The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 4, 1954, Page 1

Key West, Florida, has the” most equable climate in the _ country, with an average " zange of only 14° Fahrenheit when they caught the bonefish—Citizen Staff Photo, Don Pinder. s Parra, 511 William Street, and his son. Charles, Jr., display in a scoop net in Salt THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U.S.A. Key Wester Nets Game Fish Tn Flagler Ave. Salt Pond Charles Parra out: of the way places to catch. bonefish, generally held to:be’one of the gamest fighting fish in the sea — but Key Westers, amazingly, can catch them without ev- en leaving ‘the city limits and. with the simplest of equipment. : ‘That fact was discovered this week by Charles Parra, 511 Ange- la St., while he was fishing for shrimp with his son, Charles, Jr., in a virtually landlocked salt-pond on Flagler Ave. Parra, fishing with a hand seine, eaught four of the coveted fight- ing - fish Wednesday night and went back shortly after midnight Friday to catch six more. Look What ! Found Understandably, Parra was gur- prised to eatch the fish, in the pond. The spirited fish darted into the net and tore it badly in their desperate effort to escape. . is pular place for The pond is a po) agg Dr. Sam’s Brother Changes His Story Several Times ' > By RELMAN MORIN aver testi- his witnesses are unfolding. . They already have struck at the defense in several vital areas. Cross-examination forced Shep- pard’s older brother, Dr.- Stephen ‘Sheppard, to admit he gave differ- ent versions of the same episode, and that one of these versions was untrue, ; State Probes State’s attorneys also hammered hard at his report he found his brother seriously injured the morn- ing of the murder of Mrs. Marilyn Shi eppard. The trial goes into its eighth week Monday. The state charges that “Dr. prompted the crime, the prosecu- tion claims. Sheppard says.an intruder killed her, and then struck him down, in- Plan To Elect School Heads Is Advanced: SARASOTA (#—A proposal to allow counties to appoint school superintendents instead of elect them will be presented to the 1955 Legislature, Sarasota County Schoo!* Supt. Carl Strode said . The plan would require a con- stitutional amendment and then each county could hold its own referendum whether to make the soeet Strode told the Kiwanis Under this proposal county school boards would appoint the super- intendents. School board members would be elected in non-partisan contests, without being labeled a ballots as being candidates of the ;| Republican, Democratic or any other party. Strode said the proposal is backed ‘by superintendents of a dozen large counties including H. L. Watkins, Palm Beach; J. Hart- ley Blackburn, Manatee; Floyd Christian, Pinellas; J. Crockett Farnell, Hillsborough; and W. 8. Thomas, Dade. : eT Tickets for the Perez Prado Dance at the Cuban Club Saturday, Dec. 18 Are Now On Sale at the MUSIC SHOPPE. 726 Duval St. Mercy Killer Quizzed On Ist |Wife’s Death MILWAUKEE (#—A butcher's gruesome story of killing his wife with a meat cleaver and burning her remains in the furnace because “she was such a burden” led au- thorities today to investigate the death of his first wife. Dist. Atty. William McCauley said.puffy faced, bald-headed Ray- mond Wilson, 64, dictated for him yesterday the story of how he had killed his wheelchair-ridden wife, ‘Ethel, 67, last Monday night. Wil- | son said he had his wife’s consent | to get her out of her pain. | Arraigned Friday Wilson was taken before Civil Judge John Coffey in District | Court: on a charge of first degree | murder, The case was continued to ‘| Dec. 16 with bond set at $25,000. Joseph LaMonte said the death of Wilson’s first wife, Bertha, 55, Aug. | 26, 1953, was listed as a heart at- | tack, But LaMonte said an investi- gation of the death would be made and the doctor who signed the death certificate would be questioned. Wilson remarried Dec. 23 1953. Pond on Flagler Avenue. Catch, according to | His second wife was a widow, he is virtually unheard of. Normally, bonefish, one of the gamest fish in the ‘are'not found in such a habitat. The Patras were fishing for shrimp in six inches of water said, whom he, had known only about a month. McCauley said Wilson in his statement told how his wife was nearly blind with cataracts and how she had been crippled by a fall, He was quoted as saying that for a month, as doctor and hospital bills mounted, he considered doing away with her, but couldn’t think of a method. “Such A Burden’’ “She was such a burden,” the district attorney said Wdson toid him, “Her eyes were no good and she had that side where ‘she had been paralyzed... 1 told her: *You should go to sleep and not wake up any more.’ She was per- fectly willing.” McCauley said Wilson then told how he struck her a fatal blow in the back of the head with a meat cleaver as she sat in the bai flicting serious “injuries, when he| © That night West Allis Police’ ran to her aid scimipe by Bg Fir © + Observed Bod »j Were coming ‘from chimney, They said they found him “Dr. Steve” Sheppard, first de- blood on ‘his apron, but fense witness, testified he went in-|them he had been making sau- to the bedroom at two separate | Sages. times the morning of July 4. He says he looked at Marilyn’s body that both times, Z McCauley said Wilson yesterday told of burning part ofthe body night, Officers found burned remains in the furnace. On the second occasion, he said,| Police began an investigation of he noticed that the position of her | the case when relatives called at hands had been changed. And the jacket of her pajamas had been | ,; pulled, down, covering more of her \ {body than when he first viewed it, he added. The implication in this was that someone tampered with the evi- dence between the two times he saw Marilyn’s body. Under cross-questioning, . how- ever, “Dr. Steve” said the changes became apparent to him from looking at police photographs. Had Concussion West Allis headquarters Thursday net and expressed their suspi- Vancouver Bank Holdups Give Jitters VANCOUVER, B.C. (®—Bank bandits who have given this city of 385,000 the jitters with a series of WEST, FLORIDA, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 4, For Quick Communication, Use CLASSIFIED Ads! Youll tenants or workers . . . Just DIAL 2-5661 or 2-5662 Today aot PRICE FIVE CENTS Drunk Driver Blamed For Upper Keys Cras Rumor Pope Has Cancer Dispelled ® VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Pius XII got a little better again today and specialists dispelled fears that the seriously ailing pontiff has cancer. Two clinical experts who took Part in a bedside conference last midnight said the Pope was not suffering from a tumoral sac of the digestive tubes. The 78-year-old head of the Ro- man Catholic Church suffered a collapse Thursday that brougat him close to death. But his sturdy heart pulled him through that crisis and through the hours allowed him to strengthen. “Everything looks better,” Dr. Luciano Casimiriy a the papal apartment earlier today to issue the morning communique, Assistant Prosecutor Thomas six holdups in recent weeks struck Parrino ‘ri into his testimony | twice more yesterday to garner that he thought “Dr. Sam” had/ $30,000 in robberies staged while concussion of the brain, a possible| the city was-an armed camp of spinal injury, and was “in shock.’®| machine-gun toting cops. The attorney asked if medica-] The bandits struck in quick 1-2 tion had been administered andj order, much the same as Wednes- the answer was “no.” Using “Dr,|day when $41,500 was obtained in Steve’s” own words, he asked if} two quick forays. it was not dangerous to move a Lene Gunman man who was in that condition and| A lone “babyfaced’” gunman get him out, half-walking, to an| first hit the Bank of Toronto in automobile. suburban New Westminster and “Dr. Steve” testified that, with | galloped out the door with between help, he “dragged” his bro’ to | $3,000 and $10,000. Two girls chased the car and rushed him to the|him several blocks but lost him hospital. Parrino asked why the|in the pre-Christmas crowds. accused man had not. been put on| \While police were converging or a stretcher if his injuries were con-|the scene and setting up check- sidered so serious. Be points, three gunmen hit the Royal The older brother, however, de-| Bank of Canada in West Vancou- clined to budge from his assertion | Ver, cooly picking up from $7,500 to that he did the right thing in losing eee. and driving away unchal- no time before. getting “Dr. Sam” to the hospital. “I handled this case as I handle hundreds of concussion cases ev- ery year,” he said. “The idea in every instance is to get them to the hospital as soon as possible.” He said that, driving 60 or 70 miles an hour, he reached -the hospital in less than five minutes. NOW HEAR THIS! FRUIT SHIPPING ORDER NOW FOR XMAS Special Rates For Service Personnel PRICES = AT $3.49 EINHORN’S VARIETY STORE 629 DUVAL STREET Open Evenings and Sunday a Line of “ines Stow and Decorations pt The robberies brought to eight the number of bank holdups in six weeks for a total loot of approxi- mately $100,000. The frequency with which the bandits have struck have given citizens and bank em- Ployes a full-scale case of jitters. Two false alarms were turned in by jittery clerks Wednesday, add- ing to the confusion of cops racing about the city. The scene was du- Plicated yesterday. Two genuine holdups, two phonys, The bandits showed small regard for a general police snakeup which took place only a few hours before yesterday’s jobs. In the shakeup, (Continued on Page Two) CYPRESS, PINE FIR, CEDAR LUMBER AT Strunk Lumber 120 SIMONTON, Near Aquarium erent (eer The Pope was resting fairly easily in-his white-walled bed chamber in the Vatican palace. Despite grave weakness, his morn- ing included conferences with lead- ing prelates interpreted here as probably designed to two ends: 1. Delegation of some of his duties during his severe illness, 2. Preparation for a possibie bedside consistory at which the six vacancies in the college of car- dinals would be filled. The announcement. was fore- earlier ‘when two cardi- tinuing “perceptible improvement” permits. good hope that the frail leader of the world’s 425 million Roman Catholies will recover. Two of the specialists told the Associated Press later the Pope’s strong heart likely will carry him through the present crisis, Both emphasized, however, that the pon- tiff remained in eritical condition. “I believe that he is no longer in imminent danger of death,” sad Dr. Luigi Vittorio de Stefano. In a separate interview, the noted Italian surgeon, Prof. Raffaele Paolucci, expressed a similar view. ‘ The pontiff’s heart already has pulled him through dangerous ill- nesses the past two winters. Now again it is a major factor in hopes for his recovery from the ailment that brought him close to death Thursday. Dr. De Stefano said the heart was holding up well, although an aggravated stomach condition has prevented the Pope from taking ————————————— Caracas Saucer Tale Unconfirmed Reports of several’ flying saucers being sighted at Cara- cas, Venezuela, on Nov. 29, ap- parently was the basis for the report that one of the saucers had landed at Caracas. The Associated Press was un- able to confirm the report that a saucer landed at Caracas, injured a number of people, and then took off. However, the AP reported that Caracas newspapers car- red stories of saucer sightings Nov. 29. H. V. Blackman, airways spe- ciast at the Interstate Com- munications Station of the Ci- vil Aeronautics Authdtity here, told The Citizen yesterday-that he had heard twe airline pilots discussing via radio the land- ing of a saucer at Caracas the previous night. One of the pilots, Blackman added, called the communica- tions station later by radio and told the station that a saucer had landed at Caracas. Waitress Wanted EXPERIENCED - REPUTABLE SHORTY'S DINER ‘116 DUVAL STREET Watican spokesman, said as he returned to’ any food by mouth since Sunday. His frail body has been wracked by sporadic attacks of hiccuping and nausea. The condition includes an inflam- mation of the peritoneum, ‘the membrane lining the abdominal cavity. “If his heart had been weaker,” Dr. De Stefano said, ‘there would have been a chance that Thurs- day’s collapse would have been fatal.” Shortly before the five specialists issued their brief bulletin, an of- ficial Vatican spokesman said the pontiff was. suffering intermittent fevers and his temperature was “continuously fluctuating.” Dr. De Stefanc, a leading sur- geon in Rome’s Savior of the World Hospital, said the consultation at the Pope’s bedside lasted two hours. “We found him in the best of spiritual condition,” he added, “I cannot say the same for his physical condition, at least for now. Ho I am glad to an- he found the Pope “‘not at all in desperate condition, certainly much different and better than yhat I could have imagined. I do not believe he suffered an in- ternal injury; in such a case, the pontiff could not have resisted the attack which hit him. Thursday. “T have hopes that through the appropriate treatment, which Pope Pius XII now is receiving, he will be able to recover in good time and gradually reacquire his forces until recovery is complete,” Dr. Paolucci added. The doctor’s reference to an in- ternal injury was a result of re- ports that the Pope had suffered a perforated ulcer. Dr. De Stefano said he had first een called into consultations Thursday when, he said, the pon- tiff’s condition appeared desperate. The diagnoses then was of a per- forated abdomen, he said, but X- rays and a clinical examination proved this untrue. As physicians stood by at the Vatican palace, Catholics around the world prayed for his recovery. Word of these prayers reportedly greatly comforted him yesterday. Romans and tourists from many countries .gathered in vast St. Peter’s Square seeking the latest word on his condition. Many knelt on the cold cobblestones to pray. Police diverted wheeled traffic from the square to keep it quiet. Embassies and legations of the more than 40 nations accredited to the Vatican maintained close ‘con- tact for the latest report, Their personnel will attend a special mass ‘at Rome’s Basilica of St. Mary Major tomorrow to pray for the Pope’s recovery. JAP PREMIER IS “ON THE CARPET” TOKYO (@#—Japan’s opposition parties agreed today to vote Tues- day on a motion of nonconfidence in Prime Minister Shigeru Yo- shida’s government. Yoshide served notice that if the motion passes, he will dissolve the Diet and plunge the nation into new elections rather than resign. KURFEW FOR. KOREA? The next post for Rear Adm. G. C. Towner, nMmander of Bese here} ‘will be Grandma Doss Denies Murder Of Her Mother TULSA, Okla. #—Talkative grandma Nannie Doss yesterday was informed her mother’s body contained poison but she vehement- ly denied giving her a lethal dose as she admittedly did to four of her five husbands. David E. Plummer, county cor- oner at Lexington, N.C., where the report on Mrs. Doss’ mother, Mrs. Louisa Holden Hazle, was received by authorities said murder charges will be filed. Grandma Doss, whose mood switches often from gay td fretful, has-been charged with the: rat- poisom deaths of her mates in ‘Tul- co aati and.,Empria, Kan. are planing a visit to Jacksonville, Ala,, for an inquiry into the death of husband No. 2, Frank Harrelson, Whom grandma said she did away with by spiking his corn whisky with rodent kill- er. While they are there, Oklahoma and Kansas Crime Bureau agents said, they will ask that the bodies ot Harrelson and Mrs. Doss’ grand- son, Richard Lee Higgins, be ex- humed. Tulsa County Atty. J. Howard Edmondson said inquiries probably would be made into the strange deaths of at least 10 of grandma Nannie’s relatives, exclusive of her husbands. Suit Against ° ° Odham Dismissed JACKSONVILLE #—A million dollar libel suit against Brailey Odham of Sanford, defeated candi- date for governor in 1952, and Florida Publishing Co. was dis- missed yesterday. Circuit Judge Edwin L. Jones, in ruling out all three counts, said Odham had a right to answer ac- cusations made against him and his statements on which the ‘suit was based were “qualifiedly privi- leged under the law.” c Judge Jones also said Florida Publishing Co.’s ‘account of the comments and activities of the candidates and defendant Brailey Odham during the said political campaign was qualifiedly privi- leged.” Joe Abram, doing business us the Florida Political-Survey and Poll, brought the damage suit. He claimed he and his poll were dam- aged by a handbill put out in be- half of Odham’s campaign; by a radio talk Odham made here and by a news story in the Florida Times-Union. Veteran Newspaperman Is Still On The Job CHICAGO ®—George E. Nelis spent his 80th birthday yesterday at the same job he has had at the Chicago Tribune for 62 years and expressed the hope he can work another 25 years. Nelis, the Tribune’s oldest em- ploye, has scanned millions of words as a proofreader since he started his job in August 1892. After all his years of intent read- ing he still does not use glassés, Cottage For Rent' Comfortable, Aftractive, Clean, Inside Parking . . . Very Reason- able Rent ... COUPLE ONLY 916 WINDSOR LANE Two Injured When Truck Hits Parked ‘Auto Today A car parked in the mid- dle of U. S. 1 caused a trafl- er truck to overturn about 2 a. m. today, injuring two Key West men in the truck. L. C. Gidden, 49, of Home} stead, driver of the parked car, is in the county jail un- der $1,000 bond. He is charged with driv- ing while intoxicated and causing an accident. Houston G. Pent, 814 Pearl Street driver of the truck, and his help- er, Gilbert C. Gates, 712 William Street, were released from Archer Smith Hospital, Homestead, after treatment for cuts and bruises. Police Report Florida Highway Patrolman Rob- ert Young gave this account of the weird accident: Gidden stopped his southbound 1949 Oldsmobile in the millde of U. S. 1 near the north end of Key Largo. The emergency brake of the Olds- mobile was set. It had no lights on. Pent, driving the-southbound Hol-. sum. Bakery right hand in an attempt to avoid the park- ed car. But the left front of the trailer hit the Oldsmobile. Truck Overturns Pent cut back onto the highway and when he did so the truck and trailer upset onto its right side. Pent was treated for a bruised hip. Gates was treated for cuts on the right leg and a bruised right knee, Gidden was uninjured. When word of the accident reach- ed here early today, the Key West Holsum Bakery agency dispatched five trucks used for the city de- liveries to the accident scene, Merchandise Salvaged They were able to salvage some of the $800 worth of pies, cakes and bread that the trailer truck was hauling to Key West. Ralph Faraldo, Holsum agent here, owns the truck. Young said the damage to the truck would amount to about $8,000 with about $500 damage done to the Oldsmobile. 3 Coconut Trees Razed In Blvd. Accident Today Three north Roosevelt Boulevard cnBAURE or the toad? oconut trees were knocked down ° and Billy Swafford 27, is in the Navy Hospital with his right arm broken in two places as a result of a two car collison caused from passing on the right, The accident happened early this morning about 300 feet from the triangle intersection. Police officer M. E. Santana stat- ed in his report that the car driven by Swafford sideswiped a vehicle driven by Marian Thomas, 36, as Swafford was passing on the right: After the sideswiping, Swafford’s car then proceeded to knock down the coconut trees. i Both men were charged . with } reckless driving and causing an accident. + James H. Mendel Jr., MD. EAR, NOSE and THROAT SPECIALIST Will Be Here for CONSULTATION on Tuesday, Dec. 7 For Appointment, Call’Dr. J. A. Vader — PHONE 2701 f g 3