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Hearing Thursday In Carellas’ Murder Case
CIVIL SERVICE
TO HOLD EXAM,
NUMEROUS QUALIFICA-,
TIONS NECESSARY FOR
BOARD RATING
A competitive examination for the'!
position of sutdent engineer, with ap- j
plications to close by July 9, has been
announced to be held in Atlanta
shortly. The position pays a salary
of $1,440 per year, with the follow
ing qualifications necessary for ap
plication.
Applicants must not have reached
jtheir 25th birthday on the closing
idate for the receipt of applications,
•except that this age limit does not
apply to persons granted preference
because of military or naval service.
They must have completed at least
three years of an engineering course
in g.n engineering college of recog
nized standing; provided, that none
may enter the examination who have
completed the required three years’
college work prior to May of 1933.
Further information and applica
tion blanks may be obtained from
the secretary, board of U. S. Civil
Service Examiners, at the post office
or from the manager Fifth U. S.
Civil Service district, New post office
building, Atlanta, Ga.
FAST SHIPS ARE
ADDED TO LINE
One of the two vessels just added
to the fleet of the Merchants and
Miners Transportation Company, the
8. S. Irwin, is expected to shorten
the voyage from Baltimore to Savan
nah by three or four hours. The Irwin
will average about a knot faster than
the other ships of the fleet, it is be
lieved .
Bought recently from the Grace
line, the Irwin is 373 feet in length,
with a displacement of 6,900 tons,
about 120 passengers can be accom
modated, which is considerably less
than the other ships of the M. and
M. T. Co. fleet, although the vessel
Is larger than most of the others. The
ship will be commanded by Capt. J. L.
Dix, formerly master of the S .S.
Somerset .The Kent, a sister ship of
the Irwin purchased at the same time
will probably not call at this port
until fall, being placed in use at pres
ent on a Philadelphia to Boston run.
MORTUARY |
MRS. LAURA V. COX
Mrs. Laura Virginia Cox, who died
Sunday at her residence in Atlanta,
was buried this morning in Laurel
Grove Cemetery following funeral ser
vices at the grave. Officiating was
Rev. Samuel McP. Glasgow, D. D.,
pastor of Independent Presbyterian
Church. Funeral arrangements were
in charge of Sipple Brothers. Mrs.
Cox was the mother of Mrs. Horace
A. Crane of Savannah.
MRS. JULIA B. LAFITTE
Funeral services for Mrs. Julia Best
Lafitte, wife of J. O’Brannon Lafitte,
will be held this afternoon at 4:30 o’-
clock at the home of her daughter
Mrs. Guy E. Walker, of 1325 East
Henry St., where she died yesterday
ifter a lengthy illness. Burial will
be in Bonaventure Cemetery, with
Rev. John S. Wilder, D. D., pastor
of Calvary Baptist Temple, officiating.
The pallbearers will be James R
Cain, W. V. Denaux, and W. F. Clark,
S. W. Dule, George W. Blanton and
L.J. Rabey.
Besides her husband, Mrs. Laffitte
is survived by two daughters, Mrs.
Walker and Mrs. F. H. McCrae of
Denmark, S. C.; two sons, Walker
Laffittee of Savannah and H. O. La
ffittee of Lyndhurst, N. J.; a brother,
W. L. Best, of Allendale, S. C.; two
sisters, Miss Lena Best and Mrs.
Howell Keel of Allendale, and several
grandchildren.
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INFANT HOWARD
Funeral services were held today
for the infant son of Mr. and Mrs.
D. W. Howard of Ludowici, who died*
jerterday in a local hospital. Burial
Will be at Pigot Branch Church. Ir
vine Henderson Funeral Home is in
charge of arrangements.
DIVORCED FILED
Gurlin L. Davis yesterday filed suit
for divorce from his wife of 28 years,
Mrs. Hattie Mae Johnston Davis,
claiming desertion. Married in 1908,
the petition avers that Davis was de
serted by his wife in 1931. Attorney
for the petitioner is Edward A. Dut
ton.
MRS. ROSA GOBEL
Mrs. Rosa Gabel, 67, native of
Hungary, died this morning at 3
o'clock, after a short illness. She had
been a resident of Savannah most of
her life, and would have celebrated
her golden wedding anniversary on
August 31.
Member of a number of civic or
ganizations, Mrs. Gabel helped or
ganize the League of Women voters,
of which she was a charter member.
3he was a member also of the Sis
terhood of Temple Mlckve Israel, and
the Savannah Council of Jewish
Women.
Funeral arrangements are in charge
or Henderson Brothers, but are incom
plete pending the arrival of out-of
town relatives. Services will be held
tomorrow with Rev. George Solomon
rabbit of the Temple Mickve Israel
officiating. Burial will be in Laurei
Grovq cemetery.
Mrs. Gabel is survived by her hus
band, Lewis Gabel; five daughters,
Mrs. N. W. Winkelman of Philadel
phia; Mrs. Herbert Coring, Miss Dor
othy Gabel, Miss Rena Gabel, of Sa
vannah; Miss Alean Gabel of New
York city; three grandchildren, Alean
and Junior Winkelman and Ed Gor
ing; two ssiters, Mrs. Max Moss and
Mrs. Dora Bonn.
STEPSON AND WIFE OF MURDERED MAN THINK
ELECTRIC CHAIR TOO GOOD FOR KILLER OF KIN
ALLEGED SELF-CONFESSED SLAYER AND PALS UNPERTURBED; WIFE OF WILLIE
DOUBERLY SURPRISED AT NEWS; HAD VISITED SCENE OF CRIME IN CAR.
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LF.ROY DOUBERLY
Willie E. Douberly, 24; his brother,
Leroy Douberly, 23, and Edward Kent,
23, will be given a preliminary near
ing before Recorder H. Mercer Jor
dan in police court Thursday morn
ing on charges of the murder of Peter
Carellas, Solicitor General Samuel A.
Cann announced early this afternoon.
The announcemet was made fol
lowing a conference at 11 o'clock
this morning between the Solicitor
General, Assistant Solicitor A. J.
Ryan, Jr., and County Police Officer
T. J. Mahoney, who handled practical
ly every phase of the investigation
w’hich resulted in the apprehension
of the alleged slayers.
Death Implement Found
The iron bar, with which the state
contends Carellas was robbed of his
life, was located yesterday afternoon
in the auto wrecking lot operated by
the dead man on Bay Street Exten
sion.
Simultaneously authorities announc
ed that Willie Douberly had confess
ed to the brutal battering in of the
victim's head after which the trio
held, and Fred Peters, living adjacent
to the roadside filling station main
tained by Carellas, in front of the
junk lot, had gone to participate in
a ball game near No. 2 Convict Camp
on the Waters avenue road.
According to county police the
Douberlys had returned to the scene
of the killing upon bringing Kent
home at the conclusion of the ball
game. The trip past Carella’s place
in Willie’s car was to transport Peters
to his house. Meanwhile a crowd
swarmed about the Carellas filling
station and when Willie stopped his
car to Join the spectators it was re
called by a county police officer today
that he ordered Douberly to move on
as his and other automobiles were
blocking traffic.
Death Chair Wished
A step-son of Mr. Carellas this
morning voiced the hope that the
alleged slayer “would get the elec
tric chair.” At the time he was
seated in a parked automobile out
side the home of Peter Carellas at
220 West 31st street, talking with a
Savannah Daily Times reporter. His
mother, widow of the slain man, a
comely blue-eyed woman of middle
age, sat alongside him on the front
seat of the car and two daughters of
Mrs. Carellas were also there.
At her son’s remark about the al
legedly confessed murderer, the eyes
of Mrs. Carellas filled with sororw
and outraged anger.
“It would be too good for him,”
she declared and continued “He
ought to be killed same way my
husband was murdered. It was not
necesary to beat my husband up like
he did in order to rob him.”
Mrs. Carellas was plainly skeptical
of the statement attributed to Willie
Douberly that liquor he consumed
had been a factor in the crime. The
widow of the well-known Greek-
American would have celebrated the
first anniversary of her wedding to
Mr. Carellas on the day after he was
killed.
Mrs. Willie Douberly, wife of the
accused slayer of Carellas. said this
morning tht she knew nothing what
ever about the killing of Carellas ex
cept what she had read in the news
papers. She said she and her hus
band, his brother, Leroy and the fa
ther of the young men, had rode out
on the road to join the crowd at the
Carellas place of business the night
of the murder. ’’But I didn’t get
out of the car,” Mrs. Douberly re
marked.
Wife Is Loyal
Seated with a baby in her arms
on the stoop of the Douberly home at
Lincoln street, Mrs. Douberly
was asked by a Times reporter if it
was true her husband had killed a
younger brother in Tillman, S. C.,
some years ago. The woman said she
knew little about this but what she
had been told after her marriage by
members of her husband’s family.
She said she was informed the af
fair was an accident. At the time the
Douberlys were living in Tillman and
Willie Douberly was “trying to shoot
a cat” at the Douberly home. She
went on to say that according to the
story she heard, Joseph Douberly,
age four, was killed when he got in
the way of the shotgun charge which
was being directed at the animal.
About this time of the young
Douberly brothers came out on the
stoop and interjected “but that’s all
been settled by 12 judges.” “I’m too
nervous to talk about it,” Mrs. Douber
ly ended.
Tragedy seems to have stalked the
lives of the youthful Kent as well as
the Douberlys. Kent’s father was shot
and killed during a fishing trip on a
boat on Sept. 5, 1931. County police
officers who investigated recalled that
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the father, Joe Kent, and W. T.
Strickland of Savanah were slain on
that date by Rochelle F. Weston. They
were called boa fish house at Thun
derbolt when the boating party had
returned from their ill-fated excursion
and found Kent dead in the craft.
Strickland was mortally wounded and
died 30 minutes after reaching a lo
cal hospital. H. L. Buckner, of 224
East Broad street, was the fourth
member of the fishing party, old rec
ords of the county police department
show.
Woston went on trial on charges
of murder of the two men in superior
court on April 2, 1932, but was found
not guilt;-. .
County police indicated that neither
of the Douberly brothers in jail ap
peared particularly upset at their in
carceration. Officers said the pair
smiled momentarily as they were led
back to the police station house after
grilling yesterday.
Death Loot $25
The amount of money said to have
been taken from the pockets of Carel
las and the disposal was conflicting.
Police declared Wiilie said he was the
person who rifled the man's pockets,
taking from them S4O. Officers qutoed
him as sayinfc he gave $25 to Edward
Kent and kept the other s's, Leroy
Douberly nob getting any of the
money. Kents previous story to offi
cers was that Leroy took the money
from the body. Chief W. F. Chapman
quoted Kent as saying, when men
tion was made of the reward offered
1 for capture of Carellas’ slayer, that
j "I don’t want to have anythin? to
do with that money."
■ County Police Officer T. J. Maho
i ney late yesterday afternoon, a short
; distance from the scene of the killing
t fbund an old iron automobile robe
! rod which Willie Douberly 'said ap
parently was the death weapon and
SAVANNAH DAILY TIMES, TUESDAY, JUNE 23, 1936
HELD AS KILLER
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WILLIE DOUBERLY
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Leroy Douberly and Kent positively
identified it, police reported.
In the confession which police re
ceived from Willie Douberly, the
man explained that ever since the
slaying of his younger brother, Jo
seph, his mind ‘ was a blank" after
he had taken a few drinks and Willie
said he had drunk some liquor on the
afternoon of the Carellas killing.
Frank M. Oliver, attorney, whose
name had been mentioned as coun
sel for the Douberly brothers before
Kent .was charged with the murder
also, said, this afternoon he did not
represent any of the three defen
dants. "I did not accept employment
in the case,” said Mr. Oliver.
Chapman Praises Mahoney
County Police Chief W. F. Chap
man highly praised the performance
of Officer Mahoney who was given
full credit for working up the diffi
cult case. The chief referred in com
plimentary terms likewise to the ef
forts of all other officers of the de
partment in the initial stages of the
probe of’ the ghastly murder of Mr.
Carellas.
Photographs of the slain man were
taken by J. Wadley Petit, head of
the county identification bureau, at
the spot where the body was found
with the man s head and shoulders
propped against the back of an old
automobile in the wrecking lot.
These photographs together with a
! number of typewritten statements of
| witnesses were turned over today to
thfc office of Solicitor General Cann.
BARKLEY
(CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1)
. Talmadge Demoted
; The platform is practically ready.
It will be strongly liberal. The fight
i against adoption of the two-thirds
11 rule has almost subsided. So the
Convention Flashes
(CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1)
their planks were warped, trimmed
or misland—and now they’re busy
with the Democrats.
LIKE FATHERS, LIKE SONS
PHILADELPHIA, June 23 (TP)
The sons of three men who have
made party history for the Democrats
are delegates to this year's national
convention.
James Roosevelt, a son of the presi
dent, is a delegate from Massachu
setts. William Jennings Bryan, Jr„
son of the great commoner, is repre
senting California. From Missouri
comes Senator Bennett Champ Clark,
son of the late House Speaker Champ
Clark.
PHILADELPHIA, June 23 (TP).—
Thomas O'Dowd, civil engineer and
amateur song writer, is the unoffi
cial poet laureate of the National
Democratic convention.
O’Dowd hails from New York, and
with him he has brought two Irish
colleens, Kitty and Dottle Keelr
sing his songs to the delegates ...id,
incidentally, try to sell them. .Their
latest masterpiece is set to the Lan
don campaign tune, “Oh, Susannah.”
The words go like this —
“Oh Susannah, no mortgages for me.
Just watch us land on Landon
While we vote for Franklin D.”
O’Dowd indignantly denied that
Kitty and Dottie were a night club
act.
“Not at all,” he said, just
a coupla sweet girls inspired by
Roosevelt.”
SEEK NEGRO PLANK
PHILADELPHIA, June 23 (TP)—
The Democrats framing the 1936
platform will be asked for a plank
to give equal rights to negroes.
The National Democratic Colored
Association is calling for the plank.
It is also asking for the protection
of colored share-croppers against viol
ence, a strong anti-lynch law and the
scrapping of the civil service law
which requires that photographs ac
company each application for a civil
service job.
DAVEY MEETS DEFEAT
PHILADELPHIA, June 23 (TP)—
Governor Martin L. Davey of Ohio
suffered a defeat within his own
party today. Ohio delegates to the
Philadelphia Democratic convention
elected an anti-Davey man to the post
of national committeeman from the
Buckeye state.
The caucus winner was former
Lieut. Gov. Charles Sawyer of Cin
cinnati. Saw’yer was supported by a
faction close to the Roosevelt admin
istration. The Davey group fought
Sawyer to the last ditch, but their
rivals, headed by the Hamilton coun
ty Democratic leader, William J.
Leonard, won out.
The caucus result wras a direct slap
at Governor Davey, who has been
at odds with the Roosevelt adminis
tration several times during the past
few months. The Leonard and Saw
yer group claims to bs the real New
Deal faction of the Ohio delegation.
SAWYER ELECTED
PHILADELPHIA, June 23 (TP)
The former lieutenant governor of
Ohio, Charles Sawyer, was elected na
tional committeeman from the Buck
eye state today. Sawyer, who was
backed by a delegation faction oppos
ing Governor Martin L. Davey, won
the committee post after a stiff
caucus battle.
THE TWO-THIRDS RULE
PHILADELPHI V, June 23 (TP)
The Democrats leading the fight to
abolish the two-thirds majority rule
have found a plan to end southern
opposition.
Many southern delegates want to
retain the two-thirds rule, in the past
it has given them veto power over the
bigger northern delegations like New
York, Pennsylvania and Ohio.
Today they were offered additional
delegates. States going Democratic in
the previous election would be given
the right to seat more delegates on
the convention floor. As the south
ern states are traditionally Demo
cratic, they stand to win by the bo
nus delegate proposal.
delegates are concentrating on A1
Smith and the five conservative Dem
ocrats who are leading the rebel
movement.
A sixth rebel Democrat, whom the
others ignored, was demoted before
the convention began. Gov. Eugene
Talmadge was ousted as national
committeeman by the Georgia delega
tion. His committee post went to an
ardent New Dealer, Clark Howell,
publisher of The Atlanta Constitu
tion.
Savannah
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BEAUFORT SCENE
MURDER TRIAL
ERICKSON IN BATTLE FOR
LIFE OVER ALLEGED
SHOOTING OF WIFE
Beaufort was the scene of a bitter
court battle today as the witnesses
which were summoned to the trial of
Theodore Erickson of Blufton who is
charged with the slaying of his wife,
Mrs. lad Erickson, gave conflicting
testimony.
The entire defense of the defend
ant being made up on the plea of ac
cidental shooting, the case has at
tracted the greater part of Baeufort
county residents who have flocked to
the case which began yesterday. The
entire day being consumed in the se
lection of a jury, the trial began
in ernesrt today with the examina
tion of the wtinesses .The state, as
sisted by James Rahal, local attor
ney, in the summing of the case be
fore the jury stated that the defend
ant was charged with the murder
of his wife in their horns on the morn
ing of Oct. 5 without the least provo
cation and with malice aforethought.
The shots taking affect in the abdo
men, the wounded woman was brought
to Savannah where she died in a lo
cal hospital a few days later.
BLUE BOOK RANKS
SAVANNAH HIGH
INDUSTRIAL PLANTS OF
CITY IS PRAISED IN
PUBLICATION
Savannah’s industrial progress for
the last year is well illustrated in the
annual Blue Book of Southern Prog
ress. now off the press, which is pub
lished by the Manufacturer’s Record
of Baltimore.
Shown to advantage are pictures of
the Union Bag and Paper Corpora
tion and Seaboard Air Line river ter
minals, while the pine paper pulp lab
oratory of Dr. Charles H. Herty is
also prominently pictured. Advertise
ments of local industrial firms ap
pearing in the publication include
the Port Wentworth Corporation, the
Industrial Committee and the Savan
nah Port Authority, Dixie Crystals
sugar, Hercules Powder Company, the
Atlantic Creosoting Company, and
the Merchants and Miners Transpor
tation Company.
Industrial progress and develop
ment in the South for the year past
is featured in the book.
NAME OF SCHOOL
MEETING TOPIC
The Exchange club went on record
unanimously at its meeting yesterday
as favoring the adoption of the name
“Savannah High School” for the new
building being erected on Washington
avenue. Sentiment was that as the
new school was a public institution,
the city should enjoy to the fullest
extent the resultant publicity such an
undertaking will evoke. The resolu
tion was introduced by Victor B. Jen
kins, Jr.
Carson N. Wilson, state vice presi
dent of the Sportsmen’s league, was
introduced by Olin F. Fulmer, and
spoke on game and fish conservation,
pointing out that wild life was one
of the state’s most valuable resources.
Local and world-wide current events
were discussed by Richard M. Charl
ton. Presiding at the meeting in the
absence of Andrew A. Smith, presi
dent, was Rev. John S. Sharp, vice
president. New officers of the club
will be installed at the next meeting.
Walter Mercer is the incoming presi
dent .
A new member, A. K. Dearing, who
is president of the new Colonial Chev
rolet Company here, was introduced
by Carl W. Seiler. Announcement) of
the opening for inspection Wednesday
of the new Sears, Roebuck and Com
pany store was made by Virgil D.
Johnston, manager locally for Sears.
PROJECTS CONTINUED
BY ADDITIONAL FUNDS
A 10-day continuance of local
projects has been made pos
sible through the receipt of addition
al funds at the Savannah district of
fice, announced Donald G. Nichols
district director. This will result In
the continuance of several projects,
including those at the Telfair and
Hermitage farms.
Orders given last Wednesday anent
the projects ending were rescinded
yesterday, and workers informed of
the continuance for at least a short
while of all projects.
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POPE’S
FAREWELL
Tonight Bob Pope who has
won the hearts of Tybrisa pat
rons, plays his farewell at the
College Tag Dance dedicated
this time to Mercer University.
Tomorrow night Henry Bia
gini begins a notable engage
ment.
All this week new numbers,
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