The Key West Citizen Newspaper, May 24, 1939, Page 6

S OCIAL ACTIVITIES eA URGES DLESALE ¥ KEEP COURTS Bs. “PHILADELPH MURDERS BY POISON RING By Associated Press Feature Service i : i May 24.—Money and love are at the core of Name Key, left this morning on eecseccveveesseeenee BUSY ALL SUMMER PERSONAL MENTION | Will McKillip, who is em- | ployed at Craig’s piace at No grim, story Beitg unfolded here—the story of what may be the the early bus for his station after mass-miurier ring in hisfory. ‘was for love. or money, of both, investigators say, that 50! . yybe 100—have been? ) within the last 10 years. fie ‘money came from insur- 100,000 carried on the ang 00, poison: ring. But sometimes the e seems to have been in- d only in making way for j love, or even in stimu- the affections of the vic- Yictims.. New Crimes ewe figutes are tentative, ‘week has. added new eithe: line of victims. so- ‘amazing ..when e that alloused po- is refused to. believe it, obpriwmith, the.death orker.’ Where it will tities arén’t ready , to jails alone, some as- take all summer. on was by no means the urder-for-profit weapon. ies sdy men were drown- vers or on fishing trips Atlantic coast; they were heads ctims thrown downstairs— in which it would seem had been accidental. the victims had been in- |. One’ poison often used was as:“witch’s brew”, another sthe same hemlock the phil- h ‘Socrates, drank when d to death. . The syndi- collected all, or a share of ce on ‘the: victims. ‘Here's An Idea “One “way the. scheme ga worked? ' ‘plotter becamé acquainted f ‘félative ‘of a possible If the marked man had msurahee, steps would be tak- 46 haveé'a policy, issued for tolléwed a period, of wait- etitually, the, marked man Wil of: some natural ailment fd a doctor was called. The doc- idk, Would prescribe a medicine s dropped their poison. ins chosen were those to-detect. They left hard- .in the victim’s body. ‘Tike that killed the WPA ».Ferdinantl Alfonsi. Her- Hlo' worked that one. € a mistake in his of*!friends” to help him ‘the scheme. The friends © gecret service opera- hO-‘had been trying to con- § wife,’ Stella, arrested Petrillo, is awaiting ) Petritlo, once,.a: spaghetti } Higs, been, convicted o! ewith the death penalty: suspected victims had been ex- and traces of poison were} # in sorhe of them. A 200- woman, Mrs. Carina Fa- vate, was' put on trial. The pro- éestiirigs had not gone far when sh® startled the court by pleading , not only in the killing of usband, but also in the kill- of 4 son and a neighbor! he 20 some ‘others arrested erecta they are innocent. some, Police Captain James Kelly says, have signed state- implicating —_ themselves ‘6thers. Philadelphia papers Pit one-of the biggest murder sii crimmal history. ed deep in an Italian quar- i mie +t gie Bursiveae sec- orig: ietims and: at en groups of for- from} le ‘steeped itiéus walte i phase of.the.ring’s activity » Pi on the desire of un- ‘women for affection. Her- ’s cousin, Paul Petril-| piano and a. few violins. Felix | Jacksonville. to: eld on a murder charge, was said.to be the Lothario of the plotters. : ‘Ome woman prisoner asserted the litite tailor wooed her, ‘plotted. the poison death of} husband, ostensibly could marry her. Pother cases, wives were en- to buy “love powders” ” drops” to put in their s food. Those powders are believed to have it the men so slowly doctors “ht Harry S. McDevitt said * arraignment he would it,to the court to determ- at ot persons killed by the} ‘several days in Key West for reatment for eye trouble which ‘is now all right. Pecccccgecoocvcercccccce| To Appear In Key West | Mrs. Margaret Dion, who had Cvccbeeasececesecacseses jieen attending the Sodality _ | meet in Little River, was a re- turning passenger on the after- ‘soon bus from Miami yesterday. Arthur Pastorini, employe of _ the local postoffice and stationed }-at the money order window, re- turned to Key West last evening after visiting on. his. vacation with relatives in Washington and, ‘also spent a part of the time at !the New York ‘World’s Fair. , ; vat | Miss Elaine Johnson, clerk in | the office of Tax Collector Frank: H. Ladd, who left last week and visited with her sister Miss Doris Johnson, in Miami, returned to \ se OSES the city on the bus last evening. Fellowship Club Holds Meeting The Wesley Fellowship of the | Ley Memorial Church met Mon- ‘day evening at the Church An- nex.for their regular monthly meeting. A program and social hour followed the supper. The JOHN BITTER To conduct Florida Federal Symphony Orchestra of sev- enty pieces in Key West Thursday night, June 8th, 8:15 p. m. at the Lighthouse Service Industrial Building. SKETCH John Bitter was born in New | York City in 1909, At the age of seven he had violin lessons. He dften took his fiddle to bed with: him ‘as he loved the shiny little thing, but his mother took |. it away when he was asleep. Not} until he was 15 did he make up > his mind to be a musician. This} was when he arrived in Vienna, ! his father’s birthplace. The flute} came first, then composition and conducting. Upon returning to the United States he went. for five years to the Curtis Institute | in Philadelphia as a Scholarship! student. Then he was' appointed } head of the music department at; Avon Old Farms, a Boy’s School | in Connecticut. ! It was after this again in Vienna that John Bitter really; knew that conducting was to be|{ his life’s work. It was also in Vienna that his friendship with{ Samuel Barber, and Giani Carlo Meuotti, begun at the Curtis, was} fenewed. This was a source of great joy and inspiration to all three. _They had unforgetable | musical evenings, a little or- chestra with many _ friends, chamber music, delightful hours | so easy to find in Vienna of those! days. | Then after long rehearsals, for | relaxation they went skating. to} rwhet their appetites for the pro-' Yerbial Wiener’ Schnitzel. Per- | haps.it was the Schnitzel, or i in his blood; but one musician in | an orchestrain Connecticut said: } “We have played the Vienna) Waltzes for twenty years, . but! there are new things in them) when Bitter conducts” His instrument is the flute and, he owns one of the best. It is a] gold flute with a luscious. tone,; and he loves it, but conducting’s the thing just now. Mr. Bitter also received the allied arts} prize. In 1932, he cafme to Jackson-)| ville for the first time to be! soloist with the orchestra which | he was later to conduct. was the first Jacksonville Sym- | phony Orchestra. It paved way for music in this city. though many of the members | were amateurs, some beginners | and some children, by dint of! very faithfyl work and arduous! rehearsing they gave three con-} certs a year im’ ithe Woman's Club, This orchestra was spon- sored. by.a. Nery, generous and far-sighted lady who brought it} into existencé,“starting- -with aj the! Meyer was its first conductor. | In 1934 John Bitter married | j Dorothy Nickelson Dick, a daugh- i {ter of Albert Nichelson, the late} {Nobel Prize Winner. For his} ETE IIS OLS |ine whether these wives were} jPawns in the hands of these vicious murderers” or if the wom-} en,.also, were to blame. | er 9 0 ce rt en CROSS and CHAINS for the Graduate $2.50 to $7.50 ! ——— i JOHNSON’S | 602 Duval Street | hs. Al-@ 9. | theme of the meeting was “The 'King’s Business” with Archie Roberts. making the principal talk. * After‘ businés$ “session a yumiorous debate, was ,enjayed. " Those pres eve RY and Mrs. Archie Roberts, Mr. and Mrs. Eugene L. Roberts, Mr. Mrs, Eugene A. Robefts, Mt: and Mrs. Roland _ Weatherford, “Mrs. Maude Sawyer, ‘Mrs: ‘Dorothy Sands, Miss. Elizabeth Rosam, Miss Katherine Knowles; ' Mrs. Albert Cruz, Mr. and ‘Mrs. C. Sam B. Curry, Mrs. Alecia! Boyen and Rev. and Mrs.'‘0.'C. Howell. p| Robert Gill To Appear At Meeting Tonight Robert D. Gill, agricultural chemist, will appear at the meet- ! ing of the Garden Club and Tree Guild to be held tonight, begin- ning at 8 o'clock, at the Public Library. Mr. Gill will be heard on the subject of plant life in beautification of homes. He will answer questions, take samples of soil and water for analyzing and make recommen- dations for fertilizing, spraying and irrigating homes and estates. This meeting will be free to the general public, and all in- terested are invited to attend. ANSWERS TO DAILY QUIZ Below are the Answers to Test Questions printed on Page 2 nee 1. The Platte. | 2. A mixture of all the colors of the spectrum, from red to violet inclusive, in equal intensities. Leon Henderson, Secretary | of the Temporary National Econome Committee. Canada. General of the Armies of the 6. This| 7 ; 8. Hobart. There is no ‘such require- ment. ‘ 10. wedding. Mr., Bitter composed “Music for September” and’ , his three closest friends ‘played it beautifully. in gmara, cello; Felix. Meyer, et; and Philis_ Byrne, piano. ter ‘their wedding the Bitters’ “sétttéd in SWANK COLLAR BAR and TIE CHAIN SETS : 50c to $3.00 j for the Graduate FRANK JOHNSON 602 Duval Street MONROE THEATER Jack Oakie—Lucille Bell ANNABEL TAKES A TOUR —and— GIRL‘S SCHOOL Matinee—Balcony 10c, Or- chestra 15-25c: Night—15-25¢ “THE KEY WEST CITIZEN » HOWARD HILL WORLD CHAMPION FIELD ARCHER and} ...» the RIGHT COMBINATION of the world’s best cigarette tobaccos ... theyre MILDER and TASTE BETTER Copyright 1939, .Ltectrr & Mars Tosacco Co. Eugene Green ' Miss Marguerite Dion, daugh-| ter of Mr. and Mrs, Fred J. Dion, | of this city, and: Eugene Green, | .employe. of, the - Florida Motor Lines, were yesterday married in Miami. ‘Mrs. Dion was present at the ceremony, Mrs. -Diom and daughter left Key: West last Saturday morning! for Miami enroute to Little River | }to attend the meeting of the So- | dalities Union: last Sunday morn-| ing; Returning they stopped in Miami, and yesterday morning | the! wedding was solemnized. t Elizabeth Likes Pearls, So They’re Stylish Again (By Ananeintea Presa’ LONDON, coming back into vogue, largely because Queen Elizabeth and the | Duchess of Kent are fond of wearing them. Wealthy women not only are buying new strings of pearls, | but also are bringing out heir- | loom necklaces and buying addi- ; tional pearls to enhance them. | The old custom’ of giving chil- dren “add-a-pearl”, necklaces is being revived, too. { COMPACTS ,ofor the Graduate 50c to $5.00 —at— JOHNSON’S 602 Duval Street KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS A delegation from the Seventh District will visit Key West Lodge on Friday, May 26th. A full attendance of the mem- , May 24.—Pearls are | f WEDNESDAY, MAY 24, 1939 Pel Howaap. HILL, World. : Champion Field Archer, can flick the ash off your Chesterfield with a single shot. 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