Evening star., 1921-01-22
Mail Robbery Laid to Ex-Pasto;
Brief 7elegraphic Neus Of L. S.
lnspecfors Convinced He Carried Out $2l2 Lootine
Sinele-Handed - Woman Accuses Pmson
Whisky Acknowledgement in u. S. Again.
By the Associa ted Press.

Whisky Matchmaker
By the Associated Press.
MOUNT VERNON. Ill, January 22-
With Guy Kyle, former pastor OF the
Free Methodist Church of Mount Yer
non, under arrest and virtually all OF
the money recovered, post Office in
spectors today were continuing their
Investigation into thefts here Janu :. !.
ary IA of thirty-one packages Oi
registered mail containing s1S5,O00
cash and $27,0 900 in negotiable securl-
ties.
Developments early today had con-
vinced the inspectors that Kyle car
ried out the robbery single-handeo.
1t was said, but further examination
of the former pastor was planned to
learn how he became acquainted with
the movement of the large shipment
Of money.
Spend Night Counting Cash.
A. w. Hitchcock, one of the three
inspectors who have been working on
or two" men whom Kyle was said to
have implicated in his confession had
been questioned, but that nothing had
been discovered which would cause
them to be held.
The inspectors spent the night
checking up the cash they recovered
at Kyle's home and in his two ga
RACES. and it is believed that less
than $1,000 remains to be accounted
for.
The theft took place early in the
morning, while the money was being
transferred from the post Office here
to the c. & E. I. depot for shipment to
nearby towns to meet mine pay rolls.
Waterman Killed. Robbed.
CHARLESTON, S. C.-The body of
John l. Galley, night watchman for
the Maybank Fertilizer Company. was
Air Line % He had been ee nf kiiied hed0oand and
robbed. Death was caused by a blow
In the back Of his head with a sharp
instrument. The offices of the COM
pany were ransacked. desk drawers
being broken into.
&:s,0o0 Verdict for Girl.
DURHAM, N. CA jury in superior
court rendered a verdict for $4,000
in favor of Miss Nellie Brock, seven
teen-year-old high school girl. suing
the Five Points Automobile Company
and the Carolina Power and Light
Company for injuries sustained when
her arm was permanently damaged as
q result of the explosion of a vulcan
king plant. The automobile company
was made primarily liable.
Leaps Through Car Window.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla-Joe Furrey,
alias J. B. Stetson. alias Ed Leonard.
who was being taken back to Fort
Worth. Texv on charge of being i'm
plfcated in b $4,000 swindle. made a
desperate bid for liberty here when
he leaped through a Pullman car win
dow as the train neared the outskirts
Of the city. He was handcuffed at
the time and was soon recaptured. and
returned to Jail. He escaped serious
injury.
Warm Night I'm Missouri.
KANSAS CITY, Mop. Connor,
weather forecastsr. announces that
with a minimum temperature Of So
degrees Thursday was the warmest
January night on the Kansas City
weather bureau records Of thirty-two
years.
Fruit Men Appeal to Board.
CHICAGO.-Delegates to the Ameri-
can Fruit and Vegetables Growers As
socfation. contending that present rail-
hibitive. have passed a resolution asking
the United States Railroad Labor Board
to correct the present 'intolerable con-
dition."
b. b. LawFenee Dies.
AsA>Vv N~kAf-xoChJdHilu oOW0cu Law.
renee. widely known consulting mining
engineer and q trustee of Columbia Uni
versity. died here after a brief illness.
He was born in Elmira, N. T., in 1857
After obtaining his degree at the Co
lumhia University School Of Mines in
1873. Mr. Lawrence went to Colorado.
where he worked for several years in
the mining diptricts. He returned to
New York in 1901 and opened an office
In Wall street, where he established a
reputation as Sne Of the leading con-
sulting mining engineers Of the country.
Girl Ge6 Fiftee. Months.
HELENA. Nont.-Miss Ruth Kane.
at East Helena who pleaded guilty to
embezzlement o. federal funds. was SEN
tenced to fifteen months in federal
prison and fined $5,s0s.s5 by Judge
Bourquin. in United States district court.
Miss Kane said she spent the money on
furs. diamonds and other luxuries. The
money taken, 1t is said, has been re- !
placed. A stay Of sentence was granted.
pending an appeal to President Wilson.
Young Soldier weds.
LINCOLN, Neb.-Raymond Bur-
leigh, said to be the youngest SOL
der to servo with the American expedi- |
tionafy force, was married here Tues |
day to Miss Corrine Buffum. it has
become known. Burleigh is said to
have enlisted in 1917 at the age of
eleven. He served twenty-nine months |
In France.
Cashier Becomes Governor.
DOUGLAS, Ariz.-According to in
formation brought here from Hermo-
sillo. Sonora, by officials Of the bank. |
Epsgmenio Ybarra has resigned as j
caahier Of the Mercantile and Agri- |
cultural Banking Corporation Of Her |
mosillo to accept appointment as gov
ernor Of the northern district of
Lower California, Mexico.
Thirty "Wets, Guilty.
NORFOLK. va--Thirty-one persons
nave been tried in the corporation
court on indictments charging viola
tion of prohibition laws. Twenty
entered pleas of guilty and nine 9th
woman. was acquitted.
At n He weds 74-Year Bride.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn.-Rev. ]. CT
Hayes. aged seventy-one. and Mrs.
Lannie Fox. aged seventy-four, were
united In marriage at the Old Grun-
dy Chapel. in the lower part of Knox
county. when You and Were
Young. Maggie" was sung by a quar-
Farm Conference Adjourns.
BIRMINGHAM. Ala--Reading of re-
ports and round-table discussion of
future policies marked the closing ses-
sion OF the three-day conference of
southeastern farm extension workers
here. Establishment of an organiza ton
among boys OF the rural districts similar
70 Sne BOY scouts was advocated by
b. Q. Williams Of South Carolina.
Father Of Six Minister. Dies.
GAINESVILLE, Fla.-Daniel Jenkins.