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CONVICTED by pots and pans, knives and
~ forks" Ray, Roy and Hugh de Autremont
were jailed for life in June, 1927. How they
were identified with the holdup Of Southern
Pacific train No. 13 and eventually captured
is one of the departments real thrilleTs, the
story Of one of the most extended man hunts
in history. 1t took three and q half years TO
get these men, and the search extended ulti-
mately around the world.
On October H. 1923, train No. 13 wind
ing its way up the slopes of the Siskiyou Noun
tains in Oregon. At the throttle was Sid Bates,
Of the oldest and most reliable engineers
on the road and with him his fireman, Marvin
Seng. After . brief stop ct the lonely station
on the summit, the train slipped down the
mountainside and came to q sudden stop ct the
far portal of railway tunnel. There was
explosion, and the hundred or more passengers
riding the crowded coaches were thrown into
turmoil.
J. %. Marrett, conductor, accompanied by
volunteers, seized . fusee for . light and
started toward the head end Of the train to
investigate. A grueSome sight met his eyes.
The door Of the mail car had been blown
OF with dynamite, and the mail clerk had
been killed. Engineer Bates lay dead In the
cab. bullets In his jaw and head. The hfeleSs
body Of Fireman Seng lay ut the west portal
Of the smoke and gas filled tunnel. Brakeman
Q. o. johnson, six feet away was gasping for
breath fatally shot
Word Of the wreck and murders spread
quickly and postal inspectors, aided by agents
Of the railroad company, Immediately took
charge Of the investigation. Over telephone
and telegraph wires information buzzed, not4-
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out from behind the demolished woodwork Of =
by GlaSscock's brcther-in-law some $500 600,
10 the great CONSERVATION OF that young man,
Who had been absent when the cache was
made So it went
IN ALL the history Of the service there has
probably never been a case more brilliantly
and successfully prosecuted than that involving
the $2,4OO 900 robbery perpetrated at st. Louis
by the so-called "Egan Rats" notorious gang
sters. Powerful in their political connections
and with plenty of money at their disposition,
this gang had ridden roughshod over the city
for years Then they made the mistake Of
trying to buck the federal officers. Arrested
dozens OF times, on charges varying from mur-
der to bank robberies, they had always walked
out OF the State courts free
Early IN the morning Of April 2, 1928,
William Kelley, a Negro, came upon u S.
Armored mail truck abandoned In an alley.
Prom inside came frantic cries for help and
the sound of fists pounding locked doors.
Il don't know you. What you doing in
there?" inquired the terrified Kelly irreleYantly
Fingers all thumbs, he finally managed TO open
the doors. Out jumped Edward M. Cunning
nam truck driver and Adrian c. Dorlac, post
ONCE registry clerk. They had wild story
70 tell
At $40 am. the truck had been forced to
SLOW down behind car ahead and out of a
limousine had leaped six bandits some OF them
masked and all armed with Sawed-on shot
guns and revolvers.
The employees, who had not had time to
reach for their own guns, were forced at pistol
point into the Limousine, while other bandits
extracted from the truck nine pouches Of
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flying all peace officers in Oregon and cah-
IOrnia.
If securing the mountains failed to revea4
o clue to the whereabouts Of the bandits, the
search for evidence near the scene of the
crime and in its vicinity yielded plenty of
terial to identify them. blasting machina
was found near the entrance of the tunnelS
and close by old pair Of overalls which
turned out to be important.
in the pencil pocket was a bit of paper almost
which, upon examination, proved to be slip
issued from the post ofice at Eugene, Greg, on
September IA, 1928 for q letter mailed by Roy
de Autremont 70 his brother, Vern, at Lakes
wood, N. Mex. This numbered slip was tho
opening wedge IN the solution Of the crimes
Paul de Autremont, father Of the boys, waa
located at Eugene and thoroughly interrogated.
He told how three Of his sons, Hugh, 19, and
Roy and Ray, the 23-year-old twins, had
worked at lumber camp In Silverton Ore.s
until the end OF August.
They had come home in the middle of Sep
tember with . new car, stayed about week
and then loaded camping paraphernalia into
the machine, saying that they were going on
trip into Western Washington. Hugh had
returned alone after about two weeks, explain
ing that 1t had ratned almost continually and
that their camping outfit had been burned
when some one set fire to their camp.
The twins, according to Hugh, had gone back
20 the lumber camp, and he intended to follow
them. He had left the next day and none oa
the boys had been seen or heard from since.
Two camps had been found not more than q
mile from the holdup In one it appeared thas
"a attempt had been made to burn all cook
Ing utensils and other camp equipment. Pots
and pans were found in the ashes small pieces
Of tarpaulin, part Of an express tag and
some sheet-1ron straps that had been useA
apparently to bind q wooden trunk or box
Not far from the tunnel was found a Colt
.45-caliber revolver, the outside number OF
which had been filed OF, q bit Of fuse wire
and three pairs Of footpads, made of Sunny-
sack soaked in creosote, which, If worn would
have covered the trail IN case bloodhounds
were used in the hunt.
Other articles found In the vicinity included
some canvas-pack sacks and about a mile and
quarter down the tracks, small black trav-
cling grip with the remains Of q numbered
express tag on it.
Each article was traced to the De Autre-
monts, then carefully labeled and filed away
for future use. At the lumber camp it was
found that the boys had with them large
wooden box, with strap-iron around the edges
and that this corresponded to the bits found
In the burned camp in the Siskiyou Noun
talns. From the camp investigation showed
the trio had gone to Portland. Ore where they
purchased their car
The hotel where they had stopped was 10
Gated and nearby q hardware store whose
proprietor identified the knives forks Dams
ind other utensils found Is having been sold
% three young men resembling the De Autre-
lnOnte. The dynamite, blasting machine and
fnssrwire we're found to have been stolen from
. saalrOad construction camp on the right-Of.
Contsnaed 81 Fourteenth PAGE
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He bought sir kinds Of per-
fumP, MIXED them With- HH-
ciIage and caught has thief.
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COntinsed sa fourteenth Page
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ALEXANDRIA CADET
HEAD IS SUPPORTED
School Board ReverSeS Ac-
ton to Side Against
Superintendent.

~ a stan Correspondent Of The Star.
ALEXANDRIA, Va, January 81
BY almost unanimous action, the City
school Board here tonight voted TO
reverse itself, rescinded its action in
asking for the transfer of Col. Clarence
NJ. Deems, jr., professor OF military
science and tactics in charge OF local
high school cadets, and asked that the
letter asking for his transfer be eX-
plunged from the record.
The action was taken in executive
session, which Immediately followed a
public meeting attended by approx
mately 500 citizens, which filled the
city council chamber where the meet
ing was held and overflowed into the
hallway Of the building.
In the public meeting, at which
neither Col. Deems, nor Superintendent
of Schools r. c. BoWdon, was present,
speeches were made by Comdr. Sidney
Well of the American Legion, on whose
resolution the board acted, and by
Frederick L. Flynn, H. F. Kennedy,
Capt. Mauchlin Niven, Charles Stump,
Capt. T. M. Hamilton and DR.. j. T.
Ashton of the School Board.
Capt Niven declared in his speech
that it was question of retaining
Col. Deems, who he said represented the
Spirit of America. or of not supporting
those traditions, by retaining Super
intendent of Schools Bowdon.
The superintendent of schools has
been accused of paciflstic tendencies.
All members of the School Board,
except Gardner L. Boothe, who is i'll,
were present at the meeting, which was
presided over by Chairman Urban S.
Lambert.
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Held for Grand Jury.

FAIRFAX, Va, January 81 (Spe-
ciaD Rufus Lloyd, %, arrested We'd
nesday morning in Washington on a
warrant charging him with shooting
Joe Woodley in 1927, was held for
action of the Fairfax County grand
jury at the March term of court by
Justice of the Peace A. G. Ritchie.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-01
HUGHES WILL ADDRESS
FEDERAL BAR DINNER
Attorney General and Minister OF
Justice of Canada Also
Will Speak.

Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes
of the United States Supreme Court
will be the principal speaker at the
eleventh annual dinner of the Federal
Bar Association in the Mayfower Ho-
tel on Thursday, February II.
Hugh Guthrie, K c., minister of JUS
tice and attorney general of Canada,
will also speak. Attorney General Will
liam D. Mitchell will preside as toast
master.
The dinner will be preceded by a
reception in the Chinese room of the
hotel This and other features, for
which arrangements are being. made,
are expected to characterize the event
as one of the most brilliant in the his
tory of the association.
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LANE NAMES AIDE

Special Dispatch to The Star.
HAGERSTOWN, Md, January 81
Attorney General William P. Lane to-
day announced the appointment OF
William L. Henderson Of Garrison, Md,
as assistant attorney general.
Henderson was a member OF Baltl-
more law firm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-01
H. G. Caldwell in Race.

LYNCHBURG. Va, January 81 (Spe-
his candidacy for Democratic nomina-
ton in the August primary for board of
supervisors in Campbell County from
Seneca district
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Sumner at Mitchellville.

MITCHELLVILLE. Md, January 81
(Special) A supper will be served by
the Epworth League of Mount Oak
Church, Mitchellville, next Saturday
evening in the church basement, begin
ming at o'clock.
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CHANGES ANNOUNCED
Foreign Service Men Are Assigned
to New Posts.

to New Posts.
Recent changes in the United States
Foreign Service include the transfer Of
Harry Campbell, Kansas, from Bombay,
India, to the State Department; Lucien
Meminger, consul, from Bordeaux,
France, to Belfast, Ireland; Maurice c.
Pierce, Wisconsin, consul at Stuttgart,
Germany, to st. John, New Brunswick;
Romeyn Wormuth, New York, consul,
from st. John, New Brunswick, to San
tiago, Cuba; Maurice Pasquet, New
York, vice consul at Paris, France;
Laurence W., Taylor, California. vice
consul at Vancouver, British Columbia,
and Robert M. OFT, Texas, vice consul
at Mexican, to Chihuahua, Mexico.
Ralph A. Thrall, Minnesota, consular
agent at Lethbridge, Canada, has re-
signed.
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Card Party at Forestville.

FORESTVuLE, Md, January 81
Especially A card party viii be given
at Shady Oak Inn Wednesday, Febru-
airy IL, by the newly organized Forest
vile Volunteer Fire Department. Pro-
ceeds will go to the building fund.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-01

Australia expects record wheat crop
this season.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-01

The New Year festival in Japan
starts in some localities as early as De-
cember Is and lasts until January 81.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-22
PLAN APPLICATION
FOR RAIL TERMINAL
Hearing Monday Before Utll-
tiles Commission on Alex
andria Lines.
snec,al n,sna,ch 70 The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
ALEXANDRIA. September 22.-An-
other hearing before the Public Utilities
Commission in Washington on next
Monday, September %, in order to
make formal application for new ter
minal north Of Pennsylvania avenue
for the Alexandria g. Fairfax Railways,
was decided to be asked by the Virginia
Chamber of Commerce COMMITTEE at
a meeting here yesterday.
The committee appeared before Ine
Utilities Commission several weeks ago
in the same interest but at tne une
did not make a formal application Ioi
a new terminal north of the Avenue. III
preferred to increase its stand by hrst
obtaining data on trafic conditions IN
other large cities, and on the number OF
passengers riding these railways VINO
have business interests north OF the
Avenue.
Permission for the Virginia car lines
to cross the Avenue at Fourteenth street
will be asked by the committee. sta
tistics on congested intersections IN Cnl-
cago, New York, Pittsburgh, Baltimore,
Philadelphia, Cleveland and Jersey City
have been obtained by the commitCee
to show that with the Virginia lines
at this intersection would still not be
as great as in most other large cities.
Twice as many street cars pass one
intersection in Chicago in an hour as
are handled at Fourteenth street ana
PENNSYLVANIA avenue, according 10 the
committees data.
Statistics compiled on the 1900 ques-
tionnaires sent to passengers snow tnat
by far the majority either work or nave
other business interests north OF the
Avenue.
Yesterdays meeting was presided
over by j. William May. vice president
of the Alexandria Chamber OF Com
merce. Others attending were A.. X.
Shipe, representing the Washington
Board of Trade; w. U. Varney ana
Commonwealth Attorney William G.
Cloth of Arlington County. Franklin
williams, representing Fairfax County,
and Frank w. Noxon, president OF the
Alexandria Chamber of Commerce.
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HYATTSVILLE JUSTICE
FACES DAMAGE CLAIM
Suit for $4,000 Damages Is Filed
Against Mrs. Retta Morris by
Robert Carroll Morris.
nr : STAR correspondent q rhe star.

BY a Staf Correspondent OF The Star.
UPPER MARLBORO, Md, september
PA suit for $4,000 damages for al
legged procedure without jurisdiction and
false arrest was fled in Circuit Court
here today by Robert Carroll Morris
against Mrs. Retta Morris, Hyattsville
justice of peace.
Through Attorney J. Frank Lillard.
Mr.. Morris tells the court his three
children, John Carroll, years old;
Russell, 6, and Paul, g. were taken from
his home during his absence and place.
in two institutions at the direction of
the magistrate.
They were first placed in the Central
Union Mission, Washington, and later
removed to the Brentwood Day Nursery,
the declaration alleges.
When he attempted to see his chill
dren, Morris declares, he found the JUS
tice of peace had given orders not to
charges, she caused his arrest and de-
tention at the Hyattsville Police Station.
although no charges were placed
against him.
This arrest caused him great en-
barrassment and the expense of counsel
fees, he tells the court.
A divorce suit against Morris on
grounds of abandonment has been
brought by his wife, Mrs. Elizabeth
Morris, and is now pending in Circuit
Court. The wife lso had Morris ar
rested on 'non-support charge, to be
investigated by the October grand jury.
The children were finally placed in
the custody of Morris mother after he
resorted TO habeas corpus proceedings
to secure their release from the nursery.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-22
EsteIle Says She
Won't Recognize
Dempsey's DIVORCE
VIII Seek TO Invalidate
Reno Decree; Charges
Poor Sportsmanship.'
yy the Associated Press.

b. the Associated Press.
CHICAGO. S-pt-mber 22.-Estelle
Taylor maint,ins she is still Mrs. Jack
Dempsey.
Although the former heavyweight
fighter of the world obtained divorce
from her at Reno yesterday, she said she
would not recognize it and accused
Dempsey of "pccr sportsmanshlp."
Jack may feel very free at this mo-
ment." she said yesterday. but until
the California courts, where We both
maintain our res dences. declare me
free. / shah still call myself MRS. Jack
Dempsey"
Miss Taylor who is appearing at a
Chicago theater, said her attorney,
Joseph Scott, advised her not to worry
as he has full confidence that the courts
of California will protect me-" She
added that action would be taken to
have the Reno divorce invalidated when
her own divorce complaint Is heard in
Los Angeles.
I'm sorry that at this crucial time
Of Jacks career he should do anything
50 unsportsmanlike," Miss Taylor said.
Apparently the crucial time" referred
TO his plans to go TO Midas, New. 70
work as a laborer in a mine Of which he
Is part owner, in an effort to condition
himself for comeback campaign for
the heavyweight championship.
At the divorce hearing IN Reno yes
eerday he testified that his wife's motion
1 nActuFe and stage career had broken up
t1eeR marriage.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-22
CHILD, 6, WILL TELL
OF FATAL SHOOTING
Prince Georges Sheriff May
Show Boy Capable of
Handling Gun.
~ stan Correspondent Of The star.

ny Stan Correspondent Of The Star.
UPPER MARLBORO, Md, Septem-
Der 22.-With the States attorney and
numerous local residents still not COM
pletely satisfied that children were re-
sponsible for the shooting of Alem K,
Mari, rs, at Mount Calvert, Saturday
the sheriff's Office today completed ar
rangements to present the evidence it
has gathered to coroners jury tonight.
The question which has divided public
opinion here, and will be passed on, at
least by implication, when the jury rem
ders its verdict, is whether or not a
child Of or years can WELD shot
gun.
Demonstration Planned.
Sheriff w. Curtis Hopkins and Deputy
Sheriff Thomas H. Garrison, who have
had charge of the investigation, are
convinced that a child is physically able
There Is even a possibility, they ad-
mitted, that this may be demonstrated
before the jury.
The inquest is expected to hinge, as
has the Sheriff's investigation, on the
testimony of the children Of George NC
EAlLtIlS, ColGLdhCL Va tAAN N'tSHN
Club, In whose home Mari was shot.
Playing With Gun.
The children summoned are John
Henry, IL George, 8; Beckie, 8; Joseph,
6. and Philip, 5. George has told police
that ne and his younger brothers were
playing with the gun when it exploded,
killing Mari. who was asleep in
kitchen chair. The sheriff also says his
investigation shows the children had
been drinking from jar OF liquor IN
the kitchen.
Others who will be called on to testify
are Rudolph Brady, Mildred, his VIE
and Katie Vermillion, her mother, who
were Jailed for questioning during the
early stages of the investigation and
freed after the children had taken the
blame for the shooting.
Two Others Called.
George McKinzie, father of the chill
dren, and a Washington lawyer, who
was at the gun club at the time OF the
shooting have also been summoned,
Sheriff Hopkins said.
Although the sheriff Is convinced the
children are responsible for the shoot
ing, State Attorney Alan Bowie de-
clared today he was mot completely sat-
isfied but would give the sheriff an
opportunity to convince the coroner's
jury that his accidental theory OF the
shooting Is correct, before taking any
possible further action.
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in the Leonardtown Court House yester-
day, with Judge William Meverell LoKer
of Leonardtown and Judge w. Mltchel
Diggs of La Plata, Md both of the sew
enth judicial district of Southern Mary
land. presiding.
Ernest Bell of Pearson, Md, was Sc
lected foreman of the grand jury, which
includes the following men: John 5.
Bean, Frederick " Dunbar, Stephen
Bradburn, Bevins Morris, r. Warren
Evans, Michael Evans, Thomas w.
Briscoe, Benjamin M. Springer, Henry
Adams. Charles r. Price, Oliver B. MIL
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Ball to Be Planned.

RIvERDALE, Md, September %
(SpecialJ.-A meeting will be held to-
morrow evening of the Womenis Guild
of st. Luke's Episcopal Church of
Bladensburg at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Henry A. Friday, Jefferson road,
East Riverdale. Nd. Plans will be made
for the annual masquerade ball TO be
held at the Parish Hall.
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burn, ]. Clyde Abel, Joseph M. Hazel,
George w. Magrogan, Kenneth B. Duke,
Thomas B. Abel, Paul Russell. T. Hol-
land Herbert, Joseph Wathen, German
Bussler, John r. Raley, Guy w. Her
bert and B. Grover Alvey.
The docket is very light.
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The founding of the great European
banking business of Rothschild is said
to be due to the youthful passion of
Meyer Amschel Rothschild for collect
ing old and rare coins.
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Births Reported.

The following births have been reported
20 the Health Department in the past "a
hours:
Swante @. and Hedwig o. Lindholm. boy.
James and Dena Cafes. girl.
Stanley H and Mary n Harrison, girl.
John and Bertha Mirror. boy.
Frank and Elmeter Griffin, boy.
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GRAND JURY SELECTED
FOR ST. MARYS COURT

Ernest Bell of Pearson Named
Foreman of Inquisitorial Body.
Docket Very Light.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
LEONARDTOWN, Md. September 90
Court opened for its September term
Evening star., 1931-12-13

Officers of the 1st Battalion, United
States Naval Reserve of the District
OF Columbia and the regular Navy in
spector- instructor assigned to the or
ganization were hosts Thursday night
to the officers of the U. S, Destroyer
Hamilton at the Army and Navy Coun-
try Club at Arlington, Va
The Hamilton is attached to the
training division of the Atlantic Fleet
is the vessel assigned to this area for
the training of the Reserves and also
takes them on thsir annual practice
cruises during the Summer 1t recently
arrived here for a three months stay
during which it will be used for drill
purposes
The dinner was purely social gath
er1ng so that the officers could meet
each other, speeches as well as shop
talk being barred
Lieut.. Comdr. James w. Whitfield
executive officer of the Hamilton, gave
an interesting lecture to the officers
Monday night on THE Newest Wrinkles
in Navigation" During the course OF
his talk he discussed the mooring board
time and the days work in detail, and
he answered many questions on navi-
cation for the citizen-sailor officers.
These lectures, it was said, are to
be feature of the training of the Re-
serve officers while the Hamilton Is
here. Monday night the officers will
hear lecture by Lieut.. John 4 Lynch
torpedo officer of the Hamilton. The
subject win be What 1t Is and What
1t Does" and will deal with the torpedo
The watch list for tomorrow night
follows: Ensign B. H. Lindman, officer
Of the deck e, @. Morgan, boatswain S
mate, first class, petty officer of the
watch; captains orderly, A. G. Doyle
seaman, first class sentry, c. J. Friberg
fireman, third class.
The Naval Reserve Athletic Associa-
ton, composed of the enlisted personnel
Of the local battalion, gave a dance at
the arrnory Thursday night, the music
being furnished by the Navy Yard
Band.
The engineer forces of each of the
three feet divisions shifted into their
dungareeS on the last drill night and
went aboard the Hamilton. They spent
the whole evening in the engine and
fire rooms of the vessel receiving in
structiou in the handling Of the ma
chinery and boilers. The deck force
remained at the armory drilling In sig
mails, knots and spices and first aid. In