The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, May 15, 1936, Page PAGE SIX, Image 6
Federal Men Capture
Kidnaper Robinson
Washington, May 12.?The government
checked the lust big name from
Its list of hunted "public enemies"
today as u dying squad of Justice
agent* aped Thomas H. Robinson, Jr.,
to I.?oulavUle, Ky., to stand trial foible
life iu the brutal klduapiug of
Mm, Alice Speed Stoll.
In a cleaning coup at Glendale,
Calif., last night, J. ttdgar Hoover's
men seized the pasty-faced youth with
a penchant for dressing in women's
clothes and a checkered past that included
terms in a college and two In-'
sane asylums.
The 29-year-old Kobiuson, often;
called the "lone wolf-kidnaper," surrendered
without ilrlng a shot and
was hustled aboard a plane hound for,
iajulsvllle. There, federal attorney
v Bunc Gardner announced that he
would seek the death penalty and
fight any defense plea of insanity.
Mrs. Stoll, wife of Horry Stoll, won!-,
thy oil man, was slugged with u lead ,
pipe before being taken from her.'
home In the $n0,000 kidnaping in the
fall of 1934. The federal law provides
a death penalty when a kidnap
victim suffers bodily barm.
The seizure of Robinson was the
climax of an 11-day campaign of swift
raids in which federal ugents scooped
up Alvln Karpis, Harry Campbell and
William Mahan. There are other
names remaining on the hunted list
hut none rating the fateful proml,
nence of "public enemy No. 1."
A wide-awake Rasadenu HOda clerk
apparently gave the agents the tip
that led to llobinson's capture. The
clerk, Lynn Allen, noted that a "woman"
customer spoke In a mumble
in an evident attempt to dlHgutse
"her" voice.
Glancing at her wrists, he noted
that they were "thick" and her neck
"mannish." Ho he told the police of
his suspicions und gave them the
number of the customer's sedan.
? Hoon after the capture the agents
of the federal bureau of investigation
flashed the word to their chief here.
Hoover was attending a prize flght,
hut he loft It instantly and called reporters
to his office.
"We've got Roblnsou," he smiled.
"Took him In Glendale, Calf."
"He admitted his identity and will
be removed immediately to IajuIsvIUg.
When taken, he had $4,r>60 on his person,
of which $4,200 was stolen ransom
money."
"Any shots fired?" he wag asked. !
"No shots were flrod. Hut Robinson
waa carrying a .38 caliber revolver
when he was arrested."
"Was he dressed like a woman at
the time of his arrest?"
"No," Hoover replied. "Hut he'd
grown a mustache."
Hoover mid the ex-law clerk had
been living in Glendale for two
monthB under the name of "John Simons."
Robinson had boon sought throughout
the United States and in Mexico
for a year and a half. The trail was
hard to follow, agents said, because
the fugitive did not associate with
underworld characters.
The "blonde woman" disguise attributed
to him wns reported from many
cities at various times in the hunt. A
la< k of lobt^s on his ears was the only
distinguishing characteristic of the
six-foot youth from Nashville, Tonn.
The kidnaping of Mrs. Stoll aroused
nation-wide indignation. Sho was
abed with a cold when a young man
gained entrance to the house on October
10. 1934, to "check the telephone
connections."
He forced a maid to tie Mrs. Stoll's
hands and when the society matron
tried to buy him off with a check he
slugged her. Blooding, Mrs. Stoll was
forced Into a car and carried away.
The kidnaper left ransom demands
written on legal stationery. A later
note named Robinson's wifo as Intermediary.
The ranRom finally was
paid to her and she took a train for
Indianapolis, where, according to Justice
agents' accounts, Mrs. Stoll had
been held captivo in an apartment.
Home time later. Mrs. Robinson and
Mrs. Stoll arrived at Terre Haute,
Ind., where they wore met by federal
agents. |
Subsequently Robinson's wife and
his father were acquitted of charges
in connection with tho kidnaping. 1
Director Hoover said that examination
of the first ransom document in'
the technical laboratory of the F. H. *
I. has "definitely established" that the
younger Robinson wrote it.
I1. H. I. records of Robinson's past
say that the first charRe againRt him
was complicity in a $14,000 jewel robbery.
He was committod to an iusano
asylum in Tonneaaee, his second
stay in such an institution. At various
times doctors called him a "psychopathic
personality" and a suiTeror
from dementia praecox (a mental disorder.)
Great Loss To Corn I
In State By Insects
Clomson, May 9.?A visible damage I
j of $600,000 aud an unseen loss of $2,-1
400,000, or a total loon of around three J
million dollars 1m Buffered by lusect I
injury to corn In South Carolina each]
j year, It Ih eBtimated by O, L. Cart-1
wrlght, associate entomologist of the I
Houth Carolina Experiment .Station, i
"We inuMt fern ember that Insects I
cause damage to growing corn In two]
I ways; They cause an unseen loss |
In a decreased yield and a visible loss |
in the destruction of grain produced," |
says Mr. Cartwright. "About 20,000,-]
ooo bushels of corn are harvested an- ]
nually In South Carolina. It Is im-|
possible to state exactly the addition-]
ul number of bushels sacrificed to in-|
sects in growing this corn but certainly
tlie crop harvested represents I
not over 85 per cent of what would]
be harvested if insects did not exact
their toll. it Ik known that one in-1
Meet alone, tho Southern corn stalk j
borer, decreases tho corn yiold In this
Htate by approximately 15 per cent in
a normal season. If in addition we
< onsider the loss of stand, destruc- ]
(ion of stalks, and decrease In yield |
btought about by many otlu^* insects]
attacking the growing plants, surely
a very conservative estimate of
the amount of the crop failing to ma-1
Lure because of Insects would be at
least four million bushels." I
I olntlng out that the control of]
corn Insects is mado difficult, hindered,
and limited In the field because
of the low value of the corn per acre, |
Mr. Cartwright offers those suggestions
regarding efforts to reduce this ]
great loss:
'.'Control measures must . be very |
economical and easily applied or they
can not be attempted. In addition]
those pests which tunnel and feed In- ]
side the plants can not easily be ]
reached with insecticides. These two
factors, especially the necessity for |
economical measures, practically limit
field control to cultural practices, ]
such as careful planting dates, rotation,
and clean-up measures, includ-1
lng destruction of stalks and plowing
under stubble. Rotation is the only
measure effective for all corn Insects ]
and fortunately Is a good practice for
many other reasons. Corn should always
be planted at some distance
from corn fields of the year before.
Stalks should bo destroyed and old
stubbles always carefully turned under
before May." j
The entomologists of Clemson College
will gladly furnish Information ]
concerning corn Insects and their]
I control to all who request such ln-|
formation.
Child Killed On Birthday !
Chesterfield, May 11.?Funeral seiJ
vices for Juanita White, ten-year-old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clifford
White, who was killed when struck
by a car Sunday morning, will be held
at I'lne Grove church Wednesday
morning at 10 o'clock. !
The child was returning home from
Sunday school on a Bchool bus. It ]
was Juanita's birthday, she had several
of her friends with her to spend
tho day. As the children wore get-]
ting off the bus one little girl ran
across the road directly In the path
of an approaching car. As the driver.
Herbert Hubbard of Marion, was trying
to avoid tho first child the little
White girl ran from the bus Into the
automobile. Her body was badly]
mangled. She was rushed to tho hospital
but died en route. j
A coroner's Jury declared the accl-j
dent to be unavoidable and absolved
Hubbard of all blame. i
Resides her parents, tho little girl
is^ survived by several brothers and
slHterH. J
Sylvester Russell Tricks, a farmer
near Sandy Springs, In Anderson
county, aged 57 years, was killed by a
bolt of lightning which hit the house]
of his son. Ho was sitting at a win- ]
dow of a room containing 13 members
of the family, with his arm on a sewing
machine, which was destroyed,]
but nobody elso in the room was In- ]
Jured. A dog under tho house was
killed. I
Many Rural Homes I
Now Being Served
Approximately 126 rural home*
have been electrified In Sumter oounty
during the paat few months as a
result of the rural electrification pro* I
gram of the Carolina Power and Light
Company. Many more homes in the
rural districts will be served by this
concern within the near future, when
one line, now under construction, and
another line which has recently been I
surveyed, are completed.
The rural line extended from Boy* I
kin's Mill through Humbert to Hagood I
was completed sometime ago and 1st
serving approximately fifty customers.
Also completed and serviug approxl I
mately ten customers is the line from I
White's Mill to the county line. The!
Wedgellchl line running from the city
limits of Bumter to Wedgefleld was
completed recently and Is serviug approximately
fifty-five homes and bust
nesH concerns. ;
Within the next two weeks an ex-1
tension from the Sumter-Mayesville I
line to Oswego and Bethel church will
be finished und uu additional thirty I
homes will have the service of elec-1
triclty. Surveys have already been I
made of the Wedgofield-Stateburg I
line und work on It should be com-1
mo need soon. j
All of the lines recently built in I
the county by the Carolina Power aud I
Light Company are single phase lines I
carrying 6,600 volts.
According to A. J. Hurt, assistant I
manager of the local branch office, I
numbers of customers on these rural
extensions have taken advantage of I
the conveniences of electricity, not I
only for lighting, but as a servant in I
the home where a number of electrl- I
cal appliances have been installed. I
He expressed his appreciation for the I
co-operation afforded (he power com-1
pany by the people In these commun-1
lties, while surveys and construction I
were taking place. , I
BUILDING8 BUILT RIGHT
WITH8TAND HIGH WIND8
Farm bulldingB fall to withstand
wind-storms because of poor foundations,
insufficient anchorage, or lack I
of anchorage, of frame to foundation
and roof to frame, and insufficient I
bracing of frames, says the United I
States Bureau of Agricultural Engineering.
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It may not be practicable to build I
to withstand twisting winds at the I
center of a tornado, but it is feasible I
to construct buildings that will stand I
against the high, straight winds 1
which cause greatest total damage.
A Berlous weakness in most farm I
buildings is lack of sufficient brae-1
ing in the framework. As a result, a
heavy wind twists or pushes thorn J
out of line, even if it does not demol-1
ish them. A few more braces add I
little to the coat of a house or barn, I
t; 1
but may save it and even human lives
in a severe wind.
A safety measure, which adds little I
expense, is nailing all sheathing diag-1
onally across upright timbers. TestB
In the Forest Products Laboratory of I
the Department of Agriculture show I
diagonally sheathed walls stand about I
twice as much end thrust as walls
sheathed horizontally and braced, and 1
from four to eight times as much as I
horizontally sheathed walls without j
bracing. I
A study by lowa State College j
showed one-half of the wind damage
patd by Insurance companies was for I
barns; a little more than twelve perl
cent for straightening and bracing I
buildings; a little loss than ton per J
cent to move buildings back onto I
foundations. About seven per cent I
was to replace roofs. ,4J
Instructions and Illustration for In- I
stalling simple braces and anchors to I
increase resistance of farm buildings I
to wind are contained in Wind-Re- I
sistant Construction for Farm Build-1
lags leaflet No. 87, of the United I
States Department of Agriculture.
Rash Treatment For 8mallpox
Columbia, May 12.?Treatment of 1
small pox by the Indians of South I
Carolina consisted of heating the suf-1
ferer in a large oven and immediate-1
ly plunging him In the river. The I
Cherokoos lost 3,000 warriors In one I
year as a result of this disease and I
of intemperance, according to William I
James Rivers in his "History of South I
Carolina to the close of the Proprtet-1
ary Government," a copy of which is j
in the University of South Carolina I
library. L
Comptroller Oeneral Beattio has J
notified all delinquent tax collectors I
to at once make a drive to collect I
them, especially In towns and cities, I
and told them failure to obey these I
instructions would be a broach of]
thoir bonds. He says that in some j
towns 60 per cent of the taxes duo I
are unpaid, while taxes are paid bet-1
ter on farm lands. He added that ht.l
would not insist on the sale of farm j
lands for taxes until October, butl
town property must be sold for taxes I
without delay, when the taxes are ds-1
llnquent. i
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INTENSE COLO MAY NOT KILL.
ORGANISMS THAT SPOIL rf>OD
A warning agaiust careless preparation
of fruits for frozen storage la
found In testa Just completed by the
United States Department of AgrlfilOr
ture.
Bacteriologists of the Bureau of
IMant Industry?In a routine examination
of frozen strawberries, raspberries,
and cherries held for three
years at a temperature of 15 degrees
F.?found several species of bacteria,
yeasts, and molds still alive. To study
the behavior of these small organisms
at low temperatures, 26 were placed
in culture and held in a cold storage
U.J JJI I 1 I' -.J.-! 11 *'!IL
room at IC degree* f"/or'one year.
Bight of the twenty-aU wen able
to grow at thl* temperature, thirteen
-awhile allowing no growth at 16 degrees
producted abundant growth
when-removed to room temperature
for twenty-four houra. Only Are of
the twenty-*}* failed to survive the
year. ' ?
Theae teata, aay Bureau baoterlologlata,
point to the neceaaity for cleaning
fruit* before freexlng a tor age aa
well aa to the need for removing any
that might carry large number* of
decay organiama.
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A trial Justice of Allegany county,
Va., advocate* the establishment of
the whipping poat for wife-beaters,
with the wife to designate the number
of laahe* to be applied.
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TO MAKE MUEY'B BIRTHDAY
A LEGAL HOLIDAY
Baton Rouge, I-*.. May 11. ho**,
nor James A. Noa has announced Mi
intention of proclaiming the late fo*
ator Huey P. Long's birthday a lead
holiday in Louisiana.
A letter from the governor to W.
A. Webb, of Dallas, general mansgw
of the Texas Centennial Mxposition,
made publio Saturday, contained Um
statement that Noa was "issning %
proclamation making the date, August
80, a legal holiday not only this y^
but for erery year.*'
l2?.\
James M. Barrle, noted English u
! thor, celebrated his 76th birthday 0gt,
urday in his London home.
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j Fresh Fish Dinners at 35c. Sandwiches of all kinds.
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| I On Highway No. 1. Near DuBose Park 1
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