Body Found in Shallow Grave in Woodside Slaying Case
In Woodside California Sheriff McGrath reports the body of Ada French Rice aged 8, once of Alaska, found in a shallow grave after Jerome Von Braun Selz led officers to the site. Selz confessed to slaying Rice with a poker last June 12 claiming accident. He implicated himself in other killings and admitted fabricating a hold up at a Redwood City service station.
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Woodside
Calif
Ada French Rice
Alaska
Jerome von Braun Selz
Bousevard
James J. McGrath
Séiz
Béz
Redwood
McGrath
Selz
Mts
Rice
Louise Terber
San Diego
Kathleen. Robinson
San Mateo
Hetty Colfman
San Francisco
Sely
Redwood City
Mrs. Rice
Guard Controversy May Prevent Trial In Fort Worth
Fort Worth report notes a possible halt to the Handley triple murder trial as WD Stevens may not be tried again. District Attorney Parker says Tarrant County will not pay $20 daily for guarding Stevens if the federal government refuses to release him with a special guard from Alcatraz. It is likely he will not be brought for trial. Stevens, serving 21 years for mail robbery, had his death sentence recently reversed by the Court of Criminal Appeals.
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Fort Worth
Stevens
Thal
Parker
Tarrant County
Alcatraz Island
Teiay
Court of Criminal Appeals
San Antonio City Costs Low in 1934 Census Report
San Antonio Tax Commissioner Frank H. Bushick cited a U S Bureau of the Census report showing city operating expenses among the lowest nationwide. The 1934 figure was 68 cents per resident, compared with 72 cents in Birmingham, Alabama, and others across 94 cities. The report also notes North Carolina with 299 miles of surfaced roads.
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Frank H. Bushick
U. S. Burea
San Antonio
United States
Birmingham
Ala
Court Halts Gas Station Erection
A temporary restraining order stops Magnolia Petroleum from building a filling station at the northeast corner of Broadway and Parland place. Judge Harry L. Howard granted the order in Thirty-seventh District Court. A hearing for a permanent injunction, requested by Atlantic Life Insurance, is set for March 20.
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Magnolia Petroleum Company
Broadway
Parland Place
Harry L. Howard
Atlantic Life Insurance Company
Van Giver Alarm Sparks Firemen Call in Pecos
A Houston moving van was found struck after a Tuesday morning alarm triggered a Pecos fire box. Fire crews rushed to the scene at Pecos and West Commerce to assess damage and coordinate response.
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Pecos
West Commerce
Houston
Confession Reported in West Virginia Slaying Case
In Charleston, W V March 10 two sobbing young workers told police details of a midnight ride ending in the slaying of Dorothy Fee Reedy, 24. Ronald Parsons 24 confessed to a fight with Mrs Reedy but said he was drunk and could not recall the scene. Parsons faces a murder charge with a hearing set later. Clarence Reedy 43, detained then released, claimed Dorothy was his common law wife. Blood stains were found on Parsons shoes and in his car. Mrs Parsons said her husband returned home late and discarded clothes in a tub after a fight with Dorothy.
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Charleston
W. Va
Ronald Parsons
Dorothy Fee Reedy
Patlie
Parsons
Clarence Reedy
Reedy
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