The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980, July 12, 1933, Page 1, Image 1

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SING NOTED 5
Short, Ugly Word Admitted
But ; Defense Declares
K. It is not .'Crime :r
Extensive Reference- Made
To Relief Situation;
Hit at Siegmund
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Unexpected headwajr.ln the trial
Vf the otat' rasraney charge
against O. H. Gosa, unemployed
organizer who was arrested here
June 26 following demonstrations
at the courthouse , grounds, was
made, yesterday,: and by the end
of the day all testimony had been
submitted and rebuttal waived.
.Argument will he presented this
morning, starting at 9:30 o'clock.
In his opening statement before
noon yesterday, Irrln Goodman,
prominent - International Labor
Defense attorney who is handling
Goss case, admitted that defend
ant made the statement, "The
county court; individually and
collectively, are damn liars,"
charged in the complaint But -defense
contended- that statement
did not constitute vagrancy.
Seek to Arraign
Belief Administration
The defense tried repeatedly to
Inject the unemployment situation
in the county into the trial, and
more particularly tried to get in
evidence against Judge Siegmund
In connection with relief work,
ostensibly on the ground that it
was Judge Siegmund who ordered
evacuation of the county court
house grounds. No stress was
made against the other two mem
bers of the countjr'tourt. , :
. In a parade of witnesses, all
members of the Unemployed
, Councils, , the defense set up that
Judge Siegmund made no answer
to the eight demands submitted
by the workers, except that one
or two qualified this by saying
"except as made through the aft
ernoon newspaper".
Goss stated on the stand that
he made his admitted remarks
against the county court after be
had read to the workers assem
bled on the courthouse lawn June
23 a portion of the court's answer
as printed fa the afternoon paper.
District Attorney W. H. Trin-
dle, opening the prosecution, de
clared in part that "It is not the
purpose in this case to try the un-
county, the labor union or any-jOalO H.3LS lOlQ
cow on this charge. - Recovering Auto
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Here la the first actual picture of the Italian air armada under the command of General Italo Balbo as
It roared away from the coast of Italy on the epic flight to Chicago. Ten of the 24 planes that com-
prise the squadron are shown here. In Insert Is the spot on Lake Michigan, off the site of the Cen
tury of Progress Exposition, where everything has been made ready for the reception of the fliers.
They were to take off early this morning from Ra ykjavik, Iceland, for a 1500-mile hop to Labrador.
Tusko Ghost
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Won't Down;
Suit on File
SEATTLE, July 11 (AP)
The ghost of Tusko, world's larg
est captive 'elephant before his
death a month ago, still roams
abroad.
Asserting that at the time of
the huge animal's death he was
in the "wrongful possession of
the city of Seattle," H. C. Bar
ber, of Klrkland, who claimed to
be his owner,, today demanded
152,500 -damages from the.city
Barber had planned to exhibit
Tusko, he said, at 'gasoline sta
tions in Klrkland, as well as the
world's fair at Chicago.
The returns from the Klrkland
exhibition, he held, would reas
onably have been f 2,500, and
from the world's fair, 125,000
more. In addition, he valued Tus
ko at another 1 2 5,0 00.
"Tusko died by reason of neg
ligence, carelessness and wilful
and wanton conduct," Barber
charged.
The huge creature was taken
over, by the city six months ago
and placed in a zoo when it was
decided he had) become a "public
charge."
for the present labor situation.
but that he did not believe it was
. necessary for an outsider to come
in to handle a situation with
which the county was already
coping.
Large Crowd Hears
Trial at Courthouse
: The trial, shifted to the circuit
court room in the courthouse be
cause of the small justice court
chamber, attracted a large bodv
of listeners, mostly fellow "work
ers" of Goss. Early in the trial
conduct on part of some of the
listeners caused Justice of the
Peace Miller Hayden, presiding.
to warn that the room would -be
cleared of spectators if noises did
not cease. No clearance was nec
essary.
In examination of jurors, the
defense referred repeatedly to
constitutional rights of freedom
of speech. Only one Juror, Walter
F- Buckner, was1 challenged for
cause. He asked to be excused be-
As the result of speedy dis
patch of city police by radio last
nlgbt, it is believed, Joseph E.
Krauger, 1025 North Commercial
street .quickly recovered his auto
mobile which ' had been stolen
from in front of his residence.
The thief abandoned the car in
haste in the 1800 block on North
Commercial when police cars ap
proached. Officers were searching
for him this morning.
LABOR ASKS 1
ON WATER SYSTEM
Wires McNary Asking aid in
Obtaining Loan, Build
Muncipal Plant
The Salem Trades and Labor
council last night telegraphed
Senator Charles L. McNary to sol
icit the approval of Secretary
Ickes of Salem's application for
$2,000,000 from the public works
fund for. construction of a muni
cipal water system. City officials.
the council was told, have been
Pilot Killed
At Eugene in
Plane's Fall
EUGENE. July 11 (AP)
George Howard, 22, Pendleton,
was killed when the plane which
he was flying over the Eugene
airport crashed late this after
noon. He was rushed to a hospital
where he died without regaining
consciousness.
Howard, a student at the Un
iversity of Oregon summer school,
was a student pilot and was mak
ing a solo flight. Airport attend
ants said he had reached
heighth of 2,000 feet and had
started to descend. At an altitude
olice
-"FT 1 -'
m a-u cjana .
r at Bay
$16,500 Gain for State by
Readvertismg; one of
' Units' Still Held up
ApartmenUlolds H
Thr
ee
Suspected
of
Salem and West Salem put
In Requests Without
- Apparent Result
Kidnap in g Plot Held
STATE POLICE
H ERE SENT TO
PORTLAND, Ore., July 11
(AP) The awarding of contracts
on the east side Pacific highway
surfacing, projects between Salem
and Oregon City at an estimated
saving of $10,500 over previous
bids, a heated discussion of mater
ials to be used" In construction of
the five bridges along the Oregon
coast highway, and a disclosure
that consumption -of gasoline In
this state has markedly decreased
featured the meeting of the state
highway commission here today.
In the Pacific highway surfac
ing projects, Harold Blake of
Portland was low' bidder both on
project B, Hubbard - Woodburn
section, $100,191.25, and on pro
ject C, 'Woodburn-Brooks section,
$121,980. The Northwest Roads
company of Portland, bidding
S10S.S15. was low nn nrnief A.
Canby-Hubbard section, but the Oklahoma
bid was field up pending a confer
ence, with the bureau of public
roads.
The bids were $$,700 under
previous bids, but R. H. Baldock,
stale highway engineer, explained
that $10,000 worth of work had
been added under new specifica
tions,, so that the state actually
saved $10,700: by readrertising
theprojects. ,
LuroiKT. Interest' .
: Spokesman Heard
When 7. E. Mackie, structural
engineer representing the Nation
al Lumber Manufacturers assocla-
VirginiaBanker Believed Intended Victim of
Scheme; Negotiations - in O'Connell
And Factor Cases Reported
QUFFOLK, Va., July 11 (AP) With three men already
l3 in widely separated jails, police tonight continued their
efforts to spike completely immature plans for what they
were tipped was a plot to kidnap a wealthy yvang Frank
lin, Va., banker, by arresting a fourth man.
Assisted by C. C. Vaughan, the alleged intended victim,
O Suffolk and Franklin police ar
rested Jack Beale, 3z, ot Holland,
Va., and Detroit, Harvey Norfleet,
45. of Holland, and John R.
Wade, 43. of Suffolk-
With tbese men jailed on char
ges of attempted kidnaping, the
officers tonight arrested Clifton
Henry Holland, 36. of Holland,
Va. He was held on a charge of
being implicated in the conspir
acy. Holland was taken Into cus-
Purpose in Desperate MoVw.
To Escape not Known;
Oneman Wounded
TROOPS GALLED TO
AVERT EH RIOTS
lahoma Votes 3.2; Bill
Murray Halts Rood to
Await Amenities
OKLAHOMA CITY, July 11.
(AP) Oklahoma, bone dry since
birth, voted today to have its
beer, but Governor William H.
Murray called out the national
guard tonight to see that there
was no premature celebrating in
Oklahoma City.
As returns from today's spe
cial olectlon indicated a major
ity of nearly two to one for
advised that the city's application
had been turned over to Secretary of 1.000 feet hia Diana a small tlon, the West Coast Lumbermen's i legalization of beer, the gover
Ickes when the Reconstruction Fi- monoplane, went into a unin an it association, the Western Pine as- nor ordered troops into the rail-
crashed, sociation and the Willamette Val- road yards here to guard ap-
His parents in Pendleton were I ley Lumber association, appeared
notified and started at once for before the commission in the in-
nance corporation ended its ad
ministration.
Peter S. DeWitt, speaking for
Salem chapter, Oregon Building
congress, urged the labor council
to support the $450,000 municipal
sewage disposal plant proposal at
the July 21 election. He declared
that the Willamette river must be
cleaned up as a safeguard to
health and that the bond issue
would not be a general obligation
upon the city.
The council elected new offi
cers to fill positions left vacant by
delegates not returned from their
local unions:
cars of
Eugene.
DICE ILL DEATH
terests of using wooden bridges
on the Coast highway, Leslie M.
Scott, chairman of the. commission
voiced objection to questions he
directed at C. B. McCullough,
state bridge engineer, which Scott
described as personal.
Mackie said lumbermen want
timber construction in the bridges
matter of principle, and
would not be satisfied with the
fact that as much lumber would
MEDFORD, Ore.. July 11 nn nnn " ZZ"..
(AP) Earl Hanscom, 29, waived L.tt.nA .m th inn.h.rn,..
CASE BEING PROB
I aeacn
ED 2?
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alio Uivauiau vyuvvio av n-nt.Li,-.. . . a . - I .a.v at
cal, vice-president, succeeding . Tf,, , J, ce timber approaches
proximately 50 freight
the 3.2 per -cent brew.
He declared he would not per
mit the cars t- be opened until
he Issues a proclamation that
beer has been legalized. He de
clined to say when he would is
sue the proclamation.
The cars have been in the
yards several days under diver
slon orders of the shippers.
The latest tabulation, covering
1661 precincts out of a total ot
3312 gave: for beer, 138.309;
against 79,006.
The Dally Oklahoman estlmat-
(Turn to page 2, col- 2)
Clarence Townsend, barbers' lo
cal; W. R. Darby, carpenters'
trustee, succeeding Mr. DeWitt,
carpenters'; J. W. Clark, carpen
ters', sergeant-at-arms. succeed
ing Bud Colbath. carpenters'.
Frank' T. Crosier, council pres-
of the Peace William - Coleman
here today and was held to answer
to the grand jury on a charge of
first degree murder In connection
with the death of Albert Ting-
leaf, 45.
Tingiear cued Sunday after a
the legislative committee succeed
ing Mr. DeWitt and J. M- Clark to !
the organization committee suc
ceeding William Stepanek, car
penters local.
s
mm
iiefs
Brothers Meet First Time
Apple, Pear Crops Normal m
Tree Troopers In New Role
Prune Price Control Asked
dance hall at Eagle Point. Police
said an autopsy disclosed that the
man's skull had a nine-inch frac
ture and that both cheek bones
were crushed.
The fight started, police said.
when Tingleat asked a young
woman, who was sitting in an au
tomobile with Hanscom, to dance
with him. The officers were told,
they said, that after heating Ting-
leaf, Habscom went Into the hall
and finished a dance,
Scott said that he and the other
commissioners were of the opin
ion that the saving of $100,000
'first cost" that might be possible
through timber approaches was
not enough to warrant their use.
Coast Association
Backs Commission '
Earl Hill, president, and E. W.
Miller, secretary, of the Oregon
Coast Highway association, both
(Turn to page 2, eol. 0)
REACHES
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87-DEGBEE LEVEL
Sheriff Nearby
As Ballots are
"REUNION" IS UNIQUE
MARSHFD2LD, July 11 (AP)
For the first time in their lives
two brothers, William Clawson ot
cause of long standing frlendshin
wv t.. . - I -
a Biesmuna, ana aiso UiTing at Catching inlet, near
admitted an opinion about labor here, met here yesterday. William
boxes in 1932 Washington. 30.-1 w . w ' r
530,000 boxes in 1933, compared I fOrrr3-fa Divrrn no
with 30,900,000 boxes In 1932; Uieit UOWU d5
unions.
The case was heard before five
Jurors to expedite the hearlne.
but only after, at the state's re
quest, the defense stipulated it
had no objection to the fire abd
that nonpublic 'Criticism on the
; part or workers would later be
made of the five-man Jury. This
Mr. Goodman did.
The five-man jury Is: T. L.
. Davison, farmer; G. A., Conn; E.
T. Barnes, retired merchant;
! George, Cadwell, sporting goods
dealer, and R. N. Hoover, laborer.
Claim Guns and Pick
i Handles Were Seen
; At numerous times the' defense
attempted : to bring .out presence
ot shotguns, pick handles-and axe
.handles on the courthouse
grounds the day ot the evacuation.
' but sate tor one or two witnesses.
the state's testimony . that they
. were ,in .the .courthouse, .all ,tb
time was substantiated. One wit
ness stated he saw one shotgun
In hands of-an-officer and that
t he saw the pick handles, while
another alleged he saw several
" guns.
. Goss, first witness for his side,
. admitted he - didn't . see these
things until he was in the jaU
' looking out, hut said he "Just
knew they were there" all the
' time. . i
. . (Turn to page 1, col. 4)
beard of a Joe Clawson living at
Catching inlet and came here to
make sure that they are brothers.
Joe was 10 years old and living
in the middle west when William
was born. - ,
V. fi. AHJ is WANTED
ROSEBURG. July 11. (AP)
Members ot the Northwest Dried
Fruit association will meet in
Portland July . 18 to discuss the
matter of federal control . ot the
price ot the 1933 prune crop. The
association is composed ot 25
packing companies and coopera
tives.. The, meeting was called af
ter representatives met here today
with, several local growers.
The Portland meeting; will he
open to representatives of Inde
pendent growers and cooperatives
tnrougnom me state.
. SLIGHTLY UNDER 1032
PORTLAND. July 11. (AP)i-
The apple and pear crops in the
PacLflo northwest - will be about
normal, Paul C Newman, agri
cultural statistician tor Oregon, ot
tile "United States department of
Agriculture, predicted today from
figures contained in his July, crop
reDort.
, Newman estimated that the
apple crop would be:
n Oregon. 4,030,000 . boxes la
1933, wCom pared with 4,180,000
Idaho, 5,658.000 boxes in 1933
compared with 4,200,000 boxes in
1932.
He estimated the pear crop
would be:
Oregon, 2,812,000 boxes in
1933, compared with 2,808,000 in
1932: Washington, 4,316,000 box
es in 1933, compared with' 3.7 23,-
000 boxes in 1932, and Idaho,
60,000 boxes in 1933, the same as
In 1932.
LADS CARRY SHEEP
BEND, July 11. (AP)
Enter the tree troopers in a new
role.
About 240 of the young mem'
bers of the civilian conservation
corps left their evening meal last
night to carry 1200 sheep over a
The thermometer zoomed up
ward yesterday to touch the 87'
degree mark, one degree below
the record for this year and nine
degrees above the Monday mark,
No relief from the heat is predict
ed for today by the weather bu
reau but for tomorrow cooler
C 1-- f s JJ I temperatures are forecast.
ULUlCll. VlcfliJJCU Hundreds of children flocked
to the dinger playground pool
MEDFORD, Ore., July 11 yesterday to cool 'off, while the
(AP) Several witnesses testified I mill creek swimmin' holes were
for the state today in the trial of also popular. Numerous older per-
Gordon Schermerhorn, suspended I sons sought relief in the cold wa.-
Jackson county sheriff, that they I ters of the Willamette river.
Yiaif imii film naa ffia mnntl Pft flramen forAU tha near
Jnhc JPiimichnJ I courthouse on the night last Feb-1 approach of the grass tire season
j ruanr when several thousand bal-f on account of the hotter weather.
All Albany Residents
To Witness Battle
County's Bastile
out
at
The young man killed at
Albany after barricading
himself in the county jail
there last night, is belieyed
to be Frank Stankiewlcz," 221
tody at Crittenden, where he was wn0 escaped from the statt
employed In hlghw-y work. uu K ;,ww
uvoiimu jj a. uuuuim , a w y ,
ALBANY, N. Y., July 12 (AP) ii"" """" t TiT
The Knickerbocker Press said ne w com mil tea June ,
today that contact had been es-j 1933, from Curry. COunty. Ha
Ublished within the last 24 hours
1th the abductors ot John J.
O'Connell, Jr., nephew of Edward
O'Connell. upstate political
leader. Young O'Connell was kid
naped last Friday morning and
held for $250,000 ransom.
Sources close to the family In-1
tlmated that the O'Connells ex-1
(Turn to page 2, eol. 1)
was unmarried. He was iden
tified by the number
on his institution shirt.
PORTLAND OPPOSES
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ALBANY, Ore., July 12
(Wednesday) (AP) Fa
tally wounded, an unidenti
fied man, about 20, was cap
tured early today in the
sheriffs apartment on the
second floor of the Linn
county jail here, after he had
held a large force of state,
county and city police at bay
since early last night. He was
shot six times before he was
captured, and died 10 min
utes after he was received at
PORTLAND, Ore., July 11
(AP) A protest against the con
struction of a bridge across the I a hospital here.
made by the Port of Portland at After the police had been
a hearing onv the project schedul
ed to be held Friday in the Port
land district office of tbe United
States engineers. The Port of
Portland, meeting today, passed
a resolution directing a commit
tee to present its objections at tbe
hearing.
The protest is based chiefly, it
was said, on the grounds that
the channel of the river is con
stantly shifting and that, there
fore, bridge peers might eventu
ally prove an obstruction to the
channel.
"Until we know definitely
where the channel of the Colum
bia river will go," Frank M. War
ren, member of tbe board of. the
port, said, "I do not think a
bridge should be constructed
across the Colombia at Astoria.
That channel is constantly chang
ing and moving. I don't think any
one knows where it will be per
manently. Shoal areas are shift
ing all the time. There will be a
great deal of difficulty in solving
the channel problem If it is mixed
up with a lot ot bridge piers.
It's not a matter of considering
the clearances of the bridges
it's a problem of where the chan
nel will be."
The increase in farm employ
ment, in this vicinity is. now. be
ginning to make itself felt In Mar
ian county's relief activities, it
was announced -at- the relief of
fice Tuesday. Though not yet
great, the decrease, in. calls' for
food is noticeable, relief officials
said. .....
Forty-eight persons were placed
by the U. SY. M. C. A. Employ
ment bureau, most "of them at
eherry picking. - Prospects for
many more jobs opening up" soon
continued bright, D. D. Dotaon,
assistant manager, said.
lots were stolen from the court
house vaults. . Schermerhorn is
charged with complicity in the
ballot theft, which occurred on
the ere of a recount of votes to
determine the legality of his elec-1
tlon as sheriff. ,
Witnesses today included R. H.
Burton, who said he saw Scher
merhorn near the courthouse on
the night of the ballot theft, and
Olga Anderson and Gertrude Mar-1
tin of the 'sheriffs office,' who
said Schermerhorn. after the bal-1
lot theft, held a long conference j
with other persons subsequently
Indicted in connection with 'the
Incident. -
swaying suspension - bridge . be- I 2 jy .71 ft r2 r? C
neath which swept a roaring VilJi z .Ccf tCUd
To Kill Unless
.-. He'll Run Away
swept a roaring
stream.
The incident occurred at Camp
Oak Ridge. - Sheepmen in charge
of the flock, owned by. Sunnlon
Brothers of Ash wood, , attempted
to force the ' sheep across 'the
bridge which spans the north fork
of the Willamette river.: Leaders
ot the band, followed by several
hundred -others, reached' the tar
end' of the suspension bridge, but
when It began swaying the trlght-
' PORTLAND, Ore., July 11
(APY Police answered an "S. O.
S." call to a far corner of the
city, today, where they, found
man shivering fn his shoes. ' -
"What am I going to. dot? he
Third Group of
Foresters Will
BeTaken,Word
-' Marion county yesterday re
ceived word of Its third quota of
experienced, foresters .for the civ
ilian conservation v corps - camps.
Miss Thora' V. Boesen announced
at county relief headquarters. The
School Bus Contract for
Polk Pupils is Arranged
1 . .
With school election and or- ment ot tuition pupils would not
ganization of county non-high
school boards out ot the way,
Salem school directors last night
proceeded to catch up on work
delayed by these affairs. They
authorized drawing up of teach
ers' contracts, signing of tuition
and transportation contracts with
the Polk county non-high school
board, calling, for bids on trans
portation, and signing ot the tui
tion contract with the Marlon
county board.
Routes for Salem school buss
es into Polk county , will be the
same as last year, it was announ
ced. The clerk was Instructed to
advertise for the: transportation
bids to be submitted by July 18.
These .will then be opened and
referred - to the Polk board at
Dallas Jnlr 20. " '
Tuition contracts, It was sped-
fuMAMhAd tbA of f leer. Xtw rir I new anota of If man. who will ha I tied. .Will be On the basis Of COSt
ened animals crushed into a pile I ia mtnr tn kin ma if t Ann't rani selected fronr tba-relief-aarencTa 1 per pupil to the Salem . district.
ana coma not oe nuagea. - , . lawav with her within half an lists, will brina the total to 14iiwnicn nan pees estimate a oe-
The tree troopers were called to I hour." I foresters- Thirteen war veterans I tween 181 and. 184 a year.
the rescue and the sheep, one by T The offieera stood bv for 45 I and 128 youths also have beenl In regard to teacher contracts,
one .were packed acress the sway-1 ulantea. hut the Amazonian at I sent to the C. Cv O. camoa from I Director B. F Pound declared It
ins? span. .. . J taek failed to materialize. v i tbls county. :. ; : iwas now neuevea . wia . earou-
shrink greatly as was claimed be
fore the school election.
The board again laid on the
table the petition of Mrs. Milton
L. Meyers and '276 others for the
reinstatement of Miss Gretchen
Kreamer as music supervisor. In
answer to & request by C. A.
Sprague that Miss Kr earner's mu
sic work be retained if possible.
Chairman Frank Neer stated that
Miss Kreamer had agreed to con
tinue as musie supervisor but at
the reduced salary budgeted for
her as a teacher at Leslie Junior
high school. Neer explained. that
Miss Kreamer'stschedule at Les
lie probably would permit- her to
keep on with her personal direc
tion of musio in the grade
schools. '. - . .'
Dr. Pound , disagreed with this
arrangement, declaring: "
"II we start reinstating super
visors, the people interested in
education have the right to ex
pect reinstatement of 'other su
pervisors. The supervisors ot edu
cational subjects are of a much
(Turn to page 2, eol.
held at bay for several hours,
they, stormed the apartment
when no further response '
was made to their barrage of
gas bombs.
An officer found him in
closet, groggy from tb)
fumes and wounded in the
hand. As the officer at
tempted to capture him, how
ever, the man .came 1 to
enough to point a gun at
him. Another policeman, who
had reached a window by
means of a ladder, opened
fire, and the man fell, fatally
wounded.
Police had not learned his
name at latest report. . .
. ALBANY, Ore., July 11 (AP
An unidentified man barricaded
himself in the apartment ot Sher
iff Herbert Sbelton on the second
floor of the Linn county jail here
tonight and' was holding state.
county and city police at bay. Po
lice expressed the belief that the
man was either Insane or a des
perado determined not to be cap
tured alive.
Harry Anderson, Albany resi
dent was standing a block away
from, the jail, was wounded in the
right knee by a stray bullet as the
stranger fired frequently from his
apartment-stronghold. . Police said
a small arsenal was at his dis
posal in the sheriffs quartern,
and his fire at a late hour froze,
various windows and through the
apartment door had repulsed all
attempts of police to rush the
apartment.
State police, summoned from
Salem, rushed to the Jail with ma
chine guns and tear and smoke
bombs. . Several bombs were toss
ed into the room, but the gunman
met this maneuver by - breaking
the windows to let the gas fumes
escspe, and then by. smothering
the missies In bed clothing and
hurling them back at the officers.
Makes Getaway as -.'
Search Is started . -,v --t V
Authorities said the man was
arrested early tonight after he
had appeared-at the home of J.
XL Mulligan, about eight miles
north ' ot Albany, carrying with '
him two tally - loaded .22 calibre
rifles. ' The stranger asked for
food, saying he was nearly ex-
bausted from a long walk.
.. A. member of .the. family tele--phoned
the sheriffs office, and
spon the arrival of Deputy Snegr
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