The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, May 20, 1927, Page 7

PAGE SIX | Circumstantial Evidence Points Strongly to Tucker (Continued from page one) and married Rosabelle Magill, second daughter of Ronald Magu, well-to- do Verona farmer. It was his hope his enemies say, to “pick an casy living off the old man.” On the day of the murder he tried to buy some coal in Verona, the story goes, and failed because bill was then more than times he went into Bjone’s bank and each time he asked the question, “Has the old man shipped anything lately 2” Shortly after six o'clock that eve- ning he sought out the coal dealer and paid $110 on his aecount. used crisp, new bills w had ne been folded-and some silver dollars. During the next few days he spent more than $800, the prosecution claims,fusing a large number of s ver dollars, The state contends that Tucker appeared to have more silver dollars than a farmer would normal- ly be expected to have and that the loot from the bank included 126 sil- ver dollars, Had Good Reputation Tucker has always borne a good tation in this community until ei of murder was launched nst him. He has a family con- sisting of three small boys. What his defense will be is not known here but it is generally be ved that the M will see to i as competent legal was one of the most brutal murders ever committed in the said John Magill, a w of the accused man. “The man was shot through the head three times and his brains scattered over the vault. It is Preposterous to think Frank could do it.” Magill explains Tucker's tangled story as to where he got the money by saying: that “He is such a forget- ful little cuss.” We have already shown that there vere four curs in Verona the after- noon of the Tast day of February that have not been accounted for,” Magill added. ‘the entire situation is such cause Villagers to gxk themselves i icker is so war-hardened that h Id slay a friend in cold blood a unconcernedly go ‘ubout He attended Bijon and walked in line to view the remains. Since the murder he hag one in and out of the bank as though nothing had ever happenc The Unauswered Question - Villagers are asking themselves if Tucker has an iron nerv: heritage from years, of army ‘di pline and the horrors of the world war, or have his experiences mad him so forgetful: that he actually is unable to account for the manner in which he obtained the money whic! he appeared to acquire so suddenly La Moure county people are intense ly enrions on this point and hope the | trial will provide an answer, , William Green of Fargo has been named special assistant state’s at- ecute the case and is special representative y general's of has the. reputation of beirig one of the kes this the = bur n. having eained fame as cutor of William Gummer, el clerk, who was convicted "Narder of Marie Wick. “7ER CASE | YOES TO JURY AFTER PLEAS (Continued from page one) Prompted Spitzer and asked the surors to show the accused man jus- tice. Mother Collapses Collapsing when she was shown the bloodstained cap of her young son Leroy, Mrs. L, J. Vanormy was taken weeping from the courtroom as testimony for the state closed yesterday afternoon. The mother was called to the stand by the oecction to identify the cap the boy had worn when he was struck by Spitzer's car. Given it to examine, she sobbed an affirmative to the query if the cap had been her son’s. She was then taken from the courtroom. Th lefense called only Spitzer, 'ife and one other person as wit- nesses. The lawyers began pleas to the jury late yesterday afternoon. The state rested its case shortly after noon. The accused man was unshaken through a bitter cross examination by the prosecution and declared he had only been driving miles an hour when he neared the Vanormy boy. He slammed on his brakes, he said, and his car skidded into the gutter, the front wheels jumping the curb and striking the oy. © was the only one who de- nied he had been driving at an ex- cessive rate of speed. When ques- tioned, further, ‘he declared. he had tried to save the life of a youth i the “street and therefore into the gutter. tl Musray Makes Pl | Was declared by two women residents Murray, Mott lawyer who is Franz Shubeck, McIntosh county state’s attorney, i tion of the ca: plea to the jury y He contended that pi! had been guilty of three misdeme- ts which. combined to fix on him Ito degree manslaughter. The misdemeanors, he said, were: Driving at an excessive rate of speed; driving with utter dis! for the safety of pedestrian driving without watching the cross- ing shead to sce if there were any- one on the streets Emil Ludwig of Ashley, defense at- that Spitzer ae e ired ¢ime, not from om “real humanity.” » by twos and threes before midnight *' since he He| down to find how long he should t criminal prosecutors in| e| FLYER'S MOTHER CONDUCTS | of nervoushess: before the hop-olt, 'In the Curtiss’ hangar, the young! | trail blazer, after poring carefully | over weather charts, played with a stray kitten. he donnea his fying | suit about a.m. five minutes fore boarding the plane, he smilingly remarked to Chief Abraham. Skid- more of the Nassau county. polic When I enter the cockpit, it’s. Ii going inte the death chamber. “When! ket to Paris it will be like getting 4 pardon from the governor.” \ Thousands See the Hop-off A crowd which started assembling | and swelling to thousands at day-| light, saw the hop-off.” Lindbergh was frequently cheered. He was| | given a cheer when, he appeared at fs hangar, another when he crawled | into the plane and again us he start- | ed down the field and then climbed | into the uir. He did not hear the} [last one. | | The on-lookers were more excited | |than Lindbergh, He was cool -|enough, or he would not have been |able to leave the ground. He ate | little before the start but that was, not because he was nervous, he ex-| |plained. He just was not hungry. And in. spite of the fact that he ‘has not had a full quota of sleep! has begn waiting for | [chance to fly away, he was wide/ {awake when he left.’ Paris, he said, | is a good placg in whieh to sleep. { Two Planes Left Behind Lindber; who had waited a week at Garden City for t weather to} clear sufficiently to give him what) he considered a chanee to make the | non-stop flight to Paris, left’ behind | | two planes groomed for New York to} ris flights. “The America is not ready and will probably not be able | art this week even if the spon-| | sors and commander desired. From | the first, the sponsors have stressed \that the proposed flight is scientific jand will not be | sense by the America |. The Rallgeca = monoplane | bus is said to be ready to eo if its | owners agree on a crew, and emerge | le a race in any | evwis au a Brooklyn ‘court uctwn| to move about. | scheduled | which for this afternoon in Lloyd W. Bertaud, selected the plane, seeks to restrain the Col-| umbia Airerfat corporation and} harles A. Levine from sending the} lane to Paris with nother naviga- or in Bertaud’s seat. Steals March on Rivals By -his unheralded .. departure, Lindbergh stole a march, on his| rivals, the Bellanca plane and Com- mander Richard E. Byrd. The Bellunca plane is being held| {on the ground by an injunetion; is ‘ator, against Charles A. Levine, managing director of the Columbia | Aircraft ‘company | Commander Byrd and his crew| | they will be ready ‘to hop off, jaddivon. to this, one of the three ngines of Byrd’s Fokker monoplane developed valve trouble yesterday, forcing curtailment of a test ‘flight. |. The America’s preparation to act as an’ escort for the. Spirit of St. Louis were disarranged by* the ‘un- | expected departure of Captain! Lindbergh. Commander Byrd came stand by to escort the young Mis- sourian, and Lindbergh dashed away before the big Fokker plane could get into the air again. Began Flying in 1922 Conquest of the air first became a serious thought to Charles A. Lindbergh in 1922, when he ab: doned farming on the estate of ; father, the late Congressman Charles A. Lindbergh, near Little Falls, Min- nesota, and entered the ai rogress marked hii became lieutenant, captain, and a pilot in thi r mail service. Twice after becoming a flyer he returned to Little Falls, and when his father died in May, 1924, scattered his ashes from a plane over the old home farm near Melrose. This he -did in ac- cordance with a wish of his parent. Born in 1902 in Detroit, Michigan, where his mother 8, ‘Captain service. , and he ond Mrs, Lindbergh. The family home at that time was in Little Falls, AN 1 Mechanic | In 1918 h $ graduated from | Little Falls high school, and entered |the ’ University of Wisconsin to |study engineering. Remaining at | the institution but a vear or twa. he returned to take up farming. While his father epgagea in poutal acuv- ities, the younger Lindbergh and mother lived on the farm, where he was fond of.stock and skillful in handling machinery, according to {arl Bolander, Little Falls real es- tate man and a close friend of the family. Residents who know hii Falls recall exploits of daring with a motorcycle, which was hi before he forsook it for an air craft, He was generally known, however, 4s a reserved youth and a deep thinker. . PLANE IDENTIFIED BY HaLIFAX, MASS., WOMEN Halifax, Mass., May 20.—(@)—An lane which passed over East Lake town at about 9:30 a. m. today, to have borne the number N. X.-211 which is the identifying number of Captain Lindbergh’s New York to Paris plane. Miss Alice Gray and her_ sister, Miss Blanche Gray, were in different parts of their home when they heard the plane flying over, Rushing to jifferent windows they watched it as it passed. Both asserted that they saw the number clearly and jotted it down on paper immediately after- ward. Many other residents of the town reported seeing the plane, but said nee did not read the number on it? hile one man thought the engine was pping, others thought it seem- ed to be functoning smoothly. CLASSES AS USUAL TODAY Detroit, Mich. May 20.—)—The confidence Mrs. Evangeline L. Lind-| bergh has in th bility of her young son to. succ stully make the | lew York-Paris ht se gly was unruffled today as° Captain Charles Lindbergh was winging his bs 4 toward the French capital. irs. Lindb: istry in- structor in Technical high school here, was in the class room usual- this morning. Seemingly with: whom she has made several fliehts, had advised her of his. intention to hop, off.) Before pee diepa: breecived she left fin Colum-| one man, ‘sitting in a wicker chaiz, with Clarence D, Chamberlin to pilot} scent at sea. Th | board*before him. , Sued to Lloyd Bertaud,deposed navi-| perature gauge, oil pressure gauge, | still have some tests to make before! the only sustenance contemplated by In| the youthful aviator on his long hop | about 3,600 miles, or 900 miles less {Raymond Orteiz prize of | $25,000, | Lindbergh is the only son of the sec- | } the big jump across the Atlantic heading away for lencia, Ireland. Lindbergh, if all goes weil, should reach Vatencia at 2 o'clock eastern | daylight time, Saturday afternoon, | d then swing his course for south- | west England and Paris, where he! is aue w atrive at 8 o'clock Satur-| day night, or 1 o'clock Sunday iat ing, French tim | PLANE BUILT ESPECIALLY FUR SCIENTIFIC FLYING | New York, May 20—U%—The Spirit of St. Louis,’ Captain Charles! A. Lindbergh's plane built especially | for his New York to: Paris non-stop; trip, ig, Gesigned for scientific fly-| ing. ‘ The little monoplane, with a wing-| spread of 46 feet and ‘a fdselage 28 | feet. long, has a special instrument! board upon which the former air mail pilot depends for guidance. With extra gasoline tanks and the| instrument -board, the total cost is about $15,000, The plang is powered with a Wright “whirlwind” J-2, 225 horsepower, nine cylinder, radial. air cooled motor, similar to that used by Commander Richard E. Byrd’ and by Clarence. Chamberiin| and — Lloyd Bertaud in the Bellanca monopinne “Columbia. Speed of 105 Miles an Hour With full load the plane has a cruising speed of approximately 108} miles per hour and a maximum speed | of 125 miley per hour. It caried 425 gallons of gasoline and 28 gallons of Oil, estimated to be sufficient fora 4,600 mile jump. On his 2.500 mile trip from Sao Diego, Calif,, to New York, Lindbergh used less than 260 gallons of gaso- line and the average consumption ts computed at about 10 gallons. per hour. , Its body of _ metal and wi of wood, “The Spirit of St. Louis, a gross weight of 4,780 pounds, the tun load of gasoline and oil weigh- ing 2.745 pounds. Its eubin holds only with the “stick” between his legs-and with little opportunity for the pilot It carried no radio, but is equipped with a pneumatic raft for use in case of a forced de- plane is equipped only with wheels and if jlanded on the water could not take off again. Secs Out by Periscope’ The cockpit is enclosed in glass and Lindbergh flies “blind,” ysing a per- iscope to see over the front of his plane, which he did rarely on his eross-continent hops. He is guided, by the instruments on the elaborate In land flying he uses a magnetic compass. Other in-| struments on the board include tem- tachometer, altimeter, turn and bank indicator, air speed and drift indlea- tor, speed timer and clock. Sandwiches and water comprised across the sea. He anticipated no; difficulty in keeping awake. He ex- pected to cross the Atlantic in about 36 hours figuring the distance at than the estimated distance his g line and oil supplywould garry LINDBERGH RECENTLY SET TWO NEW RECORDS New York, May 20,—4)—Two re ords made by Captain Charles Lin bergh, incidental to his uttempt to} fly trom New York to Paris for the centered attention on this you birdman, His flying time from San Diego, Cali: to Roosevelt » Long Island, was approximately 21 hours, 20 minutes, the quickest ever made from coast to coast. And he was the first pilot to make such a long hop, as that from San Diego to St. Louis, about 1,600 miles, alone. His total distance from coast to oust was 0 miles. Lindbergh,’ 25, lean, muscular m.bAying for born in Detroit, his widowed jother now He began hi: where lives. sons. Trained at Kelly Field Later, he bought his own plane and when he was appointed a flying cadet in the army flew it to Kelly Field, San Antonio, Texas. There he learned the rudiments of military flying and after. ten months, emerged, a finished aviator, from the pursuit ‘school at Brooks Field, San Antonio. After leaving the army, Lindbergh flew for a year in various independ- ent enterprises, including several flying circuses. Finally, he was ap- pointed chief pilot.on the Bt. Louis- Shicago air mail route, from which was given an indefinite leave of al for his trans- Atlantic hop. captain and flight di in the 110th Ob- servation Squadron, Missouri Ni tional Guard air unit in 5 erp jem! Lindbergh of the Cate! fraternity o their parachut jumps. As a endet in the army. Lindhereh and another pilot leaped to safety wuen aek pursuit puunes couuee at 5,000 feet. Again, Lindbergh jumped from a spinning test plane ‘at St. Louis when it was only 260 teet the’ mythical who have used emergency Last winter he made his third and fourth jumps when he Was caught in tors at night on thi malt route and could find no landing place. Free Movies Are to Be Shown Farmers in McLean County Soon Washburn, N. D., May 20.—(Spe- cial)—Free motion picture and slide proerane on farming subjects are to) e given next week ad various ints | in McLean county by Max Morgan of the Fairmont Caney. company and County Agent A. b, Norling. The slide pictures: - will concern building a trench silo and the moving picture will be on “Care and Man- agement of a Dairy Herd,” or some other farm subject. ; Local cone eee ane Mr. Nori- ing are cooperat in ar ing these programs, whch will be held as follows Meteor, Monee 23; up and Barely made a safe landing. |. e THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE ° FLOOD WATERS RACE THROUGH |-—— ACADIAN LAND Panic Supplants Confidence of Residents as Flood Tales Are Spread New Orleans, May 20.—)—Panic today began to t the .con- lence wi ents of the Acadian count: ofore have viewed possibility of a flood: Frantic appeals for aid were received and re- who a few days ago refused to leave their homes. The cause for the sudden change wus disclosed when refugees said ‘that they had not been’ afraid when aE ad warnings had been broadcast, but when relatives and friends from farther Bayou Teche had spread the alarm_their confidence dwindled. Bayou Teche New Torrent Bayou Teche which flows through the heart of the Acadirn country Has become a raging toreent from, the backwaters of the Atchafalaya ‘and Bayou des Glaises breaks and has overflowed its banks in many pleces., Residents of Arnaudville sald the ter had reached that town yester- y afternoon when they left. Thoy added that it was i 80 rapidly that many probably would eat off and would have to be taken away in boats. The sudden rise in the Teche found the town unprepared. Women and children were ordered mediately, whle the mén stayéd behind to save what they could. The thr ned area is 100 to 130 imiles northwest of New Orleans on the west side of the river. 900 LATE TO CLASSIFY Rebuilt Automobiles Satistactio teed. Seven. day trial, Each car priced im plain figures, w NOBODY has ever yet been able to even inanufacture a of equal quality for the prices at which we are selling guaranteed, well-condi- tioned rebullt cars. 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Write Tribune ad No, 98. \ FOR RENT—Modern, furnished room, Hot and cold water in room. 510 Fourth street. Auditors’ Terms . Should Cover Four. Years, , Says Sorlie lay 20.—()—“I hope time in the néar future leg jon will be passed which will make the terms o! unty auditors at least four years in duration. This ill. terid’te create more efficiency and.a more uniform method of ‘eep- ing the’books of the various counties of the: state.” This wat’ the wish expressed by Governor A. G. Sorlie in an address before the County Auditors’ Associa- tion of North Dakota at today’s ses- sion of a two-day annual convention being held here. ——___—____—« | Last Minute | Bulletins ! Leonard, N. D., May 20.—(P)—’ Thirty bankers of the southeast- ern section of North Dakota heard talks on banking problems by prominent banking officials of the state at third district group of the North Dakota today. St. Paul, May 20—()—A 42- year-old “woman, who j to of a dining car conductor for Great Northern railroad. . Washi raising rae special fund of bide at fog, ; a cry effort to repea prohibition law, was agreed today at a meeting here of. Anti-saloon League's executive committee, f fe Indian Girls Are Preparing. to Gi Hawaiien Operetta el At Fit hosts of Hilo,” an Hawaiian, operetta by Paul Bliss, will be given at the city auditorium ‘Fri- day, May 27, by students. of the Indian school. The plot of the operetta is wov- cn around a-haunted glen near th village of Hilo in the Hawaiian Islands. play the Princess of Hilo. Sup- porting Miss Peltier will be Hope ‘Jamieson as the Favorite of the Princess, Margaret Baker as the Sorceress, antl Lillian Peltier as the Little Sister. A chorus of Hawaiian’ maidens, consisting of 50 girls of the school, will be fea- tured in songs and specialty danc- ing. . The members of, the cast have made their own costumes,. floral lei, and decorations for the stage. Mrs. Herman Scheffer is direet- ing the music of the operetta, while the dancing and dramatic coaching is under the supervision of Mrs. Bruce Doyle. Practically the same cast who so successfully presented “The Feast of the Red Corn” last year wil! have parts in “Ghosts of Hilo.” There will be two verformances Friday; a matinee at 4 for chil- dren, and” the eveging perform- ance commencing at 8:15. Hornsby Wants Suit Set Aside St. Louis, “May 20.44)—Rogers Hornsby, captain of the New York Giants and manager last ‘vt. world , team. today filed his reply in Clayton ireuié court to the suit brought against hifi last February by Frank L, Moore, Louisville book maker, for alleged indebtedness of $92,000. - Hornsby seeks to have the suit set aside,’ alleging that 10 of 11 transae- tions hamed bv Moore were in the na- ‘ture’ é¥ gambling and not admissible at law. In What: Month Is Your Birthday? 4 your Me er Flowers Hoskins-Meyer Home of K-F-¥-B We are the only. ones. who f make mar aan Bankers association here || iy, Miss Clara Peltier wiil! CAPITOL THEATRE A sense of humor is man’s great- ign.’ That is the theory loot Gibson, and he is quite qualified. to speak, for ability to view himself and his: sur- roundings with amusement, coupled with a natural ability aa an actor, an equsl ability to ride any horse at ever lived. sod a likable 5 sonality with it’ all. has made him a rich and fambus movie star. But for all’ these things, if he hadn’t possessed the sense of humor first, he- probably ‘would never have risen to his - present position on the screen, and Buekaroo Kid,” his’ | latest Universal-Jewel production, which conse to the Cap- itol Theatre tonight is-a splendid example. of the potent results of mix. ing ‘humor. with Western melodrama _ thri , A thpion rider igned un tern’ stat, probably -would risen to any ; particular e had not his natural abil- ities as a comedian( asserted itself. But he did not want to do straight melodramatic Westerns. “Let's put 1 laugh in it here” was his constant wea. The audience began to like it. Gibson’s pictures came, to be. re- zarded as ‘among the most entertain- ing on the screen. ELTINGE THEATRE - “There’ ’ ol Par some of the prinsiples of ball playing come mightily handy in aeting.” So opincs Bob Meusel,.. famous New York ball ges he and one of the heroes of tl orld. 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After all, a ‘ball player doe: the same thing actor does— amuses je public, hence the two trades must have something in com- mi eee lea, with Uni Nye. whi ter. the an informal ni: so I found that the rigorous was training ‘and’ attention to detail of the .ball pla: has itsiecho in the screen bu: thoguht pictyre acting would be than base- ball; as a matter of fact it's réally ‘a hardet i The is more to be j kept {n mind ajl the tit i Meu naet Fei abel) boat gen A famous’ bal ers appear in the new. baseball . picture “sfiae, Kelly, Slide,”, directed by Edward Sedgwick at the Metro-Goldwyn- "Mayer studios. The cast is headed by William Haines, Sally O'Neil, and Harry Carey, and includes other noted screen yers, as well as “Irish” Meusel, Bob: Meusel, -Tony throughout ng_B. CU, 1) ‘Theatre Tonight and Saturday Also Comedy “Buster, Watch Tige” and latest FOX NEWS He could. lick anything from a high pitching bronc to am tough ranch hands. And in helieve § Hoot sharon his: stuff—Plus! they call him the Buckaroo Kid svecting the North tion Slee and _ eentertinn rence ture, jorth Lazzeri and other famous herocs of the diamond: tie : eh N. D., May 20.—()—Gen- nay *, Phinow, St. Paul, prohi- bition administrator for the north-\/ in Fi today in-~ ota prohibi- States Senator in'the oo) wt said that K. C. Lodge to Have - Initiation at Fargo Fargo, N. D, ‘May 20.~(@)—Hun- dreds of Knij Pies gener from Dakota, eastern Minnesota ‘and from the "local 1 will attend a ceremony here Sunda| when 45 candidates will be A banquet will take place in the eve- ning with’ speeches Fargo, James Garrity of Moorhead, B. Tighe of Fargo. this picture, That’s why Six room Stucco House, all modern, vestibule and breakfast alcove, oak floors throughout, full basement with garage, fine lawn and shrubs. Splendid location. Priced at. $5,600.00 ‘for quick sale. Terms.’ A beautiful home. appreciated. ; ‘ . 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