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The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-12-11

According to statistics compiled by The Conference Board cover ing about two million wage earn CTS, the present wave of wage in- creases is the fourth since 1883.
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OCONTO, Wis. Dec. Il. - After explaining how to detect counter felt money, secret service agent John Voss passed around spuri- ous $5 bill at a women's club mees- ing.
 A genuine $5 bill was returned to him. One of the women, com pairing bills and becoming con- fused, kept the wrong one. Voss came to the rescue.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-12-11
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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-12
Boats ond Equipment

KERMATH Marine motor. 81 horse power
f-cy'nfer, double igrifi0n. revere gear
cruiser fhar % FOO, DsH bean hardly
used $ Eason. Townsend s-37f5.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-12
Motorcycle and Bicycles

NEW ADDREss--Hsrisy. Dsv wilson Motor
cycle Co. t027 18th Al Grand kiver
1897 HARLEY motorcycles. Al condition
Sis5. Ross L. Berry, pos So. Main 81 /.
Plymouth. Mich. Phone 500
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-25
Confessed LOUe
For FigHOLid

A friend of the slain girl,
Mrs. Anna Deal. 1S, told of
Dorothy's confessed love for her
betrayer.
mo other man can ever take
his place In my heart" she
quoted Dorothy, who didn't
blame Figliolia for their trouble.
On Friday. July 9, Mrs. Deal
continued, she and Dorothy
were walking along Kenmare
street when they decided TO get
some ice cream. Upon entering
the corner store. both girls were
surprised to find that the clerk
behind the counter was Frank
Figliolia!
Neither Dorothy nor the boy
spoke, but when the girls were
leaving the store, Dorothy
looked over her shoulder, and
soon Frank followed them out.
Mrs. Deal figured that the
couple would want to talk 10
each other so she discreetly
walked a bit ahead; neverthe-
less she was able to hear much
of the conversation that fol-
lowed
frankie, I want you TO be-
lieve me-" pleaded Dorothy 81
didn't send you to jail-why I
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-25

THE puzzled chambermaid
Il stood before Room 407 in the
Courte Hotel awaiting a re-
spouse 10 her knock Only ST.
lence greeted her, just as II had
the previous morning.
While Emma Leath fumbled
for the passkey, she wondered
why no one had seen the occu-
pants of the room since II was
engaged two days before -.
At 3 o'clock on Saturday, July
10. 1897. an attractive young
brunette OF not more than II or
is had asked for a room.
She signed the register Mr..
and Mrs. Frank Fyletti," and
the flush on her pretty face
when she explained that her
husband was out on an errand
and would appear presently sug-
gested that she was a newly.
wed.
But no one saw the husband
and the youthful wife did not
make another appearance after
she was shown to Room 407
that day
Emma Leath had TO get in TO
straighten up the room, so she
opened the door :,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-25
Room ShOUs
No Sign of Fight

The small room showed no
signs Of struggle. which
seemed 10 indicate that the girl
knew her assailant. and il
yielded no clues as 10 the
further identity Of Mrs. Frank
Fyletti."
The body on the double bed
was clothed in a thin pink slip,
and nearby lay her outer gar
ments, A two-plece white linen
suit, a green blouse. green hat.
white shoes and the mate 10 the
fiesh-colored stocking that was
twisted around the girls neck.
Her black and white leather
bag contained IS cents and two
unmarked keys. The girl wore
three pieces Of tewelry-a dime
store wedding ring on her left
hand, a gold ring with a white
stone on the right hand, and a
Chicago World Fair souvenir
bracelet on her wrist.
Inspector Kear studied the
wedding ring and wondered II
the wearer were really mar
ned. There was no mans sp-
parel In the room; also. the
husband never did show up.
according 10 the hotel employees
Nevertheless Kear dispatched
one Of his aides to search the
marriage bureau records for .
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-25

was sent away myself for that
and only got out q few months
ago"
Don't try to make any ex-
cuses," the youth replied. IL
know you sent me away. Any
way. we can be friends again,
can't we?
Evidently the broken romance
had been patched up, for Doro-
thy returned TO her friend bub-
bling with the news that she
was going to be married, that
she had made a=date to meet
Frank the next morning in front
of Citv Hall
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-25
Recalls Affair
With Youth, I9

The girl had left home the
previous Saturday morning pre-
sumably 10 visit friends. She
often stayed away for a few
days so her grandfather felt no
anxiety until Wednesday when
he began TO make injuries;
finally he reported her disap-
pearance 10 the missing persons
bureau, which referred him 10
the morgue.
Mr.. Cohen added that his
granddaughter had no serious
boy friends. therefore he could
not understand the wedding
ring or her registering as a
married woman.
However Inspector Kear aues-
toned him about the g'~rs past,
going back 10 her schooldays,
and learned that in 1894, when
Dorothy was 10, she met and
fell IN live with a handsome 49,
year-old youth named Frank
Flgholia.
The love-smltten pair at
tempted an elopement and
when the girls grandfather
learned about il he had FIgliola
arrested. AS result, the court
sentenced the youth 10 the e.
mira Reformatory, and Dorothy
was committed 10 Cedar Knoll
School al Hawthorne.
The girl was released in Feb
ruary, 1887, after she proved
herself model inmate.
AS the Inspector listened. two
names kept repeating in his
mind: Frank Figliolia-Frank
Fyletti'-the similarity was too
obvious
Has your granddaughter seen
this fellow recently ?" Kear
asked.
mo. sir" came the prompt
reply That boy WAS very
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-25

Montreal police force who were
having a bite TO eat at a nearby
table.
Sgt. Leo Murray rose and
went out of the restaurant,
leaving Sgt. George Gouldthorpe
to finish his meal.
Twenty minutes later, Murray
returned and held a whispered
conversation with his confrere,
during which they cast sidelong
chances at the handsome youth
and looked at a Wanted" cir
=eulaF that Murray had brought
back with him. Finally the Of
ficers got up and approached
the restaurant employe:
whats your name, young
man."
"Why-John Russo" the sur
prised youth stammered.
How long have you worked
here?"
"a week
"Well, we know what you've
been doing before that--Fig-
lola"
The youths eyes widened and
his head jerked back. He pro-
tested:
That's not my name. I'm
John Russo"
This Ats you perfectly"
Murray indicated the circular.
you're wanted In New York for
n murder, Figliolia-you'll have
10 come along"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-25
Taxi Driver
Tells of Wedding

Both girls then went shopping
for a wedding ring-the same
one found on the dead girl =.
From this point, Charles
MintZ, a taxi driver, took up the
recital of events.
While he was cruising in the
City Hall section on the fateful
Saturday, Mintz stated, he was
hailed by a couple whom he now
identified as Figliolia and Miss
Tauman. The boy asked TO be
driven 10 a minister. explaining
they had just received their Ii
cense. but that they couldn't get
married by the clerk because 1t
was past noon.
They picked up a stranger,
Arthur Gilman, 10 act as wit.
ness and the wedding party was
driven to 305 West Eighteenth
street where the Rev. Charles
F. Devine performed the cere-
mony.
The bridegroom gave IS to
the minister, a 81 tip to Mintz
and 81 to the witness. Mintz
added that during the entire
time, including the ceremony.
the groom was morose and in
bad humor; whereas the bride
appeared radiantly happy and
even overlooked the fact that
Figliolia failed TO kiss her after
they were pronounced man and
wife.
From the Reverend Mr.. De-
vine and Arthur Gilman, CON-
plete confirmation of the taxi
drixtarie Stor.y txyae oht ainad
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-25
Staying Develops
Into Mystery

From the marriage bureau 1t
was learned than on Saturday,
July TO- Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Fyletti" obtained a marriage
license which listed the girls
maiden name as Doris Her
man."
Detectives hurried TO the ad-
dresses given by the applicants
but at each house they were
met with the same reply:
mo one by that name has
ever lived here"
The silk stocking Staying was
rapidly developing into a baf-
fling mystery, with the police
stumped in their efforts to iden-
tify the victim. let alone the
killer.
Then. on Saturday, July II.
an aged man walked into the
morgue and timidly approached
the slab. When the attendant
turned down the sheet. the man
studied the lifeless face as if
he were unable to make up his
mind.
He was taken to another
room where the girls effects
were stored, and when the
clothing was shown to him, the
old mans shoulders began TO
heave in silent weeping.
Those are Dorothy's" he
sobbed, my Dorothy's :"
The distraught man identified
himself as Abraham Cohen,
grandfather of the victim, Doro-
they Tauman. an orphan who
lived with him at 265 Madison
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-25
Opens Door,
Finds Girl Dead

A piercing scream escaped her
lips! For a moment the white
faced maid was rooted 10 the
spot: then she turned on her
heels and few down the corri-
dor and the three flights of
stairs TO the lobby where all
she could manage 10 gasp was:
Its terrible-in 407--a girl
dead"
Indeed il was a terrible sight
even 10 the New York City
police. who are ordinarily hard
ened 10 seeing all forms Of vio-
lent death.
When Inspector Francis Kear
arrived that Monday morning
with a retinue Of plainclothes-
men. photographers and the
coroner, all shuddered as they
viewed the half-clad girl who
lay sprawled on the bed. her
face a distorted and discolored
mass, and a silk stocking knot
ted tightly about her neck.
The officials set TO work at
their individual tasks: tbe cor
oner examined the body, finger
print men busted every article
in the room, and Inspector Kear
Quizzed the hotel employees.
Two hours later the result of
these efforts was establishment
Of the fact that the victim had
been dead about 40 hours. stran-
gled with her own stocking only
a few hours after she had reg
istered on Saturday.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-25

angry at both Dorothy and me
when he went TO jail. i don't
know when he came out, but
I'm sure Dorothy hasn't seen
him because she hasn't men
toned his name at home"
After the old man left, Kear
obtained the dossier on Figliolia,
which showed a clean record be-
fore January. 1885, when he was
sent TO Jail on the assault
charge; the youth was paroled in
October, 1886.
From the parole officer 1t was
learned that Figliolia had been
working since his release in a
candy store on Kenmare street.
Kear detailed two detectives to
bring in the ex-convict for ques-
tioning.
But Frank Figliolia had van
ished! He hadn't shown up for
work all that week; and at his
rooming house, the landlady
stated that he checked out on
Sunday, July 1.-THE day after
Dorothy Tauman was muir
dered!
Immediately an eight-state
alarm was broad st, and
wanted" circulars were mailed
10 very state. also TO Canada
and Mexico.
The wide publicity given the
case In the newspapers, with
photos OF the principals promi-
nently displayed on the front
pages, brought 10 Inspector
Hears office a stream of viSl-
tors who supplied some of the
missing links in the sensational
mystery.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-25
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Up 10 $40. O0O % on fatal and
nOn-fatal accidents.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-25
Convinced Youth
Stocking Slayer

The police were now con-
WINGED that the fugitive Figliolia
was the silk stocking slayer and
they redoubled their efforts &c
apprehend him.
But their quarry eluded the
far-flung nets spread out for
him.
On November II of that year,
a handsome youth sat eating
bowl of soup in a Montreal res
taurant where he was employed.
Unbeknown to him, the young
man was the topic of conversa-
ton of two members of the
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-25
Stranger Married
Childhood Sweetheart
So He Could Kill Her

certificate issued TO MIR. and
Mrs. Frank Fyletti."
Meanwhile, a description OF
the girl and a list Of her effects
were flashed over the police
wires.
In a large metropolis like
New York City there is a con-
slant turnover of missing per-
sons every day Of the year; so
the morgue was soon swamped
with visitors who wanted to see
il the body was that Of a rela-
tive. But none could identify
her.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-25
Hatched Scheme
While in Jail

The youth denied he was the
fugitive or that he had ever
been in New York-but after an
hour of intensive questioning he
finally admitted he was Figliolia,
though maintained that he knew
nothing about Dorothy Tau
mans death.
Later he was questioned by
William J. Kelly, who was sent
TO the Canadian city by the New
York police TO bring back the
prisoner.
when did you last see Doro-
thy?"
II never saw her after 1 was
sent to prison." Figliolia replied.
did you know Dorothy was
In a home for maynard girls ?"
II don't know what became OF
her and / don't care"
And that was all they could
ever get him to say. In New
York the sullen prisoner was
charged with first degree muir
der. 10 which he entered a plea
OF mot guilty"
At the trial which began on
Feb. 2, 1899 the evidence
amassed by the police enabled
the prosecution TO unfold a
story of the murder -.
Frank Figliolia's resentment
at being sent to Jail seethed,
within him during the %
months of his sentence until his
warped mind Matched a plot of
revenge against the girl he
blamed for his troubles.
He was freed in October. 1896.
but did not see the girl, who
was released five months later,
until their meeting in the candy
store.
The boy planned to get
Dorothy in hotel room where
he would wreak his vengeance
and when he learned he would
have TO marry her TO do it, Fig
lola agreed TO go through with
that formality.
The shrewd slayer covered his
tracks well-he prevailed upon
the girl 10 use fictitious names
for the license; and because of
the girls about love for him.
she blindly agreed to all his re-
quests.
He had her engage the room
herself, and later managed TO
slip in and out unobserved:
while inside he must have worn
gloves because none OF his prints
were found.
When Figliolia entered the
room he cruelty embraced his
young bride with the cold arms
Of death!
AS the prisoner listened 10
the discriminating testimony of
the parade Of witnesses, he
seemed 10 sense the hopeless
ness Of his chances. for when
the prosecution rested and his
attorney was about to begin his
defense, Figliolia rose to plead
guilty to second degree murder
This was accepted by the
district attorney.
On February II, Judge Saul
S. STREET sentenced the silk
stocking slayer to 20 years to
life imprisonment thus low
ering the curtain on the drama
OF adolescent romance that bios
somed into passionate hate
and murder.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-25

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Evening star., 1941-02-16
By W. Fl. sHIPPEN. Jr.

Ever since old Santa Claus" tore
> patch off his pants with 10
fcot horseWhip, Speaker" William
francis Brown has been a volunteer
member of the Fire Department.
Almost 70 years ago the chief of
No. Engine Company. on North
Carolina avenue near Sixth street
Sc. was Foreman" Lewis, who
had a flowing white beard and a
face as red as a fire alarm box.
The boys in the neighborhood
used to creep into the back of the
firehouse, where the horses were
stabbed, and shout upstairs through
the opening down which fremen
slid on a brass rod:
Hey, Santa Claus, what makes
your face so redo"
one day Speaker Brown was a
little slow in escaping Foreman
Lewis came streaking down. and
lie grabbed his whip on the run.
Tells En- How 1t Happened.
whisky makes my face red"
shouted the foreman, q you little
Gevils! That's what makes my
face red-WhiSky!"
The whip cracked, and Speaker
Brown found himself limping home
with guilty conscience.
After several weeks Speaker Brown
returned to make friends. He met
the men and got to know the
horses. On occasion, he. was priv
ileged to ride on a hose wagon, If
he could fnd place. But the
Speaker was by birth and tradi-
ton a mechanic-both his father
and mother worked at the Navy
Yard
Speaker went to work there as
an apprentice for rs cents a day
when there were only 79 other en-
ployes and he knew them all by
name.
His father had been a maChinist
there before him. and his mother
was a sailmaker who once fashioned
a japanese flag when diplomat
from Nippon visited the Capital
and nobody here could find banner
emblazoned with the Rising Sun.
Although he worked AT years, 8
months and 13 days" for the Navy
Yard. the Speaker never deserted
the Fire Department.
Between work hours, he was praC-
tically always at the engine house,
day and night. He learned lot
about fires, politics and pinOChle.
He learned to handle himself in de-
bate. being a Southern sympathizer
and a Democrat-that's how he won
his title Speaker"
How He Became a Democrat.
Yesterday the boys at the engine
house gave Speaker a party on his
-2th birth69v. There was chicken
fled by Cozv Cocimano. who drives
the third battalion chief; vegetables
processcd by Sergt F. G. Weiss
miller, and a big cake placed by
Capt. w. L. Mcmahon, a veteran
vI7o was once given up for dead
following a collision of fire appa-
ratus. and taken to an undertakers
establishment
Between bites of fried chicken
the Speaker recalled the day he be-
came a Democrat. 1t was during
the first race of Grover Cleveland.
The Speakers mother had given
him $1,000 to deposit in the bank
as a down payment on the home
they we're buying across from the
fire house.
Mr.. Brown was pretty we'll worked
up over the kind of smear campaign
the Republicans were putting on.
Evening star., 1941-02-16

said the speaker sternly. Son, you
can't Jump into my shoes that way"
"I had the f1u," said Sonny, "but
I heard it."
In that case" said the speaker,
I'll excuse you. I can remember
when I was your age. I had the
smallpox"
when were you born. speaker"
II was born on a Saturday night
during the great blizzard of 1862"
And where?"
The speaker was pretty embar-
rassed. I'm a Southerner and a
lifelong Democrat" he said.
Yes, but where were you born?"
I'm Philadelphia, boy. but don't
mention it. I was only 2 months
old when my mother. God bless her,
brought me to Washington"
Evening star., 1941-02-16
Drunk Drivers GET Heavy
Fines From Judqe Nelson

Fines ranging from $75 for reck-
less driving to $3.50 for driving
while drunk were imposed on drivers
convicted in Police Court by Judge
George D. Nelson last week. Judge
Nelson is presiding in the jury
branch of the court this month.
The lightest sentence by Judge
Nelson in driving while drunk
cases has been $10O fine or 90 days
in jail. He has imposed six SEN
tences carrying this penalty and one
sentence of $3.50 or l80 days in Jail.
Besides the traffic cases, sentences
Evening star., 1941-02-16
Boys at No. 8 Firehouse
. .'onor Speaker Brown, 79
Volunteer Quit Riding to BIozes When
Horses Gave Way to Dangerous Autos

His mother had had two half
brothers in the Confederate Army,
and she never could bring herself
to feel the slaves should have been
freed unless they were paid for by
the Yankees. Mr.. Brown, with
81 900 in his pocket. felt pretty
strongly about the free trade issue,
and that thing the Republicans
shouted-"Maria and a Baby" He
also understood a New York City
politician had defined the issue as
Rum, Romanism and Rebellion"
Mother Had the Remedy.
So when a big talker at the bar
ber shop on the Avenue belittled
Cleveland. Mr.. Brown staked the
$1,000 before witnesses and the
nearest banker.
Il lived through that" said the
Speaker proudly, and I've lived
through smallpox-the black small
poX fever. They give you a lot of
stuff these days about vaccination
and such. But my mother had the
remedy. She used to put onions
about the room, and keep the VIM
doTS and doors shut. Every morn
ing the onions would be black. they
had absorbed so much of the fever.
We all got well"
When the speaker first began
to hang around the firehouse there
were stables where his birthday ban
quet was set. He rode to all the
fires as long as horses pulled the
apparatus, but quit when the COM
pany was motorized.
Automobiles he said, "are dan
gerous."
Since his retirement from the
Navy Yard more than Is years ago
the speaker has been able to devote
more time to the Fire Department.
He lives at 4200 New Hampshire ave-
nue. NV. and tramps the 12-mile
round trip daily to keep in trim.
Between times he plays the races.
GroOms His Successor.
The speaker said he is providing
a successor in the person of 11-year-
old Sonny Hoffman, who lives across
the street from the frehouse. Sonny
came in during the festivities all
wrapped up in overcoat, muff1er and
galoshes. He had the sniff1es.
'I understand you slept through
the second alarm few days ago"
Evening star., 1941-02-16
Turkey Conference
Will Be Held in Calvert

By the Associated Press.
PRINCE FREDERICK, Md, Feb.
15.-A turkey conference designed
to give growers the latest expert
advice on how to get the best results
in turkey raising from egg to din
ing room table" will be held at Cal
vert County High School Feb
ruary 25.
The meeting, sponsored by the
County Young Farmers Association
F. F. A., and school agricultural
department. will be the first of its
kind in Calvert.
w. H. Rice, University of Mary
land poultry specialist, will lead the
discussion.
Evening star., 1941-02-16
Destroyer Ingraham
Launched al Charleston
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
CHARLESTON, S. c., Feb. 15.-
The 1,500-ton destroyer Ingraham,
built at a cost of $5,000,000 was
launched today at the Charleston
Navy Yard. 1t will be commits
stoned this summer.
DR.. Tivor Kerekes, representing
the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Fedora
ton, presented a bronze plaque to
the vessel which was named for
Capt. Duncan N. Ingraham 1802-
189D, who won thanks of Congress
for interfering with the detention
of a Hungarian-born American citi-
Evening star., 1941-02-16

were imposed against 20 other de-
PENDANTS.
Judge Neilison gave no suspended
sentences and placed none on pro-
baton
The jurist, who previously has
expressed himself in favor of making
the public traffic conscious" has
come out in favor of severe
penalties for serious traffic law
violators. His minimum fine for
driving while drunk is 500.
Evening star., 1941-02-16

zen aboard an Austrian warship at
Smyrna in 1853. Capt. Ingraham, a
native of Charleston, later served
in the Confederate Navy.
Mrs. George Ingraham Hutchin-
son, a granddaughter of Capt. In
graham, was sponsor at the launch
ing.
Five more destroyers are building
on the ways here.
Evening star., 1941-02-16
P.-T. A. Founders Purty

DR.. Mitchell Dreese of the George
Washington University will discuss
Habit Training for Children" a.
founders day meeting Of the Par
ent-Teacher Association OF tns
Cherrydale Wa) School at 9 pm
tomorrow. The association will give
a luncheon at the school Tuesday.