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The Weather
Forecast: Tonight and Tuesday,
cloudy with rain; moderate
temperature.
iEDFORD I
Temperature
Highest yesterday 56
Lowest this morning 3
Precipitation
To 5 p. m. Yesterday 12
To 5 a. m. today .00
. Twenty-Fifth Year
MEDFOR1X OUKliOX. MONDAY, JAM'Ali'V 2ti.
No. :!0(i.
WlAIL TRIBUNE
Todav
By Arthur Brisbane
You'd LM The Desert.
Self Flying Airplane.
Hiring Mexicans.
Mild Climate Factories.
Copyright Klny Features 8ynd., Inc.
HODGE, Mojiive Desert, t'lil.,
y Jan. 2"). Interesting pliuv this
desert with mnrvelnusly J'ertil"
soil when water is milled. The
writer has "000 aeres here,
raises alfall'a, seven to nine
tons to the acre 'per season,
foses money at it, and does not
advise nnyliody to buy land
here unless he wants to lose
monev or work the land him
sell'. '
But for climate, beautiful
hills and mountains, strange
animals, jaek rabbits, coyotes,
lynx and horned toads, giant
desert turtles, armored caelns,
and for contemplation in soli
tude of "life, ilealh and the
vast eternity," no better Jilaee
could be found.
Amos and Andy penetrate
tile split tide, competing -with
AVulter Damroseb's concert and
the carefree words of "Happy
Days Are Conic Again" if you
icare to tune in. In homestead
ers' cottages the supper is ar
ranged to fit the eastern time
of the household radio favor
ites. And through the day, while
the man irrigates, the wife lis
tens to all the news about the
fashions, price of eggs, weath
er, politics, crime, etc.
Insanity among the farmers'
wives has-falLeiir qIX imu'C- tlum
60 per cent, thanks to five
great services: iU'RAIj MAIL
DKM VICKY, AUTOMOBILE, I
TELEPHONE, TALKING MA
CHINE AND ABOVE ALL,
liADIO.
Gerard Swope, president of
General Electric, now in Los
Angeles, is invited to lheel at
luncheon everybody that is any
body. He will be asked for fur
ther details (if the automatic,
self controlling flying machine
on which the laboratories at
.Schenectady have been work
ing in connection with the
Sperry Gyroscope Company. If
hopes are realized that, self
protecting plane will be safe
from crashing in fog. The so-
f nic altimeter brings the ma
chine down safely to within
four or five feet of the earth,
in the thickest fog, enabling
the pilot to land the machine,
knowing his exact distance
above the ground.
11
A German invention, the ra
dio eye picks up the beacon
light of a landing field, even in
fogs, three miles farther away
than the pilot can see it, let-
(Contlnuml on Pnee Two)
Abe Martin
'ALKALI
1 HHOItCj, tYN
Th' only rimineiit nave W u
ro"HK. Hadln nniMHiinvr arc
(rutin' f Ih- Jest like teinMirnry
rliiilniMMi they whmii r ferith
ho Ih' audlemv Is uuilin' f henr.
AUTO SALES
I0P CENSUS
IN MEDFQRD
Total Retail Business In
City Over $10,00G,000
Food Sales Second In
Importance. Merchandise
Third, Population 11,007
WASHINGTON. Jan. 20 )
Retail business m Med lord in ex
cess of $10,000,000 is shown by the
bureau of the census in the release
today of the returns from the licto
distribution census now being com
piled. The l!i;0 population of
Medford is 11.007.
The bureau reports lilM retail
stores with total annual business
of $10,102.70, yearly payroll of SI.
082.SOS, and full-time employment
of 754 men and women. The total
number of employes does not in
clude those working part time, al
through the payroll of part-time em--ployes
is included in salaries aud
wugy-s. Merchandise in stock for
sale ul the end of 1020 shows a
cost value of Sl.l'.Kl.L'tMl.
The total of 224 stores consists
of 114 siiiKle-Htore independents,
units of two-store and three-store
multiples, three units of local
chains, 10 units of sectional chains,
six units of national chains, and
two stores of ather types of or
ganization. Sales of sectional and
national chains total $1,301,577,
while the single-store independ
ents report sales amounting to
283,747, or 81 per cent. These fig
ures are based upon reports re
ceived in 11)30 covering the year
1020.
The automotive group takes the
lead in this report, with the food
group second and the general mer
chandise group third in order of
sales.
The automotive group, with 54
establishments, reports sales of
$2,642,137, or 26 per cent of the
total retail business. Kales in 14
motor vehicle establish m e n t s
amount to SI. 71 4, SI S and sales
thr.u. D ttccasjio,i'y. iU'e, and battery
stores are S339.522. A total of 20
tilling stations is reported with ag
gregate sales of S429.KE")3 in gas,
oil, tires, and other accessories. In
11 garages, sales of this merchan
dise together with receipts from
repairs and storage aggregates n
business of $157,944. .
1-ood stores total ui anit oo a
business of $1. 793,150, or IS per
cenc oi me uuai reiaii uuMiia.
Of this number, 30 are grocery
stores with sales of $1,373,305, and
ft are meat markets with sales of
$229,144. Many bakeries manu
facture their own products. They
are included in the census of
manfaetures and do not appear in
this release. I
The general-merchandise group. :
which includes department stores
dry -goods stores, and variety, 5-and-1
0 and to-a-dollar stores, re
ports SI. 4 59,859 of sales in 10
stores, employs the full-time ser
vices of 137 men and women, and
pays out $145,94(1 annually in sal
aries and wages. Sales of $993,916
are reported from department
stores while 3 dry-goods stores, 2
general stores, and 2 variety stores
report sales of 4ti5,943. The group
also reports an inventory on De
cember 31, 1929. of S292.20S.
The lumber and building group
consists of IS stores and yards
with fit! full-time employees and
reports a retail business of $S!H,
452. This group includes lumber
yards, hardware, electrical, heat
ing and plumbing, and paint and
glass stores. Planing mills and
similar establishments which man
ufacture building materials are in
cluded in the census of manufac
tures, and do not appear in this
release. The apparel group of IS
stores does a volume of business
of $(170,755, employs 43 full-time
people, and pays out $ 1 70,994 In
salaries and wages annually. This
group consists of men's stores.
ladies' ready-to-wear stores, and j
several other types of a pparel
stores.
The furniture and household
group totals 10 stores, employs 52 j
full-time people, and docs a busi- '
ness of $553,051. Sales in 6 furnl- !
ture stores amount to $309,079 of
tnlM tot(,i
There are IS restaurants and
other en H mi nlaces tn Meflfmd.
employing mi full-time people and
doing a business of $395. 02s. This
Continued on Paae 8, Story 1
When Girls Leave Home
It's Fault of Parents
Ni;V YORK. Jan. (?') 1
More than L'.'.mio persons, includ-j
ing 24."iO girls and 3Ton hoys, were j
reported missing in New York last
yea v. 0 j
So said Captain John It. Ayes, i
of the Mlssint; Persnns Ilurenu, In
an nddress nt St. JohnVa Protes- i
tant Kpixcop'i 1 ohurr-h last nlitht , ;
It's one thing when n boy runs ,
n w;i y f r m ho me, h r sa i d Qj i u t a j
different matter with a girl.
"I have never known of n ene
where u boy has come lo harm i
i
HUNGRY
Above is interior of Oklahoma
firowrl wns rii'tner'seH hv nnlir ushn
BY TRIAL PLEA
Judge Sets Next Monday
For Fixing Penalty
Clara Makes Plea
Leniency In Letter.
I.OS ANC.KI.KS, J:in. 2(i. UP) !
Sentencing of Daisy Dcboe for the
iZWS r til I xYwAJtTK7 A
sentencingIihI ofrcIsIofoI 1
DAISY delayed; p e n n sylvan ia! advantage in
I
alleged thett of $825 from Clara Scherer at the Scheror residence ! process.
How was postponed today until i m t)C Table Hock district, board- j Kit(1 llM.
next .Monday hy Judge William I nK their car, attached to the even
Diirnn when defense counsel made ! inn- tmt innri irnin ,t in,ifn,..t trt many
a motion for a new trial and asked
a delay to permit preparation of
arguments.
convened, ILrct -Vttomer Huron I The- vhsit -In Modfortt was-entire-S J'v,,1H..,,i rf. l'!,n,',hl' N,!l-'-r -ut 11
Fftts received rt leUer'from Miss y a social one. Ceneral Atterbtiry'J '""L'bon given him by a com
liow, pleading for mercy for her I being interested in the valley, as I mitteo of the Chamber of Corn-
former secretary and explaining
the cause behind her demand last
November for prosecution of Miss
Deboe,
.Miss Jtow said that Daisy's al-
l leged attempt to extort $125,000
from her for the return of her love
j letters drove her to prosecute the
case.
Miss Dcboe, looking tired and j dent golfers and were ent husiasi it-1 ,i,MU of the Chamber of Coin
depressed, was in the courtroom in ! over the condition of the local ; nieive.
custody of a jail matron. After the ' course in mid-winter. In a four-; ,u lno luncheon Mr. .lohnKon
brief court session was over, she ! some Leonard Carpenter a n d , further explained the Cold Seas
was taken back to her cell, unable '. Klisha l.ee defeated General Alter-, oning process and gave facts
to obtain bail until some action j bury and Colonel Cordon Voorhies; J am rigui-es concerning thu growth
has been taken on her sentence.
She faces u prison term of one to
ten years or the court may grant
her probation.
Miss Dow did not appear in
court, friends saying she still was
ill In bed from a cold.
LOST MAIL PILOT
VANCOrVlOIt, Wash., Jan. 20
'lPi Six army planc.i under com
ma nd of Lieutenant Carlton I'
Hond, Pearson field commandant, j
returned to the field this afternoon
aner a iwo-nour scarcn in uie
enson. Wash., sector for Wal-
ter K.
Their
Case, missing Varney flic
r.;
i
search was unsuccessful.
Reports bad been received that
signal flare had been seen in ,
the district, a part of the Columbia
national forest.
Low clfitids and fog will prevent
observation today but army fliers
hope to continue the search tomor
row. NAVY AIR MACHINIST
IS KfLLED IN CRASH;
j -
WASHINGTON, .Inn. 2li.-(P!
W'O - ge Johnson, navy aviation
machinist mate. of liurlington,
Washington was killed today when ,
I Hie seaplane in which he was i id-
! tug crashed in !uanlanamo bay
j ruh.-i.
thrnueh runnfntr away from home''
be said. ' They usuii My a re self
relia nt a nd spif-confidenl. Tin
xperlenre often holps them to
find themselves.
"It is not fo, however, with tin
girls, f lirls who run away from
home are often liable to become '
the virtims of deigning ieiHons
ft is danireroiis for n Kiiwin cut
htuHv from her home life. I have j
found that In fif rase out of I Ml
II N the fault of the home when a
uirl kocs out on her own."
OKLAHOMANS RAID
Associated Pies Photo
City grocery after mob of hungry demonstrators raided it for food. Tht
ort t.ir enc hnmht Twcntv.spuaii uArt .irrrqtrH
RAILROAD HERE
a ttug imu-heou was sivon iy
yesterday nuon in honor of (ion. !
V" W Atti.vhni-v n.'ouwli.nl nf ttm
Fori Pennsylvania tailroad. and three I
i vice-presidents of the same ays
it em who are touring the country I
in the president's private car. Kol- i
! lowing the luncheon 18 holes of 1
i golf were played, and the visiting!
officials were then guests at a tea!
given hv .Mr and Mrs Pnni'of the
continue their tour through the
- Unit districts of Washington state,
j via Portland and Seattle, and on
his sister, Mrs. Charles Conner;
J nephew, lioudinot, and niece. Dor -
othy, lived here for many years,
and the stop could be made with -
out delay in his srhedule the only1
j difference being reaching Portland
j early today instead of late last
' night.
( ah me railroad ouiciais are ar -
; wane in a t hree-some, I-. Lorning !
j Kenly nosed out J. K. Waller in u
hot match, two up, with K. W. Unhl
an aiso-ran.
The Pennsylvania parly Includ-;
cu viunii.u .'uornury, president ,
lOHsha Lee of Philadelphia, first
vice-president; Julian L. Kysmans
of Philadelphia, vice-president in
charge of eastern traffic; J. 10. Wel
ler, assistant vice-president in
charge of traffic at Chicago. The
guests were, in addition to the host.
Colonel Cordon Voorhies, F. Corn
ing Kenly. Paul Scherer and It. W.
Uuhl.
Mr. Atterbury is one of the fore
most citizens of the country, was
appointed by (iencral Pershing in
charge of railroad construction and
opeiation in Prance during the w;ir. ,.
lus been awarded the distinguish-;
en survico uicoai ny congress uini
is a commander of the Legion of i
Honor. m heen ilwnruWil by lhe
kings of l-.nu and and Ionium ami!
is very influential In the higher
circles of (he Republican party.
. R. Itonenbauni. district agent i
of Hie Southern PaciHc, placed a;
fine mess of Rogue River trout on j
the Atterbury car, which was much I
appreciated by the visitors.
BODY IN ROGUE SEN
BY FORES! RANGERS: HSrt
j
Jan. 2.
; fi ANTS PASS, Or
UV The body of an unidentified
! man was reported today to have
seen floating In the Itoglie
I river near Hlaheo. A boatman was
I una hie to follow- the course of the
body over a series of rapids. Forest
j raiiKeiM reported seeing Hie body
whi b they said was clad in over
alls. The man was apparently
iniddIe-;iK(d.
IS. LANTIS FATHER
SA KM
..M Vif'H
f.ir !..
Imt of
.fid:. Hi!. -'Ti runera
will be held here Ioda
:S . .Mci'oy, (II, mem
an' ear'v H il'-m family.
nt."ii. .war with th
I'lH ifU' cirjun erinc d'
M iny du d b'" L':"'
ul fur
oitthir-;
p.utin'T''
mdav al
e; Miriv
hH reMdf iK o h w. M' kaiser 'l years ugn. He nttributen
,-d lo. a datihiri-, Mir.jito lo Ills dally exercise, rain or j
JItvin Iintis, Medfmd.
GROCERY
SHE DECISION
Geo. E. Johnson In City
And Declares Mr. Drake
Prefers Medford Over
Many Other Cities.
riinf
Hubert 'A, Drake, ownei
Cold Seasoning lumber
prefers Medford as a
his new 7si0,"(0 plant
the 14 sites In Un
pad tic Northwest under consid
eration, wa.n a. fact brought out
by his re present a live, Ceorjie M.
i nieree al the Hotel .Medford till,
1 noon.
i Johnson as he promised
;;u the fottnge Crove nieetiny
week ago. arrived In Metllurd
j this morning, and this afternoon
. W;is taken to inspect Hie various
J huildlng sites in and near the
(.iiv )lV O. O Alonderfer. inx-s-
and profits of the business.
SiiHrt A 1'actor
lie exnlutned that he was In-
mm.-iml hv
.Mr. Drake, that
in
i inil '
site he was not to
play one community aainst an
other, but that the city In tbiH
approved lint that would give
the company the greatest finan
cial support would probably get
I lie phi nt.
He also made it clear that the
trust certificate plan of finani:
lug would be Insisted upon by
Mr. Drake, although subseipiently
the formation or a corporation
and the sale of stock, locally,
in ig lit also be approved by M r.
Drake. Mr. .Johnson read to the
omniittee I he list of approved
and
Drake
then siiid he knew
preferred .Medford to
iv
many of them.
t.'i.i'inne M'li'.n- 1'liiou tiMMiired
.Mr. ,,,,,', , Mn,irnl .iiW
...... . ,
yivc Mr. Dnilie every enecninitfe
menl and every i eawnniilile In
(fueement ti) 1 .11 i III IliK plunt here,
inehntinn fire prelection, wnter
supply ele., Init Ihnt I lie mil''
i.f truwt eeitifleuteH locally mllit
Pe il more illffiotilt matter.
DciNliiii Units
It WilM ileclilecl that the fhatll-
Ker of Commerce commltlt'c, with
the factH now In hfiml, t;o thor
' utilily Into the flnanclni; pro-
t;fttni, and kIvo their final de-
Hon should
hnnon rt' Id
lie would return to Medford in
Hw near future and probably
spend a week or twi dayM In the
city, perfecting the details. He
a Iso said that if none of t he
lint dd cities Hhould be willing to
i:vp financial aisninlance at thin
t ime t ha i . r. I i a It e would mm
doubtedly nelect the place where
t he nat lira I com! It ion are numl
favorable, build a smaller plunt
and finance it hiimelf, as h'
did in cottage drove.
Mr, Drake expects to be on
I he roam In March, and It is
expected he will coder com t ruc
tion of his new cold Masoning
plant nt (hat time, either in
Medford or in some other of the
FORMER KAISER HALE
AT 72 YEARS OF AGE
j UOOUN, Holland, .Ian. 2fi.- rIV
mi noted woodchonper will be 7'-'
t years old tomoiPtw. William Ho
. lienollcwi seems to he In bettor
liltn than when
cased being
phliio. Q
f Iff! Al
DELEGATION
E
Governor Insists Upon j
Executive Appoint m c n t j
Of Port Of Portland!
Commissioners Mult-j
nomah Solons Disagree.!
SAI.KM, Ore, .Ian. Ji!.(V)
(iovernnr Julius l..-.luior. In a spe
cial message tn Hie lenislntttro to
day, ui'Kod Hie passnse of the Kea
sey Port of Portland hill pi'ovidillK
for the appolnlnient of the entire
commission hy tlte governor, His
message was awaited hy the legis
lators as the sessions resumed ut
II o'cloeli litis morning and was
delivered shortly after the house
was called lo order.
The governor's message followed
a controversy last Thursday over
the issue wilh tlte Multnomah dele
gation, in which he declared he
would go "down the line" for the
executive uppoihtmcltl.
, compromise, which would give
I ho governor tin; appointment of
Hie four members, was rejected hy
the delegation, which split over the
issue.
Dry Issue Looms
Injection of the prohibition ques
tion in the legislature was sounded
hy a resolution, being prepared by
Kepresentatlvo John Manning, of
Multnomah, for Introduction tomor
row. The resolution aslts a refer
endum he submitted to Hie people
culling for thu repeal of the state
dry laws.
The third wooli'tt session started
with a public hearing before Hie
rniliouil and utilities committee on
the Iltli'Ue senate bill asking tlte re
peal of the certificates of enliven
lenece and public necessities act,
which would permit entrunco Inlo
compellllve fields of other utilltleH.
Knur bouse hills. Including the
right of the Hlute to secure by con
demnation rights of way for wid
ening and slrnlglltenlnR highways.
were passed by-the house before
noon. This mrmHtire carries the
npnrovnl of I he stale blglnvtiy com
mission. Seven Bills Ready
The senate had seven bills sched
uled for vote toduy. Including' Hie
repeat of the so-culled Eddy laws
of IH2!, since declared unconstlu
tlonal. which prohibited persons
other than taxpayers from voting
on bond lHsues and special lax
nionsttreH.
Abolition of tnxes on real prop
erty for state purposes with Hie
amount of revenue necessary for
the government and maintenance
of slate departments and Institu
tions to bo rulHOd by other sources
Is ptoposed by Representative .las.
V. Moll. Marlon county, in n house
joint resolution.
Other tax relief measures offered
hy Representative Mott Include
house bills, reducing the payment
of dnllntiuent tux from 12 to S pet
cent, the certll'lcnles of dellnriuen
cy to he Hold to any person in pri
ority upplyltiK, providing the tip
roval of the county court has been
obtained.
01
or
SALK.M. Ore., Jun. '.Mi. (I)
Leon Willson ami his wife Maudu
of Itnute 4, Snlem were perhaps
fatally Injured when the car In
which they were riding was in
volved In ii three way accident this
forenoon at the Junction of the
Liberty and Jefferson highways
smith of the city limits. Willson
sustained a fractured skull.
Needed $100
PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. .(VPj
-Police here were looking lor a
man who needed exactly $H)0.
Krank (iuny told police someone
had taken live Jpi hills from a wal
let In his routn. One 2Q and two
t- bills were left lo Hie owner.
MBATTLED
Parrot's Blood Injected
Through Thone Error
Girl Patient Recovering
.JOUKT. 111.., .Ian. -T
Fifteen-year old Mllian Fisher
wum recovering from an attack
of Infantile paralysis today with
the Mood of a parr'd injected
in her body through a imImiti
d -riatidinu.
Lillian was in a mi-vP ns con
dition last Friday. The family
phvslHnn culled the I in rand hos
pital in Chicago and asked that
a si'i'mn b" se 0 He returned
to the Juliet hoMjiilal sayiuu he
bad been informed that scrum
wum no homer used in -ou-h caes
and that Hie latest thing was
the Inject ton of "parrot' blood."
There are not a un-at many
Assaulted
Asaocuitcd Press Photo
Mrs, H. W. Howard of Portland,
Ore., state witness In the slaying
of Mrs. Leone Bowles Portland
society matron, who was mysteri
ously assaulted In her home.
Portland Paper Claims Mrs.
Howard Not Assaulted
Bowles Defense To
Demand Appearance.
PORTLAND, Ore.. Jan. 20. (A)
Search for the man who attacked
Mrs. 11. W. Howard, shite witness
in (ho murder case against Nelson
t'. Howies and Irmu Loueks, con
tinued today although detectives
said they feared he may have fled
the state.
They declare they know the
identity of the man who assaulted
M,ra. Howard on January 15 and
have traced his movements for the
past week. Police waid the hub
pect has a criminal record and. has
been identified hy Mrs.--Howard
I nun a photograph.
The Portland Telegram said to
day it had learned "a fund of evi
dence in support of their theory
that Mrs. Howard, so-called 'star
witness for the state In the Howies
murder case, was not attacked and
threatened because Tf her knowl
edge of. I he case, has been gathered
by defense attorneys."
"The evidence has to do with
past activities of Mrs. Howard,"
the paper said, "nud In addition to
its asserted bearing on the alleged
attacks, is to be used by the de
fense in mi effort to discredit any
testimony given hy the witness if
she In called for the trial.
The article said dclcuso attor
neys have Indicated that Hhould
the stale reconsider and neglect to
call Mrs. Howard they will demand
her appearance.
HOLLYWOOD, rl Jan.
j (A) Harold Lloyd, Jr., was report
ed "doing well" today. The son
I was born to Mrs. Lloyd, formerly
.Mildred Davis, and the bespec-
laeled father last niht. It was
placed in an Incubator but physi
cians said Hie baby would live.
Lloyd a p pen red at the hospital
shortly after his son was born,
j wit h a string of beads Inscribed
("Harold Lloyd Jr., The beads, he
i said, were purchased more than
j nix years iiko before his daughter,
uoi'ia , a rriveo , i.ioya hm hi ih in
"happy they now have a claim
ant.'1 Oregon Weather
Cloudy tonight and Tuesday.
! ruins in the northwest and extreme
southwest portions; moderate tem
; pornluro. I'Ycsh and strong south
' winds offshore.
parrots In Jo jet, but hospital
attaches finally found n woman
who wiif willing to allow her
bird to underito the operation.
It wjim ijiven an a nest he tie and
five coble centimeter of Idood
was taken and Injected inter
muMcttlarlv Into the girl.
Today, wilh both the Klr1 and
the parrot recovering. I r. t Jeorge
Weaver, chief r staff of the
Diirand hospital, lo ! about it.
He said he doubted that the
Inject Imt had helped the uirl.
I. nl that he knew of uoth'ng
harmful In a parrot's blood.
"Th" doctor Jut misunderstood
me,' id lr Weaver. "I said
parents' blind, not p. mot's blood.1'
FEAR WITNESS
ATTACKER HAS
MADE ESCAPE
11
TELLS DEED
Killer Of Officer Sam Pres
cott Bares Long Criminal
Record Hopes To Es
cape Noose To Live As
Example For Others.
James K. Kingsley, alias J. O.
Adaniri, who killed Ham Prescott.
Ashland police officer. In Ashland
Saturday morninK while resisting
arrest, is not looking forward to
the gallows for expiration of his
crime.
lie signed a seven page statement
yesterday covering his life from the
time he was horn 24 years ago in
Seattle, until he was arrested hy
State Traffic Officer Herb Moore
at shady Spring camp in the Sis
kiyou mountains within an hour
after the shooting oceurr-'d. Kings
ley points to his record ns a long
list of bail break;, reaching the
climax i,; Ashland.
"If the tate wants to harm me,"
said KitiRKley In the county jail to
a reporter this forenoon, 'that is
allright, hut I could do no good
dead. IT 1 am permitted to live and
receive life Imprisonment, the least
I can expect, I would be able to
do some good by being a living ex
ample that crime does not pay. t
could tell others the error of their
ways in the manner I learned the
errors of mine."
Hefore making his statement,
Klngsley was promised no immun
ity and was told there was Mttlo
likelihood he could expect lenient
consideration of the court. The
killer, whose attitude Saturday bor
dered braggadocio, has realized the
seriousness of his position hut ho
far has not quailed or tndiented ho
will beg for mercy.
. Is Vatallst
Klngsley Is a fatalist and ex
plained that la why he sat so long
by the counter at the Shady Spring
camp. If the fates were to he kind
to hln, ho reasoned a car would
come hy to give him a, lift; hut If
they were not he was content' to
nit there until ho was arrested. Ho
drank a cup of coffee and remain
ed quiet to think things over. When
Officer Moore arrived on the scene,
ho did not reach for his gun or
attempt to resist arrest. Me figur
ed he had done sufficient shooting,
he said, lie did not run into the
woods, as he thought It would only
be a matter of time until he would
be caught, lie did not know the
country and carried no food.
"I had no Idea of ever killing a
man," Klngsley said as ho sat com
fortably on a chair in the county
Jail tinder heavy guard. "I didn't
want to shoot the officer when we
first stnrted scuffling, hut I also
didn't want to lie arrested. I was
wanted for the drug store robbery
In Seattle nnd if I was caught, I
knew I'd have a long time to serve.
Hoy's Story Hit
"There'fl nothlne to that story of
the boy with me fhat I held the
gun six Inches from his stomnch,"
Klnwwlcy replied In answer to a
question whether ho had held the
gun In such position. "I was hold
ing the gun up in the air. I wasn't
planning to do any shooting. T
Just wanted to get away."
Klngsley declared he did not get
out of the enr to fire at the officer.
This statement is in contradiction
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T
N K W YOIIK, Jan. 2 ti .
The, wrecking of the Club Abbey
and the shooting of one or more
llroailway racketeers enrly Sat
urday morning was attributed to
day to a quarrel between two
women.
In reconstructing the events,
police nald they believed Arthur
' !utch" Hchult', Itronx beer bar
on, was wounded along with
'('hlnk" Sherman who is in Poly
clinic hnspltnl with painful gun
and knife wounds. Sennits and
his chief aide, known as "Marty
the Wolf," are the obJectH of a
search.
Hehultji, his two bodyRuards
and two women were seated near
Sherinan'H party, with Included
three women. During the course
of the entertainment, a woman
from Schult's table and one from
Sherman's table started an alter
cation, one of them using a table
knife to defend herself.
The men Jfrlned in the argu
ment and soon revolvers and
knives were flashing. Tho lights
are shot out. Sennit won whisk
ed away In a tnxteuh by his
two confederates. He wan wound
ed nt least once In tho hDUlder
and possibly serlotisly.
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