The Key West Citizen Newspaper, February 9, 1939, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the For 59 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West VOLUME LX. No. 34. Gulf Stream Catch Of 350 Pound Loggerhead : Turtle Brings Thrills | First Fishing Trip, First GJVES NOTICE | i Sailfish; 18-Pound Afri-| ON EXEMPTIO | can Pompano, Five-Foot | i Barracuda Landed | APPLICATIONS FOR HOME. | | STEADS MUST BE MADE | | | Fishing honors at the Casa| ba pen i Marina went to the ladies yester- ; i day and in a big way at that, and Be | the returning fleet provided one! Filing of applications for home- | thrill after another to those wait- | stead exemptions together with! ing on the dockhead for its re-| tax reutrns must be in the office | turn. . The greatest excitement was |! the tax assessor by April 1, J. caused when Jakey Key brought | Otto Kirchheiner said today. | his “Legion” alongside, with a! Returns must be made on per- loggerhead turtle weighing 350! sonal taxes, tangibles and intan-} ee eu pie Meee entt gibles and to facilitate the work| lis Robson of London, Jakey ana | of the citizens of Monroe county, his mate share equally the glory | i" making the proper returns Mr. of bringing in this monster. It Kirchheiner is having the neces- | was sighted out in the stream, | S@7Y legal notice appear in this, and they pursued it some con-|‘ssue of The Citizen. af | siderable time before they suc-|, The notice gives the time the | ceeded in landing it. Excitement ! books will be in each precinct and ran high throughout the chase,|Where located on Tuesday, Feb-/ and at one point Mrs. Griess|"Uary 23, and at different points| was just prevented from going ©" the Keys on Wednesday, Feb-| overboard to retrieve the har-|Tuary 24. poon when another of the party | grabbed her by the ankle. | Mrs. Barron P. Lambert, of Eccleston, Md. brought in a beau- tiful sailfish. It measured 7'3” | and weighed 46% lbs. Mrs. Lam-; bert was out with Mr. Lambert in Capt. Russell’s launch, and this was their first deep-sea fish- ing expedition. i Dr. Alice M. North, of Ards- ley-on-Hudson, N. Y. added to her angling laurels today by bringing \in an Africa Ponmpano, ! or rare thréndfish, It.was a large | one weighing 18 lbs. | was out with Mrs. Eileen Allen; of New York, in Capt. Bradley’s Jaunch. —_— ; Wednesday’s fishing reports, , from City Charter Pier were ex- There is probably no one in cellent with one of the hugest|Key West so well versed in the barracudas brought in recently | Pirate lore of the city than Miss landed. It was five feet long,Marie Cappick of 415 Olivia with a head like an ox, but'Street, who is shortly planning weighed only 36 pounds. Cap- | t© publish a historical romance tain Ed Saunders of the Patrick |°f the island: : | said that it was the leanest bar-|, For many yeass Miss Cappick racuda he had ever seen. It was'has talked with aged residents caught by the party of Mr. ana | of the city and taken down stories Mrs. Charles W. McNamara and they have told her of Key West Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Jones of Chi-'°f long ago. She writes off for cago. Jacks, kings and groupers more information whenever she were also brought in by the hears of something being pub- party aboard the Patrick. jlished in connection with the Luther Thomas of Atlantic City. And she has volumes of City, Leonard Algar, vice com- material in her little home set modore of Atlantic City Tuna @™ong beautiful tropical vegeta- b and William Glish of Day- | tion. a : | ree Pai had a field day in’ The most striking object she Miss Marie Cappick Pre-| paring Historical Vol-| ume; Has Photo Of Pi-, rate Gomez, Old Papers | Che Key i Key West Pirate Lore Collector Here Has Charts, Ph Dr. North! | Abi eal THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE KEY WEST, FLORIDA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9, WITNESSES IN ACCIDENT CASE ARE SUMMONED’ DEALS WITH PROCEEDINGS | IN CONNECTION WITH AC-. CIDENT PROVING FATAL TO YOUNG EIKLOR GIRL Allan B. Cleare, Jr., county so-| licitor, who is making further in- | quiry in the accident on the night; of January 26 when a collision! between a motorbike and an! automobile ‘resulted on the day’ following in the death of a young! girl who was one of the riders on} the bike, is steadily furthering: the investigation. | Mr. Cleare was seen this} morning by The Citizen making: an examination of the vehicles! that figured in the accident, with ' a view to determining exactly | the position, or as nearly as pos- sible, of the motorbike and the! car at the time of the collision. The county solicitor said that he had issued subpoenas for 10: persons who had testified before the coroner’s jury and one addi- tional witness. They will appear this afternoon at 2 o'clock, 2:30 and 3 o’clock for the purpose of answering questions which will be propounded by him. otos, Articles TEMPERATURES | 'PSSSOSSOHHHSODISCAHSCSOSEE i Lowest: Highest Station— last night Jase24 hoyrs | (bilene . 36 44 i Atlanta Boston 62 38 46 64 38 18 42 64 ’ At many southern United States and Caribbean ports ‘the above scene is being repeated as Naval seaplanes pre- pare for Caribbean maneuvers and theoretical attacks. 'The huge bomber above is at San Juan, Puerto Rico. youngsters, David and Sidney Stephenson, are making |friends with a mechanic. Buffalo, Charleston Chicago _.. Denver Detroit _ Galveston Havana Huron Jacksonville Kansas City - KEY WEST _ Little Rock _ Los Angeles .. Louisville Miami Mpls.-St. P. New Orleans .. New York __. Pensacola St. Louis —__ Salt Lake City 18 San Francisco 42 | ae i io] 78 q Stranded Boat Party « | Returned This Morning 54 62 80 4 76 44 4 66 | 34 | 34 48 ARRIVES IN CITY | Tom Brennan, owner of the Cruiser V18653, Bill Swope, Mor- ris Gammons and several friends, had the unpleasant experience of being stranded for about 12 hours yesterday on Pelican COMES HERE IN INTEREST Citizen |: EDDIE BUSH WILL DONATE GOLFING CUP — | Work A APPOINTED COACH AT ROX-! BURY PREP AND PRO AT ‘TURTLE SHIP GIANT VALLEY CLUB, CHES- | nme comecrcot ARRIVES HERE ;Pro at Key West Golf Club, has} |just been appointed coach of the | eae) |Roxbury Pren School Golf Team; BRINGS 370 TURTLE; CAUGHT and pro at the exclusive Giant | Valley Golf Club at Cheshire, | Connecticut. | Interviewed by The Citizen to-, |day, Mr. Bush said that while he | jwas happy to get the appoint-; ment he would really be sorry to| leave Key West which will be; |the third week in March. In ap- |preciation of the wonderful co- {operation he has received from |the Key West Golf Club, Bush will donate a handsome trophy | which has already been ordered ‘and will have a figure of a |golfer swinging a club on the topmost mount. “I have greatly ;enjoyed my work here”, Bush said, “never having seen a bet- ter place in which to live or more friendly people.” | Team matches against Milford ‘Prep. Choate and Exeter Prep | will be played by Roxbury Prep, |which has an enrollment of 150 ‘boys, nearly all of ‘whom are golfers. Mr. Bush will report at Roxbury April 1 and will termi-, turtle will go all over the coun- ‘nate his duies June 1 at the clos-| try. The shells will be carved ing of school. He will then re-| for ornamental use. The turtles sume his sixth season of work at weigh between 250 and 350 Norway Country Club, Norway, | pounds. )Maine and will be there until| The schooner will remain in the ‘the middle of September when harbor approximately a week and jhe will go back to Giant Valley: will go on the ways for regular until November 1. painting of her hull. “The trophy will probably. be played for twice yearly”, Mr. Bush told The. Citizen, “We ate). . planning two divisions, with the; ALBANY, N.. Y. — William low eight players in the first divi- | Whittington, | sentenced to 60 sion and the others in a second days in jail, requested that five division. Each division will stage more days be added to his term. its own tournament by match Asked why, he replied: “I own tS j ee | Eddie Bush, popular young IN NETS OFF NICARAGUA: MAKE SOUP, USE MEAT AND SHELL British Turtle Schooner “A M. 'Adams” arrived this morning , from Mosquito Cays off Nicara- ' gua with approximatey 370 turtle , aboard, which were placed in the | Thompson Fish Company pens today, watched by a large crowd. | The turtles, which are caught on the sleeping grounds off Nica- ragua by spreading nets close to the’ bottom, are stored in the holds of the Adams with’ their flippers fastened by thatch cords. They are moved by barge from ; the Adams and shoved pwn the chute into the crawls here. Turtle meat will be shipped to ! Florida markets. Turtle soup made of gelatinous portions of the NEEDED EXTRA TIME The play and the winner of each steel stock due to pay a dividend ! division will play for the cup in in March, and I'd like to tide the finals”. ;over until that period.” Perky Would Have County Improve Highway Stretch HAS BEAUTIFUL |Siaiiioeaiaih As Request- MAP OF ISLAND) <4 Would Be For His Benefit; Telegram Or- dered Placed On File | | i HAND-COLORED MAP OUT- STANDING MADE OF untry; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit PRICE FIVE CENTS County Board Approves Resolution For Grading ervice Station |Report Received Relative | To Road Work Carried | On Recently At Key Largo ' A. B. Suchy, addressed the board of County Commissioners last night, at the regular meet- ling, relative to the sale of an , elaborately laid out map in colors of the City of Key West, which he was offering for sale but the !proposiiion was refused by the board because of insufficient funds. at the Bervaidi, Commission- n, Thompson, Monsal- vatge and Curry; Attorney Har- ris, Clerk Sawyer, Chief Deputy Sheriff Waite, Mayor W. M. Al bury, City Councilman Dough- try and Earl Wolfe of the Pan coast interests. H Map Very Interesting | Mr. Suchy’s talk was very in teresting and his map attracted a great deal of attention because of the coloring and the de ptive information. Care in its execution was clearly seen. Mr, Thompson explained in de j tail the situation in which the county wus placed and said that it would be almost two years be- fore the county would be in a financial position “to~ untlertake the purchase of anything of the kind. | Mayor Albury Heard Mayor Albury was accorded the floor and said that he had some business to bring before the board, but had left the matter in the hands of Attorney Harris, who would make the necessary talk. : | Mr. Harris said that the matter was in'connection with certain grading, and kindred work wh was to be done at the Sinclaic Oil and Gasoline supply Station, of which company Mr. Albury is local manager, was making at the corner of the boulevard at the intersection of Division street and North Beach. | _ The work to be done was speci- fied in the resolution which had been grepared by Mr. Harris, who read the resolution in detail Present meeting were: kingfish schools landing 13 kings h@S-is a picture of John Gomez, and yellowtails aboard Captain Veral Roberts launch, Lil Dot. Arrangements are being com- pleted by Bill Wagner with A. L. Terwilleger, Naval Aviation Cadet here with Patrol Wing Five, for transmsision of the lo- cal fishing stories to Miami on amateur sets and _ broadcasting them over station WIOD. EDWARD RICE DEAD; BROUGHT TO KEY WEST BROUGHT HERE YESTERDAY FROM NO NAME KEY IN known as Panther Key John, who was brother in law of the pirate chief Gasparilla. He was 120 years old when he died at Panther Key, 12 .miles below Marco, Florida. The photo plate was taken in 1895, shows him bearded, swarthy, with a sailor’s ‘Seattle 30 Tampa Washington | Williston 36 84 58 * =-22 Shoal, awaiting succor from Key | West. They went on the shoal about {2 o'clock in the afternoon and i OF REPORTED MISSING | OF HIS BROTHER 1 | ‘Cappick by a colored woman in Arriving in Key West toda St. Augustine whose father knew | was J. Strickland, brother of In a Writer’s Digest cap, baggy pants, rope belt and literary map along with famous zy a hound dog nearby on the key. | writers all over the country, Miss ; Ported to the office of the sheriff August Bradley, and Bar Pilot standing map of Key West Island ‘He said before he died he had Cappick is depicted waving a!yesterday as being mising from Gaspar. jseen no less than 100 walk the pirate flag in Florida. | plank. jtold Miss Cappick of finding a | Spanish wreck off Boca Grande. ' He drew her a map of the loca. Old histories show where in 1715 a Spanish plate fleet re- turning from Central America foundered at Carysfort Reef Light. An English fleet re- | The late Captain O. B. Hall,’ | A Spanish woman became well off from pirate gold found *5 Key West. When the southern- | 2/4 Sawyer, and Deputy Sheriff’ and crew were John Carbonell, hangs the island. most house was built she could: W. A. Parrish. ften be seen digging at night, One day she vinced that there was some error | Carbonell, Bennie Sawyer, Myron Tounded by the vari-colored wa- jously. An old ; with a | lantern. left the ‘city mysterit colored woman told Miss Cap- pick that her daughter was told all about it by the woman who | Molasses Key last week and was in in tremained stranded until at an Y jearly ‘Hour this morning when = Js reseue® parties arrived on the {Rubin Strickland, who was re- | Coast Guard Cutter 185, Captain baie om ‘vessel under command of Pilot Arriving with 'Clarence Thompson. a friend, Ron-' On the 185 besides the captain ' the Florida Keys. | Mr. Strickland was : ‘Jr. and Raymond Delgado, and Mr. Parrish seemed to be con-'on the Bar Pilot were Pubio made in the burial of the decom-| Russell, Theodore Albury and | a \the captain. posed body whcih was found on ; 3 | sf Mr. Swope said word of their ‘ouble had been given a small ee) and at the conclusion it was ap- | Laiiniaes Gutiemaacecas proved by the board. lembers of the Board o! n- ‘ty Commissioners in regular, Chae serovar ‘meeting last night were sur-| ;Prised by the receipt of a tele- gram from R. C. Perky, in Mi- ‘ami, requesting that certain work be done on the highway for his , benefit. The telegram reads: lesigned. ! “Am completing and will open | Palm fronds wave in the border, about February 14, the finest ac- with coconuts at the bases. Above commodations and dining room the top of a coconut tree over- in the Florida Keys. United Six stately States mail, public and tourists pelicans are in formation above are well entitled to a passable the island. The island jis sur-: county roadway, from road 4-A to former railroad track, which ters of the Reef and Gulf Stream. is county road. In the waters are painted a sea-| “There has been no upkeep, corner of the courth house, i horse, butterfly fish, a Spanish Maintenance or clearance by the should bei repaired. =e be a galleon, a pirate ship, skull and County since the road was built.| vised that the matter hai en { KEY WEST Clerk Sawyer advised tho board that three checks had been prepared to be paid. One for the Davis Construction Co. for $3, 773.08 on the contract for work being done on the addition to thc court house and the other two for Russell Pancoast, architect $3.86, for miscellaneous expense not covered by the contract, and $143.86 for architectural services in connection with the contraci also to Russell Pancoast. Mr. Bervaldi called attention to the bad condition of the northeast Beautiful hand-painted collec- tor’s edition of a map of Key West has just been completed by Arthur B. Suchy of Cleveland, Ohio, and is considered the out- \a covered $700,000 but attacked by had received the correct chart buried as that of Henderson But-| boat which was passing the shoal ¢Tossbones flag, compass with a Inasmuch as clearing right of , looked into and provisions for do- AMBULANCE SUMMONED TO CRAIG'S PLACE Yesterday at 4:15 o'clock the ambulance of the Lopez Funeral Home was summoned to Craig’s place at No Name Key and in- structions were given to bring a physician along to give assistance to a person who was ill. Arriving at the place it was learned that the person who had been ill, Edward Rice, Jr., had died, and a death certificate was issued by Dr. Wagner, who went with the ambulance to No Name Key. The body was brought to Key; West and prepared for burial and instructions are now being await- ed from the home of.the deceased at Cape May, County House, N. J., the wife of tHe deceased, Mrs. Persia Campbell}? noted writer, having been im jiately advised of his death. another Spanish fleet lost part of their money. An expedition there around 1933 resulted in finding the vessels but so en- crusted with coral that a heavy machine would be required to; haul up any part of it. The story | ‘was written up in the N. Y. Herald Tribune of July 30, 1933, |by A. Hyatt Verrill. | Two pirate maps are possessed by Miss Cappick. One is by Caesar Gambio, alias Black Cae- sar and is believed to be on El- liot Key. It shows mangrove hammock, coral heads, Atlantic Ocean, a hut, a bone pile, sapote trees, islands and creeks, and deep water channel 35 Another map is on a canvas ditty bag and mentions Captain’s Key in which there is $70,000 in pieces of eight in a barrel. The map shows coral heads and trees. It was drawn by Captain Sandford on his deathbed. A clay jar {owned by Gaspar was given Miss feet. from her father. Miss Cappick | has some interesting material on | Mary Reed and Anne Bonney,! woman pirates who operated in| this area. } William Pent of 628 Caroline’ street in 1925 found a box with \a skull and crossbones flag in it | which went to pieces on being | | struck by the air. In the box was an old quill and the charts | | were written in blood. The ma jae of a ship had been, atacked | by Indians on this island and was; badly wounded when drawing up) the charts. A small jar revealed | a gold chain, a small gold locket, : | several small coins and another | chart. 1 | _ Interesting old Key West of ,the last 50 years is recorded in ‘several ol newspapers owned | by Miss Cappick which record ‘sailing vessels’ movement, cigar jindustry, and ship . chandleries’ | local writeups. | larticles which had been identi-| ler, colored, who had been miss-|and could readily see the pre- ing for severai weeks. |dicament of those on board the ie‘ eal Hie. had | V18653, and no time was _ lost investigated | and found that the boat found bhueagt ne eee at One ic near the body of Butler contained! “py, returning salvagors and Z ntl- the wrecked cruiser arrived in fied as the property of Strick- port this morning some . time land, and other things had been after 3 o'clock. The cruiser is discovered which led him to con-) practically filled with water and jecture that there may have been j jg lying at the ways near the foot a mistake made. Bb of Simonton street. The group was visiting with) Damage to the hull, said Mr. County Judge Raymond Lord this Swope, was caused by the ves- noon and endeavoring to arrive se] pounding on the shoal when at some definite conclusion ‘re-|a stiff breeze began blowing late garding the missing man. jin the evening. FaReNELL FAR” —HTTLET ROE Miss Marguerite Hernandez rae LOWE. FISH COMPANY TONIGHT AT | P fo J | “ PHONE 151 EXCELLENT OVERNIGHT ACCOMMODATIONS--FT. JEFFERSO way has prqceeded on Key Largo|ing the necessary repair work northward benefitting Anglers; had been made. Club and deserving tourists, and | To Make Payroll dolphin, ta: sailfish, shark,|! beseech you gentlemen to ap-! Mr, Sawyer advised that two t Coacers ‘Higetah barracuda, Prove, tonight, the immediate | checks had “been received from ‘ swordfish, devilfish showing part rushing out of the county dam Tallahassee, one for $1,500 and of the 600 varieties here. A short; ¥@¥ ee sh erky, vasaieseen a Y another for $2,500, which would well done sketch points out Key iro Sian bags y> Ga be sufficient for making up a West’s past, mention of the Pres-| oad * strictl Pabedan of payroll for the General Revenue ent is made and a glance into the! prowth anal ae tiieseeiiis al width | 294 Fine and Forfeiture Funds. future. lof road. j They would clear by Monday of Eighty-two points of interest - th of next week and announcement are numbered around the edges ais fill be 1 eT eorady (Would be made when the checks | were available. |of the map with the locations in this condition speedily with very’ Be cere Guxtys cepacia corresponding numbers on the |}; d is the only! street map. All Key West’s acon ger bree will permit that certain work had been done ‘streets are marked with the salt! to pass ton the road leading to the Year ponds, Pan American Airport, and' know Somecives and Fiyseit | Round Club at Key Largo, and significant sketches of cigar and can cooperate fully in all mat-/that two of the curves had been salt industries. Garrison bight,|ters with no unreasonable re-|¢liminated and the road cleared ,naval station are all outlined. Mr. quests from either side. Kindly | and placed in good condition, and Suchy left today after making telegraph collect Western Union! that the cost had been $59, which | plans for distribution in the city.| your answer concerning clear-'had been paid by Mr. Curry. The maps can also be issued in| ing.” He explained that there were black and white for tourist dis-| On motion the telegram was, three more curves in the road tribution. ordered placed on file. (Continued on Page Four) significant Key in it, and the names yellowtail, sailor’s choice, jamberjack, bonefish, crevalle, N CRUISES-$10 ALL EXPENSE TWO-DAY TOUR..PRICE TOURS 505 DUVAL STREET-PHONE 124