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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-06-04
s, ANNOUNCES
kNCIAL RULES FOR
HE STATE SCHOOLS

s.as to govern the disbursement
tie aid to Hoosier school corr
ons and to govern what salaries
>achers shall be figured in the
of school tax 1evies this fall,
3ntained in an announcement by
Hines, state superintendent OF
= instruction.
e minimum statutory levies Of
and IS cents, specified In Sec
tour, Chapter 233, Acts of 1919"
the announcement, must be lev
a 1920 by all school corporations !
ng to share in the distribution |
state aid school fund for the
III year Of 1922. In other
3, THE levies fixed in September
e present year should be made in
dance with the requirements
lated in said Section Of the
of 1919 as a basis for qualifying
state aid during the school year
21-22. This statement is made in
rdance with the advice Of the at
!, ey-general.
Wage Scale Approved
he department, in this connection,
es further to advise that the sug-
ed minimum wage for grade teach
determined by this department,
! be accepted in figuring the amount
tate aid school corporation is en-
d to, and that salary of 50 day
superintendent of town schools,
principals of township schools, and
alary of $3.50 a day for principals
own schools and one assistant
icipal in each township high school,
O. salary of $3.50 day for all other
4 school teachers employed to teach
n school subjects only, will be APP
we'd. until further notice where
DOL corporations find it necessary
apply for state aif.
A salary Of $3.50 a day will be ap-
we'd where a regular high school
cher Is required to teach special
)1ects in the grades, such as agri-
ture, manual training, domestic
ence, music and art. Under no
cumstances will said amounts be
proved until satisfactory evidence
furnished showing clearly that these
spective sums have been paid to
lchers.
''If a superintendent has been en-
)yeQ 1or ~ a Gay, IL Will not De pos
Die for a school corporation to ap
y for and receive state aid for a
m in excess of that. The depart
ent recognizes that the above sal
les are not adequate in all cases, and
commends that these amounts be
creased when necessary-the in
eases to be paid out of the specia
hool fund"
Reference to Tax Levy
The announcement refers to prior
lnouncement in which it is made
ain that the so, 60 and 75-cent 1evie!
entioned in the law should be re
iced in proportion to the increase
the valuation Of the 1919 valuation
taxable property over 1918, or il
her words that a total tax levy Of 2!
,nts would be construed by the stat
lard of tax commissioners to b.
luivalent to a levy of so cents unde,
le old valua ton, when the valuation
as been doubled and that greater in
eases in valuations, comparing 191!
it'll 1918, should reduce the stipulat
l levies proportionately.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-06-04
Hnnnnh's Creek.

HANNAH'S CREEK, Ind. - Chill
dren's day exercises will be held at
the Hanna's Creek church the third
Sunday night in June. REGULATIONS
and songs will feature the program.
A fine program and entertainment has
been planned. Everyone is invited
to attend -. Mr. and Mrs. Everett La
Fuze and son Harvey were Richmond
visitors last Saturday. Mrs. Nellie
Phenis and daughter Mildred, Of Rich
mond, spent Saturday wIth Miss Pearl
Phenis and brother Hilbert. Chill
drens day was observed last Sunday
night at the Four Mile church. A good
program was given and large crowd
enjoyed the exercises. 80. Mrs. Isaac
Hart. Mrs. India Stevens and Mrs.
Kate Beard, of the Hart neighborhood,
were the guests of Miss Pearl Phenis
one day last week. e.. Mr.. and Mrs
David Maze were shopping in Rich
mond Thursday. Charles SwaffOrd
and family were the Sunday guests of
VIII zimmerman and family. Sew
eral from this locality attended Dec
Grafton day services at Liberty Mon
day. VIII Schamerhorn's little son
has been quite i'll for several days.
Miss Tressa Davis of Washington, D.
c., is visiting relatives and friends at
College Corner. She attended the
commencement exercises at that place
Thursday evening. Mr.. and Mrs. Rob
Nrsft Kitchel entertained the Rev. Fred
Stovenour, of Portland, Saturday
night and Sunday. . Mr. and Mrs,
Harry Ardery entertained with a six
o'clock dinner Wednesday evening.
gomery family and Mr.. and Mrs. Ever
Covers were laid for Mrs. Leland Proc
tor and little daughter, Patricia. of
Cincinnati. O., Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas
Nanness, and Miss L. Smith, of Col
1ege Corner. Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph
Phenis entertained Mrs. Nellie Phenis
and daughter Mildred, Miss Pearl Phe.
mis-, Hilbert Phenis, and Mr.. and Mrs
henry Wetherby. of College Corner
at dinner Sunday. Mr.. and Mrs. JEFF
Bennett, of Richmond, were afternoon
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-06-04

dow Of the screen, presents a visual
exhibition Of the new robbery system
in his latest Vitagraph serial, "The
Silent Avenger." The exploit occurs
IN the sixth episode, when a band Of
crooks hide one of their number inside
OF fake piano, and deliver the latter
to house they intend to rob. When
the piano is safely placed within the
house, and the occupants of the place
are absent from the room, the burglar
steps out through a door at the back
OF the piano, and robs the safe.
Later the gang appear and procure
the piano by telling the family that it
was delivered there by mistake.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-06-04
The Theatres
WASHINGTON

WASHINGTON
Local theatregoers will view some
of the best and most interesting scenes
of New York's famous skyline, its
bright lights and its palaces of luxury
when Elaine Hammerstein's new Sell
nick picture, The Shadow of Resale
Bynes" begins two-day engagement
at the Washington today.
This new play from the novel of the
same name by Grace Sartwell Mason,
deals principally with life in the great
metropolis, and required many exte-
riors of some of New York's most fam
Gus landmarks, prominently among
them being a series of scenes which
were "shot" in two Of Manhattan's
most fashionable hostelries, the Astor
and the massive Pennsylvania.
MURRAY
Buck Jones, the new sensation OF
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-06-04

callers. -. Mrs. Harry Ardery enter
tanned at dinner Thursday evening,
Mrs. Leland Proctor and little daugh-
ter Patricia, Mrs. Everett Alternately,
son Ellis Dale and little daughter Shir-
ley Of Diberty. :. Mr.. and Mrs. Perry
LaFuze visited relatives in Hamilton,
O., last Sunday. -. Mr.. and Mrs. Spen-
Ger Stevens were Sunday evening
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Hens
lev, Of near here. Mr.. and Mrs. Wal
ter Oliver and children of Muncie,
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-06-04
FRIDAY JUNE 1920

he knew when, as a young man, he
himself took part in the Black Hills
gold rush, with which The Western
ers" deals. This man served as a
prototype of one of the important
characters in the film and novel.
I'VE were riding by a cabin one
morning when a dog ran out and at
tackled his horse Major White re-
| lates. THE horse was badly frighten-
ed and for a while gave all sorts OF
trouble, while the dog took fright and
ran into the open door of the cabin.
| AS soon as the rearing horse permit
ted, my friend left him and followed
| the dog. He came to the open cabin
door, leaned inside, and shot with his
revolver once. Then he came out, put
back his revolver, and we rode on.
after while l thought it time to
inquire whether or not he got the dog.
Il don't just know" he drawled.
1.-THE folks inside were at breakfast
and he ran in among their laigs. But
! / think l got him!"
The mythology of ancient Troy has
been drawn upon by up-to-date crooks
for the latest method of robbery, &C
cording to police records just revealed
on the coast. The records show that
the horse of Troy" system has
been brought into vogue by mod
ern burglars.
William Duncan, known as the San
The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1920-05-22
Athletic League To Hold
Track Meet.

New Orleans, May IL. = The Colorcd
School Athletic League will hold its
first annual field and track meet at the
Fair grounds on Saturday, June ). o.
G. w. Taylor, president Of the league,
says that some surprising talent will be
shown.
The league fosters a class athletics
program which touches directly every
boy and girl in the Colored public
schools?
At present the league is conducting a
membership drive in support of the pro
gram. The dues of annual membership
drive in support of the program. The
dues for annual membership are s1.00.
Every Colored man and women in the
city shall support the movement, which
has the support of the superintendent Of
education and the shool board.
The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1920-05-22
A Sad StOrie,

Among the passengers on board q
ship crossing the Atlantic recently
was man who suffered. One day
tic hurried to the captain. "S-s-s
s-s-s"-he suffered.
ooh, | can't be bothercd!" said the
captain angiily. Go to somebody
else"
The man tried to speak to every
one on board, but no one would wait
to hear what he had to say.
AT last he came to the captain
again.
Look here" said the captain, 81
can tell you what to do when you
want to say anything: you should
sing it,"
Suddenly, in a tragic voice, the
man began to sing:
"Should auld acquaintance be for
got and never brought to mind?
The bloomin' cooks fell overheard
and is twenty miles behind"
Philadelphia Star.
The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1920-05-22
Full 0'Pep Says

An expert says if you can't wiggle
your ears you re a weakling. Which ex-
plains the mule S punch.
Babe Ruth is the spectular figure in
baseball now. His ability to lose a So
horsehide pill by clouting it into the
bleachers, plus the fascinating stories
about his salary, fill the stands in the
big league cities whenever he appears,
That s his chief value = bringing fans
in thru the turnstiles.
A ball player Who hits 'em just out of
the inficld consistently is worth more
to team s standing than the homcrnn
slngger, but he doesn't help the gate
receipts 50 much. Sunny world.
Time brings its changes. Here we
have Jawn Evers, who eascd a pennant
out of lawn McGraw's mitt, hard al
work helping the Giants win n flag.
1t is said that a suit of clothes car be
bought in England for $15, but = did
you ever sec suit of English clothesi
The Cleveland Indians seems to think
every day is warpaint day.
! They may be there with the paint
but they haven t any powder-puff ten
denotes.
Carl Tremaine is not fancy boxer.
Neither is Babe Ruth a fancy fielder.
The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1920-05-22
More Reduced Rates to the Sunday
School Congress.

Chicago, III. (Reciprocal News
Service). = Mr.. c. A. Fox of the Cen
trail Passenger Association has just no
titled the Rev. Henry A. Boyd OF
Nashville, Tennessee, the Secretary
of The Sunday School Congress, that
his Association had concurred in a
one fare and a third round-trip rate
on the certificate plan for the Sun.
day School Congress to be held al
Springfield, III. Notice ef this action
was sent with Instructions that details
of the arrangements would be fur
nishcd by Nj. c. NJ. Burke, Tho Chair
man of The Trunk Limo Association at
l43 Liberty Street, New York, but it
is understood that the tickets are to
be on sale throughout the district juno
12-ls and that they have a return Ii.
nit up to and including June "a.
The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1920-05-22
Stars Take First From
Cuban Team.
Get to Leblanc in Opening Round and
Win s to 2

Detroit, Mich, May l6. - Detroit
Stars took the first of five game
series from Cuban Stars Saturday,
5 to 2.
The locals gathered three runs in the
first and were never overhauled. War.
field started with double, advanced
on Hewctt s out and later scored on u
double steal with Lyons. Captain Peter
Hill followed with home run.
After the first, it was a pitchers
battle. Thompson was found for only
five hits, no two coming in one inning.
Hernandez probably will work on the
mound for the Cuban Stars Sunday and
Holland will very likely be the local IS
choice. Score:
The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1920-05-22
Crowd Sees Stars Beat
CubanS, 7 to z,
Detroit Team Wins End Game of Series
at Mack Park.

Deroit, Mich, May II. - Detroit All
Stars won the second game of the series
from the Cnbans at Mack park before
one of the largest crowd ever in Mack
park. Play was hampered several times,
when it mecame necessary to move the
fans from the field.
With Holland in the box, the Stars
had lttlo trouble disposing of their
rivals and should have earned shut
out.
Hernandez, the Cuban hurler, was hit
hard and often. Score:
The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1920-05-22

CUBANS


Detroit Stars % l % 0 2 3 -
Cuban Stars ......0 0 0 20 0 o.
Runs-Warfield, Hill, 2, Wesley 2
Moore Lyons; Drake, Guerra. Err
rors-- Rios, Guerra .. Abreu. Two base
hits-Lopez, Guerra, Drake, Hernandez
Lyons p. Hill 9. Wesley ., Longwarc.
Sacrifice hits-Moore. Stolen bases
Lyons 2, Hill, Petway. Bases on balls
OFF Holland 2, off Hernandez 7. Struck
out--by Holland 7. Hernandez 5.
The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1920-05-22
sox REJECT COLUMBUS
$4,000 FOR LoWpERMILK

c olumbus, o., May II. - The Chi
caog White Sox baseball club has re-
fused an offer of 5000 for Pitcher
Grover Lowdermilk, made last week by
President Joe Tinker of the Columbus
American Association baseball club.
The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1920-05-22


Harry Frazee, owner of the Boston
Red sox denies a report that he is
to sell the club.
George Magoon, old-time second
baseman, has been made city clerk of
Rochester, N, H.
Louis Il. Burnett of Tacoma is the
president of Bob Browns new Pacific
International league.
The Milwaukee club has traded
Pitcher Runser to the Regina club for
Pitcher George Chnk.
B. w. Browning is a new catching
candidate with the Boston Red Sox.
He halls from Waco, Texas.
The St Louis Cardinals released
First Baseman Fritz Mollwitz to Sac.
ramento of the Coast League
Joe siugdon, veteran catcher. will
again be with the ST. Louis Cardinals
this year as coach and scout.
Now that municipal Fairgrounds are
TO have boys sized diamonds, will
they employ bantans rs ground keep
ers!
The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1920-05-22

Jing Johnson, who baked on the
terms offered him by Connie Mack
has been given his unconditional re
lease by the tall leader.
The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1920-05-22
OtaIs -.
DETROIT STARS

tuban Stars ......I q 0 q o u
Detroit Stars ....3 0 0 2 0 . 0 -
Errors - Abren, lie Blanc, Moore,
Thompson Runs-Rio p; Warficld 9
Lyons, Hill, Hewitt. Two.base hits
Baro, Warfield Thompson. Home run
Hill Sacrifice hitts-Baro 2, Hill. First
base on balis--off LIS Blanc q, .off
Thompson s. Struck out--By LIE Blanc
4, by Thompson 2. Passed tall-Abren.
The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1920-05-22

Larry Gilbert, smuggling outfielder o.
the New Orleans club, declines to &C
cept a major league berth offered tt
him
The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1920-05-22

Paddy Baumann is going to como
back to organized ball. He has signed
with Bill Donoyan's Jersey City In
ternationals.
The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1920-05-22
By Full of Pep

A late purchase by the Kansas City
club is Roy Grover, from Washington
He will be used at second base.
The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1920-05-22

The University of Havana baseball
team will play in this country this
spring meeting various college mines.
The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1920-05-22
Bfitton Beaten By Mike
.0'DOWd In Y Round Go.

Canton, O., May II. Mike o'Dowd
the st. Paul middleweight, who recent
ly lost the championship, may not be .
titleholdcr, but he is good enough to
take the measure Of Jack Britton, vel
terweight champion of the world.
0'Dowd demontratcd that tonight when
he faced BFtton in a battle of twelve
rounds which drew packed house.
O'Dowd was given the newspaper dc.
cision, practically all of the ringsiders
agreeing that he had outpointcd Britton
by a margin that could not be disputed.
The former champion, aided by a big
advantage in weight, fouht an aggrcs-
sive, boring in battle, and never once in
he twelve rounds did he break ground.
Bntton on Defensive.
Britton discovered early in the con
test what he was up against and resor-
ted to his mnsterfull methods Of de
Tense. Only couple of times did he
attempt to work on the offensive, hut
he quickly was forced to discard this
kind of milling to protect himself.
Britton won three of the first 81 :
rounds, O'Dowd got the, fifth and tho
third was even ,stnt IN theslast six ses.
sions, Britton failed to capture one.
Neither Fighter showed any marks
of engagement on leaving the ring.
- outweighed by O'Dowd.
There was. difference of twelve
pounds in weight between the two box
ers. It as announced at the ringside that
o 'Dowd weighed 15s pounds, while
Britton notched l46.
The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1920-05-22
Written On The Cuff

Pat Morgan will give tryout to
Walters, Buffalo southpaw.e
The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1920-05-22
Leading HitterS.
AMERICAN LEACU

p AMLfAIANe LEA0p E-rs 4-iz-.i
Player and club G. ALB. r. IL. Pct
Jackson, Chicago ...21 81 10 33 .4o7
Johnston, Cleveland go II 5 81 400
Weaver, Chicago al sc 10 81 .372
Gcdeon, st. Louis 20 % SO $50
Gerber. st. Louis ...23 10 &c .3J6
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Ho.nsby. St. Louis. .23 "a Is 80 415
Levourveau. Phila lie SO 7 % .416
Groh. Cincinnati ....25 100 %, 40 400
Myers, Brooklyn Pr 86 IL 80 $40
Burns. New oYrk 20 II ID "a .238
The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1920-05-22

Harry Frazce, owner of the Boston
Red siox denies Il report that he i,
to sell the club. ~
The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1920-05-22

George Magoon, old-time secont
baseman, has been made city clerk Of
Rochester, N. II.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-17
EIkton Marriage Licenses

EllstOn, Md, Jan. 1.-THE following
marriage licenses were issued here to-
day: Robert ii. Ceilings and Thrcssa
Kunzel; Lawrence j. Widmanu and
Mildred NanPelt; Daniel Lyons and
Fannie Gaynor; Albert II. Bohner and
Georganna Soeller; Thomas NJ. Nor
rison and Bertha II. Noble; Lethro b.
Kepncr and Emma Rhoads John Dona-
hue aud Marie Collins; Salvador Ros-
ania and Rose Tartalo. all of Phiadel-
phia; Albert II, Jamison and Emma X.
Gilman, Pennsgrove, n. J. James II .
Wells, and Hazel Baker, Camden: Bcr-
trand |. Mllingcr and Sarah A. Prizer.
Reading; George +. Tarbox, Westvillc.
and Mae Flynn, Camden; John :.
llettcl, Camden. and Gertrude Foulke.
Shamokin; Milton Il. Cox and Ella n.
Mcdonald. Cochranville. Pa. John
Young and Marie McNelly. Reading
Harry G.. Ashcorn and Edith Rose,
Johnstown Harry Foley and Elizabeth
Veldof, Trenton; Roy w. Noll and Aida
|. Ziegler, Reading; Wilson w. Deg
Ter and Mary n. Sloat, New York, and
Rufus A, Sherman and Alberta c. r.
ltiess, Baltimore, Nd.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-17

case. IL was announced at the cokv
ouer's Office this morning that he wpullt
visit the house ut O3O Race street nn,iA
search for second bullet which musri
have been fired, according to the story
told by the two patrolmen. t
Before he died at the Hahncinnnn
Hospital, early yesterday, Lee Tong
picked out Lero as the man who fired
the shot which killed him, aud ia an
ante mortem statement TO Magistrate
Neff asserted that he had been held up.
by the patrolmen. Patrolman Dundona
admitted that he had fired one shot
from his revolver, but swore on the
witness stand that he had aimed up
the stairway. and only. in reply to the
fire of the Chinese on the upper landing.
Examination of Dundon's revolver
today disclosed that three chambers1
were empty. Customarily patrolmcn
leave one chamber empty so that the
hammer will not rest on a loaded shell
Only one chamber of Dundon's re
volver, it is said, was fouled witlf
powder.
At the request of Detective Paul the
plain clothes men of the Eleventh aud
Winter streets station are searching
the district in an effort to find the
mysterious young woman whose ar
rest. according 20 the police story, led
to the fight in which Tong was shot!
Thus far, po trace has been found
of her. ~
Member, of the On Leong Tong, to
which Lee Tong belonged, contend that
only one shot was fired during the
fight. They have announced that they
will spend unlimited money to clear
lid the matter 4,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-17
SHOT FROM BELOW
KILLED CHINESE
Coroner's Physician Finds Bull
fet Ending Life of Lee Tong
Took Upward Course
NOT FIRED FROM STAIRS

Lee Tong. Chinese who was fatally
wounded early yesterday morning in n
fight in hallway at $50 Race street.
was shot from the floor below and not
from above. according to DIR. William
S. Wadsworth. coroner's physician.
Arcagelo Lero and Joseph Dundon,
members of the vice squad, testified be
fore Magistrate Mecleary at City Hall
yesterday that Lee Tong and Young Lee
had fought them when they tried to
arrest a young white woman, thus far
unidentified, and that Tong had been
shot by another Chinese who fired from
the second floor hallway.
"The course of the bullet said
Doctor Wadswortb today. reporting the
result of an autopsy made yesterday on
the dead Chinese. ''proves beyond a
doubt that it could not have been fired
from the top of the stairs
Doctor Wadsworth found on exami-
nation that the bullet had entered the
lower part of the stomach on the left
side. had passed upward and back, and
punctured the lung.
Frank Paul. coroner's detective, has
begun a special investigation of the
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-17
$4,000 DEED THEFT
CHARGED TO CLERK
Magistrate ThWarts Prisoners
Attempt to Crab Knife
at Hearing
HE IS HELD WITHOUT BAIL

Charles Il. Chapman. accused OF be-
ing the robber who looted the real es-
tate Office of r. Allen Hall. at o23o
woodland avenue. of 500, 900 worth
of deeds and securities on December lo,
has been arrested and held without bail
for court.
Chapman. who is big, husky man oil
thirty five years. gives his address as
1910 North Twelfth street. When ar
raigned before Magistrate Harris this
morning in the Thirty second street ana
Woodland avenue station, he MADE
grab for his knife when it was pro
duced in evidence. but the magistrate
was too quick for him, reaching it first.
He then held the prisoner without pail
for court.
Detective Drew Revolver
District Detective Rogers. of the
Sixty fifth street and Woodland avenue
station. arrested Chapman last night at
Broad and Walnut streets, When he
approached Chapman, nc said. the man
made move to draw knife. but
Rogers covered him with his "evolver
and then took the knife away from
him. 1t was a heavy. oyster opener $
knife. with O short blade and heavy
iron handle. H., :.
Chairman is believed to nave lived in
Atlantic CITY since the robbery. and his
trail was picked up there by Detective
Rogers several days ago. The man
evidently took fright, and is believed to
have been On his way to the Broad
Street Station when caught. lie is
said to have had some of the missing
papers in his pocket when arrested
At the hearing before Magistrate
Harris. Chapman was confronted by
Mr.. Hall. The papers recovered were
identified by the real estate broker. who
told the story of the robbery. When
he had finished. Chapman made a quick
iump toward the end of the magistrate s
desk, where his oyster knife lay.
Magistrate Grabbed Knife
The spectators moved back, and the
magistrate, leaping from his chair, man
aged to reach the knife moment before
Chapman. "a, ,r
demanded Magistrate Harris. "What
did YOU want to do with this knife
kill Detective Rogers for arresting
''That's my knife. [ was going to
get to work" replied Chapman sui
lenly.
II guess you wanted to kill the de-
tective. I'll hold you for court with =
out bail" replied the magistrate.
Mr.. Hall said Chapman was tenant
of ono Of his houses about five years
ago, and had worked for him as rent
collector. He reappeared about two
weeks before the robbery, he said,
and asked for q recommendation. so he
could get job. Then. said Mr.. Hall.
the man made many other visits to the
office upon one excuse or another.