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MEDFORD MAIL TRTBTTXE, BEDFORD. ORF.npy. FRIDAY. DECEMBER 21.- 1023 e six ROBERTS WILLGiRL'S PURSUER HEADLESSTBODY 'Grand Old Man' of Stage! Dr. Meeker Arrives at Air-, Police Suspect Voodooism and Film Suffered Exile; port in Mail Plane Miss; Rite in Spying Victim Is m it . - ' rlntn i MnAnnnll !m On aIi iris-tri ! I nirlnrtl'iCmri M nfl rft AH- From Home Goes to Nephew- tdlaLC i lYIUlUIIIICH III OClIUOIUIl :j U I MUCH LI I ICVf licyi U nw- Buried: Telephone Conversation! mits Crime Hid Head in ti By Wife. Held From Reno. Cupboard. LIFTS CURTAIN LANDSOAKLAND FOUND IN HOME, ON HEART ACHE EARLYJVI0RN1NG0F VOODOO MAN; HOLLYWOOD. CM., Doc. 21. ifri In death Theodore Roberts, "grand old man" of the mrkc and inoUoa pictureH, han lifted the cur tain on a tragedy of his life. j IIIk will, made public here today tfvealK that he left hU emutn val ued at "more than S1U.04U" to lilft deiiheu. Kdward Hubert IUkkImh of Sow York City, with the expla nation that he had "suffered like him, that exile from home." . ''In my experience i remember neither uf feet ion nor nympathy from any member of my family until such nwompltahmcnt hud been achieved by me that affect Inn became a part of pride in i-Hntlmi-ulilp." Mr. ItohiM'lH Hiifd In the will, which wan made hre Ht'pt. 11, Jl:'6. . "Durintc the darkest hour of my life no word of nympathy or offer Of help from any member of my family came to me, and I hundred for' It an the. wanderer In tin divert Utli-HtK for water. The pride tlat k'epl ine silent iih a ncKU'eti'd and unwanted child Hlnycd witli me throuKh life, throimh many vIcIhhI tudeH, rind kept me Hilciit even vhlln in a prlmm cell. AHketl 1 1 'volution " "Now that 1 urn beyond the In fluence of all earthly thinK. 1 ,vant thepte -words oaid. If they lea v any unpleasant atmosphere over my memory, ho ho ft." Only one member tit )iIh family, ltlKRluit, ahai'ed "a kindred inula - jjtlnn from the family," he Hnid, ' a.n u wan io iiiKKinK lie hti jiih entate and . Hindu him executor Without bond. The 'veteran actor who wan hur led here TueHday. with many of the most prominent perHonu of the motion picture Indumry paying lilm reHpect, enjoineil hit nephew tii "apportion my hclonKltiw to the different inemberM of my family, In accordance with hla bent JikIk ment." Ho naked to be hurled bcMldn IiIh wife, here but htacto no reference to hU former wife except Indirect ly. He Herved tlx months In Tomlm ptiHon in New. York when h could not: pay. alimony to thin wife who hud divorced lilm and neither friend nor relative Rave him aid. ' - Married Too 1-oiik. . HALKM, Oro.i Dec. 1M. After nearly 50 yearn of ' married life, Mary .Hawks and Andrew K. Hawks nro about to he divorced. The. woman, who Ih plaintiff in the Hult, charges cruel and inhuman treatment. , . OAKLAND, Cel., oec. 21. (JP) Dr. David O. Meeker, pursuing Miss Ruth McConneH, arrived at Ouk land airport at 3 a. m. today in a mall plane from Reno. He went io an unaccounted destination. Mix McConneH, who arrived In Han Francisco ycHlcro.:y, checked out of her hotel yesterday afternoon and waii still In fteclusion today. The youriK woman wild she rarne to the Pacific coast to uvoid phys icians and relatives who were "too solicitous" for nor. Dr, Meeker said he followed her at the reguext of Kenneth II. Coulter, Invalid friend of the ulrT family, who wanted to look arter her welfare. Dr. .Meeker told jepiuterH that Mlrt McConneH wiw his pallent, and that he intended to look after her. Jlo Haid he had been commiH nloned to return Miss McConneH to her family because- she was too ill to he traveling about tho coun try alone. lie Hiilil he talked with Die cirl over the telephone from Keno was ntK'ht and that nno Haid .dio was wlllltiK to return with him to In dianapolis whoro her father is Hvj IllK. t. I- . Health In u aubject about which wo tnlk a great deal and cun do Very much. Buy more seals. NEW YORK, Dec. 21. (A1) Clmirwi flraluuh Rice, who mado million by out-HmurtliiK the race track and stock market suckers, had It ImirresHi'd upon him for the fourth tlmo today that ho could not. out.'tmart tho forces of tho law. Convicted of uslni? tho malls to defraud InvcHtors in Idaho copper Htock, whose value lie had boosted by tho auency of his psuedo financial sheet, tho Wall Street lnconoclast, ho was sen tenced to four years In Atlanta pen tentlary and fined $fi000. Walter C. Yoratfin f Holse Idaho, prcslilent of tho Idaho Cop per corporation, who was con victed With Rice, was nenloneed to nlno months In Westchester county penitentiary. Th all Htreet luconocbist was fined $10, 000 and sentence f Idaho Copper Cfrporatloii was mispended for five yonrsl lir. Walter Harvey Weed, KcotoKlxt, Was acquitted by tho Jury that convicted Rico and Yorston. CLEVELAND, O.. Dec. 21. ilk') F'erplcxed by both the identity of the victim and the motive for his slaying, detectives today believed siime rite uf Vm,duoSiii would ex plain the klltliiK and beheadlriK of a man whose body was found in a basement here yeMterday. I nst end uf hcekhiK the identity uf tlie killer, detectives had to re vei;e the usuul unlf-r of crime mysteries and trace the identity of the slain man. They bail under arrest Doss Wade, 37, ncKro, ami an alleged "vooilou healer," who told them he killed the man, but they were unable to learn wliu the victim was. Wade was arrested lute yester day shortly after the "body uf a decapitated man was Ion nil in the Imseint'nt of the same, house. Hade tried to flee detectives, hut was brought down with a bullet wound In each leg. He told detectives lie had beaten Nemo (llbbs to death with a gas pipe, robbed him of his weekly pay check of $:i.r and a watch, and tlwn carried tho body to the base ment a ltd severed the head, which he hid in a cupboard. (.llbbs, however, walked Into the police station a short lime later "very much alive." Then the Sloetor' thought hi victim might be OlhhV brother William (IJMjm, 2G, but he too was found un harmed. Detectives wild Wade then re fused any further information and they admitted themselves baffled. They would assign no reason for the decapitation other than some voodoo rite. NKW YORK, Dec. 21. P) "The Ktory of America." an set to music by Krneni itloch in a $3,000 prlKo winning symphony, received fuvorable comment today from mush- critics of New York newspa pers. Hut the closing aulhein, which Mr. Itloch hail written ylth the Idea of providing the nation with a proper national anthem to re place the present "old Kngllsh drinking song" fulled to win praise. Big' Turkey Sale IS ON Because our big turkey shipments do not leave Medford till Saturday night, you will have tons to choose from. And the price just as cheap as though you had bought from a small dealer with only a few birds on hand. Dressed Hens, per pound 25c FRUIT SPECIALS 2 doz. Fancy Oranges, large size . . 45c 6 large Grapefruit 25c Fancy Lemons, per doz 25c Large Gumbo Celery, bigger than three ordinary heads, 2 bunches . 25c Sweet Potatoes, 7 lbs 35c' Fancy Red Spitz Apples, per lu& . . 85c 9 lbs. Dry Onions . 50c Fancy Potatoes, new branded bags, 50 lbs 75c Express shipment of Cape Cod Cranber ries will arrive from the east in time for our sale. Also Imperial Lettuce. Johnsons Market Free Delivery Any Order Phone 97 MOTORISTS CONlT COURT PROCESSION PORTLAND, Ore.. Dec. 21. The traffic court continued grind ing away today, with another pro cession of motorists arrested for violating ordinance. Fines aggre gating nearly JS.non had been im posed since the drive started De cember S, and total arrest num bered in? 7. mmSm Heath s Drug Store ffi Telephone 8S4 'R.por1d by jMtton Ominiv fth.lrwil C tilth fllrMl wd Cnlnu AwtnuO IUttl lvMlnto Tnuinfors. .InchBon Comity to 1,. W. Monro Quit clulm doul to Inml deavi'ilHitl on linden ill null Hi I and 1 iirre de scribed on pane -Till, Bit. 14, Tvp. :t! It. 1 K. Ollln l)oo ol vlr to W. J. Sun di'1'n ct tlx Wnrrnntv Uni'd to liind In Twp. :ii S., U. 2 W. ". .1. 8:vdui'H i't n.v io Kilwiuil l.midlHM'K nt .tix Wurrimty dopil to in r ol lot ID, .lo-.lnrk Knb. (t'nrp- conli'ill. ; Jiinii-H II. Dornn ot'tix to TIipo-j dnrti P. Locklinrt ot ux Wnrrnntv dopil to Inml In MIihm 'h Add to Anil-. Illlld. .Ii'ffomon Howard it ux to Hurry ' Thulium Kllpy et ux Wnrrnntv ilid to laud In See. ;10, Twp. 3! 8., ' R. 2 K. j K. K. Itlrlmmn ot tlx to J. P. 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