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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1930-12-17

candy, and a Christmas tree. That
will be all want. Your friend, Mar
vim Loock.
u
Dear Santa Claus: l was glad to
see you. But my little baby did not
see you. liked to pet your deer and
liked to see the Eskimos, too. And
thanks for your candy. Will you
please bring me pair Of skates and
a pair of rubber boots too? And my
baby brother wants some blocks too.
Merry Christmas and a Happy New
Year. Your friend, Grant Rome.
Grade 3 B and Greenwood Falls.
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Dear Santa Claus: How are you
and the Eskimos. Thanks for the
candy and fer letting me pet your
deer. l want a big baby doll, an
ironing board for Christmas. I
want box of dominoes, too. I want
doll buggy. 1 want a set Of dishes
too. Will you please bring my sister
doll, box of blocks, and a duck.
Will you please bring my brother a
train, box of dominoes and a BIZ
cycle. l was surprised to see you and
your reindeer. am fine and my
brother and sister is fine. 1 wish you
a Merry Christmas. Your friend,
Alice Paradee.
Grade 8 B and Greenwood Falls.
A
Dear Santa Claus: 1 want an
ironing board. / want a little doll in
a basket. 1 want sewing basket. l
want a box of cards. / want a sled.
l liked your reindeer very much. I
hope you will bring some other toys
to other children. l want a table
and chars. 1 wish you happy
Christmas. Your friend, Mageline
Johanneck.
Grade 3 B and C-Redwood Falls.
II
Dear Santa Claus: / want an IRON
ing board, and a black board and a
sled. 1 hope your RENDERS will not
get sick and hope your RENDERS
do not get tired. l am feeling fine.
Oh! l forgot how are you and hope
you will not get sick. And l wish
you Merry Christmas. Your friend,
Mary Keefe.
Grade 3 B and C-Redwood Falls.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1930-12-17

I liked your Eskimos. Do not forget
the poor people. / would like a
blackboard, some doll clothes, and
book. l wish you Merry Christ
mas and happy New Year. Your
friend, Audrey Olson.
Grade 3 B and C-Redwood Falls.
i
Dear Santa Claus: | wish to have
gun and bicycle. I want an elect
ric train for my brother. l wish to
have a football that's hard. l want
some chains for my brothers bicycle
so he can use his bicycle this winter.
l want some chains for my bicycle,
too. 1 hope you did not catch cold
when you were up North. Thank you
for the candy that you gave US when
you were here. Merry Christmas.
Your friend, Warren.
Grade B and Greenwood Falls.
&
Dear Santa Claus: How are you?
1 am all right. 1 thank you very
much for the candy kiss. l hope you
do not get sick. The candy you gave
me was very good. l liked the rain
deer and the Eskimos. Now will tell
you what 1 want. l want a rector
sets No. II, and a cowboy suit, and
bag of candy. That is all / will
want this time. Goodbye and a Mer-
ry Christmas and Merry Christmas
to all your friends. Your friend,
John Clipson.
Grade 3 B and Greenwood Falls.
y
Dear Santa Claus: How are you
feeling? We are feeling fine. Will
you please send a saddle for my
pony? And a pair Of skates, too. l
thank you for the candy that you
gave to US. And 1 liked the rein
deers you brought along with you.
And 1 want a pair of boots. l liked
the Eskimos you brought along with
you. And Merry Christmas to you
and to Eskimos. Your friend, Arthur
Neuschwander.
Grade 3 B and Greenwood Falls.
A
Dear Santa Claus: I liked your
RENDERS. l liked to pet your rein
deers. 1 am in the third grade l
am eight years old. I would like to
have you come to my home on
Christmas Eve. 1 would like to have
wagon truck. Some nuts and
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1930-12-17

Dear Santa Claus: How are you?
I am all right. want pony and a
saddle. l will like an electric train,
l saw your and the Eskimos and the
reindeer. l hope you are well to come
to my house and everybodys house
and some candy too. Do not get
sick. Your friend, Andrew Smith.
Grade B and C-Redwood Falls.
y
Dear Santa Claus: / wish to have
a harmonica for Christmas. And
also pair of ice skates. l wish that
you could bring your reindeer with
you. l thank you for the candy kiss.
l wish to have pair of boots. wish
that l could get a bicycle. Your
friend. John Bovee.
Grade 3 B and Greenwood Falls.
AZ
Dear Santa Claus: Will you please
bring me few toys which is bicycle,
shooter, sled, and wagon. Well that
all this Christmas. l will be thank
full for this. Well how are all rein
deer and all? We all feeling good in
Redwood. We hope you are feeling
good too. You have some good candy
too. 1 will be very thankful for
these toys. I wish you Merry
Christmas. Your friend, Donald
Johnson.
Grade 3 B and Greenwood Falls.
Dear Santa Claus: How are you
Santa Claus? / would Ike buggy,
doll, sewing box, blackboard. l
like your candy. I like to pet your
reindeer. We will have Christmas.
1 like your Eskimos. Merry Christ
mas to you. I thank you for your
candy. Your friend, Harriet Wolver-
ton.
Grade 8 B and Greenwood Falls.
q
Dear Santa Claus: How are you?
l liked your RENDERS and will you
please bring me a bicycle and a
wagon, and sled, that will be all. l
liked your candy and wanted violin.
How are the Eskimos and you. 1
hope you will not get sick. The
Eskimos do not get sick either. l
hope Merry Christmas. Your
friend, Dayle Burdick.
Grade B and C-Redwood Falls.
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Dear Santa Claus: I want an
electric train. I want truck too
and flyer. / like you and your
Eskimos too. We want some more
candy. We will be in Blue Earth.
How are you? We are good in school.
Merry Christmas, Your friend,
George Barnes.
Grade 3 B and Greenwood Falls.
a
Dear Santa Claus: I liked your
RENDERS. I liked to see you very
much. l would like some candy and
nuts. I would liked cedar chest. l
would like some more presents too.
l want an electric stove. l should
liked sewing box. should liked
sled. l should liked a Christmas
tree. l should like some electric
lights. Good bye. / hope you have
a Merry Christmas. Your friend,
Lucille Joern.
Grade 8 B and redwood Falls.
Dear Santa Claus: How are you?
I am find and Hope you are to. l
thank you for the candy that you
gave us in school. I like your rein
deer, and I was glad to see you. l
want big doll and doll buggy and
a pair of slippers also. l wish you
Merry Christmas. Your friend, Leona
WEIGH.
Grade 8 B and Greenwood Falls.
81
Dear Santa Claus: / would like
sled and Eskimo dog. I thank you
for the candy and l liked to pet the
reindeer and I like the Eskimo too.
And bring some other children toys
to, an candy to, an horn, an tool
chest, an other things too for Christ
mas. Your FRIEND Leslie Sorenson.
Grade 3 B and Greenwood Falls.
IL
Dear Santa Claus: I wan fiex-
able flyer sled. Will you bring it to
me? I want some skees and an au-
tomobile. I like your reindeer and
Eskimos. l would like skates.
want a gun and wagon, bicycle,
rector set. would like dog. Good
bye. Your friend, Ellis Lang.
Grade B and Greenwood Falls.
a
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Dear Santa Claus: I haven't brok-
en- my sled yet and / go to bed early.
1 try to be good boy. Please bring
me a tool box, a hornSand bicycle.
I'll try to keep them until next
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-03-25
MAN, CHILD IN
RUM BOUT CASE
Alleged Wager on Capacity
Nearly Kills Boy,

A nickel bet endangered the life
of James Roberts, 10, of BOT South
Davidson street, Monday night, po-
lice charge.
William Wilson, 80, Of 143 South
Oriental street, is facing charges of
contributing to delinquency of a
minor in, juvenile court today. Bond
on the charge was fixed at $4,000.
Wilson is alleged to have bet the
boy a nickel that he could not con-
sumo as much liquor as the man.
The lad drank more than half a
pint of liquor in an effort to win
the bet, police declare.
Stomach pumps were used to save
his life, when he was taken to city
hospital. The boy, with two COM
panions, was playing in an alley east
of the 200 block on South Davidson
street when they said Wilson ap-
preached, boosted Of his drinking
ability, and made the bet,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-03-25

Miss Emerson as a model until she
became infatuated with him, and,
according to the prosecution, per-
suaded Mrs. Bowen to kill Mrs. Mar
chand.
Marchand is held as q material
witness; Mrs. Bowen, jointly in
dicted with the Emerson woman,
goes on trial on a charge OF muir
der at the conclusion Of the pres
ent case.
There was sense OF elation on
the Cattaguras reservation today,
for the Senecas believed that their
prayers were answered by the great
white father who had come to save
the red lilac.
With the jury completed Mon
day, the case today resolved itself
into an incongruous struggle be-
tween the state Of New York on
one hand and the full power of the
federal government, backed by the
incantations of the Senecas, on the
other.
White men knew, however, one
thing that the Senecas do not seem
to realize-that it will matter little
whether Lila Is convicted.
Physicians say that if she escapes
execution, she will die anyway,
within two years, because she is suf-
fering from an incurable lung
disease.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-03-25
BIDS ARE OPENED ON
70 MILES OF ROAD

to new overhead bridge south Of Mo
rocco in Newton county. Low bidder, G.
". Bridges, Coatesvile, s15,520.54. Engi-
neer's estimate, s22, 677.73.
Short Job Schedule
o. s. Road 5o-Grading and construction
of bridge in preparation for paving south
east of Wheatland TO Maysville, three
miles in Knox and Daviess counties Low
bidder, Isaac Putnam Company, Van
Vert, O., s51,6o7.1s. Engineers estimate
$50 .so4.80.
There we're two combination bids:
State Road 53-Montmorenci to U. 6.
"a, south Of wolcott. 1911 miles in Ttppe-
canoe and White counties. Low bidder,
Charles McAfee. Button, s33,537.1i. En-
gineers' estimate 41s,3o6.73.
State Road 56 and State Road 6l-Three
miles west Of Arthur TO Petersburgh, Isl
miles in Pike county. Low bidder, Foulkes
Construction Company, Terre Haute, 1885,
36467 Engineers estimate 1886. 020.42.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-03-25
Missing Since Nov. 7

By Jnltcd Press
CLEVELAND, March 25.-Dr.
Ernest j. Watzl, chemist and anna
teur artist, disappeared from his
home here last November, leaving
behind him his wife and two chill
dren.
With him, It IS believed, went
Mrs. Mary MacGranahan his sec
rotary and model for his art studies.
On Nov 7. the charred wreck of
his automobile was discovered n
the Schuylkiu river, near PottstoHn,
Pa, but there was no trace of its
owner.
The mysterious payment of his in
surance premium by a Charles
Warner" letters being written
in feminine or disguised hand
convinced the authorities that no
still vas alive.
And James l.. McGranahan, hus-
band Of the missing woman, was 50
sure If it that he sued the absent
chemist for 100000, alleging alien
alton Of affections.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-03-25
insurance ON
EXECUTED MAN
Being SOUGHT
Parents of Harry Diamond,
Wife Slayer, File Unique
Suit.
DEATH HELD ACCIDENT
Loeb Leopold Attorneys at
Chicago Handle Case,
Asking $4,000.

BU ItHfS SDfctGt
MICHIGAN CITY. Ind, March
25.-A suit has been filed in federal
court in Chicago to collect $4,000
insurance on the life Of Harry Dia-
mond. East Chicago wife murderer,
put to death in the electric chair at
the state prison here Nov. IA, 1924.
Parents of the executed man, who
reside in Gary, are plaintiffs in the
suit, and the New York Life Insur-
ance Company is defendant. The
case was filed by BaChrach 81 Bach
rach, Chicago law firm, noted for its
work in the Leopold-Loeb murder
case.
Two years ago the parents col
lected $4,000 on two $4,000 policies
which are the basis of the present
suit, but now ask another $4,000
under a clause providing double
payment in case Of accidental
death. 1t is alleged that taking of
Diamonds life IN the chair is within
the definition of accidental death.
The case is said to be without pre-
cedence in the history of insurance
litigation.
Arguments presented to Federal
Judge Woodward by insurance COM
pany counsel cited the old English
law that a man executed forfeitS his
property to the state. The plain
tiffs' attorneys declare Indiana law
does not provide for such forfeiture.
Judge Woodward has taken the
case under advisement and it is not
likely an early decision will pe
made, owing to the unusual nature
of the case, as much research and
study will be required as a basis for
g. decision
Diamond shot and beat his wife
to death Feb. IA. 1924, and at the
same time attempted to slay his
Negro chauffeur, Harry Armstrong.
The Negro survived wounds and
was the states chief witness against
Diamond.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-03-25

The state highway commission
today opened bids for paving Of
seventy miles of Indiana roads, the
largest single group of bids con-
sidered by the commission this year.
When the contracts are let, total
OF 315 miles of paving will have
been contracted for SO far in 1880.
Today's bids covered paving projects
and one grading job.
The projects and bids were:
State Road 53-Montmorenci to vanetta
ditch. 90 miles in Tippecanoe and White
counties. Low bidder. Calumet Paving
Company, Gary, s165,183.1o. Engineers
estimate, s2o9, 14O.e1.
state Road 53-vanetta ditch to o. 8.
"a. south of wolcott. 90 miles in White
county, low bidder, Charles McAfee, Bluff
ton, s170, oas.1e. Engineers estimate, $685.
s3o.7e. :.
Jay-Adams county line to Berne, S.3 miles
in Jay and Adams counties. Low bidder,
Hinton & Smalley Company, Celina, o.
sl5e, 09o79. Engineers estimate, $780,
5I7.os
State Road 5e-Three miles west Of Ar
thur to Arthur. miles in Pike county.
Low bidder. Harry a. Carpenter, Brazil
s66,264.43. Engineers estimate. s76,2S5-So.
Bid Is Quarter Million
State Road 4s-Crawfordsville TO one
half mile south Of Romney. 1871 miles In
Montgomery and Tippecanoe counties. Low
bidder. Berns Construction Company, In
dianapolis, $3.50. 792.7o. Engineers esti-
mate. s2e333a.37.
State Road 43-Haf mile south Romney
to Lafayette. II miles in Tippecanoee
county. Low bidder. Calumet Paving Com
pany. Gary. SOS, 2s5.22. Engineers esti-
mate. $3.50. 60s.e9.
State Foad 51-Arthur to Petersburg. III
miles in Pike county. Low bidder. Lena
hanas and Konen Company. Vincennes.
s27o. se4.4s. Engineers estimate s30s. s41 "a.
U. S. Road 3l-South Bend north to In
diana Michigan state line. widening 4la
miles in St. Joseph county from 10 feet
to 10 feet. For bituminious concrete. low
bidder. Rieth Riley Construction Company.
Goshen. s2ls.3o5. Engineers bid. $751;
se4.41. For concrete. Tri-Lake Construe-
ton Company. Columbia City. sl4s.s7i.22.
Engineers estimate. si74355.71.
Short Job Schedule
q. s. Road 4l-Paving 2 mile approach
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-03-25

Your honor" he shouted, II want
it understood I deeply resent the in
reference of the United States in
the case. We have reached the
stage now where the Washington
government feels it can dominate
the respective states. protest"
May the court please" Templeton
said, haven't come here to listen
to all this. I object"
Templeton then asked for an ad-
iournment until p, m. to prepare
his case. The court granted the
motion.
Federal Intervention lends the
strangest aspect Of all to this
strange case that grew out OF Indian
superstition high up in the hills
where, for the Senecas, witches still
prowl the border-lines OF the Cat
tagauras reservation.
There the Senecas sound their
toni toms at evening in the hope
that the Great Spirit will come to
the aid of Lila Emerson, who to
them is the innocent Red Lilac, )"
caught in the meshes Of a law they
do not attempt to understand.
In jail sits Mrs. Nancy Bowen,
an Indian crone who is accused by
the state of New York of beating
the life out of Mrs. Marchand with
a 10-cent hammer.
Also in Jail is Henri Marctand,
q suave French artist, who used
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-03-25
YOUNG LOVERS
END LIVES IN
ROYAL SUITE
Brilliant Chemist Shoots
Cleveland Woman and
Self in Vienna.
100000 LEFT TO WIFE
Deaths in Suicide Pact Ends
Police Mystery on
Two Continents.
BIZ United Press

BIZ United Press
VIENNA, March 25. Ernest
Watzl. brilliant young Austrian
chemist, and a young woman be-
lieved to be Mrs. Mary MacGrana-
han of Cleveland. O.. died some time
in the darkness of Sunday night,
in the royal suite of the Hotel
Sacher here, in a suicide pact that
ends police mystery of two con-
tinentS.
Their deaths, through the inStru-
mentality of Watzls big army re-
volver. came only a few hours be-
fore $4,000 worth of insurance poll
icies, in favor of the chemists wife
and children, back in Cleveland
would have lapsed.
1t was Watzl's last grand gesture,
for the former Cleveland resident,
according to the police, had come
to the end Of his financial resources
in the course of his four months
wanderingS over Europe with his
companion.
Letter Reveals Truth
While the young woman, de-
scribed as elegantly dressed and Of
strange beauty, was registered as
"JoSefa Kropej Flassak," wife Of
johann FlaSsak," letter asking
that Julia Horvat of Forty-sixth
street, Cleveland, be informed that
Mary MacGranahan committed sui
eide with Watzl," revealed the truth
Of the tragedy.
The couple arrived in Vienna
Friday and-although practically
without funds-took one of the most
expensive suites IN the famous
Hotel Sacher. Their apartment was
one which has been used by
European nobility.
When attempts to awaken them
failed Monday, attendants broke
down the doors.
The girl was lying, face up, on
the bed.
Beside her, his face buried IN the
covers, was Watzl.
Both were dead, bullet holes
through the heart testifying to the
Sureness of their aim. Only two
cartridges had been discharged.
Disappointed at Failure -
The silyer-tipped bullets fronA
Watzl's automatic had pierced both
bodies. the girls penetrating the
mattress and the mans striking the
wall and dropping to the floor.
Photographs of Watzl's suicide
companion revealed q young woman
with q slightly oriental cast Of
countenance, thick-lipped. round,
prominent chin, and great. vide
eyes. She was most tastefully
dressed.
Letters, indicating the chemist
was disappointed in his failure to
carve out a career for himself in
the United States, gave further rea-
sons for Watzl's decision TO end his
romance in dramatic fashion, at the
end of his world-Tanderings from
the American city.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-03-25
LEAP MAY Be FATAL
Girl Jumps From Window in
K0kOm0.

With both legs fractured and
suffering from q brain conclusion,
Mrs. Juanita Free!s Bosdyk, aiiaS
RIggan, alias KnOmas, 26, today was
in a critical condition at city hos
pital after her ninth suicide attempt,
a leap from a second-story Kokomo
hotel window
Mrs. Bosdyk, registered at city hos
pital Under the Riggan alias, was a
companion of Prince Ali, appearing
at a Kokomo thsater as an Oriental
seer. and Abdul Kahn, his partner
in the occult, on a, drinking party
Sunday night, according to Kokorno
police. She was brought here Mon
day night from Howard county hos
nital in Kokomo.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-03-25
SCHEDULE ALGEo RITES
Services for City Woman to Be He'd
at Undertaker's.

Funeral services for Mrs Eupl,s.
mia Algeo, SO. widow of the late
Robert P. Algeo. who died Sunday
at her home, 2237 North Meridian
street, will be held at 10 a. m.
Wednesday at the John J. Blackwell
81 Sons undertaking establishment,
926 North Capitol avenue. Burial
will be in Crown Hill cemetery.
Surviving her are a daughter, Mrs.
Helen Day; a son, Robert P. Algeo
Jr.; a sister, Mrs William H. How
ard; three brothers, Joseph Whitson.
James D. Whitson and John H.
Whitson; a foster daughter, Miss
Helen Hastings. and granddaugh-
ter Betty Allison Day.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-03-25
MAN KILLS HIMSELF
Illness Blamed for Action of
John D. Bremen.

Because of excruciating pain and
hopelessness Of recovery from an
old ailment, John D. Bremen, rs,
shot and fatally wounded himself
in his home at 1889 Shelby street
Monday afternoon. He died Mon
day night.
Calling his son, Elmer Bremen,
this city, to his bedside, Mr.. Bremen
complained of the pain, and when
the son stepped from the room to
call physician, the father shot
himself with a revolver. The son
and a daughter, Mrs. Marie Reed,
of the Shelby street address, sur
yiye him.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-03-25
THREE FILE BANKRUPTCY
Wholesale Coal Operator Defendant
to Involuntary Action.

Three petitions in bankruptcy
were filed today in federal court.
John r. Morris, 100 Meyer-Kiser
Bank building, wholesale coal OPP
orator, was named nj an involuntary
bill filed by outstate coal firms. LA
bilities were listed at s12,5l8.7i.
The Plaza Piano Company was
named in another in which liabili-
ties we're listed at s16.374.94.
James Burkhalter, Kokomo radio
dealer, listed liabilities at $3.254 IN
his voluntary petition and assets 81
$1,I24.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-03-25
MCCLURE FILES IN RACE
Representative Candidate in Favor
of Speeding Up Courts.

Remedial legislation (which will
speed up legal machinery both in
criminal and civil courts, thereby
relieving congestion of our jails and
assuring speedy justice to the liti-
giants in civil cases." is favored by
Edwin Mcclure, lawyer in the
Fletcher Savings and Trust build
ing. who has announced for the
Republican nomination for state
representative from Marion county.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-03-25
F0X'S BATTLE
RIVALS PLOTS
OF HIS FILMS
Movie Magnate Is Fighting
GrimIy to Beat Off
Powerful Foes.
S19O,OOO,O0O AT STAKE
Immigrant Boy Realizes His
Dream of Owning Great
Theater Chain.

like the tales of his motion picture
plots reads the many -Sided story of
william Fox and his current efforts to
retain control of his vast theatrical en-
tcrprises. For weeks. suit and counter
suit have developed with such amazing
completely that it has been difficult to
appraise the legal and financial man
euvers of Fox and opposing interests.
Herewith, in the first of a series. the
United Press presents an account Of the
battle of millions that go into the
making of modern movies.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-03-25
SCREAMS FOIL ATTACK
Girl Beats OFF Attempt of Men to
Drag Her Into Car.

Attempts OF two men to drag Miss
Lois Thatcher, 10, residing at Cap
itol avenue and Hampton drive. into
an automobile near her home Mon
day night. were foiled by her strug-
giles and screams which drew resi-
dents of the neighborhood to her
aid.
indianapolis police are seeking
Miss Victoria st. Clair, Columbus,
Ind, who left her home with an un-
identified man in an automobile
Monday night. The car bore an
Ohio license.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-03-25
Federal Attorney Takes Charge of Defense to
Save Governments Ward From Death.

By
Lila Emerson in an attempt to Keep the
dying in the electric chair she Is charged
with the Clothlde Marcnand
Tepeton United States attorney TOOK charge OF the
notified the court that he had received ms
tons that Attorney General Mitchell
would take over the DEFENSE Guy
MOORE eaped to his feet