St. Louis Post-Dispatch
January 20, 1929

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- Classified Advertisin g AGE ee DAY, " REAL ESTATE ........PART 7 19, 2929. : . HELPS, SERVICE | WANTS ........+..+.-PART 8 ST.LOUIS POST- DISPATCH IRLERESINS SATE LABOR 108 “TWANG NUR Semmissioner Transferred “Money Appropriated for Selary to Expense Ac- in Office Here. | sf, LOUISANS STIRRED _ UP TROUBLE, HE SAYS : Official Had Been a Candi- | date for Reappointment : r ~ to His Post Before Inves- > , ’ . tigation Began. | py the Jefferson City Correspond- ® —_sscent of the Post-Dispatch. ee @ # jeFFERSON CITY, Jan. 19.— >) | 7 : Roye B. Hinkle of Sedalia, Com- @ missioner of the State Bureau of 3 Labor and Industrial Inspection, submitted his resignation to Gov. | Caulfield today. At the same time, it was learned, the Attorney-Gen- a eveal 4 ’ Jarities in the handling of appro- ' priation funds of the department. The Governor's only comment was a statement that Hinkle had ® submitted his resignation, effec- : *® tive Feb. 1. “It will be accepted,” @ he said. ’ The investigation by the Attor- 'ney-General involved the issuance "Y of extra monthly payroll checks 4 d io a woman employe in the St. ™® ovis branch ofice of the depart- ™ ment, 1325 Pine street. which were not used for salary pur- | poses, but instead were diverted to | pay expense accounts in the St. ' Louis office. These checks issued ' for the last nine months totaled _ $900. - Later it was leraned that’ the ' Attorney-General’s office is investi- a [gating another series of checks, ® ksued to an employe of the Labor ® Department's St. Louis office, to ® the amount of $30 a month. Wheth- # @t this money also was diverted to P for office expenses, could not 7 & learned last night. © The inquiry into the payments Mmade to the woman employe has Mot shown any evidence of misap- ropriation of funds, or personal @rofit by any person. It did involve Mrecuiarity in diversion of money rom salary MUrpose, it was said. | The matter was bw. Caulfield this week “eereerred it to 7 ‘Bharie! for investigation. What Inquiry Disclosed. : an investigation of alleged irregu- | purposes to another z Shartel declined to comment on! Laubenheimer summoned mane case, but it was learned by the ;squads of police, who arrested six | QUITS AFTER INQUIRY ROYE B. HINKLE. MAN KILLED BY AUTO AT 18TH AND OLIVE Thrown Under Street Car by Machine Which Fails to | Stop; Identity in Doubt. ] eral's department was completing | ' ; ; : A man, with letters in his pock- ets addressed to Walter Bougert, 1538 Mississippi avenue, was killed at Eighteenth and Olive streets at 8 o'clock last night when he was hit by an automobile and thrown” under a street car. The automo- | bile did not stop. Andrew W. Dickey, Belt line — —— @ motorman, told police he was pro- ceeding south on Eighteenth street when the automobile, moving east on Olive street, struck the man és he attempted to cross from *.uch to north. The automobile ccntin- ued east across the path of the street car and disappeared. Dickey and his conductor removed the man from under the front of the car and called an ambulance. The man was unconscious when he arrived at the City Hospital, and died in the X-ray room 30 minutes after the accident. He was about 35 years old. Motorman Dickey said the automobile was an old Ford touring car. SIX COMMUNISTS ARRESTED IN CHICAGO DEMONSTRATION 400 Gather in Front of Federal Builing Carrying Banners Labeled “We Want Bread.” By the Associated Press, CHICAGO, Jan. — 19.— Between placed before | 400 and 500 persons carrying ban- and he} ners reading “We want bread” and Attorney-General “We want work,” gathered in front of the Federal Building this after- 'noon. U. S. Marshal Henry C. several Post-Dispatch that the inquiry had ‘of the alleged ringleaders. Gisclosed the following facts: The expense | WOW early in 1928. and the separate . Salary appropriation contained psome surplus over the require- pments. Mrs Era Lesser, a stenog- | pher in the St. Louis office, was peceiving a salary of $110 a menth wom the Federal Department of bor, which co-operates with the Ses0url department in compila- . of labor statistics. md State agenctes co-operate preral state departments. some of €mploves being paid by both Prernments. rs. Lesse> was placed on the = Pay roll last April at $100 a th, drawn, from the Labor and = strial Inspection Department's a salary appropriation. These mecks did not actually go to her p@ilary, but were indorsed in the Se Louis office and cashed, and Pie ney used for expenses. > No Other Purpose Shown. , _— Youchers or requisitions S 4 ‘na State Auditor's depart- : 2 es ais the monthly = salary ~ ‘“ not show that the one ope was for anything Statement of the her form that it wus These requisitions are made Y the comimissioner, When . Checks were made out by the Auditor, an employe of the tea would call for them * Were distributed by the a heads to the employes, or the braych offices being mail. ®% ina statement this aft- * Sid the checks issued to ser Were not used for her = but for expenses, He said e had been n - any funds, and that the " had been adopted be- 4 © expense funds were not F te He declared there was ee ; oye any irregularity and : = be ie - assumed the proced- q Proper, to keep the St. has nch office in operation. | Said the checks were in- 3 mol Mrs. Lesser and the nq . a used by her in pay- ; ie ~ office bills or turned kon - McFarland, in charge + Ce. for that purpose. People in St. Louis.” “a, “have trying x he to | “*d on Page 2, Cojumn 5. been appropriation of | munists’ Peamkile’s department was running | official of the Young Com- League of America said the demonstration had been spon- sored by that organization. Of those arrested, police said, the majority were high school students ranging from 15 to 19 years old. An 'They were held until their parents Federal | in | ee for sal- | —e 09 misappropria- | called at the police station to take them home. KING ZOGU IS ONLY COLICKY, NOT POISONED, EXPERT FINDS Prof, Guido Holzknecht Explains Case After Hasty Trip to Al- banian Ruler. By the Associated Press. VIENNA, Austria, Jan. arrival from Tirana today Prof. Guido Holzknecht, famous Aus- traian radiologist who was sum- moned post-haste from the Cairo medical congress to attend King Zogu of Albania, informed the As- sociated Press that the rumor that the Albanian Sovereign was being slowly poisoned was nonsense. Professor Holzknecht and Rich- ard Bauer, who is a specialist on in- ternal medicine, diagnosed Zogu's trouble as nothing more than flatu- lence, causing colicky pains. Be- sides, the 34-year-old monarch, who looks to be only 25, is ad- dicted to excessive cigarette smok- ing, said Prof. Holzknecht. To offset the nervous tension of of- ficial life, he has been consuming more than 100 cigarettes daily. 100 U. S, AGENTS SEARCH FRENCH LINER FOR LIQUOR Inspection of Rochambeau to Re- quire Two Days, Made as Result of Seizare on Pier. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, Jan. 19. — One hundred ctstoms inspectors board- ed the French liner Rochambeau when she docked today with or- ders to search her thoroughly. Of- ficers of the line offered full co- operation. The search, which will require two days, was the outgrowth of the seizure on a French line pier sev- eral days ago of 3500 gallons of liquor which had been unloaded from the Isle de France. The liquor had come in unmarked packing cases, and 1500 gallons vanished mysteriously before the seizure was made. The cases were not ac- counted for in the ship's manifest. 19.—On EX-CONVICT IN JAIL 1) IDENTIFIED AS Sylvester Baldwin, Whom Sidener and Jones Parker Saved From Prison, in St. Louis Holdover. WITNESSES’ NAMES ARE NOT DISCLOSED Prisoner Accused in War- Phelps in $11,200 Over- land Bank Robbery. Sylvester Baldwin, an ex-convict recently saved from _ serving a term for robbery through the in- tercession of former Circuit At- torney Howard Sidener and Jones H. Parker, Speaker of the Missouri House of Representatives, is held without bond in the Clay- now | Overland State Dank, in an $11,200 | holdup. Sheriff Lill announced Baldwin had been identified as the robber who shot the 52-year-old cashier in the back, without provocation, Friday afternoon. The names of identifying witnesses were with- held, because they feared possible intimidation. | Baldwin was one of 14 men ar- rested for investigation following the murder. Three hours after the killing -Baldwin and four friends were taken into custody at the notorious Plantation Inn, 2901 Suburban avenue, Wellston, of which Baldwin proprietor. ive Cuckoo gangsters were ar- rested in a raid on a Chouteau avenue handbook A young Cuckoo gang leader, out is on bond pending appeal from a robbery conviction, is being sought for questioning. Prisoner Refuses to Talk. | Beyond giving his age as 28 and his occupation as merchant, | Baldwin would not talk. He is known to the police as a gangster. Prosecuting Attorney Castlen, who issued the murder warrant, said a second warrant charging him with the bank robbery would be drawn. The Coroner’s inquest at Over- land resulted in a verdict of ““hom- icide at the hands of parties un- known.” Baldwin was not taken to the inquest, and the witnesses were not asked to identify him publicly. win at the Wellsiton resort were Alex Mackeon, who has served three prison terms, the last one for the $18,000 robbery of the Tri- City Bank of Madison, Ill, in 1918; Louis Mulconnery. described by po- lice as a Cuckoo gangster and ex- rant of Killing T. V. establishment. | HOLDUP MURDERER CELEBRATED TOAD FOUND INSIDE OF CORNERSTONE DIES “Rip” was Reputed to Have | Lived There Without Food 31 Years. By the Associated Press, EASTLAND, Tex., “Rip” is dead. The body of the world famous horned toad was found late today, among the care- Jan. 19,.— which he had been hibernating since his emergence from the cor- nerstone of the Eastland County ‘courthouse months ago amid alle- gations that he had lived therein for 31 years without food, water or air. At that time the toad’s debut from seclusion was witnessed by pastors.and other leading citizens, ; ; cent, as compared with 12 per cent | ten Jail, charged in a warrant, is- — syne amor » os | season sued yesterday, with the murder | clared yesterday by Osborn Mon- of Toddie V. Phelps, cashie®of the { ett. consulting } smoking i much | | convict: and Wincel Urban, broth- er-in-law and associate of “Big Bill” Davis, an ex-convict who was shot to death by police when trapped in an attempt to extort money from a Wellston’ saloon- keeper last August. Baldwin was taken from Clayton jail to police headquarters in St. Louis for safekeeping late yester- | day after a Deputy Sheriff report- | ed he had evérheard two specta- tors at the inquest discuss the pos- | sibility of a lynching. Twelve sus- | pects who had been arrested in the investigation were released. Story of the Bank Holdup. As has been told in the Post- Dispatch, four men drove up to the Overland Bank in a stolen touring car, two entering with a sawed-off shotgun and a revolver, while the other two waited in the car. 4 Cashier Phelps, who was also the | principal stockholder in the bank; | George Hiech, a bookkeeper; Mrs. | Agnes Wilkinson, a maid, and Mer- rit Hamilton, a customer, were held up and threatened with death. Phelps was forced to open a small safe in the vault. The robbers | helped themselves to the contents of the safe and the outer cage. “Come on, let’s go,” called the younger robber with the revolver. But the robber with the shotgun aimed his weapon at Phelps, who had obeyed the robbers‘ commands and offered no resistance. “Don't shoot him,” the man with the revolver pleaded. “We got what we wanted. Let's get out.” “No, I'm going to shoot him,” the other replied. Whereupon he shot P@elps in the back while the cashier was standing in the looted vault. Robbers’ Stolen Car Found. The robbers ran to the waiting automobile and were driven away. They abandoned the stolen car at Denny and Ladue roads and es- caped in another car. A shotgun shell and a whisky bottle were found in the abandoned car. Phelps died later in the after- noon, after his wife had been sum- Continued on Page 3, Column 2. ‘some of whom signed affidavits to the genuineness of the long sleep. While there was no inquest/ after discovery of the body today, the popular verdict was that Rip, lured out by the sunshine, had become fatally chilled. veteran’s SMOKE DENSITY IN ST. LOUIS REDUCED 50 PCT. IN YEAR Installation of New Firing Systems Cited as Reason by Consulting Lengineer. Average smoke density of in- dustrial power plants in St. Louis is 6 per! and vicinity this winter the de- 16 of 1926-1927, per cent it was engineer of the Citizens’ Smoke Abatement League. Reasons for this year’s reduction of 50 per cent over last year, he said, are the installation of new firing equipment in scores of plants and “a general disposition on the part of tactory owners to co-oper- ate with the league.” Monnett added: “The showing made this season demonstrates the fact that power plants are becoming so well organ- ized that they will rapidly dis- appear as a class of smoke viola- still a number of plants and smoking as as ever, but in the main the chart reading for this season show such substantial’ improvement that this phase of the smoke problem appears to be wel! on the way toward solution, OGDEN L. MILLS’ FORMER WIFE IS AGAIN DIVORCED ee Paris Decree Given Margaret S. R. Dukes From Noted British Author and Musician, By the Associated Press. PARIS, Jan. 19.—Margaret Stuyvesant Rutherford Dukes was granted a divorce today from Sir Paul Dukes, noted British author and musician. Lady Dukes was formerly the wife of Ogden L. Mills, Undersec- retary of the Treasury of the Unit- ed States. She and Sir Paul were married secretly at Nyack, N. Y., in October, 1922. She was married to Mills in France in September, There are industrial that are tors. some | 1pii, and was granted a divorce Among those arrested with Bald- | from him in July, 1919. Sir Paul gained his title by brilliant work as head of the Brit- ish Secret Service in Russia in the early days of the soviet. The di- vorce petition gave the couple’s ad- dress as New York City. SNOW FLURRIES, COLDER TODAY: UNSETTLED TOMORROW | THE TEMPERATURES. 5 , CS ees a bk de ? s D. Miceseens De ee Ree 34 pr. m -» 3D y/ }?. ™m “eee eee#ee ¢ 7 Q i ms. *e nee 35 eRe eae - he Be Re Baty 23%, @thsd oe eee 38 (1 “eee RR TS ae 37 123 midnight . . 36° be a eee $6 1 a. Mm, .35* *Indicates street reading. Yesterday's hich. 40 (2:30 bp. m.): low. °5 (6 a. m.) Official forecast for St. Louis and vicinity: Snow flurries and cold- er today; tomor- row unsettled, with rising tem- perature. Missouri: Part- ly cloudy in north, snow flurries in south portion to- day; colder in east and south portion; tomor- row unsettled, probably rain in south, and rain or snow in north portion; rising temperature, Illinois: Unset- : tled today; snow flurries in east and south portion; tomorrow partivy cloudy, rain or snow in west portion; somewhat colder today: rising temperature tomorrow. Sunset 5:08, sunrise (tomorrow) 7:16. This Week's Weather Outlook. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, Jan. 19.—Weather outlook for the week beginning Monday: For the upper Mississippi and lower Missouri Valleys—not much precipitation in south por- ton, but two or three periods in north portion during week; fre- quent changes in temperature, mostly near normal in south por- tion, and near or slightly below normal in north portion most of. week. NEW RADIO CRGANIZATION Lehman Piano Co. are disposing of their entire stock of pianos to enter the Radic ILL’ JOHN D, SPEND HIS L DIME. TO YIN i) va fully guarded leaves and sand in | | ted from beyond the Atlantic by BELGIAN MEETING HEARS HOOVER'S VOICE OVER PHONE Function to Pay Tribute to President-Elect Attended by King, Premier and Other Officials. RULER PRAISES HIM FOR WORK IN WAR Prime Minister and U. S. Ambassador Speak § at Dinner Following Gather- ing in Palace. By the Associated Presa. BRUSSELS, Jan. 19.—Belgium paid a rare tribute of esteem and gratitude to Herbert Hoover this afternoon, and its King listened to a word of greeting from the distinguished American, transmit- radiotelephone. Gathered in a large hall of the Palace of Academics were Albert, Ambassador Hugh Gibson, seven members of the Cabinet and a thousand prominent representa- tives of ail ciasses. Premier Jas- par addressed them with words of appreciation of the work of Hoover as director of Belgian re- lief. Then the distinguished com- pany donned headphones and list- ened to Mr. Hoover's response from Washington. Tonight Ambassador Gibson and Paul Hymans, Minister of Foreign Affairs, were speakers at a din- ner in honor of Hoover. Premicr Praises Hoover. In his afternoon address Pre- mier Jaspar described Mr. Hoover as a “100 ‘per’ cent man.” He _ added, “This son of a poor Iowa black- smith has fed more starving peo- ple than any other man on earth, and the Belgian Government is glad to be associated with this tribute to him.” When Hoover responded, King Albert turned to the microphone and, in English, congratulated the President-elect on being called to the leadership of a great people. He said Hoover well deserved the title, “Friend of the Belgians.” Hymans, at the dinner tonight, |said American democracy “has given us a noble spectacle in choosing for its highest office a citizen, who, during one of the greatest tragedies of history, hon- ored his country in serving hu- manity.” He said the Belgians would have cordial and never fad- { ing gratitude for Hoover’s war services. Gibson Replied for Hoover. Responding in behalf of Hoover and his American associates Gib- son praised the former's genius for leadership. “Belgians may well rejoice in anything I say in Mr. Hoover's honor.” said the Ambassador. i“For the first time in history an Belgium has presidency of SS EE eee ' been elected to the ‘the United States. Of his many honors he values none higher than the royal decree making him | a Belgian citizen.” Hoover at His Desk Addresses Gathering in Brussels. By the Associated Press. WASHINGTON, Jan. 19.—Sitting at his deck at his temporary head- quarters here. President-elect Hoover today spoke to an audience gathered in Brussels at a celebra- tion in honor of the election of the former chairman of the Commis- sion forthe Relief of Belgium to the Presidency of the United States. “I appreciate this opportunity to extend my greetings to Your Maj- esties and to my many old friends on the relief organization in Bel- gium,” Hoover said, “I could not join in this oceasion without a flood of memories of the years of our association during the great war. Time quickly dims that gi- gantic period in the minds of men, and the problems and difficulties of reconstruction from the war en- velop our attention. But noth- ing dims the radiance of Belgian sacrifice and courage. There are none who do not pay homage to its imperishable chapter of pat- riotism and sacrifice. Praises Altruism of Belgium. “The very minor paragraph, which in history will be allowed to the relief organization, will be a chapter in proof of the altruism of the tens of thousands of Bel- gians who volunteered to carry the burden of its administration over four long years—a service where men and women gave a devotion in alleviation of suffering second only to the devotion of those of the supreme service of war. “Tt is the acts of service, of sac- rifice and of heroism in all na- tions that should remain as the: King 4. say except that it would be replied MAGAZINE. & PAGES. 7 7 ? FINANCIAL NEWS, Part 1. Poses il, 12,13. | ne LL. 81. No. 136. PART ONE. ST. LOUIS, SUNDAY MORN ING, JANUARY 20, 1929. PAGE 1—14 keke EE * PRICE 10 CEN | Et POLICEMAN SHOOTS TWO. WHEN THEY ATTEMPT TO HOLD UP KROGER STORE MELLON IS URGED TO CHANGE STAND ON BiG DRY FUND Treasury Head Asked to Re- consider His Opposition to Additional $25,000,- 000 Appropriation. GETS WIRE FROM PROHIBITION LEADERS Communication From Bish- ops Cannon and Nichol- son and E. L. Crawford Read in Senate. By the Associated Press. WASHINGTON, Jan. 19.—Three dry leaders in a _ telegram ad-. dressed to Secretary Mellon today requested “a prompt reconsidera- head of his refusal to indorse an additional appropriation of $25,- 000,000 for the enforcement of pro- hibition. The dry leaders declared in their communication, read in the Sen- ate by Senator Sheppard (Dem.), Texas, the author of the eigh- teenth amendment, that unless Mellon rescinds his disapproval of the increase, questions inevitably will arise whether the Treasury Department “sincerely desires ef- ficient enforcement’ and whether it is able to develop an adequate program. The telegram was signed by Bishop James Cannon, chairman, and Eugene L. Crawford, secre- tary of the Board of Temperance and Social Service of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, and Bishop Thomas Nicholson, presi- dent of the Antisaloon League. “It will be difficult for the av- erage citizen to believe,” said the communication, “that there is much zeal or eagerness on the of the Secretary of the Treasury to secure adequate enforcement if he refuses this opportunity to de- velop and carry out an adequate program.” McBride “Repudiated.” The opportunity referred to is an amendment to the pending defici- ency supply bill by Senator Harris, ({Dem.) Georgia, to provide an ad- ditional $25,000,000 for prohfbi- tion enforcement. Secretary Mel- lon, writing to the Senate after the Harris proposal was approver by the Senate Appropriations Committee, declared it would not be advisable to make the money available until a survey were con- ducted to determine the most ad- visable way to spend it. After the Dry Leaders’ telegram was made public, Senator Harris declared himself highly gratified with this additional support for his proposal. Especially, he added, was he gratified to learn that. the League had “repudiated” F. Scott McBride, superintendent of the League, for “joining forces with Secretary Mellon” against the in- crease. Harris declared that McBride at first had indorsed the increase, but had changed his position when Secretary Mellon announced his disapproval. For Educational Program. The telegram advised Secretary Mellon to investigate as to the best distribution of the additional funds, suggesting that they might be di- vided between the Coast Guard Service, Canadian Border Patrol. stringent surveillence of breweries and “an extensive nationwide ed- ucation campaign employing best talent to prepare accurate, strik- ing posters and circulars emphasiz- ing the danger of individuais and to society of the use of intoxt- cants.” The Senate “expects to get back to the prohibition increase Mon- day. Harris is hopeful that it will be approved. The general opinion is that at least one of the subsati- tutes, if not Harris’ amendment, will be adopted. One of the sub- stitutes was offered by Senator Giass (Dem.), Virginia. and would appropriate $250,000 for use by the President for a searching investiga- to in the ordinary gourse of busi- busi ness—tremendous price reductions; moet convenient terms. 1101 Olive,” 4dv, i Continued on Page 3, Column 8. een og tion’’ by the Treasury Department |. | POLICEMAN WHO WOUNDED ROBBERS; WOMAN WITNESS | LEE B. GUGE. ve Pie ae PP ea Oe etd Ont es Post-Dispatch Staff Photugra:. ser. MRS. GERTRUDE SWINDELL. WEALTHY STUDENT SENTENCED 10 DIE IN HOLDUP KILLING George Harsh, Who Robbed ‘For Fun’ to Appeal From Georgia Verdict—Electro- cution Set for March 15. By the Associated Press. ATLANTA, Ga., Jan. 19. — A Superior Court jury here today found George R. Harsh guilty of the murder of Willard Smith, a drug store clerk. He was sentenced to die in the electric chair March 15. Attorneys for Harsh announced that a motion for a new trial would be filed immediately. Harsh, scion of a wealthy Mil- waukee, Wis., family, and fre- quenter of exclusive clubs here, when attending Oglethorpe Uni- versity, killed Smith, 24-year-old drug store manager, during an at- tempted robbery last Oct. 16. He confessed but a plea of not guilty was entered by attorneys who con- tended that he was a “constitution- al psychopath” incapable of dis- tinguishing right from wrong. The State, holding Harsh's confession but not using it, contended he was normal and deported himself as would any criminal when he and Richard Gallogly, collegiate com- panion, held up the Smith drug store. Harsh told police he had held up the drug store “for the fun of the thing.” The verdict at the end of a trial that lasted four days, came tems than an hour after Judge E. B. Thomas had delivered his charge. No recommendation for mercy was made, leaving the court no, option except to impose the extreme pén- alty under Georgia law. It was re- ported that the jury deliberated only 15 minutes and took one. bal- lot. The sister of the prisoner, Mra. J. & Diosway of Atlanta, and his Milwaukee, wept when the ver- dict .was announced. ae will go to trial Jan. ness. ’ mother, Mra. George R. Harsh. of } atti, pa EX CONVICT AND COMRADE HIT BY TREE BULLETS. Patrolman Guge Is in Two robbers were shot and sere: > ously wounded by a ‘ rear of a Kroger store at 34! Market street, when they attempt ed to hold up the place at § o'clock last night. — me The policeman, Patrolman Le B. Guge of 3040A St. Vince 4 ca =~ 4 ae a RP * = - tentiary, and Otto Sack, 36, © Chicago, who was living with Rey. nolds. Su Reynolds was shot in the left side of the neck and Sacks in the right wrist and the right as below the lung. The condition « both was pronounced serious City Hospital. oe Reynolds was shot fn the left side of the neck, the bullet rang-— ing downward and lodging against his collarbone. Sack was wound- ed in the right wrist and the right breast below the lung. Both are at city hospital. At that, Reynolds whirled to-— ward him and Guge opened fire, Reynolds fell at the first bullet, and Sack started toward the door, only to be struck by the third and fourth of the rgmaining five shots }in Guge'’s revolver. As he lay on the floor, Reynolds moved, and the policeman, thinking — he Was trying to reach his ol, which lay a few feet away, stepped — on Reynolds’ wrist and asked @ woman employe of the store to pick | up the weapon, . “Don't bother about the gun, I'm done for,” Reynolds said. = Keynolds then said to the wom- — an, Mra. Gertrude Swindell, 344 — North Spring avenue, wife of the — store manager, who was at home — ill: “Quit your crying.” . With Mra. Swindell in the ~ store at the time of the shooting was Assistant Manager Frank Pa- — trylo, 1909 North Thirteenth — street. Patrylo, Guge said, blocked — his view of the robbers for a mo- ment in the excitement that fol- — lowed their entrance into the store, — Policeman's Own Story. 2G: Guge. a 30-year-old Kentuckian, — who has been on the police force since Oct. 29,.1925, and who gaye = he was “born and raised with a ~ pistol,” gave the following account —_— of the shooting: es “T had been in the store shout — five minutes and had just walked into the rear room and unbuckled A EO OO Sn, ORE fi y “Ke Nt Th eembae rs (Teer Rs . * im” 2 a SERS 4 me ; wae Ss ee be "hk in