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SALEM OREGON, SATURDAY MORNING, JULY 24, 1926
PRICE FIVE CENTS
IffllALliS
U. S. Foreign Trade Is !
Secure, Coolidge Says
President Declares No Evidence Points to Loss Through Com
petition; This Country in Better Position Than
Ever to Handle World Trade
SALEM POLICE
HAVE BUSY DAY
Hereditary Grandeur of
Indian Tribes Displayed
Resplendent Finery t)pnned in Great Pageant in Spokane
Streets; Students W Chemawa Indian School Take
Part in National Celebration i i
FASCIST ITALY
TOLEDO ACTION
i j
MilS CLUB
TIES HONORS
DESIRES PHE
Japanese Mill Worker Is
Awarded $2500 Damages
From Six Toledo People
FIVE CASES ARE PENDING
Deportation Prom Town Basis of
Art ion; Important Principles
Declared Involved in All
Cases
PORTLAND, July 23. (By As
sociatfd Press.) Six American
renidHnts of Toledo, , Or., must pay
52.100 damages to T. Qjjiira, one
of 27 Japanese mill Workers who
were evicted from Toledo last
July, a jury in federal court de
rided late today.
T. Ogura in . the first of five
similar milts, sought $25,000 dam
ages. The jury in its verdist aid
the whites must pay damages be
cause they conspired against Orju
ra and effected his deportation
from the town.
Defense counsel was given until
September 1 to file motion for a
new trial.
The jury was out two hours nnd
a half. The six defendants were:
Mrs. Rosemary . Schneck, former
state president of the Vomen's
Kelief Corps; her husband, George
It. Schneck, town marshal: W. S.
Colvin. merchant; H. T. Pritchard,
who formerly managed a store in
Toledo; Frank Sturtevant and
Owen Hart, a barber.
Counsel for the plaintiff de
clared that the principle involved
in the trial and upheld by the ver
dicWas whether Japanese-Ameri-ci
Vreaties gave Japanese in this
country -right to work where and
at what wage they wished.
The affair which caused the fil
- ing of the damage suits as de
scribed in testimony at -the trial,
vrts about as follows:
Ogura and the other Japanese
were taken to Toledo to work in
the mill of the Pacific Spruce cor
poration itt July 1925. - The mill
managers constructed houses for
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SCOTT GUILT QUESTIONED
( OliDEMNED MAX'S BROTHER
SAID TO ADMIT ACT
CHICAGO, July 23. (By As
sociated Press.) The Chicago
Jlerald and Examiner, in a copy
righted story today, says that ftob
f rt Scott has made a statement to
the newspaper admitting that he
killed Joseph Maurer, the young
drug clerk, for whose murder his
brother Russell Scott, is sentenced
to be hanged.
The account quoted Robert
Rrott as saying:
"I raised the gun over the back
of Maurer he was lying on top
of me in a struggle) and I fired.
I was j4Q dazed after I got up 1
fired a few more shots. I don't
know where they went to."
When Robert Scott pleaded
guilty to the crime before Judge
William N. Gemmell recently, and
l.efore he was sentenced without
a jury trial, the judge placed him
on the stand and said:
"Did you fire the shots which
lulled Joseph Maurer?"
He answered at that time: "No,
I did not." but declined to make
any statement that would incrim
inate, his brother, Russell.
HELD FOR 'HOT' DOLLARS
PUTS UP 3.000 BOND ON
COUNTERFEIT CHARGE
PORTLAND, Jul7 . 23- (By
Associated Press.) John Gil
strap, 4 8. is held under a 15,000
bond following his arrest at Gold
son, Lane county, on Wednesday
on a charge of alleged counter
feiting. Arresting officers said that
GiV had made five eounter
fcslkins bearing the words,.One
W ;f" This is the first counter
feiting case handled here by the
federal courts for several months.
MfeLETT SUSPECT HELD
PUBLISHER'S DEATH LEADS
TO DARLING'S ARREST . i
PITTSBURGH, July 23. (By
AP. ) Hyman. Darling,' convicted
bootlegger, was arrested at his
' home here today for questioning
In connection with the slaying of
Ion R. Mellett, Canton, : Ohio,
publisher. The arrest was made
at the request of Canton authorities.
PAUL SMITH'S, N. Y., July 23. (By Associated Press.)
President Coolidge sees no evidence that the United States
is likely to lose any of the foreign trade it now possesses.
Irt discussing the general subject today, officials said at
the executive office in behalf of Mr. Coolidge, that the United
States is in a better condition to take care of its foreign trade
than other countries and probably will continue to be in a
position to give better service than others. For this reason,
it was said, the president believes that this country will hold
1 the trade it now has.
BUSUTESS CALLS
WASHINGTON, D. O. Commander
Jacob II. Klrin, .Ir., former executive
officer of both the
riant Ny dirig
ibles, Khonandoali
ml Lor Angelea,
and one of tha
outstanding Navy
experts in the con
struction and op
eration o lighter-than-air
craft, has
resigned from ttie
Navy. While no
aperific reason
has teen given
for li is action, it
is understood he
i to enter the
more lucrative
field of commer
cial aviation.
Commander Klein
the construction
of the 2R-3 in Germany and was one
of the memliert of the crew which
viulea the great ship in its historic
three day flight across the Atlantic. .
THE MOHAL BEING
SPRtXGFIELI), III. The Lion, in
convention here, heard, among other
things, that every year 7.000 Americans
die in bath tubs.. The major purt of
the bath-tub casnalties reanlt from
contact with electrical devicefc. although
ths, uu utter of fatal falls and even of
drownnig in considerable. The I.ions.
so far as is known, took no action in
the matter:
FOE BETTER ETES
NEW YORK. Jt is etimated that
the scholastic progress and future u'sa
fulnehH of six million American children
is dangerously retarded m result of
poor eyesight. The Eye Higbt Council
of America has Jieea organised to co
ordinate systematic alienation and cure
of eytt diseases imci; children. Guy
A. lieury. as General Director of the
Council. , is cooperating with federal
state and municipai authorities in a
nation wide effort to reduce the poor
eyesight handicap ot the rising genera
tion. JUSTICE AT LAST
PARIS. Mr. William Sharp, Esq.,
is unquestionably an amiable gentle
man. Bat in character as Willi Sharp
he is a saxaphone player. Of course
there are saxophone players and saxo
phone players, but all of them snffer
the same malady, the same evil virus
they play saxophones. For a decade or
so; bow, there has been a growHag
sentiment throughout the so called
civilized world ugainst these otherwise
jutt and honorable creatures. Kooner
or later something was bound to hap
pen. ... it ha happened. Willie Sharp
is a saxophonist .with Panl Whitenian's;
hand, new tooriag Kurope. He is near
the top of his Calling, or weakness -call
it what yoa wili. But. the other
night Willie disappeared. Ilia band
ma Urn could not hwate him. fn the
morning, however, there casoe a feeble
wail for help from the Moatiaartre pris
on hospital. Mr. Sharp wan just re
covering front a terrific accident ef
some sort. lie couldn't tell exactly
what had happened; be remembered
practicalry nothing. But be was cov
ered with blood irera head to foot and
his hand was badly hurt; also he h.ii
been robbed thoroughly and convinc
ingly. Offer all the mitigating evi
dence you, may. the fact remain that
here was a peerless saxophonist un
questionably beaten up, smeared, rough
housed and robbed. " 'ivilia tiun "
ro-iy possibly assert itself yet.
TAX RETURNS INCREASE
CHKCK FOR t44,203 FROM
M FA Kit KKTATK FRIDAY
A check in the amount of $144,
203.35 covering inheritance tax on
the estate of the late Mrs. Jean
nette Meier of; Portland, was re
ceived at the offices of the state
treasurer yesterday. Mrs. Meier
died recently. It was reported by
T. B.' Kay, state treasurer, -that
receipts of the state inheritance
department for. this year had ex
ceeded $325,0(h, Collections from
this source in 925 aggregated
$525,000. The-4 Btate treasurer
predicted that inheritance, tax col
lections for 1926 would shatter
all previous records of the de
partment. TROUT: TO BE PLANTED
TWO cbtlSTlESAiaS TO RE
CEIVE HAXF MltdLION FISH f
PORTLAND; July 23 (By As
sociated ;Pr ;es8.)- One lialr V mil
lion rainbow trout are being taken
from the Roaring" 'River' fish
hatchery, near Scio, Linn county,
for liberation, lif 'streams of Mar
lon and Linn counties. It was an
nounced here today by tha state
game eontmisison,-' JT.V.Tt.
j fi j
ur K.
Mr. Coolidge. it was added,
knows of no agitation against the
United States by foreign, countries
for the purpose of regaining aven
ues of trade this country has en
tered Into. There is always, of
course, it was said, keen competi
tion in foreign trade but, so far
as the president knows; this Is at
present no different from usual.
The president's position -was
made known on this bnd other
Questions during a day jwhieh saw
Mr. Coolidge continue the practice
he has entered on, of going ot the
executive office for both' the morn
ing and afternoon, according to
the schedule he maintains In
Washington: Late in the day, he
received the newspaper corre
spondents as he does every day,
Friday, in the capital, lit response
to inquiries it was said at the ex
ecutive office that the president
has no information here as to
what use was made of money ad
vanced by the United j States to
Great Britain during the war other
than what has been stated by
treasury officials in their replies
to British government spokesmen
who have brought up the subject
in England.
The mission of Lincoln C. An
drews, assistant secretary of the
treasury i ncharge of prohibition
enforcement, to England was re
ferred to briefly. It being said
the president did not Understand
that Mr. Andrews was undertaking
to negotiate any treaty! with that
country in the course of his con
ferences on prohibition enforce-
(Continued on page; 7.)
TEACHrRS GET MORE PAY
ANALYSIS SHOWS CAtTSE FOR
LOCAL SCHOOL CHANGE
Analysis of causes for teachers
in the Salem schools leaving their
work the past year Bhows that a
large number of them left because
tiey could receive higher salaries
in other cities at similar positions,
or in other lines of work.
Three left to take positions
teaching in Portland schools be
cause they could get higher wages,
three took positions in California
schools for the same reason, three
went to higher institutions, two
Mnto other lines of work, and one
to Bellingham, Wash; Seven went
into .voluntary retirement, three
left to continue their education at
h.gher institutions, and two diea.
Lions Win Tug of War, Lose
Ball Game, Rotary Fails
at Volleyball
AMUSED CROWD APPLAUD
Annual Playground j Day Deohwd
Successful as Children Com
pete In Openerj Business
Men in Final
They met, they ! clashed, they
fell or conquered. I
Members of Rotary, KiwaniH
and Lions clubs last night let
loose a year's pent jiip rivalry on
the 13th street plajiground, doing
their stuff in big league fashion
which drew applause from the
audience, save now nd then when
titters broke from j amused rela
tives who drew piquant delight
from the athletic jontoritions of
their men. j
"I wonder if John realizes how
fat he's getting lately," one wire
would say. And a moment later
would come:
"Oh, mama, doesn't papa look
funny out there With all those
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OREGON JUICE PRAISED
LOGANBERRY JUICE TAKES
CALIFORXH BY STORM
California, the jland of ex
pansive vineyards, has been
taken by storm b- the Salem
Lions club loganberry juice
brigade, according) to dispatch
es from San Francisco where
the international i Lions clnb
convention is being held. -----
"The great crowds are busy
absorbing Saleni loganberry
juice and calling tor more," a
telegram received by The
Statesman Friday read. "The
demand keeps the delegation
rushing to supply! the refresh
ments and Oregon propagan
da." I
"We are receiying endless
inquiries as to how the juice
:an be obtained iin California
communities, and (are printing
and distributing cards telling
all about it," a telegram from
Frank Neer and
delegates stated.
the Salem
Miss Florence Pbpe Is repre
senting the Salem I chamber of
commerce at the convention.
NOBODY LOVES A FAT MAN
Fill Fleeing Youth's Foot
prints as Fast as Laid
Down, Get Story
SPEEDING CAR IS HALTED
Shorty" Edwards Siren Brings
Speeder to Halt at Commer
cial and State After
Albany Tip
Salem police activities, which
have shown marked vigor during
a 24 hour period in which local
officers have engaged in liquor
raids, arrests for drunken and dis
orderly conduct, forced interven
tion to a point-to-point race
liagainst time on the part of a high
powered car, ending in a sensa
tional stop by "Shorty" Edwards
in the down town section, were
climaxed here yesterday by the
apprehension of George Malli.
who had spent the afternoon in a
rate from police of two cities, fol
lowing his bolt from a Portland
jewelers store at noon with four
wrist watches one of which he en
deavored to sell to a local dealer
After entering a Portland store,
the youth fled with four watches
worth $125 apiece, which he had
snatched from a tray. Although
pursued by,a woman clerk and
customers who were in the store,
he escaped in a machine parked
on a busy business section. That
is the Portland end of the story
Salem police entered the plot
when they received reports that a
stranger was endeavoring to sell
a valuable watch here. Local po
lice conducted the young stranger
to the station where he was un
able to give a satisfactory explana
tion of his action.
"Lock him up," was the order,
and as the key was being turned,
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FLAMES BREAK CONTROL
TIMBER HOLDINGS THREAT-
ENKD BY. SISKIYOU FIRE
KLAMATH FALLS, Or., July
23. (By AP.) Checked on the
north but spreading rapidly to the
south, the huge Bogus creek for
est fire northwest of McDoel, Sis
kiyou county, Ls still uncontrolled
tonight, according to reports re
ceived here.
Timber holdings of the Algoma
Box company and large timber
tracts of Richard Hovey, are now
threatened by the blaze.
SPOKANE, July 23. (By Associated Press) The North
west that was passed in review here.today as a feature of , the
second national Indian congress, was portrayed in large part
by tribesmen from the four states of this region. I : !
Indians afoot and aboard cayuses, bedecked in all the
resplendent finery of their hereditary grandeur, made up a
line of march that was interspersed with floats depicting his
torical incidents of the winning of an empire.
Lending a bizarre touch of modernity, a jazz band of Nez
Terces. war bonneted and moc- .
nn,snA,l -swlo rtn i t piipI- anil in
a giant motor coach, were bobbed
. a . 1 S AX
from the Chemawa Indian school
in Oregon and their wide trouser
ed, pompaded fallows. Contrast
ed, too, with picturesque ponies
were purring eight-cylinder cars
In which several feathered braves
and their blanketed women re
clined at ease.
Heavy paunched chiefs, swing
ing beaded pogamoggans and
turkey feathered fans on their
wrists; the squaws in buckskins,
in red and purple blankets, in
bright calicoes; tiny squalling
pappooses. stUTly strapped to long
boards; grave little pappoosen,
thumb in month and black eyes,
vide all these swung by in pro
cession to the jangle of brass bells
on ponies hoofs and men's an
kles, and the muttering, rhythmic
thrumming of tom-toms and horse
hide drums.
Earlier this afternoon, in the
presence of traditional enemies,
a monument was dedicated on the
field of the battle of Spokane
plains where, in 1858. Col. George
Wright won from allied tribes the
ei.gagement that certified the
v. hite man's possession of the last
northwest. Major General Hugh
L. Scott, himself a veteran of In
dian campaigns, delivered an ad
dress to whites and. Indians pres
ent, and followed it with a trans
lation in the Indian sign language.
Then Chief Little Man, venerable
Blackfeet Indian, responded in
kind and passed over to General
Scott and other army officers pros
ent a lighted pipe of peace, em-
blamatic of the new day.
Jessie Jim, daughter of Chief
Long Jim of th Okanogan tribe,
was acclaimed princess America
this afternoon and crowned fall
est of the young squaws. Mary
Elk of the Caynses from the Yaki
ma reservation, was awarded sec
ond place, with Katie Payette of
the Yakima tribe third.
Tomorrow the councils over the
nrnhlems of the tribesmen will
continue.
ZANE GREY SEEKS WATER
WOULD CONSTRUCT DITCH
MILE LOXG IX OREGON
Zane Grey, famous author, yes
terday filed in the offices of the
state engineer here, application!
for a water right on Ditch creek,
a tributary of Rogue river. The
water would be used for domes-"
tic. mining. Irrigation and power
development in Curry county
where Mr. Grey recently acquired
some property. He gave his home
address as Avalon, Los Angeles
toounty, Cal.
Mr. Grey proposes to construct
!a ditch more man a mite long.
The ditch would provide water for
irrigation of 10 acres of land and
for placer mining purposes.
THREE DIE IN ACCIDENTS
INDUSTRIES REPORT 715 MIS
HAPS DURING WEEK
There were three fatalities due
to industrial accidents in Oregon
during the week ending July 22,
according to a report prepared
here yesterday by the state indus
trial accident commission.
The victims were Frank Alridge,
Portland, car loader; W. W.
Krawz, Burns, loader, and Lee
Watkins, Medford, night watch
man.
Of, the 715 accidents reported
590 were subject to the provisions
ot the workmens compensation
law, 123 were from firms and cor
porations that have rejected the
act and two were from public
utility corporations not entitled to
state protection, j
ELK ARE SAID NUISANCE
ANIMALS DESTROYING GAR
DEN CROPS ON SAXTIAM
PORTLAND. Jnlr 23 (By As
sociated Press) Elk on the north
fork of the Santiam river are tak
ing . advantage . ot the - fact that
they are protected by state game
laws and are not only destroying
garden crops hut are sleeping on
the premises, say residents of -that
section in a complaint to the game
commission. F. t M. Brown chief
deputy ,, state : game warden, left
here' today on . a1 special trip ,to
help the settlers flerise a means ot
keeping the elc awayt )
I UNMARRIED MAN FACED
I w. r
WITH BIGAMY CHARGES
W. D. SCOTT IS VICTIM OF
STRANGE LEGAL TANGLE
Thought Hlmslf Divorced. Married
Again, Loses Wife, and
Now a Single Man
High winds and troubled waters
on the matrimonial sea pitched
W. D. Scott upon rocky shoals!
Friday and he was arrested and
held for authorities at Okanogan,
Washington, on a charge of big
amy. Scott was taken at Wood
hum by Sam Burkhart, deputy
sheriff. He is 35 years old.
Scott's story, in all essentials,
is as follows.
He sued for a divorce in Okan
ogan and thought he had of)-!
tained it. He left that hamlet and
went Into Canada where he met!
another and where he eventually;
married. His first wife had left
him when he instituted his suit
for divorce, and had gone east
and he had never heard from her.
The "tangled skeins of Fate"
brought Scott back to Okanogan!
and arriving there, he found the!
first Mrs. Scott awaiting him.
Events then transpired, he says
that brought home to him the;
startling and hitherto unsuspected!
fact, that he had not been success-!
full in obtaining his divorce.
Recourse was, again had to the j
courts and this time Scott ob
tained his decree without diffl
culty. But in the meantime, the
second. Mrs. Scott started action
to have her marriage annuled on
the grounds that her husband was
married when he wed her.
She was successful in the at
tempt and now Scott is alone in
the world, the tangled thread has
been carfled out.
Scott is wanted at Okanogan on
a charge of bigamy. Inasmuch as
be ij not married at all, the case
presents a number of Interesting
legal technicalities.
FIRE SITUATION BETTER
CONDITION IMPROVES, BUT
NEW FIRES REPORTED
PORTLAND. July 23. (By As
sociated Press) . Oregon, forest
fires condition was in better shape'
than at any time during the past
week or ten days, Portland forest
service officials believed today on
the basis of reports received from
the various fires.
The fire which Thursday burned
260 acres ' on the Dixon-IIewitt
Lumber company and threatened
summer homes six to 10 miles
east of Sandy, has been controlled
by 30 men from the Sandy Lum
ber company crew. James W.
Dixon was slightly burned fight
lng the fire and the eyes of Ed
ward Nelson and Jones B. Ogden,
Jr.:, were injured by smoke. The
fire did not enter green timber.
The fire in ClatBop county on
the Green Mountain Logging
camp's holdings is expected to be
controlled shortly by an enlarged
force of fighters. About 1.000
acres have been burned.
ABDUCTORS IDENTIFIED
HUNT FOR CHILD RiJJIKWJSlJ
AS FATHER ARRIVES
Search for Editli Hurst, 8
spirited away from her Port
land home last Tuesday, een-v
tered about Salem again last
night when H. J. Hnrst, ar
riving from Los Angeles and .
claiming to be the child
father, presented photographs
by which "Mr. and Mrs. J. T.
Williams," supposed abduc
tors of the girl, were IdenU
fled as the man; and woman
who were- taken from a local
hotel, three 'days! ago.: ques
' tlosed by police, released and "
driven . back to Portland! ;hy
Ernest Teske, taxi driver.
Hurst and hlsi wife
been separated, he says, and
divorce action" lir peiwUngi
SEEK, GAINES CLOTHES,
BRATTLE; July k 2S(AP.)
Attorneys for YWallace Gaines de
manded in superior court here to-day
that clothing ' belonging to
Gaines "arid seized by state agents
be returned to his wife. "
Premier F.TUssolini Declares
Aspirations Are Not Threat
to World Amity i,
OUTLINES NEW PROGRAM
Fascist Premier Says Best Way
For Americana to Under It t
stand Italy Is by Direct
Comparison' ." '
( Premier . Mussolini has niTa p. H.
Winner, ataff corregpondenfijT The Asso
ciated Pre, th foUowin intwrUwi)
; ROME. July 2J. ( By the Asso
ciated Press! Fascist Italy muU
expand or suffocate. Premier Mus
solini today asserted, but her ex
pansion In no way presents '
threat to the peace of th4 world.
'We are thirsting for power, for
riches, and the prosperity so long
denied us," the fascist premier
told the correspondent lor the As
sociated Press. "But; our Im
perialism presents no threat to
the world's peace. Surely the Am
erican people, whose commercial
and economic empires stretches
over the whole world, can under
stand and sympathize with young
Italy's needs to expand culturally
and economically beyond her bor
ders." - ...
Discussing the need for mutual
understanding between Italy and
the United States; the Premier
eaid that the American govern
ment resembled the fascist state
more than any of the liberal dem
ocratic governments of Europe.
When Premier Mussolini i was
asked to state the precise mean
ing of hia oft-repeated phrase:
"Italy's undeniable colonial
rights," and to ' tell how he in
tends to achieve the fruition pf
them, he declared: w t
"Our colonial aspirations do not
constitute a menace to anyone.
Italy asks only what "in indlapen
lble to her and what it Is, Just
that she hare. It is certain that
she will obtain fulfillment ot these
desires by a policy; of peace and
friendly agreements since no na
tion would .want to assumeXtho
grave responsibility of obstructing
the achievement of such legitimate
and, in reality, such nnexcessira
aspirations." . :. V
The best way. for Americans to
understand fascist Italy, the pre.
mier said. Is through a. compari
son with their own country. .' -.
"Paradoxial as it may seem," he
said, "there is a diaUnct resemb
lance between the development ot
Italy during the last decade and
the United States during the sec
ocd half of the 19th century. ,
"Despite the tremendous diffi
culties in historical traditions and .
temperaments of the two peoples,
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CUTTER SHELLS rOFlflCE;
COAST GUARD GUNNKR FIRES
i LOADED SHELL; MISTAKE '
8AN PEDRO, Cal., July 23.-
(By Associated Press.) -A bullet
red from a one-pound gun aboard
the coast guard cutter No. 254 at
the entrance to the Los Angeles
harbor today, crashed ove the
heads of a score of workmen ia
the Bethlehem Shipbuilding comt
pkny yards striking an office build-"
lng and smashing a hole in the
wall of the structure. v ,
The concrete wall of a steel '
Vault stopped' the impetus of tha
shot - and prevented : injury to of
flee workers' who were grouped
usts beyond the wall in' the line
bf the baiL ' . ,-
According to - Commander Co
yell of the" coast guard base," the
gunner on board the cutterwas
ordered to fire a blank shot across
the bows of the powerboat Imp In
drder to bring the craft to a stOD".
the gunner, he eaid, fired a load- !
d shot by mistake.
Tne imp, tt was stated, had been
pursued, at sea, last night by the
emitter, making its escape after a v
fusillade of shots had, been fired
St her. Officers reported that the
ower boat appeared to be heavily
laden and was making for the har
bor when the cutter attempted to
sjtop'her.-4 t, - ; ' V'
BEER RUNNER SHOT ;
CHICAGO.; Julv 23 API
Seated at a .table ' la a crowded .
sbft drink parlor, John J. Conlcn.
25 year old beer rnnner and bqot-
legger, was shnt-and.. killed by, an
unidentified assailant ton lrht.
Conlon's body -was riddled by
slugs from ft sawed-cf f ' shotus
tretf; without5 warning by a maa
who stepped IcsiutT a rear Cocr.