Show FOR FORMER r A YORE E aG DIES 1 Expires on Train In Nev Nevada N ev- ev evada ada T. T B. B Victim Robbed Bank BankST ST ST. JOSEPH Mich rJ April J If 16 By By rite Tho Associated Press Funeral l services ser will ho bo held hero Tuesday for Allen R n. n Morford former mayor and paroled San Quentin convict who died on a atrain atrain atrain train in Nevada en route to hU his home bomo here Th The ser be under the auspices s of or the local chapter of or tho the Elks of o which Morford was a former treasurer Morford who was 47 7 years rears old is survived b by a II wife wire and andson son residents resident of o this cIty lIe Ho left St St. Joseph JOS ph four years ears ago ngo resigning Sits 5 office of ol mayor to go to to California in search of or health h lIe He was then In the advanced stages of tuberculosis and after aCter a futile fight against the disease ran out of funds runds In his for robbing a branch bank in San Diego Dielo he testified that he decided to stage the rob rob- robbery robbery robbery bery for or the tho purpose e of o obtain obtain- obtaining obtainIng obtaining ing enough money to pay his way home homo so 50 that he ho could see soo his wife wife and aud s son on before his deathA death leath A few tew months after being sen sen- sentenced sentenced to San Quentin he be was as paroled to Charles P P. Prudden Lansing Mich business man and taken to a a. California hospital but his probationer later turned hint him over to prison authorities again lIe He was for lor many years ears a high high- I ly respected citizen of ot this corn cons unity where he took a a. prominent part in Republican politics and civic affairs For Fo Foman many man years ears Morford held an Important position tion with a a. local bank |