| Show BATES AtEi NAMED KIDNAP PLOTTER PLOTIER FARM VO YOUTH UT H AGED AG E WOMAN GOON GO STAND Relatives of Suspects frt til ir Urschel- Urschel Case Provide Provid J Dramatis Touch c SENSATION is SPRUNG g prosecution I Tells TeUs How MiI Mil Millionaire Was Seized I Br a Pius OKLAHOMA CITY Sept 19 A 19 black haired year old boy sat in the tha witness chair in federal court today and pointed out Albert I L. L Bates as u the theman theman theman man he heard plotting the of ot Charles F. F Urschel Calmly young Gay Coleman stepped down from the chair walked over overto to where the year old desperado wa was was seated and said the feller teller there Those who p plotted with Bates were George Machine Gun Kelly and his hiI wile wife Katherine both stilt still fugitives the youth said This sensational testimony from th governments government's first witness ss in the of ot the wealthy oilman followed a series by Uni United States Slates Attorney Herbert Ky K Hyde Coleman Colman of Coleman Texas told how he visited his grandparents M Mr Mt and Mrs T Tl T.-M. M. M Coleman Coleman-at Stratford ord Okla Okia the morning before the diy y of ot the July 22 The witness who said his aunt Is Mrs R. R G. G Shannon the accused woman wo wo- woman man mania in the Ur chel trial and a relative of George and arid K said the tw two Kellys were at the Coleman home Friday night Bates arrived he said in sedan a-sedan- similar similar- to that used wed in the th SPRINGS SPRINGS SPRINGS' SPRINGS SURPRISE j The dram dramatic a The g a e surprise when the boys boy's grandmother r. r lying wheelchair was brought slowly into the courtroom as the second sec sees second ond witness Wrap Wrapped ed in a coat her head lying on a pillow she gazed at atthe atthe atthe the ceiling as she whispered answers to the district attorneys attorney's questions q She was attended by a physician Young Coleman told a story that projected Bates and Kelly to the front frontin in hi the case he returned returned- to He said that when I his grandparents' grandparents house after spending the night with willi an uncle he be found that I Kelly and Kelly his cousin I were there and in bed This w on Friday the day before belore Urschel was Bates cal cams came e evening They had a large case like a violin case rose in the Chevrolet and they put itin it itIn itin In in the Buick Bulck Coleman said Kelly and Bates left leU in the Buick and Kath Kath- erIne left in hi a Ford It was Saturday evening at dinner that Kelly KeUy said they were going to have tave plenty of money and there w was s' s going to be a in Oklahoma ma Continued on I Page Face Six BiX FARM YOUTH I I AGED WOMAN GO ON STAND Continued from Page PI One City that night right After that they left lett the home the youth testified I As AJ a precaution against possible delivery or reprisal attempts the courtroom was flanked with guards armed with machine guns rifles and pistols The Thc Thc-arnof farm of R. R G G. Boss Shannon near Paradise Texas was a and hideout for tor the underworld and the of Urs Urschel hel was planned well in advance Hyde declared With this smashing statement the federal government was of off on 11 its ts first major trial in its war on the underworld Prosecution invoked the Lindbergh law Jaw providing maximum penalty of life me imprisonment imprisonment imprison imprison- ment At Hydes Hyde's side sat a l personal representative representative rep rep- of oC President Roosevelt Assistant U U. S. S Attorney General Joseph Joseph Jo Jo- seph B. B Keenan assigned by br the pr president to lead the campaign to wipe out racketeering OUTLINES Hyde outlined Urschel's at midnight July 22 Judge Edgar S. S Vaught opened court He told how two men armed with machine guns marched Urschel from his s and his nine nine-d nine day y captivity at the to bedpost bedpost bedpost bed bed- Shannon ranch chained a post like a wild beast Any hope that Shannon his wife wile t and son Armon Annon might win leniency by testifying as as virtual government witnesses against Bailey and Bates was shattered by Hydes Hyde's opening stat statement ment The haired black prosecutor prosecutor prose prose- declared the government would show that Katherine Kelly fugitive wife of oC Machine Gun Kelly is one of the major conspirators We will show that Kelly and Bates who did the actual chang changed d cars near Stratford Stratford- Okla Okia shortly before daylight and there Katherine Kelly met them They were there only a short time before taking Urschel on to the thc Shannon farm at Paradise He fired a broadside at defense claims that the were forced to guard Urschel The government expects to sh show w that the Shannon farm used as ns a postoffice for criminals and a hideout for bank robbers kidnapers and the most desperate outlaws that have roamed the southwest t for years URSCHEL TO TESTIFY I Outlining the government course Hyde said sald Urschel wealthy trustee of the T. T B. B Slick oil estate would be called to the witness stand this afternoon afternoon after after- noon oon as the first major witness Sev Sev- ent five enty-five five other go government witnesses milled about the courtroom We will show by circumstantial evidence that Kelly and Bates planned the long before it oc oc- oc Letters telegrams registrations registrations lions in an Oklahoma ma City hotel and telephone communications will be beci ci cited d. d VI i 1 am going to show they took ok Urschel to the Shannon farm with full fullS knowledge and consent of all members of the Shannon family and with the hope and expectation that the would be paid for r holding holding hold hold- ing ng him a prisoner I will were paid 1 H Hyde de declared Shannon has been living a life of deception and hypocrisy He has been living a lie He The government expects to show that it is generally 1 among the underworld that a safe afe retreat Is Li the Shannon farm Blasting away at defense pleas picas that coercion and fear forced the Shan Shan- to guard Hyde as asserted asserted During the time Urschel was held there Kelly and Bates were not there for r three days leaving their victim solely in the hands of the the relatives of Machine Gun Kelly Urschel was blindfolded handcuffed handcuffed hand hand- cuffed shackled and chained like a 11 wild beast Shannon and his boy were armed to the teeth The Shan Shan- noru nors say they did this through fear and were coerced The government will show what they did was done for lor mo money ey and money alone I I will trace 1500 to Shannon WONT MAKE l TRADE Hyde emphasized he would no not trade with sIth the for evidence evidence evi evi- dence against other principals The prosecutor declared he would show shoY that Kelly lived In Minneapolis prior to the And we will show that Bates was in Minneapolis and St St. Paul prior to the Bringing in m the seven twin cities defendants for the first time time the the themen men indicted in the passing of part i of the ransom money money Hyde H de said he would show that immediately after the arrest of the St St. Paul defendants early In August Bates communicated with Machine Gun Kelly Bates told Kelly that the deal had fallen lallen through meaning that they couldn't d dispose pose of the ransom not notes sHe s. s He left for Denver where he was arrested within two or three days Hyde said Suspect Confesses Part in EDW EDWARDSVILLE Ill III Sept 19 ff JP In In the absence of a jury trying six persons for the ping of August Luer wealthy Alton IlL banker Percy Michael Fitzgerald one of the defendants today testified he had confessed con con- a part partin In the plot Testimony of Fitzgerald known as the Dice Box Kid was was given during a move by counsel for the defense to prevent introduction of statements ol of Fitzgerald and Christ Nicola Gitcho The latter also is charged with implication implication im im- Im- Im in the abduction The argument over introduction of the statements followed testimony yesterday yes yes- t by Luer and his year 75 75 old wife Mrs Luer Identified Fitzgerald as on one of two men and a n woman who entered catered the Luer home last July 10 and seized her husband Luer told of being held for five days In Jn a dirty cramped cellar before being released without payment of ransom I 1 I |
