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POLICE SEIZE OPIUM, LIQUOR IN HOTEL RAID City and Federal Forces Deal Heavy Blow to Narcotic Ring. U. S. AGENT IS MISSING Fear Voiced for Undercover Man Who Turned Up Gang. BY LEO PALLEY. Large quantities of opium ana a big liquor plant were uncovered today when two squads of police, city detectives, and a small force of federal agents raided six rooms in the Edwards hotel, 126 South Illinois street. Three persons are under arrest, two of whom probably will face federal indictments on charges, and the third on liquor and conspiracy charges. Immediately after the raid federal narcotics agents admitted th 35 have been searching since Tuesday for the undercover man who supplied them with information on which they made the raid. He is William Rose, 38. an operative from the Chicago federal office, and after his last visit to the hote he confided to his comrades that he believed he was known and in danger of his life if caught by the Fear Agent Is Slain The agents here today said they were afraid Rose had been taken for a ride” by the gang. Rose made his last trip to quarters of the alleged dope ring a week ago today, when he said he paid one of the peddlers SBO for dope he never received, and was ordered away. , “I’m a poor man . . . gne me the money back, or give me the stuff,’ | he pleaded wiht the gangster. “We’ve got your dough, now scram,” he was told. Rose was to have returned to the Chicago office immediately. Agents here wished to make the raid earlier this week, and called Chicago to locate Rose. Fails to Report in Chicago He had not appeared at headquarters there, and has not turned up at his home in Chicago. His suitcase and a smaller bag are in the federal agents’ offices here, where they were left while he continued his investigations Friday. The government agents said the fact that two “big shots” they expected to capture this morning had disappeared increased their belief that the gang was aware of the investigation. Rose also is an investigator in the ; Detroit district, and is a key witness in many cases there and in Chicago. Thus he is a target for gangster I’iolence, agents here said. The raid was one of the biggest smashes Police Chief Michael Morrissey’s men have made in their two months’ drive against vice, speakeasies and gambling in Indianapolis. The federal agents said information on which they began an investigation some time ago led them to believe that the dope ring operating in the hotel served opium to j hundreds of couples they say took rooms there. Storm Hotel Lobby Squads under Lieutenant Dan Cummings and Sergeant Art Huber. with detectives Ed Tutt and Charles Jordan and three federal operatives, rushed into the hotel lobby about 9:15. The clerk and the telephone operator were seized to prevent any possible warning, and the raiders went upstairs. On the third floor they burst open doors of rooms 316-17-18-19. and on the four floor attacked room 412. Sob Goblinger and Morris (Sailor) en. well-known here as a pugilist, were held after a small quantity. of opium was found. A few minutes later searchers uncovered the large supply of dope. Opium In Cold Cream Jars It consisted of Jars of opium, resembling cold cream jars, already mixed and ready for cooking. There were many green bottles labeled “Yen-She,” and several opium pipes and bow’ls. Two “big shots” the federal men said they wanted were absent. Police would not say whether they believed the pair had been tipped off and skipped, leaving Goblinger and Cohen to “hold the sack.” Almost, ready to leave the hotel with their prisoners and evidence, the raiders stopped at the door of 306. Knocks were unanswered, but they opened the door and found Don Carson sleeping. Carson said he did not have charge of the room, but refused to explain how he got there. The clerk said the room was rented several days ago by a man who signed' the register as Tony Sylvester, but the clerk did not know Sylvester by sight, he said. Liquor Plant Seized A locked door to a closet was -removed from its hinges, and inside was found the liquor plant. There were several quart tins of synthetic whisky, labeled “Blue Ribbon Bourbon,” and a quantity of equipment for manufacture of ••bona fide” liquor from alcohol and colored water, police say. There were labels, cappers, especially made and branded corks, empty bottles and all the paraphernalia for a cutting or manufacturing plant. Carson was held on liquor charges. The three men were lodged in county jail awaiting federal charges against them. The liquor and dope was stored at police headquarters. The federal squad said the dope haul was one of the biggest in the ißlhgest {esenUy, : l

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1,067-Mile Siberian Jump From Nome Is One Beset With Hazards. By United Press NOME. Alaska, Aug. 14.—Facing one of the most dangerous of their 7,000-mile vacation trip from Washington to the Orient, Colonel and Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh awaited better weather today before soaring away on an over-sea flight to Karaginsk. Siberia. Already delayed here for almost three days, the flying colonel and his heiress wife were eager to be on the wing again and said if weather conditions were favorable they would leave today. It also was revealed today that they are considering extending their arerial vacation trip around the world. Lindbergh indicated he was planning to go to China from Tokio, then across India to Europe, resting there awhile before returning over the Atlantic to America by way of the Azores. The black- and yellow monoplane which carried them safely across the wastes of northern Canada and to the rim of the Arctic ice cap. rode the glistening waters of Safety bay, twenty-one miles east of here. Its tanks were filled with more than 400 gallons of gasoline. Inspects Every Part With his customary thoroughness, Lindbergh personally tested every strut and bolt on the low-winged monoplane. Expert mechanics previously had gone over it, but the colonel wanted to make sure everything was all right. He pronounced it in perfect condition. While Lindbergh climbed over the ship, into its cockpits, and looked over the motor carefully, men from the Nome coast guard station grouped about. They had been taking turns standing constant guard over the plane since the Lindberghs landed in Safety bay. The route which the fliers planned to follow from here is across Bering sea, over the tip of St. Lawrence island. and thence across a wide expanse of water to the east coast of Siberia. The distance is approximately 1.067 miles. It is an especially dangerous trip, because storms frequently spring up suddenly there. Boosts Air Lines After coming here Tuesday from Point Barrow, the Lindberghs were entertained by business men of Nome and by the native Eskimos. Dances and kyak races were features of the program. Lindbergh made several informal addresses, urging that residents of the work for establishment of Regular airlines. He said Nome was a logical stopping place for future airways between America and the Orient, and predicted it would not be long until the Arctic would have speedy, scheduled connections with the rest of the world. Hourly Tmperatures 6a. m 66 10 a. m 77 7a. m 68 11 a. m 78 Ba. m 74 12 (noon).. 77 9 a. m 76 1 p. m 79

DICTATOR FAILS IN EFFORTS TO HALT CUBAN REVOLT; BATTLES RAGE ANEW

BY K. D. GILMORE Unit'd Press Staff Correspondent HAVANA. Aug. 14—Efforts by President Gerardo Machado to pacify revolutionists who threaten his regime appeared today to have met with no success, as resumption of clashes was reported. The truce declared Friday afternoon came to an end at 6 o’clock Friday night. During the night, the president remained at the provincial palace at Santa Clara, presumably in conference with revolt leaders. Havana was filled with rumors concerning the president today, some saying that he desired to take personal charge of federal forces in the field. Anew situation developed when the Cuban war vessel Baire arrived and its crew was held for questioning in connection with a report that they had transported revolutionists last Sunday. The rebels previously had claimed the Baire had joined them, and the M floated the report.

Morrissey Is on Hand in Answer to Radio Call When Boys Arrive. Fast, the radio police symtem! That is the boast at headquarters. Try to find a policemen far from the scene of the crime, whatever it is, dare members of the force. Thursday night the operator flashed to squad cars an order to investigate what neighbors reported was a burglary at 5111 Broadway. Chief Mike Morrissey, cruising alone in his own radio-equipped car, was within a block of the scene, and picked up the call. He had searched the house thoroughly by the time three other squad cars had arrived within a few minutes. Although tli ewindows of the house were open, Morrissey found intruders had not entered. A light burning had aroused neighbors’ fears.

ANDY MELLON SAILS Treasury Secretary Leaves France for U. S. on Italian Liner. By United Press VILLE FRANCHE, France. Aug. 14.—Treasury Secretary Andrew W. Mellon sailed for the United States On the liner Conte Biancamano today with a complete and comprehensive picture of Europe’s financial situation. TAX RATE BOOST SEEMS CERTAIN Three-Cent Increase Needed to Finance New Budget. An increase of 3 cents in the county tax rate will be necessary to finance 1932 budget proposals, which County Auditor Harry Dunn announced today are ready for submission to the county council. Operating the county government next year will cost taxpayers 37*2 cents on each SIOO taxable property, as compared with 34*2 cents last year, Dunn estimates. Levy for the general county fund will be raised from 17 cents to 20*6 ; cents, if the council approves present budget requests. Provisions for paying a $3,000 salary increase to each of eight county judges, S6OO to each of eleven court reporters, and $10,500 for a revaluation of real estate necessitates 2*2 cents of this increased levy. A special ordinance to provide $116,018 for these purposes and for deficits incurred by other additional appropriations will be introduced to the council by Dunn. MERCURY ON RISE Temperatures Near 80 for for First Time in Week. With early temperatures today nearing the 80’s for the first time this week, the weather bureau predicted warmer weather and partly cloudy for Indiana Saturday. At 9 a. m. the mercury had reached 76 and was to increase during the day. Partly cloudy conditions will prevail in Indianapolis Saturday. K. of P. Champions Selected CINCINNATI. 0.. Aug. 14.—First prize in the K of P. drum corps contest here Thursday night was awarded to Portland, Ore., today. Winnipeg drill team took first place in the zouave contest and Milwaukee in the band contest. Soviet Good Electrical Customer By United Press WASHINGTON. Aug. 14.—Russia's contribution to United States foreign trade is revealed in a commerce department report today, showing that the Soviet government i took more than one-third of all electrical exports in June.

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This map shows Cuba and its principal cities, with Finar Del Rio and Matanzas as the principal points of rioting in the revolution now raging. At the latter city and province more than 500 armed rebels are reported to have gathered as a rebel stronghold. The heavy black line Indicates the Cuban Central highway.

The revolution. In less than a week, has resulted in at least sixty deaths, scores wounded, and 200 or more prisoners being taken in sharp fight-jpg og '*Arioji§ isolated fronts.

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HIGHWAY RING ! IS ROUTED BY NEW MEMBER Blacktop Trio Is Forced to Observe Law, as Result of Sapp’s Fight. ENGINEER TAKES HELM ————— Maintenance Boss Stripped of His Unlimited Buying Power. BY DANIEL M. KIDNEY Director John J. Brown. Chair- ! man Albert J. Wedeking and Com- | missioner Arthur P. Melton of the j state highway commission, the three men in the blacktop boat, have been

| sunk, it was learned today. The sinking occurred after a fierce battle on the banks of the Ohio at New Albany earlier this week. Palm of victory goes to Arthur Sapp, Hunting- | ton, newly ap- | pointed by Gov- : ernor Harry G. Leslie to succeed jCom mis s ioner

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1 Jess Mui'den. The successor of Murden failed to follow the same course. Asa result, the commission actually has passed a resolution to follow the highway law, build no blacktop paving that can not qualify for federal aid, and to leave all construction under direction of William H. Titus, chief highway engineer. These simple sounding resolutions | cover the basis of constant contention since the very founding of the state highway commisison. Try to Find Loophole So intense have the issues become that opinions of the attorneygeneral were neglected, and the commission has spent several weeks trying to find a ivay around the re- | cent court decision w'hich condemned their practice of blacktop letting. Brown, Wedeking and Melton are reported to have held out hope for further blacktopping under the A. I H. Hinkle plans, when the commisj sion convened in an unannounced • session at New Albany Tuesday. • Throughout the morning they fought vigorously. Melton appeared in uniform of a national guard colonel, he being encamped with &e Indiana troops at Camp Knox, Kentucky. But Sapp, supported by the veteran commissioner, Robert Boren, outgeneraled the trio and forced surrender despite superior numbers. He had the law with him as an ace in the hole. Titus Takes Charge The result was the resolutions passed Tuesday afternoon and about which no report was made until the story of the conflict reached The Times today. Titus now r is to have complete charge of construction as a two-year-old opinion of Attorney-Gen-eral James M. Ogden points out that the law provides. Hinkle is to return to his job as maintenance superintendent and leave off building blacktop and buying great tons of stone. Only two of Hinkle’s blacktop roads have qualified for federal aid this summer. They are State Road 29 between Versailles and Madison and State Road 43 south of Cloverdale. Contracts for their construction have not yet been let. Hinkle had planned to collect some $600,000 of the piled up federal funds for Indiana. Now plans, which qualify, are expected to be produced by Titus. WOUND FATAL TO IGIRL Birmingham Deb Dies of Shot Fired by Crazed Negro. By United Press BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Aug. 14. Miss Jennie Wood, Birmingham society girl, died Thursday night of a gun wound inflkeed by a crazed Negro last week. Miss Augusta Williams was fatally wounded in the same encounter and her sister, Nell Williams, was shot in the arm when they resisted the insults of the Negro.

There has been no concentrated advance in any area, although rebel forces, some small, some larger, have gathered in half a dozen localises ands Med uoops.

Dry Leaders ‘Appalled’ by Court Action Two leaders of the Marion county W. C. T. U. today said they were “surprised and appalled” at the number of liquor law violation cases dismissed by Municipal Judge William H. Sheaffer. “The action of the court was a surprise to us,” Mrs. Robert McKay, president of the organization said. She was accompanied by Mrs. N. D. Willy of the citizenship committee of the organization. They sat in court during the morning after Mrs. McKay had introduced herself to Sheaffer, asserting: “We are not here to snoop.” After court adjourned they conferred with Police Chief Mike Morrissey, telling him they “will support you to the limit in enforcing the law. MAD DOG BITES NINEJHILDREN Tests Show Animal Had Severe Rabies Case. Nine children, playing on east side streets, early this afternoon were bitten severely by a mad dog. State tests revealed the animal was suffering from a severe case of rabies. Parents were notified after completion of the examination and directed the children be taken to physicians immediately. According to police, the dog first was reported on Chester avenue where it attacked playing children and finally was killed by Patrolman Walter Ferguson after a chase of several blocks. . Children bitten by the dog: Helen Brown, 4, 737 North Chester avenue; Joe Sexton, 2, of 48 South Chester avenue; Hugh Wallace, 8, of 1415 North Dearborn street; Kenneth Rhieman, 4, of 1524 North La Salle street; Lena, 7, and Lee Manlove, 6, of 617 North Tacoma avenue; Paul Weaver, 7, of 620 North Tacoma avenue; Mary Kline, 6, of 623 North Tacoma avenue, and Thomas Welch, 6, of 619 North Tacoma avenue. AIRMAN’S BODY SEEN Corpse in Sea May Be That of Parker Cramer. By United Press COPENHAGEN. Aug. 15.—A body dressed in an aviator’s suit was seen floating near Foula island in the Atlantic, reports reaching here today said. The reports confirmed similar advices reaching Oslo, Norway, which said a body had been seen in the vicinity of the route supposedly taken by Parker D. Cramer, American trans-Atlantic flier, lost since last Sunday. A Norwegian fishing vessel reported sighting the body late Sunday, drifting west between twenty and thirty miles northwest of the island. The weather made it impossible to'recover the body. Cramer and Oliver Pacquette. his Canadian radio operator, disappeared while on the last lap of their trip from Detroit to Copenhagen. They were mapping a proposed air mail route from America to Europe. 'WINE SHOCKMSTATAL Dumped Liquor Conducts Current Through Woman’s Body. By United Press MILWAUKEE, Aug. 14.—Wine, which raiding prohibition agents dumped in the basement of her home, was blamed today as an indirect cause of the death of Mrs. Helen Vasilzevic, 39. Mrs. Vasilzevic was killed by shock as she attempted to turn off an electfic light left burning by the raiders, it was found. The agents had poured about 150 gallons of wine on the basement floor, which was not cemented. Mrs. Vasilzevic, reaching for the light, stood in the pool of liquor and short-circuited the electric current through her body. German Fascists, Republicans Clash BERLIN, Aug. 14. Several clashes between Republican Reichsbanner men and Fascists were reported during the night at Itzehoe, near. Hamburg. Twenty were wounded. Other clashes occurred in the Hamburg district.

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HEIRESS HELD BY POLICE IN TORCH MURDER PROBE

KILLERS GET LIFE TERMS

Special Guards Placed Over Negro and Accomplices; Suicide Feared. GHASTLY STORY TOLD Howling, Cursing Mob Tries to Tear Prisoners From Officers. By United Press JACKSON. Mich., Aug. 14.—Fearj ing their twisted minds may inspire | self-destruction, Harry Jackson, j warden of Jackson prison, today I placed special guards at the solitary confinement cells of Michigan’s ; three torch slayers. The murder trio, a Negro and two ; white youths, spent a sleepless night and restless morning in their tiny i cells—six feet square—Jackson said. I “They desperately paced their i cells all night long, and I have | placed special guards over them to prevent suicide attempts,” he said. The slayers will be taken by train ‘ to Marquette branch prison, prob- ! ably late today or tonight, to serve ! four life terms each for the wanton ! killing and burning of two Clevei land girls and their youthful Ypsij lanti escorts. Rescued From Mob Their confession late Thursday was followed by arraignment and sentence in record time—Michigan law fighting a running battle with | vengeance-seeking mobs so that : Michigan justice might prevail. The three killers—David Black- | stone, giant Negro hot tamale pedi dler of Ypsilanti; Frank Oliver and Fred Smith, both white, the latter an ex-convict—were trapped as result of a “dream” by a Negro acquaintance of Blackstone and another Negro’s eye for rewards. The convicts arrived here near midnight, their clothing in tatters, their faces scarred and scratched by contact with struggling thousands at Ann Arbor, Ypsilanti and here, their bodies‘bound together by chains—all fearing for their lives. Extra Guards Patrol Prison One hundred extra guards patrolled the area outside the prison. They had been called by Warden Harry Jackson to hold back a crowd here which, unlike the surging mobs at Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti, was more inquisitive than hostile. The prisoners probably will be i started to Marquette today, to serve their sentences with no hope of parole. The terms are the most severe punishment possible under the laws of the state of Michigan. They followed confession of a crime the brutality of which had horrified the state, and aroused nation-wide interest. Four youngsters—Thomas Wheatley, Harry Love, Vivian Gold, and Anna May Harrison, all 17 years old or younger, were found slain in a parked car in a lovers’ lane not far from Ann Arbor. Bodies Burned in Car The bodies had been mutilated by blows, and by bullets. Gasoline had been poured over the automobile with three bodies piled in the rear seat and one in the front seat. A match was applied, and the flaming torch that resulted attracted attention of a nearby farmer. The crime, apparently, was the result of a robbery. The three feared the youngsters would report them to police, although one confession claimed the Negro attacked one girl. Two itinerant, illiterate brothers, Paul and Lawrence Keene, had been held in connection with the crime, when tips from two Negroes, one of whom reported he “had a vision” and the other attracted by rewards, led to arrests, confessions, formation of the mobs and speedy sentences. Dreamed of Murder Frank Johnson. Ypsilanti Negro glass worker, read about the murders Tuesday. He dreamed that night, he said, that three men did it. “Next night I saw Hot Tamale (Blackstone) and his right hand was cut across the middle. I says to him. ‘how come you cut your hand, Hot Tamale?’ and he said, ‘it was an accident,’ ” Johnson said. “Then I says, ‘how about those murders?’ and he begins to shake from head to foot. "I got powerful suspicious, and ran to the police station.” The second Negro. George Nells, i was given the pistol used in the murders. It came from Otis Ogden, Blackstone’s landlord. Nells turned the weapon over to police after he saw notices of rewards. Mob Menaces Prisoners Arrests followed. Questioning brought confessions. Blackstone and Smith implicated Oliver, all at Ypsilanti. Crowds formed. Deputies rushed Oliver toward the jail. The mob outside almost tore the clothing from his body before he was placed inside. Reserves were called. Oliver whimpered fear. He begged for a chance to tell everything. Blackstone had told his story, a cold, brutal recital of bare facts: "Monday we thought we would rob a gambling game at Milan. We went, but it didn’t look good to us. So we said we would go down lovers’ lane and knock off some of these here petters. They is always easy. {Ofebsd mm* SLfceatlex fee-

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Swift Justice By United Press JACKSON, Mich., Aug. 14. Michigan justice for the Ann Arbor torch killers was administered in record time after their arrest and confessions. They confessed at 4:05 p. m. central standard time Thursday. They were sentenced at 7:56. And they were in Jackson prison at 10:45, six hours and forty minutes after their confession.

ognized us. The boys said they wouldn’t make no complaint. Smith said, ’What about the girls?’ Then we dragged one of the girls out of the car and she came out clawing. “We lined them up and started to frisk them. Smith jerked out a pistol and fired three or four times. Then we had to shoot them all. We knocked them down and put them in the back of the car and Oliver drove back to Ypsilanti with us. “We got some gasoline wfiiile Oliver waited a little way off with Wheatley’s car and the bodies. On the way back one girl groaned, so we hit her with a wrench. “We was scared they were not dead, so we took rocks and beat them on the heads until we was sure. Then we drove the car off the road and set fire to it. We went I right by the Lore home after we had killed those folks, with the i bodies in the car.” The Lores and Wheatleys were neighbors. The girls had been visiti ing in the community. Oliver accused Blackstone of attacking one girl. “Blackstone attacked Anna May Harrison while I stood guard with a gun. Then he ordered the Gold girl out. She said she would rather die first. ‘Die, then,’ Blackstone said, and shot her. Boy Dies Fighting “Lore rushed Blackstone, fighting furiously, and he shot him, and Wheatley, and the other girl. Lore got up after being shot, and Blackstone hit him with a stone. Then we bundled the bodies into the car and drove away.” Smith’s statement was practically | the same. As the prisoners were taken from Ypsilanti jail, the mob again attacked. Two hundred state police and fifty deputy sheriffs bludgeoned their way to a waiting car, using the butts of their service revolvers. They sped toward Ann Arbor, the mob following, and shouting “lynch them, burn them.” At Ann Arbor, the men were rushed into the jail, manacled to deputies, and literally dragged through the crowd, an armed wedge in front of them and a guard around them. * Rushed to Courthouse Jay H. Payne, justice of the peace, was waiting in the jail for the preliminary examination. The jail, a frail small brick structure, admittedly would not withstand a forceful mob attack. Officers decided to rush the confessed slayers to the courthouse. Police and guards formed again, rushed toward a waiting automobile, dumped two prisoners into the car and rushed to the courthouse, evading the mob which formed at the jail. Police shot over the mob on arrival at the courthouse. Tear gas bombs were exploded. Blackstone was speeded to the courthouse in another car after the mob’s first rush. The police car drove directly over the lawn of the courthouse to the door. Swinging clubs let the law into the building. Guardsmen Called Out There each prisoner was called on for brief testimony before Circut Judge George W. Sample. There was little difference in their stories. The crowd, meanwhile, remained around the courthouse. National guardsmen were called out to assist state troopers and deputies in the rush from the courthouse to state prison here. Harry Bennett, chief of the Ford Motor Company service men, drove his car to the steps of the building. The prisoners were rushed out into his car after sentence, then started toward Marquette via Jackson. Tear gas held the crowd back. The prisoners arrived here at 10:45 p. m. (central time). E. L. DOHENY IS ILL Family, However, Denies Oil Magnate Is Critical. By United Press LOS ANGELES, Aug. 14.—Edward L. Doheny, oil magnate, is ill and confined to his home, his family admitted today, although it was denied that his condition was serious. Doheny has been in poor health for several months, they said, and rarely leaves his home, except for short walks. Because he is 75, however, he has been under the constant care of physicians. Charged With Chicken Theft By Times Special MARION, Ind., Aug. 14.—Three Marion boys, James King, William King and Jake Hannon, who are alleged to have stolen more than SIOO worth of chickens in Grant county in the last two months, were arrested in Indianapolis by Deputy Sheriff Orville Wells and returned here to face two grand larceny ctergs, _ h 1

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Niece of Judge Admits She Was With Slayers. Prober Says. PISTOL FOUND IN ROOM Woman Washed Clothing of Murderer, Belief of Investigators. By United Press ANN ARBOR. Mich., Aug. 14. Miss Katherine Keller. 25, heiress niece of the late Judge Darwin Z. Curtis, early today was arrested and held for investigation in connection with the four torch murders near Ypsilanti Tuesday morning. Miss Keller is said to have been the sweetheart of Fred Smith, one of three men sentenced to life imprisonment for the murders of the four school-age youngsters. The arrest was made by Lieutenant Neil R. Black of the Michigan state police. Black said Miss Keller admitted she washed the bloodstained clothing of Smith. He found bloody newspapers and a .32-caliber pistol in her home, he said. The pistol had been fired recently. officers said, adding that the young woman produced it readily enough from a dresser drawer and denied it had been used in the holdups. Believed Death Gun He believed the pistol one of the weapons used in killing Vivian Gold, Anna May Harrison, both of Cleveland, and Harry Lore, Ypsilanti. and Thomas Wheatley, of Denton, Mich. It was Smith's confession. Black said, theft involved Miss Keller. Smith asserted the woman was with him when the two white men. Smith and Frank Oliver, and David Blackstone, Negro, when they held up the four youngsters Tuesday night. Miss Keller at first denied Smith'* story, but later is said to have admitted the charge. She is being held for further examination todav. Miss Keller was taken into the home of Judge Curtis when she was an infant, and is said to have received $35,000 from his estate. Met Him During ‘Reform’ Her association with Smith, it was said, came through the jurists’ sponsorship of the young man in efforts to help him rehabilitate himself when he was paroled for a juvenile escapade. In preliminary questioning, authorities gained admission from her that she had been with the slayer early in the evening. Their efforts when the inquisition is resumed today was to center upon learning how she came in possession of the pistol and the clothing, and to establish definitely whether Smith's implication of Miss Keller had been largely an effort to cloak his movements on the fatal night with the seeming of respectablity. Admits Being With Two Smith made his statement to Deputy Sheriff Clarence Snyder. Snyder said Smith reported the young woman had been with the three killers when they held up and beat the four youngsters, but she had left the party on the drive through Ypsilanti to Tuttle Hill road. Miss Keller told Snyder, he said, that she had been riding with Smith, Oliver and Blackstone Monday night, but that she left them at 9:30 o’clock and heard nothing of a holdup.

POOL OWNERS FINED Sheaffer Suspends Penalty in Lottery Case. Operators of an alleged pool that had so many prize winners they could not pay the prizes, today were shown leniency by Municipal Judge William H. Sheaffer wno suspended fines of $5 and costs against them. Frank Mulholland, 590 East drive. Woodruff Place, Apt. 17, alleged originator of the pool, is said to have told police that he only sold sixty-three tickets. The officers testified Paul Reese, and agent of Mulholland was arrested first and Reese filed the lottery charge against the alleged operator. Reese was charged with operating a lottery after an engineer complained to police that he had won $250 in the pool, but never received the money. “We had so many hits on the first batch of tickets there wasn’t any money to pay prizes.” Mulholland told police, they testified. JUDGE SIDESTEPPING CITY LOTTERY TRIAL ‘Wants Nothing to Do With Case,’ Says Cameron. Because he wants “nothing to do with 4he case,” Municipal Ju<|pi Clifton R. Cameron today continue until Sept. 17 the trial of Louis Camefix, ex-city councilman, charged with gaming Cameron explained the delay by asserting William H. Harrison, judge pro tem.. had issued the search warrant hi the case and it would not be “fair to either of us for me to hear the evidence.” Carnefix, operator of a pharmacy at 1001 River avenue, was alleged to have operated the “Golden Glow ’ lower*. s