Evening Star Newspaper, September 9, 1931, Page 6

LN YOUTS HELD I SLAYIGS Confessions in Policeman’s and Student’s Deaths Made at Denver. By the Associated Press DENVER, Colo, September 9.—Two Yéuths who came from adjoining Illi- Dols towns to become robbers in the ‘West were held here today, one for the slaying of a policeman‘and the other Jor the death of a hitch-hiker he had befriended. * One, Albert Carlson, confessed slayer of Patrolman Willlam Keating in a ry here a wesk ago, is awaiting trial. He is from Granite City, Ill. 3 Confession Claimed. Police said the other, John Mark- ham of Collinsville, Ill., just 9 miles away, has confessed he shog and killed Stapley Moore, Michigan® School of HOURS: 7:30 A.M. to 5:30 P.M. o Mines student, after he had given the youth a ride in his car. “I had _to kill him,” Markham told police. “I picked him up in Lincoln, Nebr., and he looked like a good guy, but he got the idea the car I was | driving was stolen and he kept talking about turning me up. Nobody can say | he didn’t have his chance.” Moore was slain near Holyoke, Colo., | side. His uncle, E. G. Moore, said he was hitch-hiking his way here to enter the Colorado School of Mines. Tells of 47 Robberies. Markham, who boasts of 47 robberies from Toledo. Ohio, to Los Angeles. and that he “shot a guy in St. Louis,” ad- mitted the car in which he came here from Kansas City was stolen. Its dis- covery here yesterday led to his arrest. | . He has been cleared of suspicion in | the slaying of Cecil Pruitt, Colorado | ex-convict, who was found beaten to death in Kansas Oity Sunday. Investigation of ~the Moore led police into the Pruitt case, where, Police Chief* Albert T. Clark apnounced, they _discovered _evidence pointing toward Pruitt as the slayer of Patrolman Willlam Hicks in Kansas City two years ago. He refused to elaborate. ; Use Fourth of Food. | Restaurants and hotels use more than a quarter of the food con- |sumed in the United States annually. | | Their bill amounts to $5,931,000,000. AR RER pa 8 11th & G and his body was dumped at the road- | | Two Suspects to Be Grilled , Hackett, were to be taken to Chicago this after- | Streets THE EVENING GANESTERS JALED INKINAPING QU at Chicago on Lynch and Hackett Cases. By the Associated Press. DECATUR, Ill, September 9.—Two gahgsters were held in the Macon | County Jail today for Chicago police as slaying of | suspects in the kidnapings of John J. Lynch, millionaire turfman, and James Blue Island gambler. Both noon. Left Prison April 24. The first, Monte Moore, former con- | vict, who was released from Joliet Prison April 24, where he served a 10- year sentence for robbery, was arrested Sunday night. ‘The second, Joseph Yates, former member of the notorious Shelton gang, which operated a number of years in 1 dsau!.hern Illinols, was arrested early to- lay. Lieut. Willlam Cusack of the Chicago Police Department said he had not yet had an opportunity to question Yates, but that he was “reasonably positive” that both were connected with the kid- napings of Lynch, Hackett and several other Chicago men. Confederates Sought. “There are several other members of the gang,” he said, ut where they are we haven't the least idea. “Because Hackett was Kkidnaped in Tllinois we'll be able to take the men to Chicago some time today, where they can be confronted by their vietims. Lynch was kidnaped in Wisconsin, Gusack expressed the opinion that the two men were members of the gang which has collected at least $125,000 in ransom from Chicagoans. RICH FARMER SLAIN ALLISTON, Ontario, September 9 (. | —The body of Willlam Campbell, 85, wealthy retired farmer, was found yes- terday in a locked bed room n his home. His head had been battered in. Shortly afterward, his son, Wesley Campbell, 50, was found unconscious, his throat slashed and a razor in his | band. Physiclans said the father had been dead several days, but that the son’s throat had been siashed yesterday. Telephone NAtional 8206 September Finds Many Attractive ‘Values on Our Four Large Floors! Sporting Goods Priced Low! 20% Off All Golf Clubs 25% Off All Golf Bags. Spalding Tennis Rackets, 25% Off List Price 25% Off “Kingfisher” Fishing Rods All Swimming Accessories, Balls, Toys, Hats, Belts etc., 2 Off All Moving Picture Cam- eras and Projectors Reduced Roller Skates i All the pepular makes of roller Also skates, at standard prices. necessary parts, if needed. Sports Dept.—Fourth Floor Our Motorboat and Launch Department Features JOHNSON Outboard Motors Newest Models Increased Power Johnson 1415-Ft. Outboard Boat $132.00 Canoe Paddles, Lamps, Cushios and Other Boating Needs Fourth Floor. Community Plate - School & Parker, ‘Wahl from $3.00 Scheaffer, Pen and Pencil Sets, Special Waterman and per set up. Cutlery Department, Main Floor. \ A New LOW Price on America's Best-Known Gas Range DETROIT JEWEL A NEW SMART Buffet nation in popularity. Green Finish. Model that is sweeping the Full Porcelain, with Storage Space. Ivory, Green and Marbleized $37.50 Stove Dept.—Third Floor. Exterior House Paints Colors. ... White ... 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Light Weight 4oc| LAWSON Oil Heaters Tropical Steel Tank Kitche P Galva) can an. size 1n blue. Ash Cans Heavy Weight King and cov., $3.25 and cov., $3.75 and cov., $4.50 als., $1.00 o Cover Housefurnishings Dept.—Second Floor. w Step-on AIL nized inner 2! - gallon Finished and green. Trash, Leaves, Ete. Cyclone Heavy Wire Trash Burner, finish- ed in green, with cover. Size 29x19. $2.50 STAR. WASHINGTON, D. C YOUTH SLAIN BY GANG Greenwich Village Body Identified as Third Victim in Family. NEW YORK, September 9 (#).—The body of a young man shot by gangsters | was identified yesterday as that of Thomas Cigna, 18. He was the third | member of his family slain by gang-| sters in a little more than two years. | Three weeks ago Thomas identified | [IH} the body of his brother Joseph in the me morgue in which his own body was _identified today. found the youth's body in a ha'l Greenwich " Village said they he had engaged in a pistol fl% Cigna's father, Paul, was ot to death in May, 1929, Police said Joseph, the second victim, was ipvolved in & plot to smuggle liquor fréin Canada. Detectives who | |I§ Constant Lambert, Britain’s young composer, was married recently to Mis: Florence Chuter, aged 18, at the Ken sington, Englann, register office. See Virginia’s Famous | NATURAL BRIDGE by Bus $L.65 One Way | 8102070 wonder of the s colorful glory. Then ride over the top of the bridge in an Atlantic Greyhound Bus. Liberal stop-over privileges. Thereare hundredsof other interest- ing places served by Atlantic Grey- hound Lines. Ask local agent today. UNION BUS DEPOT world in all of 1336 New York Ave. N.W. 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