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San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-12-20

let the, sheriff investigate afterward He
went to bed that night resolved to keep
the secret of the Tensas locked in his own
heart forever.
But during a sleepless night he saw the
other side of the question. Somebody else
might find that body and see the marks
where he had blazed the trees. They
would probably find one or two of his
empty shotgun shells on the route. The
only way to keep that secret would be to
sneak back there and bury the thing in
the swamp-and he might be caught in
the act In that case he would not blame
them for hanging him.
The man went to Winnsboro in the
morning, and seeing no signs of excite
ment in the little town was encouraged to
call on Sheriff John Short. The sheriff's
examination of the scene brought to light
a few things that the colored man had
overlooked.
Out of the ashes were recovered several
hairpins, brittle as glass from the heat
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-12-20
Who Was
the Girl and
Why Did
Someone
Build Her
Funeral Pyre
WHY did someone carry a young
w woman hundred miles or more
w into tho Tansoc cwapnn uiIdarnaeS


into the Tensas swamp wilderness
f Louisiana and burn her on great pile
If pine logs?
If it was simply to get rid of her body
to hide a crime, someone went to lot of
unnecessary pains, took useless chances of
discovery, and, after ALL made no attempt
to hide the corpse, which would have been
quite easy. The mystery is not to be ex-
planned on the basis of any ordinary crime,
and the authorities of Franklin Parish,
Louisiana, suspect that they are con-
fronted by some shocking religious rite,
like Voodoosm, or murder for the
fun of it," like the Leopold-Loeb murder
in Chicago.
A few weeks ago a negro hunter, with
his gun and his dog, worked his way into
the heart of the Tensas swamp. He was
born and raised on the edge of that weird
and picturesque wilderness, and was as
skilled as anyone in navigating what is
perhaps the most blind and difficult jungle
outside the tropics; a place that no
stranger may safely enter alone. lt.would
be hard to find a spot where crime could
be committed with less danger of inter-
ruption, and yet the obstacles in the way
of bringing in a body or captive seem
prohibitive.
Though he was as much at home as a
human being could be in such a watery,
vegetable labyrinth, the negro had to pro-
coed with caution. The hot, steamy soil
which quivered under his feet shot up at
him rank growth full of beautiful semi
tropical flowers-magnolias, plumbagos,
iasmines, oleanders, as well as wild rose.
One does not think so much of the beauty
of these things as of the fact they are
hiding from the eye pitfalls of bog and
ouagmre, to say nothing of sheltering
poisonous snakes, malarial mosquitoes and
other singing pests.
One feature of the Tensas which makes
it the most picturesque and, at the same
time, the most treacherous of all swamps
* the famous Spanish moss. The branches
of the short leaf pine, the red gum, the
cypress and the cottonwood trees are
draped with this strange parasite, which
hangs down like giant boards, and at GER
tain seasons of the year is so thick that
Il is possible to see but few PAGES
ahead This queer growth has no roots
in the SOIL nor does il appear to suck any
sorrishment from its host, the tree. APP
patently it manages to live on the hot,
reeRYug vapors of the swamp.
Spanish moss confuses the explorer like
a sort of vegetable fog, which not only
capnot he Denetrated bV the eve. but
makes all trees look pretty much alike.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-12-20

brought in dead, or alive, bound and
gagged, which is now thought more likely.
The truck itself may have stayed in The
swamp all night and come out unseen in
the dawn. Or it may have been sunk in
any one of score of Shiny, bottomless
pools, where it would be hidden till iudg-
ment day. If so, this offers hopeful
clue. The driver of that truck was a
master of the swamp, some one who mus.
have spent much of his life there.
Even if the truck was not used and
the girl was carried in, which is hard to
believe for the distance is several miles
of difficult walking, the deed was done
by some one who was quite an expert and
the number of Tensas swamp pilots is linn
tied. Before they are through the au-
thorities are going to question every MAJ.
who is said to know the locality at ALL
The most curious point of all is, why
was the body burned? A little silent,
easy work with spade, in the spongy
soil, would have put it away where no
dog nor man would ever look for it. In
made the swamp ring for a long time with
the sound of their axes as they prepared
a huge funeral pyre. While you cannot
see through the Spanish moss-covered
trees, sound travels well enough through
the swamp, and it was taking a chance of
attracting some hunters attention.
Even more dangerous was the fire it.
self. The column of smoke arising from
such a blaze would rise far above the
treetops and be likely to catch the eve
of the revenue officers, always watching
that swamp for moonshiners, who were
there even before prohibition. The men
who were clever enough to bring their
victim into that swamp were smart enough
to know that they were taking unneces-
sary chances and for what?
1t has been suggested that some fanatic
religious cult like Voodooism. which has
been known to sacrifice human lives in
various ways, might have done this as a
sort of sacred ritual. But such a cere-
monial would mean quite a number of
people, and their coming and going would
have been surely noticed.
The theory which the authorities lean
toward now is one which would have been
ridiculed before the Leopold-Loeb case.
1t is that the two young men seen in
the truck brought the girl bound, gagged
and alive, out to that desolate place in
the swamp where they felt it reasonably
safe for them to burn her alive-their
motive the same as that of the two Chi
cagO boyS-waS just for the fun of il.
Evidence that supports this theory is
the fact that the victims vanity ease and
ring were found in the ashes where they
fell from her shrivelling form. If the girl
had been dead, and for some unimagin-
able reason they thought it better to try
to destroy the body by fire than the sim
pier, safer and easier method of burial.
they might have forgotten the metal but
tons, but they would surely have taken
the ring and vanity case and tossed them
into one of the pools. The fact that they
did not, shows that they burned her jus
as she was, with little thought Of prevent
ing her Identification
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-12-20

suspicious circumstances. The country
side united in a hunt for Cora's husband
which did not interest the sheriff much,
because he did not believe that the ring
and vanity case could possibly belong to a
woman of her type.
The man-hunt bore fruit, for presently
the suspect was found in neighboring
parish where he said he was trying to be
as inconspcuous as possible because of
warrant against him for bootlegging.
When he learned that he was suspected
of murder he turned white as a Nordic
and helped the authorities capture Cora,
who proved to be alive but furious, be-
cause there was little matter of moon
shining that she was wanted for.
A week after this came more prom
Using clue. The Oakdale Chapter of the
Red Cross, of Oakdale, La, tclephoned
to Chief of Police NJ. p Ryan, at Natchez,
Miss, that seventeen-ye ar-old Flora Nc
Curley had disappeared mysteriously from
their nurses training school and that the
girls parents feared that she was the vic
tim of the Tensas swamp murder. In
the young woman's description it was
mentioned that she wore class ring of
the Elizabeth, La, High School, which
corresponded to the half-melted white
gold circlet found in the ashes.
Investigation showed that Miss McCur-
ley had quickly decided that the hard
training of nurse was not for her and,
after two weeks had quit without giving
any notice. She had remained in Natchez
a few days and then departed three days
before the discovery of the body. A de-
scription was broadcast and the girls faith
er came to WinnSboro to identify the ring.
He had about made up his mind that it
was hers, and that he would never see
her again in the flesh, when an embar-
raised young woman introduced herself
to the police of Meridian, Miss, and
begged them to stop broadcasting that she
girl alive, well, but angry.
Every young woman missing within 100
miles of 1 e swamp was located, whether
she liked it or not, therefore it seems
clear that the victim was brought long
distance to be burned on that pyre, but
how?
This one clue has been found. Cotton
pickers, in a field at the edge of the
swamp, saw a motor truck turn from the
road and plunge into the wilderness. They
stopped work and wondered, for it was
risky thing for any one to go into that
swamp with car. The car was manned
by two young men and contained large
canvas bundles which the workers sup
posed were camping outfits. They did
not see the truck return and, iokingly,
wondered if it ever would. Perhaps it
never did.
With the aid of a considerable number
of swamp experts the sheriff was able
to map out course by which it was pos
sible for a motor to go from that cotton
field to a point not very far from the
scene of the burning. So the body could
have been brought in by truck, but who
would have had such uhcanny knowledge
of that dreary swamp?
In that case the girl may have been
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-12-20

Scene in the Famous
Tensas mp of
semi-Tropical Foliage
and Ghostly Spanish
Moss, Where the Half
Consumed BIO dy of
the Mysterious Girl
Was Found Upon a
f u n eral Pyre of
Charred Pine
Evening star., 1925-10-18

trans. Siberian railway. Both Russian
and japanese officials have given their
consent to the project.
The German flight will be in the ma
ture of ar experiment to test the
practicabiity of regular air service
between Germany and the Far East by
way Of Moscow and Peking. AS Ger
many is already linked with London
by regular airplane service, London
diplomats and business men may soon
be travelling to Far Eastern posts by
the air route. The aero Lloyd esti-
mates that eventually such flights may
be made In five days, provided the
practicability of night flying across the
vast reaches of Siberia and Manchuria
are demonstrated
Evening star., 1925-10-18
GERMAN AIRMAN TO FLY
TO TOXIC NEXT SUMMER
Trip Is Planned to Repay Visit of
Japanese Pilots-Will Be Test
of New Rule.

By the Associated Press.
BERLIN, October 17.-German avi-
ators will fly to Japan next year if
present plans are carried through TO
return the visit Of the Japanese air
man, Alb and kawache who stopped
in Berlin recently on their flight from
Toxic to London.
The German fight to Toxic will be
arranged by the aero Lloyd of Ger
many. The route to be covered is
about 600 miles long with about 20
landing places.
In the main the route will be that
taken by the Japanese in their west
ward flight following the line of the
Evening star., 1925-10-18
GERMAN POLICE TO GET
GREEN-GRAY GARB AGAIN
By the Associated Press.


BERLIN, October 17.-Berlin police.
men are to be uniformed again in the
old Sreenish garb that proved so Of
fensive TO the allied military control
commission that it was abandoned
some time ago for blue. The allied
military representatives that Berlin's
finest" in the gray green uniforms,
looked too much like the soldiers of
wartime In their field grau' and
strong intimations were made that a
change was desirable. Hence the blue
came in.
Recently, however, the need for
greater economy has beset the capi-
tails police department. 1t has been
found that the dapper blue uniforms
soil much more quickly, especially
during the wet Fall and Winter
months, than the green gray ones, and
"A return to the latter has been ordered
Evening star., 1925-10-18

Natives OF India Will not eat canned
fish from the Western World, because
good Hindus do not eat food prepared
by any one but the women of their
household or servants of their own
caste; they fear 1t may be polluted by
contact with persons below their caste
or adulterated with ingredients for
hidden by their religion.
Evening star., 1925-10-18
FREE SHAVES FOR LIFE"
REWARD WALLET FINDER
Owner, a Barber, Gets Back 800
and Includes Haircuts as Mark
of Appreciation.

BY the Associated Press.
YAKIMA, Wash, October 14.-Be-
cause LIE Roy Poole hunted up the
owner of a wallet containing 500
which he had found. he can sport a
clean shaven face and trim poll the
rest of his life without cost.
The owner of the wallet was a bar.
ber. When Poole refused monetary
reward the barber insisted upon his
receiving an order for free barbering
for life' as a mark of gratitude.
Evening star., 1925-10-18

he is seeking to so diversity the drills
on each night that they may not be-
come monotonous and with vieU to
keeping up the interest of the men.
Evening star., 1925-10-18

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CHRYSIER rOUR-Tesvt>x
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4Io43;Ssdm,$ ,$1oo3. H1dysnE fo.w-
>pAsel b~zh<s on aQ Ch5d1 Ew
models n dight eru oK.
sAn trso.s I. O. b. Derois, ssbjju5 -
cz-ent Federal eri,e tax.
BOXES b. Fisher on al Ch,sls- en-
dosad models. All models eq.apped
%r6h ssQ balloon tires.
We are pleased to extend the con
venience Of time-payrnents. Ask
about ChrYsaer's attractive plan.
Chryslef dealers and superior
Chrysicr service everywhere.
All Chrysaermodelsare are protected
against theft by the Fedoo pa-
tented caz Numbering system, ex-
elusive with Chrysier, which can
not b oosneerfeieed and cannot
be altered or removed without
conclusive evid<noeoftamperins.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-02-26
EXPERT EXPLAINS
INTERFERENCE TO
RAD|OFANSCLUB
Kenyon Mix Gives Listeners
Hope of Eliminating
Trouble.

The Indianapolis Broadcast Lis
teners. at their regular meeting
Wednesday night in the roof garden
Of the SEVERN. heard reports Of the
various committees and admitted
several hundred new members. Ken.
yon Mix OF the Sleeper Radio Com
pany talked on radio interference
and development.
Mix told OF different kinds Of in
reference he had experienced in
various parts Of the country. He
said he found Indianapolis at pres
ent was one of the worst cities in
the country In local interference.
The Broadcast Listeners Association
Is the one real means of stamping
out this interference. he said.
The association will start work at
once on several cases OF interference
that seems to be general. The
committee on interference has been
making several checks on this dur
ing the past week and has located
some OF the trouble The greatest
trouble at present seems to be in
reference caused by ''howling" sin
gle circuit sets not properly tuned
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-02-26

all the wave is sharp and does not
spread all over the dials. 1t would
be well for several of the other sta
tons to listen to the transmission
OF this station ard act accordingly.
Out Where the West Begins" at
VOC, Davenport. you win find the
Palmer Little Symphony Orchestra
holding forth on the regular Sun
day evening programs To listen to
this group OF musicians is one of
the real pleasures of the radio. Here
you win find the best Of music pre-
scented by a group Of real artists that
seem to put their whole heart and
soul into their work. After listen.
ing to this organization / think that
you viii agree with US that 1t ranks
among the best.
With thirty stations broadcasting
the inaugural ceremonies every
part of the country will be able to
listen for the first time on this won
derful event which has been con
fined in the past to the few Thousand
that could afford TO make the trip
to the Capitol. Now, thanks to
radio, we can sit in our own homes
and listen to the big events that
take place all over the country and
in the very near future all over the
world.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-02-26

by their operators. A great amount
of this is being reported on the north
side OF the city.
Several reports concerning lealy
power lines and transformers will
be checked this week by the COM
mittee. A vote Of thanks was given
to the local power and light COM
panies for their cooperation.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-02-26

A wave trap is coil shunted by a.
condenser, inserted in series with
the antenna lead in or ground wire
Of the receiving set to eliminate in
reference. BY tuning the wave trap
to the wave length of an Interfering
station the undesired signals gener-
ally can be eliminated.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-02-26

A loose binding-post on a panel
may be fastened securely by the use
OF small lock washers, which may be
put nnder the nut at the rear of the
pan,l before the nut is frightened
down..
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-02-26

Do not try to slick up receiver
by painting it. Only the cabinet it.
self should be PARTED. Paint causes
leakage. The Dashboard should be
dry and natural so here may be no
loss from the parts mounted ON it.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-02-26

Only pure resin fiux should be
used for all soldered joints. Tests
show that where acid pGstes and
compounds are used, they either
spatter, fume or run over surround
ing delicate parts. This causes leak
age and reduced resistance in a man
Ter comparable to grid leak. There
fore, these fiuxes should never be
used on radio work
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-02-26

ments TO broadcast Verdi's Opera,
Aida" as presented by the Phila-
delphia National Opera Company on
Tuesday evening. March 8, direct
from the stage of the Metropolitan
Opera House. We win broadcast
the entire production. which Is being
given for the bentfi of the O'DonneI
Post, No. go, Veterans Of For
eign Vars. This program will start
at sac Casters time) or 1870 Gem
trail time).
Per ESH
What is the call letters Of the
local broaccasting station, ana what.
nights do they broadcast? E. S. G.
City.
The call letters of the local station
are WBBZ. Programs are broad
cast every Monday evening at SEQ
y. m. and Sunday afternoon at 800
D. m.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-02-26

ROOKLYN minister who an
XII nounced that he would give
9 a set of head phones to every
married couple that attended his
: church Sunday morning preached to
standing room only. His text was
Ears have they, but they hear not, :"
and 1t was a good sermon. The
chances are that this preacher viii
continue to have large crowds-then
there are a lot Of people who will
be praying for radio set for at,
tendance.
There are lance orchestras and
dance orchestras wherever you turn.
But do you ever listen to Ralph VIII
Hams and his Rainbow Orchestra
through WQJ? II not you are miss
ing a treat.
Every day there seems to be a
new list OF great singing artists and
orchestras that are being heard by
radio. 1t Is hoped that eventually
We may have them all listed.
WBZ has the good fortune to in
clude in their list OF entertainers the
Hotel Brunswick Dance Orchestra.
Here is a feature that is never dis
appointing to the lover OF good dance
music.
The past week has been a very
disappointing one to the broadcast
listener. The air has been of static
and reception has been very poor for
this time OF TIE year. And as usual
with this condition existing the pro.
grams OF the various stations have
been far above the average. Sta
tons that are. using power in ex
cess of 1000 watts have been com
ing in with the best results, which
only goes to prove that with the
advent of high power stations, we
may expect fair receiving conditions
the year around.
While we listeners are huggine
the warm spots of our homes lis
tening in, there always comes from
WMBF at Miami Beach, Fla, the
news of the real warm weather that
they are having down there.
The programs presented by the
AtwaterKent artists through sta.
ton WEAF on Thursday evenings
are far above the average. The pro-
gram offered by this group on last
Thursday was one of the finest that
we have heard in a long while. No
names of the artists are given. but
from the class of the offerings from
musical standpoint we are will
ling to gamble that this list of sing
ers and instrumental artists include
many well-known operate stars.
Last Monday evening WCBD
opened their superstition with one
of the best programs that we have
ever had the privilege Of listening
to. The program started at q p. m.
and lasted until after Midnight.
WCBD is to be complimented on
the transmission Of their new sta
ton as 1T is all that could be asked
for The programs are dispatched
with speed and the incubation of
the station is perfect, and above
Soldering Flux
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-02-26
Thanks

We have just completed arrange
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1925-12-17
\ Tremendous Price
Reduction

On January Z, 1926 Dodge Brothers. Incorporated,
will announce tremendous reduction in the prices
Of their complete line Of motor cars
These reductions will apply on all cars bought af
ter midnight, December H. 1925
when the new prices are made known on January
Z, the full amount Of the reductions will be i'm
mediatey refunded to all purchasers since Dec. 15
These revolutionary reductions are made possible
by recently completed ten million dollar expan-
sion program---new buildings and equipment that
will nearly double the capacity Of Dodge Brothers
factories in 1926
There change the policy upon which Dodge Brothers
established their leadership years agohe policy Of
slant Improvement without yearly models
Evening star., 1925-01-22
COMMITTEE AGREES
ON WELFARE BILL
Favorable Report Is Ordered
on Act Creating New Board
for District.

The bill to create the board of public
welfare in thu District of Columbia was
favorably reported yesterday afternoon
by the joint committee of the House
and Senate District of Columbia COM
mittees following an executive session.
The bill will be brought up in the House
and Senate at the earliest possible date,
and favorable action is predicted by
members of the committees.
Although a determined fight was
made on the provision of the measure
which included in the welfare board
the board of the National Training
School for Girls. the committee al
lowed it to stay in the bill
Three amendments were offered
and adopted. The first reduces the
size of the proposed welfare board
from nine to six members; second
provides that children shall be sent
to institutions of their religious
faith, and the third that all meetings
of the board shall be open to the
public unless otherwise provided
The new measure would create a
public welfare board composed of
members of the Board of Charities,
Childrens Guardians and the National
Training School for Girls The Com
missioners of the District would ap-
point the six members of this board
The board would submit to the Com
missioners an anual report of its ac-
-ivities and the work carried on un-
der its direction. 1t would also study
the social and enyironmentaI condi-
tions of the District and would in
corporate within its report recon-
mendations to diminish poverty and
disease and lessen crime.