MEDFORD MAIL TRTBTTXE, BEDFORD. ORF.npy. FRIDAY. DECEMBER 21.- 1023
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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.
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. 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. '
Could irrnnty dted to nil of j
trni't No. lti of tho t'linmiilin Suli. i
ami nlno (lie nsl lfl fi'et of triu-t j
No. It) of tlic nld Suh.
liotty I'olnrson to Sulmnr U On
ion m n .v"iitv ,iu(.(i (n ii,urt
In Twp, 36 S.. H. 3 W.
Fill. TIomhmu to Kvorolt I,. )lco
son Quit claim dpod to tlio 9WV
nf the 8Wl'. and tho W'V of tlie
SWVJ of 8oi 32, Twn. 3!l 8., Jt.
1 W.
VMwmr C. Wnion ot nl to It. II.
Toft Warranty deod to the went
half of lot i. block 7, Jacksonville.
K. I). Klw..". et ux to I.. II. Kl
wood ct ux Warranty deed to land
In "-.ifnril
Wilson M. Harbor of ux to (loo.
K. Dundns Warranty ilood to land
In Ashland.
I.. P. l.oPovro ot ux to Prank
Wlllnrd Townsood ot nt -Warrant v
dond in Innd In Twn. 3 8.. H i W.
U Nlodormeyer ot ux to Prank
Wlllnrd Twn.nd ot ut Dood to
ld in.fwn ST 8.. K. W.
U R. H. Dunham to Ilarnoy Sain
m.n w-rnty dot to tho oast
lialf of lot 18. Sec. 1 of Rouo. fllror
Vniiov Orclitrda Co.'a tract In Twp.
38 8.. R 1 R.
John l-nch - et tii to Anna B.
Tlini'kura Warranty ilcoil to luml
iu 8bc. II, Twp. S'J S-, R. I E. i
(,'lly of Mtidford to 8. II. Iluwl: j
ot ux 'Wurriuily deed to the wost
hull' of tho north hull ol lot . block,
'.I Hark Add. Io Mudlonl.
City of .Mcilloid to Irvln Tmpniy.
ot ux Wnrrnnty dnod Io tho west
I -III fcot of lot HI. block 1, Itivcr
slilo Hub. In Modfnrd.
Ull Iiuhui-U to William I.. Lewis.
W. 1J. to I ho NW of W of sec.
7, twp. 37 .. 11. 1 K.. io.
UJ KlHhor to ChurloH W. Wlnklu,
ct ux, W. 1). to the W!i of llio
N10 of or. 22, twp. 34 8., It. 1
W.. $100.
John Cunliin. ot ux to Myrtlo
M. HniiiKti-r. W. I. to trni't 4 of
Pnlrnorca Hub. of Mcilfoiil. 10.
.1. It. ltilsttiw. ct ux. to .1. A.
MulilKten. ot ux. W. 1). to lot ,
.Minors A.M. to Aslilnnd. $1"
.Mrs. Ili'ilbn Decker, ot vlr, to
.lainos II. Kinney, ct ux W. U.
to W. of HW "f sue. .12, In twp
211 S.. It. 1 , $10.
City of Moiiford to Vli'Klnln
Chtipntiin, ol al. W. 1). to hunt
In lot 2, blk. III. m-lKlnnl town
.Modford. Hurt ot lot 3. Mk. ill,
oriirlniil town of Mcilford. $1.
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