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New-York tribune., 1921-01-28
Governor Orders
Cavalry Ready to
Fight Night Riders
Kentucky Executive Warns
Outlaws He Will Spend
Last Cent and Man if Nee
essary TO Stop Outrages
Special Dispatch to The Tribune

LEXINGTON, KY, Jan 27. Night
riders of Kentucky tonight have be-
fore them an ulti1hatum from Governor
Edwin P. Morrow. To-day he ordered
that the four cavalry troops Of the
state be made ready for immediate
action. This warning to the midnight t
raiders was published iii every Ken
tucky newspaper this afternoon and
wherever members Of night rider bands
are, they have had ample opportunity
TO read the words Of the Governor
In announcing the readiness of cav
alrymen to proceed against night riders
wherever they may break out, Governor
Morrow said:
II have to-day offered a reward of
$500, the highest allowed by law, for
the arrest and conviction of each of
the persons engaged in night riding in
Bath and Fleming counties on January
IL. A special court of inquiry will be
in Owensville Jahuary %, and a thor
ough investigation will be made of
night riding near Bethel. I have re-
quested Circuit Judge Newell, whose
grand jury is in session at Flemings-
burg, to cause investigation to be made
into the night riding at Sherbourne.
have directed the Adjutart General to
have his cavalry troops ready for imme-
diate action. I intend to and will use
every power of the state to save the
honor of the state and to prevent mid
night outrages upon its citizens. Every
dollar in the state treasury, every SOL
dier at my command is pledged to the
prevention Of night riding, with its out
RACES, burnings and intimidations"
There are four cavalry troops in the
state, one each in Louisville, Louisa,
Manchester, London, SO located that
they may be sent to any part of the
hurley belt within few hours. Accou-
terments were being prepared tonight,
as evidence that farmers fear a new
outbreak of night riding.
There came to-day from Maysville
KY, word that farmers arriving there
from Robertson County have armeA
themselves and that it is a general
agreement that they will use buckshot
on any outlaw band that may attack or
threaten them. Mason County growers,
who will ignore warnings in other
counties to stop their sales Of tobacco,
are also ready to fight. Two more to-
bacco barns were reported burned to-
day. "Origin unknown" the statement
read in both cases.
GALLIPOLIS, Ohio, Jan. 27.-Joseph
Arlington, tobacco farmer living near
this city, reported to-day that his to-
bacco barn, containing 10000 pounds of
hurley leaf tobacco, had been burned
last night by an incendiary. Authori-
ties believe the fire was started by per-
sons opposed to the sale of the 1920
crop because of prevailing low prices.
New-York tribune., 1921-01-28
Moves to Free
Briines; Holds
Proof Faulty
Defense Asks Case Be Taken
From Jury on Ground
States Evidence Fails
to Sustain Indictment
Question To Be Argued
Letter That Lured Drewes
TO Death Written by
Accused, Expert Holds
specia, Dispatch to The Tribune


PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 27.-On a
jury's attitude toward bit OF rust il.
revolver barrel, and q dozen or so
lines scrawled on two sheets of paper,
hangs the fate of William P Brines,
en- trial for the murder of Elmer C.
prewes, Dartmouth College student,
whose body was found October II in
this city. Four days Of weaving a net
Of circumstantial evidence about the
prisoner ended tonight, when Assis-
tsnt District Attorney Gordon rested
his case against the youthful student.
Immediately William A. Gray, coun-
sci for the defendant, moved that the
case be taken from the hands Of the
jury because Of insufficient proof
brought forth by the commonwealth.
Judge Ferguson, deferred argument on
the motion until tomorrow roorning.
Granting Of the motion is equivalent
to acquittal Of Brines.
Without trace of emotion showing
upon his face or in his actions, Brines
to-day gazed upon the bullet that had
caused the death of his chum. Held
New-York tribune., 1921-01-28
Missing Girl
Believed Held
By ByBootleggggers gggge
Detroit Posse Will Search
Islands for Mary Caldwell,
Thought Prisoner of In
ternational Rum Runners
spec!a, Dispatch to The Tribune

DETROIT, Jan. 27.-M Mary Caldwell,
eighteen years old, Detroit stenog-
rapher who has been missing since De
cember 15, is said to be held prisoner
by band of international rum runners
on one of the islands of the lower river
and tugboat load of police and deputy
sheriffs will conduct search for her
to-day.
The search started as result of a
letter received by Sheriff Coffin which,
ne says, contains apparently authentic
information of the missing girl. The
Wayne County Board of Auditors was
thorized money to defray the expenses
Of the search.
The greatest secrecy is being main
tanned concerning the time of start
ing, the rendezvous Of those participate
ing in the search and the probable des-
tination. Attaches Of the Sheriff's Of
fee said, however, that a thorough
search would probably be made at
zug, Bob1o, Fighting, Hickory and
Sugar islands, as we'll as the shores
near these localities
Miss Caldwell left her home at 29
Piquette Avenue, December 49, for the
pany at West Jefferson Avenue and
On December 16 her glove containing
{. note was found at West Jefferson
and Junction avenues. The note read:
II am being taken away by four men
in boat. Am in great danger. Finder
please notify Mrs. Caldwell, 20 Piquette
Avenue"
Squads of detectives headed by spe-
cial Investigators from city and state
police as we'll as county deputies begar
search of the city and its environs
surrounding counties and the interna-
tional boundaries above and below the
city. Many clews were found by the
searchers. Some indicated that the
girl, accompanied by friend, left De
Toledo, where the trail was lost. Other
: clews led to cities in the South. But
after exhaustive effort the search wa:
abandoned in the belief that the gir
had either gone into voluntary hiding
or was dead.
The party which will leave Detroi
tomorrow is the last hope of virtual
" lost cause. The police detail Of the
posse will be headed by Detective Ser
geants Edward Kunath and Ovit
straith, Of Central Station. Deput!
Sheriffs William Palmenter and Viii
liam Clements, the latter an expert
enced river man and guide of tn
party, will lead the detail from tn
| Sheriff's office.
If ice foes are too heavy it is prob
able that the searching party will b.
taken to the mouth of the river in au
t0mobiles and cross to the islands b,
launch or afoot.
Police will also search for the bodie
of +. j. Hemmetter and J. W. Weitzel
Detroit manufacturers, believe,
drowned in their automobile which
plunged over dock several weeks ago
| 1t was at first intended that tn
rarity should leave early this after
noon, but heavy shore ice preventc'
the moving Of the tug. Weather ex
perts believe continued mild tempera
trre tonight will loosen the foes.
New-York tribune., 1921-01-28
Two Mcxicans Die
In Chair; Fight for
Reprieves to Last
Mrs. Humiston Visits Gov
ernor, After Appeals to
Supreme Court Fail, but
He Refuses Interference

OSS1N1NG, N. Y, Jan. 27.-Henrique
Garcia and Augustin Sanchez, Mexi-
cans, were put to death at Sing Sing
tonight for murders committed in
Olean, N. Y. Their counsel and the
Mexican Consul General in New York
were active until the last moment in
endeavors to-. obtain reprieves or COM
mutations of sentence.
Garcia was the first to die. He had
to be helped into the electric chair
and was dumb from the time he left
his cell until he collapsed in death. It
was 11:11 o'clock when he entered the
death chamber. Nine minutes later he
was dead.
Sanchez, who was Of stronger ply
sique and had witstood the ordeal
more firmly, entered without assist
ance at 1892, calling "Goodbv, boys
and good luck!" as the steel door to
the death house was closed and bolted
behind him. He thanked Warden Lewis
he had been treated in prison and gave
him a letter to be sent to his mother.
Then he took his seat. He was dead
at 1880.
| When last-minute appeals to the Su-
preme Court in Buffalo and attempts
xto get the cases Of the two aliens be-
fore the Federal court had failed. Mrs.
Grace Humiston went to Albany this
evening with memorandum giving
her grounds for believing new evidence
could be found, which she laid before
Governor Miller.
1t was the first case in which appli-
cation had been made to Governor
Miller to save a convicted murderer
from death. He read the memorandum,
but said it had not altered his convic-
tion. that the men were guilty. Earlier
in the evening he had received tele-
gram from Ramon P. De Negri, Mexi-
can Consul General in New York, max
ing his final appeal for his country
men. Mr.. De Negri had interested the
President Of Panama and the Consuls
General of Bolivia, Panama, Salvador
and Guatemala in the cases, as well as
many other individuals and organiza-
tions, but his efforts were futile.
Garcia shot and killed Andre Elmin-
sky in a quarrel in Olean September 8
1918. He asserted that he fred in self
defense. Sanchez WAS convicted of the
murder Of John Lizarraza. in Olean
September 10, 1919. Lizarraza went
sor walk with Sanchez and was found
later dead in the road with his pockets
turned wrong side out.
New-York tribune., 1921-01-28
National City Bank Official
Urges Big Loan to Argentina

A large loan to Argentina, for the
purpose of creating friendship for the
United States, as we'll as stabilizing
conditions and lessening the present
difference in exchange, was advocated
by George f. Roberts, assistani to the
president Of the National City Bank
und formerly Director of the Mint, at
an Argentine Dinner" given by the
american International Publishers AS
sociation, at the Harvard Club last
right.
Dean c. F. Curtiss of the Iowa Agri-
cultural College spoke on cattle condi-
tons in Argentina. Among other
speakers were w. w. Davis, publisher
c' La Nacfon, and o. X. Davis. About
fifty members of the association at
tended.
New-York tribune., 1921-01-28

much cleaner than that Of the man
who brought this Indictment"
Mr.. Smith grinncd when the state
ment was read to him. "They have
been doing that for years and it
hasn't worried me-" was his only com
ment.
During his conference with news.
paper men Mr.. Whitman asked that il
be made clear that Mr.. Smith had moth.
ing to do with the presentation of the
cases against the indicted detective ser.
geants.
II handled the case," he added. "Mr
Smith and several other of my assist
ants aided me in the examination OF
witnesses. Mr.. Smiths only connection
to-day with the case--that is, before
the grand jury--was that l was forced
to call him as witness to prove the
I had seized under grand jury sub
pmnas, and which are now and will re-
main in the possession of Mr.. Smith, as
my representative"
The visit referred to by Fridiger wa:
during the trial of Dominick Henry, s
police inspector, convicted and now OF
bail awaiting the result Of an appeal
1t was said that Assistant District At
torney Smith had referred to Owens a:
"stool pigeon" and Owens made al
effort to get Smith to refute the charge
When he was unable to see Smit}
Owens went to tho office Of Distric
Attorney Swami, who finally ordered
him out of his office.
Despite the optimistic statement O.
Mr.. Fridiger it is known that the move
by Whitman yesterday threw bomb
shell into Police Headquarters.
The nervous tension was augmented
late in the afternoon, when it became
commonly known that Mr.. Whitman hat
secured damaging statements from a
least two members of the squad.
One of the men is said to have volun
tarily told all he knew when he became
convinced that his associates had en-
tered into conspiracy to make him th'
goat
New-York tribune., 1921-01-28
Boys Hear of Hylan Socks

Supreme Court Justice William P
Burr, formerly Corporation Counsel in
the Hylan administration, painted "A
New York lass night for the inspira-
tlon Of the youth Of the East Side,
gathered at Cooper Union for an
Experimentation" meeting.
The central figure in the picture was
that Of John F. Hylan, now Mayor of
New York, foe of traction rings and
friend Of tho people, and Of William
Randolph Hearst, the st. George of
jellyfshes.
The time was twenty-one years aro
and John F. Hylan was crossing Brook
lyn Bridge afoot. He had 81 in his
pocket. said Justice Burr, and a pair
Of socks under his arm. The audience
applauded wildly.
New-York tribune., 1921-01-28

aloft between the fingers Of DR.. Will
liam S. Wadsworth, Coroner's physi.
clan, the sight Of the missile caused the
stiffness of the presence of death to
spread over the crowded courtroom.
Brines Shows No Interest
Brines, seated in his usual half
slouching position at the counsel table,
showed no more interest in the metallic
pellet than he had in the examination
papers brought forth by the prosecution
as specimens of his handwriting.
"My conclusion upon examining this
bullet and this Colt automatic pistol"
said DR.. Wadsworth with dramatic de-
liberation, "is that the bullet was fired
from this pistol"
The pistol was the automatic that the
commonwealth's witnesses had testified
to finding in Brines's automo obile sew
eral DAYS after the murder. The bullet
was Drewes's messenger Of death.
All eyes in the courtroom turned
toward the slight figure sitting behind
his counsel. But there was not SO
much as the flicker of an eyelid dis
cernible in the poise Of the prisoner.
DR.. Waesworth brought out the in
formation that the bullet that caused
Drewes's death was Of the soft-nosed
type, commonly known as "dum- dunn"
bullets.
Tells of Buying Pistol
Carlos Arnoldson Yserpa. a Univer.
sity of Pennsylvania student, testified
that last August he went with Brines
to a pawn shop in Eleventh Street
north OF Market, where Brines bought
pistol, similar to the one shown him
to-day by Mr.. Gordon, but he could not
identify the one shown him as the one
purchased last August.
Eldridge W. Stein, T. H. McCool and
Webster Melcher, handwriting experts,
testified that the same person, who
wrote the specimens admitted as stand
ards of Brines's handwriting, wrote a
letter sent from Reading to Drewes on
October 9, 1920. The letter was signed
Samuel Magee," and offered an auto
mobile for sale. The commonwealth
is contending that this letter was used
as lure to bring Drewes to Philadel-
phia and that he was murdered while
in this city to buy the automobile
offered in the "Magee" letter.
1t is upon this testimony as to the
"Magee" letter and tho testimony as
to the bullet given by DR.. Wadsworth
that the commonwealth depends largely
for the conviction of Brines.
New-York tribune., 1921-01-28
Woman Nabs Child Bandit

CHICAGO, Jan. 27.-With the cap
ture Of Roy Fitzhenry, twelve years old,
police believe to-day that the activities
Of child bandit, who hns held up sew
eral women within few weeks, are
ended.
Roy crept up behind Miss Elvira Nc
Donald last night and snatched her
purse. She gave chase and caught the
hoy with little difficulty, she said.
Women have reported being robbed by
a boy about twelve years old, who car
ried large revolver. Police say Roy
had no such weapon when caught.
New-York tribune., 1921-01-28
Seized as Z" Pickpocket
Suspect Accused of Irwin, !,
Rob Strap-Hanging Detectivs~ :

Detective. Rudolph Unger was sw;,.
ing to strap in a southbound Th;s,
Avenue ~" train Wednesday .r;.s.
when he felt some one tug at his ovss ss'
coat pocket. He turned and recoyn;,.s
man standing next to him ~
grabbed the man and took HIM ne
the train at the Twenty-eighth Sum Sum
station. S'rees
The man gave his name a. u.
Brown, thirty-fve years old. cbanvy
ftur, of SO Forsyth Street. He sul. ~,
arraigned in Yorkville court vesto~ss vas
and held in $4,000 bail on charreu ~
grand larceny. Joseph Trusch. of NJ "
Haven, who had been PASSENGER s~
the IL" train with the detective sos os
brown. told the court that Brown INV Sas
robbed him of a wallet confa;,;suu iau
$500. This wallet, it was said ,as mug
found on the prisoner. John WeSnn.shs
who had been standing next to Rrows'
said that some one on the car haa
tried to take his wallet, which con %su
tanned S400. '"'
Detective Under said he recognizes
Brown as man with a prison record cord
New-York tribune., 1921-01-28
Girl of Is on Trolley Car
Seixcs ALLEGED, Pick mock a,

Fifteen-year-old Fannie Leyingkroon.
9 passenger on Broadway car in
Brooklyn, seized man standing beside
her as the car approached Bedford
Avenue yesterday and cried: "Help!
This man has stolen my pockctbook "
Several men grabbed her prisoner
and held him until patrolman arrived.
He said he was Hyman Argsten, Of
lCi0 Pitkin Avenue, Brooklyn. Ac-
scoxding 70 the police, the girls pocket
book. which contained $5, was found
In his pocket. He was held for the
grand jury in Bridge Plaza police
COURT. Ills captor lives at 8I2 Hop
kinson Avenue, Brooklyn.
New-York tribune., 1921-01-28
Wesleyan Student Found
In His Room Unconscious
Yonkers Youth, Freshman,
Believed to Have Fought AS
sailant: Money Not Taken

MIDDLETOWN, Conn, Jan. 27.-Sey-
mour W. Ely, of Yonkers, NJ Y, e
freshman in Wesleyan University. was
found unconscious in his dormitory
room tonight. The room was in great
disorder, and the university authorities
believe that the student had been at
tackled and had fought with his assai'-
ant.
Ely recovered consciousness an hour
later at the Middlesex Hospital, where
= was said his condition was serious.
Money and jewelry in his room were
not taken.
New-York tribune., 1921-01-28

said Mr.. Enright, "takes his job at his
ton. am the sixteenth Commissioner
since 1898.
an 1918, 1919 and 1920 there was
less crime than in the years preceding
the war. The Police Department de-
serves applause and not the criticism
Of those who have discredited it from
ulterior motives. The crime wave is
only mythical and is represented as it
is by false reports of the press"
New-York tribune., 1921-01-28
Enright Calls His Job
Graveyard of Ambition

Police Commissioner Richard E. En-
right told the members of the Brooklyn
Rotary Club at their weekly luncheon
yesterday that the Police Department
deserved applause instead of criticism.
Hc repeated his former assertions that
the crime wave is imaginary. He was
introduced by Charles Jerome Edwards,
former president Of the club.
Several times during the Commits
sioner's address he was interrupted by
applause. "The Police Commissioner"
New-York tribune., 1921-01-28
Fridiger Issues Statement

Louis Fridiger, who became we'll
KNOWN through his connection with the
strikers in the recent B. X. T. trouble
a. counsel for the two indicted detec-
ave sergeants, gave out the following
statement yesterday:
This indictment is the result Of
spite and solely to satisfy personal
grievances Of Assistant District Attor-
ney James e. Smith against Mr.. Ovens
This condition. has existed for montbx
.~-in fact. since Sergeant Owens CANE
here to the Criminal Courts Building
70 resent sn insult offered to him by
Saith. ~
Assistant District Attorney Smith
n u,s court to-day bsfese Judge Rosalsky
ingly lied when he, said that the facts
as contained In ths afidavit were true.
I'VE will naoys imm lately for an
inspection Of the grand Jury minutes.
We are confident that the case will
be dismissed without going to trial.
Bas. in the event that ii does 20 to
trial, we will show that the record !
!ol sergsants Owens and Horan are
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-05-10
CONFERENCES ON
WAGE MATTER END
Sec'y Davis Ends ''Get-To.
gether" Meetings After Ben
son Reiterates Stand.

WASHINGTON. May s.-Confer-
ences Sec'y DAVIS has been holding
with all parties in an effort TO reach
n settlement If ,he wage dispute af-
fecting American shipping were dis
continued Monday after Chairman
Benson of the shipping board had
reiterated his stard tor a Is percent
wage reduction. Should the situa-
tion change. however. IL is under
stood that the secretary will attempt
TO bring the several parties together
again.
William 5. Brown. president OF the
Marine Engineers Beneficial associ-
alton, said Monday night that his
commission had made the very best
preparation possible and that no fur
ther concessions would be made
Reports from all sections OF the
country Monday Chairman Benson
said. showed that the outlook was
very hopeful and that an increasing
number OF officers and men were
volunteering to return to work
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-05-10
BORROWS Sc, THEN
COMMITS SUICIDE
M. B. Yates, %, Niles Man,
Ends Life Action Sur
rounded by Mystery.
Srecial to The News Times :

NILES, Mich, May IN. b.
Yates. 65 years old. a cripple. com
mitted suicide in his room at the
Miller hotel this afternoon by hang
ing. His body was discovered at
o'clock Monday evening by Mrs
John Weber. an employe at the
hotel.
Friends of the man are at loss
to explain the a ctiOn. inasmuch as
Yates had been apparently in good
health. Early in the afternoon
Yates borrowed IS from Ashley
Smith, pool room owner, and in
whose place of business he had op-
Grated a lunch counter for mum
Der OF years. He left the hotel and.
after getting a shave and his shoes
shined, returned. He then left the
lobby OF the hotel and was not
again seen until his body was found
suspended from a bar above the
door in his room.
The police have been unable 70
find trace of members OF his fami-
ly, it being said that he has a son
in Elkhart and another in Texas.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-05-10
ECONOMIC OUTLOOK
BETTER IN EUROPE
Report Shows Lifting of Busi-
ness Depression in Eng
land and Italy.


WASHINGTON. May 9. - Some
signs of a rift in the general cloud
of business depression lowering over
Europe were seen in England and
Italy during April by American eco
nomic observers, according to the
monthly summary OF world trade
conditions issued Monday night by
the bureau Of foreign and domestic
commerce.
In other European countries,
however. and in South America.
with the exception Of Peru. con-
tinuatiOn Of the general industrial
staRnation was reported. In the far
east. on the o her hand. considera-
bic financial and commercial ac-
tivity was noted.
Except for the arrangement OF the
industrial situation in Great Britain
by the coal strike, the business sit
uation was reported as more hope
full. The financial situation was sad
10 be improving and the cost of liv-
ing decreasing.
The general condition Of the gov
ernment finances in Italy was re-
ported as mo~e favorable with rev.
enues increasing considerably. No
Improvement in France was report
ed. and in Germany an agitation was
said TO prevail for the boycotting Of
entente wares.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-05-10
NAVY HEAD BRANDS
CHARGES AS "ROT''
DENLY Says Department Wei
comes Investigation of Hal
tien Occupation.
BY Associated Press:

WASHINGTON, May 9.-Charac-
terizing as rot" charges made by
three Haitien delegates in a memo
rial TO the white house, state de-
partment and congress protesting
against American occupation of
Haiti, Sec'y DENLY declared Monday
that tho navy department welcomed
any investigation congress might
care to make of conditions in that
republic.
at is the same old rot" Mr..
DENLY declared. and 1 am sick of
having this thing recur, be disprOv-
ed. and recur again
The memorial. which was pre-
sented by II. Pauleus Sannon, form
er Haitien secretary for foreign
affairs, and other delegates repre-
senting the patriotic union Of Haiti,
demanded the withdrawal OF Unit
ed States military forces from that
republic and charged long series
of atrocities by American marines
and the native gendarmerie in Haiti.
The naval investigation of condi-
uOnS IN lndL Itpu'44C 'puAu'NtN ~
a board under Rear Admiral Mayo
was characterized as a Joke"
The naval secretary in his reply
Monday said the conduct Of the
marines had been above reproach
and a credit TO the corps.
Naval Investigations had render
ed the same verdict on several oc-
casions as the Mayo board, he
added.
The marine corps did splendid
work there as hUmanely as it was
possible to do it," said Mr.. Denby
"and the naval establishment has
functioned in Haiti in a manner sell
dom equalled by military occupa-
ton anywhere"
When he visited Haiti recently
on a tour of inspection he saw evil
dence on every hand, Mr. DENLY
said. to convince him that the con-
tinued presence Of American ma
rines on the island was desirable.