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Seward daily gateway., 1926-06-30
TESTIMONY OF LOUIS STERN SKATERS STATE MENTS-TELLS OF GAINES VISIT TO HOME ON NIGHT OF MURDER-GAINES BE ARRAIGNED BEFORE WASHINGTON SUPERIOR COURT
GAINES GIRL: LEFT HOME IN GRIP OF FEAR AND DISGUST
POLITICS ENTER INTO CASE ACCORDING TO RUMPUS A YESTERDAYS NQUEST-ATTOR- NEYS AND CORONERS DASH ABOUT MADLY- STARWICH ARRESTS GAINES.

SEATTLE, June 30. (AP).-Prosecuting Attorney Colvn said today have at least obtained the missing links in the evidence that convnces Gaines killed his daughter"
 One of the links is the report that Lukes detective said he found blood stains Gaines clothing. In an- other statement Louis Stern said Gaines came to my house the night Sylvia murdered He told me to hur 1y up and for Gods sake to give him drink asked him what was the hurry He said If you'd been thru what went through just now, you'd want drink in hurry too' said for Gods sake what has happened, and he said You remember always told you I'd be the master in my house. and that anyone tried to tell what to do where and when to go and come, I'd kill 'em Gaines then threw his arms about with tears in his eyes, claiming: That's just what's happened.'
 Gaines will be arraigned in the Superior Court here on Friday.
 Prosecuting Attorney Colvn said the reconstruction of the crime argument of serious nature Gaines admitted what occurred in their home at o'clock when the girl left in grip of fear and disgust for friends who lived about three miles away. Gaines left half hour later He knew suspected his daughters destination and Sylvia the lake side path He then drove to
 point on the street. the path which nearly inter- sects and dashed across the path and intercepted her.
Seward daily gateway., 1926-06-30
EUITORs HfGTD T
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Merrill and Davls. 1hs s~1E-o-S are expected 1o drop 3r ol Seward ro5Ex from the cl0uds according 1o 6 -Uuo- floating abou- the r0w- zh5s uo-u1rE The Gs1awE- has heard no1h1nE 5e5z- ite nor zu1hen-ic either wEv. -ha- -Aer had hoped or from Tsncou~e- E C. or that 1hev were er -ou-e- q W- Branch manager 0@ ths ss1ncz 5e- pa-rmsu- o5 the L7btE. E5NzL and Libby Conpsnz. IS h SHvs-l zEz-,- 5ng the a--5va- o1 the El1e-s w-h whoZ he szpecs -5 Ey e5 B-5sco- BEz
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GOVERNMENT n PROCEED
 bGLINsT BOOZE OWNERS

WASHINGTON, D. O., June 30. LP, against the owners of 11,000 eases Of Chinese wine, known as NC KA PY, has been started hy the United States Attorney 1n San Francisco at the direction Of stt0-nHy general Sargent. The dspa-1nent as justice announced the wine to be ot from forty-seven to fifty per cent a. coholic content, was imported f0r me dical purposes only according to the claims of the owners, but the EUs- ernment's contention Is that st is ao be used as a beverage. On account of the issues involved and the high valuation of the wine a vigorous con test in court is expected.
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kEN SUPERINTENDENT
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Rev. C- T Ez--e1- new su1e-i--s-5- en- Of the 1oca- Jesse Lee EC-s- wss -he ruesr oE Rev T, ?. Graham s, yesterday business mee1uE and 1unck- con of the Chamba- 0E Con1z-oe helE at the G-il. where he wsS sreo-5ez the 0pp0-tun71r oE making hls frs public contact win 1ocs- business men His remarks were auv-0--is-e and were vel received. Presi5e11 P Q. NcNuIlen. officially welcomed Esv. Hatten to Seward and assured him os the cooperation q the o-Ean7zE -sor he heads.
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SEATTLE, June 29. P)-Wallace Bob" Gaines was arrested and charg- ed with first degree murder by Sheriff Matt Starwich, who had already gone to Gaines home, but waited for the warrant for the arrest of Gaines. Ro- bert McFarlane, counsel for Gaines, said: "The sheriff told me there would be an arrest in a little while. That's all right with me, I replied, but we are going to have a showdown on this thing in the open court"
 William Gaines, over a telephone said: "Starwich is here to arrested my brother. He has no warrant and I told him I believed he should have one. He is waiting for deputies to come with a warrant"
 After the inquest was resumed, fol lowing the recess, Prosecuting Attor- ney Colvin asked that it be adjourned Applause greeted the declaration of
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Seward daily gateway., 1926-06-30

SAN FRANcfSCo.-Eiuht com pIete plans for the bridue across the Bay have been submitted to the city today. The bridge, which has long been proposed has be come an issue here
 OKLAHOMA CTTN-Slippinr quietly into the hospital room where his wife lay suffering from bullet wounds he hac inflicted lsst night Louis Mayors, a plumbers helper today fired tvVo more shots at her and then killed himself with the same gun.
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McFarlane that adjournment was ''un- American and unfair"
 Colvin shouted: I'm not holding a mass meeting for the rabble to ap- plaud." Colvin then strode out of the door and shouted, 'T'm now going to act"
 Colvin, a half hour after the inquest opened, conferred with Sheriff Star wich. Coroner Jones dashed out and told the newspaper men to watch this court room"
 McFarlane said: 'They are not go- ing to get away with delaying this thing until after the September pri- maries. They are going to bring Gaines to trial immediately if I have anything to say"
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Seward daily gateway., 1926-06-30

AURORA, IlL-Dr. L. s, 7UFT, president of hog serum company here, who was arrested Tor iile- gal manufacture of liquor Is re puted 10 be Zionist. Six others were arrested with him al the same time. The raid conducted by two squads of United States marshais netted distiIlery appsra- tus valued at S5O,000 and 25,00O gallons Of mash.
Seward daily gateway., 1926-06-30

| loNDoN.-Fifty-foUr massive blocks of Canadian granite, from which monuments to Canadian war dead are to be cut and placed on the battlefields of France anc Belgium left for London yester- day aboard the S.S. Canadian Ran cher for Antwerp.
Seward daily gateway., 1926-06-30
Blood Stains Found on Gaines Clothing
FLASHES

NEW YORK.-The inspection was seized here shortly revealed a novel means of landing liuuor through the cordon Of rum chss- CTS. The Rosie M. B." carried twenty torpedo shaped tanks with towing rings and airtanls %o keep them afloat while being toweo 1o shore.
Seward daily gateway., 1926-06-30

Eight-grade pupils can now receive their certificates, it is announced by MT. Morford, the certificates having arrived from Juneau in the last mail.
Seward daily gateway., 1926-06-30

PARIS.-One of Napoleor's handkerchieVes which was brot back from St. Helena, the island of Napoleon,s exile, brought only nine hundred and fifty franc z< a sale here.
Seward daily gateway., 1926-06-30

Czp1- Pea SshE- oe sae Rs-fs No. z, arrived n po-S tE7s rs-z2zE --eE Nuss Bav.
International., 1926-01-31
Interview With Carl Magee
Fighting New Mexico Editor

orders, brought in verdict OF
"guilty" within a few minutes
and the judge imposed sentence
of eighteen months in the peniten-
tary and a fine. Immediately fol
lowing this sentence Magee was
put on trial before the same judge
for contempt of court.
"I was put on the witness stand.
The lawyer asked me if l still said
that the Judge who was trying me
was corrupt and I said, He is?
"When the second trial was
over he sentenced me to another
year in jail and fine of $4,000"
"What happened then?" l ask
led.
"The governor Immediately par
doned me and made statement
that the proceedings at Las Vegas
were a blot on the state and dis
grace to all good people.
ST have nothing against Judge
Dan Leahy in private life. But ]
criticized his public acts and !
started a movement to defeat him
at the elections and we licked him
good.
During the trial they put me in
ia;l Nv friends. the cowboys,
were afraid for me. One little
sturt the politicians had was to
throw a man in Jail overnight
among lot Of prisoners. Then
they arranged it so that fight
would come about and the victim
would have mis- eyes gouged out,
and the politicians would tell the
newspapers that nobody was to
blame; it was just a fight in the
jail"
Five hundred cowboys accom-
panied Magee to Jail and told the
sheriff that if anything happened
to Magee, if he even received a
scratch, they would tear the jail
to pieces and3s the sheriff would
answer to them. .ssag They, brought
him his meals to avoid any mis-
chance. They posted guards
around the jail all night to be sure
nothing happened to him and
every hour Magee would call out:
"I'm all right boys!"
His prison doors were left open.
He thinks that probably this was
to tempt him to try to escape;
that would give his enemies a
chance to shoot him as fugitive.
Magee was pardoned by the
governor. Then the governor
wanted Magee to serve on the
board of directors Of the insane
asylum.
"If he goes on that board I'll
stamp his life outw Leahy was re-
ported to have said.
"That put me in place where
I had to go on" said Magee. cit
meant that / had to visit Las
Vegas every time there was a
meeting. Judge Leahy lived there.
the governor knew there was
danger, but he said, I've got to
have q man with courage to
straighten out the affairs Of that
asylum. You're the man.
"If / go to Las Vegas with
Judge Leahy's threat hanging
over me, I'll have to have per-
mission to carry gun for self
protection I told the governor.
81 had never carried gun be-
fore, during all my trouble. /
went to four board meetings and
nothing happened. But one night
when l started out my daughter
Gertrude wanted to go with me. I
was climbing into the automobile
when Gertrude said, Daddy. d.
you have your gun with you?'
81 told her that T did not have
it; that Leahy had had time to get
over his hard feelings and that I
didn'< think I would carry the gun
any more. She insisted upon 60
ing back into the house for it. I
called for her to get the little gun,
International., 1926-01-31

me, There's your friendv There
were several women in the lobby
and I never dreamed that he
would attack me. But suddenly
he started walking toward me.
Gwen then I didn't think he
would attack me-. However. 1
kept my eyes open. had that
little gun in my left pocket. l
didn't even shift it. Suddenly he
turned and hit me on the side Of
my head and knocked me to the
floor. Then Leahy started to kick
me. He kicked me in the face and
all over my body. I instinctively
lifted up my leg to protect my
body but he pulled my leg down
SO that he could kick at my stom-
ach. I was semi-conscious only,
but was awake enough to see that
gun lying on the floor. I reached
for it and shot Leahy thru the
arm, but one of the stray bullets
hit young man who had been try
ing to save me from Leahy's as
sault. He had twice jumped on
Leahy' who is a big six-footer, and
had been shaken off. The boy re-
ceived a shot.
"It went in thru his neck and
straight thru the spinal column. It
killed him instantly.
Gertrude was upstairs in her
room when she heard the shot, and
ran down. She saw me lying on
the floor and saw the dead body.
She is only sixteen but that child
acted like grown woman. She
took charge Of everything; whis-
pered into my half-conscious
brain, Don't talk, Daddy! Don't
say wordv
81 am out on bail for numbering
a man who was trying to save my
Life. Up to that night the fight
was merry one and l rather liked
it. From that hour it has been
terrible.
"What happened to Leahy?" I
asked him.
Nothing! Nothing win ever
happen to him by the act Of man,
unless the state attorney-general
goes in and forces an indictment
before the grand jury"
It seems to me that this is the
most remarkable fight for decency
and honor in politics; for freedom
of the press; and righteousness in
public thinking that / have ever
listened to. I think the nation
should know the story. It is the
explanation Of much that is OBJ
scure in the Teapot Dome scandal.
International., 1926-01-31
(Continued From Page 81

Dald taxes on MS rancn WHICH WSAS
ia arrears some years. He even
went so far as to tell me that he
must get out of the senate; that
II was too expensive for him.
"Then late in 1922 it was known
that Sinclair had come to Three
Rivers in his special car.
"Early in 10 %, Fall paid off
his arrears in taxes, got two high
priced automobiles, and put about
$4,000 into improvements on his
ranch. You know you can't put in
o big electric water plant without
che neighbors knowing about it
and talking about it.
"These rumors started me to
work had the idea that some
thing had been pulled off at Three
Rivers as a result of the visit Of
that private car.
"Something was also being pull
cd off in Washington as well as at
Three Rivers. My suspicious deep
ened when suddenly Fall went in
TO the cabinet.
Everybody knows now, it is
matter Of record, that Fall took
UP the matter Of the lease Of the
Teapot Dome Naval reserves as
soon as he got into office and /
kept hammering at this thing long
before it broke in Washington. I
had heard rumors about satchel
with money in it. kept talking
about that saschel. I kept limiting
at Teapot Dome and asking who
was going to get the lease long be-
fore the Investigations began in
Washington. We knew about it
down there"
'Did you go to Washington?"
'T did"
"What did you tell them?"
II informed them that in 1920
Fall told me he was broke, but
that since he had gone into the
cabinet he had spent over $780,
600 on his ranch. Then said to
the senator's: 4 wonder where he
got the money!
Before they called me, Sena-
Tor Walsh was asking whether it
was advisable to lease the Teapot
Dome to a private corporation. I
wired him and said, That's not
the question to ask! Ask II it is
honest; find out il It is a crooked
DEAL That started the investiga-
ton on different phase"
"Where did Fall get the
money!" That was the question
asked by editor Carl Magee
Of who the American people
ought to know. The nation knows
the rest of the story but it does
not know that an obscure, deter
mined, Christian newspaper editor
started the ball rolling.
But the last chapter Of this
mans fight has been the most
tense.
Zone morning in June, 1928, q
husky walked in my newspaper
office in Albuquerque and said,
I'm a deputy sheriff and I have
been sent to take you to Las
Vegas. I have warrant for
your arrest for criminal libel!"
II looked at the warrant and
saw that was accused of libel be-
cause I had written Of a certain
judge who lived in San Miguel,
120 miles away. I wrote that he
had grown too accustomed to old
methods to see anything wrong in
what had happened.
~ was referring to the Fall
case. knew that this time they
meant to do the worst they could
do to me.
II could have used influence
and got out of going to Las Vegas.
asked my wife what to do, and
she said something that hearten-
en my soul.
1t would be easier to see you
go to Jail than to see you rum"
Magee was warned that he was
not to write anything about the
A7.;oI
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-04-06
TO THE
DEMOCRATIC VOTERS
OF THE TWENTY-FOURTH
SENATORIAL DISTRICT
OF FLORIDA I.

/ wish to announce my candi-
dacy for reelection to the Flor
ida State Senate from the Twen-
ty-fourth district, subject to the
Democratic primary.
There will be a number of
matters of vital importance to this
District, and particularly to Mon
roe County, in the 1927 session
of the Legislature. The bound
aries of the City of Key West will
have to be changed to include
the Florida East Coast Railway
terminals. The ten year contract
viii expire with the 1927 session.
| am party to the contract ex-
GLIDING the terminals from the
City in consideration of the con-
struction of the Casa Marina ho-
tel in 1917. / very much desire
to personally see that these
terminals are reincluded in the
City limits. No one has in the
slightest degree intimated opposi-
ton to the terminals being rein
corporated in the City, neverthe-
less If I am reelected to the Sem
ate / pledge that the terminals will
be placed back within the cor
Fporate limits of the City of Key
West.
My long service in the Senate
qualities me for efficient service.
During the campaign / will make
further declarations of principles
which shall govern me in the Sem
ate. I solicit the support of the
Democratic voters of this Dis
trict.
WILLIAM n. MALONE.
(Paid Political Adyt.)
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-04-06
GULLS FAR INLAND
PREDICT FRESHETS
FOR NEW ENGLAND

TURNER'S FALLS, Mass, April
GA few miles from the south
ern boundry of Vermont, where
the Connecticut River turns sharp
ly to the westward and then heads
South to cross Massachusetts, and
Connecticut and reach the sea,
this busy little factory town has
set itself to work to prepare for
the spring floods.
Every year when the freshets
are due flock of seagulls ap-
pears at the dam of the Turner's
Falls Power Company, some hum
dred miles frem the ocean. The
gulls are here. having come from
their home on the salt water to
feed on the refuse which the flood
brings down.
Upon seeing the birds, officials
of the Turner's Falls Power and
Electric Company began prepare
tions for the arrival of flood
waters, so strong is their belief in
bird instinct. The Spring freshet
is expected Immediately.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-04-06

TOTAL ESTIMATED $156, SEQ 90
Any of the above items can be
reduced or increased, but in no case
shall the total amount of the Bud.
get as above made be Increased
Any amount not expended shall
be carried forward in the Fund.
The said Board completed the
preparation of lists of lands lying
in Monroe County. Florida, en-
braced in the Everglades Drainage
DISTRICT, and classified same into
sand and loan lands and muck
lands. which said lists can be ex-
amined at the office of said Board
in West Palm Beach, Florida, and
or at the time and place hereinaf-
ter stated when said Board shall sit
as an Equalization Board.
The Board of Fire Control will
sit in the County Court House at
Key West, Florida. at 10 O'Clock in
the morning, April gath A. D. 1926
as an Equalization Board to hear
complaints and make such adjust
ments as will be equitable.
All persons interested are noti-
fled to appear before the Board at
the above time and place for the
purpose of submitting such COM
plants as they may have in relation
to the aforesaid matters
W. A DUTCH.
CHIEF FIRE WARDEN-chairma
Attest:
F. Fl. MATTHEWS,
Secretary. apr6
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-04-06
NOTICE

TO ALL WHOM 1T MAY CONCERN:
Notice is hereby given that the
Board of Fire Control of the Ever
glades Drainage District OF the
State of Florida, prepared the fol-
low ing budget and fixed the amount
TO be raised for fire protection pur-
poses for the year 1926 as required
under Chapter IeI1e. Acts OF 1925.
Laws of Florida, which budget on
March Eighth, Al. ID. 1926, was APP
proved by the Trustees of the In
ternal Improvement Board:
EVERGLADES BOARD OF FIRE
CONTROL BUDGET FOR RE-
QUIREMENTS OF 1926.
W. b
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-04-06

United States Customs Service
Port of Key West, Florida, March
%, 1926. Notice is. hereby .given
that the following described vehicle
has been seized at Key West, Flor
ida, on December IA. 1925. for viola
tion of Sections 1861 and 3062 of
the Revised Statutes of the United
States, to wit: A Ford truck, en-
CINE No. 100000. All persons claim
ing the above described vehicle or
any interest therein are notified
and admonished to file, claim of
ownership with the CUSTOM House
at Key West, Florida, withinf twenty
days after the first publication Of
this notice: otherwise the said
truck, its equipment, etc, will be
forfeited to the United States, sold
at public auction to the highest
bidder in front of the Post Office
building in Key West, Florida. at
11:00 A. NJ. April IL, 1926, lin the
manner prescribed by the statutes.
C. n. Hildreth. Jr., Collector.
mar23-3O; apr6
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JOHN Us $40, 900
CHAMPIONSHIP
BELT IS MINTEDl

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, April 6.
Believe it or not, here's the gist
of the story
The famous $4,000 champion
ship belt of John L. Sullivan, pre-
sented to him by citizens of Bos-
ton in the Boston Theatre on Ang.
g. 1887. has been melted at the
mint here for the gold. that was
in it. The belt, with its Ss7 small
diamonds missing, found it's way
to the mint Through q baltimore
junk dealer who received a check
for a little more than $500 for
the gold it contained. The name
of the Baltimore dealer was with
held by the mint official.