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WEATHER FORECAST: Unsettled with i
rains; fresh and strong southwest, com
ing northwest winds on.:the. .coast. Maxi
mum yesterday, -52; s minimum, 39; river. '
3.a;, .ralBfall,4 trace; atmosphere; cloudy.
wind, southwest:' ,--4 - - ! .
The action of Great Britain. In sending a
cruiser to .Nlcaraguan waters to take off
any British who. may; need hfelp Ja very ,dIa-
turbine to those of onr internatlonallsta l
who have been claiming' .that ,vwer didn't 4
have any business down there trying, to pro
test American citizens. ,- v , -, ... ' I
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More Safeguards for Inter
national Settlement at
Shanghai Ordered :'
STRETCH BARBED WIRE
I'nitcd States lestroyer Jfohn D.
Ford Is Fired Vpon on Yan
Btae, Returns Shot's;
ComninnJain Spreads
SHANGHAI, March 30. (AP)
With another general strike in
the offing and with Shanghai the
center of a continued flight of
foreigners from the interior, the
defense authorities here today
made further preparations to pro
tect the international settlement.
A barbed wire barrier is being
constructed along - the entire
length of the Avenue Edward VII
between the French concession
and the international settlement.
The Suffolk regiment also was
assigned to guard the offices of
the cable "companies situated in
the Avenue.
-Strike .Date Not Set
The date of the new general
strike decided on by the general
labor union will be fixed later.
There are about 20,000 miscel
laneous workers still out from the
Jast strike.
Meanwnne me Japanese naval
authorities warned the Cantonese
that the Japanese navy hereafter
will take drastic steps in the event
of unlawful actions by nationalist
soldiers or in the event of firing
on Japanese steamers without
good cause. J ; ....
i The; warning "'.was ""given by a
. representative of the Japanese ad
ljEnirai jrho had.received .the chief
mander .ip chief. General Chang
Kai-Shek, who came with the re
grets ,of .General Chang .to the
Japanese admiral for the Nanking
disorders.
The Japanese official told the
Cantonese chief of staff that the
(Continued on page 2.)
SAYS BROWNLEE
ADMITTED DEED
Told officers of uhootixg
AFTER ARREST, REPORT
l'lanncd to "Full a Job and Jilt
For Mexico, Veneta Wait
ress Testified
' EUGENE, March 30. (AP.)
Albert BrownleeV'on trial here for
the murder of Eston Hooker, 22-year-old
posseman, admitted shoot
ing Hooker, In conversation with
officers on his return to Eugene
from Walla" Walla, Wash.,, where
he was arrested after the ,crlme.
according to' testimony of state's
witnesses today. , .
Hooker was ahoi;. March 1, two
days after Brownlee and Dewey
Kussell, co-defendant, are alleged
ti hare" held tip a pool haU In Ve
nt ta, shooting William Maddaugh,
proprietor. ' . '
W. H. McClain, Investigator for
the Southern .Pacific Railway com
pany and a deputy sheriff, told ot
talking with Brownlee the morn
ing after' his return to ,:Eugepe.
The defendant, he said, admitted
hooting Hooker but .claimed he
had aimed above his head and the
hullet, struck him only because ol
the fact that his pin was" faulty..'
Ceorge',Canaday and .fctoy jcirer,
puty'aherlffs. also testified that
Brownlee; liad iinade :uch, state
incnt." ':V -t.',: v' s.':1
McClain was the final witness
for the sUte. Prior, to. his appear,
a nee on the witness stand, several
doer witnesses were called by the
prosecution.. Among thes?;,was;
Kratik Hooker, uncle of the ilain
man who told of the rifle duel
which ended In the fatal wounding
f, the younger Hooker. -
George Canaday, ,,the deputy
riff, and .other. tnembers or toe
ka aln .aHfiA tTva "Michaels.
'liretty waitress 'of Veneta, told of
conversation with ! Brownlee . in
hich he was alleged tohave told
that he was to "get some
'tdU; pull a Job and hit for Mex
ico." .
Kluivr Jens&n, who took Brown
in M3 automobile Jo Wall,
. alia, told ?of the trip? tie 'did
knqw Brownlee, ho said, be-.
he appeared it his home near
Eugene and asked for Charles
L -".i, , . , ' ' ' - - -
SAPIRO BATTLES
yyiTH JIM REED
FORD'P ; TESTIMONY TO WAIT
BECAUSE OFI INJURIES 4
California Tomato Growers . As
.foetat Ion On Records Jake
Up Court Time
DETROIT, March 30. (AP)
While, Henry Ford lay Injured in
hia hospital today, trial of Aaron
Sajiro's r1.00p,OQO s libel ult
against him proceeded .without
Lmention 4t his name. "
The day was a. struggle between
Sapiro . on .the witness stand and
James A. Reed, United States sen
ator for Missouri, ehief of the
manufacturer's array of counsel.
Sapiro in meeting the veteran
inquisitor was left to his own de
vices, his counsel, William Henry
Gallagher, sitting idly so great a
part of the time that once he re
marked in an aside to newspaper,
men that he had to rise to make
an objection to get a chance to
stretch his legs.
Sapiro doffed his armor of im
petuousness and sparkling tem
perament and met the suave, in
sinuating thrusts' of Reed with an
urbane questioning.
Senator Reed sped through a
verification of Sapiro's statement
of income and connection made on
direct examination until he hit up
on Sapiro's relations with the Cali
fornia Tomato Growers. There he
dwelt for the remainder of the day
and the end was not in sight at
adjournment.
The news of Ford's injury be
came known publicly too late for
Sapiro's counsel to guage its pos
sible effect should the defendant
be kept abed for two weeks as in-
(Continued on pags 2.)
I
PERMIT HEARING DUE
Appraisal Xot Satisfactory to Cor-
jporatlou Department
Hearing on the suspension of
the permit of the Talent Packing
company of Astoria to sell $63,-
OQP of bonds, seared, byyj)roo,
erty of 'the corporation, will be
held in the offices of the stale cor
poration department hert today.
The application for the per&tt
was issued a month ago after a
report had been filed with the cor
poration commissioner that the
replacement value of the property
owned by the company was
$182,000. The depreciation value
was fixed at $159,000.
Jt (later devejqied that the ap
praisal was not satisfactory to the
corporation department and the
permit to sell the bonds wa3 sus
pended pending a hearing.
B A LLp J TITLE FINISHED
Referendum Measure May Be
' Placed Before Voters of State
Ballot title for the referendum
measure which seeks to repeal a
law enacted at the last session of
the legislature closing Nestucca
Bay and Its tributaries to com
mercial fishing, has been com
pleted by the attorney general.
in even$ sufficient signatures
are obtained to the petitions the
referendum measure will go be
fore the voters of the state at the
next general election.
, The referendum measure was
sponsored by the Nestucca Local
of the-Tillamook .County Fisher
men's union.
BONpS .GET, APPROVAL
Squaw Creek Issue Held t'p Pend
ing Investigation
The state irrigation securities
commission' yesterday certified
bond .in the amount of 163,000
.for the Payette Slope .irrigation
district in Malheur county. The
bonds will be used for .refunding
numoses.
- The Sou aw Creek irrigation dls-
H.v rna nested I "certification of
bonds In the amount pf .$15,000,
but the application was held in
obeyance pending an inTcsngaiion
.
r iho nroiect ty ne siaie u-
Kirfeor. The Squaw Creek distrRt i
is in Descnutcs couniy.
S i
THT
SOLDIERS SEEK BANDITS
National Guardsmen failed Out to
Assist Sheriff l"15
f.TTTLE ROCK. Ark., March
.rj.r ? . .: .ri.b.n.
30;.( AP) A company .u 1
sas national gnara troops, jiuu
Captain George F, McKinney, was
ordered Ant from Jiarriun
sist sheriff ot gearcy, Boone and
Mwtn founties la an assault on
ii,: i,tft i r nlace of three ban k
bandits southtof iasperi dJuUat,
rr ,ai-fl9nien. 6 or 65 in
were armed with mach-
ine guns. Genera
bandits had been located at a point
ifiiu is
TO II
Sill
Automobile -Which Forced
Millionaire Into Ditch
Thought Identified
SAY CAR FOLLOWED HIM
Manufacturer Resting In "Own Hos
pital; No Immediate Dan
ger despite Slight Brain
Concussion, Report
DETROIT, Mich., March 30.
(AP pHenry Ford tonight lay in
his own hospital a victim of what
sources, close to him said was a
deliberate attempt to kill him by
crashing a larger motor car into
the little coupe of his own manu
facture in which he was riding
alone.
Mr. Ford's coupe was knocked
off the road just after it. had
passed oyer the Michigan avenue
bridge jOver the river Rouge last
Sunday night.
The little motor car crashed
down a-15 foot embankment and
overturned against a huge elm
tree six feet frpm the water's
edge.
The automobile manufacturer
was ' rendered unconscious but
s.oon reebvered, and unassisted,
made his way to a gate keeper of
his estate. Mrs. Ford was sum
moned and he was .taken to the
Ford home.
DETROIT, March 30. (AP.)
Sources close to Henry Ford to
night revealed that an investiga
tion is under way into circum-
Continued job MC .)
RESIGNATION TENDERED
Wilt tt Aeeept Position With Bel
Jingham .Paper Company c
J. B. Wilt, for the past three
years superintendent of, the sul
phite mill for the Oregon Pulp and
Paper company, tendered his
resignation to the firm here in or
der to accept a position as gen
eral superintendent for the San
Juanita Paper company at Bel
lingham. Washington, it was an
nounced yesterday.
Mr. Wilt came to Salem from
West Virginia where he was gen
eral manager of the Parsons .Lum
ber company. Largely through his
efforts the sulphite mill here has
been built up Into an efficient
plant, and regret Is being ex
pressed at his departure.
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MARINES RpADYl
FOR CHINA" TRIP
LEATHERNECKS 'MAKE WAR
LIKE PREPARATION'S ,
Transport Henderson to Leai
' Sunday With' Sixth Regiment
on Board
SAN DIEGO, March 30. (AP)
San Diego and Los Angeles mer
chants were called upon . by the
navy department today to. furnish
a huge quantity of supplies, rang
ing from razor blades to 7 tQns
of candy and thousands of pounds
of food stuffs to the United Stale?
naval transport Henderson due
here from Nicaragua Sunday to
embark the Sixth regiment of nja
rlnes for China. f
The merchants were Instructed
to furnish 30 days' rations for
1600 men. .
At the same time the navy de
partment ordered the destroyer
Thompson, , now at. the Puget
Sound navy yard, to race to San
Diego at top speed with certain
ammunition needed for the China
bound leatherneck regiment. The
Thompson is due to arrive at day
break April 5, about 12 hours be
fore the .Henderson is due to stfext
for Shanghai. 4
Included in the list of items
southern California firms, will
supply to the Sixth regiment are
100,000 pounds of flour, 1440
pounds of chipped beef, 2,000
pounds of spinach. 6500 pounds
of jam, two tons of macaroni, 50
bottles of sauce. 10,000 cigars,
4300 bags of tobacco. 1500 tubes
of toothpaste, also officers whis
tles, wrenches, picks, shovels,
shoe laces, shoe blacking, gloves
and handkerchiefs.
The first troop trains with ma-
(Qnn Limned on pae 2.)
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ONE DEAD IN .CAR FIRE
Three Injured In' Leap After Side
Door Pullman Gets Ablaze
VANCOUVER, Wash., March
30. (AP)- One man was killed
and three were injured when
seven men trapped, in a blazing
box car leaped from a speeding
train near Woodland, Wash., ear
ly today. .
Authorities were unable to
identify the dead man but believed
.he whispered the name of Henry
Freeman before he died at the
Cowlit2 county hospital. R. J. Me
Leod, 24, logger of Nova Scotia,
was in the Cowlitz bounty, hospi
tal with serious injuries. '
-McLeod said he boarded the
train at Centralia and that the
others . had come from Seattle.
Dust from flour with which the
car. had been loaded ignited when
he lit a small fire in the car, Mc
Leod was reported to have told
the officers. 'The flames .soon
caught the paper lining of the car
and the men were forced t .leap
for their lives.
GUESS ,WHO?
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STUMP AGE SALE
POLICY STANDS
KOZER RECEIVES LETTER
FROM JARDIXE ON FORESTS
'Large Sales Made at Irregular
intervals as Opportunities
Arise"
Secretary of State Koaer receiv
ed a letter yesterday from W. M.
Jardine, secretary of agriculture
in which, attention was called to
the fact that the federal govern
ment could not very well make
changes in the policies concerning
the sale of national forest stump
age in Oregon.
The letter received from Secre
tary Jardine had to do with a sen
ate joint memorial adopted during
the last legislative session urging
that sales of timber from govern
ment, reserves in Oregon be con
fined to cases of actual .need or
where such sales were desired to
promote needed common carrier
railroad development. '
"The policy of this department
which has been in effect. tor many
years,", read Mr. Jardine's letter,
"is not to crowd national forest
timber on the market in Oregon or
elsewhere, nor to sell at bargain
prices, but to make sales at not
less than fair, carefully appraised
prices and after public advertise
ment.
"Also to enable established
mills to continue in operation,
thereby stabilizing the communi
ties dependent on those mills for
employment.
"To prevent the depreciation in
value of government timber which
should be logged with pfivately
owned intermingled timber that
is being cut.
"To aid in the development of
regions or communities by the es
tablishment of payrolls and trans
portation facilities.
"To harvest ripe or deteriorat
ing timber before its value is lost
to the owners, the. people pf the
United States!
"In all cases, the starting of a
(Oon tinned on par 4.)
PRUNES NEARLY GONE
Stock pO Per Cent Sold; Surplus
Lowest in' Years, Report
VANCOUVER, Wash., March
30. (AP.) Only 10 per cent of
the 1926 pack of dried prunes in
the Pacific northwest remains un
sold. W. H. Wood, manager if the
Washington Growers and Packing
corporation, said today. A small
per cent remains in the hands of
growers and sales continue, due to
prevailing low prices.
The surplus for this! time of the
year is. the lowest in several years
and the market will b6 bare be
fore the 1927 crop is dried. Wood
declared.
Reports from growers indicate
that strawberries will be one
month later than last year, thus
benefitting the dried fruit market.
ALL:
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Force of Explosion Felt 1 0
Miles Away; Escape Deem
ed Miraculous
MEN WALK TO OPENING
Families of Miners Rush to Scene
Without Hope for Men's Re
covery, See Them March
ing from Tomb
EHRENFELD, Pa., March 30.
(By . The Associated Press.)
Three hundred coal miners of this
region were safe in their homes
tonight, survivors of one of the
most terrific explosions in the his
tory, of the central Pennsylvania
coal fields. They walked to safe
ty, unharmed by the terrifying
blast, which took a toll of four
lives.
The explosion ripped through
mine number 3 of the Pennsyl
vania Coal and Coke company
shortly after noon, when the en
tire day shift. was at work. in the
headings leading from the main
drift The force of the blast was
fqlt ten "miles away, rocking this
minine villaKe of 200 houses as
if it were the center of an earth
quake.
Believed All Dead
Hundreds of miners and me)n-
bers of the famines of the men In
the workings rushed to the mine
mouth. They held little hope for
their' fellow workers ..and loved
ones, believing that a blast of
such force would surely claim the
life of every man In the under
ground tunnels. .
As they watched rescuers try
ing to push "their, way into the
main, incline, they saw a miner,
besmeared with coal dust, walk
from the nearby entry which was
not damaged. ' Then came an
other close, behind, and still oth
ers followed. The " 'watchers at
last realized these were survivors,
stepping from ,what was believed
to have been their tomb. A great
shout of joy went up as wives and
children of the survivors pushed
forward to grasp their husbands
and fathers.
Later, through two other en
tries and air shafts, undamaged
came other survivors. Mine offi-
(Contiotiad on rge 3.)
TYPHOID REACHES PEAK
Montreai Officials See Hope for
Reduction of Cases
MONTREAL, March 30 (AP)
The .typhoid epidemic which has
beenraglng since' March 4 has
reached Its peak, in the opinion of
health officials. . They expressed
the belief today that next week
will see' the larger hospitals at
least partly relieved of the Con
gestion which has resulted from
the disease.
One : hundred and two cases
were reported today, as compared
with' 16? for the previous 24
hours period. The total number
of cases since the epidemic began
is 1540 but Health Director Bou
cher said fully one-fourth of those
attacked have recovered.
DAVIS CHOSEN CASHIER
Succeeds Fred Paulus ho Be
comes Deputy State Treasurer
' Rex Davis, examiner for the
state .Banking department, yester
day : was employed as cashier of
the state treasury department to
succeed Fred' Paulus, who recently
was prompted 'to-the office of 'dep
uty ; state treasurer. Mr! Davis
Will, assume hfs new duties with
in the next few days. ." ''
I Mr. Davis is a resident' or Al
bany and has ' had considerable
banking experience. - He was'
highly-; recommended to the. state
i treasurer.
FERRYBOAT RUNS AMUCK
Iassenjrers in , I'anic as Craft
Crashes Into Slip at 8. F.t
SAN .FRANCISCO, ? Mar?. SO.
fAP) Three thousand passengers
were made''1 pnaic striken, two wo
men tainted and, bet Ween ;J3O,00j?
and' $$6.'000 damage was" 3one tor
i dayf whenf the' aewpKey: Route
ferryboat Peralta became "unman-
Th ferryboat, crashed with ter
!c. force Into Jt San lYancUco
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7bTOS paper:
; BREAK FLCiORING
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TWO AUTOS DAMAGED WJHEN
HEAVY JOISTS GIVE JAY
Steam Pips Snapped; Hot Water
and Stefcjn Scattered:
Throughout Garage v v
, Seventy tons - of bundled stock
paper fell 16 feet upon two auto
mobiles, stored in the Fire Proof
Auto company, ' 262 S". 'Liberty
street, late yesterday afternoon.
Overloaded floor space rather than
defective construction caused the
collapse according to Paul Traglio,
manager of the Farmers' Ware
house, in which the vpape was
stored. 4 v '
The space , directly above th
storace room of the auto com
pany, owned , by C. 5. Pratt, was
used as a warehouse for stock of
the Oregon Pulp & Paper com
pany. Bundles weighing 85
pounds each, were piled in tiers of
14 over the section that gaveway
One of the cars, a 1926 Hnpmo
bile sedan. oned by J. P Stirnl-
man, 220 Meyers street, alem. ah
employe of Krik Co., was totally
demolished, receiving the; brunt of
the Impact. The ,ther, a 1925
Star ' touring car, owned by
Thomas E. Brunk, routa 2, Salem,
was umy esuguiijf- uuia(;u.
The' main steam pipe leading' to
Wieder's Salem Laundry was sev
ered in the crash, filling the ga
rage with steam and hot water
was thrown In all directions. For
tunately no one was oh that Im
mediate section of the floor, thus
saving loss of life or injury.
Further investigation into the
cause of the accident will be made
by owners and leasees this morn
ing, according to Mr. Pratt.
TWO AIRPLAPS DOWNED
Pilots Said td Have Been Aiuerl-
cans; Conservatives RevQlt
MEXICO CITY,.. March 30.
(AP) Pedro Zepedaj r'epresenta
live here of the liberal govern
ment in Nicaragua, today said that
he .had received reports that two
conservative airplanes had been
bronght down by liberals during
recent combats and that the two
pilots, believed ,to be Americans,
were killed. Two other aviators
were captured.
He declared that 200 conserva
tives near Leon revolted and .fired
upon another conservative air
plane and that the machine crash
ed to the ground but it was not
known whether the aviators were
killed. ' i
He denied that conservatives
had captured Esteli and asserted
that they had been defeated again
at Roaco, Acoyapa and in the vi
cinity of Granada which was ' not
attacked because it is a neutral
zone.
TEXAS" GUINAN FREED
Charges of Serving Liquor In Night
Club Xot Proven '
NEW .YORK, Mar. 30. fAP)
"Texas" Guinan, night club host
ess, was freed today of charges of
contempt of court for violating the
federal, prohibition law. The case
against the hostess and Herman
Edson, was dismissed by Federal
Judge Thacher ' in padlock court,
after Miss Guinan had testified
that she "certainly did not" order
a waiter In her "300 club" to serve
liquor -to a patron, after the club
had been served ith a temporary
injunction.
Judge Thacher declared the gov
ernment had not proven beyond a
reasonable doubt that the two de
fendants participated directly in
sale of liquor.
Truman Fowler, New York uni
versity student when not working
as a prohibition ageg.t, had test!
fied he had taken a young, woman
to the club, several times and had
bought liquor there. Other agents
had testified similarly v ; .
EAKIN; RESIGNS "OFFICE
HayeA Itcsioatlon Not Yet Here;
Veatch Quit Two Weeks Ago "
W. TTxEakin of Astoria, who re-
cehtljT was requested 'by Governor
Patterson' to ' resieri' ars 1 a member
of the state fish commission, sub
mitted, his resignation to the ex-
ecutfre deparlment yesterday.
f The resignation becomes effec
tive at the pleasure of the gover
nor.
Governor Patterson said he had
not yeUre:eiTed.Uc.Jxsiaatipnj of
3. S. Hayes of" Bay Qity, who also
was assca to retire irom inc iisn
commission. . 'f-.i '1
' John - V. Veatch - of Portland,
third member;of the fish commis
sion, Vestgned'two nreeks'ago.He
was not -asked to resign bjr Gpver-
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OH DISCUSSION
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Remarks onPrinking Among
Higli lScKht
Draw RespcMise
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MANY, OPPOSING - yiEVVS ,
Meeting ot 9inl$ter.ial Assoclationi
to Be Called Soon, Says rrcs
. ident Law Enf orcemenjl t&.
No statements of mere nplnlon t
credited to a Salem citizen hav
ever aroused so much attentipa
and discussion as those reported
to 'Save been' given oixt by Jj C.r
Nelson, principal .of ; the-. Salens
high sfe$pol, in the last two dy ;
r'elativj:'V''the amount of drlnkiajr
among high" school student- and .
the status1 of prohibition, in "gen
eral. , -.. . .- - .. . . .
Just what impression, thescj
statements were iatehded to cotf
vey. remained something.of a pus
ale to many -newspaper -reAders.
Nelson has -not at any time. mad
publie 'a claim that he hass been
misquoted in either ot he' news
papers, but he did, tell-a States?
man : reporter.; . Tuesday jeveninc
that the' headlines-in the Capital -Journal's
first story, which start
ed all the turore4ml6pIaced;tS
emphasis of his remarks;, and that
he is not opposed to" prohibition
to the extent of favoring a return,
to pre-prohibitlpa conditions ;'
No Correction Asked! V " . ' -
Since the publication ofcWed
nesday .morning's Statesman,' liai
son has not asked for a correction ;
of the statements therein, Credited,
to him. ; None ot the pppotionr
which prevailed Wednesday : jra ;
directed at the remarks published.
.In the Statesman. . - , ' "'
People In all walkSj.pl life hav
expressed their feelings vWithj re
spect to Nelson's criticism , of Xh
habits of modern young', people-
Most of them, but , not all, nav
opposed Kelson's views. T t .
Views of others have been. es
pressed elsewhere, including f thai
communication .columns . of Th
Statesman. Those . quoted i below:
are all ministers who, speak as thef .
representatives of large groups. .
The following - statement hM -
. -
(Contianed on pt " ,
MtllnMY'. BANbrii
HOLDS UP -BANK
MAN VITH FACEBAXDAGEBJ
' Tiirfesf JlovesH
Queer Artlclca Found : ItkN IVoff
Where Robber Hal lliddezf J
for, Three Days V, ' 7 7
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t LOS ANGELES, March j30.-
( AP. ) -.-Police detectives rr. today4
were baffled i in , their .attempts, to
solve 'what they declared was on
of the, most puzzling bank robber. .
ies of recent years-in' this city'-.
The, holdup man who brandished
two revolvers and had completely
masked his , face - with bandages
and strips ot adhesive tape, drop-' "
ped down from a left room to. con- -
front six employes .and 'escape-iar
an automobile with J8,000 in ca i
from the Hootes street .branch".
of the Merchants" National Trust
and Savings bank. r '"" "
The detectives ; termed ,the.'obi
ber a. "nut", holdup man at ter.lhear.'"
found scraps' of ; lunches, 'brass? -peels,
peep holes 'drilled threught
the loft" floor and a cut "and re-,
wired burglar alarm in the loft
which they said indicated "he had
been in '.Hiding there ahout thred "
dan and nlffhtm. r r ' '. .1"
."The' robber dropped frocf a lad !
der. leading to the loft just after
the six employes entered the Link.
Philip Simon, manager. , of tfc ,
bianch, said his appearance. struck;- ,
terror intothem all; he "appeared, !
exactly like a mummy."- - .
The bank force was herded into.;
a- rear room where the - robber
locked the door upon them,: Jels
uiely' scooped' up the cash im thei '
cages and departed in s car parked
near, the bank.? -:-;,-iijf uii
During - his 'residence in, ; ther
loft the' robber had sawed, through; ;
the burglar alarm wiring pipe ad
re-wired fhe' alarmiIn?ucjG3!S
oer that by the jerk of rcjs.tV
could .cut off the.buildlns ttsrx
other communication. , !
The telephone, wires als?. we re
cut. ? A', glove stuffed with straw "
and its fingers crooked arouni a.
"pistoi" fashioned out of a c! - -:
RAISES
ca??, !s were fojed la t- .'f
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