The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980, December 21, 1956, Image 34

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Newspaper Page TextZZ (Sec. IV) Statesman, Salem, Ore., Fri. Dec. 21, '56 f I ng Mental Patient Kidnaps Bride; vh Hurt in Wild Flight From Police DENVER, Dee. 20 Cn-Pollc to day captured a mental hospital furtive and bit abducted teen aged bride, and after an all-day search seized a scar-faced Indian ai an accomplice. ; M.ke Wiegner, 18, an escaped In mate of Napa (Calif.) State Hos pital, and Jui wife, Clo Ann Mo watt Wiegner. 17. of Daly City, Califs boUi were injured when the stolen car in which they were rid ing crashed during a police chaae throuch Denver itreeti before " A tt-year-old Sioux. Jesse East man, alia Red Cloud, escaped from the smashed car. He also was a fugitive from the Napa hospital. . . ' Cirl Kidnaped ' Clo Ann's parents said the fir! was forced at riflepoint ta accom pany Wiegner and Eastman when they fled from Daly City Monday. Late this afternoon, police spotted Eastman driving eastward on the outskirts of Denver in an other stolen car. He offered no resistance when his car was baited. Eastman hat beea charged by the FBI in San Francisco with unlawful flight. Pellce said he had been under treatment at Napa hos pital as an alcoholic with "suicid al tendencies." In Denver General Hospital to night, Wiegner and Clo Ann vowed their love for each other. Wiegner asked detectives to "give my wife a personal message. Tell her, 'I still love you darling"'. Clo Ann replied, "You tell him I still love him, too." : She said she did not know her husband was a mental patient until after leaving Daly City with him. Meanwhile, Webb W. Burke, lead of the FBI here, said be was awa;' word from the San Fran cisco I EI whether to enter the "kidnaping angle" of the case. Charges Filed Charges have been filed In Cali fornia accusing Wiegner and . a "Jul n Doe" with assault with a dead y weapon, auto theft and burury. ! Co Ann's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Juhn J'awatt. arrived hero by plane f. jm Daly City tonight The trip va financed by a collection t A i rp by San Francisco police a 1 i ' rested uewsp.iper readers. 1: .ran was hailed by state r .1 Robert Meininger late t n l,e attempted to escape f. i I iver. 1. I 1, unarmed except for y r: -r c.,1 :e louna in nisi , , ;;iren:!y was not in-j i.i l a eariy morning car had traveled across Nevada and Utah and were spotted early to day on a North Denver street Ten police cart took up a chase which ended when the fleeing car smash ed throuih a wooden barrier on a dead-end street and plunged down an embankment Eastman fled on foot. Wiegner and his wife were taken to a hos pital with multiple injuries. Both were reported in satisfactory con dition lata today. Eastman, also knows as Jesse Red Cloud, was said by Denver police to have been under treat ment at the Napa hospital as an alcoholic with "suicidal tenden cies." "He's gun happy," Wiegner said, "and be needs money bad ly." California officers said Wiegner and another man forced the girl from her parents' homo at gun point Monday, leaving the parents tied and escaping In their car. The auto wu found abandoned not far away, where the pair stole anoth er, police said, and drovs to Den ver. Wrigner said Clo Aim accom panied bim willingly. Early, today cruising police no ticed the car parked by a south west Denver cafe, a girl sleeping in the back seat and a rifle in Ike Undecided on Type of Hat for Inauguration WASHINGTON. Dec. 11 Pres ident Eisenhower hasn't let out the word yet as to what kind of hat he's going to wear for his inauguration. "That haunt been discussed," Rnhert V. Flemlnr. chairman of the Inaugural Committee, told re porters today. . "Bui I'm nuita .tire lt' eninff to be a homburg-i hope H is." Fleming recalled ina Eisen hower's decision four years ago tia war hnmhnrff inxtrad of the usual top bat set off a frantic buying spree among the men. "Vim muldnt find a homburc on the Eastern Seaboard," Flem ing said. the front. Suddenly two men dashed from the rear of the building, got into the car an the wild chase through the streets was on. The fugitive car was forced into a dead-end street and hurtled into a ravine. Wiegner and the girl reportedly first met in a San Francisco mov ie house and were married Nov. 13 in Montana. When they re turned to California Wiegner was admitted to the Napa hospital as emotionally unstable. He was clas sified aa incorrigible at the age of 14. The young girl was taken to the San Mateo (Calif.) Juvenile Home but later released to her parents. In Daly City, her mother said Clo Ann refused to leave willingly with Wiegner when he broke into the Mowatt borne. "They made us lie on the floor, and they tied up by husband and me," aaid Mrs. Mowatt The parents said they thought Wiegner needed help but Mrs. Mo watt added: "We cant condone what ho has done." Potatoes in Storage Up WASHINGTON, Decl M III - The Agriculture Department re ported today , that atorago stock of potatoes in the hands of grow ers and local dealers on Dec. 1 totaled 118.800,000 hundredweight 13 per cent mora than a year earlier. The agency estimated that merchantable stocks were IS per cent smaller than the total stocks. Maine led all states with total stocks of 83.300,000 hundredweight compared with 30.000.000 a year ago. Idaho was second with IS, 000.000 hundredweight compared with 23,600.000. Cypriots Order 24-Hour Strike NICOSIA, Cyprus, Dec. The Greek Cypriot underground today called for a 24-hour general strike tomorrow to protest Brit ain's offer of limited self-rule to rebellious Cyprus. The call wu issued after lead era of the Island colony's Greek majority and Turkish minority firmly rejected the proposed new constitution. .. $1,000 Taken by Armed Bandit at Portland Store " PORTLAND, Dec. 30 III -Police - searched today for a man who held up a southeast Portland supermarket last night and fled with receipts estimated at more than $1,000. James Miller, w, the manager, said the man pointed a long-barreled revolver at him, announced it was "a stickup," and ordered him to fill a paper bag with money. The bandit obtained the contents of three eash registers and left after firing a shot into the floor. The gunman was described as about six feet tall and from SO to SS years old. . ELECTRICITY OtHAN tjlNIBAl atomic company Portland Bus Firm Seeking Fare Jump PORTLAND, Dec. JO l Rose City Transit Co., which operates Portland's mass transportation system, today asked the City Council for fare increases. '. It wants to substitute a straight 30-centa-a-ride faro for the pres ent rata of three rides for 80 cents and 82.71 for a weekly pass. The 10-cent fare for students would not be raised. i Gen. Mgr. Raymond I. Perkins said the Increases are necessary to prevent an expected operating loss of 147,000 through December and January. He said the chief reason for financial difficulties is a wage Increase to bus drivers Nov. 1 and a drop of I per cent In passenger patronage this year from 1955. Insects snd disease kill ten times as many trees as do man-mad fires, says the National Geo. graphic Society: " lBHsL'mr,V ;rja-ea V. rrSxT" ZT.:- .ssssssssssll.saH 81 TO EMPIRE DUlLDEIl letwaea Perfleitd and CMceie via MlnnewswNs-Sl. Paul Only $3129 cooch far plus tax, Portland to Chi cago, leaves Portland doily 3 tJK No Extra For. MIT L WAUOM. TrmvlUU Waahiaftoa St, Perttaad a. Or. CAI Ajmt, 07 aw. a I A I A l A ' . I V a s 'o J ,r. i r 1 I J . 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