Mrs. William Grossman, Sitka
business. woman, is returning to
that port as a passenger from
Seattle on the North Sea
HANGS ON CROSS
TO REGAIN LOVE,
ESTRANGED WIFE
-f
; North Carolina Man Gets
Son to “Crucify” Him in
I Effort to Impress Wife
IHANGS ON CROSS uvs.fone t
| HIGHPOINT, N. t-, June 1—J.
| R. Riggs, 36, filling station op
| erator, was found nailed to a cross
near here. He confessed author
ities said, that he had arranged
for his 15-year-old son to "crucify"
him in hopes of causing his
estranged wife to return to him.
The boy, authorities said, was Don
ald Riggs, son by a previous mar
riage.
"Riggs admitted he made the
cross himself and got the nails
and wire and everything,” author
ities said, in explaining that it is
haid to find a law under which to
prosecute Riggs. The boy will be
turned over to juvenile authorities.
f?'. A. Walls, who was passing
along the road, came upon the
scene about 5 a.m. and called po- 1
lice and an ambulance. Riggs was
clad only in underwear. Walls
and police removed the nails and
Riggs was carried to the hospital.
His condition is not serious.
MINE WORKERS
TANGLE; WARRANT
IS OUT FOR ONE
George Rutsala, mine worker, has
been charged with assault and bat
tery in a charge filed in U. S.
Commissioner J. F. Mullen’s court
today. The complaint was sworn to
i by George Discombe, another mine
worker, who declared that Rutsala
struck .him with his fists and kicked
him. He was treated at the hospital.
