| Show 1 Marked I for arid Vengeance I 1 I f 4 r c I i iI I 2 j V t I 5 c i f t t 1 1 f I f i 33 3 i. i 3 i p A 1 I 5 I 4 1 w 4 i 1 i I I I I- Mr and md nd Mrs Charles F F. F Urschel and und Assistant Attorney General Joeph Joseph Jo Jo- eph seph B. B Keenan above today were reported ported 2 threatened with death fo for their activities in the Urschel kidnap kidnap- inC trial Members Members' of the Shannon family below R. R lL G. G Shannon and his son Jon Armon Armors upper and andl Mrs Oleta OIda Shannon and Mrs 1 Ora Shannon lower low low- er also alJo were were threatened by George Machine Gun Guns Kelly for talking on him Kelly is being hunted as S an accomplice In Jn th the r GATHER LOOSE I I ENDS OF CASE Government Prepares for Con piracy Angle in Oklahoma Oklahoma Okla Okla- homa Abduction B Br Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY Sept 20 The 20 The government wove an ever broadening pattern in the Charles Charl s F. F Urschel case today gathering a hall half dozen loose ends before reaching reaching- th the conspiracy angle for which 12 persons are on trial Urschel urban oil millionaire finIshed finIshed fin finIshed his testimony John G G. Catlett o of Tulsa told of receiving the first communication com corn sent by the kidnapers am and three witnesses traced the machine machin gun captured with four of the principal principal prin prin- principal cipal defendants The noon recess found District Attorney Attorney At- At torney Herbert K Hyde seeking to show the conspiracy bad its Inception inception inception tion as far back as last January The soil oil man was was from rom his his' home here herb the night of ot July 22 and held nin nine days until r ransomed for tor Identification of ot the gun was made by a serial number Joe B. B Biddle Birmingham hardware hardware hard hard- ware de dealer er testified in the trial of ot Bailey Balley and eleven cleven others on kid kid- naping charges that he hes he's sold s ld the weapon to Harry a firearms fire fire- arns arms salesman of the Alabama city VIto in turn testified he delivered the weapon to A. A KIar Klar a Fort Worth Tex firearms dealer KIar Klar said Mrs Kelly bought the gun from him for Urschel el himself was excused from the stand toda tod today after a few relatively ly minor questions by the defense as to his being able to make p positive IdentifIcation identification iden Iden- of his surroundings while i held prisoner on the Wise county Texas farm larm despite the blindfold the oilman said Kelly and the theother other kidnapers kidnapers kid kid- put over his eyes The letter which Urschel testified yesterday was written by him as dictated dic die toted by th the k kidnapers was submitted in iii evidence It asked Catlett to d de deliver liver an note of ol instructions to Mrs Urschel or toE to E. E E. E Kirkpatrick Kirkpat- Kirkpat rick business associate who was helping tho the family Catlett received the letter by tele telegraph graph messenger The large envelope contained business and club cards with Urschel's signature which Catlett Cat Cat- lett said ho he recognized immediately Hyde read the note slowly to o the jury In it Urschel Impressed on Catlett Cat Cat- CatI I lett the need for secret negotiations The kidnapers Tho-kidnapers kidnapers instructed that a farm for sale advertisement be placed In Inan inan an Oklahoma City newspaper and in- in r Continued oit lt Pare T To o GATHER BATHER LOOSE ENDS OF M CASE Continued from Pate Page One further Instructions would be received later Urschel urged Catlett to proceed cautiously for his life was in danger For my sake follow the Instructions instructions instructions and do not discuss it with anyone anyone anyone any any- one not named This is my final letter to my friends and family Urschel was called back to the stand for two words of testimony Hyde handed him the letter asked Did you write that he I did Urschel replied QUESTION DEN A number of residents of Denver were questioned by D. D E E. E Hodges as assistant assistant assistant as- as district attorney to establish the movements of of Bates alias Albert Davis last April May June and July W. W C. C Pollock and his wife the former manager of an apartment building said Bates rented from them His car was stored at a garage nearby M. M C. C Montgomery garageman tes tes- tes- tes Tom Flaherty service station operator told that he serviced the machine during this period Each witness Bates ac accused accused accused ac- ac as one o of the actual abductors of Urschel Harold Frakes of Denver said he was manager m of the Raleigh apartments apartments apart apart- ments in Denver last December and andIn andin andin In January of ot this this' year became manager manager man man- ager of ot the apartments He said that In January h he rented an apartment to C. C O. O Feldman and Mrs Feldman They had some baggage and a dog he testified They stayed until February 16 I helped them move I seldom saw Mrs Feld Feld- man He pointed out Bates as ac ATTORNEY AROUSED The never resting Ben B. B Laska defense attorney jumped to his feet It was the ninth time witnesses had pointed out his client in some sort of or identification and ond in his own words he was getting tired of or ti it il How man many times did you see sec this man Laska asked Indignantly Three times before he moved said Frakes And he had a do dog he carried car car- ned ried it under his arm didn't he Laska came back No she carried it at times Frakes smiled and Laska quit M. M C. C Pollock manager of the C Corinthian Co Corinthian Co- Co apartments in Denver followed fol fob lowed Frakes to the stand He said he had been n manager during April May June and July Pollock testified that a man he knew as George Davis occupied apartment apart apart- ment No of the building from April 27 to July 17 17 1933 Did he have a wife the prosecution prosecution tion asked Yes replied Pollock Did he have any other possessions possessions posses posses- He uHe had a dog Pollock replied Judge Vaught broke in to W remark The dog isn't on trial and the crowd enjoyed a chuckle Pollock sa said d Bates was Davis Pollocks Pollock's wife attractively clad in ina a black outfit and white e collar Har testified test test- fied that the tenant she knew as Davis moved out of the apartment July 17 SETTLED ALL BILLS In examination cross-examination Laska drew from rom Mrs Pollock the testimony that Davis paid his rent before fore leaving and settled all nIl bills Did he give you any 20 bills bUls the attorney asked smiling Mrs Pollock did not answer M. M C. C Montgomery mana manager er of ot a n garage half hal a block from the Corinthian Corinthian Corin Corin- thian apartments and Tom Flaherty manager of ot a service station testified that a man they knew as G. G L. L Davis was their customer during the period he lived in the near by apartment building Each said he serviced two cars for tor him from time tim to time The The- of witnesses witness who have identified Bates as that George LDavIs LDavis LDavis L L. Davis mounted again when the garage garage ga ga- ga rage and service station managers stepped from the stand and pointed him ou out 1 Montgomery testified that his last las business tran transaction with Davis was on July 17 Flaherty testified that he saw him packing suitcases into his car on that tha day I asked ked him 1 if he was leaving town and he said yes and I told him I was sorry because became he was a n good customer I |
