The Key West Citizen Newspaper, January 9, 1952, Page 4

--* Page4 Wednesday, January 9, 1952 THE KEY WEST CITIZEN BARNEY GOOGLE AND SNUFFY SMITH LAWSY.YES 3!| [AS A MATTER O' FACT, T HEAR TELL I NEVER SEEN TH’ WIMMEN FOLKS (S GIVIN' CRICKET A BABY SHOWER TODAY, RIDOLES (N ALL WY BORNED fate, Inc, World eights reserved. YES, SAM,” CISCO D WE'LL SE? U OUTLAWS ONE TIME. ARE YOu READY 7 ve] lg) I SNUCK IN TWO-THREE SO MANY PRESENTS] {LEETLE BABY PRESENTS } e- ee) Whe (ara © Hh AS CISCO AND PANCHO PROD THEM WITH THE DISARMED OUTLAWS ASCEND ONE BY = "4 “ . ft By Fred Lasswell WHAT ON AIRTH Wuz @ DOUBLE-BARREL SHOTGUN, A BARLOW KNIFE, SIX FISHHOOKS, TWO SINKERS, A BOBBER, SOME LINE AN A CANE POLE GUNS, ONE. eg AKID IN A JALOPY WAS LOOPING IT UP ID DION'T MAKE a THE CURVE: ~ BRINGING UP FATHER oe | BOYSTHAT FIRE FEELS rat wd FATHEAD BROTHER IS H RINGING THE FLONT DOOR- BELL-HUH-''M NOT GONNA “BT HIM IN TO LOAF AROUND THIG FIRE-LET I4IMGO HOME! wow! WHAT'S HAPPENED TO THAT FLUE IN THAT CHMNEY?- IT NEVER IT MIGHT BE OKAY TO THROW ROCKS AT BIRDS 1 BIRDS “THREW ROCKS I BETTER GIT UP ON By Paul Robinson » HELLO, CHIEF,’ THIS IS O'MALLEY AGAIN .”-- TRACE THIS LICENSE NUMBER --- Doc SAID TO GET THE KIOS FOLKS TO THE HOSPITAL: CANT TELL WHO HE IS.’ NO IDENTIFICATION. DOESN'T EVEN HAVE A DRIVER'S LICENSE ON HIM! Nein wll WHOA, FELLUNS... ‘NOW LET'S RUN THROUGH TH’ "LL TEACH YOU WOT SHC EVERY SCOR PLAY IN TH BOOKS". { RECKON WE BETTUH AIN'T AH SUPPOSED T PASS TO BUBBUH?S EF WE STILL GOT FIVE ABLE-BODIED MENT Chapter 22 A FLURRY of gun shots cli- maxed the lowering of Ten- Spot Lolo into the earth. A more appropriate dirge. perhaps, than the hymn which a group of the ladies had just sung over him. save that the shots came from some distance away, followed by what. might have been wild rebel Qnly there was a quality to.tse sounds more savage than the crie: of fighting. men. In them was all the deep-throated sav- agery of a wolf pack at the kill. “This was the voice of a mob. The turmoil was continuing, though the firing had stopped. Ali of it came now from the vicinity of the big Tree, not very far away. Most of the audience who had attended the morning lecture were at the funeral, but enough people had been left in the town to.make up a rival crowd. Now, raising-startled heads, the mourn- ers listened, briefly. Very little time. was required for the ma- jority of the men present to in- terpret those other sounds and to decide that the Tree was now the point of-chief interest on the local scene. They stampeded as though to pour-up from the hole where Ten-Spot had been lowered. Gentleman Jim listened mo- mentarily, then he too was run- ning. The crowd was ten deep as Ke reared the big Tree, and at first all that he could see was that a rope was over the limb of it. Then. as he elbowed closer. he saw) that half.a dozen men had holg*of.the other end of the rope and ‘were preparing to pull. * Standing: beneath the Tree, blood = smeari his face. held erect by two other men, was Big Nose Sullivan. The hampen necktie was about his throat, al- reany chokingly tight. “Heave away!” a red-whiskered man shouted. “Let's see how he can dance a jig on air! Be pecs practice for the dancin’ he'll do in hell tonight!” some sort of a vlague had begun |}, HANGMAN'S COULEE By AL CODY itated mo- an outlaw, who deserved what he was get- ting, a man who had come here at the wrong moment, who could be a menace. A man who would be relentless and remorseless. He had only to stand ba d again luck would play into his hands— Then, with a gasping cry. Gen- tleman Jim was fighting his way closer. He was like a madman, and they gave way before him. But as the two men beside the outlaw shrank back, Big Nose Sagged in the noose. The man who appeared to be the ringlead- er spat. There was a derisive curl to his flaming beard, a bantering sort of savage amusement in deep-set eyes. “Don’t get het-up, Professor,” he suggested. “This is Big Nose Sullivan—an’ everybody ows who he is! We caught him snoop- Ping in’ around out here—so we're going to give him all the hangin’ around he wants!” Gentleman Jim was beside Big Nose now, one arm about him, supporting his sagging figure. but the outlaw boss was a dead weight in his grasp. He faced them angrily, a sickness in ihe pit of his stomach. It might so easily ave been himself in this spot, and it still might be! “Outlaw he may be,” he said. “And maybe in need of hanging! But any man has a right to a f: You've a_ sheriff in tl town. Let him handle 2 Don't stain your hands with the blood of any man!” Again the ring-leader grinning crookedly. “Them’s nice words, Professor, and mebby they'd a; ply—ordi- nary,” he agreed. “only, if you'll look, you'll see that hangin’ ain’t join’ to make much diff'rence to im, anyhow! He stopped two— three bullets ‘fore we got to him. Deader’n a mackerel. Though he did all right for himself, shootin’ back! Look!” He lifted one brawny arm, down which blood was running, and laughed at the wound. Gentleman Jim h spat, run ou needed | him 'LOUDS were buil west, spreading with but omino patience wind moved t like a dirge soul of hi neath the T, hour befor I iS meeting tent. hanging of Big Nose had bro a flurry of excitement, but now it was over with. The more s. minded might deplore the v which it had ha: nothing new fc lee, and for the m had forgotten it. Tt no lessening of the on account of it. There was still no sign of Happy. Gentleman Jim noved that he had taken warning and « out of town. He felt a Trespo bility for Happy. doubled sin the grim climax of the noon. Yet he had to speak toni in one final lecture, come wh might. After that it would be ou of his hands. All that he knew was that this was his choice. Bet- ter a swift finish than to be hunted dowr the years, finally to end in a noose. Those vears would be worse than empty, fue tile, filled with frustration. Maita was at the organ ag She smiled at him in a way w. made him catch his breath, and then began to play. His eves searched the audience. The Mac- Gilroys were not here this eve- ning. And that, perhaps, was just as well. ere would be evening crowd (To be continued) COUNTY COMMISSION (Continued? from Page One) reasons compiled by Gomez, Bar- ry, Sawyer and others, empha- sizing the benefits presented in the plan, was the point that such a: highway would supply more fresh water for this area via a new pipeline along the proposed highway with the water to be tapped. from the big, natural supply over on Cape Sa- ble. Other pertinent benefits: the road would provide another out- let from Key West ‘besides the Overseas Highway which might pe destroyed -by a natural or a man-made ‘catastrophe such as war; it would bea direct way to the Everglades National Park; it would.increase property value in the, Keys; it: would. bring more tourists to Key West and the vicinity. Beyond approval, the County Commission will ‘take no further action at‘ this time, Chairman Gerald Saunders said, adding “It is a’ wondérful project with un- doubted ‘atlvantages.”"_ The Commission, was also pre- sented ‘with’.a-tetter ‘from the By Roy Gotio State Road ‘department notifying them. of ‘a; meeting for consider- ing the 1082 budget. The meet- ing - will” Be held in ‘Tallahassee Monday, January 14 at 8:30 a.m. Enclosed was a statement show- ing secondary funds-available for expenditure in 1952 and a report of the 1950-1951 funds. \ The status of the road funds showed ahestimated income of | $263,440 from county surplus 80) per cent funds; $156,319 from county 7th cent gas, 80 per cent Yutids; $30,100 from the Federal , he Monroe County expendi-| une committee for. 1952 comes to 440; the balance was shown at $186,419, Available funds for 1952 were quoted at $219,498.98. Bond requirements for the Joe Sirugo's plans for a plat in the Sunshine Subdivision, by the Roosevelt Boulevard Holding Company, Inc., of which Sirugo is president. He said that the 98 units would rent for $85 per month ahd that the more than half a million dollar develop- ment would be started before this month is over. A change in the installations of plumbing for the courthouse was ptesented in a letter from the M. E. Bennett Construction company and accepted by the commission. J. M. Watkins of th wompany pointed out that “wil the present and prospective water Seprattically pre- pec facilities, it would be pressure tank pump to boos’ ithe cost of about $290.” Also approved was a bond for a deputy’ sheriff on the Keys and for a night watchman at Monroe General hospital. Clerk of Circuit Court, sheriff's constables and justices of the peace departments as well as that of the tax assessor's office were submitted. Present at the meeting were Chairman Gerald Saunders, Joe Allen, Harry Harris, Clarence Aid funds. The total is $449,859. | Overseas Highway amount to $263,440. | The Commissioners approved | low! use’ of flushmeters for | better to"install an 80 gallon: pressufe from the city supply at) Funeral Services For Irvin Pinder This Thursday Funeral services for Mr. Irvin Pinder, 45, who died Sunday at the U.S. Naval Hospital, will be con- ducted on Thursday afternoon at 4:30 P.M. at the Chapel of the Prit- chard Funeral Home. Rev. W.J. Ashworth, Pastor, Fleming St. Methodist Church woll ; officiate at the services. Burial will | be in the family plot in the City Cemetery. Mr. Pinder was a veteran of Wor- ld War II. Military funeral honors will be accorded by the Key West Guard of Honor of Arthur Sawyer Post No. 28, American Legion. Pallbearers will be selected from Arthur Sawyer Post. Blast Damages Crusader’s Home PHENIX CITY, Ala. () — An explosion early today heavily dam- aged the frame home of a promi- nent anti-vice crusader in this gau- dy night-spot town across the Chat- tahoochee River from Columbus, Ga. Police Chief Pal M. Daniel said no one was injured in the blast | that shattered the one-story home of Hugh Bentley, active in waging a campaign against vice and gam- bling here. Bentley was away when the blast occurred at 12:20 a. m., but his wife and three children were asleep in the structure. A sleeping porch and two bedrooms were demolish- d, but Mrs. Bentley and the child- ren escaped unhurt. | Bentley, defeated for the City {Commission in 1950, said his life recently had been threatened, but | that he was at a loss to understand | why his home was bombed during his absence. | Sheriff H nounced a personal reward of $500 for information leading to the ar- Test of persons responsible for the explosion. Daniel said windows to the south | and east of the Bentley home were | Shattered and that the blast was heard more than five miles away. Police and newspaper switchboards | Were jammed with enquiries. RABBI A. SCHWARTZ (Continued From Page One) lar services including nday School and the dé y religious school at the church, beginning m Monday. “My wife and I are very glad © get back to Key West, the city ; With the friendliest people and jbest climate in Florida,” de- clares the Rabbi. He was a patient in the Victoria Hospital jin Miami during his Iness Rabbi and Mrs. Schwartz h opr jall their friends stop by their home at § ~=Simonton | street, for a visit with them. | ee | Connecticut was the first State to as radar speed meters in police }——_____ | Higgs, Frank’ Bentley; Earl {Adams and J. Lancelot Lester. ; The new meeting room |crowded with spectators and rep- |resentatives of various county enterprises, including William Albury of Monroe General hos- ’ pital. i Ralph Mathews an- was | Hart To Testify ‘On $60,000 Bribe SHREVEPORT, La. ) — Lewi Hart, Texas oilman, returns to the witness stand today to testify against suspended U. S. Attorney Harvey L. Carey on trial in Feder al District Court charged with ask- ing a $60,000 bribe from Hart. Carey was indicted by a federai grand jury last March on charges of soliciting the bribe from Har. {to squash pending perjury charges against the oilman and four of his employes. The 68-year-old Hart, of Dallas and Longview, Tex., testitied tha” Carey was willing to “settle” the pending perjury charges for a $60,- 000 “campaign contribution.” ; Carey never explained what “campaign” he was talking about when he solicited the alleged bribe, Hart told the all-male jury. i Hart also told of attempting t) lead Carey into an FBI trap in Shreveport hotel in December, 1950) by offering the U. S. attorney a $2,500 ‘‘good faith’ down payment on the $60,000. He said the trap failed when Carey called and said “Let it go- we'll settle it all at. one time.’ The perjury charges that aré | still pending are based on state ments Hart and four employe made before the Federal Petrol cum Board about oil illegally pro duced in violation of the Connall Act. . The federal act prohibits the transportation of illegally producer oil from one state to another. I was up to Carey to prosecute Har and his employes on the perjur: charges. On Carey's recommendation, hart and the employes were fined $12,- 000 in Federal Court for violation of the Connally Act, but the gov- ernment never prosecuted the per- jury charges. Hart admitted in his testimon: Tuesday that he committed per jury before the Federal Petroleum Board. ADAMS QUALIFIED (Continued From Page One) auditor's report for th the Board of County Commissior Jers,” Adams said. The state auditors reportec ‘The financial management by the board was good. The record indicated a tendency on the Board's part to operate the af- f of the county on a sound and economical basis. - > budgets prepared for th years 1949-1950 and 1950-51 wer: {more closely followed than in !prior years.” 4 ; Adams said while the count: commissioners’ audit is a reflec tion on the operation of th county affairs by the board, h v oud of the audit becaus he accounts, disbursements an eipts were handled by thy jclerk's office, and the clerk 43 auditor for the board offers suf gestions for the preparation 061 | the budget and likewise sees that the disbursements are kept with jin budget al } wanes.” i ——— | St. Jerome, writing in the fourth century, informs us that ‘the fam: lof St. Agnes, Virgin and Martyr | was spread through all nations anc | that hymns and homilies had beet {written in her honor in all lang- uages. retinas