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noon and Tomorrow.
MARKETS
Trading Interest Revived; Wheat
Sags, Cotten Up.
VOLUME 2—NUMBER 116
SAVANNAH WIFE SLAYER RECAPTURED
Atlanta Prison Gates Close Behind
Robinson As He Begins Serving
Term That Only Death Can End
MRS. STOLL’S KIDNAPER WAVES GOODBYE TO CROWD
WATCHING HIM AS HE ENTERS AUTO FOR
HIS "LAST RIDE.”
(Spertal to The Times)
ATLANTA, Ga„ May 1-I—Thomas
Robinson, Jr., the kidnaper, today en
tered a world of forgotten men to lose
his identity except for a number for
the remainder of his life.
Surrounded by O men, armed with
sub-machine guns the 29-year-old kid
napper of Mrs. Alice Speed Stoll
Louisville society matron, arrived at
the Atlanta federal prison at 9:50
a.m- (C. S. T.)
The youth had been whisked tc
the penitentiary from the Union
station in downtown Atlanta in a
fast car escorted by two other auto
mobiles loaded with government
agent*. He was brought to Atlanta
by train in a special drawing room
Waves Good-bys
As Robinson reached the top of th:
steps leading to the door of the peni
tentiary the chain with which he had
been manacled to a guaro was re
moved and in a signlflcenb gesture
the former public enemy turned,
smiled and waved good-bye to th<
outside world forever.
Inside the prison Robinson was
taken to the prison registrar. "What’s
your name?” the registrar asked
"Thomas H. Robinson, Jr.," the young
man replied.
After the prisoner's history had been
taken he was given a physical exami
nation, and after quaranteen will b
put to work in the prison duck mill
or shoe factory or given some othei
task inside the grim walls.
As he entered the prison Robinson
was dressed in black and white
checked sport slacks, a brown lum
ber jacket and a gray felt hat. He
wore a thin mustache.
As the car in which Robinson wa:
riding between two United State® mar
shals turned into the prison gate
Robinson smiled at newspapermen
1 The kidnaper was hravily manacled
as he was led from the train at
the Union station. E. E. Couroy ir
charge of the Atlanta office of th
THOMAS DENIES
BLAME FOR ‘LEAK’
BRITAIN OFFICIALS SAYS
HE DID NOT TELL BUD
GET SECRET
LONDON. May 14 (TP).—Britain's
Colonial secretary, J. H. Thomas, de
nied indignantly today tht he had
disclosed cabinet secrets about the
national budget.
The denial was made before a spe
cial tribunal investigation reports
that information about higher income
taxes ha leaked out before publication
of the budget. Several persons, in
cluding Alfred Bates, a friend of the
colonial secretary, had taken out in
svrancs against the higher taxes.
Thomas said he never mentioned
the budget to Bates, who is an adver
tising executive.
Thomas said he had been inclined
to resign when suspicions were cast
In his direction but his friends per
suaded him not to do ao. They said
«U manner of Interpretations would
be put on such a resignation.
THUGS USE STONE
TO FELL NEWSBOY
DENVER, Colo., May 14 (TP).—
Thlrteen-year-old Michael Qutntano
may have to give his life for the few
pennies he fought to protect.
Michael is a Denver newsboy. Two
men walked up to his stand and
snatched the change lying on Mich
ael’s papers. When he tried to fight
the bandits, ona of them struck him
with a stone.
Physicians at the hospital say
Michael’s condition is extremely seri
ous.
MRS. HOOVER IN CHICAGO
CHICAGO, May 14 (TP)—The Na
tional President of the Girl Sccuts,
Mrs. Herbert Hoover, arrived in Chi
cago today. The wife of former Pres
ident Hoover plans to attend the open-
Ing tomorrow of the Great Lakes Re
gional Conference of Girl Scouts.
While in Chicago Mrs. Hoover will be
a guest of Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Dawes.
NIGHTMARE!
. PEgSLPS, Md., May 14 (TP)
Joseph Miller begins a six month
sentenoe in the Maryland House of
Correction today for sleeping on
• grave.
Miller, a 20-year-old negro, was
hitch-hiking his way from Balti
more down the eastern shore of
the state when he reached Berlin,
Maryland. There, he became too
tired to go on. Miller found a
grassy spot in a cemetery and went
to sleep. A judge sentenced him to
six months in the House of Cor
rection for vagrancy.
SnuniinttlofiiiilnCTiinK
federal bureau of investigation and ;
squad of picked G-men met bhe train
Seems Relieved
Robinson, chained to Deputy Mar
shal Harold Hall was rushed to one
of the three waiting automobiles
G-men armtd with machine guns fc
front and behind him. When he hat’
entered the automobile, the G-mei
piled in the other two cars.
’ "All ready," the driver of the mid
die car in which Robinson sab wa
asked. “AU ready,” the driver replied
The cars then started the 10 minute
ride to the penitentiary.
The whole procedure at the statio:
was one of tense silence, with th
popping of photographers flashlight
bulbs as the only sound.
Robinson's arrival at the peniten
tiary came less than three days after
his arrest in Glendale, Cal., on kid
napping charges. A relieved look war
on the face of the kidnaper as 1
entered the penitentiary. He seemc
glad that hi® fugitive days were over
Warden A. C. Adcrhold, at the penl
tentiary, refused to igve out the pris
oners number.
SILVERMENDEL
FREED OF BOOK
MAKING CHARGE
THIRTEEN BYSTANDERS
SAY NO GAMBLING IN
BO PEEP’S POOL ROOM
Wolfe. (80-Peep) Silver and Felix
Mendel were acquitted yesterday aft
ernoon by a City Court jury on
charges of operating a gaming room
in an East Congress strqpf, pool roe g.
Silver was also acquitted on the
charge of renting a room for gaming
purposes. Judge B. B. Heery had
earlier in the day refused a defense
motion for a directed verdict of ac
quittal.
The charges against the two men
were the result of a raid on March
7 by city detectives on a room ad-,
joining Silver’s recreation hall where
it is alleged Mr. Mendel was receiv
ing the returns of a horse race over
the telephone from Silver.
The state charged that the room
was operated by Mendel for gambling
purposes and that Silver rented it to
him with full knowledge of the pur
pose for which It was to be used.
Thed efendants denied that there
was any gambling in the room. Men
del claimed that the horse racing in
formation was given out in the place
only as an accomodation to his cus
tomers. Silver said that he furnished
the information to Mendel for a
small charge but that was the extent
of his connection with the enterprise.
Major George C. Howard was attor
ney for the defense.
Thirteen witnes-es were called by
the state all of whom testified that
no gambling was taking place at the
time of the raid. They were C. M.
Ferrell, James Scully, Joseph La
Boux, John Reynolds, I. Kantzipper
Chris Vatsios, Louis Sarris, Aaron
Kravitch. Jack Kaminsky. Tom
Evans. Samuel I. Eisenberg, Meyer E
Shensky and Charlie Barbour.
FARLEYTOPARADE
POSTMASTER GENERAL IN
VERMONT TO GP.APPLE
ROOSEVELT VOTES
BARRE, Vt„ May 14 (TP).—State
Democratic leaders left their conven
tion hall today and marched out to
meet their generalissimo, Big Jim
Farley. The Democratic chief came
out of the West where he has been
grappling for votes from the Landon
leaders.
Postmaster Farley will join the pa
rade down the main streets of Barre
this afternoon and take the central
chair at a testimonial dinner late to
day. The Democratic state commit
tee has prepared a slate of delegates
to the National convention. Vermont
has only six votes, but 10 delegates
probably will be named. Two will
cast a full vote each and the other
eight half a vote apiece.
CHARGES FLY
THIRD PARTY HINTED AS
DEMOCRATS SPLIT IN
WEST VIRGINIA
CHARLESTON, W. Va., May 14
(TP) .- Fraud charges popped thick
and fast on the heels of the West Vir
ginia state primaries today and poli
ticians felt sure a third party will
rise from a Democratic split.
Election fraud was charged in 10
precincts in Kanawha county alone,
which hodl the state capital. An en
tire state ticket is already being
formed by dissatisfied partisans. The
independent ticket would support
Franklin Roosevelt for president. Sen
ator M. M. Neely for re election and
Bailey for governor.
SAFE FOR LIFE
■Tstt 'v
J®
Thomas H. Robinson, Jr.,
confessed kidnaper of Mrs.
Alice Stoll, Louisville, Ky., so
ciety woman, who entered the
Atlanta penitentiary today to
begin serving a life sentence for
his crime. Robinson entered a
plea of guilty at Louisville in
order to escape possible convic
tion under the Lindbergh law,
which carries with it the su
preme penalty death in the
electric chair
“GOSSIP MURDER”
TRIAL IS STARTED
JURY TO TRY WOMEN AC
CUSED OF KILLING
NEIGHBOR
ELKTON, Md.-, May 14 (TP).—A
crowd of curious spectators jammed
into a small court room in Elkton to
day as Maryland’s “gossip murder
case’’ came up for trial.
Lawyers immediately began the
task of selecting a jury to judge
whether Mrs. Rachel Gillespie mur
dered her neighbor, Mrs. Emily Fish
er. , Mrs. Gillespie was indicted last
week by a grand jury for the murder
of Mrs. Fisher at the door of her
Perryville home after false rumors
about the dead woman and Mrs. Gil
lespie's husband had been circulated
in the village. Mrs. Fisher lay in
jured for almost a week before she
died in a hospital when an operation
to remove a bullet from her spine
failed.
Almost 100 witnesses ha v e been
summoned by the defense and the
prosecution. The state is expected to
ask for a verdict of first degree mur
der while the defense probably will
plead Mrs. Gillespie was temporarily
insane.
LAWYERS.JUDGES
CLASH IN CHICAGO
WAR STARTS WHEN BAR
ASSOCIATION PROBES
JURISTS’ POLITICS
CHICAGO, May 14 (TP)—A war
looms between 41 Chicago judges and
the Chicago Bar Association today.
In a surprise ’ action the judges
voted to withdraw as members of
the association. They announced that
they did not believe their judicial
cuties included ‘.‘subservience to any
group of lawyers practicing in their
respective courts.”
The judges protested against the
association’s investigation against four
of their number. The four are charg
ed with political activity and judicial
misconduct.
Executive officers of the associa
tion are meeting to discuss the
judge’s action today.
ASK AID
TO FIND FARMER
OREGON, 111., May 14 (TP)—Fed
cral agents were asked today to joir
in the hunt tor a retired farm r
Jacob Groenhagen. who has beer
missing a day and a half. Sherif
Blanchard believes he has been kid
naped.
Groenhag’n disappeared from hi.-
home while his wife and childre*
were absent on a shopping trip
When they returned, Groenhagen an-'
his auto had vanl°hed from thel
farm.
Mrs. Gro-nhagen said h?r husban
often carried a large sum of money
SAVANNAH, GA., THURSDAY, MAY 14, 1936
SCHUSCHNIGG
FORMS CABINET
FAVORING SELF
BECOMES VIRTUAL DICTA
TOR AUSTRIA REGAIN
ING CHANCELLORSHIP
VIENNA, May 14 (TP)—Closer re
.ations with Germany at the expense
of Italy w’ere anticipated today by Aus
trian political experts who sifted the
probable results of Chancellor Schus
chnigg’s governmental coup.
Schuschnigg took over the powei
of a virtual dictator early today when
he resigned, regained his chancel
lorship and formed a new cabinet
The new government is minus Prince
Ernest Von Starhemberg, Schusch
nigg s political rival and former vice
chancellor.
Von Starhemberg is an ardent be
liever in Austro-Italian alliances as a
safeguard against Nazi attempts to
revive the old German domination of
Austrian affairs. Schuschnigg favored
more friendly relations wtih Berlin
and a drawing away from the Italian
influence.
Schuschnigg, however, announced
there would be no change in Austria’s
foreign policy.
Prince Von Starhemberg’s private
army, the Fascist home guard, is ex
pected to be cut to a mere shadow
of its present strength. Schuschnigg
and the prince clashed repeatedly
over the home guards, Von Starhtm
ber refusing to disband the organia
tion. Now, with Schuschnigg in the
position of a dictator, Von Starhem
ber will have to bow to the chancel
lor's orders and break up his little
army.
LORD ALLENBY
DIES IN LONDON
BRITISH WAR HERO LONG
ILL SUCCUMBS AT AGE
OF 75
LONDON, May 14 (TP)—One of
Great Britain’s military heroes. Field
Marshal Edmund'A'lenty'aied here
today at the age of 75 years.
Lond Allenby, called the "Conquer
or -of Jerusalem” for his campaign
in Palestine, had been in 111 health
for some time. Like most of his army
colleagues, Lqrd Allenby was a product
of Sandhurst Military Training. He
entered the Innlskilllng Dragoons and
served in the Bechuanaland expedi
tion in 1889. He commanded the
Royal Irish Lancers and then entered
the World War, in command of cav
alry.
Allenby became commander-ln-chief
of the Egyptian expeditionary forces
in 1917 and fought throughout the
campaign in Palestine. He was high
commission.- of Egypt—holding the
post until 1925. He held honorary
titles and orders from a dozen coun.
tries, including the American Distin
guished Medal, and the Croix De
Guerre from Belgium and France.
L:rd only son, Horace
Michael Allenby, was killed in action
during the World War. His brother,
Capt. Frederick Allenby, will become ■
his heir.
C. & STToPAY
GENE INTEREST
OTHER BANKSSILENT ON
DEMAND FOR SURPLUS
AGE ON FUNDS
(Special to The Times)
ATLANTA. May 14 (TP)—The Cit
izens & Southern National Bank to
day agreed to pay the 7 percent inter
est demanded by Governor Talmadge
on withheld state deposits. Officials
said certain details were still to be
Ironed out but that they had agreed
to pay the Interest. Fultcn National
and First National Bank officials had
not notified State Treasurer J. B.
Daniel today what they intended do
ing about the 7 percent interest de
manded of them on withheld deposits.
STUDY IS STARTED
ON NAVAL TREATY
SENATE FINANCE GROUP
PONDERS LONDON PACT
IN PRIVATE MEET
WASHINGTON, May 14 (TP)—
The senate finance committee b'gar
considering the recent London nava
treaty in a private session today. The
full senate must ratify the treaty be
fore it becomes effective..
The first witnesses called be for
th? senate committee were those whq
a hand in writing the treaty at
he London conferenc. They are Am
basador-at-large Norman Davis and
the chief of naval operations, Rea:
Admiral William Standley.
LOVES HER DOG
PITTSBURGH. Pa.. May 14 (TP).
Mrs. Martha Peterson marched out
of jail promising to get a lawyer and
defend herself and her poodle. Mrs.
Peterson stayed in jail three days,
rather than pay a five dollar fine
imposed on charges against her
poodle, named Prince. "They picked
up my dog from my front porch.”
said Mrs. Peterson. "I'm going to get
a lawyer. They can't do this to me
NO BREAD, NO
KIDSi-DUCE
I
ROME, May 14 (TP).—Premier
Mussolini's famous frown is di- »
rected today at Italian women I
who gave up bread in their reduc- >
ing efforts. *
The semi-official paper, “Corris
pondenza.’’ warns the black shirt .
mothers that bread is essential to J
healthy motherhood. The article
goes on to explain:
“Fewer children will born to
women who cut down on bread.
The new dieting fad which labels
bread fattening is ridiculous and
contrary to scientific fact. More i
I than that, it constitutes a grave
danger to the increase of the '
race.’’
DARIEN TO UNVEIL
HIGHLANDER GIFT
MEMORIAL TODAY
COL. G. ARTHUR GORDON
TO SPEAK AT EXERCISES
THIS AFTERNOON
Col. G. Arthur Gordan, prominent
in the military and historic activi
ties of Savannah, will deliver the
address at the unveiling of tile bronze
memorial to the Scotch Highlanders
of Darien when the memorial is pre
sented to that city at 4 o’clock thia
afternoon.
The tablet, designed by the well
known sculptor, Dr. R. Tait McKen
zie of Philadelphia, is the gift of tho
St. Andrew’s Society of Savannah,
the Georgia Society of the Colonial
Dames of America, and the Georgia
Society of Colonial Wars. The in
scription of the memorial was in
charge of Mrs. Craig Barrow, chair
man of historical activities in the
Colonial Dames, and reads as follows:
To the Highlanders of Scotland
Who founded New Inverness in 1736,
Their valor defended the struggling
colony from the Spanish invasion.
Their ideals, traditions, and culture
enriched the land of their adoption.
A number of Savannahians will
take part in the program. Bishop F.
F. Reese of Georgia, chaplain, Society
x>f Colonial Wars, will give thc.„in
vtxStion. Judge ,A. L. MacDonell.
president of St. Andrew's Society; J.
Randolph Anderson, governor of the
Colonial Wars Society; and Mrs. T.
P. Waring, president of Colonial
Dames, wil present the memorial to
Darien. The unveiling will be made
by John Mohr Mclntosh, lineal de
scendant of John Mohr Mclntosh,
famed leader of the Highlanders.
The Hon. .R. A. Young, mayor of
Darien, will accept the tablet in be
half of the town, and Mrs. Florence
Lachlison, presdent of the Women’s
Civic Club of Darien, will accept the
care of the memorial.
Dr. McKenzie, who has come South
for the unveiling, will talk on the
sculpture of the tablet.
'TORCHDANCER
ACCUSED IN FIRE
MISS BLOSSOM HELD IN
BLAZE THAT CAUSED
DEATH OF FOUR
SAN FRANCISCO. May 14 (TP)
The “torch dancer” whose flaming
brand caused a disastrous night club
fire is under arrest today.
Th? dancer, Betty Blossom, i
charged with violating city fire ordi
nances by using a torch blamed to:
the blaze that swept the club Sham
rock and caused four deaths. The gir
was unable to raise bail on her ar
rest and was jailed.
Witnesses say Miss Blossom was ir
the midst of her exotic dance wher
a spectator made as if to grab the
torch. Lifting the flaming brandou
of reach, the dancer accidentally se
fire to flimsy draperies which blazec
up.
A hatcheck girl, the wife of a for
mer partner of th enight club ant
two men patrons were trampled tr
death in the panic that followed. Git.
authorities plan a thorough inspec
tlon of all San Francisco’s night club
in a drive to eliminate possible fire
traps.
AUTO OWNERS GIVEN
BREAK IN NEW LAW
SIGNED IN MARYLAND
BALTIMORE, May 14 (TP)—Mary
land, for centuries, has been knowr
as the "Free State” and today ther
are several thousand grateful motor
ists who think the name really mean
something.
The're the drivers who will benef
by a new bill signed by Goveror
Hary Nice. The bill changes the (’at
on which auto licenses expire fror
December 31 to March 31. Next year
therefore, th? Maryland motorists w’
be given thre months of fre edriving
WOMAN'S CLOTHES IGNITE
BALTIMORE. May 14 (TP)—A 75-
year-old woman is near death in a
Baltimore Hospital after her clothing
caught fire today when she attempted
to light a gas stove near an open
window.
The woman. Mrs. Margaret Ultman.
ran screaming from her home, her
clothes blazing from head to foot. A
neighbor wrapped a blanket about
Mrs. Ultman and she was rushed t?
a hospital where doctors say her con
.’’dition Is critical.
OKLAHOMA POSSE
SCOURS STATE FOR
ESCAPED CONVICTS
EIGHT FLEE AFTER OUT
BREAK WHICH GUARD
WAS KILLED
BULLETIN!
BLANCO, Okla., May 14 (TP).
Four of the eight fugitive con
dets from McAlester peniten
tiary held up two Oklahoma fill
ing stations today and kidnaped
one of the owners.
The desperadoes forced the
wife of a filling station owned at
Blanco to prepare them a meal.
Then they kidnaped her husband,
William Doaks. A few minutes
later they robbed a gas station at
Antlers.
Two guards taken as hostages
were still with the convicts.
McALESTER. Okla., May 14 (TP)
—A 200-man posse is roaming through
southern Oklahoma today in search
of eight convicts who escaped after
a savage prison break, at the Okla
homa State Penitentiary. .
Twenty four ccnvicts joined in the
break, during which one guard was
killed and two others kidnaped.
Eleven prisoners were recaptured. Six
of the convicts were wounded.
The convicts rioted in the prison
brickyard outside the penitentiary
walls. They seized four guards and
used them as shields to silence the
guns of other guards on the prison
wall. Then the men piled into three
automobiles and sped with the four
captives toward McAlester..
Two of the guards were dumped
<?ut on the highway. One of them, a
prison brickyafd foreman, C. D. Pow
ell, was found shot through the head.
Pursuing guards captured 11 rioters
when they abandoned their cars and
tried to escape on foot
Governor Marian of Oklahoma this
morning ordered a thorough probe of
conditions at the penitentiary.
YOUTHS ARRESTED
AS ARSON SUSPECTS
FREED ON BOND
•*• > ■
McKAY AND BLACKBURIi.
RELEASED UNTIL HEAR
ING MAY 22ND
■ s ■ ■ ,r • ’
Frank McKay, 19, and Carl Black
burn, 22, have been released under
bond of SSOO each for their appear
ance in Municipal court, May 22, so:
a hearing on charges of arson which
are the outgrowth of a recent fire at
Savannah Bleach which destroyed
seven cottages.
Th? pair were arrested by counts
police officers at Montgomery late
yesterday after a warrant had been
taken out by William D. Turner, state
/ire marshal. The two men named in
the warrant had been detained for
investigation for a short time by Sa
vannah Beach police autboriites th/
morning after the firs. After que?
tioning them at length police releasee
the pair. At this time Police Chief A.
L. Hildreth of Savannah Beach said
the men "were released in the cus
tody of their attorney. Arthur Purvis
The attorney was retained by the pair
shortly after their incarceration a
the beach. . . ' ,
Today Mr. Purvis said he no longei
represented McKay and Blackburn
He did not know what brought abou!
the arrest of the men yesterday. Chief
Hildreth said today it was not at hit
request that the men had been again
taken in custody. He said his pre
liminary Investigation of the fire di;’
not convince him arson charger
should be preferred against the two
Shortly after the release at Tybst
of Blackburn and McKay a state fire
marshal called on Chief Hijdreth- The
chief turned over to him all the in
formation the former officer had gath
ered. < -
It could not be ascertained earl.,
this afternoon from which quarter
emanated the request for a probe of
the fire by state authorities. Marsha)
Turner was not available for query
It was assumed either an insurance
company or one of the property own
ers concsrned had brought about the
re-arrest of the two young men.
The two defendants were repair
ing one of the cottages burned. Th'
night of the fire they slept with per
mission at this home.
PASTOR KILLED
IN BRUNSWICK
REV. SIMPSON FOUND FA-
TALLY WOUNDED IN
ATTIC OF HOME
BRUNSWICK. May 14 (TP)—The
Rev. Thomas W. Simpson, pastor of
First Presbyterian Church here was
discovered mortally wounded in the
abdomen lying in the attic of his
home today.
Rev. Simpson, an officer of the
Georgia Presbyterian Synod, died
within an hour of his discovery. A
shot gun inflicted the fatal wounds.
FIREHOUSE TO OPEN
Savannah’s new fire station a*
Thirty-Ssventh and Ott streets will
b? formally opened May 25, Fire
'hief Walter S. Blanton announces.
Plans for bhe opening ceremonies
have not yet been completed.
Filling Station Operator
Captures Killer And Chum
After All-Night Carousal
PEMBROKE, Ga., May 14.—Walter Mims Bragg, escaped
Savarnah wife slayer, was in Clyde jail today awaiting removal
to the state chain gang near Millen because of shrewd detective
work by a Pembroke filling station operator.
Ernest Payne was in the custody of Bryan County Sheriff
John White on a tour of the Canoochee river swamp country in
an attempt to round up stokn goods ranging from automobiles
to groceries which the pair acquired in nightly forays from their
lair in the river swamp.
Bragg ruthlessly slew his young wife in the mid«t of a Sat
urday afternoon shoppng crowd in Savannah’s busiest uptown
district in September, 1931. Felling her with the first bullet,
he stood o v er her fallen body and poured five more shots in her
lifeless form.
. Conv’cted and sentenced to life imprisonment, Bragg and
Ernest Payne convicted burglar, leaped into a truck and made
RECAPTURED
■KU Mb
1 ggt
Walter Mims Bragg as he
looked in 1931 in police photos
from the records of Inspector R.
D. Doney, head of the Savannah
Police Department Bureau of
Identification. This picture was
made as Bragg awaited trial for
the slaying of his pretty young
wife as she emerged from an
uptown store.
ROURKE REFUSES
ENJOIN COUNCIL
IN DRAY ACTION
DRAYERS MUST RESORT TO
JURY IN TAX DISCRIMI
< NATION CHARGES
Judge John Rourke, Jr., in superior
court this morning denied the peti
tion of'W. E .Solomons, trading a:
Solomohs Transfer Company, for tem
porary injunction against the mayo:
and aidermen of the City of Sevan
nah to prevent the city from collect
ing taxes on the individual vehicle:
operated by the transfer company and
its associates in the drayage busi
ness. ,
The ordinance in question is en
titled "An ordinance to- assess anc;
levy taxes and raise revene for the
City of Savannah” and provides so:
a tax of SIOO on any person of cor
poration during the transfer busin;s ;
provided, however, that bhe tax shal
be only SSO if only one vehicle is op
erated. It further provides for a grad
uated tax oh the drayage vehicle:
ranging from $8 to SSO. The plaintiff
alleged that the council has not th
power to break up a business into ite
component parts and assess the indi
vidual vehicles according to then
number and character.
SENATORNEELY
SWEEPS STATE
CARRIES EVERY COUNTY
WEST VIRGINIA BUT
HOME OF RIVAL
WASHINGTON. May 14 (TP)
Jubilantly Senator Neely's office in
Washington anounced this afternoon
that thus far Senator Neely has car
ried every county in West Virginia's
primary. The one he has failed to
carry, his office said, was Pendleton
County, the home of his opponent.
Ralph Hiner. And even there, it was
announced, Hiner’s majority was few
er than 100 votes. Neely even carried
the home precinct of his arch-foe
Democratic Senator Neely.
With still 600 precincts to hear
from, the vote from the 1858 counties
reported was Neely 48,842—Hiner
14*.150. Hiner is the Speaker of the
West Virginia House of Delegates.
Neely has been Senior U. S. Senator
from the mountaineer state for the
last term.
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their escape from a highway chain
ging working near Millen.
For weeks the pair lurked in the
Canuchee swamplands, coming forth
at night to forage for supplies. Police
in every corner of the state searched
for them.
On one of their nightly trips, the
pair made the acquaintance of H. E.
Burkhalter, operator ’of an isolated
filling station near Groveland. They
bought gasoline from him to replen
ish the tanks of the stolen automo
biles In which they were traveling.
The three men became friendly, and
the l.'nely fugitives got In the habit
of calling nightly for friendly inter
course with the filling station oper
ator.
But Burkhalter had once lived in
Savannah. The face of Mims Bragg
seemed familiar to him, although he
could not quite place the man. Then,
While the three chatted at the filling
Station one night, it came to him.
He laid his plans to make the capture.
BurkJialer hided his time. Then one
night, as the three sat around his
filling station, he brought out a jug
of whisky. The fugities, long denied
the cheer of conviviality, were de
lighted. They both proceeded to get
gloriously drunk.
All night the .three men rode about
the countryside. Bragg and Payne
were enjoying their soree to the ut
most. They began to treat the guns
which reposed their knees with less
and less care. Finally, all caution
thrown to the winds in an alcoholic
;ia~e, they forgot the arms altogether.
Daylight came and the three men
wire still on their party. Burkhalter
was at the wheel of the automobile.
Seeing that Bragg and Payne were
stupid with drink, he recognized the
time had come to play the part he
hid chosen for himself. He headed
he car toward Pembroke, apprehen
■ively expecting the criminals to be
come suddenly suspicious. But they
-or.tinued oblivious.
In the early hours of dayling, the
streets of little Pembroke were de
serted. Help must hive seemed far
away to the young man who had
chosen a dangerous rcle. Then sud
;.;nly he spied a man emerging from
one of the quiet homes along the
thoroughfare. That man was Farmer
E. W. Miles, who had just been de
feated in his campaign for sheriff.
Burkhalter headed the car toward
Miles.
With a screaming of brakes Burk
halter stopped the car. He leaped out,
seizing a gun from one of the fug
.fives as he jumped. Miles, sizing up
the situation imi g. ciately, grabbed
the other man’s gun. There was no
struggle. The two escaped criminals,
dazed by drink and lack of sleep,
weary from the long weeks of liv
l-’g a haunted existence In the swamps
quietly surrendered.
Sheriff White, to whom the two
men were turned over, Immediately
Placed Bragg in the Clyde jail .for
sale keeping. Then Deputy Sheriff
Taylor of Jenkins county and P. G.
Aycock, in charge of the convict
camp near Millen, were notlfed and
1 s^e< * come after the prisoner.
Sheriff White prodded the
.eary Payne into an automobile and
mey went off to recover the stolen
property which had made up the
household equipment of the fugitives
m the numerous swan—, lairs.
reports > Sheriff white had
? ea radio which
’ m s<:o^en from a farmhouse
and which had helped to while away
the long days and nights in th*
s *a m P- One automobile was also re
ported recovered, and the sheriff was
searching for another reported stolen
from a Bryan county farmer.
Repots that Sheriff White of Bryan
county was on his way here with
Walter Mims Bragg and Ernest
Payne, slayer and burglar fugitive*
irom the Jenk 'n county chain gang
kept County Jailer W. M. Kidwell
expectant for hours this morning.
Later reports, however, were that
Bragg had been jailed at Clyde.
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