Woodland Daily Democrat from Woodland, California • Page 1

ISSUED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY WOODLAND, CALIFORNLVFRIDAY EVENING, JUNE 27, 1924 ESTABLISHED 1SOT KLAN ISSUE BAFFLES; DARK HORSES 0 0 0 Ax Murderer Met Victim Here mocratic Convention Deadlocked on Klux; MRS. RHEA M'CLOUD inger Tells of His Sinkey Nabs Four Seining; CHARGES CRUETY, ASKS DIVORCE Fined $250 League Nations Problem BULLETIN. DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION HALL. N. ja 97 Tiw Mrs.

Rhea McCloud, formerly Miss Rhea Blakeway of this county, be gan suit yesterday in the superior Democratic convention adjourned at 5:45 this afternoon to meet at 9:30 tomorrow, Saturday morning. The committee is still deadlocked on the Klan issue and League of Nations court here against Edward L. McCloud, member of McCloud Brothers, nurserymen of Esparto, for divorce, Meeting, Slaying and, Hiding Body A. Summers Another gruesome tragedy traces its beginning to Yolo county, for it was at the automobile camp, at the foot of the street bridge, that Alfred J. Bollinger, ax murderer of Marys ville, met his victim, Alex Summers, whom he is alleged to have slain on the morning of April 27 last.

Deputies Sheriff Harry Bryant and M. V. Bobbins of Sacramento county, District Attorney Ray Manwell and 'Sheriff C. J. McCoy at Yuba county were over here yesterday making investigations into the case, principally the meeting of the murderer and the victim.

Bollinger's confession as given out by Bobbins and Bry alimony and division of the com Two hundred and fifty dollars in fines were collected in about as many, seconds from four Japanese fishermen by Justice of the Peace R. W. Harrison this noon. Deputy State Game Warden Lee R. Sinkey captured the four seining on Cache Creek at Tan cred.

S. Date, owner of the seine, was fined $100 and H. Sa gara, H. Hartenaka and M. Mur atura, assistants, were each fined $50.

All paid. UNITED PRESS HEADQUARTERS. wnTisf. munity property. Cruelty and ex cessive intoxication are the grounds of divorce stated in the complaint NEW YORK, June 27.

The resolutions committee of the Democratic convention today swung into its third day of labor in an attempt to draft planks coverinar the Ku Kluv Klan and prepared by Attorneys Arthur C. Huston, senior and junior, for the League of Nations. So bitter has the Elan situation become that leaders desire to avert a fisrht on the issue on the floor of the rnnvcntinn at wiie. It is alleged the couple were mar ried Woodland June 13, 1921, and separated June 14, 1924, a marriage ant ionows: all' costs. Dragging of the Klan debate to the floor, it is recognized, might split the party wide open, so heated have the contending factions become.

Advocates of a strong endorsement of entrance into the League of Nations are equally insistent with lite three years and a day. Mrs. McCloud alleged that her eye was blackened by the defendant and that he often struck and talked to that such a i PIONEER WOMAN her. She asks S100 a month temporary alimony. $500 attorneys fees and a division of the property.

There is Court Gives $10,000 to Widow As a result of the delicate situa BALK TO YOLO no issue. Sign High Contracts, $110,139 IT i FOR INTERMENT It was at the Berry auto camp in Yolo county that Bollinger met Summers, who was known to him only as Alex. They met hy accident. Summers hurt his arm and walked into the camp and asked Bollinger to dress the wound. Looking For Work.

The two men became acquainted and decided to go north in search of work. Summers gave Bollinger a horse and wagon. Summers had a horse and wagon of his own and they set out for work. On the night of April 25 last they pitched camp at Marysville, near Nigger Jack slough, a short distance from the city cemetery. turn the task of drafting planks to an the two major issues back to IRS.

FRED WILD LOSES IN FIGHT FOR HER HEALTH The funeral of Mrs. Isabel Hill, who died Yednesday at Filmore, Ventura the drafting subcommittee. This subcommittee worked most of Wednesday night and Thursday night draw MRS. MARY DUFFIELD OF SACRAMENTO, WELL KNOWN HERE. county, will be held in Woodland Saturday morning at 10:30 o'clock from the Wilson undertaking parlors.

The body arrived in Sacramento this af Contracts affsrresratmjr 110. W7 10,000 FROM THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD ing up the platform. The members could not agree on the Han and League planks. Hence, they submitted to the full committee last night 193.50, covering the general con ternoon in charge of the daughter, COMPANY, AS A RESULT OF struction of the Wc and hieh Mrs. Anna Elander.

and will be Early on the morning of April 2 brought to this city this evening. alternate plans covering both Ques DECISION JUST RENDERED BY THE STATE SUPREME COURT Bollinger awakened and while Sum school were signed by the Woodland board of high school trus aceased was a native of Nova tions. The full committee could not mers slept he obtained the latter's ax and beat Summers to death with it, WHICH TERMINATES THE DAM GE SUIT BROUGHT BY MRS. tees last night and filed today with County Recorder Le R. Pierce, together with the plans dragging his body into the slough but QFFIELD AFTER THE DEATH agree and the efforts must now continue to effect a compromise.

DARK HORSES RAISED. MADISON SQUARE GARDEN, NEW YORK, JUNE 27. W. G. 100 feet from a well traveled high OF HER HUSBAND, J.

W. DUF and snecifications for the re Mrs. Fred Wild, for many years a resident of Zamora, mother of five children, the oldest of whom is about fourteen years, passed away last night at the Weimar Joint Sanitarium, where she went a year ago in the hope to benefit failing health. Her husband, merchant and pioneer of Blacks Station district, was with her at the end and is accompanying the body to this city, where the Erellenberg Company will have charge of the funeral arrangements. Mrs.

Wild came from the southern way. Bollinger's defense for the building of the structure de Scotia, 95 years of age. Her husband, Charles Edward Hill, died in 1889, and is buried in the Woodland cemetery. The family lived here for more than twenty years, having moved from Woodland about twenty five years ago. The survivors are one daughter, Mrs.

Anna Elander of Filmore, with whom Mrs. Hill made her FIELD. THE COURTS HAVE HELD THAT THE RAILROAD crime was that Summers threatened McADOO AND GOVERNOR AL COMPANY WAS RESPONSIBLE his life. In his statement Bollinger says the murdered man made a threat stroyed early in the year by fire of incendiary origin. The general contract provides SMITH HAVE HAD THEIR DAYS AND SOME HALF DOZEN OTHER FOR DUFFIELD HAVING BEEN FATALLY HURT.

tnat the contract shall be com CANDIDATES WERE WAITING AT Mrs. Duffield was awarded $10,000 pleted in 145 working days from against himas late as the night before the crime was committed. Wife Told Of Murder. Bollinger then awakened his wife home, and two sons, James HiU of THE POST FOR THE GETAWAY damages after a trial in the Colusa June Zo, iy4. Jbach contract is sign GUN THIS MORNING AT THE Santa Cruz and Noble Hill of Woodstock, Illinois.

superior court. The case was appeal ed by J. L. Harlan, W. L.

Morris, L. FOURTH SESSION OF THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVEN and told her to pack up, that tlyey were E. Wraith, Katherine E. Fait and G. ed and the Third District Court affirmed the judgment.

A. Kirk, and the contractor. part of the state and was a middle aged woman, widely known and respected in the Zamora belt Her family consisted of three boys, Fred TION. REPAIRING CHURCH. The Methodist Church in Winters Notice came today to Attorney A.

lhe contractors and the sums By the first test vote cast late yes C. Huston, and A. C. Huston, is undergoir extensive repairs, in which the school board covenants to pay for special work designated are who appeared for Mrs. Duffield, that terday on a question of adjournment, the antiMcAdoo forces showed that they were sufficiently cohesive to beat McAdoo out of a two thirds majority as follows: Harold and the baby, Forest and Margaret and Eva, the latter the oldest, all residents of the Zamora home place.

Wild conducts a general mer cluding a new concrete foundation and a complete renovation in the interior of the edifice. the supreme court has denied the petition of the railroad company for a rehearing of the case. for the nomination if that is their chandising business in Zamora. He Duffield was killed when he fell leaving. Later he informed her he had killed Summers.

He drove one of the teams, his wife the other. At Chico Bollinger pawned Summer's watch for $10. He also had taken $110 from the dead man. When they arrived at Napa Bollinger sold the murdered man's horse and wagon for $15 and then proceeded to Sacramento, where he sold the team given Trim by Summers. Threatened Wife.

Mrs. Bollinger told Bobbins and; Bryant her husband threatened to kill her if she told the police. She lived A rifle which bore the name of Al prime objective. has lived in that section practically through a trap door on a passenger By a similar token, the great dem exander Selkirk (Robinson Crusoe), and the date 1701, was sold for more all his life, and has the sympathy of train as it was stopping to let him off scores of friends in the untimely I at Coyle Station, Colusa county. The death of his faithful wife and de brakeman had opened the trap to the P.

F. Bender, general contract, P. Boyce Son, plumbing, $7,512. Lnnterrctte Fical Co, heating, $13,600. D.

EL Walter Co, shades and Venetian blinds, $3014. M. E. Ryan, electrical work, $4705. The contract provides generally for than 1000 at a London (Continued on Page Four) voieu mower.

door. HUTCHINGS, RUSSELL PLAINF1ELD GUESTS in constant fear that he would carry Workingman To Whom McAdoo Apologized, Visitor in Woodland out his threat and take her life to te restoration of the former high shield his secret. Worry caused her school building, with some improve to tell it aU, she told Bryant. jinents, modernizing it in every par Criticise Prison Labor On Courthouse Park After Bollinger made his confession Macular, ine three standing walls are to be re used in the re construction. in Sacramento, he was taken to Marys PlainfieM Farm Center had an interesting session last nieht wherein Supervisors L.

BL Hatchings and W. Russell spoke on county matters, while Secretary Al Hcnle discussed the plans and hopes of the taxpayers' league of Yoio county. Rich CasselH 1 TO have received a verbal apology from William Gibbs McAdoo, bow in the limelight as a presidential possibility, is the proud claim of T. E. Wells of Southern California, a guest here of his brother, Dr.

Fred W. Wells. The visitor is a railroad agent for the Southern Pacific Company. The incident to which Wells referred occurred some weeks ago. Walk CULTON VISITORS.

Dr. John Cowan and family of San Francisco were week end guests at ville by McCoy and Manwell and it is expected a formal charge of murder will be placed against him. Summers' body was discovered hy Dan McVey, a camper, on the night of May 27, a month after the crime was committed. The ax was found presided in the absence of George; Haussler, the director, and stated that the U. S.

(Jul ton home in Winters. Mrs. Cowan and children will remain waiting on a half score of freignt patrons of the railroad company. At for several weeks. Another Girl For the same time, McAdoo was at the several Timbers of the taxpayer' league had been invited to address the meeting, but had refused.

Henlc had some facts given him by Attorney Yuba City Woman Dies In Woodland Mrs. Sarah Letitia Stowell of Yuba City, died in this city at 4:30 o'clock Thursday afternoon after having been ill here about a week. Deceased was a native of Minne Forty ostriches, with their Italian near the scene of the crime. Tells Beapftal Chief. T.

D. Cummins Home Another happy, bouncing daughter jockeys, go to Berlin for ostrich races ticket window and had important and 1 rush business with Wells. The latter, however, did not observe McAdoo and left his offices to give service to the The first knowledge that Bollinger Elmer Armfield, head of the league, and presented them to the members and handicap events with horses. came to further brighten the home of of the center. Mr.

and Mrs. T. D. Cummins this af I shippers. arrested at Mrs.

Tully's home. was connected win toe crime was revealed when Mrs. Bollinger made a statement toJDr. A. K.

Dunlap, superintendent of the Sacramento county Supervisor Hatchings discussed the Wells was Belayed in returning and i ternoon at the Woodland sanitarium. Makes Coafeeeto. impracticability of employing countv At the first he denied all knowledge sota, born February 23, 1858, and idow of the late Nicholas Stowell. She came to California from Idaho last August Three tons are located thus making three girls to claim the estimable family name. Sue Dca and )3taL who immediately summon he found McAdoo much disturbed.

After the former secretary of the treasury and dictator of the railroads prison labor in keeping up the court bouse square park. He claimed that between sitting on their wheelbarrows of the crime and said he was innocent. Grilled by the officers he later broke Bryaht She reiterated her state Elizabeth Cummins are both popular in Yuba City. They are Frank, N. 'had given vent to his anger.

WeBs members of the Woodland high ment to Bryant, and he in torn telephoned Manwell and McCoy, asking down and they say he made a com plet confession. ana smotang cigarettes, it was im R. and L. B. Stowell.

explained the situation. Instantly school student body Mrs. Cummins ixfesiwe ior wre prisoners to ret in Tho jfilKnr rv s. mcaqoo reauzeo nis own mistake ana ana oaoe are reported toe very Find Victim's Oetkes. A search of Bollinger's room at the admitted it, explaining that he was best of condition, while Mr.

more than an hour a day of actual parinf, to the body to Yuba City work and that the weeds grew faster Saturday moraine. a "terrible hurry and had not un is preparing for the holocaust of dcrstood Wells' apparent neglect and gratulations. ouicnings gave some Tolly home led to the discovery of some of Summers clothing, as well as his razor and a suitcase he owned. them to come to Sacramento immediately. ManweD and McCoy arrived in Sacramento Wednesday evening and, accompanied by Bobbins, went to the hospital and obtained Mrs.

Bollinger's statement, with a shorthand reporter present Bollinger was then facts and figures concerning county indifference. government cost Striped Bass Plentiful. Striped bass fishing in the Sacramento river is reported to be good. While the railroad agent considered incident closed, evidently McAdoo's It was an interesting session BOULWARVS MOTHER DEAD. C.

B. Boulware, a brother of the late John Boulware. died ia OiwvSa Bollinger, the officers say, was wearing some of the slain man's clothing and used his razor to shave. The limit has been caught by a num throughout Supervisor Russell spoke briefly, discussing county matters. ber of I June 26.

Ht was fl years of age. (Continued On Page Four.