Graham Daily Reporter (Graham, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 20, Ed. 1 Saturday, September 25, 1937 Page: 1 of 4
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GRAHAM. TEXAS. SATURDAY, SEPT. 25, 1937
Unequaled Variety Of
Loot Uncovered When
“Crime Built House” Found
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FORT WORTH, Texas, Sept. 25. bi>< ,nou?h for two cars, but only
—Officers here had a busy day in- one co„id get in. From the roof
voicing hundreds of stolen articles, extended a chain hoist. The rest
ranging from antique stamps to the space, was used for "storage.”
valuable pieces of furniture and art One of the garage caches discovered
work, following the confession of yesterday yielded a stgnjp oollecti
H. Martin, alias J. 4 Johnson and ; th,.t wa- estimated by detectives
discovery of his fine new "home' b(, worth about *L000. ,
tliat crime built” in Arlington, Texas. jn the ice box was a quart of
The apprehension of the natorious sherry, a pound of meat, fresh but-
burglar was made possible by J. D. ; t?r, salted nuts, and even after-
Durrett, age 16 of Ft. XVorth, when ,|inner mints. On the table was a
he caught Martin Tuesday night. decanter of whisky. In cabinets
stealing suitcases from Ihe car of there were hundreds of cans of
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young Boyd ‘Street of Graham.
Young Street and his bride of a few
days were returning from their
honeymoon in Mexico City and bad
stopped at the home of young Dur-
rett’a mother, a relative of Mrs.
Street.
Fort Worth officers followed in
g the chase which young Durrett start*
< ‘' ed and later captured the man. and
■*. - all week have been uncovering the
a ( enormous amount of loot. <
• Ha is said to be an ex-convict.
- He died - his criminal activities
over a period of nine years to build
11-- h and furnish one of the prettiest
houses in Arlington, Friday after*
noon he led Fort Worth detectives to
I ROOSEVELT SAYS HE WILL .....'
PRESS FORWARD WITH SAME ^
PROGRAM OF THE NEW DEBT
MUSSOLINI MEETS
HITLER FOR TALK
m WORLD AFFAIRS
food.
There were games—Monopoly, a
roulette ’ wheel, checker boards
boxes of poker chips.
The house was a block away from
the nearest neighbor, and Martin’s , _ _ .. ___...
movements went unsuspected. Madison*.,-First thought *«£•“
-. ... , ...__1 in the annual encampment of the Grand Arrtiy of the Republic was lor
Martin and his wife had nothing ^ comradas who hava gone before them. Shown at the memorial serv-
to do with neighbors. He construct-J ices are AUce Cary Risiey, eighty-three, of Columbia, Mo., only surviving
ed the house himself. He had a good yursc, and Capt. Eugene Merick, of Los Angeles,
credit rating in Arlington, and mon-
ey in a Fort Worth hank. But they
lived alone, and resented anyone
coming to their home.
Dozen* gathered yesterday and
watched — watched as ‘The House
That Crime Built” crumpled.
From the'figurative ruins of that
, JACK8B0R0 TEAM 26 TO 2
President Roosevelt faced thu peo-
ple of the Northwe t Friday after-
noon and frankly told them that
he doesn’t intend to let up nor count
during the remainder of his admin-
istration but will continue the pro-
gram he has fought for heretofeen.
_ Federal relief projects, the pree-
MUNICH, Gecavaqy. — Mussolini, ‘dent said in a rear platform ud-
the duce of Italy and leader of dress at Cheyenne, have "all served
fascism Is meeting today with The ' a pretty useful pytpose. Tt Ta A
Dictator of Germany, Adolph H tier, ! better country for having spent
•n wt)at is believed to be one of the for a few years, more than we wane
mo«t' momentous .conferences evet. taking in in taxes; and do not let
VU in Europe between governing * anyone deceive vojj— the government
In ad- ' f nations. . j of the United States is not going
What they are talking about and j broke"
agreeing upon may not be known I He made no reference to his pre-
for a itfng lime. But it is expected k’:>m for supreme court enlarge-
that a joint ay*fl*s*l.£co: peace will be ment<
isstl-.q. Later in the day, in a very brief
Adolf Hitler, chancellor of Ger- apivarance at Wendover, Wyo., Mr.
many, came here to be host !n the j trip about troubled international af-
dramatic meeting in this birthplace trip about trouble international af-
of national socialism, now In gala ! fairs.
ijtrsrtritix E'.rsws tars’’-" - **.•**-•!«
s,“” *"w'd LOAN ASSOCIATION
PLACES MUCH ON
Vfu n I h*nd *** lh* M*. that
Taken from his SUt,°n' . < , ■ ' ■ J ldfr* hid tLy_m made the pn.
cuffed to a city det“*ive’ 1 Stolen goods ranged from knidtre^ flimb)ini{ exhibition. The victors"
emped convict went w'th ( knacks. ,tfi . mattres-es. carpets and *,.lyed „ clean (rame and did them.
to a tree aix miles M """t furniture. The scene in the old Are; w|vw and wt.re backed by a Insured savings and loan assoeia-
GRAHAM BUILDING
ton. There he dug out
bottle
-station resembled nothing so much trcn,tndous crowd
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i -a i-w-lrw' -------------■ -r--—» -..... .when they heat .lacksooro Wildcats
tronds, pearl- and other jewelry roc|aimjnR their belonRin**. J b |he of 26 to 2.
*®**®*^®^**^ **^®*^' Loot collected in depredations_____And th*v thev were cana» - ------. Y.1 T.------------ ftUwtUaa- inBerlin*iuAliuuw dent- jsayi
Tuesday. I "Pack in January. 1937, a friend
Italians who should know believ | of iriihe came to.'me and said, *wfcy,
ed it would be so strongly worded! during the next four years, don't
' ar'bn appeaT for peace that it might t.vou take it easy,? Why don’t you
form the basis for la-ting under-j coast? You came up a long steep
standing in Europe. j grade for the la»f four year* and
Diplomats gathering here said n w, during the next four years.
Hitjer and Mussolini hope to arrange | y-m might as well have a good time.*
-one sort-of peace agreement with! “Well, I said to him that I was
... . * were - faithful fans would hav?~liked. 1 Home Loan Bank of Little Kock Great Britain and - France. I goi >g to continue during these four
^ * . IOn. ..nn** ‘ ere 1 1 be convict operated lii style. He The fii-t quarter was just a game with which the insured Texas asso-1 These plans; however, do not in-1 years the iwaCticeof the laet.four
**** va ua e go (tece,, rac had a truek. He bought the machine, seesawing between the 30 and 50 ] cialions are affiliated. J elude-. Soviet Russia; Germany andl years. And that, incidentally, in so
on it was a stolen radio. ’ [yard line*-in the Wildcat territory. x. ... t.lvlt.ul.v al,e“«ly are allied in a -tond' doing. I would have a good tima.
,-Y Tha Steers stepped out strong In the hj(If *rf ’’.h,‘.'’bins'’averaging about Communism, _ j * <**> want to coast and the na-
il (tier’s ol(j guard.
of folks from t^-ns in Texas, made 759 homo-boans
, aggrogating- 81,433,174.00 in the
antique settings, diamond pins and l.,;, thev had lost in burglaries.
There ‘ were
lets, and other adornments. but on j, was a Rt0|en radio.
“That’s the last of ft,” he told
dress with flowers, flags and colors
and under the vigilant eyes of thou-
ands of crack German guardsmen.
Benito Mussolini, duce of Fascist
Italy, |ped across Austria by spe-
cial-drain for the rendezvous and
foi a fiy<V#uy triumphal tour of
Germany. — v-y-t
The two had met once before
briefly at Venice in 1934:
Informed sources declared that the
two head- of state had agreed t9
make a joint world appeal for peace
when they address a hu|m_dejnon
"Arc we going to stay out of
war?” someone in the crowd, which
was dotted With young men. appar-
ently CCC boys, shputed to the pres-
ident. -—
“I hope so,’’ Mr. Roosevelt re-
irticd. “One reason I can’t make thia
trip any longer is the internatieool
-ituation. The international situation
i- no! so good and I don't dare stay
away from Washington too long."
An estimated- Cheyenne crowd of
.',000,' itt '14-degree weather as wind
swept the plains, heard the preai-
Home Loan Bank of Little Rock
detectives after he and his wife were . another UI^.jBht set said to J’lcrr,< ''“’Pi’"' oul L"'' half «{ the loans averaging about
• bUt " '"’"I- ' ■ ««wnd qnartemn;! scored tWo touch-. ^ ww uwl
token to "The House That Crime na/r hrrT1 „toIen jn Houston> »wai*s
Built," the isolated white and green
downs and converted one eje
jht.
the btewn tion does not want me to coast with
shirts, t.re known to he skeptical my feet upon the front wheels.”
PHI_____ in the
^f***1. U><" whiu *r®cn » claimant. I-on Weatherly of the , around right end fn^tl lct|°n’ ,ni1 l'T*' 'T.- about the new Nazi-Fascflrt -friend-1 Senator Joseph C. O'Mahoney,
place at Jefferson and Houston „ureM ^ IdaTltification, Mt at a !lT .“T ";J» .....e "Uun llf wbile -"‘ ship and they met tonight in the Democrat, WycLgV-senior
,------ — --------. ~ , . yards and the first touchdown of , esmonfirm were ---- *■•*» ........ --j-——e- ™—
typewriter as victims appeared and ,b „an)c with the try for extra ’ ' , famous Burger Brau Keller, pre-j tor and a leading opponent of the
" „Ket thev had discovered. lnf . V ... ! , . _ tnadg to assist Texans in 'the pur- _____;t____ I__L ., i__' 'L. .
Streets, Arlington.
Til, fugitive m-isoner was cap- rcporte(J what th bad discovered, 7 ppie to »ssLst Texans in The put- ^ ^
tutod Tuesday night by Special oftentimes • the recoveries were ............ ebase of (heir dwellings In he ___-
Officer toWe”after'boing chased and ^ in th< seednd quarter went amind ^ of Mv^iana^ Mi-i ------ ,
♦lew. ..non to, J D Durrett. 16 I P.“U'“"y ' ° t,. . T~- ^ «»d for the second counter and New Mexico and Texas, Alcatraz Warden
ired upon by J. D* Durrett, 16. 1 n.if rd « . ' . i»i?x«ippi, New Mexico and Texas,
Martin found his green-shuttered toUI ^ $o^ worth of KOods taken jb“t P“^^he ended ‘with ‘ District *erved I
--<- wild disorder after turning from her, home, ' ' 1 mt' Th f t h f 1 kv the Federal Home l oan Bank1
the Steers in possession of the ball
Federal Home Loan Bank
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over the jewelry. His wife storied &ndl£ ”out in th. co.ltotion of, ™ J ^ ,7e a, a resuU ' °f LHt,C R°*k thW — *
Utoigtening what few thing, were cll(tUnf. furniture, Rngerie, stam,.. of , bad pM, from center.
Wt. i tnAL linnnr. miuunl infttrumentft I m . . .. axw. Tcxa* half of t em
( president's supreme court hilt, Wiks
J in the official welt’Sming party and
hoarded Ihe train to accompany the
I Att I J U I president to Casper, Wyo.
Is Attacked By _ Because of O’Mahoney's oppesi-
Kansas Convict tioh to the coqrt bill, and rumera
___ I of attempted reprisals fot hiz ac-
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SAN FRANCISCO, Sepi- 25A1 tion. such as was expressed several
u .inn." h. tnld her ’'1uor’ toUkW#' instruments Thp pecond half was just a rePe- , .hnstnietiorT This vrood loan ntw rebellion was revealed in Amer- weeks ago by Senator Guffey Duuto.v
’ V __1>ed clothing, fishing tackle, cock- fir,t wjth jgcksboro , , .. ' - ica’s devils island. Alcatraz’s prison ocrat,' Pennsylvania, there had been
“there isn’t any uae. The ’re rotor, gets and household fit- Jjjj mkKZ ‘lcmand enabW the »!*oci*ti<>n* to
:°reti:rroti;;.’’ouse ‘part before 7 ihz iztsi ss ^ - Sia z?yiJZ"'ot ac*
D^rth HfTdi,py *Hisnniih 5- ^ ^ , £..*£'T-X t £ S
Deputy Sheriff L. P. Hannah o g fjve.fO0t shelf of shop craft man-j rt
Denton that a great amount <>f. Xh? stood-the burglar in good stead. a. -v
island fortress where the most hard-
ened criminals are kept, when a con-
vict attacked Warden A. Johnston
As a further indication of the Frid|y afternoon,___\ " t
return to thrift and home owner-J Burton Phillips. Wichita, Kan
ica's devils island, Alcatraz’s prison j ocrat, Pennsylvania,
speculation as to the part Warn-
ing's senior senator would play to
the reception. ;
Itonton that a great »“»»"•=•*.uaU ,-ztood -the burglar in good stead, At^ the opening _nt. .the. fourth rbip.in. Igggg. Officials, of..the Bsokl kairuiper «vd Unk robber, slugged I TwO CtMl Liquor
o“v3rS ^ nwhihs, He j t^^&^ulp^^
h , (Detectives quipped that he vald, for |be third touchdown, wi'h amount of new savings funds, total- den passed through the prison dining
nied it was worth what own.rs p|,f,red evOTythinr bat the iot.l J-: t,.c try for extra point falling, ing 8R66.593.00 which came into the * room after rntenrie-^OO convl-?^
P *nni. ,a J-' * Vj "i „ ...» worth ^ ’ ^arne‘* ™ Dvnton unwillingly. gryant again went arourid right end Texas associations during the month, confined lo their cells because of a
.aJ* «T a “fL th. *"d Unwittinely furnUh'Ht CFd,r for for the fourth and last touchdown and which aggregated *1,774,564.00 strike. I Two caws of liquor were taken to
* °°’ ,TT Z. .I-hll-. *h* lininC of cl08‘'t» th* convict’s for the Ste«rs with Jones going in the five states. - i Phillips’ swinging fists injured, » raid made at a local reMdsaan
gem bad been recovered, mats an homc, Karnes also identified locks ,hn)u)rh the center of the line for -The Greh.m Federal Savings and Johnston before guard- could to- Friday afternoon by county officers,
nrortUCA) vi * 0n‘ . on Arlington house ns having ^jie €x^rw point. After a series of Loan Association is a member of the tervene. The warden was taken to,*R tke result of which charges eC
Surrounded by a white P*"" been stolen from him. ! bad handling and laterals the Wild- heder.l Home Loan Rank System ’the prison hospital, where Dr.■ ^session of liquor for the puntoM
ence, e six room we g i, Mrs. H. A. Kirby, also of cats blocked » Steer punt and Bty- und the Ferleral Saving- and Loan George Hess reported no signs of* were to be filed thi« mom-
ably one of the best constructed ( lon> beamed delightedly as detec- t ,covered behind the goal lire Insurance Corporation and are car-1 skull freciure. , —r -*«*- -
i .u n V* ™r Uve* h*nded h#r * P*‘r °f e‘r r,nr’ '<fivinlt ‘he wilicats a safety for two ing for the need, of local investors Johnston telephoned the justice Th<‘ r,lJ w»* by Sheriff
^knotty pine, the^ floors or expen-, Thcy belong to ber sister, now and borrowers. Their loans and-in- deoartment. in Washington, however. HenrX. Williams. Deputy Bert B<u^
sive hartwood All the mate a deceased, and were etolen from Mrs. j Th, gtw,r, made l0> fint downs vestments for August are included that he was not seriously hurt. A ’ n<\1*- *nd *• D Morri*’ |oc*'
. * ° * ’ Kirby's home three months ago. I anj the wildcats 5, the Graham in the totals compiled by the Bank, subordinate was named acting wir.j'!,or ^e State liquor Central
^ ' The burglar was al*o a fancier of Steers threw "* ***•••« %•,»♦!» #>n> «nns ** 1 ♦ <• scatifvina> ♦/» nnfo tkn nAn. <i<.s> nasui■ •>» inknatnn'. Mtn*n Board,
finer things. Tn
There was everything to be de-
f 3 passes with one com- "It is gratifying to note the con- den pending Johnston's return
Los Angeles kc | plete fdr 9 yards, one intercepted, riliued growth and progress of the full duty.
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. ,nva °m° » a vi i u <tole an oil painting. It*a a nude Jacks boro threw 8 with three com- insured Texas associations/* said B. The prison did not disclose what' *n(^ daughter.
y®"*1'*11 Jd,( 4 ^*9*- Another unusual blcte for 18 yards, one intercepted. H. Wooten, President of the Federal, disciplinary measures, if any, had ’ ®*-*y lo< Mrs, R. B. Robhtoa
wn ° s o eep e u- 011 i i bit u^ lnat ia a rare special dellvanr punted 6 times for an aver- Home Loan Bank of Little Rock.'been instituted again* t Phillips, who;*”1* ^ort Worth today te mash
-ySIll *“"? t.l0n» ‘‘-•w,thdr.wn from,.r? of 42 y.tos, the Wildest, punt- “The fact that every account in U serving a life rentence. ^ ZL ^ ^
circulation by the Poatoffjce Depart- ^ tiinaa for an average af thi*aa a^xociatkina te iaaured against Justice de|Wtmeut tffflelmtw ^lc w—k+md hara.
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a little white box hanging on the
gate for the mffle man to deposit his
wares. v
After offieei's had completed
trucking away moat of the stolen
gqoda there remained little but ex-
pensive kitchen furniture, bathroom
fixture*, one bed and a little cradle
with two pillows. This, the wife
explained, was for their two bull-
dogs.
The lawn was immaculate. .."Newly
planted trees surround the place. At
the door eras a little carved dog—
Inside hundreds of china dago—,
moat of them stolen. Carved wooden
birds’
ment.
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BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT
yards. The steers gained 167. yard- loss up to *5,000.00 by an instru- pressed the belief that the neweat
rushing and the Wildcats gained 76 mcnto^Y °f ike Federal Government' Alcatrex explosion had been touched
yard*, ru-hing.
Jack Melton - Richard eon, son of
Mr. and Mrs. W. X. Richardson of
Megargel, arrived '.Friday afternoon
at the Graham Hospital. Bath
mother and son are reported to be
doing splendidly. Mrs. Riehardson
was before her marriage Misa Anne
Cornish. 4 . v
Mr. and Mrs. LeRoy Kimbrel of
perched on fence posts. Brocken ridge were bare for the Ore
Makes First Visit
To Home State In
doubtlOsa accounts for much of the off by receipt there of "grapevine'
steady increase in the volume of sav-! reports of last Sunday’s uprising
ings attracted to them. Their <!i-1 in Folsom prison and the resultant
rect reduction lending plan whereby J death of Warden Clarence Larkin,
loans on home* can be repaid over, Warden Johnston told the justice
In January, 1936.
But ihe garage was odd. It was bam-Jacksboro game Friday night. Texas.
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Half A Century, * *°n* period of time in sipall [department the situation had been
___ monthly installments is proving in-'brought under control without vio-
F. C. Chesnut ef the Finis com- '■"•s'ngiy popular, as ja reflected lence and without the use of fire-
munity - has gone to Kentucky for •*> three figures juet compiled.” arms Ijy tear gas. Alcatraz iz heav-
visita with relathree te various parts ---— | ify i-Unted with remote control tear
of the state. This la Mr. Chesnut’*1 Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Crump and | gas devices and other modern in-
first visit..to Kentucky since he left. Mr*. Katie Mills of IFort Worth
50 year* ago to come to',w*re guests of Mr. and Mrs, John
__---j R. W ood one day this weak.
struments for quelling riot.
The^ attack followed a
to the one which
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AI I'apone, former <7iu ae gang-
ster serving s long term for income
tax evasion, was not involved in the
previous strike and did not take part
in today’s disturbance, guards eatd.
aganta hare laid PMBtpa
| hrvelvcd to the
latest • trike, which occurred a mask
ago. All the striker* were locked
■p. . ■ •»«?> •_
Guards thaiBrht Phillip* might
hava heM a “grudge" against the
w net
ft** free.-.
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