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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-16
Resort Hostess
Gives Police First Tip

"One thing II certain" de-
clared Price when he found him
self without a suspect THE man
we want has about the biggest
feet in the oil fields. Not only
did they leave tracks that are
long, hut they are wide. and the
impression left In the earth II
deep - the man IL IA Veritable
giant"
Soon after nightfall on the
third day OF the search. Price
dropped into a dance pavilion
and ordered a drink
Comely Betty Johnson who
served him knew literally
hundreds g oil workers who
came nightly 20 drink and dance.
As the Cinderella test was no
longer a secret too many men
had been forced TO take IT the
sheriff saw no harm in taking
the girl into his confidence.
Listen, Mr.. Price" she in
tcrrupted hreathleSsly There's
giant of man with the big
gest feet ever saw living
right down the road. We only
know him as Barney around
here. He came In around 10
o'clock the night the Brim-
berrys were killed and asked
me 10 dance.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-16
Hanged Himself
After 3 Convictions

Three months later the state
supreme court reversed the con-
viCtion on q legal technically
and the killer was granted a
second trial.
He was tried In January.
1888. and again was convicted
and sentenced 20 die. But this
was not 10 be The end Back
10 the supreme court went the
defense attorneys and within a
few weeks another reversal was
handed down upon another legal
technlCallty
4 change OF venue was
granted the defense and two
years later IN January. 1885.
BlackShear went 10 trial for a
third time in Harrison County
district court Seven DAYS
later his third death penalty
was assessed him by a Jury.
But the powerfully built
slayer did not have the persist
cnce and the patience OF his
attorneys A week after his
third conviction. a taller found
his hulking frame suspended bv
n leather belt from coll bars a
break for The Texas taxpayers
who had spent p fortune on the
petty larceny kIttrr.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-16
Story Of Our Is+ War on Slavery

THE above excerpt from Philip Van Doen Stems THE
Drums of Morning" 623page epic of the slavery
struggle America Doubleday Doran). While in the
form Of NOVELETTE, adventures North South and West of
Jonathan Bradford- reality story of the most
dramatic period historythat period which begins in
Alton Ill., in 1887 with the assassination of Elijah Lovejoy,
the ansaVery editor and ends with the assassination of
Lincoln in Fords Opera House in 1868
Mr. Stern has done trumphantly beautiful job He has
spent of research this book What he has
result is panorama Of preCW War America,
country locked in a tantic struggle with itself
The story opens in Illinois, then to the southern
states 1929 where the slavetrade patheticaly dra
macay and mercessly described We then taken to the
New England states where Theodore Parker and other
famous aboons and of the Negro underground
There here love interest life and DEATH adventure and
humor; is all dominated by the theme that Mr.. Stern
loses sight Of for instanthuman slavery and its
iniquities.
Unlike many books of this kind THE Drums of Morning"
not Southern book 1t book by the way, that you
must read 1t is the tale of America it's Gethsemane and
timely because today Shareholders again..
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-16
Body Of Husband
Found in Ditch

Grantom Swivelled and nm
out. He had gone perhaps 100
yards when again he came 10 a
sudden halt and stood woodenly
al the brink OF a draining ditch,
his eyes riyeted upon the blood
covered body OF his friend. 60
year-old George Brimberry.
Receiving word OF the muir
ders, Sheriff Earl Price and his
deputy. Doug Dale, hurried out
10 the cabin. A whistle OF amaze
ment escaped the sheriffS lips
when he kneeled beside the CORY,
battered thing that had been
the grsy-halred wife Of George
Brimberry.
lie could read in the faint
light. four startling words
scrawled across gay-colored
magazine that was firmly en-
closed in the womans left hand:
a Negro did IT,"
A carpenters pencil stub lay
on the floor near her right hand.
With the deputy, Price trudged
along the drainage ditch TO where
the body Of old Brimberry lay
in the oil and water. The two
officers looked questioningly at
each other when. standing on
the bank. they looked down al
the body and saw the trousers
pockets turned wrong side out.
Was this, too, an effort 20
throw them of the rail- Was
there another motive and not
robbery behind the double muir
der?
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-16
Insect Study Opens Fairy World

HCoCIAL LIFE IN THE INSECT WORLD forsake
the insect man." cynic has dubbed and all
his and personal crimes and TO the world Of real in
sects, wonder world of instinct and intelligence -
DO know j. H. Fabre? He has been called "the Homer
OF the insect He lived into his nneties humby the
south of France He devout Cahocand he the
most fascinating and realistic stories Of the insect world that
have been written In the pocketsze Pelican Books yo
can now get his Social Life in the Insect World" -
Fabre scientist who tells of his observations If they
were fairy stories with philosophical observations thrown in
here and there In the midst of talk beetles for
our author souloquizes thus: ..,@
TO what Ideal height will the OF evolution lead
mankind? To very magnificent height is to be feared
We are afflicted by indelible faint kind of original IL
call state of things with which will nothing
to do We are made after certain pattern and
nothing TO change ourselves We marked with mark
the beast the faint of the belly the neXhausbe
bestiality.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-16
Examination Shows
Killer 10 be Giant

Only the most curSory exam
nation Of the body was made.
enough TO reveal that the old
man had met the same brutal
fate as his unfortunate mate.
The man who did that was n
powerful brute" the sheriff
unused.
Every room IN the small house
revealed evidence of the murder
cr'S frenzied search for loot.
Only the parlor where lay the
body Of Mrs. Brimberry. e>-
capped the destructive search.
Had the killer found what he
sought elore returning TO the
.parlor and the scene of his
shocking crimes?
They began careful search
on each side of tho area. each
moving in an arc but from the
ditch
Deputy Hale had not gone
far when he saw something in
the soft earth that brought an
excited shout 10 his throat e.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-16

days proved concluSively the
value of the preservation of those
footprints. If not 10 trap the
murderer, 10 prove the innocence
Of suspects subjected TO rigorous
questioning and examination.
No less than a dozen men. Ne
grocS and whites. were picked
up in widely separated Communi-
ties of the Sprawling county and
in each instance the suspect was
released when his feet failed 10
III those casts.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-16
Bloody Pipe Wrench
Slayer's Weapon
II think I've found some

II think I've found some
thing" he cried.
Price lesped across the ditch
and sprinted over 10 his deputy,
who pointed to a pair of Gle
phantine footprints plainly viSi-
bic In the oil-Saturated earth.
IL was obvious that the man
who left the tracks did so in
great haste
The distance between each
print denoted long strides. and
the man had trod heavily. his
foot slipping occasionally as he
ran.
Together, the officers followed
the footprints out across the
barren. oily clearing. Again
they halted, as they pcered
down at a big pipe wrench
Both dropped TO the ground
and examined. without touching
il, the grisly weapon of death
that lay in the dirt. Blood,
dark and CONCEALED, covered the
Jaws of the wrench; strands of
gray blood-stained hair tangled
the cylinder adjuster and jaws
OF the heavy tool.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-16
Mother Again at 48

4 FATHER Of three grown children states The male
n parent gores his children reaching the point where
they think for themselves The female parent
idea that mother has ceased TO be always right
Bostonian says she born when her mother
years old. Which is about all the capable of
giving subscriber who writes she is 43 if
she will have another child
Ethel German has written book of advice o wives of
armed forces titled $50 Your Husband Has Gone
War There considerable type Of this advice being
lated present Much ii unnecessary average
young who has a husband the army navy has
intelligence character and expen enough handle
nrnbems
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-16
Mans Mind Still Geared TO War

"NAPoLEoN AT THE CHANNEL y Whether we like to
~ confront the fact not mans imagination geared
war II has always been In my opinion always will be
so geared See how well the great Hector to
Napoleon They rvet gaze like serpcnseven long
after they dead
Here's Napoleon again Carolc Oman in Napoleon at the
channel tDoubledayDoranl has given vivid
pictures OF those years when England waited invasion
OF the CorScan from Calais But he Hitler
he turned elsewhere Why? doubt whether shall ever
know IN either for there Napoeons career
when ne could have those water ius as
Hlter might have done after nunk.rnun
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-16
Favorite Of McIntyre

CHARLIE JOURNAL. Popular veteran head waiter of
~ Manhattan. Was great favorite of o. o. Mcintyre
Charlie reached the peak Of his popularity during prohibition
days Fred Stone. Versatile hespan You call your
self odtimer YOU Fred partner
Montgomery in vaudeville singing that quaint dty Must
You Have Meat With Your Mustard"
The powerful potion known the Mickey Finn originated
in Chicago in the 90s section known as Whisky
Row" which Harrison and State streets In ad
dressing envelopes always add the state matter how we'll
known the city is. Write Beaumont, Tex. there is
Beaumont in California. Write it Los Angeles CAL there
is Los Angeles in Texas
BE certain write it Brooklyn ~ Y. there are IA
Brooklyns In the United States Has always been
opinion that unless soldier has been good private
make good officer believe all commissions should be
earned the hard way Most Of tho soldiers hear
talk 10 agree with
nv Featur svndcst.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-16
Only Shoes He He'd
Blackshear Insists

How many pairs of shoes
have YOU" demanded Price
This il the only pair I've
got" answered the suspect.
Price nodded 10 Hale who I'M
derstood this mute instruction.
The deputy spent half hour
searching BlackShcar'S shack
without finding another pair OF
shoes, and his disappointment
was keen until his eye lit upon
the cookStovc. The stove proved
TO be cold SO he raked OUT the
ashes upon tho CRATE and siftcd
through them carefully
"Shoe nails, shoe eyes and
metal shoestring tips" he OK
ulted.
The officers now shot a bar
rage of questions at the hulking
suspect and saw him slowly
steadily crack In two hours he
announced reSignedly that he
wanted 10 confess.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-16
Captain Gets Seasick

ID ECENTY reader saying she had 10 give up her
N because the doctor said having such
dog bad her asthma Have heard OF vetneran
Ohio who had treating dogs because 1t was found
he aergic This reminds OF steamship
captain know who finally had to his job because
every time he TO he became seasck.
Five of 10 members of bridge club in Chicago
the mother OF three boys and then had
girl for the fourth blessed event This would indicate
mother of three boys the possibility OF the next
child being girl is great But couple has three girls
what the chances the will be boy? All know
that friends Of mine had three daughters and were
anxious have child They kept trying but with
After they had daughters they
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-16

at midnight and l haven't seen
him since"
The sheriff called Hale and to-
gether they made a few discreet
inquiries around the neighbor-
hood. They learned that the
man they sought was Barney
BlackShear, ShiftleSS native
who lived in one of the hundreds
OF ShackS that bordercd an oil
Streaked horoughfare.
II was after midnight when
they raped loudly on the door
Of a dilapidated bungalow that
had been pointed out 10 them.
After a few minutes a light ap-
peared and tho door was opened
by one OF the biggest. most sui
len-looking individuals they had
ever seen. Both officers looked
down instinctively. His feet
were huge,
But the shoe on the foot was
nothing like the one that had
made the impression.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-16
His Wife's Doctor!

EVER hear who oficiated his blessed
IL event ] have. ! know doctor who ofioiaed at his
wfes first blessed His wife said he very
The doctor said the he because he
could hardly wait 10 whether II was boy or girl
Mae Murray her heyday had the figure prefer
what dress designer claims
And have to hand a communication from bachelor
subscriber which Tall do look like
thing you want squeeze The only adjective of praise tall
stunning, while short be chic
cute, darling, smart and lovely.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-16
Believes in Telepathy

QUERIES from clients Q-Do you believe there such a
~ thing telepathy thought transference between
people in love between those who need each other A
Yes do But do believe at the present time this
Of thing well under control That TO say thought you
might caused by thought somebody else had who
thousands Of miles away, but you wouldn't know it,
Upton Sinclair wrote the best book elepathy that ever
read.
QWho the Oldest player to play in major
league baseball game? Al have records this but will
guess that Cy Young the Boston pitcher, who
active in the big leagues when nearly so years old
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-16

J. c, Grantom. a boiler fire.
man. stood outside the front
door at six o'clock on the morn
ing of March %. 1892, calling
old George Brimberry and his
tiny wife. But there was no an
SWer.
The front door stood aiar.
Grantom advanced and gently
pushed IL open as he called again
TO the old couple. He peered into
the deep shadows OF the cot
tage'S parlor--
Grantom stood tranSfixed on
tine threshold He gazed down
al his feet where Mrs. Brim-
berry lay in a groteSque. bat
tered heap on the crlmSon-spat-
tered floor
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-16

IRENE DUNE secretly chews gum Says she chews 1t be-
4 is good exercise for preventing double chin
the Harry Hopkins Louise Macy wedding reception the
orchestra played medley which included Smoke Gets IN
Your Eyes IT Had Be You My Heart Stood Still and
Il Married Angel very good selection Had the band
played Always II would have been practically perfect
Henry Ford hale and hearty al the Of 49, has kept
his weight down 1873 pounds They tall thin people
live the longest. Boy up against IT. First they
people born during the summer months don't live long And
then they hint the tall and hefty fellows hope
the late seventies. And here born in July feet
inches tall and weighlng l9S pounds.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-16

the field all hope OF tracing It
was abandoned.
Price returned 10 the Brim-
berry home bearing the neces-
Sary materials for plaster-of-
Paris casts OF the footprints so
they might be preserved for evil
dence Near the rear stoop OF
the cottage he and his deputy
found perfect specimens where
the giant killer apparently had
stood and spied on the Brim-
berryS before entering the house
A Jagged line extended across
the face of the left shoe track.
II noticed that same- mark an
the track out there In the clear
ing" remarked Price. THE sole
of the left shoe MA broken
near the instep."
Cast OF the print were made.
Events OF the following two
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-16
Napoleon at Channel Pictured

LTHoUGH Caroe Oman tells the whole story Of the srug-
n gle between Great Britain Napoleon il Is the suspense
which she dramatizes actively telling detail of the
massng Of French armies back Of Bouogr and the restless
moody visions Of the great Napoleon lie looked across the
channel.
The story is told in vein much most Rranb,~
material being shown through eyes Of individuals 81 the
day The reader will meet Lord Byron Walter Scott kle-
ande OF Russia Jane Austen AN the members the Bona.
parte family, William Pitt Lady Caroline Lamb. Richard
Bnnsey Sheridan and countless others tn story Of an
amazing hstur1ra pHratirf. y \
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-16
Hunger Ruins Mans IdeaIism

STHE intestine rules the world In midst of our most
serious affairs there nrudes the imper0us question of
bread and butter SO long there 9tonacs digest
and yet unable to dispense with thenwe find
the wherewithal fill them powerful will live by the
suferings of the weak Life void that can fI
Hence the endless buchey by which nOurishes hinse
less than beetles and other creatures hence the perpetual
hOlOcaus which make of this earth knackers yard beside
which the slaughterhOuses OF Chicago arc az nothing"
Then he nmbly leaps back the beetle ant the
gasshoppe the peaweev the emperor moth and the field
crirk
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-16
Suspect Had Money
on Night Of Crime

HE went over 10 the juke
box and poured n handful Of
nickles In II. bought lot Of
drinks and treated me mighty
generously. And this all sur
prised me because he was
usually broke. After y couple Of
hours he had enough and left
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-16
Cash TO Impress
Sweetheart Motive

The prisoner stated that he
had heard some one in a saloon
remark that the old Brimberry
couple has obtained n LOT Of
money for selling their farm 20
an-nil company. and that -theN
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-16

BARNEY BLACKSHEAR
was one Of the many oil field
workers and hangers-on who
underwent the Cinderella"
test. He had but one pair of
shoes and different from those
shown in the casts - but
Blackshear had big feet!
kept much of the money in their
cabin.
BlackShear,' who lost the af-
lection OF his sweetheart because
ne had no money. decided 10
steal the Brimberry fortune.
He related how he ruthleSSlv
bludgeoned the little old lady
first and then chased the old
man who attempted 10 get help.
Returning he wrote on the mag
azinc what ne hoped would be
a false clue and then ranSacked
the house for what he expected
would be a hidden fortune
But the double murder nctted
him only II dollars.
BlackShear was brought 10
trial in Smith County district
court and repudiated his con-
icSSlon and charged that il had
been obtained through duresS.
But despite this, and the fact
that he was represented BY two
Of The most talented attorneys
m East Texas, the jury found
him guilty and sentenced him 10
die In the electric chair AZ the
state prison IN Huntsville.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-16
Plaster Casts Made
Of Big Footprints

a hurried test Of the stained
wrench failed 10 reveal single
print And as there were thou
sands OF such pipe wrcncheS In
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-16

Unless yOu can Ste0r, for hte, for dedN'
oh, fear 10 call IL IOrHg!
Browning.
//T7HE fact that they do not understand women is
GH' a great handicap TO most newspaper men is
what a great editor said TO Ever since
L. l have been persistent in my efforts to reach an
understanding Of the female II has been
long difficult dscouragng task. But really think
! getting somewhere
Wouldn't say for certain but think understand why
the hats they do. Am indebted TO one Carrie
Mum this matter. Mrs Mum recently
stated "A daring hat will take 25 off womans face
and give lot of boomp. Can't say know
exactly what "boomp is. imagine is something like
"oomph"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-16
MN THE CLUE OF THE vi 81 " TERRY "ssHANn
Footprint 3lln
Murderer's Big Feet the Clue
That Trapped Him in Staying
Of Old Couple; Crime Melted $I7

TFE LITTLE Texas log cabin foony among forest Of oil
derrcks that reared against the faint light dawn like great
exclamation marks The chug chug thousand pumps the
OF steel the booming shouts Of all blended that exciting
medley that is the savage spirit of great oil fields.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-16
on The SIDE
b By q! A4,6ng
Newspapermens S Handicap:
Fail to Understand Women

Unless you can Strcor "for life, for death"
oh, fear 10 call IL l0rHgi
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-16
BOOKS
by De'f0''atn
DE 55ere5
Stems Story Of Divided America
d Timely Book Tor u. S. at War

Y E.: Il: 4 !.
walk. And he's got good strong arms. There's
lot OF things he kin do just well niger with two
good feet
And he's bargain. You kin get him cheap I'm pre-
pared accept reasonable bany reasonable bid We don't
expect to full price for the crtte but by God he's worth
somethn' What am offered? What ann offered for this
fine, healthy young chap who Kin work hard?'
1t incredible who fighting against slavery
today that the above could be heard almost every day many
states this Union less than 100 years But such the
dsgracef until Abraham Lincoln 1865 freed millions
of Negroes and freed the whites OF the degradation of
owning slaves
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-16
Irene Chews Gum Too

te, darling, smart and lovely
Evening star., 1942-11-15
Eisenhower Gets
Congratulations
From President

President Roosevelt sent congratu-
lations to 1t. Gen. Dwight D. Eisen-
hover, commander of the Allied
forces in North Africa, on the sue
cess of his military operations there,
the War Department announced yes
terday.
The President told Gen. Eisen-
hover his accomplishments had
caused a wave Of reinsurance"
throughout this country.
The text of the Presidents mes
sage follows:
Both personally and on behalf of
the American people I send sincere
congratulations to you and every
member of your command on the
highly successful accomplishment
of most difficult task.
Our occupation of North Africa
has caused wave of reinsurance
throughout the Nation, not only
because of the skill and dash with
which the first phase of an extreme
ly difficult operation has been exc
cuted, but even more because of
the evident perfection of the CO.
operation between the British and
American forces.
"Give my personal thanks to Ad-
miral Andrew j. CUNNINGHAM and
the other British leaders for their
vital and skillful assistance with
out which the operation could not
have been undertaken"
Evening star., 1942-11-15
Army Officer Riding Bicycle
Killed by Auto in Arlington

1t Col Roger D. Black, about "a,
of 346 Granada street, Arlington,
was fatally injured last night when
the bicycle he was riding was struck
by an automobile in the 1900 block
of Lee boulevard in Arlington.
The driver of the car, identified as
Leo Garner, colored. 40, of the 1900
block of A street S.W., had driven
on after striking Col. Black, police
said. He was forced to the side of
the road about 300 yards from the
scene of the accident by car driven
by 1t. S. j. De Voc. 1852 Fifth road
south, Arlington. according to police.
Garner was held by police without
bond.
1t. De Voc, who had passed Col.
Black, said he heard crash. Look
ing back, he said he saw Garner
hesitate" then turn off his lights
and drive past.
Col. Black, who was not In uni
form, was identified by West Point
1882 class ring
Mrs. Black said her husband had
been an instructor at West Point for
four years before coming to Wash
ington. He was on duty here with
the General Staff Corps. Mrs. Black
said.
The Blacks have two children, q
boy, 81 years old, and girl, IN.