St. Louis Post-Dispatch
September 27, 1924

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Weekly Radio Guide | WITH THIS ISSUE OF THE aeration Be L. 77. NO. 20. ts Joes ST.LOUIS POST-DISP The Onty Evening Paper in St. Louis With the Associated Press News Service ns m © tal, a m9 ‘Gait ¥ ‘cial ” * pero saat ec os _——- ee ST. LOUIS, SATURDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 27, 1924—16 PAGES AND RADIO SECT ION. I NOI 10 “ADMIRAL” WHOSE uLil H PROMOTION IS URGED GIVES 7 BANDITS. v0 REREPONp 1 Citize itizens Exchange Shots With Bank and Fesge Foam) — Loot. 4 /0 OFFICERS OF 9 BANK WOUNDED on ewe Oe res a... | bot Holdup Men Hit—| " Postmistress, Her Hus- | _ band Kidnaped, Engages a _ JOHN KEELER ROBISON. ein) to. the Post-Dispatch. PeINcAID, Iil., Sept. 2 WORLD FLYERS OF °7.—Two of- | of the Kincaid Trust and Sav- - Bank and one of seven robbers , wounded, none seriously, a ff hag a, m. today when officials of | ,velt, Rear Admiral Juhn Keeler | Be hank and about 25 citizens en- | ' - = | Robison, who originated the pian eed ina fight with firearms with |Leave San Francisco and Will; >y which Harry F. Sinclair and/ “ e robbers in the bank and on the | Complete Journey at Seattle | Edward L. Doheny could drain the | i ite square. Tomorrow naval oil reserves, is to be pro-| = fhe robbers took between $3900 , moted. } icine President Coolidge, it is under- $4000 from cash drawers in the sie k while under fire of the of-| co sae Mpenetesed 'Fveen. : | SAN FRANCISCO, ie: but dropped all the money | a tlh ail canaiias or the sidewalk Queige O0.ptmagee ‘hopped off from Crissy yehed fire when the men entered Ore zn ir automobile. seaas. > Ira Aull, assistant cashier, Merced to accompany the robbers 4 was shot in the leg while in automobile by a bullet from & —— 4 : ‘gun in the hands of some citizen.; Eugene is 500 miles 'T A PARROT 4 A was thrown out of the car aw Francisco, and will be. the _ rtMaA SS etes from Kincaid and was able stopping place of oe a ? rm house to tele- fore they complete AN Like to walk to a fa Ts “phon neircling flight at BOLIDGE : phone, aoete T OWLY THAT, Sept. 27%. Fieid |} Eugene, ge F Smith rose. first. m. Lieut. was | ‘a few seconds later by ‘Leigh Wade and Lieut. pyright, 1924, by. H. ep Fisher, de S.. Pa ;}son successively. e Mark Reg, U. - Office.) Seattle, President Wounded. - Bruce Shaw, president of the bank, who with Aull exchanged with three robbers in the nk, was shot in a finger and on the head with a revolver landie. Aull re that one/ ithe robbers was shot in the leg " the automobile was leaving the public square. . Three well dressed young men tered the bank shortly after 10 e'’clock. As one demanded the “mine payroll money” all drew re- m jivers. Bruce and Aull, from Positions behind the counter im- mediately began firing with auto- Mmatics. The three robbers re- turned the fire and as shots were being exchanged grabbed funds Which were in cash drawers and man out, forcing Aull to go with them. The airmen are scheduled off for Seattle Sunday morning. The flyers will follow the Sac mento Walley today. From Red- Dunsmuir to Mount Shasta, pass- ing Shasta on the east or west, according to weather conditions. | From Hongkong. By the Agssociatcd Press. FUCHOW, China, Maj. Pedro Zanni, the aviator on a world flight, arrived | here today from Hongkong. whence he hopped off early this morning | for Shanghai, stopping here en | rouet. Sept. -_—— a ple Notified. ' While the firing was in progress, bookkeeper escaped through a Mrs. Adams to Appeal Chiefly to! First Voters. By the Associated Press pfear door and notified townspeo- | WASHINGTON, Sept. 27.—-Mrs. opie. The cashier also was in thé! norman McMillan Adams, daugh- mank but took no part in the shoot-jter of John W. Davis. Democratic mg. candidate for the presidency, has | As the three robbers, with Aull, been appointed director of the . meached the sidewalk, a seven-pa3-| young Voters Division of the “Vic- 1 r sedan, believed to be a Millys-Knight ang without license Plates, drew up before a drug store tothe bank. It contained four Men, all young and well dressed ‘and all armed. ) The townsfolk opened fire from S00rways and behind telephone Poles, as the robbers jumped into automobile and started south- i out of town. » Mrs. Nora Aull, wife of the as- Mt cashier, who is postmistress, | in the postoffice a block away. heard a bank robbery was in) w0gress and grabbed an automatic ead ran out into the street as the mttomobile sped past. She recog- | med her husband in the car, she | mid, but nevertheless emptied her wn at the machine. ) ; Posse in Pursuit. j | The robbers’ car was seen at. Glenarm, 15 miles west of Kincaid, Minutes after the robbery. It! headed towards Springfield. 12 les beyond Glenarm. Kincaid is. 'miles southeast of Springfield. A posse from Kincaid was 10) Minutes behind the robbers at Slenarm. | _ The gun fire shattered all win-., of the bank and Of the rob-. =’ Car and broke glasses in win-. ~¥s of several stores near the ank. The escape of shots con- | sed for five or six minutes and. “Mates of the number of shots | 4 Vary from 300 to 500. EE CANDIDATES IN CAPITAL tory Vote ['rive” to be started next week by the Democratic National Committees. Mrs. Adams, it was announced} by the committee. will direct her rart of the campaign from New York and Washington, seeking chiefly to interest “first voters” in the ticket headed by her father. She returned recestly from Denmark to participate in the cam- paign. "Se toe, COLDEN Roo! MAY BE Yo CAN HELP NE ‘ =e * bathe sc byiv . in ~~ me ie es ~ “ J « J ae ae Pe aE eter os ae ey ee? aoe . shy * ae 7 3 fal aK; Fs oe Po ve DN : Be iie | ¥ SS Su a. Ee olin In Tomorrow’s Sunday Post-Dispatch : And So This Is How She Be- came Lady Vestey—The un- usual success story of an ambitious Nebraska _— girl stenographer who has mar- ried the British meat king after accumulating a million dollar fortune in her own right. Woman Farmhand Tells of 14 Somber Years as Human Chattel of a Jealous Over- lord—A strange angle to an extraordinary Iilinols crime. Just Smali Town Gossip at First. But It Grew Till It Recame a Double Murder— How netghborhood talk de- veloped the evidence that forced the authorities to act, with astounding results. Cross-Word Puzzles to Test our Wite—The best selling book of 1924 has been a col- | lection of these puzzles. Here is the first of a new rene teed oa House series in popular games oy Famer Pree : which is woth fascinating and educational. Hangs 200 Criminals, Then Attempts Suicide—Pu biic executioner for 25 years, he refuses to explain why be shot himaelf in the neck. But rumor says he ts “haunted” by the ghosts of men and women he put to death. Order Your Copy — oe 7 arrival ie pe John W ; Devin | a ‘shington today found itself host | ‘te three leading presidential | ates. Davis reached here, Y this morning to complete the | the other two being Pres!- me Coolidge and Senator La roe : The Democratic nominee held | 2 in a hotel two blocks from | ite House. Senator L/| ¢ remained at his office in' capitol - 0 ae ee ee ee ins REPENS Oe h OO at “ee & feted ante -—:- nom- in De-| iq /~ FOR IN SENATE: Arrangement for Storage of Naval Oil by Private Corporations Defended -i:.—Upon |} /recommendation of Seciretars Wil- | 'bur and Assistant Secretary Roocse- to be-| : PLANNED LEASES Coolidge to ‘ei. Ad- vancement of Robison, the Dohenys Led to Deal. iby August Belmont, 'national Special No. -ernoon, br ;' © | = &e i Wise Counsellor ‘away. PROMOTION FOR 50,000 PERSONS SEE EPINARD BEATEN A NOSE BY LADKIN IN SECONDINTERNATIONAL RACE a French Champion Badly Bumped in Last Fur-| long by Wise Counsellor—Mile Made in Fast Time of 1:36 2-5. ee ee By the Associated Press. AQUEDUCT RACE TRACK, Sept | 7. Ladkin, nut colt owned won the Inter- a chest a scant nose from the French champion, Epinard. third. a 1:36 the most " The time was 2-5. was probably thrilling ‘race of the season's sport and had not Wise Counsellor badly bumped F pinard in the beginning of the last furlong, the French champion iwould hare, ‘experts, won the race With the barrier Epinard raced out in front, closely followed by | Wise Counsellor. Ladkin and Zev. ‘neck from The quickly run into the ground and (| Ladkin and Wise Counsellor, rush- jing out in front, raced neck and the half mile to the stretch, with Epinard two lengths 2 here this aft- | with | length | It | in the opinion of the | Rancetts stable horse was) laway. ' eee A OS he I ag Some Suicide When Police at Italy. Commits rested by Florence, cause of his position as chief of. the bureau return to a ,of his four-year term in that offic unless he nominated by President confirmei by | Senate. is and Heads Group of Six. A . Officers picked by Secretary to head a imanent list. | The action of the | prise and has among naval ‘humiliated by caused indignation | officers his admissions be- ; ; inves*} : The figures show an average in- pring? sgnsem oo holes ae Cate] iby means of forged receipts, were | Playground that he gave to the! a 2 ee crease 4 1523 in the ment over l for & ‘1 bance F | discovered through a complaint| city, by turning the deed over to Issue lLamited. : the registration In June, 1924 ine bs f on Sacretary De j;made by the family of the late | Mayor Kiel, will be the only one in The new preferred — Bee: om All but one of the six wards a Robis : poy his sat nt Eberhart Moss of Philadelphia, | that neighborhood, which is thick-' Present limited to the 53,8465 having a large negro population ex- becoye De ee | that they had been overcharged for | ly populated. | shares, which result from the trade ceeded thid aweeeee: an fellows: post bad re resulted but no send! -¢ the body of the Mr. Moss | In accepting the deed to the! bee Transit bonds. but it is possible i ‘ — . . n bis ia ti. 0 enti adi Michi- | to Genoa for shipment to America. | Property, Mayor Kiel! said the gifs *4t ™ P n oc | teenth. 23838: Seventeenth. 2538: obis n ‘cni- | tt was found. the police sald, that | was one of the biggest things done. ™aY be marketed to sell at 80, if; .” ah § oe . ; |San, home State of Denby, and his | ie ci went for his own wses| by an individual for St. Louis si additional money is needed. |Nineteenth, 1828, and Twenty- promotion. which took place in jthe Count kep : ; : ' 6 Gare; | third, 2404. The total Increase in 1921, was a personal one. | that he had been commander of the battleship Florida. Before the oil inquiry, officers of the navy reconcfled to his appointment, but they feel now that his testimony should have barred him from fur- ther rewards. Doheny’s Son Under Him. While in command of the Hunt- ‘ington in 1917 Robison met Edward |L. Doheny Jr., then an officer un- 'der him. They talked over the oil | situation. Later he became ac- | quainted with Edward L. Doheny Sr., and on the stand before the Senate committee, examined by Senator Walsh of Montana, he ad- | the naval oil reserves commenced then. | Admira! Robison admitted he had | talked the proposed leasing scheme ; ; over with Mr. of] was turned over to Doheny. Ac- of engineers and will} captaincy at the end selection board of nire nava! Wii- who were pode of six Admirals for the per- board in the} Robison case came as a great sur- Before | Doheny and suggest-_ (ed the plan under which California | cording to his own testimony, Rob- | ison was virtually val officers in his position on the Albert B. to permit the Department of the Interior to make the leases. He acquiesced and aided in the move- ment that enabled Sinclair and Do- | heny to get possession of Teapot Dome and Reserves Nos. 1 and 2 Reversed Predecessor’s Policy. His predecessor, Rear Admiral] R. ' | Engineers, ‘oil reserves of the interior. Secre- itary Denby tn April, 1921. toid Ad- | | miral Griffin of the plan to have | Secretary Fall take over the oi] re- | serves. Griffin protested, but Denby picked Robison, who was of his way of thinking, and efx months later Griffin retired. Before the Senate committee Robinson quoted Denby as saying to him: “¥ou must eubordinate your own policies to the national defense plan.” In this connection Denby men- tioned the ofl reserves. Soon after he was appointed, Robison went to | New York and conferred with Do- | heny. Arranged Trade With Doheny. Robison became enthusiastic to) /get oll out of the naval reserves and store it in tanks. He conceived the | oie whereby Doheny was to spend $103,000,000 building storage | plants, dredging channels, etc., at ~ Continued on Page ge 3. Column Reiss | ably tonight: | Sunday fair. Coolemplate to- : night’ Bnd Sun- |} | day. Missouri: Gen-., erally fair to- alone among na- | Fall and Denby program | 7 ag: ee NS 35 . ~~ eee Seed 3 pasting campaign stickers on sil- under the present plan. Gs ieee . i. --+-20) ver dollars. In a statement ats! The reorganized company will PO Bin clcce cnt 66 11 a. m. on | : ! : a. m. .66 Noon ...-+.+-++: 74{tention was called to “department | seek to have the State Public Serv- @. M.n.eeseers r+ .. Oe) ear a 75 ‘circular No. $3." reading in part ‘fee Commission permit *¢ to earn ; a ix ty “SPIN Die uilbeas Ok ens ” |as follows: “No foreign or mutilat- | per cent. or about $4,004,000, on a Highess yesterday, 77 at 3:30 ed silver coin or coin to which pa- | $57,200,000 valuation. Its outstand- p.m. Lowest, 61 at 7 a. m. ‘per or any other substance is at- ing bonds will amount to $40,800,- jist . tached, or upon which any name 000, instead of $53,000,000 as at Bhi ge “sean or advertisement is stamped or , present. for St. Louis AL 5 (impressed, w ill be received (for re-! Provisions of the plan cited were and vicinity: MITH A | dempti on).’ The only comment |confirmed today at the office here Prec comand ou of the Treasury was that “this of the reorganizers, Newman, San- \derstorms in alft- ‘ernoon and prob- S Griffin. chief of the Bureau of had refused to consent | Ito any transfer of authority in the night and Sunday | preceded ‘showers and ithunderst or ms ' Illinois: Shower and thunder- storms tonight: cooler. Sunday, , senerally fair; cooler. Stage of the Mississippi! River at 'St. Louie: 8.7 feet at 7 a. m., a! | fall of .03. Missouri at St. Charles: | | By the Assomated FLORENCE, Press. Italy, a7 -~ * Sept. 9 {count Emilio Rasponi, local man- bounded by ont lager of the American Express Co., the! was arrested here today charged |# public playground as a memorial with having systematically defraud- charging them for and other objects. |hospital, where had a passport to leave Italy. Ar Down Into the stretch they (came, with Ladkin suainet 5 the lead, AMERICAN TOURS taxes on export shipments of art) He attempted to commit suicide when he was being taken to the } police station, and was taken to a | at it was found he | Count Rasponi's alleged activi- ties. said to have been carried out When they were children, and the). | lected. Miles an eo for 30 Minutes. By the Associated average speed of 227.5 miles hour. ‘THUNDERSTORMS TODAY; | FAIR TOMORROW; COOLER mitted that his real knowledge of | THE TEMPERATURES. _— } | te by this afternoon or tonight in east and south por- | tions. Colder to- night, probably light frost in weet portion with rising tempera- ture Sunday in west portion. 11.6 feet, a fall of .3. Week's Weather Outlook. WASHINGTON, Se pt. 37 — wt. ‘Weather outlook for the week be- ginnig Monday: Upper Mississippi and lower Missouri Valleys—Showers first half; cool at beginning; warmer towards middle and cool last half. rertow |NEW SEAPLANE SPEED RECORD : had become | sient. Rittenhouse Averages 227.5 navy seaplane racer, broke his for- mer world’s seaplane speed record today with a 30-minute flight at an} an! His three-quarters of the sum he col- PORT WASHINGTON, a Sept. 27.—Lieut. David Ritten- house, U. 8S. N., flying a Curtiss lof the solicitation of funds, ed clients for two years by over- | Government! has been desirous of establishing q | Common stock, with @ pay area of will ac- 'while Epinard began to close rap-! idly. Ladkin faltered for an instant. | but his jockey, Kummer, gave him ithe steel and the lash and he moved | |forward to a slight lead. It was/| _here that Epinard, con iing fast and } ‘rapidly overhauling the Belmon: | horse, was bumped by Wise Coun- | sellor, but the French champion. recovering his stride, was running | almost on even terms with Ladkin, who just pinched across the finish line a winner by a whisker. time was 1:36 2 Some 50,000 spectators swarme _ the Stands and grassy reaches of. , this historic track to watch the’ race that brought to the barrier | the great French champion, Epin- | ard, in a one-mile race with five | | 0 fthe best American horses now: Holders in their finest form—Wise Coun-/steck and St. Little Chief." Rlsiio the sya | Der cent. bonds old crack of the Greentree Stable. sae Rees Oe Was scratched before race time. [t | Orsanization, through Was the largest crowd that ever Of OWnership | Witnessed a horse race at this ,COmmon stock track. | Pany. ,;company provides for the jance of 352,645 | atock | Seered. ably a ae or Th e $57,200,000. = ~~~. of present Louis Transit Co. USI 0 5 ft C . ‘ing campaign stickers on silver | § ] H dollars. Officials know, the state- ie Fami y at OME iment added, that no law has been ) ,) The soothing strains of the | violated. DUCHESS OF WESTMINSTER | | |; not suppose there is any other pas- old melodies, the peppy new jazz or whatever the mood demands is available Q to the home with its own I$ BACK HOME, HOMELESS pacthe sn Pago tes Ai By the Associated Press. i4 SOUTHAMPTON, Sept. 27.—The|) And every home mrtg on Duchess of Westminster declared to. ' restate ty bealira tg pail newspaper men today on her arri-'/ aoe val here from the United States on. : the Homeric: “Although I am a’; Duchess, I am homeless and I do! Cost is not at all prohibi- tive to those who use the ost-Dispatch Classified in a Columns as thefr guide. senger on this ship similar! plight.”’ ) She was referring to the recent Today—every day—these fcourt decision that she was not columns offer attractive entitled to live at Bourdon House. values in good used musi- ‘Berkeley Square. London, one of ¢ cal instruments, Make your the residences of the family. selection today. The Duchess said she had nel! plans and did not know what she|; The Post-Dispatch would go until she had geen her at-| i The Perfect Market Place torner. PREFERRED STOCK HOLDERS INU. R. TO CONTROL LINES Fi irst F can Step Toward | Readjusting Lines Prob-' Will Be Taken; Wednesday After Suit. OUTSTANDING BONDS TOTAL $40,800, 000 : Will Seek Permission for -5. 7 Per Cent Earnings on Property Valuation of preferred control the) after its re- the agency | of virtually ah the the new com- The stock plan of the new issu - sharés of common and 53,845 shares of pre-/| The first formal step toward re- be | taken Wednesday, when the Tran- /|total at 501,960. That is 10.551 less than the to- /procedings against the properties/ta) of 312.501 for the general reg-— ‘of the United Railways under their which ma- foreclosure ' Holders of the present issue of 163.830 shares of preferred stock Holders of the present common ‘stock of the United Rafiways, of 72 per cent is held by the The ground is one block from thef Amencan Co., are gives te ‘right to purchase such of the new | common stock as is not taken up holders of old preferred The company will raise approx- ‘imately $4,400,000 through the sale of the new common stock: a new city, informing him that the play- | $6,000,000 issue of 6 per cent ground would be named the “Gene_| bonds is also contemplated. vieve E. Strodtman Playground”; Outstanding Bonds $40,800,000. total $40,800,000 under the new plan. The $30.000,000 iasue of general 4 per cent bonds will be extended to The in amount, will be paid off to the ex- tent of the $2.000,000 consolidated will remain outstanding as a first lien on the Suburban properties. The Suburban Bondholders Pro- | bonds, but this is not contemplated but it was stated that not be an- nounced until ft has been taken up | Service Commis- sion, the Federal! Court and the city. | ." $ . ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘ 3 EDITION. das aN eae pam ——oeep-reeyeniren ave a PRICE 2° CENTS ee er ee ie | ee ee we ESSTHANINTS | paign. itration of St. ‘pleted late last night, ‘istration four years ago. of the city 772,897 ulation ‘801, from Census Bureau estimates. ‘is 23.000 below the estimate the-Vote”’ of Women Voters. Increase Over 1924. registration during the June enrollment. these wards was wards over last June. Aliens Barred. papers. League officials said 3%5,- ‘weneral election. registered. the theory that four years to visit polling places this week. ition was a factor. | The present total will | creased poe of absentecs and invalids. be a me ee ee sw 3 OF JAMES J, HILL'S CHILDREN SUE LOUIS HILL FOR PROPERTY a me eee uablie Holdings From Mother by Fraad. By the Associated Press. SEW YORK, Sept. pire bullder,.” which they ciatmed he obtained 2 | from their late mother, through )| fraud and undue influence.” The suit secks to have set aside a \. ty. Minnesota, and a conveyance of | Jury. He asked if railroad bonds with an exchange | value of $600,000. Pe dg plainti(fa ;) are Jarmes N. Hill, Beard and Walter ee it. A fourth | 'plaintiff te George T. Slade. who ‘married Charlotte Hill. The suit’ _ was filed in the Supreme Court, but later was transferred to the United | States District Court for trial, as \ the defendant is a resident of Min- | nesota. HENKE CASE READY FUR JURY; DEATH PENALTY IS SOUGHT 301,950 Vetere. Were: Ex Clayton Courtroom Filled rolled in 4-Day Period—| When He Testifies as to 73,000 Below Goal of Occurrences Preceding “Get-Out-the-Vote” Cam- Murder of His Wife. Officia! tabulation of the regis- Lovis voters com- places the The pop- | increased 39.- to 812,698, dur- The plan, as had been told, per-| ing the same period, according to) holders) The enrollment is 17,000 below It of Election Board officials and 73.000 below the goal set in the “Get-Out- campaign of the League The total exceeds by 42.661 the total of 259.289 registered in June, 1924, the last previous registra- tion. .; Flection Board records show that there is always a decrease in the four-year period following a general election, accounting for the low figure for 12,284, or 28 per cent of the total increase in the 28 Officials of the League of Women Voters, during the preregistration campaign, said a material reduc- tion would result from the fact that aliens, for the first time at this general election, would not be per- mitted to register and vote on first 000 persons would thus be prevent- issue, but the remaining $4,600,000) eq from registering. Election board records show that only 318 persons 4 voted on first papers In the 1920 Although the returns have not been tabulated as between men and women who registered, politicians assert there was a material de- crease in the number of women! They explain this on | ago ' gel, was the first time women could; he ridiculed the evidence by which vote and register and the novelty i State sought to fix the time of caused many to do so who failei ‘from their evidence,” he sald, “that | Some politiciana also assert that issues of the present campaign are not arousing the popular attention as did those of four years ago, 'State’s witnesses of changing their when the League of Nations ques- ' testimony and declared | would not have been prosecuted bu: in- for the malice of Richmond Heights 2000 or 3000 by registra-| 'Allege That Brother Obtained Val- | 27.—Three of i | the nine surviving children of the | late James J. Hill, Northwest “em- today filed suit against one of their brothers, Louis W. Hill, for the return of property Ruth Hib have lain the wrench op the edre with the same ™ DEFENDANT COOL ON WITNESS STAND ee oe The Henke murder trial entered | fits fourth and last day at Clayton | today, with argument by State's eounsel framed to convince the jury that the chain of circumstan- tial evidence presented by the State | is sufficient to warrant the death penalty. The case will go to the jury this afternoon. Brief instructions were given te /the jury to choose between murder in the first or second degree and acquittal, shortly after court con- vened, and immédiately Aasistant | Prosecuting Attorney Robert Stan- ton began the argument for the State. ' It had been expected that Special Prosecutor Roessel would present rebuttal testimony to discredit statements made by the defendant, Harry A. Henke Jr., on the stand late yesterday. and with the pos- sibility that Henke woukl be re- called, the courtroom of Judge Mce Elhinney was filled, cuesd of beating his wife to death with a heavy iron wrench. Prosecutor's Argument. Prosecutor Stanton framed his argument not to prove that Henke had a motive for murdering his wife, but rather to prove that ne one else had. He asserted Mra. Henke had no enemies, that rob- bery was not the motive because nothing was taken, and that there was no criminal attack. “Mrs. Henke was siain in a blind fit of jealousy after a violent quarrel,” Se declared. He made much of the testimony that the doors and windows were |locked and that Mrs. Henke ap- parently had been dead at least 12. hours, arguing that Henke slew his wife during the night and left her dead in bed. “No ordinary murderer would commit a crime like that,” he ex- claimed. “No common murderer would clean his victim’s face after his crime was committed. That was done by a man who loved her and was suffering remorse. Any other would flee immediately.” Stanton was rebuked by » the Court when he exclaimed: other man would be out looking for his wife's murderer!” He con- cluded his argument with a de- mand for the death penalty. Defense Counsel Eugene McMahon, defense coun- followed. In a soft, easy voice death. “You are asked to conclude the defendant murdered his wife and then did a whole day's washing in an hour or two.” He accused the case citizena,. He pointed out there was a ré- volver in the bedroom. “Think of a man going downstairs for a mon- key wrench when he had a revolver handy,” he said. He charactersed Coroner Bracy a “smeller of biood, who based false conclusions on 6 2 * +3 < te vp 4 fh: co-counsel for the defense, dwelt on psychology of motives. He scraps of evidence, regs ters, which they ask you have left the bedroom tt he killed his wife where ft could be seen from t hall door? Could ‘ calmly to hie work RRO bei MEA LEE IER LE RIE BARNS Dy GELLER LUDA 8S! es Niet ARE ae NN nee nes sage.