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HERALD AND NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON
WEDNESDAY, JANUARv
Kidnapers Split Over Story; One Confesses, Other Keeps Silence
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BAN FRANCISCO UT Two one
time private detectives' jailed as
abductors la the "Case of the Kid-
Snow Party
Set Sunday
There's going to be a snow party.
Dig out the skis, toboggans and
winter duds for the big day, Sun
day, Jan. 24 when all Horizon Club
members of Camp Fire Girls are
invited to attend the snow party to
be held at Crater Lake.
Each member may invite one
guest, male or female and each
club Is to ask one adult to attend.
Every girl arranges for her own
transportation and everyone is to
meet at the warming hut at the
rim of the lake at 1 p.m.
All should register at the hut
upon arrival and all must register
on leaving. No lost girls, wanted.
Take own skis or toboggan and
own refreshments or purchase
them at the warming hut.
The party winds up at 4:au p.m.
when everyone should show up at
the warming hut for a final get
together, i
The activity has been planned by
the Horizon Club cabinet.
Chemult Card
Party Held
CHEMULT The Chemult Civic
Improvement Club held its first
benefit card party at the Brader
borne Friday evening, Jan. 15.
Despite inclement weather, 20
persons arrived- to spend an eve
ning playing canasta and pinochle.
The special prize went to Albeit
Ramsey whose ticket won despite
the fact he was driving the snow
plow on the Diamond Lake High
way. Mrs. Corwin Calbreath was
high at canasta with Mrs. Orvllle
Farris low. Myrtle Hash was high
hi pinochle and Frances Thomp
son low.
Refreshments were served by
ladies of the club.
A basket social is planned for
Saturday evening, Feb. 13, at 7
p.m. An auctioneer will auction ofl
the baskets with prizes going to the
most outstanaing ones.
All. women should bring an!
entry. Friends of the community I
are Invited. !
Proceeds will go towards tne
club's building fund.
New Industry
Line Shown
The current display In the Klam
ath County .Chamber of Com
merce's Main Street window fea
tures an unusual industry that
has been developed and the pro
ducts patented here in Klamath
Falls.
The line, Burmar Solvents, Is
manufactured by Joseph W. Hynes,
2844 Summers Lane.
In the year he has been In busi
ness he has extended distribution
to Include such nationally known
firms as Bethlehem Steel, Reming
ton Rand, Inc., Moore Dry Docks,
as well as the U. S. Army and
U. S. Marine Corps.
The solvents are used for clean
ing electrical parts and particular
ly electronic equipment.
Bandits Loot
Denver Home
DENVER MB Two masked
bandits bound and gagged a weal
thy wholesale liquor operator,
his wife, daughter and the family
maid and escaped with loot total
ing nearly $4,000 last night,
t Police said the bandits gained ad
mittance to the home of Joseph
Zerobnick by ringing the doorbell
and shouting, "Special delivery."
Onoe Inside, police said, they
carefully bound and gagged Zerob
nick, manager of the Midwest
Liquor Co., his wife Ooldie, a
daughter Natalie, 12, and the maid,
Rita Thompson.
Zerobnick said he attempted to
hide his billfold under a footstool
tut a gunman grabbed It. It con
tained $3,000. he told officers.
The two also took a $350 diamond
ring from Zerobnick, a $500 dia
mond ting from his wife and $30
from her purse.
Crater Lake Has
Sunny Weather
It was cold and sunny at Crater
Lake National Park this morn
ing when the ranger station re
ported. The thermometer regis
tered four degrees above zero at
$ a.m.
Skiing is fair, with 103 Inches of
snow on the ground.
The roads to the rim have been
opened. Chains are required from
Annie Springs to the rim.
naped Twin" split up today-police
said one confessed and blamed
the other, who denied some of the
story but essentially wouldn't talk.
The victim, short, round-faced
Leonard Moskovitz, 36, was res
cued unharmed and smiling yes
terday morning after 22 days of
captivity. No ransom was paid de
spite demands of first $500,000 and
then $300,ou0.
Under California's "Little Lind
bergh Law." kidnaping with bod
ily harm carries a maximum pen
alty of death and a minimum of
life without parole. Kidnaping with
out harm carries a penalty of life
with the possibility of parole.
Moskovitz said, he was not in
jured, but Dlst. Atty, Thomas
Lynch told newsmen the interpre
tation of bodily harm is up to a
Jury, which could decide that cruel
bonds or the like could mean in
Jury. Moskovitz was bound and
shackled during most of bis Im
prisonment. The two men arrested were
seized separately. The first, Joseph
William Lear, 43, of Sacramento.
Calif., was caught in a telephone
booth making a ransom call to
the victim's Identical twin and con
stant companion Alfred.
Police said Lear broke down and
led them to a rented house, where
a stocking-foot raiding party broke
in, rescued Moskovitz and arrested
57:year-old Harold Jackson of Sac
ramento as he stood in his shorts.
Jackson was shivering with fright,
said Inspector Al Nelder, wbo
nailed him. '
The arrests ended the biggest
San Francisco manhunt ever and
broke the best-kept secret of years.
On police request, all news out
lets had voluntarily held back the
story until Moskovitz was safe.
Police said Lear, a soft-faced
and fearful hearing atd salesman,
made a complete confession after
he and Jackson had been booked
on suspicion of kidnaping.
Chief Homicide Inspector Frank
Ahern said Lear blamed the whole
plot on Jackson. He s?td Lear re-
: ' H
lated:
Lear had believed he was work
ing with Jackson on a detective
case until Moskovitz was bundled
into a house rented by Jackson and
threatened with death unless Mos
kovitz' family paid $500,000 ransom.
Lear followed Jackson's lead
from fear.
Moskovitz himself said Lear
kept muttering " 'Didn't know it
was to be this kind of a Job or I
wouldn't have gone Into it.' "
"Jackson seemed to be the
leader," Moskovitz said.
"Lear had ideas of his own but
he had to get the okay on every-
thing from Jackson."
Ahern questioned Lear's story of
being duped into the kidnaping. He
said earlier actions by tne iwo in
dicated Lear knew what was up.
Ahern said Lear and Jackson
bought chains, ropes, flashlignts
and other gear in San Jose two
davs before the kidnaping for use
in the Job.
He also pointed out that Lear
made ransom calls and was often
left alone In the house and could
have left at any time.
Tni.cnn a tan Amnt man with -a
constant sneer, disagreed with Lear
on about everyining, sam iiKFc..
Don Scott. He reported Jackson
denied much of Lear's story, dis
puted other parts and agreed with
some.
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ANALYSIS
CORNWALL, Ont. H Results
of a medical analysis were awaited
today to determine the poison
taken by 29-ycar-old Henri Seguin,
who died In convulsions in his
denth cell an hour before he wn.
to be hanged for murder..
Ontario's Chief Coroner Smirlr
Lawson announced yesterday an
autopsy Bhowod Seguin had taken
poison..'
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