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MEDFORD. OREGON, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1923
weekly Fifty-Third Tear.
NO. 228
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KU KM'X KLAN ATTORNEY
WHO WAS SHOT TO DEATH
Alton Covell Found
Guilty; Jury Favors
Life Imprisonment
To Escape Recitation
AM
12 SHOT BY
i ; ;
Mississippi Colored Man Kills
Three and Wounds Nine
Before He Is Brought Down
By Machine Gun Three
More Expected to Die-
Debt Causes Tragedy.
DREW, Miss., Doc. lS.r-Thls little
village, nestling In the, -swamps of the
Mississippi deltoruwoko from its
slumbers today and counted its dead
the human toll exacted yesterday
in the spectacular gun battle between
Joe Pullen. negro tenant farmer, and
a posse of several hundred men.
-Four men, including the negro, lost
tholr lives In the battlo, which raged
until one o'clock this morning when
Pullen, riddled with bullets, was cap
tured and brought hero.- Nino others
were wounded, throe of them possibly
fatally.
The dead:
Joe Pullen, 40, negro farmer.
W. T. Sanders, 45, his omployor.
H. L. Methvin, 55, possoman.
E. O. Hess, 50, possoman.
All of the wounded were members
of the posse which battled with the
1 negro for more than sovon hours. The
more seriously wounded are - J. L.
"Bufl" Doggett, prominont lumber
man. and sportsman of Clarksdale,
Miss:'; A. L. Manning and Kenneth
Blackwood, both farmers.
'Doggett was shot in the region of
the . heart but physicians said he has
a 'chance to recover. Manning and
Blackwood both were shot In tho face
and neck. Neither is expected to live.
Others wounded: Luther Hughes,
C. A. Hammond, Hob Strlngfollow, J.
B." Ratlieff, B. A. Williams and Rob
ert Klrsch. -
. Tho troublo started shortly oftor
noon yesterday -when'- Sanders, ' on
whose place Pullen lived, went to tho
lattor's house to collect a debt. An
argument ensued and tho negro shot
Bandera thru tho heart, killing him
Instantly.
Pullen was- captured at one a. m.
when four members of tho posse dis
covered the negro's fire and stormed
the ditch in which he had been en
trenched for several hours. Headed
by Sheriff Newt Cartlcgo of Clarksdale
the party set up a machine gun which
had been brought from Clnrksdalo
and opened fire on the negro's strong
hold. Fighting .desperately to the end
Pullen returned tho fire with pistol
and shotgun until he fell with twenty
bullets in his body. He was brought
k here, where his body lay In the main
street. until he died at two o'clock.
After shooting his employer. Pullen
ran Into his cabin, armud himself with
a shotgun and fled Into a swamp.
A small posso was quickly formed
and a systematic search for the negro
begun. Pullen was sighted several
times during the afternoon but each
time he proved the better marksman.
One by one ho dropped his pursuers
from ambush. By the time ho had
reached the dralnago ditch the
negro's deadly aim with shotgun and
pistol had brought down eleven mem
bers of the posse, which by this timo
had been increased- to several hun
dred men. His twelfth victim was
"Bud" Doggett. who was shot whllo
assisting Sheriff Cartlcgo In placing
the machlno gun. . v
$100 REWARD FOR
FATE OF BRIDE
. HARRISBURQ, Ore., Dec-15. A
'reward of $100 for Information re
garding, tho fate and present where
abouts of Mrs. Josephine Byers. young
bride, reported to have been drowned
in the Willamette river hore last week
has been posted by John Dombock of
Aberdeen. Wash., the girls father.
Her brother Stanley, who is here
seeking her, made the announcement
of tho reward.
PRESIDENT WRITES VPERSONAL" LETTER
THANKING VOTERS OF SOUTH DAKOTA
WASHINGTON. Dee. 15. Presi
dent Coolldge has written a letter to
Samuel Elrod. former governor of
South Dakota, expressing his appreci
ation of the action of ihe recent South
Dakota republican proposal conven
tion in granting him the preferential
presidential endorsement.
Tho letter was described at the
White House today as of more or less
of a personal nature and Its text was
withhold. It does not state whother
tho president will enter the South
I Dakota primaries to be hold on March
1 85 but a conference of some of those
nctlve in the Coolidge campaign with
several South Dakota leaders will be
SEATTLE, Dec. 15. A scheme
4 In the classes of Professor Loslle
J. Ayer, who teaches business
law at tho University ot Wash-
ington, to Insftre Ills disciples
against being called on to rocite
came to light today.
The inventor of the schemo tig-
ured that In a class of 400 moot-
ing thrice a week the chances
of any Individual having to an-
swer questions were few. He of-
fcred for $2 to pay tho policy
holdor 10 It he was called upon
before the expiration of two
4 weeks. Ho found many takers, It 4
was declared, and made good
profits.
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WIFE OF RUPERT
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 15. rDotalls
concerning tho reported suicide at
Haiphong, Indo-China of Mrs. Ade
laide Manola Hughes, woro awaited
today by her husband, Major Rupert
Hughes, author, playwright and mo
tion picture director who waB in
formed of her death in a brief cable
gram received at their homo hero
last night.
Tho message stated merely that
Mrs. Hughes hod committed suicide
and asked instructions as to the dis
position of her body. In commenting
on tho brief dispatch Major Hughes
said his wife had long been battling
disease and shattered nerves and "no
one else knew the battles sho had
with storms of gloom which swept
over her."
Death camo to Mrs. Hughes ot tho
close of a journey menaced by earth
quake and typhoon. Sho left here
last August on the advice of physicr
ians, several months after undergoing
an operation for caticeiv -A nurse ac
companied her. En route to Yoko
hama sho experienced the terrors of
a typhoon and when earthquake
shocks shattered Japan it was feared
for a time she had perished. Word
that sho was saved reached hero seve
ral days after tho quake but tho ca
tastrophe is believed to havo left lts
Impression on her already weakened
nerves.
Mrs. Hughes was a Cleveland girl,
daughter of the actress, Marlon Ma
nola. In her 'teens she played In
her mother's company, and later ap
peared in her husband's plays. In
1308, as Mrs. Adelaide Mould, widow
ed mother of two children, she was
married to Mr, Hughes at Jersey City.
Besides Mnjor Hughos her two chil
dren, Mis. John Sanders of New York,
and Rush Hughes of Los Angeles, sur
vive her. Her body will bo brought
to tho United States for burial in
Kensi county cemetery, Westchester,
N. Y., according to present plana.
PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. 15. Inves
tigation of milk pasttirizing plans
throughout the state and of swimming
pools will be made under direction
given by the state board of health
which 1 concluded its twontioth an
nual mooting hore yeBtorday. The
members of tho state board of health,
acting as the state eugenics board,
decided to seek modification of. the
state eugenics law so that steriliza
tion of such cases outside of Institu
tions as may require it would be pos
sible. Tho present law permits such
action only In certain cases In state
institutions.
NEW ORLEANS. Dec. 15. Two
day when trapped In the office of the
mon were burned to death early to
Federal Products company at West
Wcgo, La., which was damaged by
fire.
i. i i -n Mnnav in nrrnnc-n for the
formal application to be forwarded to
Pierre.
t - .i tht Kinrh Dakota law the
-Jilata Anrinrnprl hv the DrOOOSal
convention must accept the endorse
ment given and rue notice oi inten
tion to contest in the primary by Jan
uary 1. . .
Announcement also is expcciea
r I that Unltn T VlTI It hll Tl Of Mil T-
lon, a close friend of the late Presi
dent Harding has neen seicciou .
look aftor the Coolldge interests in
Ohio. He was one of the Harding
delegates from Ohio to the 1920 con
vention, - " t.
HUGHES SUICIDES
IN INDOCHINA
WINS, DEAD
LOCK OVER
House Fight Settled By Giving
Wisconsin Insurgent a Place
On Rules Committee Sen
ate Deadlock Still Holds,
However LaFollette Issues
a Statement.
WASHINGTON, Doc. 15. An agree
ment which may end tho tleup In the
house ovor committee assignments
was reached today by republican and
Insurgent loaders. Negotiations also
are under way to break the senate
deadlock but the outcome remains
doubtful.
Under tho agreement on the house
sido a republican insurgent was plac
ed on the . rules committee which di
rects the house legislative program
and tho domocrats will be denied ad
ditional representation.
By this arrangement the throat of, a
democrat-Insurgent combination to
overthrow the republican house com
mittee slate appeared to have been
averted, and the leaders predicted that
the house would perfect Its organiza
tion speedily and get down to the se
rious work of the session.
In the senate a resumption of voting
on the inter-state commerce commit
tee chairmanship has been postponod
until Monday, but there were many
conferences lln an effort to put an end
to the deadlock brought about by the
insurgents refusal to support Chair
man Cummins tor reelection. The In
surgent bloc appeared determined to
continue to suport either one of Its
own number or Senator Smith of
South ' CnrWIna, a democrat, tor the
chairmanship.
Tho truce between the republican
organization and the house Insurgents
was rtiado possible by the willingness
of Representative Tllnon of Connecti
cut, republican, to give tip the place
assigned him on the rules comgtlttee
so that Representative Nelson of Wis
consin or somo other Instirgont could
bo appointed to membership. Tho pro
posal was discussed at a meting at
tended by Speaker Glllett, members
of the steering committee, several of
their organization leaders, Senators
Nelson and Cooper of Wisconsin and
Woodruff of Michigan, active In the In
surgent movement.
The house was In session only five
minutes today nnd no mention wan
made on tho floor of the rules com
mittee fight. It apparently was the
plan to bring In the committee slate
lor approval Monday.
Later the houso republicans at a
conference formally voted to place
Representative Nelson on the rules
committee.
Moantlme a statement declaring the
transportation act of 1920 to be "the
broad issue" involved in the fight over
the chairmanship of the senate Inter
state commorco committeo was 1bsuc
bv Senator LaFollott, republican, Wis
consin, leader of the insurgent group.
."The progressives regard the last
election as a clear mandato from tho
people of tho United StatoB to tills
congress to enact without delay, new
and Just railroad legislation," he de
clared. E
McMINNVILLE, Ore.. Dec. 15.
John U. Smith of Newberg. Ore., was
appointed yesterday to organlzo a re
call campaign against several county
officials here at a meeting pf tax
payers called to consider a report of a
committee headed by Smith which
had Investigated county affairs; Smith
reported a number of alleged irregu
laris In the handling of county
funds.
PORTLAND. Ore., Dec. 15 Ila Fao
Slack, who pleaded guilty today In
federal court here to a charge of em
bezzlement and forgery of money
orders whllo acting as assistant post
mistress at Hildebrand, Ore., tho
amount Involved being $918, was sen
tenced by Federal Judge Bean to
serve thirteen months in a federnl
penitentiary for women.
COUNTY RECALL IN
Captain "William S. Coburn. attor
ney of tho Simmons or Insurgent fac
tion of the Ku Klux Klan, who was
shot to death In his office in Atlanta,
Ka., on tho afternoon of Novembor
5th by Philip K. Fox. publicity repre
sentative of the Imperial palace of
the Klan.
WOMAN BEHIND
ATLANTA, C.a., Dec. 15. (By the
Associated Press) Mrs. Margaret
Weaver, a tralnod nurse, whoso home
is said to be in Cleveland, Ohio, under
Indictment on a charge of accessory
before the fact In connection With the
slaying of William 8. Coburn by
Thlllp E. Fox, is under arrest In
Johnson City, Tenn., it was announced
by a member of prosocutlon counsel
at the trial of Fox here today.
City Detective Hunt at tho same
Hmo,'nnnctineed that-Ub- would go at
onco to Johnson City to bring MrB.
Weaver back to Atlanta whore she Is
expected to testify.
Mrs. Weaver Is charged In the In
dictment with having accompanied
Fox in an automobile to the building
In which Coburn!s office was located
a few minutes before the klan pub
licity man shot and killed tho klan
attorney.
ANOTHER TEST OF
E
SACRAMENTO. Cal.. Dec. 15. The
state board of prison directors Issued
an order lost night directing Warden
J. J. Smith to conduct another test
of the splnul fluid of Alex KelH, the
wealthy L,odi butcher sentenced to
hang at Kolsom prison on January 4
for the murder of an Itlnorant la
borer.
While Mrs. Anno Kels, wife of tho
condemned man, hailed the an
nouncement of the board's action on
the new test as a decisive victory In
ho fight she had been waging to save
her husband from tho gallows, tho
prison directors Issued a statement
that their order In no way was to bo
construed as an attempt to establish
tho mental condition of Kels, but
merely' dono In an effort to appease
the members of his family. This Is
taken to mean that there Is little
likelihood of tho execution being de
layed, even If the test shows a trace
of contagious disease.
Tho board members declared that It
was Impossible to determine Insanity
by the test ordered.
Governor Richardson declared last
night in an Interview with a Sacra
mento Union reporter that he is fully
confident that Kels Is sane and that
It would take the strongest kind of
evidence to tho contrary to Induce
him to interfore with the order of the
court.
Death Toll of
the Automobile
OTTAWA. Ont., Dec. 15. Four sis
ters ranging In age from 10 to IB
years, were Instantly killed when
their automobile ' was struck by a
train of tho Canadian Pacific rail
road at a grade, crossing near hore
today.
The, dead were Gertie, Hazel, Doris
and Bessie Tompkins.
71 Honttlo Gamblers IndJctcd
SEATTLE, Dec. 15. Indictments
charging 71 persons with gambling
were returned today by a superior
court grand jury that for a month has
been investigating conditions In 8e
nttle. Tho grand Jury adjourned to
Monday. 1
K.KLUXMURDER
CAUGHT IN TENN.
BATTLE
MEXICO m
Rebel Strongholds Are Cap
tured By Obregon Without
Bloodshed Big Battle De
clared Imminent Both
Sides Claim Advantage
Federals Evacuate Pueblo.
JUAREZ, Mexico, Dee. 15. (By As
sociated Press.) Failure of tho rebels
to hold gains on tho west coast of
Mexico and the imminence of a con
flict between the revolters and pursu
ing federals were reported in dis
patches reaching hero during the past
24 hours. The encounters reported
have been without sanguinary results,
the advices stated.
Regaining of the city of Zacatocas
without bloodshed from tho rebels by
General Garcia of tho federal forcos
was reported by General Escobar, for
mer Juarez garrison commander in a
telegram to military headquarters
here. Tho messago said that Oenerol
Garcia is moving toward Jalisco and
the situation at Zacatecas was normal.
Tho rebel stronghold in Jalisco .is
threatened by government forcos who
are pursuing the revolutionists driven
Thursday from Topee, according to
official ndvices rocelved at Nogales,
Ariz. With only a short distance re
maining between the opposing armios,
a clash is expected momentarily.
While Laredo advices said tho gun
boat Bravo was to bo taken to Vera
Cruz by naval officers, now enrouto to
New Orleans, where the boat is In
drydock, for tho purpose of giving
battle to tho gunboat Zaragoza, which
is in the hands of the robels, the com
I mander of the Bravo Is quoted as say
ing that the vessel would not bo able
to leavo Now Orleans for at lenst a
month, 1eoaueo of necessary repairs
that rebiain to be mado.
Rcboln Capture 11. H. Center
VERA CRUZ; Doc. 1 5 Revolution
ary headquarters announces tho cap
ture of ITruapam, state of Mlchoacan
nnd of Acambaro, In Guanajuato. The
latter Is an Important railroad center
south of Celcya and Its control will
facilitate operations of the divisions
commanded by Generals Estrada, AI
varado and Dicgucz.
Tho last named general has been
placed In command of nlno cavalry
regiments recruited In Guadalajara
from the population of Jalisco.
General Alvnrudo Is in charge of
an . infantry division, whilo General
Estrada has command of what Is de
scribed as a powerful column of re
serves. "The chiefs and officers of the new
corps," Bays the announcement "woro
taken from the military academy of
Guadalajara."
General Almazon has reported the
evacuation of Puebla bocause Of the
approach of rebel- troops. Almazon,
according to rebel headquarters, Is
concentrating his forces In Mexico
City. .
Railroad traffic between Puebla
and the national capital has been
suspended. '
EL PARO. Texas, Dec. 15. All
Juarez troops on duty thruout tho
city .wore recalled to the barracks nt
noon today. 8pecl.il squads of men
with bugles summoned tho troops.
Colonel Lopez, commander of the gar
rison, refused to comment on the sit
uation or a rumor that tho troops
were to declare for Do Ia Huerta.
PORTLAND POLICE
ARE EXONERATED
PORTLAND, Ore., Doc. 15. Her
man Oolsner, police sergeant and Wil
liam Draker, a patrolman were cleared
yesterday of charges of accepting a
bribe and of other Irregularities and
ordered back to duly at tho closo of a
hearing held by Mayor Goorgo L,
Baker.
Four other patrolmen who had
been accused similarly, wero also ex
onerated but could not be restored to
their places by tho 'mayor because
they had been discharged outright.
GO. P.
TO BE A BONE DRY ONE
COLUM DUB, Ohio. Dec. 15. Pro
hibition laws will bo strictly enforcort
during tho republican national con
vention at Cleveland June 10, Rtato
Prohibition Director B. F. McDonald
announced today.
He Indicated that no mo ot hla molt
efficient enforcement officers will be
anslirned to Cleveland during the convention.
COQU1XLK, Ore., Doc. 15.
Alton Covell, lfi, today was con- 4
f victed of murder in the first do-
gree with the recommendation
of Ufo imprisonment for the -4
killing of his stepmother, Mrs.
Ebba Covell of Bandon. The
4 jury was out 45 minutes.
f Evidence brought out In his
trial here this week was to the
effect that ho had committed
the murder at the instigation of
4 his uncle. Arthur Covell, crip-
4 pled astro log 1st, who already has
been sentenced to death. Mrs.
Covell was strangled to death
September 3.
SEARCHING FOR
WOMAN. CHICAGO
SWINDLE CASE
CHICAGO, Dec. 15. Search Is be
ing made today for a woman with
whom Leo Koretz, fugitive promotor
of a $5,000,000 Tanama "oil bubble"
Is thought by investigators to havo
passed as "Mr. and Mrs. Al Bronson"
for tho poat four years.
Charles Davidson, janitor of an
apartment building, Inst night ldentl-
fled a photograph of K ore la as a man
known to him as BronHon, who fre-
quently met a woman In the day time
in a suite ho had rented, according to
state's attornoys. The janitor also
Identified somo of tho furnituro found
in Koretz's offices ns some which had
been In the Bronson apartment.
. Authorities are endeavoring to con
nect Davidson's story with a report
from a private detective agency that
an unknown woman some tlmo ago
had asked that Koretz's offices bo
watched and any women visitors re
ported to her.
While tho grand Jury yesterday was
reported to have voted two true bills
ohargtng Koretz with toirceny.; -and
operation of a confidence game, in
voluntary pot.itlons In bankruptcy
were filed against him by three cred
itors, all women, who claimed $6600
was duo them on notes signed by
A trust company, named as rocelver
seized the expensive automobiles and
other available affects of Korot,
whose alleged peculations of between
$4,000,000 and $5,000,000 are covered
by assets of about $750,000.
AUTO KILLS WAR
VET. CALIFORNIA
SAN IMEOO, Doc. 15. Captain
John A. Tcrgellca, Brltlnh army hero
of the Oalllpoll rampalfcn, riled early
this morning as tho result of Injurlea
received when hlB automobllo was
atrnck by a machlno driven by James
M. 1'arkor of Klamath KhIIs, Oro., op
the highway near Ban Ysldro.
Mrs. Sybil Jonkyn, who was with
TrcRalles In his machine, had her
scalp almost torn from her head and
Is said to be In a serious condition.
Parker and his companion, Margaret
Htewart, aro under arrest and are
being held ponding tho holding of an
Inquest.
Tregelles, who was well known as
a mining man, Is said to havo won
high honors during the Oalllpoll
campaign.
Ho was about forty years old and
Is snld to be a member of a well
known English family. '
Another Munlcr Trial.
. BT. LOUIS, Dec. 15. David W.
Burns, 44 years old. parole officer of
tho Kansas penitentiary, died horo to
day from bullet wounds rocelved yes
terday from ono of two recaptured
convicts ho was returning to the
prison. The shooting occurred on a
Missouri Pacific train at Alicia, Ark.
TO
SHORTEN TERM OF HOLDUP MAN
SEATTLE. Dec.-15. By voluntarily
giving up his own liberty and actu
ally pleading for a penitentiary sen
tence H. W. Smith, who surrendered
to the authorities recently and in
formed them that ho was waiting In
an automobllo outsldd' a local laun
dry office whon his partner, Arthur
C. Raymond, was caught In an at
tempt to steal tho company's payroll,
October 18, the prison term of the
latter has boon shortened, according
to tho police authorities.
Raymond began serving a tour
year sontence m the state penitentiary
November IS. Smith gave himself up
PARD0NS30
PRISONERS
Chief Executive Orders Release
of All Violators of War Laws
4 Action Recommended By
Special Committee Sacra
mento I. W. W.'s Are . In-
' volved in Order.
WASHINGTON, Dec. . 15. Presi
dent Coolldge today ordered the re
lease of all remaining Imprisoned vio
lators of war laws. ' " ' '
About thirty persons will gain
tholr liberty as a result of tho order.
They wero convicted in various cases
at Chicago, Kansas City and Sacra
mento. . Immediately upon receipt of ttye .
president's order tho Justice depart
ment began preparation of tho neces
sary warrants. The prisoners will bo
released as soon as the warrants reach
the federal penitentiaries In . which
they are Incarcerated.
A White House statement announc
ing the release of the' prisoners said:
"It Is announced today that tho
prosldent and Attorney General Dau
gherty, after Conferring together and
considering tho Joint report preparod
by Hon. Newton jv. Baker, Bishop
Charles H. Brent and General 3. a.
Harbord, upon war tlmo prisoners,
havo decided to adopt and follow -the
majority recommendation of the
committee and accordingly today tho
prosldent in conformity with the rec
ommendation of the attorney general
has commuted the sentences of the
remaining war time prisoners con
victed at Chicago, Kansas City and
Sacramento to thi torins- already
served..' , , y.c. TV 4
"Warrants of commutation are '
being propared and as soon as signed
by the president will be sent to the
wardens with instructions to release
tho prisoners."' . i :
The order Issued by the president
ends a fight which has been In pro
gress almost continuously since con
clusion of the world war to bring
about the release of those convicted
for violation of laws enacted for war
purposes. ' .
The cases were reviewed upon two .
separate occasions by Prestdont Hard
ing and each time clemency was
granted to a limited number.
Those who will benefit by the pres
ident's order Include: .
Woncll Fronclk and F. J. Oalla
ghor, convicted at Kansas Clty.-i'
C. J. Bnurg, Alexander C. Oiirnoa,
Harry Lloyd, Burt Lorton, Charles H.
McKlnnon, James Rowan and James
P.-Thompson, convicted at Chicago.
Elmer Anderson, Harry Brewer,
Robert Connellan, Roy V." Connor,
Peto DeBernardl, Mortimer Downing,
Frank Elliott, John Graves, Henry
Hammer, William Hood, Harry Gray,
Chris A. Luber, . Phil McLaughlin,
Ooorgo O'Connell, John Potthast. Ed
ward Qulgley, James Quintan, Myron
Sprngue, Caesar Tablb, Jacob Tori,
Ooorgo F. Voettor and Vincent Bon
tllll, convicted at Sacramento.
SACRAMENTO, Cal.. Deo.'. IS.
Twonty alleged members of the I. W.
W. serving sentonces In Leavenworth
prison,-wero Included In tho amnesty'.,
order Issued today by President Cool-
Idge. They aro tho men who were- i.
convlctod In Sacramento In 1910 on
charges of violating the espionage act.
Tho roundup of alleged radicals.' In
this and ndjolning sections began late
In 1918 after tho executive mansion,
ot that time' occupied by Governor
Stophens, had been dynamited, ' Po
lice Investigations were hold to deter
mine that the dynamiting was the re
sult of an I.' W. W. plot and several
members of the organization were ar
rested. Following these arrests, federal
agents detailed to work here uncover
ed what they declared was a cdn-.
splracy for a reign of ' terror and ! .
damage to property aggregating .
many thousands of dollars was laid''1:
to activities of the radicals. " -
PRISON TO
to the police here November IS and
was placed in the King county Jail.
He was sentenced yesterday to six
months In the county jail. The po
lice declared the time served by Smith
In the county Jail would be deducted
from tho sentence meted out to Ray
mond. Prosecutor Malcolm Douglas also
announced today that efforts would
made o obtain a pardon fol Ray
mond after ho has served three and
ono-half years of his term. Raymond
never Informed the police that ha had
a partner connected with the attempt-'
ed robbery. v