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ESTABLISHED 1840VOL. 123—NO. 87NEWPORT, R. I.. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 7, 10G712 PAGESHorn* Delivery 42 cenls weeklyPRICE TEN CENTSSUSPECT IN TWO MURDERS HERE — Stephen'Robertson of Middletown, center, is led /from police station last night after lie had been arraigned there on charges of shooting two sailors in a reslanrnnl early Friday morning. Escorting him as he leaves for Adult ’Correctional Institutions in Cranston are Sheriff Joseph G..Silvia, left, and Deputy Sheriff William 1\ lilake. . (Daiiy News Photo)Egyptians Evacuate250,000 Along SuezFormer Honor Student HeldFor Slaying Of Two SailorsA 20 ■ year - old Middletown man surrendered himself to Newport police last night and pleaded innocent to two counts of murder, just 17 ho urs after a 32 • stale alert was issued for his arrest in 'connection wilh the rifle slaying of two Newport - based sailors .in the Quality Lunch on Broadway at 1 a.m.yesterday.Stephen . Robertson,. son afincluding Mr. and Mrs. Koslasjwho described themselves as:lu:ubo said. “It was a superfi-GJanoiis, proprietors of the “close friends of Magoo’’ (Ro-'cial wound. The bullet had Quality Lunch, and * William berlson s nickname), had galli- mushroomed flat from the im-ercd outside the police station.Dr. Joseph A. Palumbo, state medical examiner yesterday confirmed reports that four bullets had been fired in the kill-Amato, a- janitor at Lenlhal School, who was present in the luncheonette shortly after 1 a. m.,yesterday, when the shooting occurred, Amato yesterdaysave [he Daily News an eycwit- mgs, after an autopsy last night cess account of the slaying. of the two victims.Police and eyewitnesses wouldj Palumbo said Schilling died not indicate if Robertson had;instantlv from clicsi hemonhag-Mrs. Floyd L. Kennedy of 551 been identified as the killer. ,ing.aud severing of the spinalWalott-Ave., .Middletown,--‘and • 8:30 pm, Jud^c Arthur J !c01'd after livo bullets entered- Sullivan hoard Robertson plead Ms My. He;said ihc first bul-not guilty'to two. charges ofentered Schilling’s lowerthe late Grant Robertson drove his 19G7 Black • Mustang sedan - the object of ah intensive 16 -hour search - to the door of police- headquarters on Marlborough Street at 5:55 p.m. Robertson, who was .alone.murder in a special session ofpact of traveling through Schilling's body and was covered with fragments of Schilling's jacket. Ccak died on the way tu Newport. Hospital as a result of a second bullet that entered his right side and shattered in hisneck.“It was a mess/' Palumbo said. “Both bodies were filled wilh fragments of the shattered bullets.”“I found three .30 calibre huhFirst District Court held at the station. The cases were continued unlil next Friday,At 0:35 -p.m. KobmUon wasabdomen and lodged in liis left lcli Mwd in the victims' bod-1 * « •! * I * • .1 Dnlnmltn I- r. T r? 1‘ A f AI I 1*1 Tlwalked up to desk Lt. John B. released in the custody of Shor-T.SUEZ/ Egypt (AP)—The Suez Canal, cease-fire line separating EgypUans:and Israeli forces ap-to. b^: hardening’ day by dayJnto a fortlfied-Internatioa-al-border. “ ••Thousanda of'Egyptian civil-JansTi^day aye streaming westward, a wav. from ihe-canal:-andfrom frontline area vulnerable to-Israeli guns.-;., -The evacuation order,’coming four months .aftnr Ihe • U.N\-sponsored- cease-fire* that, ended the June 5-10 wap,-proves; the Arabs do not.expect a quick'set-Uenient; inforifl ed;.fqiircogj jajf?The evacuation also diminishes, hones of rennpninh flip SuiSz:The 103-mile canal linking. Ihe Mediterranean- Sea with Ihc Gulf of Suez and the Red Sea, is still considered an important international .trade/ route. ..But many shipper’s, .forced, by thelong closing, have 'found substi-nnOil- com panics that depended' fho' ronal''llpavililt; *ara nlan.Tilly and, said, “Hi, I think you’ve been looking Tor me.”He was immediately, turned over to Police Chief Frank H. Walsh and Capt. Paul J, Sullivan.From Robertson’s. car .police confiscated ^.30 calibre rifle, believed to be the. weapon that took the Jives ;of Commissary-man .3.C. Russell Arden Schilling, 23, of Newport, W a s h., and Boiler - Fireman James Donald Cook, 20, of .Port Arthur Tex.Chief Walsh, who did not reveal the identity of Robertson as a suspect in the case until ■t p.m. yesterday, immediately summoned James S. O’Brien, assistant attorney general, la the station to inform Robertson of his right to remain silent and consult an- attorney Robertson named William W. Corcoran as his connect. Corcoran arrived at the police station about 6:20 P-m- :For'the next two hours, police tie phones buzzed constantly* as news 'of Robertson’s surrender leaked to local radio stations. Several eyewitn6ss.es-to*the dualfizc r IPS-' Wpre./summpped\ to the siiBozT to identify the suspect.)miVi ishoulder, possibly indicating the killer shot from a crouched position.The second bullet entered Schilling's lower chest, exitingiff Joseph G. Silvia and was under his right armpit and Ira’taken by slate police cruiser to the* Adult Correctional Institutions in Cranston.A crowd* of about 50 persons, curiosity seekers and peopleveled down the sleeve of his windbrcakor jacket before striking Cook in Ihe lefi armpit area. Tilat first bullet ihat struckics Palumbo said. A fourth bullet was found in the luncheonette by police/’Capt. Sullivan said today apparently no bullet had lefi the luncheonette, as' was theorized yesterdayWe located the loose bullet in Ihc tray u( a cigarette machine near the front of the ies-Cook was not fatal/' Dr. Ra-itaurant,” .he said. “The bulletthat we had dug out of a cart across Broadway was a .22 calibre slug, apparently lodged there for some time with no connection to tills case. Right now we can really only assume what took place,”Al a press conference follow/ ing Robertson’s arraignment Walsh said “Ihe suspect has made absolutely no statement-on advice of counsel.” Asked where Robertson had been all day, Walsh said “He gave no indication to us where he had been/1 ‘ IEarlier, one of the palrolme/i at the station reported Robertson said he had driven to New York and back during the day, Walsh admitted despite' the fad Robertson was labeled armed and dangerous by Ihe authorities, he drove to the police station, in broad daylight, undetected by police, carrying a rifl£(Continued on Page 2)\w i defoiwJNr73in201acVice:COari
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