March 13, 1947 (6 pages)

vow al tables tre very home. . bles are inve a gift to walnut, ma: want is at. Se ‘CO™n GRASS VAI TELEPHOM: . TO A TR THE Car _painted— . nis side of the NEVADA CITY. NUGGET GRASS VALLEY A: TWICE-A-WEEK NEWSPAPER — MONDAY AND THURSDAY a Vol. “a. Ne 27 _ The ‘County or Paper ————— = NEVADA CITY. GRASS . VALLEY. CALIF ORNIA_ The Twin Cities Paper _THURSDAY, MARCH 13, 1947 ae. HARRY CLAYTON HEADS DRIVE FOR SALVATION ARMY night at the Deer Creek Inn for ‘an. informal dinner gathering highlighted by guest speaker Salvation Army, Captain Roy Marshall. who heads the Nevada County Salvation Army fund raising campaign, disclosed that Harry Clayton, Lions president had consented to head the committee charged with raising Nevada City’s allotment of $1500. Judge James S, Snell, when asked for legal advice on a club matter, replied instead with about Judge Niles Searls. was years ago, local trials were held in the county Ts office. then a -practising county attorney, was invited to represent a defendant by the. presiding. juror, No time was available for the usual consultations with the client, so Judge Riordan suggeseed Searls confer. briefly with his client in an adjoining utility room, for the purpose of advising. him. Searls followed the junction. Upon entering the room he noticed that the window, over a moderate drop to the ground, was open. Wihen the defendant Searls, what he hag dest do, the lawyer pointed to the open window and advised him “Jump out that window and run like LeRoy Kitts, vice president of the club, presented for the consideration of the members proposed articles of; incorporation for an organization to be called Nevada ‘Chest, Inc. The broad purpose of this is. to be the function of a Community Chest, with which Kitts has had extensive experience in San Francisco communities. METERS, LABOR. GET HOT DEBATE AT CHAMBER MEET IRECTORS WANT PARK ING METERS TO BE REMOVED. COUNCILMEN STATE ADVANTAGES At the Chamber NEVADA CITY: of Commerce muesday at’ the National Hotel, oe es ing meters and a labor relations policy were principal topics of dis. qyssion. A brisk debate on the quésn of ‘petitioning for the removal meters terminated when the motion was tabled. . The chamber endorsed by a nar4 majority. vote, a statement of labor relations policy issued recent_ ly py the Grass Valley chamber. Ray lemier, before discuesion, had moved that the measuré be tabled. Downey C. Clinch, spoke priefly in favor of the statement, saying *that this community should take. intelligent cognizance of existing situpointed out that everyone have been in violation anyhow, even if there were no meters, since the city previously had in efect a one hour parking ordinance. This rule had carried the game $1 fine for over-parking. which now ae to the meters. said Snell, Horace Curnow, related the experience of which had installed 2800 meters to secure needed city revenue. The meters, he said, went in admist a terrific stom of protest. Within six months, the storm had abated. Judge. Riordan. ’ Now, Curnow related, there was a movement under way ito ‘remove the meters, A great disturbance of opinion was occurring there again, this time with the preponderance of public opinion opposed to removing the meters. in. Riverside Chamber President George Hangen-gaid that he thought the statement would neither help nor harm the community. stated that, while he was a working man himself, he was opposed to the closed shop and jurisdictional strike, ‘poth of which he deemed uniconstiBergen dah! inquired of A large delegation from the Grass Vialley chamber of commerce, cluding many of the board of directors, were present at the luncheon. Sitting at the head of the E-shaped table with Hansen and Sofge were President Hirsch and Bxecutive Manager Kronemyer of the Grass Valley The purpose of the labor relations statement, which demands fair practice on the part of labor and management, was explained .by D. Daniel L. Hirsch, Grass Valley chamber president, Hirsch quoted Andrew Carnegie, who likened labor, capital and the public, to a three legged stock. Which leg queried Hirsch was least necessary? It was the public, Hirsch said, which was caught in the pinch between capital and labor, and. it was the pitblic for whom the “-~ass was concerned _ when they passed the statement of a labor policy. The chamber ejeczed Ray Suicklemier’s motion to table the statement, and by a vote of showing hands. 11 . to 8 (the majority of those present did not vote) endorsed the statement (which is printed at the end of this story. President Hansen reported that _ the board of directors had approved f resolution declaring that the park3 img meters were disagreeable and ‘had resulted in a loss in the volume a of business in Nevada City, and -that “ tthe desired a petition to ‘be. circulat. ed calling for the removal of the ; Meters before the contractural time . limit had expired. Eleven members of the chamber Spoke on the parking meters ques3 tion, inclding city councilmen Al. bert S. Bates, Charles Veale, Others . who debated this maitter were Glenn . Roseof, Hansen, Herbert S. ForeMan, Harry Clayton, Mrs. : Deeter, Otto Bergendahl, Robert v. _ Tamblyn, Ray Spicklemier and Horace Curnow. Foreman stated that he believed the merchants were not being given *0y consideration in the matter of ‘Meters, and that he advocated with‘Wawa. Grass Valley business men Nad informed him ht said of the apPedtance in their stores $f many meW customers from Nevada City, _ lo said they were displeased dt the Meters, City’ Treasure Laughter greeted a meant seriously, but taken in a humorous vein, made by. Robert Tamblyn that excess meters such as these on Nevada, Sacramento and the top of Broad Street be removed to some other community. who ‘proposed A third topic of discussion was. ;possible alliance of the local chamber with the Better Business Bureaus. The business practices of the Sacramentto merchants were discussed. Criticism of Sacramento’s practice of keeping shops open on Armistice Day, contrary to (Nevada County practice, was discusHEAR OF $1000 A TON ORE NEVADA CITY:Hydraulic Association, ing Sunday at the National Hotel, heard John .J. Hill, eminent British mining authority, tell of the discovery of a new reef in the South African mining fields. Hill Said the value of the gold bearing ore averaged, in between one and two thousand dollars per ton. General discussion the minting of centennial gold coins. Olaf P. Jenkins mineralogist, group upon the projected program of providing gold area maps for centennial visitors. Dr. Erin Waters of Stanford also spoke on the distribution of gold ores. Marking of historic gold min sites was also discussed, Funeral For James J. O’Hara ‘GRASS VALLEY: Funeral services will be held tomorrow in St. Patrick’s Catholic Church at 9:30 a. m. under direction Weaver Mortiuary O’Hara, who died Tuesday night in a Sacramento hospital. will be in the Catholic Cemetery. O’Hata was born in Sonora, Two0mne County, 74 years ago. He f6lJowed mining all his life and for. many years he was employed ‘here in} the Empire Star Mines. ; Bereaved are his wife, Elizabeth . and children, Willard: ‘Grass Valley, Arthur, Cottonwood, Tehema County, James Jr., San Franciepa, Mrs. Agnes } Bradford, Sacramento, Grass Valley, Hester. Sacramento, Fiddles, Grass Valley, Mrs. Ruth Shirrodo, Auburn, Placer County and a stepson, Thomas Harvey of San Francisco. There are surviving four community The California " . at its meetWilliam H. Stinson of Grass Valley called attention to a poster on fhe banquet room. which read “Let's Go To San Francisco.’’ This, he remarked was hardly in keeping with Nevada County s of a Sierra chamber of commerce. drill holes, chairman, reported that she had sent a letter of Nevada Cit airport news to 36 aviation clubs in the west. She called attention to a rut of a eertain depth at the airport, which needed filling, and also to the inedaquate condition of the airport’s first aid was held on There follows the state of labor relations policy endorsed by STATEMENT OF POLICY The Nevada City Chamber of Commerce in accord with the States Chamber of Commerce, believes in the principles of collective that every worker opportanit to better his situation and be recompensed on the basis of merit. We believe that organized: labor should be protected in its rights by jaws which equall izens organized or believe in equality We believe in union responsibility . ." for its acts just as we the same responsibility for 5 5 — bargaining and should have an Interment protect other citun-organized. We of all citizens be.e Neale replied that What the peo4 le of the city apparently wanted the city council to do was to conta $60,000 a year business on an me of $42,500. No decrease in eS8 was discernible, he related. ‘Temarked that the Board ‘seta of the chamber had passaged antizmeter resolution 14 ” r the installation of the pee This he said did not give semen Gadgets a fair trial. __ ‘eale described the desires of the : as including an up to date airhd and : Park comparing favorab. ose in larger communities “and implied that while the clamor : expensive developments such as these was virogous, it was matched . believe in opposed to violence, intimcoercion methods on the management. The idation or Mrs. ‘ures disputes. that individuals should We believe join be free tovjoin or not to sanctioned. . nd and the defendant to the motel yur seeond-. room of bartender Jerry. Stacey. Acss ws against. im the room about half an hour. At. should . that time, too, she stated, Sales had}. OF VIOLENT CAREER OF SALES the kidnap trial in superior court of Walter Sales. elopement. . Yesterday morning Mrs. GiovanBIZARRE KIDNAPING CASE . SLATED FOR JURY TO! COURTHEARS VARIED VERSIONS NEVADA CITY: “Mary, I am afraid ‘I do,” Walter Sales to Mrs. Mary Giovannoni of Truckee ‘on in the back room of Cozzi’s bar, she asked him whether or not he intended to kill her, according to her testimony yesterday in Sales’s trial goes into its 4th day this morning, with defense attorney Frank G. Finnegan ‘giving his argument before the jury. The trial has been conducted against a backdrop of tempestuous romance, clandestine conferences, love letters written at gun's point, jailbreak, and heavy drinking. Interwoven in the evidence have been various revolvers, taxis hired for extended trips, airplane tickets never used, fisticuffs, threats of death and violence, and the ever-recurring motif of noni took the stand again as a witwant him to leave her. Flushing at times under cross-exened her. According to Mrs. Giovannoni,. ty sore” about it. Sales said, at that time, ‘But I never told him the target was. going to be rot:? m. tat evening, she related. by the] ing. Mrs. Giovannoni testified that she} Ruth R. Lamson. Presently the rented sedan in. French. ed, and for a long time could say. with the defendant. burn, where. she contacted officers} ting in the pggawipeend fof the State Highway~Patrol-who rey desk making out cleica turned her to Truckee, ithe office with her was to her, both were written at — point. ‘Amother much debated circumjstance was a visit by Mrs. Giovannon4a revolver, most of _o noltigs ness for the prosecution. She was} The Matter of (what she stated chic in a dove-gray fitted coat, with. 4S) her one and only date white silk blouse, fastened with gola . S5@!€8 was gone into in detail. There. er from the desk drawer. Thence, he pin, with black and gold accessor-. ¥@S 20 stopping on the way home/is said to have proceeded to. Broad ies. from Tanevaho, she said, for she was wp Sales, complete with gun, whis— driving the big truck, in which the, amination, she nevertheless answerlake aC eS with . biassen’s army .45 automatic revolv— ed questions in a positive manmer. Defense attorney Finnegan was of events as it was related, picked She described the first time that the. able to draw from Mrs. Sales the addefendant had eyer assertedly threat-. mission that she did write two let. tcey, on Pine. Street. After telling . : ters to Sales while the latter was in He had written to hig brother in. the county jail on the gun charge. Reno, she said, and secured from!She also admitted that she had writhim aé_ revolver. In discussing this. ten to the effect that he was to cor-. kee. They are reported to have Sone. matter with her, he assertedly told. respond with her through the meddirectly to the roundhouse. her that he had told ‘his brother that. ium-of their mutual friend, Stacey. the gjun was to be used for target since her husband had seen one of recounted, occurred, and then, after practice. Sales’s letters to her and:was ‘‘plen-. a ‘brief conversation, Mrs; GioyanOne letter stated thaf Mrs. Giovannoni ‘would néver forget how nice you were to in the hospital” She related the events which she Fei July. i ee She Giovannoni’s ribs, the driver. ewan ‘. }said occurred on October 22nd. (It. also testified that Sales had never] oa was then that Sales was. for the. threatened her when sober. but that. @"!ve to Reno Me reportedly = first time charged with kidnaping.) . nis trusty revolver was frequently . * glimpse of the gun, however, and Sales was waiting for her at 8 P. in evidence when he had been drinkinsisted upon stopping at & garege railroad crossing whtre she had run) ‘The first day of the trial Monday away from him once before. Accord-. was consumed in large part by the much struggle. ing to ‘her testimony, she asked him . selection of jurors, Serving are Nina Mrs. Giovannoni stated that the. if he had a gun. He replied that he. m. Gaskins, Arthur C. McQuiston, did, and insisted that she get in the] Bisie C. Peard, Frances Hartman, the alleged abduction on December ear and talk to him. He thereupon @dson Fox, Dorothy B. Austin, D. M. 21st, was on October 23rd. : stuck the gun in her ribs and told her. Loney, Edna Boot, Jesse Ennor, H. to drive the car. B. Dennis, Melba J. Polglase and Gales’ for appoximately a year told him she was unwell, and too. ’ Chceosing of the jurors was ac2 sick to drive. Nonetheless, according . complished at 2:25 p. m. Defense atshe had 0 ne out on @ date mae dee, to her, he started the car and forced. torney Frank G. Finnegan moyed her to drive in the direction of Col-. for the exclusion of both spectators fax. and witnesses from courtoom. Judge After a short time, she insisted. Snell ordered witnesses excluded in that she was too sick to drive fur-. 'the court but permitted spectators . ther. At this time, she said, Sales and press representatives to remain. put the gun in his pocket and climbThe prosecution began to lay. the ed over her to get behind the steer-. foundation’ for its casé as the ‘dising wheel, trict attorney introduced a “chart. of iously stated as about Ghe said that at that time she. the Southern Pacifie Truckee round-. * % ™ made a move to get out the door, but . -‘house, drawn by County Surveyor J. that Sales said, “Oh, no, none of. :F. O’Connor, together with photo-: your tricks,” and forced her to stay. graphs of the Same scene ‘taken by in the automobile. forest service investigator ae which they were driving was imped-. Mrs. Giovannoni, the compieetne S ed by a large, slow. moving lumber . witness, was the first person thes be} tnuck. At this point, she seized the[examined by the prosecution. wun, according ito her story, leapt Giovannoni, petite, . prunetté, out of the car and onto the running. smartly dressed in a fitted blatk board of a passing auto, containing} coat, blacky beany stitched =i three men whom she did not know. . gold, and a chartreuse erepe dress Ghe was in a state of exhaustion. adorned with silver sequins, relat ‘due to fright at this time, she relatthe beginning of her acquaintance LP nothing intelligible. The men in the She described incidents of: De: ‘ear, in an effort to stimulte her into. cember 2ilst, when ‘the events for . lucidity, slapped ther wrists and!which Sales. in on ‘trial Sen: es hands. Presently they came to Au-. At that time she stated os tert sit-. reno in. Mrs. Giovannoni gave testimony. clerk, Mrs. Maxine pe cae re regarding the circumstances sur-. adjoining offi¢e was Pat J. rounding the much disputed letters. foreman of the roundhouse. ee of October 9th and 11th. According} As Riordan, who had been checking stock, came out of the stock — aenneinine pa AY tiie ordered Riordan back inte the stock room, but the roundhomse foreman refused to “omply. Mrs. GioVvVannoni stated that he was terTified at the time, rec-ested, the foreman not to interfere. Sales, with the. gun either at her back or side, according to the testimony of several witnesses, marched our the office door and into the roundhouse Drop. 3 er, ° Riordan sollgusa the fade and placing his-hand on on the locomoe‘ive fireman’s shoulder, said, ee “Don’t be a> ee tool Chick.” Testimony at various points during the trial was given to indicate that Sale’s procedure on December . 21st, prior to the roundhouse incident had been as follows: He de— parted without leave from the jail, where he had freedom as a, trusty, removed former Sheriff oi J. To* key and telephoned for a taxi. The taxi, according to the nemuenil up Sales, complete, gun amo whisthe driver to proceed to Norden, Sales changed his imestruction and said he wished to be taken to True— The scene in the office, already noni accompanied Sales into the taxt which was waiting nest the % : house. for oil. At this point he wrested 1 gun from Sales, apparently bein last time “she Had seen Sales prior She stated that she had k ‘ginally. meeting him in theTavern, and that on one in a large produce truck bo from a friend, ‘proceeded: te stayed mntil very, late 1 turning to Truckee. at an iternes driv pric ‘re.’ noni the information. ‘thet .

vow al tables tre very home. . bles are inve a gift to walnut, ma: want is at. Se ‘CO™n GRASS VAI TELEPHOM: . TO A TR THE Car _painted— . nis side of the NEVADA CITY. NUGGET GRASS VALLEY A: TWICE-A-WEEK NEWSPAPER — MONDAY AND THURSDAY a Vol. “a. Ne 27 _ The ‘County or Paper ————— = NEVADA CITY. GRASS . VALLEY. CALIF ORNIA_ The Twin Cities Paper _THURSDAY, MARCH 13, 1947 ae. HARRY CLAYTON HEADS DRIVE FOR SALVATION ARMY night at the Deer Creek Inn for ‘an. informal dinner gathering highlighted by guest speaker Salvation Army, Captain Roy Marshall. who heads the Nevada County Salvation Army fund raising campaign, disclosed that Harry Clayton, Lions president had consented to head the committee charged with raising Nevada City’s allotment of $1500. Judge James S, Snell, when asked for legal advice on a club matter, replied instead with about Judge Niles Searls. was years ago, local trials were held in the county Ts office. then a -practising county attorney, was invited to represent a defendant by the. presiding. juror, No time was available for the usual consultations with the client, so Judge Riordan suggeseed Searls confer. briefly with his client in an adjoining utility room, for the purpose of advising. him. Searls followed the junction. Upon entering the room he noticed that the window, over a moderate drop to the ground, was open. Wihen the defendant Searls, what he hag dest do, the lawyer pointed to the open window and advised him “Jump out that window and run like LeRoy Kitts, vice president of the club, presented for the consideration of the members proposed articles of; incorporation for an organization to be called Nevada ‘Chest, Inc. The broad purpose of this is. to be the function of a Community Chest, with which Kitts has had extensive experience in San Francisco communities. METERS, LABOR. GET HOT DEBATE AT CHAMBER MEET IRECTORS WANT PARK ING METERS TO BE REMOVED. COUNCILMEN STATE ADVANTAGES At the Chamber NEVADA CITY: of Commerce muesday at’ the National Hotel, oe es ing meters and a labor relations policy were principal topics of dis. qyssion. A brisk debate on the quésn of ‘petitioning for the removal meters terminated when the motion was tabled. . The chamber endorsed by a nar4 majority. vote, a statement of labor relations policy issued recent_ ly py the Grass Valley chamber. Ray lemier, before discuesion, had moved that the measuré be tabled. Downey C. Clinch, spoke priefly in favor of the statement, saying *that this community should take. intelligent cognizance of existing situpointed out that everyone have been in violation anyhow, even if there were no meters, since the city previously had in efect a one hour parking ordinance. This rule had carried the game $1 fine for over-parking. which now ae to the meters. said Snell, Horace Curnow, related the experience of which had installed 2800 meters to secure needed city revenue. The meters, he said, went in admist a terrific stom of protest. Within six months, the storm had abated. Judge. Riordan. ’ Now, Curnow related, there was a movement under way ito ‘remove the meters, A great disturbance of opinion was occurring there again, this time with the preponderance of public opinion opposed to removing the meters. in. Riverside Chamber President George Hangen-gaid that he thought the statement would neither help nor harm the community. stated that, while he was a working man himself, he was opposed to the closed shop and jurisdictional strike, ‘poth of which he deemed uniconstiBergen dah! inquired of A large delegation from the Grass Vialley chamber of commerce, cluding many of the board of directors, were present at the luncheon. Sitting at the head of the E-shaped table with Hansen and Sofge were President Hirsch and Bxecutive Manager Kronemyer of the Grass Valley The purpose of the labor relations statement, which demands fair practice on the part of labor and management, was explained .by D. Daniel L. Hirsch, Grass Valley chamber president, Hirsch quoted Andrew Carnegie, who likened labor, capital and the public, to a three legged stock. Which leg queried Hirsch was least necessary? It was the public, Hirsch said, which was caught in the pinch between capital and labor, and. it was the pitblic for whom the “-~ass was concerned _ when they passed the statement of a labor policy. The chamber ejeczed Ray Suicklemier’s motion to table the statement, and by a vote of showing hands. 11 . to 8 (the majority of those present did not vote) endorsed the statement (which is printed at the end of this story. President Hansen reported that _ the board of directors had approved f resolution declaring that the park3 img meters were disagreeable and ‘had resulted in a loss in the volume a of business in Nevada City, and -that “ tthe desired a petition to ‘be. circulat. ed calling for the removal of the ; Meters before the contractural time . limit had expired. Eleven members of the chamber Spoke on the parking meters ques3 tion, inclding city councilmen Al. bert S. Bates, Charles Veale, Others . who debated this maitter were Glenn . Roseof, Hansen, Herbert S. ForeMan, Harry Clayton, Mrs. : Deeter, Otto Bergendahl, Robert v. _ Tamblyn, Ray Spicklemier and Horace Curnow. Foreman stated that he believed the merchants were not being given *0y consideration in the matter of ‘Meters, and that he advocated with‘Wawa. Grass Valley business men Nad informed him ht said of the apPedtance in their stores $f many meW customers from Nevada City, _ lo said they were displeased dt the Meters, City’ Treasure Laughter greeted a meant seriously, but taken in a humorous vein, made by. Robert Tamblyn that excess meters such as these on Nevada, Sacramento and the top of Broad Street be removed to some other community. who ‘proposed A third topic of discussion was. ;possible alliance of the local chamber with the Better Business Bureaus. The business practices of the Sacramentto merchants were discussed. Criticism of Sacramento’s practice of keeping shops open on Armistice Day, contrary to (Nevada County practice, was discusHEAR OF $1000 A TON ORE NEVADA CITY:Hydraulic Association, ing Sunday at the National Hotel, heard John .J. Hill, eminent British mining authority, tell of the discovery of a new reef in the South African mining fields. Hill Said the value of the gold bearing ore averaged, in between one and two thousand dollars per ton. General discussion the minting of centennial gold coins. Olaf P. Jenkins mineralogist, group upon the projected program of providing gold area maps for centennial visitors. Dr. Erin Waters of Stanford also spoke on the distribution of gold ores. Marking of historic gold min sites was also discussed, Funeral For James J. O’Hara ‘GRASS VALLEY: Funeral services will be held tomorrow in St. Patrick’s Catholic Church at 9:30 a. m. under direction Weaver Mortiuary O’Hara, who died Tuesday night in a Sacramento hospital. will be in the Catholic Cemetery. O’Hata was born in Sonora, Two0mne County, 74 years ago. He f6lJowed mining all his life and for. many years he was employed ‘here in} the Empire Star Mines. ; Bereaved are his wife, Elizabeth . and children, Willard: ‘Grass Valley, Arthur, Cottonwood, Tehema County, James Jr., San Franciepa, Mrs. Agnes } Bradford, Sacramento, Grass Valley, Hester. Sacramento,

Fiddles, Grass Valley, Mrs. Ruth Shirrodo, Auburn, Placer County and a stepson, Thomas Harvey of San Francisco. There are surviving four community The California " . at its meetWilliam H. Stinson of Grass Valley called attention to a poster on fhe banquet room. which read “Let's Go To San Francisco.’’ This, he remarked was hardly in keeping with Nevada County s of a Sierra chamber of commerce. drill holes, chairman, reported that she had sent a letter of Nevada Cit airport news to 36 aviation clubs in the west. She called attention to a rut of a eertain depth at the airport, which needed filling, and also to the inedaquate condition of the airport’s first aid was held on There follows the state of labor relations policy endorsed by STATEMENT OF POLICY The Nevada City Chamber of Commerce in accord with the States Chamber of Commerce, believes in the principles of collective that every worker opportanit to better his situation and be recompensed on the basis of merit. We believe that organized: labor should be protected in its rights by jaws which equall izens organized or believe in equality We believe in union responsibility . ." for its acts just as we the same responsibility for 5 5 — bargaining and should have an Interment protect other citun-organized. We of all citizens be.e Neale replied that What the peo4 le of the city apparently wanted the city council to do was to conta $60,000 a year business on an me of $42,500. No decrease in eS8 was discernible, he related. ‘Temarked that the Board ‘seta of the chamber had passaged antizmeter resolution 14 ” r the installation of the pee This he said did not give semen Gadgets a fair trial. __ ‘eale described the desires of the : as including an up to date airhd and : Park comparing favorab. ose in larger communities “and implied that while the clamor : expensive developments such as these was virogous, it was matched . believe in opposed to violence, intimcoercion methods on the management. The idation or Mrs. ‘ures disputes. that individuals should We believe join be free tovjoin or not to sanctioned. . nd and the defendant to the motel yur seeond-. room of bartender Jerry. Stacey. Acss ws against. im the room about half an hour. At. should . that time, too, she stated, Sales had}. OF VIOLENT CAREER OF SALES the kidnap trial in superior court of Walter Sales. elopement. . Yesterday morning Mrs. GiovanBIZARRE KIDNAPING CASE . SLATED FOR JURY TO! COURTHEARS VARIED VERSIONS NEVADA CITY: “Mary, I am afraid ‘I do,” Walter Sales to Mrs. Mary Giovannoni of Truckee ‘on in the back room of Cozzi’s bar, she asked him whether or not he intended to kill her, according to her testimony yesterday in Sales’s trial goes into its 4th day this morning, with defense attorney Frank G. Finnegan ‘giving his argument before the jury. The trial has been conducted against a backdrop of tempestuous romance, clandestine conferences, love letters written at gun's point, jailbreak, and heavy drinking. Interwoven in the evidence have been various revolvers, taxis hired for extended trips, airplane tickets never used, fisticuffs, threats of death and violence, and the ever-recurring motif of noni took the stand again as a witwant him to leave her. Flushing at times under cross-exened her. According to Mrs. Giovannoni,. ty sore” about it. Sales said, at that time, ‘But I never told him the target was. going to be rot:? m. tat evening, she related. by the] ing. Mrs. Giovannoni testified that she} Ruth R. Lamson. Presently the rented sedan in. French. ed, and for a long time could say. with the defendant. burn, where. she contacted officers} ting in the pggawipeend fof the State Highway~Patrol-who rey desk making out cleica turned her to Truckee, ithe office with her was to her, both were written at — point. ‘Amother much debated circumjstance was a visit by Mrs. Giovannon4a revolver, most of _o noltigs ness for the prosecution. She was} The Matter of (what she stated chic in a dove-gray fitted coat, with. 4S) her one and only date white silk blouse, fastened with gola . S5@!€8 was gone into in detail. There. er from the desk drawer. Thence, he pin, with black and gold accessor-. ¥@S 20 stopping on the way home/is said to have proceeded to. Broad ies. from Tanevaho, she said, for she was wp Sales, complete with gun, whis— driving the big truck, in which the, amination, she nevertheless answerlake aC eS with . biassen’s army .45 automatic revolv— ed questions in a positive manmer. Defense attorney Finnegan was of events as it was related, picked She described the first time that the. able to draw from Mrs. Sales the addefendant had eyer assertedly threat-. mission that she did write two let. tcey, on Pine. Street. After telling . : ters to Sales while the latter was in He had written to hig brother in. the county jail on the gun charge. Reno, she said, and secured from!She also admitted that she had writhim aé_ revolver. In discussing this. ten to the effect that he was to cor-. kee. They are reported to have Sone. matter with her, he assertedly told. respond with her through the meddirectly to the roundhouse. her that he had told ‘his brother that. ium-of their mutual friend, Stacey. the gjun was to be used for target since her husband had seen one of recounted, occurred, and then, after practice. Sales’s letters to her and:was ‘‘plen-. a ‘brief conversation, Mrs; GioyanOne letter stated thaf Mrs. Giovannoni ‘would néver forget how nice you were to in the hospital” She related the events which she Fei July. i ee She Giovannoni’s ribs, the driver. ewan ‘. }said occurred on October 22nd. (It. also testified that Sales had never] oa was then that Sales was. for the. threatened her when sober. but that. @"!ve to Reno Me reportedly = first time charged with kidnaping.) . nis trusty revolver was frequently . * glimpse of the gun, however, and Sales was waiting for her at 8 P. in evidence when he had been drinkinsisted upon stopping at & garege railroad crossing whtre she had run) ‘The first day of the trial Monday away from him once before. Accord-. was consumed in large part by the much struggle. ing to ‘her testimony, she asked him . selection of jurors, Serving are Nina Mrs. Giovannoni stated that the. if he had a gun. He replied that he. m. Gaskins, Arthur C. McQuiston, did, and insisted that she get in the] Bisie C. Peard, Frances Hartman, the alleged abduction on December ear and talk to him. He thereupon @dson Fox, Dorothy B. Austin, D. M. 21st, was on October 23rd. : stuck the gun in her ribs and told her. Loney, Edna Boot, Jesse Ennor, H. to drive the car. B. Dennis, Melba J. Polglase and Gales’ for appoximately a year told him she was unwell, and too. ’ Chceosing of the jurors was ac2 sick to drive. Nonetheless, according . complished at 2:25 p. m. Defense atshe had 0 ne out on @ date mae dee, to her, he started the car and forced. torney Frank G. Finnegan moyed her to drive in the direction of Col-. for the exclusion of both spectators fax. and witnesses from courtoom. Judge After a short time, she insisted. Snell ordered witnesses excluded in that she was too sick to drive fur-. 'the court but permitted spectators . ther. At this time, she said, Sales and press representatives to remain. put the gun in his pocket and climbThe prosecution began to lay. the ed over her to get behind the steer-. foundation’ for its casé as the ‘dising wheel, trict attorney introduced a “chart. of iously stated as about Ghe said that at that time she. the Southern Pacifie Truckee round-. * % ™ made a move to get out the door, but . -‘house, drawn by County Surveyor J. that Sales said, “Oh, no, none of. :F. O’Connor, together with photo-: your tricks,” and forced her to stay. graphs of the Same scene ‘taken by in the automobile. forest service investigator ae which they were driving was imped-. Mrs. Giovannoni, the compieetne S ed by a large, slow. moving lumber . witness, was the first person thes be} tnuck. At this point, she seized the[examined by the prosecution. wun, according ito her story, leapt Giovannoni, petite, . prunetté, out of the car and onto the running. smartly dressed in a fitted blatk board of a passing auto, containing} coat, blacky beany stitched =i three men whom she did not know. . gold, and a chartreuse erepe dress Ghe was in a state of exhaustion. adorned with silver sequins, relat ‘due to fright at this time, she relatthe beginning of her acquaintance LP nothing intelligible. The men in the She described incidents of: De: ‘ear, in an effort to stimulte her into. cember 2ilst, when ‘the events for . lucidity, slapped ther wrists and!which Sales. in on ‘trial Sen: es hands. Presently they came to Au-. At that time she stated os tert sit-. reno in. Mrs. Giovannoni gave testimony. clerk, Mrs. Maxine pe cae re regarding the circumstances sur-. adjoining offi¢e was Pat J. rounding the much disputed letters. foreman of the roundhouse. ee of October 9th and 11th. According} As Riordan, who had been checking stock, came out of the stock — aenneinine pa AY tiie ordered Riordan back inte the stock room, but the roundhomse foreman refused to “omply. Mrs. GioVvVannoni stated that he was terTified at the time, rec-ested, the foreman not to interfere. Sales, with the. gun either at her back or side, according to the testimony of several witnesses, marched our the office door and into the roundhouse Drop. 3 er, ° Riordan sollgusa the fade and placing his-hand on on the locomoe‘ive fireman’s shoulder, said, ee “Don’t be a> ee tool Chick.” Testimony at various points during the trial was given to indicate that Sale’s procedure on December . 21st, prior to the roundhouse incident had been as follows: He de— parted without leave from the jail, where he had freedom as a, trusty, removed former Sheriff oi J. To* key and telephoned for a taxi. The taxi, according to the nemuenil up Sales, complete, gun amo whisthe driver to proceed to Norden, Sales changed his imestruction and said he wished to be taken to True— The scene in the office, already noni accompanied Sales into the taxt which was waiting nest the % : house. for oil. At this point he wrested 1 gun from Sales, apparently bein last time “she Had seen Sales prior She stated that she had k ‘ginally. meeting him in theTavern, and that on one in a large produce truck bo from a friend, ‘proceeded: te stayed mntil very, late 1 turning to Truckee. at an iternes driv pric ‘re.’ noni the information. ‘thet .