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DAILY NEWS, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1923 5 fff shooting "ACE" SAYS DEATH BOOZE-CRAZED TARS HALT LINER AT SEA afmlk offer bached by a satisfaction ormaney bach i -1! 'TTT Vf- i i i I I The surgical team that performed the operation. (L. to Norte Elizabeth Bell of the a I a nia. Dr. Agnea P.

McGacin of Nyach, N. Dr. William Campbell of the liner, and Dr. Mary Medloeh of Chicago. The woman phyiciane were pamaengeru.

Delicate Operation Saves HOLDS HIS PROOF TO QUENTIN KILL By WILLIAM RICE. Only death, it appears, will reveal whether or not Capt Jack von Wiegand, self-styled German ace, boxer, wrestler and swimming teacher, relly it did shoot down Lieut Quentin Roosevelt in a "dog fight" over the a in 1918. Asked point- blank if his ji. claim that he "1 shot Roosevelt 4 was true, ae- Capt Jack spite records von yy that ee to credit a certain Sgt. Greper with the deed, von Wiegand replied: VV ell.

whom did they credit with killing Roosevelt after the war? They say I did it. I have the numbers of all the planes I shot down," he baeered twenty-two of them, he stated last week, "and when I am dead that record will be opened. That will show if I killed Roosevelt." Taking Air Lessons. The tall tales of handsome Jack were the chief topics of conversation yesterday at Hadley field, N. and Ocean Grove, J.

Kenneth Unger, a Canadian ace in the war, said yesterday that Von Wiegand came to him at Hadley field about two weeks ago and asked for instruction. "I have given him about three hours in the air, at $30 an hour," linger said. "He doesn't seem to know a whole lot about planes, but undoubtedly he knows something. In those three hours he has taken to flying quickly." Tales Entertain Friends. Von Wiegand, who has been boarding at the Ocean Grove home of Mrs.

Adella Fachler, has divided his time recently between Ocean Grove, Hadley field, and the New Market inn at Dunellen, N. about a mile and a half rom the field. At Mia inn. nccordine to Georere Winkelholz, the proprietor, von wiegand has explained tnai mrs. is hii mnthpr.

Winkelholz declared yesterday that von Wie gand has frequently spent evenings with German friends at the inn, tkrllllnir tVAm with thfi storv of his battle with Roosevelt and other air conquests. 4 GUNMEN MAKE $500 HAUL IN CAFE While two men waving pistols, handkerchief masks over faces, lined up the proprietor and customers of the Parkview cafe, 64 Mulberry st, early yesterday mnmino- twn nfrViprs- wparinc auto mobile goggles, went through their pockets. The thugs got nearly $500. John Perretti, owner of the cafe, was robbed of $170, his brother, James, of $15 and a gold watch, and customers of a total nearing $300. info WIfrU Restmed SUICIDE AFTER PISTOL FINDING Continued from page col.

1 he body, a surprising circumstance a view of the gaping head wound. 3. Elevation of the feet was at angle of fully 35 degrees along he slope of an embankment, while he head lay in a gutter below, a position into which the slain man ras most unlikely to have fallen 'nd still kept his right hand in he posture in which it was found. 1 4. D'Olier's clothing, ordinarily fnmaculate, was soiled and stained, ind one lapel was torn, evidence hat his.

body might have been urled from an automobile. 5. Testimony of D'Olier. it was Wlared, was scheduled to prove 'ighly damaging to higher-up" ueens politicians and others, and .,...) tight have resulted in sending everal persons of prominence to rison. And 6.

"I am sure that my husband ras murdered sobbed the beauti- ul widow of D'Olier at her Pel am Heights home after the news ras broken to her. Mrs. JJ Oner is soon to be a lother. Found by Motorist. i The body of D'Olier was dis bvered soon after dawn by Martin rrauerholtz, a resident of Mas leth, who was returning home in as automobile.

Betts ave. at that point is a peerless highway. At one side Ppear the tombstones of Calvary fmetery, while on the other is It. ion. I Grauerholtz taw two upturned et at the side of the hicrhwav, 11 halted and investigated.

Then, i aving the body undisturbed, he on to Maspeth and notified -ie police. With the arrival of Inspector -aliagher a search of the slam lan's clothing was made. Papers fon indicated he was D'Olier, and a pockets yielded $87.70 and a kld watch and chain. Secrecy Attempt Fails. The inspector, pointing to the "ict that no evidences of robbery ere involved, promptly pro- ounced the case one of suicide, ut from the moment that he took large the police set up a wall of jcrecy.

To all questions they vther repeated their suicide theory rdict or retused to answer. Reporters for THE NEWS went msiderably further in prehmin ry investigations, however. From authorities familiar with ie complexities of the Queens i r. i 1 I jfwrr Krai i cose il wu iranicu i 2iat D'Olier recently had cut short tour in South America to return New York. He was complying -ith an official request that he ive testimony before the grand iry when it resumes its graft in-uiry in a week or two.

Snce his return, it was declared, had been devoting much of is time to preparing this testi-tony. Head of Company. It was also quickly ascertained lat D'Olier was the head of the anitation Corporation, of 420 exihgton ave. This organization, check-up showed further, sup-lied the machinery which was in-tailed in the Maspeth sewage dis- I osal plant which was under fire i the graft investigation, and -hich was built by the Awixa Cor-oration of Islip. One official of the latter corpo-ition, whose president is Claire a chlemmer, is James Richardson, emocratic leader in Suffolk coun- jr.

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Suspicion of Murder. When these and additional facts were brought to his attention, Assistant District Attorney Thomas F. Thornton, of Queens, declared: "We have begun a thorough investigation into the theory that Mr. D'Olier was 'taken for a There certainly are several suspicious circumstances in support of the belief that this may be a case of murder." Pursuing other lines of investigation, a reporter for THE NEWS called at the. home of O'Olier, at 265 Corona Pelham Heights, Westchester.

There, in the absence of the grief-stricken widow, called away by the police to identify the body and narrate the story of her husband's movements during the last few days, it was learned Mat D'Olier had failed to return home for dinner Saturday night, although Mrs. D'Olier had been expecting him. Wife Was Worried "I'm very worried," Mrs. Dtfcicr told one of her servants. "Something may have happened to him.

Usually he's so punctual about arriving home every evening, or telephoning if he happens to be detained. Another report was that D'Olier later did telephone, explaining that he could not return home for dinner because he "had a night business conference" in his town rooms at the Hotel Plaza. When the tragic news was brought to her, Mrs. D'Olier, the mother of two children, William L. 3, and Rosemary, 1, and anticipating the arrival of a third, was for a time on the Terge of collapse.

Sufficiently recovered, she told friends: "My husband was in the best of health, always cheerful and in no financial difficulties or other troubles. He was a splendid husband and father, and devoted his home. "I am as certain aa I have ever been sure of anything in my life that he did not do away with himself, but that he was murdered by someone for reasons he never disclosed to me." All the servants in the D'Olier home expressed the same belief. One Taken OS Tanker. The Anchor liner Transylvania, with 1,488 passengers, stopped in midocean to pick up two drmk crazed seamen who ran amuck on the Italian tanker Perseo and required medical treatment, it was learned yesterday when the vessel docked here.

Thursday morning at 9 o'clock, Capt. Robert Erskine of the Transylvania received a message from the commander of the Perseo, saying one of her stokers, Colombo Dameia, 42, was in a serious con dition, and required medical treat ment. Wounded Himself. The Perseo, bound from Montreal for Genoa, and the Transylvania met at 4 p.m. A boat was lowered MSWS I1oto Christy tilth (left) and Knato Rockne.

who returned yesterday. and the injured man brought to the Transylvania, where he was removed to the hospital. Dr. William C. Borrie, ship surgeon, found the man suffering from self-inflicted gashes in both arms.

After Daniela had been placed on the larger vessel, another lifeboat put out from the Perseo. In the bottom, so bound with ropes that his features were indiscern-, ible, lay another man. 1 A message from the Perseo's captain said the man was Litrico I Garbelo, ordinary seaman from Genoa, who had run amuck anc was suffering convulsions and "ex treme emotionalism." That meant intoxication, later developments proved. Operation at Sea. Garbelo was taken aboard, given treatment and a bath, and later was busily engaged in polishing the ship's brass.

It was necessary to perform a delicate operation on Daniela, in which Dr. Borrie was assisted by Dr. Agnes P. McGavin of Nyack, and Miss Mary Med- lock, a nurse, of Chicago. Aboard the Transylvania were i Knute Rockne and Glenn Warner, football coaches, and Maj.

Philip Fleming, director of athletics at West Point. (Other pictures on page 12) I ......3..