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EXPLAINING

Only on rare occasions is there evidence that
ACKNOWLEDGMENT Is part of planned crime. And
even in those cases there is usually some doubt
as to exactly when the idea of dismcm bcrrnent
occurred to the murderer. Perhaps the most baf.
fling is that of the mysterious murder case Of
Stewart Garner, the popular young postmaster OF
Laddonia, Mo. And even today there are sharp
differences of opinion to what happened on
that fatal night when the Garner home went up
in flames and the bodies Of Mrs. Garner, her two
attractive children, Ann and John, and the body
Of the faithful family dog were found IN the smok-
ing ruins the next day.
kARS. GARNER'S body had been dissected,
cellar other parts in the furnace room, and the
skull inside of the furnace itself.
There another dismembered body, that
Of a man Was it the body of Stewart Garner?
Had he killed his wife and children and the faith
ful dog and then committed suicide? Hardly.
He could not have dismembeTed himself But had
he picked up a tramp of about the same physical
characteristics and killed and dismembercd the
tramp then set fire TO the house, made his es-
cape, and decided TO begin life all over again?
That is a question on which there is sharp
division of opinion. The fact that the day before
postal authorities had discovered shortage In
Gamers accounts goes a long way toward either
simplifying or complicating the mystery, depend
ing on which viewpoint one takes
One of the few exceptions TO the general rule
in cases of decapitation is the case OF Warren J.
Lincoln, of Aurora, III. Lincoln, an eXlawyer,
former postmaster, and avid reader Of detective
stories, had the imagination necessary 10 WORK
out a perfect murder. He had TOO much imag.~
nation He overdid it. And his imagination bed
trayed him.
Lincoln had that type of mind which insisted
he give artistic finishing touch TO his crimes.
Having disposed of the dsmembered bodies of his
October IL, I9A5
Detroit evening times., 1945-10-14

had never been really identified. But the jury
agreed with the prosecutions theory.
On the October morning in 1881 when bag
gage clerk in the Southern Pacific depot at Los
Angeles noticed trunk from which dark liquid
was dripping, the police opened two trunks and
a suitcase and found the bodies of two women.
That started the famous Winnie Ruth Judd
murder case, which still presents many mysteri-
Gus aspects.
What causes murderers to decaptate and dis
member their victims?
Usually it is fear.
Police are seldom confronted with n case of
planned diSmemberment.
Dismemberment is usually hasty panic
stricken improvisation the part of the criminal.
Illustrated by JOSEPH WATSON LITTLE
Detroit evening times., 1945-10-14

Erie Stanley Gardner author Of the article
appearing these pages, occupies d unique
position in the literary world, both here and in
England. leading writer crime, and orea.
tor Of the famous fiction detective Perry
Mason. Mr.. Gardner brings TO his subject an
authoritative background Of legal training and
a study OF criminology
He has been associated with famous detec.
tves and police chiefs in this work-a recent
case being his coverage OF the de Marigny
murder case for large chain Of newspapers.
Detroit evening times., 1945-10-14

who, attracted by the unusual narrowness of the
dead girls footwear, finally traced the shoes to
store in Greencaste, Ind. There the trail grew
hot. beautiful young woman of such eminent
responsibility that no ever suspected her of
misconduct had gone to visit friends" There
after the tragic story was uncovered. This
young woman, daughter of prominent and re-
Spected family, about to become q mother
We can only imagine the desperation of this
beautiful girl back in the Cay Nineties," the
complete faith with which she appealed for help
TO two young students i'm the Ohio Dental College
Only too late did she realize that, in place of do
ing what they had promised, these men, who had
been her intimate friends, only wanted her "out
of the way"
The evidence showed that there had been
terrific struggle in the dead of night The girls
Detroit evening times., 1945-10-14
By Erie Stanley Gardner

~LEN DUKE, the lobby porter of one of the
~ most luxurious hotels in FL Paso. Tex,
49, became suspicious the other day of card
board box which had remained too long in the
check room Duke united the string, lifted the
lid, and peered down into the box.
The thing that grnned at him from the in
terror of the box sent him reeling back.
human head had been neatly packed in the
box. Crumpled newspapers had furnished an alb
sorbent packing.
The body which belonged to this head had been
buried in shallow grave the Ysleta railroad
station, where it accidentally discovered by
Detroit evening times., 1945-10-14

covered. II was the
contention of the prose
cution that the defend
ant had sawed off the
head with a hack saw
and then had dismem-
bered the body on the
top Of a set tub in the
basement. The head was
so far decomposed that
there was a question
of Identification, some
experts contending it to
be the head of the miss
ing woman, the defense
insisting that the head
Detroit evening times., 1945-10-14

attractive head had been neatly severed from
her beautiful body.
More recently there has been revival Of in
terest in cases Of decapitation because of the
trial of Henry II. Corens, of Bethesda, Md, who
convicted only last May of the second de-
gree murder of his wife, Pearl.
That case turned very largely upon circum-
stantial evidence. The head of the mi sing
woman was discovered some 18 miles away in
another state, but the body has never been dis
Detroit evening times., 1945-10-14

a. II dlll NOlluuClOl
When James Hewling
plodded through a Ken
lucky field one winter
morning way back in
1896, he discovered the
body of a hea dless
woman lying in the
grass. The body was
so beautiful, so well
formed that it attracted
widespread attention;
yet Identification would
have been impossible if
it hadn't been for a
Newport shoe merchant
Detroit evening times., 1945-10-14

stockings were torn. Her
corset was ripped. And she
had managed TO tear off the
bloodstained sleeve of a mans
shirt. But eventually she
had been Subdued and her
The Nome nugget., 1945-06-20
MESSAGES MAY BE SENT TO EUROPE

According to a recent statement by the Officer in Charge of the local ACS station, persons may now send cablegrams to foreign countries which until recently were under German occupation.
 This statement was in answer to a number of queries as to whether messages could be sent to Norway or Denmark, and other countries.
The Nome nugget., 1945-06-20

sub stratosphere levels. Certain types have a capacity of 2O4 trans oceanic passengers in addition to mail and cargo. Other units will carry l28 passengers.
 During the year transport Serv- ices were conducted to 57 coun- tries, possessions and colonies, to every continent and over all major ocean routes. In addition to tenn porary wartime transport serv- ices maintained for the armed forces the Pan American World Air ways System operated 8O,593 of the 98,582 route miles operated commercially before Pearl Harbor. Establishing new high. records in all categories of traffic in 1944, Pan American carried 75O,00O pas sengers, covered 100000 pas senger miles and transported 128,- OO,O00 pounds of air cargo.
The Nome nugget., 1945-06-20
ToLBERT SCOTS RETURN FROM STAY IN STATES

MT. and Mrs. Tolbert Scott re- turned home after a visit of sev- eral monhs in the States. With them is their daughter Charlotte Jane Scott and their grandchild, daughter of Mrs. Burnett, the former Margurite Scott.
The Nome nugget., 1945-06-20
MRS. ENGSTRoM ENRoUTE TO KOUGARoK

Mrs. H. Engsrom, with her chill dren Joan, Ronald, and June, are in Nome enroute to the Kougarok to join MT. Engstrom, who is en- gagged in mining there.
The Nome nugget., 1945-06-20
MRS. WILBUR ARNOLD VISITS THE HERMAN HOOPS

Mrs. Wilbur Arnold and her two children arrived last night on the Baranof to visit with Mrs. Ar holds parens, MT. and Mrs. Her man Hoop for the summer.
The Nome nugget., 1945-06-20
MRS. GEORGE GOSHAW BACK FROM CALIFORNIA

Mrs. George Goshaw, wife of George Goshaw, we'll known fox farmers at Shismaref, is enroute home after a short visit in Calif- ornia with relatives.
The Nome nugget., 1945-06-20
Pan American Crosses $93,OOO,OOO In 1914

or lSff, the tIllTu year Ol war time flying, the gross business of the Pan American Airways Cor poration amounted to $93,O00, ,O00, Juan T. Trippe, President, report ed in the corporations 17th Annu- al report mailed to stockholders today.
 This figure comprase with $2O,- 6OO,OOO and $27,30O,OOO respec- lively, for the last two pre-war years of 1889 and 194O and with the record s126,OOO,OOO reported for 1943. Military contract serv- ices for construction abroad, ter minating in June, dropped from the 1943 total of $45,OOO,OOO to $6,9OO,O00 in 1914. military revenues, however, increased to $45, 5,500,00O from the $39, 100000 reported in 1943.
 Reported net income was $1,- 619,309 as compared with $1,929,- 764 in 1943. Reported net income, however, does not include com pensation earned during the year from the carriage of mails from the United States to Africa and to and from Alaska. Mail rates for these services have not yet been fixed following resumption of commercial service. Latin Ameri- can mail revenue included in re- ported net income is based on rates tentatively proposed by the Civil Aeronautics Board in pending proceeding. Pan Ameri- can is contesting the adequacy of these proposed rates.
 Services undertaken for the armed forces were again greatly expanded. Pan American is now the largest air transport contrac- tor to the War Department and the only such contractor to the U. S. Navy. Under contract to the Army and Navy, Pan American flight crews flew 31,710,00o plane miles during the year.
 In addition, Pan Americans af- filiate, China National Aviation Corporation (CNAC) flew another 10,000,000 miles for the armed forces in the India Burma China theater. Total military and com- mercial flying for the year was 79, BOG, ,000 plane miles. Pan Amer ican flight crews averaged IT over-ocean flights a day through out the year.
 Reference was made in the re- port to the long-term underwriting agreement entered into with Atlas Corporation in December, ls44, with respect to additional shares to be offered to stockholders in July, 1945. As a result it has been possible for Pan American to place orders for large postwar
The Nome nugget., 1945-06-20

WASHINGTON, D. CA new dog named Mike" makes his bow at the White House, gift from National Democratic Chairman Robert E. Hannegan. Mike" IS shown here with the presidents daughter, Margaret Truman, on the south grounds of the White House.
The Nome nugget., 1945-06-20

Nevada has the smallest popu- lation of any state in the Union.
Evening star., 1945-07-08

show-cause hearing before the board
in Washington July the board
ordered the union officials to go
back to New York and call an inn
mediate meeting of the membership
with a view to termination OF the
strike. The union insisted 1t could
not call a meeting before next
Monday.
Meeting Date Advanced.
"a subsequent sharp directive yes
terday afternoon was successful in
advancing the call for the meeting
one day, tomorrow afternoon at
4 pm.
During the past eight days not a
newspaper has been delivered in the
city of New York. .
During all the negotiations the
publishers held firmly to the view
that they would abide by all de-
cisions laid down by the board and
that all findings would be retroac-
tive.
''The publishers in contravention
of the methods adopted by the strik-
ers repeated again today that they
would use every legal means to bring
about an early resumption Of the
delivery of papers during this critical
war period despite the unions con-
tinued definance of the War La
Dor Board"
Evening star., 1945-07-08
Mrs. Bessie AdoIph Dies;
D. T.. Resident SO Years

Mrs. Bessie Mourning Adolph
So, resident of the District area
for so years, died yesterday in Sib-
ley Hospital after a five-week ILL.,
ness.
She was a native of Lafayette
Ind, and daughter of a settler who
went from Kentucky to Illinois by
covered wagon. She came to Wash
ington as a child and spent most
of her early life in the Mount
Pleasant area. Most recently, how
ever, she resided at 4006 Quintana
street, Hyattsville, Md, with her
husband, Ellwood C. Adolph, Wash
ington salesman for the Washing
ton News Co. of New York.
Mrs. Adolph is survived by her
husband, two sisters, Mrs. Melville
D. Hensey and Mrs. Louise M.
Hamilton of Washington, and a
brother, Nelson E. Mourning of Fort
Madison, Iowa.
Funeral services will be held at
1880 am. tomorrow at the S. H.
Hines funeral home, Fourteenth
and Harvard streets NV. Burial
will be in Rock Greek Cemetery,
Evening star., 1945-07-08
Churchill Flies 10 France
With Family for Rest

BY the Associated Press.
BORDEAUX, July 7. - Prime
Minister Churchill arrived here to-
day in a four-engine American
plane en- route to Hendaye for his
first real vacation since his illness
in 1943.
He was accompanied by his wife
and daughter Mary, who was wear
ing an ATS officers uniform.
After a brief greeting by local
officials, the party left Immediately
by automobile for Hendaye near the
Spanish. border, where a chateau
owned by Canadian Brig. Gen. Ray
mond Brutinel had been made
ready for them.
British and French police guarded
the area near the chateau and
special radio transmitter and tele-
phone and telegraph lines were in
stalled to enable the Prime Minister
constant contact with London.
Evening star., 1945-07-08
BY LOUIS p. LOCHNER.

BERLIN, July 7.-One of the
last acts of the Nazi regime in
Berlin was to murder about
10000 citizens in cold blood.
They had taken shelter in the
subways. Living there in veritable
hell, they became unruly and de-
manded the cessation of useless re-
sistance. In a rage. the SIS COM
mander decided on the supreme
penalty for them-and SIS troopers
flooded the subways.
Even today the subway system
from the Anhalter to the Stettiner
Stations and from the Potsdamer
Platz to Kaiserhof Stations is
flooded, and bodies are still found
floating.
AS the Russian Army approached
Berlin, thousands of Berlin women
with their children and most val
liable belongings took refuge in the
subway tunnels.
When the city's light and water
systems were wrecked in the fight
ing, people fought in the dark for
possession of a bottle of water.
Babies cried for lack of food. Sol
diers wounded in the street fight
ing screamed for help. Pregnant
women went through premature
childbirth without medical assis-
tance.
The noise of exploding aerial
bombs and artillery shells added to
the inferno.
The climax came when Hitler's
SIS troops, pressed hard by the Rus
slams, tried to escape to other parts
of the city via the tunnels and found
escape impossible because the masses
of people there openly rebelled.
The IS commander placed power
full explosives at the points where
the underground traffic lanes lead
under the Spree River and the
Evening star., 1945-07-08
Morris BuIman, 10, Dies;
Retired D. {. Businessman

Morris Bulman, 10, retired
Washington clothing merchant, died
yesterday at Emergency Hospital
after a short illness. He had oper-
ated a mems clothing store at 1876
Fourteenth street NV. for 26 years.
Mr.. Bulman was born in Balta,
Russia, and came to the United
States in 1913 He established his
business the same year. He was
member and a trustee of Tifereth
Israel congregation and Of the Mira
Chi brotherhood, charitable organ
ization.
He is survived by two sons. Joseph
D. Bulman and Coln1an Bulman,
both of Washington.
Funeral services will be held at
4:30 pm. today at the Danzansky
funeral home, 350l Fourteenth
street NV. Burial will be in the
Tifereth Israel congregation ceme-
Evening star., 1945-07-08
Newspapers
Continued From First Page.)

fore the War Labor Board: On
June /, after the publishers as
Sociation and the union had been
unable to agree on the terms of
new contract, the matter was GER
titled through the Federal Concilia-
I:on Service as dispute to the Wax
Labor Board.
"On June IA, the board issued an
interim order directing that the
terms of the present contract re-
main in force until new contract
is agreed upon OF all findings
of the board to be retroactive to
June 80 when the contract would
have expired.
WLB Clarifies Position.
The War Labor Board made 1t
clear that the unions mo strike"
provisions as contained in the con-
tract would remain in force.
The major points separating the
publishers and the union were: A
wage increase, a per cent welfare
fund and excessive overtime pay.
"On the first point the publishers
followed the provisions of the Little
Steel formula. The base pay of
the men was within two cents a
week of the ceiling allowed under
the steel formula. For the record
the base pay of the men now is
s49.67 per week for f1ve-day week.
This is exclusive of overtime, which
considerably increases the weekly
pay check. The publishers termed
the welfare fund a concealed wage
increase and a contractual obliga-
ton unprecedented in the industry.
On the overtime angle the pub
fishers insisted that the CLOSED
union" and closed shop made 1t i'm
possible for them to hire extra men,
thus necessitating huge amounts of
overtime for the members of closed
union" On June 20, despite the
War Labor Boards repeated di-
receives, the union voted to strike.
They were to walk out one minute
after midnight the following night.
Most Sunday papers moved up their
deadlines Saturday afternoon in the
hope that they would be able to get
out the first editions of the Sunday
papers. At pm. on Saturday the
men began to check in "ill." Soon
these sudden illnesses became epi-
demic. Obviously very few papers
reached newsdealers. On three
occasions the War Labor Board took
the union to task for violating its
pledges and striking in the face of
the June Il interim order. At
Evening star., 1945-07-08
Rail Equipment Output
In War Plants Urqed
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
DETROIT, July walter P.
Reuther, vice president of the CIO
United Automobile Workers, pro-
posed in a statement today that the
Nations idle war plants be used for
the production Of railroad rolling
stock and modern and durable
homes.
He proposed the creation of two
new public authorities-the "Hous-
Ing Production Authority" and
the Railroad Equipment Author
fly" to implement the plan. These
authorities would be empowered to
lease the plants to private manufac-
turers; operate Government-owne
plants directly or lease them to
workers producer co-operatives.
Along with his proposal, Mr.. Reu-
ther suggested that the big idle
Willow Run bomber plant near Ypsi-
lanti be leased to a workers pro-
ducer cooperative which would
manufacture both railroad rolling
stock and prefabricated housing.
Use of the idle plants would pro-
vide minimum of 100000 jobs,
Mr.. Reuther said.
Evening star., 1945-07-08
10000 Workers Back
On Job as GOODYEAR
And Steel Strikes End
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Return to work of $4,000 steel
workers at the Carnegie Illinois
Steel Corps South Chicago works
and nearly all the 1880 employees
of the Goodyear Tire g. Rubber
Co., Akron, Ohio. yesterday por-
trayed the brightest picture on the
Nations labor fronts in more than
a week.
The number of idle because of
labor disputes totaled about 10000.
One new dispute, involving COM
posing room employees at the Fort
Wayne Qnd) Journal Gazette,
forced suspension of morning and
afternoon issues of the Gazette and
News-Sentinel. The dispute in
volved a new contract with pub
fishers.
Strike leaders at the Firestone
Tire & Rubber Co., at Akron, Ohio
were supenaed by the National War
Labor Board to appear at a hearing
in Washington Tuesday morning to
show cause why week-old walkout
of 16,500 CIO-United Rubber Work
ers had not ended.
Seven Are Subpenaed.
Subpenaes were served by two
United States marshals upon I. H
Qke) Watson, president of Firestone
Local No. 7 of the URWA; Vice
President Frank Dorso, Secretary
Harley Treen, Treasurer H. H. At
kinson and four members of the
unions negotiating committee.
Mr.. Watson said the group would
leave for Washington Monday to
appear before the NWLB but termed
the summoning of the four commit
teemen as IAN attempt by the Ma
tional War Labor Board to disunite
our union"
Meanwhile, tire production at the
five Navy-seized Goodyear plants
approached normal status with the
return of IS per cent of the day
shift workers to their posts, re-
ported Capt. H. K. Clark, u. S.
N. r., chief of operations.
In Chicago the 24-hour work stop
page at the Carnegie Illinois Steel
Corp. South Chicago plant ended
with resumption of production be-
ginning Friday. Full production was
resumed yesterday.
International Presidents of sew
eral American Federation of Labor
unions ended two-day conference
in Chicago-which failed to settle
a jurisdictional dispute resulting in
a 17-week work stoppage of several
thousand Hollywood film employees
No Further Talks Planned.
William L. Hutcheson, interna-
tional president of the Carpenters
and Joiners of America, said nc
further discussions were planned
among the AFL officers.
The strike was called over q
question Of representation of n
set decorators, members of the In
ternational Alliance of Theatrical
and Stage Employees.
At the close of today's meeting
Richard Walsh, president of the
IATSE. said he had refused propo.
sales offered by the committee Of
AFL officials.
In Detroit new strike, involving
8S9 Graham-Paige workers, halted
production of aircraft connecting
rods. The strike by CIO United
Automobile Workers, was in pro-
test against the compary's refusal tc
promote two workers to replace in
structors on leave. Company Of
f1cials said the instructor classifica-
ton would be abolished.
Evening star., 1945-07-08
Bishop Excommunicoted
BY Catholic Church
By the Associated Press.


RIO DE JANEIRO. July THE
Most Rev. Carlos Duarte, bishop Of
Maura, who has said that priests
should be permitted to marry, has
been communicated by the Roman
Catholic Church because 4 of doc
trinal errors" Archbishop Jaime
Camara of Rio de Janeiro said.
Duarte Immediately announced he
has established a new Brazilian
Catholic Church." assumed the title
Of Bishop c. Rio de Janeiro,' and
shortly will begin ordaining priests
and bishops.
The clergyman has said that
church services should be read ii
Portuguese rather than Latin, that
divorce should be granted under
certain prescribed circumstances and
that the church should not be linked
with the Vatican.
Evening star., 1945-07-08

ing WLB action, If one should occur
the responsibility will fall squarely
on the shoulders of the manage
ment," Mr.. Levine asserted.
The hospital issued statement
which said:
'If the hospital should be forced
to meet the foregoing demands of
the union, it would be the only
Washington hospital having to pay
an estimated increased cost of op-
Grafton of approximately $4,000
a year. This amount, with increases
of 100000 given about six months
ago, would make it impossible long
to continue its services to the pub
liz
Evening star., 1945-07-08
IS Murder of 10, 900 in Berlin
BY Flooding Subwoys Described

Landwehr Canal. Special concrete
were blasted away,
and an estimated 80 0000.O00 to 70, ,00o,-
900 cubic feet of water rushed into
the tunnels, survivors say, and
nearly all were drowned.
Only a few, near the so-called
emergency escape matches, managed
to reach the streets.
Evening star., 1945-07-08
Electricity Found in Crystuls

Pierre Curie made many expert
ments on the electrical properties
of crystals under different condi-
tions and found that certain crys-
tails changed slightly in size when
subjected to certain electro-static
strains. He also discovered that the
crystals developed electric charges
on their surface when mechanical
nressure was applied,