Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, April 4, 1925, Page 1

The Circulation of The Tribune Is Greater Than Any Other Wyoming Newspaper WEATHER Mostly cloudy tonight and Sunday, showers probable. Slightly warmer tonight. VOL. IX NO. 150 CHAPMAN SENTENCED T. irst Degree Murder Verdict Returned Today by Trial Jury The Canp s pr Dail MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PR CASPER, WYOMING, SATURDAY, APRIL 4, 1925 6 (daras) ma Oy 84 He ly Crilnute | On Streets or Delivered by ( Wig DO DGE SALE IS FOUGHT BY HEIR TO ESTATE | INJUNCTION [a PETITIONED IN DETROW COURT John Duval Dodge Is Plaintiff in Action Chapman Was | Modern Day | Jesse James) NEW YORK, April 4—Gerald Chapman, often called a modern Jesse James, first gained notoriety in his daring leadership of the sen- sational $2,400,000 holdup of a ernment mail truck on lower Broad way in October, 1921, Chapman and his band had watch ed the downtown Postoffice for zi weeks, Learning of a rich shipment Just Instituted of registered mail, they followed the selected mail truck in an automobile when it started t6 the General Post- office uptown just before daybreak. Drawing alongside, they crowded the truck to the curb. With both y cles still moving, Chapman boar the government van and covered the driver with a pistol. Then the rob- bers turned the truck into Leon: Street and removed its wealth cash and securities at their | DETROIT, Mich., April 4. —Judge Harry Dingeman in the Wayne county circuit court today refused to grant a temporary injunction sought by attorneys for John Duval Dodge restraining Mrs. Ma- tile Dodge, from selling, trans-| C48? and. s y , was traced and caught sr incumbering any of. the agile oftine antate tt Anna Mur-|% £eW months later in fahstonable caret Dodge, posthumous daughter | Gramercy Park where he found living in a luxurious apartment, During his subsequent grilling on | &n upper floor of the Federal builu- ing, he suddenly disappeared through an open window while his captor of John F. Dodge and half sister of John Duval Dodge. Judge Dingeman, however, ordered . Dodge appear before him an injunction should not be issued. backs were turned. He was corne iby ed after crawling along a narrow SE at de Wil. pledge, high rabove Broadway and | Mam Lucking, attorn John | Opposite the Woolworth Building. Duval Dodge, announced today th: He has nearly reached a window in another office er down which Would likely have led to freedont, the Wayne county today for an » will petition circult court probably der to show cause Why thersale of} Chapimanvtind George Ro (Dutél:) Dodge Brothers, Inc., to Dillon,) Anderson, an accomplice, were se Read and company. of New Yo tenced for the mail robbery should not be enjoined. ust, 1922, both Lucking said the action would] terms in the penitenti: be taken to protect the interests) @t Atlanta, Both afte he says John Duyal Dodge has in| Ward escap Anderson ts still the John I ge estute as heir of large. Ann® Marg Dodge, his infant} Chapman made his own first suc. half sister who died a year ago and| cessful dash in March, 1923. He who was named in the father's will] Was recaptured two days bleeding from various wounds, placed in a hospital In Athens, Ga Within a month, and still in the of surgeons, he escaped mys- terlously a second time, For montlis he eluded a nation-wide searéh which some of the best man-trackers in the country took his trail. Var- jous crimes and “jobs’s meanwhile which apparently could not be oth wise explained, were put down “It’s Chapman.’ Almost in lably however, they proved to been | done by someone el Patrolman Jam Britain, Conn., surprised two a share of the estate, QUGTED PROTON BRINGS ACTION FOR DAMAGES e Skelly of New was slain when he afe blowers in a de- partment store Sunday morning, DENVER, Colo., April 4. — TWO] October 10, 1 He fell under the suits, asking for total damages of! munets of one yegg who shot $100,000 for defamation of character | way out. The other was filed in ‘the district court] and proved to be Wal st two minsters and five mem-| son of a Springfield, hotel s of the board of elders of the | qwner, shean sald Chapman was | * Central istian church of Denver | ¢he man who got away. y the Rev, Jolin M, Gordon of the | Three months later, January 18 istian church of Windors Cole., | rast, n was finally run to who was expelled from the Denver | earth in Muncie, Ind., by ostal ! st December — folle had never relaxed their y »iving two young wor nt He was taken bac | whose ordina- wil nt | later brou. as oe Y ba ne nl Pad 2 ; Rey. Edward O SEC. WEEKS nations to send of the Christian coimentsa.o. Wal. ation of Denver and F | on, New Zealand caplt secretaray of the Association, | IMPRO VIN ieront named in one suit and the five mem- | ‘ bers of the board of elders who heard *iekee Paes ea as, an the charges against the ousted m WASHINGTON, Apri’ 4—Seore:| HONS r—Mra, Irene Bishop ister are named in the other. ca tary Weeks who fs Ill with cerebral! | the Vent’ THA fke! palitare’ in ° Rev. Mr. Gordon alleges in M3] thtinbosin pasned puch @ restful eat suits that the was not given an Op | oti et ng physicians ala | oy Dortaningy 20 Sees ie rs and) not find it necessary to call at the| BERLIN.—Dr, Wilhelm Marx wa Ee ee Oe eee shee in of the | sick room until well Into the morn-| agreed upon us a candidate for th: women w held in secr two youn; ing | me 4 The situation was not regarded by the doctors as serious enough to Waigtey: Will, °° || te soaks as. sctous'seones 4 | letins. | Mr Weeks is rapidly regaining Be Associated | 3, weiss ny ms | which has been affected stroke suffered last We In Ford Plant | the deat New Yo rk Organizes To Operate Pipeline Officers and Directors Headed by Minal E. Young Named to Take Charge of Line Purchased from the Central Pipeline Company; Gas Supply Assured The New York Oil company has organized a board of directors-and has elected offi- | cers for the management of the Central Pipeline company, the E. T. Williams Oil compar dent and general manager o pipe line concern; Harry Hynds Milwaukee secretary-treasure assistant treasurer. Th will also comprise the t of directors The New York Oil company has purchased 77 per cent of the pipe line stock through negotiations that have been in progress for three weeks, Young announced, impression station that will nd to be so construct its size can, be increased when necessary will be built at Tea- pot for the separation of gasoline from casing hend gas and to handle all such ge produced at Teapot Dome, a contract for which the new pipe line company has already ne tiated. “People of worry ers Ce need have no for years to come concerning their supple of gas,” Young»said, “The new pipe line will/conti to y crude oll for the present.’ The New Ye ON company 1 now resummt rilling operations ir Powder River, Young and is also drilling southwest Wyoming Washington state, Drilling in the Powder River territory was tempor- arily closed down last winter. announced, a test well in and another in the purchase of which from | Minal E. Young, vice presi- was elected president of the of Cheyenne was elected vice president; E. H. Steiger of | er; M. W. Winter, assistant secretary, and J. M. McIntyre, | JEAN DE RESZKE, CELEBRATED POLISH TENOR WHO DIED AT ny Was announced yesterday. f the New York Oil company NEW YORK, April 4.—Leading | fect elegance and of an u j figures in the world of muste pata | ¥ MW tribute today to Jean de Resake, | Louls Hasselimans, conduct he Polish tenor, who died yesterday at] Y7ench opera at the Metropolitan Sa aces } a gant” race of ,singers, he | | e name of Jean de 5 tenttie Weta ein’ people *|said Giulio Gatti-Cas ants but Jean de Reszke was 1 | of the Metropolitan Opera Company, | King a pier Nas | mack described thi “will remain in the history of the ferent Gil eankiot Lyric theater, and particularly of the him all all,” sald Me “we shall not see his like Metropolitan, as that of a supreme artist, with a true personality, great singer, a great actor of per- ake again.” NICE, 1S PAID HIGH ee Local Rains | Forecast For | Coming Week WASHINGTON, April 4.—Weath- er outlook e week beginning Monda NortNern Rocky Mountain and plateau regions; local rains first half and mostly fair latter part. Temperature above normal except cooler middle of week. Southern Rocky Mountain and Plateau regions, local rains. first half and mostly fair latter part. ‘Vemperatures above normal ex- cept cooler middle of week. Jae ae FORTY ROBBED at Newstands, 5 ce: arrier 76 cents a mo Tribune £ ANG FOR MURDER ARCH BANDIT STILL COOL IN DEFEAT |Conviction Bpenen, Didn't Think He “Had a Chance,” Slayer Admits After Verdict Is Read \ } | } | * HARTFORD, Cann., April 4.—(By Press.)e—Gerald Chapman, spectacular | breaker and criminal extraordinar The Associated mail bandit, jail , today was sentenced to hang in the Connecticut state prison June 25 in payment iN CLUB ROOMS | for the life of a New Britain patrolman of whose murder | last October 12 a jury had convicted him less than an hour | before. | Chapman, the st inal wh nt to await fi CHICAGO, April 4.—¥Forty mem: | misdeeds have made him n storious The attorney, ‘ ers of the Showmen’s League of|:§d not flinch or falter eached out for t | meric meeting in their club| descended upon him wi s nd. Without jrooms in the heart of the business | folded across his breast ce or a W 1 district, were held up last night by|Lody held stiffly 1 es, Chapr ue six men, two of them armed with|t» the judge's sepulchr | tay 's hand and replie 0) | shotguns, and robbed of money and| stell out his doom with only -| that’s all right.’ jewelry valued at $20,000. {ed face to mark his emotio | Chapman's frail body was er | The ever vigilant g pressed | Striking head held high, the ey 3 closely about Chapmar he wa king st ut ahead and the lips ‘Real War Game |*: iu bench | compressed ax hip. guards, mavac | j him. ¥ a chair in h 2 To Be Staged |= re: 3s se way) ere flushed, folded his arms and end | head erect stured directly at the | ito pere ultation with In Maneuvers |:**«: To th customary question | . }&% pre-sentende statemen Chapman victed of the answered in 1 tones 2 Ones sie = ‘ ave = to say.’ ain ¢ ete WASHINGTON, April 4,—Joint iano ante lathe dilaleonden his ‘way t jarmy-navy maneuvers in Hawaii t will be an act war game, al; t cireus, Major General Hines, chit |?a\en 4 1 Leventh of staff of the army one of the chie n” tw the y the war d rtment natic ction, nor r £1) tela and t to produce | tling new offensive or defensive umpires of game said today on the eve of his departure for San | qo. oi, rancisco.to. join Agmiral Coontz, |i0- tne neck until you are e al jeommander in chief of the United! “rng trisoner’s gare fell tine, | Ud not tes fleet, the other umpire, | RK the ctihebithat st cited hig | Ha ad . The maneuvers are not expected | onoeks. was hi ence of | Minds prisoner I istled thr : ne |facts,” the general added. “But | Sack Den vinta the basement 1 ar adlelyi'on jthey are expected to make up in}iits an automobile which sped him | "Ms past Seyret 3 | practical value for whatever they| ‘5 tne prison at Wethersfield, Ther — lack in sensation or color.” el SUMMARY OF WASHINGTO>? —President Cool. idge believes a more effective en forcement of the Volstead law wil result from r ngement of tre ury department prohibition enforce ment agencies, NICE, France.—Complications fo lowing an attack of influenza cause of Jear German presidency by democratic the centrist, ti and «soclal demoera WASHINGTON, — John ussistant was selected by. Pre ge to succeed Jacob G to China. Van A retary ident Co 1 Schur te ! nan as ministe CHICAGO, April 4.—The and Examiner says it that Phillp K, Wrigley, son of the chewing gum manufacturer; Allan | 3. Jackson, vice president of t Standard Oi! company of Indic and Marshall Field III will be as clated in Edsel Ford's recently launched commercial airplane pro: ject, through ownership of stock in the concern which will manufacture the planes. The three Chicagoans, the news: paper says, are stockholders in the Stout “Il-Metal Airplane company of Detroit, a Ford subeldiary, which will provide planes for overnight service between large cities of the country. ‘The project, known, the 6 American Alt Herald | learned DENVER, Colo. and engineer and fireman, jured, the former probably when Denver and Itio Grand ern passenger traln number 16, from Grand Junttion to Denver, was derailed at Cog creek between Pueblo and Florence, Colotado, at 2:15 early toda No passengers were Injured, | necording ed by the April 4—To men, | were in-| | the Twol njured In Rail Crash Only the engine and tender lef the track, it was reported here. De ment switch, official The injure¢ Ed Keilly sealded 0. ¢ was due to sald, a defective Engineer, serious! Smith, and bruised injured men were in? reman, uided a taken to | slightly ANGLERG PLA BIG TIME OVER THE WEEK-END Fishing Licenses Not | 2&atd the ca for Killing Pho PHOENIX, Ariz., April 4. Haze Bureh of Phoenix earl | was given by Supe ior Judge M. WILL LAWRENCE SENTENCED |Death Penalty for HOldehorta Outlaw Is| Pronounced by Court on Conviction enix Policeman —The death penalty was to- day pronounced on Will Lawrence, Muskogee, Okla., found guilty of first degree murder for the slaying of Pa atrolman | yin OPE uary. "Serie OVC nar dclagh MEXICO FOR BURIAL ac ation for a bi |day tomorrow with rod and ree) it | the streams ‘eabouts, according t | information the sporting goc I nic aevoleanefon cat Copavia one f Casper who died a few days ago Many anglers will leave the city Albuquerque, M., following a Jato this afternoon and tonight otracted fllness, will be held at will camp on the fishing grou is afternoon | Pathfinder dam, near Alcova, and the Shaffer-G Deer Canyon and Bates creeks Ir was brought to Cas order to be ready early in the morr norning from Albuquerqu Jing for a big day of battle ls is survived by Mr trou a son, both living in ( Others will arise before day t Louis 8, Bowerman of the | row morning and with lunch, tack Baptist church will conduct the fu und other eqidpment will motor t al services. Burial will be made the fishing grounds. Reports fr Casper ce | ers who haye fished € ns tell the ust 22 WARSHIPS RETURNED FROMNEW 20 Be BUILT BY JAPANESE TOKIO, jeiatad | departm A Pre The sentence | Phelps, which was in }accordance with the sebomienaations of the jury that he has | State | he was returned:to the cell occupied lg ernme state of Cr for his life. OUST RAISED IN BRITISH HOUSE had eed ed at a yer- standing in the bleak = Nera ‘Menkes En- > on trial | JURY OUT MORE TAN 11 HOUKS. HARTFORD, © The Associated Press) an today was fc der in the first 4 ng of a New Br October 12. announced dict. Chapman, prisoner's dotk in the court room Poesy sean ghee Ai | gages Laborite Leader | court clerk read the verdict handed | him by the jury foreman. In Word Bout. Frederick J. Grochl, chief defense faded counsel previou had annou that he would file an appeal if ( LONDON, April 4.—(By The Asso The verdict r death on ined int per ows for the colorful bandit thes weeds | man who had the police of a bat betw Astor and the t countries searcl hin tingham laborite, A. Hayday, in t t rd urge which ended} ‘T b i nae * 1 n-| rema tha she 1 e wor Judge Jenni be paying 1 ttention to k half an tb ir La A said at jfor the construction of 2 I. Alco! ) think with a total tonnage of 1! ‘ Pig cy b) reboot a A include ef ri class cruisers 1 Jud cintitee’ to" im enadlit : three se lass cruisers, ten de pror nter Chapman r ub . that: el stroyers 4 n airplane mothership. | b ) he a Jed no lecation | The ministry of war ia sending | p< f th ¢ r 1 set | y lay's per America, three to Englanc pple, 1 ( sald he drink qu to Germany during the 1 | to the after th had of new weapons t t ary ani tl-y tion —— I id. “Lady A Seas Finance Program of i... ses ling for $2.50. | been recelved and may be » the hardware and siness houses, according Herriot May Be Lost _ ITALIAN WAR Campbell Hardware company PARIS, April 4—(By The Asso jand not on in the ¢ It is a ‘ c Law enforcement officials have | clated Press.\—There is a lull in] formation, .¢ pear fice that nee of S J announced that, fishermen will 1 the polltical atme re pending re. | much more ith the Monae in cabinet: as fin MINISTER OUT he arrested while the fishing umption of parl entary activi-|than the idea of currency inft g, | minister Y mea th lare’ unavatiadle in the chamber of deputies, |} and tt is even dc ful ifthe « me | French will a but the prospeets of Pre: | wiil succeed with the chambe | talned GO, April 4,.—§ Gee rriot do not em to tim The oppositior premier in | thorit ROMI April 4.(By The Asso. jr ated Fort Smith, Ark., e. His tal levy scheme | the senate seemed even st r to-|on that ted Press.) — Official announce: to in the first of the semé-fir h he ex a meeting of | day. than w after Thursday's |on the same f ment e today of the resigna: | ot congolation games nt | te radical 1 be spread | in which M, Cle as | other membe tion of General DI! Glorgto as Italian national interscholaatie basket! | ov numt years and fall ax minister, played the priv but that a | r minist Premi Mu