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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1925
Page
8
Weedon Miller paid 27 fine and costs in police court today for operating a car when his license was revoked for one year. He admitted the offense and said Policeman Hinkins saw him Saturday night in crowded Main Street traffic, leading to the arrest.
The New York market saw a reactionary morning as bear traders pressed prices after a new high for American Can and sharp advances in several issues. Call money stood at 4 1/4 percent with irregular closing. about 1,250,000 shares traded. Separately, asylum officials reported a man’s alleged insanity not hindering his work weaving baskets, while Scott disputed he was insane.
In Richmond on August 10, Detective Sergeant Louis Bertucci was shot and killed as police guarded St Philip's Hospital where Polly Frances and Ruth Glenn were critically wounded after a melee in a Negro district. Frances is charged with shooting Bertucci after he answered a call about the earlier wounding.
Jerry Hollar, a young truck driver, stood in police court before Justice Worsley on a charge of operating a truck while under the influence after a church picnic. The case was postponed to allow Officer Dove to produce the witness who first claimed Hollar was driving drunk, as no one saw him operate the vehicle. Hollar denies drinking and says he was sober, admitting he had a few drinks at a warehouse where he stored the truck. He also claimed he found a quart jar of liquor outside and placed it in the warehouse to have it handy.
In Chicago on August 10 Russell T. Scott convicted of murdering Joseph Maurer is sent to Chester asylum for the criminally insane where a new assignment awaits him.
A 1918 initiative to ensure the return of a French night bombing squadron, delayed by the armistice, resulted in a massive searchlight now mounted on Mount Afrique near Dijon. The beam is visible at night for about 300 miles and can be seen from Fort-on-Main on the British coast and at Milan.
Messrs Harry R Kern John M Steck and Lake J Frazier left yesterday morning by motor for Manchester Ohio on business. They expect to return tomorrow. Mr Sam Worsley of Washington spent the weekend with his parents Judge and Mrs Worsley Ice cream offers yard parties socials since 1872 Jones Creamery phone 14 W M Fletcher Preps
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