The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-14

involved Miss Keller. smith as- serted the woman was with him when the two white men, smith and Frank oliver, and David Blackstone, held up the four youngsters Tuesday night.
 Miss Keller at first denied Smiths story. but later Is said to have admitted the charge. She is being held for further examina- ton.
 Miss Keller was taken into the home of Judge Curtis when she was an infant and is said to nave received $35.00O from his estate Her association with smith, It was said came through the j'irist s sponsorship of the young man in efforts to help h.m rehabilitate himself when he was paroled Tor a juvenile eScapade.
 In preliminary questioning, au- thorities gained admission from her that she had been with the slayer early in the evening. Their efforts. when the inquisition Is re- stunned to-day, Is to center upon learning how she came into pos session of the pistol and the cloth ing, and to establish definitely whe- tntT soHlhu iIuI'IiCdtiol pa LH '7' Keller had been largely an effort to cloak his movements on the fatal night.
 Deputy Sheriff Clarence Snyder. Snyder said Smith reported the young woman had been with the three killers when they held up and beat the four youngsters but she had left the party on the drive through Ypsilanti to Futile Hill road. Miss Keller told Snyder. he said that she had been riding with Smith. Oliver and Blackstone Mon- day night but that she left them at 9:30 o'clock and heard nothing of a holdup.
 Killers Are in Prison. Jackson. Mich. Aug 14.--UP) Three killers saved five times from q hideous. torturous death at the hands of shouting, fighting, cursing mobs found safety to-day behind the steel barred windows Of state prison here six hours and 40 minutes after they confessed their crime.
 They are enroute to Marquette l DIlSoU, StutcUNNu tO lOui ItiC | terms each for the Ann ArbOr torch murder of two boys and two girls in their teens.
 Their confession late yesterday. was followed by arraignmcnt. and sentence in record Michigan ] law fighting running battle with vengeance seeking mObs so that Michigan justice might prevail.
 The three killers David Black stone, giant negro hot tamale ped dler of Ypsila nti; Frank Oliver and Fred smith. the latetr an ex-cOn- vict were trapped as result of q dream" by negro acquaintance , of Blackstone, and. another ne- grO's eye for rewards.
 The cOnvicts arrived here near midnight, their clothing in tatters. their faces scared and scratched by contact with struggling thous- ands at Ann Arbor. Ypsilanti and 1 here. their bodies bound together by chains-all fearing for their lives.
 One hundred extra guards pa trOlled the area outside the prison They had been called by Warden Harry Jackson to hold back n crowd here which unlike the surg ing mObs at Ann ArbOr and Ypsi- lanti. was more inquisitive than hostile.
 The prisoners probably will be started to Marquette today, there to serve their sentences with nc hope of parole.
 The terms are the most severe punishmnt possible under the laws
 of the state. of Michigan. They fol
 lowed confession of a crime whose
 brutality had mortified the state and aroused nationwide interest.
 Four youngsters Thomas Wheat. ] ley, Harry Lore. Vivian Gold and
 Anna May Harrison, all 17 years
 old or younger were found slaiT
 in a parked car on lovers lane
 not far from Ann Arbor. The bodies had been mutilated
 by blows. and by bullets. Gasoline , had been poured over the auto mobile with three bodies piled 1T the rear seat and one in the from , sat. A match was applied, ant the flaming torch that resulted at traeted attention of q nearby farm 5 CT.
 . The crime. apparently. was th' , result of a robbery. The three feared the youngsters would re- l port them to police. although on' confession claimed the negro at
 tackled one girl.
 Two itinerant. iiiiterate brother , had been held in connection witi , 1.-the crime. when tips from two ne Igroes, one of who mreported h' 4