The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, April 20, 1945, Page 8

PAGE EIGHT IBACHS FOUND GUILTY ON ALL THREE CHARGES Jury Readié? Agreement in Eary Morning Hours- Stiff Penalties Possible “Guilty as charged,” on all three counts, W the verdict returned by the jury this morning in U. S. District Court here, against both Winifred and Horace Ibach The jurors are reported to have reached eement at 10 o'clock this morning, after nearly 12 hours of ‘delib jon. At one point, at the jury’s request, opposii counsel and the defendants were called back to the courtroom, while Judge George F. Alexander clarified points with to the law in the case, This - unusual procedure occurred at about 6 o'clock last evening, after the jurors had been striving to reach a verdict for more than three hours. The verdict, as signed by Fore- man Bert F. McDowell, found the Py regard co-defendants guilty of kidnaping, | assault with a dangerous weapon, and burning of a gasboat with in- tent to injure the owner. On the kidnap charge each of the defend- ants is subject to sentence of from one to 10 years in a penitentiary The conviction of destroying a boat makes them each liable to pris sentences of from three to 10 years Three alternative penalties are forded by the statute on assault a dangerous weapon. On that ¢ they may each be sen- tenced to from months to 10 years in prison, or receive jail sen- tences of from one month to one year, or be fined & minimum of $100 to a maximum of $1,000. Each of the convicted persons thus faces a total possible penalty of 30 y in prison. six ars Whether Defense Counsel Howard | D. Stabler contemplates further action in the case is not stated. TEN PASSENGERS OFF FOR WEST ON ALASKA AIRLINES YESTERDAY An Alaska Airlines the following passengers chorage yesterday: W. R. O'Dell, Walter Bipple, Helen Pike, Helen Grasser, Fred Wagner, Irving Troyer and Pierce H. Carten. From Juneau to Cordova — K. F. McLeod, W. E. Donaldson and Francis Wright. Anchorage to Juneau—Edith Mc- Connachie, Robert Seaman, D. J. McLeod, Ed. Slavenski, Major Ian Davison, Robert W. Mitchell, Ruth Berhoff and David Perrin. From Nome—Chester Zinn. A special shuttle-trip was made yesterday, taking the following Morrison-Knudsen men to Gus- plane to An- tavus—M. C. Clifford, Emil Fox- | hill, Buck Whitmore, M. DuBois and - F. Hockman. —— - BRUY WAR BONDS Fresh Peas Asparagus New Potatoes Spinach Broceoli Cauliflower New Cabbage Leeks Yams Parsnips White Turnips Squash Lettuce af-| took | r—VECETABLES — THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA [MISS N. ABEL PROSECUTION ENGAGEDTO | RESTSINDAN DANMOLLER ~ WHITE TRIAL At a dinner part held last even- | o'clock in the Gold Ro;r‘xz f Em b ezzl emen f Charge Growing Out of Fishing | Venture af Conclusion COMMUNICATION Editor Daily Alaska Empire | Dear Sir “1 have read without surprise :ho‘ Governor's harangue about the re-| cent Legislature, (the Senate | particular). The Governor has habit of condemning those who do| not blindly follow his advice or or- ing at 7 |ders, although they are the elected of the Baranof Hotel, the representatives of the people while nouncement of the engagement of he is a super legislator who is not Miss Natalie Abel to Mr. Dan| lected |Moller was made. Those present | “I have consistently supported the were Mr. and Mrs.] Shell gmxmonz jovernor for over four years. My | Mr. and Mrs, Harold Sverdrup an p 2 : A s tor i as tarned o|Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Morgan, all| ollowing e temE oy contempt after his repeated acts of |very close friends of the couple. 3:‘3“?55““-t;(;° tpf"sec"“"{‘ i:st. "gf:: duplicity in breaking his given| The table was decorated with 004y TeS1eC ©8 .mlse‘agd e word vellow daffodils annd tapers with White, charged with embezzlement “No lengthy answer will be given tiny bird announcement cards at(Fresentation Qf sthe delonse, Which > w to get under way at 2 o'clock at this time, as I prefer to make each plate. ‘lh afternoon, 18 expectéd "ta’ be them next year when thirty-two new Miss Abel came to Juneau three bri 1_‘ rith 7 A L‘ ¢ cobbihior members come up for election to the months ago from Philadelphia, and PHef, With prospect, of comsiugion Legislature, Hbs ‘been: employed 'ds Mr. Moller’s Ofitne Jrinl:Sodie Seachiet “I received one cowardly anony- ary. She is an only child of Twelve jurors to try the action |mous letter (that of course is im- . Eva F. Abel, who is living in Were selected in short order ye | possible to answer). I do not intend the East terday afternoon and the Govern- to muckrake and have no doubt that Mr. Moller is Vice-President of ment. opened the prosecution by the minions of the Governor will the Columbia Lumber Coxnpflny;’:““ing the complaining witness, {hurl many charges at me that can and is well known here. |Charles E. Pearl. His testimony es- wait for answer at the proper time.. A wedding date has not yet been tablished that he is a joint owner | “During this time of the nation's set, but it will be within the next Of the seine boat St. Louis, on grief aver the loss of a great leader two months. jwhich the defendant was engaged !it might be interesting to reflect as captain during the fishing g | Ithat when our dead President looks |season last summer. Owner of the in the vessel {other half-interes ithe Estate of George Fenton. The prosecution alleges that White appropriated to his own use |approximately $600 of the receipts of the fishing venture. | In his opening statement, De- fense Counsel William ®aul, Jr, countered that the defendant would seek to establish that the money due to him for services re dered, to the best of his belief, and that. there is foundation for that belief. in | a e glorious is of be back on his record of achievements, his appointment ALEX JOHNSON IS ?v(,n\'(‘;‘l']o"l;“‘f:'\l(‘rlH\[l will hardly ‘ pRoMo'ED To pF( “Former Delegate, now Judge Di- | mond, will subscribe to this last| statement after what he told when I saw him recently in chorage.” Very truly yours, (Signed) NOMAN WALKER Member Territorial Legislature [ e SHELDON JACKSON SCHOOL CHOR IN CONCERT TONIGHT L AN ALEUTIAN BASE—Alex G. me Johnson, husband of Mrs. Nora M.| An-'Johnson, P. O. Box 28, Yakutat, Alaska, has recently been promoted to ‘Private Pirst Class. Pfc. Johnson is a truck dtiver with an Engineer Unit and has been stationed in Alaska and the Aleutions for the past seven months. He was inducted into the Army in Anchorage in August, 1944. - DIVORCE FILED Alleging incompatibility of tem- perament, a divorce action has been filed in U. 8. District Court here by Fred G. Frobese against Edith Follow:ng his turn on the stand vesterday, Pearl was recalled this morninng for re-direct and re-cross examination. Succeeding him in the | witness chair was Clifford Erickson, superintendent for the Sebastian- Stuart Fish Company, at Tyee, | where two catches were sold and the funds in question received. Marshall Crutcher, Ketchikan ac- countant, was the next-to-the-last witness for the Government. He is accountant for. the owners of the seine boat. Crutcher was fol- lowed to the stand by Deputy U.| S. Marshal Walter Hellan, after whose testimony the prosecution rested. Selected on the trial jury for the case are: Gwendolyn Epperson, John E. Kearney, Peter Lowe, Ar- r M. Uggen, Leslie A. Sturm, Myra Peters, Katherine B. Shaw, Ethel Sipprell, H. R. VanderLeest, Donnel H. Gould, George Hansen and Eugene G. Nelson. e — WLB INVESTIGATOR NOW ASSIGNED T0 | DUTY IN ALASKA Davis, Administrative Of- ficer “Wage-Labor Inspection” for the War Labor Board, who has been permanently assigned to Al- aska duties, has arrived in Juneau D. Schilling Paprika makes food look and taste better FRIDAY, APRIL ‘20, 1945 on his initial swing LEWIS IN TOWN ALIFORNIA MEN HERE Territory. 0. Lewis, of Haines, is a guest D. E. Davis, of San Francisco} Mr. Davis has taken over {unc-tm the Gastineau Hotel during his|George Peterson, of San Leandroj tions formerly handled by the Wage stay in Juneau F. J. Corcoran, of Oakland, and and Hour Division of the Depart-| - v Lee Dickson, of Los Angeles, have ment of Labor for the War Labor | C. L. PARKER, SR, HERE arrived in Juneau and are guest§ Board. Enroute to Juneau, Mr.| Charles L. Parker, Sr, of Gus- at the Baranof Hotel. Davis made stops at Ketchikan, [tavus, has irrived in Juneau and is | ————— Petersburg and Wrangell, and. will |a guest at the Gastineau. MacLEOD IN JUNEAU next investigate conditions in Sitka. | e ——— - D. MacLeod, of Vancouver, B. Gy Chief among Mr. Davis' duties is | ZINN IN JUNEAU is a guest at the Baranof Hotel. & to make both employers and em- | Chester Zinn, of Nome, is & guest el ien so that they may avoid complica- | HON ’ Geoige U JCOTAR, = % usst g tions arising from violations. He | w. C. R vay. 18 lh"» o e B i st & . ; A - C. Hunt, of Skagway, is a Railroad at Anchorage. will also investigate complaints and 'guest at the Gastineau Hotel. - e — is empowered to examine payroll| TR F T RN RUTH BERTHOLD IN TOWN records to uncover departures from| Richard D. West, of Seattle, is a , regulations. guest at the Gastineau Hotel. through the l 1 1a guest at the Baranof Hotel. N | JUNEAU | | | | AIKEN IN Claude Aiken, of Ketchikan, has arrived in Juneau and is a guest| at the Gastineau Hotel. He is af-| filiated with the Treasury Depart-( ment. i GEORGE BROTHERS Ligquor Store FREE DELIVERY 10:30 TO 4 P. M. e AR s MRS. THOMPSON HERE Mrs. Delgar Thompson, of Ket-| chikan, is a guest at the Gastineau Hotel. | Largest Selection of Imported and Domestic LIQUORS and WINES IN JUNEAU! riday--Saturday Old Thompson - - - 5th $3.95 Rocking Chair - - - 5th 3.80 Calvert's Special - 5th 3.95 Carstairs 5th 3.95 C. Frobese. —_— e HERMAN ENROUTE \ John Herman, of the Seattle Hardware, is stopping over in Ju- neau for a few days enroute to his residence in Ketchikan from Skagway. He is a guest at the Gas- tineau Hotel. —————— Mrs. E. E. Hylton, of Seattle, is a guest at the Baranof Hotel. The Sheldon Jackson School choir of 42 voices has arrived in Juneau and tonight at 8 o'clock will give a concert in the High School Auditorium. 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