Miss Elizabeth Suiter is said to
be the first woman attorney to par
ticipate in a criminal case in east
Texas. She was defense attorney
in a murder case at Winnsboro.
Weyerhaeuser Kidnapers Arriving in Tacoma
To face arraignment in the George Weyerhaeuser kidnaping care, Harmon Mel/ Waley and his
young wife, Mrs. Margaret Waley, arrived in Tacoma June ’12 by airplane from Salt Lake City. They
were under heavy guard of Department of Justice agents. .The Waleys are shown a*: they left the
plane at Pierce County Airport near Tacoma. Mrs. Wa l«y is in the dr or of the plane and her luii
I and is on the ground, wearing a white cap and with his. wrists handcuffed. Under heavy guard, they
were rushed to the Federal Building in Tacoma and arraigned before United States Commissioner H.
G. Fitch on charges of conspiracy to extort and kidnapii.g and transporting the 9-year-oid Tacoma
boy across the Washington Stale line into Idaho. They 'entered p.'ea of not guilty to both counts.
Bail for each was fixed at 5100,000 on the extortion eh irgc and hail was not set on the second count.
When arrested at Salt I.ake City they guided G-men to the spot where $90,000 rf the $300,000 ransom
collected from the J. P. Weyerhaeuser family for return, cf the bey was buried. Afler arraignment
the Waleys were taken to the Thurston County jail in Olympia, the State capital. Associated Prc3s
Photo.
Oil Tanker Strike Called
Without Authorization; All
Officers Ousted; Union Men
Make Applications for Jobs
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., June 18. — Applica
tions have been made by union seamen on the oil
tankers from which they walked off four months
ago, it has been revealed.
The unions have abandoned the strike.
