The Seattle Star Newspaper, September 26, 1921, Page 12

ror 4 lhe - Castel Novi, “steps toward the extradition of the alleged murderer. SUSPECT IS HELD AFTER LONG CHASE Law Extends Overseas, Nabs Alleged Black Dia- mond Murderer The long arm of the law has feached out to far-off Dalmatia and George Rasovich is under ar- rest for the murder of Peter Chalovich. Rasovich and Chalovich were Reighbors at Black Diamond in 1920 Both were working in the mines. On April 14 of that year Chalovich was walking home from work along a trail thru the forest. An assassin hiding behind a stump shot him to death with a rife. ' Sheriff Matt Starwich, then a deputy sheriff, led » posse to Black * Diamond and the tral! of the murder was followed by bloodhounds to a point in the road where it end Automobile tracks led to the belief that the slayer had escaped in a car Rasovich disappeared from his home, leaving his wife behind him From the murdered man's widow and others Starwich learned that the two miners had fallen out over the dis appearance of ten gallons of moon shine. Returning to the city, Starwich/ sent out circulars and pictures of | Rasovich, and a reward of $1,000 was posted for his arrest for the murder. | About two months ago it was learned that Mrs. Rasovich had left Black Diamond and was going to Serbia. The hunt for her husband was renewed. Saturday afternoon Starwich re ceived a letter from the police at Dalmatia, informing him Rasovich had been arrested there on July 1. j ‘The sheriff has written to Governor Hart asking for permission to taks I i] George Rasoviteh, alleged murderer of Peter Chalovich. _HERE’S MORE ABOUT CELL TALK STARTS ON PAGE ONE “Fourth of July, you know,” he went on, reminiscently, “is a great day at the pen. The inmates have a celebration. “Well, there was a fellow we calied the Big Swede. He was a fighter. Nobody could lick him. He offered to fight anybody on the Fourth of July. “We couldn't get anybody to take him on. But this ‘shine’ came for. |9P¢ning of the court room, ward and said he'd put on the gloves with the Big Swede. “Well, the fight started. It was the greatest fight they ever had at the pen. When they got thru, the Big Swede was on the ground hollering that he'd got enough. He was all beat ups all in. And the ‘shine,’ he didn't have a mark - on his body.” Mahoney grinned. He tossed away his cigaret butt. He seemed pleased with his memories. It was quite apparent, tho he did not say so, that he does not believe be is going heathen hi New Coxey Army to Move in Trucks WASHINGTON, Sept. 26.—A new “coxey's army,” riding in motor trucks, is about to invade Washing. ton and attend the unemployment conference. Urbain Ledoux, who “sold” unem. ployed “labor slaves” on Boston com- mon, arrived here today and an. nounced that his army of unemploy- 4 would trundie into the city when) he gives the word. “There are about 100 representative jobless men whom I gathered along the wayside in Boston, York, Philadelphia and Baltimore,” he said, “They will come to Washington tn motor trucks. I will take them to the White House and ask the prest. dent to grant them an audience, and to the unemployment conference and ask the confers to question them.” 54 Would Divorce 82; Claims Fraud VANCOUVER, Wash., Sept. 26.— Mrs. Malinda Beams, 64, filed sult a MRS. LYDA SOUTHARD a) jthen began, }them are anxious to #it on the jury, jespecially at this {trial were parked in large numbers| THE SE ATTLE_ STA CUSTOMS MAN IS dred n rc HERE’S MORE ABOUT ARBUCKLE Mc pains,” but made | wh 1 pain 1 between & and 9)! t and found her out 11 p.m. he wa the manifestations of he testified He said he found the woman ¢ as Bar | ar-| wit Between 4 and 5 a. m. the follow ing morning, Dr sled again and again Rappe in great pain Dr. Beardalee then described in in detail a tre 1 1 given Miss imens of Mins Rappe's nts dark confirmed his belief that ering from injuries to Reardslee was found Mins timate atrment of pain he he Ho gald ap bladder blood and were with then asked Miss scheduled for 10:30 a. m }were that Arbuckle would have to watt until after that . until the court disposed of the nday morn ing Het of petty cases, Arbuckle came into court at 10:50 a. m., aceompanied by his wife, Min |ta Durfee, He nodded “Good morn ing’ to the newspaper men Minta Durfee wore a black hat with a henna veil and taupe tailored Arbuckle was wearing a blue! folk suit ta Durfes, Arbuckle's wife, and PROET ERAT Sk ERTS HERE’S MORE ABOUT MAHONEY STARTS ON PAGE ONE ARO TRIAL STARTS ON PAGE ONE Mrs. “Billy” Truebdlood, ranchers took the Great Northern for the Badt near here, had M court opened. The venire, composed of 73 men, was calied, Several had excuses, | but only two were allowed. ‘The long grind of selecting a jury | ‘The. majority of farmers and very few o! mult, not arrived when} venire ai and write to f the The defendant is specifically charg: | « ed with murder of her fourth hus band, Edward F. Meyer, but the state alleges she also polvoned three previ ous husbands, Robert Dooley, of Twin Falls; William MeHaffie, of Hardin, Mont., and Charles C. Lewis, of Denver, and Billings, Mont. 137 WITNESSES ARE SUBPOENAED It was from these charges that the appellation of “female Biuebeard” was bestowed upon her. In addition, the state asserts she poisoned the 2-year. old baby of her husband, and her brother-in-law, Edward Dooley. A special venire of 70 men has been called. ‘The state has subpoenaed 137 wit- nesses and expected to summon sev- eral others. Mrs, Southard ts charged with pot soning Meyer with arsenic obtained from poison fly paper a month after they were married on August 10, 1920, in order to collect $10,000 life insurance, which he is said to have i [at the time thet the rope on the trank | |looked like It was the © This witness was vecalied stand. Me said he lived in Wilma! Minn, and had known tor years, He w femiatered at the Fry British Columbia April jo Heattie April 12 and Mahone; i fa fates arty F Ey i i EF 5 and owned 1 firet wh April 7 oF that night remained uatit quite late | Mra, Mahoney w and! S Uhtie ait. sayoult and, angers. urned to Seattle the sec ene} to the New Baker and room 161 went morning | seme clippings that the officers were ireseive Lake Union for Mra. Ma~ Her voice \ trembled. Mahoney slumped down in his chair and was| picking his teeth. You, bm married have a family. Tam the niece of taken out at her request. The witness identified a letter! ‘The insurance companies became | APU. | i! she had written to her aunt, April/ suspicious and refused payment./nad t 1s, after her return home to Mrs. Southard disappeared and later | her bedroom toto the living room. She | Wenatches. that year married Pal Vincent | [ad ths, bedrocm packed with things no] Haye you ever seen your aunt Southard, a petty officer In the navy, kines April 13," asked Deputy in Los Angeles. Shortly afterward he was transferred to Honolulu, and his wife was arrested there and brought back to Twin Falls. At the time of her arrest Mrs. Southard expreaned the belief that she was a “typhoid carrier,” two of her husbands, a brother-in-law and the baby having died of that dis eane, according to the death certifi cates, RANCHERS COME TO SEE TRIAL From farms and rancher, trom the | nearby towns and from the distant | ranges of the cow country people came today to Twin Falls and gath- | ered at the county courthouse to see Mrs. Southard. f The dustcovered automobiles of | those who have “come in” to see the| Proseeitor Patterson “No, sir; DP have not,” swered. She identified a letter she had received an having been written / by Mahoney. Another letter was| identified in the same manner; she had received this letter Aprit 22.) Sti) another letter was identified by the witness, It was signed “Jimmy Mahoney.” fm she an * lot of things wrapped papers Clothes and keepsakes she had wrapped up. The door of the bedroom—e! shaped diamond cl ereacent brooch, a stickpin which was net around the courthouse square at an early hour, their occupants standing about in small groups awaiting the Which seats 200 people. | If permitted to do so by the court, | the prosecution intends to go thoroty | into the past life of Mrs. Southard)! and’ bring testimony before the jury as to the manner of death of each | of her previous husbands, j cee Accused Woman Has Had Five Husbands'|| TWIN FALLA, Idaho, Sept. 26—| Mrs. Lydia Southard, who faced trial | today as “Lady Bluebeard,” has had five husbands. Four of them, and one brother-in-law, died under alleged mysterious circumstances. Here, according to officials, is Mrs. Southard’s- record of marriage and| death: In 1912, as Lydia Trueblood, she married Robert C. Dooley, of Keytes- | ville, Mo. He died at Twin Falis, | October 1, 1916. Edward Dooley, Robert Dooley’s brother, died in Twin Falls in Aw gust, 1915. The two Dooleys heid aj joint insurance policy in favor of You can see for yourself from these sketches that they are good looking! Four practical styles bungalow effects in Percale Aprons in slip-on -aprons that you will want to buy Mr. doe: tatt: ahhh wasted Wee Gil (108, tae ROW. and later, McHaffie, restaurant owner of Twin | In white backgrounds with stripes, figures and Falls. He died in Hardin, checks of dark colors—or in dark color October 22, 1918. ih) Trimmed ‘with piping or rick-rack braid, In 1919 she married Harlan ©.| “ rs Lewis in Denver, Colo, He died July | ished with’ big rer and neat s Oc iaale 10, 1920, she married Edwin | _ Women’s High Shoes $3.98 Mont., and fin- sashes and belts. | She married her fifth husband, Paul | Vincent Southard, chief petty officer, U. 8. N,, Is w in Los Angeles in 1921, He nding by her during the trial, | sent to marriage by fraud. He pre-| sented himself to be 7 years young: for divorce from David M. Beams, $2, Saturday, alleging that nine years) Beams. ago ber bushand obtained her con- F, Meyers, a rancher of ‘Twin Falls. He died September 7, 1920. | High Shoes of kid leather in black or brown, with Cuban heel and moderate toe—shown in lace style. er than he really was, declares Mrs, ! 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