Jurors 'Hear 'Testimony in Jail Inmate's Death NIIH! Wdmr!N N Nrl Fi Mnn Arc on Lite Jury Are Mllrh·R!D M11y Ninety·Sixtlt Year, No
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,.. Jurors 'Hear 'Testimony In Jail Inmate's Death NIIH! WDmr!n n nrl fi mnn arc On lite Jury are Mllrh·r!d M11y Ninety·Sixtlt Year, No. 6 pntlcntly llslnnlnu In tesllmrmy anrl Bessie Ahbott, Williamston; eonc:ernlng 1111! rlenlh of Martin Bert IIolley and Ilr.rherl. Bailey, Hrnllh, ,lnr!kson, Without sc:rmun· Vevny; Mnl'ie M1wDn,nnlcl, Bertha lng hr.nrlllncs unci l'IHllo and 'l'V Larsen nnd Patrlnl< Cosgrove, piny, I ho 11 ,luron; urn trying to L n n s I n g ;' Shermnn Hurtmnn, State Suggests untangle lesllmony eomlng from Sloellill'lrlge; Margaret Clari1, Party Chooses Delegates hnlf n hundred wllncsses, Lr!slcr AureliU8i Claru F'. Mason, Merld· Sc:nll, •lfi, Lnnslni(, Is ehnrgerl lan; Belle Baxtcl', Delhi; Ilcrn!t· Another Story with murcl!'!rlng Smith, clnll Hnsldll, Leroy; Virtu Bal· To Make Nominations for Till! I rial was .~lnrlml 'l'ucsrlny clnr!f, Bunlmr Hill; and Perllc nnd prolwhiy will continue Bench, Loel<c. At' County Jail 1hrnugh mosl of ru:xl wceic Unlllw lhc t!'inls of Dr. Ken· 'fflE!I'C! Will h1• Jlll I'Ollrl. HPSS(on nelh Small at Allegan and Dr. It Ingham county carrlns out State Election in April l"rlrlny, Sum Shellpard 11l Cleveland, the rccnmmcnrlatlons of tile slate jail llccnuHr: of I he lr!ngl h of I he Mason murder trial is drawing Inspector a fourth Hlorv will he lrlal nml llw possihillly lhnl one Jess than n dozen speclntoi'S. Wit· ndrled to the jail. The basement Sparked by an nddt•ess of Congressman Alvin M. Bentley or two Jurors may full sld>, 11 nesses arc excluded from the would also h!! cxlcnrlr>tl lo, llw , of Owosso, Ingham Republicans selected delegates Monday wen! dHISI!Il to Iwar I he tcstl room. There would he more than north to malw room fn1· prisoner ,, mrmy. Ill! fore I he jury tnlws 11m fiO of 1hem If they all showed up. tanl<s for transferring anrl pro· I night for the state convention in Dell'DiL The county con case for rlcr·islon llw number will !~very Inmate of the cage In cc:;sing of prlsoncrR. vention was held in the Mason school aucli1ol'ium. he Rllmmed down In 12 by lot If whlcit Smith was Injured was W. H. Nestle, stat!! jail lnspec· , Bentley told the delegates that Republicans must put up sir'lmcss rlnesn'l shrink II In 12 snhpncned for I he lrlftl. Snme lnr, told Ingham supervisors lh•~ before llu•n. can not he locatccl, Others arc Ifill Is ovcrcrnwrlerl and needs rc· a yeai'-lll'OUild fight if they ·--r-:::--:.c70":""'"'=~ ,Jurlgr. Louis K Cnash Is on the still In .11111 or serving prison modeling and arlriilions to Pl'llV!dc ru·e going to win elections. lwrwh. l'msl'<'ulor Chnrlcs E. terms. Few nf llwlr versions of bcller segreg1ttlon of prisoners. "We ean't eampalgn a few Chnrnhr!rl<iln anrl an asslslant, what went on In the bullpen the Al first the supervisors merely wcr!l\s before elections nnrl r.xpel!l Pr!lr!t' ,T. 'l'rclr:aven, nrc rcpre· morning of September 12 agree. ordered Nestle's report placed on to haV!~ better results lhnn the sr•nlinr~ IIH! [H:opie. Sttlarl ,J. Some said they heard nnlhlng. tllc. Later in the day supervisors politlcnl action commltlco of 1he Dunnlnr:s, .Jr., Lansing, h; de· Ot.hers said they l<ncw of no gave the maltm· furl her· attention. lending Sr:r111. C. I. 0. ar.d the A. D. A. of I he hlows being strucl<. They orrlcrcri it referred to lhe Democratic pnrly," lhc cnn~ress 'J'he most positive witness, anrl county huilcllng-s commlltce. mnn declared. as rJramallc In the trial as he Supervisor· S. A. Bement, Ma· Bentley urgerl the Ingham dele· Cou.nty Adopts was at tho coroner's inquest son Burton .Johnson, Whcatflclcl, gatlon to tal<e the Republican which blamed Scott for Inflicting and' Horace Bradshaw, Lansing, story to nil of the people. It is lhe fatal Injuries, Is Lee Grant are on the c•nmmlllcc. Chairman better to collect a dollar from Washington. He lived on the AI· Bement of the committee said 100 people than It Is to gel $100 Ordinance for ton Jewett farm, 3 miles soutlt the architect's plans for lhc jail from one rich man, the congress· of Mason, until he went to jail will be studied to learn If Nestle's man said. last fall. He told the jury he saw suggestions arc feasible ami what "People vote with their money,'.' House Trailers Scott brutally beat Smith, lmoclt· the proposal would cost. The com· the congrcssrnrm from the eighth lng the Jacl1son man against the mlttce also Intends to check the district stated. "Get their financial On llw n:~('()mmcmlallon of the bars and to the floor. facilities, said Bement, to sec If c•ounly health committee, super· support and you'll have their bal· Dr. George R. Clinton of Ma· additions are necessary. lot support." visors Tuesday ariopl cd an ot•• son testified Wednesday. Dr. The jail now has facilities fot' rllnance I'Cf.:Uiallng house trailers An csllmalcd 500 Republicans Robert Stowe of Lansing wa8 on 118 men, 30 In .cacl; cage on lhe crowder! the auditorium, balcony being uecuph•rl oulsiric of licensed the stand Thursday. Other doc· first floor, 48 In the 2 cages on parl<s. and halls to carry out the bLtsl· !lie Democra tors have been subpocncd to tcs· the second floor, 4 each In hos· ness of the convention. tic convention in Mason 'rhur8· llnrler lhe orrllnanr:c whieh he· tlfy Monday. Among them will pita! and trusty quarters and 2 In V. A. Trlquct, chairman of the day night will be James N. Hare, 1, enmes cffcr:live .June visltnr he Dr. CharieR Blacl<, Lansing isolation. On the third floor arc county committee, was elected secretary of slate. Hare is 4~. a permits for parking house trail pathologist. quarters for 20 women. chairman of the Ingham dele· graduate of Detroit Northwest· ers ean he user! for nnly 21 days Smith, a rcllrcd Michigan Cen· Average jail loads run betwcr::JJ gates wlllch will be In Detroit for ern, Wayne University and Uni· anrl exlcnried pcr·mits for not lral railroad man and owner of 80 and 90 men, although for ;:r the state convention Saturday. vcrsily of Miclilgan. He was gem, longer than a year. Farmers arc a roofing business, attended an while Iasl summer the numbel' C. Ross Hilliard of Mason, Mrs. cral m01nagcr of lile slate fair exempt if they usc trailers for Eilts clambai<c ncar Jacl<son the climbed to 125. There arc usually Cornelia Broadbent of Lansing and an instructor at Wayne lm· their own rlwcllings or for ten afternoon and early evening of not more than 7 or 8 women con· and Kit Clardy of East Lansing fore running for office last year. ants worlting the farm. Persons September 11.. Shortly before fined. were elected as delegates at large using trailers while following midnight he was picl<ed up in Nestle? recommended that the to the state convcn,tion. Willard fairs anri c:amivals nrc also ex Leslie as a dru nil and was tal<cn fourth floor be built for maximum Bowerman, Miss Gertrude Lud· empt. See lUUimlm, l'age 2 security prisoners. He also sug· wlclc and Donald Tee!, all of Lan· Democrats Come J,;very mvnrr of a hnuse trailer, gcsted that the basement he en sing, were elected as alternates. except 1r;1 nsil'n Is, being used larged and tanks installed so all Delegate from Alaicrlon and must register it with city or prisoners could be loaded and un· Vevay townships will be Mrs. To ·Court House township dct·J(, paying a fcc of Milk Producers loaded inside, Into "tanl<s." Trans· Albert Humphrey. John Angell $2. fers and new prisoners for proces· was elected alternate. Thco Dana Holders of temporary permits sing would be l1ept in the tanl>s. was elected as delegate from Thursday Night must make arrangements with a May Hear Mor~ Nestle's recommendations were Aurelius and Onondaga townships Democrat;; will convene in the home owner· for sanitary and contained In his periodic report with Leo Woods as alternate. court house al 8 o'clock 'l'hurs· on the condition of the Ingham cnol;ing facilities, visitors' permits Of Romeo Mov·e FROM 1\.RAUT l'O CAVIAR could be the title of a story about the conversion of the John J. Richards ami James Vo- day nigi1t lo name 31 delegates being valirl only fnr sleeping In jail. He reporter] the condition as empty H. W. Madison Co. sauerkraut factory into a handsome suile rif offices and a Sfl.o:'lC· truba were elected as delegates to the slate convention. trailers, No extended permits will Agitation at Romeo against good. ious warehouse. , J. A. Dart Co. bought the abandoned plant last summer. The firm has from Delhi with Cassius Shaft The state convention is sched· he gmntcd unless sewage facll· George Irvine, administrator of converted the west area into offices and a dmfting room. The main building has been made and Edgar Church as allemates. uled for Grand Rapids February il ics arc provided. Surroundings the federal mlllt marketing order, Representing Ingham, Wheat· 25 and 26. At lhe state convcn- must at all limes be lH!pt clean, and against some of the policies ,(ounci De ays , into a warehouse and Jabr!cating plant.