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VOL. XXIX NO. 153 OF ROSEBURG REVIEW
ROSEBURG. OREGON. WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 17. 1928.
VOL. XIX NO. 224 OF THE EVENING NEWS
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Is This a Cabinet Romance?
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If there isn't a romance between these two "children" of prominent
cabinet officiate, at least there ie always a chance. To th left Is Miss
Alice Davis, daughter of the secretary of war; to the right. Allan
Hoover, son of the former secretary of commerce and republican presi
dential candidate. The picture was taken at Aberdeen, Md., where
.both attended an army exhibition.
PROTECTION IS I
ASKED FOR BIRDS
ON ELKS' ISLAND
FOR COUNTY JUDGE
A number of complaints have
been received by the Klks lodge
and the city officers that hunters
are shoot ins pheasants on the
Island at the foot of Washington
and Douglas streets. This ts Inside
the city limits and shooting there
is prohibited by law. The people
of Laurehvood have been feeding
the birds and have been trying to
get them as tame as possible and
they greatly resent having them
hilled off. The lodge has asked
the city to arrest and prosecute
nny person found hunting on the
Island, which is owned by the
lodge.
As democratic nominee for the
office of county judge, I solicit the
support of the voters or Douglas
county at the general election to
be held Tuesday, Nov. 6. 1923.
(Paid adv.) Walter S. Hamilton
GRAFT EXPOSE;
INCREASING
PHILADELPHIA
Late Charges Involve Old
Raiding Squad Formed
by Gen. Butler.
EXTORTION RAMPANT
Men Already Placed Under
Arrest Include Police
Commanders and 30
Subordinates.
R. A. HERCHER
! Rpniiblican nnminH for fount
I Judge for Douglas County. Youl
, lupport and vote respectively so
, Ucited. (Paid Adv.)
,
j PERCY A. WEBB
Republican nominee for sheriff
of Douglas county. General elec
Ition November 6, 1928. (Paid Adv.)
(AuorUtrd Vrm laad W'.fr )
PHILADELPHIA. Oct. 16. A
special grand jury investigation In
two months has resulted in the ar
rest of half a dozen district com
manders of police and more than
30 detectives and patrolmen on
charges of accepting bribes from
saloon-keepers.
And the end is not In sight. Dis
trict Attorney Monaghan. who Is
conducting the investigation, said
today.
The latest squad to be accused
of collecting bribes for permitting
the bootleggers to operate is Unit
No. 1, organized especially for
liquor raiding by Brigadier Gen
eral Smedley I). Butler when he
was director of public safety here
and disbanded when Mayor Mac
Key went Into office last January.
Three former members of the unit
are already under arrest.
Big Sum Grafted
Testimony that one of the six
! groups of this unit received more
ban $25,000 in six weeks during
926 was given by Eugene H.
Tabbutt. a patrolman and former
member of the .raiding squad, and
Frank It. C. Keutuuer at the hear-
jing of Samuel Grluin, also a form
Ter member of Vnlt 1, on charges of
i(BTtnrHpp( bribery end fcnr'''
1 Griffin, formerly known as the
"millionaire cop' and now a hotel
proprietor, was held in $25,000
bail for court. After his resigna
tion from the police force in May.
.1826, he is alleged by the district
attorney to have deposited more
1 than $356,000 in four banks.
I Griffin Go-Between
KeuDauer, wno was a ciern iur
former Magistrate George C. Row
land. testified that he had acted as
igraft collector for the raiding
i squad and had collected appro!
imatelv $4,000 a week. Of this sum.
!he had received between $400 and
$"00 a week from Griffin, whom
the witness termed the "collector
land pay-off man" for a group of
south Philadelphia saloon men.
Neubauer was the principal wit
jness against Rowland when the
i latter was convicted last year for
collecting about $SS,000 In graft.
Tabbutt told the court that he
'had joined Unit No. 1 to gather
I evidence of bribery on orders from
: George W. Elliott, who succeeded
j Butler as director of public safety.
I After collecting $595 in cash j
from saloon-keepers and detailing'
facts concerning the methods ot;
'graft collections by members oti
I the raiding squad, their names ami
i the names of protected bootleg, i
gers, Tabbutt said he had round
i himself unable to make use of the
! evidence.
Tabbutt Joins "Crowd"
He declared that Elliott had re
turned to him the reporW and the
cash with the advice that he turn
'the money over to a charitable in
'stitutton. Tabbutt said he had told
ihis story to various organizations
and finally had spent some of the
money, although in the beginning
:his purpose was honest.
"I got disgusted," he explained.
"I decided to go along with the
crowd. Everybody was doing it."
Tabbutt said he also had re
ported the situation to the present
'director of public safety, Harry
mm
HE STOOD TRIAL
FOR HIS CRIME
Acquired Religious Fervor
Brings Contribution on
Condemned Youth.
SERMONIZES IN CELL
Attributes His Evil Deeds
to Disregard of Cod's
Teaching and Flaws
in Schooling.
Thursday M MfeiilClP Thursday
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SAN Ql'KNTIN PK1SON, Cat..
Oct- 16. In what probably wan
the last Interview William Hick
man, Los Annolfs slayer, will ever
........ It.,. hu lla lu.
Huciated PreHs ihis afternoon tliur.
he was sorry lie UUi not plead
guilty and "make his peace with
tiod."
"I am really sorry that I plead
ed not guilty by reason of Insan
ity." he declared. "I see now
where It would have been best If
I had stood up like a man, plead
ed guilty and made my peace with
God the way I should have done
and paid the penally."
Hickman Issued a written state
ment, among the features of
which was a pica for leniency for
his mother, whom Hickman assert
ed was not insane as certain testi
mony at his trial had seemed to
indicate.
The youthful slayer declared
that the reason such damaging
testimony entered the proceedings
against his mother lay In the
strained relations between his
pfuUer and mother ut the 4 trae. -Blame
Oddly Fixed
Hickman lay his troubles to his
previous belief that he was too
highly educated to conform to the
established social code.
, "in high school I studied so
ciology and kindred subjects,' he
said. "I began to get the idea
that the smarter a man was the i
less ho had to depend upon God.
1 began to think that men like II.
Or. Wells and Hubert Ingersoll
were seirsufflcimt and did not
need Cod.
"1 became an egotist, hateful and
con l ra ry amuDil the h ou se.
"(loud grades and honor In
school are worthless unless you
have good morals."
Hickman quoted President Cool
idge: "'The country cannot stress too
much the spiritual development
of the young people during high
school'."
Religious Fervor
Hickman's statement written
by himself In his cell, and Issued
to four news services, follows:
"Crime and other evils are
signs of Ignorance and death.
"All criminals and unrighteous
men are struggling in thn clutch
of satauic error. Iiy wilful dis
obedience to Cod's law they be
come ignorant of the laws of
truth and life. Alt creation la
based upon positive force, ur li
is the will of God. However, the
devil Is exerting his influence, up
on the minds of men In order to
tear down the work of God. Ity
the work nf Sntan crime and Tio
lenre come into the world.
"Men who wilfully reject Christ
and deny the grace of God Invito
ultimate damnation and torment.
Thus It is said 'they walk In dark
news rather than the light.'
"God Is the author of light. Sa
tan is the Hiitlmr of darkneNS.
"Let men realize that there are
Invisible forces for good and evil
ever picKent and ever working
upon the minds and hearts of mor
tal. "The angels of God and demons
of hl! aie absolutely controlling
the lives of all people- The Im
portant fact Is for a man to open
his heart to Christian faith and so
live In the spit it of Jesus Christ
1hil he overiurrien me law of sin
and denth.
"The reason that I became such
a horrible criminal was because I
allowed a demon of bell to lead
me on.
"I praise God for lifting me up
out of this pit of darknen and cor
ruption. I was most Ignorant."
Hlckrnnn's con vernal Inn with
newspapermen was an elaboration
of his signed statement. He said
he had nt one time Intended to
Havi. as late as Inst April, but
that so far ns he knew the direc
tor had taken no action.
Judge Kdwin O. Lewis, before
whom the hearing was held, se
verely criticised Elliott and Davis,
savins;:
"I will be glad to bear what they
have to say if they choose to come
hffnr m anrl r.loln h thev
failed to act on the damaging evi
dence Policeman Tabbutt obtain
ed "
write an article embracing his re-1
ligious ideas.
Ho declared that when a stu- j
dent he believed the world was
spending too much money on re
ligious work. He JVIieved that
money spent on minister's sal
aries should he used to build
syitinasiiima and community cen,.
leis.
Why He Slew Child
Hickman said that when he
was graduated from high school
in Kansas City, Mo., he planned
to become a minister and cany on
a life of crime under the cloak of
the holy cloth.
He said that "lie wanted to be
come a fiend and a "demon incar
nate" to test his philosophy of life
ami self-sufficiency.
To test his capacity to deliber
ately take a human life under the
most revolting conditions, be said
he stew Marian Parker in Los
Angeles. t
While going regularly to church
he said he had a sincere desire
to become a minister That de
sire remained with him until he
studied atheism, he (old the inter
viewers. Then he combined the Idea of
becoming a minister with the am
bition to be an arch criminal.
Says Life is Warning
Asked if he thought he had serv
ed any purpose in living he said:
"Yes. I have been most weak
and criminal and an example to he
avoided. Now. at last, seeing the
great error of my way I can show
the people tho danger of rejecting
God.
"My life proves that God's love
should be embraced."
He added that most young crim
inals come from broken homes
and asked that young people be
given religious training by their
parents.
"f don't want any youne man to
study my crimes. My life has been I
most deplorable." he said. "I i
think the publicity given to crooks
and crime bad a bad Influence. It
should be given to men and wo
men of high purpose who de
serve It." he said.
Commenting on girls of today
he said the greatest attraction of
young girls Is "good old honest
simplicity," which has real beauty.
Young women spend too much
time on their looks he asserted
and criticized girls for use o(
rouge, powder, and dress.
Hickman said he never used li
quor or narcotics in his life. He
denied "that sex repression had
any effect on his urge to commit
crime.
"I believe T will have everlast
ing life. I have confessed my sins
In all sincerity." he concluded.
Hickman snld he would not per
mit his body to be given to
science. While he had no person
al objections be declared, ho be
lieved such an net would give his
mother pain. He said he was nor
mal and not Insane and bad no
abnormal glands.
For scientists lo experiment
with his body would serve no
useful purpose, he reiterated.
"Alimony Sam" Free; Sheriff Is Fined
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The Glenn county (California) oatiTe over and Gam Reid, known
throughout the United States as "Alimony Sam," It free. But when
Sam won his freedom. Sheriff Roy Heard was fined $250 for contempt
of court. The trouble started when Sheriff Heard (left) took 8am
(right) to San Franciaco to attend the reunion of the 363rd Infantry
Association. At the reunion Sam's buddies persuaded him to pay up
his back alimony and obtain his release. When the sheriff returned
to Willows, California, with his prisoner. Judge J. C. Luttretl fmed
Heard $250 for violating the commitment. The charge against Heard
was filed by the Glenn County Bar Association.' The court house at
Willows, where the legal battle took place, is shown above.
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Word has been received of the
appointment of Mr. Austin Miles of
Kllensburg. Wash., to the office of
superior Judge. Mr. Mires was a
former resident of this county and
Is a brother of Hon. teuton Mires
of Drain. He wan a former stu
dent In the old I'mpqua ncsdemy
and Is well known to many resi
dents of the county. In announc
ing the appointment, the Kllens
burg Capital prints the following:
Austin Mires was yesterday ap
pointed Judge of the superior court
in the place made vacant by the
death of Judge Davidson. He re
ceived notice of bis apiKilntitienf a
little after 2 o'clock yesterday hv
j phone rm-KKaKe from his friend P.
H. Adams from Seattle, saying: "I
will be over tomorrow bringing you
a present from Olympla."
Mr. Mires is a pioneer lawyer of
Kllensburg having hunted here in
June, ISS3. He Ih a graduate or the
law depHrtment of the rntversltv
of MichiKan in the rlass of 1 HS J.
He was the first major of the rlty
of Kllensburg and has served as
city treasurer, city attorney and
school adireclnr
lie was a member of (be con
stitutional convention that framed
the fonMitnllon of our stale In
lxV). He has served as prosecut
ing attorney for Kittitas county
and also as representative in the
legislature. He was supervisor of
I the r. H. census for the second dis
trict nf the ntate of Washington
In U0 and was president of the
Washington State lr association
' In l!to2.
I His appointment In for the uiiex
i pired term of Judge Iravidxon and
: it Is probable he will be a rami!
jdate to succeed himself at the No
j vemher election. His many friends
ai enthusiastic over his appoint
ment,
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