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Tristees of Boys Ranch

Extensive Survey/

Arl'. extettz1ve' survey of Father).:Fianagtrn*s famous Boys' TownI,=n~~sty~ieats':in- aesszral. "sta~:is being planned as oneof 'the nezt inoves in the devel-

' opment of the Florida Sheriffs,' Boys Ranch.

Tetr survey will be made inI peiz0n by the ranch trustees', and a tenta~dve It~y is[ being arranged.

. Trustee Chairman John M., Spottswoad, ~sheriff of Monroe,

' County, se,id every effort will bemade to get- s, background ofpractical knowledge regardingthe coristruction and operation

' of child care homes, so that thebest possible facilities and. staff

'', personnel chn be provided for' the Sheriffs' project.The ranch, sponsored by the'

Plorida. Sheriffs Associationand supported by the dues of

honorary. members, will pro-de:-: a. permanent home fororthy and 'needy boys.

' It will be lochted on a 722-re site on the Suwanneeiver, 11 miles north of Live

- ak.Acquisition of t h e site,

through the signing of deeds,was completed Oct. . 18. A total

'rof 100 acres was donated byThomas Musgrove of Live Oak

d the Live Oak Elks Club.he balance was purchased for

' approximately $30,000.Although considerable archi-

tectural and engineering plan-ing must be completed beforeactual ' construction of ranchfacilities can be started, thetrustees expect to go aheadwith site preparation worksuch as road building and landclearing.

This work will be under thesupervizion of a Live Oak steer-ing committee which includesSuwannee County Sheriff HughLe w i s, ' chairlnan; RudolphScott, - C ence Ratliff, OttoWettste:IJ. L. ,McMullen,Thomas @ver~e Mc@-

:la~yor Mhrvtft) Phillipsand 5Rgman Prostman.

Jsheritfs Associatioh officialsd the'beginning of construc-

bn of ranch facilities will de-nd upon the funds available

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ter prexy planning sur-.eys are completed.

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'Reveriue will corke. from. :.tworimary sources:, (1) the mem-

bership fees of the Association'sHonorary Members, payable inJanuary. for 1058; and (2) di-rect donations to the FloridaSheriffs BOys Ranch TrustFund.

The ranch is not beingplanned as a penal institution.

Instead it will be a haven forboys from broken homes, home-less boys, neglected boys, who,because of their environment,are in danger of becoming ju-venile delinquents.

In a companion project de-signed to help boys who havealready been adjudged juve-nile delinquents by Florida'sCourts, the Sheriffs Associationis providing scholarships foroutstanding students releasedfrom the Florida IndustrialSchool at Marianna to attendcolleges and technical schools.

Two boys are currently at-tending a university and one isenrolled in a technical schoolunder the scholarship program.

RANCH DIRECTOR—HillsboroughCounty Sheriff Ed Blackburn, Jr.was appointed executive dlroctorof the Florida Sheriffs Boys R'anchby the ranch trustees. His dutieswill consist of raising funds andcoordinating the various phases ofthe ranch project.

Telephone PagingTrips Check Passer

GAINES VILE—The AlachuaCounty sheriff's office learnedthat a man wanted for pass-ing a worthless check was eat-ing in a restaurant, but theproblem was to identify him.

So Deputies Harry Layfieldand Henry Parker kept an eyeon the customers while anotherofficer Phoned the restaurantand asked to have James H.McIntosh paged.

When McIntosh heard hisname called he flinched, andthe deputies moved in to nabhim. He was later fined in Ala-chua County court and held forHillsborough County authoritieson additional worthless checkcharges.

Total Loss-CHRISTMAS —A thief who

made an unsuccessful attemptto burglarize a service stationtook off in such a hurry that heleft his shoes behind, accordingto Orange County Sheriff DaveStarr.

"Highway Zoo"Contest Winners

Here are the winners ofthe "Highway Zoo" Contestwhich appeared in the Octo-ber issue of the Star: Fast Changer Makes

$)0 On Cup of JavaFirst Prize ($50) —JoeKnight, Cedar Key.

Second Prize ($35)—Ger-ald Thompson, Plant City.

Third Prize ($15~M)jtrieQoth Kuhn, Palmito.

Hezh~~th()st —(Sor-ry, no prizes)=Cirolyn Wil-son of Trenton and Mar-.garet Spangler of Tampa.

Identical cash prizes arebeing offered in the No-vember contest on page 3.

PENSACOLA —The EscambiaCounty sheriff's department re-ported a "quick change artist"is operating in this area.

Described as about 55 anddressed, he cheated a res-

ant cashier out of $10.st he paid for a cup of cof-

fee a $20 l. Then afterhe got he decided;to pay for' the. ,smaller bilL .After a series ofconfusing money exchanges hewalked away and the cashierlater discovered the cash draw-er had been depleted to the ex-tent, of $10.

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,- LIVE'OAK —TRUSTEES ORGANIZE —The trustees of the Florida Sherlffs Boys Ranch held their organl-

z4Hon meeting hare Oct. 18. They are (from left): Florida Sheriffs Association Attorney John A. Madigan,' .Jr.; Suwannoo County Sheriff Hugh Lewis; Florida Sheriffs Bureau Director Don McLeod, secretary; ClayCounty Sheriff John P. Hall, treasurer; Monroe County Sheriff John M. Spottswoad, chairman; TaylorSheriff Maurlco Llnton; Harden Sheriff E. Odell Carlton; Polk Sheriff Hogan Parrish; Escambia SheriffEminett Shelby; ond Plnellas Sheriff Sld M. Saunders. (Photo by Mims Studio)

Sheriffs Speedily Nab

entered the First State Bank24, stole over $26,000 at gunpairplane amid a hail of, bullets

Some 25 hours later, IrvinThompson were under arresttified as the bandits; Suits hahad been recovered and allexcept $67.

Xn the annals of crime, thisease will be remembered be-cause of the unique airbornegetaway —believed to be thefirst of its kind in Florida.

Among lawmen it will alsostand as a prime example ofcooperative law enforcement-of Sheriffs working together tomatch the fast-moving pace ofmodern criminals.

The wrapping up of the air-borne bank robbery case com-bined the talents of Hillsbor-ough County Sheriff Ed Black-burn Jr., Polk Sheriff HaganParrish, Lee Sheriff FlandersG. Thompson, Florida SheriffsBureau Director Don McLeodand a large number of traineddeputies.

The Tampa City Police andFBI agents also cooperated inthe swiftly unfolding case.

Modern radio communica-tions, patrol cars, bloodhounds,a Coast Guard helicopter anda chartered boat were used in.the widespread investigation.

Officers reconstructed therobbery this way: Thompsonand Suits flew to Winter Havenin a borrowed Cessna airplane,stole an Aeronca there and flewboth planes to Plant City.

They left the Cessna at PlantCity and flew to Fort Meadein the Aeronca. Then, usingConstable Harry Codwin as ahostage, they entered the bank,ordered employes to fill a pil-lowcase with money, sluggedcashier Morris I unn, sped awayin Godwin's car, and drove tothe air strip.

Police Chief Glenn Baggettand Perry Johnson who hadgiven chase, fired at them asthey took off in the stolenAeronca. Bullet holes were laterfound in the plane.

They landed the Aeronca atPlant City, abandoned it and

of Fort Meade at 1 p.m. , Oct.oint and took off in a stolen

Suits and Donald J. "Buand had been positively ided confessed; the stolen monof it had been accounted fo

took off in the Cessna.When the Aeronca w s

found, officers were notdiately aware of the planeswitch, and started a largescale manhunt in the vicinityof the airport, . I

Meanwhile Sheriffs Black-burn and Parrish received a tip:-'that led them to believe tlat'a borrowed Cessna piloted byThompson might be, involved.

When a physical description ofThompson tallied with the de-scription of one of the bandits;.

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Brings PraiseST. PETERSBURG— di-

torial in the St. Pete urgIndependent praised eliasCounty Sheriff Sid' aundersfor a "sincere new roach tothe problem of juv ile delin-quency. "

It said that Saund, '

in urg-ing the formation JuniorDeputy Sheriff, aguesthroughout the state:betokensthe growing applica n of re-sponsible officials" the solu-tion of the proble

Saunders had po' d out tothe press that juve delin-qency is a produc .'.of ruralareas as well as citi

And he had expl d thatlack of recreation pr ams inrural areas had plac . a' heavyresponsibility upo eriffs totry to keep yo pie out oftrouble.

They can asS5me this repon-sibility, he ad~' formingcounty-wide J ti n i f) r Deputyunits to instill'. respect for lawenforcement ofsieers and teachtoday's youth to. be law abidingcitizens.

"If each sherif in the statecould save one bey or 'girl froma life of criminal activity andshame, " he ~,-. ~"our, effortswould be weil rewarded. "

'SPEAKER)r lb~, 'O. Cufv~. directorof the State Department of Correc-.tions, has acceptod an invttatlonto speak at the opening session ofthe Florida Sheriffs Association'sMid-Winter -Conference, whichwill be held in the Ponce do LoonHotel, St. Augustine, January 23and 24.

Ohio Sh&Rs PickSpottswoogl asFeature/. ..Speaker

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KEY~—Monroe. Coun-ty Sh&fff Jo5n M. Spottswood,SlresidetSt' of the Florida Sheriffssociation, has accepted aninvitation to address the 27th''Annual Conveption of theBuckeye State Sheriffs Asso-ciation, at, Columbus, .Ohio. '

He will be the featuredspeaker at a convention bILn-quet scheduled for Dec. 4. I

Airborne Bank Bandits„.time through the teamwork of three sheriffs and the FloriSheriffs Bureau.

The two masked bandits, later identified as Tampa Qiers

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THE S RIFFS STARPnhiinhod For 2nd D dionfnd To the AdvonnnfIonf of

Good Law nfiNiee+nt In FiosIiiy" IIy

THE FLORIDA SHERIFFS ASOCIATIOihi

At 'laiiaitassee, Fin.

EDITORIAL BOARDgrdce County Sheriff E. OdiIII Carlton Wauchulaloy County Sheriff John P. IHall Green Cove Springs

Florida Sheriffs Bureau DireIItor Don McLeod TallahasseeMonroe County Sheriff John Spottswood Key West

EDITORrl Stouffer ~ Field Secretary

Florida Sheriffs Association

Wanted'The Sheriff's Star wants

news items and picturesfrom Sheriff's Departments

, nd other law enforcementagencies all over the state.

Please address all contri-butions to Editor, The Sher-

f's Star, Box 344, TaQahas-

rtia's FirstSheriff Dies

$6JART —Berton Hamilton(Bert) Babcock, 73, first sherifof Martin County, died at hishome here Sept. 29.

A onetime blacksmith, he was. , also known as Stuart's first fire

ch' and was credited withg the city's first fire

truck f cenver ted auto.ve of Denver, Colo. , he

here in 1912 and later. gerated a sheet metal shopan uto dealership.

en Martin County wasc ated in 1925, he was ap-p . nted sheriff by Gov. John W.

tin and served for twoye

' . He was succeeded bySh f Marion McGee.

She FavorsFixin Old Jail

MAC NNY —Baker Coun-ty Sher Ed Yarborough rec-ommen d that the countycommi n renovate the pres-ent co jail rather than re-place it th a new one.

He said'- e believed it couldbe improvkd to meet state re-quirementil at a cost of about$5,000, 05mpared to an esti-mated c+of $75,000 for a newjail.

The il was constructedabout 2 years ago with WPAfunds, b, the sheriff said it isstill so e said plumbingwhich was c@ed by a stateinspector had been repaired.

An antiquated. heating sys-tem was also criticized by theinspector and the county com-missioners voted to improve itin order to provide adequateheat.

Jail Destination

Of 100 Teen-AgersPI'. LAUDERDALE —A plan

was devised here to fight delin-quency by taking some 100teen-agers to the county jail.

But there was no intent tolock them up.

They were members of theLake Forest Teen Club and theidea was to give them a tourof the jail so they could see hewthe "criminal element" lives.

Capt. Frank Ridenour of theBroward County Sheriff's De-partment was asked to conductthe tour.

Search ProducesSurprise Results

HOLLYWOOD —Police gotsome unexpected results intheir efforts to identify theskeleton of a woman found ina fiel.

Although the skeleton's iden-tity remained unknown, theyfound five other women whohad been listed as missing. Theywere found in Ohio, New Jersey,Georgia, New York and Florida.

Lethal BedfellowST. AUGUSTINE —A gun

does not make a good bedfellow.That's what an Elkton wom-

an discovered when she and herhusband went to bed with apistol under a pillow. Duringthe night it was accidentallydischarged and she was shot inthe chest.

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Grid TrainingComes in Handy

PANAMA CITY—The grid-iron training of Deputy SheriffLavelle Pitts cime in handywhen a man wanted for passinga worthless check tried to makea getaway on foot.

A former junior college foot-ball star, Pitts tackled the fugi-tive after a two-block chase inspite of the facs that. he l.eda metal door slammed in hisface and took a rpfll on a con-crete driveway.

Sheriff M. J. "Doc" Daffin,who witnessed -the chase, com-plimented the deputy for hisfleet-footed capture.

GEORGE H. DRUMMOND

White male, age 73, 5 feet 6inches, weighs 145 pounds, greyhair, hazel eyes. Subject disap-peared from Neptune Beach,Jacksonville, Pla. , in the daytime of 6-28-57, and has notbeen seen or heard from since.Any information that wouldlead to his whereabouts or thatwould help his family locatehim advise. Liberal reward of»fered by his family for informa-tion responsible for his location.Notify Sheriff, Jefferson Coun-ty, Birmingham, Ala. , PhoneNo. FA-4-5638 or Florida Sher-iffs Bureau, Tallahassee, Flor-ida.

Entered ss Seoond Class Mall MIhtter st Tallahassee, Florida. Pnbllshed monthlyby the Florida Sherllls dssoetsttftn, P. O. Boa $44, Tallahassee, Florida. Ssbserlp-4ton rate SLEO per year.

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From The Files of The Florida Sheriffs Bureau

Paper leuiis

Ranch IiieeOCALA —An editorial in the

Ocala Star Banner predicts thatthe Florida Sheriffs Bo y sRanch will help to combat ju-venile delinquency.

The editorial said if thestate's sheriffs establish theranch and open it to needy andworthy boys who do not havea good home environment, "theobjective they have in mind, areduction of the growing inci-dence of juvenile delinquency,will be achieved. "

The editorial also added that:"It goes without saying that ifthe boys ranch is successfullyestablished, there will be nolack of financia support fromhonorary members of the (Flor-ida Sheriffs) Association andothers. "

The ranch will be built on theSuwannee River, near Live Oak,as a permanent home for wor-thy and needy boys. It will besupported by the dues of theFlorida Sheriffs Association'sHonorary Members. Direct con-tributions will also be made toa ranch trust fund.

Courting's O.K.But Not in Court

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WILLIAM OMAND BOWER

White male, age 63, 5 feet 10inches, weight 170-180 pounds,medium build, black-greyinghair, thin on top, blue eyes, me-dium complexion. Noticeablystoop-shouldered. Has curvedscar left side of forehead to leftear, small scar back of neck,scar on back left index finger,scar tip of right thumb. Tat-toos include word "GLENN" onright shoulder, "SAVILLA NEL-SON, " "WILLIAM BOWEN, "cross with words "YOURS UN-TIL DEATH, " wreath of roses,eagle and shield on right fore-arm, initial "W" left forearm.His left forearm deformed anduse restricted. Left eye report-edly defective, may wear glasses.Wears dentures. May carry acane. His occupation is: Car-penter, cook, interior decorator,laborer, painter, railroad work-er, shoe repairman. This manhas used over 100 aliases in na-tionwide fraudulent check op-eration. His usual approach isto open accounts by presentinga check in form of certifieddraft in amounts of severalthousand dollars. In many in-stances he presents a saving ac-count bank book, requesting ac- I «

count be transferred to the in-stitution where he is openingaccount. Represents self as re-tired farmer from Nebraskaseeking business opportunity inreal estate line to establish resi-dence in Florida. He is knowntn have been in West Ploridarecently. On October 1, 1957,he deposited a $29,200.00 checkin Farmers Merchant BMonticello, but was unsucful in attempt to cash a c k.In this instance used thepmuneGRADY E. XdlÃQSTOS, but

. IdSts bsen, .jdentiflsd as Bower.On 'Octbber 8, 1957, he openedan account at Citizens StateBank, Marianna, with a depos-ited check in amount of $33,-

CLEARWATER —A youngcouple apparently thought courtwas the proper place for court-ing

They were in an embrace andthe young man occasionallyplanted a fervent kiss on the.young lady's neck until DeputySheriff Gil Cheek spotted theiractions and told them theywould have to stop it or get outof the courtroom.

So they deferred their court-,ing for a while and turned theirattendtion to a circuit courtdamage suit trial.

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245.00, and succeeded in cash-ing check there for $300. He wasdriving a 1957 Pairlane "500,"brown and yellow, four doorwith 1957 Florida License 13W—rest of numerals unknown.Used Drivers License f1834317,P.O. Box V2, Havana, Fla. Hemay be armed and should beconsidered dangerous. Some ofthe many aliases he uses are:FRANK LEWIS, ACKERLY.HAY E. BASSETT, WILLIAMJ. BAUER, JOHN WILLIAMBOWEN, ROBERT CHEEK,WALTER CRAIN, GEORGEJOHNSON, ALVIN JAMES Mc-QUITTY, HAROLD BURTONOWEN, C. SMITH, WALTERSNODCTRASS, W A L T E R L.WEAVER. A n y informationthat will assist in locating sub-ject notify nearest FBI officeor Florida Sheriff Bureau, Tal-lahassee, Plorida.

"Old Slack Magic"Crops Up Again

WEST PALM BEACH—That"Old Black Magic" turned upon the Palm Beach County '

Sheriff's docket when a manwas held for investigationin the stabbing of a woman in-mate at the Southeast FloridaTuberculosis Hospital

The suspect told sheriff's I

deputies he attacked the womanbecause she "put the voodoo"on him.

Striking PrisonStaff Imprisoned

KAMPLA, Uganda —The,whole staff of Jinja Prison was'.jaQed ai'ter the 74 wardens and.i'ive wardresses went on strikeand refused to obey a lawful.order to get back to work.

They were welcomed insideby cheers from the regular con-victs while policemen tookcharge outside.

The staffers struck becausesome of their privfleges hadbeen withdrawn.

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and Panama City. ,HEI has been14entified as the seIIect who

13 checks 'from4hbook ofthe Residential HeatlnII end AirConditioning Co., Inc., of~tonRouge, La. Warrant has" been'issued, charge Forgery, will beextradited. If apprehended no-tify Division of State PoliceDept. of Public Safety, BatonRouge, La., or the Florida Sher-

WILMER WALTER EVANS

AliaS, CHEESTER J. GELTIERrwhite maitI, born 2-3-21 in Vep„non, Fla., 5 feet 14L inghes,Weighe 195'+unijoIIFWQCIf. ,bufld,brown hair, greg eyes. Occupa-tion: Pipefitter. Has stated hevdas returning to Plorida to seekemployment and possibly goingon to Venezuela. Has record atSheriffs Office, Pensacola, Fer-nandina Beach, JacksonvQle,

iffs Bureau, Tallahassee, Flor-ida.

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DOROTHY W CORMORAN nia License EUP-344. They leftSarasota 10-1-5V, destination

White female, born 1-17-21, unknown. Came to SarasotaLong Island, N.Y., 5 feet Vlf' in- from Hialeah, Fla., w r o t eches, weighs 122 pounds, slend- c h e c k s on Hialeah-Miamier build, blonde hair, blue eyes, Springs bank. Warrant issuedfair complexion. Fingerprint charge Worthless checks. If lo-classiflcation 29 over 20, W over cated in Florida, she will be re-W, I00 over 00I, 17. Subject turned for prosecution. Notifytarvelling with husband and Police Dept. , Sarasota, Fia., ortwo small children in a 1952 Sheriffs Bureau, Tallahassee,Pontiac 4 door sedan, Califor- Florida.

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Folks who violate the rules of safe and courteous driv-

ing bear a marked resemblonce to fomiliar animals in

e xoo, according to safety experts. In support of this

Cheery, the Florido Sheriffs Association is presenting o"::series of "Highway Zoo" safety contests designed toi,'provide fun for all oges and at the some time moke the' public aware of its bod driving habits.

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TO ENTER:Simply odd a last line to the jingle under the "HighwayZoo" cartoon and make it rhyme with the third line.(Examplei "If You Disagree, Be Reody to Fight. ") Thenfill in your name and address on the lines provided under

the jingle and mail to Contest Editor, Box 344, Talla-. hassee, Fla. Be sure to read the contest rules thoroughlybefor'e you begin. THE WILDCAT

CONTEST RULES

I. This tcep ls @lpga to anyone living in Florida, EEGXED-, EES8 OF except+orida Sheriffs and their immediate;ismniee, a 'ifhhpleyeee of the Florllf Sheriffs Bureau.

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1 can ntbmitra-EbLximum of Bve entries.S. Ho", esoh contestant. wm'be'~ible for only one of

the lace.Itl t h ~the th hbAl~r~ If

prlntid'Sn this page, or s reasonable fscetmBe-~wlB be judged on the basis ef neatnees, sptneee and tgtnsgty.

9. MaB entvlee to contest Editor, Box 944, Tagahseeee, Fls.They must be poetmarhed not later than Midnight, November

99, 1957; and received by the contest Judges no later than De-cember 8, 19SV.

S. Decisions of the ludgee wB1 be final.V. aB entries will become the property of the Florida Sheriffs

association. and none wBI be returned.I L AB winners wB1 be notined by msB.

This Vicious Snarler Vents His Wrath

On Every Driver Who Crosses His Path.

In His Opinion He's Always Right

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Teen-AgIn Trouble

~Titege teen-agerg in trouble made headlines

around the state:

OCALA —Sheriff F. L. Mc-Gehee took into custody a 14-year-old boy who admitted he

two fires in the SilverS ngs area "just to see thepr tty red flames. "

He also admitted burglariz-a motel and an automobile;

told of being fire on byo householder while he wasp wling around peeping into

ellings.

BRADENTON —A 17-yearold youth was stabbed in theabdomen during a teen-agebrawl at a drive-in theater.

ome of the youths involvedre said to- have been armedth a rifle, a knife and a

lack jack.

SANFORD —An auto racew taged by three 17-year-oldyou after they stole two carsfro a Sanford man's garage.

ted after they had aban-doned the cars, they were quoted as saying: "We had nothingto do and no money, and wewanted some excitement. "

P NSACOLA —Deyuties H.C. tin and P. liL Roseja a 15-year-old boy afterhe ot twice at another boyin n attempt to settle aqu I.

The largest amount taken was$127 from a parked car, and thesmallest amount a few penniestaken from a residence.

CREST VIEW —DeputySheriff Reuben Hendrix andConstable Carson Turlingtonturned over to juvenue au-thorities here Cwo boys, 14and 16, accused of stealingthree cars in one day in Pen-sacola and Destin.

our youthswere or robbing a younghite er from whom they al-lege took a wrist watch, acig ette lighter and a $20ch . Officers said the youthsha skipped school and weresl tly intoxicated from drink-in beer, wine and rum.

PIERCE —DeputySh f Pat Duval arrested an18-, ar-old youth on a for-gery inta«rge and estimatedthat bog((ts cheeks he hadcashed ould total between400 and dollars.

OC —A 19-year-oldBrooksv e youth who allegedlystole an auto at gunpoint inCainesv was captured hereafter De ty W. L. Parkerchased hinL at speeds up to 110miles per ur. The youth final-ly lost c ' trol of the car andwrecked

JAC ONVILLE —Twoteen- car strippers ranright ou f their boots andgot away . duval CountyPatrolmen J. .%aldrop andW. A. Barrow cs«ught themlooting cars on 'a theaterparking lot. The officers sahlthe shoeless pair can claimtheir footwear at af)«y time-at their own risk.

PT. PIERCE—A 14-year-oldboy driving without a licensewas involved in a highway acci-dent that caused the death ofan 80-year-old man.

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STUART —Sheriff Roy C.Baker reported the apprehen-sion of two boys, 15 and 16,who attempted to make a get-away in a stolen motor boatafter burglarizbng threehomes. Their loot, valuetl s4«. .

$1,000, included firearms, am-munition and knives.

PT. PIERCE—A 14-year-oldboy apprehended by DeputySheriff Wallace Higgs confessedsome 15 thefts over a period ofseveral months, and implicatedanother boy of the same age.

VENICE —A 17-year-oldyouth admitted he drove twobulldozers into a lake nearLaurel while under the influ-ence of alcohol.

CLEARWATER —ThreeSafety Harbor brothers, 9, 10and 13, admitted they threwa switch which could havewrecked the Seaboard AirLine's Silver Meteor trainnear Safety Harbor. Theysaid they did it to stop afreight train so they could"hop" a ride north.

BARTOW —A 19-year-oldyouth was charged with autotheft after his photograph wasfound in a stolen car.

BROOKSVILLE—Two daysof intensive investigation bySheriff. SimL~wman, Dep=uty Sheriff Melvin Kelly andPolice Chief Bill Cobb re-sulted in the apprehension oftwo 15-year-old boys accusedof burglarizing a drive-intheater. They also admitted arecent grocery store burglary.

Auto Seen as

lethal Weapon

For the YoungATLANTIC CITY, N.J.—A

California surgeon said highschool students may be tooyoung to be trusted with a po-tentially "lethal weapon" —theautomobile.

Dr. Porrest Young said highschoolers are better driversthan their elders from thestandpoint of having faster re-fiexes, but are prone to "takea lot more chances with a high-powered car.

"When we see some of thesekids 16 years of age involved inan accident, and having two orthree drinks under their belts,we wonder if we are doing theright thing by passively sittingby and saying, 'Oo ahead anddrive. '

"Maybe it is too early forthem to be trusted with a lethalweapon, " Dr. Young said.

On the other hand, Dr. Clif-ford C. Snyder, of the Univer-sity of Miami, a member of thesame panel, upheld teen-agedrivers —at least those of mili-tary age.

"We are prone to be criticalof the teen-age driver, " saidSnyder, "and yet we have let

. him fight a war and handle'- complex instruments on an air-

plane. I don't think we shouldbe critical. "

Dr. Sny der added, though,that greater vigilance should beplaced on teen-agers operatingmotorcycles and motorbikes sndon "mental patients and elderlypersons" operating automobiles,as a possible means of cuttingdown on accidents.

Lawyers Teach Pitfalls of Communismschools of the truth about com-munism has won national ac-claim. The lecture has been of-flcially endorsed by the Ameri-can Bar Association and recom-mended for use in high schoolsthroughout the nation. BayaM. Harrison, Jr., St. Petersburg,President of The Florida Bar,said requests for the series oflectures have been receivedfrom almost all of the 48 statesand other states are getting )similar programs patternedafter the Florida plan.

A. Bradford Smith, Verdce,Chairman of the American Cit- .izenship Committee of The .Florida Bar, said the letters toThe Florida Bar headquartersin the Supreme Court Buildingin Tallahassee express a wide-spread concern about the needto teach students the truthabout communism.

The idea for the lectures, par- tticularly the explanation of the

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dangers of communism, grewout of a conference in 1955 be-t w e e n State School Supt. .

Thomas D. Bailey and Appel-late Judge Donald K. Carroll,at that time President of TheFlorida Bar.

Florida schools were offering .courses in American Citizenship ';

but, Bailey pointed out, therewas a natural reluctance on the '

part of public school teachersto discuss in their classrooms I

the highly controversial subjectof communism, for fear of be-ing misunderstood and mis-interpreted.

Having outstanding membersof The Florida Bar speak on thesubject, however, had manynatural advantages and offered '

a solution to the problem. Withthis understanding, approval ofthe State Board of Educationwas obtained, and the prepara-tion of suitable material gctunderway.

Smith said the lecture on,"The Meaning of Commu'nism"was prepared by Judge Carrollfollowing a long study of liter-ally hundreds of books and arti-cles on the subject, includingoriginal sources. Copies of the.preliminary draf tow, submit-ted to pat$fotic nizationsand individuals who d special@owledge in the fi, includ-'

members of the' ericanr'.Association's Co ttee on;..Ainerican Citizenship a sCom-, .

mittee on Communist Tactics,,'

Strategy and Objectives.The program got underws, y in

the fall of 1956, and althoughthere was very little advancenotice, close to 30 per cent of thehigh schools in the State tookpart in the program last year.Additional schools are expectedto take part this school year.

TALLAHASSEE —A bold pro-gram to tell Florida high schoolstudents of the advantages ofdemocracy over communism isentering its second year withexpanded force.

The program is based on theprinciple that knowledge andunderstanding of communismis a strong weapon against it.

The teaching about commu-nism is done by Florida lawyerswho use specially prepared lec-tures written by members of

The Florida Bar and approvedby the State Department of Ed-ucation. The communism lec-ture is one of a series of fivelectures on citizenship and basicAmerican freedoms being givenin Florida schools.

Other subjects deal with par-ticipation in public affairs, thec o u r t system, freedom ofspeech, press, radio, and TV,the Constitution and the courts,and the obligations of freedom.

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T4LL4H45SEE—COMMUNISM LECTURE—Gov. LaRoy Collins scanslecture on communism prepared by The Florida Bar for presentation byattorneys ta Florida high school students. Looking on are A. BradfordSmith (left), Venice attorney and Chairman of the Florida Bar's Ameri-can Citisenship Committee; and State School Superintendent ThomasD. Bailey.

Convict 6ives to Raach Funiitreatment for this, nor do Iwant anything special done forme while I am in jail. I havealready been sentenced to Rai-ford for flve years and wasbrought here (to the PinellasCounty Jail) for (further)sentencing."Isimply make this statementto show that I do make thecontribution because of thegood it will do for boys. I havebeen in prison and I am notthe . only older convict that,Hates t(r e young fellows end

«"up there. our project shouldhelp a lot IBFeping~enh. cut.

"Thanks: ~Ceptmu(«" thislittle amount. "

The Boys Ranch referred toin this letter will be built onthe Suwannee River, near LiveOak, as a permanent home forworthy and needy boys whoare in danger of becoming ju-venile delinquents.

CLEARWATER —A convictwho wants to help keep youngmen out of prison gave a $1contribution to the FloridaSheriffs Boys Ranch TrustFund.

The following letter addressedto Pinellas County Sheriff SidM. Saunders, president-elect ofthe Florida SherifFs Association,accompanied the contributionfrom„William L. Webb:

"I have been reading in thepapers about your FloridaSheriffs Association project tohave a 'Boys Ranch' suc'Boys Town. '

"I want you, to know t I", think this isra Sno pr "t on

, y«()ln gart«„anh the o&kr sheriffs.X'Ltt enclosing $1.00 which

I would like to cd«tributetoward such a project as youall are doing.

"I do not expect any special

SANFORD —SHERIFF'S "HAYY"—Sheriff J. Luther Hobby (left) supervises the launching of a new patrolboat which will be used in rescue missions, as well as to enforce booting reguiatians and promote water safetyon Seminole County's lakes and streams. It was provided by H. G. Kurch, of th'e Stafford Boat Works. Shownassisting in the launching are (fram left) Commander Y. Brewster, HAS, Sanford; Harry Robsan, of Rabsan'sSporting Goods; and Deputy Sheriff A. E. Evans. The 16-faot boat is equipped with a siren, flashing red lights,life saving equipment and a radio. (Photo by Bergstrom Photo Service)

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I&itWBBPOBA new tactical approach in

the federal government's waron moonshine is reported in thefollowing article from the Kan-sas City Star:

"Head for the hills men. Therevenuers are a-coming again—armed with comic books.

"That's the new approach .taken by Uncle, who is mightilydisturbed by the drain on thetreasury of thousands of gal-lons of tax free mountain dew.Seems that as fast as one il-legal still is seized, another isin business. So the governmentwants merchants in the moon-shine areas (largely the South-east) to stop selling sugar tosuspicious characters. A littlecomic book called "Don't Be a'Sugar Daddy' to Moonshiners"tells the story.

"There'd be something nos-talgic about all this were it notfor the fact that the moon-shiner of today is of a differentbreed.

"Time was when the moun-tain brewery was a one manbusiness operated by a franksoul who saw nothing wrongwith putting part of his corn,crop in pone and part in a jug.

"Today less than 15 per centof the white lightning ('withthe 220 volt taste') is for such i

iieighborly consumption. Mostof the 40,000 stills believed inoperation bubble away underthe auspices of big time opera-tors who turn a pretty profit at33 a gallon, no tax.

"But even gangsters can' tmake booze without sugar. Ittakes 100 pounds of sugar forevery 100 pounds of mash toturn out 10 or 12 low prOofgallons.

"So, with the help of a comic i

book, the government hopes thewhole moonshine industry willgo sour. "'

GREEN COVE SPRINGS —Clay County Sher'iff John P., "~dean" of Florida's Sheriffs, passed a m'ilestone when

. e recently acquired a private ofBce.For 284 years he and his staff occupied one room in the

lay County court house, and any t'ime he wanted to holdprivate conference he usually had to move out onto the

ow there is an outer ofBce for the staff and an innero e for Sheriff Hall. Construction of a new county officebuflding made the additional space available.

$ MACCLENNY —Baker County Sheriff Ed Yarbroughjeported two moonshiners galloped away on horseback

,- 'when their still was raided. He said a mounted sentry

spotted the raiders, picked up a partner who was oper-ating the still and took off in Western movie style.

The 620-gallon still was destroyed and beverageagents confiscated an automobile and 1,405 pounds ofsugar.

ERNANDINA BEACH—The Fernandina News-Leadergratulated Nassau County Sheriff H. J. Youngblood

his staff for successful operation of a county-wideJ' 'or Deputy Sheriff's League in which some 350 youthsare rolled.

program is gaining wide recogn'ition and bringing fa-vorable publicity to the county, the newspaper said.

The League, which is supervised by Deputy SheriffJack Freeman, recently acquired a 16 millimeter movieprej(ector and screen purchased with public contribu-tions.

BARTOW—There's a story behind the new gold badgePolk County Sheriff Hagan Parrish is wearing.

His employees presented it to him as a birthday gift. Theyalso held a surprise birthday picnic for him at Lake AlfredLions Club Park, September 30, and invited the deputysheriffs' families as guests.

JACKSONVILLF~New equipment recently pur-chased by Duval County Sheriff Al Cahill includes twoportable 1,250-watt generators and two powerful hy-draulic jacks.

The generators will be used to power flood lights andother equipment when regular power is not available;and the jacks, which are capable of lifting huge weights,will be used to free people trapped in auto or industrialaccidents.

MOORE HAVEN —Sheriff and Mrs. Roy Lundy are outof the county jail.

Which is one way of announcing that they have movedout of the jailer's quarters and into a new home.

Mr. and Mrs. Howard Bowen moved into the jail as ja'ilerand matron.

BROOKSVILLE—Hernando County Sheriff Sim L.Lowman announced he will use an electric timer tocatch speeding motorists in rural areas.

The timer was purchased jointly by the city policeand the sheriff, and will also be used in Brooksville,primarily in school zones and congested areas.

KISSIMMEE—Deputy Sheriff F. O. Ledbetter waswounded in the shoulder by an elderly Osceola County manwho later killed h'imself with a gun.

Ledbetter and Deputy Carl Johns were summoned to theman's house after he had fired at his wife and daughter-in-law. The Deputy was shot as he approached a barn wherethe man was hiding. Johns radioed for addit'ional officersbut the gun-wielder was dead from a self-inflicted woundby the time they arr'ived.

FT,LAUDERDALE —Plans to open branch offices inW Hollywood and North Pompano Beach were an-ne ced by Broward County Sheriff J. A. "Quill" Lloyd.

're going to start off on an 8-hour day, "he said, "and 'if

the ation warrants it we' ll increase each office anothereight

Th ' 'ove is des'igned to take some of the load off the

cen I complaint and booking desks located in the court-ho e.

PENSACOLA —Escambia County Sheriff Emmettelby was chairman of a committee that raised fundsd arranged a World Series trip to New York for Pen-ola's "World Champion" Babe Ruth League baseball

t m.

LAKE O'ORTH —The Lake Worth Herald praised PalmBeach C~ty Sheriff John Kirk and his son, Chief DeputySheriff J Kirk Jr., for patrolling Lake Osborne to en-force ho, ing regulations and promote water safety.

The wspaper said boating and sw'imming enthusiastswill fe "kindly" toward the sheriff for recognizing adangero situation and taking care of it when no one elsewas av le.

SA RD—Sheriff J. L. Hobby has not taken upmarbl ooting.

Tho numbered balls in his office were confiscatedfrom man who admitted he had been using them tothro

' "nighthouse" —an illegal lottery game.

STUART—duty Sheriff Joe Johnson picked up a six-year-old boy exaegly three minutes after the lad had beenreported as truanCI Officers in this area have been on thealert for truants ejrer s'ince the drowning of two childrenwho skipped schoog

PANAMA CITY—, Bay County Sheriff's Departmentstaffers were puzzl when three men came to the coun-ty jail and asked to to "the mounties".

It turned out they ere French Canadians who hadgone broke while tioning here, so they were turnedover to the U. S. Border Patrol —nearest local equiva-lent to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.

PERRY—Deputy Sheriff do a lot of work "'%@hind thescenes" that the public is not aware of.

For instance, it was QpjxP. Elbert Parker who clim~up inside the dome and. igtraightened things out when ea~face on the court house clock was telling a different time.

CRESTVILSW —Practically everyone in OkaloosaCounty will be on the sheriff's "wanted" list when theannual Red Cross fund campaign opens. Sheriff RayWilson is the fund chairman, and the goal will be over$17,000.

Meeting your neighbor half lway doesn't mean ~ d r I v i n gastride the highway center line.

Wives Please Note

County Jail Chef Turns out 30-cent MealsGwynn's "kitchen magic*' has

not gone unrecognized. Stateand federal jail inspectors have

~consistently given him A-1 rat.-. . .,ings; and they have alsq. +id Ihim the additional compliijg@t, .'(of asking for copies of his 5p5-.~.

)get-minded menus for use. in:,other jails around the state.

On duty Deputy Sheriffs also, ~testify to the excellence of the;cost-cutting meals by eating atthe jail regularly. It saves timeand enables them to maintaina constant "stomach inspec-tion" of the kitchen.

No one is likely to get fat '

and lazy on the jail fare, since!a "no seconds" rule is strictly

enforced, but meals are care-fully planned to fulfill nutri-tional requirements.

"A working man uses 3,600calories a day, " Gwynn ex-plained, " but one who doesn' twork needs only 2,400. We strikea happy medium here with 3,000calories. "

A typical menu includes eggs.sausage, juice and coffee for.breakfast; meat loaf, mashedpotatoes, gravy, apple pie forlunch; and "home made" chili,cold cuts and coffee for the latemeal.

State law allo .25 per day'for feedingotaltc

' oner. InMonroe C~ty' the st is 90

jIb a 44'.

tritious meals at a cost of 30cents apiece.

And, he does it consistently.Last year 33,432 meals weredished up to jail "guests" andthe total cost, according to fig-ures released by Sheriff JohnM. Spottswood, was $10,153.

KEY WEST—Budget-mindedhousewives could learn a thingor two from Bobby Gwynn, chefsupreme at the Monroe CountyJail.

In spite of the high cost ofliving, he turns out tasty, nu-

l'atrOI DireCt4iirlMACCLZ'NNY —The ~

County Schoolboy Pa(roi a un-, '

der the direction of Sheriff Ed .

Yarbrough, Police Chief C. H.Rhoden, Florida Highway Pa-.trol Trooper L. B.Boyett, Safe-tv Officer Vince Smallwood andBaker County High School Ath-letic Director Mike Gazdick.

KEY WEST—OFFICIAL SAMPLER—Monroe County Sheriff John M.Spottlwood samples one of the nutritious 30-cent meals prepared byCounty Jail Chef Bobby Gwynu. (Pboto by Wil-Art Studio, Key West)

News Items From Sheriffs' Departments All Over The State

HYKMSRR, 1957 THE SHERIFF'S STAR Page 7

As Ceeiyilel Iiy MINI

SheriHS Bureau

JAMES OSWALD HEYROCK

. White male, age 35, 5 feet 9Inche's, weighs 205 pounIIs,

': grey-brown hair, blue eyes.', Driving 1957 Chevrolet, pearl

bottom, ivory top, 1957 Florida

License 10K-266. May be en-route some place in Alabama.Warrant will be issued, chargeCrand Larceny. Notify PoliceDapt. , Pompano, Fla., or Flor-ida Sheriffs Bureau, Tallahas-see, Florida.

WILLIAM F. WATTS

Also known as BILL WATTS,white male, age 34, 5 feet 10inches, weighs 180 pounds, hasblack hair, hazel eyes, ruddycomplexion. Fingerprint classi-

fications: 16), 25 over 24, Wover W, 10 over 10, blank over15, ref: 25 over 23. Warrant is-sued violation of probation. No-tify Sheriff Blackburn, Tampaor Florida Sheriffs Bureau, Tal-lahassee, Florida.

19S7 Report Shows

Nation's(rime Rate UpFlorida's Up and Down

ROBERT VERNON HURS

White male, age 34, 5 feet,inches, weighs 150 pounbrown hair, brown eyes, alenbuild. Is an alcoholic. Tatleft arm of Coast Guar in-signia. Has relatives in Or ' '

o,Bradenton, Palmetto,Beach. Warrant issued geFraud and Non-suppo, otifySheriff Lloyd Fort L derdaleor Florida Sheriffs BurIE'Iu, Tal-lahassee, Florida.

ROBERT READMAN KEOUGH

(or GEOUGH)

%+49 male, age 35, 6 feet 34tall, weight 220 pounds,hair, balding. Canadian

by:;birth. Wanted by U. S. Im-~ migraQen as previous deportee..SuIEEebt- passed two worthless

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Checks in St. Augustine Sept.13, 195V. If apprehended. callcollect, Investigator Jesse Ed-wards, U.S. Immigration andNaturalization Dept. of JusticeJacksonville, Fla., EL 4-7111Extension 496 or RA 4-0090, ornotify, Florida Sherifi's Bureau,Tallahassee, Florida.

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JAN. —JUNE I956 VS. JAN. —JUNE I957

WASHINGTON —Althoughnation-wide crime rates in-creased in every category, Flor-ida's rate for murder aggra-vated assaullt and auto theft de-clined in the first half of 1957,according to FBI reports com-paring the first six months ofthis year with the first sixmonths of last year.

The FBI said more majorcrimes occurred in the nationin the first half of this yearthan in any six-month periodin the past. Police statisticspegged the increase over 1956at 8.4 per cent.

But in Florida the number ofknown cases of murder or nor-m e g I i g e n t manslaughter per100,000 inhabitants was 5.4,down from 6.3 in the first halfof 1956.

However, there was an in-crease in rates of other crimesin Florida.

There were 433 robberies per100,000 inhabitants, as against37.1 in the like period last year;529.2 cases of burglaries asagainst 476.9; and 1,127.6 casesof larceny or theft against1,078.5.

The FBI report gave thesestatistics on the number ofknown crimes in Florida citiesof more than 25,000 population(January- June figures shown inparenthesis):

Fish "Bootlegging"Brings 283 Arrests

TALLAHASSEE —The StateGame and Fresh Water FishCommission reported the arrestof 283 fresh water fish "boot-leggers" during the 30-day per-iod ending Sept. 26.

"Bootlegging" is the illegaltaking of fish to sell on themarket or the transportation,possession, sale or purchase ofsuch fish.

Most of the cases were forbootlegging of bass or breamand some of the arrests werefor the use of-illegal fishing de-vices such as "monkey fishing"equipment.

In "monkey fishing" an elec-charge is used to stun

so they can be easily scoop-'ed with a

Don't 'er under'power of suggestion. Do ' eright thing in traffic, andwatch the influence you wieldover others.

MURDER AND NON NEGLIGENT MANSLAUGHTER:Daytona Beach 3 (5); Fort

Lauderdale 5(5); Cainesville 3(2); Jacksonville 14 (20); KeyWest 0(0); Miami 14 (7); Mi-ami Beach 0 (2); Orlando 3(3); Panama City 2 (0); Pen-sacola 1 (5); St. Petersburg 5(2); Tallahassee 2 (1); Tampa10 (ll); and West Palm Beach3 (2).

ROBBERY:Daytona Beach 10 (8); Fort

Lauderdale 21 (13); Gainesville0 (1); Jacksonville 173 (88);Key West 5 (5); Lakeland 4(3); Miami 208 (21B); Miami

Beach 33 (21); Orlando 15 (10);Panama City 1 (4); Pensacola 8(13);St.Petersburg 30 (7); Tal-lahassee 7 (3); Tampa 76 (40);and West Palm Beach 7 (9).

AGGRAVATED ASSAULT:Daytona Beach 4 (113); Fort

Lauderdale 13 (12); Gainesville8 (23); Jacksonville 121 (28);Key West 20 (12); Lakeland 1V(69); Miami 34 (127); MiamiBeach 4 (1); Orlando 96 (84);Panama City 6 (4); Pensacola49 (58); St. Petersburg 26 (15);Tallahassee 31 (26); Tampa V9(122); and West Palm Beach28 (21).

BURGLARIES:Daytona Beach 1VQ (122);

Fort Lauderdale 251 (193);Cainesville 99 (192); Jackson-ville 1,429 (678); Key West 20(ll); Lakeland 124 (54); Mi-ami 1,844 (1,956); Miami Beach710 (793); Orlando 254 (250);Panama City 54 (54); Pensa-cola 195 (165); St. Petersburg369 (225); Tallahassee 90 (94);Tampa 786 (82V); and WestPalm Beach 121 (128).LARCENY (S50 AND OVER):

Daytona Beach 109 (138);Fort Lauderdale 1V5 (216);Gainesvtlle 50 (38); Jackson-ville 1,012 (684); Key West 26(18); Lakeland 50 (34); MiamiV87 (830); Miami Beach 449(485); Orlando 177 (161);Pan-ama City 47 (39); Pensacola 88(77); St. Petersburg 238 (140).;Tallahassee 34 (57); Tampa397 (p@L; a(Hd est PalmBeM'69 'AVE). , -.

AUTO Tytona Beach 38 (3'

uderdale 69 (75); Gain(23); Jacksonville 3V1 (38

Key West 16 (10); Lakeland 21(21); Miami 629 (613); Miami

, Beach 150 (114); Orlando 73' (103); Panama City 7 (11);

Pensacola 94 ( 82); St. Peters-burg 68 (65); Tallahassee 27(3V); Tampa 245 (232); andWest Palm Beach 45 (11).

JAMES N INGHAM

White ma ~ age 19, 6 feet,weighs 15 unds, brown hair,brown ey ". ruddy complexion.Fingerpri classifications: 7),9 over 18, Ar over aA, 3 over 3.Warra issued violation ofprobat . Notify Sheriff Black-burn, T pa, Fla., or FloridaSherif Bureau, Tallahassee,Flori

Esc e ReturnsPriso . Uniform

LO N —Charles (Scar-face rsons a holdup mane from Wormwood Scrubs

, then meed his pnsonback with a polite

ying he would tip his hatif h'e '

ever passed that wayagain.

Friends threw a rope oyer theprison wall to help him getaway.

He is 24 and was doing sevenyears for taking a 835,000 pay-roll from two American ExpressCo. messengers last January.

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Larceny Unlimited. ..THE SHER I F'F'S STAR HOYEMSER, l957

Thieves Not Eussy

side his wife's grave in the Zell-wood- Tangerine cemetery.

ST. AUGUSTINE —Thievesalmost put the cafeteria out ofbusiness at Mill Creek Schoolwhen they carted off an electricrefrigerator, electric fan, elec-tric clock, electric mixer, elec-tric coffee pot, a collection ofpots and pans, 10 pounds ofcheese, 100 pounds of potatoes,13 pounds of wieners and otherfoods.

ORLANDO —The kitchensink was about all thieves over-looked when they entered ahome here and took a refrigera-tor, electric stove, roll-awaybed, clock, television set, radio,table and four chairs.

MARATHON —A burglar gotsomething he hadn't bargainedfor when he attempted to breakinto the home of Daisy Mc-Gathey. She threw potash onhim and he retaliated by bom-barding her with rocks beforehe fled.

around. the state indica s somethieves' aren't too ticulara 85"~hat they ste —just as

ng as i(t isn't - down tooecurely. i Her

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les:PENSACO —When some

'ght-finge ' intruders wereunable to fi d any cash in a

al night club they hauled offa' h register valued at $900.

SARASOTA —An agile char-r shinnied up a utility post

h and stole a 75-foot electriclig cable.

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ALA—A Reddick man wascused of stealing a saddle and

~ lling it for $7.50. Apparentlycouldn't find a horse to go

ith it.

ZELLWOOD —Sheriff Davewas looking for the cul-

p who stole two pine trees a

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PALATKA —Thieves showedtheir contempt for "the law"when they broke into the officeof County Judge William E.Warren and stole over $600 incash.PENSACOLA —The excel-

lent d ctive work done by theEsca ia County Sheriff's De-part 'ent in solving a cleverins ce fraud case is de-scri in an article in theNov r issue of OFFICIALD CTIVE STORIES.

e article tells how a fun-erals home employee, RobertJo ', attempted to cheatinsuri ompanies out ofthous f dollars in life in-sur death claims.

It plains that he obtainedins ce policies on an ac-co ce, Cene Upton, made

lf the beneficiary, andla, collected large sums ofm p by obtaining a fraudu-len death certificate to showtha Upton had died.

e fact that Johnson was ina y to collect the deathclai his failure to at-tend allege uneral rites for His"friend" U n made insuranceinvestiga and the sheriff'sdepartm suspicious.

An e ensive investigationfailed to oduce evidence thata fune had been held forUpton. ther his friends inthis area or the doctor whosigned the th certificate hadseen him - ter his alleged"death" fr ' a fall.

Finally oming to the con-clusion t Upton had notdied, the . eriff's department,through g and patient un-dercover ork, fiushed him outfrom his- 'ding place andproved uch alive.

Faced with evidence,Johnson admitted "get-rich-quick" scheme pleadedguilty to two coun of grandlarceny. He was' s need to1'0 years in state p on, andseven years of the sen waswitheld pending restitu n tothe insurance corn s.

Upton, held as an acc plice,was awaiting trial at resstime.

The magazine article ivescredit for solving the se toSheriff Emmett Shelby, formerChief Deputy Royal U incr;Deputies C. W. Solari, arlieCheese and Walter Cotto andInvestigator Jack Willia

Insult to Injury, III."ORLANDO —Sherif f D a v e

Starr reported this case of in-sult added to injury.

A ' motorst ran out of gasnear here and went to getsome. While he was gone, some-one towed his car into anorange, grove, stripped off therear wheels and spare tire, stolea 22 rifle from it and set it onfire.

Bank Bandits(Continued from Page 1)

was traced to Tampa Inter-national Airport and whenThompson landed he was takeninto custody by Sheriffs BureauDirector McLeod and Lt. B. L.Cooper of the HillsboroughCounty Sheriff's Office.

Suits, who had separatedfrom Thompson earlier andplanned to meet him in Tampa,was arrested by two TampaPolice officers when he was in-volved in an auto accident.

After Suits confessed and im-plicated Thompson, the nextproblem was to find the loot.An all-night search of MulletKey, deemed to be a likely spot,only turned up hordes of mos-quitoes.

Next the search turned toBoca Grande Island. There of-ficers, aided by trusties (pris-oners) provided by SheriffThompson, found two suitcasesin tangled underbrush. Onecontained clothes and ammu-nition. The other the missingloot.

Suits and Thompson werecharged with airplane theft, re-sisting arrest with violence, andtheft of Constable Godwin'sauto and watch.

Following trial on statecharges they are expected tobe turned over to the FBI fortrial on federal bank robberycharges.

Mcen HandcuffedBy Curiosity

CLEARWATER —Curiositywas the downfall of a mechanicwho decided to try on a pair ofhandcuffs he found in a dep-uty sheriff's car he was repair-ing.

He was unable to get them offand the deputy, who had thekey, was not immediately avail-able. So, t reyttiyeiF~ abit ham d in h work

' rof the day.

Chief ResignsPENSACOLA —Chief Deputy,

Sheriff Royal Untreiner re-signed, effective Oct. 15, to de- '

vote full time to a motel which '.he and his mother operate. Es-cambia County Sheriff EmmettShelby accepted the resignationwith regrets and announced heplans no immediate replace-ment.

loot, Arrest ShowA look at sheriffy files loving husband had planted be-

Paper AppealsFor IncreaseIn FSB Funds

BARTOW—CONFISCATED "GOOF BALLS"—These amphetamine tab-lets and capsules, worth hundreds of dollars, were confiscated by stateand county authorities in truck stop raids. (Lakeland Ledger Photo byWinnett. )

Six Arrested; Iruo Haul Male in

"Goof Ball" Raids on Truck StopsBARTOW—Six persons were

charged with illegal sale andpossession of "goof balls" fol-lowing raids on six truck stopsin Polk and Highlands Counties.

"Goof balls" is the slang termfor tablets and capsules ofamphetamine, a drug truckdrivers take to keep awake onlong night hauls.

A large quantity of the drug,valued unofficially at hundredsof dollars, was confiscate bystate and county authoritiesparticipating in the raids.

Chief Criminal Deputy Sher-iff A. H. (Hamp) Rogers of PolkCounty said the tablets andcapsules were probably broughtinto Florida by truckers from

northern states since investi-gation revealed no local sourceof supply.

The raids, in which morethan 22 officers participated,followed four weeks of under-cover work by agents of thechemistry division of the Flor-ida Department of Agriculture.

Lee Thompson, top aide ofAgriculture Commissioner Na-than Mayo, said the state hasbeen campaigning against theillegal sale of "goof balls" foryears, and a new law passed bythe 1957 legislature has greatlyaided the campaign.

The new law, he explained,prohibits the possession of"goof balls. "

MELBOURNE —The Mel-bourne Times in its Sept. 13issue, printed an editorial ex-pressing concern over the fi--nancial plight of the Florida,Sheriffs Bureau.

"Nearly two years old .and.growing steadily, but without .

sufficient financial support tounderwrite its necessary growth '

. . . this in a nutshell is the '

cruel description of the Florid'a;Sheriffs Bureau, " the editorialstated.

It pointed out that the Bu-reau appropriation for the cur-rent biennium is only approxi-

~

mately half of the amount. re-.quested by Director Don Mc-]Leod to do an effective state-wide job.

Then it added:"Maybe the State can' t' fi-

nance all the requests for ap-propriations as they, are re- '

ceived."But we hate to think of fel-

lows like Don McLeod and Jim-my Dunn (Brevard CountySherif f) operating their bu-reaus and offices on inadequJ), te,funds. We hate to admit, dven,in an undertone, that .tilaqar&people laughingly refer to rz'~ida as 'a good place to get awwith crime, ' but how wouIII e:average businessman waf)C'run an office on half of ailitial;jlneeds?

"Why are some of the highbt; Iups so fearful of a State Police

IDepartment, which is what,they claim the Bureau i(rill in-stigate? We' ve been told theFHP got much opposition in its

~infancy and if you can pointyour finger at a more efficientorganization than our HighwayPatrol we dare you to do it.

"We think Florida needs aSheriff's Bureau. . . bigger

'

and better if possible."If the taxpayers aren't will-

ing to voice their opinion in. favor of one they'd better re-sign themselves to inadequate,obsolete and haphazard criminal detection and investigation.

"It's always easier to 'getaway with crime' if the criminalhas more money and friends athis disposal than the law en-forcement agencies do."

Thieves H' Eateryl 0 Tirn n Mos.

ORLANDO —CONTEST WINNER —Orange County Sheriff Dave Starr(right) presents $I5 highway safety contest award to James M. Milli-gan, Jr., of Orlando. Milligon won third prize in the "Highway Zoo"contest which oppeared in the August issue of The Sheriff's Star.

—"They' robbing:us b '," was the co' ment of'

' 'C h a r 1 e s Schoonov ' after ~

thieves had burglarized" Ih-, +r-„'becue stand at DeLeon 8~for the 10th time in zix men@as. , ~,

His wife, Thelma, said about, .'

$20 was taken in the 10th visit„;but the loss for the entire ser-. ",

ies of burglaries would totalover $250.

"If we don't stop them someway, we will be out of businessbefore the year is out, "Schoon-over added.

LIVE OAK—RANCH BOOSTERS—The Florida Sheriffs Association presented a resolution ot appreciationto Suwannee County citizens who were instrumentol in obtaining a site on the Suwannee River near herefor the Florida Sheriffs Boys Ranch. Association President John M. Spottswood, Jr., sheriff of MonroeCounty (fourth from left) is shown presenting a copy to Thomas Musgrove, who donated 120 acres ofthe 722-acre site. The others are (from left): Live Oak Mayor Marvin Phillips (representing the cityCommission), Clarence RatliH, Bob Tuttle (representing the Live Oak Elks Lodge, donors of 40 acres),J. L. McMullen, John Roland (representing the county commissioners) and Suwannee County SherISHugh Lewis. (Photo by Mlms Stucho)