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PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, MAY 21, 1921
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ME YEARS FOR
iMan and Wife Were Convicted
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TOl IVIUIMOI VI """ul
Marcus Hook
VICTIM FOUND STABBED; s
? . ACCUSED PHILA. MAN
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s M.r Mlrncho. cook nt the Eastern
tVptnltentiary, and her husband Jncklno,
(. TfDO live" i" " " ""v .
Nfere imprisoned for second degree mur
' 'der fire years ago, will walk out of
that Institution within n week, freed
. o! a crime which the State Pardon
- Board Is now convinced they did not
' commit.
! Fire years ago Mr. and Mrs.
MJracho were convicted in Chester
County of the murder of a man named
Poter Garage, who had come to board
" with them in their home at Marcus
Hook. Nobody knew Oarage, who nr-
' riied with bis son,. He said Mr wife
' wis dead. '
One day Garage was found stabbed.
sriricbo was away from home, off
looking at n house ho Intended to buy.
Mr. Mlracho found the" wounded man,
nd him taken to the hospital nnd then
helped tho nurse prepare for the cmer-
f;encyopcration which was perfosmed
a in attempt to save his life.
Stabbed By Phlla. Man
' Oarage told those nround, him tliat
le had been stabbed by a man from
Philadelphia. Latcr,--just before ho
j-mmi fvtttMn ntlmt trr flirt nnprnHnn nn
-interpreter talked to him in Italian.
Afterwards, nt tue trial, tnis interpre
ter testified that Gnrngc had accused
Mr. and Mrs. Mlracho of the crime, and
they were convicted.
Thea began a trnln of mysterious cir
cumstances which in the end formed the
'""basis of tho couple's pardon.
Less than twenty-four hours after
Garage died a. woman who said she was
k wife, and proved It, came to claim
uwchild. She told an amazing story.
'She said her husband 'had killed n man
ia Utica', N. X-., which afterward wns
Moved to be tho case. She said he had
"carved" another man, in another
town, and then had attempted her life.
'According to the. wife's story, Garage
.had attacked her with a hatchet, strik
ing her over the back, nnd when he
thought &he was dead, pushed her down
the cellar- stairs. He followed, hntchct
in hand, and stood over her. Sho
thought he was going to strike again.
He leaned over her and listened for the,
bentlnir of her heart. She held her
v in-rath, and apparently ho did not de
tect the flutter of her Heart, lor sue was
almost dead in jreality. Then he kissed
her three times and left the house.
Recovered in Hospital
She was found, scut to the hospital,
and ultimately recovered. "
Her husband apparently believed sue
was dead, and she made no 'attempt' to
find him, fearing that lie would try
again to kill her.
The wife of'Gnrage went to the priest
at Marcus Hook nnd told her story.
He sent her on to the District Attorney.
' A defense wns prepared for the Mlra
ehog, Who had been indicted for murder,
nnd a witness was discovered who said
he would tell the liRmo of the rcnl mur
derer of Garage when he went on the
witness stand. Whether it was coin
cidence or deslgnthis witness was mur
dered mysteriously on a visit to Phila
delphia just on the eve of the trial.
When the trial came up Garage's
past was not made known. In view
of the later facts, pieced together by
Mrs. Charles Pawling Plummcr, of the
' Pennsylvania Prison Society, nnd dc'i
velopctL before the Pardon Roard by
Senator Samuel Salus, attorney for the
Mlrachos, it seemed evident that there
had been ample reason for several per
sons, relatives of Garagc'H own victims,
to have sought vengeance agninst him.
There was no motive apparently for the
Mlrachos to wish to kill him.
The granting of the pardon has been
announced and thft document is being
t expected any day. The husband and
wife will owe their freedom to the
efforts of Mr. Saluu and Mrs. Plummcr.
Mrs. Plummer aw Mrs. Mlracho on
her daily visits to the prison, nnd the
woman always said she was iu jail "for
doing nothing." Hit by bit sho told her
story; Mrs. Plummer became lutcrosted
and legnu an investigation of her own
which took her to various citieN, among
them Heme, Utica, Buffalo nnd Roches
ter, in New York nnd various small
towns in Pennsylvania".
FIRES 3 SHOTS INTO BREAST
Man Commits Suicide In Bathroom
of His Home
. Rlcha-d A. Huebnor, thirty-three
Jears old, of 2748 South Smcdley
wwt, killed himself nt 12:4fi o'clock
!" ornlng by firing three bullets into
fll breast)
uis'..Iluebnor wl' hoard shots from
l".?athro'". rushed in nnd found her
'""lying. She called tho police
" no Fifteenth street nnd Snyder uvc
X, ft.8'1"", and the dying man was
,ni.n ? Su ABncs' Jlosplttii. Ho lived
knWfWlf,e pa.,d ''l0 on,y MnMins sho
S.for, hw huRbnnd's suicide wero a
i-.v.uugeu uinesi
nd no children
r.u.ongea uinoss and Inek of work. Thov
BEATEN AND ROBBED
v'etlm Loses $11 Returning From
, Visit to Fiancee's Home
272omv I?ieMnc?r twenty-one years old.
home t?l 8,?,dnham street, walked
stuuJ wn' of Sflvontcenth Btreet and
of nol7,tt.yem,c' "n(l fcl1 I"'0 the hands
lot nl,U )imcn,,.II 'ad,passcd un open
ft n"ln J,'JB lr?fttl bri('Ke when wo
ihadSw. eyes s,CI.,IU,d ".t ,llQ
itrfk. AVlc,lnk 8n5's ho attempted to
with i? ?'nrP rnP "" tho elbow
i iJ hlnckjnck.
aln.teiL l . athcr mn held a gun
that nL?ly llcnrt' .nnd Mi 'Don't try
ot ti i ' or you r a ileail.onn.' They
MyinV . "?.m rno' thcn bckcd away,
one !,?, !'fy we,lt! 'Do't tell any
Ln.Ut ,hl8' or wc Bt yon.' "
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Feminine 'Ertoch Arden' Causes
Arrest of Man Who Married
Again Last August
NO. 2 GOES PRISONER'S BAIL
A wifp he said ho believed was dead
and whom he had not seen for nineteen
yenrs caused the arrest today of William
Hansel, forty-seven years old, 4722
Dnrrnh street. Frankford, who married
Hgain nine months ago.
Hansel was arrested nt his home by
District Detective Dougherty, of the
Frankford ntntlon, on a wnrrant bnsed
on nn nffidavlt by the Itev. Win. C.
Kilpatrick, who married the defendant
to jtllss Jane II. Korslnko last August.
Hansel was arraigned in Central Sta
tion today before Magistrate Cnrson,
who held him in $G00 bail for a further
hearing Monday. Mrs. Hnnsol No. 2,
who. is forty-two years old, was at tho
whohcarlng, but the first wife did not
nppcar.
The accused man said his first wife
left him one year after their marriage
twenty yearn ago. Mrs. Ilnns'M No. 1,
through nn attorney, alleged her hus
band deserted her eighteen ears ago.
Iloth have bven living in this city ever
since and say they never met after the
separation.
Mrs. Hansel No. 2 offered bail for
tho dcfcndant today. She insisted on the
magistrate's accepting her surety, nr
gulng that if she was not legally wedded
the law against a wife going ball for her
husband did not apply in this case.
Wife No. 1 wns Miss Anna Muy Mnr
tin nml gave her. address as 1104 Free
mnn street at the tiimi of her marriage
twenty years ago. The first license wns
traced by Thomas Hrannlx, a clerk In
the murrlagc license office.
MERELY A MOVING MISHAP
Bureau Falls Three Stories From
Window Hits Woman
Mrs. .Icnnlo Fisher, fifty-eight years
old. 3.117 North American street, wns
struck yesterday afternoon z.v a bureau
which dropped from the third-story
.window of a house on Tenth street
above York.
According to the police, Jacob Wein
berg, who wns moving, had balanced
the bureau nt tho window ledgo, pre
paratory to lowering it to the street,
when It got nwny from him nnd fell
at the moment .Mrs. Fisher was pass
ing. It struck her n glancing blow.
The injured woman was taken to the
Kplscopal Hospital, where tho surgeons
dressed Injuries to her back.
Weinberg was arrested by the police
of tho Park nnd Lehigh avenues sta
tion and given a hearing nt that sta
tion house today by Magistrate Glenn.
Mrs. Fisher wns still too 111 to nppear
ngaliiNt him, and he was held In ?400
bnil for n further homing May 28.
MINGO CITIZENS ARfVlED
Guns and Pistols Distributed as
"" Martial Law Begins
Williamson, W. Vn.. May 21. (By
A. P. 1 Major Tom Davis, who was
sent herf Inst night by Governor Mor
gait to enforce tho Governor's procla
mation of martial law in Mluuo County.
today visited the towns along tho Tug
Ktyer where disorders ncurred last
wek. He found the country itrncofiil
and quiet.
ItillcH and pistols were distributed
among the citizens who hnvo been sworn
in as State policemen for the emer
ge ncy.
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MADAME CURIE DEDICATES
GOVERNMENT LABORATORY
Specimens of Carnotltc Ore From
Which Radium Is Obtained
Given Scientist
Washington, May 21. (By A. P.)
Mndamc Marlc Curie, who received n
gram of radium yesterday from Presi
dent Hnrding, set in motion today the
machinery of tho new low temperature
laboratory of tho Bureau of Mines. A
distinguished gathering of Government
officials and prominent scientists from
all parts of the country was present
to welcome Madame Curie nnd witness
the dedication ceremonies.
Duo to fatigue, which made it Im
possible for her to remain nt the labor
atory more thnn n few minutes Mndamc
Cur4o was unnblu to deliver a dedicatory
oddrexs. The ceremonies were curtailed,
Madame Curie replying briefly to ad
dresses of welcome, by Dr. II. Foster
Bain, director of the bureau, und Dr.
It. B, Moore, chief chemist of the bu
reau. Later sho pressed a button that
set in motion thu complicated machinery
of the laboratory.
On behalf of Gordon Kimball, of
Ouray, Qol., Madume Curie wns pre
sented with a largu specimen of carno
tito ore, from which radium is obtained,
said by scientists to be one of tho finest
specimens of radium -bearing ore ever
obtained In tho United States. Shu also
wns presented with n bottlo of ore, for
warded by Mr. Kimball, part of the
first shipment of carnotltc ore ever mulle
in this country. It was mined 'in 1808
before its radtum-bcnrlng values were
known. Mndame. Curio wild both speci
mens would bo placed In her museum In
Paris.
AMERICAN STORE ROBBED
Thieves Smash Safe Combination
and Flee With $289
Kobbors forced u rear window of the
American Stores Co.'s store nt JtS.'t
South Twentieth street iarly this morn
Inc. smashed the combination of tho
safo and escaped with $280.
Tho robbery was not discovered until
tho store was opened at 8 u'clock.
A heavy iron crating was torn fiom
n rear window.
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Injuries in Auto Smash Said to
Have Made Chicago Broker's
Wife Kleptomaniac
HAD A LARGE ALLOWANCE
By the Associated Press
Chicago, May 21. An Automobile
accident, whieh resulted In Injuries
leading to kleptomania, wns blamed by
relatives and physicians today for the
nets of Mrs. .Toseph S. itcil, wife of n
wealthy broker, and who confessed last
night, accordiug to police, that for more
tlmn a year she had been robbing the
homes of wealthy families by posing as
a maid. The loot was said to total
more thou .?2.",(I00. and much of it was
found in Mrs. Hell's liomiT"
Mrs. Hell was hold In a detention
home today booked on four formal
charges of robbery. Her condition wns
said by nttijnding physicians to be
serious, for in addition to mental
troubles with which she was nid to be
afflicted, she is soon to become n mother.
Membcis of the family today said that
Mrs. Hell wns in an automobile acci
dent several years ago. An operation
was necessary and the wound never
healed, relatives said. They declared
that previous to the nccldent Mrs. Hell
wns normal in every way.
Tho case was one of the most un
usual on Chicngo's police records. Mrs.
Hell, with nn nllownnce of ?,'!00 n
month from her husband, fwo automo
biles nnd a magnificent home, forged
references, nccording to he alleged con
fession, and obtained employment ns a
mnid in fnshionnble North, Shore homes,
robbing them when she left. She wns
identified by four former employers. All
said she was a "perfect mnid," nnd
showed such efficiency that she wns
trusted fully.
Her loot ranged from canary bird
cages to valuable pieces of jewelry. A,
number of platinum nlns nml illnmnn.i
rings were being traced today by the
police through pawntickets found in
Mrs. HcU'Hahnme.
Her husband recently had given her
a small apartment building. It woh said
oy iciuuvl-, iiiio .urs. noil was quoted
as saying thnt much of the property sho
stole was used In furnishing it.
Mr. Hell refused for some tim6 to be
lieve t'u charges against his wife.
"Why, I can cash my personal cheek
for .$250,000 at any Chicago bank' T,,!
told reporters. "Why should my wife
stenl?
His income was said to be moro thnn
$1150.000 a year. Mrs. Hell Is thlr v.
eight jcars oil!. Sho has a married
daughter, eighteen years old.
FOUND $40,00, NECKLACE
Property of Supposed Smunpler
Picked Up on. N. Y. .Pier
Now York, May 21. (By A. P )
A pearl neckhico with platinum el'nsn
valued nt ?I0,000, was picked up today
by n customs guard ut the pier where
the Aqultnnla docked Inst night,
Tho necklncn did not hum. t.. ..
ship's manifest, and the theory was ad
vanced thnt it hail licnn IiikI nr !...
away by some on attempting to smug
elc.lt into the, country.
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Americans' Sweep Foursomes
and Win Five of Eight Single
Tilts at Hoylake
T.OLLEY TROUNCES EVANS;
PLATT LOSES TO ARMOUR
By tho Associated Press
Hoylake, England, May 21. Tho
American golfing stars decisively de
feated their English opponents in the
first international golf, match here to
day. The Americans made a clean
sweep of the foursomes and captured
five of the eight singles matches.
The net result of the day's piny wns
nine victories for the Americans' as
against three for tho Britith.
Indlvldunl matches resulted as fol
lows :
Cyril Tolley, tho British amateur
golf champion, defeated Charles W.
(Chick) Evans, American amateur
chnmplon, in their individual mntch tills
afternoon. Tolley's victory Wus by 4 up
nnd :i to play.
Francis Oulmet, runner-up in the
United, States Golf Championship Tour
nament in 11)20. beut .1. L. C. Jenkins,
of Troon, by (! up and " to play.
Robert T. (Bobby) Jones. of,At
Inntn, defeated B. II. De Montmorency
by 4 up and .'l to play.
Jesse P. Guilford, of Boston, de
feated Georse O. Simponibv 2 up and
I to play. Tfio match was n close one,
Guilford being only 1 up nt the ninth
hole.
C. C. Aylmcr, of Rnnchigh, defeated
Dr. Paul Hunter, of I.os Angeles, cham
pion of Southern California, by 2 up
and 1 to play. At the ninth hole
Hunter nnd Aylmcr were nil squurc.
T. D. Armour, of I.othlnnburn, beat
J. "Wood Piatt, the Philadelphia cham
pion, by 2 ui aniTl to play.
Frederick J. Wright, of Boston,
champion of Mussochusetts. defeated IJ.
W. E. Holdcrncss, of Walton Heath,
by two holes.
W. C. Fownes. Jr., of Pittsburgh.
the veteran golfer, defeated Itogcr
wetnered, of v nrplcuon, hy up nnd
1 to play. Wcthercd wns 1 up nt the
uinth. fc
Gallery Follows Evans
When the first of the indlvldunl
matches bean the weather was ex
tremely hot. A tremendous crowd fol
lowed Tolley and Evans. Tolley won
the first hole, three strokes to four,
getting down n three-yard mitt. The
second Jiole was halved iu four, nnd at
tho third Tolley ran down n four-jnrd
putt for four, being then 2 up. Evans
won the next, .' to 4. but Tolley was
nun in 2 ill) at the fifth. The sixth nnd
' seventh wero halved, while Tolley won
the eighth and ninth, which he turned
4 up.
Tolley was too strong with his ap
proach to thu pin at the tenth hole
which Evans won in 4 to 0, but after
a half In .'I nt tho eleventh the Ainer
ienn lost the next hole, 4 to 0, through
being bunkered. He wns ngnln bunk
ered at the thirteenth and lost in .1 to
4. making Tolley dormle fi. The
Englishman lost the next hole, but se
cured a hnlfnt the fifteenth, which gnve
him the match by 4 up and .1 to play.
Oulmet Up at Turn
In (he mntch between Oulmet and
Jenkins, the American won the first
three holes. At the third Jenkins played
for tho hole while Quinict s ball was
hanging over tho lip of the cup und
knocked It In, thereby giving the hole
Continued an I'tute Tiro, Column Tno
MARINE WORKERS ACCEPT
15 PER CENT WAGE CUT
Agree to Shipping Board Demand In
Strike Settlement Conference
Washington. May 21. (By A. P.)
Acceptance of the 15 per cent wnge
reduction for marine engineers do
uinnded by the Sliipplns Jlonrd, but
with modifications ns to woiking condi
tions, Is understood to be included in nn
agreement reached here today at confer
ences between Secretary Davis, Chnir
innn Benson, of the board, and repro
sentntites, of the Marine Engiurois'
Beneficial Association.
The changes in working conditions
and overtime, it was Indicated, would
brlug the nctunl reduction iu wages to
somewhat less than l!i per cent.
Secretary Dntis W. S. Jeyins, of
the Shipping Board, and the marine
engineers' representatives will go to
New York today to confer with the
American Ship Owners' Association in
nu effort to huve it agree to the terms
also. Until such nn agreement is
reached, Secretary Davis said he pre
ferred not to make public the terms.
The ittdlo operators, Mr. Davis said,
would agree to the terms accepted by
the marine engineers and it is under
stood that Andrew Furuseth, president
of the 9'ameu's Union, will sign a
similar agreement.
Admiral Benson will submit the pro
posal to ship owners ami it was expected
that tho agreement would be signed
some time today by representatives of
tho engineers hero and the Shipping
Board Mean.
While the radio operations wero not
represented at today's conferencu it
has been assured thnt a scparatu agree
ment will bo reached between them nnd
th Shipping Board, bnsed upon thnt
with the engineers. Andrew Furuseth,
prosident of tho Seamen's Union, it is
understood, will sign n similar agree
ment for that organization.
EX-GOVERNOR ARRESTED
Former Executive of Florida Charged L
wun peonage
Albany, Gn May 21. (By A. P.)
Sidney J. Catts, former Governor of
Florida, was arrested here today on a
Federal warrant from Florida charging
peonage.
Catts' bond was fixed at $2."i0O when
ho was arraigned before United Stntes
Commissioner- George White. Horn! ti.
not et been furnished.
DEFEATS BRi
ONS
Remorse-Stricken Moyer x
Is Now Broken in Health
EX'pashief of North Perm, Bank Wails at
Night for Children Annoyed
Toomey, His Cellmate
Halph Mojer, serving a term of from! "Bill" Houston, an embezzler, whose
twelve to fifteen tears in the Eastern t,,,'," n,n' lrom 'ivi' '" Mx QatH-
Penitential'; for' helping wreck the
North Peim Bank, is reported to be
broken In hinltli and spirits, n prev to
remorse for ,s oust nnu anxiety' for
the future of his children.
Charles Tooim-y, who embezzled n
fortun from nu estate In the .enre of
the fidelity Trust Co.. nnd woA sen
tenced to ten to thirty years in the
same Institution, Is .Voyer's cellmate
. fli lnt..,M k,"wn ns "Ttve've Block,"
n the Penitentiary, nnd is doing what
he en u to make the .tounger innn's out
look more hopeful.
"I have n hard tlmv gelting to sleep
the way Mat er cries for ills chlldien
every night." Toomei tiM n f-1.,,,,1 "it
'is pitiful to hear him. Scarce n night
passes that he does not tell me how
sorry he Is for what he did, and how
differently lie would order bin life If he
"al it all to do over again.
' There J, jut one thing that ho
tvnnts. and that one thing in his con
stant concern and prn.ter, that his chil
dren mnr ciotv nn vniul
"I've tried to cheer him
up, to get
ii m out or himself. Uvi
him lo go out nnd take
it is n ilifliuilt job."
tried to get
exercise, but
.Mojer, bioken down with grief over
his separation from Ills fninili ,i,,.l tl...
iiisgince ne feels lie hn
broiiuht
tlieni, hn
aged iieicentiblt .
The
two former bank emiilotcs. both
clcv
er accountants, nre working nights
the reuitentinr.t's iiccomils. Tuomev
nu
ns nssistnnt Uarrv Borne, who lig'-
iircu iu a sMisntioiinl jewelrj stoic rob-
Dery nt j 'in lenth
at I'tftfcnth nml Wnlnnt uti'm.tu
I.. I 111 11 I 1 . - .......
in mill, und Is servini? frnm i.iflit i
ten
.tears, nnd Moyer as assistant to1
MAN, IN PISTOL BATTLE,
DRIVES OFF RUM THIEVES
Detects Robbers Rolling Out Barrels!
of His Private Stock
James J. Burns fought n revolver
battle with robbers early this morning
whfii thuy made a try for some of his
private .toek. lie lives at 4727 San
son! street and his cellar is sqid to be
well stocked.
' About II o'clock Mr. Burns hcanl a
noise and looking out of tho second-
story back window he suw a motor-.
truck and a touring car standing near
by and two men rolling a barrel of
whisky from his cellar. Running back
he got his pistol and leturned in time
to see nuother of his whisky bnrrels
make its nppenrance. He tired two
shots, the hnudits icpljiug. then lied.
The tthiskj, cins'stiiig of two full bar
rels, n demiiohn nnd another of nlco
hol. were left standing on the pave
ment. .-Ncignuurx tcicpiionen lor tlie police
mid details hurried to the scene in time
.u "i' i'" i"- "ui-ix.i omit nnu uie
tcimi. i jiiifiiiii ii).u prvtiui lliuiurc.i tic
policemen fought a duel with robbers
who were after the same stock.
SAILOR MISSING FROM SHIP AFTER RAID
PORTLAND, MAINE, May 21. James Walker, ft Negro
member of the ciew of ".lie schooner Mniy W. BarreTF, wns missing
today after n mid on the vessel by a gang of men who attacked
the five Negro btuigrs nfter driving them from their bunks to uie
deck al pistol point. Tho Negroes fought "Back but weie uadly
beaten. When the encounter was over, Walker could not be found"1.
It was believed he went overboard in the fight, and police made
arrangements to search for his T3ody. y
YOUNG WOMAN KILLS HERSELF WITH PISTOL
CINCINNATI, OHIO, May ST. Mis. William G. 'Fisher,
twenty-six years o"u, San Finuclsco, ended her life cnily today by
tiring a levolver bullet into her rigiit temple, ftvhen In her betl
loom in the apaitment o: ner aunt, Mis. Kathiyn Claik, "here.
Mrs. Clark told police she could asciibe no motive for Mi&.
Fisher's act.
MORE SHOOTING -IN TUG RIVER VALLEY
WILLIAMSON. W. VA May 21. Within a few hours after
the authorities, after examining their morning lepoits fiom the
Upper Tug Klver Valley, had announced that all was, quiet, they
weie lnfoimed that the little mining town of Meirimac. the scene
of much shooting the past ten days, had again been filed upon.
There were no casualties, the reports said.
GENERAL STRIKE THREATENED IN BUENOS AIRES
BUENOS AIRES, May 2T. Failure of the Argentine Govern
men to accede to demands of union leaders to "officialize" woik
in the port zone here may result In a general stiike. The time
limit given the government by the unions in their viitual ulti
matum expired at 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon and an hour latei
union delegates met the Minister o7 Finance to Team the govern
ment's decision. The rehult of the interview was not made public,
but general meetings of cart men and stevedoies weie balled foi
today for the consideration of measuies the two unions may adopt.
HARVEY HOTLY ASSAILED IN HOUSE
WASHINGTON'.May)21. Ambassador Harvey was attneked
in tho House 'today by Representative Stevenson, Demcorat. South
Carolina, who objected to Mr. Hnrvey.'s statement nt the Pilgrims.'
dinner in London that the United. States "entered the war to cave
its hide-not to save civllizaion." Mr. Stevenson said that in an
uuuicsa at Vnanesion, a. c., in
some of his- ancestors during ,the Civil War were so yellow they
hired substitutes, and tlmt onb went to Jail rather than fight to
preserve . the utilnn. rwiriinn. i,4.
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;"7,""uu ue ieu,nS lue umiBH
io iigus xor American independence, 1 '
Both Put at Night Woih
' Toomey and Moyer were put nt night
t work hv Warden "Bob" McKentv to
save Moyer from tho pressing nnxicty
thnl his more cheerful cellmate, Toomey,
found weighed most heavily on the for
mer North I'enn Bnnk official nt night.
The two men, who hnvo become fust
friends, work on the books often until
midnight, posting the records of the
day. An elaborate system of records is
kept nt the Penitentiary, showing ull
the work done every day by tho in
mates, and the former bank officials,
because of their expert skill in such
matterH, have saved the Penitentiary
much money.
Toomey More Reconciled
Toomey apparently is tho more rec
onciled of the two "to the long years
of confinement tlmt loom ahead. He
works hard mornings and night, nnd in
the afternoon plnys ball in the prison
ynrd. He is reported brown-skinned
ond vigorous, and of great use to the
warden because of his kindly way with
younger men, helping in the maintin
nncc of discipline.
Another prisoner who had more than
ills full shine of notoriety, jet is re
ported os "milking good" in the Peni
tentiary, is Peter D. Trendttay, serv
ing a twenty -tear sentence forthemur-
I der of Henry T I'oirce. Trend tvnj lias
come to be known ns "the boy with a
smile." nnd hit-, become (he lead ng
tenor in the piison choir. lie sings
solo there, by the waj. with "Butch"
Afnsctn nnd .losenh fnslelln u lm . nm
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WILKES-BARRE "SLACKER"
ENLISTED, FATHER AVERS
Lad Missing Since 1917 Others on
List Protest Innocence
Wilkes-Barre. Pa., May 21. Only
four of the men whoso names nre on
the slacker list furnished to the War
Deportment of District No. .'!. of this
city, can be found here. Several of
the remaining twenty, however, nre
known und huve relatives here.
Andrew Delimun, nn aged man. says
Ills son. .Tohti, whose name is on the
list, went away In 11)17 to join the
army and has not been heard from
since.
Reading. Pa., May 21. With the re
lense today of the delinquent list of
Reading Drnft Board No. 2. Paul llohr
baeh, one of the eleven men named ns
slackers, wns arrested by a city detec
tive and tukeu to Fort du Pont. Del.,
for eoiirt-mnrtiiil. Appiuentlv no mis
takes have been lutiile in the list.
One of the slackers. Moses Ender
ftl'flVtfin W fl nn ul n V..r.,.n ...!..!. i
I 0f tis clt, . who recently Imd his wife
iirresteil on a ciuuge of higauiy. He
now serving ten .tears in a Soifthern juil
for an auto theft. There are no frnees
l here,, of nuy of the others.
1800, Mr. Harvev "boasted that
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$25,000 GEM THEFT
IN AMBLER HOME OF
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Mystery in French Girl's Arrest
Explained Marjorie Bourne'3
Jewels Stolen
RICH PEARLS AND TIARA
GIVEN UP TO STATE POLICE
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The 1?2.,).000 jewel robberv near
Ambler, which has been shrouded In
secrec.t by the State police, wns com
mitted ot the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Ralph Benver Strnssburger, Nonnnndy
Fnrm, Gwynedd Valley.
Mr. Strnssburger, whose, mngnlficcnt
French chateau, with its broad acres,
is one o the show places ot this part
of the country, talked freely today of
the robbery.
The jewels, n $20,000 penrl necklace
nnd n $."000 tiara, nre tho property of
Miss Marjorie Bourne, of Onkdale, L.
I., sister of Mrs. Strnssburger. and one
of the bencficinries of tho $.'0,000,00(1
estate of the late Commodore Frederick
G. Bourne. .-
Madeleine Gonnneret, the maid, who"
State police allege, confessed the rob- i
bory. is in the Norrlstown jail. Sho
was held in S2."00 ball csfcrdny by
Magistrate Urban, of Ambler. .
Mr. Strnssburger said thnt Miss
Bourne enmo to Normandy Farm ten
dnys ngo to visit Mrs. Strnssburger,
who wus Miss Mary Bourne.
After several days Miss Bourne In
terrupted her stay there to visit other
friends for a few days. She forgot her
jewels and left the tiara ami the neck
lace in n bureau drawer in iter
luxurious bedroom on the second floor,
part of one of the finest suites in the
home.
(In her return to Gwynedd Valley
after an nbseuce of several dnys. Miss
Untune discovered her jewels missing.
She consulted her sister nnd Mr,
Strusbburger, nnd the Stnte police
were culled in.
.Maid Yields to Questions
When domestics in the chateau were
quizzed hy the police the said the
maid showed extreme nervousness. '
With this lend they investigated and
biUteicd her with iucstions until her
self-control broke.
Two State troopers went to the
maid's room in the hervntitft' wing,
and. following her directions, found thu
tlnra and the uccklace hidden iu a
closet.
"I am going to try to have the girl
depot ted," said Mr. Strnssburger to
da. "Sho lias been in this country five
months and came to us from a New
York fain 11 She had good references.
1 nm going to look into that side of the
mutter
"I don't believe she was 'planted
by a band of thieves. I nm more in
clined to believe she is a kleptomaniac
and could not icsist taking the jewels
when she discoveied them iu the bureau
drawer.
"I did not want un.t publicity given
the robber and asked tho State police
to withhold in name. The reason was
i hat I did not want our place a target
for crooks I' might have had to shoot
Mime of them."
He Could Shoot All Right
Mr Stinssbuiger's past i coord shows
he would be cntiiel capable of dealing
with u buigliii discnteiod nt Normandy
Farm He is u graduate of the Naval
Academt al Annapolis and while an en
sign gained renown for a deed of heroism
on board (he battleship North Dakota,
A boiler had burst on the battleship,
killing three men and endangering the
lives of man otheis Mr. Strassbur
ger rushed into the boiler loom, turned
off u talvo and ui olT the rush of
dendl.t, sculding steam. Later he was
promoted to lieutenant and still later
made naval aide to President 4feuHe
veil. '
After resigning from the Navy he
served as Consul General in several
Kuiopean countries and ns n Secretary
of Legation nt Bucharest und of tlm
lhnbass at Tokio.
Mrs. Strnssburger in 1010 inherited
S 1,000,000 from the estate of her father.
( 'ommodore Bourne, who was head of
the Singer Manufacturing Co. oud di
rector of many big corporations.
Miss Bourne (iocs Homo
Miss Bourne left Normanil Farm this
morning and leturned to her Long lie
laud homo.
Tlio lobbery at the Strassburger home
recalls other big Jewel thefts in this
section recently. The most scnsationnl
was that of jewels Valued at ?.'l2f).00O
from the home of George II, McFadilen,
Jr.. at Vlllanottt.
Thoso jewels, including a pearl neck
lace, disappeared from Mrs. McFnd
den's boudoir. A French governess,
Muduino Jeanne Auberlet, and n French
moid. Mile. Blunehii Magutt, were ar
rested ami chaiged with the (heft, but
were subsequently fieed by n mater
trnte. Other jewel robberies occurred Oclo
her 0. 1020, nt the home of Mm, W,
Sackett Duell, of Meadow brook, Pa,,
where $20,000 of Jewel were taken,
and October 1S, 1020, when gemn
valued ot $1)0,000 were stolen from tbi
home f A. J. Antclo Dnvcreui at
Orcland, I'o.
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