Miami Tribune from Miami, Florida • 28

LARGEST CIRCULATION IN SOUTH FLORIDA Vot Ill No I4S MIAMI FLORIDA TUESDAY APRIL 21 1936 PRICE TWO CENTS rvi Mew CB ones Paired Jim Watch maim (Racket9 Questioning of witnesses in the official investigation of house bombings continued yesterday in the offices of City Attorney John Watson Jr and City Solicitor Abe Aronovitz Meanwhile Police Chief William McCarthy followed clues that may 3 lead to uncovering of a new in the Greater HEAD' REVEL GIVEN 5 YEARS IN PRISON AFTER CONFESSION Clarence (Head) Revel head of a gang of international alien smugglers operating between Miami and Cuba was sentenced to 6erve five years in Atlanta federal penitentiary and pay a fine of $1000 yesterday by Judge A Long in District court Revel Fake Registration Totals Increased The combined forces of County Solicitor Robert Taylor and Supervisor of Registration Carl Holmer Jr appeared to be fighting a futile battle yesterday in their attempts to tide of fradulent stem a rising Miami area Neither Watson nor Aronovitz would discuss facts disclosed by witnesses questioned yesterday They explained premature disclosure of information obtained might prevent capture of the culprits The Tribune's revelation of the theory explained by Aronovitz Sunday has a barrage of telephone calls giving leads on this the city solicitor said yesterday may lead to uncovering of a whether or not it has anything to do with these Aronovitz continued calls I have received have disclosed that owners of a number of houses that have been broken into have received subsequent visits from persons who offered to supply In one case Aronovitz said store was broken into stock and furniture were disarranged but TAKES POISON IS NEAR DEATH Hancock 34 resident of the Ponce de Leon hotel was near death late yesterday from the effects of seven and one-half grains of bichloride of mercury which he told police he had swallowed in the belief that he was taking aspirin Hancock had been picked up tered a plea charges of conspiracy violate the immigration laws in transporting seven aliens from Cuba to Miami Judge Long sentenced him to five years and the $1000 fine on each count charging transportation of aliens and suspended the conspiracy count The sentences will run concurrently William Revel Hiram Revel and Raymond Adylett all members of the were sentenced to two years each after they had entered pleas of guilty to the conspiracy charge All other counts against them were dismissed by Judge Long Alva Odell another member of the gang named in the same indictment is serving a five-year sentence in Atlanta for robbery of the postoffice at Fairfax Ala He will be returned here to stand trial during this term of court In a second case of alien running alleged to have been committed in September 1933 the government moved to dismiss charges against Hiram Revel and Adylett Other defendants in the Case are Clarence and William Revel and William Sawyer The prosecution conducted by 'Assistant District Attorney Sanders Gramling rested its of case after presenting five witnesses all alleged to have been part of the load that the gang brought from Cuba to Miami Judge Long granted motions for a directed verdict for Clarence Revel on conspiracy charges and for William Revel but denied a like motion made by Sawyer He also granted motions for directed verdicts as to the Revels on charges of transporting the aliens from Cuba to Miami The government witnesses Manese Paul Tuber Nasham Watsky Usher Grctchko and Gregory Simonovich told how they paid $300 each to a man named Perbushin in Cuba to come to America Sawyer was there when alt the arrangements were made they said The boat brought 18 aliens all to be smuggled into the country They were landed on an island in Biscayne bay and Clarence Revel came to get them in a small motor boat They were transported to the mainland lodged in a house at 125 Auburndale parkway and later sent north Two of the aliens identified Clarence Revel as the man who met them on the island Simonovich told the court he was present when Sawyer made all arrangements for transportation of the aliens and sent a cablegram to Miami saying registrations as 23 more forgeries were discovered on the registration books and the total soared to nearly 200 false entries in less than one week The continued of the county books confirms the belief of county officials that an organized gang of criminals is systematically attempting to swing the coming election in favor of some unknown politician who is apparently backing the movements of the gang with ready cash Holmer said The fraudulent entries in the county books mount up steadily despite elaborite precautions taken by election officials to prevent the forgeries The last 50 or more false signatures have been signed under the very noses of special investigators placed in the 11th floor office of the supervisor to question suspicious characters who attempt to sign the books The successful attempts of the forgery band to the books started while the books were out in the 73 county precincts Tracing of those names found to be false has proven futile Holmer admitted yesterday They lead to either vacant and brought to the station by Offi- cer ram hell fur d-ivlm while Campbell for driving intoxicated He collapsed shortly after he informed police that he had taken the poison Rushed to Jackson Memorial hospital in an unconscious condition the stricken stomach was pumped and efforts made to resuscitate him Hancock was said to be an employe of the Squibb company drug Blonde Thief Given in Prison thief who swooned last Wednesday Willard pronounced her guilty of repeat the performance yesterday when the judge sentenced her to year in the state esrve one year in tne state money in the cash register was left untouched Shortly afterwards untouched Shortly 1 the proprietor was approached with i an offer of watchman service Chief McCarthy and his assistants are pursuing the 1 a brought out along these lines Aronovitz said Investigation of the house bombings is being pressed to conclusion on the theory that they were caused either by internal trouble among labor groups or by a seeking to establish a the city legalists explained penitentiary She stood calmly to hear the penalty Her attorney White who announced he would file motion for a new trial did not do so A six-man jury found the girl guilty of grand larceny last week after two testimony She did not take the witness stand to defend herself Fairbanks operator of a small hotel at 744 36th st was chief prosecuting witness He told the jury stole $2800 in cash a diamond necklace and two diamond rings from their hiding place in a hollow bedpost Valor Award A $100 award will be paid the first of each month to the police officer or sheriff's deputy who performs tho most courageous or valorous act during tho preceding month In the event that two officials are engaged in the same act that the TRIBUNE finds deserving of tho award the money will be equally divided Police chiefs of Dado county and the sheriff are invited to submit recommendations for this award but tho TRIBUNE reserves the fight to make final decision on the most valorous act of the month Miami Area Leads State in Buiiding Miami Beach and construction program for March was greater than that of all other municipalities of Xl in Salem Ore 50 miles the state combined according to figures released yesterday distant by the state chamber of commerce Out of a grand total of worth of new construction in Florida for the month Miami and Miami Beach had a combined total of $1724727 the figures of the State chamber revealed Miami Beach topped Miami for the month by less than $35000 after the latter had set the pace during the months of January and February All municipalities in the state with the exception of three showed huge gains over the corresponding period in 1935 Here Miami and Miami Beach again are in the lead Miami's building increased from $256283 in 1935 to $844977 this year while Miami Beach reported a gain from $346035 for last year to $879750 for 1936 Palm Beach took third place for March of this year with a total of $3250 43 worth of building permits Jacksonville was fourth with a total of $283694 Fort Lauderdale was fifth showing $121575 and Tallahassee was sixth with a total of $103833 Yesterday building permits issued in Miami Beach again brought the April total above the lleriifits ''Sssued'lfv Members of the Spinster alumnae society of the exclusive Spence school in a dress iarrey increased the rehearsal in New York for annual charity show Left to right: Misses Anne Darack total to $516125 and the Mary Jane Whiteman Fern Salisbury Mrs Wadsworth Mullen and Misses Jean total to $2043844 Nicoll Eleana Maloney and Violet Straub lots or to the closed homes of winter residents who already have departed LAMENTS POSTAL SERVICE PORTLAND Ore April 20 Dr Hedlund Portland postmaster is discouraged He received a letter just seven months and five days after it was One Year Mickey Gregor blonde when Judge Ben stealing $2800 did not.