EIX MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE
Tuesday, November 16. 1954
TAKING TIME OUT from training, lightweight boxing champion
Paddv DeMarco helps dress doll of young admirer Michelle
Musura at Bermuda Palms training eamp in Ban itaiaei, vao.
DeMarco defends title November 17 at San Francisco Cow Palace
against Jimmy Carter, the man he won it from. (International)
Sheppard Death Room
Pillow Said To Give
Murder Weapon Hint
Cleveland QJ.R) Coroner
Samuel R. Gerber testified to
day that he found the 'impres
sion of a surgical instrument" in
a large bloodstain on the pillow
in the bed where pretty Marilyn
Sheppard lay bludgeoned " to
death last July 4.
Dr. Gerber, Cuyahoga county
coroner since 1936, was the
ninth state witness in its attempt
to send Dr. Samuel H. Sheppard,
an osteopath-surgeon, to the elec
tric chair. ... -"
Dr. - Gerber testified that he
went to the Sheppard home in
'Lemai YGold' r
Search Continues
v .
Burton, Wash. U.PJ Resi
dents of this Vashon Island
community have been searching
for,"Lemai's gold" for 75 years.
Lemai was an Indian woman
who apparently didn't think
much of her son-in-law, a big,
blustering Swedish logger nam
ed Lars Hanson. Lemai was a
well-to-do woman and among
her possessions she had a bag of
gold pieces, minted by the gov
ernment and worth at that time
in the neighborhood of $800.
The coins now would be worth
about $1,380. ' . , .
. Lemai's daughter, Katie, lov
ed Lars, but Lars' main interest
in the girl was . the. mother's
gold. , ' .
Wise old Lemai realized this
when she went to live in Lars'
home and didn't take her gold
with her. She -was supposed to
have buried it somewhere along
Judd Creek not far from the
stream's mouth.
Not long after she hid her
gold, Lemai became sick 'and
died suddenly without having
disclosed the location of her
horde.
For 75" years, many persons
have searched for the gold. Judd
Creek's banks have taken on the
atmosphere of the Cocos Islands.
Treasure-seekers from all parts
cf Puget Sound anchor their
boats off the mouth of the
stream and start slinging picks
and shovels. Even scientific
equipment has been brought into
the search.
Merchants of this area think
It would be a good- thing if the
gold were never found. In the
cummer, when the gold-search
ing season is at its best, they do
a thriving business from the
treasure-hunters. Most of them
will admit, however, that they
too have been down there dig
ging just like their customers.
suburban Bay Village at about
7:50 on the murder morning.
Mrs. Sheppard, 31, had been
beaten to death sometime be
tween 12:30 and 6 a.m.
Weapon Not Found
' He went to her bedroom and
examined the body. There was
one pillow v on the bed. Turning
it over, he said, he found two
large blood stains.
In the middle of the larger, he
testified, ." there'! was "the im
pression of a surgical instru
ment."
The murder weapon never has
been found. The state contends
Dn Sheppard, a brain surgeon,
bludgeoned . his wife to death
with nearly 30 savage blows
after quarreling with her about
his affairs with Susan Hayes, 24,
a medical technician, and other
women. .
Surprise .Testimony .
The coroner s testimony hit
the courtroom like a bombshell.
The Bay Village policechief had
testified earlier that police had
searched for a semi-sharp weap
on, perhaps a large file. Dr. Ger
ber's testimony was the first in
dication that a surgical instru
ment could have been used by
the murderer.
Dr. Gerber was called as a wit
ness after the defense had cross-
examined Larry Houk, 16, son of
the Bay Village mayor. Young
Houk testified that the boys in
the neighborhood had looked up
to Dr. Sheppard "like a big
brother." The athletic doctor had
instructed the boys in water ski
ing. '.
Man-Eating Squirrels
Shooting War Target
Arlington Village, Va.U.R)
This suburb 'had to declare -a
shooting war against "man-eating
squirrels" after they attacked
four persons.- . .
County Manager A. T. Lund
berg called the county board into
emergency session and appointed
Shirley Stanford as special game'
warden. With the permission of
property owners, Stanford was
empowered to shoot marauding
squirrels on sight.
The Arlington Health Depart
ment conducted tests ' on the
squirrels he shot, but none was
found to have rabies.
. An explanation of the 'squir
rels' aggressiveness was given
reporiers Dy junaDerg.
. "If the people feed those squir
rels and then they don't feed 'em,
they don't like it and get ram
bunctious," he said. "Then there's
nothing to do but shoot 'em." .
WHY HOME DRY CLEANING
IS DANGEROUS AND WASTEFUL
There are voluminous files in the Fire Prevention Squad's offices,
complete wtih gruesome photographs of people maimed and dead
from trying to do their own dry cleaning. Let rhe cite for you the
kinds of things that happen.
Putting a pan full of cleaning solvent on the stove to heat it
before immersing the garment. Impossible? It happened. People died.
Speeding up the drying of saturated clothes with heaters. Stupid? No
dangerous and disastrous. Home burned, tw children seriously
hurt. It happened.
For heaven's sake, why should anybody try to do his or her own
dry cleaning? .There, are so many different types of fabrics and dyes,
so many different kinds of stains, so many different kinds of solvents
and spotting preparations, and so much complex assortment or
procedures involved in doing a cleaning job right, than no layman
emphatically NO layman can hope to learn to do it right for him
self. It takes several years of training to turn out a good spotter or
finisher, ' and more still to produce a plant operator.
And what do you save? You save less than 5c. That's right
less than 5c. One lousy nickel. Because that's all that the average -cleaner
earns before taxes on the garment you bring in to be cleaned.
BE SMART. CALL OR BRING THEM TO - - '
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Truck Rack Snags
Powerline; Woman
Dies, Mate Hurt
Ontario, Ore. (U.R) An
Ontario woman was electrocut
ed and her husband severely
burned and shocked yesterday
afternoon after their truck snag
ged a low-hanging powerline
near Ironside, Ore.
The dead woman was identi
fied as Mrs. John McNulty. She
died immediately, according to
Malheur county Coroner George
Beechler. Her husband was re
ported in "satisfactory" condi
tion at Holy Rosary hospital
here.
Rack Catches Powerline
State police said the ranch
couple, described as being in
their mid-fifties, were driving on
Rose creek road about three
miles from Ironside when the
rack of their cattle truck caught
the powerline, which was hang
ing low across the road.
McNulty immediately stopped
the truck and he and his wife
started to leave the cab. Mrs.
McNulty was electrocuted as
her feet touched the ground.
McNulty, although receiving a
severe jolt of electricity, man
aged to fall away from the met
al truck.
Bad Burns on Feet
McNulty received bad burns
on his feet, but he was able to
walk to Ironside to report the
accident. Coroner Beechler said
no official investigation of the
tragedy would be held until Mc
Nulty recovered sufficiently to
describe the events. .
The cattle loaded in the truck
were not harmed.
SPARKED UP SPARTAN San Jose State's Roy Hiram (22) gees around Stanford's right end
for a seven yard gain before being tackled by Indian Center Jerry Goldberg in first quarter at
Palo Alto. The sparked up Spartans beat Stanford for the first time in their history of games
with the Indians, 19-14. , ' .
Mica Scrap Fortune
At Bottom of TVA Lake
Spruce Pine, N. C. JOJ.R) A
fortune in scrap mica washed
down by swift mountain streams
may lie at the bottom of a Ten
nessee Valley Authority lake
near Greenville, Tenn.
,TVA officials have offered ..to
contract for someone to recover
the estimated 900,000 tons of the
valuable mineral on ,a royalty
basis. Sampling of silt from Noli
chucky Dam Lake near Greene
ville indicates up to 20 per cent
scrap mica contents
Mica is used for electrical and
heat insulation,' lubricants, roof
ing and other purposes. .
The scrap mica in Nolichucky
Lake was washed down from
mica mining operations in this
area by the Toe. and Cane rivers
and their tributaries. Rock eros
ion in the rugged country also
dumped mica, feldspar and kao
lin into the streams.
GREY SUNSHINE
Louisville, Ky. (U.PJ It
turned out to be a grey day, for
Sunshine Starling in police court
when Patrolman Ernest Claxon
charged she bit him, clouted' an
other cop with an umbrella and
cursed them when they tried to
arrest her for reckless driving
without a license after she hit
a parked car. Judge M. D. Elston
fined Miss Starling $200.
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BOSS WOMAN
Hartford, Conn. (U.R) Judge
Nicholas F..Rago may be "boss"
in police court but not at home.
When Joseph Gallo, 24, was
brought before him on a breach
of the peace charge resulting
from a family squabble, Rago
told him: "My wife bosses me
around and I like it. You'll find
that you will be happier having
someone boss you." Rago nolled
the charge.
Football Player's Settlement Approved
Milwaukee U.R) A football
player at Wisconsin State col
lege in Whitewater appeared in
civil court here for approval of
a $25,000 insurance settlement
resulting from an automobile
accident.
Wallace Wiese, 18, of Water
ford,. Wis.said his hearing had
been impaired as the result of
a brain concussion received in
the accident. .
Judge Thaddeus J. Pruss ask
ed him how he could hear sig
nals on the football field, if his
hearing was impaired.
"I don't," answer Wiese. "I
give 'em. I'm a quarterback,"
The judge approved the settlement.
California Record
Cited by Governor ,
Sacramento, Calif. (U.R)
Gov. Goodwin J. Knight says
California's record is so glowing
that natives of the state just
can't help talking in superla
tives. Knight cited that: "...
California has the highest
point in the United States, Mt.
Whitney, and the lowest only a
few miles away, Death Valley.
California is the nation's lead
ing agricultural state, with a
farm income of more than $2,
250,000,000 annually.
Eight of California's cities
have populations of more than
100,000 persons, the most of any
state in the union.
Eleven ckies have ' popula
tions between 50,000 and 100,
000, more than any other state.
There are 17 cities with popu
lations of 25,000 to 50,000, the
second, largest number in the
country.
And 75 cities with 10,000 to
25,000 persons, the most in the
nation.
But California is 33rd on the
list of states with cities of popu
lation under 2,500.
"Apparently our cities just
won't stay small," Knight com
ON VACATION
Topeka, Kan. (U.R) Lester A.
Hansford, a farmer, came to
Topeka to buy insurance, but the
agent he . wanted to deal with
was on vacation. Three , days
later fire destroyed 3,800 bal.es
of hay and the barn on Hans
ford's farm where it was stored.
Loss, $5,000. No coverage.
Albany, N. Y. (U.B School
buses in New York travel 65,
000,000 mile a year, state police
report - '
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