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1930
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LA TE NEWS
THE MARKET.
Cotton, Strict Mid.--- 11'ac
Cotton Seed, per bu. --
Continued Cool.
Today's North Carolina Weather
Report: Cloudy with rain tonight,
probably in east portion Saturday.
Continued cool.
Strike Near End.
I Bessemer City, Aug. 2l.-Pros
pects for an early settlement of the
strike at the two plants of the
American Cotton Mills. .Inc., wen
seen tonight by representatives of
both aides of the opposing forces.
Frank Goldberg, president and own
er 0f the mills said: "The mills will
open Monday at least, it looks that
way.” Mr. Goldberg did not enlarg
on this statement, but inference was
that enough workers would return
i to their jobs Monday morning to en
able the plant to resume operation
Beal Verdict
To Stand High
Court Declares
‘ Appeal To A Higher
Court Seen
Sentence Of Seven Communists At
Gastonia Affirmed By N. 0.
Court.
Raleigh, Aug. 22—The North
Carolina Supreme court Wednes
day affirmed prison sentences
against seven communists organiz
ers and guards for the killing of O.
P. Aderholt, Gastonia chief of po
lice on June 7, 1929. but'grave doubt
as to whether Fred Erwin Beal,
chief organizer and four of his co
defendants will ever serve their
sentences, when it was learned by
the News and Observer that the
five are now in Russia. The United
States has no diplomatic relations
with Russia and, consequently ex
tradition cvould be impossible. The
five are under bonds totalling $20 -
000.
In the same batch of opinions,
i the court also affirmed prison sen
tences against Alfred Hoffman,
American Federation of Labor or
ganizer and three co-defendants for
noting at Marion on September 1.
1929. Both opinions were unani
mous.
The trials grew out of strikes
conducted at Gastonia and Marion,
• respectively^ but the National Tex
tile Worker's Union, with commun
iist affiliations, and the United Tex
tile Workers of America, a member
of the American Federation of La
bor. The strikes and the trial? at
tracted widespread attention.
Charlotte, Aug. 22—-J Frank
Flowers of Charlotte, chief defense
counsel for Beal and the six other
men in the Aderholt murder crse.
‘said that an appeal to the United
[ States supreme court would not be
i detesrmined until the state court's
' official decision is received and care
i fully studied. The decision, was
written by Chief Justice Walter P
Stacy,
The Charlotte attorney also said
he had been informed that Bcr 1
| and the others, who are all under
heavy bond, were in New York city
1 and were willing to return to
1 Charlotte to appear in court when
, ever wanted. Tlr?y had no intention
■ of jumping bond, now that the su
preme court has ruled against them
? he. said.
Colored Pupils
In Need Books
1 Snpt. Griir, School Board in Ap
peal For Used School
Books
An appeal was issued today by
the county board of education and
Supt. J. H. Grigg for used school
books for colored school cilfidren
and some white school children in
the rural schools.
“Due to the prevailing hard times
the book situation is a real prob
lem in the county schools, parti
cularly in the colored schools and
some of the white schools attended
by children Of tenint farmers.
Supt, Grigg said. “In one colored
school I visited this week there were
two readers for 35 students.
“Later in the fall, when some
cotton is picked and sold, these col
ored children and the white chil
dren without necessary books now
will be able to purchase books. They
,1Ust cannot do so now. In ra&iv
homes about Shelby and Cleveland
county !• believe there are used
school books which citizens would
be pleased to get out of the way.
Particularly do we want readers.
So great is the need that we are
not asking that all the used readers
be of the type now on the approved
list. Any kind of reader will be
suitable for the present.
“The school board will greatly ap
wreciats it if ihore who have used
school hooks will leave them at my
office at the court house, or if they
will telephone ine’ I will send for
them,'’ he said.
Mill Strikers Continue To Spoil
Summer Vacations Of Gardner;
Rest Period Interrupted 2 Years
I Something Breaks Loose Every Time
( hief Executive Takes
Best.
Next summer when vacation
time rolls around Governor Max
Gardner may pin a tour-leaf
clover on his coat lapel and
hang a horseshoe on the front
of tlie mansion automobile be
fore he hies atvav to his Shelby
hill country for a short rest.
All because there seems to be
some sort of a hoodoo hanging
over his vacation.
I.nst summer Gove, nor Gardn:.
had his vacation spoiled by a tac
tile mill strike; and this summer!
j the hoodoo, in the form of a textile j
[mill strike and the state's jiiv.
j lynching in nine years, has repeat
! cd itself.
It was just a year agio that Gov
' crnor Gardner, setting a \aration
.precedent for chief executives, came
} home to Shelby for his first rest
\ since taking office. Hardly had hi
reached his South Washington
street home and greeted the home
| folks about the court square until
[the Gastonia strike trouble broke
| out in full fury. The so-called Mar
j ion massacre'’ immediately foilow
[cd, All day long and into the la'u
j hours of the night telephones pn
i gled and messengers boys found
| their way to the governor with"
messages’ and appeal' concerning
strike troubles. It, wasSthe rco,.r
worrisome., gruelling fortnight ilx
Shelby man had spent since taking
the state's highest office
All Over Again.
j This year the governor leu:
strength to his live-at-home Cam
paign bv coming back home for his,
vacation, dust after.he arrived the
Bessemer City strike began. On the
following day the gory head of mob
law reared itself in Eastern Noun
Carolina for ^ic first time in near a
decade. A negro was lynched ara
his body riddled with bullets. Go’
ernor Gardner's vacation was spoil
ed again.
'Tuesday the .entire state was
asking what the governor would Bo
about the lynching. At the same
time Avould-be peace-makers sellm
the Bessemer strike. One long-db
tance telephone call after another
came pouring into the governor's
Shelby office and the local new -
paper office. Within an hour or so
! newspapermen found their way tc,
! him on an Asheville golf course. wUr.
Hendersonville friends With whom
he had been week-ending. His rest
was interrupted again and back te
Shelby he came, to keep in close
touch with both affairs. Another
vacation gone awry.
Next year? .... Well, the gover
j nor is a bit grim as he considers it,..
! Perhaps he would get more rest and
less worry by fooling the hoodoo and
taking no vacation at all Such
things eventually get on the nerves
when they repeat themselves.
jGrover Man Nabbed
Near Liquor Plant
[ York.—Rural 'Policeman John
; Davison, Magistrate Arthur Quinn,
and Constable l ee Robertson, while
! searching the Kings Mountain ter
rain* Friday afternoon for stills,
: stumbled upon a liguor-making out
j fit just as the two operators of the
plant arrived at the scene. Ben
Shepperd. white man residing near
Grover. N. C., was taken into cus
tody but his companion escaped,
and is now bring'sought by the of
ficers. In addition to the arrest
made, the York conn tv officers cap
tured a 130-gallon capacity copper
still and poured out about 800 gal
lons of mash. '
City Schools Open
Sept. 8th, Not 7th
Striking live wrong krv on
the typewriter in the office ol
Supt. B. L. Smith of i/f city
schools Ifas caused some con
fusion in the minds of the
thousands of school- children
in Shelby. It was announced
in The Star that the city
schools would begin Sept. 5th.
That day falls on Sunday. The
city schools will begin on
Monday, Sept. 8th. according
to a correction made today
bv Supt. Smith, who has just
returned from Raleigh where
hr has been attending a meet
ing of the state school text
book commission.
Attention might again be
called to the fact that there i«
no change in the school text
books from last year.
Gardner Asked Of
Statement A1 Smith
Says Was Not Made
SUeJby Man Not Seeing Reported
Statement Make* No
Comment
Several Shelby People, includ
ing the Governor of North Car
olina. wondered yesterday eve
ning if AI Smith had announced
that he would be a candidate
for president in 1932.
Early In the evening Ideal news
papermen received a wire from the
United Press asking that a state
ment be secured from Governor
Gardner regarding a statement
made the previous night by At
Smith. The newspapermen scratch
ed their heads, passed tile message
on to Governor Gardner, and he
scratched. Neither had seen' the
reported Smith statement, but all
became curious about it,
I.a ter it was learned that a state
ment, reported to have been sent in
a telegram by the former New York
governor, declared that "Tiv Dem
ocratic party will be the real na
tional power within a few years and
prosperity will prevail again in the
United States.”
Governor Gardner at that time
had not seen the statement and
would make no comment.
Today's papers quoted Mr. Smith
as saying that he had not made
such a statement but ' that it more
or less expresses my sentiments.”
Baseball Pennant
Series On Saturday
Eastside-Ora and Ella Clash in
First of Three Important
Games
Shelby's ‘Tittle world series.” the
fight for the pennant in the Cleve
land County Baseball league gets
underway at the city park here Sat
urday afternoon,
Eastside-Ora. first half winner in
the league, and the Ella mill club,
second half winner, clash in the
first of a three-game series for
league honors. A fast game Is an
ticipated.
NO FIRES IN JULY
Shelby was one of the 34 towns
and cities in North Carolina which
reported no fire damage for the
month of July, according to the re
port given out at Raleigh yester
day.
Toll Of 68 Lives Taken In Auto
Crashes In N. C. In Month July
Intoxicated Drivers Figured In 18 Fatal
Accidents. Number Increases
j Raleigh, Aug. 22.—isixty-eight
North Carolinians were killed in
automobile accidents during the
month of July, and 412 others
were injured.
In ‘June the killed numbered
57 and the injured 408. The
deaths for the past three years
have shown a steadv increase,
from 51 in July. 1928, to 57 in
July, 1929, and 08 In July, in;;n.
Collisions of automobiles re
"ll'il In 25 deaths and 269 in
jured; pedestrians killed by an
tomobiles numbered 20 and in
jured 36: train and automobile
| collisions resulted in two deaths
and two injured; six were kill
ed and 21 injured by automo
biles colliding with fixed objects;
fifteen were killed and 71 injur
ed by automobiles and bicycles
running together, and sixteen
were injured in automobile and
horse-drawn vehicle collisions.
Intoxicated drivers figured in
eighteen accident which proved
fatal, and 22 which were non
ratal.
sly children playing »it streets
were and fourteen were
injured when struek by automo
biles. Ten of the fatal accidents
occurred in eities and at) in rural
sections, the report shows. ___
Tree Sitter On
Ground; Down
At 511 Hours
I <__,
Shelby hasn't had a trw-lH*
ter since Wednesday evening.
At 7:30 Wednesday Pete
i O'.Shields. 15-vear-old trce-sit
| ttnf champion insofar as Shel
by is concerned, folded his lent,
j climbed out of his pear tree
and touched ground for the
j ' first time in a half day over
j three weeks.
“I'd been up there vet. and two
months from now if they hadn't
| been making complaints about me,
some telling me to come down,"
the youngster said, although he ex
hibited several signs of glee after he
bathed, dressed up and strolled
about town to see how everything
looked after an absence of three
weeks.
He had been up exactly 511 1-2
hours when he came down.
At night other Shelby youngsters
had a habit of remaining up the
tree with him until midnight and
later on , several occasions. The
youngsters played their radio and
this resulted in some complaints
being made by neighbors about the
noise. This week his mother also
stated that she thought it would be
best for him to descend.
"Guess none of the boys about
here will want to beat that record
with school coming on," Pete said,
"but if they do I may win It back.
I was just getting acclimated or
whatever you cftll it and was feel
ing at home tip there."
The tree-sitting stunt was staged
on the Campbell lot behind the
Courtview hotel.
Fractured Bones
At Shelby Hospital
I Several Older People Suffering With
Broken Bones As Result
Of Falls.
Fractured banes is the cause of
more patients being at'the Shell/
hospital just now than any other
one thing. Mrs. Frank Lattiniore. of
:Lawndale, is suffering with a brok
|en arm, sustained in a fall th s
| week. Miss Laura Button of Shelsy
i has her leg broken just above tha
ankle. She entered the hospital
| Wednesday Mrs. Lora Grimslev, so
rter of Dr. R C. Ellis, fell Wednes
day afternoon and is a patient in
the hospital suffering with a frar
jtured hip. Johnnie Falls, a county'
; home patient, of Kings Mountain,
is being treated from an old frac
tured hip injury. David Rice has a
fractured skull which he got in a
fight Wednesday afternoon. Fat
(McEntire, youth of Virginia. has
[both leg bones broken above the
: ankle. This happened two weeks ago
| while he was visiting his grandfath
er, Tim McEntire, in the Uniefs
church community. The leg got
caught in a bicycle. Asa Parker, col
ored. is still being treated for the
fracture of bones when a small
motor car on the Southern jumped
the trget near Patterson Springs
last week, with a number of labor
ers on board.
Sanders Car Burned
Thursday Morning
Former Depuy Belie'-es Destructive
Blaze Started From Short
Circuit.
The Chevrolet automobile of Mr.
n W. Sanders, former deputy
sheriff, was practically destroyed by
fire early Thursday morning while
he was motoring near the Patter
son Springs section.
Mr Sanders, who saved one or
two tires, a seat and a few mner
! articles, believes that the blaze
: started in the wiring of the car.
_
Gastonia Wit Here
Before Kiwanians
_
Attorney Wade Sanders of Gas
itonia was the speaker last night be
fore the Kiwanis club in a program
of wit Mr. Sanders is a well known
humorist in this section of the stats,
but was heard last night for the
first time by a Shelby audience.
With philosophy and wit he kept f,nr
crowd in an uproar of laughter.
Dr. McDiarmid Home
From His Vacation
Rev H. N McDiarmid. pastor of
the Presbyterian church here. h.asj
returned from Iris vacation of a j
month --pm!, at Montreat. Hr i
prnrtuig tlie week-end with hi'
family and will fill the pulpit a*
the Presbyterian church Sunday
morning. There will be no evening
service.
Bind Negro To
Court In Death
1 ' '
Negress Monday
Bond Set At $1,000
In Shooting
•offer Held. Hopper Released. Arcl
J denial Shooljhtt Is
j Claim.
V parked court house, the major
ity of the spectators of the colored
iace. heard the preliminary murd*r
hearing here this morning in which1
young William Coffee, colored, was
j charged with the fatal shooting Iasi
; Monday afternoon of Alter Robbs,
young colored woman The shooting
took place eat the Robbs woman ,
home m the Boiling Springs section.
Thpre were (wo defendants. Cof
fee and Evans Hopper, another col
ored man, whose gun was used and
who was with Coffee when he visit
ed the house where Use shooting
took place. Hopper was freed on the
charge of being an accomplice, and
Coffee was returned to jail to awah
superior, court when he was unabi«
to raise a bond of *1.000 fixed t..
County .Judge Horace Kennedy
Attorney Peyton McSwain rcp.i -
tented Coffee. Attorney B, T. Falls
j appeared for Hopper and Solicitor
P. C Gardner was not aided in toe
prosecution.
No Real Evidence
There was little evidence pre-sem
ed to show that the shooting was
other than accidental as churned by
Coffee, who' admits firing the gun.
but says it was discharged accident
ally while he played with it. There
were no eye-witnesses to the ac
tual shooting, the other negibes be
ing on the porch while Coffee arid
the woman were in the kitchen. The
evidence presented in court was
practically the same as publisned in
Wednesday's Star, Hopper and Cof
fee came together to the home
where the Robbs woman lived Cof
fee asked the three women on me
porch who was inside Being in
formed he walked on in and a few
minutes later the others heard the
| shot. Coffee rail out the back door,"
the others running around the side
Hopper asked him ‘ What did you
shoot her for?" and Coffee answer
ed “Lord, t didn't aim to ' Coffee
and Hopper, it was testified, then;
ran away. Later another colored
man--drove up in his automobile and
carried the fatally wounded worflan
to the hospital here where she died
a few hours later, One witness saia
that one of the t\yo men who ran
sent the driver of the auto to cairy
her to the hospital. No ill feeling
was shown between Coffee and the
woman and they had not been keep
ing company, although it was said
that Hopper and the woman w.-.o
was shot had been sweethearts.
Hopper's gun was used by Coffee
Judge Kennedy in fixing the bo:.<3
for Coffee and freeing Hopper stat
ed that at first he was inclined to
turn both men loose, but that, in
such a serious case, although there
Was no evidence lending to show n -
tentiona) shooting, he thought it
best to let the evidence be heard in
a higher court. One witness dkl
testify that some time prior to live
shooting, a week or two. she nea'd
Coffee say he was: "going to kill a
I nigger.”
Cline Talks On
Tax Problems
A. E Cline, county auditor, was
the" principal speaker last night at
Lattunorr at the meeting of the
County Club members. It was one
of the best meetings the club has
ever had with a large attendance
in spite of the rainy weather. Mr.
Cline discussed tag problems, more
particularly the effort on the part
of eastern Carolina and some heav
ily indebted counties of the state to
shift the tax burden on the Pied
mont counties. He contends that
counties that have been extrava
gant in their expenditures and are
now clamoring for relief, should not
expect the state to take over the tax
problem and heap the burden on
counties that have be An economi
cally managed.
MASONIC NOTICE
Cleveland Lodge No. 202 A F.
and A. M. will meet in regular com
munication tonight at 7 30. Mem
bers are urged to attend. Visiting
brethren cordially welcome
DePrIest A Justice.
Mr. A B. C, DcPriest ha> been
appointed a justice of peace by
Governor Gardner.
A BIKtn
Born to Mr. and Mrs. L. T.
Nance, a son. William Henry Nanee
on Chestnut street, August loth.
Named in Florida Plot
Frank Rauls, . Fred Kberhardt ■*
and Henry H aiwma (tower), of
Florida, were awested at Jack
sonville and sharped with a con
spiracy to procure the a.'sassina
tion of dovernor Boyle I,. Carl
ton. All denied knowledge of
any plot and were released on
hail. All three are prominent
in the State,
4 f n»•mat Ion*! N««*r««d
247Living Descendants OfMaj.
Hugh Borders; Dr. Black Elected
President At Annual Re-union
Hon. Grady Gaston Is Speaker At
Annual Borders Reunion Held
: At Cleveland Springs.
^ The second reunion of the des*
cendanta of Major Hugh Bor
; ders and wife their relatives and
friends, convened at Cleveland
Springs, near Shelby, hi the beauti
ful grove west of the spring on
Wednesday^ August 20th. The wea
ther was idea! and the comfort Of
the people well provided for by the
committee on arrangement.
The exercises were held in the
commodious pavlllion which was
kindly tendered for the purpose by,
the managers of the property. The |
meeting was called to order bv th"
president. Dr- H R. Black", of Spar- •
tanburg. S C.. a grand son of MaJ. i
Hugh Borders, at 11 a. m. Exercis- j
es opened by a song. ' Blessed Pe
The Tie That Binds.'' Invocation :
by Mr. Horace Easom. educational !
secretary of the First Baptist ,
church, Shelby
247 Living Descendants,
Mr W. Hugh Wray, of Gastonia,
chairman of a committee appoint
ed last year to complete a history of
the Borders family, with particular
reference to Maj. Hugh Borders and
his descendants, was called upon to
make a report for his committee
and he. At turn, introduced Mr. J.
Quinn, another member of the com
mittee began with Michael Bord
ers., tile elder, and his wife, the par- ;
ents of Maj. Hugh Borders, a net
traced the descendants of Maj.;
Borders to date Owing to the
length of the report, only that parti
leading ,up to the history of the,
separate .-children of Ma j Borders;
was read,, but a brief synopsis of j
the remainder of the history was
read. The part of the history that1
was not read takes up separately
(CONTINUED ON PAGE TEN.)
Boiling Springs
To Open Sept. 2
(tailing Springs, Aug. 22.—
Boiling Springs college Till
open its third session of col
lege work Tuesday. September
2, the first day to lie given U
registration.
The outlook is that the en
rollment will be as good or
better than last year while an
appreciable Increase is ex
pected in the college depart
ment. tt is said.
McNeely Company
Gets A Charter
Charter Isas been issued to the J
C. McNeely company of Shelby,
which has been operating as a In
dividual'rbncern on partnership for
nearly ten years. J. C, McNeely is
president and treasurer. J, Thomas
Arnold is rice president and Mrs. J.
C. McNeely is secretary. Mr. Arn
old is president of the Consolidated
Buyers of New York and his con
nection adds materially to the buy
ing power of tire local concern in
that Mr. Arnold is always on the
New York market Authorized cap
ital stock is *25.000 with *10.000
paid in. This is the present J. C.
McNeely company which will con
tinue to operate here, except that
the business has been incorporated
with Mr. Arnold holding stock with
the present owners.
MASONIC MEETING
The regular monthly meeting of
Cleveland Lodge 202, A. F, and A
M. will be held at the Masonic tem
ple tonight at 7:30 o'clock.
Shelby Woman Has Final Orders
Of Both Lee And Joseph Johnson
Gen. Johnston Signed Farewell At Greens
boro For Mrs. Suttle’s Father
Seeing'in the papers that parties
in England recently invested $1,000
I in the purchase of what is claimed
to be the "original" of Gen Robert
E. Lee s lr.rewell order No. 9 to the
troops of the Army of Northern
Virginia, Mrs, Oscar Suttle finds, in
searching through her vast and val
uable collection of papers, that she
has a copy of General Lees order
No. 9
The order in possession of Mrs,
Suttle ii m a lair state of preserva
tion, Though very dint The signa
ture is that of Gen. Lee himself, as
would be indicated in comparison.
there may have been a number of1
'copies'' drawn as fame spread^
As The Observer (Charlotte)
; These were signed by Gen. I ce and
'distributed among his officers and
men.
■ landed Down By Father
The copy in the possession of Mrs.
Sutile was handed down by her
father, Major A. B. Watts, who en
tered the Confederate service at
Vicksburg. Miss. Major Watts was
four timp.s wounded, yet he per
sisted in fighting. When he first
entered the service lie was a mem
ber of the Oirkburc Sothrons, the
same organization which Jefferson
Davts carried through the Mexican t
war. Major Watts was commission
ed as Brigadier General of the Mis
sissippi militia and later organized
(CONTINUED ON fAtiE r£N.)
Three Wounded
In Family Row
Wednesday Eve
Rice And Putnani
Families Mix
Furloui Fifht Staged Near /oaf
Church. Six Participant*.
Kntve*, Stick*
■\ family feud of short dura
tion flared into an open fight
Wednesday evening when four
members of the I’utnam family
and two members of the Hire
family, all of whom live just
south of shelbv, battled it out
near Zoar church with the re
Mill that three were sent to the
Shelby hospital, one in a ser
ious condition.
Those mixed up in the brawl,
which for a time assumed serious
proportions, according to officers
were Will Putnam, farmer of the
/.oar section; three of his sons,
Gordon, K.un :m>l Tilden. and. Clar
:mcr and David Rice.
Today David Rice is in the hos
pital with a depressed fracture at
the skull, Clarence Rice is suffering
from cuts and a blow on the head,
and Gordon Putnam has severe cuts
about the head and hands,
Bov* Fight
The ill feeling between the Rice
and Putnam families originated
Sunday, it is said, when a young
boy of the Putnam family and a
Rice boy had some trouble. Enmity
between the two families then de
veloped. .
Shortly after dark Wednesday
evening members of the two farpiliei
met near the Crane service station,
* CONTINUED ON PAGE TEN I
W. M. U. Meeting At
Double Springs 28-29
"Looking on the Field*" U Subject
Several Prominent Speakers
on Program
‘■Looking on the Fields" is the
general subject of the Womans
Missionary Union meeting of the
“■Inga Mountain Baptist association
to be held with the Double Springs
church. August 28 and 29th. Mrs,
Fred Washburn will deliver the ad
dress of welcome which will be re
sponded to by Mrs. W. F. Hamrick.
After the roll call of churches, rec
ognition of new societies, visitors
and pastors, report of officers and
presentation of banners, the super
intendent will deliver an address on
"Ttie Road to the Field," In th«
afternoon of the first day Mrs.
James Allen will conduct devotion
al, followed by an address by Mrs,
Edna R. Harris.
The night session of August 28th
will be featured by a sermon on
Looking on the Fields" by Rev.
Wallace Hartsell, On Friday, Rev
H T Stevens, of Raleigh, will de
liver an address on •Christian Edu*
cation," while Mrs. Howard Cam
nitz will deliver an address on "Thl
Panacea for Southern Ills." DurinCJ
the afternoon such topics as a^tr
mission study report, the relief and
annuity board report by Beafer
Dam, state missions by Double
Shoals, and foreign missions by
Shelby First church will be received.
Woman Denies
She Drove Car
_a.
Mrs. Myrtle Fox of Kings Mountain
Says Wreck Victim Had Hold
of Wheel.
York. S. C„ Aug. 22.—Arrested
Tuesday night at her home in Kings
Mountain. N. C., and held in the
York,,county jail on the charge cl
manslaughter in conection with thr
death of Mrs. Nettie Martin, also of
Kings Mouhtain. in an automohiJ
wreck near here August 2, Mrs.
Myrtle Fox. 22, wife of Henry Fox,
still insists that she was not the
driver of the car in which Mrs. Mar
tin came to her death.
“Mrs. Martin herself had hold of
the steering wheel when the wreck
occurred.” Mrs. Fox declared at-thr
jail.
Mrs. Fox said that shortly aft;]
leaving York the day of the trag
edy the two women took in a
stranger, a middle-aged man who
gave his name as Clyde Griffin. •> ho
wanted a ride. They turned tiie
steering wheel over to him. Mrs.
Fox said, and she rode in the mid
dle. The stronger made an improc-'
er proposal to her and when
refused, he hit her in the. face wish
his fist, she said. "Then Mrs. Ma -
tin grabbed the steering wheel and
gave It a sharp turn," Mr. Fox stat
ed "The, next Instant the car was
wrecked.'*