The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, April 24, 1933, Page 2

IR g e o e T— s QR O RGO AR SHOES fo Res?less Feet Shoe Leather BUT— Be thankful that. It’s a sign punishment. They economieal. At New Low Prices A Complete Range of Sizes in Every Style CLAIMED SHE FOUGHT HARD FOR HER LIFE “Trunk Murderess” Made Sensational Battle to Save Neck (Continued from Page One) rney coun- At her own trial, her a Faul Schenck, since dead, teled her to silence. Now and then, while the case went on, she broke through that restraint with hysterical outbursts that were only a hint of the flood- gates that were to be opened When. ly guarded in “murderers in the Florence penitentiary, saw the shadow of the gallows creeping closer and® closer. Dcmanded the Chance ‘Winine Ruth Judd began to talk; t> make definite charges, positive accusations, 3 Through newspapers, through ev- ery unofficial channel that was open to her, she hurled the story that she said she had been forbid- den to tell in court. Her new attorneys were working through legal means to save Her life. They demanded a new trial they appealed, they tried every road that the law affords. ‘Winnie Ruth Judd let the courts and lawyers go on about their bus- iness and concentrated her force on just one thing. She demanded a chance to tell her story to some one in authority. The Maricopa County grand jury gave her the chance she wanted. The name of J. J. Halloran had been brought into the ecase: Halloran, ‘wealthy Phoenix club- man, friend of Mrs. Judd, of Hed- vig Samuelson and of Agnes Annc roi, had been a shadowy, inte: terminate figure at her trial. Lit- erally, she scréamed over and over, thet “Jack Halloran helped me with those bodies.” Fights for Life And so the Maricopa County grand fury went into session to consider the Halloran matter, and they sent word to the Florence Penitentiary that they would listert to Winnie Ruth Judd. Behind the closed doors of the grand jury room, Winnie Ruth Judd spoke in her own defense. Theoretically, she was there to give cvidence against Halloran. Actually she was fighting to escape the menace of the nose that day by day came nearer and nearer. The grand jurors listened to her, questioned her, watched her—and indicted Jack Halloran as an ac- cessory after the fact. And then they did an extraordi- nary thing, that can only be ex- plained by the force of Winnie Ruth Judd's single-handed appeal Asked Commutation They wrote a formal letter to i | this year's appropriations. However, the Commiillee wrote INTRODUGED IN He’s Tough on good health. F sides, Poll Parrot all leather, sturdily built, and keep his feet in good shape and in the long run they are the most Shoes will stand his J. 8. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, WEATHER The Weather BUREAU For Summer wear. Oxfords and strap style in brown, green, white at $1.95 and $2.25 B. M. Behrends Co., Inc. Juneau’s Leading Department Store No wonder Gothamites wio viewed this nr;ullul sight ) “Qi rubbed thein eyes and won two rs shown here are as if thini wrong® with the last ‘nk they had. For the ine; ike a8 twp peas out of = them in to the extent of $62.500, == including payments of bounties on Men’s Work Shoes = HBHSE '""S A M | predators of salmon heretofore car- LOCAL DATA = . S8WMR |ried in a special act. The to | /By the U. 8. Weather Bureaun) . n - a2 , = some $15,000 below the sum allowed | Forecast for Juneam and vicinitv. beginning at' 4 p.m., April 24: Moceasin Toe—Blucher—Composition Soles— = BY GGMMITTEE two years ago, | Cloudy, probably showers tonight and Tuesday;moderate south- i = To defray expenses for the pro- | €asterly winds. Wear Like Iron = posed Department of Mines, pm]wd_ | Time . Barometer Temp. Humility Wind Velocity Weather 4 = e henr led for in a Bill now pending in |* P™. Vesty S0y 44 68 5 8 Cldy at $2 ()5 alr = Salarles and Wages Are the House, the Committee approv- |4 M. today ... 2082 31 94 Calm 0 Rain . p £ Reduced 15 Per C od an item for $21510 which was|Noon today o G0 iy Rain = educed er Lent, |included in the bl CABLE AND RADIO REPORTS e el = and Other Items Cut | List of Appropriations YESTERDAY | TODAY =1 g The detail of approj — % ’ ¥4 :_:E (Conunued from wage One.) the measure fol]awls)? IRKIouS in Highest 4p.m. | Lowest4a.m. 4am. Precip. 4am. Boys Tennis Shoes e o ovemor's Otfioe, 88,004, Station temp. temp. | temp. temp. velocity 24hrs, Weathet Z = (The sum of $35,000 was added toy Auditor’s Office, $24,870, Barrow 9 e et L 0 e 4 ; 7 = |take care of the authority given| Treasuret’s Office, $40,240, Nome 8/ A o 6§ o Cldy Famous Ked Brand—just the shoe for summer ==|the Home authorities to care for| Banking Board, $2,500. Bethel bt B0 0. e 0 Clear e whiir® vy o £ |an overflow by, renting 'quarters| Attorney General, $24.250. Fort Yukon W Wi, B 4 0 | Pt.Cldy ¢ . E=|near the institution. Commissioner of Education, $32,- | Tanana e o 4 Trace, Cl ! The appropriation for old age al- |290- fathanks & b j .32 g 4 O P for 11 to 2 850 2 1/2 to 6 950 [ 185,000, is identical with| Vital Statistics, $7.250, Eagle 48 44 2% 26 4 0 Cidy 9 |the sum recommended by the Bud-| Library and Museum, $7350. | or, PAUl . 34 34 L S0 AR L B - iy of ; == | get Board and is $45,000 less than| Building Repair, $500. e b D R L G o 3 Beaagmansn oy % E“was appropriated two years ago for| Pioneers’ Home, $132,060. Kodiak 42 38 30 32 0 0 Cldy 3¢ = | the same purpose. Old Age Allowance, $185,060, | SOr4OV8 - 40 36 g LR TR e M ) D 0 f d Z| The fund for dependent children| Health and Sanitation, $13,350, |OU0€AN o 45 44 ot LSl Rain en’s Dress Uxrords = | was raised from $70000 to $90,000,] Board Medical Examiners, $300. | S.tK& oo = e 0 7 Pt.Cldy E;in accord with the recommeénda-| Board of Dental Examiners, $600. fifx";fim’m g gg 50 :g z § el Rain ; sta Soli Eoy A : tion of the Budget. In the two| Board of Pharmacy, $300. ey 50 : 4.9 Rain re Star Brand SO!Id Leather—the lowest price E= | tunds for relief of destitution the| Board of Law Examiners, $100. Edmonton 60 56 43 .38 4 0 Cldy in" history. = total appropriated was 865000, or| Boxing Commission, $620. Sentse 60 60 4 4 4. 0 Ccidy ==$5000 less than was appropriated] Dependent Children, $90,000. Portland ) SR SR S S, [} Clear at $ 2 9 5 air 2= two years ago and $5,000 less than| Relief of Destitution, $20000. |San Francisco ... 60 52 | 45 48 4 0 Clly = Was e 7 y i 51 3 S R p =3Burc:rue mmended by the Budget sq:;;;her Relief of Destitution, The barometric pressure is moderately low in Southeastern Al- §j Resglobde’ Grinbiolic. Hosstat Rescue and Relief of Lost Per.]2°k® and the Gulf, with, showers i1 these districts, “and ~unusually T T T T T T . | ed B artfofeas ifepicel | sons, A0, ],OW near the middle Aleutian Islinds with gales to the ' eastward = vas rembmterad 10 the Bill, “wh Orthopedic Hospital, $4,000. ax_\d light snow or rain inv Bering Sea. The pressure is moderately W ) C arries $4000 for that institution| Emergency Appropriation, $2,500. high on the Axv_tic coast with elea: weather in that distriet and un- omen s anvas This is $1,000 less than was provid-| Bounty Wolves and Coyotes, $25,- settled weather in the Interior, Temperatures have risen in the ed for the past biennium, but is]000. northern portion of thie. Territory. FOOtwear |identical with the recommendation| Bounty on Eagles, $7,500. | of the Bureau of Budget. Bounty on Salmon Predators, | the closed American Bank of Spo- Five thousand dcllars was al-{$15,000. kane, have been acquitted on lowed for the rescue and relief of lost persons, the same as two years ago. Agricultural fairs were eliminat- jed. The livestock inspection serv- Bounty on Hair Seal, $25,000. Livestock Inspection, $1,500. Primary Elections, $10,000. Roads, $100,000. Shelter Cabins, $2,000. | | e, now handled by the Veteri-| Session Laws in Sheet Form, narian from the Alaska College |$450. farm at Matanuska, was slashed| Aid to Public Libraries, $1,000 from $5,000 two years ago to $1,500. This is $500 under the Budget esti- Suport of Schools, $864,000. Alaska College, $110,690. AR ERERARRT | mate. Pioneers’ Home Building Fund, i Bounties Are Continued $9,800. | The Committee ignored the re- Highway Engineer's Office, $10,- jcommendation of Gov. Parks and |300. Commissioner of Mines, $21,510. Supplementary Appropriation, $1,- 200. E:mhc Bureau of Budget regarding the == |bounties. paid by the Territory. It flll||l||ll|||IIII|Illlllll!l}lllfll[ll]|||m||l“l||l[l|||Illllllll||l[l|H||“l"mllllml"lllflm"lIHI_III_IH||mlml_mfllm“fllmflflmfll||||flu|||!|[|||ll||||||l|_||l|||l_|_||fi_ifif;}fifmfififi:dbe“iufchf»,f'}’fgf,} Royal Twins on the Hudson River there was any- ueen of Bermuds,” newest member of the New York=Bermuda fleet, filpl- in the background is the “Monarch of Bermuda," was. made from the air as the Monarch proudly escorted the zoyal twin into her berth World's Fair Fund, $3,500. 4 (oats,Suits and Hats . BETTER hurry! 1It's a real sale! No matter what you’re planning, we've the suitable frock in ithis group. Sport things, light back- gound prints, cute cottons, and ever . ground prints, cute cottons. Lots of them washable. her twin sister. This photo the same pod. The vessel in foreground is the S. S. zona, the governor has no pardon- ‘ng power; that rests with the board. The three members of that roup were Ruth Judd’s strongest hope, except for the long formali- ties of an appeal to the supreme sourt. Halloran went to trial. Winnie Ruth Judd was summoned as a witness. For months She had been de- manding an oppottunity to defend herself, openly and in public, and when the chance came she todK it She fought with the fury of a srapped -animal, .screaming at at- sorneys, .defying ‘the court, shriek- ‘ng over and over that che had tllled dn seM-defense—that she had satiled f0r her life—that she was' nnocent of *wilful murder. Kept on Fighting A The actessory charges against Halloran were = dismissed. = Ruth Judd’s desperate effort to aocuse alm and -excuse herself failed, so far as the court was concerned. And she kept on fighting, reit- 2rating her story. She refused to believe that she would ever die on the gallows. She clung to the steadfast belief that her appeal would suceced and that the parden board would not mere- y commute her sentence to life imprisonment, but would let her 30 free. “I'll win,” she said. But she lost. She lost again when the Board refused to grant her a pardon. Then she tried again—the insanity hearing—and has “won. Her own mother and her father were wit- nesses at the hearing and they tes- tified concerning’ insanity in both branches of whe family. Alienists testified she was sane. Dr. Judd, the woman's husband, cerpts from the Board's report: Testimony ' of Doctor Among ‘the things told to ‘the board by Or. Judd was that his | wifé had admitted to him that she dismembered the Body of Miss Satnuelson in & bathtub. He related in detatl the manner in which this was accomplished as told him by Ruth, 1 Dr. . Judd said that “Ruth stuck to this story for geveral weeks, then féd dismembering < the body to both me and t0 ‘heér lawyers.” “Dr. Judd added,” the- report tontined, “tBat”the matter of his ¢'s defense 'had’ been ’ consider- 2d &t great lemgth, and that it pronounced against Mrs. sudd.” Following this decision, tae war- den of Florence Prison demanded the sanity hearing. Mrs. Judd was transformed from an inconspicuous office attendant at a Phoenix hospital to a figurs of national notoriety on October 19, 1831, when the murdered bod- ies. of Hedvig Samuelson and the Leroi' girl were found in two .rurks and - a -suitcase . which Mrs, Judd had shipped from Phoenix to Los .. Bhe had ‘magde a futile attempt to claim the trunk. at a Los Angeivs rallroad ‘baggage office- and *hen ® DRESSES NOW $6.45 $12.45 Sizes from 14 to 44! tpe had- ‘been dechied” inadvisable. by’ ‘bimself and ' Ruti'd attorneys to presént a plea of self-defense for the'-reason that they feared Mrs.’ Judd: under cross-examin a tion miight ‘admit she' killed Mus. Leroi in hér bed and dismembered Miss Samuelson’s body in a bath tub as previoiisly revealed. “A thorough and thoughtful con- sidevation of all the testimony and Judd's own statement,” the report concluded, ‘together with a care- ‘ful review of all the facts and ecir- cumstances attendlant to \his trag- édy compels this board to believe ‘that Mrs. Judd shot Mrs. Letoi through the témple wiile she was abed, the muzgle of the gui being | he'd at or near the surface of the skin, and that Mrs. Levoi was not killed in self-dsfensa High Court Ruling “The state supreme “ccurt has held that Mrs. Judd had a fair and impartidl trial, and this board knows o reason, fact or eircum- stance offered or disclosed before or subsequent to her trial why it should interfere with the verdict d judgment of the cowt. ' “Therefore, the board declines to went before the Board of Pardons and Parole, The following are ex- recommend to the governor a com- mutation of sentence and judgment jbad. vanished.: .’ A webk Iai she surrenderad | Shi¢ ~had been:ih “hiding ‘at" La } Vira Sanitarium, ‘Los Angeles, where she had once been a patient, and whete she had concealed her- velf, "unknbwn to_ the sanlsmum staff. i At her trial in Phoenix dlo insanity. Three Women Friends friends and had shired a buhga- low at Phoenix, where Miss Sam- Mrs. Leroi was her nurse, m! staté' assertedl that jealousy wes | She was tried on the charge of murdering Mrs. Leroi, convicted 10 be hanged. Later she was granted a St-dal pleaded mot guilty by reason of The three women had been |1 uelson was & tubercular patient and the motive for the killing. on February 8, 1932, and sentenged || stay of sentence and April 14 fwas the date set for execution, This date fell on Good Friday and, execution was set for April Friday, but another delay ocotrred || as a result of the sanity hearing. I ———ae—— | B.M. Tomatoes will grow on 45,000 acrés of the Ozark hills in APk- Aansas, say canners of the area, Three Spokane Men Ac-| Clyde Johnson, John F. Davies and | Charles Lund, former offi-‘rs of 'ular among Nebraska farmers. - End o’ Month Clearance ! | 1 OFF on All New Spring " Juneau’s Leading Department Store charges of embezzling $161,000 of | the bank’s funds. The ' émbezziement charges were d b based on the purchase of the re- | maining assets of the closed Hayes EMBEZZLEMENT‘ Bank of Aberdeen with the Ameri- can Bank's funds without a defi- nite notation to that effect on the | bank’s books, The defense insisted the purchase was a routine bank investment. The state charged the deal was for the private acounts of the three defcndants. AN N quitted by Jury—Com- plaint Particulars SPOKANE, Wash., ‘April 24— Blacksmithing has become pop- BEHRENDS CO.,Inc.