Acting on a hunch to hide
money drawn for the payroll of a
wfW York clothing factory last Fri~
Aty, * c**kier, 20, hid the money.
? few minutes later two gangeteri'
entered the place and demanded the
money. <7,000. She denied any
knowledge of it and after a search
the bandita left .without the payroll.
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H., D. Oppenheiruer . and Prank
Lyons, law partners of El Faso,
Texas, wore shot to death in their
office on Friday Jose Marin, arrested
by the police, is alleged to
have d9ne the killing. Telephone
wires leading into the law office hud
been cut. No reason was assigned
for the slaying.
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Nobody's Business
Written for The Chronicle by G*e
McGee, Copyright, 1928.
Nobody* Huainee*
You Can't l'lease Everybody
A men told me the other day that
my "atuff," meaning "Nobody's
Business," was crude, and I told him
that he waa crude also, and he then
told me that it waa common-place,
and I told him eo was he, and then
he intimated that it was not refined,
and I insisted that he and i>'J per
cer\t of the folk* In the world are not
overly reiined.
, i J
1 do uot seek rhetorical expressions
when I write, nor do I try to
iron-down and smooth-over my statements
and composition: 1 simply
think of it and hit the keys then
step on it, and let it g<L People
who are seeking information about
"The autumn leaves" and "The rolling
landscape" and "The twittering
of the Blue-jays in the golden oaks"
are invited to resort to Shakespeare
and .Aristotle and Longfellow, and
other boys that lived when a dollar
would buy something. I am a working
man, and not a scholar.
In my short life, I have learned
from contact with every-day folks
that nearly everybody is every-day
folks inside. The same things happen
to them that , happen to us.
Their household worries and troubles
are similar, even though some of
them eat roast duck for dinner while
their neighbors are taking on buttermilk
and cornbread. Therefore, I
think roast duck eaters can read and
understand "Nobody's Business."
'"J
Of course, I occasionally get called
down because of my pertinent
methods of assimilating my diagnosis
of facts, figgers, and circumstarfCes,
for instance: A swell-looking
flapper blew into my office .last
week and said: "Looky, here, Gee
McGee?I'd simply like to know how
you know so much about what us
girls are wearing these days," and I
replied that I considered it an easy
task to determine the name of each
and every garment they were burdened
with, as I saw most of them
^iile they were standing up and
the balance when they sat down.
So, folks, please use my columt|j
for dessert. After you've read all
about the 'Chicago murders and Watt
street's gambling proclivities, and
Sinclair's tough job in the drug stor<?
department of the jail?where ho
stirs the cascara with the water, and
what^ President Hoover thinks ofFarm
Relief, and where your aunt
took tea last week, and the price of
Radio common, then turn to "Nobody's
Business/' and read it, and
thus help your digestive organs to
function and put your mind at ease.
What I write may not help you, but
it certainly won't hurt you. Anyway,
write raw' your views along this line.
Ghoulish Old Woman
Plotted Poul Murder
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Macon, Ga., May 30.?An- aged
1 landlady, and a youthful roomer confessed
today that they murdered
James Parks, 25, a printer, for a
$7,000 double indemnity insurance"
| policy on his life.
Mrs. J. C. Powers, 65, the landlady,
confessed that she "hired" Earl
Manchester, 21, to. kill Parks on the
promise of $1,000 of the Insurance
"when it was collected."
Parks, also a roomer at the Power's
house, was found dead beside
Ocmulgee river here Tuesday morning,
and Mrs. Powers and Manchester
wore arrested yesterday after police
' learned that the woman had insure'd
Parks' life for $7,000.
Sheriff James R. Hicks, co-operating
with police Chief Ben T. Watkins,
announced the two confessions. The
woman said:
"I put * an advertisement in the
paper several weeks ago for a young
man to help drive a car and work
about the house. Both Parks and
Manchester came in response to the
advertisements.
"I insured Parks about four weeks
ago. I didn't have any money and
need<d some badly, so I began to
think about collecting the insurance
on him.
, "I talked to Manchester about it
for the last two weeks and finally he
agreed to do it. He was to get $1,000
out of the insurance money when it
was paid to me.
"I gave him the pistol (found by
officers in a wardrobe at her home
today) and he carried it for several
days. Monday night be came in and
handed it back to me saying he had
"done the job." I did not inquire
into the details.
Confronted with tb^^yoman's con*:
fession, Manchester signed one:
"The old lady talked to me about
bumping off Parks for two weeks or
more. Finally I agreed and she gave
mc the pistol. I tried three nights in
a row, but it was the third night before
I had the opportunity.
But Monday I told him we would
go down on Water street in East
Macon and lay car. He
went along all right thinking we
win; going to hijack somebody.
"\W la\ down on the grass and
when he turned his hack to me, I let
him have it in the head.'*
Parks' home was in Atlanta. He
was reared in an orphanage at Hapeville,
Ga., where he learned to be a
printer.
The woman and Manchester were
held without bond pending a hearing
on charges of murder.
Manchester said he was born in
Toronto, Canada, and his hbhne was
in Rochester, Michigan.
G. F. Franklin is in jail at Del
Passo Heights, Cnl., on charges made
by his three daughters that he had
a hand in the disappearance of their
mother and a young brother six years
ago.
Woman 101 Years
Old Dies At Pelion
?
Columbia, J line 2.-?Probably one
of the oldest residents of the state,
Mrs. Elizabeth Spires, 101, widow of
the late Henry Spires, died today at
her home near Pelion after an illness
of a week.
Mrs. Spires Was born about 10miles
from the place where she lived
on July 6, 1827, and for more than
half a century had lived in the same
house.
She was the mother of twelve children,
the grandmother of 53, the great
grandmother of 126 and the greatgreat-grandmother
of 57 person*.
Mt. Vesuvius suddenly hurst into
violent eruption Monday afternoon.
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Kecch Wins Race
Indianapolis, Ind., May 31.?Ray
Keeoh, 28-year^ld speed demon,
weurs the crown of auto race king by
reason of his triumph on the s|wdway
here yesterday, winning piloting
his tiny six cylinder creation over the
finish tape in 5:07:24:42.
Louis Meyer who lost the lead at
the end of 400 miles came second
nearly six minutes behind Keech.
Jimmy Gle&son was third.
William Spence of Los Angeles was
i killed In an accident on the track.
Keech wins about $40,000 ?s the
result of his triumph of speed.
Lieut. Col. John E. Green, one of
the two negro commissioned officers
in the United States army, has been, ?
retired.
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