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The Key West citizen., 1954-09-28
Manslaughter Case Goes To
Criminal Court For Action

An information changing mansaughter against
7ad Peter Quick 2sea old sailor Allan cleare J county
solicitor, said today.
manSauger charge Quick dismissed yeserdatv
but was Immediately re-fled
Filing of the information there will not be another
hearing Criminal Court jury will the next Quick
not guilty
Cere said he had made very very thorough investigation of
the had studied the the
fore Justice of the Peace Roy Hamn heard testimony un
der oath from Watson Roper L deputy sheriff. and George Bennett
highway patroman.
The manslaughter charge Quick the
car he was driving overturned and killed woman
In opinion" said Cleare "a Jury should pass upon the
innocence guilt of this defendant"
Cleae pointed out that IA persons have been killed in auto
crashes in the county this year.
Innocent people the victims has got TO
stop
There only reckless driving and driving
while intoxicated he continued
cuon when my opinion the facts justify ry
decide the evidence"
The Key West citizen., 1954-09-28
"Coof Ball" Sale
To Juveniles
Raped In LA.

LOS ANGELES PA juvenile
office says some California doc.
tors are making huge profits from
the sale of benzedrine pills-some.
times called "goof balls" - teen
ayers.
The testimony was given yester-
day before the US. Senate sub.
committee on juvenile delinquency
by Police Sgt. Joe Hampton, a
supervisor of the Los Angeles
police juvenile division and presi-
dent of the Southern California
Juvenile Officers Assn.
"The California dangerous drug
act allows doctors to sell drugs 10
juveniles without restrictions. SAID
Sgt. Hampton. Some doctors buy
benzedrine pills in 10000 lots at
S1.75 per thousand and sell them 70
youngsters at the rate of so for
S."
The Key West citizen., 1954-09-28
Passenger Train
Takes 3 To
Death In River

BOMBAY. India lR-An express
passenger train plunged into the
icy waters of a flooded river so
miles east of Hyderabad early to-
day and at least SO persons were
killed or given up for lost.
Officials said it was one of the
worst disasters in the history of
India'S railroads.
Eighteen bodies were recovered
by this morning. Hope was aban.
doned for 8 railwaymen and 27 In
dian troops listed as missing.
Thirty passengers were hospital
lied with injuries.
About 600 passengers were
asleep or doing aboard the eight
car Hvderabad-to- -Kazipet express
just after midnight when a bridge
near the little station of Aler,
weakened by a flood, collapsed
beneath the weight of the train.
The Key West citizen., 1954-09-28
False Alarm Is
Received Today

The lives of eight firemen were
endangered when a false alarm
was phOned into the main fire
station about las am. today.
The incident prompted Fire
Chief Charles Cremata to issue a
statement that anyone apprehend-
ed sending IN a false alarm will
face stiff prosecution.
We'll throw the book at .nem,"
Cremata promised.
Today's false alarm came from
a man who said that "a large
house was ablaZe at First st.
and Fogarty Ave" In addition,
a call was placed for an ambulance
and police.
The Key West citizen., 1954-09-28
Spurned Suitor
kills Two In
Widows Home

MINERAL POINT, Wis. R-A
spurned suitor shot and killed two
men last night at the home of q
widow who had rejected him sew
eral hours earlier. He also wounded
another woman before putting the
barrel Of a % caliber semi-auto.
matte rifle in his mouth and pull
ing the trigger. He Was in critical
condition.
Iowa County Sheriff Ray Reese
said Roy Antoine, 55, a laborer,
stood outside window at the home
Of Mrs. Ruth Hughes and fatally
shot Elmer Thomas, AZ, Chicago.
Another bullet struck and killed
Reuben Benson, SO, of Mineral
Point as he ran outside. The sheriff
said Antoine then fired two more
shots which struck Mrs. Patsy
Walton. 4S-year-old widow of near
by Linden, in the head as she tried
to stop him
The Key West citizen., 1954-09-28
Year OF Stress
Results From
.McCarty Death

TALLAHASSEE R - Florida
marked ..le end of one of the most
tempestuous years in its political
history today.
A year ago today Gov. Dan Nc
Carly died of heart trouble COM
plicated by pneumonia and Charley
Johns became acting governor by
virtue of his position as president
of the state Senate.
McCarty's death, shortly before
10 p. m. the night of Sept. 2s, left
a confused constitutional question
which took the Florida Supreme
Court to straighten out.
The question was whether Johns
had the right to serve out the full
unexpired McCarty term-or fail
ing that, whether he had the right
to run as a candidate for the last
two years Of the term.
Court Decision
The court decided Johns was not
entitled to the full term but could
run for the last two years. The
ruling brought about a hard fought
campaign for the final two years Of
McCarty's term in which Johns
had Democratic opposition from
Bradley Oldham and Leroy Collins.
Collins a close friend of the late
governor, won.
As acting governor, Johns sus'
pended a number of McCarty ap-
pointees, saying he had to have
men around him who would be
loyal to his administration. The
suspensions drew violent protests.
At the end of his first year m
office, Johns appears in good physl-
cal shape. First reports from /:
eheck-up he has just had made at
New Orleans clinic indicate doc
tors found him in sound condition.
He will serve in the 1855 state
Senate after he hands over the
chief executives position to Collins
in January. His presidency Of the
Senate by then, however, will have
passed to President designate Tur-
ner Davis of Madison.
The Key West citizen., 1954-09-28
Annual Concert
Membership Drive
Plans Advance

Plans are advancing for the Off
cial opening of the 1854 S. Com
munity Concert season scheduled
to get under way October Is with
the annual Kickoff Dinner at the
Woman's Club, campaign head
quarters for the weeklong mem
bership campaign.
This year, the campaign will be
headed by Mrs. Bernard Frank,
who is busy contracting regular
workers of past seasons and telling
the Community Concert story to
prospective new workers.
The concerts are a highlight of
the winter season and bring to Key
West artists of national and inter-
national reputation.
The membership subscription
series is six dollars for the con-
certS held in the beautiful audi
torium on Truman Ave.
The Key West Community Con-
cert Association is a part CT Com
munity Concerts, Inc. of New York,
and is affiliated with Columbia Ar
fists Management, Inc.
The Key West citizen., 1954-09-28
Divers Seek
Bodies OF Ferry
Wreck Victims

HAKODATE, Japan R-Japa-
nese divers today began removing
the first of hundreds of bodies IN
the sunken hull of the ferry Toya
Maru which capsized Sunday in a
typhoon with the loss of LIP
lives.
Three divers recovered the bo-
dies Of 20 japanese from the
wreckage on the floor of Hakodate
harbor. They located the bodies of
about 40 of the go Americans VIII
perished.
The Key West citizen., 1954-09-28

RAIFORD R - Two convicted
KILLERS, one of them a Negro boy,
were executed in Florida's electric
chair today.
Asst. Supt. J. G.. Goodwin said
Tanner Brock, Columbia County
farmer, was put to death first fol.
lowed by Orion Nathanial Johnson,
10, Ocala Negro schoolboy.
Neither of them made any last
statement or had anything to say,
Goodwin said. Neither did they eat
any breakfast before taking the
walk to the electric chair.
johnson was convicted of the
shooting of Edward Porter, Mari
on County sheriff. Brock was con-
victed of killing his young son in
a fit of rage after a domestic
argument with his wife.
Johnson's attorney tried to block
his execution with an appeal for a
writ of habeas corpus in Federal
Court at Jacksonville yesterday but
Judge Bryan Simpson denied it.
These were the first executions
in the administration of Acting
Gov. Johns. An aide said Johns
signel the death warrants last
week only after long thought and
conferences with his Baptist min
lister.
Delay For North
A third was to have died today
A. Elwood North, Lake Wales
funeral director convicted of stran-
Cling Mrs. Betty Albritton after
she willed him her property
But state law saysIa condemned
person must be close to- the death
house for five days before execu-
tion and Johns said North was too
late being transferred from Polk
The Key West citizen., 1954-09-28
Raid On Strip Joint Nets
-Four; Dewntes Face Woe
Two Convicted Killers Are
Electrocuted AT Raiford

County Jail for this to be effective.
Johns reset the death warrant date
for next week.
Had the three died on one day
it would not have been the first
time. Four have been executed at
least once before and there was a
triple execution a few years ago
for killing at Starke.
DR.. Mark E. Adams, officiating
at his first electrocution, pro
nounced Brock dead at $40 and
Johnson at 8:57-some six minutes
after the switch was thrown in
each case.
New Man AT Switch
The switch was operated for the
first time by the PRISONS new first
assistant engineer but his name is
never made known.
Supt. L. F. Chapman meanwhile
set Monday for the electrocution
of North; George Bailey and James
Henderson, Leon County Negroes
convicted of killing D. v. Pert,
Tallahassee filling station operator
during an apparent robbery at.
tempt in 1858.
Pert was slain with a shotgun
b-ast. His body was found in his
station two miles east of Talla-
hassee.
Bailey claimed he had nothing
to do with the killing and asked
the State Pardon Board for elem
ency but this was denied.
The order in which the three will
60 to the chair will not be de
termined until Monday morning,
prison officials said.
ground as before.
Orion Nathaniel Johnson
Twice bcfore a date was set for
the electrocution of johnson who
was is when he shot and stabbed
to death Sheriff Porter in 1851.
Johnson's attorney, Ernest Jack
son of Jacksonville, appealed the
conviction to the Florida and us.
Supreme Courts and asked the
State Pardon Board for clemency.
But he only succeeded in putting
off the date of execution.
Three times the Florida Supreme
Court declined to halt the death
sentence. The US. Supreme Court
refused to hear an appeal. And the
Pardon Board wouldn't commute
the sentence.
Tanner Brock
Acting Gov. Johns signed the
death warrant for Brock, Column
bia County farmer, Wednesday. He
had signed a death warrant in
April but Circuit Judge Hal w.
Adams ordered a stay of execu-
ton until the prisoners sanity
could be determined.
Adams acted upon a motion of
Brooks attorney who presented af-
fidavits from two psychiatrists
that the man was insane.
Brock was charged with attempt
ing to drown his 5-year-old son,
Tommy, then taking him into the
woods and bashing his head against
tree after violent quarrel with
his wife on Dec. 8, 1852.
The Key West citizen., 1954-09-28
Roberts Talks
To Deputies
About Staying
Accused Father
Is En- Route To
Miami For Trial

MIAMI RI-James T. Roberts
and two Miami sheriff's deputies
discussed the Staying of Roberts
daughter, Judith Ann, 7, as they
rode southwark through Virginia
today,
Roberts, charged with murder
in connection with his daughter S
death, is being brought back to
Miami by Deputies Earl Venno
and William McCrory to stand trial
in the case. They are travelling
slowly by car, with Roberts man
acled and expected to spend the
next four nights in jails along the
way.
Judith Ann was kidnapped from
her grandparents home in Miami
July 7. Her body was found in a
mangrove thicket beside Biscayne
Bay several hours later.
Milt SoSin, Miami Daily News
reporter following the Roberts car
in another automobile, said the
deputies and the Baltimore attor
ney and former labor official talked
frankly of Judith AIMS untimely,
violent death.
Treat Him Fine
"These fellows are treating me
fine" Sosin quoted Roberts as say
ing after night in the Petersburg,
Va, jail. They speak right from
the shoulder. They're not two
faced"
He added:
They tell me right TO my face
they think I'm guilty. l respect
Venno and McCrory for their atti-
tude. They tell me point blank that
l did it.
Il didn't"
In Miami, Mr.. and Mrs. Harry
Rosenberg, Judith AIMS grand
parents, speculated that Judith Ann
died during kidnapping attempt
that went wrong.
They couldn't have gotten much
money out of me-" Rosenberg told
Pat Murphy, Miami Herald re.
porter. "The most | could have
raised was SIS, 1000. 1t had to De
planned as a harmless kidnapping"
Five-Day Trip
Five minutes after a preliminary
hearing at which he waived extra
dition, Roberts was escorted to an
automobile by deputies Earl Venno
and William McCrory for the drive
to Miami. The deputies said they
planned to drive in "easy stages"
and probably wouldn't reach Miami
for five days.
Meanwhile, Mrs. Roberts ex
pressed confidence in her hus-
bands innocence and pledged that
she will "Stand by him"
Roberts told Circuit Judge ].
Howard Murray he was willing to
sign extradition papers and that
he was going down on my own"
The Key West citizen., 1954-09-28
SHE WAS FLUSTERED

DETROIT R-Mrs. Anna Femme
got suspended sentence Monday
on her explanation she got "flus-
tered" before her car-on her first
try alone at the wheel-ran into one
diven by Allan F. Finnk. Asked
how so, she said that Finnk was
the driving instructor who, after
giving her IL lessons, declared her
a perfect drive"
The Key West citizen., 1954-09-28
Egyptian Post
Is Fired On

CAIRO, Egypt R-Guidance
Minister Maj. Salah Salem sad
today an Israeli transport ship
fired On an Egyptian coastal post
south of Suez and a number of
Egyptians were injured.
The incident was "the most Sc
riouS Israeli aggression" since the
end of the 194S Palestine war,
Salem said.
Salem said an armed Egyptian
ship captured the Israeli transport
and towed it to Suez, where Of
ficials are conducting an investiga-
ton. He said the ship, flying the
Israeli flag, was called the
Abaghal. 1t was sailing to Mus
sua, in Eritrea.
The Key West citizen., 1954-09-28
'ACLSays NO
.ToR Rumors OF
Keys Railway
Persistent RumOrs
Are Squelched By
Railroad President

Two persistent rumors
were knocked in the head
today.
Both rumors involved the
Atlantic Coast Line railroad
- that the line was to build
an extension to Key West
and that the line was build
ing a plush resort hotel on
the Keys.
The Citizen checked with the
railroad and received a reply from
c. Med. Davis, president of ACL,
that the line would neither build
nor was it contemplating conStruc-
ton of either project.
The text of the letters follows:
AcL Questioned
Atlantic Coast Line Railway
''71 Broadway
"New York, N. Y.
Dear Sir:
1.-TWO persistent rumers have
been circulating here recently.
Both rumors involve the ACL.
will appreciate it if you will con-
firm or deny these stories:
IL. That the ACL is contemplat-
ing or will build a railroad extern
sion along the Florida Keys
y. That the ACL or other
companies connected with ACL is
planning or will build resort on
one of the Florida Keys. This re-
sort, according to the stories,
would include a hotel and golf
course.
1.-The Key West Citizen"
Reply Received
''The Key West Citizen,
"Key West, Florida.
"Your letter 10th addressed to
our New York office has just reach
ed me.
1.-THE answer. to your question rs.
I is no, and the answer to your
question No. 2 is no.
Every truly yours,
&C. Med. Davis"
The Key West citizen., 1954-09-28
Perez Promises
"CIean TO,Un"
After Crackdowr,

Police Chief Bienvenido
Perez continued his drive
against vice in Key West last
night in a personally con-
Quoted raid which resulted
in the arrest of three enter
tainers and the manager OF
the Mardi Gras Club, Duval
Street.
And at the same time,
Perez announced that a full
scale drive is being launched
to rid the city of scores of
sex-deviates who have flock
ed to Key West in the wake
of a breakdown in progress
by Miami police.
"The town is full OF
them," he commented.
Not Wanted Here
ave are going to have a clean
town." said Perez. "We don't
want that kind Of people in Key
West"
Perez said that he has instruct
ed the entire police force to jail
obvious deviates wherever and
whenever they are found"
He added that complaints have
been received that perverts are
eongregating in certain bars and
on benches on Duval st. "They
are actually whistling at sailors as
they walk down the Streets" said
Perez.
Last nights raid was conducted
by Perez, in civilian clothing, and
Police 1t. w. L. James.
DvvaI St. Stops
They made routine stops in all
Duval st. bars and then swooped
down on the Mardi Gras shortly
before midnight.
Their report said that when they
walked into the place, they found
an indecent show in progress.
The lightly clad dancer, idenh-
f;ed as Grace Hanson. alias
Lynda Page, of the Southard
Apartments, was jailed on a
charge of participating in a per-
formance of an indecent and i'm
moral nature"
She was released on bond Of
$3.50.
Proprietor Arrested
Perez and James then arrested
Arthur G. Thomas, proprietor OF
the club on a charge of operating
a disorderly house. His bond was
set at $3.50.
Two women charged with B.
drinking were also placed under
arrest in the raid.
They were Unidentified as Doris
Lind, I'll Caroline st. and Bonnie
Blacke, 311 william st. Both were
later freed on bond of $50 each.
All will be tried in city cohrt
today.
The Key West citizen., 1954-09-28
Man Convicted On
Prostitution Rap

A local cab driver was fined $1OO
and his license was suspended for
80 days when he was convicted in
city court of a charge of soliciting
for prostitution.
The man. Oliver Kemp, alleged
ly approached a woman in the 116
Club, Greene st. and asked her to
enter life of prostitution.
When the woman complained to
police, Kemp was jailed.
The Key West citizen., 1954-09-28
His Times Cheap

BALTIMORE ,P - Ernest Par
ker, p, charged with breaking a
street display window with a brick
and making off with $3.50 worth
of merchandise, told police he was
satisfied to do $3.50 worth of
time" for the crime.
Judge Michael j. Manley yester-
day decided that five years in the
House of Correction would be
about right. The Negro defendant
had an extended criminal record.
The Key West citizen., 1954-09-28
Quick Manslaughter Case
Is 'Off Again, On Again ,
Sailor Freed.
Re-JailedIn
Fast Action
BY DENIS SNEIGR

~ 6ENiS SNEIOk
A manslaughter charge
against 23-year-old sailor
was dismissed yesterday but
the charge was Immediately
filed again.
The sailor, Peter Edward
Quick, today was back in
the county Jail in lieu of
$4,000 bond after enjoying
about one second of free
dom.
Yesterdays session before
Justice of the Peace Roy
Hamlin began at 4:4O p. m.
By 5 p. M, Quick was once
again in his cell.
Objections Made
The re-arreSt of Quick was mark
ed by arm waving and shouted OBJ
jections on the part of Quick's at
torneys, William V. Albury and En-
rique ESquinaldO, Jr.
But the arrest stuck.
Deputy Sheriff Watson Roper,
Jr., had a warrant issued b" Har-
ry Dongo, clerk of Criminal Court.
AS soon as Hamlin dismissed the
manslaughter charge, Roper told
Quick he was again under arres;
on a manslaughter charge.
Albury and Esquinsldo intarpos-
ed objections and also sold i Cih-
zen photographer not to take pig
lures.
Taken To Jail
Roper took Quick to the County
jail Immediately and read the war
rant to him.
Albury and EsquinaldO arrived
at the Jail after the warrant had
been read.
Roper handed the warrant to the
lawyers who read it.
The attorneys again warned
against taking photos of Quick and
told Roper they would sue him if a
picture of Quick appeared in the
paper.
so sue me-" Roper told them.
The charge against Quick grew
out OF an auto crash about 5 am.
on June % on Cudjoe Key.
The car Quick was driving
overturned eight times and rolled
500 feet, killing Debbie MsrfeII,
IS, q Miami Beach model.
The hearing before Hamlin be-
gan Aug. "a and on that date was
continued until yesterday.
Quick's attorneys asked for
continuance because, they SAIL,
they had just taken the case and
had not had time to prepare II.
Short Session
At yesterdays short session, Al
bury moved for dismissal. saying
the state had not produced suffi-
cient evidence to justify binding
over Quick for trial in Criminal
Court.
He added that culpable negli-
gence had not been shown.
Hamlin said there was no Grim
lnal intent involved, that the speed
ometer of the death car was brok-
en- before the crash, and that the
state had failed to prove culpable
negligence.
Al the Aug. n session, q wit.
ness testified mat "fhe car was
going too fast" and that an.
other passenger in fhe car had
told Quick 10 slow down.
The witness, Miss Geraldine
Richardson, of Miami Beach, one
of the five persons in the car just
prior to the fatal crash, detailed
events leading up to the wreck.
She told the court that when the
party left Stock Island tavern,
Richard Sinclair, another sailor,
was driving.
Miss Martell, the woman who
was killed, was in the center Of
the front seat. Quick was on the
outside. Miss Richardson and Miss
Barbara Fields, of Miami Beach,
were in the rear seat.
She said the car stopped near
Continued on Page Two)
The Key West citizen., 1954-09-28
Drivers License
DeadIine Saturday

Thvrsdsy 81 5 pm. is The
dssdllns for buying . 1855
driver's license.
"Affsr that fine" said covn-
~ Judge Raymond r. Lord,
"yev either pay . penalty or
take Q drivers examination.
The examination takes about .
day Of your time" he added.
Judge Lord estim atsd there
are about 1000 persons who
have not bought new licenses.
The Key West citizen., 1954-09-28
KEY LARGO ROBBERY

Burglars broke into the Bill
Connor real estate office on Key
Largo and took about $3.50 worth
of clothing, the sheriff's depart
ment reported today.
The Key West citizen., 1954-09-28
VETERAN ACTOR DIES

NEW YORK, R-Bert Lytell, SO,
prominent stage actor and star Of
silent films. died today in Roose-
welt Hospital.
Evening star., 1954-10-30
Samuel 6. Green,
Ordnance Engineer
And Inventor, Retire,

Samuel Gordon Green. inter-
nationally known ordnance en-
gineer, retires today after 81
years service with the Army as
an officer and civilian employe.
A longtime resident of Alex
andria, Va. Mr.. Green was born
in Gray, Ga. He is a graduate of
Georgia Tech and entered the
service first in 1917, resigning as
a captain in 1922.
Re-enlisted in 1912.
Following a year in private
business he returned to Army
ordnance as a civilian employe,
specializing in small-arms re-
search. He re-enlisted in Sep