Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 20, 1924, Page 1

Fair. tonight Stinday. go .cold. a ao wed INSANITY PLEA ‘IS UNFOLDED IN - TRIAL OF F WPCOY Unsound Mentality | ter Shown After of Mother and Sis- Former Boxer’s Story of Woman’s “S: uicide” = Los ANGELES, Cal., Dec. ily skeleton of: ary, insanity w: &t the closin, dering Mrs. eresa Mors h cated: when the defense reste: The death: of ‘Mrs. Mors Sartihs to testimony offered in his wn’ behalf by McCoy. S'After' he had’ finfshél the other side-of his two-fold defense was re- xealéd in ‘depcsitions “describing his Tather, mother and young sister as ¥ of unsound ‘mentality. » To.a crowded court. room, the for- Ther pugilist described in words, at times supplemented with pantomime, he “struggled “with Mrs. Mors fien discouraged‘over her ie ge Spd: determined ‘to ‘end it all,” 4 attempted: to Plunge it into her heart, how. she then, despite his struggle to save her, siatched a pistol from the table at which they had’ been. eating and tired a bullet into her, head. “At first he triedita stop the flow of b.ood, he said, but at last, eee: 2 Why he aia “not ‘alt: ‘himself then ' MeCoy cobla not» remiember, He -be- \ GAme dazed, he exp'ained to the jury, | end his mind leftshim, “ don't even remember ever leav- | file ber, he said. “Here, after. McCoy. had clung to ; the essential facts of: his narrative through spirited cross ‘examination, tite depositions. concerning’ insanity fered what defense counsel ‘refer- to as an explaination. of McCoy's probable: mental -condition,” at the time. “The depositions contained the tes- dimony ‘of residents of the Se’by fam- y's +home »community. in . Indiana nd; stated. that “both Frank. and Mary E. Selby, parents of: the ‘de- fgndant, -had* been’ of “unsound minds" and’“‘at times, mentally defic- Gnt,"" while his sister Mabel was in- Sane in -1915:. s-Albert A. Mors, divorced husband Sf Mrs. Mors; who had been heralded Sishe ‘star witness of both prosecu- Segre defense, had not offered.a Word of. testimony for either rea the defense rested its case yes: ~ Arguments to the -jury will begin Monday,’ with\ a. possibility ‘that th Case may be in the hands ofthe jury before: Christmas. ~ Hh .as'no fi Se men today. i O60 AWARD > FOR INJURIES *sByron J. Smith, injurea about. a Shar ago in a cave-in of-a ditch while employed :by the Midwest Refining company, was yesterday awarded 47,860 compensation by Judge R. R. Rose.in district court. Smith's pel- vie bone was broken .and a bone-in his left leg fractured by the accident ha total disability was c:aimed for Ted; Mafden, who takes office os Hustice of the peace the first of Jan Gay. Tepresented Smith and the Mid wee represented by J. B, Barnes and M. J. Dunsworth. eld bs etail Prices ‘Show Increase For the Month WASHINGTON, Dec... 20.—Retai} Biices showed.a further increase. of approxiinately one percent in the month ending. November 15, accord- fig )to figures announced today: by the department of labor covering 21 food article: “Of 47 citles. owing an increase in the average retail level, 2 maximum O& three per cent'was reported. The only: material decrease, 2 per cent, Wes reported at Los Angelea 20.—The “Kid” McCoy fam- ill sifé well up in front sessions of McCoy’s trial on a charge of mur- ere last August, it was indi- d its‘case late yesterday. was suicide, not murder, ac- a BOEKE CHOSEN COMMANDER OF CASPER LEGION George Vroman Post Elects Officers Fri \merican Legion ~for the’ ensuing year.and he will be supported, in-of- tice by Dr. W. W.. Yates, vice com- ™mander; A. B, Allen, . adjutant; George B. Schwertfager, finance offi- cer and Miss Mary :McPake, -execu- Uve committee woman. H.-J. Mills, retiring post ‘com- mander, reported that the; past year had been a highely successful’ one withthe financial affaits of the posi In the best possible’ condition. The club. rooms“of the post’ in the Tur- ner-Cottman building are operating on a’ self-supporting’ basis and the financial ‘werrles of the’ organiza ton scem to be a thing of the past In his annual report: Mr. Mils stressed the activities. of the post for 1924, among them the state con- vention of the legion, the relief work accomplished, the visit of Mrs. Bishop, the national commander of the Legion auxiliary and the pre- sentation of three amuserhent fea- tures including Gorman’s Indoor Cir- cus, the®Armistice Ball and “The Girl in Red.” The post was able. to be of mater: ‘al assistance to the Sheridan Vet- erans’ ,bureay during the year just pa. and sent a pool table with fix- ures and ala number of. books there. Lut one note of dissatisfaction w heard -during.. the evening. and. tt was that the membersbip.of the past 6 not Jarger. A strenuous effort will be made to double the meinbership next year so that a larger, percent age of the ex-servico.men ih, Casper tiay have’ an actlye part in tha work of the post. One of the brightest spots in the discussion of the evennig was a re- port that showed that during, the ‘tve years the Vroman post has been ‘n existence in Casper that $21,090 vad been beén spent in various kinds dependents. of relief for ex-servico men,and their not only here but anywhere. MEMiER OF. ASSOCIATED PRESS Sateen WYOMING, a DECEMBER 20, 1924 (FATAL Terms at Leavenworth Prison Loom for P LOT FO rR 6 Fe E D' Fraud in Operation Here of Home Builders Concern CHEYENNE, Wyo., Dec. 20. .— (Special to The Tribune) William T. S. Barnes, tried in federal court here ‘on an| indictment charging him, his. son, Arthur S. Barnes, and | William D. Hooper with using the mails to‘defraud in con- nection with the sale of contracts in the United Home “three per cent” loan Builders association, a Liquor Victim Owes Life to ‘ Police Officer George. Carlett looked out of a cell at the police station this morning and decided that his ar- rest last n'ght was probably the best turn a capricious fate ever had done him. John Barleycorn and Boreas teamed up-lon Car’ett last night, and only the timely arrival of Pa- trolman Zook and the patrol wag- on foiled their conspiracy to con- geal George into along, pale icicle. When Zook chanced upon him about midnight he was elum- hering in a Fourteenth street gut- ter, with the thermometer, had there beén any nearby, registering a few points below zero and “west ‘wind sifting the snow ov him. Zook shook and pounded the man. into rebellious half-con. sciousness, ‘and summoned ‘the’ At moe heat } pleted, and (this “was little sadder but wiser for the ence ‘The in- toxication ‘ charge) which-‘he” will face in’ police court this evening was a mifiof incident, and a-new lease on life, he agreed, was’ well worth the $15 fine he is likely; to ineur. ir ‘lett - Casper, was nd“ guilty Friday night on ali ie counts and was sentenced to u‘term‘of two years In the Leavenworth penitentiary. Young Barnes was found guilty on six counts and was sentenced to 16 months at Leavenworth. Hooper was acquitted. An effort on the part of W. T. 5. Barnes to assume fu!l responsibility for the \operations of, the company was indicated in his, testimony at the trial here. WYOMING TURK institution in | REVOLUTION On Streets or at Newstands, Delivered by Carrier 75 cents a month PARIS RUMORED PARIS, Dec. 20.—(By The Associated Press.) —Rumors of plans for a “red revolution” on the eve of Christmas have been rife for the last few days. not so much concerned over the alleged plotting as the spreading of such reports, and the prefecture of police promises rigorous prosecution with’ expulsion for for- EY ON WAY.TO GRACE WHITE HOUSE TABLE Nearly forty pounds of white meat ‘an@ dark, wrapped up in a regal lustre of bronze feathers and scarlet wattles, gobbled it way through Casper yesterday on its way “direct “to ‘the. White -House and: President. Coolidge’s Christ- mas dinner table. It was the second visit this Eironce. wad brig. exhibit of the Probably. no hint of his tmmi- nept doom at’ the hands, of the White House © butcher . weighed upon this feathery sultan as he journeyed eastward. Certainly there was no droop’ in that ar- rogant head, no trepiiation. in the glittering, beady eye as he peered briefly ‘through ‘his crate as the car paused in the Northwestern station last night. Or perhaps he did guess, and -rejoiced that he was honored above others of his kind in attaining the end.of turkey ice, inevitable in any event, Preme distinction and glory. a The gobbler’ king of Riverton is Jtist one year old. He 4s being sent to the presiient by the Lions club of Rivertop, erd on his brief stop in (Casper last ‘evening was fed by! a delegation of” Casper Lions. French Seek to Down. Reports of Upris- ing Scheduled for Christmas Eve; Foreigners Face Deportation The authorities are eigners, of those found guilty of disseminating them. Some of the stories. have gone into 5 cents great deta!l about the alleged plans of the Reds, stating that. the com- munists had secured the adhes!on to their cause of the drivers of tanks attached to the Paris garrison. The opposition press also con- tinues to sound warnings of com- munist activities, La Liberte and others printing accounts of an ela- borate plot for the seizure of Amiens by the local commuritsts, supposed to have been discovered by the po- Kee. SHOALS VOTE AS BLOCKED ‘WASHINGTON, Dee, 20.—with all thought of a vote on Muscle Shoals before the Christmas recess abandoned, thé»senate -today settled down to consideration of amend. pyrments to the.Underwood and Norris bills. FRIGIO WAVE REACHES EAST AT BANQUET MEET LAST NIGHT OF REFINERY SAFETY WORKERS Primarily concerned for the oc- casion with a review of matters per- taining to public safety, more than a hundred Industrial executives and safety workers gathered last night for the third annual banquet cf the Standard of Indiana's Jocul safety division’ at the company industrial relations building on West Yellow- ne avenue. i Presided over by Jack A, Leary, division freight and passenger agent of the Burlington railroad, the din- ner was replete with witiclsms and clever remarks that livened up the series of talks having to do with af- fairs in the world of safety first. Outstandihg as the features of the program was ‘Lobdell’s Graveyard Don‘ Lobdell, h@ad of the Stapdard's ‘ocal industrial relations depal ent, made one of the most effective and sonvincing talks dh O'd Man Care- tessness that has ever been heard, 42 Pointing out that In weeks Teapot Trial Delay Sought CHEYENNE, Wy Dee. 20. Leslie Parker of Denver this morn- ing petitioned the United States court here for permission to inter- vene as an interésted party in the government's suit for annulment of Mammoth Oil ‘company’s Jease on the Teapot naval oll reserve. « Atlee Pomerene special counsel for the government, resisted he petition and fo! t that it would: be; re- sisted,-aiso,-by counsel for the Mam. moth company. CHEYENNE, Wyo., Dec. .20.—At- lee Pomerene, special counsel for the government in its suit in equity for annulment of the lease on the Tea- vot Dome naval oil. reserve held by the Mammoth Oi] _ company, this morning filed in the.United States court here @ motion for. continuance} a petition a: of the hearing on the suit scheduled’ for January 6th. The motion is made on the ground that the gov- ernment requires’ additional time to obtain certain’ evidence bearing upon the alleget!" passage ‘of liberty’ bonds between Harry F. Sinclair ana Al- bert B. Fall who as secretary of the Interior granted the Teapot leaso to Sinclair. Following filing of ‘the motion, Pémerene and United States. Attor: ney Alb D. Walton. went» into conference with John W. Lacey and Herbert Lacey of counsel for the Mommoth company. ..A ‘hearing’ on the motion will-be held by’ Judge T. B'ake Kennedy of ‘the federal court after this conference. Wyheth- er ‘the Mammoth’s counsel will re- sist the motion has ngt heen an- nouneed. Probability of the filing of intervener by a Den: @ontinued on Page Seven) | there have been 40 deaths in Casper caused by violence, Mr. Lobdell had the Mghts in the auditortum switch- ed off, directed,a spotlight on the Stage and there’two ghosts appear ed-to raise up, one by*one, 40 pale ‘ombsténes, each one an expression of a needless loss anda lesson for afety first. In the midst of the Lobdell graveyarg there arose a tall monument on which was inctibed the causes of the 40 deaths. Taking advantage of the large at- fendance to begin what appears to bea crusage to strengthen the strong. arm of the law-in the city hall, Police Judge John’ A Murray Standard paymaster by day and Stern fine extractor by evening, startled his audience by declaring he wanted more power. So final toes he wish “his decisions to be that no appeal may be taken from nolice court, he eald in his state ment of what he wants. Tilustrat- ‘ng how justice romps meekly be- fore his bench as traffic violators, bootleggers and other law breakers quiver in his presence, Judge Mur- ray roared in true magisterial etyle. “Do you want leniency —Look in the dictionary max his talk he asserted, “I don't want lawyers in my court—I want facts." Others speaker’ on, the program were W. T. Niles of the Chicaro. nnd Northwestern railroad, Roy A. Hart zell, safety director of the Standard Dr. J. C. Kamp and Judge Brygnt 8. Cromer. By way of entertainment a num- ber of vocal solos were given by I E. Osborne and John Freeman. A cornet solo by Mr.. Davidson had al so a’ prominent placé in the even- ing’s features. HEARST CEM RAP INSENATE: WASHINGTO! Dec. 20.—A re- ort condemning an eiitorial pub- ished in the Harst morning news- vapers of December 13 dealing with the Underwood Muscle Shoals bill was approved. by .the senate , dudiclary. committee, ‘somebody q Wire and Rail Communication Para- lyzed in Some Sections With Toll of Death and Suffering Up CHICAGO, Dec. Mountain region tod days. w'll before wire and {I communication, paralyzed ‘in some sections, resume ustal opera- tions. Meanwhile the toll of Ives con- tinued to mount as deaths from freezing were added to by fatalities in fires resulting from overheating Considerable suffering was among the poor but relief organiza. tions were hot reported overtaxed by demands. Warm winds were forecast to bring rel'ef to the Pacific coast to- day after a selge of sub-zero tem- neratures in the north and heavy frosts in California that necessitated smudge pots in the citrus area and nipped orange shoots in Valencia. Rising mercury and fair skies were reported in Montana and Color- do, the last of the Rocky Moun- in states to feel relief after five days of bitter eold. A man and a woman were frozen to death in the Putte district. Three members of a ‘amily of four were burned to death at Casper, Wyoming, where an ex- plosion was caused by lowered gas elapse Blackmail Story felt | i 20.—(By The Associated Press,)— Winter’s icy grip was relaxing in the far west and Rocky ay while its clutch was tightening in the middle west and it reached out to envelop the east. Although nearly-normal temperatures may be reached in most of the cold wave area within twenty-four hours, pressure that put out fires in their home. The’ fourth, a four-year old boy, was expected to dic. Bight deaths were reported in Mis sour!, Kansas and Oklahoma, where thousands of* dollars of © property damage was done. During the night the Chicago fire department answered more than a hundred ‘calls. “Occupants of a two- story tenement were driyen to the street when a-fire destroyed | the bullding early today. More than 30 degrees drop to below zero was re- corded in Chicago in 24 hours. ‘Trains in the middle west were running from several hours to more than 24 hours late and two passen- ger trains which left St. Louis Thursday were lost somewhere \in southern Missourl arly today. Train crews frequently were forced to re. move trees and’ poles felled’ across tracks by their burdens of ice. Member ‘newspapers of the Asso: clated Press, cut off from the out side world by paralyzed wire com munication, were kept in touch with (Continued on Page Four) Christmas at White House To Be Quiet WASHINGTON, | Doc. 20.— Christmas at the White House will be very quiet this year be cause of the death within the past twelve months of the younger son of President and Mrs. Coolidge. Plans for the observance of the holiday season are most John, son of the president, attending Amherst arrive home Sunday Mrs. Frank W the Coollige friends, will come Th gation dent the Firat’ Congre- ch, Which the presi- and Mrs. Céolidgo “attend, will sing Christmas carols from the north portico on Christmas eve as last year, and Mr. Coolidge at dusk will turn a switch light- ing the big national community Christmas tree, planted. in Sher man park south of the treasury. ———__—_ HIGHT GLAIMED TOBE UNSOUNG IN MENTALITY Daughter Declares She Saw Him Bite Mule On the Nose. MOUNT VERNON|LIIL, Dec, 20,—A recess today interrupted defense ac- tion to show. that Lawrence M. Hight who, with Mrs, Elsie Sweetin inscharged ‘withthe murder by pol fon of Wilford. Sweetin: ° tally dérangéd. Testimony that Hight was of unsound mind will be‘¢ontin- ued ‘Monday, defense counsel \an- nounced yesterday. Mrs. Mary Eaton, Hight’s eld er daughter testified that when she was abcut 10 years old, she had seen her father bite a mule on the inose. Mildred Hight, his youngest daugh ter said Hight acted ‘‘queer" after an“attack of influenza. She told o his taking up the ministry, asserting he had seen “a bright “igh Dr. H. W. Walker, Hight's ‘cousin, testified to mental’ defectiveness ‘1n the family. Hight’s father, he said Was in bid mental condition’ seven years before his death. One brother died in an insane um, he added and another was considered mentally weak. 22 POISON BOOZE TOLL RAISED TO 31 INN. Y. EW YORK, Dec. .--Poison liday Uquor, indirectly and direct vy, has caused thirty-one deaths in New York City since: the first this n chief medical reported detec: the fear A special detail of polic tives has been unable to t poison’ Uquor. City authorities that, the alcoholic death toll wil mount’ steadily throughout the Christmas "arid New! Year festivities. The .lower east side was said to have been lterally flooded with poisonous concoctions labeled “whis- key.” Street Firms Pay Millions To Employes NEW YORK, Dec. 20.—Christmas bonuses amounting to $40 000,000 are, being distributed-by Wall Street firms, it is estimated I Ss Denied by Mc Cormack NEW YORK, Dec. [ toe Jolin “MeCorma: had 1 $100,000 to blackmailers in ~ Bc fa eels being manetivered. into. a promising situation in. the Copeloy Plaza’ hotel branded ‘as f hood by the siriger. The téior revealed today that for five years’the whispered story had been going the rounds—so vague that it never could be traced further than that somebody heard from of the blackmailers At tho trial of William J. plete. 20.—Rumors | Corcor bay district Mic¢ county, used of conspiring to extort $50, 000. from Victory F’. Sei an aff davit referring to the was tr troduced in evidence. Mrs. Abrahani,Levy, who admitted having been used by’ .the blackmail gang to lure its. victims, made tht affidavits.. She said she had learned of the story of the blackma!ll of John McCormick, as the affidavit put it. through - a conversation. among members of the blackmail gang. attorney les, 4 and others ae- | banshe | playea “Fight back? you McCormick at t hi effort rumor that I have life decently, hey been right. believe this ie “My continue know my far And my pub That 1 know.” “I have never been b'ackma'ted,’ he added. “I would spenc. millions for defense, but ;<t one cent for tribute.”* Tribune Bidg., 216 E. Publication Office: Se OTTO LUNDBLAD AND FAMILY OF OIL FIELD TOWN DEAD IN BLAST Ignition of Gas- Filled Room Brings Tragi Death to Entire F: arly Late Yesterday. Four members of one fam- ily, including a fourteen- months-old baby and a five- year-old boy, were fatally burned yesterday when gas that had gathered in their Lavoye home overnight was ignited \s the father attempted to start the norning fire. The parents, Mr, and Mrs. Otto Uundblad died within a few minutes f each other late yesterday after- noon In the Union hospital at La roye. The younger child, Ray Stan- sy, sucum¥ed to his injuries at 10:30 last night, and death came at Midnight to eod the sufefring of .Al- lan, the five-year-o'd. Thoygh Mr. Lundblad was con. scous most of the day, he was able to give no definite account of the av- cident. He had arisen about 7 o’- clock to kindle the fire. At the scratch of the match the whole house flared into one blinding eruy jon of flame. The force of the ex- Moston hurled Lundblag beck with stunning force, and for the ttoment ‘e -wab ‘powerless either to go to tie {a of his. wifé and children in the djacemt~voom: or to effect his own nacape. Neighbors, roused. by the blast. succeeded in getting the seared and Unded victims from the house, now omplete’y ablaze, and did what they ould to ease their agony pen ‘he arrival of medical ald. All fowr vere frightfully burned about the “ace and body, though Lundblad had nffered the worst {njuries. Phy ‘ana and hospital attendants could ‘o Uttle more than alleviate ther vain and wait for the end The theory was iced by C. House, proprietor of the Houre al company and 3} I's brother, that the err: Pressure occasioned by frozen Mpes throughout the Sa't Creck rict had snuffed out the fire in t “as stove during the night, and com- ng on again with greater force tho vas had accumulated in the room The bodies of the four victims of ‘he tragedy were brought to Casper ‘his noon, and funeral arrangements ‘vill be made later by the M *hapel. Besides Mr. House, the Lundblads we survived by a daughter, Mrs. Hulda Sipe, who resides'tn Lavoye. Gompers Will Allows Widow Limit of Law M Yomme' undb! vas The vill of Hamuel Gompers, filed tods ‘or probate, left the bulk ‘of “i« ate to’ his sons. aud: his. granx wughters, and. directed that fonly ‘the minlmum amount allowed by aw" should be paid the widow. ALIMONY SUIT lOFILED HERE tha at 8 a alimo. yments to a cumulate to. the extent of $1,580 Annio Langley: lias filed #ult agal Charles T. Langley for the fu'l amount. 2 The complainant states that. she and the defendant were May 6, 1913, at Rogers, at the time the defendant was order éd to contribute $25 mor y perms nent alimony toward her support ps te Cle ate Cold and Snow | Forecast for | Coming Week| WASHINGTON, Dec. Weather outlook for tho week be- sinning Monday Northern Rocky Mounta'n and plateau regions: Cold pract'cally entire week, with probability of occasional snows, Claiming ‘is’ bs Permittort