January 25, 1043
PAGE THREE. ;
0 Four Give Statements in Tourist Car
Slaying of Mrs. James on Saturday
Pvt. Harold R. Wilson
Stutomorit of Plivuto Harold
It. Wilson, U. S. Marines, com
corulnu the murder of Martha
Urlnnon Jiiiiiuh on (ho Klamath
buuncl Went Count Limited Hut
urclny inoi nliiK. Privalo Wilson
was detained huro ovor tho
wockmid us a matorlal witness.
Q. Your name?
A. Private Harold R. Wilson.
Q. Wlmt wim your berth on
thin ti n In?
A. Uppor 13, Car D.
Q. You not on at Portland?
A. Soattlo,
v Q. Wlmt time did you no to
bril?
A. I'd aay botwoon 3 and 4.
Q. Hud you pulled out of Port
land ynt?
A. Yel, Ii30 p. m,
Q, Wlmt wim tho first tlilnit
you know of thin? '
A. When the lady aereamed I
rose up end turned light on, lean
ed over and looked through cur
tain, pulled it apart and looked
down. Been about hall a man get
ting out ol her berth, itlll 10 sur
prised from that acroam kind oi
' glanced at him. He went to
rear of car on run. Ai he ran
ha kind of turned little aldewayi
o 1 could get Just light of till
face. Pretty full. Had on brown
pin atrlpe. Think about 6 feet
10 Inches. He Siad abort hair
kind of pompadour, combed
straight back. Light so dim I
couldn't toll whether light negrp
or dark white man. Then when
1 glanced down seen this lady
sitting on the floor with her loft
elbow on the left side of the arm
of 14 lower bunk. 8he was
sprawled out with right arm
resting on bunk Itself.
Q. Which way fuuliiK?
A A. Head toward roar of car.
And then 1 was already on deck
at that time. Put on my trousors
and shoes. Jumped down and
grabbed a pillow from lower 14,
placed it in the aisle and with
my hands grasped her below the
armpits and lowered her to pil
low. And I saw the left side of
her neck. I saw the scar. 1
ateppad back and said this is
murder, stop the train.
About that time the lights
came on. The porter came and
atopped dead' in his tracks and
says, "She is dead." I said,
"Grab a sheet," and he got a
sheet from 14 empty and placed
it over the body. The last 1
seen of her she was gasping for
air and the blood was gushing
out of her. Bo I told him. "You
stop the train. You go that
way." In the meantimo I gave
him the description I recalled
Oand said "1 am going this way,"
and I wont to the rear and in
doing so I went to the last car.
Coming back, mot with cook
In the ((alley, and stopped and
lukod him how lontf been work
liili. Suid ho wuk Inter than
usuul. 1 told him this was mil
itary information I have to have,
inurdor committed. Ho asked
mo If I had been drinking1. I
asked If ho had seen a man pass
with blood on him, save him
description, said ha hadn't. Then
1 went on talkinu about the
murder and when I camo back
tills other inurlno was just not
ling up. They were In 11 or 12,
and he says "aro you u marine?"
1 soys, "Yes," Wo shook hands.
Wo talked about tho murder
thou,
Q. You sent tho porter Xor-
Owurd? . ,
A. Yes, to got aid.
Q. Did you hear any words. '
A. No sir. When I awoke it
was from hor scream, and that
is how I woke, that's how I
woke.
Q. Pretty dark In tho cur?
A. The end dim lights were
on, and it wasn't pitch black,
but sort of dim so I could sea
what I was doing. When ho
wont, got about fivo feet, so from
the door, the light was brlghtor
,, and I distinguished the color of
his suit. I imagine he was about
five, five ten. .
Q. -About how heavy? , '. "
A. Very hoavy, 175 or 185. Of
course his suit coat might have
l been lorgor than lookod. It was
looso. Ha could have been moro
slender.
Q. Seo any blood on his cloth
illK? Q A. Didn't notice didn't ' sea,
or a weapon. It was a whlsh,
and he was gone.
Q. Hnvo blood on you? ,
A. Had blood on my hand,
Q. Look In her berth?
A. No sir. After the body had
been taken out the porter was
in the car. I wanted to show
the young lady the berth and
he wouldn't let ma in,
Q. Seen anybody slnco that
you think might bo lilmV
A. No sir.
' TOPJEKA, Kaa. (IP) Gale
Thompson of Topckii, dreaming
of Xor-nway lands, enlisted six
months ago as a yeoman third
class. In tho navy.
Ho promptly was sworn In
and ordered to recruiting duly
nt nearby Kansas City.
His, long awnltod transfer fi
nally urrlved. Ho was assigned
to Topoka,,
?as on Stomach
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BVorrttuinboUI. lo ui fcr doubla uuuar back. Uft.
Heard Scream
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William Van Dyke, wounded
marine corporal, who occupied
lower 12 and heard Martha Brin
son James scream Just before
she was killed.
Cpl. W. Van Dkye
(Below arc questions and
answers put lo und given by
Corporal Willinm Van Dyke,
Oakland hospital, a marine who
was with his wife in berth 12.)
Q. Wlmt did you first hear?
A. First thing I heard was a
scream this morning,
Q. Any words?
A. Just, Oh Cod. he's killing
me, and this blood-curdling
scream.
Q. Did you look out?
A. Not immediately, about a
minute, I was a little dumb
founded. I lookod, leaned over,
and saw the streak, blood streak,
shoved tho curtain back. My
wife said, "See anything." And
I said, "Yes, but honoy, don't
look. Just as I rang the bell
the marina above hollered this Is
murder, stop the train.
Q. Did you hear tho other fel
low hit the deck?
A. Nothing but the scream.
Q. Did you hear - something
about can't stand It?
A. Yes, I can't stand it any
moro. Oh God, he's killing me.
Q. When this boy (marine) hol
lered whero was he?
A. That I don't know. Tho
minute I looked out I asked if
he was a marlno, he said yes, I
shook hands with him, he had
blood on his right hand, but not
on his left. Whether he was In
his bunk whon ho hollered I
don't know. Before I stuck my
head out the berth.
Q. Wcro his shoes lied?
A. That I wouldn't know.
Well, the lady screamed, I wait
ed about 60 seconds before I let
out a peep, I was too damn
norvous. Then I didn't ring the
bell until I saw the sheet and it
took a mlnuto to ring the bell.
The minute I ring the bell he
hollers.
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Ensign G. A. Kearon
Statement of Ensign Glenn A.
Kouton of Eudora, Ark., mem
ber of Ensign James' squadron,
last of Mrs, James' friends to
seo her alive.
Q. Whut is your namo?
A. Ensign Glenn A. Keaton,
US navy air corps,
Q. Did you know Ensign and
Mrs. Jamos7
A. Yes, mam, I had known the
James about one week. He
joined our squudron at Anu
cortcs, Washington, about a
week ago,
Q. Was Mrs. James with him
there?
A. Yes, sho was. They were
both from Norfolk, Virginia, and
had been on the west coast for
a couple of months.
Q. Did you know Mrs. James
vory well?
A. No, I didn't. Sho lived
ncur us at Anucortes but she'd
only boon thoro about one week.
I didn't know her first name,
Just called her Mrs. James.
Q. Cun you describe Mrs.
Jumcs?
A. Yes, I can. She was a
beautiful blonde girl. Not very
tall, maybe about 5 feet 21 or 3.
Not a big girl, small and awfully
pretty.
Q. Did you seo her in Seattle?
A. Yes, I saw her in Seattle
as we were all ready to leave
and then they told our wives,
Mrs. James and my wife, Janice,
that they couldn't board the
train with us as It was a troop
train. I got Junlco Pullman res
ervations but Mrs. James
couldn't get reservations. We
left Seattle at 4:10 and they left
around 4:30.
Q. When did you next seo
Mrs. Jumcs?
A. Well, they told us that our
trains wouldn't stop in Portland
at tho sumo time, but I thought
maybe they would and I waited
tip in Portland. That was about
1:J0, I guess. I was worried
about Janice and wanted to see
If she was alright. When I got
olf the train I didn't aee Janice
as she had gone to bed, but I
saw Mrs. James and she was up
set because she hadn't a place to
sleep. Sho was awfully excited
and worried. I told her If she
couldn't get a berth to go and
get In bed with Janice and
she'd bo all right. Then she
turn and run back to her train
and that's the last I saw of hor.
Q. What was she wearing
when you saw her, Mr. Keaton?
A. She was wearing a leopard
coal and some kind of a grey
suit with a brown "bcunle," a
littlo cap on tho back of her
head.
Eugene W. Norton
Herewith is statement, in part,
of Eugcna W. Norton, 153 Win
chester street, Daly City, Calif.,
who was a passenger In upper
berth 7 of the death car.
Q. What do you know about
It?
A. The first place I was get
ting off at Eugene, my destina
tion for the day, got on the train
in Portland. I was on berth 7
upper In car D. Then about an
hour before we got into Eugene
I was awake but just a few mo
ments after that, can't tell ex
actly, this woman hollered and
says "I can't take it any longer."
Immediately following she
screamed my God, this man is
killing mo. The "killing me"
was a very wheesy sound, whis
per; and then I immediately put
my head outside the curtain and
tho first thing I seen was seemed
like a dark object back there.
But I was in upper 7 and look
ing at an angle. Thought it
was a person. Then, looking
down closer, seen it was a mar
ine with hand underneath her
putting something white under
her head. Then he got up and
was evidently trying to find a
light, then hollered stop this
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train and then he says "This Is
murder, stop this train." Be
lieve he repeated. Then I ask
ed the porter and this marine to
block the train on both ends,
afraid somebody might pull cord
and stop. That was first thought
in my mind. After getting hold
of conductor he came back and
took statement off of me and I
believe one of the MPs came
back about that time.
Q. This first cry you heard
warf it very loud?
A, Quite loud, loud, enough
to be more or less audible from
that distance, and don't believe
it was more than half a minute
until she said "This man is kill
ing me."
Q. Did you look out immedi
ately after that?
A. Yes, it looked more or less
like a man going through the
back but it might have been a
curtain bulged out. Possibly it
was a man.
Q. Was tho marine dressed?
A. No, he had on a white un
dershirt, a pair of pants and I
believe a pair of shoes.
PROBE CENTERS
IN K. F.; THREE
HELD IN CASE
(Continued From Page One)
4,
soon to go overseas. Officers
were looking Into his background
seeking any clue that . might
have a bearing on his story,
which he told repeatedly and
easily, -, ,
Tho point which seemed to
concern officers, particularly,
was the speed with which Wil
son pulled on pants and shoes
and got from his upper berth
after hearing Mrs. James' scream.
First witnesses who looked out
saw tho marine placing a ptllow
under her head, an act which
ho described in his story.
Sequence Reconstructed .
Police said that, essentially.
tho following Is the sequence of
events on the West Coast Lim
lted:
Mrs. James, daughter ' of a
prominent Norfolk, Va., family,
was following her husband of
four months, Ensign Richard F.
James, also of a prominent Vir
ginia family, after a routine
navy transfer from Seattle. He
was on the southbound - train
ahead of the West Coast, which
sho took at Portland alter, some
difficulty in getting accommoda
lions.
About 4 a. m. Saturday as the
train ncared Tangent, Ore., two
men in berths nearby heard Mrs
James exclaim:
"I can't take this any longer,"
and then, "My God, this man
is killing me." A scream fol
lowed. Eugene W. Norton, who oc
cupied upper berth 7, said he
heard all of this and looked out
of his berth. - (See statement on
page 3.) He said he saw the
marine placing a pillow under
Mrs, James' head.
Col. William Van Dyke, a
wounded marine who occupied
berth lower 12 with his wlfe
also heard the words and scream
from lower 13.
Police at Los Angeles today
quoted Robert Folkes as follows
In an Associate Press dispatch:
Folkes told police ho board
ed tho train at Portland last
Friday night, had a few
drinks and went to bed after
setting his alarm for 3:13.
Ho said the alarm did not go
off and he did not awaken
until 4 a. m.
Officers said the cook told
them he started through the
cor'ln which Mrs. James was
sleeping, and as he got near
hor berth ho saw a man wear
ing dark clothes. He said he
heard later- the man was a
chief petty officer. This man,
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H. Adler, coroner, took material
ployes in the James murder case.
waiter, who was detained as a
in the picture were questioned
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This picture shows the tourut sleeper in which Martha Brinson James was slain on the south'
bound West Coast. Picture taken
dark circle. Group at left is made up of passengers and trainmen
he said, was climbing out of
Mrs. James' birth.
Before going back to t h e
dining car, Folkes said,' he
was in the front of the train
and, had talked to a porter
for 15 minutes.
. This story, the officers said,
conflicts in some details, with
information of other wit
nesses, l
State Police Sergeant Earl
Tlchenor said here that Folkes
made no such statement as this
while being questioned here.
Officer Tlchenor said that
Chief Water Tender R. M. Kelso
was on the West Coast, and was
in the death car talking to the
porter at the time Mrs. James
was killed, according to infor
mation gathered by the police.
- Kelso had gone to get the
porter help him with a zipper
on his traveling bag. Kelso told
officers he saw a man with a
cook's cap stop at the front end
of the death car, and then go
through the car toward the
A BREWING COMPANY,
Nail Examination in Train Case
the Southern Pacific station Saturday afternoon when Dr. George
from under the finger nailstof
The man at center, looking at
material witness. At light is State Officer Thomas. Other men
but not detained.
Here Is the Death Car
in the station here. Location of
diner, some time
murder occurred.
before the
, Could Have Jumped
' Private Wilson said the scream
awakened him. .
"I looked down and saw half
a man getting out of the lower
berth," he said to a reporter at
the Southern Pacific station here.
"I could have jumped on him if
the curtains had not been but
toned." .
Wilson said he quickly pulled
on shoes and pants and slid out
of the berth to the aisle. He
did not at first know Mrs. James
had been wounded, but when he
saw blood gushing from a large
wound in her neck he yelled for
the porter.
Wilson said he saw the dark
man in pin-stripe running from
the car toward the rear. Wilson
had blood on his hand, he said,
after propping up Mrs. James
with the pillow. -
Towel Found
Police looking over the train
Olympia, Washington, U.S. A.
several passengers and train em
camera, is John Funches, 30,
her berth is indicated by the
discussing the case. .
here Saturday afternoon found
blood specks through the cars
behind the death car to the rear
of the train. These were
both sides. There was some
question as to whether Wilson
might have left them while run
ning through the train, or wheth
er they could have been left by
another man.
A bloody towel was found in
a washroom in one of the rear
cars.
Train authorities notified of
ficers ahead and Mrs. James'
body was removed from the West
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The train came into Klamath
Falls about 3 p. m. Saturday.
Waiting It were state police, sher
iff s officers, city police, District
Attorney L, Orth Sisemore, 2nd
S. P. Investigators.
The train was held here for
nearly five hours while witnesses
were questioned In the front end
(dead-head) dining car.
Numerous statements were :
taken. Several negroes, includ-
ing Funches and Folkes, were .
taken into the passenger station .
where Dr. George H. Adler, cor- ;
oner, removed material froirt un-
der their finger nails.
Investigation Continued i
The train finally was released, -
Folkes going south, but Funches
and Wilson being held here as
material witnesses. ..
Police continued to work on
the case here through the eve- ;
ning and all day Sunday, They -
followed several leads which a
brought no developments, one
of them taking officers to Che
mult to check a report a suspect
had gotten off the West Coast
there. .' " . - '
Funches said his home is at .
Oakland, Calif. He wore a brown
suit, but not of the pin-stripe
variety.
Folkes, when brought into the
station for the finger-nail scrap- ,
ing by Deputy Sheriff Jack v
Franey, indicated great hurry. C
He wanted to get back to his
kitchen, he said. . He is of med- ,
ium height and .has a small
moustache. ',
Officers Here .
The death car was set off on ,
a siding here and locked up be- .
fore the train went south. It '
was returned to Albany, Linn
county seat. "
Herbert Shelton, Linn county z
sheriff,- and his deputy, Clay.
Kirk, came here Monday morn-
Ing and -went north with the
marine and Funches at noon. '
Sheriff Shelton said there were
no new developments in thcase
in i-iane coumy.
There were reports that a door
had been found open on the
train: Head Brakeman Chester 9
Anders of Portland, formerly of -
Klamath Falls, said that one of
the doors was sprung. Anders -
said he saw a negro in a pin-'
strite suit on the train north of
Salem, but had not been able 1
to find him after the killing.
Not Ravaged .
State police here said there
was nothing to a report that
U dCES All HNW ' ' JIUCIIb
showed a man had gotten off
one train" and taken another
here. i
. At . Eutfene. Dr. Josenh-.TtaA-:
man, state police investigator,
examined uie ooay ui ivirs.
James and said she had not been
ravaged. Robbery: was not be
lieved a motive of the crime for
$112 was found in Mrs. James
berth. Police considered . tho
possibility a man made insulting
approaches to' Mrs.- James, re
sulting in her comment that she
couldn't stand any more of that,
and then slew her when she
started to. cry out or reach for
the porter's bell.
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