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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 5, 1935)
PXGE EIGHT MEDFORD SIATL TRIBUXE, MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY. AUGUST 5, 1933 WOMAN CONFESSES TORSO SLAYING flRRFR MANRIFn . KILLED BY TRACTOR i L 1 -'.0S'. IN G. PASS REGION L 'Wfc GRANTS PASS, Ore.. Aug. 5 (Spl Abner Blss, 02, was Instantly killed Saturday when his body vu mangled by a caterpillar logging tractor oper atod by M. J. McShane In the Shan creek district. Coroner Virgil Hull aald Bias, Mc Shane, and a man named Jew were riding th tractor Into the wooda to begin the day'a work. It was between 7:20 and 7:25 a. m. With McShane at the controls, Bias riding on the left gas tank and Jena waa riding on the other tank. They had Juat reached the top of a atep hill, up which It had been necessary to back the machine o It would not tip over backwards. Thla procedure waa usual. McShane, In backing up the hill had been looking backward over his shoulder to keep hla direction. At the top he slowed down considerably so that one of the men could hook a chain onto the tractor. Glancing to the front at that point, he aaw Bins body, protruding from between tlio track and a bar, Mc Shane told Hull. Bias' right arm, ahoulder, and chest were crushed and part of hla head was cut away In the accident. He had obvloualy been drawn by the revolving caterpillar tracks under a bar that supported the left gas tank. There was no way to tell whether Bias had fallen off, had Jumped off and slipped Into the machine, or had fainted, Hull said. Surviving him are his wife, Mamie Ethel, two sons and two daughters. The Blsa home Is In the Shan creek district. E SALEM, Aug. 8. (AP) A special meeting of the state highway com mission will be held at Portland August IS, It was announced here to day. Thirteen county courts were In vited Into conference at the session to settle pending right of way mat te r. The counties Invited are those In which the commission contemplates Jetting highway contracts at the reg ular August 29 meeting. Those Invited wore Baker, Clatsop. Crook, Deschutes, Jackson. Lsne, Malheur, Marlon, Wal lowa, Wasco, Washington, wheeler and Umatilla. V , 4ftt H HERE TOMORROW (Continued from Page One) Mn. Evelyn Smith It shown at the state's attorney's office at Chi cago at sht signed an alleged "full confession" of the torso slaying of Ervln Lang, whose body was found In a swamp several weeks ago. Left to right: Mn. Smith, Police Lieut. Tom Kelly and Assistant Stats's Attorney Charles Dougherty. (Atsoclated Press Photo) KELLAHER DRAFTS REPLY TO BANKS (Continued from tage One) JUDGES NAMED FOR SWIMMING EVENTS Judges In the big free swimming exhibition to be given tonight at the Natatorlum, beginning at 8 :00 o'clock, were announced today by Miss Marjory Kelly, In charge of the meet. They will be Mayor George Porter, Chief of Police Clatous Mc Credle and Fire Chief Hoy Elliott. In order to have tho adult class finished before the start or the pro gram, that group will meet from fl:30 to 7:30 this evening, instead of at the regulnr time, MIm Kelly rated. himself by E. M. Duffy, present parole officer. The agreement waa aald to have been signed by Kellaher May 10. two weeks before he waa removed from office) by Governor Martin. On August 1, Banka wrote the gov ernor that he waa dlasattfvfled with Kellaher and dismissed him ha his representative with power of attorney. He also wrote Kellaher Informing him that aa far aa he waa concerned the contract would be annulled for cause. Banks la serving a life term for the second degree murder charge In kill ing of Constable George Prescott of Mcdford. To Make Statement Kellaher, In Portland, stated he waa preparing a statement In reply to the accusations hurled at him during the hearing. Trlndle Indicated that Kellnher'a entire record aa parole officer would be examined. Governor Meier had granted many pardons and paroles during his term, while others sug gested by Kellaher were rejected. SISKIYOU OFFICERS NOT KEEN TO (Continued from Page One) THREE OF PORTLAND FAMILY DIE IN CRASH DURHAM, N. 0., Aug. 8. (AP) Three members of a Portland, Ore- family were killed near here today when their automobile crashed Into a power Una pole and burst Into flames. They were Harvey Gatchet, 36. his 36-year-old wife and their five-year-old daughter, Barbara. All were membera of a vaudeville troupe, and were en route to Greens boro from Henderson, where they had given a midnight performance. April. 1033. and was sent to Folsom state penitentiary. Legal appeals were tak'pn to delay the execution and the matter la still pending before the United States supreme court. "All this time has passed." Davis declared, "and Hall In still alive. The cltlrens of Vreka and nearby commu nities, knowing that fact, have hern roused to uncontrollable unrest." Davis said the order allowing Hall to appeal to (lie United States su preme court was made April 2, 1034. He added: j "I want to aay here and now that the apnthy of the supreme court of the United States and the federal courts through which the George Hall case Is proceeding by slow manipula tion has created a distrust of the legal ! machinery represented by the upper courts of this country." About 40 writers had arrived up until noon today, with many more due by this evening. The heavy Influx Is expected all day tomorrow, with a probability that all 500 will be here before Wednesday afternoon. This afternoon those already here Journeyed to Jacksonville, and spent a large part of the day browsing through the museum and historical buildings there. Although the conven tion Is to be largely made up of busi ness sessions, a good deal of time will be spent by the delegates In exploring ine scenic spots near nere, possibly In search of local "color." One of the most widely known pub lishers in the west, Ben Field of Cali fornia, arrived In the city this morn ing. He will probably speak at one of the meetings at Methodist Episcopal church at the corner of Main and I Laurel, some time during the week.) Meetings will be held there Wednes- day, Thursday and Friday, with the j final big conclave slated for Saturday j morning at the Hotel Mcdford. j "Trends of Business" will be the j subject treated by Dr. H. N. Cornish j of Oregon State college when he ad dresses the group at the church on i Wednesday morning at 10. TO POST IS RUMOR LOS ANGELES, Aug. 5. iT, Re ports that Will nogera would Join Wiley Post on the first leg of the aviator's projected airplane voyage to Siberia caused some substantia tion today with the disclosure the gum-chewing comedian, registered hla name under an assumed name, Is en rout to Sentt.e. Rogers departed at 8:15 a. m., to day on a United Air Line plane. 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