| Show THE SALT LAKE TRIBUTE Net Tightens On Suspect in TUESDAY MORNING Girl Brutal Killer Orphans Young Brother and Sister OCTOBER 15 1935 17 Gazes Killer Asks Down Upon Dead Mother Father Mass Murder Quick Death For Crimes (Continued from Preceding Fete) - u a meat employing the suspect buyer Police expressed the opinion that Rutledge had gone home changed his clothing and took out his own automobile A search of Rutledge’s apartment disclosed wet clothing officers said Rutledge admitted washing his suit hut did not explain the reason Police said the suit was blood stained as also were a pair of shoes found In the apartment V viv ' Fatal Bullet From Gun - - An autopsy was performed on the and a bullet removed from his spine by Dr Joel Trowbridge and Dr J C Stocks of Bountiful The bullet was turned over to Detective JC A Hedman police ballistics expert Mr Hedman also was given the pistol which was taken from Rutledge at the time of his arrest Wil-for- Laughing Killer Wood let and gun Detective Hedman said convinced the officer the bullet was fired from the gun With all this information before tlem Chief Payne Detectives Les-teWire and W E Eggleston and Dr Foster- - J Curtis Balt Lake City alienist faced Rutledge in the chief’s office Monday afternoon Maintains Ignorance But the suspect maintained he knew nothing of the murders Rutledge admitted buying the pistol in Cheyenne Saturday He said he just wanted a gun He went to Rock Springs and earns to Salt Lake City Sunday It was then' that the prisoner brought in the statement he had in a canyon picked up a hitch-hikon the way to Salt Lake City but did not know what had become of him He said he did not remember leaving the "man Police hoped at another grilling of Rutledge to glean more Information about the rF er hitch-hik- 1 ! er The “I don’t remember” stand taken by Rutledge was evident throughout the questioning in the afternoon He said he remembered heading for Salt Lake City picking but not leaving up the hitch-hikhim He said he recalled going to his home late Sunday night suddenly remembering he had to finish washing his clothing Then he remembered leaving in his auto mobile after conversing briefly with a man whp knocked at the door of his apartment All Becomes Vague Then all was vague to him he said until after his arrest Chief Payne convinced Rutledge Is guilty of the crimes described him as being “crazy like a fox” “Rutledge has a keen mind” the “He has an answer to chief said all questions he wants td answer” Chief Payne said lie learned from an acquaintance of Rutledge that the man “could drive nails with a gun at 20 paces" The bodies of Mr and Mrs East ere at the Holbrook mortuary in Bountiful that of Mrs Nelson at the Union mortuary in the same city At the request of Chief jPayne and Orlando J Bowman Davis county attorney Sheriff Holbrook Monday was making arrangements for an Inquest probably Tuesday noon before Justice of the Peace William H Holbrook at Bountiful A map of the Davis county region Involved in the reign of terror is to be made by the Davis county surveyor for use in evidence if and when the case comes to trial er 1 it 2 ’ d y i v s k s 1 o I ‘ V May File Charge Sheriff Holbrook was considering he said the filing of a first- degree murder complaint against Rutwas The information ledge drawn by County Attorney Bowman of Davis county Monday It charged Rutledge slew Mrs Nelson Chle' payne suggested the action be heli up pending completion of the investigation Sheriff Holbrook said he placed deep reliance on Chief Payne and the Salt Lake City police officers who have aided him in the investiHe highly commended gation Public Safety Commissioner John M Knight and Chief Payne for "their wonderful work” which they performed in behalf of the Davis county officials without rest from the time the murders were uncovered until late Monday afternoon Chief Payne and others went home to rest awhile in the afternoon but were bent on grlllihg Rutledge in the evening Sheriff Holbrook also was assisted by Calvin G Roberts chief deputy sheriff of Davis county and Deputy Waynard J Bennett Tells of Arrests The Information Rutledge had been involved in traffic arrests in San Diego and Winnemucca came J Left parentless when a ruthless snuffed out the lives of Mr and Mrs J East Sunday night Glen and Lorene shown above Monday were being cared from the prisoner and was supported by Associated Press dis patches -A dispatch from Winnemucca said Rutledge was believed by officers there to have been the man who was convicted of running down a woman and her two children with his automobile last May 17 Rutledge was arrested after his car struck Mrs John Digrazia and her two young sons Police said he forced Mrs Digrazia into the car but she managed to leap from it and called for help Rutledge was arrested a few minutes later He was fined $500 and sentenced to pay $500 damages to the parents ip district court at Winnemucca May 24 His address then was given as San Diego Cal Officers said Rutledge had a butcher knife on his person when he Was arrested and a meat cleaver was found in the front seat of his automobile From San Diego came word that Rutledge was discharged from the meat department of a chain store there five months ago He had been arrested twice on traffic charges the last time on a offense Motorcycle Officer Earl Martin who arrested him on one occasion described him as calm and with no hint of violence in soft-spok- his manner Rutledge was reported unknown at Muskogee Okla officers there said despite his declarations to Chief Payne that he was married to a Julia Bethel there in 1922 A check of court records for 1922 and preceding and following years revealed no Rutledge-Bethmarriage license was who wife Rutledge's reported by the prisoner to have gone to Oklahoma on the way to the Mayo clinic at Rochester Minn to attend her sick father likewise was unknown at Muskogee Await Fingerprints Rutledge said he drove his wife to Rock Springs and then accompanied her by train to Cheyenne Saturday He returned by train to Rock Springs and came to Salt Lake City Sunday morning by auto A United Press dispatch quoted Cdptain of Detectives Harry Kelly of San Diego as saying Rutledge's activities at the time of the unsolved murder of a San Diego girl would be checked as soon as fingerprints and photographs are received from Salt Lake City to make Identification possible Salt Lake City police said the California state department of identification of Sacramento would be furnished fingerprints of Rutledge and they will be available to San Diego officers Rutledge left San Diego several months ago without paying two weeks’ back rent according to his former landlord the dispatch said San Diego police said they learned Rutledge arrived in that city from Denver January 7 1933 leaving San Diego in May 1935 Tha murder of Celia Cota 16 who was criminally attacked And killed in the back yard of her home August 17 1934 was the only’ one of several unsolved slayings which took place during Rutledge’s stay there el killer Lorin East for by Cross Questions and Answers In Grilling of Rutledge handed it to him and shut the door Q Is he taking care of your dog? A Yes' sir (Continued from Precedinc Fast) In the city? Yes sir Where does he live? A I don't know Q What did he come there for? He js one of the butchers that Q What happened? Did they ar- works here and whenever I am in rest you? town I don’t believe there is a night A Yes sir passes that he don’t come to the What was done about it? house Fined me $1000 and 1 paid it Q And you say you don’t know Have any lawsuit over it? where he lives? No sir I did in the San Diego A No sir He will be at work accident the insurance company at Seventeenth South at the Sewell store there in the morning paid $10000 Q Do you remember the insurQ Did he come into the apartance company? ment? A Hartford Ai A No sir Q Was there any claim levied Q But the dog came in? against your Insurance in WinneA Yes sir mucca? Q And you picked up the dog? A I had no Insurance then A Yes sir had canceled Q The company Q And gave it back to him? your policy? A Yes sir A The time I left the Safeway Q Then what did you do? that automatically canceled it A I don’t remember Q And you took out no new InS Now think hard get your surance? mind clear I don't want you to A No sir state anything you don’t know A I don’t remember what I did Q Have you any insurance now? then A Yes sir Remembers Nothing Q What kind? Blanket policy? You Q remember on putting Yes A sir your brown suit don’t you? Q Now when you start drinkA No sir ing how many drinks does it take Q You remember leaving the to put you off to a bad start? A If I told you you wouldn’t be- apartment? A No sir lieve it Q You rememberj taking your Sure I would Q Did you kill any of them? No sir Held In San Diego Q A Q 'A Three or fqur How do you feel? A First 1 know I get sleepy generally wind up in trouble Q How many times have you smashed a car without injuring anybody or yourself? A I have told you all I know Left Bock Springs Q Y ou say you left Rock Springs with approximately a pint of whisky? A Yes sir Q Did you sttfp anywhere between Rock Springs and Salt Lake City? ' Not that I know of Did you eat anywhere A Q stop for food? A No sir But I stopped just as I got to Salt Lake City at the bottom of the hill and bought a glass of beer ’ - money-bac- k withMrsjVoodandtheir daughter Mary and accompanied by Lorene went back to the scene and Lorene looked down on the face of her mother It was her first intimation that tragedy had struck Still dazed the girl senior at tho Davis county high school a few minutes later went across the field to Identify the body of her father Still later she relatives of the slain couple The children was called on to look at the third a woman and at that time numbed by the tragedy aided officers in iden- body unidentified It was unknown to their parents The children spent the Lorene but later identified as that tifying night at the home of an aunt in Bountiful of Mrs Blanche Nelson of Woods Q Where? A Down at Twenty-fir- st South street at the bottom of the hill To the left there is a place where you can buy drinks or food ' I bought a glass of beer there Q Did you get any food? A No sir Q When you art drinking do you eat? A No sir Q You stopped and got a glass of beer as ydii came to town? A Yes sir Q Did you drive directly to your apartment? A As far as I know Q What time did you get town? A’’ I can’t tell Q Waa it still daylight? A Yes sir Red Cross to Receive DON’T WAKE DP NIGHTS Q And were you alone in Ethiop Contributions car? This 25c Quick Test Free A As far as I know 1 was The" Salt Lake county chapter ti You remember going to the If it falls to flush out waste arid exCross will American Red receive apartment? cess acids which cause bladder Irregularity Take bachu leaves juniper oil contributions for hospitalization and A Yes sir etc lit little green tablets called sanitation work in Ethiopia it was Q Waa there anybody up there? Works!fcn the bladder simBUKET8 announced Monday by Mrs T L A Not that I know of ilar to castor oU on the bowels Poorly Holman president of the local unit ti- Well did you see anybody acting bladder can causa scanty flow frequent desire burning or backache at a meeting in the chamber of there? In four days it not pleased any drug- commerce A No sir Schramm-Johnso- n gist will refund your 25c George M Gadsby was elected a Put Clothes in Tub (Adv) member of the Drug Stores board to fill a vacancy Progress on the county roll Q What did you do when you got call to be conducted November 9 to y°ur apartment? 13 was reported by Mrs WilfordY Changed clothes threw my clothes in the bathtub Turned on Try taking Prescription No 09 a recog- Canhon chairman nized practicing epeclallat'a formula to aid jthe water put my clothes out and In avoiding gailatonea and possible operaput on my brown suit While I was tions Treat the usual cause in a sensible Exhibit Relics Write inexpensive war at home painless doing that LeRoy BeruBee came in MinneNome Drug Co IMS N 4th 8t Armand Taylor and Harlan Bercu He rang the doorbell and said “Are apolis Minn for Free Doctor's Guide and literature on treatment reported resultful are exhibiting fifty authentic Indian you home?” and I eaid “Yes but I Bold under guarfor 30 yearn antee according to treatment1 plan at relics unearthed in New Mexico and sm changing clothes and cleaning foomb H tf M Broadway W H Daylon Oregon in the East high school dis- up” I opened the door and my dog jfce Granite Bridge Heins and all dmc came in I picked my dog up and (Adv) play case Gall Stone Colic Meeting to Draw 400 Pictures and Talks Slated Sales SACRAMENTO Cal Oct 14 OF) —Earl Kimball recently convicted at Auburn of the murder of James G Kennett Sr retired ChiFour hundred dealers and salescago contractor appealed today men for Ford motor cars in ths to Governor Merrlam for an im- intermountain area will hold a one-da-y Down a familiar country lane mediate sales conference hers Tuesday hanging Sunday night trudged a sturdy Under a new state law Kimball according to Fred E Lundstrom dark-eye- d girl of 17 to view the who is In ths Folsom prison death manager ol the Salt Lake City branch of the Ford Motor company body of a woman lying dead by the cell must await an automatic appeal to the stats supreme court Mr Lundstrom who has called the side of an automobile before ths date of hie hanging meeting expects one of the biggest The body was that of her mother Is set automotive meetings of the year Motion pictures will be viewed at Mrs J L East shot down a short In his letter to the qhlef execu10 a m at the Studio theater with time before by a maniacal gunman tive Kimball wrote: “I am accused of a double mur- Henry and Edsel Ford featured in Twenty minutes later she was taken the films Luncheon will be served across a familiar field to view the der which I admitted “Will you see that I get hung as at the Hotel Utah and the afterbody of a man It was her father noon will be devoted to inspection J ii East Bountiful farmer mur- soon as possible? “I don’t want no second trial of the 1936 line of Ford cars at the dered by the same crazed slayer Salt Lake City branch of the comwith the appeal Thus were Lorerte East and her To pany at Third West and Third ‘If you can hang me right away ybunger brother Glen 13 made I would- fully agree any way or South streets Orphans The various meetings will be conLorene was left at home alone form according to American jusducted by Mr Lundstrom Also apwhen her parents drove away about tice “It is disagreeable to stay here pearing will be E F McPherson as7:30 p m to irrigate tha field- - Glen sistant branch manager and J H was at the home of William Bout day aftef day d ton Nearly two hours later “Hang—me as soon as —possible’’ Hill wholesale manager Representatives of seyen states will be In- C Wood prominent Davis eluded in the meeting with Utah county furrier cAme to the East home He wanted to use a telephone to report an “accident” down the road Finding no phone Mr to Identify Victims of Killer Her First Hint of Tragedy Call Gun Found in Possession of Prisoner Death "Weapon Claim Conference Set By Ford Dealers V Glen was brought from the Boulton home some time later and joined his sister at the scene of the killings until officers removed the bodies to a mortuary The children spent the night at the home of Mra Winnie Whltecar an aunt Yes sir1 How many times? Seven or eight What did you shoot at? Telegraph poles While the car was moving? Yes sir You know what happens to clothes when they are washed you know what happens don’t you? A Generally shrinks up out of all proportion Q You know they don’t dry clean clothes by putting them in a bathtub? SliootsWoman Idaho Oregon Montana Arizona Nevada and Wyoming points represented To Address Freshmen Gail Plummer member of the University of Utah speech department will apeak at freshman orientation meeting Tuesday at 11:20 a m in Kingsbury hall at the university Dr Leroy E Cowles dean of the lower division announced Mr Plummer’s subject will be Activities Dean Cowles will preside at the “Extra-curricul- ar meeting Birth Announced Announcement of the birth of their first child a seven-poun- d boy was made Monday by Mr and Mrs 35 Mrs street F Irving Monsey Monsey is the former Mabel Hyman of Chicago Mr Monsey la connected with the Monsey Iron and Metal company Makes Ton Forget Yon Have FALSE TEETH No longer does any wearer of false ceetb beed to be annoyed or feel 111 at FASTEETH a new Improved east powder sprinkled on your plate will hold them firm and comfortable No gummy gooey taste or feeling Qume and mouth will not get sore Avoid embarrassment Get FASTEETH from Schratnm-Johnso- n or any other good drugglat (Adv) STETSON" I0SIERY Shrill Mirth Follows Shot That Drops --Actress in Hollywood UP- )Oct 14 searched through beer parlors and school houses of North Hollywood tonight hunting for a “laughing murderer” whose sharp falsetto accompanying the ping of a 22 caliber high-powbullet was the only tangible clue in the weird killing of plump pretty film acHarriet Walke tress Two girls only witnesses to the shooting were unable to tell police whether the killer was a woman an hysterical man or HOLLYWOOD Police detectives HD® er imjim boy Mrs Walke was shot in the hip by someone in a brown coupe as she stood by a roadside in North Hollywood last night with two bottles of beer under her arm The bullet severed an artery and she bled to death on the way to a hos-- ’ STETSON SHOES ' pkal The two witnesses Jean Clark and Ruth Cllnesmith saw the car whisk up to the curb heard the sharp crack of a gun and heard someone In the car break into shrill laughter as the car roared out on the highway A No air 124 again An Instant later they saw Fired Gun at Foies woman slump into the gutter the Q' What prompted you to put tfiesdTslothea in tne bathtub? A I couldn't tell you Q Do you remember having any trouble at all with anyone this afternoon or evening? A No sir VQ Any taint recollection of do Ing anything to anybody tonight? A' No sir Q Do you remember shooting this gun tonight? A Not tonight no sir Q How many cartridges have you left? A I don’t know Q Did you klllvany garni when you bought this pistol? A Not that I know of If I hit anything it sure was an accident Q Do you remember the trip from Rock Springs to Salt Lake? A Yes sir I remember until 1 gun? turned Into the bridge A No sir Q You remember the glass of Q You remember how many beer don't you? shells you had for that gun? A Yes sir A No sir Q And if you had killed any Q Do you remember telling me game you would know it wouldn't out in the jail you had thirty? you? ' A 1 remember how many I had A If I killed anything I don’t to begin with know it Q Do you carry this gun with Q- - Do you remember shooting on of the the road all time? you at any? Yes sir A A No sir Where did you get this gun? Q Q Well would you say that you A Cheyehne did or did not kill any game? When? Q A I don’t know A Last week or this week sure You remember everything Q it was this week when I was over else you remember how you came there into town? Q Then you bought it the day A I have told you all I know before yesterday? Q If you killed any game you A Yes sir would be pretty apt to put it in the Where did you buy it in car wouldn’t you? Q A Yes sir Cheyenne? A I don’t remember don’t know Q What else did you do up at the the name of the place What else besides apartment? Q Is it a store? changing your shirt' washing your A Yes sir! suit shirt and underwear? Q Sporting goods store? A That is all I know A Yes sir Arrested at Log Cabin Q Are you familiar with fire Q Did you cook yourself arms? food? A No sir Furnace coils supply hot water but they A I don’t think so Q Ever owned a gun before? Did you put in any ’phone Q A This is the first one give you “something for nothing" calls to anybody? Gun Bought A I don't think so Q Answer the ’phone? Q What is the reason you Heating engineers will show you that furnace coil water A I don't think so bought it? more fuel to maintain hot water heating requires one-fift- h A If I told you you would laugh Q You remember being' arrested and still have proper capacity for house heating at me I have never been hunting tonight? or fishing n I have worked since A Yes sir was a baby but all of the boys here Q Where were you arrested? You're PAYING for this method of have been talking about going deer A Out here at a roadhouse is water own a shotgun or all I know heating —a method that is inhunting I don’t a rifle never owned one Bill Q Ever been tiere before? adequate and unreliable Smith manager of our store on Yes sir Switch to Second South street between Main How often? and State was going hunting ThursNot to exceed three times What was your purpose ol day I just kinds had an Idea I would like to go with him and going out there tonight? A Get a glass of beer bought this gun I don’t know why and enjoy a modem service that I Just did Q You drove to North Salt Lake Q How much did you pay for it? for a glass of beer? gives you real value for your money A Ten dollars A Yes sir Electric Water Heating is always deHow much for ths cartridges? Q Q Do you do any of the buying A Eleven dollars and 50 cents for Sewell's? pendable and brings you convenifor ths gun and ths cartridges A All of it ence that you get in no other way Q Get a full box? Q Buy from Cudahy's? A No sir he gave them to me A Yes sir loose LOOK INTO IT1 A PHONE CALL WILL Q Do you know Blanch Nelson Q Do you know tha caliber of who works out there? BRING YOU COMPLETE INFORMATION this gun? A 1 don’t know any of the giriB A No sir by frame Do you know ths make? Q Q If this girl had worked there About A Yes sir it is a Colt for any length of time yoy would now And do Q you know the know her wouldn't you? ' 9 ' caliber? A Not her name ELECTRICITY IS "THE BIGGEST BARGAIN IN THE No A Q Well would you know her by just a' Colt is all I know ' Q Did you shoot the gun on the sight way down from Rock Springs to A Yes sir day? 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