
the deal, but this was natural. He
had an agent's reluctance to reveal
the parties to a trade.
“When he came on board the Sun
| shine, he already had taken his lug
I gage to the Norfolk boat. I never saw
!
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the brief case which later was found
tied to his neck.
Charley was an esthetic type of
man, a loveT of art, with a natural
dislike for guns or violence of any
kind. I know he had a ,32-cahbcr
pistol years ago, a ramshackle affair
which he never shot—a sort of joke
between us.
"He had a distaste for blood. I'm
sure he could never have planned
suicide or turned a gun upon himself.
Buch a thing was impossible to a man
of his sensative nature."
Boxer Sued by Indian Girl.
LOS ANGELES, June 2 (J’j—-Cefe
rino Garcia, nationally known Fili
pino boxer, was defendant today in
a $125,000 breach of promise suit.
Nomine Crowder, 20-year-old Indian,
testified the already married pugilist
forced her at the point of a knife to
accept his advances, promised to
marry her, then suggested she marry
his trainer instead.
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