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TWENTHIETH CENTURY PROBLEMS Buffalo Bill and
Wild Bill Hickock fought Indians and bad weather when
they rode the Pony Express a century ago. But a modern
reenactment of the short-lived mail service faces a much
different problem traffic. Seventy-five riders and 50
horses are reenacting the Pony Express race to the West.
The map indicates the 2,000-mile route from St. Joseph,
Mo., to Sacramento, Calif. (UPI Telephoto)
Nixon-Rockefeller
Ticket Said Dream
Salem-OINI-Gov. Mark Hat
field says that a Nixon.
Rockefeller ticket in Noveitv
bcr is a nice dream but he
doubts seriously if it will ma
terialize. Hatfield said th-t if New
York Gov. Nelson Rockefeller
is drafted for the vice presi
dency at the GOP convention
in Chicago next July, he ex
pects Rockefeller will not ac
cept. Hatfield said Vice President
Richard Nixon's running mate
probably will be someone
from the midwest such as Sec
retary of Interior Fred Sea
ton, Gov. William G. Stratton
of Illinois or Sen. Everett
Dirksen (R-Ill.)
Chicago Police File
Filled With Data on
Unsolved Miirrlni-c
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Chirago-UIPli-The olive drab
metal cabinet on the third
floor of Chicago's central po
lice headquarters rarely needs
dusting, it is used so often.
It is filled with manila
folders holdine data on Chi-
' rilL'n's linsnlvnH mtirrtore-Q.19
gang killings since 1919, as
sorted additional murders and,
within the past five years,
three of the nation's most
spectacular multiple-d e a t h
crimes.
Latest of the multiple kill
ings involved three suburban
Riverside matrons, Mrs. Lil
lian Oetting, Mrs. Frances
Murphy and Mrs. Mildred
Lindnuist. The womens' beat
en bodies were found al
Starved Rock State Park. 100
miles southwest of Chicago.
May Not Be Solved
Officially, Chicago police
have not entered the Starved
Rock case. They have, how
ever, volunteered any assis
tance if asked.
The Starved Rock case,
three weeks old today, thus
appeared to be heading for
the unsolved list.
Beside it, in Chicago area
MAIL TRIlUNt, Midlerd, Or, C
Thuridiy, April 7, I960 C "
murders, were the cases of
three young boys, found beat
en and strangled in a subur
ban forest preserve, and the
two Grimes sisters, iound
frozen and nude along an
other forest preserve's road
two years later in 1957.
The boys were John Schu
essler, 13, and his brother,
Anton Jr., n, and Robert
Peterson, 14, their friend.
No Clutt Ltft
The girls were Barbara
Grimes, 15, and her sisler
Patricia. 13.
All three multiple-killings
-the women, the boys and the
girls-left relatively no clues.
Slate police continue to
probe, almost inch-by-inch,
the St. Louis Canyon area at
Starved Rock where the wo
men's bodies were found. As
I yet, however, ill objects turn.
I ed up at the scene belonged
! to the women.
At the scene of the Schu-csslcr-Pelcrson
boys murder,
there were even fewer ob
jects. , ,
At the scene of the Grimes
deaths, too, no major clues
were found.
In each of the cases, police
had yet to definitely state how
many persons were involved
with the deaths.
The gangland siaylngs ap
pear to be almost another
matter entirely. Police rarely
discuss clues, if any, in those.
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20th Century Pony Express Riders Facing
Traffic Menace Instead of Indian Arrows
St. Joseph, Mo. -IUPI1- Buf
falo Bill and Wild Bill Hick
ock fought Indians and bad
weather when they rode the
famous Pony Express a cen
tury ago. But a modern re
enactment of the short-lived
mail service faces a much dif
ferent problem - traffic.
Bad weather may still be
around, and a few "Indians"
plan some raids. But it's be
cause of highway hazards that
the 1960 trip from St. Joseph
to Sacramento, Calif., might
not be as safe as the Pony Ex
press was 100 years ago.
That's the opinion of Roy E.
Coy, chairman of the Civic
Centennial Pony Express Com
mittee here. The committee is
heading up the anniversary
celebration of the opening of
the immortal route to Cali
fornia. On Sunday, April 3 - 100
years to the day that service
was started - 75 riders and 50
horses started a reenactment
of the Pony Express race to
the West.
They'll ride In one-mile re
lays carrying messages and
possibly U.S. mail for the West
Coast. And behind will be
trucks carrying supplies and
the reserve horses.
The big problem, says Coy,
will be the heavy traffic on
the highways to be traveled.
Another stumbling block will
be lack of wide shoulders
along some of the roads.
All Stops Pulled
The famous mail service,
which was put Into operation
to show that the central was
better than the southern route
to the West Coast, originated
at this western Missouri city.
The western terminal, was
Sacramento.
So St. Joseph pulled out all
stops for the centennial ob
servance April 2-3. The first
day St. Joseph staged a Pony
Express parade followed by
an afternoon of Indian danc
ing, singing and open house at
the Pony Express and St.
Joseph Museums, That night
a Pony Express Queen was
crowned.
On April 3 there were re
ligious services at which those
riding in the reenactment were
given small pocket Bibles,
just as the original riders of
the Pony Express received
Bibles.
Governors James T. Blair
Jr. of Missouri and George
Docking of Kansas were on
hand for talks at a Chuck
Wagon Luncheon before the
20th Century ride of the Pony
Express began.
The centennial group will
go at a gallop, but not at the
breakneck speed of the old
days. The 1960jiders hope to
reach Salt Lake City in about
seven days. It took the first
riders five days to reach there.
Fits Over Saddle
At Salt Lake City, the west
bound riders will be met by
riders from the Western His
torical Society of Culver City,
Calif., who will take the
mochila (mo-kee'-luh) on to
Sacramento and then San
Francisco. The Mochila is a
four - pocket leather cover
which fits over the saddle and
in which the expensive letters
of the Pony Express were
stored.
Cost of sending mail on the
Pony Express was $5 a half
ounce, later changed to $1 an
ounce. The riders, who av
eraged about 18 years of age,
never carried more than 20
pounds of mail at a time.
At the same time the Pony
Express left St. Joseph, the
Missouri National Guard sent
a jet plane roaring along the
route to Salt Lake City, where
it was met by the California
Air Guard.
The Pony Express was a prl-
What Is The Law?
This column is prepared as a public service by the
Collide of Law. Willamette University, Salem, to
explain basic legal principles, not to provide legal
advice. The reader is cautioned not to apply these cases
to his own problems without an attorney's advice, for
differing facts may change the outcome.
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Richard Roe was last seen
on the evening of March 24;
his body was found on April
12 in the river about two
miles from the city. An in
quest was held. Pete Pan, who
had been with Richard on the
night that he was believed to
have been murdered, was
questioned before the magis
trate; but he did not then give
information about the offend
er. On April 25, Dan Roe. the
brother of the deceased, is
sued a handbill stating that
whoever would give Informa
tion leading to the discovery
of the murderer of Richard
Roe would, on conviction of
such person, receive a reward
of $100. That information was
to be given, and application
for the reward was to be giv
en to Dan Roe.
! everly Beaten
Soon after his Pele Pan
was severly beaten and bruis
ed; and, on Aug. 23, believing
that he had not long to live
and to ease his conscience,
he made a voluntary state
ment containing information
which led to the coviction of
the murderer. Pete recovered
from the beating and now sues
Dan Roc for the $100 reward.
Dan argued that Pete could
not recover the reward be
rausc he was not induced by
it to reveal the murderer.
The cafe, decided in Eng
land in 1833. held that Pete
could recover the reward be
cause the advertisement
amounted to a general prom
ise to give a sum of money to
any orrson giv'ns information
leading to the discovery of
the offender. The Court said
that Pete's motives were im
material. In a later English case, the
defendant, a seller of a med
ical preparation called the
"Carbolic Smoke Ball," pub
lished an advertisement prom
ising to pay a certain sum to
anyone who should use his
product according to direc
tions and thereafter catch the
influenza. The plaintiff had
followed the directions and
caught the influenza.
Said Not Notified
The defendant argued that
the plaintiff had not notified
him that she accepted his of
fer and, further, that her mo
tive in using the product was
to gain immunity from influ
enza and not to get the re
ward. The plaintiff recovered the
reward. The Court stated that
the plaintiff's motive was not
material; and, further, that
an advertised offer of that
kind must be read with com
mon sense and that anyone ac
cepting its conditions cannot
be expected to send written
notification.
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vate enterprise and was not
operated by the government,
as many people believe. It
went out of business Oct. 24,
861 after telegraph lines link
ed the nation from coast to
coast.
Many Riders ,
Among the many riders of
the Pony Express were Wild
Bill (.lamps R I Hirknrlr nrl
William F. (Buffalo Bill) Cody.
Names of some of the other
riders included "Black Tom,"
"Irish Jim," "Little Yank"
and "Tough" Littleton.
Billv RichnrHsnn is hlinua
to have been the first rider
out of St. Joseph. The first
rider from California ihn
also left on April 3, 1860, is
Believed to have been Harry
Roff. But verification as to
Who actuallv war th fieot
riders is impossible.
The riders each went about
75 miles, chaneins horses at
way stations every 10 to 15
miies. rneir pay was $100 to
$150 a month, considered high
for the time. Thi mail wa
lost only once in the 650,000
mues covered during the
Pony Express history.
The Pony Express was start
ed by Alexander Majors, Wil
liam H. Russell and William
R Wnriripll. urhn nnrat4
stage coach and freight line
called the Central Overland
California and Pike's Peak
ExDress Co The Pnnv F
became a subsidiary of the
line.
Maiors. Russell nnrf WariHall :
hoped to get a coveted mail i
contract from the government '
for taking letters to the West
Coast over the shorter, but '.
mountainous central route.
The contract was held by the
Overland Mail Co., of which
Wells-FarffA anrf the .lnl-in
Butterfield interests were part '
owners. The Overland Mail
Co. used the longer southern
route. !
1,000 Miles Further I
The Ponv Ei-nrpss ruche ;
mail through wind, weather
ana inaian menace to the
West Coast in 10 days, later
in eiffht nr nln Have Tha
southern route was a thousand
mues further.
But Maiors. Rllsspll anrf
Waddell lost out. The govern-'
ment became convinced, be
cause of the crisis of the Civil
War, it should use the central
route, but continued its con
tract with the Overland Mail
Co.
So the Overland firm took
over the Pony Express route
tn the spring of 1861, but gave
it up the following fall - a
victim of the telegraph lines.
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