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. She said she believed Ste
venson is "the best trained, best
qualified and best prepared"
man for the job, the newspaper
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tomorrow 639 a.rrn
FORECASTS
Medford and vicinity: Considerable
cloudiness through Thursday. Con
tinued mild. Low tonight 40. High
Thursday 65. '
Western Oregon: Mostly cloudy to
night and Thursday with a little after
noon sunshine in interior valleys;
Night and morning fog along coast.
Low tonight 42-52. High Thursday
58-68. . , ,
Northern California: Considerable
cloudiness through Thursday with
scattered showers. A few scattered
thunderstorms mainly near high
mountains. Little temperature change.
LOCAL DATA
TEMPERATURE: Mean yesterday
62: above normal 8. k
Record high this date 80 in 1913.
Record low this date 20 in 1949.
PRECIPITATION: 24 hours to mid
night -.26 inch. Midnight to 18 a.m., 0.
Total this month 1.20 inches, .22
inch below normal.
Total since Sept. 1, 2.03 inches, .40
inch above normal.
HUMIDITY: Lowest yesterday 43,
highest thjs a.m., 91.
CITY High Low Prec.
Brookings 59 51 .01
Crater Lake 56 30 T
Grants Pass 74 50 .05
Klamath Falls 72 34
MEDFORB 74 53 .26
Portland 56 54 .01
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64
67
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48
56
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Chicago
Miami
New York
Washington, D C.
95
80
54
70
63
59
66
48
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63
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