P3TGE FOUR
MEDFOIID MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, MAT 5, 1933.
FEHL ATTEMPTED
TO FRAME BANKS
EX-EDITOR AVERS
Society and Clubs
Edited by Eoa Nealon Hamilton
P.-T. A. Benefit Party
Brent for Saturday
Much Interest is being shown in
feminine circles this week In the
benefit card party to be sponsored
at the Junior high school auditorium
tomorrow afternoon by the Parent
Teacher association. Playing will be
gin at 1:30 o'clock with pinochle,
auction and contract bridge offered
the players.
Several girls from the Junior high
school will also entertain with
short, clever program while tea Is
served.
The party has been arranged to
raise funds to send a delegate to the
national convention and extensive
plans have been completed to assure
all attending a very pleasant after
noon. There la ample space neigh
boring the Junior high school grounds
for tfte parking of cars, so all will be
enabled to drive to the school.
The program, which will bo 'pre
sented by Miss Margaret Arnold, will
Include a Spanish dance by Prank le
Wnabarger and numbers by the
mixed chorus composed of Misses
Earlene Young, Edith Dodsklns, Be
becca Chaney, jeannette Thatcher,
Viola eleven, Flo Elson and Corlnne
Harwood, and Messrs. Thomas Har
vey, Bob Walden and Ben Hostmark,
Members of the Girls' League, un
der the . direction of Miss Delia
Whlsenant, will serve. Assisting will
be Misses Grace Turnqulst, Louisa
Cowden, Lois Llttrell, Janet Mann,
Jane Sollnsky, Prankie Etnabarger,
Peggy Reter and Janice Shreve.
Students of Grace Schoenl's art
department have made the tally
cards for the party, and Gladys Stur
Un, well known young artist of the
school, has painted a beautiful
spring scene, which will form one
wall of the auditorium, where cards
will be played. Those wishing to
make reservations for the party are
asked to call Mrs. El don Dry sd ale,
83I-Y; Mrs. Jack Heyland, 1B57-J, or
Mrs. Rlnabarger, 8S2-X.
Many Local Folk Attend
Central point Lodge
The card party sponsored by the
Central Point chapter of Eastern Star
in the Masonio hall there Wednes
day evening, was attended by a num
ber of Medford lodge members. Among
them was Mrs. Rose Etfert and
daughters, Mrs. E. N. Eldridge and
Edna Elf art, Mrs. S. A. Kroschel, Mrs.
Charles Gilbert, Mrs. E. D. El wood,
Mrs. H. U. Lumsden, Miss Gertrude
.Weeks and . Mr. and Mrs. Harry Han
sen. . The. Central Point lodge hall was
beautifully decorated for the occa
sion In bouquets of lilacs and other
spring blossoms.
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Pan -Hellenic Meets
With Mrs. Vawter
There will be a meeting of Pan-
Hellenic Saturday at the home of Mrs. j
Aletha Vawter, 85 Geneva. , Bridge
will be played and guesta are asked
to arrive at 1:30 o'clock. Assisting
the hostess will be Mrs. K. D. Ross
and Mrs. Chas. Wing.
B. P. W. Club Has
Unusual Luncheon
The meeting of the Business and
Professional Women's club yesterday
noon was a very different and a very
happy one, according to talk today.
The members gathered at the Y. W.
C. A. to take advantage of the hos
pitality now offered there for work
ing girls and women, desiring a place
to rest during a portion of the
luncheon hour. Each member brought
her own sandwiches and tea and
coffee were served by toe club.
A little ping pong was enjoyed
along with luncheon and a general
recreational hour.
At the short business session of the
club plans were made for sending del
egates to the state convention to be
held at Coqullle. Four delegates will
represen the Medford club. Their
names will be announced later.
Presbyterian Boys and
Girls to Enjoy Party
The teachers of the Junior depart
ment of the Presbyterian Sunday
school will entertain the boys and
girls of the school tomorrow after
noon at a party In the church parlors
at 3:30 oclock. It will be a Jolly
spring affair with games, music and
refreshments Included in the enter
tainment. A cooky Jar will be well'
filled, the young folks were assured
this morning, and a large 'attendance
is urged for the party.
Hosts and hostesses for the after
noon will be Mrs. Leggitt, Mrs. Al
bert, Mrs. Carlon, Mr. DeWltt. Mr.
Oldenburg, Mrs. Maynard Putney and
Miss Elizabeth Burr.
Altar Guild plans
Food Sale May 13
The Altar Guild of St. Marks
church, Episcopal, met this week at
the home of Miss Helen Winters,
who was assisted In entertaining by
Miss Marjorle Kelly and Mrs. Wm. B.
Hamilton, Jr.
At the meeting the committee de
cided to sponsor a food sale Saturday,
May IS, and the following members
were named to complete arrange
ments for the sale: Miss Ann Pu
rusker, Miss Dorothy Gould, Mrs.
Jack Porter, Mrs, James Stevens and
Mrs. Royal Bebb.
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Miss Gore Expected
Home for Week End
. Miss Beulah Gore, senior at the
University of Oregon, Is arriving home
today to spend the week end with
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Gore.
Degree of Honor
Juveniles to Meet
There will be a meeting Saturday
afternoon at 2:30 o'clock of the De
gree of Honor Juveniles in the Labor
hall. All members are requested to
attend.
Contract Club Meets
At Mentzer Home.
Mrs. Lei and Mentzer la hostess this
afternoon to members of the Contraot
club at her home, plans for a picnic
having been cancelled by the spring
storm.
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the 'goat In this ballot business.
' They can't do It. I understand there
Is a warrant out for my arrest. If
any officers try to arrest me, I will
go out over their dead bodies, feet
first."
"I said: 'O, Mr. Banks, dont do
that. It will cause you a lot of
trouble.' "
According to Fleming's testimony,
Banks replied;
"I am going to do It. I said I
was going to, and I will."
Fleming swore that Banks told him
he had dictated two letters that
morning, warning the officers not to
coroe, and that when a rap came at
the door, Mrs. Banks started to an
swer, and Banks said to him:
"You better go." Fleming testi
fied he made ready to obey.
r Janet dementi Guches, former sec
retary of Banks, and her husband,
were in the Banks home when Flem
ing arrived, and they left with the
words:
"We are going to the farm."
Left by Back Door,
' Banks told hi wife to "deliver the
letters x dictated," when she told him
"the officers are coming."
Fleming his overcoat on his arm,
went towards the back door, as the
officers came to the front door. Half
the dlstanoe, he heard a shot. Then
he heard a woman's voice he would
' not positively Identify as that of Mrs,
Banks, say:
rwe have shot Prescott."
- Fleming testified he left by the
back door, and was arrested by state
police and held ever since, as a ma
terial witness.
Under cross-examination by At
torney Lonergan, Fleming made rapid
sallies, calling the defense chief
"Brother."
The crowded courtroom laughed
when Fleming identified himself as
"John Doe No. 1" named In the bal
lot theft indictments. Banks laugh
ed heartily at the reply, but Mrs.
Banks retained her solemn, medita
tive attitude. ,. '
, Telling of hi exit from the Banks
residence, Fleming added:
"Yea, I thought it was the longest
house I ever saw."- This brought an
other smile from Bankfl, who was 'In
a far more cheerful mood than on
the previous day.
, Fleming was on the stand . two
hours at the start of the morning
and the opening of the afternoon- ses
sion. ; Under cross-examination by the de
fense, Fleming vigorously denied that
he had told Defense Attorney Tom
Xarlght and .Arthur .L&pleu,. during
a visit to the Josephine county jail,
he had not seen Mrs. Banks in the
house the morning of the killing.
The state brought out to the Jury
that LaDleu was a former Banks
aide, on re-dlrect examination.
The detention of Fleming In Jail
since the murder, as a material wit
ness, was stressed by Attorney Loner
gan. Fleming denied he had been
promised immunity, and resented, his
replies indicated, his detention. The
defense counsel's inferences that
Fleming waa Illegally detained
brought no immediate contradiction
from the state.
Sergeant O'Brien of the state po
lice described the actual killing, said
that with Constable Prescott he had
gone to the Banks home to serve
bench warrant for ballot theft on
Banks.. He testified the entire pro
ceeding took "less than a minute,"
O'Brien stated : .
' "As Mrs. Banks opened the door,
I heard Mr. Prescott say: "I have
e warrant for your husband's ar
rest." I was looking through a win
dow, in the door, and 1 saw Mr.
Banks with a rifle levelled to bis
shoulder. X said to Mr. Prescott, at
the same time trying to pull him
away. 'Look out! Then came the
explosion. The bullet hit the con
stable In the hand. The flesh splat
tered In my face, and splinters flew
from- yhere the bullet struck the
door, and hit me In the eye. Mr.
Prescott started to fall, as I grabbed
him. We both lost our balance, as
we fell tq the porch. As I lay there,
X looked through another window,
and saw Mr. Banks calmly re -loading
the rifle. I went for reinforcements.
The entire proceedings did not take
more than six or seven seconds."
O'Brien also said he saw Fleming
running to the rear of the home.
O'Brien then told of Informing the
state police headquarters, and the
arrest of Banks. The court ordered
reference to the proposed use of poi
son gas stricken.
The state police sergeant Identi
fied the bloody bench-warrant Issued
for the arrest of Banks, after It had
been further Identified by County
Clerk Carter, recalled to the stand
for the purpose. The ghastly relic
of the murder was then read and
passed to the Jury. He also identi
fied the firearms found In Banks'
home after the murder,
, O'llrlen Grilled.
- Under oross-examlnatlon by Attor
ney Lonergan, Sergeant O'Brien was
subjected to a mildly sarcastic grill
ing. The defense counsel questioned
him about the number of the stats
police in Medford on the day of the
murder, and if Greyhound stages, for
whom he formerly worked, were nt
downed by the Southern Pacific." He
questioned him pointedly relative to
his experience as an investigator, and
by what authority the state police
had to assist in the serving of bench
warrants. The defense has given hints
It would attack the legality of the
ballot theft Indictment against
Banks, and the bench warrant for hi
arrest. Sergeant O'Brien was si 111
under cross-examination at the close
of the Thursday session.
No State Objections.
The defense objected to the Intro
duction of the bench warrants, the
death rifle, and revolver and holster,
found on a table In the Banks home
after the murder. They were over
ruled by the court. The state did not
register an objection the entire day,
O'Brien pointed out on the floor
plan of the Banks house where Mrs.
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Noted Violinist Will Play
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BURKE IX 8TKEK, world famous violinist, who has played berore all
the crowned heads of Europe and music critics throughout the United
States, will appear in concert here Monday evening, May 8, at the Bald
win Piano Shoppe recital hall, nis program marking the opening of Na
tional Music Week in Medford.
A limited number of1 persons will
be privileged to hear the Londoner as
the hall will accommodate but 150
people. The concert will open at 8:15
o'clock and all attending are asked
to be In their seats at that time.
Tickets are on sale this week at The
Toggery, Palmer's Music house, the
Baldwin Shoppe and Mrs. Effle Her
bert Yeoman's studio.
International critics have pro
claimed Mr. Steer one of the first
flight soloists of his day. The splen
did program, he will play here In
cludes :
1. Sonata In D .. Nardlni
2. Concerto in E Vleusctemps
3. (a) On Wings of Song ..
Mendelssohn-WllkelmJ
(b) La Gltana . Fritz Krelsier
(c) Caprice Gal .... Burrell Steer
4. Faust Fantasia Wlenlawskl
At the piano: Dorothy Rice Steer,
L. R. A. M.
St. Mary 's May Festival
Un iqtie En tertainment
where he had stood while reloading
his weapon.
Verne Shangle, Medford photog
rapher, was the first witness called
showing exterior and interior views
Identified a score of photographs,
chowlng exterior and interior views
of the Banks home. Some were taken
within an hour after the murder;
others were taken on April 31.
A large crowd attended the after
noon session, and a number of Med
ford people were In the audience, in
cluding a number of university stu
dents. The proceedings were devoted
chiefly to Identification of evidence.
and long cross-examinations. At
times there were vivid high-points
that awakened alike the Interest of
the spectators and Jurors.
Completing three years of business
In the location at 221 West Main
street, Wh 11 lock's Golden Rule store
la the scene of an anniversary sale
which started this morning at 9.
O. A. Wh 11 lock is one of Med ford's
veteran merchants, having been as
socltoed with his father, the late
Charles Whlllock, In operating the
Golden Rule company in the build
ing now occupied by the J. O. Pen
ney store, and since that time en
gaged In first Vie grocery business
and then general merchandise.
Everything from women's dresses
and men's suits to footwear and nec
essary houserold notions has been
marked down In price for this third
annual sale, and sale articles have
been attractively arranged for the
convenience of shoppers.
(By Mary Grelner kelly)
The large audience which crowded
to capacity the auditorium at St.
Mary's academy lost night went home
with a three-cornered smile upon
their faces. It was In part a reflec
tion of the contagious smile of the
lovely May queen, whose coronation
climaxed the annual spring festival;
a reaction from .the cleverly acted
and directed all-boys' comedy which
preceded it; and wholehearted -appreciation
of the outstanding suc
cess of the entire festival.
Something unique In the way of
entertainment, the all-male oast In
"The Deacon's Dilemma," three-act
farce comedy, kept the audience in
a state of hilarity from start to fin
ish. Aside from the amusement' af
forded, the "girls" in the cast gave
those In the audience many Interest
ing Ideas in dress modeling and co
quetry. .
Among the actors who made this
play a success were: Walter Young,
who played tfle part of a hymn book
salesman; Warren Loffer, a professor
of atonomy; Paul Sakralda, a dea
con; Ralph Denman, a young man
in lovo; Thomas Holder, a policeman;
Robert Smith, an inmate of a aanl
torlum; Chester Logan, superintend
ent of the sanltorlum; John Apple
gate, the professor's wife; Norman
Moty, his daughter; Raymond Lewis,
another daughter; McDonald Deva
ney, the professor's ward; and Joseph
Denman, a Swedish servant girl.
Dramatic and colorful was the cor
onation ceremony, with Its smooth
routine of lovely - attendants and
pages who escorted "Queen Patricia"
to her throne. Giving her court and
subjects a gracious smile, the queen,
gowned in stately white, with a long
scarlet cape and train, was presented
the crown by Miss Martha DeSouza,
president of the academy sodality
Following the acceptance of this hon
or by ' Her Majesty," in a few well
chosen and well-delivered words, the
ceremony was brought to a fitting
close with the "Jubilee Song" by the
high school girls' chorus, accompa
nied by Miss Mildred Gritch at the
piano.
FRED WOLF HELD
AS SLAYER; SAYS
(Continued rrom Page One.)
tlced anything wrong until neighbors
Informed him that Sheldon was meet
ing Mrs. Wolf each evening when she
went to milk the cow, and was help
ing her cross the creek and walking
up the trail with her.
Milking Took Long.
"She used to get the cow milked
In Just a little while," Wolf said,
"but lately It has taken her some
times two hours to get back with the
milk."
"Thursday night she went out to
milk the cow, and a neighbor came
later and told me that Sheldon and
my wife were walking up the trail
together. X had been sick for sev
eral days, and had planned to beat
Sheldon up If I ever caught them
together. ' I started up the trail after
them. I put a gun In my pocket.
knowing I was weak from beins: sick."
(The gun, the officers said, was a .25
automatic.)
I caught up with them Just as
they were walking off the trail into
the brush, and I heard my wife say,
Don't do that,' or some such words.
Told Them to Halt.
"I yelled at them to stop, and then
when I caught up with them I took
poke at Sheldon with my left. I
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had my right hand In my poexat
where the gun waa. W acufflad, and
he waa getting the beat of ma, and
then the gun went off.
"Sheldon fell over on his aide, and
then tried to ralae up. I got aome
water tn the mlllc pall and tried to
give him a drink, and then he fell
back, apparently dead. I opened his
coat and aaw he had been shot about
through the heart."
Sheldon has lived with neighbors
of Wolf'a for about a year, officers
said, and the Wolfa have lived on the
ranch, about four mllea up Blrdaeye
creek, for a little more than a year.
They came to Jackson county from
Montana, and purchased their 40
acre ranch.
Sheldon, officers aald, has no known
relatives.
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Time fo change
from heavy foods
Sherwin-Williams
Says Paint Trade
Showing Increase
Indicating that the paint bualneaa
la on the pick-up, ia the announce
ment that the Sherwin-Williams com
pany, manufacturers of high grade
paints and varnishes, Is Increasing Its
factory activities to 24 hours dally,
according to Hubbard Brothers, Inc..
local dealers for Sherwln-Wtlllams.
An advertising campaign, author
ized by the company, was started in
The Mall Tribune Thursday, May 4.
by Hubbard's, who are one of the few
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