Evening Star Newspaper, June 11, 1929, Page 7

INQUEST ORDERED | INDEATHS OF TWO Bodies of Pair Found Dying June 1 to Be Exhumed | for Investigation. | By the Associated Press. MOORESTOWN, N. J, June 11— Officials of Burlington County an- nounced yesterday they had decided to exhume the bodies of Miss Ruth M. Wilson and her former fiance, Horace Roberts, jr, who were found dying from pistol wounds in the young wom- an's m here about midnight June 1. This development in the deaths of the locally prominent young couple was| made known by Prosecutor George M. Hillman, Coroner Benjamin F. Farner | and Chief of Detectives Ellis H. Parker | aftet they had conferred with Justice Joseph L. Bodine of the State Supreme Court in Trenton. Judge Bodine told the officials that an inquest into the death “is more im- | perative than ever,” and directed that | FPe held s quickly as possible to avoid | ns arising In (h.‘ll\r.\-' Bodine had suggested | an inquest be held, | estigators took no action, se as one of murder and | any compli IN LEADVILLE CASE All Convicted of Conspiracy to Vio- | late Liquor Laws—Judge Norfolk Lodge, No. 1, laying wreath on Lafayette's Statue. The visitors were ' / THE | K MASONS LAY WREATH POSTS $2,000 REWARD [FOR SLAYER OF WIFE Investment Broker Pushes Search 1| for Man Who Killed His Mate [ in Rooming House. St B | By the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES, Calif, June 11.—A | reward of $2,000 was offered today for | the arrest of the slayer of his wife, Mrs. Virginia Patty, by Frank D. Patty, | Portland, Oreg.. investment broker. | "Mrs. Patty's body was found in a closet of & rooming house a week ago | tied to a clothes hook and bearing evi- § | cence of a severe beating. Testimony |at the coroner’s inquest indicated the | woman had been slain with a brick and | that she had been dead more than two | days when the body was discovered. | ‘William L. Tallman, former radioman |and asserted admirer of the comely 28- year-old woman, who was charged with murder, was still being sought in sev- eral coast cities. Police yesterday heid a long-distance telephone conversation with Miss Eva Scholtz of Remsen, Iowa, who described herself _as Mrs. Patty's “best friend.” From her they gathered new informa- tion concerning the friendship of the wireless operator and the slain woman. Miss Scholtz told police she had re- cently visited in Los Angeles and was familiar with many circumstances in- volved in the case In seeking a motive for the crime po- lice expressed belief that it was jeal- cusy. With the information supplied by Miss Scholtz they were endeavoring | to check her statements with other | friends of Mrs. Patty, who had _told | efficers of their belief in the jealousy | theory. guests of National Lodge, No. 12. | Scores Defendants. By the Associated Press. ! DENVER, Colo., June 11.—The stern | band of the law dealt out penitentiary sentences yesterday to six citizens of Teadville, Colo., convicted of & conspir- acy to violate the prohibition law. Fed- eral Judge J. Foster Symes, in pro-| nouncing sentences, declared “You cannot snap your fingers at the United States Government. Leadville is no bigger than the United States—as you have sought to make it." With the exception of Police Capt John Jammich, the convicted men drew two years in the Federal penitentiary at Leavenworth, Kans., and $1,000 fines. Yammich was sentenced to a year at Leavenworth. Those who received the two-year sen- tences are City Councilman William H. Corbitt, Walter (Rop) Rittmeyer. a former_deputy 'United States marshal: Swan_Lindholm, George Burhardt and Joe Fakini. The last four were pro- prietors or employes of dance halls and soft drink places on Leadville's famous Harrison avenue. i Attorney Eugene Bond, representing | the defendants, was granted 60 days to perfect an appeal. ‘Woman Passenger Dies of Injuries, Pilot Critically Hurt. TRENTON, N. J. 11 (P —A woman passenger was fatally injured and the pilot critically hurt yesterday when a plane crashed, after striking telephone wires, soon after it took off from Rainbow Flying Field, at Wash- ington Crossing, Pa., near here. Mrs. Hannah M. Jones of Phila- delphia died in a hospital here from fracture of the skull and internal in- uries. The pilot, John Stevenson of Philadelphia, suffered a possible frac- ure of the kull; broken ribs and jaw nd possible internal injuries. 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