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SIX MEDrORD (OMGOW) MAIL TRIBUNE Wednesday. Oetobar 19, 195 Parents of Murdered Chicago Boys Stunned; Feel They Have Nothing Left To Live For Chicago OJ.R) What do parents do when the news comes that their young boys have been murdered? ThejPcry, of course. And they remember. And they sit in their chairs, staring at the alls, won dering how it could have hap pened, wondering what they have left to live for. All these things, and more, were going on today in two modest brick bungalow homes on the northwest side of Chicago, Last Sunday two brothers, John, 13, and Anton Jr., 11, left the Anton Schuessler home Their friend, Robert, IS, said goodbye to his parents at the Malcolm Peterson home. About six hours later all three boys were murdered. Their naked bodies were found Tues day, dumped in a forest preserve ditch five miles from their homes. They1 had been strangled Ntwi From Radio The parents heard the news over the radio and from newspa per reporters. Hours later, the mothers sat numbly in their chairs. The fathers paced about, trying at the same time to soothe their wives and voice their own bit- Shady Cove-Trail Shady Cove Grange met in regular session Oct. 12, Master Reed McKay presiding. Willie McLain, state juvenile matron; Master Myrtle Wertz, - Eagle Point; and Master Roy Cameron, Live Oak Grange; were special guests. Bert Clark, agriculture chair man, reported, the farmers had a tough summer and now is a good time to fill lockers as beef prices are low and there is plenty to be had. Cecil Kee cautioned all home owners to be sure and check flues for any faults and get them free from soot, as most home fires are caused from clogged or faulty flues. Master McKay announced the Shady Cove Booster Night has been changed to Saturday, Nov. 12. Master Ralph Mickle and 31 Grange members of Bellview Grange brought the lecture hour to Shady Cove, which was very much enjoyed. Other Granges that were rep resented were: Eagle Point, Gold Hill, Live Oak, Phoenix and Roxy Ann., Cookies, sandwiches and coffee -were served follow ing the meeting. . Next regular Grange meeting Will be a potluck dinner at 7 p.m., Oct. 26. Officers are asked to be present for practice. Mrs. Travis Littlefield was hostess to the Shady Cove Home Economics club Oct.. 4. Members planned a dinner for the 4-H, to be given in the near future. A potluck dinner was served at noon. Reed McKay and Travis Littlefield were guests. The after noon was taken over by Mrs. Littlefield, who demonstrated textile painting. Next HEC regular meeting will be at Mrs. Barnie Lewen's in Medford, Nov. 8. New officers will be elected for the coming year. tern ess. There was Mrs. Schuessler, 37, moaning "My life . . . my arms . . . my legs . . . now gone. J Standing to shriek "I. want my boys: I want my " Her 41-year-old husband re turns; from the morgue, pulling OA a-cigarette. He falls on his knees before his wife, sobbing "Mother, what kind of a land do we live in?" Police Seelc Clothes, Purchaser of Ta pe In Murder of Boys Chicago (U.R) : Chicago and Cook county police worked on the following clues and leads to day in the search for the stran gler of three young boys: 1. Somewhere in the citythey hope to find the boys' clothes, which were ripped from their bodies. When last seen, Robert Peterson, 13, was wearing a black jacket with a Chicago White Sox emblem, dark trous ers, and black shoes. John Schuessler wore a blue Chicago Cubs' jacket and his brother, Anton, a black Cubs jacket. The brothers both wore blue jeans and brown shoes. 2. A search is underway for adhesive tape which was used to bind the victims' eyes and mouths and which was torn away before the bodies were abandoned. Police are making a check of drugstores in hopes of getting a lead on the tapes' pur chaser. , Deviates Rounded Up 3. A massive roundup of know sex deviates was in prog ress. It concentrated on bowling alley employees, since the boys were last seen in an alley. The victims were not sexually mo lested, but Coroner Walter J. McCarron believes the killer is a sex maniac. 4. Another police detail is checking on the activities of teen-aged gangs in the" area. Sheriff Joseph Lohman believes the slaying could ' not be the work of one person and that the boys fell in with a gang of young hoodlums. "Something may have gone wrong- to frighten the youthful gangsters and they killed all three to make sure they would not give evidence," he says. . ' , ' 5. Police experts examined muddy tire tracks found in the parking lot near the spot where Retired School Teacher Leaves Instructions Cambridge, Mass.-r-(U.R) The will of Ross Vardon, a retired school teacher, who died Sept. 29 at the age of 85, was probated yesterday. It contained instruc tions that the following epitaph appear on his tombstone: "No school - session today. Teacher gone home.' 'V;- INVESTIGATOR 4S, TRANSFERRED '.'.. C'' Portland (U.R) David Strubb, U. S. immigration service . in vestigator here since April of 1954, is being transferred to Rotterdam, Holland, to help ad minister the refugee" relief pro gram. He plans to sail for Eu rope Dec. 2. the boys were found. They also conducted tests on scrapings tak en from under the Peterson boys' fingernails and from all of the boys' feet. Last Hours Probed .-6. An exhaustive investigation into the' boys' last hours was made. The boys were last seen at a bowling alley five miles from their home and it was pos sible that the killer gave them a ride in his car. The parents said the boys never hitchiked, but it was pointed out that they might have run out of money for car fare and that it was raining Sun day night. 7. A man identified as an un employed school teacher was picked up for questioning after an anonymous telephone call, but denied any connection with the crime. Police also searched for a middle-aged man who gave two teen-aged boys a ride in his car after meeting them in a bowling alley Sunday night. SOC Wesley House Planning Hay Ride Ashland All persons inter ested in Wesley foundation ac tivities are invited to attend a hayride Friday, Oct. 21. Cars will leave Wesley house, 568 Roca st., at 6:30 p.m. .to the starting point of the ' ride. A wiener roast will be held. Professor Gene Carter, head of the department of church and community " for the Pacific School of Religion at Berkeley, Calif., will be the guest speaker at Wesley foundation, '- Ashland. Sunday, Oct. 23. His subject will be: "Thou Shalt Love Thy self.'' Dinner will be served at 6 p.m., and his talk will begin at 7 p.m. Pyle Replaces Nixon As Portland Speaker Portland (U.R) Howard Pyle, former governor of Arizona and now a member of the White House staff, will replace Vice- President Richard Nixon as main speaker at the Nov. 4 meet ing of the Republican Western States Conference, GOP Na tional Committeeman Jess Gard said today. ,'. ' Nixon's office in Washington D.C., said Saturday the " vice president would be unable to ap pear as originally scheduled. WINS AWARD Grace Gail, Gold Hill, receiv ed a first award for . her 850- pound shorthorn fat steer in 4-H club entries, at the Pacific In ternational Livestock show at Portland. It was not always Schuessler's land. Born in Chicago, he was reared in Germany, returning in his teens to become a tailor. He had only.two sons no other chil dren. The Petersons' home is only a few blocks away. They, come home from the morgue. to find their three smaller children, aged 3 to 7, crying hysterically. They try to be brave for their sake: ' " Over and over again, there is the same refrain in both homes 'They were such good boys." And the murdered boys' neigh bors and teachers agree. They were, indeed, good boys. One thing was sure there was nothing of the juvenile delin quent in any of the boys. They played close to home and their parents generally .knew what they were doing Until Sunday. Queen Candidates Named at Phoenix Phoenix Phoenix High school students have elected queen can didates for Phoenix's Homecom ing celebration Friday. Miss Frances Hensley will represent the freshman class; Miss Alice Hendrickson is soph omore representative; Miss Jan ice Shultz was elected junior candidate; and Miss Dorothy Good was chosen senior Home fnminf nnppn candidate. Thf Queen will be selected by the football squad, and will be announced Friday afternoon. She will be crowned at the Homecoming, dance following Friday night's football game be tween Phoenix and Eagle Point. The game will start at 8 p.m. at Phoenix. iewey May IHIave Support for GGDP Presidential Nomination Washington U.R) ' Specula tion increased today that former New York Gov. Thomas - E. Dewey will be- boomed by his supporters for the 1956 Repub lican presidential nomination. Chairman L. Judson Morhouse of the New York Republican Party intensified the' specula tion last night with a statement that any one of several men "in or out" of government could lead the party to victory if Presi dent Eisenhower does not run again. Morhouse .speaking at a $50 a plate GOP dinner at Schenec tady, N.Y., did not identify the potential candidates. But Dewey, now engaged in private law practice, and Dr. Milton Eisen hower, the President's brother, are the most -frequently men tioned possibilities for the nom ination among men outside fed eral or state government. Morhouse, as New York Re publican , leader,, would figure prominently in decisions by that state's important delegation to the GOP ; convention on whom to support for the nomination. Dewey couM be a favorite son candidate. Harriman Attacked In his speech Morhouse at tacked New York's present gov ernor, Averell Harriman, a Democrat and also regarded as a presidential hopeful, for his part in the "Truman Administration's decisions that led to the Korean war and the disgraceful dismis sal of Gen. Douglas MacArthur," At a news conference in New ark, N.Y., meanwhile, Califor nia Republican Gov. Goodwin J. Knight said Republicans can win in 1956 with or without President Eisenhower. But, he said, the job would be easier with Mr. Eisenhower heading the ticket. Knight said he would file for Mr. ' Eisenhower in. California's presidential preference primary if the President himself does not. In California, the candidate winning the primary receives the support of the state delega tion to the GOP convention. -.Knight said the GOP candi date should be a "moderate" similar to Mrv Eisenhower if the President himself does not make the race. He declined : to com ment on whether two Californi ans mentioned for the Republi can nomination, Vice-President Richard M. Nixon and Senate Republican leader William F. Knowland, fitted the "moderate" label. In other political develop ments: Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy (R Wis.) confirmed he has been asked to enter the Nebraska state presidential primaries. But he said he "has no plans what soever" for doing so. Mrs. Franklin, D. Roosevelt was quoted by the Long Island newspaper Newday in a copy righted story as saying she will support Adlai Stevenson for the Democratic presidential nomina tion. 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