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Page 2 THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Thursday, February 26, 1953, PAIR FOUND (Continued from Page One) flashlight while the jailer pushed on the lever which automatically opens the cell block doors that work on combination. He said Jackson was at the lavatory and that Davis was right at the door leading into the bull pen. vis, hit Labrada and with his left hand and knocked him down, he id. Luoni believes the cocky prisoner had a weapon inside VISIT THE Flower SHOW Feb. 28 - Mar. 1 2 and 3 ELKS CLUB. ANNEX KEY WEST GARDEN CLUB This Space Contributed By GARDNER'S Rexall Pharmacy | 1114 Truman Avenve PHONE 27641 his clenched fist. A cylinder of of wood like part of a croquet mallet was found on the floor after the struggle. | “Davis’ said to Jackson, ‘Get him,’ and Jackson came toward me,” Luoni stated. “All I had in | mind was self preservation. I took | the flashlight and struck at him, We tussled and I knocked him} down. I had him down, but the | flashlight slipped out of my hand ‘and he got it and cracked me] |over my face and head. My face} | still isn’t right. It still troubles | me where I got hit. I was stunned | for awhile. Then 1 went to get up and Jackson came at me with a/ | stool and yelled ‘If you get up! Yl kill you.’ That made me stay | on the floor. What else could I do? I was still dizzy and he looked. . ./ well I can’t expalin, but like he! | Was crazy. . ito take: any more chances.” ; Luoni’s face still shows a result j | of the beating. Mrs. Labrada later said that when she get upstairs with the gun after being. warned by the cook that there was “‘trou- \ble upstaiss” in the old jail, the trustee was still shaking his dazed and bloody head and was stunned. | Jailer Labrada was the most emphatic in telling of the attack. | He said that he couldn’t free his head from under the table when | | Davis knocked him down and then | pinned him by the arms. 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By the time Jackson got back to the big outer door, the jailer’s wife was there with a pistol point- ed through the grill and the break was over. Mrs. Labrada gave the final tes- timony. Warned by the cook, she stop- -and I wasa’t going | ped feeding her young child, took the pistol and went upstairs. where she met the injured trusty. Jackson said something she couldn’t understand and disap- peared. Her husband then appear- ed and she heard Jackson whine, “I didn't hit you.” “I saw my husband was all right, though hurt, so I went downstairs. I met Conley and the Shore Patrolman on the third step. I gave the S.P. the pistol and said, ‘You may need this.’ ” At the close of today’s session she remarked that ‘Those boys act smarty and we have to watch them all the time. They’re dangerous.” During the afternoon, the jury filed over to the old jail and were shown the scene of the attempted break. This was done at the order of the judge after Jackson and Davis had protested that witnesses against them could not have seen what went on from their cell block to the right of the center enclosure. The pair stood by handcuffed while jurors, cautioned to no discussion, were shown the premises by the jailer. The tour proved that most phases of the fight had certainly been within range of the colored cell block. Talking in a hillbilly twang, Davis brashly contradicted wit- nesses and himself. When asked if he had anything to say, he took the stand with eager beaver tac- tics. To the judge he said, “You Rolled Beef eAnd Those Special Frankfurters ALL THIS AND MORE AT LAND 0’ SUN H. SHAFNER, Mor. 1001 Truman and Grinnell On Your Next Trip Over the Keys, Relax at HARRY’S SAVOY Restaurant, Tavernier, Florida JUST GOOD FOOD Judge For Yourself J. D. MeANDREWS, Proprietor ™ and Lounge ONLY NASH MIAMI MCTORS CAN DO IT YOUR BEST DEAL FOR 1953 $439.00 DOWN OR TRADE-IN 30 MONTHS TO PAY DON’T DELAY — COME IN TODAY — BEAUTIFUL SELECTION TO CHOOSE FROM NASH Sunday & Evenings ROUGH Delivered to MIAMI MOTORS “South's Largest Dealer” 545 NORTH EAST 15TH ST. Venetian Causeway Dial 9-2626 MUCK Key West at $10 Per vers PHONE 48-0144 MIAMI, FLA. | ing them pills | cokes. So | was on the dope say I kin have a lawyer, but how am I gonna git one?’’ He shrugged, then stepped to the witness chair and with elaborate exaggeration addressed the court. “Judge, Your Honor, and gentle- men of the jury... This man, this lawyer (pointing at Cleare), he has all the training. I only been through the sixth grade in school. He knows all about this case. He’s got it all down there on paper. I can’t keep up with the {\guy. I already forgot what all’s been said. He writes it down and he reads it over. I don’t even know what these charges are.” At this point, Cleare handed him | the warrant. “I heard you read this. But I want to see the notes,” Davis frowned. Cleare handed him the sheaf of pencilled notations, witnesses names, some of the pertinent statements he had written. Davis shuffled through the papers then suddenly abandoned the try at being a brilliant legal eagle. “1. was on dope,” he announced The startling statement | brought the question, “Where did you get it?” “Right in the jailhouse,” Dav. is twanged. “Some guy had it, | He got it in the hospital. It was phenobarbital. We’ sat there tak- and = drinkin’ when all this happened. They | said I hit Gerry. | don’t remem- ber. We was talkin’ it over and | then | don’t remember.” A juror asked him if«he was HELICOPTER RESCUE (Continued from Page One) collar tumbled out of the ‘copter cabin and landed near the man’s head. The man in the water slipped his arms inside the horse collar ; and was hoisted out of the water. The rotor blades of the egg beater whirred, The dangling dripping man was rushed to the carrier and j let down gently on the flight deck. It was two minutes by the stop watch since the crash. The crash survivor was Ens. Dennis B. Poulson of Ontario, Calif. It was his 23rd birthday. He was blue with cold and bleeding from a slight cut on his forehead. “It was sure dark down there under the water,” he mumbled. Medics stripped the horse collar from him and rushed him to a hot shower. A man freezes fast in these waters. After the shower, Poulson got a shot of medicinal brandy, Then they ~ tucked him under an electric blanket and he slept off the shock. on the “dope” at the time of the break. “Sure I was on the dope. I was still on the dope when all the confusion was over. But how was it possible for those colored guys in their own cell back on the other side of the bull pen to see us when we wuz around the ‘cor- ner? I want you to go over and see the layout and you'll know witnesses contradicted a lot of things they said.” Early in the trial, Davis had leaped to his feet and announced, “I don’t’ think it’s fair to allow one prisoner to testify against an- other,” and kept glaring at wit- nesses. A trusty and three prisoners continued to testify. Davis was told the procedure was perfectly legal. Before he stepped down, Davis added, “All them statements by other prisoners who said they saw us can’t be so. If I had the jailer pinned down under a table around the corner, they couldn't possibly see what was going on.” Ironically he closed with ‘And so somebody has made a mistake, but I reckon it’s all right, here.” Judge Caro then asked Jack- son if he wanted to say any- thing. The gaunt thin faced, man stepped up to the stand but omitted Davis’ preliminary salu- tation. In a flat voice, with a New Jersey accent, he turned to the men in the jury row gestured toward one of the most inquisi- ive,.of them. “This man here and the rest of the jury, if they had been listen- ing would know that some of the witnesses contradicted themselves. I want you to know I realize I haven’t got a chance. Nobody's very friendly in Key West or in this court. I haven’t got a chance in the world! You can, convict me, and you probably wiil’ But/T want you to remember that every’man on the stand told a different story. I want you to go over and look at those cells and you'll know the testimony was all know I haven't got a chanc repeated, then said ‘That's all!” and returned to his seat beside Davis. Judge Caro said that he was witholding sentence until Friday morning because there were sev- eral angles to the case which he wanted to study. Davis who gives a Miami ad- dress is reported as wanted in that city on a breaking and entering charge and for car theft. At the time of the attempted es- cape from the county jail, January 16, Davis had been a prisoner for 33 days, Jackson was brought into the jail on Christmas morning on a petty larceny count and on Feb- ruary 24 was found guilty as charged, Subscribe to The Citizen “TI'S A COOL CAT” Who Knows What's Jumpin’ at the LA CONGA CELEBRITY CLUB JACK and JILL BUST OUT LAUGH with AL ROBINSON and ALKALI IKE | TONIGHT AND EVERY NIGHT NO COVER or MINIMUM BERVALDI WITHDRAWS (Continued from Page Oac) | ment application. Since you have been asked td recommend acting Postmaster, they do not wish to embarrass you. Since Bervaldi is career employee, having served in the Postoffice for 39 years, I sin- cerely believe best interests of Postoffice Department will be serv- d by allowing him to retain posi- tion which department reports he has held exceedingly well. If you concur will you please telegraph Division of Postoffice Operation to- morrow and please advise me.” It has been the policy in past years to make the appointment of a new Postmaster from the ranks of the party in power at the time and for the Congressman from the district to be consulted. Lantaff said today that in the absence of a Republican Congressman in Florida, it is the policy for the Re- publican National Committeeman to make recommendations for the appointment. Following the naming of an act- ing-Postmaster, competitive ex- aminations are held and the ap- pointment is made from among the top three scorers on the test. Usually, the top competitor is named. The appointment must be ap- proved by the Congress. Bervaldi has attempted to re- | sign a total of four times but on each occasion, his request has been withdrawn. TRACK RECEIPTS (Continued from Page One) to make the donation in an effort to show his appreciation for the wonderful support that Key West- ers have given to the track. He promised a full report on the | amount collected on Friday morn- ing. In addition to the current ges- ture, the Kennel Club, at a recent night devoted to the Navy Charity Carnival, gave $700 to that cause. When the mutuel play resulted in a slow evening, the Kennel Club gave of its.own funds to swell the amount. Baby Jasper left by plane yes- terday with his mother. The Key West Shrine club is financing his trip with the aid of funds from the Navy Charity Carnival. Your Grocer SELLS That Good STAR * BRAND AMERICAN COFFEE and CUBAN —-TRY A POUND TODAY—— STRONG ARM BRAND COFFE Triumph Coffee Mill at ALL GROCERS FOR SALE CHEAP — UNDER $10,000 2 Commercial Bldgs. on Lge. Lot. Concrete Floor Suitable for Any Business or Mfg.—with Living Quarters. Easy Terms, A. R. 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Ferguson told reporters he thinks substantial savings can be made in military funds “if the| armed services will co-operate.” Dirksen said he thinks econo- mies can be made by field investi- gations of the materiel the armed services have on hand and by a stretchout in the production of less essential items. VISHINSKY TO (Continued from Page One) conferring with the Kremlin by cable. | Lodge directly challenged Vi-| shinsky to disprove a list of} charges that Russia planned and instigated the aggression. in Korea, and supplied the North Koreans and Chinese Reds with jet planes, | tanks and heavy military equip~ | ment. 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