Evening star., 1933-10-01
BAILEY WILL APPEAL.
All Save Bates of Urschel Case Gang
to Seek Retrial.


were convicted by one swift blow from,
a Federal Court jury here today and
held for sentence next Saturday tc
terms which may range up to life i'm
prisonment
Three others were freed and left
joyously for their homes in st. Pau
and Minneapolis They were Sam
Kronick. Sam Kozberg and Isacore
Blumenfeld
The first Federal Court jury to act
under the "Lindbergh" Federal kid
naping law convicted not only the ac-
tual gunner who abducted Urscnel. but
also persons who participated in guard
ing him during his nine days impr1-
sonment on Texas farm and two
of those who took part in attempts
to change the 100000 of ransom
money paid for his release.
Those who were convicted:
Albert Bates, gurman. identified as
one of the two men who broke up a
bridge game on the sun porch of Ur-
schels home July %. and. with machine
guns, forced Urschel and Walter jar
rett. a guest. to accompany them
Jarrett was released an hour later. rob-
bed of s5l
Harvey Bailey, gunman and escaped
convict, who was found asleep. machine
gun at his side, Urschel ransom money
in his pockets. on the Shannon farm
near Paradise, Tex, where Urschel was
held
r. G. (Boss) Shannon. his wife and
their son, Armon, who entertained at
their farm home both Bates and Bal
ley, guarded Urschel there while he
was being held for ransom. and at
tempted to mislead investigators after
he HI Iicc0uorod
Barney Berman and Clifford Skelly
brought to Oklahoma City for trial
from Minneapolis and ST. Paul. where,
it was charged, they aided the kidnap-
ing conspiracy by attempting knowing
iy to dispose of part of the ransom
money.
Two alleged principals in the kid
mapping plot Yere not yet on trial. but
they we're frequently mentioned in the
testimony They are George MA
chine Gum Kelly and his wife. Kath-
ryn. daughter of Mrs. R. G. Shannon.
Both are under arrest in Memphis.
The jury's verdict was reached after
Only an hour and half of delibera-
ton last night. but could not be an
ncunced until today. because of orders
OF Judge Edgar S. Vaught. 1t left the
penalties to the court.
Appeals Due Tomorrow.
Judge Vaught announced he would
grant attorneys for the convicted de-
PENDANTS three days to prepare motions
for new trials, and lawyers for all but
Bates said they would have these mo-
tions ready Monday. Bates attorney
Zen Laska of Denver, was not present.
The result of this major test of the
'Tindbergh" law, passed by Congress in
June, 1882, was hailed jubilantly by
District Attorney Herbert K Hyde and
Joseph B. keenan,, Assistant United
State Attorney General, who were in
charge of the prosecution.
= The verdict means the Government
Is on top in this fight against kidnap
ing and we are ready to shoot the
works." said Hyde.
This is just skirmish,' declared
Keenan,. THE Government is not
through. We are going right on down
the line until we get every criminal
and gangster in the United States. The
new law has proved powerful weapon
and we are prepared and eager to use
1t to the finish"
! With this trial out of the way. Hyde
plunged Immediately into other phases
OF the Urschel kidnapping.
Kelly May Plead Guilty.
" George Kelly and his wife, who were
captured in Memphis earlier in the
week after pursuit over the entire Mid
die West by Federal agents. will be
brought here soon to stand trial. Kelly.
the machine gunner accused with Bates
of having actually abducted the OIL
millionaire, has indicated he may plead
guilty.
trial, as she has sought to SHIFT blame
FOR the crime onto her husband. Judge
Vaught has set their case for Octo-
ber g.
Indictments charging Cass Coleman
and Will Casey, Coleman County,
Tex, farmers, with harborlng the
Kellys while they were fugitives IN
the Urschel case, will be sought at Dal-
las next week.
Federal agents found s73.25o of the
5000. 600 Urschel ransom buried in a
2se-acre cotton field on Coleman's
farm before dawn Wednesday. It's dis
covery brought almost to $4,000 the
ransom currency accounted for.
Mrs. Shannon is sister OF Cass
Coleman, and is Kathryn keilys
mother.
Shannons Cite Threats.
The Shannons' chief defense was
that Kelly and Bates had threatened
them, and that they guarded Urscnel
in fear of their lives.
Fear of future injury was no ex-
cuse," was Judge Vaught's terse COM
ment on this defense.
Bates offered no defense. He was
the target of series of accusing nm
gers throughout the trial.
Bailey's defense was that only
through pure coincidence had ne oeen
captured at the Shannon home:
The situation of the defendants from
Minnesota was different. TWO OF tne
original seven indicted. Charles Wolk
and pete Valdez, were ordered freed by
the Judge before the trial ended.
The cases Of the other five were per
mitted to 60 to the jury. Judge Vaught
said. only on the slender theory that
YOU Jurors may have heard some tes-
timony that the court overlooked" The
Twin Cities men we're accused OF being
"the money changers. the fringe of
the underworld" using shady channels
to dispose of part of the ransom"
Kozberg and Kronick were so little
involved that Hyde in his final argu-
ment suggested the court might order
q verdict in their favor. The other
three, lSaQOre blumen1elQ, barney DEL
man and Clifford Skelly were admit
tedly in the liquor business, but the
jury was instructed to disregard this.
Blumenfeld was Immediately freed, but
the jury held that Berman and Skelly
had guilty knowledge of the origin of
S., 500 they obtained from "Mr. Collins
from the South" presumed by the Gov
ernment to be Bates and convicted
them.
Three Leave for Home.
After the verdict had been returned
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