The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, February 14, 1927, Page 2

PAGE TWO GRAVE ROBBER TO BE QUERIED ABOUT CRIMES Authorities Believe He May Have Been Slugger Who Terrorized Toledo Theories negro sere ana for the so may e tor uth Bend, Ind., by authoritics nystery of four nd in a tran » been 2 woman found re expressed tod nto the s skulls fe Oak, Mich. r, who will be questioned | » Oakland coun knowledged that the trunk y pute denied he ull “through forever. To Question ichigan City in prison, He was bing a grave at Ham Chicago authorities also were in vestigating a theory that might have obtained the skulls by robbing, or by slaying, near srenice, Hl, where he once worked. Detroit ‘authorities intimated — they would drop the case unless murder evidence found, The t that Coyner might have been the slugger who attacked and) slew or wounded several women at nledo in the last few months was | supported only by his statements to! officers who arrested him that he| as in Toledo about the time of these ults, and by the fact that he is ix feet, six Inches tall, The Toledo terror was called “a giant.” . Warden Scouts Murder Theory | Warden Daly of the Indiana prison | 1s scouted the belief that Coyner! murderer, His theory is that the | negro simply is obsessed a mania | for robbing graves. “It is highly possible, though, that | Coyner took those skulls with him | when he went to Michigan last sum- mer,” the warden said. “In that! he undoubtedly rifled other | 3 in this locality,” | a. Fy A LOT’ | TO TALK Nel y, Ind., Feb, 14. ng that he would die with “lips James C. Coyner, giant negro serving a prison term for grave robbery, refused today to dis- ciose anything concerning the four human skulls found in a Royal Oak, Michigan, house where he formerly lived. | He previously had admitted that he had lived in the house and hi the skulls in his t day. adopted a d nt-attitude when quéstioned by Clydé — Underwoo prosecuting attorney for a county, Michigan, in which Ro; is situated, and George W. chief of police of Ferndale, Royal Oak, “Twill die with my lips sealed,” the convict said. when interrogated in the Indiana state prison here. “ I could tell you lots of things you would like to_know, but I'll die first.” | Prosecutor Underwood declared that if the convict refused to talk he would send for the trunk of skulls and confront him with them in the prison jin an effort to break down his defiance. The negro, although reti- cent regarding the Royal Oak affair, A— K | Smith, | near | made a few statements that interested | § the prosecutor. Could Tell a Lot About Murders “I¢ | wanted to,” Coyner said, “T could tell vou about a lot of mur-| ders and murderers. There are plenty of them walking around the streets of Dtroit that you want, but I won't 1k. “I'm a defiant fellow, you won't get | anything out of me. Ten years from now, when I get out of prison, will be time enough to talk. But I don’t want to get out of “ison. There is no! justice in the world. I'd rather be in the darkest Africa where I wouldn't have to be afraid of the law all the, time.” The convict denied a story that he} had a sister in Chicago and had writ-} ten letters to her. He shid he had) obtained permission of the prison au- thorities to send two special delivery letters but they were to friends and| not to relatives. He said his mother| was dead. i The negro robbed a grave in Ham-| mond, Ind., last October, removing the skeleton of a woman buried 10] years. At that time he said he ane wanted the skull. FATHER KILLS PHYSICIAN WHO ATTENDED SON Boy Dies of Diphtheria and Parent Claims Doctor Was Responsible New York, Feb. 12.—(#)—Frank Caruso today confess: a he had killed Dr. Caspér 9. Pendola, physician to Caruso’s eerie. ral me _ terd C tI in for Sore Benth the father regarded the doctor as responsibl Dr. Pendola, who administered anti-toxin ij pean os ny pra hae irday, was the iret physician lied tn in case psboaeh the aM had been two weel told police ‘Dr. Pendola ar: igad yoieniad, gue hours efter the laughed when told Caruso was held pabicia} ro sentaeione oie diseases, ane lof the St: ‘| Montana, for interment toda ETHEL - : as ae 01927 BY NEA SERVICE, INC. ; nail | posed of Rev, Stewart, Walter Tostevin, J. A. Winther and J. C. Gould, ng two numbers, “Swing Low, Sweet Chariot” and “View De Land, ” while Mr. Winther sang FOR 8. , BOY Down, Moses,” and and Mrs, A. H, Wil- kinson sang a duet, “Let My Peo- ple Go.” Playmakers Ready For Presentation of 3 One-act Plays | Star Basketball Player Dies Saturday After Being Kicked By Horse Memorial and funeral for John Martell. 19, f ‘Training School, who died Saturday from injuries sus- tained when kicked by a horse, wate attended by the entire body the school and scores from Man- service: athlete | Marking their final anpearance this year, the Sarah Bernhardt chapter of the Junior Playmakers cf Mandan high will present three jays tomorrew evening in school auditorium. Operations to check _ internal | , Plays to be presented are “The hemorrhages were futile. The| Heart of 2 Clown,” “The Lifted bedy: of the boy was taken by his | Bandage” and “The Ghost Story. From this group, one play will be *|chosen by competent judges from the community to represent Man- dan in the annual Playmaker fes- tival at Grand Ferks in May. All scenery, stage settings and costumes are finished and_re- hear: are progressing smoothly, according to Miss Mabel Frey, fac- sor in charge of the pro- parents to his home at Homestead Martell Thursday had ont a team which he Mandan to haul ba kicked he was driving the team, unhitched, to the barn. His death is the first in the school since 19 He was captain of the school’s basketball team and was a star forward, Negro Spirituals, Plantation Songs Feature Services! Negro spirituals and plantation featured the Lincoln Day e at he Presbyterian church st evening. A short talk on/W “Reminiscences and Incidents in the Life of Lincoln” was given by the pastor, Rev. G. W. Stewart. | original New Salem colony, coming The program was opened with; there in 1883. Mr. Heid died an organ prelude, after which the twelve years ago. choir sang a spiritual, “Lord, | Surviving are eight sons: John, Want to Be a Chri .” Mrs. | Fred, Carl, Ferdinand, Philip, Her- Frank Barnes of Bismarck sang, man, Albert and William, all of the another spiritual, “Goin’ Home.” | Ne lem vicinity The church male quartet, com- | daughters, Mrs, Fred Lehde, Mrs. duetions, Services ieee New Salem Pioneer Held Funeral services for Mrs, John Heid, 69, of New Salem, who died Monday, February 7, after an ill- ness of several months, were held Thursday afternoon and interment in the Evangelical church cem- Heid was a member of the Judicial Pants-warming Party don’t threaten = Caves of A Akron, 4 a pan’ onde i re pe an innocent by: ‘and four) THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE Goat Getters | Ed Moltzen, Mrs. Charles. Freise | and Mrs, Paul Joersz and 32 grand- children. Besides these there are four sisters and two brothers liv- Radio Bri Bridge Hand a Maurice J, Lewi of New York and | ing in Germany and in this coun-| Mrs. Florence C. Doug! of Pitts- try. burgh, Pa. will be the articipa in the weekly auction bridge game to! be broadcast by WCCO at 9 p. m.| Tuesday, February 15. The positions | of the players and the hands they will hold are as follow Milton C. Work, dea’ “South,” | holds | Spades K J 8 sopt 5 Hearts 7 5 2 Diantonds A 9 4 Clubs J 5 2 Wilbur C. Whitehead, Spades 10 4 Hearts Q64 Diamonds K Q 10 Clubs Q 9 8 spot 73 Maurice J."Lewi, “North,’ ‘holds Spades A'Q.93 Hearts Q 10 9 Diamonds J 7 2 | Clubs A K 6 | Services Are Held at Sims Yesterday For Morton Pioneer Funeral services for Mrs, Severt Olson, resident of Morton county for 38 years, were conducted Sun- day afternoon in Sims. The serv- ices were largely attended and the casket was banked with floral of- ferings. Interment was made in the Sims cemetery. Mrs. Olson eee at a Bismarck hospital last week. “West,"holds Personal and | au inet oe Douglass, “East, a4 Social News of | Hearts AGG pots 3 \ | Mandan Vicinity |) cube " ° | eee CETTE oe | ,__ Radio's Rialto ee ery, (By The Associated Press) “The Jungle Dreams,” a descriptive criental number featuring the kettle drum, instrument seldom heard over the radio, will be included in the weekly hour of concert music broad- cast from WCCO, the Twin Cities station, from 9 to 10 o'clock tonight. A collegiate dance orchestra will be heard again at 10 p. m,, along with a singing accordionist from WCCO also. At 11 p. m. there will be a dance program. Howard Melaney, the singing fireman, the happy boys and a blues singer will also be| heard during this program. | Eight Tables Play at Bridge Luncheon Saturday Afternoon Mrs. J. H. McGillis, Mrs, James T. McGillic and Mrs. J. A. Murphy entertained Saturday afternoon at a bridge luncheon. Covers were marked for 32 at tables prettily decorated with Valentine favors. Eight tables of bridge were in play during the afternoon, honors going to Mrs. E. R. Lanterman. Mrs. V. J. LaRose, Mrs. R. M. Bergeson and Mrs. George Janda of Bismarck were out-of-town guests. RETURNS FROM JAMESTOWN Edwin Gussner has returned from Jamestown College, where he has been a student, and plans to spend the spring and summer va- cation in Mandan. He will return to school in the fall. ENTERTAINS FOR SON Mrs. Arthur Hendrickson was hostess Saturday afternoon to a group of children and their moth- ers in honor of the fifth birthday anniversary of her son, Howard. IS RECOVERING , A. K. Pierson, who underwent an operation for ulcers of the stom- ach ten days ago, is now greatly improved. He will be able to leave the hospital in a few days. BIRTHDAY PARTY Mrs. Clara Leekly entertained Saturday afternoon with a birth- day party for her son, Charles. The occasion celebrated his tenth birthday anniversary. DEGREE OF HONOR MEETING be a dinner con- ‘CCO; 7:30 p. m. a New York program and 8 p. m, a university of Minnesota program. Dr. E. H. Kiekenapp, Faribault, secretary of the Minnesota State as- s6ciation of optometrists which is meeting in Minneapolis, will broad- east an address on “the eyes of the school child.” at 7:30 p. m. over WOMD, (244) Minneapolis. WDGY, Minneapolis, will broad- cast a “pet hour,” featuring an or- chestra at 11 p. WRHM (252) Minneapolis, has a dinner concert at 7 p.m. and a dance program for 10:15 p. m. The WEAF grand opera company, will broadeagt Donizetti's opera, “LElisir D'Amore,” at 9 p. m,. which may be heard through WDAF (366) Kansas City. CNRO (357) Ottawa, will: broadeast another French con- cert at 7:30 p. m. Ambitious There will be a meeting of the Degree of Honor this evening at 7:30, A social hour and refresh- ments will follow the business ses- sion. IS IMPROVL Mrs. Elizabeth Vetter is able to be up again after being ill for the past two weeks with a severe at- tack of the flu. BISBAL LSS NEWS BRIEFS Benjamin Turner, convicted. slayer of James D. Hallen and sentenced to life imprisonment, starts fourth day: of ROnerer strike in Portland, Maine, jail, Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler says in New York statement that he is not seeking nomination for presidency. Majority opinion of college execn- es pathered by Louisville Courie: Journal is that agricultural regener- in of south must come through farmers themselves and not through legislation, Dakota, ‘0 among cou! states’ ‘which were Announced b s of agriculture as reed from bovine rine teberculest is, shington-—Bill ¢ to prohibit sale rade” gesie when it has not syeminet, by federal inspecto; ~a gc aa NEA Service, Washington’ Bureau) Ha ts is Lieutenant anvannd se Noe! Davis, of the naval re; wine | to attempt the ‘New *york:to- aris non-sto) a ay which Raymond cae a cash ize of 000. ‘commondee Davis have to hop off some next July Aogush. It was thin. exploit on which Rene fea AL agl French war ace, seg at New York last Tio Nee a ae | marriage that she would not ' sand dollars back alimony. | have any. | tion in the buried metropolis of Ur, the ground and that the calloused | vey of youths between 11 and 17. banjo | ROBERT AMES ~ IS BEING SUED - FOR $200,000 Stage Star Had Promised to Marry Her | Chicago, Feb. 14.--(P)—A series of | notes Robert Ames, star of “The | Ragged Edge,” ;Miss Helene Lambert Claims; . is alleged to have writ-{ ten to Miss Helene Lambert, on which, ‘she will base her $200,000 breach of | Promise suit against the actor, have ed here from New York by Le | Counsel for Miss Lambert, who asid| she came here intending to marry! Ames the same day he eloped to Wau- kegan, Ill, with Muriel Oakes, New York society girl, asserted that “more | Pictures and letters will follow, which prove beyond a doubt that Miss Lam- ; bert fully expected to become the third Mrs. Ames.” One of the notes gi attorney said: “I tove you more to- , day than I did yesterday; more this} | minute than 4 did fast. and. much! | more this second than the one just | passed.” | “If I told you Iloved you before, 1 because that was 20 minutes! was the tenor of a third. “For | lie ago,” then'T didn’t know what love was, and} only now I'm beginning to learn about i | , Meanwhile Mr. and Mrs. Ames, Miss} | Lambert, and Frances Goodrich, a | former wife of the actor, were all un-| | der the same Northside hotel roof.! | Miss Goodrich declared that she was/ | so well pleased with Ames’ latest anything to say about several thou-! She plan-| | ned to hunt up Ames and his bride! and have dinner with them. Ames’ latest declaration was ,that he couldn't be disturbed over law suits involving money, as he didn't, en out by the! have; clucked to them and they lay into their-eollars harder than ever, Un- natural control, * Hypnotism, I leeenes CALLS OFFICER Vienna,— Uneasiness in Jugo-Slavia respecting Italian penetration of Al- bania and the growing Italian friend- ship for Hungary ts rumored to. be responsible for the order for all re- serve officers to report for two | month's training. MONDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1927 .’ ITALY DISCOVERS IRON Rome.--Iron deposits found near, LegHorn. may prove to be of such size that Italy can rank with England and Germany in industrial power, The country has no iron now and hassbeen importing all the metal used. Read Kimball’s Card of Thanks on. page 3 of this is- sue. Special Prices en Extra Fancy APPLES February 15, 16,17 Roman Beauties, per box .......... Red C. Pippins, per box ... Gatos; per WOK ye ote Genatons, per box .... 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Bur- ess of the University of Chicago has made this deduction after a sur. who grow up in 3 of every 1,000 Bernalillo, N. M.--Sheriff Montoya . He and his deputies oofprints of horses in the miles, till they found two sheepmen accused of murder. Wolfboro, N. H.—Leonhard Sep- a, who won a big dog race last week, hypnotizes hi is belief of his unsuce is. “That man is superhuman,” says Si Mason, who finished numbe ‘H LITTLE JOE Grocery ? AUDITORIUM Matinee and Night Saturday, February 19th Seats on Sale at Harris & Woodmansee’s, Feb. 17 The Miracle Play Now Playing Its Fifth Year in New York ck) “You Must See It” PRICES: Night—50c, Abie’s a Smart Boy” $1.00, $1.50, $2.00, plus tax aig _ Saturday matinee—Best Seats $1.00, plus tax. WE SCHOOL OF EXPERIENCE CHILL ALWAYS ANE PLENTY OF EQHOLERSe ATARRH- of head or throat is usually benefited by the, vapors of Room 10 Bismai 5 Office Phone 263 Special attention given | ON SEVENTH ST. BETWEEN NICOLLET, & HENNEPIN! 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