ORIGIN OF TROUBLE

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21248, 30 July 1932, Page 9

ORIGIN OF TROUBLE

POLICEMEN CHASED PURSUERS THROW BRICKS RETALIATORY SHOTS FIRED i.' : CAVALRY RUSHED TO CITY By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright (Received July 29, 5.5 p.m.) WASHINGTON, July 28 The first acts of violence by the "Bonus, army " occurred after the veterans had been evicted by the police from the Government premises in Lower Pennsylvania Avenue. They chased the policemen for some distance and threw bricks at them. Subsequently shooting occurred between tho police and tho veterans and one un- - identified ex-soldier was shot dead and two others were seriously wounded. As a result of the rioting troops were ordered out at the direction of the President, Sir. Hoover. From Fort Myer, Virginia, squadrons of cavalry were rushed to tho city and headed for White House, j Meanwhile, dowu near tho Capitol, the j police strove to keep order among the ! veterans, who were in an ugly mood after j having been fired upon by the officers. I President Orders Out the Troops j The veteran who was killed received a bullet through tho heart. A group of his comrades took the man to hospital in a patrol-waggon, accompanied by two policemen. He was dead when he reached there. A wounded veteran is in a serious con- | dition with bullet wounds in the neck ; and lower part of the body. His recovery ! is doubtful. | Colonel Patrick Hurley, Secretary for | War, ordered cavalry from Fort Myer to ! bo rushed to the city at a fast pace, sayj ing he had been informed by the President that the civil government of the district had reported to him that it could not maintain law and order. ; After hearing a report from constable i Georgo Shinault, who said he fired the ! first shot, Mr. Pelham D. Glassford, Police Chief, said the shooting which killed the veteran was justified. Work of Communists Suspected A report that a private had been killed . by a flying brick aroused the police to anger in the few minutes before the riotting that led to the shooting. Colonel Hurley said that all the prisoners would be turned over to the civil authorities. White House officials said information had come to them from secret service agents that the veterans who led the attack upon the policemen were entirely a Communist group. „ This statement was made without amplification by one of the President's secretaries. Tho troops arrived in the troubled area at 4.45 p.m. with orders to clear away the veterans.