The Washington times., 1933-09-20
SEEKS To PROVE
KINDNESS To
GANG VICTIM
Arms Dealer Identifies Woman
As Machine Gun Buyer;
Trial Draws Thronq
BY JAMES L. KILGALLEN


timillionaire kidnap victim, re-
sumed the witness stand today for
further cross-examinatlon at the
Federal trial of Harvey Bailey,
Albert Bates, and 10 others
charged with the crime.
Urschel. the Governments sew
enth witness. had related on di-
rect examination how two heavily
armed men-one of whom he
identified as Bates and the other
as the fugitive George C'Machine
Gun'O Kelly-invaded his home
in Oklahoma City on the night of
July %, last, and took him cap
tive.
The oil man testified he was
spirited away to the ranch of
Mr.. and Mrs. R. G, Shannon. near
Paradise. Tex. and held there for
more than G week until 100000
ransom was paid.
Courtroom damned
The machine-gun guarded court
room was crowded to capacity.
Shortly before Judge Edgar S.
Vaught mounted the bench the
defendants were brought in. There
was a craning of ntckS among the
spectators.
Bailey was neatly attired in a
dark gray suit and blue shirt
and tie. Bates was again CoatleSS.
Today, however. he wore a white
Starched shirt instead of the blue
shirt he had worn.
Urschel was cross examined by
Attorney Sam Sayers. of Texas,
who is representing Mr.. and Mrs.
r. G. Shannon and their son,
A17non. Sayers tried to bring out
that the elder Shannon. known AS
Boss" treated Urschel we'll while
the latter was on the Shannon
ranch.
BIindfoId Changed
Defense Attorney Ben Laska
asked Urschel how he could know
Bates helped guard him at the
Shannon place if he CUrScheD
was blindfolded. The witness ex-
planned that at times the blindfold
was changed.
Urschel was then excused from
the stand.
Arthur B. Fender, an official Of
the Fort Worth National Bank,
was the next witness. He identi
fled records showing that a safety
deposit box had been rented at
the bank by Shannon. The box
when opened, contained $3.50 in
currency, diamond studded
watch and three diamond rings.
The machine gun carried by
one of the two men who invaded
the Urschel home and kidnapped
the oil millionaire came in for
attention on the part of the Gov
ernment.
Gun Sale Barred
j. A. Klar, of Wolf and Klar
q firearms concern at Fort Worth,
testified that he sold on February
20 to Mrs. Katherine Kelly, wife
of George Kelly, a machine gun,
serial number 4.097, which the
Government claims is the gun
carried into the Urschel home
the night of the kidaping.
Klar said Mrs. Kelly paid $3.50
for the gun. He said he had
known Mrs. Kelly for four or five
years.
Mrs. Kelly and her husband.
both fugitives. are wanted in
connection with the kidnapping.
II Fear for NV Life"
John G. Catlett. Tulsa oil man
and close friend of UrSchel. took
the stand next and testified con-
corning a letter he received from
Urschel while the latter was in
the kidnapers' hands. Said the
letter:
"The authorities must he
kept off the case. For my sake
follow these instructions. Do
not discuss the case with any.
body.
"This is my final letter to my
friends and family.
Il fear for my life. Keep out
Of sight as much as possible as
you may be used in further
negotiations"
The letter advised Catlett to
get in touch with Arthur A.
Seeligson. Mrs. UrSchels brother
in-law, and E. E. Kirkpatrick,
friend of Urschels.
A. L. Frakes. manager of the
Pen-Coe apartments in Denver,
identified Bates as the man who
oc"u~iod one 0e his anort'nen n
December, 1882, and January.
1888. Bates was known to him
as &C. o. Feldman."
Another Denver witness, M. C.
Pollock, manager of the Corin.
THAN apartments in that city,
identified Bates as George l..
Davis"
Mrs. M. C. Pollock, his wife,
gave similar testimony.
LndU DOrin ChiLhe