Roseburg news-review., January 21, 1928, Page 8, Image 8

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Fords
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YOUNG CLERK
CONFESSES TO
BIG BOBBERY
Former Employe of Munici
pal Bureau Member
of Bandit Gang.
LOOT. WAS HIDDEN
His Quarter Shore of $73,'
' 600 Taken From Power
and Light Bureau
' Cached in Hills. 1
. (AnocUIed Vrrm Lcueil Wire)
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 21. Fern
Leslie Hit d lor, 20 yenr old former
clerk in the municipal bureau of
power and light, tins confessed, to
police officers that ho took part
In tho $73,600 holdup or the city
bureau last September,
- Sadler confessed IiIh part In tho
early morning rohhery on the ad
vice of his attorney, whom ho
called following his arrest last
nlliht.
Ho said ho had been given a
quarter share In the loot and Im
plicated three men whom he said
lie had met In a, pool hall and
know only thulr first names.
"; "I'm caught," Sadler told the po-j
lice. "All 1 want to do Is to throw
myself on tho mercy of the court."
Previous to It.H confession, Sad
ler had been partly Identlliud uh
one of the holdup gang.
He told the officers that tho rob
bery, in which holdup men posed
ph office clerks to gain entry lulo
tlio building before opening hours,
.was planned two weeks in ud
vanco. Through Ills position as a
clerk In the office of the bureau,
Sadler gained a thorough knowl
edge of the manner in which the
payroll was handled.
I After tho holdun men bound nnd
gagged three cashiers, after hav
ing waylaid and kidnaped the one
armed guard, 'they split the money
nnd went their respective ways,
Sadler told the officers. " '
Tho day before the rohhery,
Rndler was given his summer va
cation of one week. At the close
of his vacation ho returned to hlu
dctik but, with more than $16,000
hlddi'U away,' he waa able to keep
nt the, daily grind mil)4 three
weeks. . i . j
He had burled nls share of the
loot In the hills tmek of (lien
dale, a suburb. Recently he dug
up bin wealth and took It to an
apartment he had rented. Thtrw
v 'wT'i'. . -vL - warn
CHAS. ORVILLE BENHAM, Evangeli.t
Cornet and Banjo Artltt
,-( HELEN F BENHAM, SoloUt
Bible Standard Temple. ,
Chadwlck and E. Douolai ! '
NIGHTLY AT 7:45. SUNDAY 2:30 AND 7:S0 P. M.
"Com, With Your Burdens, Carry Away a Song."
ROSEBURG UNDERTAKING CO.
Established 1901
M. E. RITTER, Manager
Founded and Maintained on Efficient
Service and Courtesy
hone 284
Oak and Kane 8ta,
Ambulance Service)
13PMTE
: NOTICE
Committee tor I,. P. T.
dance niuut nt tho homo- of
Mm. C. E. Uuttinnn, Wont
Itoseburg, Monday evening,
Jun. 23rd. ,
he put it through a drying process
to take off tho mould.
Pusclinso of mi automobile,
opening of brink accounts and the
gossip of neighbors who comment
ed on his apparent wealth, deapito
tho fact that ho did not work,
were anld by the police to hare di
rected suspicion toward -Sadler.
SLAIN ROBBER IS
IDENTIFIED TODAY
(Annclill Pra l-nwd Wirt)
PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 21.
through army finger print rocordH,
police loday identified the man
allot to death hero ithn 'night of
Janunry 16, by Mlkel Mutuluswkl
an Charles .Medtord.
Mutuloswkl allot Iho man who
tiled to hold him up at his home.
ICY BLASTS HIT1 ' ;
MANHATTAN TODAY
NEW YORK. Jan.. 21. After
twenty days of unusually mlbl
weather for January, the lemporu
tore dropped to 14 degrees today,
bringing , Ico blasts out of tho
west,
MOTHER OF "FOX" (m
-OMING FOR TRIAL
KANSAS CITY, Mo., Jan. 21.
Mrs. Eva Hlckmnn, mother of
William Edward Hickman, slayer
of Marian Parker, departed today
for Los Angeles to attend tho trial
of her sou, set for January 20.
Another son, Alfred Hickman, ac
companied her.
COSGRAVE GIVEN "
CHEER IN CHICAGO
CHICAGO, Jan. 21. William T.
Cosgrave, president of the exueu
tlve council of the Irish Free State,
nnd his party arrived at tlio La
Halle street station aboard a pri
vate car attached to tho Twentl
olh Century Limited at 10:10
o'clock today and wore met by a
welcoming throng of several hun
dred persons and a guHrd of more
than 100 police. , ,
Th Comtravo party was met by
an official reception committee ap
pointed by Mayor Thompson, all
wearing top hats.
' Cheers went up from tho crowds
as the party left tho train, and
memhers of the party smiled and
bowed as photographers' ftuHh
UkMh boomed.
The t ml Ice cleared a path
through tho crowd for tho party as
It made Its way through the con
course to waiting automobiles for
a parade up Michigan avenue to
tho Drake Hotel, where the party
will be quartered.
There was no antagonistic dem
onstration. mm . t
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Lteensed Lady
Embalmer
A
A Battery for 90 per cent of All Cars-Why Pay More?
C. A. LOCKWOOD MOTOR GO.
OFFICER LEAS
SHOOTS YOUTH
TO HALT HIM
Continued from page 1.)
car, and picked Mr. Leas up. We
drove around the block and Haw
tho couple starting up east Doug
las Btreot.
"It ha always boon the policy
nt tha itftlt.nra uhan.ua, lhau fin, I
transients out in tho residential 1
district to ston them and ouoatlo.i
them regarding their business and
it they have no particular reasou
for being in that vicinity, they are
sent back down town, where they
can Do kept under surveillance.
Thin In .Imrn In nrav.nl Ihlnvrv
robberies and hohsuns In the out- !
lying districts.
"We became more suspicious
when we saw tho couple separate
near the top of tho Douglas street '
hill, the filrl starting back toward
mwn whHn ... vnnmr ninn wnt nn
out Douglas street. Huvlng seen
him out that way earlier In tho
day, 1 becnino convinced that ho
co,!itTburglnry and 'ao'wa d o
past him and then turned uround
and camo back, Mr. Leas drop-
ping oft the cur and stepping out
in front or Jackson to question
him.
Youth Drew Qun
"1 did nut hear what waB said,
but suddenly I noticed Leas put
up his hands and back towards the
car. As he came up to the car he
caned out to mo 'Look but ho has
against the window of the car and !
yelled nt Jackson to put up bis
handB, that I had him covereu,
and then he started to run. Leas
yelled at him to halt and fired two
wild shots, but Jackson kept on
i mining and llieu Lena dropped
him."
Tho sheriff nnd the deputy pick
ed up tho wounded youth, and.
assisted by Chief of Police Vaughn,
wno arrived upon the scene very
quickly, took him to the hosnital.
(Ju the way tho deputy Bhorilt ThS younK m!m has admitted that
dropped off nnd took Jackson s ito was preparing to steal a car. If
girl companion into custody. I these transients aro permitted to
Leas Covered j B unmolested we will be overrun
"When I walked over to Jack- wth thievery, holdups and bur
son to question him," Deputy Slier- giarles. nnd no property will be
Iff Lens said. "1 told him that I mifo. I bi'lleve tho officers should
was an officer anil that we wanted deal with this class In no uncertain
him to come over to ihe car nu i manner nnd this office will cooper
answer somo questions. Ho had ate with them to the fullest extent
both hands lir his pockets and he as long as they remain within their
commenced to cuss, and suel :ii: i authority, which plnlnly wbb not ex
rdldn't havo to answer quesllnm; coeded in this case."
Hum anyone. Then as I stepped up o
closer he shoicd a gun against my
bedy and ordered me to put up my
hands. I could do hothinH uui ubuy
and so comuietico 1 bucking up lo
Ihe car. Aa I reached It I calnd
cut to Sheriff Wi to, anil i:nn
dodged around tlri cornor of Iho
n.achino. Jacks n s'.ir'..l around
tto other wii, bj'. ai. iho i.iii riff
called to lilui lie duubled over and
vpnou lo run. I tired iwo wild
iihots and then pulle:! down on his .which gets umlor way today,
legs. Then he yelled out "I slve up. There nro eight outstanding
you winged inc.' We wont over to I plnvors In the meet, any one of
hlni and searched him but ha them having the ability to win If
didn't have a gun on him. We ask- rUht. Thin class includes Mac
ed him what he had done with It Donnld Smith anil Hobby Crulok
aud he said ho had dropped it.'' shank of New York. Harry Cooper
After taking the wouned youth 'and Wee Willie Hunter of LoV
to tho hospital tho officers went 1 Angeles, Tommy Armour of Wash
back to tho scene of the shooting ington. D. C, Joe Turnesa of New
and conducted a Bcarch for tho gun, j York and AI Kspinosa of Chicago.
which was found about ten leet I
from where Jackson had fallen. He !
had tried to throw the weapon into 1
the brush, but it had not gone that
far. It was a .32 calibre Colts.
fully loaded, and w ith the safety '
h.r tlt I
p,Z,!frh,!!."l",!..?ulren'',,,h
made a written statement,, in which
he admitted that he was attempt-!
lng to steal a car when the ollleer j
approached him. He said that he j
and the girl were on the way to
Kugene where his brother-in-law, j
Fred Brown, resides and where ,
they had expected to secure flnan-i
cial help, as tholr funds were nl
most gone. Ho jtavo many con-1
dieting stories and statements, us
ing several. different names and i
failing to give a satisfactory ex- j distancu star, as the leading en
planatlon and account of his past trant. Leo Larrivee, Chicaco A. A.,
movements, the officers say.
An examination of his wound
was made by Ir. Wade Immediate
ly after he waa taken to Ihe hos
pital, it was touud that the bullet
penetrated the fleshy part of the
thigh and apparently lodged
against one of the pelvic bones.
No X-ray examination has yet
been made, and unless the bullet
gives trouble. It will probably not !
be removed, as it la thought tlmt '
the wound will heal up much bet-
ter If the bullet la left in and tho
injury not molested. It is not ex
pected that tho wound will prove
serious. .
Thought Waa Holdup I
When Interviewed at the hos
pital this morning, Jackson eaUl
that be thought he waa being hehl
up. . . ,
wns In a holdup In San Fran-
Cisco not long ago," he said, "and
ROSEBURG NEWS-REVIEW,
GENUINE FORD -PRODUCT
HEAVY DUTY
SNOW IN P PORTLAND
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PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 21.
Snow, which marled to fall
at noon, waa still falling nt
2 o'clock and had been In-
creased in density. There was
no wind. ,
thought this was another
I olun t hear the man say
one.
any
thing nbout being an officer and so
I pulled my gun on hira."
He was unable, however, to give
any reason for running,' and as he
had only 65 cents in his pocket, the
officers beilOVO that he WOUld
hardly have made
such a resist
ance had he believed the caBe to be
a hold-up attempt.
Making Investigation
The officers are convinced that
the young man is wanted for some
more serious crime and so are try-
,nK to trace llla l,a8t Hctlvltlea and
rB sending out finger prints and
messages to officers in California
not ne iV wamedie girfiV alo ,
beIn neia ,n custody until tho
inveaugiuions biu cunipieieu.
Charged With Assault.
District Attorney Ouy Cordon
Btated this afternoon that a charge
of assault with a dangerous wenpon
will be placed against the youth
and he will he held for the Febru
ary grand jury.
"We will make a moBt thorough
investigation into this young man's
record," Mr. Cordon said, "as we
? ,"I.'f "LIS
is wanted
some whet o or he would not have
been so determined to get away.
We will take his fingerprints for
identification nnd will also notify
all ofricers of his description. - An
attempt is being made by telephone
today to secure information re
garding the case. - -
"It will be tho aim of this office
to give the fullest support and co
operation to officers who make ef
forts to keep the city free from
.t..",i.,..i
TEXAS TOURNEY
ATTRACTS STARS
(AMucUtml rrt. tNMl vrne)
EL PASO. Teias, Jan. 21. It is
a brilliant band of link warriors
who will unshenth their drivers,
Irons and putters and start on a
conquest for $3,200 In the second
annual El Pnso 72 hole open
Included in the crop of younger
stars who have better than an
outside chance to cop the prise
are Mill Burke of New York.
l,conard SchmuUo of Lima, Ohio,
and Larry Nabholti of Cleveland
STAR RUNNERS TO
COMPETE TONIGHT
NEW YOHK. Jan. 21. The bet
aggregation of runners that hns
twen gathered for any meet so far
this season will appear in the
Brooklyn college games at the
13th regiment nrmory tonight.
The feature will be the Brook
lyn College "thousand," with
llnv.l It. ii Itiiatnn A A TnliliUn
i Is exacted to provide stiff oppo-
sttion for Hahn. Ijirrivee defeat
ed the Boston flier to win the ,
event in 19'J6.
Karl Wlldermuth. Georgetown
University sophomore.' is tho
headliner for ihe spring series at
100 meters, 75 yards and 10
yards,
PUT THE HOSE ON ME"
NEW YORK 'lng! Clang!
"Where's the fire!" cried the tire
tiat.ters when thev arrived at the
ftrry slip. Then they espied WII- j
ii:im Siam at the ' signal box.
"Where's the fire?" they . cried;
acain. "Put ME out. I'm bumin
up." cried' William. A Bllevue ;
hospital surgeon diagnosed the
case as excessive. hoochitU and
police provided a cell to give Bill
J a chance to cool off. I
SATURDAY, JANUARY
And
Old
I NEW TODAY I
FOR RENT Apartments. Clean,
coxy, down (own. .Phone 645-J. I
WANTEDLadlea not to forgot to
take lunch at Roseburg Cafe
teria. ; '
FOR RENT 4 -room furnished '
house, cheap. Inquire 720 Win
cheater St.
FOR SALE 1200-lb. mare, $15,
ood anywhere. W. F. Hodson,
Sutherlin. Ore., Rtri.
FOR RENT Modern 6-room resi
dence, well located, garage, $13
per mo. L, O. Maddux, 4U4 N.
Jackson.
FOIlS ALE Electric incubator, al
most new. Capacity 500 eggs.
Also 3-burner oil stove, good
condition. Phone 26F21.
FOR TRADE Good
5-room resi-
dence on Fowler St. to trade as
payment on ranch. Mrs. L. O.
Maddux, 404 N. Jackson.
NO AUCTION " sale, but .every
thing reduced at Powell's Btoro.
If you need anything in our
line, come In and get my prices.
FOR SALE-Young milch cow so.
ond calf, giving 9 qts. daily; to
freshen May 1st. W. W. Haley,
lJj miles east town, Deer CreeK.
road. 1
LOST Friday night between Sen-
lor high school and West First
Btreet, pearl sunburst brooch.
Reward for return to Mrs. C. O.
Ferrler, West First St.
AFlNETset of dishes given free
with a new range, Saturday
only, if purchased at our low
cash price. Used ranges as low
as $18.50. Powell's Store. ;
MATTRESSES at rock bottom
prices for quick sale. Our regu
lar $8.50 all cotton mattress,
$5.75. All others reduced for
tills clean up. Powell's Store.,
GUARANTEED WORK That Is
what autoists demand when their
car needs overhauling. That's
the kind of service I render.
Harry Happ. Phone 371.
WANTED Private money to" loan.
Sums of $650 to $800. Good first
mortgage on real estate. G. W.
Young & Son, 116 Cass St., Hose
burg, Oregon. Phone 417.
2 FIRST class sheep ranches for
sale. Turkey ranch for rent. Pay
ing small ranch for trade. Ranch
and houses for trade. C. Merrill,
504 Mill St.
OIL AND GAS Let" Harry - Rapp
service your car. He'll do it
right, and koep your auto run
ning smoothly. Also storage by
week or month. Rapp Garage.
247 S. JACKSON ST. This beau
tiful site suitable for church,
club or maternity home. Part
cash, some trade. Owner, M. Mil
burn, SOI Bedell Bldg., Portland,
Ore.
I AM booking orders for S. C.
White Leghorn chicks at $11 per
100. Barred Rock and Reds at
$15 per 100. Custom hatching $4
per 100 eggs. C. A. Puckett, Cani
yonvllie, Ore.
FOR SALE 350 acres near Oak-'
land, all under fence, slashed
and seeded; 60 acres to culti
vate; fair buildings; fine wa
ter; 85 sheep, 80 goats, 40 tur
keys. A bargain. L. O. Maddux.
FOR SALE OR RENT Fifteen
acres in Sutherlin. Good build
ings, running water, house and
born, electric lights, tw,o acres
pears, berries. Price reasonable.
See or write A. E. Watson,
Sutherlin. (At Fair Oaks ranch.)
GET a deed to your home. If you
are buying a home on contract
and have It halt paid for, , with
no mortgage, see us about our
monthly payment real estate
loan whereby you can obtain
money to pay off the contract
and get a deed. Monthly pay
ments on your loan, generally
less than rent or contract pay
ments, take care of both princi
pal and interest and get you out
of debt. Umpqua Savings and
Loan Association. Douglas Ab
stract Bldg.
MONEY TO LOAN
ON
IMPROVED FARMS
Long term loans with liberal
repayment privilege. 6i inter
est payable annually. Usual
commission charges. Ask for
folder describing this loan.
G. VV. Young & Son
Insurance and Lean, -
IIS Cass St Thone 417
DR. DEAN B. BUBAR
OPTOMETRIST
. Specialist In the fitting of
Glasses
lit Jackson St.
21, 1928.
Your
Battery
FOR SALE2 fresh cows. 5 miles
E. of Dlxonvllle. Phone 34F15.
FOR SALE Black Jersey Giant
cockerels. Phono 2!sF5. M. U.
Green. , " y
COMING Jan. 21st7T'Tne Dutch De
tective. ' Dixouville auditorium.
A laugh guaranteed with every
admission. - Sponsored by the
North Deer Creek P. T. A.
FOR SALE 3 dozen Rhode" Island
Red pullets, $1 each if taken at
once. Also female thoroughbred
Fox Terrier. J. E. Cooper, Oak
land; Phone 7F24.
FOR SALE"OR"TRaTlTE Have 10
milch goats, several Toggen
bergs; all have kids. Will trade
for good cow, hogs or chickens,
- as I have not sufficient -pasture.
See L. O. Maddux, 404 N. Jack
Bon. THREE FREE demonstrations of
Wilshire's Jona-co, a sme r'eme
' dy for rheumatism and arthrit
is, neuritis and insomnia, got
. tor and vaiiouB other ailments,
; Come and be convinced, at 222
. S. Pine St. r. . ....
M. E. MEETING PLACE
(. wrtatml Trcta lauscl Wire)
LA GRANDE, Ore., Jan. 21.
Meridian, Idaho, was selected for
the 1029 district conference of the
Methodist Episcopal church during
the closing hours of the meeting
here yesterday. j -:
After voting ' to continue the
work of the. district men's coun
cil, officers for this organization
were elected, as follows: '
H. J. Roan, president, of Boise;
E, C. Lewis, secretary, Kuna, Ida
ho. Talks by Bishop Lester Smith, of
Helena, Montana, and Dr. R. E.
Gornell, of Chicago, representative
of the national board of home mis
sions, closed the two-day session.
Hudson-Essex
"VOGUE OF TOMORROW"
Ahova is the Hudson Super-SIx
Victoria, an attractive new car type
j . . i. u.
Introduced this year. Below Is the
Essex e-cylinder, 4-door Sedan, ex-
pected to be one of the company's
most popular models. .
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CITY HAS HEART
j By NBA SERVICE!
! CLEVELAND. Joe Hansen's
! dog was cought by the dog catch
er. Joe's friends told him about It.
Hut Jce had only five dollars and
the dog catcher wanttd $5.75 to
1 reltase the dog. He told his story
' to Safety Director Parry, explain
ing how he hnd saved his pennies
so he could buy a gift for his
mother. The director told Joe lo
buy the present and ordered the
; dog released and the expense
, ci:argea to tne -city with a heart.'
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ERY
S. P. WINS CASE
(Auocfatnl Vrt-m U-awJ Wlr)
PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 21. Af
ter deliberating for ten minutes in
a case that took two weeks to try
and called 130 witnesses, the jury
in Federal Judge Bean's court to
day returned a verdict for the de
fendant in the $91,000 damage euit ;
brought by Albert Sternberg of i
Albany against the Southern Pa
cific company.
Sternberg, proprietor of the Al
bany Tanner company was at
tempting to collect damage done
to bis plant by tire, which he al
leged was set by sparks from a
steam engine working on the rail
road line.
A feature of the trial was 'the
denial by Sternberg of a bribe-i
which Mrs. Alice Kelly, r witness,
claimed he had given her-V
J LOCAL NEWS I
From Brockway -,
Mrs. Herman Schultz and family
of Ilrbckway were in Rosebarg to
day visiting friends and shopping.
Visitor Today
Herbert Kyers , of Canyonvillo
spent the afternoon in this city
visiting with friends and transact
ing business. , i . '. t
Drew Men Visited , '
Oliver Cook and Wm. Barrow,
residents of the Drew ' district,
wets in Roseburg this afternoon
attending to business Interests. -
Mr. and Mrs. Norrls '
Mr .and Mrs. Norrls Fairbanks
of Oazley spent tho afternoon In
tills city visiting with friends and
transacting business.
Makes Bgw With 1928 Models
TYPIFIED IN SERIES. ALL UNITS CONTRIBUTE TO
BEAUTY AND STYLE.
i " p Custoii Built Victoria ,
PROSPECTS FOR YEAR
Hudson-Essex is introducing this
line of cars after completing the
mo successtu, ,.ear , a htoryi
wltli around 2S0.00O six cylinder
cars manufactured. This year's
5,"les carr' forward the principles
of a year ago. adding beauty and
DOUGLAS FUNERAL HOME
Established 1926
Perfect Funeral Services
Fair and Reasonable Prices
AMBULANCE SERVICE
p"ne H. C. STEARNS phone
H2 Manager 112
Pine and Lane Sta.
I1
CARLOAD TURKEYS
BEING SHIPPED TO
SAN FRANCISCO
Oscar LIndsey, well Known 9
turkey buyer ot DouglaB coun-
ty, has been spending the
week past in Ros.eburg and
; the northern part of the
county purchasing turneys
a nmi h.is secured a full carload
I which Is being shipped to-
day to San Francisco ror me
markets. Turkeys will bring
a price of thirty and thirty-
three cents a pound and a
large supr bt money . is ex-
a iumm for release In-: . the
! cotfnty within the, next tew
,' days. - - -T
Sutherlin Man Viaited-
T..n.na XfaltnneV.
well . known
Sutherlin man, was in this city to
day ntteiinlng lO ousiueao annua
and greeting friends. ,
From Coquillea
Miss Loona"H Lowe, secretary
of the Coast Juto Lines, was a
business visitor in this city over
Friday. . '
- STOPS SNOOPERS
By NEA SERVICE
PAWTUCKET,, n. I. Making
booze detectors out of aa meters
failed to meet with popular ap
proval here. A storm ot protesf
greeted the gas company's ai
nouncement that its represents. '
lives would report signs of hooch
stills in the homes. 0. S. ' Attor-.
ney John S. Murdock denied re-
it.mt rn. Mm nM.i nnd nn
miA olm. helnz willing to shoulder '
the blame gas company officials
called it off.
style to the well-known Hudson-.
Essex standards ot value and util:
lty. The present daily total of
cars built is the largest, for this i
time of year. In Hudson-Essex his
tory. The whole Hudson-Essex or
ganization is highly confident that
i-a wm esiaousn lor n a new
standard of success.
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