St. Louis Post-Dispatch
October 28, 1926

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hee Lots Can Be Sold - To persons seeking Building. Lots in ~ the POsT- “DISPATCH } Realty Columns. Advertisemen the POST-DISPATCH, during mente were =a Real Estate and Want eas 26.439 nfore than '@MREE other St. pe i111. were Louis newspapers COMBINE carried by ee ST.LOUIS POST-DISPATCH The' Only Evening Paper in St. Louis With the Associated Press News Service ST. LOUIS, THURSDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 28, 1926 +48 PAGES. ~ PRICE sn CENTS IM WHO LOST ANAT TORETURN URED FROM. S Komarmicka, Chica- Milliner Who Has Ben in Country 16 lears, Ordered Deported. ENT TO WARSAW " TO SEE HER FATHER Stolen—Although She Proves She Had Them, Secretary Davis Rules She Can’t Enter. B teased Wire From the New *« Bureau of the Post-Dispatch. Hiew YORK, Oct. 28.—Return- « from a visit to her father in wreaw, Miss Anna Komarmicka, iyears old, who has lived in the pte’ States since she was 14, ot herself yesterday barred m the country by the immigra- in law. Miss Komarmicka, who was a @iljner in Chicago, was brought ‘America in 1914 by a married . who is an American citizen. e has taken out first citizenship pers und her second papers have wn filed pending a hearing. last spring she received word ther father was dying !n War- Before she sailed she ap- fi fora permit to re-enter the miiry and obtained it. Her fa- recovered and Miss Komar- ea started home. In Paris, her t containing the permit to re- mwas stolen. At the United | Consulate in Paris, however, ‘was assured she would have aifficulty on arriving in New ® Arriving on Sept. 29, a m ago, she was taken to Ellis An After a hearing by a Mm of special..imquiry, she -_ wed excluded. h, at the request of Semtihe Scotto of the French Line, mary of Labor Davis ordered fase reopened to give Miss armicka an opportunity to that a re-entry permit had Issued to her. The board of inquiry on Ellis Island ex- ed her proof and ruled that vas the person who. received Mesion to leave and re-enter, ~ that the exclusion order must ruling was confirmed by Sec- Davis and Miss Komarmicka deportation on the French France Noy. 4. E WITH LARIATS CHASE ‘DEER DOWN FIFTH AVENUE a Stag Cornered and Roped at Gist Street, New York, by Officer. to the Post-Dispatch. oohdd YORK, Oct. * 28.—Police Rlariats stalked a small stag Migh Central ‘Park for five hours day, chased it through the w of automobiles and busses faith avenue and finally roped fan areaway at the home of age T. Gerry, an attorney, at avenue and Sixty-first street. ®the animal came from, no ee0Ws. It did not escape from eer inclosure of the Central | Zoo, but it was held there it as the guest of the city. Rrolman Charles Gutries 24 noose over the _ stag’s ‘After it had leaped a six-foot fence and landed uninjured Cement areaway. Ph Lieberman first discov- -animal, or was discovered } He was driving his automo- = Central Park when the deer ed him, denting the fenders. mie 200 it was said the stag mung, about three and a half ei at the shoulders and ap- "y &@ perfect specimen. -It Mave swum across the Hud- ER KAISER’S WIFE SUED a = for _— a: by the Press nrg Pulitzer “Sng Cos, World t) ALIN, Oct. Rd.—-Princess Her- ip of the former Kaiser, 2 S8ued in Dresden by a spe- t EEncthe Mueller, for $600 tatment for stuttering giv2n } Ferdinand of Schoenach- the Princess’ son by her marriage. Judgment will be Ov. 24. plaintire won her first point court overruled the con- ™ that it had no jurisdiction involving the wife of the e The plaintiff says she hee Ferdinand of his stut- 133 hours of treatment. time her usual charge Would he about $150, she the Princess’ regular tam- wt, who recommended her, to charge more in this ‘a CLOUDY TONIGHT, TOMORROW, | WITH COOLER TOMORROW oo TEMPERATURES. Q-} DOLD a. 60 Yesterdays high 70 (3:30 p. m.); low, 9 (7 Official forecast for St. Louis and ‘vicinity: Cloudy tonight and to- morrow; cooler tomorrow. Missouri: Cloudy tonight and tomorrow; somewhat unset- tled; cooler to- night and in the east and south portions tomor- row. Illinois: Cloudy tonight and to- morrow; proba- bly with showers tonight; cooler tomorrow and in the west and waa north portions tonight. Arkansas: Tonight, colder in northwest; showers; colder. General Weather Conditions. Generally fair weather prevails in all parts of the country, but cloudiness appears to be increas- ing in the lower Missouri and up- per Mississippi Valleys and _ the Lake region. The temperatures are a little above freezing in the North Atlantic states, but in the remainder of the country they are quite mild. CASHIER STEALS $100,000, FORCING BANK TO CLOSE Confessed Embezzler Exonerates Other Employes and Is Released on $25,000 Bond. By the Associated Press. BLUEFIELD, W. Va., Oct. 28.— The First National Bank of Poca~- hontas, at Pocahontas, Va., across the State line from here, closed its doors yesterday and was placed in the hands of D. R. Wood, Federal Bank Examiner. James E. Mc- Neer, cashier; admitted he had been taking money from the deposits for about 14 years, according to Wood. The bank’s shortage, amounting to about $100,000, will exceed the capital and surplus, the examiner said, adding that the bank would be placed in the hands of a receiver. McNeer exonerated all bank em- ployes. He was released under 25,000 bond. : HEN LAYS 348TH EGG IN YEAR Canadian Fowl Said to Have Set New World Record. By the Associated Press. AGASSIZ, B. C., Oct. 28.—What was declared to be a world record in egg-laying was established at the E CAMPAIGN IS JUST GETTING RIPE showers; tomorrow, Dominion experimental farm here yesterday, when hen No. 6 of the University of British Columbia’s white leghorns laid her 348th egg since Nov. 1 last year. The con- test ends Oct, 31. Previous records include 342 eggs for one year in New Zealand in 1923 and 347 in Australia in 1924. The record gor America, $37, was established in the poultry de- partment of Washington State Col- iege at Pullman, Wash., , this year. POLICE ELECTION ORDERS A written order directing police captains to instruct patrolmen on duty at polling places in the gen- eral election next Tuesday to en- force strictly all laws was issued today by Chief of Police Gerk. The order will be read at three roll calls of patrolmen. Chief Gerk clares in the in- structions that failure of patrol- men to keep the polling places “absolutely free from lawlessnes, disorders and peace disturbances” will result in their being tried be- fore the Police Board on neglect of duty charges. BISHOP SEIZED BY CHINESE By the Associated Press. SHANGHAI, Oct. 28.—Bishop T. A. Scott of the Church of England mission, was captured by bandits today near Wulhaihsien, Shantung Province. The Bishop was pro- ceeding from his headquarters at Taianfu for a survey of his Shan- tung diocese, when he was set upon by the outlaws and carried off. Bishop Scott has been a mission- ary in China since 1909. A “Gang” for Your Boy Here's to the gang that carries stringed ‘instruments with them and liven homes with pleasant string music. And here's ‘to the gang that has learned to carry polished wind instruments and stirs the neigh- borhood with harmonious mel- ody. It costs a trifle to buy a musi- cal instrument for a boy—and By the Aagsocia ‘probate and not the validity of the young man, which left virtually the Supreme Court was on the admis- sibility of the will to probate, and did not involve the merits of the |admission to probate contest may be heard. he learned of the Court THis law office was the scene of general jollification, SURVIVOR OF FIGHT CONVICTED By the Associated Press. ‘liam Fletcher and sentenced him other. SHEPHERD WINS ~AIGHT 10 PROBATE ~-WPCLINTOCK WILL Document Giving Most ‘of $1,000,000 to Chicago Lawyer Admitted by Illinois Supreme Court. TESTAMENT’S VALIDITY IS NOT INVOLVED Beneficiary Was Acquitted of Charge of Having In- noculated His Ward With Typhoid Germs. 28.— ed Press. SPRINGFIELD, Iil., Oct. Probating of the will of William Nelson McClintock, bequeathing most of his $1,000,000 estate to his foster father, William D. Shepherd, Chicago attorney, was upheld by the Illinois Supreme Court today. It was the second big victory for Shepherd. Last year he was trie: on the charge of having dictated the will of his millionaire ward, and of then causing his death eight months later by inoculating him with typhoid germs. A jury returned a verdict of not guilty. Probate Judge Upheld. Today’s decision of the Supreme Court upholds the action of Judge Kickham Scanlan of the Cook County Circuit Court, in admitting McClintock’s last will and testa- ment to probate. The will’s valid- ity had been attacked by the young millionaire’s 10 cousins and his fiancee, Miss Isabelle Pope. Tho cousins, McClintock’s only blood relations, were left nothing by the will, -and Miss Pope was left ony an annuity of $8000, which was to be administered by Shepherd. Lawyers for the cousins and Miss Pop@ attacked*tht will as not only influenced by Shepherd, but showing evidences of his dictation. “It was mot drawn by young Mc- Clintock,”” they said. “Shepherd, his wife and a preacher, the appeal said, held a prayer meeting in ‘Billy’? McClin- tock’s bedroom the day of his twenty-first birthday anniversary, and on that same day, while Shep- herd and his wife stood by, the boy called in two domestics and had them witness his signature to the will. Validity Not Passed Upon, In the decision, which involved only the admitting of the will to will itself, the court said: “Undue influence is not within the realm of the inquiry. Evidence concerning it can establish no fact. The court is empowered to make no finding with respect to it and cOnsequently can enter no judg- ment concerning it. “Whenever our attention has been called to the matter we have uniformly held that the probate Of a will cannot be denied except upon the specific grounds mentioned by the statute. Undue influence is a ground for contesting a will but not far resisting {ts probate. The Cir- cuit Court was right in admitting the will to probate and its order therefore is affirmed.”’ McClintock’s Fiancee to Continue Fight to Break Will By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, Oct. 28.—Attorneys for Isabell Pope, fiancee of Wil- liam McClintock, stated today that the fight to break the will of the entire estate to William D. Shep- herd, his guardian, will continue, in spite of the decision today of the Illinois Supreme Court. John H. S. Lee, attorney for Miss Pope, said that the case before the case. Today's ruling, he explained, means only that the law requires before the Shepherd was highly elated when decision. SPRINGFIELD, Mo., Oct. 28.— A jury in Wright County Circuit Court at Hartsville convicted L. H. Neal of felonious assault on Wil- to serve five years in the peniten- tiary. Attorneys for Neal an- nounced that an appeal would be taken. Neal was charged with felonious assault for his part in a fight be- tween Neal and his two Sons on one side and Fletcher, on the The two sons, Clement and Howard, were killed. No charge a os it may shape his career along success lines. See the offers in the POST-DISPATCH HEC ncnaalers agtnepesedlee * ied Musical Columns was ever filed against Fletcher, who was exonerated by a Coron- er’s jury. Mrs. Docie Merchant, sister of Fletcher and mother of the wife of one of the victims, Clement Neal, was a witness for the defense. eee ree | TOUCH OF NATURE BETRAYS STILL IN GREEN CAMOUFLAGE Federal Raiders Spot 3000- Gallon-a-Day Moonshine Plant in Jersey Woods. By the Associated Press. ATLANTIC CITY, N,. J., Oct. 28. —Autumn tinting the forest foliage in the New Jersey woods has aided prohibition agents in the discovery of a $300,000 distilling plant. The distillery, ready to begin making moonshine whisky at the rate of 3000 gallons a day, was seized. The buildings had been camou- flaged, the roof and sides having been painted to blend with the green leaves of the forest. Agent Barcus and his men, search- ing for another still last week, were attracted by the green in the forest of other hues—and the big moonshine plant was discovered. BRITAIN CHARGES 72 CENTS ON A MESSAGE FOR MARS Three M’s Cail Sign for Planet, Says Sender, but Radio Office Gives Him No Guaranhtee., By the Associated Press LONDON, Oct. 28.—In return for a payment of 72 cents, the British Government has done its best to send a message to Mars. Gravity was maintained by the officers of the Central Radio Office last night, when Dr. Manfield Rob- inson handed in with businesslike seriousness a message for Mars, some 42,600,000 miles distant, and asked the rate. The message was prefixed with three M’s, which, gRobinson said, was the call sign for Mars. It was composed of two words, “Opesti- nipitia Secomba.”’ The receiving clerk asked what the language was, and Robinson replied, “No known language.”’ The message was accepted by the clerk for transmission by Great Britain’s most powerful radio sta- tion, Hilmorton. The sender was charged the long-distance shiv rate, equivalent to 36 cents a word. The clerk informed Dr. Robin- gon that he could -not guarantee delivery, but the doctor agreed to take the risk. Dr. Robinson, who is versed in psychical research, says he pre- viously has had psy@hical com- munication with the Martians. © COURT UPHOLDS ACT OF 1794 AND BARS SUNDAY BASEBALL Pennsylvania Decision Calls Game “a Worldly Employment” For- bidden by Blue Law. By the Associated Press. HARRISBURG, Pa., Oct.. 28.— The Dauphin County Court today declared Sunday baseball:in Penn- sylvania ‘a, worldly employmept” and a violation of the blue laws of 1794. The decision upholds the State in an action against the Philadelphia American League baseball club. The proceedings resulted from a game played Aug. 22 between the Philadelphia Athletics and the Chi- cago White Sox. BABY COMBS IN BIG DEMAND Women in London Use Them on ‘Bobs’ Instead of Washing. By the Associated Press. LONDON, Gct. 28. — “Baby” combs are in great demand in Bond Street. Society women have found that frequent washing of shingled hair turns it gray, and hair combed with the fine-toothed combs bearing the stamp “Baby” can be kept so clean that it re- quires little washing. A final rub with silk gives the hair a finer gloss than a brushing, and large handkerchiefs for this purpose are offered by toilet spe- cialists. These fine baby combs are kept clean by slipping them through hanks of horsehair. 10,000 MINERS GET INCREASE By the Associated Press. GREENSBURG, Pa., Oct. 28.— Ten thousand mine workers in the Greensburg, Irwin and Upper Con- nelisville fields have been granted an increase in wages, effective Nov. 1. The pay boost follows similar announcements in other Pennsyl- vania bituminous fields. During the last several months 50 small mines in_ this district. élosed since the armistice, have been reopened, while the larger concerns have started coke ovens and operations in workings shut down for several years. Every available thiner in the field has been given employment, in an ef- fort to keep production at a max- imum. DRUNKEN DRIVER FINED. $100 Nicholas Murg Pleads Guilty of Charge and Pays Penalty. Nicholas Murg, 32 years old, a moulder, of 813 South Vandeventer avenue, was fined $100 and costs by Police Judge Rosecan this morning, on a plea of gulity to the charge of driving while intoxicat- ed. Mure’s automobile collided with a police department machine at Jefferson and Lafayette avenues Sept. 9. He paid the fine imme- diately. ‘Headlights’ for Street 5S PORTLAND, Ore., Oct. 28. — Street cleaners {in Portland, wo work at night are now provided with “headlights” and “tail lights” to protect them from being run down by motorists. . Federal | NATIONAL CHIEFS MADE INDIANA ALAN “GO DOWN LINE FOR WATSON | — Mayor Duvall Tells Reed of Consulting “Wizard” Evans Even on Indian- apolis Appointment. HE DENIES ANY DEAL WITH STEPHENSON K. K. K. Paid Bill for Trip to Washington—Ex-Sec- retary Says Senator Ro- binson Was Klansman. By PAUL Y. ANDERSON. The investigation of election cor- ruption in Indiana, arising out of the marrige of the Republican party to the Ku Klux Klan there, was resumed at the Federal Build- ing here this morning, by Senator James A. Reed. Among the out- standing developments of a crowd- ed forenoon session were the fol- lowing: Additional testimony that na- tional officers of the klan ordered the Indiana membership to “go down the line for Watson,” and summarily ejected state officers who refused to comply. Testimony that Mayor-elect John Duvall of Indianapolis and other klansmen went to Washington ona summons from ‘Imperial Wizard’”’ Hiram Evans to discuss the ques- tion of who should be appointed corporation counselor of the city. A circumstantial assertion by the former Senator Arthur B. Robinson, Wat- son’s Republican colleague and present running mate, was a mem- ber of the klan. William F. Zumbrunn, general counSel of the klan, was described before the committee by George W. Meyers of Marion, Ind., as the legislative agent of the klan at Washington and dictator of its po- litical policy. Meyers, a former member of the klan in the Hoosier state, testified that Zumbrunn looked after matters before Con- gress in which the klan was inter- ested, including immigration §re- striction, abolishment of parochial Schools, “and the seating of United States Senator.” Zumbrunn’s Hand Appears. Asked by Senator Reed when Walter F. Bossert ceased to be “grand dragon” of the klan, Mey- ers replied: ‘His resignation was forced about the middle of January because he refused to go down the line for Jim Watson. My under- standing was that the man who put over the deal to oust Bossert was William Zumbrunn, the Washing- ton lawyer, and that the appvoint- ment of W. Lee Smith to succs4d him made ft smooth sailing for | Senator Watson, so far as the klan was concerned.”’ “What was Zumbrunn’s connec- tion with the klan?” “Well, he looked after the legislation in Washington for the klan.” The wit- ness added the most importaat things Zumbrunn’ was attemptinz to do by legislation were to rest-rict immigration and to have pass2a laws requiring attendance by all children in public schools, therevv eliminating the parochial schools. “Why were you told you must zo down the line for Watson?” “We were informed that Watson had materially aided in the seating of Mayfield of Texas in the Senate and as he was regarded as a klansman we were told this act placed us u4- der obligation to Senator Watson. We thought we had paid that debt in the last election, but this spring we were again told that we ware still obliged to Watson.” Watson for Vice President. Meyers said that in the Repub- lican State convention of Indiana in 1924 of about 1300 delegates to the meeting a majority of them were active members of the klan. At one conference of klansmen held apart from the regular con- vention sessions he said he saw more than 600 delegates and that this number was not nearly their full strength. He said he was given a copy of a resolution prepared by someone else which was an in- dorsement of Senator Watson for vice president to introduce in the convention. District leaders of 12 of the 13 congressional districts of the State were given similar copies, he said, and the resolution was passed by the convention. Meyers said that at a meeting in Indianapolis of the klan to select a successor to Bossert members of the order opposed to the selection of W. Lee Smith were overridden by “Imperial Wizard” Evans, who went to the chair and silenced the opposition by saying, “Here, boys, H Continued on Page 2, Column 4, “grand kligraph,” or state, hwecretary, of the Indiana klan, that’ ILLINOIS GANG LEADER TELLS OF HIS PLANS TO EXTERMINATE RIVAL ‘MOB’ HIS OWN WAY [Ex“Grand Kn’ hthawk” on Stand Here | GEORGE V W. MEYERS. >> yy Sian sh i ASR ERIIOOS —By a Post-Dispatch Staff Photographer. CONTRACT. LET FOR 615,000 } AUTO LICENSE TAGS FOR 1927 | Lettering and Numerals Will Be White on Blue Background; Issuance Begins Feb. 1. Special to the Post-Dispatch. JEFFERSON CITY, Oct. 238.— The State automobile license tags in Missouri for 1927 will be blue and white. The lettering and nu- merals will be white, upon a blue field. An order has been placed by the Secretary of State with a St. Louis firm for 560,000 sets of plates, front and rear, for passen- ger cars and 65,000 ich of plates for automobile trucks and trailers. Issuance of the 1927 plates will begin Feb. 1, when the automobile license year begins. No plates will be sent to owners before that date, but applications will be received by the motor vehicle registration di- vision after Jan. 1. STEAMER SINKS AFTER COLLISION IN GULF Member of Crew, Who Leaped Overboard With Life Belt, Said to Be Missing. By the Associated Press. NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 28.—The steamship Louisiana sank outside South Pass today after colliding with the steamship Madison. The Louisiana, outbound for Mi- ami and Key West, was struck by the Madison just outside the pass and sank a few minutes later. The Madison was inbound from Tampa. One man, a member of the crew of the Loutsiana, whose identity had not been ascertained, was re- ported missing. He was said to have leaped overboard with a life preserver after the accident. First Mate Adams of the Louisiana suf- fered a broken leg. Other mem- bers of the crew were reported safe. The Louisiana was Said to have been proceeding slowly through an impending ‘fog when she was struck amidships. The Louisiana, a freighter, carried a crew of about 35 men. The Madison had a crew of betw@éen 35 and 40 men and several passengers. All passengers were reported safe. The Madison was able to proceed with her bow damaged. MOTHER OF 12 DIES AT 96 Funeral of Mrs. Mary Buckley to Be Held Tomorrow. Funeral] services will be held in an undertaking chapel at Fair and West Florissant avenues tomorrow afternoon for Mrs Mary Buckley, 96 years old. who die@ from the infirmities of age in City Hospita! Tuesday afternoon Inter- ment will be tn Calvary Cemetery Mrs. Buckley came to St. Louls from Ohio as a widow during the Civil War and married Jeremiah Buckley here soon afterward He died tn 1894 Mrs. Buckley leaves 12 children. 34 grandchildren and 8 great-grandchildren, — eight miles north of Marion, ONE SHERIFF RIDS HIS DISTRICT OF SHELTON GUNMEN Henry Dorris Compels 12 Heavily Armed Gangsters to Vacate “Hangout” at West City, Il. By a Staff Correspondent of the Post-Dispatch. BENTON, IIL, Oct. 28.—Sheriff Henry Dorris and State’s Attorney Roy C. Martin of Franklin County today went to West Vity, entered the roadhouse “hangout” of the Shelton brothers’ gang and served notice on 12 heavily armed men they found there that they must leave Franklin County at once and not return. The gangsters obeyed, leaving in the direction of Williamson County, where at 5 a. m. today the blood feud between the Shelton and Bir- ger gangs flared up for a brief half hour when a band of some 15 men attacked “Shaw’s Garden,” a road- requented by Birger men, riddled four dilapidated frame buildings with machine-gun fire and burned them to the ground, Franklin County Clear. Confident that all Shelton gang- sters had departed from Franklin County, Dorris and Martin left early this afternoon for Herrin in the adjoining county of Williamson. to meet four National Guard offi- cers who are there in connection with a survey of the gang situa- tion, ordered by Adjutant-General Black. They announced they would tell the guard officers and the authorities of Williamson Coun- ty that “we have rid Franklin County of one faction of the gangs: now it is up to you to keep them from fighting on the public high- ways of the State.” The battle area comprises parts of three counties—Williamson, Franklin and Saline. In Franklin County, until the order to “get out” was issued today, the Shelton gun- men made their headquarters; Charley Birger’s home is at Har- risburg, in Saline County: and It is just over the line in Williamson County where Birger's stronghold is maintained and where most of the recent gun play has taken place. If the band that destroyed “Shaw's Garden” early today were Shelton gangsters, as is presumed, (CHARLEY BIRGER READY 10 SnO01 T OUT ON ROAD It’s Likely He Will Go Gun- ning for Shelton Crowd in Armored Car, Admits Boss of “Shady Rest.” GIVES HIS VERSION OF ORIGIN OF FEUD Says He Interrupted Holdup of Friend by Enemy and Then Refused to Pay Robbers $1000. By E. ROY ALEXANDER, A Staff Correspondent of the Post- Dispatch. MARION, IIL, Oct. 28.—A_ lean man in brown riding breeches, leather puttees and khaki shirt, over which he had pulled a leather jacket, stepped down from the porch of a scrupulously painted and chinked log cabin on the hard road between Marion and Harris- burg, lll. Just under 6 feet tall; erect, wiry, neat in his person, about 44 years olan? “IN He was Charley Birger, most col- orful and dramatic figure in Wil- liamsons County’s newest blood feud that rages incredibly unmo- lested and holds official authority impotent, He still bears in his stalwart figure the mark of years spent as a cavalryman in the United States army. His wavy black hair is thrown back careleasly from a cap set at jaunty angle on the back. of his head. Greets Reporter Cordially. He extends his hand cordially. He is smiling and his manner is pleasant. “I am glad you called, I am gure,” he tells the correspond- ent. ‘‘Won't you come in?” and he waves his hand gracefully toward the open door, Through a reception hall into a bedroom, and he motions the vis- itor to a chair. The room is well- kept, like the rest of the house, but the bed is unmade. The shades on the windows facing the road are drawn. There is an ominous bullet hole through one and just above the bed is the mark of a slug that has imbedded itself in the wall. There freely and apparently with no concealment of salient fact, Birger yesterday afternoon began his story of this new war which flamed up more than two months ago in the ranks of the county's old anti-klan gang,.and in which two of Birger’s followers were killed last Sunday night. It was a tale told in an atmos- | phere of machine guns, armored cars, rifles and pistols; a tale of broadside combats, of clashes at close range, of batjles between speeding automobiles, of swift re- prisals, of devil-may-care boldness -——the vengeful war by members of. one gang upon another, one led by Birger, the other by the Shelton brothers, Carl and Earl. Knows County Is Powerless. And under the surface of it all, in the state of mind shown by the gang leader in his every expres- sion, lay the realization which is now biting home to the citizens of Williamson County—the county is helpless to resist any Illegal act, no matter how defiant of law: that even more than in, the troubled days when the klan was in power. the rifle, the automatic and the machine gun are the law, and that the two gangs, having declared war on each other, must fight it out. There is no adequate agency to enforce law and utterly no pro- tection. The only consolation of the honest citizen lies In the real- ization that the gangs want to harm no one but each othor, and that their members, for the most part, are sufficiently expvrt with firearms to keep thelr bulicts away from bystanders. Birger seated himself at a ta- ble and went easily into a discus- sion of the gang war. 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