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PUBLISHED FOR AND DEDICATED TO THE ADVANCEMENT OF GOOD LAW ENFORCEMENT IN FLORIDA JAWUARY, 1958 VOI. I, Wo. » TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA ' , es of Ohio Plans Completed for St. Augustine (onfelence riff oil ST. AUGUSTINE —Host Sheriff L. O. Davis Jr. has and worthy boys the Sheriffs Association is building on a completed plans for the Mid-Winter Conference of the Flor- Z22-acre site on the Suwannee River, near Live Oak. ;- 5A Projects ida Sheriffs Association which will be held here January A progress report on this project, which is supported by 'KEY +EST—Monroe County 23 and 24 at the Hotel Ponce de Leon. the dues of the Association's Honorary Members, will be fF John M. Spottsmoad He said highlights will include addresses by State Sen- presented by Hillsborough County Sheriff Ed Blackburn ", Ohio sheriff indicated a ', stLM ator Verle of Augustine; Arthur Dozier, State Jr., executive director of the ranch. -«itr«mg interest in the accom- A. Pope St. ' similar summary on ' .yhshments of the Florida Sher- Director of Child Training Schools; and R. O. Culver, Director Don McLeod will give a ;. : f}Fs Association he outlined to Director of the State Department o'f Corrections. the Florida Sheriffs Bureau, a state-wide crime fighting them mhen he addressed their Association. , ': will address a banquet scheduled for the night agency sponsored by the Ohio, Sen. Pope Oonvention in Columbus, of Jan. 23. A fish fry and a luncheon for sheriffs and their Installation of 1958 officers will be held on Jan. 23. They :); ' lggt month. He said they are particularly guests are also on the program. are: Pinellas County Sheriff Sid M. Saunders, president; aug to learn full details A major portion of the conference will be devoted to the Pasco County Sheriff Leslie Bessenger, first vice president; rguording the. Florida sheriffs Florida Sheriffs Boys Ranch, a permanent home for needy &continued on page 4) :Sureau, a state-wide crime . ing agency which the As- . . S«fciation created; and the tion-sponsored 1957 law sher- , w*hich removed 48 Florida t - gas:ffzfm the antiquated fee lallahassee Man, Wife Make system an«F'y'laced them under 't,': «C 'new budget-salary system. ', Gen- Ranch ", -, . said Ohio Attorney Bequest to Boys , He Urge William Saxbe shares the interest of the Buckeye State TALLAHASSEE —A Tallahas- - in' will- i.::' NCerifrs these projects. see man and his wife have Dunn Appointed Sya$tsmaod, who is president ed practically all they own to af .%e,Piarida A'sggcfatian, was the Florida Sheriffs Boys To Ranch Post Ohg. featured speaker at the Ranch, a permanent home for TITUSVILLE —Brevard Ohk) convention banquet. He worthy and needy boys the County Sheriff James W. Dunn rrhd with Saxbe and Ohio Sheriffs Association is O' Florida is East Coast Chairman for the ' pr, C. Wf]liam Neill building on the Suwannee Florida Sheriffs Boys Ranch. d ' }Sg trip, River, near Live Oak. They He was appointed by 'Mon- .„Its,".left Key West gn asked ta remain ananymous. me Caun4y Sheriff John M. ' ':") "a njinwtap flight ta Columbus - ' at '18 The- b e quest mas made Syattswood of.Key. West wrlt~Mgrfflometer through Leon County Sheriff dent af the Florida Sheriffs~ : %hen h,e arrived the , ' W. P. (Bill) Joyce, endowment Association and chairman of .'- temperature was 18 degrees, chairman for the ranch. the Boys Ranch trustees. th(tri. ;mga, eight inches of snow He will be 'responsible for t,:an.'fkk'«crabbed and .the runways He said it includes the cou- coordinating ' ple's residence and the activities of had f«r be cleared by snow COhiFEREHCE SPEAKERS—State Sen. Yerle A. Pope of St. Augustine property East Coast sheriffs in planning plows before the plane could (ieft) and Arthur Dozier, Stote Director of Child Training Schools, will valued at $80,000, their bank and raising funds far the land. be among the speakers ot the Mid-Winter Conference of the Florida account, stocks and other assets. ranch. Sheriffs Assn. , in St. Augustine, Jan. 28 and 24. Only a few possessions, such as furniture and personal be- Justice longings were excluded from Wheels of Who Will Be EligibleF the bequest, he added. (ourt Nixes Greased by Bureau Joyce said this is the first bequest under the new endow- TALLrAHASSEE —The records of ment program which he heads, Splitting Of and idfgtticatian section Boys Ranch Atiuiissions Policy but there are the Florida Sheriffs Bureau indications that "wheels of justice" many others will be establish- greased the ed by citizens interested in the : in circuit court here when a Drafted 9-luau Croup Sheriff's Job sentenc- Being hy welfare of Florida's Young convicted bifrglar was people. TALLAHASSEE —Yau csn -'ed ta the state piison by Judge How wiO boys be selected give your SherifF a fancy title Ben Willis. The ranch is being built on like County Director of Publica Leon County Deputy Sherdf a recently-acquired 722-acre Safety (provided you pass site and initial work is being .'Raymond Hamiin was able to Stills Hit the necessary constitutional 45 financed by the dues af the . get the burglar's past criminal amendment) . record fram the Sheriffs Bu- "'""'"'"'-'""''""-'"- Sheriffs Association's Honor- And (with the same author- ary Members. ity) . reau flles within a matter of - Committee In I957 Raids yau can even remove him I man Admissions from the control of minutes end enabled the judge composed of Arthur Dozier, MACCLENNY —A total of 45 The endowment program is the people ta wstrve:the usual pre-sentence of CMd Train- stills were designed to provide supplemen- by making him an appointive have State Director moonshine whisky rather than an elective official. fnvestigafipn, which could ing Schools, chairman; Juve- destroyed in Baker County dur- tal long-range financing, Joyce . several weeks. explained. But you can't split up the , , . caused a delay af nile Judges O. D. Howell of ing 1957, according to a year- ' flled against Bowden duties and functions guaran- es „were Hillsborough County, end report issued by SherifF The ranch is part of the teed ta him the the defettdant one day and he Hunt of Polk, Rabert McCrary Ed Yarbraugh. Sheriffs Association's "Fight by state con- sentenced the next day. Davis of Delinquency " stitution and handed down to was of Jackson and Dorr Yarbrough, who pledged to Campaign. In a him fram as far back .as the Braward; Sheriffs W. P. Joyce end moonshining in the county companion project the Associa- Hagan Par- tion is days of the Roman Consuls. of Leon County, when he took office last Janu- providing scholarships This, in effect, was. the deci- rish of Polk and Ross E. Boyer ary, said 11 persons were ar- for outstanding students re- Dut- leased sion of the Florida Supreme 's of Sarasota; and Marshall rested during the raids. Nine from the Florida Indus- Court when it ruled on the con- Nab ton, from the Child Welfare of the defendants have been trial School for Boys, at Mari- stitutionality ' Welfare anna, of Dade County's tt . ~ Division of the State convicted and two are await- to attend universities and controversial home rule char- Department. ing trial. technical schools. ter. In its initial meeting, in Yarbraugh said a total of The ruling can be interpreted A —Sea-going Jacksonville, last month the Martin 54,415 gallons of mash and 493 ta mean that a sheriff by any „,MgyzoeI. County Sheriff's depu- committee was told by gallons af moonshine was de- other name remains a "sheriff" Nhi" captured three teen-age Gula, group care consultant in function. . Children's Bureau of stroyed as a result of the raids. Contest Winners The sherifF. is the ~" .atter the trio had for the The 54,415 gallons of mash chief law enforcement officer .', +ftiutzgidegred a 40-foot yacht the U. S. Department of Health, would have produced 6,795 gal- The following winners were in each county in Florida. ',' 'held the owner and his Education and Welfare, that selected in the "Highway sfnd "very real- lons of moonshine, according to The court held that an or- as hostages. the Boys Ranch is a his report. Zoo" traffic safety contest ' istic program which will serve which appeared in the De- dinance designed ta strip Dade Th@ deputies chased the Seven vehicles were seized at County Sherifr Thomas Eel}y "'4eebt';. boat, boarded boys not now served by other cember issue of The Sheriff's J. in a speed programs. " the site of the stills and the Star: of all but his process-serving ', " '-ftt y}aagd the youths under ar- county received $1,$04 from powers was unconstitutional. Richard Work was also started on the FIRST PRIZE ($50) ,'. gosy gnd saved owner drafting of a formal admis- sale of miscellaneous confisca- The court said that the Dade 8 pf Hinter Park, and his te items. Brooke Braderick, Crestview, County M from sions policy. Tentative regula- e t r o Government e. and four cMdren, tions would require boys to be: Yarbrough said much credit SECOND PRIZE ($35)— Commission, if it is going to- serious harm. 1. Residents of Florida. for the success of the raids was Lucille Weeks, Quincy. take any power awiy from'the' ; '; - 'The. afrfcers learned of the 2. Recommended by the due federal and state beverage THIRD PRIZE ($15) Sherifr under the charter, can- " case through a note Sheriff af the county in which agents who worked closely with Carl P. Jensen Jr., Dundee. not take it away piecemeal, but ore to a flsherman. they reside. his office during the year. HONORABLE MENTION must remove all of his powers ,-;.,':-,8. Syottswood said 3. In the age range from 12 Yarbrough proved fleet of (sorry, na prizes) —Evelyn P. and keep them intact. "'the ed the boat at to 15 inclusive. foot as well as persistent in the McDonald, 5 Broderick Bldg., TheSe yarner(i«rsrkt COurt Said, . ~ ter- Physically , ' Key hei e 4, and men gar-long crickdawn since he Lakelaz)!E; and, Mrs. Caiol ntust gested in one in- r Sias point able to. te in ch ht seven of the 11 defend- Btt8; Lake Worth. dividual~who - would. bg, subject . ", - ' while they t ro d it. a ~atraces. (Continued on Page'4) .'. . t P)89e 2 7'HEB' S RIFF'S STAR AHUARY, THE SHE ' STAR Published For and Dedicated To the Advancement of Good Law Enforcement In Florida By THE FLORIDA SHERIFFS ASSOCIATION At Tallahassee, Fla. Hews Items From Sheriffs' Departments All Over The State EDITORIAL BOARD ARCADIA —The De Soto Hardee County Sheriff E. Odell Carlton Wauchula High School Band now has a Clay County Sheriff John P. Hall Green Cove Springs Confederate flag and standard Florida Sheriffs Bureau Director Don McLeod Tallahassee to go along with their nem Con- Monroe County Sheriff John Spattswaad Key West federate gray uniforms, compli- ments of De Soto County EDITOR Sheriff Lloyd Holton. Carl Stauffer Field Secretary Florida Sheriffs Association KEY WEST —Bids will be let during January for a Bntered as Second Class Mall Matter st Tallahassee, Florida. Pnbllshed monthly sherlff's sub-station in the by the Florida Sherifis dssociation, P. O. Boa S44, Tallahassee, Florida. Snbserlp- tlon rate el.ss per year. Upper Keys. Monroe County Sherif John Spottswood said the sub-station will be a four- cell structure with living quarters for a deputy. SARASOTA —Sarasota Coun- ty deputies in search of a 40- Teen-Agers year old man wanted for assault and battery found their man- and promptly added another charge to the list. Deputies Russell Mize and Harold Wilson ln Trouble found their quarry driving his 4,"Q»';, car, intoxicated and without a driver's license. These teen-agers in trouble cleared of students after a made headlines around the false "bomb" report. The CRESTVIEW —The alert- state: Broward County sheriff's ness two Crestview mer- of I TALLAHASSEE —Arrest of ofllce reported Police Chief chants and fast work by the three teen-age boys and an at- George Williams of the Sheriff's Ofllce resulted in 1 tractive 18-year-old Jackson- Dania police department nabbing an alleged bad-check ville housewife at New Orleans called and wanted the artist in the act. The first has cleared up a dozen robberies building searched. Deputies merchant, J. S. Moulton, of Jacksonville and New Howard Spangle, Ben Ba- Moulton's Department store, between con and Sam Hartland Orleans, and possibly here, it became suspicious when the 4 was reported. searched the building. suspect, Mark Brooks, of a The sheriff's office has start- Los Angeles, attempted to check determine wheth- cash a check in his store. He BRADEHTOH —COHTEST W IHHERS —Christmas came early for thrtsbI' ' ed a to TAMPA County commis- Star's "Highway' er the boys and woman were — called his brother, who called Manatee County residents who won cash priisas in the sioners asked the sheriff's of- the Sherifl"s Otnce. Zoo" traffic safety contest series. In the tap photo Sheriff Roy Bidan', with any local rob- ' connected a rail- Brooks was arrested while is shown presenting first priise award Dr. beries. fic to post a deputy at a $50 ta M. L Warner qf t road crossing to stop boys from attempting to cash a $58 Bradentan. The other winne rs are Todd A. Kuhn, Jr. ($85), and Marht Petit throwing-rocks at the railroad check in -a . «esrby fiorist Booth Kuhn ($15), both af Palmetto. GAINESVXLXE — bor- His car was loaded with charges have been blinker lights and using a shop. larceny row pit for a rifle target. The merchandise apparently pur- filed against two youths, re- chased with bad checks in Fire:. Sherifi' Joe Crevasse re- lights cost 816 and must be $2,000 Hay placed. other communities. Key West Sheriff TAMPA —A group of teen- "- ports. The boys were agers is being sought in con- charged with taking a DE LAND —Volusia County nection with the burning of purse from a Negro woman. Wants Fire Bell nearly $2000 of bailed hay contained $15. HOLLYWOOD —It cost Sheriff Rodney Thursby reports The purse of two West 100 percent compliance in Vo- used to mulch soil on road boys tried to return the parents The Hollywood boys $100 for lusia County with the new State shoulders, the sheriffs ofllce re- $12.50 of the money. On Courthouse ports. F&es were started on o o "boyish yranksje The boys , lam requiring gasoline price smashed the windows and signs to be set back from the two occasions, according to DELJQG3 —Three teen-agers KEY' WEST—Monroe County Deputy Bob Strickland. the Boston, the doors of a trailer, took highway and the small num- and a juvenile from wheelbar- erals to be at least half the size Commission has been asked to area, were arrested on the wheels off a Mass. , row and mixer. as the larger numbers. rig a fir bell in the tower of vagrancy charges by Deputy the courthouse. Sheriff Hardie Daughtery and When 8'astes No Fords Alva FORT PIERCE — a The request was made by Orange City Constable ARCADIA —Sheriff Lloyd large, round black object with Sheriff John Spottsmood, who Hartman. Holton has ended a post off)ce a gilstenIng metallic striy at- also is director of Civil Defense. On Robbers The boys were travelling in a rifling game which started here tached, floated down front the The sheriff pointed out that the k'g car owned by one of the ar- in October. PHILADELPHIA —Mise sky and lodged in a tree, old fire bell had been removed In'y "'. rested youths. They had two The mystery came to an end curious neighbors called the when the city hall tower was Catherine Withers, 00, clerk . cents among them when taken with the arrest of a 14-year-old Sheriff's OSice. taken down. a cleaning shop doesn't believe y into custody to await action by in wasting words on robbers. boy who reportedly admitted he A «uiek look by Deputy "Volunteer firemen, residents Massachusetts authorities. was the one responsible for re- Richard Waugh and a eall to A holdup man walked into her.j' o and business people in the moving mail from approxi- the CAA confirmed his diag- downtown area have been con- shop carrying a pistol and P WEST PALM BEACH- mately 25 boxes. nosis. It was a weather bal- cerned ever since the bell atop wearing a mask. The sheriff's department His job was made rather easy loon —no sputnik! " "Gimme the money, "he said. in city hall was silenced, the reports a juvenfie extortion as persons would leave keys sheriif wrote the commission. eGet out oi' here, " said Miss plot involving two youthful their boxes. The boy would JASPER —Hamilton County Withers. bicycle thieves has been reach through the box and Sheriff Charlie Rhoden and Money for the project would uncovered. reach mail in adjoining boxes. Federal and State Beverage come from civil defense funds. He did. Deputy Sheriff Charles agents captured the owner of a Root learned that a 10- still just as he finished lighting year-old and a 12-year-old SARASOTA —Two 15- his first fir under the mash. boy took two bicycles. The year old Sarasota youths Explained still operator Ashley 12-year-old reports two narrowly escaped bad burns Daniels: nI just wanted to use other boys knew about the when the car they had sto- it just this one time. " theft and demanded pay- len caught fire as they were o o ment of one dollar —appar- filling the gas tank. VERO BEACH —Indian ently "hush money. " Deputies Jack Royal, River County Sherijf Sam The young thief started Lonnie Selyh and Lon Col- Joyce served as chairman of to cry and the extortionists lins acting on a tiy of the the Vero Beach Kiwanis Club lowered their price to 80 State Highway Patrol, turkey shoot Proceeds from cents. The money was paid caught the youths after the the shoot went to the club's back after the boys were car was sighted in fiames in underprivileged children' s questioned before their par- a secluded spot in a subdi- fund. ents. vision. ZEPHYRHILLS —When Pas- 1 o $ co County Sheriff Leslie Bessen- MIAMI —Four Negro chil- TAMPA —Tmo youths admit- ger and State Beverage agents dren aged 10 to 14, are in cus- ted several crimes which had raided a still in Zephyrhills, tody in connection with a long not been reported to sherlff's they thought they mere seeing string of burglaries in Perrine, deputies. double. There mas nothing the sheriff's offic reports. The boys, Joe Mathew, 17, wrong with their eyes, though. The children accidentally mho said he escaped from a The still, a 322 gallon operation, left some of their clothing in a Minnesota prison where he was was being operated by a pair of house and gave deputies a clue. serving time for auto theft, and twins. When arrested, the children Edward Stanley Miller, 18, were GAINES VILLE —Alachua mere playing with a stolen load- nabbed when a store clerk saw County Sherifl' Joe Crevasse ed revolver. They had 820 in them rummaging in his car. has a special reason to nab a cash and haII admitted spend- Both were booked on break- bad check artist who oyer- hlg more than"50. . BARTOW —TRAIHIHG SUPPORTER —Polk County Sha Hogan Par- ing and entering aftax, jnaklng ated in Gainesvllle recently; s an active supporter af the Polk County I 's an-tha-jab the mists, ke of runrdng thorough The cheek-yasser forged t train rom. shown at on -,' Iayaa fish fry HOLLYWOOD —Ohen the yard of Deputy Oscar name of the sherif 488 three with ) ary Lau raa Sunt Tula ' Ws)sdt)n. Junior High School was Wages in their haste to escape. $20.15 checks! (Photo y I aaIIfficatian, Polk unty S s Daparlletant. ' VARY, 19 THE SHERIFF PaseM Q Aa Compiled by the I'lor44N Sheriffs SIIreaII Don NcLeoc5, Director

THESE MEH AHD GIRLS ARE BELIEVED TO BE TOGETHER

CLYDE R. ROBINSON FRAN TABOR, IS SYLVIA GELDRICK, 1$ Alias GUY, white male, age 24, weighs OSCAR FIGUERO 5 feet 9 inches, 145 RAFAEL YASQUEZ end pounds, reddish hair, odd look- These men are with two run- Ford Sedan two door, light blue lieved to be in the Miami or ing mouth. Heavy drinker with VOSquez described as Puerto away girls. Subject No. 1 PRAN bottom, dark blue top, 195V Fort Myers area. Warrants have preference for Vodka. Last seen Rjcan, age 2L 5 feet 5/2 inches, TABOR, white female, age 13, Florida License 20-3204. .Right been issued for Vasquez and in Miami Sept. 12, 1957. May be weighs 130 pounds, smoky com- 5 feet tall, weighs 100 pounds, headlight has been knocked out Piguero, charge Larceny of car, enroute Saginaw, Mich. War- plexion. Social security No. golden brown hair, brown eyes. of car. They were last seen in and if apprehended with the rant issued, charge Breaking ' 580342V29. Piguero, Puerto Subject No. 2 SYLVIA CELD- St. Augustine 11-2-57, headed girls, more serious charge will and Entering and Grand Lar- RIcan, age 23, weighs 155 to RICK, white female, age 13, south on AlA. Both men worked be filed. Any information con- ceny. Wanted by PD Vero 157 pounds, black kinky hair. height 5 feet, weighs 99 pounds. at one time on a farm near tact Sheriff Davis, St. Augustine Beach, Florida, or notify Flor- ' be- Tal- ida Sheriffs Bureau, Tallahas- . Ilocial .security No. 581-32-2459. Subjects driving stolen car, 1953 Homestead, Fla., and are or Florida Sheriffs Bureau, lahassee, Fla. see, Florida.

FLORIDA SHERIFFS BUREAU ,h r DON McLEOD Director

WILLIE LANIER Colored male, age 27, 5 feet 6'/2 CHARLES WHYTE inches, weighs 120 pounds, - Also known as CHARLES AL- slender build, black hair, brown eyes, brown complexion. Es- -. , PRED MARSHALL, white male, age 55, 5 feet 4 inches, weighs caped from Gadsden County „.' Road Camp 11-2-57. His wife, 1.62 pounds, brown hair, blue yes. Born in Canada, but will Ophelia Lanier, lives at 4105 aim to be an American if ap- Chase Ave. , Jacksonville, Pla. rehended. Usually works as His girl friend, Retha Martin, or bartender. by bus to Mulberry, Pla. , 11-27- short order cook believed . ' call collect In- 57, and it is she went Any information to meet Lanier. Notify Sheriff ROBERT C. DECKER -,de'stfgator Jesse D. Edwards, Jr., OTIS RICHARD GORDON }, EL 4-Vill, extension 496 or RA Edwards, Quincy, Fla., or Flor- White male, age 30 to 36, 5 feet Immigration and ida Sheriffs Bureau, Tallahas- 8 inches tall, weighs 150 pounds, Also known as R. O. Gordon, 4-009Q, U. S. see, Fla. . Naturalization Service, Jackson- brown hair, blue eyes, ruddy O. R. Gordon, Richard Otis dated 1922 on upper right arm. complexion. His method of ville, Fla., or notify Florida Gordon, white male, tall heavy Place of birth Ludowici, Ga., Sheriffs Bureau, Tallahassee, operation is to check into a set, appears to be out door type. home Vidalia, Ca., and Jack-. hotel by first telephoning for Well dressed, looks like business sonville, Fla. His method of reservation, stating he is calling executive. Represents self as operation is to purchase food- from airport. He subsequently being employed by various stuff at Super Markets, claim- arrives at the hotel without lug- firms, such as Atlantic Coast- ing he is gathering material for hhorel Persuasion gage, claiming it was mixed up line Railroad, Florida Power Barbecue, that his employer is in transit and will arrive later. and Light Co., The Telephone giving. Presents check, r'e- Ho. Safety Tool He uses 1534 Sawtelle Blvd. , Co., etc. Has served time in questing balance in cash. Any Los Angeles, Calif. , as home ad- State Prison for Forgery, from The traf- information concerning this :',COLUMBIA, S.C.— dress and is allegedly connected Marion County, now wanted for subject notify Sheriff' Pellicer fic-'safety director -of the As- with M 5 L Cabinets there. Parole Violation. Marks and tion of Casualty and Sure- Palatka, Sheriff Parrish, Bar- Wanted on charge Of Worthless scars: Tattoo of dagger upper tow, Constable Kinchen. Day- -:IIF.'Companies said no amount Checks. Notify Police Dept. , left arm, tattoo of rose and or other persuasion tona Beach, or Florida Sheriffs .„of„@oral Miami Beach, or Plorida rooster with names "Lena Mae" Bureau. Subject originally car- will'ever, get motorists to com- Sheriffs Bureau, Tallahassee, inside left forearm, ', large tattoo ried in October Star, still at .ply With:traffic safety practices. Pla. of American fiag and "U. " Paul H. Blaisdell told a South S.N. large. Catalina 'Citizens Safety Con- ference that only education and ,enforcement can achieve these VERNON CAPRON Ford with Florida ?accuse 25 „Sir.saM the necessary educa- 2616. Music teacher. Represents tion must be provided in schools Colored male, age 27, 5 feet, 10 self as a chairman for Starck ;.:, and colleges and through well inches, weighs 180 pounds, born and Bremen Piano - and promo- Co., Chicago, directed publicity in the Bahamas. He is driving r Ill. This firm denies he is their tion. Chrysler Sedan, about 1948 representative. He aho urged "relentless and Tells victims he ' model, chocolate top, grey body, is able to get pianos at half impartial" traffic law enforce- with Pennsylvania license, num- ment, '- and remoyal from the price. Makes a sale, accepts erals unknown. Any informa- money, fails deliver piano. War- .highWays of "those who have no tion call collect Investigator regard for the public welfare rants have'been issued in Lib- Jesse D. Edwards, Jr., EL erty and Jackson Counties , cannot or will and ho 4-7111, Extension 496 or RA f}(ot.- b the rules. " charge embezzlement and 4-0090, U. S. Immigration and Sample of check pas sed by S. A. GANUS worthless checlg ~apykhend-' Naturalization Service, J ed; m}c4tfy Sitor8f Rani@a, Bris- Another cf w and sonvine, Fl or not Pl i a S. A. GANUS inc weighs 180-200 pounds, tol, Fla., or 'Sheriff Roberson, Sher ee, grey hair, close cut, grey eyes. Marfanna, Pla., or Florida Sher- '.front.„+hill or' e. White as, age 65-7Q, S, feet ll Walks with a, limp. Driving 29+4 iffs Bureau, Tallahassee, Pla. rt ~s ter so

'f. ' @pili 4 'S 8'.I R t FF S S 7 A R AHUARY, 1 s ~ I Historical St. Aiigmsfine ' t 4lllstiwe on er nce (Continued from Page 1) Honorary Members Sarasota County Sheriff Ross E. Boyer, second vice presi- Invited to Attend dent; Clay County Sheriff John P. Hall, treasurer; and McLeod, secretary. The outgoing president is Monroe Honorary members of the County Sheriff John M. Spottswood of Key West. Florida Sheriffs Association are Here is the complete program: invited to attend the Mid-Win- ter Conference of the Associa- tion in St. Augustine, Jan. 28 WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 22 and 24. However, it will be necessary 3 P. M.—Board of Directors Meeting, Hotel Ponce de to notify Host Sheriff L O. Da- Leon, St. Augustine. vis in advance if you plan to attend so that adequate ar- 5 P. M.—Registration, Lobby, Hotel. Ponce de Leon. rangements can be made. Executive sessions will be open only to Sheriffs, but other THURSDAY, JANUARY 23 program events will be open to 8 A. M.—Registration, Lobby, Hotel Ponce de Leon. quests. 9 A. M.—Meeting called to order. Invocation by The Rev. W. Howard Lee, Pastor, Memorial Presbyterian Church, St. Augustine. Ponce de Leon, ' Addresses of Welcome by The Hon. Clyatt Convention Hotel, Powell, Mayor of St. Augustine; and the Hon. H otel Ponce de Leon conference headquarters. Is City Landmark Earl Byrd, Chairman of the St. Johns County Commission. The Hotel Ponce de Leon is Response St. Johns Sheriff one of St. Augustine's most by County L. O. famed landmarks, a lasting Davis Jr. tribute to Henry M. Flagler, Recognition of Honored Guests by Monroe one of Florida's earliest pio- County Sheriff John M. Spottswood, president neers and developers. of the Florida Sheriffs Association. When Henry Flagler, as a visitor to the city, "discovered" 10 A. M.—Report on Florida Sheriffs Bureau Bureau j .f by R .gpss St. Augustine, he decided to Director Don McLeod. provide the city with a luxur- Report on Florida Sheriffs ious hotel, one adapted to the Boys Ranch by Hins- .-".,i; climate and of an architectur- borough County Sheriff Ed Blackburn Jr., Ex- al design that would gracefully ecutive Director. harmonize with the city's rich Address by R. O. Culver, Director, State-Depart-. historical background. ment of The Ponce de Leon was a Corrections. year in the planning. Construc- 12 Noon —Meeting Adjourns. tion was begun in 1885. The M hotel oflicially opened January 12:30P. —Fish Fry for Sheriffs and guests, sponsored by 10, 1888. Donald S. Lavigne, Inc., of Miami. The Hotel Ponce de Leon is Demonstration of Concealed Contraband by Mr. . palatial palace-type building, a Ivan Creel, Supervisor, Personnel Training . :.:-. designed in the style of the , Spanish Renaissance, with sun- Office, Florida State Prison, Raiford. ny courts and cool loggias, 2 P. M.—Execut'ive Session (For Sheriffs Only) . . sparkling fountains and mace-. ful towers. It is one of the first 4 P. M.—Installation of 1958 Officers. t t large structures built of pour- 5 P. M.—Executive Session Adjourns. The old is historical landmark at St. Augustine ed concrete, combined with gate brick and terra cotta. The ma- 6:30 P.M.—Hospitality Room opens, sponsored by Florida'. . t terial used on the outer walls Power and Light Company. is coquina, a shell rock forma- 7:30 P.M.—Banquet for Sheriffs and their guests, sponsored tion used by the Spanish in the Rose Printing Co. of Tellehessee. '", Castillo de San Marcos. by , :i (, t The main lobby is entered 8:30P.M.—Address by The Hon. Verle A. Pope of St. i "j through heavy, four-inch thick Augustine, State Senator from the 31st District. oak doors, and the center of the lobby is open for three stories to the roof. Murals and FRIDAY, JANUARY 24 standing figures decorate the rotunda. The oaken columns 9 A.M.—Executive Session. are hand-carved. 12 Noon —Session Adjourns. A broad staircase of onyz and marble leads to the great 12:30P.M.—Luncheon for Sheriffs and their guests, spon-. . djtning hall. With its high- sored by Motorola Communications 8g Ekectroni vaulted ceilings, it is a hall of Inc. truly noble proportions, with Address the Hon. Arthur Di- murals and panels created by by Dozier, State the famous artist, George W. rector of Child Training Schools. Maynard, whose works hang in 2 P. M.—Executive Session. the Metropolitian Museum of Art and in the Library of Con- 5 P. M.—Conference Adjourns. gress. Throughout the Hotel Ponce de Leon, in the halls, the par- FOR THE LADIES lors, the ball room, the bar and St. Augustine offers many attractions and it is our desire the drawing rooms, are famous them available ladies works of art by world-famed to make to the attending the con- artists, collected by Henry Flag- ference. An official guide will be on duty to arrange sight- St. Augustine's old slave market is a tourist attroction. ler especially for the hotel. seeing trips, shopping tours, or any other types of enter- tainment desired. Quick Action By Deputies Prevents Robbery Attempt (olrt Nixes Splitting. .. DAYTONA BEACH The — (Continued from Page old oiXice would remain next time Donald Cook, 43, 1):an " West Palm Beach, decides to to all of the laws and regula- while less than all of ita ftmet- l, he' tions governing the Sheriffs of tions were transferred to a new I.; break into a store ll no Florida, regardless of his title office." t doubt select a place far removed from the sheriff's offlce. or mode of selection. Concurring with Justice Hob- r By virtue of the court's rul- son were J u s tie e s Elwyn Sheriff's Deputies Davis and ing, Sheriff Kelly was success- Thomas and Stephen O'Con Greene reported that a tele- ful in preventing the Dade nell; and District Appeals Court phone call sent them rushing County Commission from giv- Judge John Wigginton, sitting firm's busi- r to a local place of ing his law enforcement pow- as an Associate Justice. ness. When they arrived they ers to a. metropolitan public Chief Justice Glenn Tarrell found Cook, with a soft drink safety department and leaving and Justice Campbell Thornai bottle in hand, standing in him with only civil duties. dissentad. Justice B. K. Rob'- front of the place and amid However, the court held that erts, who was ill when the case broken glass from jalousie the Metro Commission does was argued, did not participate. panes. have the power to abolish the Justices Terrell and Thornal . The place is located only a Sheriff's office completely by took the view the rule' short distance from the sher- simple ordinance. am endment and iff's ofhce in Holly Hill. Cook Justice T, Frank Hobson, ~ charter must be in was taken to the county jail w wrotd the majority opinion iibe rally. They w havjp par- and held under 8500 bond f 4-2 ecision, stated that: mi t or ce spgtting" attempted breaking anfL, "We co have off a art 'sheriff'S pow- The oldest wooden schoolhouse in the U. S. is in St. Augustine. ing. been n at the sh oP Ith, tie stan ' PJII' PRY, l958 T n E s n E R I r F s„:drVA+ Pal&4. p ' ' St. A.MIysti oriH s Welcome Iutorostiug &tuts at St. Augustiuo ST AUGUSTINE —St. Johns la fy'"elf d

, County Sheriif L. O. Davis Jr. issued a statement welcoming Wo d Cba to the Few cities possess such a aQ sheriffs and guests wealth of historic interest and annual Mid-Winter Conference Old World charm as does St. of the Florida Sheriffs Associa- Augustine. tion, which will be held here It was founded in 1565, forty- 24. two years before the settlement =; Jan. 23 and of Jamestown, Virginia, and He said: "The citizens of flfty-five years before the Pil- and Johns grams landed in New England. Saint Augustine St. For the firs two hundred County have assisted me in years, St. Augustine remained preparing for you a program a Spanish colony, the little of enjoyable events. capital and citadel of "La Flor- ida, " which at that time em- "It is my sincere hope that braced a territory vast in ex- ' tent. you will have an abundance of It was in the late 1600's that fond memories to . carry home the Spanish built moat-sur- with you and that you will rounded Castillo de San Marcos come back to see us again to defend 8t. Augustine against the English, whose settlements soon. SHERIFF L O. DAVIS, JR were creeping down the Atlan- tic Coast. (The fort is now a National Monument in the custody of the National Park Service. ) : R. Augustine OHors Many At the end of the Seven Nothing odds more atmosphere to St. Augustine than the surreys Years' War, in 1763, Florida II: and SI'. Augustine were ceded Hiitoricul Points of Interest to England and for the next St. Augustine is rich in his- also housed here. (14 St. Fran- twenty years, the English in- ' ' , torkcal lore and offers the visi- cis Street) . habited its quiet streets. ", tor:.many. hours of fruitful and St. Francis Barracks —site Then, in 1783, it was return- ''';, ed &. rewarding rambling back into of the first monastery of the to Spain and languished in P-: . the hands - the':. pages of the romantic and Franciscans, 1576. (Across from of that nation until jxeNng past. The Oldest House). annexed by the United States , Bere are some of the princi- in 1821. "Kings' Bakery" —erected The original ints of interest: British, serving bak- settlement ex- :'- Cas'tlkko De San Marcos- by the as tended only a few blocks back ery for their troops about the from Qxe okdest standing fortification Revolu- the bayfront. I'; 'in the United States, begun in time of the American St. Augustine maintains the (End tion. (Marine Street) . charm of the Old World 16V2 by the Spaniards. National Cemetery —military —many . Bay Street. ) of the old Spanish homes still ' burying ground, resting place '-; ", g(lrb . Milestone —coquina stand, their balconies overhang- ' of 400 men who fell in Indian ' sOjzeze marking the start of the 1, ing on the original narrow ', "The War, including men of Dade streets of th'e 'continental road, Massacre. (Marine Street) older section, "-414., Spanish Trail. " (Between . horse-drawn carriages taking Sanchez House —later Span- the visitor back .'Iffy.Street and the City Gates) . ish style. (Bay and Bridge into the storied :.;;~-' 'QM 'City Gates —for many past. guarded the drawbridge Streets), reazs, Potter Wax Museum —along ,"eaorggs. the moat, over which the lines of Tussaud's famous 448',qlty was entered from the London museum, with life-like "-N +, Py of t e old city wM joyco Heals h.'ran across the penin- figure of hkstoricak personages Grange (Kitng. and .Bay. Streets) —-- (St. George and Bridge of Lions —spans Ma- Boys-Ruildl- eets ) tanzas River Is- Okd, Huguenot Cemetery- to Anastasia ' land and A1A. (Foot of Bay ~testant burying ground Street) . St. Augustine's newest attraction, old Spanish cannon. : 'of the city. (outside of City Endowment I:uud :; Treasury Street —narrowest =Gates) . street in city, only 6 feet wide. TALLAHASSEE —Appoint- "Oldest Wooden School- ment of Leon County -'', (Between Charlotte and Bay Sheriif . house" —built as a residence, Streets) . W. P. Joyce as chairman of en- : this old house was early used dowment funds for the Florida „' as' Ponce de Leon Monument— a school. (14 St. George replica of monument in San Sheriffs Boys Ranch has been i. Street) . Juan, Puerto Rico. (Between announced. Governor's House —home of Plaza and Bridge of Lions). The Florida Sheriffs Associa- the family of Don Pablo de "Old tion is establishing the ranch Governor Slave Market" —site of ,;:Hita y Salazar, of St. Augustine's public market, as a permanent home for wor- 3@orida in the 16VO's. (3V St. where ships unloaded in earlier thy and needy boys on the Su- :, George Street). days. (Edge of Plaza) . wannee River near Live Oak. Old Spanish Inn —two-story Plaza de la Constitucion- Joyce was named by Monroe coquina-stuc'co building believ- County'Sheriff John M. Spotts- to' date from the first Span- oldest public square in the e' ' United States, laid out in 1598. wood, chairman of the Boys occupation, or before 1763. Cathedral Ranch trustees and president 3 George Street). of St. Augustine— St. records of this parish go back of the association. It will be "Old Curiosity Shop"—built Joyce's 1800's, to 1594, cathedral begun in responsibility to estab- a home in the early 1793. (North side of lish an endowment fund from s walled garden restored by Plaza) . Historical Aviles Street —this street con- bequests and other contribu- e St. Augustine tains some of the city's most tions. iety. (54 St. George 8treet) . historical old homes. (South- The endowment The City Building —built by fund will e lite'Henry Flagler in 1890 ward from the Plaza). provide the long-range flnan- ' Lightner ' Q house the city govern- Museum of Hobbies cial resources which are need- ment. (Bt. George and Hypolita —Spanish Renaissance struc- ed to insure success of the pro- - ture, b(kilt by Henry Flagler, ject, Spottswood explained. Streeti). given to the city by late O. C. "01d Spanish Treasury"— Lightner along with his vast example of the later Spanish collection of hobbies. (In form- Juvenile Problem . its.'treasury room hous- ' Jrerio4, er Alcazar Hotel). ing:relics of the Spanish in- Said Overrated The Llombios House, one of the oldest in St. Augustine and Cordova Building —Moorish- quisktfon. (St. George Spanish architecture, formerly SARASOTA —The juvenile Treasury Streets) . a hotel. (Corner King and problem is overrated and is not Pe@ Ojuce, Customs House- Cordova Streets. as serious as the public is led to ",, A@aikkt, Ixt 1937'to conform to believe, according to Juvenile ',tjSO..Royal Governor's Palace of Ponce de Leon Hotel —one '- Judge Russell D. Thomas. ;- of finest 1484. embodying part of the examples of Spanish He told a parent-teacher , back to 1890. Reniassance architecture in the blflli95g" going meeting that "The bulk of the : ('St. -George Street, opposite United States, opened for business in 1888. (King Street). offenses here are traffi viola- Villa Zorayda city's tions and we have between 48 , . Tlrinity Protestant Episcopal — firs ' "monolith" and 60 juveniles who are now ':.. Church. —oldest Episcopal structure, mixture on ':, ' of sand, cement and coquina probation. W&qh jn Florida, cornerstone "We usually impose fines for d 1825. (King and St. George shell, resembling a part of the Alhambra in Spain. (83 King traffi violations which we in- treets) . sist be paid by the offender and . Street) . ..,St, Joseph's Academy and parents cooperate by paying , 'C(snvent —established in 1858 Fiagler Memorial Church— these and then collecting from .by'-'%he; Sisters of Mercy. (241 built in Venetian Renaissance the child. " -.St',"George Street) . style by Henry Flagler in 1890 A report showed that Sara- -Pr'ince Mnrat House —former in memory of his ' daughter, sota County had four boys en- 'berne'of Prince Achille Murat, presented to the Presbyterian rolled at the Florida Industrial nephew" .of Napoleon. (250 St. Church Society of St. Augus- School for Boys at Marianna, George . Street) . tine. (Valencia and Sevilla and one was awaiting accept- Llambias House —one of the Streets) . ance.

, earliest Spanish homes, erected Old Spanish Cemetery— ore 1 . (31 St. Francis opened in the late 1700's, Avenue) . 'Street above-ground tombs and crypts 8hrine of Nuestra Senora de nO "—owned by containing. , historic inscriptions. la Leche —called. the "Shrine of :the 'St. , tine Historical (Cordova Stre'et) . erican Motherhood, " com- .eked'. he ' rs, Ripley Mus um —ollec orating the flrst Roman ,the . Webb-'. M rary, of d . c ': f te Ca kkc, JNass on these shores, kIEIIstgun and exisi~ L. Riple . ( o 1585. (Ockutn Street) . . The waterfront adds. 'hsnru'gr t» hhrtarkeglut. Augustlhe. L ' $''H W.y$ H E R I FF S S 7 A R JAHUARY, $8

HoNDRARY 3jjfgfgi MEMBER SIItriffs Assarimttatr Mr. John Doe 0000 1200 Blank Street Any City, Florida

ANY CONSIDERATION SHOWN TNIS DENSER, WHOSE SISNATDRE AP PEARS ON SACK, WILL SE APPRECIATED SY THE SHERIFFS Ol FLORIDA.

DON MCLEOD SID M, SAIINOERS «a ETARY PRKSI DENT

, .ry 1958 MEMBERSHIP CARD

Sy Applying for Honorary Membership in the Florida Sheriffs Associatioll:-' (IF YOU ARE ALREADY A MEMBER, SHOW THIS AD TO A FR%HO

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaar e 5 Florida Sheriffs Association OF HONORARY MEMBERS 5 Box 344 WILL BE USED TO: Tallahassee, Florida 5 Centlemen BUILD THE FLORIDA SHERIFFS BOYS' RANCH I hereby apply for Honorary Membership in the Florida Sheriffs Associa- *ON THE SUWANNEE RIVER, 11 MILES NORTH tion and I am enclosing $10.00 as payment of my 1958 membership f of Live Oak, Florida, as a permanent home for worthy and of which $1.50 is for a year's subscription to The Sheriff's Star. 5 needy boys who are in. danger of becoming juvenile delin- E 5 I understand that acceptance of my application is subject to the approva quents —those from broken homes, the underprivileged, the the Florida Sheriff Association Screening Committee, and that my mern-'o, neglected, the homeless. A 722-acre site has been acquired of fee will be returned in the event such approval is not granted. and construction of facilities will begin as soon as sufficient bership funds are available. PLEASE PRINT OR TYPE NAME OUTSTAND- *PROVIDE SCHOLARSHIPS FOR ~ STREET AND ING BOYS RELEASED FROM THE FLORIDA 5 NUMBER CITY OR Industrial School for Boys at Marianna to take specialized POSTOFFICE BIRTH RACE COLOR EYES COLOR HAIR HEILAHT WEISHT college and technical school training. Two scholarship re- DATE OF cipients are already enrolled in a university and a third is MO DAY YEAR OCCUPATION COMPANY attending a technical high school. This rehabilitation program will be. expanded as funds become available. I GERTIFY THAT THE ABDYE INFoRMATIDN IS TRUE AND CORRECT Both of these projects are part of the Florida SISNATVR 5 Sheriffs Association's state-wide "FIGHT AS AN HONORARY MEMBER YOU WILL RECEIVE: DELINQUENt Y CAMPAIGN. " * Honorary Membership Wallet Identification Card, 5 5 Decal for Your Auto, 5 * Honorary Membership 5 5 * Honorary Membership Wall Plaque for Your Home or Office, FILI. QIIT AND NAIL * A Year's Subscription to The Sheriffs Star, Tres A&I,I(ATION FQSk * A Copy fOh+ha58 llorid~aherIII, Yearbook RPShe P reda SheriNe. ASSOClaf lane JA ARY, 1958 THE SHERIFF'E . kjL St. ncie SherjH Norvell, Brings De rtment to Peak Performance

PORT PIERCE —St. I ucie and high-powered late-model (from left) George Christian- sherilF's radio transmitter an is excell t. We find we c County SherifF J. R. Norvell patrol cars. sen, Dick Waugh, Al Test, efFective range of 40 miles and really wor k as a coordinat has brought his department up The picture above shows the Warren Alford, Wallace Higgs provides instant contact with unit when the need aris to peak performance with for- patrol cars and uniformed and Pat Duval. seven radio-equipped patrol (News- Trib une Photo by' Len ' est-green and gray uniforms, deputies, with Chief Deputy The improvement program, cars. McNul ty) smart western-style hats, coun- Lanie Norvell in the center completed at a cost of approxi- SherifF Norvell said: "The de radio communications foreground. The deputies are mately 816,000 has given the efflciency of this radio system

. Crimes Hit Record Total Word Feud Ends Najor In Arrest of Two Sheriff Says Rn ral Merchants - 5nring 1957; FBI Report Shows Yehicle Drivers STARKE —Deputy Sheriff too Trnsting; Victims of Thieves %'ASHINGTON —FBI Direc- success in invoking legal tech- Riley Sweat reports a running GREE2r COVE SPRINGS— open in another store that was . -':. tor J.Edgar Hoover reported a nicalities and delays, the Com- argument between three boys Being a "trusting soul" is caus- burglarized. " P~g number of serious crimes munist party, U. S. A. has in a car and the driVer oi' a ing the A number of merchants turn ' average small county .-: were committed in 1957. emerged from hiding with re- trailer-truck ended with charg- merchant to become the target off the lights which should be He 'said preliminary figure newed confidenc and determi- es against both drivers. of thieves and bum check left on to detect anyone in the indicate there were 2,756,150 nation, " he said. . The vehicles collided after a store and frequently the mer- - artists. .;:, Crimes this year, an in- word battle that started at a , major "The Communists started the- The warning comes from chants leave money in cash crease of 7.5 per cent from 1956, year by holding a national con- stop sign here when F. J. Mat- registers overnight, the sheriff the' high. thews, of New York, got out Clay County Sheriff John P. previous vention in New York City which Hall who asks the merchants to stated. Hoover. said preliminary re- was an important aspect of of his cab, walked to the car The sheriff urges rural mer- enforcement agen- in front and smashed the roll- plug up their defenses in an by hw their intensive campaign to effort to stop an increase chants to take the, steps nec- ~reflect increases in all American ed up rear window with his in essary to keep out thieves, and dupe the people into burglaries and forgeries. . -, Ijejor" categories except mur- believing the party is a legiti- fis. he cited one case in which a der. The largest increases were mate political organization. He was charged with mali- While the sheriff believes burglar alarm aided in the cap- in"burglary, larceny and auto This campaign of deceit con- cious mischief and posted a $75 the increase is due to the in- ture of one of two thieves. flux of ttteft', , known collectively as tinued throughout the year bond. transients, he also feels In conclusion, the sheriff crhtien against property. while the party accelerated its The car driver also posted it is due to the fact it is easier urges merchants to demand ', ~ConVictions in FBI cases in- program of purging its ranks of a 875 bond and was charged to break into places of business proper identification before eased, approximately 300 over dissident elements and further with failure to have his ve- operated by rural merchants as cashing checks and compare ll J)74.which were return- subordinating itself to Mos- hicle under control after his— compared with the cities. signatures. Never cash a check Ilk''. Igse Hoover sazd- "Pre- co -ocr-hit the &~the ~ck-. Sherffr HiCli points out the when in doubt. f figures also reflect In a report to Atty. Gen. loot is smaller but the "odds "We can't halt all thefts, " at flnes, savings and recover- Rogers on FBI activities during against detection or capture Sheriff Hall emphasized, "but in eases investigated by the the year, Hoover said law en- aren't nearly as great. " He at least we can make it as, dif- I will total 100 million dol- Mandatory Tests cited several recent burglaries ficult possible " tl forcement agencies across the as for thieves. ' nation had cooperated effec- investigated by his office as k-. Hoover said that during the tively with the FBI. For Drunk Drivers proof of his statement. year "subversive enemies of the "The " doors or locks on sev- .' I :; nation grew increasingly bold. "Working together, America' s Being Considered eral Hitchhiker Gets "Heartened law enforcement of the buildings were so by a growing agencies have flimsy it was a simple matter to pub, lie complacency toward reached new heights of effi- CHICAGO —A proposal to Lift Into Jail threats to America's ciency, public service and pro- either pry open the door or internal strengthen drunk driving laws spring the lock with a piece of BARTOW A Frostproof "-security and encouraged by its tection of civil rights, " he said. is under advisement the Na- " — man by metal, he explained. "One landed in jail because of mis- sl'; tional Safety Council, following thief entered )I evidence a store through taken identity. that approximately an unlocked window and we Thomas Wilson, 26, was half the automobile accidents figured the back door tracked "Red," in which death was left down by a new or personal in- trail hound trained by Deputy jury occurs involves some de- Sheriff Carl Andrews of Altur- gree of drinking. as, but the deputy and four One suggestion being con- other deputies thought they sidered would compel an ar- were on rested motorist the trail of an escaped to submit to a Parole Seen as prisoner. , g: " -rj~ blood test ' or lose his license. Deputies Andrews, H. Fitz- C, , Pour states now S. have such a gerald Jr., Stuart Caudill, Ros- law on the books. Money Saver coe Thornhill, N. A. Blitch and Jimmy Bowen were called to $$.r 4 Pheuuuuuu PALATKA —Taxpayers save Sebring to chase another man t who had shot a Highlands ORLANDO m o n e y when prisoners are —Orange County placed on parole or probation, County deputy. Deputy Don Elms this report On the way home Fitzgerald at the end of a according to statistics outlined recent investi- to the Palatka Rotary Club spotted a hitchhiker north of gation: by Lake Wales. He Francis R. Bridges Jr., a mem- stopped to give "Mr. Stanley Wilson advised ber of the Florida Parole Com- him a lift but the hitchhiker that as he had vanished. The deputy sum- passed a pool on mission. " Dahlia Drive, a group of boys moned the other officers. . 1't. threw an object against his car He pointed out that the Pa- When Wilson was caught in which splattered over the side role Commission costs the state a clump of bushes Fitzgerald window. 40 cents per day per person un- discovered he had a warrant for der its supervihion, while food "Examination of Wilson's Wilson on an assault and bat- car bills alone cost a minimum of tery charge. revealed that the object had 81.50 per day for each person in been an egg oi' questionable prison. age. "You New Sub-Station "It can't flgure this busi- 1I had been a direct hit. ness of rehabilitation in dollars Be Expended "On checking the Dahlia and cents, " Bridges said, "but May Drive location, was unable to perhaps it will interest you to WEST HOLLYWOOD —Sher- locate any boys or eggs. know that last year Florida pro- iff John A. (QuiQ) Lloyd is "The boys were in the 12 to bationers and parolees earned considering adding additional 14-year age group. more than $6,500,000 as they shifts to the recently opened " sub-station No. 2. "So was the egg." supported 5,500 dependents. He added that since the cre- Business is increasing at the ation of the Commission, Flor- sub-station and Joe Whitt- ida camp, deputy in charge of the Stolen probationers and parolees office, said eI Car Found- earned in excess of 855,000,000 quick service offer- in ed by local handling of com- By Irrigation Pump lawful employment. plaints has resulted in efficient FLORIDA An He also urged his listeners to answering and disposition of CITY— irriga- give ex-prisoners "Be tion pump on a Florida City a break. calls. farm brought willing to offer a helping hand The office is open from 10 up a waterlogged if they are making - auto tire that led every effort A.M. to 6 P.M. If a shift is THls elJY LOADED —Ivan Creel, shown here undergoing a search, to a sub- to help themselves, " he said. win da how criminals merged and stolen car. added it would be front .m. conceal weapons, norcotics and othor "No community can reform a to ntL.m. n contra nd, n ho appears on the program at the Mid-Wintor Con- The silt-fllled 1955 auto was " ' man until e community ac- A nos of 'the rida Sheriffs Association, in St. ard Ctfunty c Augustine, Jan. gg stolen more than 18 months cepts an comdng (Ngt( 8h' and 24. ffo is rviso e Personnel group has co@unended Troinjng Office at the Florida ino, according to the Dade of p isa Llpyd for opening the sub-sti- State Prison. County Shrriff's Department. @e needs acceptance. ' tion. is , SHOR IF I''S STAR JANUARY, ~ %$8:

Taxpayers Are Baker Harl Hit By Mystery Is Dale YBniialiSiB (Editor's Note: The following story was printed in a Still llnsolvoil of The Miami recent issue MACCLENNY —This is the Herald. ) second anniversary of the mys- Greater Miamians are sink- terious disappearance of twe ing more than three million Macclenny boys. down a bottom- dollars a year The boys are Bobby Alvin less rathole that is lumped by and Mrs. various police departments un- Combs, son of Mr. der the general heading of teen- Wilbur Combs, and Earl Fred and petty theft. Jones, son of Mrs. Lewis Jones. age vandalism Bobby was 18 and Earl was The skyrocketing loss caused 16. Sunday to a Miami psychologist The case is perhaps the big- pose a question: gest unsolved mystery in the Are we raising a generation history of the county. of youngsters who get their senseless destruc- Sheriff Ed Yarbrough, who kicks out of took offlce early in 1957, is of tion? the opinion that foul play was The answer from the psy- FERHAHDIHA —HEW FLEET—Hassau County Sheriff H. J. Youngblood (left) and his deputies are shown involved. chologist was no, because the here with a fleet of new patrol cars recently placed in service. The deputies are (from left) George W. "We small mi- Courson, John A. Bodine, Ernest Stokes, Seth J. Howord and Curtis Telfair. have pretty conclusive young vandals are a evidence, " he said, "that one nority of adolescents. But the at an of the boys had information damage is mounting that could have been detrimen- alarming rate. Tipplers Offered tal to the South Georgia-North Miami police, winding up a Free Yule Rides Florida moonshine syndicate. " study, reported 280 cases of in the last six The sheriff' also offers an- vandalism PUNTA GORDA —Holiday "Cfire X,atoPEr's Sorrier" other reason to support hig months. party-goers here got a special opinion it was foul play. He About a half was damage to Christmas offer from Charlotte A Digest Of Attorney General's Opinions explained that Combs suffered automobiles —slashed tires, County Sheriff Travis Parnell of interest to law enforcement officers from epilepsy and was quite windshield battered Edited by JOHN A. MADIGAN, JR. broken s, . —a free ride home for those sensitive about his condition, . fenders and scratched paint. who indulged too freely in Attorney, Florida Sheriffs Association The youth took medicine faith- But the list also includes yuletide spirits. fully three times a day to guard damage to a church, wanton "Just telephone my office any COMPETITIVE BIDS against attack, Yarbrough saM. destruction at a new-made time, day or night, and I will "He i'or raids on residences A sheriff within the purview of Chapter 57-368, Laws of Florida had never left home grave, 51 see that you are delivered does not have to comply with the provisions of Section 125. any great length of time, and. and eight cases of destruction home, and will also make ar- 08, , fraternity houses. " Florida Statutes, which requires competitive bids; however, public even if he planned to leave for at clubs or rangements for your car, the policy indicates that bids should even when good, he certainly would have Miami's study showed van- Sheriff said. competitive be taken " is four not required by law. (057-369) taken along the prescription. dalism by teenagers Then he added that no one the sheriff added. times as prevalent at night and would have an excuse for driv- is fairly The sherifl' said he had ijn-.. . that, curiously enough, ing while intoxicated. BOAT TRAILER DIRECTIONAL SIGNALS covered evidence during the Iaat" light on weekends. Mondays Where a boat trailer or other vehicle is so constructed or are the worst month which may shed light: and Thursdays loaded as to prevent the hand and arm signal from being visible, on the case but would not elab- nights for police. both to the front and rear, they are required to have directional orate on his findings. The sheriff's oflice, which re- Deputy's Kindness turn signals within the contemplation of Section 317.38, Florida plainclothes The two boys left home on cently assigned a Statutes. (057-379) Dec. 3, 1955. They' were last squad in unmarked cars for Wosn't Forgotten vandals and seen together the next mo night duty against at 3 o'clock in a Maccl vouth gangs, is also making a FORT PIERCE —Two years BEVERAGE SALES BY MINORS results in- cafe. They were. using a study. Pr'eliminary ago a young man was released In light of the limitations placed on the authority of municipal truck which never has dicate 300 reported cases a year from the St. Lucie County Jail corporations to regulate the alcoholic beverage business, the City area, in- found. in the unincorporated —flat broke. of Tampa is without authority to prohibit minors from making An air-search of fo cr'easing at an alarming rate. Feeling sorry for him, Sher- sales or deliveries of package beer or wine from drug stores, grocery a us county area was instituted "The thing that shocks iff's Department Dispatcher stores or filling stations holding beverage licenses for sale by the former Sherifi' Asa of these are se- Frank Kiernan only. (057-380) Golem is that many " gave him a dol- package Jr., who was in offlce at rious offenses, said Sgt. I. B. lar for cigarettes and cof'ee. time. sheriff's Juve- ' McKim of the Kiernan promptly forgot the INDETERMINATE SENTENCES "Somewhere, there is some-. nile Aid Bureau. incident, but the youth didn' t. one who has knowledge th ' "We"ve had seven recent cas- Recently he returned to the In the light of certain cited supreme Court opinions the proper " oE procedure for the trial judge to pronounce sentence where a fate of the youths, She es of arson involving juveniles jail and repaid the money- Yarbrough said, "and for t from five to 14 years old. A lot and, according to a local news- defendant is convicted of or pleads guilty of two or more felony doesn' counts of equal degree i'or violations of the lottery laws is to sake of decency and to h of this type of crime t man, "you could have knocked ease the anguish of,these show in the statistics. It in- Prank to the fioor with a folded adjudge the defendant guilty of all lottery felon counts to which without " he has guilty or of which he has been found guilty, and ers, I urge him to come, f volves very young kids dollar bill. pled ward with this informatiott. records, and we hate to process then pronounce one sentence under said counts. (05V-381) Juvenile pledge that any info the cases" through given me will be kept in s Court. PAYMENT OF FINE AND SENTENCE confidence nor county fig- A4ISSING if the-party so Neither city should also sentence the sires. " ures include car stripping and When a fine is imposed the court fender skirts, defendant to serve a period of imprisonment as an alternative thefts of hubcaps, sentence is incomplete spare tires, radios and gear. if default is made in payment of fine; a when it merely imposes a fine without requiring alternative jail %'oter sentence in default of payment and the court may at a later time Soapy procure the presence of the defendant before it and complete the Proves sentence by adding a provision for an alternative term of im- Poison prisonment; a trial court has no authority after imposing a fine Benefit Rodeo, and an alternative sentence to then release the defendant from Taste Cure custody under an order stating the time for future payments of MIAMI —Sgt. Stanley Hltit- Gifts the fine and where the court makes such an order it is viod and les of the Sheriff's Road Patrol large the clerk has the authority to issue a commitment and the sheriff is certain he has cured'one has the authority to imprison the defendant under such commit- little boy from taking roaph, ' Ranch ment for failure to pay the fine; if the sheriff accepts a ninety poison. Boost day bond to secure the payment of the fine and if default is Danny Ritchie, ll, called th Plans for a benefit Rodeo made in paying the bond the sheriff' and clerk should follow the sheriff's dispatcher and said " and reports of two large cash provisions of Section 921.14, Florida Statutes. (057-370) had taken the poison. He Q donations highlighted f u n d home alone and didn't knur~ '' raising activities in the Florida 'I OF what to do. Sheriffs Boys Ranch project SURRENDER DEFEND~ Sgt. Hartles was first on 'e this month. The Sheriff of a county is not required to accept surrender from scene. He immediately s 'i' ) The Rodeo will be sponsored a bailbondsman of a prisoner who was originally arrested in that mixing a glass of soapy wa r by Marion County Sheriff F. L. county based on a capias issued from another county. (05V-3V5) to give the boy while wai McGehee and held in the for the ambulance. Arena, GEORGE A. HOWARD Southeastern Livestock "I got two full glasses dovtrn and 20. Ocala, Jan. 17, 18 White male, age 28, height him and he threw up sozug, " . Sheriff McGehee said Bill 6 feet, weight 175 pounds, light the sergeant reported. "Sent Ross of Fort Pierce will stage brown hair, grey eyes. First just to make sure I startpd', - the Rodeo and has signed up a joint of middle finger, left mixing a third glass with plenty number of top notch perferm- h a n d missing. Disappeared of soap. " ers. All profits will go to the from his home, Walton, Ky. Danny cried: "Don't make Trust Fund. ". Boys Ranch July 7, 1957. Prior to coming me take another one, I didn't .', The following large dona- to Kentucky he lived in Fort take that much poison. "- tions were reported: Lauderdale for three months. Sgt. Hartles questioned the, ;. Hillsborough County Sheriff Believed to be somewhere in boy and learned Danny had Ed Blackburn Jr. received a C. Florida, possibly Cocoa, Or- only touched his finger to the check for $1,000 from J. lando, Port Lauderdale. Shortly roach paste and applied it te Valenti Co., Inc., of Tampa. his disappearance com- his tongue. When Danny read. County Sheriff J. W. after Levy in his the poison warning on .. . received a check for plications developed the libel Turner wife's pregnancy, and doctors he got frantic. $1,000 from Dixie Lily Milling The sergeant reported d its president, Former advise it is most imperative to Danny Co. find him. If this subject's recovered at once " ge.wen't; Ro .;. ard Chairman @coil ,::"'W whereabouts known, notify his ever taste poison gailIIV ntributort) who give 81,000 mother MRS. C. HOW- Route i|)g)Esy. or We jigEam of per-highwOys or more will be made lifetime ARD, g„ '4 , Members of the Flor- FioriCh .She'riffs Bureau, Tal- WEST PALM BEACH —SHERIFF'S PATIQL —'+is bos(t46 PserL4y Palm and ger@(t ersl How:opti-, Honorary . work mistic c -a nation bey ida Sheriffs Association. lahassee. Beach County Sheriff John F. Kirk for patrol+add rescue o+akp»