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WEATHER Probable Showers This After 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. Published every day excepting Saturdays, gj Five cents per copy Sundays. Delivered j to your home fifteen WF cents per week. WEEK DAYS PAY NO MORE TRANSRADIO PRESS 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. IF YOU FAIL TO RE CEIVE YOUR PAPER, CALL CIRCULATION DEPARTMENT 6183 -AND ONE WILL BE SENT IMMEDIATELY.