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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-15
CHAPTER TX

When Dick Bancroft had told his friend Franklin that he meant to sleep on guard near the bank vault, F'ranklin's objections had been over- ruled. Dick, too, had persisted in his policy of watchful waiting. Sooner or later the robber would call for his money and Dick expected to be right there waiting for him. For sev- eral days the work of preparing the ghost town and then of showing 1t to first customers had kept every body extremely busy, but while he worked Franklin Larraway did deal of thinking, too.
 Wherefore, when the routine seemed firmly established, Frank lin found a reason for going in to the county seat, which was a small town several miles away. He drove his own secondhand but dependable old car.
 He arrived In town at night and went directly to the sheriff's office but the sheriff was not present.
 "Why, he won't be down till tomorrow, less'n there's trouble " the night deputy said. "You got some difficulty on hand?"
 "No. No sir, no hurry. I'll drop in tomorrow morning."
 Franklin had an hour before bedtime then, and so he wondered up the small street of the town, circled courthouse square and
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Yesterday: Bancroft sleeps in the old bank, watching for the return of the owner of the SIP. 600. One night meantime, while the girls are talking, they hear steps at the mine shaft and then . cry as if someone were in agony when Bancroft disappears into Che old jail with the money bag.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-15
GOVERNOR AT
 TRUSTEES MEETING

Hartford, July Ex-Governor Ray mond E. Baldwin's attendance at the annual meeting of the Board of Trustees of Connecticut State hospital the past Wednesday mark ed the first time a Connecticut gov- ernor has been present at this meet ing in IS years, it was learned to- day.
 The last chief executive to attend the annual meeting was Everett J. Lake, who served as governor from 1921 to 1923.
 Although Connecticut's governor ig an ex-officio member of most of the boards of state institutions, Governor Baldwin is the only chief executive of recent years who has taken an active part in the meet fugs of various state groups.
 It was announced today that Gov- ernor Baldwin will officiate at the cornerstone ceremony of the new Connecticut State hospital on Sep- tenber 9th.
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l47 JOIN PEARL
 STREET SESSIONS
First Week of Church Va- cation School Is Large-
 Iy Attended

Rearl street church vacation school completed a week of sessions today with an enrolment of 147. Daily sessions will be continued during the present week. Mrs. Lei II T. Alexander Is principal. As- sistant workers and helpers are: Be- ginners Department, Miss Juanita Reynolds, Arnold Price, Miss Thel- r1a Prince, Miss Sereatha White; Primary Department, Miss Dorothy Savage, Miss Kate Fisher, George Crowder. Booker Saunders, Samuel Craig, Garfield Bostic, Joseph Cat ling; Junior Department, Miss Mar garet Copeland. Miss Harriet Fogg, Miss Victoria Jones, Wallace Bush and Mrs. M. H., Ward.
 A talk will be given by a member of the Connecticut Light & Power co. on Light, with slides illus tpating the development of electric power, at the School assembly, Wednesday morning, July 19.
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prints he carried ard at once he recognized their duplicate. A thumb and three fingers loomed unmistak- ably there above type notice and under mans portrait. Above 1t all was a large heading:
 REWARD!
 "S1,0O0 will be paid for the capture, dead or alive, of Carl Quait. pictured here, wanted for payroll robbery in Los Angeles in December, 1898, and for subse- quent murder while escaping pri- son. The reward will be doubled if any major portion of the soIen money is recovered also, or for information leading to it's recov- cry, regardless of capture of the outlaw. Quait is a man of fair complexion, 5 feet 8 inches tall-"
 The description was detailed, and the bulletin showed a clear front and side view of the mans face, sharp prison photos. Frank lin's pulse quickened with excite- ment. He studied the two sets of fingcrprints with minute care over and over. Enthusiastically they matched. Every other detail fit in, too. The missing money, the first flight in an automobile toward the east, and subsequent capture of the man in Salt Lake City, Quait's past history oi trouble in western mining camps everything.
 And now, by George, he's run. ming loose!" Franklin whispered to himself there at the sheriff, desk. With all the publicity Goldcrest has been getting he. sure to try for that money. He. just bound to, any moment! Hell think he had the vault safely locked, btu he'll be afraid the new owners will try to have it forced open. He probably picked the lock himself-no, maybe he knew the combination. It says here ht worked once for the Western M and MI Good jumping griefl"
 He sat there five minutes more, thinking, gazing at Quait's pic tured face. He'd have to hurr back and warn Roselee and Chris tine and Dick. Some inner sens of duty and convention told hir he ought to wait and lay tn whole matter before the sheriff but another urge-perhaps 1t wa ! adventure lure and youthful self confidence - told Franklin to keeI his knowledge secret for @ whil longer at least.
 He left the sheriff's office ant started back to Goldcrest in { hurry.
 (To Be Continued)
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HOSPITAL LEASE
 RECORDED FRIDAY
Mrs. Louise Fitzgerald of New Haven to Pay City
 $1,500 Annually

The lease of the isolation hos pital, owned by the City of Water- bury, to Mrs. E. Louise Fitzgerald of New Haven, has been recorded at the office of Town Clerk Mary 0. Kilmartin. Mrs. Fitzgerald sup erintendent of the Children's hos- pital, which is being transferred to this city, will pay the city $500 a year for five years.
 Included in the lease is the use of ali equipment at the hospital When the lease expires, the equip- rnent is to be returned or replaced.
 Mrs. Fitzgerald is allowed $375 off the first years rental to make the repairs.
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came to a drugstore that was open. Just because he was young and lonesome and hungry he ordered a soda. While he drank 1t he gazed at the "drug" stores stock in trade; apparently this consisted of almost everything but drugs, and Franklin found himself in- terested.
 He remembered he had $22 in his pocket. Roselee had begun paying salaries now. He eyed a show case not far from his soda counter stool.
 India made, eh?" he spoke to the clerk.
 "Yes sir, best bead work in the west. Look at some?"
 The clerk took out a beautifully ornamented purse, lady's purse of soft white salfskin with bead designs. Fourteen fifty" the clerk said
 Franklin felt like splurging. He bought 1t.
 For $4 more he bought a sil- yer ring set with a stone of pet rified wood that looked like a blazing forest Sre, itself precious bit of Indian jewelry. Then he remembered that he had to sleep , and eat, so he stopped buying and went to hotel.
 At 8 next morning he sat with the sheriff and held set of small pho- tographs out for that officer to in- spect.
 "Them's fingerprints" the older man said.
 "Yes sir"
 "Whose?"
 q don't know, sir. That's what came to ask you about. Can you help me?'
 well now, son, this is small county; in population, that is. We don't rightly go in for much iden- tification work Still, I keep a sort of file. You expect maybe these is some criminal's2"
 "Yes sir. Perhaps - perhaps a robbers. Maybe bank robbei or something"
 "Where'd you git 'em?"
 Franklin smiled disarmingly DO you mind if I don't tell that yet, sir? I wouldn't want to gt off half-cocked about it."
 Nav, not a tall. But did you take 'em yourself? You an officer son?" .,....-.
 NO sir. I mean, I'm not ar officer. I'm a Texan who just came to Arizona a while back Out of school at Fl Paso. But know a little about photography and have small camera Finger. prints aren't had to photograph once you know how. Camera work is sort of hobby with me, yor see."
 The sheriff was already thumb ing a big album. In the book were pasted dozens, perhaps hundreds of pictures of wanted ment, or oi descriptions of wanted men. Of ten htese pictures and descrip- tions included fingerprint photos too
 T c'n match 'em If I see any like you got, but you just study these along with me and let's see what we find"
 But the office telephone rang then and the sheriff had call to an accident scene across town. He stood up, donning his huge som- brero.
 You just make yourself al home, son. Study this book till I git back and see what you can find"
 Thank you, sir. I will"
 For nearly an hour Franklin searched. It wasn't hard to com pare his photographer finger prints - he had taken them from both the door and the inside of the bank vault in Goldcrest, with out letting the others there know it. with those of wanted men and women in the sheriff's big book. But the search availed nothing for a wearisome while.
 Then he turned a page and all at once knew he had scoredl
 One look at the printed bulletin on 1t was enough. He had already virtually memoriZed the enlarged
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. STORIES
 IN STAMPS
Borneo-Heod-Huntin Copitol of the World


 CUSTOMS change occasionally in
 the jungles of Borneo just as they change around the world, but the sport and the ritual of head- hunting goes on the same, the No. preoccupation of the lush in- terior.
 The custom of head-hunting thrives for two reasons; fir.S, for sacrifcial purposes, and secondly, because the "boys" just like to get out and whack off a few skulls to add to their trophy poles. The warriors have record to keep up after all and heads tell the story graphically.
 From the religious viewpoint, the fighters of Borneo, chiefly the Dyaks, continue to hunt heads be. cause they say they need them to influence their "Antohs" or spirits. These natives believe in the after. life and that the dead must have servants in the house of imrnor. tality. So they kill and decapitate to provide this servant, at least his head. The heads at the same time may be used to ward off famine. sickness, storms and all sort of disaster.
 To the head-hunter the spirit never leaves the head even though the owners body is lying sepa- rately in some bush. Bringing the head back to camp, the native watches 1t carefully, keeps 1t warm, offers 1t tobacco and food.
 So Borneo has a peculiar dis- tinction, head-hunting capital of the world. A native warrior is shown above on a current stamp of the British (Dutch East Indies) protectorate, one of IS pictorial values.
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NAUCATUCK GIRL
 INJURED BY FALL

Admitted to the Waterbury hos pital yesterday afternoon with 8 broken collar bone sustained in a 4alI from 6 second story window in Naueatuck, Sandra Witherwax, 3, Was reportetd in good" condition >1day.
 The tot is the daughter of Mr. <and Mrs. Winfred 6. Witherwax of $ walnut Terrace. Naugatusk. She wae taken to the hospital by Dr.. william E. Hill.
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CR ANllJM CRACKERS
TRUE-FALsE TEST

Some of the following statements are true, Some are false. Which are which?
 1. The worlds busiest pedestrian intersection is Fifth avenue and 57th street, New York.
 9. Marjorie Kinan Rawlings wrote the Pulitzer Prize novel, "The Yearling."
 3. The U. s. secretary of the treasury is responsible for enforce ing the anti-drug laws.
 4. An ibis is a heron-like bird.
 5. A foundation lotion is used by the hairdresser when he sets a finger wave.
 AnsWers on Rack Page
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SIDE CHANGES

Answers on Back Page
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CAST OF CHARACTERS

nOsELEE DALE and CHRIS TINE PALMER - Partners in summer tourist venture at Gold crest.
 DICK BANCROFT and FRANK HIN LARRAWAY -- They also found an interest in GOldcrest.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1939-12-21
FUNERAL SERVICES FOR
C. N. M'INTIRE ON FRIDAY
Prominent Business Man of Oak
land Died Here Wednesday

Charles Newton McIntire, promi-
nent business man of Oakland, died at
his home on Oak street yesterday, De-
cember 20, shortly after noon, follow
ing an illness of approximately two
years.
Mr.. McIntire was a surgical patient
at a Cumberland hospital about two
months ago, but following treatment
there his condition did not improve
and for the past few weeks he had
been belfast practically all the time
Mr.. McIntire was the owner of the
Oakland Hardware and Furniture
Company in Oakland and was also in
terested in real estate in Washington,
D. c., where he operated three apart
ment houses under the name of Nc
lntire Properties, Incorporated.
The deceased was born October 18,
1875, in Preston county, West Va, a
son of the late George w. and Amanda
McIntire. He began his hardware bus
mess at Thomas, West Va, but moved
to Oakland twenty-one years ago and
purchased the ]. M. Davis & Sons
hardware store and building on Second
street. Later he erected the present
McIntire building corner Alder and
Third streets.
Surviving are his widow, four sons
and two daughters, Ronald E. McIn-
tire, Paul w. McIntire and Mrs. Har-
old M. Dawson, Oakland; Carl O. Nc
Intire and John w. NcIntire, Wash.
ington, D. c.; Mrs. William Warfield,
Philadelphia, Pa; also by one sister,
Mrs. d. F. Close, Lakeland, Florida,
and one brother, T. S. McIntire, Nor
gantown, West Va.
Funeral services are to be conducted
from the home on Friday afternoon at
2:30 o'clock when the Rev. D. c. Trim
BILE, rector of st. Matthew'S Episcopal
church, will officiate. Interment will be
made in Oakland cemetery.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1939-12-21
Traffic Accident Summary For
1888 And 1889 Even Thus Far

During the eleven months of the
present year exactly as many pepole
were killed in traffic accidents as were
killed in the similar period Of 1888.
There were four fewer deaths in No
vember as compared with the same
month of 1854 being killed this
year
Traffic crashes took a toll Of 26
lives and 295 persons injured on the
roads of Maryland outside of Balti-
more City during November, 1889.
Leading the list of counties for re.
auctions in road mishaps is Garrett
county, with an 80 per cent TALBOT.
There were 5 persons killed in this
county in 1888 and thus far in 1889
but one.
Pedestrian accidents lead all others
by better than two to one in fatal
tiles, with persons killed and 48 in
jured out of 81 accidents. Seven to
eight o'clock p. m. appears to be the
most dangerous hours, while Saturday
and Sunday are the most dangerous
days.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1939-12-21
COUNTY TEACHERS WILL
GET CHRISTMAS CHECKS
County Commissioners Borrow
Funds To Meet School
Obligations

There is a Santa Claus-for the
Garrett County school teachers al
least
knowledge that the teaching staff of
the county would in all probability re-
ceive at least their November checks
before the holidays was assured Oh
Tuesday, when at a meeting of the
Board of County Commissioners they
made arrangements to borrow from
the banks of the county the sum of
$51, 57201 in order to fulfill their obi
cation with the School Board
This amount of $51, 57201 repre-
scented the sum due the School Board
up to the end of the year on the annual
county levy Of AZ cents on each 500
of assessable property for school pur-
poses, minimum fixed by State law
before the county can participate il
the equalization fund that brings over
100000 into this county for educa-
tional purposes.
The amount borrowed by the Com
missioners will pay four orders of
$4,000 each issued on May 2, 1889, and
an order of $8,28599 drawn October l,
leaving balance of $23 1856, which the
Board of Education will use to pay
November salaries of teachers and
current expenses of that body.
The Commissioners had monthly
report of taxes received and taxes not
yet paid for the year 1889, showing
that not quite 60 per cent of the taxes
had been paid to that date. The report
also showed a total of $106,355.18 Of
uncollected taxes for 1889 as of No
vember &c. The annual levy estimated
a total revenue of about $250,000. Of
this amount approximately $4,000
has been received by the County
Treasurer.
The Commissioners pointed out that
they borrowed to meet their obligation
and that the borrowing was necessary
because current taxes had not been
paid.
The Commissioners also made an
announcement to correct an uninten-
tional error appearing in The Republic
can last Thursday when it was stated
that the road machinery purchased at
the beginning of the year amounted
to 100000, whereas the purchase price
of the machinery bought was $42,-
354.6O instead of 100000. The Republi-
can regrets the error.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1939-12-21
Farmers To Enter Exhibits AT
Shows In Baltimore

Garrett county farmers will have a
number of exhibits at the Farm Bu-
reau and Agricultural Society meet
ing in the Lord Baltimore Hotel, Bal
timore, from January to II.
John H. Carter, County Agent, will
enter a number of exhibits of Garrett
county potato show winners in that
division.
There will also be dairy exhibit
with premiums in charge of John A.
Conover, dairy specialist Premiums
will be offered in the following classes:
3 one-pint bottles of whole milk; 2
one-pound prints of farm-made but
ter, and from to pounds of Ameri-
can type, farm-made Cheddar cheese.
Prizes of SIP, So and S. will be Of
fered in each class.
Entries will be received up to -
o'clock January 9, and should be sent
to Mr.. Conover at the Lord Baltimore
Hotel.
A number of people from this county
usually exhibit in this division also.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1939-12-21
Woman Arrested Charged With
Using Mails To Defraud

Charged with using the mails to de-
fraud, Mrs. Viola Hare Bittinger, &c,
of the Meadow Mountain Community.
north of Swanton, is in the Allegany
County Jail, Cumberland, after postal
authorities working out of that city
cracked down.
Unit States Deputy Marshal How
ard p. Loughrie, who made the arrest,
along with Garrett County Deputy
Sheriff Clarence Spear and the area
postal inspector, said she was charged
with failing to pay for goods ordered
from mail order houses.
Using an assumed name she had or
dered goods worth about $50 from a
mail order house, made a small down
payment and then had failed to pay
the balance, according to Loughrie.
According to court records she has
previously been convicted and impris-
cned for forgery.
Mrs. Bittinger was given a hearing
last Friday before United States Com
missioner James Alfred Averitt, and
is being held for action of the Federal
Grand Jury.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1939-12-21
Strange Bird In This Area

What has been identified as a tiger
bittern, a bird strange to this area,
was recently captured by Charles
Wrighsman, of near Deer Park, and
has been causing lot of interest in
the Naylor store, where it has been in
a cage for more than a week.
The bird is about the size of a grown
chicken, light spotted brown, with
rather lengthy, thin green legs and
thin, long claws for feet. The bill is
about three inches long and sharp.
When approached the bird voices its
disapproval in a peculiar rumble in its
throat that would make one leave his
bed should he be camping and hear it
at night.
The bird was shot by Wrightsman
while it was flying near Deer Park, the
shot injuring wing. 1t is said to be
a native of South America.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1939-12-21
STATE LANDS ARE LEASED
FOR DAM ON SAVAGE RIVER
Governor Announces Agreement
With Upper Potomac River
Commission

The Board of Public Works of the
State of Maryland has approved an
agreement leasing State forestry land
to the Upper Potomac River Commits
sion for use in construction Of the
Savage River dam in Garrett county,
Governor Herbert R. O'Conor has an
nounced.
The agreement, between the Com
mission and the State Forestry De-
partment, gives control of all land
from the impounding dam level to the
1883. 5-foot level to the Commission.
The lease was made to run as long as
the land is used for water storage pur-
poses.
The agreement cited that the dam
will inundate the lands up to the
1468.5-foot level. The Commission
agreed to cut all timber below that
level and reimburse the Forestry
Department for the value of the trees
cut.
The Forestry Department will main
tain timber above the projected water
level as a watershed cover The Com
mission will remove the dead and down
timber above the water level.
The Commission agreed to remove
and reconstruct the rangers cabin now
on the damsite, to move and recon-
struct the present suspension bridge
and to relocate and reconstruct the
Savage River road.
The State reserved the right of ac-
cess to the lake for any purpose not in
conflict with use as a water storage
reservoir. Borrow pits" were coded
to the Commission where earth to fill
the dam will be located.
All lands above the 1888 5-foot level
now owned by the Commission were
coded to the State, except ten acres
reserved for a caretaker's lodge.
George w. Legge, chairman, signed
for the Commission. F. w. Besley,
State Forester, concluded the agree
ment for the State.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1939-12-21
Red Cross Membership Reaches
339 With S365.33 Turned In

Fifteen members were added to the
Red Cross roll and $1700 were re-
ceived during the week, making total
Of 339 members during the drive and
$365.33 received. The quota is 400
members, which usually means $500.
Several contributors have given more
than the $1.00 membership, and var
ious school grades have taken up col
lections.
This week Miss Ethel Broadwater,
Grantsville solicitor, turned in the fol
lowing: F. C. Diehl, Marshall B. Press
man, Miss Louise Flynn, George Muir
ply, Mrs. Lydia Wiley, c.. o. Keller,
and Melba Miller.
VindeX, Mrs. L. M. Adams, solicitor:
Mrs. George Boatman, Mrs. Jack
Tasker, Mrs. Charles Jones, Mrs.
Charles Paugh, William Henderson,
Charles Emmart, Mrs. Lester Adams.
Three dollars was received from Paul
limbaugh, Power House, Sines.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1939-12-21
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
IN CUMBERLAND MEETING
Will Not Be Congressional Candi-
date if Stronger Man Appears

A. Charles Stewart, of Frostburg,
will not be candidate for the Republi-
can nomination for the Sixth district
seat in the House of Representatives
if the state central committee in the
districts five counties "get together
and agree on a candidate they con-
slider stronger.
This statement was made by Mr..
Stewart last Thursday night in an
address before a meeting of the Sixth
District Republican club, held in Cum.
berland.
He explained that he was making it
in the interest of party harmony.
There should be no bitterness en-
gendered in the primaries that might
carry over into the general election,
he said.
Mr.. Stewart was a former president
of the Allegany Board of County Com
missioners and candidate for Con-
gress in the last election.
When the Republican State Central
committees of the five counties in the
sixth district met in Hagerstown re-
Gently two were mentioned as being
probable candidates for the nominal
ton, A. Charles Stewart, and Walter
W. Johnson, the latter of Montgomery
county and former pitcher for the
Washington baseball team.