davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
, 1935-02-10

the others went with Miss Sharpe
was Catherine Winners. 1t was she
who said that Violet had ordered
coffee. which moved the defense
counsel to remark:
Coffee. She had left the Morrow
Estate to come over to q speskeasy
to drink coffee. Her condition was
such that she required coffee. was
that it?"
The question drew objection and
was withdrawn.
The defense croSS-examination Of
this witness concerned itself for the
most part with seeking TO show that
Miss MINERS could not recall events
on any other day or night Of 1882
except this particular March I.
That's the only night you can
remember in your life. isn't it?"
Reilly asked, and the witness re-
piled: Yes. sir. distinctly"
Elmer johnson. the fourth mem
Der Of the speakeasy party. told a
similar story to back the states con-
tention that Miss Sharpe was not
near the Lindbergh home In Hope
well the kidnap night.
During the testimony Of this wit
ness there was a wrangle when de-
Tense counsel sought to indicate TO
the Jury that johnson. among 9TH
erS, had been living at Trenton at
the expense Of the state Of New Jer-
sey awaiting his turn to testify.
Reilly asked johnson II he didn't
know the German nurse Of the late
Isador Fisch who. with some OF
Fisch's relatives. has been brought
from Germany TO testify. johnson
said he had seen the nurse.
Reilly: And her expenses are being
paid for by the state Of New Jersey.
do you know that? A. I do not.
WilentZ: Yes. And the expenses
for this trial and this jury are be-
, 1935-02-10
JURY TO Get
Continued From Pare Onal

Wilentz who Is conducting the
states case. will make the first sum-
nation. Hauck will outline the
points which the prosecution has
made through the testimony Of the
SO witnesses IL called to the stand.
To Reach Jury Tuesday
Hsuck does not expect to require
more than m hour and q half.
Reilly. for the defense, will follow.
He Is expected to require most OF the
remainder Of the day. Wilentz will
speak for the state Tuesday. and the
case should 90 to the Jury Of eight
men and four women BY mid after
noon Of that day-Lincoln's BIRTH
day. The charge Is not expected to
require more than As minutes.
Mrs. Morrow was the last witness.
q tragic touch TO a trial that has
attracted attention around the
world. She testified. however, not as
the grandmother OF a baby muir
dered. but as the employer OF an
English servant girl whose name
had been repeatedly drawn into the
case as having possibly had guilty
knowledge Of the crime.
Mrs. MORROW, widow Of a Morgan
partner WHO also vas an American
ambassador. testified that the serv-
ant. Violet Sharpe. was at the Nor
row home 10 Englewood the night OF
the kidnapping up to about q quarter
OF 8 o'clock, anc that she returned
to the home about IL. The kidnap-
ing was from the Lindberrh home
at Hopewell. many miles distant.
AT the conclusion OF Mrs. Nor
rows testimony, the defense moved
for q direct verdict Of acQuittai.
which Justice Trenchard promptly
denied.
Chief Counsel Reilly said: $50
that the jury may thoroughly
understand this procedure now. /
understand that your honor holds
Tin denying a motion for q directed
verdict Of acquittaD that II Is q
question of'fact to be determined by
them"
Justice Trenchard: That Is H."
Just before court adjourned Jus
tice Trenchard addressed the Jury.
and for the first time requested
them not to take their usual week
end bus ride. He said:
Ladies and gentlemen Of the
jury, ] wish that you would not 20
out either today or tomorrow on q
bus ride. ! wish that you would not
do that. and please do not do 1t, nor
70 do IL.
"Of course. there Is no reason In
the world why you should not take
appropriate exercise In the custody
OF your officers. either or the hotel
yeranda or on the payements. II the
are fit to walk on. !
, 1935-02-10
Show Boats Visit
To Valley Is Sought
Especial 10 The Herald)

Especial 10 d HeraldD
MERCEDES. Feb. eff the efforts
OF the Mercedes Chamber OF Com
merce are successful. the Maxwell
House mythical Show Boat" Of the
air win be induced to stop mt some
valley port for m hours entertain
ment OF music and description Of the
Lower Rio Grande Valley.
The Houston Chamber OF Com
mnrrs recently was successful In OBJ
tanning the hour for that port. and
the Mercedes Chamber Of Commerce
has been working with the Houston
Chamber TO obtain the advertis-
inR feature for the Valley.
Citizens of the Rio Grande Valley
can help materially in obtaining the
feature by communicating with
John wv. Sloan. manager OF the Max
well House Products company. 20l7
Preston Avenue. Houston" Boiling
stated.
, 1935-02-10
REFUNDINC OF
BONDSPLANNED

HARLINGEN. Feb. Glover Rio
Grande Valley Irrigation districts
are now proceeding rapidly with
plans to refund s20.000.O00 in bond
ed indebtedness with one Of the last
obstacles in the way OF refunding
removed Friday when the Texas
House OF Representatives passed the
senate bill permitting counties to sell
their securities to the RFC for less
than par.
A number OF county governments
hold bonds of various irrigation dis
trictS in the Valley. and the FRC Of
licials held that under existing sta
tutes the counties could not accept
less than par for these bonds.
The districts are proceeding with
their refunding in spite Of the re-
cent decision OF District Judge i. M.
Kennerly Of Federal court at
Brownsville that the new bankruptcy
law insofar as il APPLIES TO branches
Of the state government Is uncon-
stitutional.
w. B. Lewis Of this city. attor-
ney for a number Of irrigation dis
tricts in working for the RFC loans,
said that the districts have appeal
ed the decision OF Judge Kennerlv.
He expressed the belief that all
districts In the vallev will ~ "b'e
to refund under the old law. which
required that holders Of 90 per cent
cf the securities must agree 10 re-
funding.
The Valley districts are refund
Ing on the basis Of about so cents on
the dollar. Only one district so far
has actually refunded rs bonds. this
being the Cameron and Hidalgo
Counties Irritation District No. 9,
Mercedes. Orders are nov being is
sued for payment on two other dis
tricts. Cameron County District No.
IL. and Hidalgo County Districts No.
4. at Donna.
Officials OF the San Benito irriga-
ton district, including A. L. Mont
gomery. Frank Robertson. and j. Z.
McAnally. we're in Dallas earlier this
week in connection with the refund
ing Of bonds Of that district. 1t was
in connection with this refundlng
that Judge Kennerlv gave his decis-
ion. The officials said they are still
working on the r~efunding.
, 1935-02-10
MAI. SHEPARDS
Fate NOW LIES
With JURYMEN

y TOPEKA. Kass Feb .. pa
Jury slept Saturday night on the fate
cf Major Charles A. Shepard, fac
inR n possible sentence OF death by
hanging on the governments charge
that he fatally poisoned his sec
end wife TO be free TO wed q Texas
blonde.
The Jury retired to study the two
weeks testimony at 7:03 p. m. but
Judge Colin Nehlett advised the
Kansas tradesmen and farmers he
would not receive their verdict be-
fore Sunday.
Il will be available Sunday at
anytime" he said.
The jury. II It agreed with the
guilty verdict returned I'm Ehepard's
first trial four years ago, had the
added task Of deciding whether the
retired army tuberculosis expert
should he assessed q penalty OF life
Imprisonment or hanging. The prev
ious jury, at Kansas City, Kas., de-
cided against the death penalty.
Federal Jurisdiction
While the state laws OF Kansas
borbid capital punishment except in
cases OF treason, Major Shepard'S
case came under federal jurisdiction
since Mrs. zenana Shepard died In
1929 on government property at Fort
Riley. KaS.
After Shepard's conviction the
supreme court granted him a retrial
on the ground the trial court err
roneously had admitted as a dying
declaration the testimony Of a nurse
attributing to Mrs. Shepard the
quotation: "Dr. Shepard has pois-
Oned me"
Evidence In the ~six-year-old case
based on the governments charge
that the 63-year-old defendant
sought his wife's death to be free
10 wed Miss Grace Brandon. 29-year-
old Texas stenographer-was COM
pleted Friday night. Saturday wa
devoted to arguments.
Judge Neblett. a New Mexico jur-
ist called to the Shepard trial after
both Kansas federal judges were
disqualified. closed the case Satur-
day night with q careful summation
OF the evidence OF expert witnesses
for both sides.
"Circums.antial evidence" the
court told the IA jurors. ~ OF whom
will bass on Shepard's guilt, is 70
he considered the same as direct EVIL
dence because crimes are often done
in secret with no witness 70 the
actual deed.
THE federal statute provides that
murder done by poison B first de-
gree murder ard the penalty may be
either life imprisonment OF death.
Contrasting Pictures
The jury's first consideration
Judge Neblett said. vas 70 determine
whether Mrs. Shepard died OF pol
son. II II found that she did not. he
said. they could 60 no further ano
would have to return q verdict OF
not guilty.
If. however. they found that she
did die OF poison. he said. they
should then proceed 10 possible mo-
tives and the possibility Of Shep-
ards having committed the crime.
Attorneys. I'm closing arguments,
pictured Shepard on the one hand
MS n wife poisoner madly In love
with another woman; on the other
~ the unfortunate husband OF a
wife who drank TO excess and SUI
fered from melancholy.
, 1935-02-10

ing paid for by the state OF New
Jersey for good cause.
Reilly: That's what the attorney
general thinks. We think II Is a
waste Of money.
Justice Trenchard told the law
yers to refrain from these irrele-
want speeches" and the incident
was ended.
Contradictory Status
The expert In wood, Arthur Koch
Ter, whose earlier testimony linked
wood from the kidnap ladder 70
Hauptmann's home, was recalled at
the morning session 70 rebuilt testi-
mony of defense witnesses which had
contradicted his. Koehler reiterat-
ed his previous testimony. amplifying
II in aces.
AS a result OF Koehler's reappear-
ance there remains little change in
the lumber evidence. The state
through the scientific Investigations
OF Koehler, contends that aboard
In the kidnap ladder came from the
attic Of Hauptmann's Bronx home
The defense. through the testi-
mony Of "a practical lumber man.
contradicted this.
The same contradictory status pre-
vailed concerning the dead servant,
Violet Sharpe. and the furrier Isa-
dor Fsch, with some defense wit
nesses having placed them under
suspicion and state witnesses hav-
ing testified TO alibis for both.
Continued on Page Fourteen)
, 1935-02-10

once has fired q shot at him, he
cannot provide any clue to his
identity OF advance any reason for
the attacks.
Chief William de Long con-
siders the attacker "demented,"
but all his efforts to establish his
identity have proved fruitless.
Friday De Long corroborated Van
grol's story as the grand jury in
Canandaigua attempted to solve
the strange proceedings.
, 1935-02-10

VICTOR, ". Y, Feb. Q. -lRl-
Nerve-wracked and haggard, Ray
mond Vangrol, rs. keeps a shotgun
vigil for his mysterious silver
ball" attacker-a figure weird
enough for a detective thriller.
His assailant. described as wear
Ing a long black loaf, q blark mask
and carrying a blackjack tipped
with q heavy silver ball. has struck
Vangrol down several times in the
mast few weeks.
, 1935-02-10
Leeper Rites Held

MERCEDES, Feb. 9. - Funeral
services were held Saturday morning
at the Stotler Mortuary for William
prank Leeper, 67. who died at the
family residence Friday morning
Following an extended illness. He
wnt n farmer OF the Mercedes COM
rnuuity Tor III years. coming TO the
valley with his family from Indiana.
Services were In charge Of Rev.
w. n. shot. pastor Of the Church
cf God. Weslaco-
surviving are his wife. Mrs. Mary
rneper. u ON, Walter. OF Mercedes;
ana . daughter. Mrs. w. II. Fries. OF
1rtmen. Indiana
, 1935-02-10

Near collapse from mental strain
and physical maulings. Vangrol
prowled about his home Friday
night carrying q shotgun and
waiting for the knockings which
have heralded other attacks. On
one occasion, warned by the bark
ing OF o. watchdog outside. Van
grol and Oliver Emo. with whom
he lives, rushed out with guns
ready. They found 20 Rochester
curiosity seekers attempting to get
, 1935-02-10
Alfred and Senate
Facing Show-D oun
On Appointments

AUSTIN, Feb. 9. Up Prospects
of a showdown between Governor
James ". Alfred and the senate over
appointments enlivened the Texas
legislative outlook for the next week.
Pending was a bill establishing a
planning board to coordinate state
and national recovery efforts and an
amendment to divide the appointive
power between the governor, lieu
tenant governor and the speaker OF
the house with the chairman of the
, 1935-02-10
City Briefs

Mrs. Katherine Stringfellow and
daughter. Miss Nancy Stringfellow,
are spending the weekend in Pharr
as the guest Of their sister and
aunt. Mrs. Marian Benway.
Miss Lorene Written "a In Nc
Allen spending the weekend with
her parents
ri. w. Barnhart OF Kansas City,
Mo. arrived in Brownsville the
past week TO visit his cousin, Mrs.
Nina Sethman.
Dickey's Old Reliable Eye water
brightens and clears q dull. tired
eye. Adv. Cd
Mr.. and Mrs. r. A. Grubhs an
nOunce the birth of a baby boy,
Richard Jr., bonn Friday, Feb. 8. Mt
the Mercy hospital and weighing
ia pounds. Mrs. Crubbs is the for
mer Miss Lucy Brulay, daughter Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Brulay.
Max Shapiro returned Friday
from the shoe retailers convention
In Fort Worth
Cabinets, Fixtures, Millwork. The
Geer CO., opposite Brownsville Ice
Co, phone il25.-Adv.
DR.. and Mrs. d. Y. Sawyer OF
Kansas City. Mo left Friday after
a visit OF several days with Mr.. and
Mrs. z. z. Sadler. DR.. and Mrs.
Sawyer were so pleased with the
Valley that they have made plans
TO spend their winter vacations here
In the future.
Dr.. o. A. Carr Of Donna was a
recent visitor here.
w. =. Nelson was q visitor In Elsa
this past week.
Keith Tuggle was in Elsa this
week on business.
Johnson's electric floor polisher
and wax. Cara Hardware. $50 18th
St.-Adv.
DR.. w. j.. Conrad OF Pharr and
his guests, Mrs. I. e. Winger and
Nh. W. d. Boles Of wichita, Kan
sas, spent Thursday here and in
Matamoros and Boca Chica-
Mr.. and Mrs. Leo Walker Of De-
troit left Saturday morning on
their return home by way Of Florida
after visiting Mr.. aid Mrs. George
Walker here.
Cast nets. minnor seins, rods, reels
and fishing poles. Brownsville Hard
ware.-Adv.
Mrs. D.. 8. Wright OF Brownsville.
who vas injured In an automobile
accident near Houston, Is reported
recovering at the home OF relatives
In Houston. She suffered several
broken ribs in the accident.
Asa Moore. mayor Of La Feria,
was a visitor In Brownsville Satur-
day.
Tom Phillips. publisher Of the
Santa Rosa Signal. was a visitor ut
the Cameron county courthouse sat-
urday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Hyatt, Of
Anderson, Ind, arrived in
Brownsville Friday morning to spend
the winter. Mrs. Hyatt Is secretary
treasurer OF the ROLAND Title Co, Of
Anderson and Is the only abstract
ing company in the United States
owned and operated exclusively by
women.
Virgil Bolyard OF Indianapolis.
Ind, arrived Friday on n combined
business and pleasure trip In the
, 1935-02-10
Weird Silver Ball Figure Attacks His Victim Repeatedly
Although Police Keep Strong Guard Around Residence

Vangrol came last week as county
and village police hid in the house.
The knockings were heard and
when police rushed to the kitchen
Vangrol was unconscious on the
floor amid glass from q shatter-
ed window.
Police . well a Vangrol are
completely mystified by the
strange attacks. Although the VIC
tim has twice seen his assailant
Sinking away in the darkness and
, 1935-02-10

their car out OF the mud in the
driveway.
"Vangrol Is jumpy, worn and
tired looking" a police official said.
AT night he never goes out OF
the house without his shotgun and
he is worried about when the
next attack will come. II is the
uncertainty and apparently the
devilish cunning Of the stranger
that has us all worried"
The most brazen attack against
, 1935-02-10
MoPAC OFFICIAL VISITS

SAN BEN1TO, Feb. 9.-The prl-
vate car Of w. @. Choate. general
manager Of the Missouri Pacific
Lines with offices in Houston. pass
ed here Saturday en- route to Nj.
Choate's farm near here. He makes
periodic visits to his place.
, 1935-02-10

The worst hailstorm that has ever
been recorded by modern man &C.
CURED In July. I776. III swept across
Belgium and France into Germany.
and destroyed $20.000.o0o worth OF
property.
, 1935-02-10

Liberty Cap, the cone Of an extinct
hot spring in Yellowstone Park. is
5000 years old. It's age has been de-
termined through the minute guam
titles OF radium II contains.
, 1935-02-10

A Yale expedition is exploring the
mountains and western
Tibet in search Of mans development
from an ape-Nke creature.
, 1935-02-10
TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY

Merle Norman Cosmetics demons
trated Tuesdays Of each week at
the Ideal Beauty Shop. 70S WASH
ington ST. Material on hand all
the time. Mrs. Charles LaTurno,
demonstrators.
, 1935-02-10
Reilly Curious Over Coffee

Another member Of the March /.
1882. party at the Peanut G.;l"
speakeasy where Miller said he and
, 1935-02-10

haven't been out through the VII
lage myself. but If the pavements
are nice to walk on, you may very
well like TO walk. and ! would think
II might be rather a good thing for
YOU, so with that admonition I viii
say to you hat you may now retire
and come in at ten o'clock on Mon
day morning"
Evening star., 1935-05-19
Youth Increment
Worlds Hope, Says
Evangeline Booth
Energy and Vision Take
Place of Experience,
She Declares.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
SAN PEDRO, Calf, May 18.-Gen.
Evangeline Cory Booth, international
commander of the Salvation Army,
came to the United States today
bringing with her an enthusiastic be-
lief that the world IS rapidly coming
to recognize youth as the driving force
behind its advancement.
She lanoed here on the liner Mari
posa from Honolulu, on her trip
around the world.
Youth is moving, no doubt, into
new era," said Comdr Eva, as she
loves to. be called. Experience and
Steadiness are being sacrificed for
energy and vision.
"A good indication of the trend Is
shown in the fact that youth is rap
idly coming up in the Salvation Army
and in America and other countries
welcome this and feel that the world
in general should do likewise.
There is only one way to handle
the situation. Youth wants an adult
example to follow. Every adult should
realize this obligation. He should do
everything possible to help build up
the morale. That is part Of the Sal
vation Army's work.
But youth also wants goal. That
is the problem for the economic world.
and I am convinced business and the
Government are constructively NOV
ing along the right road"
Evening star., 1935-05-19
THE WEATHER. |

District Of Columbia-Increasing
cloudiness today, followed by show
ers, beginning late this afternoon or
night; showers tomorrow; not much
change in temperature, gentle north
shifting to east winds tomorrow, be-
coming moderate easterly Monday.
Maryland-Increasing cloudiness to-
day, followed by showers late this
afternoon or night; showers tomor-
row, not much change in tempera-
ture.
Virginia-Increasing cloudiness to-
day, followed by showers late this
afternoon or night in west and CEN
tral portions; showers tomorrow, not
much change in temperature.
West Virginia-Cloudy, followed by
showers beginning this afternoon or
night; showers tomorrow, not much
change in temperature.
Evening star., 1935-05-19
PROJECT or RESTORING
"POWDER HORN" STARTS
Special Dispatch to The Star.

BQeClAl OlSpAbCu 70 uS StdI.
WILLIAMSBURG, Va, May 18.-
Work on restoration of the famous old
Powder Horn, the boiling point Of the
Revolution" in Virginia in TITS, be-
gan today. The walls and foundation
will be repaired to strengthen the
structure against the ravages of time
for the future.
The magazine, built in IT'S, has
had unique history and was saved
from ultimate destruction by the As
sociation for the Preservation OF Vir-
ginia Antiquities nearly so years ago.
This society still owns the historic
relic, which had once been a Baptist
Church for rs years in the first part
Of the nineteenth century. 1t viii
ultimately be used as a museum. The
10-foot wall that once surrounded
It from 1755 to 1855, will be rebuilt
at once as a part of the restoration
plans for the octagonal building now
aoing into effect.
Evening star., 1935-05-19
Duststorm Is Worst.

During the worst duststorm ever
known In Irak recently, 1890 tons Of
dust to the square mile fell In the
Baghdad district.
Evening star., 1935-05-19
The Sun and Moon.
Precipitation.

Monthly precipitation in inches in
the Capital (current month to date) !:
Montana labor news., 1935-09-12
PROGRESSIVE UNIONS
DENOUNCE SECURITY"
WAGE-TO FIGHT 1T

COLLINSVILLE, III. ~ (FP) - No
member Of the 20 locals comprising the
Progressive Trades & Labor Union is
allowed to take a work-relief job at
President R~oosevelt's so-called security
wage, by resolution of the second an
nual convention held here in August.
The resolution as adopted instructed
|%unionists to fight for the prevailing
wage for work-relief jobs and also de-
manded a living wage for the youth
of America.
No More War, wa the substance Of
another. resolution.
On trade union matters it was de-
cided that transfer cards from one local
must be accepted by all other locals in
the same craft without charge if the
member transferring has been in good
standing in his own local for two years.
Crafts represented at the Collinsville
convention included transfers, lead
workers, hodcarriers, common laborers,
retail clerks, telephone operators and
musicians, as well as trades councils,
representing altogether 1880 members.
The organization is not affiliated with
the American Federation of Labor but
works with the Progressive Miners of
America.
Pres. Andrew MacFarlane and Sec
retary- Treasurer Frank Wagner, both
Of Gillespie, were reelected.
Montana labor news., 1935-09-12
Huey Long Compelled More
Liberal Outlook

The murder of Senator Huey P. Long shock
ed the nation. Probably no other national fig
ure has received SO much praise and at the same
time SO much censure. Many Of the liberal pub
LEGATIONS and press services and individuals con-
demned him and many praised him. The power
which he developed must be recognized in spite
Of the reports Of political engineering and the
resultant corruption that seems to be a%nubiqui-
tous c%oncomitant of the capitalist political struc-
ture. The opinion Of the majority of the com
mon people seems to be that he was their friend
and was fighting for them. Undoubtedly he was
a dynamo generating energy to push the reluc-
tant and slow moving, though sympathetic Dem
ocratic machine farther to the left than they
wanted to go. His sometimes bizarre, drama
tic and spectacular methods compelled attention
from the nation. He lived a tempestuous career.
1t is thought by many that his control over a
great part of the electorate Of the south placed
him in a position of holding the balance of pow
err in the election of a democratic president in
1886. It seems reasonable to assume that had
he lived, his vast influence would have compell-
ed both parties to adopt a more liberal policy
before the next election rolled around.
Long was a waster Snowman and a courageous
fighter. He discerned the desires and trend of
thought OF the common people more accurately
than any man in the national political life. Mil
lions of the people supported his crowding of
liberal ideas upon the national administration.
1t was this accommodating farce that caused the
reactionary forces so much fear. He was a men
ace to the present stagant rule Of the banks and
corporations. We can only conjecture how far
he would have developed by November, 1886.
The working people have suffered a severe loss.