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DISHWASHER HELD IN SLAYING OF GREEK RESTAURANT OWNER
DENIES HE
KNOWS DE
KILLING
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■treet and I never heard about any
murder up there.”
Green says that he went to work
at 7JO yesterday morning with
Charles Myers, one of his bosses. He
said that they started in at 7:30 on a
job near Fourteenth street and Park
road. Green told police he worked
for Bellman Heating Company, 712
Fifth street northwest.
Had Dishwasher’s Job.
Green said that he had been em
ployed recently as a dish washer and
as bus boy in Goodacre’s restaurant.
Tappy is still held in a cell in the
Second precinct.
"Things look bad for me," said
Tappy today, “but I didn’t kill him.”
Tappy Described Suspect.
It was Tappy who furnished the
police with a description of the col
ored man.
All known friends of Pappas are
being interviewed today. Pappas
was not overfriendly with relatives
or local Greeks. He never visited
. his many cousins in town. Whether
there was some estrangement be
tween Pappas and his relatives and
friends is being investigated today.
The circumstances " sufrounding
the death of Pappas Indicated rob
bery was the motive. The pockets
of the dead man were turned out.
The mattress on Pappas’ bed ap
parently had been searched. Cash
registers in the restaurant were
both open. Some change was
found in one of them. Pappas was
said to usually have had about $lf»O
on his person.
Tappy Found Body.
Pappas, according to Tappy, arose
at 7 o’clock yesterday morning and
went down to his restaurant. His
lifeless form was discovered at 11
o’clock by Tappy. Doctor J. Bam
say Nevitt, District coroner, oe
lleves Pappas was killed about 9
o'clock.
What did Pappas do between 7
and 9 o’clock?
He did not open his restaurant
as was customary. The coffee had
not been made, the stove was still
cold, and the morning’s delivery of
bread was unopened.
Further, Pappas was devoted to
six kittens just born m his place.
For the past week every morning
he fed these tiny animals. Yester
day the kittens were not fed.
Did Pappas’ assailant entsr the
'•fore early and engage the case
owned in a two-hour conversation?
Why Was He. Shoeless?
Police are also asking:
Why was Pappas in his stocking
feet whep found dead? He was
clothed otherwise in a heavy
sweater and trousers. His shoes ■
were two feet away. Police ridicule
the possibility of the murderer re-i
moving the footgear.
A water bucket, half filled with
pepper, with blood stains on the
handle, was found upstairs a few
feet from Pappas’ bed.
Tappy, the roommate, savs the
missing colored man brought the
bucket upstairs and left it. Police
believe that whoever had the bucket
was ready to use it to dash pepper
into the eyes of any person who
interfered with him.
The fifteen-inch automobile,
wrench, the end of which is covered I
with blood stains, is an important'
clue. Police say Pappas did not own ,
such a tool. They are seeking to J
trace the owner of the wrench I
through automobile accessories:
•tores.
Fingerprint Clues Futile.
The hope of identifying the as- i
sealant through fingerprint marks
Is very slight. Fred Sandberg, I
fingerprint expert, reports virtually •
no success yesterday. He will, try ;
again today.
The possibility that a woman was
mixed up in the killing is also be
ing Investigated. Women friends t
of Pappas, who was single, will be.
interviewed today. One woman In
particular, said to be more familiar
than anyone else with Pappas' ac
quaintances, was being sought to
fcy- ,
The story of Tappy is being
probed. The cook, who comes
originally from Madison, Va.. was
employed my Pappas • for three ,
months. He says he was sleeping
upstairs when hla employer was
killed
Beard Nothing. He Says
”1 heard nothing,” Tappy de
elartdl “That's probably because
I am a. sound sleeper.”
Tappy was stripped last night
and his body from head to foot
closely scrutinized, also his clothing.
No traces of blood were found.
Tappy had $7.70 on him. Os this '
11.70 was found in his trousers
pocket. A five-dollar bill and one I
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WILLIAM J. TAPPY,
Sixty-four-year-oM cook, who is
being held by the police for in
vestigation in connection with
the slaying of his employer,
Thomas Pappas.
dollar bill was found in a skull
cap he wore.
Except to give a description of
a man who was upstairs early yes
terday, Tappy was unable to help
the police in their investigation.*
Tappy, however, is certain that
the colored man was in<4he restau
rant Inauguration day.
"I don’t know his name, but his
face is familiar,” Tappy said. “He
came in Wednesday and 'bought a
sandwich. Then he Inquired for
the boss. I told him Pappas wae
downtown to see the parade. Then
be went out.”
Police believe that this man may
Hive come in Wednesday to rob
the case proprietor, expecting tu
find him alone.
HEIRESS TURNS MAID
TO FIND SWEETHEART
ALBANY, N. Y., March 6.—An
heiress who turned housemaid to
escape the importunities of suitors
she believes were seeking only her
money has been discovered herq and
has confessed her true position.
She is Miss Catherine Simmons,
of Kingston, who was left a huge
fortune by her father, Fairfax Sim
mons, contractor. Ttned of the -so
cial whirl and disgusted with the
attentions of certain suitors, she
found work with Mrs. John J. Mc-
Call. where she has been employed
since before Christmas. Today she
said:
”1 knew many young men. All
of them proposed, but I felt they
were only after my money.
“I decided to start out for my
self, live my own life, and in a
humble position perhaps find the
man who will love me for myself
alone. I worked in a factory. I
tried nursing, and finally I answered
Mrs. McCall’s advertisement and
have been happy at my work with
her.”
PORPOISES TRAI SHIP;
WATERSPOUT IS SEEN
NEW YORK. March 6.—A water
spout and seven schools of por
poises, estimated to have numbered
1,000, provided entertainment for
the passengers of the Fort Victoria,
of the Furness-Bermuda Line. The
porpoises accompanied the ship un
til land was sighted;
The waterspout, according to
ship's officers, was sighted 250
miles from this port. Its maximum
height, they said was 250 feet, by
the time tt reached the ship, how
ever, it had been dissipated, dying
entirely about 150 feet from the
liner.
Purser James W. Firth said por
poises are seldom seen so far north
and not in the memory of oldest
sailors have so many ofthem been
seen at once in this vicinity.
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h:m the Impression that he had not
shaved for a week.
Brauner examined several pic
tures submitted to him by the po
lice, out of the rogues’ gallery, but
was unable to make any positive
identification.
After Heimer was felled he was
rushed to Emergency hospital in a
passing automobile and an opera
tion was performed immediately by
Doctor Daniel Borden and Doctor
J. B. Deen. <
Mr. Heimer, fifty-six years old,
has lived in Washington practical
ly all his life at 1232 E street
southeast. He is a prominent
Shriner and a member of the Almas
Temple band.
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11HIFDUNDIH
ISHCiHDIES
INHOSPITHL
two- Weeks-0 id Waif Suc
cumbs to Pneumonia Despite
Efforts to Save Her
The unidentified two-week-old
baby girl, found abandoned in a
trash can by the police at Eighth
and Pennsylvania avenue south
east. Tuesday, died last night at
Children’s Hospital.
Exposed to the whipping of
cold March winds with nothing
but a pile of newspapers as pro
tection, it > is believed that the
infant contracted pneumonia.
A whimper coming from a trash
box in the street attracted the at
tention df Policeman W. E. Laux,
of the Fifth precinct, and he took it
to .the station house. Physicians
at Children’s Hospital have been in
constant attendance since, but to
no avail.
Although a woman was seen near
the spot where the baby was found
cn the same night, no arrests were
made, and visitors at the hospital
gave no clue to the authorities.
Several women had come to see
the infant but none made an effort
toward identification nor agreed to
adopt it. •
‘BOBWOWN
VIRGINIA
HOME
Mrs. Helmick Gives Up Dog
When Master Proves He
Still Holds Title
“Bobble,” center of attraction in
Washington’s dog world last week,
has a new home.
Mrs. Ell A. Helmick, Wife of
Major General Ell A. Helmick,
whose claims of ownership of the
animal were upheld last week by
Poundmaster Walter R. Smith, has
given the dog to a Virginian, the
real owner of the animal.
The dog was picked up on Wis
consin avenue ten days ago by
pound employes. A dozen persons
claimed the animal, a male collie.
Mrs. Helmick identified the dog
and it was given to her.
Mrs. Helmick explained today
she got the dog from a woman
friend who had got him from a
couple in an apartment that
wouldnft allow dogs. This couple
got thg dog from another family
which had gone to Europe. This
family got the animal from a man
in Virginia.
The publicity given “Bobbie” at
tracted the Virginian’s attention.
He successfully proved he still held
title to the animal and it was
given him.
“BIT BY SANDWICH,” WINS
SI,OOO FROM AUTOMAT
NEW YORK, March s.—Kathar
ine Puree obtained a verdict of
SI,OOO in City Court tn a suit she
brought against the Horn and Hard
art Co., for damages suffered when
she was “bit by a sandwich” in a
restaurant at Thirty-fourth street
and Broadway last May.
The sandwich contained some cre
ature which bit Miss Puree on the
lip. An autopsy held immediately
afterward in the kitchen failed to
identify the biter definitely. Miss
Puree declared it was a .lizard
Thomas J. Brady, manager of th£
restaurant, thought it was merely
a centipede or, perhaps a wasp.
Judge Finelite aadvised the jury
in his charge that the Court of
Appeals has held that a restaurant
is responsible for the quality of itb,
food. Food containing lizards or
other obnoxious insects, he said,
was not palatable.
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COLONEL FECHET IS NAMED
FOR MITCHELL’S POST
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Mitchell having declared before the
House Aircraft Committee that the
United States possessed only nine
teen first-class combat planes.
Weeks placed this total considerably
higher.
Had Many Commands.
During the world war Colonel
Fechet was in command of Scott,
Carlstrom, Door, and Kelly flying
fields and was department air serv
ice officer of the Southern depart
ment. In 1920 he' came tp Wash
ington as chief of the training and
operations group and later as chief
of the war plans division. He has
been commandant of the air serv
ice at Kelly Field. San Antonio,
Tex., since July 1, 1924. a
Colonel Fechet is a qualified
pilot and has been on continuous
f'ylng duty since Septefnber, 1917.
. Mitchell Prepared /
j When the announcement of his
‘ demotion was made, General Mithell
! was at Langley Field, Va.. where
aircraft t&sts are being conducted
today. Apparently forewarned, how
ever, of what was in store for him
Mitchell had a statement ready foi
the press and it was Issued shortly
after the War Department an
nouncement.
Mitchell renewed his appeal for
a unified air service, emphasizing
the growing importance of aircraft
in the national defense, and de
clared that he would “continue to
work for the benefit and improve
ment of everything that applies to
our national welfare.”
Mitchell’s statement follows:
Text of Statement.
“The question of my reappoint
ment as assistant of the air service
is a small matter. The question
of the reorganization of our system
of national defense is a very big
matter. The people must decide
what our national defense should
be and to arriye at a conclusion
they must know and be told the
truth about what we what
we need and how it should be
handled.
“As soon as the sound of the
cannon has ceased on the western
front, the forces of retrogression
began to work jn our country. It
was because our participation in
the war had been of such
duration that the old, inefficient
bureaucratic system of handling our
national defense had not yet been
entirely eliminated and replaced by
new and efficient system and per
sonnel as was in me case of the
countries or Europe and with us
during the civil war.
“Aviation is very different from
either armies or -navies in its
economic aspects. Every military
airplane can be used in time of
peace for some peaceful undertak
ing not necessarily connected with
war. Every pilot employed in civil
, aviation can be used in case of war
and is 90 per cent efficient in time
of petce. Every mechanic g-<*d irt
civil aviation is 100 per cent ef
ficient in time of war.
Applied to Commerce.
“In time of peace, the bulk of
the effort and thought of a na
tion in an aeronautical way may
be applied to civil and commercial
; development of aeronautics and
this same effort and thought can
' be shifted at once to military pur
-1 poses. There is no reason, for In
stance, why the air forces in time
of peace should not be employed
In mapping the country, patrolling
the forest to preverit forest fires,
i carrying the mall, eliminating in
sect pests from cotton, fruit trees
; and other vegetation, and in mak
ing an aeronautical transportation
survey of /the country to deter
mine what can be carried econom
ically and at a profit through the
air instead of on boats, railroads,
and by automobiles, and in working
new commerc'd air routes
throughout the world.
“The Government, for instinct,
in time of peace should maintain a
small percentage nf its total aerial
stren&th on strictly military duty;
I the rest could be used on civil
work for the greater part of the
t me and assemble for a month <-r
so each year to perform maneuvers
and military training.
“Annies and navies are no longer
1 capable of enunciating or putting
into effect tne complete military
policy for a country. : The voice of
the air must be listened to in all
ecunciis equal force and ns
is that of the army and navy. We
are further behind In our arrange
ment of national defense in this
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COL. E. FECHET,
Commandant of the air service
advance flying school at Kelly
Field, Texas, who was named to
day by Secretary Weeks of the
W»r Department to succeed
Brigadier General Willi afa
Mitchell as Assistant of the Army
Air Service.
country. * commensurate with our
position, strength and wealth that!
any other great nation. We are
spending too much money, getting
too little for it, as only the most
rudimentary plans for the future
and no organization capable of carry
ing them out in their entirety.
Co-ordination Urged.
“Our national defense should be
co-ordinated under a single direction
with a secretary of the national de
fense having under him subsec
retaries of the air, land and water.
There should be a- council in con
nection with this department hav-
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MRS. LULtI COLSTON
ASKS LIMITED DIVORCE'
Alleging that her husband has
been "habitually drunk for the last’
six' months,” Mrs. Lula Colsfon to- j
day filed suit in, the District Bu-'
preme Court against Wilfred J. ■
Colston, for a limited divorce and
altaiony charging him also with
cruelty, desertion and-', nonsupport.
plaintiff, represented by Attorney
F. Bryan Potter declares that No-1
vember 22 last, defendant "while in
u drunken condition brandished a!
steel hatchet and threatened tot
cleave her.” They were married in
this city March 18. 1915, and have '
three children whose custody is re-*
quested by Mrs. Colston, who also !
asks the court to restrain her hus
band from molesting her. •
ing in it the Secretary of the State I
Secretary of the Treasury of the!
Hubsecretaries of air, land and j
water, to recommend the policy of
national defense to the President.
In this way our policy of* national
defense could be co-ordinated with
our foreign relations and our
financial ability.
"We must all study this question
carefully and bring about a solution
of it as soon as practicable. Not
only will it ensure the safety of
this country but the saving of
great deal of treasure and the
establishment of transportation
lines through the air which will
further our interest and our civil
ization more than any other ele
ment. We who have labored in
sistently for the modernizing of our
country’s institutions know this full
well.
"There have been few months
that have passed when an attempt
has not been made to dispense with
my services. Before we sank the
battleships in T 921 and ushered a
new era in national defense it was
tried strongly. Now on the vdrge
of further battleships and more
progressive work, conditions are
similar to what they were former
ly So. Jar as I am concerned. I
shall continue to work for the bene
fit and improvement of everything
that applies to our national wel
fare. I am extremely proud of
what the men in the air forces
have done in the furtherance of our
national development, and with the
insistence of those who know and
will tell the truth to the people
we shall accomplish a great deal
of good for the people of the coun
try in the future.”
LEJEIINE CHIEF
OF MICHIES
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Reappointed by Wilbur, Who
Presents Commission—Hun
dreds Attend Ceremony
In the presence 6t a large num
ber of marine and- naval officers
and civilian officials. Secretary of
the Navy Wilbur today commis
sioned Major General Johq A. Le
juene commandant of the marine
corps for his second term of four
years. x
The ceremony, which was simple
but impressive, took place in the
office of General Lejuene in the
Navy Department building, x
The office was banked with
flowers from subordinates and ad
mirers of the marine leader.
In his address of presentation.
Secretary Wilbur declared that Gen
eral ' Lejuene has rendered the
United States a service "which can
never be except by the loy
alty of the citizenship of the coun
try.”
He highly praised the general’s
service as commandant of the corps
and reviewed his forty years’ per
sonal acquaintance with the general,
which began when they were mid
shipmen together at Annapolis.
Following the* ceremony the gen
eral had a reception in his office.
Several hundred officers of the corps
and civilian eemployes of the marine
corps and Navy Department at
tended.
OPEN SESSON ON WARREN
APPOINTMENT, REJECTED
A proposal for public consider
ation of the nomination of Charles
K Warren aS Attorney General was
voted down today by the Republican
party in the Senate.
The open session was urged by
Senator Gooding (Rep.) of Idaho,
but the. .majority conference reject
ed it at the request of Administra
tion leaders.