Show it Ii ii j VU SLAYS S D LODI RANCHERS RANCHER'S CRIME RESEMBLES THAT OF DENTIST I 4 I I t y yI y I I Sc c S S g I t b k J p 4 st rr t tr II I I I II I II I r r II i I I I I I q I r t sv ee t By NE NI V Service LODI Yesterday Calif-Yesterday Calif Yesterday a pil- pil pillar pil pillar lar Jar of ot the looked up to wIth y Tod a 90 confessed er sea sen- sentenced sen sentenced to die upon the tho scaffold sc for I II I perpetration of one of ot the most In the history of California clime Such is the plight of ot Ale Ale cander andr I Nets Kels here o Execution awaits alts the on one once e weal weal- wealthy wealthy thy cattleman and prosperous chain meat store tore proprietor be- be c bc ho listened t 9 tc the tho of II a str ngo troglodyte unleashed in his blain urging him to kill huh INTO ITO CAR CAn Responding to the tho weird elrd Incan bean Incantations Incantations he lured a 0 lagged strang strang- stranger stranger er to hl his home homo shot the victim and then placing the body in his automobile don done dore 0 a away aay ay Into the I country where he fired the remains I In a gasoline soaked un- un under unde un-det- un der de circumstances circumstance to indicate that Kel Mets himself had been The caso throughout bears z am amzIn In ing to the Jel Ide 11 de ex cx ex- ex existence of lb bl D R It XI K of Roseburg Oie Ole who In 1921 1321 en- en eni en endeavored i dea ored to substitute the tho slain body of a 0 rancher for his 0 own n in a 0 wrecked auto which had been run 0 oer er a cliff an and dynamited In both instances the slayers slayer I were motivated by a 0 greed for mOl mo moe e gold w which they hoped to obtain from increased In- In Insurance insurance in insurance policies taken out just be- be before before be before fore the ghoulish madness q in iti their brains sent them them forth on their mis ails missIons missions of gruesome cunning WELL rIED rI Both noth men were wore marl married led and en en- en en jO ed positions of ot Influence in their communities Nothing that money could buy wa wag apparently denied them Dr BruMfIeld Brunfield did a II thriving business b In Ills his dental practice Ills His manner at all times times time s calm and assured as Is la that of Alexander lower Io low or left anil Dr 11 U 31 M abose aboc I both prominent enl of nn DI I both In Identical murder cases ca cs Kels now within the shadow of the tho gallows I Allas All as v calm and selene until I the tho weird phobia 0 overtook them and they gave gaie car to the tho surging crIes of ot the golden genii reeling their theil tortured minds In fiendish chol us I IThen Then they struck e MURIEE ILl OUT nut But as surely as murder will out nd the tho plans of ot men go often amiss Kels and erred In their seemingly wellI well I Kid Id plot I and from the scant t trails left be- be behInd behind be behind hind their ruses wore ore unco tred I Ian an and 1 the tho law clamped on Its hand Tho The first suspicion against the cLuse of his Ills lack of ot foresight to ye- ye re resist slat eating a can of ot sardines sardine Just before the murder of ot the man whom he lIe had picked lii II up a nt at an em- em emI employment em employment I agency to do some sonic work I Ion on his ranch I But when an autopsy was l per performed per per- perI performed performed I formed on the tho bod body mourned as that of Kei Jel Kels no traces of ot Lick fish w ere found In the the stomach ch Likewise it was as discovered red the slain man had been undernourished ed Prom From bits of ot cloth clinging to o the te half-charred half flesh under ono one ot of the rho ho armpits he ho was found to ha e been attired in heavy y under under- underwear under iv wear oar car and 0 overalls whereas Kels KelsI I lad had been well nell ell fed and always aiwas ah aha a s wor light undergarments 1 SKEPTICAL L I Immediately the wheels of or jus- jus justice jus justice tice 1 were ere started turning by Sher- Sher Sher Sheriff iff W ST It II IL flicks Rl ks who ho of all tho mourners which wound their way ay to the funeral of or the towns town's most eminent citizen had been the sole ole doubting doubling Thomas of the tho au- au authenticity authenticity au authenticity of Kels Keis death lIe IIo had hall noticed discrepancies be- be between between be between tween the tho stature and teeth of the vIctim and those of ot the ml missing butcher but had held hl his peace and worked quietly alone for tor so- so so solution lution o the tho crimer Shortly after Kels Kela was apprehended hen ed at nt Eureka Calif follow follow- following ing Ing a II flight toward his sought for sought god goal in Me Mexico OILED I AT SUICIDE In a 0 car box ho he tried to kill himself elt h by placing the tha ot of a rifle In his mouth and pulling pulling- the trigger with his toot foot A detec- detec defective tive Lye shell however ever this attempt at self destruction When hen brought to trial he stol stol- stoically cally caly pleaded guilty and refused all offers of legal lega aid old to obtain a corn com com commutation mutation mut of ot sentence to life lite Im- Im imprisonment Im Imprisonment on the grounds o of In Insanity In- In Insanity insanity sanity His Ills wife 1 who ho believes him dead lies near deaths death's door in u a Local complication hospital suffering from a n a com pl- pl cation catlon cation of ot strain brought on by grief and her near approach to Erie I II Public sentiment has las been raised I to lo high ll pitch by the brutal crime land and the tho WhICh Kels Keis practiced practiced practiced on the Hut Lut with the madness gone from his brain the convicted man waits alts ed for tOr his doom as much a 0 psychological riddle as al was vas Dr Brumfield who hanged himself In his hia death cell just a few tew days be- be before tore fore the hangman was to lm co ci |