Show PRISON GUARDS FRESNO SLAYER i Ex-Convict Ex Confesses He Slew lev Girl FOLSOM PRISON CaL Jan 23 UP Elton UP-Elton Elton Stone 30 confessed slayer of ot Mary Stammer Fresno high school girl gIr was brought to Folsom prison today and left for safekeeping by Fresno county authorities au au- fearing possible mob violence violence vio vio- lence if it he were vere detained in Fresno Folsom California's prison for two and time three losers loser offers offers of of- fers a firm guaranty that citizens enraged by Stones Stone's crime will not take him from officers officer and lynch him Such has been the case casa twice within the past few years when lynch mo mos mobs s seized slayers from their jail cells ceUs at San Jose and Yreka Other Tho The San Jose mob victims were John Holmes and Thomas Thurmond Thurmond Thurmond Thur Thur- mond confessed slayers kidnap of young Brooke Hart son of ot a prominent prominent prominent nent San Jose merchant At Yreka a band of ot vigilantes seized and lynched C. C L. L L L- Johnson accused murderer holdup-murderer of ot the police chief of ot Dunsmuir CaL Cat CaLStone Stone a former convict was taken ta taken taken ta- ta ken into custody without resistance last night at the small Madera county mountain community of I North Fork where he be had worked at his job as garage mechanic since the tha crime was committed two months ago His confession revealed nearly all aU details of the killing It told how he lay in wait for three nights to kill a a. member of the family of Walter Vatter C. C Stammer torney and how finally with J Mary alone for forr a few minutes In the music music mu mu- sic room of her home he crept to a window and shot her with a caliber er automatic pistol Doubts Inference Contacted at his home toda today Stammer cast doubt on Stones Stone's in inference inference inference in- in ference that a grudge against the family caused him bIm to murder the girl Stammer said ho bo could not re remember remember re re- member even knowing Stone and Continued on on Page Two Column Four PRISON GUARDS FRESNO SLAYER Continued fro from P P. P Pigs c Ont One couldn't conceive what motive the theman theman man may Y have had Stone refused persistently however however however how how- ever ever- tc to reveal the motive for tor th the crime I didn't care which one of the Stammers I 1 got he purportedly told authorities And I dont don't care what rap I have to take teke for it Id I'd Idd Iddo d do dothe the same thing again Stone was traced through a sIngle sIngle single sin sIn- gle smudged thumbprint he left on ona ona ona a piece p ece of glass glus' smashed from the rear reaz door of or th the Stammer home After discarding thousands ol ot fingerprints of men and boys re residing residing xe- xe siding in the vicinity of ot the Stammer Stammer Stammer Stam Stam- mer home and and those of Fresno State college students student all of ot whom submitted s voluntarily police learned that a former convict named Stone had stayed with his parent parents for lor a week following discharge f from om San Quentin lost last spring Unable to locate him bim they checked his fingerprints against that hat on th the piece of glass and found they hey corresponded Removed Glove Glov His detention thereafter thereafter was a simple matter His confession revealed revealed re xe- that he had worn gloves In Ina Inan Inan a an attempt to escape detection but b t thad had removed one glove when he fired the fatal bullet through the window and had neglected to put It back ack on when he be was was entering the house louse He recalled this fact upon leaving and went to the rear of the house to o gather up the shattered glass he said aid but a fog had bad lowered and it was too dark Stone offered no resistance as County Detective J. 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Av Tart Tarr arr Deputy Sher- Sher SherIff Iff ff John Ford Fprd and nd Owen Kessel Investigator inv investigator in In- v for th thiS the state bureau of criminal Identification on took him Into nto custody I OffIc Officers rs said Storie Stone i told ld them he he had Intended Intend d' d to to shoot it out but was reluctant to take any more lives Ives when he saw law that four men had lad arrived to arrest him On only one point officers said was Stone reticent and close mouthed That was his motive for slaying the tha haired golden high school girl Beyond explaining that he le held a grudge against the Stammer Stammer Stammer Stam Stam- mer family and that if Stammer had been een there it would have haye been een hi lim or or if It Mrs Mr Stammer was there it t would have been een her he would not expand Three nights before the murder he planned to kill one neof of the Stammer Stammer Stammer Stam Stam- declared mer family C Conway Watched House Stones Stone's St nes ne's alleged confession told how low h he sat In his parked automobile automo- automo bile bil ile outside the Stam Stammer ier residence on a tree-shaded tree winding street and saw Marys Mary's parents leave the house They returned return d he said and nd then departed again after Stammer had bad obtained his hin overcoat When th the automobile h had d gone gorie a second time Stone purportedly related related re- re he left his car and approached the house Removing one of ot the gloves he wore wore he said Bald he shot ahot Mary through the window with a caliber automatic pistol holding his lis hand over the gun to catch the di discharged charged shell He said he saw the girl fall back in in her chair then walked to the rear door smashed the glass with his pistol butt and reached inside and unlocked the door Entering the house he carried Mary to th the bedroom removed th the covers from one on-e of the beds and unclothed the girl Although authorities Although authorities believe Stone Intended to attack Mary me medical I al examination revealed she ahe had hadnot not been violated 1 Stone said he left the house before before Mrs Stammer returned and discovered discovered discovered ered her daughters daughter's condition Mary died a e. few hours later Safe From Vengeance There was was was' no possibility of f outsIde outside outside out out- side vengeance r reaching Stone so long as he ho is held at officials agreed It was waSt believed bellev d dhe he hi would be kept here until his trial or at t any rate until Inte intense intene e feeling against him has quieted Stone was brought h here re by bD Deputies pu- pu ties Jack Tari Tarr arid and John Ford r oi f Fresno Fresn county R Robert bert Sa Sanders ders and and Charles Stone of oC the state bureau oi of criminal identification and i gation gatlon Hurried through gh the tho m main ln gate he be was ch checked e ke in inS as al f guest rather than a Ii permanent perma inmate and while here he will remain remah under jurisdiction of the Fresno county sheriff s Appears Sullen It was wa's the third third time tims Stone had hat had been escort escorted d through the ho g gates tes o of ofa ofa a large larg penal institution Jn n 1924 he was sent to the Preston school of Industry for three years on a burglary burglary burglary bur bur- glary charge In 1930 he 1 was convicted convicted convicted con con- of a charge of grand theft in Fresno and sent to San Quentin prison where whre h r be he served more th than three y ye years s being r released leased on parole parole poi poi- pa pa- role ole In April 1931 1934 |