The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, January 20, 1931, Page 2

STN NCAT TB ER ERENT RE UBSDAY, JAN UARY 20, 1981 etters from Convict, Doomed to Hang, to KILLER SPENDING HIS SPARE HOURS AT WRITING TASK Mother, Thinking Her Boy Was Sentenced to Life Term, Can’t Read Papers WILL BE EXECUTED SOON) John Walker, 42, Robbed Kan-| sas Bank and Man Was Killed During Chase Canon City, Colo.. Jan. 20.—(NEA) —A doomed murderer scratches away hour after hour in the Colorado state prison here in a strange race to com- plete the writing of 132 letters before he goes to the gallows during the week ending Jan. 31. The writer is John Walker, 42, one of three men doomed to die in a triple execution for killing a deputy sheriff near Eads, Colo., after a bank robbery last March. The others are Claude Ray, 24, and Andrew Halli- day, 22. Walker Not Idle | Ray and Halliday smoke and idle away their last days, but not Walker. Seated on the edge of his bunk and; bending over a soap box for a desk he is determined to complete the let ters before he dies. Every one of them is addressed to his 70-year-old mother, Mrs. Julia Rhodes, Joplin, Mo. But each letter carries a different date. There is| one for each month of the next 11! years, That is why there are 132 of | them. ‘The letters are to be entrusted to @ friend in Canon City, who will mail one to the mother each month for the next 11 years, In that way she will be misled into believing her son still is alive—that he merely is serving a 20-year prison sentence, a sentence that can be completed in 11 years with good behavior. j By this deception, Walker hopes to save the life of his mother, for she is seriously ill, When her son was sen-| tenced to hang, she was told he had received only a 20-year sentence, as/ doctors say announcement of her! son's fate would be fatal to her. She is not permitted to read newspapers. Decided on Plan Then came the supreme court de-| cision that the slayers must die. How then could the deception be con- tinued as the mother would expect letters from her son. So he decided to write enough letters to last 11 years. ‘The crime for which the trio must die took place while they were fleeing after robbing the Manter a State bank. Speeding westward into Colorado, they were pursued by Un- dersheriff Coral A. Hickman, whom they shot. After a sensational chase in which 10 airplanes, bloodhounds and a posse of 250 took part the trio was captured | at Jetmore, Kan. “It's hard to think up things, years in advance, to put into letters,” says Walker. “But mother will not mind some duplication. I’m doing my best.” Moorhead ‘Alderman Will Leave Office Moorhead, Minn., Jan. 20.—(@)— Giving as reason the “fact ihat it is impossible for me or any other alder- man of the city to secure coopcration of Mayor Nordlie either in enforcing the Jaw or in saving money for the inhabitants of the city of Moorhead.” First Ward Alderman John A. West tendered his resignation to the mayor and the city council Monday, The resignation is to be considered at the next meeting of the city coun- cil, which is scheduled for Jan. 26. Title Won For This Man Des Moines Resident, Restored to Health More Than Year { Ago, Gives New Medicine - ; Credit 25000 Miles through Cloudia SYNOPSIS: Jack Stone, am airmail pilot whe has- made ! the movies, is in love with Pearl sends Pearl around the world in a the match, and Dare. Her father disa) follows, and after many adventures meets Bert Hill, another pilot, who joins forces with him. Together they make many plans to rescue Pearl, but each time are defeated Menace. They sus} Zeppelin by Pearl. elopes with him! ship, however, when they send an SOS. Zepbelin attacked by several Chinese planes. but by an unknown enemy—the Silent ct that this may be Thornton, a earl’s father, or Mrs. Richards, her trails the Zeppelin to the Gobi D Rich: She is forced to let him fly back to the sky- posing as They arrive to find the lack shoots down all ‘one, and the pilot of this turns his attention to him. “How long have you known Frank "ihe question checked -her sud luestion chec! r 4 denly. it sree to frighten her and the hunch grew stronger. “That’s my own affair.” she par- he ay. Hy new though} suggested “If you're not, Thornten ein, een you're Homer Dare’s!” from hea foot, away sobbing" hysterically. mess She sat down on the grass and (Kan.) | rades! i a ground landing. n shelter of the Zeppelin’s guns. a rifles full on him. Queen of the Skies’ igen Dare is standing there w! of the line of your aim. She stopped me just in time. bandit plane was between the ing Dragon and the big zep, was mounting while we were scending. 2 changed tactics. “If he's enough plane, fh 2 “If the Zeppelin doesn’t get first,” ‘Mrs. Richards put In. had mounted aircraft guns. He ready to use them. He was in same jam I was. was apt to hit me, just as any of mine might crash into him. Stranded in China— Location Unknown! pulled a real surprise. He was armed—that was clear—but he master nor I possessed. That smoke! He wrap smoke screen witl and seventy-fifth latitude, in an known and unc! a point where Goodmaster completely had Buzzard had come to earth the form of a surprise attack. the atmosphere. We were unknown miles from out_of the Dragon. we tried to do for him,” I plained moodily. As I was about to pull the trigger, Mrs, Richards called, frantically:— “If you miss fire, you'll ae Goodmaster. For God’s sake, don’ he Zeppelin wriggles out shoot till tl ppel o pT re ee my) i which to fight an armored air; Tll_ get him when we land. 1 took another look. Goodmaster If he fired, he That Yellow Buzzard knew & thing or two. He clutched the air between us and at the last minute a weapon of defense neither Good- d himself in a an agility truly dumfounding. When I landed he was nowhere in view and his damnable smoke had blotted out the Zeppe- lin, Zi We landed on a roomy, level turf somewhere between the seventieth harted wilderness at o out of communication with the rest of the world. And he gone on, pointed due north. Our wireless was dead, we hadn’t a drop of gas and if the Yellow could anticipate more trouble in smoke screen still hung thickly in source of relief, with not a visible sign of life near. Only trees, swamps, rivers and uninviting flats struck our exploring eyes as we crawled “That was lousy of Goodmaster to leave us in this lurch after what com- HAD diverted the menace of the last of the six bandit planes from the Queen of the Skies to the Flying Dragon! That lone chap meant to avenge the death of his five com- He divined I was out of gas, as he saw me break for In wildest fury, he plunged from the Yelling at the top of his lungs, he swooped into my smoke! Mrs. Richards was still at the sticks. Deliberately, I sighted the largest ‘of my airplane ee hull. “He “Yes! To kee} myself apart. He’ our bee ia fe comes—where Ww: 1 Queen of the se? thousands of miles away.” Pearl Dare The Fly- I could summon “Besides, you're on in m ‘ou flop over and ellow Buzzard’s ally, me for good and ‘ail “That's a nice com; girl who stood by fgets she retorted, to de- foot him was quite a different proposition. the Don't I know side trip threater bent on ti me over to authorities on cooked-up tables are turned! “ave cota e don’t know what to ‘a5. with fire to be. Looka here, old She tried to stop her face continued to twitch. eyes met. T was, too! She I not had was ook as faces, nat 8 namef" “No,” she admitted, sobered and necestaety ea was tioned hisname, He knew = the United States air-: we His to fly. After he cracked any the only side-tracked your" i ie “That's stri ia feet Tictly personal,’ about her, I asked:— I was at the robably had his reasons.” and likely SO 8 { When it Neagat ‘tt a woman and I resembled the comedian in a black-face sone foe Clothes were burned and torn and grease-marked as our hands and “You sure have knocked l. Old Homer T. Dare war's whee ts (eS to hire a lady crook flier for Is Richards your real sententy “You'd know my husband if I men- service, ying for Pitcairn, He was an air- mail pilot, too, and he aught ‘me up, I was lanning on taking his job. 1 i emp 'y ou 1b? \ you ere, @ female crook flier and one I ever came across What C she Filled with a brand new hunch cried herself Fee . Nice business? And how! 1 stood by awkwardly. Whether she was a crook or not, these particular tears were genuine. t's go wash,” I said, abruptly. led to a nebrby creek an spent the better part of an hour scrubbing. Her whole manner had cht . She might have been feigning, but, outwardly, at least, she was ringing more true than at any. time since I had known her. “Jack?” she questioned, unex- pectedly, in a still, small voice. Skies be? Maybe tongue: way. I wouldn't Handa a Bt Pas to get rid of ry you in a pinch,” though she was laugh "i'm not apt to forget, but that’s We had to work together that time. you started this little ning to shoot me, and And you've proved to be a wo danger than I ever Bare 2 ‘girl » but —— = She was some sight ond 2 ed like - = this eternal the moon?” My features set sternly. “You don’t have a square chance “Aren't you getting a little tired of chasing after earnestness witch was impressiv “You think you have. She thinks she'll marry you! She even has her- self hypnotized into believing that. She lovcs you madly. You ought to know differently. You're a nice boy, Jack, but you're as blind as @ bat to real facts.” “How do you figure it?” 1 dex. manded, iy. re She smiled. “Pearl's modern. She’s an excitement chaser. She lives on it. It’s her idea, now, of: romance. But, don’t you. know that before this cruise is over she'll be fed up and bored to death? She'll be darned glad to return to the so- celal world, and she will be sick of People’s Forum Editor's Note.—The. Tribune wel- comes letters on subjects of in- t et co} ni yy. or which offend good taste and fair play be” returned to the Allletters MUST be signed. wish to use a pseudonym, ' e pseudonym first and your ane beneath it. We will re- ch requests. We reserve ht to delete such parts of as may be necessary to eonform to this poli | Editor, Bismarck Tribune: | We note in your issue of Saturday | | the 17th, that the appropriation com- | | mittee has again assumed its duties, as a part of the activities of the state legislature, and that they have on full war paint and feathers; and, that the enemy—the taxpayers—had now | better take to the woods. } We note that there has been an appropriation in the sum of $3000.00, | to be used in the inspection of our | bees, and we are wondering why it is | that the appropriation keeps getting bigger each year. Is it because the bees are getting more shy of the, in- spector, and therefore harder to in- | Spect; or, is it that they—the bees— are, more numerous than in former years? We realize that the inspec- | tion of bees would be rather a diffi- cult task, owing to the combative dis- | Position of the would-be-inspected. If the taxpayers of this state were just half as combative as the bees | are, this bee inspector would no doubt be driving spikes on some railway. Of course, if a bee inspector is con- | Scientious and energetic and sees to it that each bee has his stinger kept in proper trim and his wings in per- fect alignment, so he will be able to bring home the bacon, he (the in- spector—not the bee) will earn his | wages, The thing that gives us pause how- ever, is that regardless of how de- pressed the taxpayer may be; how little his crops may. be worth; how | hard @ time he has in paying his s (0) R BOARDING HOUSE taxes, or, allowing his farm to be sold for taxes, that the appropriations never get any less. At all times from the creation of an office until Gabriel shall blow his trumpet, the burden will get just. a little heavier each year. Another matter that should cause food for thought is this: In the year A. D. 1915, there was created the of- fice of Transportation Officer. The salary of such officer was fixed at $1800.00 per year and the appropri- ation for the office—including salary —was in 1923 fixed at $24,000 dollars. In 1929, the task had become so ar- duous that it required an appropri- ation of $29,541.91, and this too for work that could just as well be per- formed py the sheriffs of the differ- ent counties of this state, who are willing to do the same for their pres- {ent salaries, plus actual. expenses. Let some of these hard working ap- propriators go back in the laws of this state and trace the origin of this particular law, up from A. D. 1915, to the present time; so they will know By Ahern at that girl,” she went on with an Subj <- promptly meeting my mood. “You wouldn't ave to marry me if you didn’t want to’ you. You're her great diversion this minute. You can’t possibly ex- pect that to last!” In spite of my faith in Pearl, I , was shaken by this pitiless logic. ¢ Thornton himself had told me in Calcutta that Pearl could not stay put. Of course, his motive was obvious. And so was Mrs. Rich- ards’, It was to their interest to try to sidetrack me. They had tried before. Now Mrs. Richards was using guile. * “Our job is to get out of here and there are only two ways to do that,” I said, bluntly changing the ject. “Relief or gas,” she answered. “If I could trust you——” I began and stopped, dubiously.: “You must trust me, Jack” she implored. “I am no more anxious to fall into.the hands of Red and Yellow bandits than you are.” “O. Ki" I declared, impulsively. “It’s.a truce between us. I—” ‘She turned ‘d_mevand look~ ed unflinchingly into my eyes. “Let's take it more than a truce?” “What do you mean?” She really blushed. “Let’s beat it together,” she stammered. “I'm sick of it all-and you ought: to be. You're a wonder, Jack, too good for all this wild goose chasing. We would team.” entfi Bas to went Deceive Mother 11 Years | | She was If this “Night's in a voice which sounded bi we might be able to get enough take us somewhere.” She sighed word stumbled on my heels reconnoiter. to na, * very ounce of will power, I tried to uit her and Pearl From my mind and partially succeeded. Each of us lesselike man= ed @ brisk, busine real er which was not and yes was. Red ae Soeved. bat a Fite ae mile K Several o! ned. to ® cr “The planes were complete ee masses of charred wood, twist wires and.warped and broken at but one gas tank was intact ant while most of its contents had bos ci out it still held about fifty gall ions, “ ‘Saved!” she seq ities how are we Peed as long 'Tcon- the" Piping Dragon an ie to transter the to flying and it those two miles. id Uf ada We refueled in a We tested the engine. It zoomed boss to fight, the entire leadership is confined in its members. In this respect we claim a distinct difference from ourpolitical opponents. Respectfully, C. N. LEE, Chairman, N. P. L. LUTHERAN PASTORS TOMBET INFARGO Program for Norwegian Church Convention Jan. 27 to 29 Announced Fargo, N. D., Jan. 20.—Pastors of the North Dakota district, Norwegian Lutheran Church of America will meet in convention at the First Luth- eran church of Fargo, Jan. 27 to 29. make an unbeatable flying “You mean———" I stuttered and rotherpe! h, for, I a absolutely married?” ea “You wouldn't have oh mes bnamed to. I ct you Sherk you to love me in a minute. Her eyes caressed They were swimming with passionate de- sire, mixed irt-hunger which was not depraved. Her touch was intoxicating and PLORE amas an abyss of sweet, sweet, con- fused delights. . Instead of loathing and repelling her, I gently un- clasped her fevered hands and pushed her, not roughly, away.’ The first session will open Tuesday morning at 10:30 o'clock with a ser- mon by Rev. K. O. Raftshol, Churchs Ferry; Communion address by Rev. E. E. Eidbo, Bowdon; and liturgy by Rev. J. D, Runsvold, Fargo, ¥ Dr. M. J. Stolee, of Luther Theo- logical Seminary, St. Paul, will ad- dress the convention Tuesday after- noon and evening. Wednesday forenoon Rev. John Aarthun, Lignite, conducts a Bible hour, an address on “Church Finan- ces” will be given by Rev. H. O. Shur- son, Minneapolis, general treasurer. Two addresses will be given Wednes- day afternoon, “How Shall the Pastor Rightly Divide the Word of Truth in His Preaching?” by Rev. A. N. Liv- dal, Hettinger; and “The Develop- ment and the Importance of the Ritual of Our Church,” Rev, V. E. Boe, Finley. In the evenirig Rev. Shurson delivers an address. A Bible hour conducted by Rev. Magne Endresen, Kindred, is slated for Thursday morning. The address of this session will be delivered by Prof. W. F. Schmidt, president c* the » uneven ait, ve St. Paul Luther college. Rev. J. W. ok bell “Why not? Johnshoy, Concordia college, Moor- Why not ion. head, Minn., is the speaker for the and get some Buddhist priest to afternoon session. His topic is “The 2 should care New Testament in the Light of Re- cent Archeological Discoveries.” The Concordia College Band pre- 1 sents a half-hour concert on Thurs- day evening. The speaker is Prof. Schmidt. ROCHESTER MAN DIES Rochester, Minn., Jan. 20—(#)—J. T. Kahler, 67, organizer of the hotel and hospital system here, which bears his name, died, ‘We were, at last, ready for the take-off. ‘A. strong und Med ae an ie open hrough the jungled ring us, We had it » shitly, ue but what. Mrs, Rit had bundled in Pearl's greatcoat and was nodding. I tinkered with the wireless. Half a dozen wires needed new insulation, t have in stock. fees verything, including arin low. mention wees an. SR ross of questions kept hammering at may brain for answers I could not ve. A eave of tenderness swept over me. I put my arm around her. and er close. jurmi a ee off.to happy slum- 1 held her closer and got to At the hour of sunset, while we to get the Dragon Struggling indecision, crawled out of the plane and strolled around. I wanted to fight-it out all alone, one way or other. I was low- spirited, morose and more and more upset. I sat down on one of the wrecks, staring with umseeing eyes on the debris scattered all about until, with @ wrench, I noticed a short cylin- drical object at my feet. I picked it up, inquisitively, struck a it and examined it. I found it to be_a sealed tube. 1 broke the seals! Inside was a ball of writing paper. “JACK, JACK!" I READ. “I IM+ ILLOW I— set to marry me couldn't mine, with heat I felt myself ‘being My senses in a maze, I crushed the paper and stuffed it in my a I dashed to the Flying ragon and was reaching for the door when out of the dark a figure with a leveled gun ste] before me. It was the Yellow Buzzard! were passion, it brought by rot fation or disgust. GET AFTER OLD! coming on,” T finally said, unnatural ao Don’t snuffle along with a cold. At the first sneeze use Mistol freely with E, “On Cupid’s Wings, here. which Jack finds that MIRACLES and without ers do happen! Summoning the special dropper that is in bottle, You'll be surprised how quickly Mistol clears your and soothes just what was required of the sher- iffs, the warden of the penitentiary, and other officials; how the matter was then handled, and then show, if they can, that we need any such an Officer as is defined as the transpor- tation officer. The appropriation for A. D. 1929 allows this officer $12,,500 as traveling expenses, and that is more than $1000 per month. At that rate—as Ole said, “He must be going some.” ‘We will-admit that looking after ti> insane of this state is some job; but it is not half what it will be in the near future’ if taxes don’t come down—or, if the taxpayers.don't all leave the state. In the opinion of the writer, we need a transportation officer just about as much as Hades is in need of a powder house. Yours truly, J. N. McCARTER, Steele, N. D. Dodge, N. Dak. Editor, Bismarck Tribune. Dear Sir: I have read with inter- est a letter in your yesterday's publi- cation signed by Mr. O. J. Sorlie and in fairness to our voters of the state I wish to state a few facts, ‘This new party just recently or- “| ganized in Jamestown has for its pro- | gram practically adopted the entire cratic in its operation, believe to fight for the people of our state | whatever you will. and although it has made mistakes, we nevertheless aré proud of its ac- | join us and if you wish control come complishments and for any new/| strong enough and you will find the party to come up and take its entire | avenue wide open. You will find no sore nose and throat membranes. If your voice is husky, or your throat it has and 1| platform on the only excuse that they it will in the future continue | are against Townleyism is, well call it If our program is O. K. why not UM-M + EGAD,ALVIAS ~~ I, AH ~ | FoRGOT “fo TELL You THAT MY GREAT SPEED AND: SKILL ON Ice SKATES WAS EXHIBCED BEFORE I SUFFERED A PERMANENT INDURY “TQ MY ANKLES, AT -| Nonpartisan League program. Mr. «| Sorlie claims that they are against | 'Townleyism as well as Twichellism. .| For the information of Mr. Sorlie I | wish to have him remember that at. | the last state convention of the || League Mr. Townley was present and '@ candidate for an important office. | UNCLE AMOS! You - SAID You WOULD Go ast SKATING WITH ME AN’ SHow’ ME How You Won A MEDAL FROM “TH” KING OF SWEDEN, FOR TE North Coast Limited, transcontinental train, speeds smoothly through the night! 3 “Number One On Time!”—100 miles ahead, on the steel path, a train dispatch- MR. DUKE W. DAVIS “I took Konjola more for a tonic than a medicine and it certainly gave endid re: ” said Mr. Duke W. Davis, 1317 East Grand avenue, es Moines. “I had very little appe- tite, food did not taste right, and I always felt tired. “I also suffered some from nervousness and I did not and I began to relish my has been a year since I good medicine and I am enjoying excellent health. Kon- my opinion, is a very good “‘Konjola is all that its friends claim Taken regularly over a six to period, it has proven vs foremost medicine for ail- stomach, liver, oat SPEED AA\’ SKATING! —~ I “TELLING HARVEY AN? HE SAID, AW, HE COULDI'T STAND FANCY Td” Ice IN A BARREL!” ~~ CMON SKATING AN” SHow Him f WAS KLOTZ UP oN SKI-DUMPING IN NORWAY, ABOUT NINETEEN MEARS AGO! ~ I MADE A RECORD DUMP oF Bot METERS AND LANDED ON A SPOT THAT SOME RIVAL HAD COVERED WITH WHITE CANVAS AND ASHES! However, they indorsed another and during the campaign the League was solid behind the man the convention nominated, in fact he was nominated and elected. Any observer who is willing to observe things as they are knows that Mr. Townley has had nothing to do with the N. P. L. for years. To hold Mr. Townley up as kind of a bogey man to scare our voters with has been the practice of ou: opponents for years but to have mon like Mr. Sorlie at this time do so seems ridiculous. * The Nonpartisan League is demo- KEBS <The six volumes shown above are out of their correct order. Can you put them right, in the following manner? Move two books at a time to another position. The two hooks moved. must be. side-by- side, and placed side-by-side. Then gain move two books that are together and-follow with a third move of two books together. The third moye should bring the six to their correct pe 0% -“ NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILWAY First of the Northern Transcomtinentals er’s telephone message is communicated to the vanguard at the terminal to set machinery in motion to receive Number, One. Again and again, at regular inter- vals, the same magic words are spoken. A little of trained men moves methodically into place. A giant, steam. ing locomotive is guided from its round- house berth to a strategic waiting point. “Number One On‘Time!", again from the train dispatcher—three hours of prep- aration complete. A whistle blast, a shaft Number One On Time! Number One is being groomed for its next - transcontinental leg, loading ‘and unloading in progress; A moves away from the head of the another takes its place, Three preparation, 10 minutes of intensive performed silently in the night,” 4 Number One, the North Coast Limited, oe 2 ; ‘ slides on Into the night, It is on time, a8 usual