The Key West Citizen Newspaper, October 12, 1938, Page 4

THE KEY WEST CITIZEN -} | Detectives Study Sinister Perverts In Strange Places BE DEGENERATE OF NEW TYP SOCSCHSOSSSHSSHSHOSHSSSSSSSHSSHSHHSSSSSSHOHOSSSSCEOESOEE (Dy Associated Press) | CLEVELAND, Oct. 12.—A man and depravities. Psychiatrists and jof unbelievable abnormality, a! psychologists advise him. A phy- degenerate in a class by himse! jsician, in, London sept,a 13-page —that’s the''sort of* person i aK . lective Peter iMMerylo> expects) to | letter. After the last two bodies ind if luck. or. skill leads-him, to , Were found, .he, made, a study of |the sinister. .w , of, Cleye- | necrophilism, (fondness for bod- Jand’s “torso killer”. Z ies). . Merylo’s only')job'is to .solve' He saw a possibility the last | the series of /12 beheadings—all' two bodiés may have been taken believed the work ofthe phantom ‘from graves and dissected before |Slayer. In two. years, of tangled | being placed on a city dump only trails he has met “people I never; a few blocks from the downtown knew or believed existed”. | district. “The man we want”, he adds| The torso of the last woman quickly, “is stranger than any of i victim had a quilt for its shroud. them”. |The quilt, Merylo said, “is the Merylo and his partner, Martin | best clue we've got”. It was Zalewski, have folowed tips and | traced to a rag shop near the va- hunches into the lowliest hovels cant lot where Mrs. Polilla’s body in the city, into sewers and grave- { was found—but the trail vanished yards, dumps, downtown stores’ there. and even into the offices of pro- fessional workers. They have} Sept. 23, 1935—Heads and bod- questioned, by Merylo’s: esti-| ies of Edward Andrassy, 28, and ;mate, more than 3,000 persons. {unidentified man in Kingsbury | After two years’ work, Merylo| Run, a creek. |concludes that his quarry is a} Jan. 26, 1936—Body of Mrs, “sex degenerate in a class never | Florence Polillo, 41, in vacant lot; ‘known to science”—this “man”|head missing. , | who ifs dissected bodies in . 1936—Headl a river, in Kingsbury of man in WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1938 CLASSIFIED COLUMN SCOCCOOSROEOCSSLOCOOOOESTESLOOSSESECEEEES HOTELS EXCHANGE OO) BACK TO VICTORIA TORSO SLAYER eee see SOCIAL ACTIVITIES ‘| Charch Group \Holds Meeting J} s1gOL |inigeedidte, Depalt Fi | Methc fone) church for ‘the | new ch. schobl year was held | in the annex Monday night with | President Florence . Jarrett, pre- isiding. Plans were made for the} lecoming year with all officers} |pledging themselves wholeheart- edly to see that this year’s work would be a complete success in every way. The new officers were installed with those of the Young People’s Department at the church service jlast Sunday night. The installa-} tion cermonies were most im- . holds special meeting to honor Mrs. | os SeUne with Rev. J. A. Tolle of- ig ‘The department is planning a} kid party for Thursday evening | at the recreation hall and all} members of the department are invited to come out and have an evening of fun. WILL EXCHANGE—4 lots in Miami, close in, for Key West property. One lot, 50x150’, 3 lots 50x100’ adjoining, or will sell. Address Box P, The Citi- zen. aug23-s BRING YOUR VISITING frien in need of a good night’s rest to | OVERSEAS HOTEL. Clean} rooms, innerspring mattresses. Under new management, 917 Fleming St. augl8-tf | _FOR RENT ROSES |ROSES—Red and Pink Radiance, at all times. FREEMAN'S, 1121 Catherine street. oct6-mon-wed-sat ets FOR RENT—8-room House, com- pletely furnished. Hot and cold | running water. Seasonal or otherwise. Apply, Rear 1217 Petronia street. aug9-tfs | FOR SALE OR RENT WEDNESDAY— : Scottish Rite meets. 8 p. m. Scottish Rite Hill” ite THURSDAY— % Meeting Key West Lions Club, Stone Church Annex, 6:30 P. M. Rotary Club meets. 12:15 p. m. St. Paul’s Annex. 7 Dr. Felix Varela Lodge F. & A. M. meeting. 8 p. m. Varela Hall. P. O. O. A. meeting. 8 p. m. P. O. O. A. Hall. Bingo party for benefit of Spanish War Veterans to defray ex- penses of state encampment to be held in Key West June 1939. 7:30 p. m. Armory. Junior Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors Meeting. 8 p. m. Chamber of Commerce offices. Sigs e 2 6 FRIDAY | Knights of Pythias Lodge 163. 8 p. m. Pythian Hall. Girl Scouts Troop 1 meeting. 4 p. m. Golden Eagle Hall. Boy Scout Troop 52 meets at Naval Hospital. 7:30 p. m. hestig- tosis WANTED — Propelling Invalid Wheel Chair at reasonable price. Mrs. Mayo, Island Inn. octl0-3t FOR SALE OR RENT—Cabin Cruiser with living quarters to accommodate 4. All modern conveniences. Good for party fishing. 1014 Varela street. octl0-s ROOMS | NEW VALDEZ INN, 521 United. Sixteen beautiful new rooms. Home comforts, oct8-Imo THE MUNRO, 128 N. E. 4th St, Miami, Fla. Enjoy living, hot water, pleasant surroundings. sept22-Imo ELEGANTLY VICTORIAN FOR SALE . . Fashion designers delved into history for ideas which went into creation of this stunning gown of heavy ce- lanese rayon permanent moire with extra voluminous skirt, corselet waist and neck- line embroidered with shin- ing black beads. The. sleeves are puffed at shoulders. | the | Run, ps and in isolated dis- FLORIDA AUTOS — | tric ee ee 22, 1936 — Severed head | fan ly of man in ravine near iste af oe SOAKED $79.39 | me raga spent several ra road. & ie tT Bert b ui 2:30 p. m. Scot- ¥ 5 ead ; weeks in a_ slaughter house,} Sept. 10, 1936—Torso of man in| ae) f tish Rite Ha i fh ct odin anag | oughly enjoyed a pio ap Saga oe = ae | watching-employes at their work. ! Kingsbury Run; head, arms miss- SMALL HOUSE AND®° DOT. = tie No. 2 Knights of the Golden Eagle meets. | day party given Tuesday nig) | Ln ap Pete = tr | This convinced him the killer is. ing. Cheap for cash or terms as de-} Feb. 23, 1937—Torso of young sired. Apply P. O. Box 165. | { b Sines ! {Key of the Gi "©" 1:30 p. m. Golden Eagle honor of Miss Maude Lowe. 'ALLAHASSEE, Oct. 12.—Ac-| not a butcher. He does not be- 6 P.M. Church Annex. The group met at the home of |cording to the Florida Petroleum | is a demented |woman on lakefront; arms, legs, septi6-s| head missing. { Stone Church Service Club Dinner. i Miss Margaret Neff and then | Industries Committee the aver-| dlaves the coat ioe rs mer to the place where the | age state and federal tax per mo-/| ‘ [ Pee EDS Ren aac Te Ne vc i ly Bail, a a tea) tor wehicle'in ‘Fibtide ‘seachea aw eee, in fact, disagrees with June 7. 1937—Young _ negress,| FOR SALE—New boat, 4 weeks | Several games were played. | all-time high of $79.39 in 1937. In| Coches ira bp atabtoap S. R. quicklimed skeleton under Cuy- Shortly before refreshments were |1935 the per motor vehicle tax | Gvper that the dissections were | ahoga river bridge. new engine, LIFT TOP REFRIGERATOR. In perfect running condition. Cash price, $45.00, Phone 669-R. octl1-3t Fern Chapter No. 21, O.£. Mamie S. Lander, right worthy associate grand conductres: of General Grand Chapter and Mrs. Marion Neeb, associate po conductress ‘of grand chapter of Florida. 8 p. m, Key | ‘est Country Club. } SUNDAY— Concert, Key West Hospitality Band. 5 p. m. Art Center Park. py ED MONDAY— tI ig Pythian meeting. 8 p.m. Meeting Boy Scouts Troop 51. 7 y | , Angproved: Order: ofhRed Men.) 7:30 p. m. Wigwam Hall. \ ie 0, ake pain st \° The Fleming Streéf Méthodis }Church Epworth League thor-| Record follows: Subscribe to The Citizen. —o—— } FOR SALE—Stoutly-built 14-ft. | Sailboat with welL..Apply The | | | ttoo+ olden Eagle Hall. bury | ~ 0G »» |Sttrprise Party Binge 7 Community House. |For Miss Lowe sULiAS Conscious? HEAR THE COLGATE |Key West Girls “| Vested Seniors Mis Sallivan Award Mentioned skillfully executed. July 6, 1937—Dissected body (Special to The Citizen) (Special to The Citizen) TALLAHASSEE, Oct. 12. — | Florida State College seniors who | officially donned caps and gowns told that education points the {way toward happiness, and that if they had gotten an understand- by the local president, | in& of human life and an appre- Miss Anne Ladd, of Jacksonville, | ciation of the value of knowledge who attended the national con-| from their four-year stay in col- vention in Green Lake, Wiscon-/|jege they need have little fear of Oth the future. nalistic honorary here which re-| The speaker was Dr. William \ . Hudson Rogers, Professor of Eng- | lish at the state college. Dr. Rogers began by caution- ing the seniors they may not be able to get jobs when they ’ graduate but said he believed “if | there are jobs to be had the col- lege graduate will get one.” He jalso said “an educated person ‘who cannot find work would be worse off if he were uneducated, Sullivan, Key include; Miss of West Palm, [i | education for the tranquility of his soul.” Sophomore sisters of the 275 seniors shared in the annual In- vestiture ceremony. They saw President Edward Conradi place a mortar board on the head of each senior as the acknowledge- |ment that she has the right to ag = = a i President Miss Susan LaKin at the first fall business meeting of | appear in cap and gown. the Junior Woman's Club last Among the seniors are three night at the Woman's Clubhouse | from Key West—the Misses Rose the committee ap-| Appel, Kathryn Lowe and Mary ts forthe year, Hi; hine Sullivan. Haljoyp’et dante" thoEntertain ‘Chiet gor) 90 bo Bas < h Sisters, Temple No. 20, x red Monday evening by jan official visit from the grand | chief of the state of Florida, Mrs. Tiguez. Etta Bailey, who was accom- ied by her husband. Past Finance—Mrs. Arthur Shep- | P2 i ri i Jr. Mrs. J hs Lopes, Mrs, | orand Chief Mrs. Molina and E. L. Patterson, Miss Louisa De- District Deputy Mrs. Fisher also Publicity—-Miss Maysie Gaiti, | |accompanied the grand chief. The hall was beautifully dec- Miss Clara Yates, Miss Barbara Carey, Miss Zenia Hoff. House— orated with blue crepe paper, Mrs. L. T. Bragassa, jfern and flowers. Beautiful gifts and bouquets were presented to : | the grand chief and others. Mrs. Knowh - | ; ‘ poss jena diss Vilna Ait eco There was a banquet given in Entertainment — Miss Margue- rite Hernandez, Miss Alce Curry, jtheir honor before the meeting, which was greatly enjoyed. There Mrs. Robert Dopp, Miss Fortune Lopez. was also an entertainment given at the hall when refreshments, |consisting of ice cream and cake, were served. The chief and other visitors left Tuesday morning. eee eoccee Rev. P. J. Kelleher, S. J. pas-| tor of St. Mary’s Catholic Church | THE ANSWERS in Key West left this afternoon for New Orleans to attend the! (See “Who Kriows?™ on Page 2) Nat 1 EB haristic Ci to Seececcccessecooseceseses be held Monday, Tuesday and) 1. About $2,000,000,000; $4,- We ¥ | 650,000,000 in 1914. Following the congress, Rev. 2 An American baritone. Kelleher will remain in New: 3. Dec. 17, 1903, at Kitty Orleans about two weeks on busi- jHawk, on the North Carolina ness matters and will then re-/ coast. turn to Key West. | & Since 1917. 5. In billions of dollars: U.S. 14, Great Britain 4, France 2.5. 6. Ten. 8 A left-handed pitcher. 9 Yes; 42 cents a bushel. Exactly Bobby: “Uncle Jack, which is Quicker, a race horse or a pig- font” Uncle (nearly stumped): “If in a ceremony here tonight were | (for he can certainly use his, served, the league’s gossip sheet, was $75.13, and in 1936 it reached |The Southern Exposure, | \teriously appeared. | out that this tax was higher than | Present were Howard Fitch,|that in any other state, and that Miss Maude Lowe, Harold the average for the country as a |' Thompson, Miss Dottie Mae Dun-| whole was $50.31. gan, Gilbert Lord, Miss Margaret | Neff, Norman Lowe, Miss Jen-|the state gasoline tax alone nie Mae Johnson, Clyde Hughes amounted to slightly over $52 |and Miss Minnie Knowles. |per car, the federal gasoline tax accounted for over $7 per car, SOCCCCO SCs ECvS @¢)registration and miscellaneous fees came to approximately $15 ' PERSONAL MENTION per car, and the federal excise | tax amounted to $4.43. } eeeecccecesooosesooooees® | As the typical Florida motorist, J. A. Duane, employed by the earns, according to government) | Overseas Road and Toll Bridge| surveys, only between $20 and| | Commission at Pigeon Key, who|$30 a week, the amount he paid | was on a business visit to the on his automobile in taxes alone | | city, left on the early bus this/in 1937 amounted to more than! morning for his station. jtwo weeks’ wages. The same' AS |surveys, the committee disclosed, | Miss Francis Lee Tiller, nurse |show that %he car owned by the |at the Marine hospital, left on typical motorist is a second-hand the early bus this morning for car valued at only $200. Thus, it | Miami en route to Tampa and was pointed out the taxes are | will spend the weekend with rel-| equal to the value of the car,in atives and friends. 12% years. Misses Shirley and Joan Elbert- | | son, daughters of Mr. and Mrs.' ANSWERS TO TEN | Fielden Elbertson of Southard) { | street, who had been spending a’ TEST QUESTIONS | short visit in Miami, have re-| getow are the answers to t est | |turntd to Key West. questions printed on P 2 | Of the total tax of nearly $80 Carl Schultz, traffic chief of {the Western Union Telegraph | Company, in Atlanta, is visiting! _ his parents ‘and is their guest at | the home 309 Whitehead street. This is the first visit Mr. Schultz {has made to him home in three years. 1. A mechanism for restoring suspended respiration. Niagara. Donald Budge. A mass of matter from outer space, which has fallen, upon the earth’s surface. It was a Grand Duchy, of} which the Czar of Russia | was Grapd Duke, Germany./ ki} Both are same,’ Words that, sa! sound but Yn A beli tower. New York.City. CORRECTION | } 2s | 3. 4rriving yesterday afternoon | off the Steamship Cuba from Ha- Walia were 49 passengers and of {this number there were 39 first | | cabin and three second cabin pas- | sengers for Key West. The other | | three passengers were first cabin) The name of Tom Graham was) for Tampa. | handed in to The Citizen yester- | Arrivals at this port were: Wm. day as a winner in the baby H. Cawley, Naomi Cawley, Law-| contest held by the American rence Sistrunk, Claude Sistrunk, | Legion Drum and Bugle Corps at | Antonio C. Grau, Rollo Evans, | Coral Isle Casino, Monday, Octo- Calvin McGrin, Carlos F. Acosta, ‘her 10, as part of the celebration David Patterson, Charles Briggs, «&) Grito de Yara.” | Jose Riveron, Nilo Eaul Ravion, J]; was Carl Edward Graham,| Francis Auffant, Richard Patter- J, and not Tom, who was named son, Richard Patterson, Jr., Fred the winner as the prettiest baby Hohein, Ruth Hoheln, Pastor in the one to two years class. | Laguerela, Dennis Figueroa, John | Van Dennson, Dorothy Van Denn- son, John Farrington, Charles Farrington, Leota Farrington, | Therese Farrington, ; Lawrence Macia, Francis Her- ring, George Arnold, Rolla Evans, , Myrtle Michael, Evelyn Hughes, | Viegi SS 22S William “Larch, | na Wi 7 “Madeline Keep- ), ers, David, Walworth, Edith Wal-' 4, worth, Edwina’ Whitnor, Dubar Whitnor, Jim Yarnell, Pantalen . " de: RF Santos. - Murder charges Shown on the manifest of the Webber goes before Circuit Cuba were the following items: Court. 9-30 a. m. County Court- For Key West, four tons of house. freight, three automobiles, four — sacks of mail. For Tampa, 16 eeecececooescescosaseceses ——— | PALACE mail. Jack LaRue—Lillian Miles in CALLING ALL CARS —also— against Ed Hidden “Esmeralda, you really ought to wear a hat when you are going out at night”. mys- $77.79. The committee pointed! | | The detective said cuts on some of the bodies, show the killer |sometimes found difficulty in ac- |complishing the beheadings. |Flesh marks indicate, he added, |that a natural skillful cut was of big man in Cuyahoga river;} head missing. | April 8, 1938—Woman’s leg in} |Cuyahoga; torso found later; arms, head missing. Aug. 16, 1938—Bodies of mid- not made. Merylo has dipped into books on all sorts of mental aberration | dle-aged man and woman on lakefront dump; dead _ several months. COUNTRY GIRLS LIST | French As She ts Spoken ‘PERFECT WIFE’ RULES| An American, spending a holi-| |day in Paris, was endeavoring to (By Associated Peas) | work off some of his French in a CURLEWIS, New South Wales, jcafe. Oct 12—In the opinion of a| “Garsong”, he said after a leng- | group of Austrialian country {thy study ca “Je — girls, the “perfect” wife would: | pang et Gare sgguee hos 1. Keep her husband’s house } bang”. in order within the bounds of his| The waiter said helpfully: “I’m } income. |sorry, sir, I don’t speak French”. | 2. Do the washing and pad “Very well”, snapped the diner | ! i Un piece of Bue a ing and take an interest in his |‘Titably. “Send me someone who workaday problems. jean!” 3. Raise a family. | mises 4. Place her own health first |°VeT Wea? placer Gell {slippers in the morning. _ | for the sake of her husband and | 2 children—but never become a 9. Never become a social snob. food faddist or a sufferer from | ee 5. Treat the domestic servant | as a human being and never com- George Raft—Sylvia Sidney in YOU AND ME plain about her to the husband. | 6. Cultivate a good temper. | 1 7. 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Ap- | ply Rear 1217 Petronia street. aug9-tfs SECOND SHEETS—500 for 50c The Artman Press, may19-tf | “Ask-It Basket” with JIM McWILLIAMS 7:30 Tonite WQAM 560 kc Miami Broadcasting Company ting one or more of these new This amazing offer is made F fy k st i SALE Enjoy the benefits of “LIGHT CONDITIONING” by get- NO DOWN PAYMENT. Monthly payments only 75c on Table Lamps and $1.00 ‘on Floer Lamps On New L.E.S. LAMPS beautiful L. E. S. LAMPS. Fk hh hedhdkadd The Key West ——— PHONE 16 ——— PPP iii tity Daa aias, 10, No; sales abroad are below; “But, mamma, I am wearing a , those of last year. hat! It is at the other side”. COMEDY and NEWS eecccccesecescess they both go on foot, the race horse”,