Evening star. [volume], March 22, 1938, Page A-9, Image 9

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JURY DUE TO GET
STABBING CASE
Fellow-Worker Accused in
Death of Baker Held for
Further Action.
The case against Willie Odum, 23,
colored, in the fatal stabbing Saturday
of John A. Metcalf, 30-year-old baker,
was expected to be presented to the
grand Jury today following the failure
of a coroner’s Jury to agree yesterday
after more than two hours’ delibera
tion.
In announcing its failure to agree,
the Jury said that while its opinion
was that Odum was "responsible,” it
was unable to determine whether he
was criminally responsible or that his
act was justifiable.
Instead of calling for another jury,
Coroner A. Magruder MacDonald re
leased the defendant to police, to be
held for action of the grand Jury.
A representative of the District
Attorney's office said the grand Jury
probably would take the case today.
Proprietor Testifies.
The inquest was marked by testi
mony of Charles Schupp, proprietor
of the Vienna Pastry Shop, 5513
Colorado avenue N.W., where the
•tabbing occurred and where both men
were employed, that hard feelings
probably had existed for some time
between Metcalf and Odum.
Mr. Schupp testified that while
Odum had "great pride in his work
and was extraordinarily capable and
dependable,” he possibly resented the
fact that Metcalf recently had been
elevated to a position over him in the
•hop.
Detective Sergt. Aubrey Tolson tes
tified Odum told him an argument
which later resulted in a fight, started
when Metcalf criticized Odum for
having been two hours late for work.
Wrestled on Floor.
Tolson said Odum told him Metcalf
attacked him once in the back room
of the shop, hit him several times in
the face and that the two wrestled on
the floor. When the tussle was over,
he said, Odum washed the blood from
his face in a wash basin and, returning
to a drawer on the table at which
Metcalf was working, took a paring
knife from it and took it back with
him to his own table.
“You've had a chip on your shoulder
Jnr a long time." Tolson said he
understood Metcalf told Odum, "and
rm going to knock it off now.”
It was in the second fight which
followed at that time that Odum
•tabbed Metcalf in the left chest. The
blade pierced his heart and he died
• few minutes later.
Metcalf, who was married and the
father of a 5-year-old daughter, lived
at 6320 Georgia avenue N.W. Odum
Hves at 1912 New Hampshire ave
nue N.W.
CONTROLLERS INSTITUTE
TO HOLD DINNER TODAY
#ohn L. Bischoff to Be Guest of
Honor—Unemployment Act
Will Be Discussed.
The Controllers’ Institute of Amer
ica. District of Columbia Control, will
hold a dinner at 6:30 p.m. today in
the Carlton Hotel, with John L.
Bischoff of the District Unemploy
ment Compensation Board as guest
of honor. The monthly meeting
after dinner will consist of a round
table discussion of the merit rating
provisions of the District Unemploy
ment Compensation Act.
The president of the group is John
Davies off Woodward & Lothrop De
partment Store. W. R. Little of The
Star is vice president, and Humphrey
Lloyd of Washington Properties, Inc.,
is secretary-treasurer.
THOMAS WILL LECTURE
AT CENTRAL TOMORROW
Utah Senator’s Topic Will Be
‘America in the Family of
Nations.’
Senator Elbert D. Thomas of Utah
will speak on “America in the Family
•f Nations’’ at 7:30 p.m. tomorrow
at Central High School. His talk is
the eighth in a series of free lectures
on national relationships sponsored
by the public schools, the Public
Library, colleges and universities and
newspapers of Washington.
Lectures to follow in this series w’ill
Cover “Higher Education” and “The
Press as Molder of Public Opinion.”
The Public Library has prepared short
reading lists for free distribution on
the eubject of each lecture.
CITY HEADS OPPOSED
TO D. C. BAR PROPOSAL
Appointment of Committee' on
Admission! Held Province of.
the Judiciary. ,
e
The Commissioners today sent an
adverse report to Obngress on a bill
designed to permit women to se^vt
on the committee which determines
the qualifications of persons admitted
to practice before *the District bar.
"The Commissioners feel,” they re
ported. "that the appointment of a
committee to determine the qualifi
cation and admission of persons to
practice before the United States
Court for the District of Columbia, is
a matter which should be solely
within the discretion of the Judiciary.”
mShIcei
REISINGERREPORT
Accused Marine Paymaster
Examined in Hospital by
Special Board.
The future of Brig. Gen. Harold C.
Reisinger, Marine Corps paymaster,
today was In the hands of Secretary
of the Navy Swanson, following a
first-hand examination of the officer
by a special retiring board.
Headed by MaJ. Gen. James C.
Breckinridge, commanding general of
the Marine Barracks at Quantico, Va.,
the special board convened yesterday
morning at the Naval Hospital, where
Gen. Reisinger is a patient, and talked
at length with him. The board’s re
port is being made to Secretary Swan
son, who convened the board.
Gen. Reisinger was accused of fal
sifying his personal travel accounts
and was ordered before a general
court-martial last year at Quantico.
Gen. Breckinridge and the other two
Marine Corps officers on yesterday's
board also were members of the gen
eral court-martial board. After the
court-martial had been convened, Gen.
Reisinger contended his mental state
was such that he could not proceed
properly with his defense. Secretary
Swanson then ordered him to the Na
val Hospital here on January 5, where
he has since been under observation by
naval physicians, who have found him
mentally unstable, they said.
Yesterday the board met at 10 a.m.
and adjourned at 12:30 p.m. Its de
liberations were in executive session.
Two of the board’s members were
naval medical officers, independent of
those who had the officer under ob
servation, it was said.
Officials at the hospital said Gen.
Reisinger will continue as a patient
there until Secretary Swanson makes
some disposition of the case.
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Benefit Dance at Cabin John.
The Cabin John Park Volunteer
Fire Department will hold a benefit
dance at the fire hall in Cabin John
Friday night. The proceeds are to
be used for the purchase of new
equipment.
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