The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 26, 1952, Page 5

* directed his bondsman . and his Reporters Witness Capture Of Bad Check Artist On Keys SMITH TRIES FOR 2ND ESCAPE ON WILD TRIP DOWN FROM MIAMI JAIL By SUSAN McAVOY T’was the day before Christ- ™as, and two Citizen reporters said, “Ah it’s as quiet as a} mouse. ‘Jim Cobb, was driving up the Keys with Ed Gibson and me. Our last thought was of a news story. We were “up” not only for December 24 but December | 25, since we were publishing no paper Christmas day. Suddenly at Lake Surprise, just below Jewfish Creek, we saw Florida Highway Patrolman Jack Walden with a cocked saw- ed off shotgun in hand looking grimly into the water just off the highway. A little farther on ‘we saw a man with a pistol aim- ed at and covering a barefoot, dark, young man carrying his shoes, walking from side to the Atlantic side of the highway. “What on earth?” We sprang forward in the car, our adrenalin ‘working as we saw news in the making. Ed turned around on the highway, a precarious job at the least, and we tooled back to where not one, but two high- ‘way patrolmen now stood over the waters of Lake Surprise with guns. Then we saw the U.S. Na- tional. Park ranger truck go zooming toward Miami with three men besides the driver. We hopped out of the car and rushed over to Patrolman Walden. He and the Homestead patrol- man were not talkative. “It was that guy Smith, the so-called millionaire,” Walden said tersely. “He and his bonds- men and lawyer came down here from Miami to look for $2700 he said he had thrown into Lake Surprise. when captured last week.” ! It seems that the young “con” artist, William James Smith, had talked a bondsman named Gos- wick into going bond for him to “spring him” from the Miami jail to which he was transferred last Tuesday ftom our county jail. Security for. the bond, said Smith, would be the $2700 Smith had thrown into Lake Surprise to avoid its being taken by State Highway Patrol when he was * captured last week. The intrepid bad check artist lawyer to look into the blue waters of Lake Surprise. Then he made a dash for freedom. Superintendent of the Ever- glades National Park, Dan Beard told us in Homestead: ranger said Smith was found making like a cotton mouth, lying in the water across the road. Our ranger just hap- pened to be driving by on the highway. He was flagged down by the bondsman and lawyer, and stopped to help them find Smith.” held Smith at pistol. point, escorted him to his truck and took the lawyer and bondsman back to their car. Jim Cobb, who has been cov- ering the Smith case, will pro- vide the facts of the case from there. That day before Christmas wa stopped at the Everglades Park Service headquarters in the Gulf) [Noon Stock Market Prices NEW YORK (AP)Hupp Corp. All G Eq 85 Minois Cent Allegh Corp 5% int. Harvester Allis Cha Mfg 59%Kresge (SS. Am Airi 14% K Am Can AT & T 35%Lehman Corp I574Lig. & Myers 645s Lockh, Airc. 28% Loews Inc. | 40% Lorillard (P) iO%Louisy & Nash 65% | 101% M American Tob Am. Woolen Anacon Cop jArmour & Atchison | Atl Coast Line Atl Refining Balt & Ohio Beth Steel Burl Mills Co West 504 54% Packard Mt 5% | 16% Pepsi Cola 11% | 64% Phileo “Corp 385$Philip Morris 38% Radio Corp ry 90%% Reo Motors Colg. Palm P Colum Gas 5 : Cons Vultee 20% | Cont Can Corn Prod 487 Eastern 6 Air L 2 Erie RR is Co, 56% Pac C & O 42 4Un Carbide 70%Un Oil Cal 52% Union Pacifie 115% 58% United Aire. 37 67% United Fruit 56% Glidden Co. 345U. S. Steel 4134 Goodrich Rub, 75 f Goodyear Greyhound GERMAN ATTORNEY (Continued from Page One) so that we may understand each other better,” he said. The student is hopeful that the world will see peace in our time, He cited the daily views of condi- tions behind the iron curtain in East Germany as the strongest weapon against Communism in Germany today. The sight of thousands of refugees pouring across the boundaries that divide the country is the best safeguard against the growing communist threat in Europe today, he said. All is not well in Europe, how- ever, he pointed out when he said: “In Germany, the east envies the west — they live in fear of each other. Germans hope that one day they will be united but they doubt if it can be accomplished in a peaceful manner.” Jartwig cited the Russian policy of creating local wars as the great- est threat of peace to the world. “The situation could explode into another major war,” he pointed out, The youth of Germany, how- ever, stands as a bulwark against aggression, he averred. The youth of Germany is begin- ning to assert itself in the selec- tion of their leaders. German stu- dents are just about 100 per cent opposed to East German policies, Germany has made huge ad- vances economically in the six years since the end of World War Two, and today the average Ger- man University student stands a Rood chance of having a good fu- ture and there is a generally high standard of employment _ there, Jartwig said. The “very rich” way of life in this country has impressed the Student greatly, he said. In addi-| tion, the beauty of the country is impressive. American fruit juices | are his greatest luxury after the} hardships of German austerity. “I} also like the idea of playing tennis the year around,” he continued. Jartwig labelled rumors — that Hitler may still live as “none- Sense.” Not one out of a million Germans would believe such a so Jim could find out what the Park ranger had done with the Federal prisoner. ~Dan Beard offered us his phones. Jim called the AP while Ed and I looked at the fine col- lection of charts, maps and litera- ture at the Everglades headquar- ters. Beard gave us a copy of his article on the Park in a National Geographic, a chart, and other useful information for a future cruise in that territory. HOMEOWNER NABS (Continued from Page One) been deflected by a post on the porch. The possibility that someone else might have been involved in the incident was advanced when it was revealed that an automobile was | parked down the street at the time. It was driven away shortly before the police arrived, however. While Gable was awaiting the ar- rival of police, Faraldo said he kept asking for a ‘“‘chance to talk | to his friend.” PROWLER ATTEMPTS | (Continued from Page One) @ Toomer at the Greene Street address. i Questioning by police and! Sheriff's Deputy Serge Hernan-| dez disclosed that he had no con-| nection with the attack, however. | His description did not fit that of the prowler. Miss Fereschlete is remai in the Monroe General Ho: for observation and an X-ra: port on her condition. curred severe bruises about neck and héad lacerations ir attack. Police and the Sheriff’ Ment are continuing th Bakon. i }Oakes murker j story. Nazism is dead, he added. | Jartwig is a veteran of a year’s service in the Luftwaffe and the German Army where he incurred | a wound that kept him hospitalized | until the war’s end. His treatment | in a British prison camp was fine, he said. Jartwig will remain in Key| West a week. He is planning a/| side trip to Havana while here. | DEPUTY JAMES B ARKER| * | extreme The WEATHERMAN =p Key West and Vicinity: Clear to partly cloudy and continued mild today and tonight; increas- ing cloudiness Saturday. Gentle to moderate variable winds. P Florida: Considerable cloudi- ness over north and central por- ions today and Saturday and oc- casional light rain in extreme north portion today. Clear to partly cloudy in south portion. Cooler in north portion today and in central portion Saturday. Con- tinued mild in south portion. Jacksonville through the Flor- ida Straits and East Gulf of Mexico: Gentle to moderate variable winds becoming mod- erate northerly in extreme north *|portion today and elsewhere in north portion tonight and Satur- day. Mostly cloudy in north por- tion with occasional light rain in north portion today. Clear to partly cloudy over south portion. Western Caribbean: Moderate easterly winds and partly cloudy weather through Saturday. Observations taken at City Office Key West, Fla., Dec. 26, 1952 9:00 A.M., EST Temperatures Highest yesterday —. Lowest last night —— Mean ~ Total last 24 hours — Total this month — .54 ins, Deficiency this month . .90 ins. Total this year _.._____ 32.74 ins, Deficiency this year __. 5.18 ins, 0 ins. Relative Humidity at 9:00 A.M: 74% Barometer (Sea Level) 9:00 A.M. 30:18 ins—1022.0 mbs. Tomorrow’s Almanac Sunsise , _______ 7:10 a.m. Sunset 5:46 p.m. Moonrise 7:26 p.m. Moonset 3:52 a.m. TOMORROW'S TIDES (Naval Base) GH Low 12:32 a.m. 11:18 a.m. DEATH JEROME W. ROBINSON Mr. Jerome W. Robinson, 50, died. Tuesday .night in the Monroe General Hospital after a short ill ness, The body is being sent to Hemp- stead, New York for services and burial in the family plot by the Lopez Funeral Home. He is survived by his wife, Mary and a sister, Miss Elsie Robinson of Hempstead. NATION’S AIRLINES COMPILE GOOD RECORD WASHINGTON w—The nation’s scheduled airlines apparently com- piled their best safety record this year with 0.38 passenger deaths for each 100 million passenger miles, the Civil Aeronautics Board said yesterday. The death rate was an estimate, based on latest available statistics for the year not quite ended, SMITH “TALKS” WAY (Continued from Page One) desperate attempt at gaining his freedom. Goswick then hailed a passing Everglades National Park Ranger who alerted the State Highway Pa- trol and a search was started. The shivering confidence man was flushed from hiding in the Swamp and returned to the County jail in Miami, Ranger Dean Shults of the Ever- glades National Park staff made the capture at gunpoint, Highway Patrolman Jack Walden also took 7:19 am. 6:04 p.m. (Continued from Page One) | addict was the first indication to} this paper or to AP reporter Eddie Jones that Barker had the habit. Barker was retired from the Miami police force in 1950. Though i retired as a chief of detectives, he had been called in ss police | identification expert in the famous In the 195: pearance of Huguette Le 21 year old beauty, Barker was the } {deputy in charge of the investiga- | tion. Le May said that Barker was Barker told The Citizen in October that he had all the files of the Le May case at his home ia Tavernier, Asked what he planned to do with them follow- ing his resignation as sheriff, he would not disclose hi: intentions. The Le May files, therefore, may stit be in his house Taver nier or in the Redlands home. The I She in. | Subscribe to The Citizen part in the search, Posing as the heir to a multi- million dollar fortune, Smith had Passed over 85 bad checks amount- m: four-month spree, hree companions, Miss Diane L bach, 19, of Los Angeles, i‘. Lo Piccolo, 20, St, Louis} and Miss Elvie Milan of New York are being held in the Monroe County jail for investigation pend- ing a report from the FBI on their fingerprints. GIVES UP DIET THAT SLIMMED HIM TO 369 FT. WORTH, Tex. W—The way Guy (Texas Tiny you'd think he neve he back to Cal ia. esterday jilted the diet d him down from 642 ere 369 in favor of a inner with turkey and here to see Calif. dise (Kress Employees to thousands of dollars: in a} Get Xmas Bonus New York, Dec, 12, 1952 — In recognition of loyalty and service, S. H. Kress and Co. announced a Christmas and Length of Service payment. The Christmas bonus bonus was paid on December 24, 1952 to employees other than ex ecutives, in 261 stores, New York Office and Wholesale House. The length of Service payment will be made to full-time regular employes other than executives on February 6, 1953. The total -dis- Friday, December 26, 1952 THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Page 5. DEATH TAKES (Continued from Page One) were some 1,300 accidents. More than a dozen persons were killed, including four by hit and run driy- ers. Traffic Chief Michael Aearn blamed the heavy toll on drunken drivers and increased traffic be- cause of the relatively mild weath- er. The Associated Press survey con- tinues through the extended holiday weekend to midnight Sunday. The National Safety Council has esti- mated a traffic death toll of 590 tributed as a Christmas bonus and Length of Service payment will be approximately $5,000,000. SOUGHT FOR e (Continued from Page One) Guard men said this morning was @ Gulf-wide search costing doz- ens of hours of manpower and thousands of dollars of taxpay- ers money. The Lillie Dansker, lacked a radio, except a receiving portable set. Crew of the schooner did not even know they were the object of a Coast Guard search when they tied up at Gulf Porter dock here the day before Christmas at 5:30 p.m. “We just flaked out at La Con- cha, all of us, we were so bushed,” Lt. Bromfield said. “It wasn’t till I talked with my family in Boston at 11 p. m. Christmas eve that I learned the Coast Guard was hunting for us. Yesterday I went over to the Naval station and asked them to inform the Coast Guard that we were safe and well.” The only ord@al of the trip in the 36 foot schooner was on Dec- ember 11 when a norther hit. Then the high waves, and rough water, were hard on the less experienced members of the crew, particularly the new owner. “We made 158 hours in one 24 hour period,” Bromfield said proudly. “Because it was a beam wind and we really went fast.” The yachting party did not in- form the Coast Guard of any ETA in Fort Lauderdale when they left December 10, 11 a. m. Bromfield said that Dr. Blair, who is a member of the Coast Guard reserve and a veteran sailor, did not think it necessary. if was he who charted the trip straight from Corpus Cristi to Key West, rather than running coastwise. “On December 17 we had only 250 miles to go to reach Dry Tortugas,” Bromfield said. “That was at the end of only six and one half days. We had run a beautiful straight course. But then northwest of Tortugas the wind died completely. We were becalmed one and one half days. After that the wind was wrong, from the East, and we were bucking it and the currents. We wound up south of Tortugas, 80 miles from Cuba. We saw our first land at Loggerhead Key on Monday at 5 p. m. your time. We spotted the Tortugas light there. Then it took us from Tuesday till Wednesday at 5:30 to reach Key West. That was a rough part of the trip too.” Skipper Blair and his mate Bromfield were the only real sailors aboard, Bromfield said. “We could have used our four cylinder 40 horsepower auxiliary engine judiciously and made the trip faster, but we never thought to speed up the trip. We only used the engine when we left Corpus Cristi, and around Loggerhead Key for three hours when we were bucking the current, and coming into Key West.” The womanless crew rotated in the galley on the voyage over. Menus had been provided by Bos- ton’s snooty S. S, Pierce store. “We threw those menus over the side in the norther,” said Lt. Bromfield. “We ran out of ice on the tenth day and lived on our canned goods until Wednesday.” Today they shopped in Key West for provisions for the run up to Fort Lauderdale. ‘One big item they were still searching for as we left the Gulf Porter docks was a chart of the voyage up the Keys. They could not find one at any store in Key | West, Bromfield said. Fortunately | for the 102-hour period. Council President Ned H. Dear- born said if the present trend con- tinues, hwoever, “‘we are headed for an all-time high for the holiday death toll.” The death toll by states, listing traffic, fire and miscellaneous: Alabama 1 0 0; Arizona 2 0 0; Arkansas 3 0 1; California 10 2 0; Colorado 2 0 0; Connecticut 1 1 0; Delaware 1 0 0; Florida 2 0 0; Georgia 5 0 2; Illinois 16 1 1; In- diana 12 0 0; Iowa 3 1 2; Kansas 210; Kentucky 3 0 2. e Louisiana 3 1 0; Maryland 5 2 0; Massachusetts 3 1 1; Michigan 10 0 3; Minnesota 5 0 0; Mississippi 10 0; Missouri 12 0 0; Nebraska 100; New Hampshire 1 0 0; New Jersey 2 1 2; New Mexico 3 0 0; New York 21 2 1. North Carolina 4 0 5; Ohio 26 0 1; Oklahoma 9 0 0; Pennsylvania 16 11; South Carolina 7 0 1; South CONCERNING THE ANYTHING AUTOMOBILES SEE TWINS 1130 Duval St. Dial 2-2401 pS THREE HOTELS IN MIAMI Adams Funeral _ Services To Be Sun. 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