The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1958-05-17

carrying on a secret affair w;, =
Newt0n's wife.
Mrs. Rcbccca Reese. 30. OF 2oae
Blaine. was arrested last wcek
and charged with contributing 10
the neglect Of her children. af,ar
q fire in her apartment did 50
600 worth Of damage during her
absence.
Police said Mrs. Reese's seven.
month-old son. Oliver, suffered
burns OF both hands and feet
lie was rescued by the freight.
ers.
Two other Of the minor child
were saved by passcrsby.
The fire apparently started. ac.
cording 10 the officers when two
Oh the children showed paper in.
10 a lighted kitchen stove.
John II. Curtis, 30, former
caretaker CT an apartllmH n
1907 Woodland, stood ilute lsst
week to a first degree murder
charge in the Staying Of the own.
or of the apartment, Walter Cur.
Xix, 65.
Curtis Is accused of using an
IRON pipe to beat Curlik TO death
then putting his body in a ward.
robe trunk and dumping il in q
field near New Baltimore where
Il was found by two boys.
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Atty. Arthur NJ. Bowman. CT
1866 w. Boston Blvd was ac.
quilted OF charges that he re.
ceivcd kickbacks for loans oh.
tanned from a Dearborn Credit
Union last week in Fed Court.
The ruling was given by Fed.
eral Judge Thomas p. Thornton.
Atty. Bowman was indicted on
July q, 1855 on charges of re-
ceiving S5,282 for a $500 loan
made by the Ford Rouge En-.
ployees Federal Credit Union
3346 Wyoming, to Leroy Folks,
5l8 Fraser, River Rouge. Folks
used the money to pay for a
roller skating rink at 2l3O Schaf.
en- South. River Rouge.
Testimony during the trial
showed that Atty. Bowman was
appointed attorney for the credit
..nion June, 1854, while the loan
was made earlier.
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The body Of Otis Patterson. %. |
l 1854 Lumpkln. was recovered
asst week by Stlte Police an hour
after Patterson drowned while
fishing in the Huron River, three
niles south Cf lockwood.
Patterson and a ncighbor, Da.
I'D Peoples. 80, Ct 1890 Lump
Kin, were pulling up a net when
hcir boat capsized in Is feet of
water.
Peoples saved hi~,calf ~
ashore. Patterson was
maple to swim. Peoples said he
irowncd D,fjrc IA s...u .sAc.e
him.
Police said thew ccrfis"-fcd
narijuana valued at $40, 900 to
100000 last wvcN IA the n..nc -.
:obcrt Blcich. 81, Of 1851 Lo-
gett. Glcich was arrested and
charged with violating the state
narcotics law in warrant issued
by the prosecutors office.
Narcotics agents said 20 pounds
Of bulk marijuana seized in Mr..
Gleich's home was imported from
Mexico. He said the package was
picked up two weeks ago IN La
redo, Texas.
The officers labeled Blcich as
IA segment Of the largest mari
juana importing ring in the US
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Three murders were sentenced
10 life in Jackson Prison last
week in Recorders Court and the
common.law wife of one Of the
men was given 3 to 5 years in
the House Of Correction.
The life sentences were inn
posed BY Recorders Judge Paul
+. KrauSe upon Aaalv" Madi-
son, 80, CT 1874 McDougall' his
brother, Turner Madison, %, Of
1911 East Larncd, and Burton
Farmer, %, of 9ll3 Copeland,
The trio was charged with the
IAN IL, 1888, Staying Of Patrol.
man Donald w. Coulter OF Hunt
Street Station during holdup
of a bar at Gratiot and McDoug-
all.
Mrs. Essie Lee Graham, 80, OF
373l McDougall, common-law
wife, of Andrew Madison was
accused of concealing the gun
used to STAY the officer in her
home together revolver and
shells.
James Whitaker, 40, of 1926
Oakland, was shot six times early
Saturday and killed by his step
son, Arthur Stephens, 81, oil the
address, who is held for invesli-
cation Of murder.
Police said VIII tetor, WIS h"'',
ing his wife, Lillian, Oh, ahu
/ -. Lo~ Era in tnp bed