The Key West Citizen Newspaper, April 4, 1934, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service. ) For 54 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West VOLUME LV. No. 81. Federal Guns Blaze Close To | Dillinger In Raid Conducted Officers Capture One Of; ‘Gang Leader’s Pals In! Raid Carried On With) Great Secrecy (My Associated Press) ST. PAUL, April 4.—Fed- eral guns, blazing a leaden retort to gang defiance, had cut close today to the trail of the arch fugitive, John Dillinger, and reddened it with the blood of one of his; gun-toting pals. In a swift descent late last night upon a hideout place, Officers critically wounded and captured Eugene Green, veteran of midwestern crime. A woman was arrested with | him and officers guarded her identity carefully. It was} said she closely resembled Evelyn Frechetti, girl friend of Dillinger. Green admitted he wa: one of the three persons wh shot their way out of a police; trap Saturday. Dillinger himself is under- stood to have been one of the! ‘others, and the third was} presumed to have been the} Frechetti woman. | Green is} under a heavy guard at a! hospital. conducted last night's raid with great secrecy, and de-' clined to lift the vein today.| ‘SENATOR LONG GETS CURSING FROM SULLIVAN, INCIDENT TAKES PLACE TO. DAY AT SENATE HEARING; CHARGES MADE ABOUT RACE TRACK BETTING i (iy Associated Press) WASHINGTON, April 4.—| Senator Long of Louisiana was; cursed today at a senate hearing, and said “let it go into the rec-; ord.” At the hearing on confirma-} tion of D, D. Moore as_ internal; revenue collector of Louisiana, the} Roosevelt nominee, was opposed by Long. } The senator so aroused Colonel; John Sullivan of New Orleans that the latter muttered “you know you can’t prove that you rot- ten — — —.” Sullivan cursed Long under his breath, but loud enough for Long to hear. Long said “that’s alright, let! him say it, let it go into the rec- ord,” Long had declared E, R. Brad- y and Sullivan manipulated bet- ing at race tracks “at the expense of suckers of the United States.”| SNOW REPORTED _ | IN SOME PARTS HIGHER TEMPERATURES IN MANY PORTIONS OF COUNTRY TODAY oe (Ry Axsoeiated Prens) Slightly higher temperatures in} eastern, southern and middle wes- tera sections of the country were KEY WEST, FLORIDA, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 4, 1934. FATHER OF GIRL ASSAULTED KILLS MIDDLEAGE NEGRO} INCIDENT HAPPENS eeu To Become Ki By ADELAIDE KERR (By Associated Prens) PARIS, April 4.—Sinkiang, also} WAS BEING RETURNED To! of legend and jade, has, accord-| jing to Singapore newspaper re- | ports received here, asked a Brit- |ish Moslem to become its king. pea aaa He is Dr. Khalid Sheldrake, son BRADENTON, April 4.—James of a British manufacturer and an FocchiG: ailddis ocd cans. ac. | ardent apostle of the Mohamme- {dan faith, who now is traveling in ithe Far East. His reported bid to} and | head a kingdom in Asia climaxes! killed by the father of the alleged # career in which “east and west ‘have met” since he first adopted | j the Moslem faith in England years ; jago. negro to jail from a doctor's of-! JAIL BY OFFICERS cused of criminally assaulting a small white girl, was shot victim today on a downtown cor- ner as officers were returning the Wife Hopes For Throne i fice where he had undergone a’ Meanwhile his British wife, Mrs. ‘ % , Ghazia Sybil Sheldrake, waits | mental and physical examin: with her two young sons in a quiet | The child's father, prominent’ English village for word which| imay bring her to the strife-torn| Chinese province, | where—she cers and taken to the jail to await: hopes—to be crowned as queen, | | She, too, has adopted the Mo-j hammedan faith and would even! consent to her husband’s taking| another wife, declare his friends, , here... They quote her as saying: i “Our religion permits a man to; ‘have four wives and if my hus-| band wants another I would give! my consent.” citrus grower, was seized by offi< OF GUARDSMEN Dr. Sheldrake, who is president - ,of the Western Islamic associa- ‘tion, has been traveling in China} FOLLOWING INSPECTION AN investigating education of Mos-' ‘lems. Reports reaching _ his INFORMAL PARTY WAS GIV- ¢,iends in Paris relate that he re-} Chinese Turkestan, rugged Moslem land of. EN UB MIRAMAR OUT cently was visited in Peiping by, setting itself up as an independent conutry and arse ja grave-faced delegation from/ asked Dr. Khalid Sheldrake, head of the org: ON BOULEVARD {Chinese territory from Mongolia! reported to have “accepted the nomination.” . {to Tibet and contains about 2} Pres Major R. T. Gibson, U. S. A.,!000,000 Mohammedai | senior instructor 265th coast ar-| Brigands Bar His Path | . al tillery Florida National Guard, ar-) The delegates told Sheldrake, I nye over a eve oe shepauarict ad declared its indej © ig. aecom ~by Lieutenant ’.nendence, that the council » had; ‘Thomas H, Kelly, adjutant of the, elected hien-e0-Tulee-and‘wished-to}* Second Battalion. ss proclaim him king. After a leng-! : sa es cinek: Maine ehen aie thy conference, the Britisher is; ey r inspection of Battery , quoted as saying: under command of Captain Les-! “] assured them I accepted their | lie E. Russell, with Lieutenants W./ nomination and would be their] Curry Harris and William E. P.’ ruler.” Roberts. | But the delegates warned him ation, est Citsen Sinkiang Asks British Mohammedan ng In Heart Of Asia May Rule Chinese Moslems IN BRADENTON; PRISONER known as Chinese Turkestan, land | °°°®®eeeeeeoeeeecececcccoccccovccccoooooosooollS 3 . | Sinkiang, which includes western| Mchammedans, to become its king. The doctor, an Englishman, is. dmiral Freeman Becomes Very Favorably. Impressed With Key West; Inspects Naval Station Through the courtesy of W. B.'duty and enjoy a period of recre- Key West, Florida, has the most equable weather in the country; with an average reve of only 14° Fahrenheit. PRICE FIVE CENTS Twenty-Five Million Dollar | Fortune Inherited Today By __ Wealthy Tobacco Man’s Son IMPRISONMENT FOR LIFE FOR TWO KIDNAPERS) FIRST TO BE CONVICTED UN-} DER FLORIDA “LINDBERGH LAW” BY CIRCUIT COURT JURY R. J. Reynolds, Junior, Came In Possession Of Fund On Twenty-Eighth Birthday (By Associated Preas) WINSTON SALEM, North Carolina, April 4.—Richard iJ. Reynolds, Junior, suming young man who took ee ae poe to aviation, shipping and be .—The firs . ie the cokvictod Paes the Florida | P&¢king a Broadway: show |“Lindbergh law” passed by the, to earn a little money, inher- 1933 legislature, two men faced ited in the neighborhood of life imprisonment in a mandatory! $25,000,000 today. meerence: for: Kuinaping when The sum was left him by | commendation for mercy is meds fs dathae whd: prodded = j A circuit court jury last nigi {found the men, Mosby Finch oi, Small tobacco factory here Dade City, and Ralph Stokes of! into a huge money-making Johnson, guilty * of kidnaping! industry. Adam Sikes and his wife from} py ; aha their home last November, takin,,! e money came into the ithem to a lonely spot and forcing| hands of the son who was 28 jon to tell wheze vetween $300,-' years old today. +000 and $400,000 was hiddgn in their home, ISAAC COSINER GIVEN sENTENC PARTICIPATED IN M TRUCK ROBBERY IN NORTH CAKOLINA unas- re- Reynolds, Junior, was left tue money in trust by his fa- ither who amassed a reputed |$100,000,000 fortune in the {manufacture of cigarettes, jand who apportioned his a wealth to his other children, {one ofAvhom was Smith Rey- nolds, mysteriously slain two years ago at his palatial | home here. CHARLOME, North Cerolina, | Although this was a red- April 4.—Isane Costner, a Touhy) letter day in his life, Richard the jade and legend, is | reported to have zation of European, t ceotetal, was sentenced today to! had nothing to say to 30 years in federal prison for his} public. 1 ther bu- F i prepereed Setey by the weather bee) or, armory was inspected and against entering Sinkiang beeniae! aheksee, U.S. . N.,: oftieer the! also headquarters of the Second of the danger of assassination by | char; | Battalion, whieh is commanded by, Chinese brigands, so Sheldrake is’ -.. ' Major William V. Albury. ‘quoted further as saying he “may Louahn: wae peseanind this. marr: After the inspection an infor- prefer to be an absent king for Lcommand of the Special Service GARAGE ON FIRE THIS AFTERNOON BLAZE “IN paecnue ‘ON, WHITEHEAD STREET NEAR HEMINGWAY RESIDENCE Because he had heard so much at the Naval Station, The about Key West from members in! jthe service and had never before’ jbeen to Key West, he decided to ing to Admiral C. S. Freeman, in get a view of the city for himself! jand at the same time familiarize | himself with the naval station, dron, who arrived from Cu-) On frequent occasions his at-| |tention had been called to the lo-| en renere et the Destroyer Goff! «tion of thig ax feat piace in the jcity or the buildings in the station! admiral|#94 he had always to plead he ‘had no knowledge of the location ; reau as snow remained on ground in Colorado, western Ne- braska and large portions of Wyo- ming, Mohtana and Arizona. Only at Sheridan, Wyoming, did the weather bureau report snow falling today. Warm weather was reported as, far north as New York, Chicago! mal party was given at the Club the present.” Miramar on the boulevard. Pres-' Sheldrake, whose Mohammedan ent were Major Gibson, Major and name Khalid means “Chosen by| Si Mrs, Albury, Captain and Mrs.' God,” studied as a youth for the Russell, Lieutenant Kelly, Mrs. Roman Catholic priesthood, but? Ilma Louise Wilkins, Lieutenant became interested in other re-;late yesterday. Harris, Miss Helen Williams. | ligions and was converted to Is. Major Gibson and Lieutenant lamism. { Kelly left over the highway th It was just after the Apparatus from Numbers 1 and ‘part in a $705,000 mail track robbery here Nevember 15. | The deposed member of the no-! torious Chicago Touhys an one time Tennessee mountaineer, was| sentenced to 25 years for robbery | with firearms and five years for robbery and assault. } The jury deliberated only 40! minutes, | HEATHERS WILL STRAIT-JACKET FOR LOCAL JAIL When, in the future, insane pa- tients at the eounty jail become recalcitrant and dan- | cerous, they will be placed in a sometimes 3 engine stations responded to an alarm from Box 222 this afternoon shortly before 3 o’clock and fouad & garage burning in the rear of a! building on Whitehead street near} the Hemingway residence, After the pumps had worked for about 30 minutes the signal ad- vising that the fire had been ex- tinguished was sounded, The eastern section of the city was covered ina pall of smoke this! morning from a brush and grass: fire on the county road. Houses} were filled with smoke, which was; carried on the breeze as far as the! F. E. C, terminals, The department quenched the} flames and the smoke screen rap-| idly disappeared, } COUNTY BOARD MEETS TONIGHT, } First meeting of the county! commissioners for the month of} April will be held tonight in the; office of Clerk Ross C. Sawyer at; jafternoon and docked at Pier B, and DesMoines, but weather bu- reau officials said there had been a change to cooler north of these| points. | TWO DESTROYERS ARRIVE IN PORT THREE VESSELS HERE NOW; JACOB JONES IS OTHER | NAVY SHIP | | Coming from a tour of duty in} Cuban waters the U. S. Destroyer | Goff arrived in port yesterda: naval station, at 6 o'clock, i At practically the same hour the! Tatnall arrived in port for a rec-; reational period. The Destroyer Jacob Jones is the only other navy ship at Key West. | { the county court house. Three members are out of the city. Braxton B. Warren and Wm. R. Porter are in Miami and, Norberg Thompson is in Havana. | Mr, Thompson is expected to ar-} rive on the Florida this afternoon, Track Arrives Tonight With large shipment Fruits and |; Vegetables, Fresh Strawberries, New Potatoes, Oranges, Grape- fruit, Celery, Letture, Spinach, |) Broceoli, String Beans, Fresh], TIFT’S CASH GROCERY || Phone 675 1117 Division St. j GOES ON WAYS’ Lighthouse Tender Poppy went on the Key West Marine Railway this morning to have the rudder shoe replaced. Mechanics from the lighthouse department are do-} ing the work. The shoe was torn from the ‘tender while at work repairing, re placing and painting beacons on the Florida Reef. The tender will be out of the water a short time.; Tender Ivy, which has been 6p- erating in Miami harber retieving; buoys, is expected to return to, the home port tomorrow, F. HOYO, 52, DIES Since then he has burst periodic-| had made an informal lly into the news. In 1912 a‘depu-! 4 ie i [tation of Moslems visited his home|(? ‘te “ation, accompanied by in celebration of the birth of a|'Lieutenant Jackson and L. M.) |child and a few years ago, in an| Pierce, leading man at the station, airplane above the English ehan-| nel, he conducted the rites by ; inspection | in question. morning for Miami. | < | station, . that The Citizen asked the admiral) he had HERE THIS MORNING <= noc rest sms nha lof Sarawak, a wealthy English tion of the reservation had FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE woman, adopted the Moslem faith. | bearing’ on the: ‘possibilities CONDUCTED THIS AFT- { The country over which he may/opening the naval station, jrule lies in the heart of Asia, Negative R. ERNOON {northeast of Afghanistan. It is waa atlgiardi ‘famous for its jade, which has} . i Franciseo Hoyo, 52 years old, made some of the most striking! the question, He then said died 7:30 o'clock this morning in Jewels worn by both ancient and|had been in Cuba since the early the family residence at 1228 Wat-! modern beauties, son street. Funeral services will }to take about 36 hours away fromj mond, be held 5 o'clock this afternoon i ANOTHER PROE | e deceased is survived by his FOR W. ARNOLD | widow, Mrs. Aurora Hoyo; two daughters, Miss Florida Hoyo and Mrs, Jose Roque and one grand-' | ONE OF WINNERS IN BABY! SHOW PRESENTED WITH INSURANCE POLICY for of, #vorable Colonel Pendate Dead child. Funeral arrangements under the direction of Pritchard's Fun- eral Home. f | SRB SES CEN FLORIDA TAKES WHERE TO GO | HAVANA, H i William Arnold, son of Mr. and{ 112 PASSENGERS ‘© Mrs, George Arnold, who won the! ; prize in the class or year old! babies at the Baby Show Monday,! ‘received another valuable prize| With 100 first class passengers! yesterday. This is an insurance; and 12 second class, the Steam- This gift is what ix known as| "iP Florida, of the P. and O. S. an “Eighteen Y. Educational} 5- company. sailed yesterday aft- which insures! ernoon for Havana. the young man an education fit-| The ship also carried five tons ting him for whatever course of; of freight, two automobiles and studies he desires when he reaches| 117 sacks of mail. the age of discretion. | Ferry Parrott, of the PF. EC. A close friend of the Arnold Railway Car Ferry company, ar- family purchased. the policy,| rived 5:30 o'clock yesterday aft- which is issued by the Peninsular: ernoon from Cuba with two cars Life Insurance company, and it one tankage, two cars of pine Was presented to the youngster | apples with 728 crates, 83 sacks yesterday by Raymond Deigado,'of sugar, tree cars of tomatoes. one of the agents of the Key West/of mail, baggage and eight empty, office managed by 0. S. Long. = cars. ee TONIGHT , : Palace-—“The Sin of Nora Mor- cabinet, died an.” Strand—“You Can't Buy Every- thing” and “No More Women.” self-inflicted. TOMORROW Palace—“The Sin of Nora Mor- an.” Strand—“Journal of A Crime” and “You Can't Buy Everything.” ROSES AND | FLORAL PIECES), PHONE 597 South Florida Narsery fice. Better Acquainted Now, he says, he will be in a} } position to discuss the city and the, Asked what | any; miral replied that it was a very|#re returning here for # visit, it impression {thought the climate was great, Admiral Freeman has invited a! few guests to have ‘ Admiral Freeman. replied no to! board the Destroyer he|¢vening after which it is expect-j will also conduct the meetings of; ed orders will be issued and the “| destroyer leave for Havana where ! [part of last September and decided] he will join his flagship, the Rich-'a large number atending Self-Infiicted Bullet Wound (By Associated Press) Roberto Mendez Bendate, tary of justice im the Mendieta] placed un the front end of an wound which authorities said was clectricity taken from the genera-, In 1931, he led a revolt against ; wires. President Machado, and went into! exile in the United States. Secretaries said Peadate void: P= them this morning he didn’t want | te be disturbed in his private of- Ae short time later shots were heard and he was found mor-| Be on time! Bargas.. Prices! tally wounded. straight-jacket, one of which was VISIT KEY WEST receives by Sheriff K. 0. Thomp- |son this morning, —-—— H . On several the impression | oceans and Mrs. J. Heather, straining iniiuence @ane of these svier the ay ytlae yeas saber aK a pop | would have come in handy when observation the ad- iy st e } & “| patie ts have proven dangerous jand hard to handle, Sheriff Thompson decided to have one on hand when, and if, needed, | occasions he “has been announced at local hea oe # quarters. They will conduct a service at onj| the Salvation Army hall at & o’- this clock Thursday evening, and they and | peninesheinseeinisgs ‘NEGRO TO GET HEARING HERE | Ernest Scott, negro, was arrest ted yesterday by Chief Deputy Clements Jaycocks, on a warrant fand in the county jail. BY ELECTROCUTION _ | He e is set for tom | sy -Aatennet: Secu morning 10 o'clock before Peace | MANDAN, N. D., April 4.—A/ Justice Rogelio Gomez, 1 ‘td of grasshoppers in this section charge is expected to be aggravat- jare doomed to death by electto-!eq assault, eution. t The lethal device invented by 4.—Colonel/ Clinton Martenxen of nearby) Ryder, consists chiefly of clo {woven wires mounted on a fra dinner Goff the weekend. i It is expected that there will be} these srvices, | ‘HOPPERS’ KILLED April tomobile, ‘1 Jaw Sgt od The wires are charged with Charles H. Neste, master verse! plying between Miami an Bimini carrying passengers and freight, arrived over the East Coast this morning. He is asigned ax s patient in Marine hospital and was taken ¢ institution in an ambulance he Lopes Puneral Home. ofa |tor or battery, and the hoppers v0 wo their deaths as they hit the Driving a car through an infest- jed field, Martensen has dealt out linstant death te thousands o! the STRAND THEATER May Rolson-Lewis Stone in You Caa’t Buy Everything Edmand Lowe-Victor MeLagion in NO MORI WOMEN Motines: Balcony, 10¢; Orches- tra, 15-206; Might, 15-266 z | ARRIVING TONIGHT ! Fresh Fruits end Vegetables Truck arrives 7:30 o'clock Lee Baker’s Grocery a ees 622 Fieming Street Phone 693,