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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Feb. 10, 1960)
HERALD AND NEWS. Klamath Falls, Pro. Wednesday. FpH. 10, 1!)fi0 PAGE 7 A Routine Investigations By Oregon State Police Solve Bizarre Slay Case By TOM STIMMEL . Two routine investigations of the sort state police conduct every day, plus two remarkable clues, tied together the story of Klamath county s Dizarre nitchhike mur der. Neither investigation began with any thought of murder. About 6:30 p.m. February 1 Washington State Patrolman Rich ard Thurston spotted a 1953 Chev rolet in Kirkland with a tail pipe dragging almost lo the ground Thurston stopped the car to issue a traffic warning or citation. In the car Thurston found two boys and a young married couple. THE DRIVER COULD not pro duce his driver's license, car reg titration, or any identification. He gave his name as Ted Gerard and 6aid he was driving his grandfath er's car. Officer Thurston took the young driver to the patrol car, searched him for identification, and smelled alcohol on the boy's breath. He took the boy back to his car and found several cans of beer, which the boy said belonged to his iriends. The occupants were taken to the Kirkland police station. The car was searched. The search pro duced identification belonging to Bernard J. Fitzpalrick, 17, a sol- Court Records KLAMATH COUNTY DISTRICT COURT William Bryan Doij?, fail dim head lights, dismissed motion district attor ney. Vernon Doyle Dorry, no muffler, 7.50 forfeited. Vernon Lee Turry, fail stop at stop ign. $n forfeited. Bill E. Gust, tandem axle overload 27 forfeited. Charles Erwin Shulmire, fail stop at top sign, $7.50. Richard Calvin Smith, driving while right to apply for operator's license suspended, dismissed motion district attorney. Thelma Knight, carrying concealed Weapon, Slot) forfeited. Charles Erwin Shulmire, fail stop at top sign, S7.50. Everett Leroy Vance, no operator's license, dismissed , motion district at torney. 1 Juanita Lucille Vance, no operator's license, dismissed motion district at torney. Benjamin Lee David, Inadequate brakes. $7-50 forfeited. Melvin Wayne Mays, following too closclv. $10 forfeited. Clcve Fredrick Kendall, combination overload, $86 forfeited. Dclbcrt Blaine Troxel, combination overload, $:i7 forfeited. Randolph Wallace Crowder, combina tion overload. $86 forfeited. Bernard J. Fitzpatrick Jr., murder In the first degree, held to juvenile court until further order of juvenile court. Robert Lee Houck, fail transfer ti tie. $5. Ronnie G. Reeves, obtaining money false pretenses, request to waive pre liminary hearing; held to answer grand jury: bait set at $2,000; remand ed to sheriff. Fred Hoy Puckett, vagrancy, time to enter plea set February U at 9:30 released on $250 bail posted. Kenneth Augustus Page, no PUC permit, $20 forfeited. David Allen Mocabce, fail atop at too si en. $5. Isaac David Hopper Sr., fall stop at too si en. $5. Alfred Cutter, vagrancy, 30 days cmintv iail. suspended. Gene Walter Gamble, fail stop at ton sign, $5. Burvle Ray Long, fail stop at stop icn. $7.50 for fe ted. David Arthur Garren, no operator's license, $10 forfeited. Wilbur Benedict Johnson, no muf fler, $10 forfeited. William George Ncubert, combina tion overload, $59 forfeited. Jack Samuel Giffin Jr., violation bas ic rule. $7.50. Joseph James Bettles Jr., truck Deedinff. $5 forfeited. Janet Lee Ring, violation basic rule, 12.50. Guido Anthony Robusteli, fail stop at ston sign. $5. Marianna B. Kerr, violation basic rule, dismissed. Everett Elwin Arasmith, violation basic rule, $17.50. Rodger Allan Bliss, Improper muf flers. $5. Vernon Douglas Houston, improper mufflers, $5. Gary Arthur Thill, passing insuffi cient clearance, $7.50. Jerome Romain Crlspen ' Jr., fail lop at stop sign, $5. Richard Lay Fuller, violation basic rule, $10. Charles Silas Sullivan, following too Closely, 5. James Milton Smith, fail stop at top sign, $5. ' Thomas Leroy Ketzehberg, fail stop t stop sign, $5. dier stationed at Fort Ord. Califor nia, and a wallet belonging to Ralph Ray Lawson, 53, a truck driver from Pasco, Washington. The youth who said his name was Ted Gerard told police Lawson was his grandfather. He denied his name was Fitzpatrick. although of ficers insisted that the soldier's identification photograph looked like him. Gerard said he had not been in service. Gerard finally admitted his name was Fitzpatrick, and said he had stolen the car in Sacramento. I ; fzy,m. m"w"ii'm " ' "- , irrT f I tTz r1"" - irj i 1 1 H f I a J J DRAGGING TAIL PIPE that led to the arrest of Bernard J. Fitzpatrick on traffic violation shows in this photograph of the car in which Fitzpatrick was a rider. The car owner's body was carried on the rear floorboards for about 180 miles before being dumped in snow on Mt. Hood. , Southerner Faces Charge CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) - Postal inspectors have charged a 32-year-old Chattanoogan with revengeful mail order scheme in which such things as 1,500 pounds of cheese and a reducing machine were ordered in the names of other people. Erold A. Curtcher was arraigned Tuesday on a charge of using the mails to defraud. A U.S. attorney said the har assment campaign of more than a year centered on officials of an insurance agency which had re fused Curtcher a job. . Jack D. Hixson Jr., an agent for" the insurance firm, .said his name was used in' the order for fancy cheese. But what really shook his household was his un sought enrollment in a rock 'n roll record club. He said rock V roll is forbidden in his house, since his wife once was a violinist for a symphony orchestra.- REALLY INDEPENDENT v JACKSON, Miss. (UPI) - Mis- sissippi Democrats, having al ready threatened a possible bolt from this year's Democratic Na tional Convention, apparently in tend to be as independent as pos Gov. Ross Barnctt has made his own arrangements for hotel ac commodations for the 68-man del egation independent of National Chairman Paul Butler. LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING The Citv of Klamath Falls. Oregon, proposes to change from the zone in I which it is presently located under ordinance No.' 5095, on file in the of fice of the City Recorder, lo zone R 5A. under said ordinance the following described territory: Lois 1, 2. 3, 28, 29, i :i0, 31 and 32 of Block 310. Darrow Addition to City of Klamath Falls, Klamalh County, Oregon. The general public and all persons particularly Interested are hereby no tified that the Common Council of said City will hold a public hearirtg on said proposal at the hour of 7:30 o'clock P.M. of the 15th day of Febru ary, 19ti0, at the Council Room in the City Hall of said City at which time any person or party may appear and be heard on the proposal. Done Feb. 10, 1900. ROSIE KELLER City Recorder. No. 48, Feb. 10, 11, 12. Grime Probe Rejuvenated CHARLESTON, W. Va. AP A : crime . investigation resolution is going the rounds in West Vir ginia's House and Senate. Amended by the Senate Mon day, it was shelved, and brought back to life within minutes in the House Tuesday, generating some pointed conversation: "What's wrong with investigal ing crime? If there are racketeers in this state, doesn't this Legisla ture have enough guts to stand up and fight them?" "I never saw anything manipu latcd like this in my life in this House." "There has been no tquestion in my mind that' racketeers have taken over . . . and, according to the last vote, I think they have done it." Tribe Council Issues Plea FORT HALL, Idaho (AP)-Baiv ning the old Indian "stick game is like banning bingo, or bridge say, the Indians, and the Tribal Council adopted a resolution ap pealing to the "sense of justice and honesty of the American people." Last month the government said no more gambling on the Shoshone-Bannock Indian Reservation here. It had been allowed since HI38, at least over the weekends for small amounts of money. Most stuck with the ancient Indian guessing contest called the stick game, but some enioved card games instead. Tuesday the Tribal Council said the order by the Interior Depart ment was aimed at the "subjec tion of Indian tribes, to create turmoil and confusion." The In dians said the slick game is only recreational and that they will "resist all prosecution and persecution." VALUER'S CAFE Across from S.P. Depot WILL BE CLOSED From February 14, 6:00 A.M. For Redecorating Will Reopen About Feb. 19 Thank You For Your Patronage Rough Rider's Flanstead ' 1 iwiy Best Valentine idea yet! The very finest flannel slacks Silicone treated to be extra crease resistant. Reinforced pockets for longer wear. Shorts and reg ulars in plain or pleated front. Light grey, medium grey, charcoal, light tan, dark brown or ivy green. Fitzpatrick was charged with vi olation of the federal Dyer Act. interstate transportation of a stolen car. and the KBI was called into the case. Filial nek was tak en to the Seattle city jail. THERE. FITZPATItICK repeat ed his stolen car story to other of ficers. He was asked if he had killed Lawson, and he said he had not. He said he knew nothing about a GI pistol bell, scabbard, and short bayonet found in the car's glove compartment. In the course of an hour-and-a-half investigation, Fitzpatrick ad mitted his stolen car account was not true. He said Lawson had picked him up while hitchhiking north of Sacramento, and that he had killed Lawson after an argu ment about driving. He placed the location near Algoma in Klamath County. Fitzpatrick was held under the Dyer Act, and his bond was set at $25,000. Three hours before Officer Thur ston spotted the car with a drag ging tail pipe in Kirkland, Wash ington, a permanent resident in a summer home area near Rhodo dendron, Oregon, on the slopes of Mt. Hood reported that a deer ap parently had been shot near her cabin. . A state police oflicer and several neighbors investigated the report, followed a short trail of blood In the snow, and found the body of a man behind a small mound. It was without shoes, and bore no identification. It still bore a wrist watch and a wedding band, and there were noticeable scars on four fingers. Near the body were two clear footprints. The man had been stabbed with something, and had been bleeding from wounds in the right side and shoulder. Most of the blood had clotted. ONE OF THE NEIGHUOltS re called driving by the spot earlier that Monday and seeing what he lluught was a human hand pro truding from the snow. But he got only a glimpse, and dismissed it as a mistake or a joke, lie had i not stopped. Oregon State Police Sgt. Henry Kaczenski of Milwaukie and Sgt. Ralph Prouty of the investigation bureau in Portland drove to the scene, a turnaround on the Camp Creek Road about 400 yards in from U.S. 26 and four miles down hill from Government Camp. They took footprints, photo graphs, and identifying data. Sev eral residents thought the body was that of a man they knew, but they were mistaken. The body was taken lo a funeral home in Oregon City. Fingerprints taken from the body were forward (Continued on Page 12-B) Busy Physician DOTHAN, Ala. AP) - You can't tell Dr. Bruce McCannell there's no influenza epidemic at least at his house. Five of his 10 children are in bed with the flu. 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