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20 Capita Journal, Salem,
VICTIM WAS SOMEBODY ELSE
'Corpseless' Murder Leads
Defendant to Chair's Shadow
Atlanta WJ9 A bizarre murder case that itarted out without a
ody and wai climaxed when the victim turned out to be some-
body
body else is about to enter its closing chapter.
John Wallace, bald, heavy-set
about exhausted his efforts to
scape the electric chair for the
murder of his tenant, William
Turner, alias Wilson Turner.
Superior Court Judge Virlyn
B. Moore recently denied Wal
lace's petition for a writ of habe
as corpus to he could go free
while "sensational new evi
dence" was presented.
Wallace then prepared what
may be his final appeal to the
(tat supreme court and his ex
ecution, scheduled for Oct. 14,
was stayed automatically once
more. The court already turn
ed him down twice.
The Turner murder case broke
in the spring of 1948 at the Sun
act tourist camp, about 40 miles
below Atlanta.
A dozen persons were idling
about the camp when a car drove
up and a harried figure jumped
out and sought shelter in the
office,
Scarcely had he entered the
building when a pickup truck
raced up and four or five men
jumped out. The men seized the
man who had come in the car,
clubbed him savagely on the
head with a rifle butt and drove
off with his Inert body In the
truck.
The witnesses were to testify
later that the man was beaten
so heavily that, in their opinion,
the blows were enough to kill
him. This testimony proved the
crux of the case against Wallace,
aubsequently identified as the
ringleader of the abduction
group.
Lamar Potts, small gimlet
eyed sheriff, had no body to
prove that murder had been
done but other witnesses Identi
fied the abducted man as Wil
son Turner, a tenant on Wal
lace's farm, who had been feud
ing with his landlord. It was
soon determined that Turner
was missing.
Potts organized a posse which
for several weeks beat the scrub
country around Wallace's farm
without finding a trace of Turn
er. Pott's persistence paid off,
however and he got the confi
dence of two Negroes of the area.
The Negroes finally led Potts and
state officers to a spot where
they found charred fragments
of clothing and several pieces of
burned bone small enough to
fit in a matchbox, '
The bones were identified as
human and the clothing as be
longing to the missing Turner.
Potts was ready to go to trail.
The two Negroes who led the
way to the evidence confessed
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west Georgia cattleman, has just
that they helped burn the share
cropper's body but were charged tZ
with a lesser crime than murder
because of their helpfulness.
The big surprise of the case
then was sprung by Turner's
father, who announced that Wil
son Turner was alive and well.
The man whose bones were
found actually was William
Turner, Wilson's brother, who
tity and his draft card during
the war.
Wallace finally admitted at
his trial that he killed .Turner.
But he said he did so in self-
defense on his property after
bringing Turner back from the
tourist camp to question him
about making whiskey and steal
ing cattle.
But the witnesses who saw
Turner beaten at the tourist
camp convinced the jury that he
received mortal wounds at the
time. Wallace was sentenced to
death. His accomplices did not
testify and received life sen
tences.
Boy Killed in 'Trick
Or Treat' Expedition
Seattle, Nov. 1 (U.PJ A six-
year-old boy on a "trick or
treat" expedition was fatally in
jured last night when he fell
from a porch, puncturing his
head on a sharp tree branch.
The victim is Larry Parks.
Celebrating Halloween with four
other boys, the youngster had
just won a treat from Ralph G.
Band when the accident oc
curred. Band said the boy lost
his balance and fell about five
feet off the porch.
He was taken to Seattle Gen
eral hospital where he died
shortly before 3 o'clock this
morning.
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Train Wreckage Two diesel locomotives and five cars, of
the Santa Fe El Capitan passenger train, left the track near
Azusa, Calif., after hitting a split rail. Six persons were
known injured, none seriously. In background smoke is
coming from diesel oil tanks attached to the locomotives.
(AP Wirephoto)
Youth Council to
Hold Assembly
The Oregon Christian Youth
Council will sponsor its annual
fall assembly in Salem Friday,
Saturday and Sunday of this
week and 450 young folk and
adult leaders of many denomina
tions are expected to attend.
G. Hayden Stewart, director
be the featured speaker at an
international banquet Saturday
evening at the high school and
for early Sunday morning com
munion. A number of workshops will
be included in the program with
Dr. Raymond Withoy, Jr., of
Willamette university and Mrs.
C. W. Stacey, Salem, chairman
of the legislative committee,
Oregon Council of Church Wo
men, in charge. The music will
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be directed by Mr. and Mrs.
Walter Naff of the First Chris
tian church, Salem.
Eleanor Billings of Oregon
State college, is general chair
man for the council. Associates
are Dave Poindexter, president
of the council, Willamette uni
versity; Richard Scott, Salem,
general arrangeme n t s commit
tee: Evelyn Bolliger, program,
and Marian Sayre, public rela
tions, both of Willamette uni
versity. Registration will be handled
at the First Methodist church
from 3 to 6 o'clock Friday after
noon. Conference headquarters
will be at the First Presbyterian
church.
Warwick Promoted
Portland, Nov. 1 iP) David
C. Warwick, an air force veter
an, was promoted yesterday to
the job of supervisor of Knox
law enforcement for the state li
quor control commission.
JAYSON'S SENSATIONAL 7- kaH
FROM OUR REGULAR STOCK
Top QiEaHiy Clothing at Drasti :aNy Reduced Prices
This 7 day sale is the most drastic price adjustment in nine years! Jay
sons are offering you our nationally recognized top quality clothing on
this sale so that now you can own a handsome customed-detailed suit or
topcoat at these sensational two low prices:
Reg. Values
2i)75
A suit or topcoot beyond comparison ony
where! We have o limited quantity of
these "below-cost" suits ond topcoats, so
come early.
Wedding Leads to
Strike of Loaders
Romford, England, Nov. 1 HP)
A wedding led to a strike here.
Jack Murton, a meat loader,
got married and went off on a
three-day honeymoon.
His three fellow loaders at the
wholesale meat supply depot
asked for a substitute. Refused,
they struck.
The area's meat ration is
standing unloaded.
We Have All the Equipment You Need to
Play That Crazy Game of Canasta
-It's in our notions dept. along with hundreds of other
items.
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Win a Prix Listen to K0CO Mon. thru Fri., 6:45 p,m.
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Washington Is
Sore Over Tax
Washington officials told Ore
gon taxing authorities yesterday
th T.nniruipw hririffe over the
Columbia should not be taxed'
by Oregon.
T.vl Ivprsnn assistant attor
ney general of Washington, said
taxes on the toll bridge in 1946
were $6549 and had been in
creased to $36,783 this year.
"We are not going to pay that
tax without a fight. Washington
is paying for the bridge and Ore
gon is getting a free ride," he
asserted.
The Columbia county court,
the Oregon state commission and
the Oregon highway commission,
all represented at the meeting,
did not take action. The Oregon
legislature already has approved
a measure freeing the bridge
from taxation beginning In Jan
uary, 1954.
Webb Hoover, secretary of the
toll bridge authority, and T. S.
Hodges, a member of the Wash
ington tax commission, also pro
tested the Oregon levies.
Lumber Shipments
By Water Soar
Portland Nov-. 1 iP) Mari
time lumbt r shipments from Co
lumbia rive district ports in
September stared to the high
est level for any month since
pre-war days.
The Pacific lumber inspection
bureau reported yesterday the
total was 70.440.563 board feet.
Of this 44,119,371 went to At
lantic coast ports and 15,660,952
went abroad.
Other district September to
Reg. Values to
Either a fine hand tailored suit or topcoat
in a choice of rich fall shades in sharkskins,
gabardines, coverts and hard-finished worsteds.
Clothes
tals (In board feet): Oregon
coast 44.690,961, down from
65.630.000 in August; Puget
Sound 37,431.855; Washington
coast 20.377.437; British Co
lumbia 82,195,588.
Of the British Columbia ship
ments, 27.308.383 went into the
U.S. market.
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Slight Charge for Excessive Alterations
Arctic Trek Delayed
Fairbanks, Alaska, Nov, 11
(U.ri Cecil A. Moore, New Eng
land engineer, reset the starting
date for his trans-Arctic sleigh
ride to Lewiston, Me., because
of snow. Moore had expected
to take off across the frozen
wastelands of the north today.
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