The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 29, 1954, Page 2

Page 2 THE KEY WEST citize N Wednesday, December 29, 1954 Sheppard Jury Members Tell Of Long Hours In Jury Room CLEVELAND (#—Today is the ist birthday of Dr. Samuel Shep. pard. A week ago yesterday—on the fifth day of deliberations—seven men and five women jurors, in their first unanimous decision, agreed the youthful, athletic osteo- path had clubbed to death his | oo wife Marilyn. Less than five hours later the jurors determined the degree of the crime, finding him guilty of murder in the second degree. | Wthin a few minutes, a judge sentenced Sheppard to life impris-| onment, which could keep him be- | hind bars until his 4ist birthday, | while serving the 10-year minimum | term for parole eligibility. Tomorrow his attorneys, in a motion for a new trial, will seek to overturn the jury’s verdict, reached 102 hours after the state and defense rested their cases. The trial began Oct. 18. Part of the story of what oc- curred during the seemingly end- | less hours in the jury room was | disclosed last night by four Shep- pard jurors in statements to the Cleveland Plain Dealer. The jurors—Frank A. Kollarits, | Edmond L, Verlinger, Howard L. Barrish and Mrs. Beatrice P. Or- enstein — indicated in tbeir ac. counts; | That four full days and part| of the fifth were spent discussing whether Dr. Sheppard killed his wife, and unanimous agreement was not reached until about 11 a.m. of the fifth day. That the remainder of the de- liberations—less than five hours— were spent determining the de- gree of guilt and examining a copy of instructions given the jurors by Common Pleas Judge Edward Bly- thin, That testimony by Miss Susan Hayes, attractive, 24-year-old la- boratory technician who admitted intimacy with Dr. Sheppard, was not an important factor. | That at one time the jurors were | split evenly—six and six—on the question of guilt. Sheppard has maintained reso- lutely that an intruder or intruders entered his lakefront home July 4, bludgeoned his wife as she lay in bed and knocked him uncon- scious twice during ensuing strug- gles. Sheppard said his desk and medical kit had been rifled and some personal articles stolen. Po- lice termed the apparent burglary superficial. Mrs. Orenstein, wife of a postal employe, said-she acted as some- thing of an unofficial secretary to the jury. She revealed that among the most important questions to the jury was the defendant’s testi- mony—‘Was it true or not true?” —and the apparent burglary—‘‘was it faked or not faked?” Mrs. Orenstein said: “We tried to rue in Dr. Shep- pard’s favor until we no longer could. It was a combination of things fitting together that con- vinced me. I know in my heart there was no other verdict we could have arrived at.” Kollarits said that at an early stage in the deliberations the jury was evenly split. He said, “I changed my vote several times. There was one time when I just | couldn’t vote.” Verlinger, a hardware store mau ager, was one of those who said | Miss Hayes’ testimony did not count for much in the state’s case. | He said: “The charge was murder and | that’s what we were interested in.” TODAYS STOCK MARKET) NEW YORK \® — The stock | amarket soared today in early deal- | ings, continuing the strong drive upward started yesterday. Gains between 1 and 2 points | were frequent in key sections al the list, and some went higher Minus signs were difficult to spot A scant handful of key issues were lower. Big blocks dotted the tape. Here are some: New York Central 9,000 shares up ‘% at 3412, Bethlehem | Steel 1,100 up 1% at 109%, Armour | 5,000 up % at 14%, Celanese 4,300 up % at 26%, General Motors up 1% at 96, Curtiss-Wright 5,000 up % at 17%, Boeing 4,000 up 7 at 74%, and Westinghouse Electric 1,000 up 1 at 782 | Meridian | Miami .. Bids Announced x MOBILE, Ala. W—The Corps of Engineers yesterday announced | these bids: | J. E. Milan Construction Co. of Birmingham $483,907, north-south runway and taxiway extension at Eglin Auxiliary Field; | Smith Engineering & Construc- tion Co. of Pensacola $14,000, clearing and tree topping of 200 acres; Soule Construction Co. of Pen- sacola $58,898, petroleum oil lubri-} cation dock and pipeline; Blanchard Construction Co. of Pensacola $63,532 tactical air com- mand group headquarters build. | ‘dag i | Cecasionally | Highest yc | Birmingham | Los Angeles . The Weatherman ° Says: ~ Key, West and Vicinity: Small craft warnings are being display- ed in the local area for fresh to Occasionally strong winds south- east to south. Partly cloudy with widely scattered showers becom- ing more frequent tonight and Thursday. High today 81. Codler Thursday. Low tonight 70. High Thursday 74, Florida: Increasing cloudiness with showers extreme north and widely scattered showers else- where this afternoon and tonight. Thursday considerable cloudiness and scattered showers. Warm this |afternoon and tonight becoming cooler in Tallahassee area last to- night and much cooler north por- tion Thursday. Jacksonville thru the Florida Straits: Small craft warnings dis- Played. Moderate to fresh south- east to south winds moderately Strong at times shifting to norther- ly over extreme north Thursday, Partley cloudy widely scattered showers becoming more freqenut tonight and Thursday. East Gulf: Small eraft warnings Sisplayed Tampa Bay north. Fresh moderately strong southeast to south winds shifting to northerly over extreme north late tonight and elsewhere in north and central portions Thursday. Cloudy extreme north portly clou- { dy elsewhere. Scattered showers. tonight and Thursday beginning in extreme north tais afternoon. Observation Taken at Post Office Building. 7:00 A.M., EST, Key West, Fla., Dec. 29, 195M Temperatures rday | Low st last night Mean .. | Normal Precipitetion Total last 2’ hours Total this month ... Deficiency this month .. ‘81 ins. 83 ins. pt Stabbing Victim’s Condition Better The condition of a local gro cer, stabbed in a Christmas Day robbery attempt showed a it improvement today, phy- sicians reported. The man, Elmer Dei Pino, 313 Truman Ave., suffered six stab wounds in the stomach and chest, inflicted by an unidenti- fied Negro. He underwent e ergency surgery in Monroe Gen- eral Hospital and has been on the critical list since. Aman originally suspected of ing Del Pino's assailant, was jail where he had been held for investigation, police reported. No other leads in the case have been uncovered, they added. Boy In Fishing Picture Claims His Negative By SUE JONES Young Ronnie Alston, a ffeckled- faced bond lad of seven and a half came in The Citizen office. yester- day afternoon and present City Editor Margaret Foresman with a clipping of a picture of a small boy holding a large jack. “This is me,” he announced firm- ly, “and I came for the film like it says here.” ‘The clipping was from the Mon- day issue of The Citizen and quoted ja letter from Mrs, Richard Hol- bein of Lindenburst, New York, who had snapped the picture while vacationing here. She sent the negative to The Ci- tizen hoping that it would be pub- lished and the negative given to the youngster whose name she did not know. Ronnie was accompanied by hig father, SOC Vernon D, Alston, 127- A Poinciana, but Ronnie did all the talking. He answered our questions cheer- fully and told us he did most of his eeing with ‘my mother’s little vr “That's how 1 eaught this fish. We were in a boat right in front of Boca Chica beach and were Total this year 56.85 ins. Excess this yei 7.53 ins. Relative Humidity, 7 A.M. 3 87% Barometer (Sea Level), 7 A.M. 30.08 ins.—1019.3 mbs. Tomerrow’s Almansc Sunrise u Sunset . 48 Moonrise . 41 Moor-et .. 56 p. TOMORROW'S TIDES (Naval Base) Time of Height of Station— Tide high water High Tides Low Tides 12:18 a.m. 7:01 a.m. 1:24 p.m. 7:03 p.m. ADDITIONAL TI DATA Reference Stetion: Key West (bridge) .....—oh 10m 7:11 a.m. 5:48 p.m. 10:41 a.m. 10: 9.0 tt. Caldes Channel (north end) = +2h 10m 41.4 ft, (—)—Minus sign: Corrections to be subtracted. (+)—Plus sign: Corrections te be “Temperatures AT 7:30 A.M., EST | Adanta Augusta Billings Boston... Buffalo Charleston just getting ready to turn around and come in when I hooked him.” When asked if he did all his fish- ing with a small rod and reel, Ron- nie replied, “Somefimes if there isn’t another man along I use one of my dad’s big ones. “This isn’t the biggest fish I AG caught. Once, a long time ago, I caught a big shark on a handline | and got a rope burn on my hand.” | We wondered about that “long | ago” business coming from a séc- | ond grader and asked Ronnie's dad who told us that Ronnie had been fishing since he was two years | old and had actually landed the | shark when he was only three. | “He sure was proud of that rope | burn — showed it to all the neigh- | bors,” Alston, who is stationed on the USS Wilkie, said. | It seems that Ronnie goes fish- | ing with his dad two or three times | . week and ‘never gets tired of it. All we can say is, some of our grown-up anglers had better look to their laurels. TOBACCO FIELD BURNS | HAVANA (@—Fire of unknown crigin in a tobacco field yesterday | caused damage unofficially esti- mated at $1,200,000 at San Juan Martinez, about 130 miles south- west of here. Thirteen persons were reported injured in the blaze. | SONGSTRESS BETTY (Continued from Page One) the key was to Miss Madigan’s success. At this point, Pine interrupted the interview to give us the an- swer, “It can be summed up in one word — talent,” said Pine. “And besides, Betty is so naturally friend- ly that people like her instinctive- ly.” Pine also pointed out a factor of which we had been aware of throughout the interview — Betty is better looking than 99 cyt of a] hundred entertainers. She has all of the freshness and easy-going charm of the gal next door, along with a dark-haired Irish teauty that has brought her more than one movie offer. Distinctive Voice Her voice has a _ distinctively warm throatiness with a lyrical quality a bit different from the run-of-the-mill singer, We were also interested in learning how Miss Madigan choos- es the songs she records. “It isn’t easy,” said Betty, “first the publishers send us music they think is suited for me. Art and I listen to them and choose what we like, Then MGM advises us, We look at a lot of music and were never sure what will click, One day I think I like a new tune and the next I’m not so sure. She seems to have made some pretty fair selections thus far, ac- cording to the magazine Cash Box, bible of the juke box trade, which ranks her the top of the heap, Calypso Ditty For us, she sang a charming calypso ditty, penned by Nick Ken- ny poet laureate of show business and a frequent Casa Marina visit- or. It goes something like this: There is one place you'll love the best, It's way down there in old Key West, It’s called the Casa Marin’ Run by Uncle Max Marmor- stein. < As they say in show busine: we were knocked dead. Betty, accompanied by brother | Bob, a student at Washington’s St. Jobn’s College, is spending her | time here relaxing. wimming and playing tennis in addition to her nightly appearances at the Casa Marina. Marriage? The winsome Betty says she “doesn’t even have time to think about it.” A few hundred years ago, swans were highly valued for human food. There are a number ot meat- eating plants. Favors Celebrate Fun jder in Chief of the Pacific Fleet. | YEAR'S EVE at the ELKS CLUB Dancing to GERRY PINDER’S ORCHESTRA Ol <2" COVER, $2.50 PER PERSON Entertainment Noisemakers Jacksonville Kansas City KEY WEST Key West Airport ... Louisville . Minneapolis phis New Orleans . New York .. Oklahoma City . Omaha Pensacola Pittsburgh Roanoke . St. Louis .. San Antoni San Francisco Seattle .......... | Tallahassee Tampa ...... ‘ Washington... USARERBSBSTERESS SLSRASRSLSSRNRRSSINR| Most frogs catch only moving prey. CUBAN CLUB th wi CONJUNTO ALMENDRA FROM 10 P.M. TO 4 AM. Presented By Latin-American Social Club Admission, $2.00 Members, $1.00 TABLES FREE Noisemakers Favors OUTSTANDING RECORD! (Continued from Page One) submarines R-13, R-2, and com manded the R23. | In May, 1937, he completed the course in deep sea diving at the | Navy Yard, Washington, D. C. After that he was stationed ai the Submarine Base at Pearl Her bor until May, 1939. For four mon- ths after that date he was assistant fire control officer of the USS West 5 Virginia. On Sept. 30, 1939, Adm. Hender-| son assumed command of the uss | Crowninshield. A year later he was | transferred to the USS Oklahoma | & as gunnery officer The Oklahoma was damaged in|} the Jap attack on Pearl Harbor, Dec. 7, 1941, and Adm. Henderson served as operations officer of Sub- marine Squadron 8 until May, 1942. Gets Commendation For his rescue work on the Okla- | homa Dec. 1-9, 1941, he received a letter of commendation with au- thorization te wear the commen- dation ribbon from the Comman- Returning to the United States, | he reported to the Federal Ship- building and Dry Dock Co. at Kear- | ney, N. J., for duty aboard the) USS La Vilette. He commanded | this vessel from her commission-| ing Aug. 12, 1942, to July, 1943. | At that time he reported for a! tour of duty in the Promotion Sec- | tion, Enlisted Performance Divi- | sion, Bureau of Personnel, Wash- ington, D. C. Second Honor For meritorious service in that assignment, he received a second | letter of commendation and au- thorization to wear a star on his commendation ribbon from the| Secretary of the Navy. In 1945, he commanded Des-| troyer Squadron 48 in action in| Jap waters, He reported for duty | as commanding officer of the USS | Elokomin in 1945, Then camie another tour of duty in Washington, after whch he com- manded the USS Worcester,’ a light | cruiser. This was in June of 1950| | derseas Weapon Sc {cut on the left th. | |S20, 000 Damages Asked As “th Of Sept. Crash + A $25,000 damage sult of an auto-scooter c 5, was on file today in re Sept Circuit ' Court. of brought the Wesley H. man of VX-l, gainst Sammy Lewis.Needham Navy man of the Advanced? der Weapons Schoo! According to the bill of complaint filed by Sorenson's orne M | Ignatius Lester, Sor suffered a broken leg, fractured pelvis, and Sorenson y ! brain concussion when the scooter he was riding was struck from the rear by a 1954 Chevrolet driven by Needham. According to the in the sheriff's office, the Need- ham car turned over several times | and stopped abaut 400 feet from | where it hit the scooter Sorenson was riding. The accident occured ‘on U. S. 1 about a mile south of Boca Chi- ca Naval Air Station. Both vehi- cles were headed north | Needham suffered a broken back. A passenger in ar, Paul Tre- vino, 26, also of dy ed Un- | , received a | accident report while the ship was in Mediterran-| ean waters. | He commanded that vessel when | it saw action in the Korean war | and also when it made a round- the-world cruise. SANDY'S Restaurant Roast Beef - Black Beans and Rice 95c | CUBAN SANDWICHES SPANISH DINNERS 111 Duval St. Phone 2.9104 NOW APPEARING at the PREVIEW LOUNGE 700 Duval Street DIRECT FROM MIAMI AND CHICAGO ENGAGEMENTS _ RUFUS BEACHAM TRIO Recording Stars on KING and DECCA RECORDS Also Reggie Johnson at the Keyboard Gala New Year's Eve Party Open House - No Cover - No Minimum NEW SHOW POLICY—C ontinuous Entertainment Starting at 8 P.M.—Open Till 4. A.M. GENEVIEVE C. ALLARD, Mgr. Today Through Fr iday A SHOW SO TERRIFIC THAT WE'VE BOOKED IT FOR A FULL GARLAND JAMES MASON *: WEER'S RUW! JACK i CARSON - “CHARLES BICKFORD om noowan v MOSS HART: SIDNEY LUFT - GEORGE CUKOR “ZZ paaserres ov WARNER BROS. omen mee ov HAROLD ARLEN ano crmos or RA GERSHINM FIRST IN A SPECIAL SERIES OF THREE OUTSTANDING PICTURES Fox News Box Office Open: 1: Cartoon 45 - 9:00 P.M. Daily 3:45 - § P.M, WEDNESDAYS CONTINUOUS PERFORMANCE qas~ TELEPHONE 2-3419 FOR TIME SCHEDULE —qyy San Carlos Theatre Air-Conditioned DEATH CARL LANE GROVER Carl Lane Grover, retired Chief Warrant Officer of the L ine Corps, died Sunday the Naval Hospital tended illness. The body was sent today by Prit- chard Funeral Home to Columbia, South Carolina, for funeral services night at | and- burial. He is survived by the widow Mrs. Helen Jane Grover and wy mother, Mrs. Ellen Jane Regan. SPELLMAN VISIT YOKOSUKA, Japan (® — Fran-| eis Cardinal Spellman, archbishop | ot New York, visited this big U.S. | Far East naval base today. 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