The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, February 3, 1936, Page 1

ESTABLISHED 1873 THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1936 The Weather Generally fair tonight and Tues- day; continued cold. PRICE FIVE CENTS Youth Admits Killing Leonard Couple ‘Olson’s Gang Permitted Sla of TVA KILLING LINKED WITH GOVERNOR BY WORDS OF EDITOR'S WIDOW Claims Murder Would Not Have Been Committed Without Olson’s Permission PHONE THREATS RECALLED ‘There’s Other Ways to Stop You,’ Woman Heard Her Husband Told Minneapolis, Feb. 3.—(?)—Weeping hySterically, Mrs. Walter Liggett col- lapsed after a recess Monday of dis- trict court where she testified her late husband, publisher of a political weekly newspaper, would not have been murdered unless “Governor Ol- son's gang ordered it or permitted it.” * The calm demeanor she had main- tained throughout a full morning of cross-examination, suddenly was brok- en after the widow retired to the county attorney's office to rest. The court had ordered a three-hour recess at the request of the state when Mrs. Liggett remarked she was tired. She collapsed soon afterward. Before the recess, McMeekin ques- tioned Mrs. Liggett at length on the position of the gunman in the auto- mobile the night the publisher was killed. “Did you give police a statement saying the fire came from the back seat?” asked McMeekin. Wesley An- dersch, a mechanic and eye-witness to the slaying, previously testified Kid Cann committed the murder from the front seat. Says Face Is Vivid “It is the face that is vivid, not the position of the face,” the witness re- plied. “My little girl said the front seat.... The face is terrifically vivid. The position is not. I was aware of one spurt of flame. I was just vaguely aware of a gup. A man’s head was sticking “out the window: “I was sort of petrified and I couldn’t move. I watched the face disappear. “He leaned out grinning and turned his head back for a second as the car went on.” Mrs. Liggett said she could not fdentify the driver, who was slumped down behind the wheel. Listens Attentively Isadore (Kid Cann) Blumenfeld, Houor salesman and former bootleg- ger, listened attentively as his coun- sel cross-examined the widow, attired | bill. in the same sombre black she wore last week when she testified for the state. “I called my mother after Walter was shot,” the smal, sorrowful widow testified, “and said ‘Governor Olson's gang got Walter, Mother.’ She asked me ‘Do you know who did it?’ I said *Yes, Kid Cann’.” “Do you associate the defendant with Governor Olson's gang?” defense (Continued on Page Two) ND. GRAIN DEALERS CONVERGE ON CITY js President Conaway of Stark- weather Arrives Here to Complete Preparations President C. H. Conaway of Stark- weather led an expected delegation ot between 600 and 800 North Dakota grain and elevator men into Bis- marck Monday to make final prepara- tions for the state convention open- ing morning. If the convention crowd reaches ex- pected proportions, hotel accommoda- en will be eet 2 copeetly snd arrangements have been ace commodate the overflow crowd in pri- vate residences. First session of the “Silver Anni- versary” convention of the North Da- kota Farmers’ Grain Dealers asso- ciation will be called to order at 9 @ m. at the city auditorium Tuesday by President Conaway, following a half-hour concert by the. Bismarck Juvenile band. Rev. N. E. Elsworth, pastor of the St. George’s Episcopal church, will give the invocation after which wel- come will be extended by Mayor A. P. Lenhart. Response to the wel- come and the annual president's mes- sage will be given by Conaway. Due to the recent death of P. Lee, association secretary for the past 16 years, Conaway ie also make the secretary's report. e8- sion will adjourn ae the appoint- ment of standing committees. A concert by the Grainmen’s band the opening. The convention will continue Wed- nesday and Thursday. Mf Validity Still Undecided Woman Is Found Frozen in Church NEdMiesnbatcbeh inp vice Albert Lea, Minn., Feb. 3.—(?)— A 52-year-old woman who ap- parently went into @ rural church to pray, was found frozen to death when the janitor opened the church for mass. The victim, Miss Nellie Roach, 52, New Richland, Minn., was ly- ing on the floor in the sacristy of the Catholic church in Bath town- ship at Poplar Grove. Frozen solid, the woman was found Sunday by Ray Sullivan, janitor. Investigation by Sheriff Helmer Myre. disclosed she was taken to the church in a taxicab last Wednesday night. Merlin Heileman of Albert Lea, who drove her to the church, said the woman ordered him to take her two grips into the church. The grips were found beside her body. FOES MAY FIGHT IT OUT OVER PROPOSED. FARM REFINANCING Frazier-Lemke Act Advocates Need Only Three More Names to Force Vote Washington, Feb. 3.—(?)—Infla- tionists and “antis” were lined up in congress Monday, awaiting only & signal to fall afoul of each other in what promises to be a spectacular tight. ‘ ‘The signal, it appeared, might be the introduction of slipcase = troduced soon. Led by Senator Thomas (Dem.-Okla.) and Represent- ative Patman (Dem.-Tex.) currency expansionists have announced they will fight to block any new tax pro- gram. They favor printing new money instead. If the tax issue is not raised soon, there is believed to be a possibility that the two opposing forces may go to the t first over the Frasier- mae farm mortgage refinancing The forces behind this bill, which calls for the Gpoaesgeoned of farm in- debtedness on easy terms through the issuance of up to $3,000,000,000 in new money, have succeeded in getting 215 signatures on a petition to force a vote in the house. Only 218 are needed and its backers are pressing for the three names. Rev. Charles E. Coughlin camfe to their aid by saying that the Frazier- Lemke bill would be the principal weapon in a campaign by his Nation- al Union for Social Justice to attain “$1.50 wheat, $1 corn and 20-cent cotton.” By aiding distressed rural debtors, said at Detroit, the bill would “liberate 32 million of our ulation from economic slavery.” President Roosevelt, he said, “as- sured a committee of house last August that he was not opposed to the Frazier-Lemke bi'l.” “Is it conceivable,” the priest ask- ed, “that these Wall Street whisperers to the bill?” By whatever route the inflation is- sue comes to the floor of house or senate, congressional leaders express every confidence that it ‘will be de- tovled by a wide margin. The leaders are hoping to push the administration’s farm relief bill, and perhaps a bonus payoff appropriation $2,000, througl Fliers Avert Tomiie On Ice-Locked Island Feb. 3—(#)—The quaint | sun fisherfolk of Tangier Island, cut off from the rest of the world in the ice- locked lower reaches of Chesapeake bay, had a supply of food Monday to help them face one of the worst win- ters they can remember. and planes Sunday 1,800 A.|pounds of food for the 1,500 natives and staved off threatened distress. Valley City Skier Is Dead of Cracked Skull Valley City, yf D., Feb. 3.—)— James Fergusor., 27, died here early Monday of s fractured skull received in a skiing accident Sunday. Sliding down a hill near his home here. he was unable to control his direction and crashed into a tree. He died near- ly 13 hours after the accident without regaining consciousness. Gil Dobie Is Appointed Boston College Coach Boston, Feb. are —(P}—Gil Dobie. former football coach at Cornell. was appointed head football coach at Bos- Kidnaping Officer, to Avoid Ar- rest, Violated Lindbergh Law, Court Holds Washington, Feb. 3—(#)—The su- preme court concluded delivering Monday without passing on the constitutionality of TVA. That made next Monday the earliest pos- sible date for delivering the long awaited decision. - The court, in an hour and a half session before hearing arguments on other matters, did agree to pass on the constitutionality of another New Deal law—The Securities Act. J, Edward Jones, New York City dealer in oi) securities, won a review of lower federal court rulings which found the law valid and held the securities and exchange commission had power to enforce it. The supreme court included among its decisions Monday a ruling that kidnaping of an officer to avoid ar- rest constitutes a violation of the Lindbergh kidnaping law. The ruling was on an appeal by Arthur Gooch, sentenced to die for assisting in kidnaping two police officers at Paris, Texas, and trans- porting them into Oklahoma. The unanimous opinion, delivered by Justice McReynolds, was the first the high tribunal has handed down concerning the Lindbergh law. The law was enacted three months after the kidnaping of the Lindbergh baby in 1932. It was strengthened in 1934. In an opinion further clarifying. the lationship between the federal and state governments, the supreme court held that Maryland may tax prefer- ted stock of the Baltimore National bank owned by the Reconstruction Corporation. The unanimous decis- jon, applicable in all states, was de- livered by Justice Cardozo. Provisions of a 1932 Louisiana law making retroactive changes in. the method of paying off withdrawing members of building and loan assocla- tions were held ynconstitutional by the supreme court.” North Dakota Loses Tax Suit Washington, Feb. 3. — (7) — The Great Northern railway won Monday «(Continued on Page Two) DICKINSON V. F. W. POST IS INSTALLED Bismarck Degree Team Inducts G. R. Vestal as Command- er of New Group Dickinson, N. D., Feb. 3.—The Jerry Merril Lanphear post, No. 3444 of the Veterans of Foreign Wars was in- stalled here Sunday with a degree team from Bismarck, conducting the ceremonies for 30 members. G. R. Vestal was elected com- mander of the new post, which was named after Jerry Merril Lanphear, a member of Company K, Infantry First Division, who was killed in ac- tion at Soissons, France, July 20, 1918 Other members inducted into office were J. A. Cannon, senior vice com- mander; C. L, Drury, junior vice com- mander; F. L. Reardon, quartermas- ter; A. L, Johnson, judge advocate; {Flank J Flynn, chaplain; Olaf Thorpe, surgeon; Lewis Lemownt. trustee; Marcus Bakke, officer of the day, and Joseph Joswick and Leon Stuck, color bearers. Officers of the new post were in- structed in their duties and a lunch was served following the installation. Fifteen slogan contest books, funds ot which are used to support the V. F. W. Orphans’ home at Eaton Rapids Mich., were sold. State Department Adjutant Wesley Sherwin of Bismarck acted as instal!- ing officer, taking the place of P. G Harrington, who was unexpectedly called away by the death of his moth- er. Nine Bismarck men took part in the installation. Peg eod enlisted in the machine com| . second infantry. N. D National Guard, at Dickinson un June 30, 1917. He was called into federal action July 15, 1917, and served in three machine gun companies during the war. He was cited for gallantry in action and especially meritorious services and entitled to wear a silver star. Credit Bureau Will Meet Here Tonight) Boy ‘Who Went Home’ Dies in Cave Collapse meeting at 8:30 p. m., tonight .at the offices of the bureau, 305% Broad- benefit of other merchants, the aim being to prevent losses through unwise granting of retail credit. In a bulletin sent out to member merchants Monday the bureau said that the annual credit rating of Bis- marck and Mandan citizens now is underway and pointed out to merch- ants that in many cases where credit has been refused because of past-due accounts elsewhere the result has been that these accounts have been paid shortly afterward. ALLOT $296,185,000 FOR FARM BENERITS IN DEFICIENCY BILL ‘Combined Temporary-Perman- ent Farm Plan Approved by House Committee jINSERT MARKET PROVISION Senate Passes Measure That Authorizes 60 Millions for 1936 Seed Loans Washington, Feb. 3.—(7)—The' sen- ete Monday passed and sent to con- 000 deficiency bill carrying $296,185,- incident to paying the bonus. & combined temporary and ent substitute farm plan for the invali- dated AAA. The amount for paying AAA con- tracts already had been approved by the house but other amendments to the deficiency bill, including the bonus cost, will necessitate sending the measure to conference to reconcile | differences. The house committee bill was broad- ened beyond the Bankhead bill pending in the senate to provide for expansion of damestic and foreign markets. To Check Diseases The house committee also wrote in servation act that funds can be used control of Bangs’ disease. ference with the house the $367,770,-| Action was taken shortly after the, house agriculture committee approved | 8 provision in the amended soil-con- | for bovine tuberculosis eradication and! HOFFMAN READY 10 NAME MYSTERY MAN WITH HANDKERCHIER Stranger Seen by Lindbergh Night Condon Paid Ransom at Bronx Cemetery HIS IDENTITY DISCOVERED State Police Asked to Arrest Him or Clear Him of Any Suspicion in Crime Trenton, N. J. Feb. 3.—(?)—Gov. Harold G. Hoffman was reported ready Monday to identify the mysteri- ‘ous “man with the handkerchief” in 000 for farm benefits under old AAA: contracts and $12,278,375 for expenses | the Lindbergh kidnaping, and pos- sibly to order his arrest, Sources close to the governor in- dicated he would ask state police either to arrest the man or to clear him of any suspicion in the crime. The mysterious man was seen by ‘Col. Charles A. Lindbergh, outside St. Raymond's cemetery in the Bronx, the night Dr. John F. (“Jafsie”) Condon paid the futile $50,000 ransom for the return of Lindbergh's infant son. After hearing the colonel’s account of the man, police in their first investi- gation of the crime, set him down as @ mere passerby. Governor Hoffman’s investigators are reliably reported to have discov- ered his identity recently. Whether he actually had any connection with the case was not disclosed. Recently, the governor asked Col. H. Norman Schwarzkopf, superinten- dent of state police, to renew the in- vestigation into the kidnaping, “to get all others connected with the As approved by a 17 to 6 ballot cut- ting party lines, the house bill limits | the temporary subsidy program to soil conservation, soil rebuilding and promoting economic use of land, de-| laying until the permanent program takes effect two years hence the, “maintenance ities adequate to meet domestic and foreign consumer requirements at prices fair to both producers and con- sumers” and “re-establishment of maintenance of farmers’ purchasing | power.” The senate passed and sent to the house the Smith bill authorizing $60,- 000,000 for 1936 seed and feed loans. Loans Up to $1,000 It authorizes the farm credit ad- f ministration to make 5% per cent loans up to $1,000 to individual farm- ers in the United States, Alaska, Ha- wali, and Puerto Rico, with borrowers giving a first lien on crops or live- stock as security. Senator Benson (F.L.-Minn.) intro- duced a bill designed to enable con- sumers and farmers to recover from Processors the $200,000,000 in process- ing taxes which the supreme court: ordered refunded. The bill declared that processors had admitted passing these taxes on to consumers and farmers “so that it is @ gross economic injustice to give this money to the processors.” Jurisdiction to entertain consumer-, farmer recovery suits would be con- ferred on the federal district courts. DEATH TAKES BOY FROM TWIN SISTER: Tiny Mandan Baby Unable to Fight Off Ravages of Pneu- monia; Girl Safe Funeral services were conducted in Mandan Monday for Raymona Muth. 20-day-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Muth of St. Anthony. Death separated Mandan’s light- weight twins late Saturday as pneu- monia claimed the life. of the boy Julie Anne, the twin sister, contin- ued to gain weight and strength and was reported to be in no danger. Prematurely born, the boy and girl were fraternal twins and both weighed 2 pounds 13 ounces, at birth. Because of their tiny size they were of #~ continuous~’and tion: stable supply of agricultural commod-| Sources close to the governor said fed from an eyedropper and kept alive | shortage Lindbergh crime.” ‘The governor made it plain he was dissatisfied with the state police in- ivestigation, which led to the arrest and conviction of Bruno Richard ‘Hauptmann, to whom Hoffman grant- ed a 30-day reprieve from sentence of deat during the Tenewed investiga- he would disclose the identity of “the man with the handkerchief” to Col- onel Schwarzkopf this week. Lindbergh told of a man walking along the cemetery fence at the time ,Dr. Condon was looking for “John.” Lindbergh, seated in his auto, saw the man approach. As he passed the auto he raised a handkerchief to his face, either as a signal, Lindbergh irate or as an attempt to mask his T BURN TO DEATH IN CONSTRUCTION CAMP Workmeén Trapped in Dormitory as Flames Sweep Through It at Night . Los Angeles, Feb. 3.—(?)—Seven workmen burned to death Monday when fire destroyed a dormitory at the Parker dam construction camp on the Colorado river. Two others were seriously injured, and 10 receiv- ed minor burns. All of the bodies have been taken from the wreckage, but identification has not been completed. Ninety men were asleep in the dormitory, A high wind swept. the flames through the structure, and carried the blaze to the mess hall and SOS EONERRET + PID Bete BIND REET: ae dam is being built approxi- mately 100 miles south of Boulder Dam to divert a portion of the Colo- rado river into the $20,000,000 aque- duct being. built by the metropolitan water district of Los Angeles and nearby communities. The fire broke out at 2:30 a. m., and in a few minutes the dormitory was in flames, the victims being trap- ped in their bunks. Bread Shortage Faces 3,300 Persons on Isle Nantucket, Mass., Feb. 3.—(7)—This island of 3,300 persons faced a bread Monday. Hemmed in by an ice jam the island is missing its daily im an improvised incubator. DEATH TAKES MINOT BOY Minot, N. D., Feb. 3.—(#)—Lloyd Howard Selfors, 5-year old son, of Mr. and Mrs. Lafs Selfor. of Minot, died at a hospital here Monday. Seal Beach, Calif. Feb. 3.—(P)—| Jackie Ward's sobbing playmates told Monday how the 8-year-old boy was’ buried alive, forgotten and crushed to death while they frantically bur- rowed in the sand to save @ com- panion. They thought he had gone home. Seven boys, the oldest 14, dug a sandhill cave near Anaheim ing several days ago. But recent rains weakened the earth and Sun- Lday the cave collapsed, burying them, supply of bread which normally is 30 miles by steamship roe the mainland. There are only tr bakeries on the island and they are unable to take care of the needs of all residents. Five, caught near the entrance, quickly freed themselves. Stewart Lawhead and his four play- mates, digging with their hands, slow- ly tunneled their way to Billy Taylor, 10. “It’s a good thing Jackle went Frantically the boys dug in again, but Jackie was dead when they reached him, ying, Mrs. Liggett Asserts Death Comes to Red Cross Tent Death invaded a sanctuary of the injured and feeble—the Swedish Red Cross unit—when Italian air near Dolo on the South Ethiopian front. raiders bombed the field hospital This picture, among the first to reach America, shows one of the 50 native victims lying dead just a few steps from the plainly marked tent. Acetylene Gas Blast Hurts Mill City Man Minneapolis, Feb. 3.—(#)—An acety- lene gas explosion and ensuing fire Monday wrecked the generating plant. of the Air Reduction Sales Co., in- jured C. A. Neff, plant superintend- ent, and broke windows within a 50- ae radius. Neff was blown high into the air. ‘PROMPT REPEAL? OF THREE RARM ACTS IS ASKED BY PRESIDENT Cotton, Tobacco and Potato Laws Specified; Due to AAA Death Decision Washington, Feb. 3—()—President Roosevelt proposed to congress Mon- day the “prompt repeal” of the Bank- head compulsory cotton control act, the Kerr-Smith tobacco act, and the potato act of 1935. In a message to congress, the presi- dent said “this recommendation is made because of the termination of the program of agricultural produc- tion adjustment” to which “the three acts mentioned were auxiliary.” His terse message came as @ sure prise to Capitol Hill: ‘The AAA was declared unconstitu- tional by the supreme court. The Bankhead cotton act is in the supreme court for a test of constitu- tionality on an action brought by Governor Eugene Talmadge of Geor- gia. The administration now is seeking enactment of a substitute farm pro- gram to replace the AAA. SEARCH FOR LUCAS IS AT STANDSTILL Nothing Definite Yet Discovered Indicating Suspected Slay- er’s Whereabouts Burleigh county sheriff and police officials were at a standstill Monday in their search for Howard Lucas, 19, wanted for questioning in connection with the mystery murder of L. G. Knowlen in. his shack on the eastern edge of the city early in January. To date nothing definite has been Yearned of Lucas’ whereabouts and all clues have led to nothing. Police throughout this part of the country have been asked to be on the lookout for the youth, however, and Sheriff Fred Anstrom said he still is hopeful that the man will be ap- prehended. is further develdpments the WO} coroner's inquest into the death has been delayed, since it was a plain case of murder, according to Dr. L. 'W. Larson, county coroner. Knowlen was buried Saturday in Fairview cemetery after services at the Webb Funeral home. In addition to relatives a number ot persons with whom Knowlen had been associated in work for the Townsend old age pension plan at- tended the ceremony. Sheriff Anstrom said he placed credence in a Fargo newspaper report that Lucas hed slept in the jail at Moorhead, Minn., on Jan. 6, express- ing the belief that the former cowboy and sheepherder had not left the country definitely until Knowlen’s murder became known, MBS. A, H. MAQUARDT DIES Minot, N,:D., Feb. 3—(?)—Mrs, A. H. Marquardt, 26-year-old Minot resi- dent, died of streptococcic septicemia which followed ‘childbirth at a Minot hospital Sunday. The infant son also died, SHED FREIGHT RATE REDUCTION TO HALF REGULAR LEVY SEEN Northwest Railroads Believe ICC Will Approve Move to Aid Farmers Minneapolis, Feb. 3.—()—To re- duce the cost to northwest farmers of the fine seed wheat the government is to sell for planting this spring rail- roads in Minnesota and the Dakotas jhave joined in a move to cut the freight rate on this seed to just half of the regular rate on wheat. With the support of the grain and milling industries of the northwest. and of the Federal Surplus Commodi- ties corporation which holds the seed, the railroads joined in a petition to the interstate commerce commission for authority to establish the 50 per cent rate effective Feb. 21. The peti- tion has gone to Washington and prompt and favorable action by the ICC is expected. The railroads joining in the move are the Soo Line, Minneapolis & St. Louis, Milwaukee, Great Northern, Northern Pacific and Omaha North- western. The half-rates would be effective from Minneapolis and Du- luth*to all points in Minnesota and North and South Dakota. The Federal Surplus Commodities corporation has about 4,000,000 bush- els of the high grade seed wheat, all that remains from the 20,000,000 it bought in the winter of 1934-35 for distribution among northwest farm- ers and sowing last spring. Prac- tically all the seed is in Minneapolis and Duluth elevators. The seed con- sists of some 3,000,000 bushels of spring bread wheat, most of it in Min- neapolis, and 1,000,000 of durum, mostly in Duluth. The government is offering this seed to farmers at $1.10 a bushel, f. @. b. Minneapolis or Duluth. Barnes Solon Booms Olson for Governor After having talked with political friends in Valley City, Fargo, Grand Forks, Minot and Dickinson, State Senator John Miklethun of Barnes county said in Bismarck Sunday that there is a strong demand for Ole H. Olson as a candidate for governor. Miklethun, who organized the O! son faction of the Nonpartisan League two years ago, said political leaders from Slope countées who attended the meeting at Dickinson were unanimous in their support of Olson and had pledged themselves to oppose “all forms of graft and racketeering in Public office” and for “economical and efficient government.” Former World Judge Raps Neutrality Bill Washington, Feb. 3.—(?)—Oppon- ents of the administration neutrality bill drew much encouragement Mon- day from John Bassett Moore’s at- tack on it as “a curious blend of hom- icidal with suicidal mania.” The caustic opinion of the former world court member, expressed dur- ing @ secret senate hearing and pub- lished Monday, spurred the effort to alter the bill drastically or scrap it entirely pending leisurely rewriting. Some legislators believed that no new legislation could be enacted be- fore the present temporary law ex- pires Feb. 29. CROOKSTON SHOW OPENS Crookston, Minn., Feb. 3.—(#)—The northwest’s mammoth livestock, agri- cultural and industrial winter display —the Red River Valley winter shows —opened for a five-day run Monday amid the largest collection of exhibits in the 26 years of the LEO CLEVELAND, 22, MURDERED BECAUSE | HE WANTED TO WED Astonished Officials Obtain His Confession While Making Routine Check FIRED PLACE TO HIDE CRIME $5 and Murder Charge Were Only Returns for Cold-Blood- ed N. D. Slayings Se es ae Fargo, N. D., Feb. 3—(®)—Leo Cleveland, 22-year-old farm laborer, was on his way to Bismarck Monday to begin serving a life sentence for the murders of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Biever, operators of a filling station and lunchroom at Leonard. Cleveland confessed the crime Sat- urday night as Cass county officials were making a routine check of his movements because he had been seen at the Biever place shortly before it caught fire. It was at first thought the Bievers were trapped in the blaz- ing building and died of burns, but Cleveland admitted shooting them with a shotgun and then firing the place to hide his crime. Court Action Is Speedy Court proceedings which sent the youth to state prison were speedy. Pleading guilty before County Judge P. M. Paulson Monday morning, he was bound over to the district court where he repeated the plea and was sentenced at 11 a. m. by Judge M. J. Englert. Cleveland appeared dazed through- out the proceedings and showed no emotion until, sentence having been passed, Judge Englert began qucs- tioning him as to the reason for the crime. Then his lips quivered, he swale lowed hard and finally broke into a blubbering sob, Asked by the judge why he “did this awful thing,” Cleveland answered, “I don’t know.” As he appeared in court, the boy's ears were blackened and swollen from having been frozen the day of the crime when he walked 16 miles frong Leonard to Anselm. Needed Money to Marry Underlying the story of a frenzied slaying was the pitiful story of a youth who had “got a girl into trou- ble” and needed money so he could marry her. When an effort to borrow money failed, he borrowed the shotgun and shot Mr. and Mrs. Biever in cold blood so he could rob them. He got $5 and a life sentence in prison. As recited in court, his life story was brief. Born in Redstone, Mont. he attended grammar school, then went to work. For the last four years he had been working on farms in North Dakota. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Andrew Cleveland, live at Laporte, Minn., near Bemidjt. He met the girl at a party and had kept company with her for several years. When he learned of her cone dition he grew desperate. He told the court he had never been in trouble before. Confession Surprised Officials The confession came as a surprise as Sheriff Peter McArthur, Deputy Bert Tansetter and Assistant State's Attorney Ralph Croal were pursuing @ routine investigation of the crime, They had been told by Eddie Erb- Stoesser and Albert Thompson of that they had seen Clevee land at the Biever place Thursday night. Finding Cleveland at the Christ Christman home in Anselm, 12 miles away, they ascertained that he had been at the filling station Thursday night and subpoenaed him to appear at the inquest Monday. He said he had left the place at 9:30 p. my Thursday and had caught a ride to Sheldon. Were Checking Stories After serving the subpoena they left to check his story, learning that he had attempted to get a loan on his automobile at a Sheldon bank on Thursday and that he had borrowed @ shotgun from Henry Oeder, saying he wanted to hunt rabbits. He had not returned the gun to Oeder. Returning to Anslem to question Cleveland further, Sheriff McArthur called the youth out of the Christe the Christmans. “You don’t have to,” was the starte ling reply. “I confess.” “You confes@to what?” asked Croal, “I killed the Bievers and burned (Continued on Page Two) Charges Against Cab Drivers Are Dropped ers by E, M. Stanton, 415 Rosser Aves nue west, were dropped in city mag- istrate’s court here Saturday, the day set for hearing the three cases. Stane ton, who filed the complaints against the drivers after he had been arrested and fined $10 on a similar charge, declined to prosecute the cases after the date for the hearing was decided upon. No new arrests for speeding have been made since a week ago Monday. 6 ESCAPE ASPHYXIATION Chinook, Mont., Feb. 3. children and their mother were neare toppled over in @ wind storm. The victims were revived within two to three hours. ‘The fumes, from a gas furnace, apparently were blown inte the basement of Hatler Gearheart’s house. y