The Key West Citizen Newspaper, May 8, 1926, Page 1

Full Associated Press Leased For 47 Years Devoted to the Wire Day Service VOLUME XLVII. No. 110. Nathan Leopold, Youthful Slayer Of Young Bobby Franks, Mentioned In_ Investigation Of Prison Delivery TWO STORIES ARE TOLD: IN CONNECTION WITH REQUEST TO JOIN FLEEING CONVICTS (By Associated Press) JOLIET, Ill, stories involving Nathan Leopold, slayer of Bobby Franks, one that he refused an opportunity-to flee | with seven convicts from State- ville prison Wednesday and an- other that he pleaded to be tak- en along and was refused, have come out of the investigation of! the escape. Leopold, who is serving a life sentence with Richard Loeb, af- ter conviction in one of Americas most sensational criminal trials, said he declined to join the seven fleeing convicts, four of whom have since been, captured, His statement was made to Hjalmar Behn, state's attorney, who is di- recting the grand jary investiga- tion of the’ prison break, | wounded by the escaping convicts, “He related that Leopold had ask- ed to be taken along, but that his Tequest was refused. Leopold was confined‘ in the isolated house in which Deputy | _ Warden Klein had his office and| i where the latter was killed by the convicts in making their break. As Klein’s slayers passed down - the corridor they unlocked several cells with keys taken from a guard and asked Leopold if he wished) _ to join them, he said. 7 Leopold denied he had any : knowledge of the escape plot. A new lead in the prison in- Yestigation was*believell by offi- | eials to have been obtained when} State's Attorney Rehn took pos- Session of a series of 8 found in the slain deputy’ | | office, The prosecutor said they “were so important that the ton- tents would not be divulged until the grand jury meets again Mon-}| Seoeeecceeeese| AMUSEMENTS MONROE THEATRE TODAY—"The Keeper of the ." Al Roach Comedy. TOMORROW—*The Man Up- ” Comedy, “Celery Lizzie.” STRAND THEATRE TODAY “The Beautiful Cheat.” Good comedy, > TOMORROW—"The Lure Wild.” Good comedy. of May 8.—Two!| | t | ‘ADJUST MATTERS IN ROAD WORK ON MATECUMBE | COUNTY COMMISSIONERS MEET LAST NIGHT FOR PURPOSE OF HEARING COM- PLAINTS IN SUBJECT Among the items necessitating a meeting of the Monroe county commissioners at the court house last night was the matter of ad- justing some complaints from cer- tain property owners on Lower Matecumbe relative to the routing of the Over-Sea highway in cross- ing that key. commissioners entirely satisfied all concerned, and it is be- ied there will be no more contention in the matter. The’ commissioners ordered a telegram sent to the G. A. P. Tur- ner Company declining the invita- |tion for the members of the board to make a trip to Minneapolis as {guests of this concern. Arrangements were made with George F. Cook to keep the con- struction work on the Tamiami Trail through Monroe county going along as in the past. The plan for further financing the operations merely involved the carrying out the conditions of the original contract between Monroe county,. and the Chevalier cor- poration; CRIMINAL COURT CONVENES MONDAY iCASES OF MIAMI PROHIBITION AGENTS ARE ON DOCKET The June term of criminal court of record for Monroe coun-! ty will convene Monday morning with Judge J. Vining Harris pre- siding. It is expected to be a brief ses- sion of court. There are a num- ber of cases involving only minor charges, and it is understood that |most of them will enter a plea of i guilty, The cases of the two Miami pro- |hibition officers that grew out of | the raids staged by them here in February are docketed for the iterm beginning Monday morning, 'but it is tinderstood that request {will be made for the cases to be} jtransferred to federal court, 1 The action of the}. BISHOP ARRIVES KEY WEST, FLORIDA, SATURDAY, MAY 8, 1926. TO CONDUCT CONSECRATION. THE RIGHT REV. CAMERON MANN TO CONDUCT CERE-) MONIES ON SUNDAY MORN-! ING The Right Rev. Cameron Mann, | D. D., bishop of the southern dio- cese of Florida, is here for the, consecration of St. Paul’s Episco-| pal Church building at 11 o’clock Sunday morning. The consecration services will be first in the morn-/ ing. | The church debt has been low- ered by the gift of W. E. D.| Stokes, through W. E. D. Stokes, | Jr., and Florence Crittenton. The | balance of the debt was $1,200, | and that amount has been lower-| ed. | The vestry will meet Bishop Mann in front of the church and) pmarch into the building with him. | The property and church build-| ing is valued at one half million} dollars. | In the afternoon a class of| twenty-eight will be presented for | confirmation at 4 o'clock. ) Bishop Mann will leave Sunday | evening for Titusville. Eight thousand dollars” wete | borrowed in 1919 and this amount has been lowered. After the con- secration of the church, no money can be borrowed on the property. CRITTENTON. STOKES NUPTIALS HERE MONDAY 0. EVENT WILL TAKE PLACE! AT 5:30 O'CLOCK IN AFTER. | NOON AT ST. PAUL CHURCH | | Miss Florence Crittenton, | daughter of the late C. R. D. Grit} tenton and Mrs. Isobel Crittenton. and W. E. D. Stokes, Jr., son of | W. E. D. Stokes. millionaire, will} be married at 5:30 o'clock Mon-| |day afternoon at St. Paul's Church. Canon Stokes, uncle of Mr. penciled | Which, attorneys say, is permissible} Stokes, of Washington, D. C. \ufider the law. | Under these _ circumstances. | there will be but little to demand} the attention of the criminal | court, and a short session will re jsult, ‘it is believed. ‘Captain h McNeely And | Other Officials Going On Inspection Trip, Capt. R. W. McNeely, com- mandant of the seventh naval dis- trict, Lieut. J. H. Thomas and | Lieut. Stark J. Warner leave May} 17 on an inspection trip of the! naval reserves and radio stations in the state of Florida. | They will visit St. Augustine, Jacksonville, Winter Park, Jupiter and Miami, This is the annual in- spection trip made by officer: from this naval district. They will} remain out of the city from May 17 to the 22nd. | ANCHOR LODGE Regular communication of Anchor Lodge No. A. M., Monday evening, May 10, & o'clock. All Masons in the city are requested to be pres- M. Degree. ent. By order of the W. M. 182, F. & Work in the M. Cc. E. GARING, Secretary. , will arrive Monday, with Mrs. Stokes, to perform the beautiful cere- mony. Canon Stokes is the head} of the Phelps-Stokes fund for pesaeecion and missionary work in | Africa. He is Ganon of the Na-! tional Cathedral, Washington. The wedding will take place at 5:30 and the young couple will |leave on the 7:30 train for New York. They will motor from there to Washington and back again. On |May 22 they sail for Europe, | where they will spend ‘several months, visiting different coun- tries, Carrell W. W. Bo Bowyer of Contracting Company Retarns From Havana Carrell W. Bowyer of the Bow- yer Company, contractors of New Castle, nd., has arrived in the city after spending several days in Havana. This morning he in- __jterviewed Capt. Clark D. Stearns, chairman of the Monroe County Water Supply Board, and wther members of the board relative to the fresh water pipe line from the mainland to Key West. BANG!?!?x!!x? The big guns are shooting! SEE PAGE 8 Federal Judge George W. English of East St. Louis, S. Senate to | voted by the House of Representatives. English and his counsel. C. Kramer, Judge Engiish, W. F. Zumbrunn and peared before the U. Washington and shows the men are E. William Qeton. Key West Given Place In Nes Book About Bl Blockade Runnin English Answers His Accusers ; COCOCCOOOOOOOOSSSOHOOAHCOSEOCOEEOOOOOOOOOESSOSS i | : IL, ap- impeachment charges This picture was taken in answer g Left to right, | The Key West Citwen Interests of Key West PRICE FIVE CENTS State Road Department Makes Reply To Resolutions Adopted By Dade And Menroe Counties On Tamiami Trail URGE CONFERENCE WITH TURNER ON BRIDGE PROJECT 'REALTY BOARD ADVOCATES) MASS MEETING TO OBTAIN| EXPRESSION FROM CITI- ZENS IN MATTER | | At a meeting of the Realty | | Board held this morning a com-| ia | mittee was appointed to reauieet! |the Chamber of Commerce to cal a mass meeting to get an ex | pression from the citizens in ref-| erence to having the County Com-_| WHO HERE TODAY REMEMBERS THE SCREW STEAMER} missioners accept Mr. Turner’s i in-| _ SALVOR, OR THE ELLA WARLEY?—BAY STATE AU-| |vitation to meet with him and as-| Father Frank A. Seifert, pastor of St. THOR PUBLISHES FASCINATING REMINISCENCES Slew Bander. Frank Risler, 52, of Toronto, is held for first degree der because he killed Prohibition | Agent John C. McCoy while Mc- Coy was searching his home for} iqnor.. Toronto citizens are rais- ng a fund for his defense. DINNER DANCE AT COUNTRY CLUB TONIGHT ARRANGEMENTS ARE COM- PLETED FOR GIVING AF- FAIRS ON THURSDAYS AND SATURDAYS will be Key A dinner dance this at the Country Club. giver evening West Special dinner dances are being given every Thursday and Satur evening at the club for mem-| ber Willie and their gu Krause, singing pianist, and the Key Country Club Orchestra will play will be there, during dinncr and for dancing. NOTICE MEETING OF COUNTRY CLUB MONDAY, MAY 10TH AT EIGHT O'CLOCK AT CHAMBER OF COM- MERCE ROOMS Urged To Be rs of Importance All Prese Membe: M To Be Considered ROBT. F. SPOTTSWOOD, President. —_—_—_——— mur- | West | ser (Special to The Citizen) | | MARBLEHEAD, Mass., May 8. —In a fascinating and authorita- ltive book, “Blockade Running, | During the Civil War,” just pub- lished under ices of the | Salem Historical Society, and writ-| {ten by Francis B. C. Bradlee of | this town, interesting items con- the aus fe | several places. Who in Key West today will re- ember the coray steamer Salyor, | formerly the M. & Perry? Or the EffayWarley, formerly the Isabel? In histentertaining book of several | huniteat pages, the following 'ref- erences+appear. “Another early blockade runner was thd/Screw steamer Salvor, at one tinge named the M, S.-Perry. | She wag a former Great Lakes | boat, built of oak at Buffalo, N. Y., | by an insurance company in 1856; 450 tons, 161 ft. long, 25 1-2 feet | beam. When the war broke out the Salvor was the property of a | Mr. McKay of Key West, Fla., and | the crew, consisted largely of | slaves belonging to himself and his mother-in-law. “Captain Me Kay was a Confed- erate sympathizer, and in order to get his steamer away ~from the Federal authorities at Key West, which controlled by the United States during the whole war, he sent her to Havana. “There a sham sale of the Sal- made to a British subject, 20 taken in cons'sting of 200 sacks of coffee, 400,090 cigars, 400 revo! a number of rifles, dirks, quantity 500,000 lace was vor was ers, field piece, f felt caps, h 6-pounder a , shoes, ion ¢ all the and article percns. a of fruit needed quantity nuch “The nominally in Southern steamer was then cleared u, but her real | iestina when | she ampa, Fla. was captured near th rtu- S. Key- Commander G: H. after, the Salvor was w York, condemned by Admiralty Court and sold by S shal. She was well freighter running Metropolitan line between Zoston and New York.” There c s Islands by the U. S. he he following first outward Charleston was the from through the ade r Ella W . formerly the with a full cargo of cotton bs au. This venture was made by John Fraser & Co., one of the leading - me houses in Charleston, and its success demon- the possibility of sending nm to pay for arms, ammu- general supplies. several years ‘prior to the the Isabel ran between Charleston, Key West and Ha- vana as a mail steamer, receiving a postal subsidy of $60,000 per annunmrfrom the United States Government.” ng Key West, Fla., appear in the | sociates in Minneapolis in near future in reference to the; | | In the absence from the city of | { | Over-Sea toll bridges. Dr. Porter the committee has been | ‘unable to get in touch with the! | vice-president of the Chamber to| |have said meeting called, but, have every reason to believe that! this important meeting will be} }ealled for Monday or Tuesday | jevening at the County Court! | | } | ee a * st . =| McCALLA CAMP NOTES . * Tee eee eee eee ee ee! At regular meeting B. H. Mc-| Calla Camp No. 5, U._S. W. V., held at K. of P. Hall Thursday | Miss Florence Crittenton, who will} night plans were laid for the ob-| servance of Memorial Day, May 31st, by holding services at Maine ‘plot cemetery and following com- mittee was appointed to make plans for same: Comrades W. W. Johnson, James Russell, W. H. Trout and J. H. Peat. | Miss The 16th annual reunion and encampment Department of Flor- | ida will be held in Orlando begin- ning May 10th and holding forth May 11th and 12th, 1926. Following delegates appointed to represent B. H. McCalla Camp No. 5: Comrade Thomas Jame and Otis Johnson; alternates Comrades P. J. Doran and D. A Crafton. Delegates will leave over F. CG. this afternoon for Miami, there joining members of Persh ing Camp No. 10 in motorcade to Orlando. Chas. P. Lovell camp are for the encampment and arranged several enjoyable entertainments for those attending including banquet and bal tel San Juan Tuesday night; mo toreade around city Monday after noon, bean bake and swim at Al termonte Springs on Wednesda afternoon. Memorial services wil! be held in Orla Park Tuesday noon with National Chaplain-in-Chief Myres of Jacksonville Col speaker. The crawl of military order of |, Snaix be held night on streets and meeting will Wednesday af T terwards. r. DANCE TONIGHT ATHLETIC CLUB Music By* Krause, Clyde Bow- Skeet Overley, Dick Freddie Boorde Blondie man, Spencer, MATINEE DANCE Sunday Afternoon 4 P. M. Same Place Same Music jhome of Mrs. Watrous, | street. In the receiving line were Mrs. | Pastor-Mayor Frederick's Catholic church in Dag: gett, Mich., has been elected mayor’ | of the town—the first clergyman in | the state to hold such an office. | There were only three dissenting votes. He has been a chaplain in Michigan prisons, and served as a captain, overseas, with the American army in 1918 ENJOYABLE TEA ON FRIDAY FOR MISS CRITTENTON PROGRAM RENDERED ON OCCASION A tea was given yesterday af- |ternoon from 4 to 6 o'clock for |be married Monday to W. E. D. Stokes, Jr. ‘au at the 's parish and friends, Watrous, Mrs, Florence Crittenton, | Pitcher and Mrs. | worth. During the afternoon about one hundred guests called... Pink and grecn decorations were carried out. Mrs. Warren Watrous and Miss Lila Crittenton poured tea. iss Lila Allen punch be The harge C. R. D. Crittenton, was in Illing- 1 musi of program Haydn worth. A beautiful d to Mi people of the also present silver bowl was pre- Crittenton by the She was beautiful c parish with bunch of pink radium roses. Dr. J. Y. Porter, Sr. To Return Tomorrow From Gaine-ville Convention a Dr. J. Y. Porter, Sr., president the chamber of commerce, will tomorrow after ation of return to the city He onville, attending the medical ass at Gainesville Iso Jac’! intances. er also attended the association conven- Augustine of which he the of welcome at the con- past-president, and made ference. Porter Mo panied Doctor Porter. untjoy accom MUSICAL ., by the members of St.; 227 Duval! Miss | Haydn Illing-| presided at the |HATHAWAY INFORMS OFFICIALS THAT NO CHANGE IN PLANS 1S PROPOSED The chairmen of the Dade and commis- the head of the state road departme: to the Monroe boards of county sioners have received from the following reply reso- |lutions adopted at the joint meet- the Miami re- and telegraphed to the road department headquarters at Tallahassee : ing of the commissioners of two counties held cently in “I am in receipt of your tele- gram of the fifth setting out the contents of a joint resolution of replying te that I shall be very |glad sometime in the near future |to meet and clarify any of the your two boards, and would s' | provisions of our submitted agree- ments, which may not be perfect- ly plain. So far, however, as the import of the agreements is con- cerned, they represent the atti- |tude and decision of the state |road department and we are going |forward with our plans on that ba We have no supplemental agreement to submit. We have gon far as we can on this pro- posal and feel that we have out- lined a fair end equitable solu- tion. | The resolution referred to re- |quested: Fons. A. Hathaway. to jmeet with the commissionérs © of the two counties here in Key Wést at a date convenient to the chair- man of the department. It is up to Chairman Hathaway |to announce a date for a meeting with the commissioners of Dade jand Monroe counties to be held in Key West, since his communica- tion says he will be glad to do | The county officials and the jeitizens in general will be pleased to welcome Mr. Hathaway to this city. 80. WILLIAMS NAMED FOR POSTMASTER. |NEWS OF NOMINATION RE- CEIVED FROM WASHING. TON TODAY The Citizen through Asso- ciated Press dispatches re- ceived today from Washing- ton was informed that Chas. S. Williams, Key West, postmaster s at was today nomi- nated again for the position. The that message also stated Rhea W. Pherigo was nominated for postmaster at Kissimmee. COMEDY - SENTIMENT Here is a play as clean as the sparkling imbued dramatic, vital die the sea with powerful emotions, colored with xp “The Keeper of is adapted Stratton Porter's famous novel MONROE THEATRE TODAY comedy. Bees” from Gene SAN CARLOS TODAY AND THE SPECTACLE EDMOND And His Admission: Reserved Seats, $1.00; TOMORROW OF REAL ART DE BRIES Company Balcony