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WEATHER U. p. reioMngs at Gamcrco fgr Hours ending at 8 a. m. today wtff high 76, low 32.

Forecast for tonight and tomorrow: New Mexico, fair, with little change in Arizona: fair liltle change in temperature. The Gallup Independent (AND EVENING HERALD) THE ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN WESTERN NEW MEXICO 1 GALLUP THE INDIAN CAPITAL of the WORLD Elevation 0518.983 IL VOLUME 47 GALLUP, N. MONDAY, APRIL 13, 1936 NUMBER 87 Summon Condon To Jury Investigating Group Calls Doctor for Wednesday Police Hunt Her Strangler TRENTON, N. J. Atlyne M- Freeman, foreman ot the Mercer County grand jury investigating charges that Paul Wendel kndnap- ed tho Lindbergh baby, said loday he had summoned Dr.

John F. (J a fsic) Condon to appear before Ihc jury Wednesday morning. Dr. Condon identified Bruno Richard Hauptmann cs the lo whom he paid ransom for return of the baby. Freeman hnd the principal keeper of the prison delay execution of Hauptmann 72 hours, while the grand jury investigated Wcndel's repudiated "confession." investigation will continue Tuesday, Freeman said he had also summoned Mahlon B.

Foster of Wilmington, Delaware, to appear tomorrow. The grand jury" foreman Foster would compare (lie handwriting of Wendol with samples from the'ransom note left in tho LinUberyh baby's nursery room thc night of March .1932. charged he was "abducted" by four men in'Brooklyn last February "and VortiQred" into "confessing" ihe 1 kidnaping. After being held there ten days, he said, he was brought to the home of Burlington county's chief detective, 'Etlis Paikcr, in Ht. Holly, N.

and later taken lo the New Libson colony for the coble-find- ed State of fici als wbo prosecut edj Hauphnann learned Wendel was at; the institution and ordered to.produce him- in Mercer At fjrsl scheduled (o arf James S. Kirkham, odayi i clure corn ty delcclive, formally .70 person5 was ale( Wendel Wilh the dra-jto come to District Attorney tV. P. yhan of Brooklyn, who in gating WendeVs chargesj anil ed recently the prisoner had iden-J tified (wo of his alleged "abduc-j tors" from rogurs-gallery pictures. Man Sought as Ahductor Of IVcndel, Lawyer Says NEW YORK, District Attorney William''F.

McGuinness of Brooklyn, disclosed last night that Murray Bleefeld, alias Moe Taylor, 'whose father's home, Is in thc neighborhood In which Paul H. Wendel said he was held captive while "confessing" the kidnaping, was being sought as one of Wendel's abductors. McGuinness said Wendel had selected nieefcld's photograph as a likeness of one of thc four men who, Wendel said, kept him captive 10 days in February and forced since repudiated "confession 11 to the crime. Restrain Ports in Injunction Granted To Permit Cars to Entries SANTA FE. W) The Yelow Cab company of San Francisco received a temporary injunction in the first district judicial court xcst mining the port of entry jjbcprd refusing to a fleet" of 50 new automobiles to cross (he southwestern part of Ihc state.

1 1 The company at the state claimed port of- refused to por- fleet of cars to enlbr the 11. This With only fingerprints and a vague description of a'mysterious prowler, New York City police attempted to track down (he murdered of Mrs. Nancy Evans THterton, 34, above, found strangled to death in a batfi- tut in her apartment home in an exclusive section of the metropolis. She had been attacked and a pink pajama coal and a red blouse were found tightly knotted around her throat. Mrs.

Titterdon wns well known as an author. She was the wife of Lewis H. Titterton, radio executive state on April 11. This caravan was.ih? first of 300 cars so ported and I he first stoppage a test of the New Mex- law. Search for Karpis 1 1 Moves Into Dallas Arrest of Pal There Spurs New Hunt APRIL 22 NEW DATE FOR PICTURE START )Q(Jay 22 tg 'Iron Man' GoestoSanDiegc Air Honeymooners Discovered Alive SEATTLE, (ff) Piiot Albert Almoslino and his brWe, missing more than a week, were found on the shore oE ihe co ast guard head- DALLAS, Tex.

Police pressed la search today which they neither would confirm nor deny was for AJ- ivin Karpis, Public Enemy 1, after the nrrest hero Saturday night of a Ka rpis associate, I Joyd (Dlackip) Doylo, accused kidnaper. I It was loomed definitely thai dc- tcclivcs had "pulled" the identification card of Karpis to have it available for quick fingerprint com-t pariso'n. Police identified Doylo ns the last jman wanted for the kidnaping' of "Texas 1 to bo produced and Augusl Uur "pitalist, at Alton, III. directed by King Vidor. in 1933 am3 in the slnying st November of Vivian Chase, at in thi and a woman arrest- ildetify, confiscated a fully loaded a Associaled machine gun-and announced there dispatch said Ihe newly married were at least two other gang mem- Jack Oakic and his bride, Venita hers.

yesterday to Losj Dallas officers said ihe men would wedding trip (o be tried here in connection with the New York and Florida. Bar Left Unlocked, People Help Selves Continues Despite Illness LOS ANGELES. did not prevent Gen. Plularco' Ellas Calles, Mexico's former iron man, from resuming his Journey to San Diego yesterday. The exiled former leader said on arrival Saturday (hat he would several days here resting lo the home of his daughter, Horlensia, wife of his private secretary, Fernando Torrcblanea.

But Isle yesterday, accompanied dents of the JUIiict sa i cures' The dlilll by four others exiled him by night he intends (o leek the front door and take the key. He forgot to do that Saturday night. Customers dropping in for Ihc earlier in thc evening, and finding holdup before being turned over lo Federal authorities, Butcher Boy Waits Trial on Charges Of Murdering Girl CATSKILL, N. Y. (ff)- Alfred Volckmann, 20, former Greenville "butcher hey" will go on trial in supreme court here this week for thc murder of 3-year-old crime stir- rcd lhls no bnr tenders on duty, acted for; themselves.

At Easier sunup, resi-l lly A summtfr iimuntain com- President Cardenas of Mexico, draped around Jampposls SomcV klufc Wlls fountl pierced by a clump of body called police, who wuccls lCcir Basic Crcck lasl Calles left by automobile Zeman. The money in his til! wasi ju flcr lw "-dny search by the 20-room home of hisjinlocl, "business" had been 1 iro aml sm en- police daughter in Talmadgc Park, oncl "Maybe," he said "they will'" 1 nrrcslct! Volckmann and of San Diego's exclusive rcsiden-1 come hack sometime nnd pay me 1 alive last night Behm canal by cutter Cyane, coast guard quarters here announced. The Cyano radioed Mrs. Almoslino was in. "a weakened condition from exposure." The Cyane said it was proceeding to Kelclii- Jum with the Almoslinos whose wrecked airplane was found by on avialor yesterday on the shore ot Princess bay on Bchm canal.

No further details given in the report. Veaely Scans'Land in Trade Hal districts, where he said ho expected to enjoy "a long rest." Calles' Son Leaves For Trip to Mexico BROWNSVILLE, Tex. Alfredo E. Colics, son of Plutnrco claimed he confessed killing the girl after luriiiR her lo his room. a Clue to Mail Bombs! 3 Gr vil1 voiek mnnn plr.ycri Ihc violin in the curch choir.

Mumbled Name Only Pa. name of a Nanlicoko man mum- EHaa allcs, exiled former President Dlcd tlirough Ihc bruised lips ofj cl of Afcxko, returned to Me i oj or -e of (he victims of the Wyo- Thc trial is expected to get under way lomorrow. Alienists were lo testify for the defense. We Are Still Against 'em (An Kdllorlsl) Now a carnival to take all (he nlckles, dimes and dollara from the community. We are against l( and reiterate our stand of several years ago, that these outfits are a menace lo the morals, Ihe- public health, the well being and the pocketUoks of our community.

Record us as voting against Issuing a license by either city or county to them. Of course, we have nothing but white space to sell in this newspaper and any advertising submitted that li not libelous Is being accepted at our regular rates. This is just another one of those cases to paraphrase Voltaire: "Wo arc against you and everything you stand for but will defend your right to tell about 11." Elks Lodge Named Major Beneficiary Of Richter Nephews Bequeathed $25 Each and Sister Given Amount Set Aside for Annual Party at BPOE Lodge Mother Denies Killing Weeps Innocence To Poisoning Two Daughters UREENV1LLE, Tex. thrice wed mother tearfully protested her innocence last night on the eve of lier trjal on one of two Indictments, charging her with the polson-mur- dor of her two small "I didn't do it; I didn't do It!" wept Mrs. Velmn Patterson, 34-year- ol brunette.

She has been in jail a month since she was arrested for failing to pay an old fine while the grand Jury was investigating Ihe death of her youngest daughter, Billie Fae Mc- 11. Say Died of Poison The slate held chemical reports to support a claim the two girls, Billie Fae and Dorothy McCasland, 12, died from identical poisons six weeks apart. The children were the daughters of Mrs. Patterson's first marriage, that with W. W.

McCasland, who Is hold as material witness. 'I loved my babies, why should I kill them?" cried Mrs. Patterson. "I sent them to Sunday school, gave one of them music lessons and tho- other expression Instructions. Now they say I killed them.

I didn't do It." Flu Blamed First Dcalh of the two girls Billie Fae las! Jan. 7 find Dorothy 40 days later was attributed lo influenza. Authorities, suspicions of Ihe circumstances, ordered Dlllie Fae's body exhumed end Dr. Landon Moore of Dallas, reported finding poison in tho viscera sufficient to cause Ihe death of an adult. Later Dorothy's body was exhumed and the physician made an Identical report.

L-lsl week the bodies were disinterred by the defense, but attorneys hive given no indication of their findings. No Motives Charged' Mrs. Patterson's last husband, W. n. Patlcrson, died in September, 1035.

Between her mnrrlngc to him and to McCasland, she was Iho wife of n. W. Kclley. Authorities have given no intimation of apossible motive behind the deallis of the two children. Jatholic tiiutcli cadi filled the big! -niHdiiig lu capacity.

More aUcttdud services ot.tiio Con- grcunlicual church where- oi'clcrs wcro present in a body atid record or ncnr record altendnncea were (oportctl at the Bapfist, Methodist rnid Episcopal church About 50 persons from -sevcrflV sects attended Mil 0 ii from $2.000 mortgage. south of the BapUsl church. The j. mporla ro in years of his master's life. progrant was under.

Mrs. H. B. Patten, wife of -the ConyregntionaJ Tlio Hes'. Pntlcn said that check of elm rchea tod teycmf utlcndatice yesterday -topped uf nny previous Easier Sjun- Jay remembered.

Perfect Easier weather, tliu first lour years, was Relieved one of the principal causes of the large All day es da haster frocks new Race for Easter Egg Fatal to Denver Boy Fivc-ycar-olil I'aul Parfclns died yesterday from injuries he suffered Friday whpn ho ran Into the side of a passing automobile while he wnj hurryms lo a store with a penny to buy an Easter cgif. Charles -IB, driver of the car, was not held. Commeteial Airline (Pan Valleys "Easter gift" an m) today lo settle 1 his home last night tjUI16y D6CIS1011 fairs, leam If he had any connection -rv i i Frank Vesety, stale lard commissioner and Clarence Bayne, America: ly connection I 1 rt If 1 He did nol know how long fcojwiih Ihe mailing of the six pack-j UelaVeO VYeeKS would be permitted to remain 5 of death. Mexico. He was flrsl barred, Former Jjhcritf I.ulher M.

WASHINGTON Tho su- for Ifs decision on United Anthracite Minera, gave ih 0 ronsliliillonnllly el tho Guffcy MEXICO CITY. (IP, Thirtyjthe Nanticoko resident's name as! Coal acl for tho bituminous cotJ thousand members of the Confed-ihe lay in a hospital, In a critical! industry. eration ot Mexican workers parad- condition from thc bomb lhat Jed in front of'lho national palaceicd his son and injured his daugh- 1 yeslcrday to demonstrate Iheh exco. was rst arre, tcn rm 'n- WASHINGTON given permission Saturday to re- said Thoraas Maloney, fonr.erj cour today enter Ihc country. of the virtually disbanded Bn olhcr two Mrs.

Maude Franklin Injured in Accident Mrs. Maude Franklin, Gallup, was In St. Mary's hospital today lor treatment of serious but not critical head Injuries received In an automobile accident near halchl lost night. chief of the stale land office, loday Inspected lands south of Gallup which planned to be Included In an exchange between the S. Indian service and the state.

At 10 a. today Mr. Vesely conducted a public sale of a section of land near Thoreau. 0. Westbrook was the buyer.

proval ot the exiling of former President Plutarco Elias Calles and Ihreo of his political allies. The demonstration also honored three trainmen killed In thc bombing of the Vera Cruz train last Monday. Their ashes, placed In single urn, were carried at the head of tho parade. Seven Pound Girl Easter Present A seven pound, ounce was an Easter present yesterday to Mr. and Mrs.

Jones Harrl jon. The baby arrived 8:30 p. m. St Mary's hospital. Altend- reported the child and mother "doing MM" today.

Physicians doubteJ Maloney would live. Mercury in Yuma Hits 100Degrees PHOENIX, 'Arti. Wr-OM So) dlittafulshea Eattet ken by stnaMnf tho thermometer urpanlni; all keat for the date. The artyfaui April 12 hlfh shown M-year records wa, K. YIUM, will.

IM fcfrm WM utMl ayot Liquor Board lo Meet SANTA FE. William C. Johnson announced loday thai the stale Hquor board would meet In Santa Fo next Thursday to consider applications for licenses and also to consider sorr.c rules (hot havo been proposed for thc board's consideration. Family Which Pulled Plow Welcomes Present of Horse To Petitions WASHINGTON. W-Tho house bloc seeking to earmark expenditures for public works of $700,000.090 of Ihc $1,500,000,000 for relief nsked by Prcsidem Franklin D.

Roosevelt, will present petition! and Ihen present Ihem to Iho prwldtnl. JENA, La. OP) The Joul J. Greens won't have lo take lurns as "plow horses" this spring they have a real borsc now. Thc Rural Resettlement' administration supplied It after tho family had acted as Its own work animal for ihrco years.

Green and his family were too proud to go on relief when the presslon made "job work" hard lo find, Uio falher, molheri ion anu two daughlers cleared ground In Ihc woods near here owned by Ihc elder's Green's father. Paul Green gol a plow polnl and fashioned a stock fit It Then Jive numbers of UK family took turns pulling Ihe homemade plow through tho stumpy, root- tangled ground. hod heard of this family from time lo time," said B. Oln of Jena, ehabllltatlon supe visor for USallo parish. "Several of Wa neighbors camo to mo and uked me why we didn't ftimUh him with a horse.

I told them he hadn't asked for help, "But when Green's ease WM referred to ui by welfare office, wo advanced him a loan," Out of the loan, thc Urst expenditure was J65 for a horse. The Greens call him Selum and him almott a member ft family. Easter Turnout Is Large Perfect Day Draws Large Attendance To Churches The much dUcitssed formal will ol August Kichter, German minor ond lodging house keeper who died here Apiil 1, was plated on file foi- ptobale in the county clerk's office shortly btfcre. noon today, thc bulk of ihe eitnle lo the Gallup Elks Filed by Fnuik Caravan, attorney for special administrate- Joseph H. Giibbin, ihe will listed four beneficiaries, namely; Lodge KM of the benevolent Protective Order cl Kite.

Johan August Kisher of WuiKicrslebcn, Tlmnigen, Germany, a sister. Erich and Amo Mwler of Clifion, i.f tlic Jeceteu 1 wife of Richter. The sister in (jetmany was willed $5,000. Each of die Arizona no-' Allows was given S2i. and the income from a $2,000 mortgage was aiked to be set usiilc for thc keep of the dog that was lUchlers ccnslnnl com- panldn'duriiu; the clcsing years ol his life.

The residue of Ihe estate was to go lo the Elks lodge. Tho instrument directed that the 0ks spend frcra the estate the sum of 5150 once each year for the purpose of holding a u-ciitTi; (o- Easter services In Gallup the members of thc lodge lo "enjoy themselves nnd hai-r churches yesterday attracted Ihe brother and donor" Ir-rgest attendance in the memory' 0 Wl ft" 1 1 Jiuvtcd that in- iteresl on nil held by nich- of lor.j; time lesfdents. Four masses at Sacred Heart! Pet Dog Cheeko Had Big; Role In Life of Richter ter at his death be reduced jto eight per cent and that tile nnrl- iquest of the debtors r.s as in' (crest was paid. i Klks Name Appointment of the executor of IL' cslnle was put in Ihe hards of terrier dog which a VM Cheeko, It lo 17-year-old fox (1 the will of the Toto he at a in which there were least 25 members in KOO standing pres- It. was Cheeko that was indi- clly responsible for Itio dentil ly cnc.

8 1 The litiuld value of the estate, at speculation thought to amount about $30,000, wns put tn.l.iy by informed source at Mrs. August Rlehlcr three years $32,000." In Clifion, Arli. Durliur a visit Ihcre, Uio fox terrier racnpcil from Uio homo where. Mr. nnd Mrs.

Uichtor wcro staying. Mrs. lilch- search for-the dor aud fell. Slio KTU taMlf Injured. Tlic- clog was the.

constant com-. Ionian of Mr. Rtchtcr The source said cr.sti in Albuquerque nnd Gallup banks totaled about Other liquid aisots. wcro lisled as follows: Veined $.1,500 (Jallnp home propetly, lo was on O.ll..p.la1er years and so attach- Son Kid trcets. There were m.ny iirfouiial ltd to his master that ho w.is alticrin and oulin as towards other persons.

relaxed after 40 days o( Lenten; aOitmcncc. during hls'due nlin. SaXW anc Cross and blind with aye, thc tail ny was In tho caro of Fred Am- Uanees Saiurday nlyht in public'- hroso one of Uio few persons whom iialls, following the end ol Lent tho ntiimnl showed fondness for. noon, were attended by uansunllyi nltempt lo keep him at the numbers. I llnlll Waller Deddow was abandoned when Uio animal sliort- i' i.

TV IT i fd unfriendliness toward child In Protests Follow amounts lo torcsl 8 per cent A CSt ifl in Valencia county, $500. Tim saitl $15,000 in notes parlijilty frozen nnd that S5.000 in Mocks was of doubtful value. msfrmncjit filed tcday was iblc.i at Gallup, Jan. 26, 1333. It witnessed by D.

M. Constant and J'lhn r'j-ctlerick 'llirco ir.strumenU have been fll- in rcj.ird to the Dirfiter eslnle, county clerk's iccortls shoiv. Tlio Iir a t. on April was a petition for I year, In- "I't'oinlment ol Gribbin as special $2,000 mort-! ni in same day a will bo allowed (or the 11 wll dalcil March 2H, 1330 iof Iliv At (he ot die anl- 1 1 1 "$20,000 hi checks" to Against Oi nv er ln lllc ortfiase will he turned with Richlcr before riHcl lln rHc -Ijcni-llctary of ivtll filed tnj.iy. of lte Nirk J- Orcmvald claim- 1 llc Beneficiary of tlie in- PASO.

Te, red protecting against thc cxlradt-' lion of four members of Iho Inter-' lcxt of August Richter Will CCC Enrollment dition was reported to bo on charges- of conspiracy and embezzlement. The IN TIIE NAME OK GOD in charges were filed In Las Cruces and August Kichlcr, of 'the townlihc oIn! 5 Iho four were releasc-u yesterday Gallup, county McKinley whid, a alter they had State New Mexico, hp at my Tinned ko) On ll With Governor I ral 'K- shall then AUSTIN', Texas. Wallace 1 become nporlv Mid liellly, secretary of Ihc Texas fed- lny las! wl nrld I and Protective Onlor crotlon of labor, planned confer- cby Elks, Lod fc No IIIO, of G.il- cnco loday with Governor James V.j lno llio Mexico, United Stales of Allrnl nn fr cl "Irect tliat my debts America, in complete aiul iwrfect nil funeral expenses be p.ild as ou-nersliip. men who wore bo'strik-; 50 CM ran be VI-I or( direct llic Ing employes ol thc El Paso Electric! Hive, bequeath unto Arno 5 Henovck-nt ai-d Prot'cc'ivo company. iMoiler nnd Eridi Modc-r, c( of Elks, Gallup Iy-dee No ton.

nephews of my GMuf Ncw Hl xi ceused wife, each Ihe sum of Stales America, reduce all 'wenly-five dollars, in cash. 'intm-i-l in all oulslandine n-ort- ClOteg Ihurgday devise ami beloncing lo fate nt Diul lime ol my deml.se. to not ex- HcKinley county applicanU for Oldcr LIIcs No H'O, of eight (8) per cent per annum mrollmcnt In the CCC scrvlce' all "P' Ncw Mcliro 'i Slalcsiaml 1 further direcl and order, must file their oppltotlons Anwrlra in complete and per-)thai all s.i',1 be rc- fhursday, Min Madeline Martini. my rbjhls, from limo to time as rc- nomc visitor in charge, of the re- rcsls llc arui of niorlijapori nany a tecurily program here kll i ncl ll wlielher in morlgosw. ul Iho pleasure said today.

Tile county's auoli. 1 CKOn wherevericl morlB.it'ors the sil alcd in thc Slill nsorlBiisors shall pay in- Applicants must be Ixtwcen the A subject only lo Ihe ns it becomes pay- ages of and 2S yean ond from, visiom llcrc provided. able and shall kcc-p their premises families on Ihe relief ond security 1 IV aiul llu: sood repair oijor, imcl pro- rolls or make lo a nnd Protective Order'vidliy that no nwrtsaso -'lall-JUP Jot Iheir CCC woges to such lam- E11 Lwl 1440 of Onllup, bcyoml the str.tnle of limitalibn. llln. United Stales of direct and recast the lAmerlM, through tho executor and OruVr District my as hereaflcr Elks, Gallup Lodge No.

1J40. of UWiriCt UPP08CS pay over to Jchan Slate of New Mexico. Small Farm Plan Ucllcr of Wimrfcnhben, ThurKen.jUnlled States of America. lOermnny. i of five rom cstale, the sun, of one ROSWELU N.

M. OT Roswcll and Pccos Villcy Artesian Conservancy district loday Usutdl rec ond opposing tho so-called Bmov Ilml tnt 'pcrslstenl' altempli to altempu to win, Oriler o( Gdl Ni) my'executor moment after my de-! ach year, for theV'rpcJTof holding an open nicctlng at which theS ol sahi may enjjy nnJ In memory oflhoii- vail Htw Mexico. bolln Mfl provided, ilull aside one mort2age amounting lo. departed brother and donor. direct "and hereby empower Iho Bonovclcnl ond Ptotcc- (Contlnvtd on Page Four).

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