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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1937-08-06
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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1937-08-06
Morrison Reports
Membership Clans

Washington, D. G "The paid upon
and reported membership Of the l03
national and international Unions and
local unions directly affiliated with
the American Federation Of Labor as
Of July !, 1887 is 3,106,439," Frank
Morrison, secretary-treasurer of the
4. I. Of L., declared in a statement
here showing the continued progress
of the federation.
"'rhs is a gain Of 666,363 for the
ten months and twenty days over the
average membership of the fiscal year
ending August 81, 1886" he added
This does not include he said,
the membership Of the ten national
and international unions suspended
September 5, 1886
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1937-08-06

job is to make property laws
For the whole country, including
Alaska, Porto Rico, Guam
They have been fussing with some
labor laws of late
Concerning which a few of them
have some real acquaintance
But most of them have been law
yers, Of one kind or another
Others grade little better, claim
ing to be farmers
Once in while one of them goes
crazy
Which is not surprising, because of
pressures, physical, mental, emotion
al
And they think that they are the
government
Allowing something to the supreme
court
And a little to the executive and
the commission
But these people become annoyed,
and SO tired
All about the million so-called
farmers, getting less than $500 a
year
Plus the eight or ten million Amer
leans .superfuous
Plus the families Of these, insist
ing on growing up
Plus the gangsters, and the prisons
not big enough for them
Plus the Liberty League, and its
corporation lawyers
Who know more about the law than
the congressman who make it
So they want to go back home, and
tell Bill all about it
Well-they ought to 60 home; and
stay there!
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1937-08-06

Some Of them have jobs which last
two years
About 80 of them have six-year
job
Subject to repeat, if they can get
elected
Some Of them come from big cities,
others come from Podunks-
Some Of them are just accidents
Others have become institutions,
from Idaho, California, Wisconsin
Some are students, others are Just
orators
Others were elected, by surprise, on
a political wave.
They get tired, these people
Tired of Washington, tired Of the
heat, tired Of the cold
They get tired Of sitting still, and
then walk around
Until their feet get to hurting too
much
Some Of them get tired in the head
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1937-08-06

Where the city of Washington is
located
1t is the old story Of a city coun-
ell with too many .nembers
Aggravated by the fact that its
members are elected from Maine,
Texas, Oklahoma
Chairman of the special district
committee is a sort of super-mayor
Although the title OF Washington's
mayor usually is given the president
Citizens Of Washington have no
votes
But they pay taxes, according to
the whims of congress
Another part of the congressional
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1937-08-06

Unaccustomed exercise does that
Some Of them are pretty old in
years
These are likely to be doing the
most work
While some of them are so young
that they are raw
Of whom a few are learning lit
tie, now and then.
But they all want to go home, when
summer comes.
Their JOB is SO complicated, that
they don't understand it,
They are the government of the
District of Columbia
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1937-08-06
LaborQueriies

Questions and Answers on La
Dor: What 1t Has Done; Where
1t Stands on Problems of the
Day; Its Aim and Program:
Who's Who in the Ranks of
the Organized Toilers, etc, etc.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1937-08-06
Truths Pondered While
Riding at
Anchor
"Then gently scan
your brother man."
By Mr.. M0destus-

Annually, in monthly payments
These people get $4,000 salary
From the people Of the United
States
Plus an old-fashioned travel ex-
pense account
They come to Washington, d. c.,
from all over the country
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1937-08-06
50 Restaurants Sign Up
With Chattanooga Union

Chattanooga, Tenn. (AFLNS)-
Fifty-two operators of restaurants
here have signed union agreements
with Culinary Workers Local Union
No. STA, with other similar agree
ments expected to follow promptly.
The agreements provide for the
closed shop and, while minimum
wages and maximum hours are still
out of joint, substantial gains were
made and the way opened for still fur
ther gains.
Wages range from minimum of $8
per week for mattresses to $18 for
walters. Male employees will work a
maximum Of 63 hours weekly and
female employees Sc hours, with time
and one half for overtime.
Places that refuse to deal with the
union are being picketed.
--------------------
The union label, shop card and but
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1937-08-06

Q.-What great union specially
states that fuliillment of the terms
OF contracts is one Of its obiectives2
A.-The Brotherhood Of Locomo-
tive Engineers, which states chat one
Of its purposes is Ito guarantee the
fulfillment of every contract made in
its name by the use Of every power
vested in it."
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1937-08-06

The union label, shop card and but
ton are the emblems that designate
workers progress.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1937-08-06
Q-When did retail clerks organize

nationally?
An 1890 when tie Retail Clerks
international Protective Association
was formed III a convention al De-
troit
Q.-Haye the organized brew
cry workers always championsd IN
dustriai unionism in their trade?
AThe brewery workers pro
claimed a policy Of industrial unionism
from the beginning of their organiza
ton, in 1886
The Washington times., 1937-09-11
Past Life Revealed

But Chief Ryan and his men
were not inclined to jump to any
conclusions. The fact that Ger.
tain articles had been removed
from the apartment by no means
proved that robbery had been the
motive. It might well be that this
was a false clue, that the motive
might be laid to jealousy or out
ragged love.
However, the victims past life
failed to bear out this theory. A
native of Lancaster. Pa, Mary
Robinson had been leader Of the
younger set there, and she had
been a leader in school activities
during her four years at Skid.
more College.
Neighbors in the 8S-family
apartment building told officers
that Mrs. Case had been a quiet,
reserved woman, devoted to her
husband and her home. They said
she rarely went out except in con-
nection with her household duties
and for occasional visits to town.
Case said that he and Mary had
come to live in the Robert Morris
Apartments because, before their
marriage. he had shared an apart
ment in this same building with
a college classmate, Arthur Hunt,
while Mary had lived in Tudor City
the midtown Manhattan residen'
tial development.
Asked if he o. mis- wife had had
any trouble lately with any one in
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Getting Warm

why are some Of the men de.
tanned when others have been
turned out?" reporters asked
James Loccisano, an assistant
district attorney. Haven't they
been eliminated as possible SuS.
pects?" D
mo one has been eliminated"
he replied. "a
Over in Manhattan that evening
Detective william jackson, a vet.
eran Sleuth who had been cited
for his fine work in important
murder cases, and his partner,
Detective Fred TRIUMPH, IT,, were
tramping from tailor shop to tailor
shop. They had been engaged on
this dreary assignment all day
long. The twenty.ninth place they
visited was the Ideal Dry Cleaning
establishment Of Charles .Vencen.
toS,' at "a West One Hundred and
Eighteenth st., in the heart Of
Harlem.
Can you tall us who owns
VAAODV OAONoCA0s OdChoVk1 0SACO
after he had identified himself
and TRIUMPH.
VencentoS examined the gar.
ment. then shook his head. 81
handle so many pants like this, ="
he said, 81 can't remember every.
body that comes in here"
Look" said the officer,
showing the proprietor the mark
on the lining Of the pocket.
"ThiS number seven shows that.
the trousers were cleaned by q
shop in Harlem. Do you write
the number seven like that2"
Vencentos scrutinized the mum.
Der. Eyes, I dol" he said then.
"Just q minute. I want to look
up my records" fs
A few moments later he said:
IT received that pair Of pants
on December 23!" "
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Hairs Her DUN

Within an hour detectives had
James Samuel, 81 years old, at
the Newtown Station, where he
was closely questioned for two
hours.
Then came depressing news
from headquarters. The finger.
prints on the bathroom door could
not be matched in the depart
ment's records.
Another Disappointment
The Crime Laboratory reported
that the hairs found clenched in
Mrs. Cases right hand were from
her own head. Apparently. in her
death struggle, she had clutched
at her head while her aSsailant
dealt those murderous blows.
AS for the fingernail psrings,
the Crime Lab reported that bits
Of human flesh had been found
underneath the nails, indicating
that Mrs. Case had managed to
scratch her attacker in her deSper-
ate struggle for life. This was
welcome news to Chief Ryan and
his men, since it meant that the
guilty man now bore these marks.
The problem was to find the man.
Suddenly one Of the innumer.
able officers at work on the case,
Detective Thomas Coote, burst
into the apartment, holding sew
eral articles in his hands.
Look what found in the in
cinerator!" he cried.
Detective Coote had indeed
made a major discovery, for the
articles included two pocketbookS,
q mechanics hammer, and q pair
of bloodstained brown tweed
trousers! Microscopic examina.
ton disclosed traces Of blood and
bits Of silky brown hair on the
head Of the hammer.
The immediate conclusion from
this development was that no EN-
ploye Of the building could be in
volved in the crime, for he would
have known that the incineratol
did not start dispoSing of refuse
until 10 O'Clock at night. On the
other hand it indicated that the
killer must be familiar with thC
facilities of the building, since thu
incinerator chuteS were concealed
by closets. There was one JUS
outside the door to the Case apart
ment.
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the community, he replied that
they had not, but he recalled that
the apartment had been entered
the previous July and various ar
ticles stolen, including several OF
his suits and shirts and personal
effects belonging to Mrs. Case.
Employees of the building had been
questioned at the time without re-
suit.
Detectives at the scene saw that
the slayer could have reached the
Case apartment by either Of two
stairwayS or a self-service ele-
vator. One stairway was near the
door to the apartment, the other
stairway and the elevator at the
farther end of the hall. No door
man had been stationed in the en-
trance foyer, which served one
half Of the six-Story building. No
employees or tenants had seen
any one of suspicious character
in the building, and no one had
heard any untoward sounds.
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Wedding Ring Gone

Case pushed himself to his feet,
and set himself to the task. With.
in q few minutes he was able to
report that a suit of his-a blue
suit with a thin pin-Stripe-had
been removed with two pocket
books belonging to his wife, and
a Jewel box which had contained
some trinketS.
isn't it possible that Mrs.
Case sent the suit out to be
cleaned?" the lieutenant in.
quired.
"I don't think So" he replied.
1T was a new suit"
Captain Burke, who had been
bending over the body, said:
Mr.. Case, did your wife wear
her wedding ring?"
"Yes-always!"
"It's gone"
Before long other officers poured
into the neat, tastefully decorated
apartment. Police scientists from
the crime laboratory began to go
over every square inch of the
place. Alexander Clark, photo
graph and fingerprint expert. set
up his equipment. Within an
hour of the discovery of the crime.
Deputy Chief Inspector John j..
Ryan was directing almost one
hundred detectives in the most
exhaustive investigation since the
Titterton case, which this muir
der so closely resembled.
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He Began to Worry

"Tell me just what happened
this evening"" Lieutenant Smith
suggested.
Il telephoned at 6 O'Clock to
tell my wife I would be delayed
at the office. When there was
no answer I decided she must
have gone out to buy groceries
for dinner. Then I tried to get
in touch with friends in the
building here, but they were out.
tried my own apartment again
.. Then I began to worry. Ever
since Mrs. Titterton was MUIR
dered I've dreaded something
like this. I had a chain lock
put on the door =. decided to
go home at once -"
He had arrived at 6:35 p. m
The door to his apartment was
closed but not locked. AS he rushed
in, he heard water running in thu
bathroom. He saw a chair lying
on its side in the living room. Cry
ing out his wife's name, he raj
into the bathroom 80.
"She was in the tub the
body was covered by a bedspread
-. the water was running over
the edge there was blood
all over the floor I pulled
her out .."
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a man Of small girth. The fact
that they were badly worn at the
bottoms showed, too, that they
had been bit too long for him.
The obvious conclusion was that
they had formerly belonged to
some one else.
But this was not all the teltale
garment revealed.
There were two keys in one Of
the pockets, and there was a tai
lor's mark on the lining Of the
right hip pocket. Unfortunately,
this all-important clue had become
blurred. Where there should have
been three figures, there was
merely one-the number 2.
well put flock 81 men to
work on chat angle the first
thing in the morning" said
Ryan. Meanwhile, we must
see If these keys can tell us
anything. Judging the way
they've been filed, I'd say they
will open more than two locks"
He was right.
Moreover, the keys opened locks
in this very building! No less
than six apartments could be en-
tered! The Case apartment was
not one of them, but
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His Story Checked

Lieutenant Smith announced,
as soon as he had looked at the
crushed body, that nothing would
be touched pending the arrival
of experts from the police crime
laboratory, and then began a rou-
tine preliminary examination. de-
voted first to the husbands story.
His name was Frank w. Case,
he said, in that dull. dazed voice.
He was 80 years old. His wifes
name was Mary Harriet Case.
aged 26. They had been. married
only a little more than a year.
and they had taken this three
room apartment on the fourth
floor of the Robert Morris Apart
ments, 37-06 Eightieth ST., Jack
son Heights, upon their return
from their honeymoon.
He had kissed his wife goodby
at 8 O'Clock this morning Of Jan
uary II, 1887, and spent the day
at his office in Manhattan. He
worked for the American Hotels
CORPORATION on E. Fifty-seventh
Street, being in charge Of liquor
sales for the Hotel Martinique. He
had studied hotel management at
Cornell, and had met Mary Har'
riet Robinson while she was a
student at Skidmore College In
Saratoga Springs, N. Y, his home
town.
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2 and 8 p. m. But this proved a
fruitless hunt. AS in the litter
ton murder, the intruder had &C
complished his dreadful deed with
out a soul detecting a suspicious
sound.
The presence in the apartment,
just inside the door. of a package
of fresh laundry, and the discov-
cry that newly issued telephone
directories had been distributed
to subscribers in the building that
day, led to another checkup.
Benjamin Weinberg, delivery
man for the Brennan Laundry in
Jackson Heights, told officers that
the door to the Case apartment
had been ajar when he arrived at
1880 q. m.
He had rung the bell, he said,
and then, receiving no response,
had pushed open the door and de-
posted the package inside, as he
had done on many a previous oc.
caSion. e"
Checking up on the telephone
directory angle, the investigators
Immediately encountered a rather
startling piece of information.
A crew Of men had entered the
building that afternoon to de-
liver books to subscribers, and one
of them had rung the Case bell
at $3.50! Gus Nestro, an employe
Of the telephone company, said
that he was the man who called at
the apartment at the approximate
moment Of the murder. There
had been no answer to his ring,
he said, and so he had continued
on to other subscribers.
Was the door ajar at that time?
He replied that he did not think
so. He hadn't noticed particu
larly.
In the process Of questioning
various employees Of the Robert
Morris apartments, the detectives
concentrated upon Frank Solo
mon, a porter who lived on 18th
St., Jackson Heights; and Harry
Viola, a fireman in the building.
The latter found himself in no
water Immediately, for the police
discovered that he was reall!
Francesca Cattaneo, an Italian sea
man residing in this country with
out authority, having jumped shil
in the port of New York in 1890
But a thorough examination failet
to link him In any way with tn
horror on the fourth floor.
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Suspect Nailed

Jackson hastened to a telephone
to tell his great news. Within q
few minutes a small army OF off,
GERS arrived. The six-Story tene'
ment was surrounded and a squad
crashed into the ground floor.
Major Green was arrested tor
the murder Of Mary Harriet Case
They rushed him to Queens. to
the Newton precinct. There it
was discovered that he was wear
ing a shirt bearing on the neck
band the initials "F. w. C..
garment which had been stolen
from the Case apartment, along
with various other articles, in
the burglary the previous July.
When the shirt was tripped from
him, officers observed that there
were scratches on his right arm
below the elbow.
How had he received those
scratches? He replied that he
must have gotten them pulling up
a carpet. What carpet? Where
had he pulled up a carpet2 Wen.
he considered, maybe it wasn't
from pulling up a carpet-mayoe
he got the scratches in a tight
with his wife, Juanita.
Would Mrs. Green testify that
he got the scratches in . fight
with her? Well, maybe she
CONTINUED ON Page 20. Col. y.
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Reported EJina'

at is my opinion" Lieutenant
Smith told reporters, that Mrs.
Case knew this man who called
at the house, either as a trades
man or some one else. The muir.
derer must have been saturated
with blood from head to foot.
No doubt his shoes and under.
clothes must have been covered
with blood. I don't see how he
got away. It doesn't seem likely
that he was frightened away,
although the fact that more
valuables were not removed GER
tainly indicates this"
The investigation now veereC
away from the employees Of tn,
building, for Frank Case recalle'
that perhaps he and Mrs. Case hat
made an enemy In the neighbol
hood, after all. He told Lieu
tenant Smith that, only q few day
before, Mrs. Case had complains
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Hairs SaUed for Probe

There were 10 hairs, Of a fine
texture, similar to Mrs. Cases own
lovely hair, now matted with her
life blood. They were, Of course,
saved for examination under a
microscope.
Fingerprint Expert Clark. hav-
ing completed his search, told his
superior that he had gathered
quantities of prints. He believed
that three fingerprints, which he
had discovered on the lower panel
of the bathroom door, were the
most promising.
Having learned the approx
mate time of death, detectives
again circulated through the
house to ask tenants whether they
had heard any sounds emanating
from the Case apartment between
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Beaten On Head

DR.. Anderson, who lived only
three blocks away and who had
been the first person called to the
scene, told the officers that he had
tested the temperature Of the
water in the tub, thinking that
this might aid in determining the
time of the crime. He said it had
registered IS degrees.
MRS. Case was beaten over
the head several times With q
heavy instrument" ne said,
and there are marks on her
throat indicating that she was
Strangled."
Frank Case covered his face
with his hands, shuddering. There
was no doubling his grief. any
more than there was doubling the
grief OF Nancy Titterton's hus'
band that Good Friday afternoon
he came home and saw her
raviShed body.
The officers agreed that the
chestnut-haired. blue-eyed girl had
been struck down in the kitchen,
apparently while standing be
tween the sink and the gas range
for q trail of blood started there
and extended out into the hail and
around a closet into the bathroom
Her slippers lay on the kitchen
floor. as though they hac taller
off as the murderer dragged o.
carried her away. There were NJ
particular signs Of q struggle II
the living room-that chair might
have been overturned during tht
tourney from the blood-spatteree
kitchen to the bathtub.
Twill you check through the
house SRnd see If anything is
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DR.. Anderson wheeled, and saw
the body. Mrs. Case lay on the
floor Just outside the bathroom
door. She was on her left side,
the right arm crooked in a rigid
pose. Her blue Smock was sat
urated with water and blood:
81 found her in the bath
tub" said Case.
The doctor knelt down beside
the petite, beautifully-formed
body, shuddering at the sight OF
the terrible wounds in the young
woman's head. A brief examlna'
ton. then he stood up.
Even as he spoke sirens sounded
in the quiet street, and q few
moments later the first officers
arrived-Lieut. James Smith, IN
charge of detectives at the New
town precinct in Queens, N. "
Detective James Sullivan, a young
officer attached to the Newtown
precinct, who had received the
first alarm from the Superintend,
ent, and Capts. Edward Burke and
James Fogarty Of the Queens
homicide squad.
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to the garage, where they kept
their car, about a certain employee.
He said he knew the young man
only as Jim"
MY wife reported him to the
boss about q week ago." said
Case. "She said she never could
find him around when she called
for the car, and the next day we
learned that he had been fired.
We hadn't wanted the garage
man to take such an extreme
step, but that's what happened"