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Evening star., 1953-10-08
Heody Woman Linked
To Major Jail Break

MUSKOGEE, Okla, Oct. 8 up.
Bonnie Brown Heady, held at
st. Louis in the kidnap-murder
of Bobby Greenlease, was linked
yesterday by FBI records to Mus
kogee'S most famous jail break.
1t occurred in December, 1885,
when Detective Chief Ben Bolton
was fatally shot in the escape by
members of the so-called Irish
O'Malley gang from the City
Federal Jail.
A woman listed on an indict-
ment record as Mrs. Dan T.
Heady and also as Betty John
son later was charged with aid
ing Federal prisoner to escape
and with murder. She never
was tried and the charges were
dropped in June, 1887.
She was accused of slippinn
q prisoner a gun as she kisst .
him through the cell bars on d
visit to the jail.
Newspaper and police records
show one of the escaped
prisoners named Dan T. Heady
was killed less than a week later
after he resisted capture by a
posse at a farmhouse in nearby
PittSburg County.
In Maryville, Mo-, records at
the Nodaway County courthouse
show that she inherited an
estate of $4,000, including a
S16-acre farm, Is miles north
of Maryville in 1949, as the sole
survivor of her father, the late
French P. Brown.
Mrs. Heady was known as an
above-average student at Clear
mont High School and at the
Northwest Missouri State Col
lege, which she attended for
short periods.
Evening star., 1953-10-08
Slayer Who Ignored
Man, S $500 Sought
By The Assoeiated Press

BALTIMORE, Oct. 8.-Police
hunted for both slayer and mo-
tive today in the strange killing
of a neighborhood grocer, found
Shot to death besides his car
with $1,500 undisturbed in his
wallet.
The victim was Harry Ezer-
sky, A, who for years operated
a little store in the squalid neigh
borhood just east of the main
downtown section and a few
blocks south of Johns Hopkins
Hospital.
He left his store Tuesday night
right at $50, as was his habit,
for his substantial Dutch Colonial
home in a pretty residential Sec
ton across town.
His car was parked around the
corner and a block up the street
from the store. He had pulled
out of his parking place when
the car stopped with a screech of
tires and Mr.. EzerSky fell out
the door on the drivers side into
the middle of the street.
He had been shot through the
right arm, the bullet entering a
lung. He was dead when an
ambulance got him to the hos
pital.
There were powder burns on
the right arm of Mr.. Ezersky's
suit. There were no bullet holes
in the car. The windows all
were up. Apparently, he had
been shot by someone inside the
car.
Evening star., 1953-10-08
French Airline to Begin
Europe e-Chicuqo Flights
By the Associoted Press

MONTREAL, Oct. Max
Hymans, board chairman of Air
France, said yesterday the line
will inaugurate direct service be-
tween Chicago and Europe on
October 81.
He said experimentation
will be used to provide direct
service between Chicago and
Paris, Frankfurt and Rome, by
way of Montreal.
Evening star., 1953-10-08
Ransom Packaging
Planned So Clerks
Wouldn't Know Total
Bv the Assoeioted Press

KANSAS CITY, Oct. 8.-It
took 30 bank employees several
hours to count out and package
the 10 and 20 dollar bills that
made up the 100000 paid as
ransom in the Bobby Greenlease
kidnapping.
Arthur Eisenhower, brother
OF President Eisenhower and
executive vice president Of the
Commerce Trust Co. here, said
FBI agents watched the count
ing.
1--WE tried to arrange the
counting work in such a way
that no employe would know
the full total" Mr.. Eisenhower
said.
After the packaging three
representative Of the Greenlease
family came to the bank for
the money which weighed IS
pounds.
S1UU,UUU Facked First.
Within a few minutes after the
kidnapping had been announced,
100000 was packaged and held
ready for a ransom demand.
Mr.. Eisenhower said he acted
on his own initiative to make
the money available.
He is a friend of the Green
leases.
He learned of the KIDNAPPING
IN a telephone call from his wife
and Immediately ordered that
100000 be withdrawn from the
bank vaults, counted and placed
in four small canvas bags.
Father Came to Bank.
1--WE just wanted to have it
instantly available" Mr.. Eisen-
hover said today. But, as it
turned out, our estimate of the
amount which would be needed
was far too low"
The day after the kidnapping,
Robert c. Greenlease, the father,
and Robert Ledterman, friend
and business associate, went to
the bank and told Mr.. Eisen-
mower the demand was for
100000.
Arrangements were made to
obtain that huge sum in the
proper denominations and the
money was picked up at the bank
Saturday afternoon.
Mr.. Eisenhower declined to
comment as to whether the Sc
rial numbers of the bills were
listed.
Evening star., 1953-10-08
Attempted Extortion
By Mail Gave FB|
Entry Into Case

Evidence of attempted extor-
ton through use of the United
States mail brought the FBI Off
cially into the Greenlease kid
naping case several days ago.
In strictly legal sense. the
FBI could take no active part
until they had a definite lead to
some violation of a Federal law.
On this occasion, the lead con-
sisted of several letters received
by the victims family from the
kidnapers.
FBI agents in the field are
under routine orders to keep in
close touch with local authorities
when kidnapings are reported. A
Federal case of kidnapping, how
ever, cannot be made unless the
captive has been transported
across a State line and held for
ransom.
The so-called Lindbergh law,
passed by Congress soon after
the kidnapping and murder Of the
young son of Col. Charles A.
Lindbergh in 1882, places certain
conditions around a Federal vio-
lation.
Conditions Defined.
The victim must be trans
ported in interstate Or foreign
commerce" and must be held for
ransom or reward.
The law does not apply to q
minor moved across a State line
by a parent.
Under the Federal law, the
jury can recommend death in
cases where the kidnapers fail
to return their victim unharmed.
Otherwise, the court can set any
punishment it desires up to life
imprisonment.
The FBI charges against Carl
Austin Hall and Mrs. Bonnie
Brown Heady consist so far of
extortion. The penalty for this
Federal crime is a maximum of
20 years in prison.
A spokesman for the FBI said
no Federal kidnapping charges
will be fixed unless evidence is
produced that the GreenleaSe
child was taken across a state
line.
Phone Studied AS Basis.
The fact that the child's fam
lily received telephone calls from
the conspirators might have
brought the FBI into the case,
even if the letters had not been
mailed. In eXtortion cases, how
ever, the courts have differed as
to whether a telephone message
can be basis for Federal prose-
cution.
The FBI has entered other
kidnapping cases by the back
door. During the early years of
World War II, Roger (The Ter
rible) Touhy was caught and
convicted in Illinois for the kid
naping of Max Factor. The
crime had occurred within the
State and Touhy received a go
year sentence from a State
court.
Later Touhy escaped from the
State Penitentiary at Joliet.
The jail-breaker, however, neg
lected to leave a forwarding ad-
dress for his Selective Service
Board.
On the basis of this complaint,
the FBI tracked Touhy down
and returned him to prison.
COnspirat0rS Also LiabIe.s
kidnapping conspirators under
the Federal law are liable to the
same penalties as the principals
in the crime.
Another section of the act in
wolves what is called money
changers violation" Penalties
of up to 10 years in prison are
provided for persons who know
ingly receive or dispose of ran
som money.
The FBI might enter kidnap-
ing cases if it appears that as
much as $4,000 of ransom money
has been taken across a State
line by a conSpirator.
To legaliZe it's search for
Thomas John Marsh, who is
jointly accused in Missouri with
Hall and Mrs. Heady, the FBI
may ask for a warrant based on
reason to believe that he has
unlawfully left Missouri to
Evening star., 1953-10-08
Kidnop Pursuit Keeps
Plane AIoft at PITTSBURGH

PITTSBURGH, Oct. 8 (R.-A
search for Thomas John Marsh,
81, sought in the kidnap Staying
of Bobby Greenlease, kept a
TWA passenger plane in the
air over Greater Pittsburgh to-
day for more than 80 minutes.
A TWA spokesman said the
FBI asked that the plane, a
four-engine ship flying from st.
Louis, not land until an FBI
agent could meet it. The TWA
spokesman said apparently the
FBI believed Marsh was aboard
the ship.
The FBI's only comment was:
Marsh was not arrested at
Greater Pittsburgh Airport"
Evening star., 1953-10-08
New York Citizens
Report Seeing Men
Resembling Marsh
BY the Associafed Press

NEW YORK, Oct. 8.-Reports
of men resembling suspected
kidnap-slayer Thomas John
Marsh came from opposite ends
of New York State today.
The FBI here had no COM
ment, however, and referred
queries to Washington.
In the lower Hudson Valley To-
cal police communications
buzzed with descriptions of the
37-year-old man wanted in the
Bobby Greenlease case.
Orders went out to hold any
man wearing a green army COM
bat jacket who answered MarSh's
description. Guards were placed
on Hudson River crossings.
In Syracuse, a citizen reported
to police he saw a man who
might have been Marsh at 8
o'clock last night in a parked
auto with Missouri license plates.
The report said the man was
wearing a green combat jacket
and needed a shave.
Shortly before midnight, New
York City police boarded a sub
way train after getting an anony-
nous tip that Marsh was aboard.
Their efforts were fruitless.
But several hours later, around
l am. today, a Mount Vernon,
N. Y, tavern patron reported to
police that a green jacketed man
resembling Marsh had stopped
by to ask the way to the White
stone Bridge.
Mount Vernon is in West
chester County, just north of the
New York City line. The bridge
connects the Bronx with Long
Island.
Fast driving could take a mo-
torist from Syracuse to Mount
Vernon in the time between the
two reports, @sSs2
Evening star., 1953-10-08
Truman 10 Speak Tonight
On Domestic Policies
By the Assoeiated Press

ST. LOUIS, Oct. 8.-Former
President Truman speaks here
tonight and has announced he
will have something to say about
the domestic policies of the
Eisenhower administration.
The occasion is a dinner in
Mr.. Truman's honor at which he
will receive the $1,000 annual
award from the Sidney Hillman
Foundation for meritorious pub
lie service.
A delayed broadcast of the
$3.50 (EST) speech will be car
ried by the ABC radio network
starting at 1875 pm. (EST).
The award was established in
memory of the late Sidney Hill
man, who was president of
the CIO Amalgamated Clothing
Workers of America.
Evening star., 1953-10-08
East German Clashes
With Police Reported
BY the Assoeiated Press

BE r LIN, Oct. g. Angry
crowds claShed with Communist
police in at least two Russian
Zone cities on the state holiday
marking the fourth anniversary
of the East German republic
yesterday, according to the West
Berlin newspaper Der Tag.
The paper said the clashes
occurred at Erfurt, Thuringia
and Dresden, Saxony, when Peo-
pies police squads were sent
out to remove anti-C Communist
slogans on government and Com
munist Party buildings.
Evening star., 1953-10-08
Sewage Plan Loses Favor

Fairfax County shows signs of
growing cool to a proposed joint
sewage disposal system with
Alexandria.
At yesterdays Board of Super
visors meeting, Mrs. Anne Will
kins, member, said, Some peo-
pie still are not sure Fairfax is
doing the best thing to go in with
Alexandria on construction. I'd
like to have the advice of Mr.. g.
HubardD Massey, the consulting
engineer" Other members ex-
pressed similar caution toward
the plan designed to save money
for both communities. q
Evening star., 1953-10-08
100000 Inheritance
Squandered by Hall
Within -Four Years
BY the Assoeiaied Press

ST. LOUIS, Oct. 8.-Carl Aus
tin Hall, kidnaper Of 6-year-old
Bobby Greenlease, is remembered
is Kansas City as the ne'er-do-
well son of a prosperous Kansas
attorney, according to the st.
Louis PoSt-DiSpatch.
The newspaper reported in q
dispatch from Kansas City that
Hall went through a 10000
inheritance from his father in
four years.
The father, John Hall, made
his fortune at Pleasanton, Kans.,
and died there in 1946. The son,
having spent the inheritance by
1851, went to Kansas City from
Kingman. KanS., where he had
been charged with armed robbery.
Seized in Kansas City.
The Post-Dispatch published
the following account of the life
Of crime that was climaxed by a
confession from the 34-year- old
Hall that he planned the kid
naping and collected the ransom
after burying the dead boy a
few hours after he was abducted
10 days ago:
Kansas City police arrested
Hall on October 10, 1851, on
suspicion of holding up eight
taxi drivers.
Hall pleaded guilty of robbing
two of the drivers, saying he
obtained only $33 in all, and was
sentenced to five years in the
Missouri State Prison. The
Kingman charge was dropped.
At the time of the sentencing,
Halls attorney pleaded Hall
needed a psychiatrist, but was
told by Circuit Judge Thomas
r. Hunt:
'"ThiS is a very poor time to
come in here and ask for an
examination"
Joined Marine Corps.
Kansas City police said Hall
told them he attended Kemper
Military Academy at Boonville,
Mo-, for three years and from
there went into the U. S. Ma
rine Corps. Police files show
him as having been absent with
out leave from the Marines.
Kansas City police said Hall
told them he obtained some
money by passing worthless
checks at Kansas City hospitals.
Hall was quoted by the Kansas
City police as saying he spent
much of the 100000 in operat-
ing liquor stores and playing the
stock market, both of which
ventures didn't pan out"
When arrested in Kansas City
in 1851, Hall was carrying a pis-
tol. Police there quoted him as
saying he had planned to rob
the Plaza Bank of Commerce in
Kansas City but was arrested
before he could make the rob-
berry.
Evening star., 1953-10-08

Theodore Heimark, pastor of the
Good Shepherd Evangelical Lu-
theran Church, Minneapolis,
Mimi, will lead the GAS pm.
session.
The Rev. Victor Murtland, pas
tor of Grace Lutheran Church,
is chairman of the seminar COM
mittee.
Evening star., 1953-10-08

L u t h e r a n
Church, S tx
t e e n h and
G a / / a t / n
streets NV.
The Rev. E.
P. Weber, pas
tor of an all
student Lu
theran con =
gregation a t
Purdue Uni
verSity, W i'll
speak at the
opening Sc S.
sion at $3.50
pm. The Rev.
Evening star., 1953-10-08
McKeIdin Dedicotes Shrine
Detention Home Urqed

Construction of a 25-bed juve-
nile detention home for the
Northern Virginia area is pro-
posed in a report of a citizens
advisory committee representing
Arlington, Fairfax and Loudoun
Counties and Alexandria and
Falls Church.
The report, prepared by Fred
erick Ward, jr., Southern di-
Evening star., 1953-10-08
EIks to Hold Crub Feast

A crab feast sponsored by
Prince Georges County ElkS
Lodge No. 1778 to raise funds
towards purchase of its new club
house will be held at the lodge,
6700 Edmonston road, Diverdale,
Md, Saturday from 6 to 10 pm.
Evening star., 1953-10-08
7 Leading Pastors 10 Talk
Al Lutheran Seminar

Two leading Lutheran pastors
from the Midwest will speak at
a one-day Washington Lutheran
seminar tomorrow in Christ
Evening star., 1953-10-08
Negotiotors Agree on
Virginia Phone Contract

The Chesapeake & Potomac
Telephone Co. of Virginia and
the CIO Communications Work
ers of America reached agree
ment today on new contract
after more than three months of
negotiations.
Robert w. Bailey, State director
of the CWA, said at Richmond
the contract would be mailed to
union members within a day or
two. 1t must be ratified by Oc-
tober %. Under the one-year
agreement, wages will be raised
by $3.50 to $3.50 a week.-A. p.
X X X X
McKeIdin Dedicotes Shrine
Maryland Gov. McKeldin par
ticipated in the dedication of
new freedom shrine at Mont
gomery Blair High School, Sill
yer Spring, yesterday.
The presentation by the Ex-
change Club to the school in
cluded mounted copies of 27 of
the Nations priceless historical
documents.
The Nome nugget., 1953-07-10
Should Princess Margaret Be Allowed
 To Marry The Man She Loves?

LONDON, R - The Churchill cabinet was approached on wheth- CT Princess Margaret should mar ry a handsome, divorced Royal Air Force officer and joined with the Church of England in saying ''No," the Tribune said yesterday.
 The fortnightly left-wing maga- zine drew a comparison between the 22-year-old princess reported romancing with RAF Capt. Peter Townsend and her uncle's affair with an American divorcee, Wallis Simpson.
 "This intolerable piece of inter ference with girls private life is all part of a myth about the royal family which has been so sedulously built up by interested parties in recent years," said the Tribune.
 Ut recalls the hypocritical role played by the Church at the time of the Duke of Windsor's abdica- ton.
 Edward was loudly acclaimed as the best of kings until he ex- pressed the firm desire to marry the woman he loved. CPrime Min ister Stanley) Baldwin and the archbishops did not approve his choice. So they pushed him off the throne"
 The Tribune, which is politi- cal supporter of Aneurin Bevan, declared that Princess Margaret should be allowed to make up her own mind whom she wants to marry. Most other people, we inn
The Nome nugget., 1953-07-10
President Eisenhower Fires J. B. Matthews Over Head of Sen. McCarthy

WASHINGTON, R-A vigorous blast from President Eisenhower fired over the head of Sen. Mo Carthy has blown J. B. Matthews out of the investigating job in which Mccarthy had sought to keep him.
 "Alien to America" the Presi- dent said in obvious reference to the statement in a magazine ar ticle by Matthews that 1000 Pro- testant clergymen are "the largest single group supporting the Com munist apparatus" in this country.
 Mccarthy promptly accepted the resignation of Matthews, who he has called "A star-spangled American" as executive staff di- rector of the Senate Investigations subcommittee which the Wiscon- sin senator heads.
 The fast-breaking developments which marked Matthews depart ure under scored seemingly strained relations between Eisen- hover and Mccarthy, who several times have seemed on the verge of head-on collisions.
The Nome nugget., 1953-07-10

agine, would agree with that sim pie proposition. But the British cabinet does not agree"
 Capt. Townsend, 38, Battle of Britain" ace, was suddenly given a new assignment abroad when his reported romance with Margaret became generally talked about. He takes over his new du- ties as air attache in Brussels two days before the princess is due back on July 16 from a tour of Southern Rhodesia.
 He had been acting comptroller at Clarence House, where the princess lives with her mother and had a suite there. Townsend divorced his wife last fall after II years of marriage, charging her with adultery. He was awarded custody of their two sons-age nine and six-but they are living with their mother, who has since rom orriod
The Nome nugget., 1953-07-10
Volcanoes Violently Erupt, Blanket Anchorage in Dust

Continued from Page One) the afternoon as a shift in the wind carried away the volcanic fog. But another big dust cloud from the fifth explosion moved in last night.
 2.83l lbs. of Dust Per Acre
 As an example of the weight of the dust, the Fish and Wildlife Service reported that 2,831 pounds per acre fell before d-afternoon at it's Lake Hood seaplane base. An airways operator here shov- eled up 34 pounds of ash from 10 by foot area.
 The dust, carried by prevailing west winds, spread more than 200 miles to the east, reaching Pal mer and Valdez by nightfall.
 The greatest danger was to wildlife. Birds were reported dy- ing here. Few moose and caribou near the volcanoes were expected to survive.
 The village of Tyonek is the only one close to the belching cones, and it's POO or so residents were reported in no danger.
 Fairbanks newsmen who flew to the scene in an Air Force plane said the volcano was erupting from a small crater within a thousand feet of the top.
 From this crater, Jack Ryan of the News-AIiner said, There spewed and boiled 1,500 foot atomic-like column of steam and ashes and sulphur fumes. This smog leveled out at around 13,0OO feet spreading a dirty blanket eastward toward Anchorage"
 No lava flow was noted and there was no indication of vege- tation or life in the immediate area.
The Nome nugget., 1953-07-10
Senate Votes $1O,OOO For Hearings on Alaska Statehood

WASHINGTON, R-The Senate voted $1O,OOO Wednesday for In terior and Insular Affairs Com mittee hearings on the Alaska statehood issue.
 The hearings are to be conduc- ted in various parts of Alaska dur ing the forthcoming congressional recess.
The Nome nugget., 1953-07-10
THURSDAY SCORES American League

Boston 4, New York 0 Washington 8, Philadelphia 4 Chicago 4, Detroit 2 Cleveland g, St. Louis l
 National League New York 4, Pittsburgh 0 Philadelphia 6, Brooklyn 5
 Coast League Oakland II, Seattle 5 Hollywood 4, San Diego 2 San Francisco l, Sacramento 0 Los Angeles II, Portland 5
The Nome nugget., 1953-07-10
INCENTIVE TAXES
Fairbanks News-Miner


 Many Alaskans are wondering why Northwest Canada next door neighbor, is going ahead with giant industrial projects while the Territory of Alaska lags far behind British Columbia and the Yukon Terri tory developing mineral resources, building huge smelling plants to process aluminium and other min erals and expanding their industries at rapid pace
 "Aaska continues to live mainly from government handouts for defense construction while its vast and rich land lies mainly undeveloped.
 WHY IS ALASKA TAGGING BEHIND CAM ADA IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF RESOURCES? There's mystery to it. Just read the following tax ation table.
 'The Alaska office of the U.S Bureau of Reclam- ation drew up this table, which illustrates identical taxes firm would have to pay during the first three years of operation in Alaska or Yukon Territory:
 Alaska Yukon Terr. Capital Investment $100,O00 $10O 900 Normal expected net income of
 10 per cent ------------------.-$ 10000 $ 10000 Federal net corporate income tax
 of 52 per cent ---------------.--.---$ 5,200 None Territorial net income tax of 10
 per cent of federal tax ----------$ 520 None Dividends to stockholders -------$ 4,280 None Personal income tax on dividends using 30 per cent federal and
 10 per cent territorial -----------$ 1,142 None Net return to stockholder ----:..$ 2,868 10000 Per cent of return to investor M 2.9&o 10%
 Therefore, if the Alaska stockholder is forum ate he will get back return that approximately is the he would receive he invested his money in US. government "E' bonds. And remember, he is gambling his Alaska investment and may lose his moneyi
 Isn't it obvious why Alaska's natural resources lying dormant? What investor would pay money into risk development in Alaska when he buy bonds and safely assure the same return?
 TT CAN BE SEEN NOW HOW DESPERATELY Y ALASKA NEEDS INCENTIVE TAXATION TO DE- VELOP ITS RESOURCES!'
Milford chronicle., 1953-04-10

Second Smallest
Delaware is the second smallest
state in the Union.
Milford chronicle., 1953-04-10
OVERLOOK

Mr.. and Mrs. Granville Dicker-
son, who have been in Milton for
the past eight months, returned to
their home here on Friday.
W. D. Stauffer from Laurel was
dinner guest on Sunday at the
home Of his daughter, Mrs. Martin
Truitt and her family. Their other
guests were her sister, Mrs. Joseph
Davidson and children from near
Georgetown.
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Millman
entertained TO a turkey dinner on
Easter Sunday Mr.. and Mrs. John
Hitch and Miss Shirley Little from
Lewes. Their other visitors were
Mr.. Millman's brother and wife and
their son, Mr., and Mrs. James Mill
man of near Lincoln
Mr.. and Mrs. Russell Parsons
and two daughters, Janice and Alice
OF Holloway Terrace and Mrs. FL