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BURNS, FAMOUS GEORGIA FUGITIVE IS CAPTURED
Colder Weather Is Seen For Thursday Night
SUOW PROBABILITY
IV SOME PARTS
OF DIXIELAND
By The‘ Associated Prass
Blustering northerly winds over
most of the country drove sub
sero temperatures as far south as
porthern Missouri Wednesday night
und carried freezing weather into
the upper sections of the sonuth
enmost tieg of states. ;
Little relief from the cold wave
was in sight, forecasters said.
Rains in the mnorth Georgia
mountains which caused some riv
ers to rise to threatening heights
practidally ceased during the
y.‘i:ht. no point in that area re.
porting more than a drizzle. The
heaviest rainfall reported in the
coutheast= wag in’' Macon where it
amounted to .68 inch,
The rivers already had ceased to
rise in their upper reaches.
In the north and northwest Chi
cago shivered with a minimum of
¢ degrees below zero, Des Moines
had 8 below, Green Bay, Wis.,, and
Minneapolis, Minn.,, N below,
Huron. 8. D.; 14 helow, Winnipeg
22 helow, New York 28 above and
Boston” 22 above.
Light snow and rain fell over
numerous areas generally distrib
vied over the country Wednesday
night.
The border line of freezing tem
peratures ran through north Geor.
gia where Atlanta had a minimum
of 32, Alabama where Birmingham
reported 30, mnorthern Mississippi
and southern Tennessee with 30 at
Memphis, across Arkansas and
through Texas,
Cfolder weather and freczing
somewhat further south Jduring
Thursday mighg was predicted for
the whole southern tier eof states,
with snow a probability {krough
the whole nerthern tier of Dixlie.
A minimum of 25 was forecast
for Atlanta Thursday night, 7 de
grees under that Wedhesday night.
~ Meteorologists said ‘that change
probably would be repl‘es{ntativd
of conditions in the South. 1
Flood Waters at
Rome Recede ‘As
Wind Blows Cold
KROME, Ga. — (#)'— The muddy
flood waters that washed over the
lowlands of Rome from its rain.
drunk rivers receded Thursday but
chilly winds added to the discom
fort of refugees. ;
With a ecessation of rain both
the Oostanaula and the Etowah
which join to form the Coosa here
began to fall Wednesday. |
The American Legion and Sal
vation Army worked together to
care for 165 of these forced from
their homes by the water and re-J
lief workers estimated the total es.
fected by the flood, cold and . lack
-~ of fuel and food as a result of the
overflow at about 500 persons.
Officials said no loss of life nor
serious property damage resulted
from the flood. = Approximately an
tizhth of the ecity's territory was
hit. The main residential and bus
iness sections are on the higher
Bround.
Schools were closed Wednesda.vl
until a‘fler the Christmas holidays
When many pupils were cut of.'l
from attending - classes.
The Oostanaula reached a crest
slightly above 82 feet before it be-,
f4n to drop. The last big flood in!
Rome was in 1916 when the ri\‘erl
trested at 34.4 feeta, An all time
'ecord was set in the year of 1886 i
with a high of 45 feet. I
Several highways in nm‘thwestl
Georgia were effected by the f100(11
Witers for a time but the situat.ion‘
had improved Thursday. Seveml‘
tavs of continued rainfall sent the|
“lreams on the rampage. 1
Matrimonial State
Of Candidate Issuc
In Georgia Election
FTHOMASVILLE Ga.— (P — A
“tate of matrimony has become av
Ssue jn the Jocal political cam-
Paizn, so Bill! Bidson, 1a candidate
o the office of elty sexton, pur-
Chased advertising space in the
"twspapers to deny @ccusations oi
bichelorhood,
Candidate Eidson wants all men
' know he has been a hushend for
IV years and a father for 10 vears
‘Now in my raee for city sextor
" has been stote@lsthat T am a
Michelor and therefore don’t need
the job, his advertisement read.
"Since this has come about. ! want
0 state the facts as follows:
“I have been married for 12
‘ears and have @ 10_year-oid boy
“ltending the loeal public “schools
“l am aeking support n this
lice because I want to work and
brovide a d@ecent, honest living!' for
Ty wife, my boy and myself.” ;
FULL Associated Press Service.
Weather History in Mal;i;g as Stories
Of Death and Near Tragedy Come Out of
Regions of “Sunny Southern California”
LOS ANGELES. — (AP) —
Weather history was in the
making Thursday as stories of
death and near tragedy came
out of the snow-clad regions
of “sunny southern Califcrnia.”
A man froz: to death in the
Palo Verde valley, adjoining
the Imperial valley, where tem.
peratures of 120 degrees arc
not uncommon during the
summer,
Two mining men, Robert M.
Ray and Arthur W. Johns,
were missing in Holcombe val
ley since Saturday whisn they
left Loe Angeles to inspect a
mining property. A blizzard
swept the valley Saturday
night,
Three residents of Los Ang
eles attributed their survival in
a*24_hour fight against a freez
ing death in the Big Bear dis
trict to the valor of a poiice
dog and the warmth supplied
PRYGIGIAN TO NEW
YORK GIANTS SHOT
Widely Known Doctor Is
- Victim of ‘Assailant’s
l Bullet
’ NEW YORK.—(AP)—Dr. Wil
|‘liam J. Walsh, widely known phy
{sician to the New York Giants
!basebull club, .lay near death
{ Thursday, the vtc;‘im of a myste
rious attack by an ex-convict, who
shouted “I'm desperate,” as he
"flred' three . bullets into the doc
|tor's abdomen. * 5
| The assailant, variously known
ias John William W’i_lson, Victor
|Hug.o. and Frank Madden, led
?f:'om the physician's office,” only
Itu be cornered and, killed by po-
Ilice and a friend of the doctor.
‘ No motive for the crime was
found. - Tuesday night, a man de
scribing himself 'as John William
Wilson telephoned Dr. Walsh at
his office on Riverside Drive, say
in he was bringing a critically
ill brother to the office.
Fearing it might be a case of
wounded gangsters, Dr. Walsh
asked police protection. Two po
licemen went to the office” but Wil
son failed to appear.
Wednesday night a man rushed
linto' the place, pushed ' past the
| physician's secretary and fired
three shots into Walsh.
“George, I've been shot,” Walsh
gasped to George F. Murphy, a
lfriend, who was in an adjoining
X-ray room.
Murphy _seized a revolver and
chased the fleeing assailant. Two
policemen joined him. Trading
shots with the fugitive, they saw
him take refuge in a parked taxi
cab. Shonting as they approached
the cab, they found the man's
lifeless body on the floorboards.
There were seven bullets in it. |
The dead man's record showed
rhe was sentenced to eight }'eu!‘a’}
for robbery in the Bronx in 1973
and that he was convicted twice
of grand larceny in White Pluins.!
NI ¥ |
A blood transfusion was given |
Dr. Walsh. He is 41 years old and |
is well known as a specialist in
athletes’ ailments. He pitched for
the Giants in 1912, .to earn money
to pay his expenses at Fordham?
Medical school, from which he
was graduated in 1915. 1
TALMADGE SAYS HE
HAS SELECTED NEW
GEORGIA OFFICERS
ATLANTA, Ga.— (AP) —Geor-!
gia's major appointive offices have |
already been filled but announce- |
ment of who will operate the vari- |
ous state positions will not be
made known until the inaugura-|
tion of Governor-elect Eugene Tal- |
madge, or just prier thereto, Tal- |
madge has announced. |
In making his announcement I
Taimadge said .he Had not told |
anyone about his selections. Tal-i
madge takes office shortly a.fterl
the legislature meets January 9.
Since he was named in the Sep- !
tember primary the governor-elect |
has been besieged with throngs ofi
applicants while the mails havei
prought many additional pleas for |
jobs. i |
Among the positions he will fill‘
are that of adjutant general, state |
purchasing agent, custodian of
public buildings ard grounds, and,
together with the attorney gen
eral, he will name five a’nqtstant'
THE BANNER-HERALD
them by the dog’s body.
The storm subs'ded Wednes
day night, leaving snows to a
depth of more than three feet
in the mountains and thor.
oughly drenched lowlands,
The sole knowr victim of
the cold wave was Henry
Petty Long, cotton farmer,
near Blythe, Calif, Jis body
was found in the underbrush
near his home. He was last
seen en rcute to his home as a
snow ctorm swept the desert
country Monday night.
The three persons who es
caped death were Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Fippindor and ICharles
A. Smith. They were canqght
in a blizzard Sunday morning.
Their automobile was covered
by snow drifts,
They were found by a snow
plow crew Wednesday, huddied
over the big police dog from
which they drew sufficient
warmth to prevent freezing.
COMMITTEE AGREES
ON 3.7 FCT. BEER
Leaders ‘Expect Measure
To Be on Floor by Next
Tuesday :
; By CECIL B. DICKSON
I (Ascociated Press Staff Writer.)
! WASHINGTON—(#)—The house
iways and means committee decided
|'l‘hul'sduy to increase the aleohol
j(:ontent to be allowed in beer, il
| legalized under the Collier Qill, to
'3.2 per cent by weight. The bill
junder consideration had limited it
,‘.-to 2.75 per ecent. It also was de
cided to leavy a $6 a barrel tax.
| Shoving asige ior the present
| Secretary Mills’ urgent demand |
!for a general manufacturers' sales
|tu.\' as a budget-balancing meas
iur(-. the group, dominated by Dem-
Io(:mts. set about fulfilling the in-,
{coming administration’s pledge of
i\’olstead law modification despitel
lack of definite knowledge of
lPresidqnt Hoover’s attitude. ‘
As it considered the Collier bill |
which has been the basis of hear- |
ings this week and last, the com
gmittoe did not appear disturbed by
| Mills’ low estimate of possible
| revenues from legalized beed.
| The Treasury head estimated the
;85 a barrel levy would provide’
|5125,000.000 to $150,000,000 the first
year in contrast with testimony of'
brewers' representatives that It‘
Fwould exceed $200,000,000. !
i At present the tentative meas
ure provides for beer of 2.75 per
cent alcoholic content but indica
tions were that this would be in
creased to 3.2 percent by weight,
lthe maximum most committee
members believe is constitutional.
Some revision of the wine pro
vision and the method of collect
ing the 20 cent tax on each gal
lon appeared certain in view of
Mglls statement that its adminis
tration would be “impossible.” The
$5 a barrel levy on beer probably
will be retained.
_ The committee was called into
iexecutivc session by Chairman
Collier to consider the changes
Ideemed necessary in view of con
| flicting testimony of wet and dry
lwitnessos during the hearings.
Representative Rainey of Illi
|nuis, Democratic floor leader, said
that in view of Mills' “failure to
declare for or against the bill, 1
believe it' is the legislation we
should pass.” He said, “there are
le‘nough votes in the committee to
iget it ous on the house floor for
]an early vote, probably next Tues
day.”
| Efforts of Senator Blaine (Re
[pulvlican. Wisconsin), meanwhile,
'to get the senate judiciary sub
committee together to consider a
prohibition repeal proposal were
[(o be renewed Thursday, but pros
pects for early senate action on
the proposition appears to be fad
ing rapidly.
LOCAL WEATHER
Partly cloudy, colder in
south portion Thursday night:
Firday cloudy, probably with
rain, colder on the coast.
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Average Dec. rainfall .. .. 438
Total since Jan. 1 .. .. ..50.01
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ROBERT E. BURNS
HOOVER TO CALL
“SCHOOL CRISIS”
CONFERENCE SOON
| WASHINGTON —(#)—President
IHoover has decfded to call a con
ference on the “crigis in edueation”
land invitations will be issued Fri
|day for a group of educational and
cother leaders to mieet here January
sth.
The opening session will be ad.
dressed by the chief exocutive,
who will set forth as the confer
|ences primary purpose the work
~]lng out of “methods of making
!'necessary retrenchment in school
lexpendituves with the least pos
]sible injury to the coming genera.
tion.” 3
A second goal will be to “secure
effective participation in construc
tive action by citizens of widely
dffering points of view but withl
a common interest” in reducing]
,educational costs,
| In addition to educational lead
ers, the president will invite rep
'resentatives of labor and ieading
farm organizations. ?
Additional Policemen
Placed at White House
WASHINGTON —(#)— A guard
of 25 additional metropol®ftan po
licemen Thursday was stationed at
the White House, with "a still
larger force held in reserve, af
ter reports. were received that a
group of honus marchers Intended
to visit the executive mamnsicn.
A group of 150 “rank and file"
veterans started for Avriington
cemetery early Thursday morning
The leaders bore a red wreath
on which shone in gilt letters the
name “Hushka’—in honor c¢f the
bonus marcher who diea from a
police bullet received in the riot
ing of last July. i
GIRL RUNS TEMPERATURE OF 110 PUZZLING |
LOS ANGELES DOCTORS; 107 KNOWN AS FATAL
LOS ANGELES—®P)—A 20.
year-old Mexican girl Thus
day amazed medical authorities
of the Los Angeles general
hospital by running a témper
ature of 110 degrees. Medical
men say 107 degrees is fatal.
For three months, doctors
said Thursday, Alice Tolan has
been running an almost daily
temperature of a height never
before equaled by a human
sufferer, .
Dr. P. Berman, medical di.
rector of the General hosvitai,
brain, lung and other special
ists who examined Miss Toln,
HERRIOT REFUSES TO Talmadge Foresces
FORM NEW CABINET; Plenty of Whiskey
CHAUTEMPS CALLED But No Ga. Revenue
‘; PARlS.—(AP)—Premier Herriot
irefused a commission to form a
| new cabinet Thursday afternocon
and President Lebrun immediately
called in Camille Chautemps, min
ister of the interior, as his next
choice.
l “President Lebrun,” Herriot told
the press, “did ,me the honor to
invite me to form a government.
“I thanked him with the re
spectful affection I have for him,
bus I declined this honor for rea
of confidence to which I am
determined to remain faithful.
. “L will not enter in any cabi
| net.,” bR e
-—ESTABLISHED 1832—
0. 5. RECENES PAY
- FROM & NATIONS
0% WAR DEBTS
Y By The Associated Press
S'x "niaticrs owing varying sums
to the United States by reason of
{oans made -as a- result of the
World War, were ready Thursday
to pay what is. due.
Three — Krance, . Belgium and
Greece—have indicated they will
not pay. Poland, too, was expect.
ed to defauit, .
The total due Thursday from
the eleven nations is $124,934,421,
principal and interest. Of this to
tal Great Britain owes $95,550,000
which sum, in ggld bullion, was
A%set aside Thursday in the vaulta
1"0'1? the Bank of England, “ear
imarked,” to meet the obligation.
i The five other nations ready to
‘Apay were Italy ($1,245,437), Czecho.
f,slovakm ($1,500,000), Latvia «$148,-
852), Finland ($186,235) and Lithu
ania (%92,386.) S
" The sum due Thursday rom
france and which the French
| chamber voted not to pay, there
[by overthrowing ‘the ministry of
\Edouard Herriot, is $19,261,432, all
! interest.
! OPENS CREDIT BOOK
, WASHINGTON—(®)—The United
States opened its $11,000,000 000 -
leredit book Thursday to ma:‘k}
Idown ‘the war debt payments u!‘
foreign nations meeting prommly"
’thier December installments and
ito leave blank spaces after th: de.[
| faulters. ;
| The sum due . Thursday wusi
13124,934,421 in principai and inter- |
ges&vith Great® Britain, th,i biggesti
!debtor, ready to pay $95,550,000 lin
gold. Four others—ltaly, Czecho
slovakia, Latvia and Lithuinia—
also were prepared to meet their
’indebtedness before the treasury's|
'doors closed Thursday aftrnoon '
| Six more nations had install
ments, due but of them France
Belgium and Greece previously an.
nounced they would not pay. A
lst.altemem Wednesday night from
the Polish embassy strongly ‘ndi
cated that Poland also would de
fault. Thus this government was
‘faced with the possibility of col
‘lecting only abeut $100,000,000
lwhen the transactions are com.
pleted.
After the payments and defaults
all have been checked, the Ameri
can position for the immediate fu
ture will shape itself more posi
tively. Until Thursday, it had
bheen: Pay and create a better
understanding for talk of recon.
sideration or default.
Official cireles held the view
‘that Thursday's developments
would play a definite part in for
mulating the message on war
‘debts which President Hoover has
promised to dispatch to congress.
In it he is expected to recommend
that congress create an agency Lo
gtudy anew the debts question zmd‘
its relation with the world-wide
ecenomic . conditions. But whati
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‘have concluded a tubercular
tumor in the third ventricle of
the brain, where the *heat
center” of the human is lo-
W, has prevented control
of her bodily temperature,
" Mr. Berman said there was
T 0 way in which an operation
could be performed to remove
the tumor and restore the hcat
controlling function.
Bedside charts showed that
at times when the girl's tem
perature was soaring to record
heights her pulse was normal
while her respiration was sub.
norinal, on one occasion being
as low as 14.
| ATLANTA.—(®)—IIf surr-unding%
'states repeal their prohibiticn lqws:
jand Georgia keeps hers CGeorgia|
| will have as much liquor 2s ('\'eri
| without getting ome cent in taxes
iln the opinion of Governor.elect!
| Eugene Talmadge. !
{ He expressed this view in a talk]
‘before the Atlanta Masonic club. |
| The governor-elect said he had
|studied operations f state hLigh
| way departments in other statesy
and found that ‘“states having
lhighw&y departments under the
Icontrol of the governor have suc
ceeded in building better roads
{and obtained a moreé business.like
management.” ¢, el .
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A well-equipped rescue party will be an important part of the “strato
sphere expedition” which Professor August Piccard (upper right) of
Belgium plans to start from Hudson' Bay in a specially-built balloon
similar to that (at left) which he used on his recent jaunt to a record
alt tude above Zurich, Switzerland,
| BY MINOTT SAUNDERS
' NEA Service Writer
| PARIS — With further strato
[ spheric ambitions, Professor Aug-
Just Piccard, famous Belgian sei-.
entist, wil] sail early in January
to explore the possibilities of find
ing a rich American backer and
| two husky young Americans who
,:u‘(- pilots and physicists to under
i take a balloon voyage to study
scosmi(: rays in the regiohs of the
im;:gm-t,ic pole. He will also re.
| quire a daring rescue party ‘to]
| br ng back the balloon and its oc
{cupants after they land,
| have no doubt that. among
[ those 120.000,000 people 1 shall be
{able to. find the men I require to
ih(-lp me in the interests of sch:nce’
|to realize my greatest stratospher. |
Paul Redfern, Missing Georgia Flier, ‘
Reported Held By Amazonian Tribe
Of Savages, Treated As Captive King
NEW YORK.—(AP)—Five years
ago Paul Redfern of Georgia dis
appeared on a flight to Brazil and
Thursday reports were current
that a rescue expedition is about
'to leave for the Amazon on the
strength of information that Red
fern is held by a savage tribe
which treats him as a captive
king.
For months after Redfearn dis
appeared friends were firm ip their
belief that he would be found and
many expeditions sought hin
through South American jungles.
His fatier, wiho lives in Ceorgix,
was invited’ to join one of ticse
expeditions and for a time it
seemed probable that the filer's
uncle, Richard Redtrn of Roch
ester, N. Y., would go alonz.
Thursday’'s * reports were that
neither father nor uncle had ever
given up hope and that recently
their faith had seemed to them to
New Farm Relief
Plan Is Urged on
House Committee
WASHINGTON, —- (#)— Orga-l
nized farm - groups urging the
domestic allotment relief plan be
fore the house agricfiture com
mittee Thursday, said they favor
ed preservation of “all that is
good in the farm board act, that
is all except the stabilization pro
visions.”
The question of disposition of
the farm board was raised by Re-|
presentative Andresen (R., Minn).
while Frederick T, Lee, spokesman
for the agriculturai groups, wasl
testifying.
“Do vou favor abolishment of the;
‘the farm board?” Andreson asked.
| “We want the reservation of all‘
|that is good in the act. that is all!
|execpt the | stabilization provi.
”‘s:ons," Lee refilieq‘ “but we are
Inot so interested in the adminis
itrative agency, -
| “We want such features a&™the
| cooperative and .educational work
| Sy 4
| (Continued on. Page Three)
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ic adventure,” he explained. #I do
not. plan "to. make the flight my
‘self because lifeel I cannot meet
the physical strain whieh® will be
(required, but I hope to organize it
‘BO that we shall all benefit sciens
titically by the experience.”
On the “Up and Up” ;
l Piccard plans to send a balloon
aloft from upper Hudson Bay next
year or in 1934 which will be able
tn rise over ten miles where, he
hopes, the yet unknown cosmic
rays of the magnetic pole can be
‘studied. He will have to have a
new and perfect balloon and cabin
for his Arctic-air voyage. ‘
“The chief interest in these cos.|
mic rays is that we ope som day|
to reproduce them artificially,” he
(Continued on Page Six) ;
‘have been justified by the verbal
report of an aviator who .reported
actually having seen young Red
fern in the jungle.
This man, unnamed even in
rumor, was reported to have told
the following story: L#st above
the Brazilian jungle somewhere
outside of Manos, capital of the
state of Amazonas, he saw a clear
ing and came down. Fle found
himself in the village of a ftribe of
headhunters and sonn discovered
that another white man was held
captive by them, treated as a
king and almost worshipped, but
for all that prevented from leav
ing. The “king” was Redfern, who
gave the second aviator a verbal
message for his relatives, asking
them to rescue him.
‘* Such is the story of the un
named aviaior, who is reported to
have got away from the savages
and to have brought his messagel
back to the Redfern family. |
'Russell Appoints
" Gibbs to Georgia
| Board of Control
! ATLANTA . —(®)—Governor Rus.
i sell Thursday announced the res
ignation of Chairman Shepard
Bryan of ths state board of con
troi of eleemosynary institutions
and the appointment of W. Ben
Gibbs of Jesup, solicitor of the
Brunswick circuit superior court,
'to the board succeeding the late
John T. Brantley.
| At the same time the Govcrnor
| suid that Arthur Lucas, Atlania
!theater man, who was appointed
!to the ‘board from the stale at
;-large had resigned and was re-ap.
| pointed from the Fifth district
|E;U(-.ceeding Chairman Bryan. This.
the governor said, leaving the ap
‘pointment of a member of the
board from the state at large yet
to be made.
Judge Bryan, an Atlanta attor
ney, resigned because of the pres.
sure of business. He has been
chairman since the board took
over supervision of the institutions
|the firsg.of -the year, -= .
H2ME|
EDITION |
JIATE COMMISSION
WILL ATTEMPT T 0
BRING HIM BACK
NEWARK, N. J, — (AP) =
Robert Elliott Burns, chain
gang fugitive from Georgia,
was held in $25,000 bail Thurs
day to await extradition to _the
South. The amount of batl
was fixed aftier argument be:
tween Burns’ counsel and Po
lice Judge Harold Simandl, :
ARRESTED iN NEWARK
NEWARK, N. J—(AP)—Robert
Elliott Burns—“l am a fugitive
from a chain gang”—is no longer
a fugitive but a prisoner in a po
lice cell. Nk
Burns, who attained nation-wide
prominence by his hook and the
motion picture based on his ex--
periences, was arrested uietly
Wednesday night. A" memg'g‘%fifa’f
the Georgia Prigson. commission,
said at Atlanta that the southern
state would make an effort to re
turn Burns to that state at once,
Counsel for Burns, .how_a_vk
promised a fight to pl‘event e;'g’;ija;‘
dition and word was awaited from
Governor A. Harry Moore to léearm
what action he would take. He
previously was quoted as telling
the fugitive he would aid him
when and if it were necessary. ;
Burns had made no apparent
effort to hide, and although he
was known to have been in New
Jersey ®ver two years there had
been no request for his arrést.
Judge Vivian L. Stanley, a mem-'
ber of the Georgia Prison _com
mission, said Wednesday night he
had furnished Newark police with
finger prints of Burns about twe
weeks ago. He said requisition
[would be forwarded to New Jer=
sey immediately. :
I To Fight Return ¥
{ Charles Handler, Burng' lawyar,
and the Rev. Vincent Burns, his
brother, who has interested many.
influential persons in the case and
who sought a Georgia pardon be
fore Burns' second escape in 1930,
vigited the prisoner at headquar- "
ters béfore he was put behind
bars for the night.
[ Burns came . here from Pitts
‘burgh September 30, 1930, only a
few days after he escaped from
the Troup county, Georgia, prison
camp, and has lived in this vi
cinity since. He Worked on a
Newark publication until it stope
ped publication. oo
Then he found a variety of other |
jobs, among them that*of a dyna=
miter at a copper refinery in
Chrome. After that, he decided to
write hig experiences and the
book and motion picture dealing
with the Georgia prison system
fcllowed. ;
Now he operates a small store
at Hast Orange, and before his ar
rest was a familiar figure in down=
town Newark where he was tdken
into custody. o
Interviewed by a local newspa~
per only last Sunday, he expressed
the hope of obtaining a parden.
| “1 wish to be a free man once
more,” he was quoted as saying,
“and be able to hold my head high
in any prat of the United States.
I'm still a ‘fugitive from a Geor=
‘gia chain gang’ but, believe me,
it’san empty honor.” Sl
He recited his experiene@;g
the reporter, retelling many of the
incidents he had written, but he
said the most dramatic mement im
his life was meeting another 'fii
caped convict in Newark April 1,
1931, et
The other fugitive was Johu
Moore, who with Burns and a
third man, held up a grocery in
Atlanta, Ga., in 1921. The tria
was captured and Burns was sen-.
tenced from six to ten years. He
escaped in 1922 and was free un
til 1929 when, according to his
story, a woman brought about hig
return to the “chain gang.” {;g,‘f_‘_
Betrayed By Woman
After his first outbreak, he,ém
Chicago as a place to live and ibe
came a success as a mn.fim
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