Show HIGHTOWER SAYS SAYS' HEIS INNOCENT IN MURDER CASE Speedy Trial Promised Man Held for Slaying of F Father ther Heslin Accused Assails Prosecutions Prosecution's 5 Methods SAN FRA FRANCISCO CISCO Aug Auh 20 A A quick quid trial was promised b by District Attorney Attorney I ney ncy Franklin Swart of or San Matco Mateo i county nty toda today for tor WillIamA A. A Hightower itinerant nt baker who y yesterday was held to answer at a quietly arranged hearing in San Bruno near here on a charge he had murdered tho Rev Res' Re Father Fath Path er Patrick E. E Heslin Colma priest Although the San Francisco and San Mateo Matco county police pollee have 8 relegated Doll Dolly Mason ason the woman from Crom whom hom Hightower said h he learned tho th location of ot tho priests priest's grave graye to the tho realm of ot fancy clues to the whereabouts or of purport purported purported pur pur- port ported Doll Dolly Masons continue to come como comein in A San Francisco newspaper received through the mail n toda today a message meSS j which said tHe Ute Sender Bonder was was' Dolly MaOn Mason Ma Ma- son On and and she WAS WitS held cn il lh Chinatown China town The Tle message vas vas' was put t to gether ither from words words' Worda clipped fro front from 1 n newspapers rs rind and nI pasted p st ste-d' ste d oh on n a as a strip s Ip of ot adhesive e t tape pC It was waa was turned over o th 11 ii U J. J iL j f. llon 3 T M MAKES PROTEST REDWOOD ci Cal Cai t 1 Ati At Aug 20 Public and nd press prest ss have upset th the Hie theory theor that t aman a man ap ii s innocent t U until Ul be beis b is p proven guilty and It now now re rests ts' ts with the I a accused s 1 to prove his his' Inno Innocence ence Wil William Wil- Wil l liam Ham A JA Hightower accused of the tho murI mur mur- I d dI r of t th the te ie ReV Rc Fath t Patrick E. E HesI Hes Hels- Un Colma Catholic priest said today I ast to the press The statement statement state state- ment meat was issued from the Sari San Mateo Matco count county Jail through District f Attorney Franklin Swart lil htow rl r continued An ac accused used man might might also also be parI pardoned par par- don d for tor asking if It ju U e is hitting I on on all its cylinders ders when he hels he is confined to one little cell whore ho is not only unable to for himself but butIs butIs Is Js also atso unable to find out what others are arc trying to do to him while anyone seeking to und undermine his Interests cah can h have ve as as wide Tango range of ot action as a Germ German Ger Ocr m man n howitzer Unfriendly Inter interests ts were never known to have union hours or to ever be bo fair in their methods I 1 1 jUst wonder If It the good ocl dame with the bandaged ged ey eyes eys s can Call always ahva's make the tho grade when the man n perhaps perhaps perhaps per per- per per- haps with a mind that was was' never bright mUd muddled as ns never be before te In In all aU his life conditions In ln in which he henad had nad experience ce is compelled to toI match his confused contused untrained mind I against the keenest mInds of ofa a a great city cl Y ODDS UNFAIR Under these c conditions with the icy hand land of or fear tear resting on his heart should he take counsel of ot folly and and like like a a. scared seared rabbit run In the wrong direction tion Uon and inako make Inconsistent statements I would such h statements necessarily be conclusive proof of his guilt gUlIt Hightower reiterated past declarations declarations declara declara- I that he would bo be willing to he heI tried b by a Jury of Catholic priests with I the tho one condition n that no one on the Jury JunO b be less than 40 years old The I earnestness of ot purpose and calmness ss of ot otI I Judgment of ot priests of tJ this ls ago would 1 easily overcome their prejudice against I me mC ho said The one pleasant thought In connection connection connection I tion with this unpleasant e affair he said saUt is tho part that I played in getting getting get get- ct- ct 1 ting tho the murdered man man out of ot tho the hole In his his' murderer or murderers had tumbled d him n ns as though he had been animal and securing for tor him tho the Interment for which his Ills life lite and callI callIng call call- ing rightfully entitled him hini I The commission of ot a Do crime like this Is 18 BO so foreign to my nature that It IsI is I hard to r realize that I am actually ac accused accused ac- ac of ot it Hightower said he had not been m mistreated mistreated mis mis- str s- s treated tr and although somewhat In Inclined In- In lined dined to question tho the methods used I have not hot had th the slightest e t cause to Question an anyone's ones intentions H He concluded b by saying sayin Tho rho h mes I Isa sa sage I shall send back to the world to t I I which I am at present shut away is Js I i n not t guilty ALLOWED SPOON ONLY I SAN FRANCISCO Aug 20 20 Wil Wil William 11 liam am A A. A Hightower at the Redwood Red II I city jail where ho Is awaiting trial I on a charge that he murd murdered red the Rev Re Father Patrick E. E Heslin He Colma C lma I priest henceforth will cat eat his meals meal with a n. spoon only James Jamea Coleman Coteman jailer today ordered U that t. t no knife o or I fork cork be given gl Hightowe I In explanation Coleman said Hightower High High- 1 I tower had been in low spirits since i t I I he ho learned yesterday that Doris Shirley Shir- Shir f ler Icy ley his hla former companion was marred mar mar- j I r red d' d 3 a we week k ago ngo to Lee Putnam cafe entertainer ti and d. d the ho or ord order r r was as Intended in intended In- In tended to to remove vany any danger danier o ok peri per per- i ional 1 k vr |