Muncie Post-Democrat, Muncie, Delaware County, 19 December 1924 — Page 2

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THE POST-DEMOCRAT. A democratic weekly newspaper representing the Democrats of Muncie, Delaware County and the Eighth Congressional District. The only Democratic Newspaper in Delaware Co. Entered as second class matter January 15, 1921, at the postoffice at Muncie, Indiana, under Ihe Act of March 3,1879. Price 10c a Copy—$3.®0 a Year. Office 733 North Elm Street. Telephone 2540 GEO. R. DALE, Owner and Publisher. Muncie, Indiana, Friday, December 19, 1924. Attorney Templer, in arguing for a continuance of the receiver in the Hub store case pointed out that the owners were under indictment and unworthy to resume the management and control of the store. Therefore, according to his lights, that worthy and unimpeachable citizen, Prosecutor Van Ogle, should be left in charge! There are some people you could hardly trust in a log yard over night. The small time “Ohio crowd” who were placed in official positions during the Harding administration are getting theirs, one by one. The latest is Warden Sartain of the Atlanta federal prison, a Washington Courthouse product, removed this week for irregularities. Votaw, superintendent of federal prisons, is a brother-in-law of the late Warren G. Harding. He hails from Urbana, another Ohio tank towm.

In response to the demand of banks and manufacturers, and over the protest of labor, it has been decided by the republican legislative caucus to enact a law authorizing the appointment of an army of state police. There is no necessity whatever for a state constabulary. If Governor Ed Jackson fails to veto that bill he will hardly convince the people of Indiana of his sincerity in advocating a reduction in the state’s already overloaded pay roll.

PLEASE/ FORGET IT. City Clerk Dalby wants to succeed himself for four years longer and is perfectly willing to accept a renomination without opposition. If Maynel can explain just why he joined the Ku Klux Klan, satisfactory to the colored voters of Muncie who supported him four years ago, he ought to be able to get by with little trouble. It will be recalled that Dalby was one of the main promoters and supporters of the alleged democratic newspaper started here, with klan support, to destroy the Post-Democrat. The plot failed and the newspaper “went bump”, but during the year of its gasping existence Dalby gave it all the legal advertising he had under his control. Dalby would like those opposed to the klan to forget all about his connection with that organization, now that the klan in Muncie is dead and in an advanced state of decomposition. We trust that he will have some difficulty in laughing it off. There has been considerable discussion about the large cross which was placed in the municipal Christmas tree in the southeast corner of the court house yard. Since the advent of one hundred percent Americanism the flag and the emblem of the crucifixion have been dragged mind in doubt as to the purpose of those who display them, in the mire so often that their displav always leaves the

VAN, THE RECEIVER. The appointment of Prosecutor Van Ogle as receiver for the Hub store has caused considerable discussion here. The petition for the receiver was filed by the Slingers, sign painters, two of them brothers-in-law and one the father-in-law of the prosecutor and one of the attorneys asking for the receiver, Ed Templer, is an uncle of the prosecutor. < The receivership seems to be a nice, family affair. The claim of the Slingers amounted to only $41.60. It was for painting a sign for the Hub people preparatory to their “fire sale,” which was stopped and the store closed after those in charge of the store were arrested and placed in jail charged with receiving stolen goods. Attorneys for Werthheimer and Goldberg paid the Slinger bill after the receiver had been appointed and stated that the work had been done but a few days and that the Slingers had not presented a bill for their services. Everybody likes to see fair play. The mere fact that a man is charged with a crime and indicted by a grand jury, all women, all men, or half man and half woman, does not necessarily imply that he is guilty. Placing the delectable Van Ogle in charge of the property of the Hub company while the managers were in jail and unable to give the enormous bonds required has caused much unfavorable comment here.

MUNC1EMANIS HELDFOR ARSON John Brady Accused of Firing Yacht Owned by D. C. Stephenson. Toledo, Ohio, Dec. 19.—John H. Brady, 49, a cleaner and dyer of Muncie, Ind., under arrest Monday, by police, is said to have admitted that he set fire to the yacht Reomar II, which burned with $106,000 loss, June 27, in the lagoon of the Toledo Yacht Club at Bayview Park. D. C. Stephenson, Indianapolis, owner of the yacht, attributed its

destruction to members of the Ku Klux Klan. He was a high officer in the klan, he said, until he quarreled with W. H. Evans, imperial wizard. Brady refused to involve any one, asserting that he and he alone set fire to the huge power boat, police say. However, other Warahts are expected. Trial in State Court While the boat was a seagoing craft and any crime in connection with it might fall under jtttisdibtion of the Federal Court, it was decided Monday that the prosecution will be concluded in the state courts Oh the | charge of arson. Brady will be arraigned in the Police Court at an early date.He is said to have agreed to plead guilty and be bOUn’d Over to the county grand jury without the examination.

THE POst-bKMOCRAT.

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 19. 1924.

BOYS Hip BODY OFj Their slain CHUM IN SWAM?

Br/eak Down and Confess After Helping Hunt for Lost Lad,

New York.—Four young boys ’have confessed that they hid the body of their chum, Ernest Schwer, Jr., thir teen, after he was accidentally shot and killed by a gun with Which they were playing ten days ago. After two of them had been trapped in contradictory statements recently, the four boys broke down and led detectives to an ash dump in Richmond Hill, Queens, where the body of the Schwer boy was found under a pile" of brush with a bullet hole in his temple. During ten days, while police, firemen, boy scouts and army airplanes searched for trace of the missing boy, his companions stuck to the story that they had last seen him In the swamp near ids home hunting muskrats. They even assisted In the search. But the other night two of the boys were taken to the place where they said they had parted from Schwer and asked which way he had gone. One pointed one direction and one in the other. Break Down and Confess. Then, under threat of arrest, they broke down and told the story of accidental shooting, which their two companions later corroborated. They said that 'the five of them had gone into the swamp with a rifle they had

Ferocious Rabbit Nearly Kills Girl O'Neill, Neb.—Miss Teresa Hayden, member of the local high school, was the victim recently of the strangest accident ever recorded here. She was driving her car on the state highway at night, when a big jack rabbit, blinded by the lights of the automobile, jumped through the windshield of the car. So terrific was the rabbit’s impact that two of Miss Hayden’s teeth were knocked out and her face severely cut. The jack rabbit was killed in the collision. T* T 1 1 'I ■i"i"l"l-r

FOE OF BAD MEN KILLED BY DRUNK

Famous Oklahoma Marshal Brought Scores of Bandits to Justice.

JAIL TOO COLD, HE BREAKS OUT

Rips Lock Off Door and Tells Cop About It,

Philadelphia—“The jail was too cold, and I just refused to stand for a condition like that.’’ , That is what Frederick R. Marlin, ' forty, told Traffic Policeman Crooks when he surrendered at Broad street ; and Ridge avenue and handed him a I six-inch lock as evidence that he had escaped from ,the Langhome (Pa.) i jail.

Oklahoma City.—Hundred of times during his 51 years as arch-foe of the lawless element in Oklahoma “Bill” Tilghman facetfl the blazing guns of bank bandits, train robbers, murderers, cattle rustlers and similar gentry, giving bullet for bullet and almost invariably bringing In his man. A dozen, perhaps fifteen, criminals met death at his hands; dozens were “winged” by his unerring fire; scores of proved bad men surrendered without a shot ratter than face his marks-

manship.

And then, at ten o’clock on the night of November 1 a small touring car, bearing two men and two women, careened down the principal street of Cromwell, blackest spot in Oklahoma’s oil fields, and came to a stop in front of “Ma” Murphy’s dance hall. One of the men stepped to the ground, drew i a revolver and fired down the street, apparently without a target. He was unsteady in his gait, witnesses said,

from liquor.

Tilghman, then marshal of Cromwell, at ,$500 a month, the highest

j effects and money were turned over t«

his widow and child.

' At another time Tilghman surprised ! a gan£ of cattle rustlers, convinced | them by a ruse that they were suri rounded by a large posse of cowbOys, I and captured the entire band without 1 firing a shot, Men were never more

disgusted than they when they discov- _ 4 H „ I ered how they hatf been taken in, and , BelieVCS Dirigibles Will Be

i this was the one Incident of his career j that Tilghman liked to tell about. He j

regarded it as a huge joke.

When trouble came Tilghman never J waited for aid. He was in a tiny prairie town one day looking for a j

murderer, when three horsemen swept 'time will come soon when gigantic down on the town bank and held it up. ] zeppelins, twice as large as the Los Tilghman saw the commotion a block ! Angeles, will make leguar trans-At-away, ran to the scene and engaged | lantic flights was the prophesy of the three in a pistol battle, killed one, Cap . Geo w gtegle; Jr Marion > s na

Marion, Ind.

CAITA1N STEELE SEES RIG AIRSHIPS AS OCEAN CRAFT

Great Merchant

Carriers.

-That the

wounded one and killed the third one’s horse as he tried to escape. The wounded man recovered, and he and his companion went to the penitentiary. The town marshal never put in an appearance during the melee. Succeeded in Desperate Missions. Three Presidents of the United States and every governor of Okla-

tive son who is now in command of

the great airship.

Captain Steele’s story of the thrilling flight and of the future plans for zepplin aviation in this country,, created a profound impression on the 250 Kiwanians and guests jammed in the I. O. O. F. hall, flliing erefy avail-

“You see, it’s this way, officer,” he ,

explained, after asking to be re, i salm '- v ever paid a P eace officer ln 0 ^; arrested. “I was pinched early this 1 lahoma - ste PP ed from the dance haU

morning, after I was in an automo- j bile accident on the Lincoln highway | between Parkland and Langhorne. i They took me to the Langhorne jail. ! “But It was too cold to sleep. When : I yelled a couple of times for the ! turnkey and he failed to answer, it i made me sore. I looked around the

| cell and found an Iron bar.

j “I used the bar to rip this lock off | the cell door. Then I shoved the lock | In my pocket and started to look for | the jailer. I was going to make him l turn on the heat. But I couldn’t find ! anybody anywhere around the place,

! so I figured the nex tbest thing to do “with his boots on.”

to quell the new disturbance. He grappled with the offender and snatched away his gun, never attempting to draw his own weapon. The dis turber, however, whipped out a second revolver, fired three shots into the body of the officer, leaped into his

car and sped away.

How Tilghman Met End.

Half of Cromwell gave chase. The other half stayed to help Tilghman, but in 15 minutes the dean of Oklahoma’s law enforcers, relentless terror of the criminal element and friend and idol of children, was dead,

was to walk down to Philadelphia and explain the situation.”

They HMI the Body. purchased, and while taking turns shooting one of their number discharged the gun before he intended to and the bullet struck Schwer in the head. The boys are Arthur, twelve, and Harold Melghan, eleven, brothers ; Adam Rotunda, twelve, and Charles Hirschfleld, fourteen years old. Terrorized by the thought of the possible consequences of the accident, the four boys said they dragged Schwer to the nearby ash dump, pulled ids cap orer his face, tossed some brush over the body and then concocted the tale they had stuck to for ten days.

Aged Man Risks Life in Fire for Savings Philadelphia.—An aged man who braved death to rescue his life savings when his home caught fire, was found lying beside an old trunk, with a wallet clutched in his hand, and was carried to safety by firemen. He is Patrick Powers, seventy years old. His wife, Anna, and two children of their daughter, Mrs. J. Y. Penny, also were led from the building. Powers went into the cellar to combat the flames when the fire was discovered. He was forced to come back to the first floor, and, thinking of his money, ran upstairs into the smokefilled room in which it was hidden. Hardly had he succeeded in locating the wallet when he collapsed. His wife, asleep on the second floor, was rescued by Mrs. Penny, with whom the aged couple live. Mrs. Penny ran to tine room In which her children were playing and carried them from the house, as firemen arrived. Powers, when revived smiled happily as he grasped his wallet. “Well, I got the money, anyway, even If they did have to carry me down a ladder With it,” he said.

Thought Dead 4 Years, Returns From Jungles Albany, N. Y.—Believed by friends to have perished in an African jungle four years ago, A. J. Klein, formerly New York state taxidermist, is back alive and well. Mr. Klein came back with a record of having slain 88 lions, and with 20,000 feet of motion picture film, depicting native hunts, herds of 200 gnus and zebras, and data concerning the life gad habits of many

animals.

Mr. Klein has spent 14 years exploring the South African jungles, where he collected specimens for the American Museum of Natural History. Until about four years ago he corresponded with David C. Lithgow, an artist of Albany, but since that time no word had been received from the explorer and scientist. Mr. Klein regards, as his most im-

Wylye Linn, a federal prohibition officer, was arrested soon afterward and confessed to the shooting. His companions also were captured. Linn will face trial for first degree murder. With Tllghman’s death passed the last and greatest of Oklahoma’s pioneer peace officers whose lives have been given entirely to the war against crime within the confines of Oklahoma. Indian scout, plainsman. United States marshal, state senator, who put much of the “power” into Oklahoma’s criminal code, sheriff and one-time chief of police of Oklahoma City, he led a life more thrilling than many lesser lights, whose names have

homa except one at some time called a |3] e space, to hear the Marion mart on Tilghman for special duty. It al- i w j 10 j^g become one of the best ways was some desperate mission, and ; knQwn and hi hest in rank in the

never did Tilghman fail to bring m his

man, alive if possible, but dead if nec-I eDtire L ; s - Na y al f0 ^ es - essary. At one time President Roose- , Captain Steele’s address, the first velt sent him into Mexico for a mur-^ made before a luncheon club since derer. Tilghman penetrated 600 miles : the epoch making flight across the into the southern republic, got his man | ocean last October, was intensely inand brought him back to the United !teresting and one could have heard a States. Mexico never even protested ; pin drop> the att e n tion of the big officially. I audience was so focused on the story No less spectacular than his war on ^ 1 criminals was Tilghman’s service of the 8 °- hoiir ride across the Afc - against the Indians during the ’70’s, lantic, back to home and loved ones. He was only twenty years old when It was undoubtedly the biggest

he first saw service in the Cheyenne and Arapahoe war in 1874, and he also fought through the campaign of 1878 when Dull Knife and his followers left the reservation at Fort Sill and plundered the frontiers of Kansas and Nebraska. Tllghman’s home and

all his possessions were burned by the j Steele made a few remarks conceramarauders, and the memory of it made I ing activities of the Los Angeles and

meeting with the biggest attendance and the most interesting message, that Marion Kiwanis baa

ever had.

After telling of the trip from Germany to Lakehurst, N. J., Captain

his aim a little truer and his zest foi the fight a little keener. Some of hi? experiences during the Indian wart have been made the basis of novels for it was he who rode 75 miles through an Indian-infested country foi troops and led them to the relief ol a beleaguered settlement. The cav airy actually arrived In the nick ol time, for the log blockhouse was ii flames, half of the defenders were

of future zepplin growth.

“I am not certain exactly what will be done with the Los Angeles. When the United States purchased it, it was with the option that it be used for commercial purposes only, so to some branch of commerce the big ship will be devoted. For some weeks yet, however, the U. S. Navy will experiment and have several short trial

dead and the Indians were forming | flights from the hangar at Lakehurst, for a final rush when the trooper* | N ^ where it is housecl. After that swept down on them. Only a remnanl j. , , _ _ _ . , , of the Indian band escaped, and Tlleb 1 “ 18 llke »' the Los An S« les wl11 be man tracked them for days until thej US'” 1 for some commercial run, befinally eluded him. j tween New Jersey and Panama, or At another time Tilghman and twc j some corresponding distance.” brother scouts were surprised by « J That the Los Angeles will never roving band of red marauders and foi j he used for regular trans-Atlantic

forty-eight hours fought off after attack. Their dead

attack horse*

become household words. For Tilgh- ) served as breastworks. Unable t<

man withal was extremely modest, quiet spoken and sparing of words, always willing to discuss horses and farming, but never willing to discuss himself. Exploits of Al Jennings, whose gang of train robbers Tilghman broke up; of “Bud” Ballew, two-gun sheriff of Carter county, who fell before the fire of a Texas ranger; Frank

portant work, the photographing of j M. Canton, the man who did the most

packs of hyenas. It is difficult to get j to wipe out cattle rustling in the

hyenas in large groups because they j Southwest and whose gun many times break up and hurry to their lairs be- ' spoke death to desperadoes, pale into fore daybreak, he said. By appealing i mediocrity beside the daring performto the animals’ greed, however, he sue-! ances of “Uncle Bill.”

ceeded in keeping them out until after sunrise.

Whole Town in Peril of Disappearing Underground Scranton, Pa.—West Scranton is again in danger of suddenly disap-

pearing underground. The city offi- „ dais are Informed by engineers who g» "•* *? capture Starr himself when

Tilghman put Al Jennings into the penitentiary and drove his gang to the four winds. He broke up the Dalton band and was in the front rank when the pitched battle was fought that resulted in the death of most of the Dalton cohorts. He disrupted the Henry Starr band of bank robbers, putting f»ur in the penitentiary, and was on

have been investigating the mine caves under the city that Washburn and Lafayette streets and Bromley and Rebecca avenues are in imminent danger of dropping into the workings of the Glen Alden and Serob Coal companies. A conference between city officials and representatives of the coal men Is being arranged to devise some means of safeguarding life and property.

Indian Physician Is Father of 33 Children Danville, Va.—*Dr. Ernest Jones, a Cherokee Indian of Milton, Is believed to be the most fatherly man In this section of the country, as he has 33 children. The youngest U twelve months old, and this baby h*s » brother wh5 is sixty-eight. R«*r f er Jones has been thrice married *ff4 boasts of 99 grandchildren and 18 great-grand-chjldren. Doctor Jones, who is eighty six, attributes hta advanced age to careful erting and a well-balanced di^f. His only known Illness was an atUck of rheumatism several years ago, ehich he successfully shook off after treatment. A l 1 of Ms children are healthy and robust.

Mirage in Colorado Loveland, Colo.—A remarkable mirage appeared here recently on Fourth street. It took the shape of a deep pool of water in the middle of the street. When the story gained circulation a crowd gathered at the scene. Motorists swerved to avoid the “pool,” only to find on Closer examination that the street was dry. Persons approaching the place from certain angles could see in the water the reflection of passing cars.

Lightning Freak Mason, Mich.—A polite bolt of lightning during a recent storm, after venting its ire on the telephone in the home of Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Bartlett here, rolled calmly out of the back door. The phone was torn from the wall, but otherwise little damage was done to the home. Mrs. Bartlett sat only a few feet from where the bolt struck, but she was only slightly stunned.

Baby Smother* East Bridgewater, Mass.—Robert A. Hackner, eight-month-old son of Mr. and Mrs. William Hackner, was found by its father smothered to death in his carriage. The child was lo a sleeping bag in a go-cart and it Is believed that thr wind blew the hood of the sleeping bag over the child in such a manner that he was smothered.-

the notorious bandit was slain by an Arkansas bank president during a holdup. He brought to justice every member of the Doolin band who was not killed in battle by peace officers. He converted Dodge City, Kans., the wildest, widest-open, most murderous town in the world, into a virtual Sundry school in three years, and there earned his reputation as the deadliest end the most daring man In the South-

west.

Showed No Fear of Death. Frequently Tilghman’s exploits border on the foolhardy. Once, when trailing the Doolin gang of train and bank bandits, he led his posse to j within half a mile of their camp. He ’ left his men behind while he went ahead to reconnolter, and, misjudging the strength of the robber band, undertook to make the capture singlehanded. He succeeded in reaching the i cowboys’ hut In which they were J spending the night, but when he j stepped through the door he looked , into the muzzles of rifles leveled at ! him from six bunks. Another second j and his career would have been ended, | for here were men for all of \Vhom a j noose waited. BUI Doolin, the leader, j however, leaped to the floor with a | command to his men not to shoot, and in a split second Tilghman was out of the door and gone. He led his posse back, but of course the bandits had departed hastily, and in a long-range, running rifle battle next day one of the Doolin gang was killed. Several years later Tilghman, out of gratitude to DooUn, risked his own life to capture Doolin alive rather than kill him. He trailed Doolin into Arkansas, managed to secrete himself In the robber’s room at a hotel, and when Doolin entered greeted him with drawn revolver. Doolin had 'sworn he never would he captured alive, and snatched out his ewn gun. Tilghman shot It from his hand, took Doolin back to Oklahoma to he hanged, and personally saw that all of Doolln’s

break through the deadly fire of th« scouts and fearing to tarry long enough to starve them out, the Indians withdrew, leaving behind a dozen dead. One of the scouts was killed and Tilghman and his companion were slightly wounded. They buried their comrade, “outsmarted” the Indians by stealing two ponies from them during the night and

reached safety.

Never Sacrificed Life.

Aside from his Indian wars, It was said of Tilghman that he never took a human life unless it was necessary to save his own. Scores of times brother officers rebuked him for placing his life and theirs in jeopardy because of his unwillingness to “shoot on sight,” yet they never could Influence him. But he was relentless in his task and never abandoned the chase until his man was dead or in prison, even though he might be compelled to turn his attention elsewhere j

for the time being.

flights was a statement of the navalofficer that was a surprise to many of those present. “The Los Angeles is too light, too small, and is not capable of making a regular trans-Atlantic run. However; it is realized that there is no limit to the size of a zepplin and the time is ooming when the big ships will be twice as large as the Los Angeles and these powerful carriers will 1 make regular ocean trips.”

ADMUSATTEMPT (Continued From Payte 1.)

been carrying thousands of dollars in cash consigned to the Federal reserve bank of New Orleans was revealed yesterday by authorities in disclosing the arrest Sunday of Lester Black, 20 years old, alias H. N. Nathan, alias Walter Jarvis, 702 S. Nineteenth street, Terre Haute.. Members of the C. & E. I. polic©

“Unde 1 Bfil’ 7 Tilghman’s death cast f0rce ’ sheriff Fred Armstrong and

Federal agents are mobilized in an attempt to take Black’s older brother Floyd who, it is declared, plotted

a pall over Oklahoma. Spilt by the bitterest political fight in its history, the state forgot its hatreds when the

news of his murder was flashed, and j with’ his brother to wreck the heavy from all factions arose a tribute to j p u ]j man and ma jj ^. ra j n ^ |j e j ng sa j d the dean of Oklahoma peace officers, j that i( . is the third time the twQ had the man who met and conquered more i , ...... ,, . . "bud men” tbnn an, two officers ‘ h <* sam « the Southwest—and perhaps In the Black Confesses Part.

Authorities said yesterday that Blaclf confessed completely Sunday to the sheriff and railroad detectives

world—the man whose mere presence In town enabled women and children to sleep peacefully and caused crimi-

nals to seek other fields. A governor, par t in the attempt,

two former governors, a United States senator, ministers, widows of men whose murderers he had brought to justice and men in all walks of life , Joined In doing honor to him and In j pouring a flood of condolences on the *

widow.

And the children?

“He’ll be missed by all the boys In the neighborhood,” his widow says. “They all knew him and liked him,

and he always had time to listen tojflgart of hls bill, and he has said ha their troubles, share their Joys, a( ivlse j wrou j d re g ar< i Hie vote on it as A

forecast of the final vote on the bill.

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trike out of the bill the entire easing clause and leave only the government operation provisions. The Alabama senator holds that the amendment would strike out the

them, show them why this course or that was right, point out the folly of unfairness or dishonor and help them If they were in trouble. He really was gladder, I believe, to persuade a boy to do the manly thing than to catch a

murderer.

“I have sat by my window and

The opposition, meanwhile, is centering its effort to kill the bill through support of th e amendment-

Attacks Editorial.

The Senate judiciary committee today authorized a subcommittee to

heard groups of boys go by, ^cussing i{ flvegt; j gate tke -Washington Herald rrHS-Sa sassrarws:

as Uncle Billy weuld do Herald-Tribune.

-New York

Some Chora , Milwaukee, Wla.—Ottcer Georgeno Konstanynopollpaaczybiewiszowlcs got hls commission recently from the Milwaukee police dep*rtxn*nt. 'One duty will he to go each hour to a patrol box to telephone hie name to Officer Jo•eph SchraufnageL

itorial was referred to the committee after Senator Underwood had denounced it on the floor of the Senate. The committee was authorized, if the disclosures warrantecT\to report a resolution to the Senate

for -a general inquiry, v

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One of London’s principal hospitals for animals is run, entirely by i

women, n