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Vol. 4, Ho. 11 TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA JANUARY, 1961

Eagles PresentCivic Award toles Besseuger

NEW PORT RICHEY—Sun-coast Aerie, Fraternal Order ofEagles, presented a Civic Serv-ice Award to SherifF Leslie Bes-senger.

It was in recognition of hiscontributions to the welfare ofthis community, as well asPasco County and the State ofPlorida; and of his active par-ticipation in civic affairs.

It also recognized his workin the fleld of juvenile delin-quency and the prominent rolehe has taken in development ofthe Florida Sheriffs BoysRanch.

He is presently. serving aschairman of the executive com-mitee of the Ranch Trustees.

In presenting the award, CarlJ. McGriif, past grand worthypresident of the Eagles, said:"Too often those who serve thewelfare of the community inhigh or humble position, re-ceive little credit or recognitionfor their service. "

Bureau 13iveu

More Bouquets

For txood WorkThe Florida Sheriffs Bureau

continues to receive praise frommany sources for the impoxtantrole it played in the Chilling-worth Case.

A Palm Beach County GrandJury indicted Joseph A. PeelJr., former West Palm Beachcity j udge, and Floyd A.(Lucky) Holzapfel, ex-convict,i'or the murders of CircuitJudge and Mrs. C. E. Chilling-worth, and gave major creditto the Bureau.

The Grand Jury commendedthe Bureau for "dedicated andcompetent" work in the caseand singled out the activities ofDirector Don McLeod, AssistantDirector Ross Anderson andSpecial Agent Henry Lovern as"dedicated, unusual, resourcefuland competent. "

It also praised Sheriff JohnF. Kirk for calling in the Bu-reau and Deputy Sheriff JohnF. Kirk Jr. for his assistance.

M a n y laudatory editorialshave also appeared in Floridanewspapers, among them onein the Tampa Tribune pointingout that the Bureau has mademany other major contribu-

~gons to crime detection, includ-'fng identification of a bloodyyaim print which was the keypiece of evidence in a recentPasco County murder case.

. The Tribune went on to urgetllu Florida Legislature to grantthe Bureau what it needs to"continue s u c h w o r k un-shackled by a pinched budgetor' hamstrung powers. "

The Orlando Star stated thatthe Chillingworth case provedthe value "of stattLwide cooper-ative effort in cornting crime,and the sheriffs, banded to-gether in the Sheriffs Bu-reau, are entitled to full creditfor an outstanding accomplish-ment. "

MOUNT DORA —A profes-sional safe-cracker told thetricks of his trade to a groupof over 100 law enforcementofficers attending a technicalsession on burglaries sponsoredby the Florida Sheriffs Associa-tion.

The meeting was held at theLakeside .nn, here, January13, as the flnal event of theSheriffs Association's Mid-Win-ter Conference; and it was at-tended by Sheriffs, deputies,police chiefs, policemen andother officers from the CentralPlorida area.

The Florida Sheriffs Bureau,with Don McLeod as its direc-tor, arranged the meeting; andLake County Cheriif Willis Mc-Call was the official host.

After listening to discussionsof burglary prevention and in-vestigation techniques by Ber-win Williams, Sheriffs Bureau

Boyer'll Help WithSecurity Plans

Sarasota County SherilF RossE. Boyer was invited to go toWashington, D. C., to assistwith security arrangements forthe inauguration of PresidentJohn P. Kennedy, January 20.

He was scheduled to meetwith other officers and securityofficials in Washington, Janu-ary 18, and to remain therethrough the . inauguration.

official, the officers intervieweda young safecracker who wasbrought to the meeting froma neighboring county.

Thev also watched him dem-onstrate safe cracking tech-niques by opening two safes.

Other speakers were JamesHalligan, who is in charge ofthe Sheriffs Bureau laboratory;and Mrs. Bertha Catts, who isin charge of Communicationsand Publications for the Bu-reau.

A fish fry arranged by Sher-iff McCall was held at noon.

Fame SpreadsThe dramatic story of

Okaloosa County Sheriff RayWilson's 18-year search forthe murderers of his i'atherwas presented to televisionviewers across the nation onDecember 7 by the Arm-strong Circle Theater.

The story has also beenwidely circulated in severalnational magazines, includ-ing the Reader's Digest.

A capable and experi-enced officer, Sheriff Wilsonwas Plorida's youngest sher-ifF when he took office July9, 1956, at the age of 29. Hewas commissioned to a fullfour-year term in January,1957; and was re-electedfor another term in 1960.

NEW PRESIDENT—Levy County Sheriff James W. Turner is the newpresident of the Florida Sheriffs Association. He was elected Jan. 12,during the Mid-Winter Conference of the Association, in Mount Dora.

Safe Cracker Shows Techniques

To law Enforcement Officers

SheIiH J.W. Turner

Name&I President ofShefiHS ASSOCiatiOn

MOUNT DORA —The Florida Sheriffs Association, Iax

its annual Mid-Winter Conference here, January 11-13,elected Levy County Sheriff James W. Turner as its newpresident to succeed Lee County Sheriff Flanders G. Thomp-son.

Other highlights included selection of the DiLido Hotel,Miami Beach, as the site of the 48th Annual C(mxferenceto be held in June; approval of an amended char$er andby-laws; and approval of the Association's 1961 LegislativeProgram.

Clay County Sheriff John P. Distinguished guests inoludedHall was re-elected treasurer; State Senator W. Rari5qlphand Florida Sheriffs Bureau Di- Hodges, of Cedar Key, Prisi-rector Don McLeod was re- dent-Designate of the 1961 Sen-elected secretary. ate; State Representatit e.Wil-

Elected to the board of direc- liam V. Chappell Jg., of Ocala,tors were: Speaker-Designate 4f the 1961

First District —Leon County House of Representatives; andSheriff W. P. Joyce, Washing- Secretary of State Tom Adams.ton County Sheriff George Sen. Hodges and Rep. Chap-Watts and Gadsden County pell and their wives were guestsSheriff Otho Edwards. of honor at a reception, Jan.

Second District —Duval Sher- 11; and Secretary Adams andifF Dale Carson, Putnam Sher- his wife were guests of hoxiaa.ilF E. W. Pellicer and Baker at a banquet, Jan. 12.SherifF Ed Yarbrough. A luncheon, Jan. 12, honored-;

Third District —Volusia Sher- Charles Simmons and Pat CsxF-iiF Rodney Thursby, Hills- rey, two young men who areborough Sherifi' Ed Blackburn attending college under Flor- sJr. and Indian River Sheriff ida Sheriffs Association Schog'Sam Joyce. ar ships.

Fourth District —Sarasota John A. Madigan Jr., attor-Sheriff Ross E. Boyer, St. Lucie ney for the Florida Sheriffs Ai-Sheriff J. R. Norvell and Mon- sociation, told how the Associ@-roe Sheriff John Spottswood. tion's scholarship program was

Spottswood Chairman started in 1957 to help honogThe newly-elected board held students from t h e Floridd

a reorganization meeting and School for Boys; and J. B.re-elected Sheriff John Spotts- Meyer, director of education at.,wood as its chairman. PSB told how the boys are

selected and tutored for college .careers.

Half Mdhou mBank of Mount Dora, honored

Sheriff McCall presented a life- &

Seized m LeonTALLAHASSEE —Sheriff Bill neighbor, for outstanding aN-Joyce reported the smashing of port given to the Florida Sger-a big time check forg'xng op iffs Boys Ranch.eration following the arrest of Boys Ranch A(1ux~atorthree men and seizure of over Tom Kelly anduffames Snow,$500,000 in bogus checks. one of the yodpg ranchers,

The men were identified as bxought greetings the Sher'George C. Boston, 45, Miami; iffs from the ~h; and theMalcolm McRae, 36, a Cans- Florida Game undFresh Waterdian; and Richard Brockway,38, Miami. Sheriffs and. guest@with a dem-

The seized checks were all onstration of enforcexxxent tech-drawn on the Bank of Holly- niques on the lakefront at thewood (Fla. ) and were made out Lakeside Inn, headquarters forin amounts ranging from $100 the conference.

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to $50,000, according to SherifFJoyce. r

He said several checks total- Star Reaaer Sing $225 were cashed locally andsome were turned down. He ~ e neSS rapSalso reported that some $2,000 Pin worthless checks were cashed PriSOn ESCaPeein the Port Lauderdale-North TALLAHASSEE —The alert-Miami area. ness of of our readers en-

The men were arrested here abled FI%'ida authorities toafter a merchant refused to catch ug with William Lyn-cash a check for McRae, be- woodurehaw, a fugitive whocame suspicious of the trio's esqu1qEr from the State Prisonactions and notified law ene - GPi%Eh at Caryvtlle.forcement officers. ) The reader saw Shaw's pic-

He gave deputy sheriffs a~ture in the November issue ofpartial description of the car the Sheriff's Star and called toin which the three men were notify us that the "wanted"riding and it was found parked man was in jail in Montgom-at a shopping center. The dep- ~, Ala.uties followed the trio from ~ picture sJsJ)dared on astore to store as they attemptsuLr

' & "wanted zxersons" epm-to cash checks, and then m

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THE SHERIFF'S' STARpublished For and Dedicated To the Advancement of

Good Law Enforcement In Florida

By~ THE FLORIDA SHERIFFS ASSOCIATION

At Tallahassee, Fla.~sEDITORIAL BOARD

Monroe County Sheriff John Spottswood . Key WestCj(sy County Sheriff John P. Hall .. . . . Green Cove SpringsFlorida Sheriffs Bureau Director Don McLeod . .. . . TallahasseeLee County Sheriff Flanders Thompson . . ... . . Fs. MyersLevy County Sheriff James W. Turner Branson

EDITORCarl Sfauffer . . .. . Field Secretary

Florida Sheriffs Association

nentcrcd as Second class hiall Matter at Tallahasscc, Florida. pnbllshcd monthlytho rtorlda Shcrlfts hssoclatlon, P. O. Stox att, Tallahasscc, Florida.

eubscrltsttoa rotc Sl.SO ncr scar.

BAD CHECK ARTIST'S isAllERYCompiled by The Florida Sheriffs Bureau

Don McLeod —Director

T H E +'S H E~F/), '~+4 R JANUARY, 1961

Awarded Police

School Diploma .KEY WEST —Robert L.

"Bobby" Brown, Sheriff JohnSpottswood's chief investigator,was graduated last month fromthe Southern Police Institute,Louisville, Ky. , after completingan intensive 12-week course inpolice science and administra-tion.

He ranked fourth in his classand was the first police officerfrom Monroe County to attendthe in-service training course.The graduating class included31 officers from 11 states andtwo foreign countries.

The police institute is locatedat the University of Louisvilleand was established in 1951.Since then, 24 classes havebeen graduated.

The institute's training hasbeen regarded as so excellent inthe years since its inceptionthat 619 police officers from 35states and 18 foreign countries—including 48 police chiefs—have gone through the rigorousschedule of 420 hours of studyand instruction.

Graduates receive 12 collegecredits.

' FRANK A. OSBORNEWhite Inale, date of birth 8-23-

210 poundei brown hair, blueeyes, ruddv complexion. FBIf653946. 'Used alias of J. J.SHAW in forging check onJ a c k s o n v i 1 1 e Attorney inamount of- $250.00. WarrantsIssjied. If apprehended notify~lice X)ept. , Jacksonviile, 1 la. ,or the Florida Sheriffs Bureau,

~'nallahassee, Fla.

ROBERT A. FLYNNWhite male, age 35-40, 6 feet, to6 feet 2 inches tall, weighs18-225 pounds, brown hair;wears thick lens glasses. Re-portedly driving a 1954 Stude-baker 4-door Sedan, 1960 Flor-ida License 11-385, ID gV310353. Subject is carpenter bytrade. SS No. 409-34-4766. May

/ be in Memphis, or Summerville,Tennessee. Wanted in AlachuaCounty for passing WorthlessChecks in amount of approx.$2000.00 and for Petit Larcenyand wanted in Cilchrist Coun-

WILLIAM (BILL) CONAGHY ty for passing of WorthlessWhite male, 5 feet, 10 inches Checks in amount of aPProx', weighs 210 pounds, stout $500.00. Warrants have beenb

'dark wavy hair 'brown issued. If apprehended notify

eye medium comp)exion, has Sheriff Crevasse, Gainesville,stro z resemblance to Movie Fla. , Sheriff Williams, Trenton,Acto, Wells. He is ardent Fla. , or the Florida Sheriffs Bu-sports 'fan ks beer active reau, Tallahassee, Florida.

tin local se lodge. Usuallydrank ala~" shunning femi-nine companionship w h i I edrinking. Subj~ was in con-tracting busigisss in WinterHaven area~uilding houses inthe twentysto twenty-five thou-sand dollar class. He gaveworthless checks to his mate-rial suppliers snd sub contrac-tors, they in signed theirmechanic antf~ material liens.Conaghy t h e n collected hismoney from First Federal Sav-ings and Loap in Lakeland,Fla. , and left trav;n on October27, 1960. On theysame day heparked .'id's 1959 udebakerLark car in a pa g lot inTampa, Fla. , leaving„note onwindshield stating he Srould re-turn in a couple of dmm)b. ,This white male, age 38 to 40, 5parking lot is across~~eeet feet, 11 inches tall, weighs 165from Tampa Greyhound'

' o unds, dark hair, crew cut.Station. Has not been seen +riving 1960 Mercury hardtop,since thae date. Felony war-'c" dark blue top, white bottom,rants have been issued charg- 1960 Ohio License D/3-3525, IDing subject with issuing be- 4VIN-33P556788. Believed totween ten and twelve thousand bp in resort areas. Warrants is-dollars in Worthless Checks, If- 'abed, charge Worthless Checks.apprehended n o t i f y P&lia(IS If apprehended notify SheriffDept. , Winter Haven, Fl@.,"'~g .s,Genung, Clearwater, Fla. , or thethe Florida Sheriffs ' Sdlhgu, Q'lorida Sheriffs Bureau, Talla-Tallahassee, Fla. ' ssmsee, Florida.

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ST. AUGUSTINE —LOOTED TELEPHONES —Deputy Sheriff Willis JoCapo examines some of the coin operated telephones looted in a recentwave of telephone booth burglaries. The St. John's County Sheriff'sDepartment is snaking a vigorous investigation of the thefts and sev-eral arrests have been made. (Photo by Rupert Chastain. )

Clinic Aimed

At Reducing

6un AccidentsJACKSONVILLE —Sheriff

Dale Carson scheduled a CunSafety Clinic for December 30in an effort to reduce the num-ber of tragedies resulting frommisuse of guns received asChristmas gifts.

Alarmed at the increasingnumber of post-Christmas in-juries among youngsters whohave little or no experience inhandling guns, he decided togive youngsters an opportunityto learn firearms safety fromexperts.

The Clinic program includedthorough indoctrination in thecare of weapons, basic safetyrules and firing instructions.

The Sheriff signed up a trickshot expert to demonstrateskilled use of firearms and healso scheduled a tour of hisarsenal and emergency equip-ment facilities."It is far better to giveyoungsters a good, sound, basiceducation in handling of fire-arms than to leave them ig-norant of safety rules, " SheriffCarson said.

"By attendmg the clinicthey received instruction fromrespected experts, " he added.

jail Aiiliition H.„vy„„hi.Eyed in Hnrdee

WAUC HULA —A proposedaddition to the Hardee CountyJail is designed to give SheriffE. Odell Carlton some muchneeded additional facilities.

Located between the presentjail and the new Hardee Coun-ty Health Center, which is un-der construction, the two-storyjail addition would house theSheriff's Department on thefirst floor and jail cells on thesecond floor.

A one-way driveway wouldgive access to the jail facilitiesand adjacent parking areas.

Fortune TellerCaught Unawares

KISSIMMEE —The fortuneteller's crystal ball was appar-ently out of order.

Otherwise she would haveknown that Sheriff Bob Buckelswas on her trail and wouldhave avoided a charge of oper-ating without a license.

Known as "Sister Josephine, "she was arrested while operat-ing about three miles south ofhere.

TALLAHASSEE —Here' sthe latest development in themoonshine business —un-breakable containers.

Sheriff Bill Joyce reportedhis deputies recently seized100 gallons of moonshine inplastic bags when theysearched a car that hadbeen wrecked by some "shinerunners. "

In as Complainant

Out as DefendantTALLAHASSEE —James Jon-

athan Martin walked intocounty court as the complain-ant in one case and walkedout as the defendant in an-other, according to Sheriff BillJoyce.

The Sheriff said while Mar-tin was in court as the com-plaining witness in an autotheft case, a warrant was de-livered to the Sheriff's Officecharging him with passing aworthless check.

The warrant was quicklyserved on Martin and he washeld until he posted bond.

Alert lawmen

Help Capture

Top FugitiveBONIFAY —Holmes County

Deputy Sheriff D P. Jones andFlorida Highway Patrol TrooperDallas Bowden were com-mended by the FBI for assist-ing in apprehension of RobertWilliam Schultz Jr., one of thenation's "most wanted" fugi-tives. ls

A man later identified asSchultz was stopped here bythe two men during a routinetraffic check and was requiredto post a $35 bond because, hedid not have a valid license.

Later Bowden saw a photo-graph of the fugitive ands to-gether with Jones, positivelyidentifie him as the man theyhad cited for a a'"-c viola-tion.

D. K. BroiEzi, Special Agent inCharge of ge Jacksonville FBIOffice, said'the alertness of thetwo men aided in apprehend-ing Schultz in an Orlando hotela few days after he wasstopped here.

TAYARE~HRISTMAS SPIRIT—Each year the Lake County Sheriff'sDepartment collects used toys, and prisoners in the county jail re-condition them for distribution to underprivileged girls and boys. Inthe picture above, Sheriff Willis McCall (left) checks over the 1960col~ti n of toys displayed under the huge Sheriff's DepartmentChrisfsaas tree in the lobby of the Lake County Court House. Alsopicturnil are Bill Hammer (center), Sheriff's Department identificationofficer, who supervised the reconditioning of the toys; and LeRoyCampbell, jailer.

JANUARY, 1961 Tsld' r' ~ $6%.4 Rj/F ' 5 ST A R

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News ahotrtt the Florida Sheritis StrrsRanch, w'home for needy and worthyboys the Florida Sheriffs Association hoperating on the Suwannee River, nearLive Oak.

Susiuess i'irms

6ive Christmas, ,-

6ifts te Soyh--'

ST. PETERSBURG—GIFTS FOR THE BOYS—Sheriff Don Genung(second from left) accepts Christmas gifts donated by the Opti-MrsClub of St. Petersburg for distribution to boys at the Florida SheriffsBoys Ranch. Mrs. L. J. Anderson and her daughter, Susan, are shownpresenting the gifts. Looking on are three deputy sheriffs who compriseSheriff Genung's Youth Aid Bureau (from left): Ken Carpenter, ArmandTetrault and Walter Jacques. Last year at about this time eachmember of the Opti-Mrs Club "adopted" a boy at the Ranch towhom birthday presents, letters, cards and Christmas presents are sent.

Gifts aud Over $2,000 iu Cash

Received at Christmas Party

ST. PETERSBURG—GREETIHG THE BOYS—A group of boys from theFlorida Sheriffs Boys Ranch visiting here for Optimist Club Youth Ap-preciation Week, were guests of the Desert Ranch Motel, and theyare shown here being greeted by the manager, William Perrot (left),and Victor H. Walker (right), Optimist Club representative. Mr. andMrs. Earl Bovee (pictured between Perrot and Walker) accompaniedthe boys. They are houseparents at the Ranch. (Photo by Peppy'sPhoto Service. )

ORLANDO —Local business,firms presented B700 to SheriffDave Starr last month afChristmas gifts to the FloridaSheriffs Boys Ranch on behalf, ' '

of their customers.This is in keeping with a

growing custom among busi~inessmen to make donations tothe Ranch in lieu of Christmasgifts direct to customers.

Mill Supplies Inc. , of Orlan-do, one of the originators of, "this custom, gave S200 to t)()h'Ranch through its presidentMr. H. G. Williams.

The Orlando Wholes eerIndustry gave S500. Itvis com-prised of the following firms:Central Florida Bev age Co.,Inc. ; Wayne Dense, Inc. ;Grantham Distributi Co.;National Brewing Co.; dianRiver Distributing Cr„. andSchenck Company.

Sheriff Starr describgcr thedonations as "wonderful+andheart-warming. "

"I am sure, " he sqjd, "ffLatthey are pleasing inr'tffemtghtof the one whose birthday is be-ing commemorate, the Onewho said: '. . . even ras ye havedone unto the lowliest of these,ye have done unto lie. ' "

Ranch Aided hy.

Piuellas Show gCifts by the hundreds, in-cluding over S2,000 in cash,were received by the happilysmiling boys at the FloridaSheriffs Boys Ranch duringtheir annual Christmas Party,Dec. 21.

The largest gift was a checkfor B1,500 representing the pro-ceeds from Johnny Leverock'sThird Annual Boys Ranch FishFry.

Leverock, of St. Petersburg,a lifetime member of the Flor-ida Sheriffs Association and aloyal supporter of the Ranch,presented the check in personto Tom Kelly, Boys Ranch Ad-ministrator. It was earmarkedfor a fund to build a swimmingpool.

A check for B666.62 was pre-sented to Kelly by Bro ward

Metre Judges

Propose 75 mph

As Tep SpeedMIAMI —A halt to the man-

uf act uring of automobiles'-yfhich go over 75 miles an hourghs been recommended by all.~etro judges here in DadeCoun+.

e judges wrote Floridators Spessard Holland and~ge Smathers recommend-

ing that car manufacturers berequired to put governors onall ne~rs, limiting the speedto 75 miles an hour. They alsosuggeste(t 'dt new federal lawmaking %t~deral offense tosoup up a car to exceed the 75mile limit.

"We think it is iculous tomanufacture cars hich willdo 120 miles an hour when themaximum speed limit inywherein the United States is 70,""'.thejudges said.

County Sheriff J. A. i Quill)Lloyd from the Dade CountyMotorcycle Dealers Association.

Many other cash gifts werereceived and are too numerousto mention.

The Christmas Party washeld from 2 to 6 pm. and wasattended by approximately 100persons, including a largegroup of Ranch supportersfrom Pinellas County who ar-rived by bus accompanied bySheriff Don Genung.

Sheriff Genung, who is chair-man of the Boys Ranch Trus-tees, was in charge of dis-tributing hundreds of gifts tothe boys. Other Sheriffs attend-ing were Hugh Lewis, of Su-wannee County; Marvin Witt,of Lafayette County; RodneyThursby, of Volusia County; L.O. Davis, of St. John's County;and J. A. Lloyd, of BrowardCounty.

The Florida Sheriffs Bureauwas represented by DirectorDon McLeod and four em-ployees who delivered a largecarton of gifts. Bureau person-nel gave gifts to the boys thisyear instead of exchanginggifts with each other.

Food and refreshments cli-maxed the celebration, afterwhich most of the boys left theRanch to spend the holidayswith friends and relatives.

Bowling TourneyTo Benefit Ranch

SARASOTA —Proceeds fromthe Third Annual Santa BowlTournament, held at the Sara-sota Lanes here last month un-der the sponsorship of the SUN-COAST BOWLING NEWS, willgo to the Florida Sheriffs BoysRanch.

Sheriff Ross E. Boyer was thefirst entry in the tournament.He also expressed his apprecia-tion to the sponsors and allothers involved in the event forthe interest and generous sup-port extende(t„to the Ranch.

ST. PETERSBURG—GIFT FOR THE RAHCH —Sheriff Don Genung andJimmy Barnhart (right) accept a purebred Angus cow which wasdonated to the Florida Sheriffs Boys Ranch by the Optimist Clubs ofGreater St. Petersburg as part of thei ~ annual "Youth Week" observ-ance. The presentation was made during half-time ceremonies at ahigh school football game which was attended by Jimmy and severalother boys from the Ranch. (Photo courtesy St. Petersburg Times. )

JACKSOHVILLE —GIFT FROM SPORTSMEH —Duval County SheriDale Carson (center) beams at a check for $100 presented to theFlorida Sheriffs Boys Ranch by the Sportsmen's Club of JacksonvillThe presentation was made by Jones Thurmond (left), club presidenfand Howard Wilhoite, treasurer. (Photo courtesy Florida Times-Mnio .

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LARGO —More than lg()horses and riders took partthe Third Annual Boys RanBenefit Horse Show which wpresented here last month bthe Pinellas County SheriffiiAssociation and the Pin ell~Horsemen's Association.

As in the past, proceeds will Igo to the Florida Sheriffs BoysRanch. Last year the shownetted about S600; and theyear before that it raised overS400.

The show was opened by (Sheriff Don Cenung's Mounted CPosse and Junior MountedPosse in a precision drill andpresentation of the colSheriff' Genung also welcoeveryone to the benefit aifa

This Proves, ThatDynamite's. blotProper Ploything

DE LEON SPREES—A 19-year old De Leon Springs youth,on probation for taking partin four dynamitings some fiveyears ago, lande(t in the hos-pital in serious condition as aresult of "playing" with dyna-mite again.

The youth, along with an old-er friend, was ing fuses andtossing dyna te into a sumphole. One of e stickssof dyna-mite explored in the youth' shand.

Volusia County Sheriff Rod-ney, y said the boy losthis '. hand in the explosion.~+ the index finger andlacer~&6 the remaining fingersgf his right hand. In addition,he may lose his eyesight andmay have suffered a brain in-,jury from the concussion.

In 1955, the same boy, alongtwo other older boys, con-

to dynamiting an emptyhoug()rand a mail box.

At the time, the boys saidthey did it for "thrills. "

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Twining 6iven

Fer Bomb Cases

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7,000 Toys Reconditioned by --.Hillsborough Jail Prisoners

JACKSONVILLE —Trainingsessions. to familiarize law en-for ent men with explosives

they will be better fitted to«pope with hate bombing viola-'tions were held at MayportNaval Station last month.

They were attended by po-' liqnlnen and sheriff's deputies

several counties andcities. Ifavy -demolition menservers as instructors.

The potential of various typesof qsives was demonstrated

owing up old car bodies.«The three types of blasts were

rima cord; straight dynamite;nd a mixture of dynamite, fer-lizer and diesel oil.

tirades SuHer

, When StudentsSrive a lot

TAQM —The young manfrom Robinson High School inTampa remarked, "I'm inclinedto go aighg with most of theparents today's children andsay tha extensive use of thef r or any car will bringthe stu(lent's grades down. "

An@Co the Great Debate wason in I t h e driver educationclaggbs of Hillsborough CountySchools as students preparedMMIwep for the question put tothem. by the Florida Explorer,monthly publication of the Pe-ninsula Motor Club (AAA).

Young John Makinen sawuse Of a!itps as cutting intotime that should be spent onhomework. Then for those teen-agers who Jbwn their own cars,+ey pxebably would have to

i@bid down a job to meet theayments and the upkeep, he

ded.-pretty Miss Pat Colson of

Plant High disagreed. "If a stu-ent really wants to make goodades in school, " said she, "he

ill do so no matter how oftenmight use the car." It is her

0 inion that taking the privi-nige of using the car away fromtr student who does not makegood grades "would probablyonly make him do worse in his

hool work. "Nina Diecidue of Hillsbor-

ough High felt that if a studentI "is mature and has responsi-|, bility" he would not let use of

,' the car affect his grades. Glen-

da White of Plant High ob-served "there are always peo-

, ple who take advantage of a" privilege. "Tony Marchetta of Robinson

High said a student should note allowed to use the car un-

during school nights hefinished all his homework

an studied for any test duethe day. Joe Ann Snyderoi' Plan High declared "I be-lieve the student of today triesto maintain good grades despitehis access t(t a car."

The motCrr. . club publicationslyly printed results from a re-cent survey made in Skokie,Ill. , alongsi(lh. the Tampa stu-dents' olnuions. The survey,among 1,455 junior and seniorhigh students, obawed that thegrades of all students sufFeredto some exterlt when they areallowed to drive, but the oneshardest hit were&those who hadbeen in the. top quarter of theirclasses. When&right studentsbecome car owners, 87 per centof them. .drop sharply in scho-lastic standings.

s%;:~~%'.:.TRYIHG IT FOR SI2E—Charlotte County

tries the eerie experience of sitting in ais one of the many law enforcement ex-ollce Museum ond Hall of Fame recentlyPunta Gorda Herald photograph)

NORTHDeputyreal elechlblts onopened

PORT CHARLOTTE—Sheriff Bill Matt Weekstrlc chair. The chair

display at the new Pin Charlotte County. (

Doug's DirectorEVERGLADES —The rd

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of County Commisstosfps~eatfDecember 13 appointed SheriffE. A. Doug Hendry acting Civil'Defense Director for CollierCounty, to serve until a perma-nent appointment is made.

GREEN COVE SPRINGS—WHOPPER —Sheriff John Hall's men pre-pam to destroy a large 2,000-gallon, gas-fired moonshine still whichthey recently raided. They are (from left) Deputy Sheriff L A. Blnns;

Ief Deputy Sheriff J. P. Hall, Jr.; Deputy Sheriff Tom Dasher and9 Baus. The still was so large acytelane torches had to be usedcut it into sections before it could be hauled away. (Photo courtesyy County Crescent. )

Times do change. Things wit Chcouldn't alrord today, Bina time payment burden I@inor-row. la

ST. AUGUSTINE —BOYS RANCH BOUND —Sheriff L. O. Davis Jr.(right) and S. A. Snyder, St. Augustine grocer and cattleman, admireBlack Angus cow which Mr. Snyder recently donated to the FloridaSheriffs Boys Ranch. Another cow which he had planned to donateto the Ranch was killed by a rattlesnake. (Photo by Rupert Cbastaln. )

(The following article byBob Denley is reprinted fromthe December 3, 1960, issue ofTHE TAMPA TIMES.)

TAMPA —The graveyard ofold political signs turns out tobe a cradle of Christmas givingin Talnpa.

The obsolete political signs,including the ones which didtheir owners no good at thepolls, will be doing a lot of goodin Tampa on Dec. 25.

The sheriff's department hassalvaged dozens of them to usethe wood in the very special de-partment where Christmas toysare made.

Nobody's idea of "Santa'sworkshop" would fit the littlebuilding in the walled yard be-hind the county jail. The prod-ucts are just as heart-warming,however.

You go through onehesvilv-barred door after an-other, at the old red brickjail building, then flnsllythrough a steel-door and stepinto a courtyard. There inthe sunlight —as out of placeas anything could be—arebrightly - painted rockinghorses, rocking chairs, tod-dlers' swing sets, drying inthe sun.Nearby is the little workshop

building where. in a cluster ofwood, metal, paint, tools and toyparts, prisoners work the year-'round to repair or to manufac-ture thousands of toys.

The Christmas rush is justbeginning, and Sheriff EdBlackburn r e p o r t s storagespace is at a premium, with aroom at the courthouse jammedwith toys ready for distribution.

Even so, discarded toys, to berepaired and distributed tochildren who might otherwisefin empty stockings, are wel-comed. They can be brought tothe sheriff's office, or a tele-phone call will bring an oiF-duty deputy to your home topick them up.

The toys are passed out tochurches and other organiza-tions for distribution to chil-dren.

This is not the only suchproject in Tampa (the Ma-rines sponsor a collection ofold toys which are sent toSt. Petersburg i'or repair),but the sheriff's departmentoperation may be the biggest.Blackburn said more than

7,000 toys were made or re-paired at the county jail lastyear.

"The idea came up back in1954," the sheriiF now recalls."An executive of one of the de-partment stores happened tomention to me at a church sup-per one night near Christmasthat it was too bad there wasn' tsome way shop-worn toys at hisstore could be made availableto deserving children.

"It was so late in the year, Ilet the idea go, but thoughtabout it again the next sum-mer. So, (jail warden) RogerDixon and I started solicitingtoys that could be repairedhere. "

About 1,800 toys were han-dled that first Christmas. ThesherifF said, "Our idea hadbeen, of course, what it wouldmean for the children. Then wenoticed something else—therewas an amazing response in theway of prisoner interest. "

Working on toys was a defi-nite morale builder within theprison.

"If this was good at Christ-mas, " the sheriff said, "itwould be good sll year long.So we began going aroundsnd getting help. "Materials were solicited. Bro-

ken toys were asked. Some toolswere bought, but many were"promoted. "

Making do with what is athand or can be "promoted" is awatchword of the money-lesstoy operation. Last week, thesheriff got a court order to de-stroy "a 20-year accumulation"of confiscate punchboards.

Salvaged from the thousandsof punchboards were such at-tached prizes as rings, tieclaspsand similar geegaws. "They'0all go into the Christmas giftprogram too," said Blackburn.

TALLAHASSEE —Some 60law enforcement oiflcers, in-cluding nine newly - electedsheriffs, attended a Law En-forcement Conference whichwas held here December 19-21by the Florida Sheriffs Bu-reau. Leon County Sheriff W.P. (Bill) Joyce was co-host.

The newly-elected sheriffs at-tending were: Allen B. Mitch-ell, Ft. Lauderdale, Bro wardCounty; William E. (Bill) Da-vis, Pensacola, Escambia Coun-ty; Barkley Gause, Marianna,Jackson County; Marvin E.Witt, Mayo, Lafayette County;Kenneth Cross, Bradenton,Manatee County; Martin Kel-lenber ger, West Palm Beach,Palm Beach County; MonroeBrannen, Bartow, Polk Coun-ty; Wade Cobb, Milton, SantaRosa County; and H. A. (Andy)Anderson, DeFuniak Springs,Walton County.

The concentrated three-daysession dealt primarily with"Law Enforcement Organiza-tion and Administration. "

Topics covered included:Sheriffs' Fiscal Records; JailOperation; Bail Bonds and Re-lated Problems; Vice Control;Jurisdiction of Federal andState enforcement agencies;Disaster and Rescue Work; sndScientific Crime Detection.

Officers attending the con-ference were fully briefed onthe operation of the SheriffsBureau and the many ways inwhich it can assist and coop-erate with local enforcementagencies.

A portion of the conferencewas devoted to scientific crimedetection and its relationship

to physics, chemistry and mi-croanaiysis.

Bureau Director Don McLeodofficially opened the conferenceand Gov. LeRoy Collins closedit with presentation of certif-icate to the men enrolled.

Sheriff's CulinarySkill Revealed

DADE CITY—Sheriff LeslieBessenger's prowess as a chefhas been a fairly well keptsecret.

But it came to light recentlywhen Bobby Hicks, Fishing andOutdoor Editor for the TampaTribune, had an opportunityto sample some venison cookedat a hunting camp by theSheriff.

In his sports page column,"Hook, Lyin' and Sinker, "Hicksdeclared that the venison was"out of this world. "

He also added that Bessen-ger's "salt pork over a fire ip-the woods is also good when h, ,hunter is slightly in need gffood."

Well Cleaned @»

ST. AUGUSTINI» Mrs. Ck L.Beiswenger hired professionalhouse cleaners to cloacal -herhouse. As they were complet-ing the job she discovered thatjewelry valued at-41,000 wasmissing. The jewelry was foundin the cleaning fir's truck andone of t& cleaning men, a19-year-old Negro, was held forinvestiga. .Ion of grand larceny.

If you have no place to go,yo|1 still need to be careful!

9 Newly-Elected Sheriffs Attend

3-Ihy Sheriffs Bureau Conference

JA'NUARY, I 961!

Jaycees Honoi'

.,~Sheriff Kelly

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C L E A R W A T E R —DadeCounty Sheriff Thomas J.Kelly was one of five men hon-ored by the Florida JuniorChamber of Commerce herelast month for "outstandingaccomplishments in the fiel ofgood government. "

The others who received thestate-wide awards were Hills-borough County Solicitor PaulB. Johnson; State AttorneyRichard E. Gerstein, of Miami;State Representative A. J.Ryan Jr., of Dania; and BayCounty School Supt. JamesEarl Cochran, of Panama City.

The award winners werenamed at a banquet highlight-ing the Jaycees' Fall Confer-ence, attended by some 500delegates.

This Isn't "Art"

Boyer DecidesSARASOTA —A routine

"shakedown" of cells at theSarasota County Jail uncov-ered a prisoner with a flair forsoap sculpture. But the artist' screation had to be confiscated—it was an excellent replica ofa Colt 45 pistol.

Sheriff Ross Boyer said thesoap-sculptured pistol was verylife-like and had it been col-ored black like a real pistolcould have fooled people atfirst glance.

The pistol was done in mi-nute detail and was complete,including a hole in the barrel,except for a trigger guard. Itapparently had been fashionedfrom little pieces of soap andsculpted together into the finalproduct.

To RodneyWith Love. . .

DELA5(D—The West Vo-lusia Press and Beverage(coffee) Club, a unique or-ganization in which allmembers are presidents,slipped Sheriff R o d n e yThursby a "Mickey. "

But, it was all in fun-the "Mickey" being theequivalent of a Hollywood"Oscar" given to the Sher-iff in recognition of his ex-cellent cooperation with thepress.

The award was presentedin the form of a toy, bat-tery-powered Sheriff's pa-trol car, complete with si-ren and red light.

Sheriff Thursday was alsomade an honorary memberof the Press Club. Othermembers are Sid Porter,Roy Mills, Helen Coble andLee Moore.

Smart DogsNEW SMYRNA BEACH—A

man dressed as a woman mightfool another man or woman-but not the keen nose of abloodhound.

A Volusia County prisoner-= who escaped from a road crew

disguised himself as a woman,-&us gg clothes stolen from a

clotlgsline. The female garbwas deceiving —but not to Sher-I .-Etodney Thursby's blood-tn(iunds. They easily spotted theescapee, who was put back intomen+ clothes (prison-style)and peturned to jail.

The Fe5r' ~o is only a parttime good drivef"may become afull time corpse.

The way to safe driving' isdown any highway. The'. flt(iveris what counts.

ST. AUGUSTINE —ACTION SHOT —This is a good action shot ofDeputy Sheriff Jackie Hugas, one of the first officers on the scenewhen a spectacular fire destroyed the main building at Casper's Alli-gator Farm. (Photo by Rupert Chastain. )

3II glemnliamThe following persons have

made contributions to the Flor-ida Sheriffs Boys Ranch Mem-orial Fund:

Mrs. William Becker andMiss Hettie Hunderimark, St.Petersburg; in memory ofJohn W. Landley.

Miss Hettie Hundertmark,St. Petersburg; in memory ofFred O. Hicks.

Mr. L. Alan Henriques,Clearwater; in memory ofJudge Bob Edgington.

Mr. snd Mrs. George A.Henriques, .Largo; in memoryof Judge Bob E(Igington.

Elizabeth P. Harper sndWilliam P. Harper, St. Pe-tersburg; in m e m o r y ofCharles H. Harper.

Dr. William W. Trice, Jr.,Tampa; in memory of Dr.Frank Chappell.

Dr. snd Mrs. Sidney Con-ger, Belleair, Mr. and Mrs.Ervin J. Dickey, Belleair, Mr.and Mrs. Charles E. Lacey,Belleair, Mrs. John W. La-Piee, Belleair, Mr. and Mrs.Max C. Greigg, Belleair, 1l6ssDorothy Stewart, Bellesir,Mrs. O. Palmer, Bellesir, Mr.snd Mrs. W. F. Agurt, Belle-air, and Mrs. Morris Jones,Belleair; in memory of JudgeRobert Esrle Edgington.

Mrs. Nina M. Prevstt,Ocsla; in memory of W. J.Prevatt.

Mr. and Mrs. Joseph B.Blsndford, Bellesir Estates;in memory of Robert E. Eug-ington.

Mrs. Dorothy M. Dohne,Toms River, New Jersey; inmemory of Lt. CommanderErnest H. Dohne.

Mrs. Edward W. Field,New York, N. Y.; in memoryof Rev. Joseph F. Cobb.

Judge and Mrg. John U.Bird, Clearwater; in memoryof Judge Robert' E, Edgington.

Mr. snd Mrs. C. J. Ellis,Tampa; in memory of Mrs.

Stanley Black.Mrs. Alice Rose nb sum,

Tampa snd Mr. R. WilliamApte, Miami; in memory ofMr. Day J. Apte.

Mrs. Charles -&; Johnson,Sarasota; in m e.m o r y ofCharles H. Johnson.

Mrs. Cora B. Brown, Jack-sonville; in memory of Mr. B.B. Brown.

Mr. Nelson Wallace, Dun-edin; in memory oi' Mrs. Ma-rie L. McDonald.

Mrs. Marie Lubinski, Riv-iera Beach; in memory ofBillie Brown.

Mr. Iro R. Lowery, Mari-snna; in memory of Mr. Ber-nard.The Memorial Fund will per-

petuate the memory of deceasedrelatives and friends by provid-ing the financing for a facilityof permanent significance suchas a Ranch chapel.

Send contributions to Mem-orial Fund, Florida SheriffsBoys Ranch, P. O. Box 649, LiveOak, Florida.

They should be accompaniedby:

(1) The name and address ofthe contributor.

(2) The full name of the per-son in whose memory the con-tribution is given.

(3) The name and address ofthe deceased person's next ofkin to whom notificatio of thegift is to be sent.

ALL CONTRIBUTIONS TOTHE BOYS RANCH ARE IN-COME TAX-DEDUCTIBLE.

DELAND —SUPER SNOOPERS —Yolusia County Sheriff Rodney Thursbyis proud of the three bloodhounds on his staff. Snooper, the one onthe left, made his first capture recently; and Princess (center) is aveteran with some 40 captures to her credit. Little Bit, the youngestaddition to the tracking corps, is still in training. (Photo courtesyDaytona Beach Morning Journal. )

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Florida Sheriffs Boys Ranch ''Tom Kelly, Administrator at rough in plumbircg for 2

kitchens and bathrooms forapartments

500 sq. ft. hard tile fqF messhall kitchen

rough in plumbing for diningroom-kitchen, dish washer, etc.

4 tri-vent louvres 12 ft. Iqng4 and 12 pitch

200 8xgx16 blocks for sef)tictank

300 bags mortar mix400 ft. drain tile50 37x50 Miami Awning Win-

dows 25 with right hand opera-tors R 25 with left+

25 mullion bars2 37t/sx38 Miami Awning

Windows4 steel interior frames —2 lefts

and 2 rights —2-Ox6-812 steel interior frames 6 lefty'—2-6x6-8 and 6 rights —2-6tso-82 right interior door frames

3—Ox6-83 right steel door frames for

8 inch masonart wall 3-Oxe-8 i4 flush interior doors 2-Oxo-012 flush interior doors 2-6'2 flush interior doors 3-Ox6Q3 exterior flush ls/4x3-Ox6-53 outside locks10 bedroom locks8 passage locks1,000 ft. /s inch reinforce-

ment steel1,000 ft. I f4 inch bed mould25 3~/sx3~/sxs/s angle iron 7 ft.

long20 sheets /4x4x8 interior ply-

wood for cabinets5 3'/2x3/sxs/s angle iron 4 ft.

long400 lineal ft of 2x2's40 Pr. 7s off-set cabinet

hinges40 door handles40 magnetic catches48 4-inch ceiling box for con-

duit48 wall boxes for ccinduit

2x3 ~/s

2 stove receptacles with pig-tail

2 electric hot water heaters30 gallons fo~aartments

1 large hot(pater heater fordining room-ki55hen

5,000 ft. full thick rock woolinsulation

5 boxes of 1,600 each mark-well s/s in+ ijsg staples

10 poun~No. 6 finish nails5 pounds No. , 3 finish nailsft. is square feet unless other-

wise indicated'All kinds of 4 inch cast iron

pipe and fitt' i'or 2 bath-rooms, 2 kite ns in apartmentsalso for kite n in dhting hall.

Formgr ManateeSheriff Dies

BRADENTON —Former Man-atee:County Sheriff James Per-vis Davidson died here Dec. 15.He served as Sherifl' here fromJanuary, 1929, to January, 1937,during the turbulent depressionyears.

A native of Statesville, N. C.,,"he came to this area in 1909. Atvarious times he was a farmer,a saMfer and an excavation androadbuilding contractor.

the Florida Sheriffs Bo y sRanch, has issued an appeal forbuilding materials and suppliesneeded for construction of aproposed new dining hall whichwill also house a kitchen wingand apartments for staff mem-bers.

Prospective donors are re-quested to get in touch withtheir local sheriff, or to con-tact Kelly at the Boys Ranch,located near Live Oak, Florida.

Here is a list of the neededitems:

1,200 ft. s/s reinforcementsteel

5,200 sq. ft. reinforcementwire 6x6-4 gage mesh

500 ft. /sx4 inch expansionjoint

5,000 ft. terrazzo s/4 inch thick28,000 common brick6,000 4x8x16 cement petition-

blocks2,100 wall lock lineal ft.5,000 ft. Celotex acoustical

tile 12x12 Twin Tex5,000 lineal ft. 1x4 No. 2Trusses same as other build-

ings65 squares thick butt shingles—Meadow Mist8,000 ft. 1x6 No. 2 V-joint-

or 8,000 ft. ~/4 inch plywood orsheeting

300 ft. No. 1 1x6 Novelty sid-ing

300 ft. t/s plywood exterior500 ft. 2x6500 ft. 2x4100 hurricane anchors —50

rights and 50 lefts34 rolls 30 pound saturated

felt800 lineal ft. lx8 C grade1,500 ft. 1x6 V-joint —C grade

or ~/s inch plywood for boxingrafters

1,400 lineal ft. lx2700 1't. s/4 cove mould350 ft. metal drip cap—4 inch

top and 2/4 inch face152 ft. metal drip cap 4-inch

top and 2V4 inch face with 4-12bend

200 sq. ft. hard tile for bath-room walls

2—5 ft. bath tubs —1 left and1 right

2 lavatories2 commodes1 large kitchen sink —3 com-

partment2 exhaust fans for bathrooms1 large exhaust fan for kitch-

en150 t/s-inch x6 inch anchor

bolts1 keg 7s roofing nails2 kegs 16 penny common nails2 kegs 20 inch valley metal10—12x12 flu lines300 8x8x16 cement blocks4 bedroom lights2 living room lights6 kitchen lights10 dining room lights4 storage lights4 hall lights2—32x21 double compartment

kitchen sink2 built-in ovens2 built-in cooking units2 refrigerators

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FT. LAUDERDALE —NEW RANCHERS —Three Broword County Broth-ers, Ronnie, 8; Albert, 10; and Tommy Williams, 9, were recentlyenrolled at the Florida Sheriffs Boys Ranch. They are pictured abovewith Deputy Sheriff Otto Hettesheimer who helped to process their'applications. Two sets of two brothers each had previously been ad-mitted, but this was the first group of three brothers.

Building Supplies Needed for

T H E S H E R I F'Fu/ S' T A R JANUARY, 1961

;SSINI PERSOHS '

mpiled by The Florida Sheriffs BureauDon McLeod —Director

ESTHER M. PARKER andNOQIIIA JEAN PARKER

White female, age 26, 5 feet, 5inches tall, weighs 150 pounds,brunette, brown eyes; joint ofring finger very large. HaswitI1 her a daughter, NormaJean Parker, white female, age9, 4 feet tall, weighing 60 to VO

pounds, dirty blond hair, hasrash on face. Any one knowingsubjects' whereabouts n ot i f ySheriff Blackburn, Tampa, Fla. ,

or the FlorbEa Sheriffs Bureau,Tallahassee, Florida.

MRS. LYALL (RUBY) WHITEWhite female, age 46, 5 feet, 6inches tall, weighs 130, whitehair, brown eyes. Subject istalented typist, takes short-hand. Has had experience asa dental assistant and has donewaitress work. Also understandsfactory mechanics. Very capa-ble, would have no difficultygetting employment. She dis-appeared from La Crosse, Wise. ,on November 2, 1960. Had beenvery depressed. Stated she wasgoing for a walk. No evidenceof foul play. Mr. and Mrs.White own a home in Zephyr-hills, Fla. Any one knowingsubject's whereabouts not i f yPD La Crosse, Wisconsin, orthe Florida Sheriffs Bureau,Tallahassee. Florida.

Everybody's BusinessLearning to walk is the business of babies.

But learning to walk safely is everybody's business!

During the first nine months of 1960 there were 165 pedestrians killed

-en Florida's highways. Some of these people were tipsy, some were physically

handicapped, but many of them were just plain careless.t--

Here are some tips that will help you to walk safely —and live longer.

CHARLES CANTERWhite male, age 23, 6 feet, 2inches tall, light brown hair,blue eyes ('very bad eyes). Heis without glasses and has dif-

'& ficulty getting around. Believed' to be a victim of amnesia. Left..& his home in Mayfield, Ky. ,

September 14, 1960. He wasraced to Dothan, Ala. , wheree stopped at the Salvation

Arsiliy, around the first of No-venlber. He stated then he wasgaits to Florida. If subject islocated c o-n t a c t authoritiesMayfleld, Ky. , the AlabamaHP, Montgomery, Ala. , or theFlorida Sheriffs Bureau, Talla-hassee, Flori

FREDDIE BAINWhite male, age 15, 5 'feet, 6inches tall, weighs 135 pounds,dark brown hair and eyes. Lastseen wearing brown trousers,brown jacket, blue shirt. Miss-ing since November 29, 1960.,

May be in Tampa, Carrabelle, 'Lake or Orange area. If l~notify PD Columbus, Ga/; orthe Florida Sheriffs Bureau,Tallahassee, Florida.

ARTHUR H. PNEUMAN, JR.White male, age 37, 6 feet tall,weighs 150 pounds, brown hair,prominently grey at temples.Was Captain in U.S. Air Forceduring last war for 12 years.He was a pilot and also taughtGerman to N.A.T.O. Officers inEngland after the war. He mayhave become involved in theC u b a n Revolution. Subject'swife is a graduate nurse andlives in Los Angeles, Calif. Hewas last seen in May 1960, atwhich time he left home with-out personal belongings, seek-ing w o r k. Any one havingknowledge of subject's where-abouts notii'y Sheriff Davis, St.Augustine, Fla., or the FloridaSheriffs Bureau, Tallahassee,Florida.

GEORGIA CAROLDONALDSON

White female, age 16, 5 feet, 5inches tall, weighs 115 pounds,black hair, blue-green eyes.Last known to be wearing greencar coat and red dress. Wasseen in Chipley, Fla. , night of12-16-60 carrying black hand-ba and brown overnight bag.W4.@ccompanied by white fe-male, age 16, and by a whitenuge, nE description. May have@ee n wnroute New Orleans,Jacksonville, or Pennsylvania.If located notify Sheriff Joyce,

a,llahassee, Florida, or the,iorida Sheriffs Bureau, Talla-

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LOOK IN ALL DIRECTIONS

When yau prepare ta cross abusy downtown street, do yaulook hurriedly in both direc-tions —right and left —andthen step confidently aff thecurb? lf so, yau are gamblingwith your life, warns

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theAmerican Automobile Asso-ciation.

A check with accident stat-istics will show that it is natenough ta look both waysbefore crossing. The wisepedestrian looks in all direc-tions ta determine whether acar is approaching from thestreet behind him in prepara-tion for a turn. Each year,hundreds of pedestrians arestruck doWn in traffic simplybecause they failed to checkon turning cars. Don't be oneof them. Look in all directionsbefore yau step into thestreet.

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CHARLES GUSTAS VATESWhite male. date and place ofbirth 11-19-28, Chicago, Ill. , 6feet, 1 inch tall, weighs 162pounds, sandy brown hair, blueeyes; tattoo upper left arm ofa rose with word "MOTHER"by it. FBI +404 300 B. SPf62325. PPC: I/I, 31/32, W/W,

SIDNEY JAMES HEARDWhite male, date of birth 10-9-42, weighs 170 pounds, brownhair, blue eyes. Subject wassentenced to 25 years in Rai-ford. He was released fromCitrus County jail to HolmesCounty S.O. where he escaped

FRANCIS WM. SCHISSLERWhite male, age 30, 5 feet, 9i/2inches tall, weighs 149 pounds,dark brown hair —balding, ha-zel eyes, teeth poor —lowerfront missing. Occupation: Air-craft mechanic. PBI +974 825C. PPC: 16, 0/M, 9/17, U/U,OOM/OOO, 22. SP g 66852.

WM. RO «BROWNE, JR.White male, da e Qf birth 5-3-31, 5 feet, 9 inches '

ll, weighs145 pounds, blond aiI., blueeyes. Occupation: Sh rt ordqrcook. Formerly resided 9/2 S.Rio Vista Blvd. and 610 FI.E.7 St., Fort Lauderdale, Fia. ,

IIO/MII, final 21 lower. Vatesand a n o t h e r prisoner heldguard at gun point, took threepistols and escaped from DeepLake Prison Camp, C o 1 lie rCounty, 12-19-60. $25 reward.If apprehended notify SheriffHendry, Everglades, Fla. , theFlorida Sheriffs Bureau, Talla-hassee, Florida, or SP Raiford.

ROBERT RYANWhite male, date of birth 9-12-24, 5 feet, 11 inches tall, weighs166 pounds, dark hair, blueeyes. Tattoo of dagger andword "SIS"upper left arm. FBIg2 871 642. PPC: 15, 0/I,29/18, W/U, MOM/OOI, 17.Wife lives in St. Petersburg,

Fla. Ryan, with another pris-oner, held guard at gun point,took 3 pistols, escaped fromDeep Lake Prison Camp, Col-lier County, 12-19-60. $25.00 re-ward. If apprehended notifySheriff H e n d r y, Everglades,Fla. , SP Raiford, or the FloridaSheriffs Bureau, Tallahassee,Florida.

~"!tW",„12-17-60. He is wanted inThomas County, Ca. , DupageCounty, Illinois. The U.S. Mar-shal's office also has a detain-er on him. If apprehended no-tify Sheriff Andrews, Bonifay,Fla. , SP Raiford, or the FloridaSheriffs Bureau, Tallahassee,Florida.

Wanted for escape from SRDPrison +5754, Floral City, 11-28-60, where he was servingterm for firs degree murderfrom Dade County. $25.00 re-ward. If apprehended notifySP Raiford, or the FloridaSherifFs Bureau, Tallahassee,Florida.

VITO LAURENCE CESTAROAlso known as Chester L. Ford,white male, date oi' birth 10-22-96, in Italy, 5 feet, 4 inchestall, weighs 115 pounds, darkbrown hair, brown eyes. FBIf748752. His usual occupationis that of a carnival worker.Last known to be driving 1958Buick Riviera with ConnecticutLicense f117364. He is usuallyaccompanied by his wife Lil-lian, and they generally usethe name FORD. Subject or-dered deported on 2-18-60 butbefore his deportation could beeffected he absconded. Has sev-eral narcotics convictions uponwhich deportation order wasbased. In addition he has beenconvicted for theft and for op-erating a gaming house. If ap-prehended notify U.S. Depart-ment of Justice, Immigrationand Naturalization S e r v i c e,Miami, Pla. , or the FloridaSheriffs Bureau, Tallahassee,Florida.

and may be in that area. Fel-ony warrant issued, chargeAbandonment of his 3 children.If located arrest as Fugitivefrom Justice. Will extradite ifnecessary. Notify Sheriff Close,Poughkeepsie, N.Y., or the Flor-ida SherifFs Bureau, Tallahas-see, Florida.

DAVID LEE SHANNONAlias "CAT," "CATMAN, " col-ored male, date and place ofbirth 3-28-40, Natchez, Miss. ,6 feet 1 inch tall, weighs 182pounds, black hair, brown eyes,black complexion, walks ontoes, is left handed. FBI f503408D. PPC: 6, 0/M, 15/18, U/U,IIM/III, 16. Wanted on chargeof Escape. Was serving sentencefor unarmed robbery. If appre-hended notify Police Dept. ,Dade City, Fla. , or the FloridaSheriffs Bureau, Tallahassee,Florida.

Expensive BirdCRESTVIEW —A 20 - cent

package of parakeet seed for, -

$25 is no bargain.Okaloosa County Dep!uty

Sheriff Martel McCollghr re-ported the arrest of %' lealman, with $7 cash in his pocket,for stealing 20 cents worth ofthe bird seed in a grocery storThe judge's sentence: $2530 days.

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ERNEST BLUE 16. SP +64418. Wanted for es-.Colored male, age 3p, l 5 feet, cape from SRD Prison 4755,11i/2 inches tall, weighs 1.53 H o m e s t e a d, Fla., 11-28-60,pounds black hair, dark brown to 5 years for Larceny of Auto,

where he was serving 6 monthseyes, Rood teeth~~om from Volusia County $25.pp re-Plexion. Scar high center of ward. If apprehended notifyforehead, numerous cut scars Sp Rafford, or the Floridaon both arms. FBI +209 638A Sheriffs Bureau, Tallahassee,FPC:13, 0/1, 21/17, W/U, a/a, Fla.

ST. PETERSBURG—St. Pe-itersburg Junior College is esltablishing a new Police Admincistration and Public Safety De;..partment with former PqliceChief Ronald A. LaCouture~fMackinac Island State Park,Michigan as its head

Chief LaCouture is a gradu-'--.ate of Wilmington Junior Col-lege in North Carolina, wherehe received an Associate of,Arts degree in Pre-Law. Heiisalso a graduate of MichiganState University where he re-ceived a Bachelor of Sciencedegree in Police Adspjnjstrationfrom the School of Police Ad-ministration and Public Safety.He is also well kno~ in policecircles about the country asan authority on police publicrelations. t

The new course will offerthe Associate of Arts degree.According to Dr. Bennett, ChiefLaCouture will begin immedi-ately to develop a curriculumso that classes may begin inthe Fall of 1961.

Also planned are special shortcourses for the working policeofflcer and for officers in thesecurity fields. These would in-clude one day seminars for po-lice chiefs, longer in-serviceprograms for police commandpersonnel, and extensive offer-ings in the areas of criminal-istics, criminal investigation,pohce administration; pubfierelations, interrogations, de-"fensive tactics, trafflc law en-forcement, homicide investiga-tions, the investigation OIIfraudulent checks, criminal lawpsychology and many otheFphases of law enforcementwork.

Special short courses in re-tail, government, airline, rail-road, hotel and industrial s~curity are also being consid-ered.

Prior to becoming a PoliceChief in Michigan, ChairmanLaCouture was a municipal po-lice offlcer in Framingham,Massachusetts, and was asso-ciated with the security divi- ~

sion of General Motors Corpo-ration. He is the author ofseveral articles on police meth-ods and of a forthcoming book:entitled POLICING A RESORTCOMMUNITY.

He is a member of the Arfler-ican Society oi' Crimin@ogythe American Society» for theAdvancement of Management,the American Judiciature So-ciety, the NatioIial Police Of-ficer Associa', Mn "of Americaand others.

Chief LaCout~. is also amember of the Public RelationsCommittee of th~ternationalAssociation of Qpiefs of Police.

Unmarkecf CarsAre Suggested

MIAMI — e use of un-marked cars or law enforce-ment ha n recolttmendedin Dade ounty.

Metro's 13 judges recom-mended hat the unmarkedcars be 'Gsed on a large scaleto patrol the highways.

"There can be no greater de-terrent to traffic law violatorsthan the feeling that a law en-forcement officer may be in thecar behind, " the judges said.

—''The press tells about a man«ho hit a tree in the SaharaDeserts It was the only one in1,000 miles. My gracious, somefolks do take chances.

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Jail Forum

Briugs Praiselo Duve Starr

ORLAk30 —R. K. Austin,president of the National JailAssociation, praised OrangeCounty Sheriff Dave Starr forhis work with young people.

Attending a Regional JailFbrum here last month, Austinsaid: "If there were more menlike Sheriff Starr, jails wouldbe out of business. "

Sheriff Starr was also praisedfor the modern and eificientmanner in which he operatesthe Orange County Jail.

Florida's Attorney Ceneral,Richard W. Ervin, told the JailForum that the first purpose ofa jail is to punish a persougforbreaking the law.

"The second, " he said, "isfor protection —not only to pro-ject the public from him (theprisoner), but also to protecthim from the public.

"Third is the rehabilitation&f a person so that he canagain become a useful memberof our society. This I believe isthe most important purposeand the goal of every law en-forcement agency. "- T. A. Early, chaplain of theNational Jail Association, saidthat the primary function of ajail chaplain is to give the pris-oner a sense of self respect.

"If he gains this self respect, "Early said, "it is easier to helphim to rehabilitate himself.

"A full-time chaplain is amust for every prison and oneshould be available on a part-time basis for a county jail.Along with the chaplain, theprison should have a chapelwhere a man can go and talkwith his God."

Boyur Solves

Four FeloniesSARASOT~t was one of

those "red Tetter" days forSheriff Rays E. Boyer.

His de~ment arrestedeight Negroesr ~o December 10and solved three ~rglaries andan attempted armetl robbery.

Sherlff Boyer credited hisdeputies with, tireless work,night and day, in solving thestring of cases

Loot recovered i'ollowing thearrests ~eluded five pistols,two rifl&', one shoed(up, a knife,a box of .22 caligr bullets,other ammunition, a) transistorradio and some clothing.

Some one said the car of to-day is four times as exciting asthe benzine chariot grandpawdrove. That it is, buddy! Andit's forty times more deadly.

Yes, Martha, there is s(unegood to the saying that it's bet-ter to know where you're'goingthan to know where you' vebeen.

AYOH PARK—HEW SHERIFFS—These newly-elected sheriffs werepart of a group of 44 law enforcement officers who attended aschool conducted here last month by W. R. England, special consultantfor the Florida Sheriffs Association. They are (from left, front row)H. A. (Andy) Anderson, Walton County; Marvin Witt, LafayetteCounty; Monroe Brannen, Polk County; (back row) Earl Dyess, HendryCounty; Ken Gross, Manatee County; and Doug Willis, Marion County.(Photo courtesy the Avon Park Sun. )

Audit ReportsFavorable forlbree Sberiffs

Generally favorable reportswere issued by State AuditorBryan Willis following audits ofthe accounts and records ofLevy County Sheriff J. W.Turner; Calhoun County Sher-ifl' W. C. Reeder and UnionCounty Sheriff John White-head.

The audit report on SheriffTurner's office covered the pe-riod from July 1, 1958, to May31, 1960. It stated that budgetswere well prepared and ad-hered to; and that unexpendedappropriations were refundedto the county.

Classificatio of expenditureswas accurate and proper retire-ment deductions were made forall eligible employees.

Sheriff Reeder's records wereaudited for the period fromJuly 1, 1958, to June 30, 1960,and the auditor described themas "generally well kept. " Theinternal control of cash collec-tions was adequate; expendi-tures were properly supportedby voucher s and cancelledchecks; and surplus funds wereproperly refunded to the county.

Sheriff Whitehead's recordswere audited for the periodfrom May 1, 1958, to May 31,1960. The auditor said opera-tions under the budget weregenerally well managed; allcollections of record were ac-c0tmted for; and the recordsshowed improvement over thosekept, ih the prior audit period.

budgets were properly pre-pared, amended and followed,the report said.

The easiest time to be care-1 is before the crash.

Anyone WantBloodhound?

Looking for a good regis-tered bloodhound 7

Sheriff Dave Starr, of Or-lando, recently notified theSTAR that Capt. N. H. Pitts,who is in charge of theOrange County Prison Farm,has four 5-month-old reg-istered bloodhounds for sale,but he will only sell themto a regularly constitutedlaw enforcement agency.

They are trained to runand track now.

Capt. Pitts' address isRoute 7, Box 36, Orlando,Florida.

Sberiff Wins

Damage SuitMONTICELLO —A circuit

court returned a verdict in fa-vor of Sheriff J.B.Thomas, thedefendant in a civil suit grow-ing out of the fatal shootingof a Negro man.

Louvenia Williams filed thesuit against the Sheriff seek-ing 810,000 in damages follow-ing the slaying of her son, O.Z. Williams, which occurrednorth of Monticello, December27, 1957.

Sheriff Thomas said he andDeputy Hinely Tuten went toinvestigate a wrecked car andas they approached two menwho were in the car started torun away.

When the men failed to haltthe officers fired, but the menescaped. The officers did notknow, until Williams' body wasfound next day, that he hadbeen hit.

LLAHASSEE—SHERIFFS BUREAU SCHOOL—This group of law enforcement officers, including nine

.xwly-elected Sheriffs, attended a special school on police work and sheriff's department procedures whichFlorida Sheriffs Bureau held here in December. (Official Florida Sheriffs Bureau photo. )

PANAMA CITY —An inad-vertently dropped sales con-tract from far-os Maine, pluscrack police work here and aliberal dash of cooperation byMaine authorities, have com-bined to place a pair of con-victs from that state behindbars charged with two crimes,including armed robbery.

Bay County Sheriff M. J.Daffin praised the work of hischief investigator, Floyd D.Nixon, and special investigatorGerald Bass, and Maine au-thorities in the case, as he re-ported its details.

The two ex-convicts, Rich-ard St. Clair Wellington andOwen D. Crawford, are both injail here. Both have long crim-inal records and have admittedthe two crimes they committedin this jurisdiction, Daffinstated.

Ironically enough, it was aminor offense —sleeping on pri-vate property —that led to theirapprehension. They were ar-rested by Tampa police and arun-down on them soon re-vealed they were wanted here.

"Thanks to fine work hereand cooperation from Maineauthorities we knew exactlywho we were looking for withina day or two after the armedrobbery, " Daffin stated. "It wasjust a matter of waiting untilthey were picked up on ourall-points bulletin. "

SheriiT Daffin recounted thesedetails in the case:

On October 30th an out-of-county worker parked his truckin a wooded area 100 yards offa highway west of here andjoined a car pool going to work.

He returned late in the dayto find the four tires on thetruck had been riddled with ahigh powered rifle.

Investigator Bass took plas-ter casts of tire markings andfoot prints at the scene. Healso found a sheaf of out-of-state newspapers and a salescontract for the purchase of a30-06 rifle issued to one Rich-ard Wellington by a Randolph,Maine, hardware and sportinggoods store.

In the early evening of thesame day, county authoritiesinvestigated an armed robberyin which two roughly-dressedmen forced their way into alocal house and, after terroriz-ing a man 'and his wife andthreatening to kill them in theynotified police, fled with a smallamount of cash.

Here again, Bass made plas-ter casts of tire markings "andfootprints and they were iden-tical with the casts made earlierin the day. So officers knewthat the people who had riddledthe tires on the truck were thesame ones who staged the hold-Up.

On the basis of the gun con-tract, the local investigationthen swung to Maine and In-vestigator Nixon recalled thathe had attended the FBI Acad-emy with Parker Hennessey,assistant chief of the MaineState Police.

Hennessey was contacted bytelephone for a rundown onWellington and he and Detec-tive Sgt. Millard Nickerson pro-vided information that Well-ington was an ex-convict, thathe had not been seen aroundhis usual haunts for weeks andthat he was believed to be inthe company of Crawford, whowas also unreported in Maine.

A following mail broughtcriminal records and mug shotsof both men and they werereadily identified by the vic-tims of the holdup.

Read This, ThenGo on the Wagon

ORLANDO —Let this be a les-son to you, moonshine drinkers.

Sheriff Dave Starr reportedfour people became ill frommoonshine poisoning here, andone of them, a 47-year-old man,died.

Maine authorities also toldSheriff Daffln that the twomen were traveling in a 1955station wagon owned by Well-ington and gave local authori-ties its license number.

Local warrants and fugitivewarrants were issued and theall-points bulletin was sent out.Within a few days both menwere in custody.

They admitted they pulledboth crimes here and told offi-cers they had sold Wellington' sstation wagon in St. Petersburg.After returning here they di-rected officers to an area wherethey tow out several gunsthey said they had stolen inout-of-state robberies.

"I can't praise Maine author-ities too highly for their as-sistance in this case," SheriffDaffin stated. "That sales con-tract was the clue that led toclosing the books on this case."

Investigator Nixon statedthat Maine authorities were be-ing furnished with descriptionsand serial numbers of therifies and guns which the twomen said they stole from ahouse in Litchfield, Maine.

Wellington and Crawl'ordwere scheduled for early trialin Circuit Court.

Assistance iu

Burglary CasesDraws Praise

CRESTVIEW —0 k a 1 o os aCounty Sheriff Ray Wilsonjoined with Covington CountyAlabama authorities in praisingthe Polk County Sherlff's De-partment for "the overwhelm-ing effort put forth in the ap-prehension of" three menwanted for breaking and enter-ing in this area and in Ala-bama.

He identified the men asMitchell Young, Jack Richardsand William Hosea Richards.

Shertff Wfison said he talkedto the Polk County Departmentabout the wanted men, and "Idetermined immediately that(the). . . entire force wentinto actions of surveillance forthe arrest of these subjects. "

He said in the past "we havereceived great cooperation fromdepartments throughout theUnited States. However, thiswas the greatest one effort putforth in our behalf. "

Plans Outlined

For Juvenile

Detention lluitCLEARWATER —Sheriff Don

Genung outlined plans for anew juvenile detention facilitydesigned to house 48 young-sters under trained around-the-clock supervision.

The detention facility will bepart of a proposed new addi-tion to the Pinellas County jail.

Genung said facilities will beprovided for recreation such asvolley ball, basketball and othergames, so that problem chil-dren can have a means ofworking off excess energy andgetting healthful exercise.

Arrangements have beenmade for young people to con-tinue their school studies ~lethey are detained, and~vi-sion will also be made for re-ligious services.

Last year there were 905juveniles detaine~ the countyjail from 2 tq'f4 days whiletheir cases wit@. being handledin juverdlq. court.

school bus, be sure you can stopas fast and as unexpectedly asthat driver can fling out hisSMP flag.