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ENNIS, ELLIS COUNTY TEXAS, FRIDAY, MAY 6, 1932
SIX PAGES TODAY
VOL. XL NO. 139
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Means Jailed On $100,000 Charge In Lindy Case
Former Justice Department
Investigator Charged With
Accepting Lindbergh Money
WASHINGTON, May 6 (AP).--
The bulky, jaunty Gaston B.
Means, notorious figure for a gen-
eration, plumped himself yesterday
into the Lindbergh case limelight
and into jail.
The one time justice department
investigator and ex-convict was
The Giant-Killer
charged with obtaining
from
wife
Mrs. Edward B.
$100,000
McLean
of the publisher of the
Washington Post, by falsely rep-
resenting that he could obtain the'
missing Lindbergh child.
An extraordinary tale was un-
folded by attorneys for Mrs. Mc-
Lean and by two men who assist-
ed her in, negotiations through
which Means allegedly got the
money, led the prominent woman
on a fruitless chase to Aiken,
South Carolina, and to the Mexi-
can border, and then failed to re-
turn either the child or money.
Refuses to Tell.
Means, would not tell his side
of it. He was arrested by agents
of the Department of Justice, after
a secret investigation. Before a
United States commissioner he
pleaded not guilty, bond was set
at $100,000, and on failure to post
it he was jailed. Preliminary ‘hear-
ing was set for .next Tuesday.
“I wasn’t surprised,” he told
newspapermen, "I had been told
they were discussing taking me.”
“The warrant answers that,” he
said with a grin, when asked if
he had been negotiating in the
Lindbergh case, but he would not
elaborate. ‘A good many people
have said a good many things
about me, but you will notice I
always stand pat and never break
a confidence until they do—then I
do, quick.”
The story told by close associates
of Mrs. McLean, is this:
Mrs. McLean originally approach-
ed Means in March to find out if
he knew anything about the kid-
naping. He said he thought he
knew who did take the child as a
former cellmate at the Atlanta
penitentiary had just before the
child was taken proposed that
Means join him in kidnaping a
prominent baby. Means then said
he had verified this connection
and that the kidnapers demanded
$100,000.
After conferring with Capt. Emory
S. Land, U. S. Navy, who is a
cousin of Colonel Lindbergh, and
Rev. Francis J. Hurney, a Catholic
priest, she turned over the $100,000
in $100 and $50 bills to Means in
the presence of Father Hurney.
Through Captain Land she had ad-
vised Colonel Lindbergh of her
desire to help find the child and
received his approval. The money,
however was hers and she had no
arrangement about it with the
colonel.
In mid-March, Mrs. McLean with
a nurse, Miss Elizabeth Nelson,
and three servants, went to Aiken.
Means joined them and said was
in contact with the kidnapers.
Then he said the infant was in
Mexico and at his suggestion the
group went to El Paso, Texas.
Stories of more contacts with the
kidnapers and their representatives
• were told her - there but finally
Mrs. McLean became suspicious and
left.
In the middle of April she asked
Means to return the money. He
promised to do so, saying it was
at his former home, Concord, North
Carolina, and that he would have
it here on April 21. That day the
account goes. Father Hurney was
told by Means that while driving
up with the money, he was signal-
ed to halt by a man on the
road near Alexandria, Va. This
man gave him the code number
used for communication between
Means and Mrs. McLean, where-
upon he turned over the money.
At this point Mrs. McLean call-
/AY
Though she weighs only 105 pounds,
Mickey Devine, a dancer in a New
York review, now in Paris, holds a
decision over Primo Carnera, giant
Italian boxer. During a free-for-all
at a fashionable night club, Mickey
took a swing at the Ambling Alp
and connected with his chin. She
drew blood and emerged from the
conflict unscathed.
Explosion Fire
Sweeps Mill in
Trinity Heights
DALLAS, Texas, May 6.—Started
by an explosion of paint or paint
ingredients, fire Thursday night
destroyed the building and stocks
of the Builders’ Mill and Manu-
facturing Company, 1810 South
Beckley, near Georgia, Trinity
Heights.
Woman Assaulted
Strangled to Death
By Alleged Maniac
Associated Press,
TOLEDO, Ohio, May 6.—Stran-
gled to death and criminally as-
saulted by an unidentified man, the
body of Miss Winifred Rafferty, 22,
dietician at the Robinwood Hospi-
tal, was found early today in an
exclusive Toledo residential section.
Police' blamed a maniac for the
attack and said the young woman
was killed only after a terrific
struggle. Almost all of her cloth-
ing was torn from her body, the
buttons were off her coat, and her
shoes had been hurled several feet
away.
The body was found by Richard
Carr, son of W. C. Carr, prominent
Toledo banker,, on the front lawn
of his father’s home, only a short
distance from the hospital. Carr
observed the young woman's form
when the headlights of his automo-
bile shone upon it as he drove into
the driveway, returning home from
Detroit.
Miss Rafferty, a mmember of the
Red Cross life saving corps, and
I of the Toledo Knights of Columbus
swimming team, was returning
If to the hospital after attending a
h swimming class when she met her
I death.
i Although the body was not found
until several hours later, police said
the murder was committed between
10:10 p. m. and 12:30 a. m: They
estimated the time from the fact
that a heavy rainfall set in at
12:30, and that both of the young
woman’s shoes were filled with wa-
ter.
Worth of the building was esti-
mated at $1,000 and the stock in-
ventoried at $8,500 at the end of
February, said J. M. Norris, man-
ager, The building was owned by
the Davis-Johnson Lumber Co-.
Firemen quickly extinguished fire
which spread to the J. F. Norman
and Son Lumber Company, 1814
South Beckley, next door to the
builders’ plant.
Two boys. W. D. Hill of 2623
Seveers and Pat Young, 2612 Secv-
ers, said they saw an explosion
near the middle of the building
and then the flames burst through.
The boys turned in the alarm.
Immediately on the arrival of
first fire fighting equipment a sec-
ond alarm was sounded, and addi-
tional equipment brought from both
sides of the Trinity river. The
first alarm was sounded at 7:05
p. m. and the fire was tapped out
at 7:45 p. m.
Baby and Aged
Man Run Down
Killed by Autos
DALLAS, Texas, May 5.—Two
persons, one a 3 year old child
and the other an 84 year old man,
died Tuesday in Dallas hospitals
of injuries received when they
were hit by automobiles. Their
deaths make a total of twenty-one
fatalities from traffic accidents in
Dallas since Jan. 1.
George Butler, 3 year old son of
Mr. and Mrs. M. G. Butler, suc-
cumbed to injuries received when
he was hit by a car Wednesday in
front of his home, 1310 South
Fitzhugh, near East Grand.
J. Nels Feruson, 84, of 3303 Lake,
died of hurts received when he
was struck by a roadster Tuesday
on Maple Avenue, near Wolf St.
Geore was playing in front of his
parents’ home when he toddled in-
ed in the justice department. Its to the path of the car that struck
investigators went to work, and him, witnesses told investigating
finally landed Means in jail.
Means first came to international
officers. His skull was fractured.
Besides his parents he is surviv-
attention as an alleged confidential j ed by his grandparents, Mr. and
agent of German Ambassador von
Bernstorff and Captain Boy-Ed of
the German secret service, prior to
America’s entry into the world
(Continued on Page 6)
Mrs. T. N. Rice of Dallas. Funeral
services will be conducted at 2:30
p. m. Friday at the residence.
Mr. Ferguson was a retired farm-
er. He sustained a head injury in
the accident.
Scenes at Red Mav Dav Celebrations
SAYS PUBLIC
CONFIDENCE
UNDERMINED
Lower Tax Meet
In Waxahachie
Saturday 3 p. m.
Message Puts Both
Houses Congress in
Immediate Fury
Mrs. William Greer, mother of
the slain girl, said her daughter
and other nurses had been annoyed
numerous times in the same vicini-
ty by a man who gave evidence of
weak-mindedness. The police
searched for the molester on each
previous occasion but were unable
to find him.
Another Yacht
Trip in Search
Of Lindy Baby
NORFOLK, Va., May 6. (AP).—
To the long series of moves which
three Norfolk intermediaries be-
lieve will lead to the recovery of
the stolen Lindbergh baby, John
Hughes Curtis, principal of the trio,
planned today to add another trip
by water.
The yacht Maroon, used by Cur-
tis and his associates on their se-
W. G. McClain of Waxahachie
was here Friday, advertising a tax
payers meeting to be held in the
court house in Waxahachie at 3 p.
m. Saturday. A county organiza-
tion is to be perfected with direc-
tors from all sections of the coun-
ty.
J. T. Newson, state organizer, will
give some startling information of
interest to every taxpayer.
Mr. McClain stated that he is
anxious that the Ennis section be
well represented at Saturday’s
meeting.
Associated Press.
WASHINGTON, May 6.—In em-
phatic and sharp language Presi-
dent Hoover yesterday demanded
of congress that it enact an ef-
fective budget balancing program
without further ado.
Old Man Jupiter Pluvius was the only hindrance to dragon that is supposed to be symbolic of the demon
the Red May Day parade in New York, but the old “Capitalism.” In Philadelphia, however, May Day
boy sure put a damper on the fiery proceedings and did not go off so quietly. Clashes between police and
saved the police a lot of worry. Above is part of the demonstrators resulted in a score of paraders being
Communist procession. Marchers are carrying a injured and eight arrested. Inset is a sorry Red..
did not go off so quietly. Clashes between police and
injured and eight arrested. Inset is a sorry Red.
ELLIS COUNTY FAIR BOOSTED
Darrow Advises
Against Seeking
Pardon for Four
Associated Press.
HONOLULU,
Darrow, chief
AT COUNTY-WIDE BARBECUE
WAXAHACHIE COUNTRY CLUB
Lultors
May 6.—Clarence.%3 worth while institution, that
should receive the united support
That the Ellis County Fair is
"i while institution, that
counsel of Lieut.
Thomas H. Massie and the other
“honor slayers’ of Joseph Kaha-
hawai last night advised his clients
not to press for a pardon.
He denied that he had ever ask-
ed Gov. Lawrence M. Judd for a
pardon. All he did, he said, was to
discuss the possibility of one with
the governor. (
Minimizing the importance of a
pardon, Darrow told his clients to
drop the matter, taking up the res-
toration of their citizenship rights
at a later date.
Mrs. Anna Shouse
Dem. Chairman’s
Mother is Dead
OMAHA, Neb., May 6.—Mrs. An-
na Shouse, 90, mother of Jouett
Shouse, .chairman of the demo-
cratic national executive commit-
tee, died at 1 o’clock this morning
at the home of her daughter, Mrs.
Sidney Smith. Mr. Shouse was at
her side.
She had been in failing health
for several years, and critically ill
Sor the past week. Mr. Shouse
arrived here Thursday morning.
Private funeral services will be
held at the residence this after-
noon at 4 o’clock. At 6 o’clock the
body will be sent to Lexington, Ky.,
cret cruises, remained in readiness Mrs. Shouse’s .former home, where
at the naval base where she arriv-
ed last night from a trip of com-
parative short duration made dur-
ing the day. The results of this
trip were shrouded in the same
secrecy that has covered the ma-
neuvers of the intermediaries since
their lengthy negotiations were
started. -
The Marcon has repeatedly sail-
ed from the naval base to unan-
nounced destinations since the
scene of Mr. Curtis’ activities was
apparently shifted on April 22 from
the land to the sea.
The first of the cruises was fol-
lowed almost immediately by an-
other, and since then only short
intervals of rest have come be-
tween the movements of the yacht
It was learned that at least several
of the cruises were made out to
final services will be held Sunday
morning. Burial will be at Lex-
ington.
sea.
Reports continue to link
Charles A. Lindbergh with
Col.
the
Norfolk negotiations as an active
participant aboard the boat. Others
known to be accompanying Mr.
Curtis include Lieut. George L.
Richard, naval air pilot, and Ed-
ward B. Bruce, of Elmira, N. Y.,
an old friend. ,
Except for the brief comment
that “we are, still hopeful.” the
very Rev. H. Dobson-Peacock and
Rear Admiral Guy H. Burrage, re-
tired, the other intermediaries, have
refused to give an information re-
garding their work.
Vets Hospital
Waco Formally
Dedicated Today
WACO, Texas, May 6.—Gov. R.
S. Sterling and Col. eGorge E.
Ijams of Washington, assistant ad-
ministrator of verterans affairs were
here for the dedication today of
Waco’s new $2,000,000 veterans hos-
pital.
Service organizations in all parts
of the state sent representatives. V.
Earl Earp of Sweetwater, state
commander, was expected to repre-
sent the American Legion. A pa-
rade through the business district
was arranged to open the ceremo-
nies. A national guard detachment
planned to fire a 17 gun salute to
Gov. Sterling.
Congress appropriated the money
for the purchase of the 512 acre
site southwest of Waco and erec-
tion of the buildings thereon. At
the conclusion of the ceremonies
the various hospital buildings will
be open for inspection. A dance
will be given tonight in the recrea-
tion building.
of all business interests of Ellis
county was the concensus of opin-
ion expressed Thursday night at
the barbecue and meeting held for
the Ellis County Fair directors at
Waxahachie.
The meeting was held in the open
at the Waxahachie Country Club
grounds, and was attended by
about jl30; representative business
men and farmers of Ellis county.
The meeting sponsored jointly by
the Waxahachie Chamber of Com-
merce, the Waxahachie Lions and
Rotary Clubs, the Ennis Lions Club
and the Ennis Commercial Club,
and was held by these groups for
the prime purpose of expressing
faith in the Ellis County Fair as an
educational institution.
Ennis was represented with 41
and all sections of the county sent
representatives to the meeting.
President J. P. Bellew of the Ellis
County Fair Association, was un-
able to attend on account of illness
in his family.
The assembly gathered at 7
o’clock and was served with barbe-
cue, excellently prepared. Follow-
ing the feed, Irvin Cornwell of
Waxahachie, announced the pur-
pose of the meeting and introduc-
ed Ed Keever of Ennis, who is act-
ing as secretary of the Ellis Coun-
ty Fair.
Mr. Moore spoke for about thirty
minutes, giving a review of the
growth of the agricultural depart-
ment of the State Fair. Upon the
success of the agricultural depart-
ment of any fair, he said, hinges
its success or failure. The State
Fair, he said, has been able to grow
to its present proportions because
it has been primarily an agricul-
tural exposition.
Mr. Moore stated that he is a
farmer, and therefore a business
man—engaged in the manufactur-
ing business. The farmer, he said,
is engaged in the manufacturing
business, and should conduct his
business like any other manufac-
turer, building his plant to suit
the requirements of the goods to be
manufactured. He should study
his soil, accessibility to markets,
etc., and produce those crops that
show a profit.
He said he had often made the
statement, and would reiterate it,
that any farmer who visited the
fairs, took notes in the agricultur-
al department, and then returned
home and applied the information
he had gained would be benefited
by it. He says he has offered a
reward of $100 to any farmer who
does this that is not able to get all
the financial aid he needs from his
banker at any time. He has yet to
I have the reward claimed, Mr. Moore
said.
He closed his talk by advising the
business interests of Ellis county
Mr. Keever briefly outlined the to back the fair, stating that Ellis
plans for conducting the 1932 ex- county is one of the outstanding
position, stating that Ennis busi- agricultural counties of the state,
ness men want to keep the fair and for this reason alone needs a
alive and that many have pledged County Fair. The fair, he said.
to furnish free labor in prepara-
tion for and during the fair. He
stated that it is the plan of the di-
rectors to employ a paid secretary
for about three or four months in
the year and to operate all de-
should be self supporting.
M. E. Singleton, owner of the
Singleton stock farm of near Mid-
lothian, was introduced and spoke
in support of the county exposi-
tion. Mr. Singleton said he had
partments on the most economical j exhibited his stock in the various
basis. He explained that all men
active in the promotion of the fair
are interested primarily in the
welfare of Ellis county, and are
devoting their time without com-
pensation other than for the good
of the county as a whole.
Mr. Keever then introduced
County Agent Walter. Love, who
spoke briefly, outlining some of the
good that has resulted from the
County Fair. “The average busi-
ness man,” he said, “can not real-
ize the benefits to the county as a
whole or the influence the fair has
had upon improving agricultural
methods of the county.” He made
specific mention of the development
of the live stock and poultry indus-
try of the county, attributing much
of this success to the influence of
the fair.
Mr. Love then presented J. A.
Moore of Grand Prairie, who he
introduced as the man responsible
for the outstanding success of the
agricultural department of the
State Fair.
fairs of the United States, and
that none of them surpassed the
Dallas Fair. He paid tribute to El-
lis county as one of the finest agri-
cultural spots in America, and said
we are just beginning to realize
its possibilities in the growth of
live stock and agricultural prod-
ucts. He urged united support for
the County Fair.
Flatiron Killing
Jury Secured;
Evidence Begun
Associated Press.
TYLER, Texas; May 6.—The
prosecution planned to disclose its
case today against Barney Black-
shear. 23, on trial for the flatiron
slaying of Mrs. George Brimberry.
Two state witnesses testified last
night after the jury had been com-
pleted last yesterday.
The prosecution contended that
a desire for money led the young-
oil field roustabout to kill Mr. and
Mrs. Brimberry. The defense indi-
cated it would plead insanity.
J. L. Grantom, a friend of the
Brimberry’s, and Jim Bradford,
deputy sheriff, were the first wit-
nesses. Grantom said he went to
the thrifty German couple’s home
the night of the fatal beating to
tell them he could not take them
to Arp the next day as planned. He
found Mrs. Brimberry’s body lying-
on the floor of the crude cabin, he
notified Bradford. Bradford told
of going to the Brimberry home
where he found blood covered flat-
iron near the womans body. Her
husband’s body was in a ditch near
the cabin, he said.
Over objection of the defense the
court allowed introduction as an
exhibit of a magazine found near
Mrs. Brimberry’s body with the
words “A negro kill me” written on
its. cover. The state expected to
endeavor to show that the writing
was not that of the German wom-
an.
Sugest District Fair.
H. B. Bomar of Corsicana, secre-
tary of the Navarro County Poul-
try Club, was then introduced. Mr.
Bomar told of the experience of
Navarro county in holding County
Fairs. He said there are many
people in his county who are of
the opinion that this is not the time
to promote fairs, but experience
of those counties that held exposi-
tions last year was that they show-
ed profits. Bomar suggested the
possibility of the Ellis County Fair
being enlarged into a District Fair.
(Continued on page 6)
Fire Raging on
Water Front
in New York
NEW YORK, May 6. (AP).-
Fire raged for hours through the
$2,000,000 Cunard pier in the Hud-
son river at 13th Street today and
just before noon, with the pier
threatening to collapse at any mo-
ment, the flames were still out of
control and steadily spreading to
other waterfront property.
The fire started early in the
morning in rubbish under Pier 54.
a steel and concrete structure ex-
tending 1,000 feet into the Hudson.
By noon the flames were creep-
ing steadily along the creosote-
soaked piling on which the river
piers rest toward the sister pier
at 12th street and had advanced
through a wall of water to ignite
a two story office building on West
Street connecting the piers at 12th
and 14th Streets with the 13th St.
structure.
Besides dozens of pieces of land
apparatus, five fireboats were
pouring thousands of gallons of
water on the flames from the
river.
Traffic was shut off in a large
zone surrounding the fire, paralyz-
ing the usual activity in the great
vegetable and meat market district
in the Washington street section.
Accuses Democrats.
Enumerating specific acts, he ac-
cused the democratic-managed
House of Representatives of under-
mining public confidence and un-
doing the benefits of the recon-
struction program.
By contrast with the usual lack-
adaisical reception of presidential
messages, this one pushed both
branches of congress into an imme-
diate fury, evoking from the dem-
ocratic leaders bitter words of
blame for the president and his
aides, drawing from administra-
tion supporters, equally sharp re-
criminations. -
Boiled down, what the president
demanded was that an adequate
and equitable tax bil be passed; that
expenditures be reduced by $700,-
000,000 or more, partly through
cuts in appropriations, mainly by
giving him legal authority, to reor-
ganize the Government ' with a
free hand. He demanded that the
appropriations cuts be accompanied
by authority to shift amounts be-
tween bureaus to prevent inhuman
discharging of thousands of Gov-
ernment employes;
He accused the house of damag-
ing popular morale by its destruc-
tion of the original tax program;
its passage of a. $132,000,000 road
building bill; passing the veterans
widows and orphans pension bill
while refusing to sanction cuts in
allowances for ex-soldiers as pro-
vided by the economy bill; virtual
destruction of the latter measure;
failure to make possible adequate
reduction of Government bureaus
and commissions; passing a bill or-
dering the Federal Reserve Board
and the treasury to peg the value -
of the dollar, and the threat (thru
the bonus or other pending legis-
lation) of enacting laws looking to
uncontrolled inflation.
First Campaign Speech:
To this indictment the demo-
cratic floor leader, Rainey of Illi-
nois, jumped up with the charge,
that this was the president’s “first
speech in his campaign., for re-elec-
tion,” The senate leader, Robinson
of Arkansas, took the floor to say
the plight congress finds itself in
never would have developed if the
administration had not made un-
accountable errors in presenting its
estimates of the reveue needed,
and that not general advice but
specific suggestions were required.
Others joined in.
Will Have to Answer.
They met with ready and hot re-
plies. Representative Snell, repub-
lican leader, said campaign mate-
rial or not the democrats would
•have to answer” for the present
situation. Senator Deer (R., Pa.)
told Robinson the definite suges-
tins had been presented often
enough, but,that congressional cour-
age was lacking. In the ensuing
debate he observed that “if this
country ever needed a Mussolini,
it needs it now,’ immediately
drawing upon his head a spirited
castigation from Senator Johnson
(R., Cal.)
“To proclaim a Mussolini is but
to echo the cry of every exploiter-
in this land. He said with finger
pointed at Reed, “I understand as
(Continued on Page 6)
Fhe Weather
Cloudy, Showers.
East Texas—Cloudy, occasional
thundershowers tonight and Sat-
urday. Fresh southerly winds on
the coast ____________
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