The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 26, 1952, Page 1

The Associate. Press Teletype Features and Photo Services, For 72 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West Warmest City In Nation Today Was KEY WEST 68° Che Key Wiest € THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U.S.A. VOL. LXXII, No. 307 -SOUGHT-FOR SCHOONER IS SAFE AFTER 13 DAYS CROSSING GULF Skipper’s Wife Touched Off CG Search From Texas To S.C. BY SUSAN MCAVOY The 36 foot schooner Lillie Dans- ker, object of an intensive Coast Guard search in the Gulf of Mexi- co for three days costing thou- sands of dollars, is none the worse for wear after her 13 day trip from Corpus Cristi, Tex. to Key West. 26 year old Lt. Morton Brom- field, USNR, of Boston, told us the story of the voyage which mobi- lized’ the entire Coast Guard from Galveston to Charleston, S. C. “We had no serious trouble. We were just held up by a dead calm, and then contrary winds.” Today Bromfield’s 21 year old wife Eileen also from Boston is with him, She and Shelly Liner, -18, daughter of John Liner, owner of the sailing vessel, her fiance, Dick Sato, and professional skip- per Ray Knox, of Lauderdale are sailing her home to Fort Lauder- dale’s fancy Bahia Mar marina. Liner, who had just bought the schooner from Dr. J. V. Blair of Corpus Cristi, made his first major voyage on the Lillie Dansker dur- ing her turbulent trip which kept them rolling and tossing in waves ten to 12 feet high, and out of sight of land for 12 days. It was Skipper Blair’s wife back in Corpus Cristi who grew worried. Prowler Attempts To Strangle Woman Here Thursday Night Death Takes Heavy Holiday Highway Toll All Time High May Be Reached In Four-Day Weekend Traffic By The Associated Press Violent accidents took a heavy death toll in the nation over the Christmas holiday, with traffic mis- haps the No. 1 killer. A new all-time death toll on the highways for a four-day holiday period was indicated if the current trend continues. The traffictoll mounted steadily throughout Christmas Eve and Christmas Day and passed the 200 mark early today. The nation’s Police Search For Mysterious Prowler After Pillow Case Attack Xmas Night Mystery surrounds the cir- cumstances of an assault Christ- mas night in which a young Greene Street woman narrowly escaped death by strangulation at the hands of an unidentified assailant who entered her room as she slept. Miss Theodora Fereschelte of 408 Greene Street is in the Mon- roe General Hospital today after being attacked by a nocturnal | prowler. who apparently attempt- ed to end her life by strangling her with a pillowcase. Both the KEY WEST, FLORIDA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1952 iS — +) | oe we oan S Deputy James Barker Killec | As Climax To His Long Bout With Narcotics” x*«e* xk tk xe wf y Son, D xk * PRICE FIVE CENTS uane x * k Smuth “Talks” Way Out Of Miami Jail Wed. - BAD CHECK ARTIST RETAKEN AFTER KEY \ JAUNT WITH MIAMI BAIL BONDSMAN By JIM COBB William James Smith, Jr., 21, of Los Angeles, who was captured in Key West last week on bad check charges ejoyed a short-liv- ed period of freedom Wed- nesday afternoon, when with his glib tongue, he talked himself out of the Dade County jail to lead a Miami bail bondsman and victim and police have been un- able to explain the evidently un- provoked attack. According to the police report, they were called to the Greene Street address where they found the victim, who was bleeding badly, in her bed. ' Nearby, they "| discovered a blood stained pillow- case, a portion of which had been torn off and us#d to strangle her. She was also beaten about the head. Officers pieced together a dis- jointed story from the hysterical victim ‘whieh indicated that the mysterious assailant had knock- total !ed on the door to her room at a late hour and she answered arley sent me.” ‘There popes thera por. opspaieatmin memet| Key West Holiday saw the man who allegedly as- Is Accident Free saulted her, lying on a bed. She Police Chief Joseph Kemp re- described him as being large, ported today that Key West's dark and wearing a white T shirt and khaki trousers. Christmas holiday was not mar- red by a single traffic accident. The man was later identified as Kemp attributed the fine safety (Continued On Page Five) record to the fact that Key West- Faith In UN. NOTICE All vehicles bearing a Monroe County license plate February 20, 1953, the evidence of this free passage being the attachment to the vehicle of a 1952 Florida ies. Effective February 20, 1953, each vehicle with a County prefix number 38 license plate attached addition, be to have attached to the the same number as the these stickers to be secured County ‘Tax Collector, with- All cars must stop at toll gate and receive receipt for free mon carriers licensed Public Utilities passage. The above toll free features do not by the Floride State to com- oad and Effective January }, 1953, toll rates on vehicles other than those above indicated will be: weight of vehicle ranging $2.00 to $5.00 There will be no charge on passengers carried by Must Be Upheld WASHINGTON Ww — Americans should not let allegations that sub- versives have infiltrated the U. S. staff at the United Nations under- | mine their faith in the world organ- |ization, Sen. O’Conor (D-Md) said yesterday. O’Conor is a member of the Sen- ate internal security subcommittee, whose hearings have been a factor in the discharge of 29 U. S. nation- als from the U. N. staff. The Amer- icans were fired on the ground that they may be disloyal to the | U. S. government. O’Conor said in a statement: 2-5631 FULL PHONE Week End Special 1941 Buick Super Fordor Sedan ONLY $95.00 attorney on a wild goose chase down the Keys ta’ hunt for a “missing” . wal- let containing, he said, $2,- 700 in cash. But, Smith spent most of his’ brief period of freedom making like a cottonmouth while crawl- ing around in a mangrove swamp at Jewfish Creek trying to evade @ possee of State Highway Pa- German Attorney Vacations In Key West For Holiday Season GUEST OF MONROE COUNTY BAR ASS’N COMPARES KEY WEST WITH SOUTH ITALY Hope for “peace on earth” in the world today lies in the ability of nations to engage in the free exchange of ideas and‘ education in the opinion of Bernd Jartwig, 26-year-old German attorney now in this country for a year of grad- uate study at Duke University. Jartwig is in Key West for the Christmas holidays as the guest of Hoke Holcomb, 504 Bahama Street, freshman pre-medical student at thét university. This year marks the first Christ- mas spent in a tropical locale for Jartwig who is making his initial trip to this country. ‘The Monroe County Bar Associa- tion is sponsoring Jartwig’s visit here and he is the guest of the Set of the Casa Marina trolmen and Everglades National} Hotel Park Rangers who smoked: him, out of hiding after he had es- caped the custody of his bonds- ern city, had talked the bonds- man, Charles Goswick of Miami int posting $1000 bond for his release. He told them that. when he had leaped into the sea last week to avoid capture at thé end of a 105 mile chase up the Keys, he had lost the wallet containing the cash. He evidently had told Nan that he would share is money with him for his ane jom. ssi dashed into swamp in (Continned On Page Five COMPLETE LINE OF GARDEN TOOLS Thompson Enterprises, HARDWARE DIVISION Caroline St. Dial 2.3132 Ine. 2-5631 PRICE dartwig contrasted the sun- drenched Keys with the rural area of his birth near Cologne where he received his early edu- cation. “Generally German Christmas cusfoms are pretty much like American, but the climate is a little different from man ambassador of the German nation. “It is my: sincere GREETINGS! BENNY'S CAFETERIA Turkey With Dressing and Cranberry Sauce 90c Lechon to Take Out In Addition to All Our Excellent Food 905 Simonton St. Phones 2-0675 — 2-6952 KEY WEST SALVAGE CO. STOCK Homeowner Nabs Prowler At Gunpoint Sailor Clad In Shorts Is Jailed On Trespassing Charge Christmas Son Says He Wa Former Monroe County Barker, 49, and retired Miami Chief of Detectives, shot to death by his 24 year s About To Order Father Out Of His Redlands Home Because Of Former Miami Chief Detective’s Dope Addiction Deputy Sheriff James .O. was old son in the latter’s home- stead home at 2:30 a.m. today, the AP telephoned The Citizen. Barker, who is famous in this country for his work on the disappearance of Huguette LeMay, Canadian, and throughout the U. S. for his work in the 1945 Oakes mur- der in the Bahamas, was admittedly shot by his 24 year old son Duane,. Barker resigned in October as Monroe Local Woman Is Charles W. Gable, of the Naval Seriously Hurt Base, was jailed last night follow- ing a wild escapade in which he was captured in his undershorts at gunpoint after he had attemped to enter a private home at Flagler | Avenue and 17th Terrace. Gable is free today on $150 bond for ap- In Nev. Accident Mrs. Douglas Pearson, the former Nellie Trujillo, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Antonio Tru- jillo of Key West, was seriously injured when she was struck by a car near Las Vegas, Nevada, | Thursday, December 18. SKATING—2:30 - 4:30 PA! ENTS WELCOME FREE 420 SOUTHARD ST. TEL. 916 Electrical Appliances & Supplies, REFERENCES REQUIRED Phone 2-5922 for Appointment ISLAND Contractors and Builders Attention FOR SALE USED — STEEL PIPE - BEAMS - ANGLES Radios, General Hardware, etc. Lt. and Mrs. Pearson were on their way to his new Navy duty station in Monterey, California, and had stopped along the way to film some -moving pictures. Mrs, Pearson was beside the road taking the pictures when an on- ‘coming car struck her. 3 termined. Mrs. Pearson’s mother traveled from Key West to be with her daughter, arriving at the bedside Tuesday. According to a telegram re- ceived by members of the family here from Lt. Pearson this morn- ing, he is making efforts to ar- range for his wife to be brought to the Naval Hospital ~ here for further treatment when she is able to be moved. He said she is! “coming along slowly, but will require a long period of ortho- pedie convalescence.” STALIN’S WORDS FILL MOSCOW AIRWAVES LONDON (®—Stalin’s statement ‘on world tensions monopolized all Moscow radio broadcasts moni- — here yesterday. oscow’s English - la: transmissions beamed to the United States repeated Stalin’s replies to newspaper questions 48 times in the early morning alone. It also was County Deputy Sheriff. John Tyler, chief of Dade Coun- ty’s Bureau of Investigation said that Baker admitted shooting his father and was weeping uncon- trollably in Dade County jail, but * gave this story to Tyler. Young Baker said: “lt is the climax to a long bout my father had with narce- tics. He would take any kind of dope he could get his hands on, Ful ieé Yotet ciate ee it force. 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