Mitchell Evening Republican (Newspaper) - October 21, 1922, Mitchell, South Dakota
Vol. Xxxi the evening Republican third edition Mitchell South Dakota saturday october 21, 1922 number 18s3 held for Bond Hall Case bungled says woman Ayne win my Jersey crime Are unearthed Florence North Young Law yer says a a woman a Day is Here in Case scoffs at Mere Man Kajj h As re constructed us some murder and needs on i v to find guilty by Fly i it Thierry Nea service staff writer new Brunswick. N. J., Ort. 21.�? bungling of men has delayed solution of the Hall Mills murder mystery. To is woman s Day. ass Florence North lawyer de acc tic speaking. Important Steps in Clearing up the Church crime in which Rev. Id word Wheeler Hall and mrs. Eleanor Mills choir Singer met death Beer n with miss North a disclosure of Tho a wonder heart letters. These came with the Alliance of too women or More correctly a to Oman and a girl miss North 2 5 of Only a Little while out of Law school and 16-year-old Charlotte Mills daughter of the murdered woman whose letters of Appeal to governor Edwards first exposed the bungling in the month old mystery. Girl Cli in f Airt in a i came into the Case to help a girl in said miss North who volunteered her services without pay. A Charlotte is the chief victim of this double crime. She is the tragic victim on whom Tho heaviest Burden not even mrs. Hall widow of the slain pastor nor James Mills. Charlottes father have aroused the sympathy Given Charlotte. A she Aas been a Nemesis relentless and plucky determined to subordinate her grief in order that jus Tiee be done a said miss North. A she needed a woman a counsel a lawyer s skill and a detectives brain. I i have tried to give her All of these. A i am first a woman with a tender sympathy for her. And i am a lawyer with the instinct of a Deverge. Not enough lawyers especially in lines of criminology understand that they should be detectives miss North who is a new a Ork Quot Iii. Looks very Little older than Char i tic. She was admitted to the bar five years ago. When she was 20. I misstated my age just one j she said with a smile a other Xiv of it they would have kept me out. My heart has been in murder cases. A i love the work and the excitement. My first experience while still a Law student was with Grace Humiston in the Ruth Cruger murder discovers Trotters thorough probe of his Chicago office Harvard takes just1ce Day w1ll i resign from Bench Sweet revenge next week report by associated press leased wire Chicago. Iii. Oct. 21.�?a thorough airing of All charges against his office will be demanded. Charles . United states District attorney j said Early today after studying the report made yesterday by Edgar b. Tolman and John r. Montgomery. It special investigators of affairs of the Federal prosecutors office the last three years. . Dyne said he would make hts demand in a forma motion before judge Carpenter in whose court the investigation originated. Attorney general Daugherty. To whom the report was made declined to comment on it. But was expected to return to Chicago next week. Centre team i kentuckians lacking a a boy Mcmillin go Down before i charging a a johnnies final score 24 to to blackmail is clue in crime brother of Aat be of murderer rec tor m Akes intimations in interview kentuckians finally Man age to push through for goal in Kast Quarter mrs. Edward Wheeler Hall and her brother. Walter Stevens a millionaire eccentric who Are just now the principal figures in the Brunswick n. J., dual murder mystery. M is. Hall is reported to have broken Down under the nervous Strain of the Long drawn out and thus far futile investigation. Republicans will win by a about same percentage As in 1920 says Christopherson that the Republican ticket in South engineers skilled in the science of Dakota is certain of Victory at the coming election was the prediction today of congressman c. H. Christoph son of Sioux Falls who was in Mitchell after attending the shrine the motive a double one. Says Cerer Nonini in the City yesterday. By associated press leased aah i re new Brunswick n. J., Ort. 21.supported by information in an affidavit by a witness to the murders of the Rev. Edward aah. Hall and mrs. Eleanor r. Mills authorities today appeared confident that the mystery soon is to be solved. Detectives were engaged in running Down details considered by the officials As essential before making an arrest. Reports of the discovery of a witness to the double shooting a woman of reputable character w Ere confirmed officially. In a statement Given out at his Home in la a Allette. N. A. Henry Stevens crack shot and brother of mrs. Frances Stevens Hall w Idow of Tho slain Rector discussed the killings. Hints at blackmail a there is no blood on my hands a he declared a Elf i had guilty knowledge of this awful thing my conscience would accuse me without ceasing. A it is my impression a he said a that some of the evil characters w to live in certain sections of new Brunswick heard of the town gossip that associated w Ith the names of or. Hall and mrs. Mills. These desperate characters probably decided to take advantage of the talk to blackmail or. Ile pointed out that it is Well known that or. Hall had Money or could obtain it from friends and that mrs. Hall was wealthy. Establishes an Alibi a Why mrs. Mills Throat w As Cut is a question for speculation a he said adding that this applies also to question As to Why the love letters were scattered about and the bodies Laid out in an orderly manner. A at the moment these murders were committed a he concluded a i Road building. Without the Highway was within too Yards of my Home. Commission we would lose All further fishing in the Ocean. Several friends Federal Aid. I were with me from about seven until a the engineers of the Highway com half past ten on that night. At 10 30 Mission have saved to the stay and we wont Home where mrs. Stevens counties Neara million dollars and some friends wrote awaiting me. Miss North jealousy and revenge. the Outlook for the Republican through their work in the construe half an hour later my family in t looked first for the tic get in South Dakota this year is i Tion of Bridges culverts and abut myself went to bed a die explained a though when i Cam j splendid a said or. Christopherson. ments in that they have required a 0_ into the Case the officials had so j the criticism which has been direct bungled it that trails were cold clues 1 against the so called extravagance were Blind and suspicious circumstances covered. These prosecutors find detectives went for weeks without knowing of the letters of Rev. Hall to mrs. Mills. T found and i. Rather. Eight letters and six postcard that meant so much. These were first. A crime of passion unquestionably. Whatever the relations of the of the state administration does net seem to have had any effect As the people realize that our state s affairs Are managed More economically than the average. Contractors to submit reasonable bids. And where they were unable to obtain reasonable bids they have done the i work themselves. A no one seriously advocates going j Hack to the old system. Many county i commissioners have advised a slow it is my opinion a or. Christopher ing Down on the Road programs in son continued a that the republicans these Dull times and the Road taxes will win this year with approximately probably will be reduced it a that Way j the same percentage of majority As to some extent but the Good roads Midland two years ago. The entire vote prob j program will continue ably will be less. However. The re oppose state Bank minister and the choir Singer there publican a appears to b gain the proposal to establish a state were suspicions against them. And. End in strength and the crusade of pan up not meeting with much sup dded to that intense jealousy of j is dying away a the voters port among people who have looked harlot tel smother. Analyse in Clam s made Aga Mist jn0 the matter. Congress Christophj a the vengeance that spurred the t the republicans and find them in Erson said murderers to the double crime was j a people who have Analysed this non of these suspicions a Blind taxes Cut in half j proposition consider the state Bank j Megan be that did not know the a in the year 192u�?� or. Christoph i a dangerous step and Are opposer circumstances. The jealousy \ Erson said later a the general state tax a to it. The fact that the state has is born of mrs Mills Sweet voice j in South Dakota was reduced nearly j come through the Nat few trying of her Success in the Church choir. One half. Even with the tax the state years with omy a very few Bank fail Silt nid d t i bad to Lew to cover the interest and ures Speaks volumes of Praise for the a sinking fund for the soldiers Bonus splendid supervision by the state Bank Quot a a fiendish impulse Crew out of a a Road Bond it the a a rat tax still is inst department and the governor r jealousy in a horrible Way es5 than for the previous year. To the when definite action was needed at Salinger or a vice president Quot and Gen 0"cr vengeance had been served j Pec pie Are realizing that definite pro the time of the financial depression re it is Why mrs. Mills Throat was reps ha9 been made in the matter of it is my opinion that the state Bank Salinger gives up in new York i at King comp any head surrenders on return from a Bro. To trial is delayed Sioux fall. S. In. 0�i. 21. The Ca get of Iii i. Salinger Larder a a Sawyer and c. Ii. Burlingame. Officials of the Midland packing company of Sioux City. La., today was pop turned by Federal judge James d. Elliott to i the May term of Federal court Here. By associated press in Casorla wire new a Ork x a., get. 21.�?b. I. It. I can picture that scene in the. Economy. The voters seem to want i ing authorities prevented conditions a a dark loneliness of the Phillips farm to Jet the Republican party go ahead which would have led to a most Are v. Re knife mutilating her neck and a j Anco finish the program they have ions panic. Fth a i a surrendered today to Federal Dis ral manager of the Midland packing company who was indicted last Federal grand jury at Sioux i on a charge of using that was bitter with jealousy i a i also find that there is a much j he mail4&Quot a in and spuriously exalted with Triumph. . Christopherson declared that better sentiment prevailing in the it is in the. K f the of pan that voice was saying a she will there appears to be no serious senti-1 state now than six or seven months. I. A. _ a v f w v a or a a a a n car of .4 i sing again. Thus miss North builds the Case inst the murderers of Rector Hall a a i mrs. Mills. The sensational. A a. ,. ,. _ a a a wonder heart Quot letters finned with pie Are the local and elate Road taxes Quot improvement in rendition within a donor Hitchcock on a charge of i item i e initials p. T. I. Init Aniny Peine or. Christopherson explained Quot the few months la a a i . Be. The German for the people realize that splendid Progress a a Slinger a paroled unti love were the for import-1 Haa been made i Road bund of Heipt Flat Flais monday when he prowl is to Farnol r to hits of evidence uncovered in i i be found no expressed sentiment efforts of the woman lawyer de j where anyone has seriously urged the Lect Ive to help Charlotte find Justice abandoning the present methods and a. Going Back to the old system. Have saved i urge sums j a the Highway commission was Ere i ated so that the state could be in a position to receive Federal Aid for Road building. The government As a j part of its Good roads program and by Afao cited press teased aah ire Harvard stadium a. Cambridge. Mass., oct. 21.�?Harvard took Sweet revenge this afternoon of Centre College defeating the kentuckians by a Square of 24 to to. The generalship and strength of a a Row Mcmillin were missed by Centre today and for the first half of the game the southerners were practically helpless before the dashing attack of Harvard. Harvard scores rapidly in the first few minutes of play Harvard scored a touchdown. Gherke kicke4p�bff Over centres goal in and on the first play at Centre s 2<� Yard line snowday fumbled and mitts recovered for Harvard. Owen plunged five Yards through tackle for the score on the first play. And Owen scored a drop kick for the seventh Point. Buell made ten Yards on Centre s Kickoff and Centre recovered a Fumble on Harvard s 40 Yard line on the first play. Snowday Roberts and Covington made first Down on line plunges. Covington a air Rass was intercepted by Rerko on Harvard s 21 Yard line. Owen made four and Chapin ten through the line. Gherke added three and five and then punted Over centres goal. the first play Covington made six Yards through the line Anil Roberts made it first Down on Bis thirty Yard line. Two More attempts failed and Covington punted. Delayed pass gains Owen gained eight and Gherke i made 20 Vands on a delayed pass. Owen and Gehrke added eight to centres 19 Yard line. Owen added nine and four but Roberts stopped i him the third time on Centre s six Yard line but Gehrke went Over in the next Rush and Buell kicked an a easy goal. Score Harvard 14 in f tre 0. I Covington ran the kick off to mid-1 Field but fumbled on the first play. i Owen grabbing and running to j Centre s 43 Yard line. the first t play a perfect pass. Buell to Chapin j i brought Harvard a third touchdown. Buell drop kicked for a Point. Score Harvard 21 Centre 0. From their own 20 Yard line. The i Kickoff going out of Bounds. Harv Ard gained five on a penalty tried two unsuccessful plunges and punted i to Centre s 42 Yard line. Covington made seven As the period ended 1 score Harvard 21 Centre a. Centis Rush checked the second period opened with Covington and Roberts in a great March Down the Field. At Harvard 22 Yard line centres puzzling shift against Harvard s righting brought the gains centres end snapping the j Ball. I the reinforced Harvard line then j 1 held the kentuckians and Covington was forced to drop Back and kick a Field goal from the 25 Yard line. Score Harvard 21 Centre 3. Puff Man kicks Field goal Ion the Peculiar shift Covington gained three after the Kickoff. Centre lost 15 for holding and Gehrke intercepted a Forward pass on Centre 25 Yard line. Churchill replacing j Owen. Aided by Gehrke in three tries rut the Ball on centres 15 Yard line and Hoffman. Replacing the. Harvard quarterback kicked a Field goal. Score end first half Harvard 24 Centre 3. Churchly returned the Kickoff on his 28 Yard line and Gehrke punted on the second Down. Covington Fum bled and Eastman recovering raced to the Centre to Yard line. Two line places failed and Harvard lost five for offside. Centre intercepted a Forward pass and Covington s toss to Roberts netted a slight gain As the half ended. Harvard 24 Centre 3 Covington brings Art l Ards Harvard s regulars returned to the lineup in the thir it period Cov Jav Illi am ii. Laa by a opiate a a press lord a ire a Aff Hington. �?T., Ort. 21.�?associate Justice aah Wjlliam r. Day of the supreme court has decided definitely to resign from the Bench in View of his duties As Umpire in Tho orman american claims negotiations and is expected to present his resignation formally to president Harding Early next week. Justice Day declined today to discuss his plans but it was Learned that he already had made arrangements to go to the Avhlee House and place lits resignation in the hands of the president. A former Secretary of state. Justice Day has served on the supreme Bench since March 2. 1903. Having been appointed after be Bud been United states District judge for four years. He has passed the retirement age and his resignation places Bim upon the retired list of the court at full pay. Hunt for rest of accomplices is carried on postal authorities said to have unearthed $750,000 in stolen Bonds two women arrested Bankers and newspaper Man Are connected Avith Gigantic mail robbery Lloyd George defends course former Premier blames political foes and not politics for downfall by associated press leased Avic London. End., Ort. 21.�?former Primo minister Lloyd George speaking at a great meeting of coalition liberals Here this afternoon declared a the Banner of party strife had been hoisted at the recent meeting of conservatives at the Carlton club which voted against continuing the coalition. A it is for the people of this country a he exclaimed a to decide whether party comes first or the nation. I stand for the or. Lloyd George asserted that the combination which had achieved the Victory in the late War had been brought to an end. Not because it had ceased to serve the nation but because a party was not getting enough out of it. If then launched into a vigorous defense of his administration in Hll usual picturesque language. .r1 in ton returned the Kicky off ten Yards hut failed to gain and kicked to mid a Field where Centre recovered the fumbled punt. Centre missed a Forward pass and Harvard made first j Down in two plunges hut was then forced to kick. Roberts made firs Down both sides made line us Btl j Tut Ion Sand then Centre punted Harvard in turn was forced to punt and Covington made a Beautiful 40 Yard dodging run bark four plunges made it first Down for Centre on Harvard s 24 Yard line and Arain 4he roars for a Centre touch j Down drowned the Sinai. Roberts and Covington pounded through to Harvard Sll Yard line and the puzzling Shaft advanced the Hall to the one Yard line where the period ended. Harvard 24 Centre 3. Centre scores touchdown n Centre opened the last period three feet from the goal and Harvard a Stone Wall held Roberts twice but the third time he went Over. Sprint i ing around Harvard s right end. Lemon lacked goal. Score Harvard 24 Centre to. Roo Kina when train crashes into switch at Williston school officials seek guilty ones in big Campus riot by associated press Iea Naan ire a i Liston. X. A. Ort. Cir two men Acye killed and the engine and two irs on an East hound local freight Quot Ain wore derailed when the train it shed into an open switch at Todd no. Seven Miles West of Here. The d Are Engineer John w. Hoffman j i brakeman c. Holloway both Aat i list on. Death in both cases bought to have been from scald til h it a bail Bond. To indicated that to would fight removal to South Dakota. Painter of presidents dead by associated Presa i leaned Avic Brainerd minn., oct. 21�?colonel Freman Thorpe. 87, internationally _ i known portrait Painter of All presi by associated press leased Cyirel dents whose work hangs in the Cap los Angeles Calif. Ort. 21.�?in-s hoi at a Ashington and in Many state to encourage a uniform system re vesti gation of the inter University capitols died today from old ago. Quires that each state have a Highway Between students of the uni commission manned by competent a verify of Southern California and Tho University of California Southern Branch on the latter Deampus Early yesterday rests with the police today As far As the Southern Branch is concerned according to or. E. Moore director. But at the. University of Southern California according a re organization of District attorneys office is recommended general election will be held in november belief by a it a feint d in its leaded a ire it London. Eng. Oct. 21.�?All the political parties welcomed the Prospect of an immediate general election which it is recognized could not have been Long delayed in any Case. The conservatives especially feel that it would greatly strengthen their administration if they were Able to get a definite mandate from the country. Moreover formation of the new ministry now would entail about fifteen Bye elections involving much loss of time with the possible Prospect of a general election in the near future still confronting them. The conservative party meeting for the election of or. Bonar Law As Leader will be held monday afternoon. This meeting will be followed according to the Best information by announcement of the dissolution of parliament either monday night or tuesday. Expectation continues general that the polling will take place november is and it is believed the constituted parliament can meet by november 2s. By associated press Ife sed Cairo Minneapolis. Minn., oct. 21.�?deputy United states marshals today continued their search for the remainder of the 28 persons indicted by the Federal grand jury on charges of violating the penal code in connection with the disposition of Bonds stolen in mail truck robberies in new a Ork and Chicago. La Fayette French. United states District attorney for Minneapolis. Said today that the Bonds referred to in the indictments were circulated Here and Iii new York and in Chicago. A in he said a there seen is to have been a Large group. Fully $ 1,000,00a were circulated in Minneapolis and St. Paul. Thess Are believed to have been brought Here from Chicago by two men who then were aided by local accomplices. Many buyers guilty a some buyers undoubtedly had a guilty knowledge that the Bonds wer stolen. Other persons however were no doubt innocent purchasers believing they were obtaining legitimate securities a in this connection a. B. Christof Ferson president of the Midway state Bank of St. Paul who with the vice president of his Bank were arrested yesterday declared that his Hank had been unwittingly involved in the disposition of stolen Bonds through handling them As Security for a client in a i ruler arrest the list of those taken into custody in connection with the Bond thefts was swelled to 13 at noon today when James Connelly a former Minneapolis newspaper Man and his wife and Abe Ginsberg an attorney surrendered. Connolly and Ginsberg were released on in too Bond Ench and mrs. Connolly was Given her Liberty under Bond of $5,000. Additional arrests were expected today officials said. Postal inspectors whose investigations of the two sensational mail robberies which led to the indictments \ of the 26 persons on charges of dealing in stolen Bonds have unearthed $750,000 Worth of the securities in the twin cities it was said today by la Fayette French. . United i United states District attorney. Million sold in twin cd it leu it was estimated that $1,000,006 Worth of the securities had been brought to the twin cities so that the inspectors Are credited with finding 7 5 percent of the loot. The stolen securities Are said to be in a number of Banks where they we re put up As collateral on Loans or held in blocks by individuals. The presence of these Bonds it is hinted May Lead to raids on safety Deposit boxes and examination of Bank accounts by the inspectors. Whether innocent purchasers of the Bonds will lose As the result of acquiring them remained a question today. A i cannot say offhand whether they will dose or pot a or. French declared. A that is a Legal question to be taken up later. Evacuation of Domingo next provisional president to be installed and marines Are to be a Iohd r a Aan prisoners confess to robbery murder charge police say by associated preset leased aah ire Minot n. Do a get. 21 a Earl Kyle of Kenmare and h. M. Patterson an Oklahoma product have confessed to authorities that they were members of a gang w hich robbed a store at a est Hope. N. D., a few weeks ago and shot and killed Carl Peterson according to the night marshal. A Heriot a. P. Scofield. The two men a held at Bottineau and Kyle is under $3,000 Bonds which thus far he has be in unable to furnish after waiving preliminary hearing on a charge of burglary. A murder charge May follow. Bottineau authorities str a. Chicago #i11., against oct. N 21�?charges to wrecking Crews were still at. United states District attorney at k at noon Clearing sled mass of debris. A away vagrant negro held in Ohio declares he the Chicago were found to be Well founded by Edgar b. Tolman and John a Montgomery representing the Illinois and Chicago bar associations in a to professor Evanston. 111 Ort. 21.�?first per John r. Montgomery an inquiry was Minnesota 7 Northwestern o. Under Way to place the blame for the Madison we is. Ort. 21.�?first half alleged attack by Bop students of Wisconsin a Indiana p. Urbana. In. Get. 21.�?first Barf Iowa 0 Illinois p. New Haven. Get 21.�?first half Yale 21 we Illiams 0. Chicago. Ii. Ort. 21.�?first re ago fin., x. A a another College upon 200 students of t the conduct of the office of a a a a. The Southern Branch. for the unset Isact has married 40 women 75j& a Charles f. Clyne the incumbent per try associated press leased wire j tonally however but the investigate 1 Dayton. O., get. 21�?william i or recommended a re organization , 56. Negro who says he has no j a e and who held Here told to to Aberdeen beats Redfield tip associated press leased wire Aberdeen. S. A. Oct. 21.�?Aberdeen i Iod Chicago 7 Purdue p. Report a United states attorney Gen football team of the High school yes Columbus Ohio get. 21.jflrst half. Era Harry m. Daugherty just made ter Day Defeated Redfield High school Ohio Staten Mich Gan. Cd a a n Micro the a incan pains were Annapolis my. Oct. 21 fir 66 to 0 Here. The locals gains were made through line smashes. Period Navy 7 Georgia tech 0. Weather report to i Bey declared that he is mar a i to forty women none of whom dead or divorced so far As he nows Jones according to his Story South Dakota generally fair to related by police began his Matri a and sunday cooler tonight in Nial career in 1s90 aft r serving extreme West portion. A minister for several years and weather Outlook for the week be j a a tinted until a Short time ago ginning monday Region of the great in his Fortieth wife was allured j takes and upper Mississippi Talley us Chicago. _ a generally fair and Cool. Find your name somewhere in today s it ant ads is a name selected at random by the Republican. If it s yours Send in the capping and Rece Iare the Republican free for one year. 1 1 Motorist offers daughter for girl he kilted with car by associated press leased wire san Francisco. Calif., Ort. 21 a Charles Buckley electrician who while in an alleged intoxicated condition. Police charged ran Down and killed Marion Newton four years old in his automobile wednesday night today offered to give by own child. Isabel aged 5, to the Parent of the dead child to compensate them for their lose. According to the san fran Cisco Call. The offer was refused by Marion smother. A of sets gliding record by associated press leased wire new Haven. Eng., oct. the gliding Competition at Mitford Hill to j Day. G. R. Olley in a Fokker biplane broke the world s record for gliding j with a passenger remaining in the j air 49 minute. By associated press leased wire Washington d. C., oct. 21.�? formal installation of a provisional government in the dominican Republic today is to be followed by withdrawal of the american military govern. In accordance with a plan of evacuation to be carried out by the provisional authorities. In announcing plans for evacuation of the Republic last night the state department said the provisional government would be headed by Senor Juan Batist a Vic uni Burgos and Cabinet officers selected in accordance with the evacuation agreement. Withdrawal of american marines according to the terms of the proclamation Issue by rear Admiral Samuel s. Robinson military governor will begin As soon As the provisional president hair ratified the executive orders and Laws of the american administration in the Island. F Relief for Minnesota potato growers is in sight it is asserted by aae it Cia cd press ijcr.sc& wire St. Paul. Minn., get. 21�?some Relief to Minnesota potato growers is promised in advices received by o. P b. Jacobson chairman of the Minnesota Railroad and warehouse commission from c. B. Atchison. Member interstate Commerce commission. . Aitchison s communication wag in reply to a Telegram sent him by commissioner Jacobson several Days ago in which he urged the necessity of immediate action for Relief of the car shortage situation which threatens to make Minnesota prewar i no millions of dollars. Johnson convicted of killing police head in Sioux Falis vacation Walter Allman creator of the duffs. Is taking a vacation and for the next week there will be no Duff cartoon in the Republican. Yesterday or. Allman bid Good Bye to the Duff family and even had the nerve to kiss Helen Good Bye. Insuring the we a of or. Allman absence a a freckles will Uke the place of the duffs who will be Hack in the Republican again next Friday. By associated Presa in eased wire Sioux Falls. S. Ort. 21 a Lawrence Johnson alias George Gotch. Was convicted of the murder of k j. Pike. Police Captain to the verdict of the jury brought in after deliberating Sinee thursday noon. Johnson stayed in by Eek a a the county jail All of yesterday but i Hopes were buoyed somewhat by the lengthy deliberation of the 12 men deciding his Fate. Judge a Din received the verdict. Their it urd a a committed on the night of september 23 when Captain Pike was looking for the men who had robbed the Milwaukee storehouse of a truck containing $50,000 in jewel