By Doug Yocom
Andrews Is Stolid At River Bridge
It was Saturday—two days after Thanksgiving. The weather was cold and most Lawrence residents were content to stay indoors with their families and watch the Army-Navy game on television.
But a small crowd was gathering that afternoon. It was forming around a red car parked at the north end of the Massachusetts Street Bridge crossing the Kaw River.
He watched with unattached interest as two men donned the rubberized suits they would wear as they dove to search for the murder weapons he said he tossed over the side of the bridge Friday night.
Inside the car sat Lowell Lee Andrews, an 18-year-old University sophomore who admitted he had shot to death his mother, his father, and his sister at their home the day before.
Andrews did not notice the crowd. He ignored the faces that stared at him through the car windows. He stared straight ahead, occasionally shifting as if to ease the pressure of the handcuffs and leg irons he wore.
He turned to say something to the officer sitting beside him when the divers moved toward the river. Then he and the officer left the car and moved through the crowd to the water's edge.
A thin sheet of ice covered the calm water just above the dam. Somewhere in the cold water, Andrews had said, were a .22 cal. rifle and a German Luger pistol from which he said he fired the bullets into the bodies of his family.
The divers searched the area for half an hour. They could not find the weapons. The boys dragged a powerful magnet through the water. They did not find the weapons either.
Andrews shuffled his feet as he watched. His face remained expressionless and he said nothing. The sky darkened and the wind became colder. Someone started a fire.
Someone brought hot coffee for the divers and policemen. An officer remembered the handcuffed prisoner.
Some of the police officers and newsmen moved nearer the tiny blaze licking through the dry wood and leaves. Then the prisoner spoke: "Throw on some of that fine stuff!" It was a command.
"I can't stand coffee," was the answer.
"Want some coffee?"
The crowd thinned. The divers took off their rubberized suits. The prisoner entered the red car which headed back to Kansas City.
Summerfield Scholars Named for 1959-60
Twenty-six Kansas high school seniors will receive Solon E. Sumerfield scholarships to the University for the 1959-60 school year.
The students were chosen from the 42 semi-finalists who were on the campus last month for testing and interviews. The awards range from $100 to $1,200 and are renewable for four years.
Winners of the scholarships are Robert Preston Ash, William Cohen, Charles William Hargrove, William Doremus Paden and Robert Keith Remple, all of Lawrence; Philip Maynard Bauer, Burdett; John Ival Blair, Thomas Lee Buxton, and Phillip Howard Roberts, all of Wichita; Gary Dean Boldt. Uvsses.
Harrie Robert Clyde, Kansas City, Kan.; James Courtright, Coffeyville; James Lee Crabtree, Arnold; Richard Lewis Eppler, Overland Park; Larry Gene Hutchinson and Alan
Jay Sorem, both of Hutchinson; Jon Muller, Salina.
Donald Bruce McKillop and Alan Parker, both of Prairie Village; Martin A. Nicolaus, Mission; Curtis Nordgren, Anthony; Laird Gunn Patterson, Larned; Richard Emil Peterson, Lenexa; William G. Schaefer, Kansas City, Mo.; David Owen Unruh, Colby; Lauren Sheldon Ward, Ottawa.
All classes in the Business School will be canceled tomorrow from 10 a.m. until noon to enable students to attend the funeral of Paul E. Malone, professor of economics. Services will start at 10 at the Rumsey Funeral Home.
Malone Funeral Tomorrow
Prof. Malone died Saturday morning at Watkins Hospital. He was 57 years of age and had been a resident of Lawrence since 1947.
LAWRENCE, KANSAS
Daily Hansan
56th Year, No. 53
Monday, Dec. 1, 1958
First Degree Murder Filed Against Student
The slaying occurred at the Andrews home near suburban Wolcott last Friday night as the family sat watching television.
Lowell Lee Andrews, 18-year-old KU sophomore, who has stunned friends and strangers alike by calmly admitting the triple murder of his parents and 20-year-old sister, was charged with first degree murder at noon today.
Robert Foster, Wyandotte County deputy attorney, said Andrews would be arraigned later this afternoon.
Used Rifle and Pistol
Following the killings he drove to Lawrence where he stopped at his rooming house long enough to pick up his typewriter, in order to finish an English theme. While there he talked briefly to Robert Jacks, Malvern, Ark., senior, who roomed across the hall from him.
Andrews, who is described by people who know him as quite intelligent and a person interested in guns, used a .22-automatic rifle and a German Luger pistol to commit the triple murder.
Andrews' landlady, Mrs. Frankie B. Madorie, 1305 Tennessee, said, "He seemed like an awfully nice boy to us. He was always very quiet and reserved and we certainly have no complaint with him." Andrews had, however, been a month behind in his room rent.
Saw Movie After Slaying
Mrs. Madorie saw him go upstairs after his typewriter. She said he stayed only a short time and then left.
After leaving the house Andrews went to a movie and then drove back to Kansas City, at which time he notified the police of the murder. While he was in Lawrence, he threw the murder weapons into the Kansas River.
Triple funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. tomorrow for Mr. and Mrs. Andrews and Jeannie Marie Andrews at the Butler Chapel in Kansas City, Kan.
Graveside services will be conducted at Mount Salem cemetery in Excello, Mo., at 3 p.m. tomorrow.
Attempts were made Saturday night to recover the weapons from the frigid waters by skin divers and the use of a powerful magnet but were unsuccessful.
Another attempt was to be made to recover the weapons later this afternoon. The grappling operation is supervised by Sheriff Dale Chappel of Douglas County.
Miss Kathleen O'Donnell, instructor of mathematics, and Andrews' adviser, said today that when he came in for his mid-semester conference with her there was nothing unusual about his behavior.
Andrews received a down slip in a sociology course, but she said he seemed confident that he could improve his grade in the course.
Bernard Jackson, Kansas City, Kan., freshman, who had known Andrews through the Kansas City church both attended, was shocked to hear of the tragedy.
"I called the Andrews home Saturday morning to see if Lee would like to go hunting. When somebody finally answered it was one of his uncles who told me Lee had killed his parents and sister. I couldn't believe him at first."
Hid His Feelings From Everyone
Marx Gibson, Kansas City, Kan., freshman, who had gone to Washington High School with Andrews, where both had belonged to the year book staff. Key Club, and Latin Club, had this to say:
"Lee was quite active in high school. He was never a leader, but he worked a lot. I only saw him get mad once and that was when somebody broke his glasses at a football game. Usually he seemed to hide his feelings and dislikes from everyone.
"When he came up here I guess he just kinda' got lost in the mass of students. He no longer was somebody everybody knew as had been the case in high school."
Money Might Be Motive
Jackson said he thought any trouble might have come from money problems. Andrews' parents always attempted to give him anything he wanted, he said.
"While he was in high school he didn't have this terrific weight problem he has now," Jackson said. "This seems to be something he developed after high school.
"I think he might have gotten the idea that to be a big person up here you have to have a car and money. Maybe money was the cause of their argument."
IT WAS BITTER COLD—But it is supposed to get up to 60 degrees tomorrow. Felix Davis, left,
Great Neck, N.Y., freshman, and Charles Lowe.
Prairie Village sophomore, pause to talk over the weather forecast during a between-classes break.
Gorton Elected NASM President
Dean Thomas Gorton of the School of Fine Arts, was elected president of the National Assn. of Schools of Music at the association's 34th annual meeting in St. Louis, Mo., last Friday and Saturday.
The NASM, which has 243 member institutions,has been designated by the National Commission on Accrediting as the body responsible for maintaining educational music standards.
Dean Gorton has been vice president of the NASM since 1956. He also has served as chairman of the by-law revision committee and the research committee and as a member of the graduate commission,
Dean Gorton has been head of the School of Fine Arts since 1950. He previously was director of the School of Music at Ohio University and filled chairmanships of the piano departments of the University of Texas and Memphis College of Music.
General to Visit KU
World War II hero Maj. Gen. Derrill McCollough Daniel will arrive at KU tomorrow to inspect the Army ROTC unit.
While he is on campus, Gen. Daniel will visit Chancellor Franklin D. Murphy and George B. Smith, dean of the University. He will also inspect the reserve units in Lawrence. During the Second World War Gen. Daniel received the Distinguished Service Cross for extraordinary heroism in the Battle of the Eulge. He also received the Legion
of Merit, the Silver Star eight times, and the Bronze Star twice for meritorious service and once for heroism.
In addition, he was awarded the Belgian Croix de Guerre with Palm and the Order of the Crown with Palm.
Gen. Daniel assumed command of the XVI U.S. Army Corps in Omaha Jan. 29, 1958. The XVI Corps coordinates all ROTC programs in schools in Nebraska, Kansas, Colorado and Wyoming.