The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-01-16

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 release parachute flare as is cus- toinary In making on emergency landing.
 Pilot Was MIsied Authorities suggessed that . faulty altimeter iriisled Pilot Gerald Mar- shall and that he sent the il ton cir liner rearing into the swamp timber with throttle wide open be- fore either he or his co-pilot, Glenn Freeland, realized they were 50 near the ground.
 Yet the word of the only wit- nesses contradicted this. George Jones, who lives near Goodwin, Ark. which is three miles from the swamp where the plan crashed Tuesday night, saw the plane over- head. At first 1t seemed to Do in normal flight. Then he heard one of its motors begin sputtering, ho said.
 John T. Shea, . Memphis lawyer, had watched the plane take of from Memphis on what turned out to Do It's last flight. One motor seemed to Do running uncertalniy, he said. tlTn
 Story Coryeberated
 Jones story was c0rroborated by Glenn Williamson and Qayland Dover, other natives of the swamp and farming country on the AFkAn. sas side Of the Mississippi river.
 Bodies of all i7 of the victims had been identified. Some of the bodies were 90 badly mangled that iden. tifcation was established largely by clothing and papers.
 Three possible explanations of- fered themselves to the investigators who had slight hope of establishing beyond possibility of error, the cause of the crash. ono was sabotage and that was eliminated immediately since there was no reason whatBo. ever why anyone should wish to send the lineEs and It's cargo to dis. aster.
 Pilot Was Veteran
 Secondly, was the possibility of failure of the human clement. Pilot Marshaii was . vetsran of commer- ciai aviation, Q pilot considered to De of the best, . man of above the average capabilities even in his field who had held an important avia. ton executive position which he had given up because of his love for hy- ing. His passengers had been or- dered to adjust their life belts bee fore the crash, he had cut his gas- oline feed lines, every tiny fragment of knowledge of those last seconds in the control cabin of the doomed liner surmised from the wreckage, indicated that his mind was func- tioning speedily, coolly. and well.
 This left only mechanical failure and though the ship was known to have been in excellent condition, the stories of the witnesses ell pointed to this explanation.
 Identified Victims
 The identified bodies were:
 W. R. Dyess, Little Rock, Arkan- sas WPA administrator; R. H. Mc- Nair. Little Rock; Mrs. J. Q. Gernil- lion, Knoxville; F. c. 1artg New York; Charles Altschul, Glendale, Cal: Mrs. Samuel Horowitz, Bos- ton; her son, Seba. 5: her mother in-law. Mrs. Benjamin Hor0witz; Sam Schwartz. Atlantic City: ". 6. Hardwick, St. Louis; 4. D. CheFnus, St. Louis: Nathan Porter, PhiIadel- phia: Marshall Freeland; J. c. Calm. Los Angeles; H. W. Plato. Lac redo; stewardess Peria Gasparini, Fort Worth.
 Authorities believed that little or no footing of the bodies of the dead had taken place after the plane crashed. V. L. Fry. Forrest City fed- eral revenue officer, said he believed he had seen Q man take . roll of | currency from one of the bodies. 0f- ficials pointed out that very soon after the wreckage was located. of- flceFs were on guard and the aum- Der of persons arriving made rob. | beFy unlikely.
 Pethsilc Blt af Evidence
 Authorities found enc bit ok evi- dence not bearing on the cause Of l the crash. but pafhetic in iis indica- !