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GIRLS SEEK CASH, PURNELL CHARGES "’King” Benjamin Says Ac- cusers Want to Loot House of David Treasury. By the Associated Press. BENTON HARBOR, Mich., Novem- ber 22—"“King” Benjamin Purnell's glrl accusers are “trying to loot the House of David treasury,” the 65-year- old cult leader has charged in the first interview ®anted by him since his arrest last week on charges of criminal assault. Propped in his sick bed with a white nightcap crowning his long silvered hair, the “seventh messenger gel” and “brother of the Savior,” yesterday excoriated Mrs. Bessie Woodworth, former colony member, whose tip to officers led to the King's arrest, and the Bamford sister, who swore to the warrants on which Purnell was sought for four years. Innocent of Charges. “People will do anything for money,” said Purnell. “All my life I have had to fight against attempts to black- mail me, made by those whom I have sheltered. “I am Innocent of the charges against me. I hope for an early trial that I may prove it. They (his ac- cusers) all lie. They have tasted the fleshpots of Egypt. They will do anything for gold.” Purnell attacked the character of the voung women who charged the “king” had taken advantage of them under the cloak of “blood purifying rites,” while they were girls in the colony. He repeated the assertion of his followers that he is being persecuted. He declared he is the brother of Christ, that he is immortal and that in a short time there will be witnes: ed the consternation of his enem The head of the House of David would not comment on his where- abouts during the years that State and county officers were seeking him. “I came back to give myself up,” he said. “I have been here for about a yes The rest of the time I have been a good many miles away.” RECLAMATION WORK IS URGED BY MEAD Commissioner Announces 10-Year Tentative Program, Affecting Some 01d Projects. Need for a construction program is apparent to all familiar with existing conditions, Edwood Mead, commi sioner of reclamation, declared today in announcing a_10-year tentative program, prepared by the Interior Department for completing existing projects. “Several projects are unfinished, millions of dollars invested in dams and headworks are bringing no re- turn and will not until distribution works are bullt,”” Mr. Mead said. “Costly projects recently undertaken should be pushed to completion so that waiting settlers may have water to cultivate their farms. It will require all the income of the Reclamation Bureau for the next 10 years to com- plete existing projects. “Meantime extreme pressure is be- ing exercised to have the department approve new and additional projects. If this should be done the effect would be to secure small appropriations for #s0 large a number of projects as to add greatly to the overhead in con- struction, delay the completion of projects and postpone delivery to set- tlers of water needs in frrigation. It 18 the department’s belief that exist- ing projects should be completed be- fore new ones are undertaken. “The department has prepared a tive program for doing this. It bmitted to Congress for its con- ion in the hope that it will at least show the need for such a pro- pram. The yearly expenditure con- templated in this program is about $1,000.000 in excess of the average construction income for the past five vears and is all that can safely be anticipated for the next 10 years. DOG BREAKS SHOCK. Xnocks Over Master, Held by Elec- tric Current. 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The mo- ment you get those warning aches rub on good old Musterole Musterole relieves the congestion and stimulates circulation. the good qualities of the old-fash- (Continued from First Page.) if you prepared only lunch and din- n 1 washed the dishes.” “Did it take you three hours to wash his breakfast dishes?"” She Got Lunch, Too. “I got lunch.” “What time did he have lunch?” “Before 12.” g “Did it take you three hours to wash three dishes and a teacup and spoon?” “I washed his clothes,” the witness “eplied, endeavoring to tell of Mr. Stev- ens having been drenched by the surf that morning. “Didn’t he take clothes to the laun- dry that day?" asked Simpson. “Yes,” she replied, and again she was interrupted as she was saying “not that kind of laundry.” The cook told of Henry Stevens hav- ing taken the Wilson family to Point Pleasant shortly after noon, and said she saw them starting out. Reverting to the question of wheth- er Mrs. Evanston had talked to any one about the date, September 14, Simpson obtained from the witness a statement that she had talked to two newspaper reporters. “Now which of your two statements is the truth—the one in which you said you talked to no one, or the one that vou now make, that you talked with two reporters?” shouted Simpson, shaking his finger toward the witness. Case Objects to “Bulldozing.” | _Case objected to what he termed Simpson’s “bulldozing” and after a brief exchange Simpson lowered his | voice and the witness said she was |wrong when she testified she had | talked with no one about the date of | September 14, 1922. “You haven't been in hiding?” asked Simpson. “No,” said the witness, but ex- plained she had been sick last month. The witness testified again that neither Henry Stevens nor Mrs. Stevens had spoken to her about being with Stevens on the evening of the double slaying. On _redirect examination, Case brought from Mrs. Evanson the state- ment that she had been sick last month and visited with a friend dur: ing her illness, and that she is “not very well” now. Questioned by the defense attor- ney as to the clothing which she washed for Henry Stevens the morn- ing after the night of the double slaying, Mrs. Evz ing had to be w wet. The witness sa reccived any letter from the prose- cution asking her to report and tell her story before the trial. Simpson took the witness again briefly to ask her whether the Stevens family were not helping to educate Mrs, Evanson's 19-year-old daughter. She said they were not. Paint Dealer Called. The mnext witness, Price, a paint dealer of Philadelphia, told of arriving at Lavallette about 6 p.m. on September 14, 1922. He said that in the evening he was walking along the beach about 9:35 when he saw Henry Stevens. This would place Stevens on the beach just a few minutes before the killing. Price said he remembered the date because he had on that day sent a report of an automobile accident to an insurance company. i “I know him,” said Price positively, on cross-examination, when the prosecutor asked if he was sure it was Stevens he had seen on the beach. “I was within nine feet of him,” ed. you ever tell anybody about this?"” Simpson asked. “A couple of wilnesses on the way up to this trial,” Price replied. “You never opened your mouth about it to any one else? How did Henry Stevens and his lawyers know that you had seen him?” The witness said he misunderstood the question about telling any person and Simpson subjected him to a rat- tling fire of questions on why he had misunderstood. Did you tell Henry » Simpson continued. did not,” was the reply. Do you believe that yourself?” “I know it's so,” was Price’s posi- tive reply. He didn't appear excited by the stioning. Iiave you ever been convicted of * continued Simpson. 0,” was the reply. “That’s all,” said Simpson. Woman Supports Alibi. Mazie Applegate was the next She is the wife of the who caught the bluefish that weighed by Henry Stevens. | She told a story, on direct examina- { tion, which corroborated Stevens' alibi {and’ she was positive she saw Henry Stevens on_the beach around { 10 pan. or a little later, on the night | of the killings. Her husband, in an | afidacit to the prosecutor, un- certain as to the date the bluefish was | caught. “If you're wrong about the bluefish | being caught on the night of Septem- ber 14, your whole story’s wrong, isn't 1t?" Simpson asked on cross-examina- tion, | she replied. Then Simpson pressed for the little details of what was done that night {and in answer to a question the wit- | ness said: | now T was on the beach at or {after 10 p.m. on September 14, and 1 | know Henry Stevens was there.” S| 1 that “a man by the name * had talked with her about Stevens in q 3 Palzer 1s a member of counsel for the defense. ! Husband Testifles Next. | After Mrs. Applesate had left the | witness stand her husband was called to testify. Like the other alibl witnesses, he It has all | joned mustard plaster without the | blister. First you feel a warm tingle as the healing ointment penetrates the pores, ther sation and quick relief terole handy for emergency may prevent serious illness. To Mothers: Musterole is also made in milder form for babies and small children. Ask for Children's Musterole. It use. a soothing, cooling sen- | Have Mus- THE EVENING MORE WITNESSES SUPPORT HENRY STEVENS' FISHING ALIBI said he was fishing on the beach at Lavallette the evening of September “énlm' His wife, he said, was with him. “Tell the jury what you saw of Henry Stevens that evening,” sald Case. “I saw him directly in front of his house,” said Applegate. ‘“‘His fishing apparatus was cast out. He was fish- ing. I had quite some trouble that evening. I had few bites. I saw some fish that weighed a pound or a pound and a half. He (Stevens) gave me a hook. He changed it for me, put it on my line. It was with that ll;tlook that I caught the six-pound ue.” He then related how the fish was weighed on Henry Stevens' hand scales, with light being needsd to see the figures on the scales. Applegate said he saw Stevens several times in the evening before he told him *‘good night,” about 10 or 10:15. The next week, the witness said, re- porters came to see him about Henry Stevens, and he recalled the evening. On cross-examination, Simpson pro- duced the witness’ testimony before the grand jury that returned the in- dictments. “Did you say then that you thought it (the fish) was caught Friday night?” asked the prosecutor. “I told you it was caught the night of the murder,” answered the witness. Shown what Simpson presented as his signature to the statement before the grand jury, Applegate sald he thought it was his, but would not swear to it because “I don’t think I ought to swear to that because it has been out of my hands.” “Mr. Applegate, did you say under oath that you caught the fish on Fri- day night?” asked Simpson. “I don’t remember making such a statement,” replied the witness. “I never heard those questions be- fore,” said Applegate at one stage during cross-examination when Simp- son was attempting to prove that the witness’ testimony today was at variance with what he had told the Jersey City detectives when thay were developing tue State's case. 3 Witness Not Terrifled. Simpson turned to the witness’ testi- mony before the grand jury, and de- spite his confusion and inability to follow the rapid-fire interrogbations of the prosecutor, the fisherman was not_terrfied. “I've got a little sympathy in my heart, and that's more than you have,” he told Simpson. “Didn’t you tell the grand jury you couldn’t remember the day the bluefish was caught?” Simpson con- tinued. 'You told them that,” he replied. ‘When I came in the room you told them this is the man that recalls the night of the murder, but can’'t remem- ber what night the bluefish was caught.” The questioning then veered to what statements Applegate had made to private detectives, with Applegate tell- ing Simpson that he had made many statements. Then Case took the witness on re- direct examination. “Were you called any names when vou made the two statements for the State?” he asked. “Yes, I was called a damned lar,” Applegate replied. “This man right here did it.” He pointed to Inspector Underwood, who was in charge of the questioning of witnesses in the in- vestigation. John Piar of Philadelphia, who de- scribed himself as a salesman, was the next witness. He told of seeing Henry Stevens in Lavallette about 7 o'clock the evening of September 14, 1922. Piar sald he walked on the beach a short time Thursday evening and during his walk saw Henry Stevens. He also saw Stevens the next morning in the station at Lavallette. Made Will in Station. The witness was returning to Phil- adelphia for an operation. “Was there anything to fix in your mind seeing Henry Stevens at the station?” asked Case. “Yes, T made my will,” answered the witness. “In ‘the station?" “Yes.” The witness produced a receipt from the University of Pennsylvania Hospital, showing he entered the in- stitution September 15, 1922. Simpson, on cross-examination, ob- tained from the witness the name of the physician performing the opera- tion. “Did you pay him for the opera- 7 “How much?” “Twenty-five dollars,” said the wit- ness. He added that he had not ob- tained any receipt. Mrs. Wilson, who had a house next to the Stevens home in Lavallette in 1922, was the first witness after the noon recess. She said she and her two daughters were at Lavallette on September 14, 1922, and that she saw Stevens several times during the day. Says He Stood on Porch. She testified that Henry Stevens e to her house at about 10:30 o’clock on the night of the killings. “He came to our house and stood on the porch,” said Mrs. Wilson, “My one daughter was standing beside me and the other was about half way down the stairs.” Mrs. Wilson said she saw Henry Stevens the next morning about 7 o'clock back of his garage dressing fish. In the afternoon, she sadi, he drove her and her daughters to Point Pleasant in his station wagon. She said she fixed the date by the fact that her daughters were returning to Holyoke College. On cross examination, Mrs. Wilson denied that Henry Stevens had told her of the catching of the bluefish and asked her to make a statement to that effect. She also denied having told Simpson’s investigators that she knew nothing of the affair of the fish. | Young Men Demand | Glass Tan Shoes For Fall and Winter. A snappy style, pebbled grain leather of high lustre, khaki fitted, soft toe and full double soles for long wear and warmth. 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The logical place for such a meet- ing, he feels, would be Parls, but it is known that Mussolini is not willing to leave Italy and the psychological situation is not such that the others desire to honor Mossolini by going to some Italian city. The British seem, therefore, in- clined to favor an Italo-Swiss frontier town, perhaps at the close of the next session of the League of Natlons { Council_early in December. The French are delaying a reply to Chamberlain’s proposal. Frontier incidents and the Garibaldi affair have indisposed French opinion to discuss possible concessions to Italy at the By the Associated Press. HARRINGTON, Neb., November 22. —November 25 may mean Thanks- giving to most people, but John Rex, in county jail here, is afraid it will mean only bread and water for him. He is the last of the re- cent “diet” cases, in which lawbreak- ers were sentenced to imprisonment with _certain periods set aside during which they were fed only bread and water. 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