The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 31, 1932, Page 1

| | ‘Associated Press Day Wirg| VOLUME LIIL. No. 310, > RandolplGray Did Not Commit Suicide Ay First Reported °———_—__- ---—_-—_—_-——— That Is, HY Did Not Ki|CQURT REFUSES Himse\/ Intentionally; TQ GRANT ORDER Reydlver JUDGE BROWNE CONSIDERS id Randolph Gray did not) cise DEALING WITH RE- STRAINING ORDER ON + commit snicide intentionally, as was reported immediately after the shooting yesterday BRIDGE FRANCHISE afternoon, but instead killed himself’ unintentionally, as was shown clearly and con- vincingly at an inquest, of a coroner’s jury before Justice e Peace Frank O. Rob- sie at the hearing, frequently ow Paui Rosselle rtridge in a six- ir, put it to his pull the trigger , of course, as the aced rightly, it did i the hammer of the Judge Jefferson B, Browne, pre- siding in the circuit court this morning, considered a -case filed by George J. Rosenthal, whose op- tion on a franchise to construct the proposed Oversea bridges ex- pires at midnight tonight, in which he prayed that the court issue an order gestraining the Monroe coun- ty commissioners from declaring his “franchise void”; also restraip- ing them from interferring in any- way with his endeavors to obtain money with which to construct the bridges, and also from refusing to accept his penal bond, or, as Coun- ty Attorney William V. Albury, characterized it, a “so-called penal bond,” There were many other provi- sions in the petition, directed fie revolver with which killed himself, State At~ y George Brooks demonstrat- Trad By J. R. BRACKETT (Associated Press Business Writer) NEW YORK, Dee, 31.—Ameri- ca’s business leaders view 1933 with cautious optimism and with a critical appraisal of the economic structure, statements to The As- sociated Press indicate. There were, however, mo unqualified predictions of business prosperity for the new year. One hundred and fifteen indus- trialists, financiers and economists were asked for year-end state- ments. Expressions were received from a substantial - majority. Here are pertinent quotations |from some of the authorized state- | ments: | A. C. Needles, president, Norfolk and Western Railway—“There is a quiet but steadily increasing optimism throughout the rank and file of the people. This gradual change of outlook—the belief that the worst is over and that business is on the upturn—is having a heal- jthy effect upon the general situa- } tion.’” James A. Farrell, chairman of | the National Foreign Trade Coun- e Leaders Eye 1933 — ~The Kep West Citizen — KEY WEST, FLORIDA, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 31, | STC 1938 Invex OF TTT) @RNL Propuction| || tenes oe (SS ae ES Oi | _ [SANT FEB. TMARTAPR: [MAY JJUNEDULY | AUG [SEPT.[OCT. [NoV. [DEC] The above chart portrays the swing of business activity during 1932, being lower in all cases than in 1931. The chart fell to the ‘ lowest point in July, a point signal ized by many observers as the bot- tom of the depression. ‘cil and former president of the | United States Steel Company— {“The first requisite to world re= leovery is the stabilization of prices, It is clearly apparent that only measures designed to increase the volume of international trade jrather than to restrict it still fur- jther, will have salutary effects in facts, reorder our government ac- tivities and expenditures, reconsti- of our industrial corporations, and jarmonize our personal expendi- sures to the new conditions pre- vailing, our people will again enjoy ‘that measure of well-being whick the present situation.” Wwe have enjoyed in the past and Walter W.. Smith, president, have a right to expect in the fu- First National Bank of St. Louis, lture.” [RELIEF COUNCIL SUBMITS REPORT ON ACTIVITIES WM. W. DEMERITT, CHAIRMAN OF LOCAL BOARD, SENDS QUT LETTERS GIVING RE- ‘SUME OF WORK 'HOOVER PUTS IN |MORE MEN WILL ANOTHER DAY TO | BE EMPLOYED BY CATCH SAILFISH| COUNTY COUNCIL PRESIDENT SUCCESSFUL YES-'ovER FOURTEEN HUNDRED TERDAY . IN LANDING) poLLARS PAID OUT DURING THREE; QUIET CELEBRA-| WEEK; $400 NOW LEFT IN } Mo.—“If we are willing to face the| tute the capital structure of some | For 52 Years Devoted:to the - Best Interests of Key West PRICE FIVE CENTS 1982. Twenty Detectives Work On 1 | Sensational Kidnaping And Murder Case In Cleveland ae MAOe ETF N) ACTION TAKEN | |Woman Seized ‘And Stain \Thompson Names Depuitie. | BY P ARDON BO. ARD Within Space Of Forty To Serve Sheriff's Offi \To Serve Sheriff's Office, Minutes; Robbery Said 3 Thommen, | IN CASE OF JUDD, ves: Karl O. Thompson, sheriff-elect, who will be inducted into office on Tuesday, January 3, in- formed The Citizen this afternoon that he has appointed seven deputy sheriffs to serve in con- nection with his office with possibly other like appointments to be made in the future. The seven selected are: Clements Jaycocks, Leon Roberts, Enrique Mayg, Jack Sauerhoff, Dave Curtis, C. O. Gar- rett and Harold Cates. VI DISS IS SIS ROOSEVELT BACK RECOMMENDATION OF GRAND (iy Associated Press) JURY THAT DEATH SEN- CLEVELAND, Dec. 31.— TENCE BE COMMUTED TO)With few clues to work on, IMPRISONMENT SURPRISING! 20 detectives today sought \the unidentified slayer of Mrs. Ruth Steese, 26, book- ikeeper for a- Cleveland were silent today on what action, society, for. the aire was if any, it will take in the surpris-|Of the most sensational mur- ing recommendation of the Mari-|der mysteries here in many copa grand jury that the death| months, sentence of Mrs. Winnie Ruth ; Mrs. Steese was kidna| Judd, “trunk murderess”, would af ater be commuted to life imprison- ment. Before making the recommenda-| tion, John Halloran, prominent lumber dealer and sportman, was indicted as “accessory to the crime of murder” in the Judd case, It did not accuse him of par- ticipation in the killings, but al- leges he knew of the killings but failed to tell authorities and “did | | | | { (Ry Associated Press) PHOENIX, Dec. 31.—Arizona’s {state board of pardons and paroles and slain within a space of 40 minutes. Her body, shot twice \through the head, strangled with her own scarf, blind- |folded and her hands tied {behind her, was found in her automobile on the out- skirts of the city. to the coroner’s jury the dif-j@gainst the county commissioners, ference between a Colt .32, the|but Judge Browne refused to grant revolver in question, and a Smith the order on any grounds what- and Wesson and dther xevolvers of |Sever. The Monroe County Unemploy- ty; turning of thet’ Mr. Albury, who represented the | ment Relief Couneil has. sent out sinter Ape rs ae ty inthe asked. by. letters. to -business. establishments. ‘he Colt, as you will observe, | The Citizen: w! remained | and residents in general giving a for Mr. Rosenthal to take in the Bentlemen of the jury,” Mr. bridge proposition, and Mr. Albury Brooks said, “moves clockwise, that } is to the right, but the Smith and relied that, so far as he knew, Wesson and some other guns move} tke final matter will be the quo counter-clockwise, that is, to the} Wwarranto proceedings, which, it is left. Now in a vevolver of this | expected, will be heard some day been carried on in Key West and Monroe County relative to furnish- ing employment to those in need and in other ways cooperating to- resume of the actvities that have , (By Sasocinted Fress) PALM BEACH, Dec. 31.—Presi- dent Hoover turned toward « the yopen-oem ima dawn to dusk gish- jing expedition today with hopes of duplicating or bettering his catch of three sailfish yesterday, and planned a quiet New Year's Eve aboard ship tonight. He’ set sailing time for half an hour before daybreak and left! TION ABOARD SEQUOIA WORKING FUND i During the week, up to the last payment ait noon, the . Monrre yCounty Council paid out $1,456, »f | Which $1,172 was “paid to and iyesterday. Workmen this week numbered 402, some of which worked two jdays and others only one day. | Arthur Sheppard said this morn- ing that there is $400 left of the fund for this month, and that on |harbor and protect” Mrs. Judd. ~ TOPRIVATE LIFE FORTWO MONTHS The indictment of Halloran fol- ENDS TERM st GOVERNOR | Defore an inquisitorial body after , she, requested an opportunity to TODAY; WILL BE INAUGUR. “tell everything.” ATED PRESIDENT OF U. 8. She is under sentence to hang COMING MARCH 4 for the murder of Mrs. Agnes Lerio, and also faces a chargé of. killing Miss Hedvig Samuelson, ALBANY, Dec. 31-—Frdnkhin | Pla Band Concert At Roosevelt officially ended his term | type, if you put a shell immediate-| next week by the state supreme ly to the right of the. firing point, | court. you would have to pull the trigger| | In regard/to the penal bond.) ward helping: exisiting conditions. | four times Before. the explosion occurred, but if you did the same thing with a Smith aiid Wesson; the revolver would go off on the first: pull. “Judging from the testimony of the three eye-witnesses in the case, Mr. Gray evidently put. the shell immediately at the left of the fir- ing point, which would have been; harmless in a Smith and Wesson, but which was deadly in a Colt. As it turned out, one pull brought the cartridge immediately under the firing pin and the result was a life was unwittingly snuffed out.” The coroner's jury, composed of Charles Matthews, Willie Pinder, Charles Curry, Clements Jaycocks, Mack Parks and J. J. Albury, brought in a verdict that “Ran- dolph Gray came to his death by a bullet wound accidentally in-) flicted by himself.” Carey’s Testimony Leland Carey, who owned the re- volver, was the first to testify, He said that Randolph Gray, Will Cates, Archie Albertus and he were out on the South Beach target practising with .the . revolver, Something they had done on other occasions, After they had each) fired a round, they got into the} car to come back to town when | Randolph Gray asked him, Qarey, | for a shell. | “IT told him to leave the gun} alone, as he always went through ; too much horseplay with a gun,; clicking and clicking it, but he in-| sisted, and I put my hand’in my pocket to pull out the shells, and, | as I was taking them out, some of ' ' i | \ i ‘CLOSED BANKS \ { A copy of the letter prepared by Wm. W. Demeritt, chairman, of, County Clerk Ross Sawyer, saidjthe Relief Council, follows: { that the impression seems to be} “Monroe County on December! general in Key West.that he re-/31, 1932, will have received $13,-! corded the bond, but, he states,/000 from Federal Unemployment such is not the case. Mr, Sawyer|Relief Funds, of which $12,000! added that there is no necessity | will have been expended. Feder-' for the recordation of the bond. {al funds are supplemented to and Inot in lieu of local funds for un- lemployment relief. | “The Associated Press reports ~ that His Excellency the Governor PAY DIVIDENDS lof Florida estimates $1,790,990 is ineeded. Of this amount $367,638 is to be made available from local, T0 DEPOSITORS private and public funds. Emer- \eency relief loan totaling $1,102,-! 704 was voted to Florida on De- COMPTROLLER ANNOUNCES! Cember 20th by the Reconstruc- |tion Finance Corporation for use OVER MILLION DOLLARS rie, 64 counties during January and February, 1933. It must be kept CEIVED DURING MONTHS OF in mind, however, that the Federal | NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER Funds are merely supplemental to} ._-|local government funds and such “}private contributions which are (ty Associated Perens) ailable or which will be. madet available: For Florida this .is esti-) Sato eek see tong tated to be for the entire State, | announced approximately . 55,000, ao) iiige Maceptiera tx 16 closed atte bakkal fe won anrcpete what, tie received dividends amounting I eckaty hd * etal ob thes A ; ; : phish oan during November! months of extreme coe: has Firtycne of the 46 dividend| wen’ to Wie benefice ene oak sere. curiom nid aten where the next meal is com- ‘ . S ing from. Amos said a special effort w: “To continue the relief work in pre to provide depositors with the state approximately $367,688 checks in time to give them extra | should be available from local, Christmas money, private and public funds. You are! PRIN - Yequested and urged to assist in} MASONIC NOTICE providing our portion of the $36 1638, the estimated amount requi word behind he would probably! Tuesday morning employment will be out until near dusk except forjbe given to: a sufficient number a brief return for luncheon. jof men to use up that sum. Expecting to be tired after aj} Since the relief work started day of. fishing, the. presidential | hére in’ October; the expenditures party planned a quiet New Year’s;have totalled $11,600, of which Eve celebration aboard the Se-!$217 was used to pay for the mak- quoia now at anchor in the bor. PALATKA BANK FAILS TO OP INSTITUTION. WAS LISHED FORTY ‘YEARS AGO | the Key West chapter of the Red Cross. igarments was supplied by the gov- lernment, and Mr. Sheppard ‘said }of its kind in each instance. Be- | fore any of the material was used, ESTAB-jhe explained, a sample of it was jal of the government authorities who were handling the distribu- jtion of the cloth. | About $500 of the $11,600, Mr. | Sheppard said, was paid to work- SAC sins Put-| men at Tavernier and Rock Har- ‘ -! Reg z j bor on Key Largo for work done nam National Bank here which! a SBR alieae showed deposits slightly in ox-| une Soe Crempen HigE Way on ee cess of $1,000,000 on the last \Fern Chapter To Install statement September 30, failed to open for business today. set New Officers On Friday have al Established 40 years ago, institution was reputed to ; pees od of the strongest in the! pubtic installation of eemmanity. felected officers in Fern Chapter oe, of the bank could not) Eastern Star, will be held Friday Jagr for a ee {night at 7:30 o'clock in Scottish gpa notice announced the: Rite temple, Simonton and Eaton ¢ = gpd was made for “protection! streets. A splendid program will of depositors. }be presented in connection with } the installation. To Be Closed All Day Monday NOTICE TO DE MOLAYS a Members are requested to meet) at the Ley Memorial church .Sun-' har-'ing of garments that were later; The cloth for the making of the} | | distributed under the direction of | day but will take the private oath! |this morning that it was the best) President-elect \semt to Washington for the approv- | learned today. | i | i as forty-ninth governor of New life at midnight for two moriths; until March) when he will be,in-{ augurated. president of the United | States. The incoming governor, Herbert | Lerman, will be inaugurated Mon-} of office tonight. TO CONFER WITH PARTY LEADERS WASHINGTON, Dee. 31.—! Roosevelt made plans to confer next Thursday night in New York with a large group of his party leaders, it was { Originally it was planned to! have the meeting in Albany, but to accommodate members of con-1 gress the incoming president will | go to New York to meet them. t Obediah Higgs Said } i | To Be Seriously Ill; | It was reported at the county} d He feturns to private | U. S. Marine Hospital For Sunday Afternoon THe Key West Municipal Band will play a concert at the U. 8. Marine hospital tomorrow after- noon at 4 o'clock, under the leadership of Alfredo Barroso, Sr., who has arranged a good pro- gram for the occasion. The following musicians will! be with the band: Rafael Solano, Ralph Johnsom M. Plant, S./M, | Whalton and G. Gomez. cornets; $ R. Weatherford, Jr., Julius? Col- lins and M. Domenech, clarinets; R. Weatherford, Sr., piccolo; Jack Baker and Hugo Diamandi, altos; Cleveland Saunders, baritone; J. J. Kirschenbaum and Chas. Me- Coy, tre" Pau! Row drums. Floyd +3 and M, . Carrero, Villareal Gets Year In County Jail Floyd “Gabby” Villareal, who ‘court house this morning that Obe-| was arrested yesterday on charges} diah Higgs, the janitor, who has|of entering the restaurant at the} ves; M. Cabrera, bass; She was last seen alive at |the bank. Her husband and parents were unable to throw any ~ jlight on the mystery. Police said robbery ap- parently was the chief motive as the $200 she ob- tained at the bank was miss- ling. : Friends said she lived in |fear of such ‘an attack as |was made on her. } LODGE MEETING ENDS YESTERDAY | —— | CABALLEROS DE LA LUZ SE- LECT OFFICERS FOR ENSUING YEAR | ' The convention of the grand lodge of Caballeros de la Luz, which had been in session here for the past few days, was ended yes- iterday afternoon, The delegates will leave tomorrow for their homes in Tampa, having de- \ctarea a very successful meeting. | The following are the officers that were elected: Juan R. Martinez, Gran Lumin- {been ill five weeks, was in a seri-| railway yards here, was arraigned | 2%; recently} ous condition. | { | Mr. Higgs contracted the ill-; ness during a trip to Tampa,' where he went to attend the! that city. Since his illness Robert} Lee Albury has been acting a tor, PENNIES FOR LICENSE ROCK ISLAND, Ia.—Placing a! before the county judge this morn- ing and pleaded guilty to a charge of petty larceny. His plea was taken before the {funeral of a niece who had died in,criminal court and he was sen tenced to a year in the count; jail. The goods that were recovered in the robbery have been returned ea the owners. The defendant said that he bur- glarized the lunch room on two (cream jar containing pennies on joccasions, and that he did them fell on the ground and one of Members of the Masonic Lodges|ed from local governments and them inside of the ear. T got out of the city and visiting Maconsprivate contributions. of the ear to pick up the shells, and ;8Te Tequested to attend the eve-}” “Business establishments Randy picked up the one in the {Ning service at the Presbyterianjresidents in general are requested car and put it in the gun, just to ;chureh at 7:30 p.m, Sunday, Jan.'to give this proposition due con-} the left of the trigger, and said,|1. in observance of St. John’s | sideration, for failure to do our ‘Watch, fellows! and he pulled day. Lodge officers wil! meet at part may result in a discontinu- the trigger and the gun went off. ‘the Masonic Hall at 7 p. m. Brother ance of allotments to this county. “Will Cates, who was sitting in| Masons and DeMolays will meet) “Under the circumstances it is the back of the car with Archie outside the church at 7:15. The! requested that the county and mu- Albertus, said, ‘He’s only funning’ | Eastern Star will assemble at the nicipal governments and the busi- and started to teil him te eut out heme of Mrs. Ed. Huston, (ness establishments make as liber- his horseplay, when I exclaimed, J.J. TREVOR, a! contributions for the months of (Continued on Page Four) dec30-2t D. D. Grand Master. January and February as possible — | - jand that their employees, who ‘fortunate enough te be working, ‘contribute a small percentage ;their ition each [sctre Pre 1% of what they DANCE Tonight at Coral tele Casino Music By Sam's Salty Jazz Band FOR RENT ceive. Professional men and other residents to contribute in porpor~ day afternoon at 3:30 o'clock to! tatterd the funeral of our de- ja body. j EMILIO C. NORCISA, Master Councilor. dec3i-1t } Electric Company The Key West Electric Company All DeMolays and Majority, jalong with the First National Bank and |parted brother, Randolph Gray, in and other places of business wi jremain closed on Monday to ob- serve New Year's which falls on 'Sunday this year. JUST RECEIVED CARLOAD NEW 1933 CHEVROLETS COMPLETE SHOWING MONDAY JANUARY 2ND Meltzer Motor Company For Immediate Delivery ‘job” himself. D. V. Mangune, manager of the ; the counter of the county clerk’s office in this city, L. J. Catle and} {had been saving their pennies to stolen amounted to $52, of which buy a marriage license. Sheriff Niles recovered $23 worth. DANCE HOLIDAY NOTICE TOMORROW NIGHT AT {_. Monday, Jun. 2, New Year's | bank will not be open for business ton that date. WILSON’S BAND|)THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF KEY WEST. deen o-2t ONIGHT ARONOVITZ HALL Valeria Drummins explained they |lunch room, said that the articles; : Monday, being « lega! holiday, this | Admission TSc Ladies Free {i ition, to the end that this refietl] MUTILATED PAGE 8:30 TILL? Domingo E. Placeres, Gran Vice | Luminas; Ignacio Medina, Gran Patriarea; Andres Selles, Gran Secretaroi; Rafael D. Amable, Gran Viee } Secretario; L. Velasco, Gran Fesorero; | Ramon Gonzalo, Gran Vice | Pesorero; | Elena Hernandez, Gran Experta; | Josepina Efaqhinaldo, Gran { Maestia de Ceremonia; Jose Gavilan, Gran Guarda In- terior; . Andres Garrido, Gran Guarda | Exterior; Florencio Acevedo, Gran Porta Bandera; Jose Manuel Pita, Gran Lum- peo Pasado. STRAND THEATER The Home Town Theater Today MR. ROBINSON CRUSOE See Page 4 For Reader On This Picture |