Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, April 21, 1923, Page 1

J t » _ BY EXPLOSION Weather Forecast WYOMING—Unsettlei weather to night and Bunday, snow probable. Not much change tn temperature UME VII. The Guaranteed Circulation of The Casper Daily Tribune Yesterday was 10,631 ‘Che Casper Daily Tribune FINAL EDITION RIVERTON SLAYER KILLS “WRONG TRIBUTE TO A PIONEER TRAGIC TURN 1S GIVEN ‘JOKE’ BY FATAL SHOOTING Albert Varner Asks tol Be Hung for Crime on Riverton Ranch. RIVERTON, Wyo., April 21.—Albert Varner, formerly of Omaha, Neb., has been turned over to the authorities at Lander on a charge of first degree murder and M. R. Mitchell, employe on the Oscar Nicholson ranch, three miles north of here, is dead as the result of a kill- ing charged to mistaken identity by the man under arrest. Varner told officers who apprehended him short- ly after the shooting that he thought he had killed Herman Sorenson, an- other ranch employe, from whom he had tried to collect an old partner: ship debt. When told that it was another man that he had murdered he asked ‘hat he be shot or hanged for his crime without further pre- Uminaries. ‘The tragedy was enacted at the Nicholson rapch where Varner ap- proached Mitchell and asked him when he proposed to pay him $500 that was alleged to be due him from an old farming partnership some three years before., Mitchell, looking upon the request as a joke, advised Varner to talk “United States. ‘Without further parley Varner whipped out a pistol and fired. The shot pierced Mitchell's arm, pene- trated his lungs and emerged from his side, He turned and staggered eway but fell before he had gone 50 feet and died within a few minutes, Two other shots fired at him by Varner failed to take effect. Tom Jackson and Herman Soren- son, who were working in the same field, and two Adison boys, Edward and Anton, witnessed the shooting. Officers summoned from _ Riverton met Varner on the raflroad track and he offered no resistance to arrest. Mitchell had been in the employ of Nicholson for two years. He had no relatives in this vicinity. An income tax return in Varner’ pocket gave his address as 1211 Jackson street, Omaha, Neb., but he had spent some time here. No time was lost in summoning a coroner’s jury when it was brought! out that there was a dispute of long| standing between Varner and Soren- son, the man who was marked for death. THREE KILLED CHICAGO, April 21—Three per- sons burned in the starch house ex- plosion at the Corn Products Refin- ing company plant in Argo, Iils., yesterday, are dead. ec RASS SIX KILLED IN TALC MINE CHARLOTTE, N. C., April 21.—) Reports were received here today that a talc mine owned by the Stand- ard Mineral Company in Moore county, had caved in and that six lives were believed to have been lost. CASPER, WYO., SATURDAY, APRIL 21, 1923. NUMBER 167. EMOTE oye CITY MOURNS IN SIMPLE The following appreciation of the late W. A. Blackmore comes from the pen of W. S. Kimball and was prepared at the request of the Tribune, which felt that a tribute of this character should come from one of the life-long friends of the late mayor, among whom Mr. Kimball feels privileged to have been numbered. “In the midst of life we are tn death.” At 1:30 p. m. Mayor Wal- ter A. Blackmore was enjoying the sociability of fellow members and friends at the Masonic club. There was no intimation of that impend- ing fate which was so soon to over- take him and sadden those friends when he was suddenly prompted to summon his son and take a trip that he had not intended to make until the following day. Three hours later he had passed to the great beyond; summoned suddenly and without prolonged suffering, had been his oft expressed desire. Possessed of those sturdy quall- tles which were a requisite with the early pioneer, with a confidence in, himself that never wavered in adversity and a belief in the land of his adoption that never faltered; of a studious, analytical turn of mind, he thought business prob- Jems out to a@ logical conclusion and put them into effect with the courage of his convictions. Quiet, ‘unassuming, never boast- ful, yet with an early acquired reputation ‘for exceptionally cool physical courage among men re- puted for bravery, when in later years he became unusually success- ful in the acquirement of wealth and was elevated to the highest public position within the gift of the people of his city, his demeanor underwent no change and he was still the same “Walt” Blackmore to his old-time friends. While not inclined to form many really inti- mate friendships, he would go to greater lengths for such an friend than almost any man wnom I have known. Blessed with a most amiable and congenial companion of the highest type of noble womanhood, a devoted pioneer wife and helpmate indeed, and a most highly regarded family of children of adult age, to all of whom. he was so much attached, with ample means he had every- thing for which to lye and with which to complacently look forward to the coming years. Combined with the sudden and awful shock with which the news of the fatality was received in Cas- per was a universally spontaneous sympathy for and desire to be of service to the stricken family; a feeling that their sorrow is our sorrow, and that their loss is also Caspe: “Because man goeth to his long home, and the mourners go about the streets: or ever the silver cord be loosed, or the golden bowl be broken, or the pitcher be broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern. Then shall the dust return to the earth as It was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.” ‘A city mourns! ‘More U.S. Dry Agents Removed WASHINGTON, April 21.—Four south Carolina prohibition agents who shot at an automobile containing two young women Y. W. C, A, workers, on the Greenville-Asheville pike April 8, were suspended for 60 days today by Prohibition Commissioner Hayes, INDICTED OIL MEN IN TEXAS BUSY GIVING BOND FOLLOWING ARRESTS FRI DAY FOR FRAUD FORT WORTH, Texas, April 21.—Indicted ofl operators and their bondsmen besieged the federal building today, ar- ranging for their freedom following yesterday's action of the grand jury in returning mail f: raud bills against 92 different individuals representing 18 firms with a capitalization of $300,000,000, The average bond was around $5,000, Trials of the indicted men will start about May 18, United States District Attorney Swetfel said FORT WORTH, Tex, April 21. Of the ninety-two oll promoters and operators who Friday were indic by the federal grand jury for usir the mails, to defraud, 49 had made @Wontinued on Page Ten) MAN W. S. KIMBALL PHILLIPS EXTRADITION AIM State Department to Open Negotiations With Honduras to cure Return of Alleged “Hammer Murderess” Who Escaped from Los Angeles Jail Last Year WASHINGTON, April 21.—As a preliminary to a formal request for extradition, the state department has decided to open negotlations with the Hondu tablish the identity of a suspect residing in Tegucigalpa and believed to be Mrs, Clara ammer murderess who escaped from Jail In California, | Phillips, convicted SACRAMENTO, Cal., April 21,—Sheriff W, I, Traeger, of Lo; confer with Governex Richardson here today regarding steps to be taken to secure the extra-| dition from Tegue!galpa, Honduras,|oxtradition ef the woman was de, investigate his of m woman, believed to be Mrs, | sired, jw eaenns 5 are ° pape er| ‘he governer'a nffies requested of-| Officers In Low An si erties, | eemeped eee E : |the extradition of Carson fieial Retification from the Los An:| es wheriff that Mrs. Phillips had A convicted of muraering Mrs Alberta Tremaine & swe, 20-year murderess, and her male companion nald to be Jesse ©, Carson, id Sheriff ‘Traeger was in Ban Vrari-} claco yesterday when he was in-|old, widow, July 13, Follow formed that Gov, Richardson hading her conviction, Mrs. eon potified by the United States) eseaped from the Los Ange | department ef state of the presence jail Deeember last The ¥ u of the pair together with a woman|der suspicion at Tegucigalpa w said to be Mrs. Cars Teguci:|ing the name ef Mrs, Hobert ¥ pa'pa. The state department said tment information cam A an 1 a n los A ¥ legation at ‘Tegucigalpa and asked if! arrested Mrs. Philltp# husband to! 4 request Carson tive to be the man w: Jon an arson charge. as government to es- Angeles, expected to They expressed was Phillips, —- WASHINGTO: ri to Me end was ¢ din Los Angeles Cooler Days Forecast For Coming Week WASHINGTON, April S1— Weather outlook for the week be- ning Monday; Rocky Mountain and plateau egions| Generally fair; tempera. ture somewhat below normal) frosts probable, Pacifie «tates Generally fair nermal temperature except that oo nal showers are probable an the coast — WASHINGTON—Lerd Robert Ce: cil called on Weodrow Wi'son, but declined te reveal the subjects dis: cussed > ¥ <—Juanita Hansen, filed a petition in nkrup ting Habili of $i and ets none, Rh MAYOR LIFE CLAIMED — BY CRASH AT \Flags in Casper Fly at Half Mast in | Honor of Late W- A. Blackmore, Victim of Tragedy; Robert Blackmore, Son, to | Recover from Injuries, Belief The funeral of the late Mayor W. A. Blackmore will be held from the Masonic Temple at 2:30 o'clock Monday afternoon, it was announéed this morning following completion of arrangements. The Rev. Philip K. jwards of St. Mark’s church will read the Episcopal service and at the grave this will be followed by observance of Masonic rites. Interment will be made in Highland cemetery. Official and unofficial Casper todz prominent citizen—Mayor Walter Blackmore, whose | trag death late F¥iday from injuries received in a railroad | crossing crash at Ifco station was heralded to an incredu- }lous public in extra editions which brought sorrowful con- firmation of news hat had been relayed by word of mouth. Hope that his unconscious condi 4 from the scene of the accident was not permanent, or that | tidings and rumors had been exag: | train as Kerated, were blasted by n real-| and told n ization when his lifeless body was| He had lifted from an eastbound train at the| but when we Chicago & Northwestern depot a tow | away the dr 8 up again and minutes after.6 o'clock last_evening. | Brady cried: ‘My God! He's trying Death overtook the train some eight} td: éFoes and we are going to miles out of Casper and the announce. ment which followed its arrival was heard by many intimate friends who awaited the verdict at the station. Robert Blackmore, a son, serio injured in the same accident wht cost his father's life, also wa ee than thie moyed from the train unconsctous| within 600 feet. and taken to the Casper Private hos- pital where he ‘s expected to recover. Dr. H. R. Lathrop, who with Dr. V. R. Dacken, has been in attend: ance on Robert Blackmore, an nounced this morning that the boy would unquestionably recover. Rob- ert had two ri 1 and Incera tions about th 1 face to y mourns the loss of a an hour,” said was watch- s side of the the crossing had stopped. nost stopped, about 50 feet as repor' on the alr but could not nin t hort distance, struck the car in the middie and broke it in two. “Both men » dr with the rear of th seed or thrown to the side 1. We stopped a re They were driving on the road where they must have seen us as wo whistled and it was clear and calm with no wind or dust. They were not driving at an excessive speed and why they started up after stopping ell “I am sorry that we 11d not pre gether with contusions and brutses. | The injuries which caused the | he accident, bruised, mayor's death were a fracture at the | jexed up from the hase of the Tana ininnes toGhs iard and a moment chest. ith the two were suf-| r bor to the ¢ p of the Ilnoig Pipeline company, where the received ing to Dr. Lathrop. Mrst aid. Summons to Casper brought The train crew of Chicago & North-| C@Pt William Clayton of the police craatkccicthikaante ote No. 603, | “epartment and H. H. Pri city erk, who were the first from here ficient to t caused death accord westbound, which struck the touring | ‘ sedan in which Mayor Blackmore and| ‘9 reach the scene of the accident his son were riding, were eye wit-| They were joined t Dr. Victor R. nesses to the accident as well as the| Dacken, who also made the trip in cook at the camp of the Illinois Pipe-| record time an attended the father line company at Illco, 14 miles west|@nd son constantly while the enst- of Casper, where the crash occurred | bound train was awaited to bring them at a newly graded crossing |to Casper. Dr, H. A. Lathrop also All information available on the| went to Illico in the Muck funeral accident points to the belief that | home ambulance, neither Mr. Blackmore nor his son| Little or no hope was held out for saw th pproaching train. ‘The! the reco of Mayor Blackmore at most plausible supposition enter-|any time and he ed away with tained by those who have investigated | out regaining consciou indicates that the driver of the car| ¢ bot Northwestern slowed down in the soft sand at the| passe h figured in the crash approach to the crossing and shifted | were Mayor) Binclenecs gears into low to go across. Th nel O'Connor, an old engine crew saw the car come to a| friend, Mr. O'C reft the train stop or near stop as the train bore | , down on {t and just before it reached the automobile moved | ; stayed with the injured men, re s with them to Casper two ours after the crash occurre the cross forward : ‘The coroner's inquest on the death Robert Blackmore so far as known | o¢ tne mayor will Lo held at 2 o'clock has not talked of the accident. On| ova h be Pee ine He ee sere at he | this _afternoo he courthouse with ra Henry Br of the peace, was still in a dazed condition and unaware of the tragic fate of his father. It !s not known whether he or his father was driving the auto The train was in charge of ductor Batchelor and Engineer Mi Ryan, and a graphic account of the acoldent js contained in Mr, Ryan's t by the tragedy, ordere* statement, secured in Lander Inst pity offices closed today and night by John W,. Cook, editor of the| flags in the city were hung at halt Wyoming Btate Journal, at the re-; maat queat of the Casper Tribune, A apeotal n “Woe were rounding the long curve| had been called for etght o'clock Ins enat of Illoo switch and running be- (Contir n Page Ten.) BANNER DAY ARRIVES IN GREAT TRIBUNE RACE, CASH REPORT IS DUE FROM ALL CANDIDATES The Tribune’s $16,000 automobile and gold race has now narrowed down to the polnt where only the “live ones” re- main, each of whom is going at top speed to get all his sub- scriptions In before the lowest rate schedule of the campaign goes into effect, {ding in the absence of Coroner y M. Gay. The Jury nad not been chosen at an early hour this morn- on senhunt, who y to the position the ctty counell Such tremendous enthuslasm and une was never before seen in any kind of a is) that every candidate haa etored up being shown daily tor . h which '» but a few days the sutomobilea and eash prises.|away, The contestant fwho have fom There seems to be no limit to the pep (Continued on Page Demy | | i | { RAIL CROSSING |;