Revenge Indicated in
Gang Style Slaying
Of Chicago Banker
Chicago fll.R) Police to- drawn on the Societv National
day said they found a check for
, $300,000 on the body of former
banker Leon Marcus. 61, a fig
ure in the S2.5 million Orville
Hodge scandal who was kidnap
ped and slain in a gangland style
"ride."
Marcus body was found Sun
day night dumped in a vacant
south side lot. He had been shot
once in the back of the head
with a .45 caliber pistol.
Authorities said the check was
made out to Marcus and was
Government Payroll
At Ail-Time Record
Washington U.R; -Sen. Harry
F. Byrd (D-Va.) reported today
that the cost of meeting Uncle
Sam's payroll rose to an all
time record in January.
Counting $17 million paid to
foreign nationals employed by
the United States, he said, the
federal payroll topped $1 bil
lion. Byrd's statement was based on
figures collected for his joint
committee on reduction of fed
eral expenditures.
He said the government paid
wages of $990 million to the 2,
387,015 civilians employed in
January. He said the number of
employees rose by 3,492 in Feb
ruary, for which payroll cost
figures were not yet available.
Lyle Wilson Home
After Hospitalization
Washington U.R) Lyle C.
Wilson, vice president and
Washington manager of the
United Press, has returned to
his home after three weeks of
hospitalization following a heart
attack.
His physician said he had
made an excellent recovery but
will have to convalesce for sev
eral additional weeks before re
turning to work.
Bank of Cleveland, Ohio. They
said his wallet also contained
$1,649 in cash and $2,100 in trav
elers checks.
Other than to identify the
bank on which the $300,000
check was drawn, police declin
ed to describe it further.
Robbery Ruled Out
Acting Chief of Detectives
William Touhy said robbery was
"definitely" ruled out as the mo
tive for the kidnap-slaying.
"I'm inclined to think the mo
tive might have been revenge
for something, or the murder
may date back to the Holge
case," Touhy said. "Marcus was
due for trial soon, and perhaps
someone thought there might be
some revelations.
' Marcus owned controlling in
terest and was a former direc
tor of the Southmoor Bank and
Trust Co., where ex-Illinois Aud
itor Orville Hodge cashed most
of his phony state checks.
Hodge and former Southmoor
President Edward Hintz are ser
ving prison terms in the giant
embezzlement.
Marcus who resigned from the
bank shortly after the scandal,
broke, was under federal indict
ment on charges of misapplying
bank funds.
Marcus and his brother, Hy-
man Marcus, former board chair
man of the Souhtmoor bank, and
a third man were charged in
connection with alleged viola
tions that preceded the Hodge
case.
Marcus was abducted mom
ents after leaving the apartment
of Alfred Rado and Tus wife,
who owns a construction firm.
Rado told police he accomp
anied Marcus to. the front door
and a short time later heard
sounds of a scuffle outside, and
Marcus shouted, "Call the police."
Portland Apartment
Fire Routs Residents
Portland U.PJ A two-alarm
fire early today routed the resi
dents of 20 apartments in the
Chetopa apartments here.
All escaped unhurt. The fire,
which Assistant Fire Chief R. R.
Dunford said was caused by
smoker's carelessness, caused an
estimated $1000 damage
fifth floor apartment.
to a
Woman Stuck in Tub
Declared Embarrassed
Chesterfield, England (U.PJ
Sarah Banner, who fell back
ward into a washtub and was
stuck for five hours before po
lice and firemen set her free,
described her predicament to
day as "most embarrassing."
The neighbors heard me call
ing for help and then stood
around and watched," she said.
Short Takes Up
State GOP Reins
Salem (U.P.) James F.
Short, former state agriculture
director, took up the reins to
day as chairman of the Republi
can State Central committee.
Short was elected to the post
Saturday to replace Wendell Wy
att of Astoria who resigned- to
return to private law practice.
The GOP Central committee
so voted to move the state head
quarters from Portland to Sa
lem. It was also decided at the Sat
urday meeting to give further
study to a proposal that either
the state chairmanship become
a full-time paid job or larger
salaries be paid the headquarters
staff.
Other studies will be made
of a proposal to organize county
chairmen according to congress
ional districts and to increase
the power and duties of the State
Executive board.
DIVORCING 50 YEARS AGO, Mrs. Daisy Eye, 82, Akron,
O. and Earle Inskeep, 80, Illinois, met for first time
since separation just two weeks ago and were remarried.
Each had wed after divorce but partners later died.
Their daughter was Cupid. (International Soundphoto)
Boy, 15, Kills Four
Because Mother Threw
Hunting Knife Away
St. Josehp. Mo. r (U.PJ A
teen-aged boy who police said
methodically murdered four
members of his family in a rage
because his mother thjew away
his hunting knife was held to
day for juvenile authorities.
A fifth intended victim was
in critical condition shot through
the windpipe.
Police said Daniel Woolridge,
15, confessed Sunday night he
shot his father, mother, brother
and two sisters "in a fit of rage."
He then went to a movie, where
he had two malted milks and a
bag of popcorn, before surrend
ering. Sleeps Soundly
Woolridge sobbed occasion
ally during the confession, po
lice said, but slept soundly when
returned to his cell.
Killed were Ossie Woolridge,
57; his wife, Nellie, 45; Paul,
6, and Dolores, 11. Critically
wounded was Doris, 12.
The shooting was discovered
hours later by another brother,
Joe, 19, when he came to visit
the family. He called police and
an ambulance.
The ambulance arrived with
another brother, Melvin, 22, a
funeral home employee, at the
wheel.
Police said Daniel had not
been in trouble before. The
shooting spree occurred shortly
after the family returned home
from church Sunday afternoon.
Shoots Father Twice
Police said Daniel told them
in a signed statement that he
was playing with a pocket knife
in the backyard and returned
to the house to ask his mother
for his hunting knife.
"I got real mad," when his
mother said she had thrown the
knife away, the statement said.
"You're driving me crazy," the
boy said he shouted, and his
father called from another room
to "shut up."
A MEMO FROM THE OFFICE OF
GENE THOMAS, MANAGER OF
OREGON FINANCE COMPANY
45 South Central Avenue
Ye have had good response from our last ad stating that we weren't
short of money to lend, and we hope that you will make these funds
even shorter.
I am going to talk about something'a little different this time, but it
means something to everyone inJackson County who ever borrows
money. The fact that we have been in continuous operation here for 29
years does prove that we have rendered a service pleasing to our cus
tomers. With a finance company now at almost every other door, if we
hadn't treated the people that deal with us promptly and courteously
... well, we just wouldn't have them anymore. We have some of the
people that started dealing with us back in 1928, and also their sons
and daughters, on our books.
Another thought is that we are locally owned and operated. No person
outside Medford has to be consulted on any loan, and if I am lucky
enough to wind up with any prof its, they stay in the community. So
when yoy deal with us, you have the assurance of square dealing that
has pleased many in the past. You get prompt service, because you deal
with the owner-manager, and you do help build up your own com
munity, because the profits, if any, aren't funneled out of the town to .
some far distant head office.
We hope we will be seeing you soon.
Sincerely,
OREGON FINANCE COMPANY
GENE THOMAS
Manager
Daniel said he got a .22 cali
ber automatic rifle, according to
police, and shot his father twice
without saying a word.
When Mrs. Woolridge walked
into the room to investigate the
shots, she was felled with a
single shot, Daniel told police.
Daniel grabbed his younger
brother, Paul, who tried to flee,
and shot him in the head, and
then continued to the kitchen
where he emptied the gun on
his sisters, Dolores and Doris,
police said.
He , then walked to a movie
to watch the" film "The Quiet
Gun."
Dead line Sunday Classified is at
noon Saturday.
Monday. April 1. 1957
MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE FIVE
Highway Patrolman
Wounded by Berserk
Father at Roadblock
Galion, Ohio UJ.R) State
Highway Patrolman Murry C.
Youtz remained in serious con
dition today from wounds suf
fered when a beserk father shot
him at a roadblock.
Youtz, 25, was shot in the arm
and chest. Doctors said one bul
let was deflected by a rib.
The wounding of Youtz cli
maxed a week end of terror
which resulted in the deaths of
four persons.
The killing spree began Satur
night when Manford Draper, 28,
an unemployed railroad worker,
ran down his estranged wife's
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Pol
lak in Marion, several miles
south of here.
Visit Refused
A relative of draper believed
he went berserk because the Pol
laks refused to let him visit his
daughter, Martha Elizabeth, 6.
Draper's wife, Marilyn, and the
girl had lived with the Pollaks
since last year.
Draper ran the Pollaks down
with his auto as they walked in
an alley.
Mrs. Dora Harris, 55, Mrs.
Pollak's mother, walking with
them also was bowled over. She
said Draper turned the car
around and ran over the Pollaks
again before he fled.
Draper stole another car at
gunpoint and headed for Bu
cyrus. The Highway Patrol had
been alerted and set up road
blocks. Highway Patrolman Robert E.
Karsminski, 35, picked up Drap
er's trail and gave chase.
Car Overturned
Draper attempted to skirt a
police car roadblock at high
speed, but his car spun out of
control onto the lawn of a home
and overturned, throwing Draper
out.
Karsminski arrived moments
later, and walked to where Drap
er was lying face down in the
mud. As Karsminski attempted
to move Draper, the man sudden
ly rolled over and fired point
blank. Karsminski' died almost
instantly.
Draper then wounded Youtz,
hitting the patrolman in the
chest and left arm. Officers open
ed fire on Draper, killing him
instantly.
New York Teamsters
Reject Dues Boost
New York '!U.R Members of
Local 804 of the International
Brotherhood of Teamsters angri
ly rejected Sunday a proposal by
their officers for a $1 a month
dues increase.
Leonard Geiger, president of
the 4,700-member local, asked
that dues be increased from $3
to $4 a month because he said
the local is operating at a $50,
000 annual deficit.
Rank and file members ac
cused their officers of "outland
ish living" and overwhelmingly
vetoed the dues proposal by a
show o hands. They also shout
ed some uncomplimentary refer
ences about International Presi
dent Dave Beck now under in
vestigation by a Senate Labor
Rackets Committee in Washing
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