Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 22, Number 231, Decatur, Adams County, 27 September 1924 — Page 1

, „l„„,e XXU. Number 231.

big blackmail plot is uncovered

■ ANOTHER CASE I of POISONING I IS UNCOVERED I Illinois Couple Held For || Death Os Womans ■ Former Husband I WOMAN blames man II § a vs He Poisoned Her HusI band: Body Exhumed - B For Examination I Marion. 111. Sept. 27.-“ Bob said 9 he would put poison in Jodey’s din--9 D er pail while they were working to--9 gether in the mine.” ■ In these words Mrs. Ruby Harring--9 ton Tate. 30. told Williamson county 9 authorities that she didn’t kill her 9 (irst husband. Joseph Harrington. I who died September 3, but that she I (bought Robert Tate. 26. whom she I married September 24. did kill him. I Tate, held in jail here with his ( ■ wife, denies any knowledge of the ■ crime. J ■ "Jodey died so sudden. I was' ■ kinda foolish about Bob.” were her B explanations. E The couple was arrested late yesB terdav in Johnston City, where the ■ body was exhumed by authorities fol-1 ■ lowing gossip ami the suggestion of, ■ the Hight Sweeten poisoning case at’ | Mount Vernon. ■ Sixteen national guardsmen, sent ■ here for possible riot duty in connec-l B tion with the trials growing out of | the most recent K. K. K. and anti-1 | klan wars, patrolled the court house ■ In which Tate and his wifrare held. | I Tate, whom she had knowmfor three | I ate. whom she had known for three | years, urged her frequently to shoot. | | poison or divorce her husband, but | she refused. Mrs. Tate said. I Tate purchased a half-pound of | arsenic, she said, and put it in his | kitchen cabinet. The womans state- ■ ments then skips to where HarringI ton was HI The Holy Roller church,' I of which they were members, prayed I for him. but he got no better. C. E, Bell Sails For Home I I I C. E, Bell, well known manufactur-; I er of this city, sailed today from I I Liverpool, England for the United I States. He has been in England for I the past two weks looking after busil| ness interests and will arrive home sometime next week. I o MRS. THORNTON DIED LAST NIGHT Mother Os Four Young Children Died After Short Illness Mrs. Mary Thornton, age 35 years, a resident of Decatur for the last ten years, died at the Adams County Memorial hospital at 8:15 o’clock l as t night. Death was due to a comPlication of diseases affecting the bowels and stomach. Mrs. Thornton " as taken ill last Sunday and was removed from her home, 1024 West Adams street, to the hospital on Thursday. Mrs. Thornton was a daughter of ‘ r ' ln,i " rS ' Henry Kelly, and was >oi n in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, ai(11 6. 1889. She was married to Adliam Thornton sixteen years ago. ey moved to Decatur from BusyOhio, ten years ago. Mrs. ■ lornton was a member of the First -odist church. She Is survived J her husband; four children, Ber J' f ';„ aße i5 ' Ruth ’ a *e 13, William, me t aDtI Mar l° rie L-ouise. age 3burvh. rOther ’ J ° hn Kelly ’ of Pitts ’ Her.i and two sistPrs ’ Mrs - Anna vam. ’ ° f Pittsb ’»-gh. PennsylW -t'viXnU M ' W1M ’ ° f WhCel ”* B1 the U > ntril i' serviees wt 'l, be held from £ r ; Sldenp * at 2 o’clock and from o’clock m M ® thodist c “uhch at 2:30 U. sA l° ay aftcrnc ’on, the Rev. 4ist ch B ? llge ’ Pastor of the Methobe nm,| U 7 h ' offlclatin «- Burial will e » the Maplewood cemetery.

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Thomas Taggart Undergoes A Successful Operation (United Press Service) Boston. Sept. 27. —Thomas Taggart, democratic ’’boss’’ of Indiana, successfully underwent an appendicitis operation at the Massachusetts General hospital today. Dr. D. F. Jones performed the operation. Issued the following statement: “Abscess about the appendix drained under local anaethetic. Condition of patient good.’’ The general health of the patient was such, it was said that no complications are expected. o — DESCRIBES MANY SAVAGE CUSTOMS Large Audience Hears Medical Missionary At Presbyterian Church An audience which completely filled the First Presbyterian church last night heard a wonderful lecture delivered by Dr. Luccias E. Smith, mis-sionary-physician. who has spent seven years among the heathens and semi-civilized tribes of the west coast of Africa. The lecture was illustrated by a large number of stereopticon slides, making the lecture much more i interesting. Following the main lecture. Dr. | Smith spoke to the men and boys for a few minutes, and showed pictures to I illustrate a few of the many great hardships wh< ih the natives undergo I and the terrible disease prevalent there. I Dr. Smith told of the terrible life :of woman dominated by heathen man ’as lived among the savage tribes of .West Africa where the women are slaves and do ail the work while the men have a good time. Dr. Smith said that the marriage relation in Africa among the heathen was strange and barbaric. A ring is placed in a girl's nose while she is still small to engage her to a black man. while in other tribes the wo:man is sold as a slave and remains I the property of her husband until he dies and then passed on to his nearest male relative but never returnjed to her native tribe. The speaker said he bad discovered one African ith 72 wives—the largest number he had observed —but polygamy was commonly practiced. Slides were shown which gave an idta of the kind of buildings constructed in that hot climate where mats, leaves, stacks ami bark are used to make a church or dwelling, to make a church or dwelling. The natives call going to church, ‘‘coming into the tribe of God." the speaker said. The girls in Africa have nothing to say about style. The men decide which way they look the best. They are made hideous and repugnant bybrass rings worn through the notf*. around the neck, ankle, wrist and knee. It ts their belief that they are disgraced in th£ eyes of their chief tain should one of these cruel ornaments be removed. “A woman came to me to have a brass ring removed from around her neck which weighed 171-2 pounds. She had worn it for 40 years. Her neck was infected and cut so bad she came near losing her life. She later became a Christian. With another victim of this heathen practice, part of her foot had to be cut away to save her life, where a heavy brass ring had cut the skin through to , the bone. "The heathen people of Africa are covered with filth sores and everyI thing but clothing and it has been my experience to watch them converted to the Christian faith and made clean. .It does not take much to satisfy them but they form a deep ; love for you when you are good to - them. "They have no money to pay for operations and medical attention, i Our work is largely an illustration ut t the love of Christ translated into ac--1 tion. They pay with skins, rugs, . ebony wood, sheep, eggs, goats, woven • bands or carved ivory. We always 1 make them do something and they . are glad to do It.”

DEDICATION OF NEW CHRISTIAN - CHURCH OCT. 26 Pastor, Rev. H. W. Thomp- ' son, Announces Date For Dedication Today NEARING COMPLETION Building Is Beautiful Structure; Modern In All Respects The beautiful new Christian church| at the corner of Second and Jeffer son streets in this city, will be formally dedicated on Sunday, October 26th. Rev. H. W. Thompson, pastor of the church, announced today. The building, including the site and furnishings, represen-ts an expenditure of approximately $40,000. The dedicatory program is now being arranged. It is planned to have services in the new church all day and a program of services fitting for the dedication of the beautiful house of worship will be given. Rev. H. W. Thompson has secured the assurance that D. C. W. Cauble, superintendent of the state mission of the Christian church in Indiana, will be here for the dedication and deliver the principal address. A musical program will also be given in connection with the program. The new edifice is fast nearing completion and only a few more finishing touches are needed until it is ready for the holding of services within. C. N. Christen and Company, of this "city/are the general'contractors on the building and the plans of the Corinthian style building were drawn by Architect Oscar Hoffman, also of Decatur. The church is constructed of varigated buff brick, trimmed with white stone and the stone steps leading from Second street to the main entrance gives the building a very stately appearance. The large white columns in front, blended with the 1 beautiful art glass windows add much! to the appearance of the edifice. The, interior of the church is constructed so that every inch of space can be utilized to good advantage and when you enter the building you are impressed with the fact that the build(Con tinned on Pagp AGED RESIDENT OF CITY DEAD Michael Art man Dies At Home Os Son, A. D. Artman, This Morning Michael S. Artman. age 89. well known resident of this city, died at the home of his son. A. D. Artman, corner of Tenth and Madison streets at 11:25 o’clock this morning. Death was due to senility, following a twoweek’s illness. Mr. Artman was born in Wayne county. Ohio, March 28. 1835. He was married on December 24. 1854 to Miss Elizabeth Burge. Three children were born to this union, namely. Everett Hugh Artman, of Shilo, Ohio; A. D. Artman of this city and Zelma Viola who died in infancy Mr Artman was a fine citizen and he will be missed. Early in life he united with the Church of God and he remained faithful to that church until his death. To those who knew ' Mr. Artman he was a source of delight. His mental facilities remained unimpaired up to within a few weeks of his death. Mr. Artman was well 1 educated having spent some time in 1 Oberlin College. For the last twenty 1 years he had resided with his son here. Besides the two sons men- ’ tioned above. Mr. Artman is survived by four grandchildren and three great L grandchildren. Funeral services will be held from , the residence Sunday afternoon, at i 2:30 o’clock. On Monday the body j will be taken to Shiloh, Ohio, and in- , terred beside the body of his wife who died, August 22, 1904.

Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, September 27, 1924.

Son Os Former Monroe Girl Dies In California Mrs. Joe Martz ,of Monroe, has received word that her grandson. Chester Glen Caddington. one-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Chester Caddington, died at the Caddington home in Oakland California, September 15. The child was born in Oakland. August 11. 1923. He is survived by his parents and one brother, Robert, Mrs. Caddington formerly was Miss Merle Martz, of Monroe. ANNUAL RALLY DAY TOMORROW •Evangelical Church Expecting Large Attendance And Offerings The Annual Rally Day at the Evangelical church is to be held Sunday and will comprise an all-day pro gram. In the morning it will be a rally of the Sunday School and in the evening of the Evangelical League of Christian Endeavor. This annual rally is a great event in the church, drawing large crowds and large offerings. The offer ngs will go toward the paying for the parsonage which was purchased more than a year ago. the Sunday School pledging $700.00. Rev. W. C. Hallwachs. of Cleveland. Ohio, has been secured as special speaker of the day and will give addresses at both the morning and evening services. He is known in all parts of the Evangelical church in the United States and Canada as one of the outstanding orators of the church and is in constant demand for spee’e! days and occasions through(Contlnued on page two) o • TRAINING SCHOOL CLASS CROWING Enrollment May Be Made | As Late As Next Monday Evening It is not too late to enroll as a student in the Decatur Standard Community Training School, which meets once a week at the Central school building. The first session was held last Monday evening, when nearly ninty people enrolled, and great interest and enthusiasm was manifested. Since then there have been many inquiries relative to whether it was too late still to enroll, and piedictions are that many new pupils will enroll next Monday evening. Since there are only twelve sessions in a semester, it is very important that any desiring to take the course should not delay further getting in--4o the school; but it will be possible to enroll this coming Mundy evening and successfully pursue the courses offered. The course is so put on that persons who have been denied in earlier years the privileges of an education. will be able to take the work and derive, if possible, even more benefit than others. Every teacher in the church schools and all who desire to fit themselves more ably to serve in their respective churches are invited and urged to enroll next Monday evening. Those who do not Wish to work for credits may enroll as audit students and receive the benefit of the instruction and class discussions; but it is strongly urged that all aim to obtain credits for the additional application and increased benefit that will be derived. Weather Unsettled with showers or thundei 1 storms tonight and probably Sunday ■ morning. Cooler. I Indianapolis. Sept. 27. —Coolet weather was forecast for Indiana to i night and Sunday by the local weath t er bureau. A drop of ton or twelve r degrees in the vicinity of Indianapolis - may be expected tonight, but there is i little danger of frost, according to the weather bureau.

SUGAR BEETS NEARLY READY . TO BE PULLED Fieldmen Os Sugar Company, Meeting Here To- ( day, Plan Campaign CROP IS GOOD ONE Company Expects To Start Factory Here By October 9th Or 10th Fieldmen of the Holland-St. Louis ’ Sugar Company from Indiana and Ohio met today at the local factory with John Carmody, manager of the plant and plans for the fall campaign 1 were discussed. The condition of the sugar beet crop in the territory of the company is such that it is hoped that the beets can be pulled within the next ten I days and the annual campaign of [ making sugar starts at the local sacItory by October 9th or 10th. Indications are that the beet yield will be a ,'heavy one. The acreage this year is Jone of the largest ever -cultivated in .•the history of the local factory. More than 10,000 acres of beets are under cultivat'on in the territory of the sugar beet company and the acreage Jin Adams County is around 2.500 I acres. • ’ The fieldmen were optimistic at to i the condition of the crop ami they be- , lieve that the yield will be heavy. . Plans are being made to start the big r mill as soon as possible. During the . 1 summer. +’;«*»** Superintendent Will • Simpson and his crew of men have given the machinery a general overhauling, some new machinery has been installed and everything is .n readiness for the opening of the cam i paign. | At noon today the fieldmen were the I [guests of the company at a luncheon served in the Decatur Industrial I rooms. Among the fieldmen who I were present were. H. B. Ka ler, ” l iberty Center: R. J. Cumming. Ft. Jennings. O; E. L. Harlacher. Defiance. O.: Samuel Leer. Fairmount. Ind ; H. E. Obermever, Woodburn. • Ind.; I.' J. Fricke, Decatur; H. 5 (Continued on page two) 1 *' — :FINDS VALUABLE PAPERS ON FARM 3 Indiana Man Finds Papers , Stolen From Safe In t Celina, Ohio Celina. Ohio. Sept 27 —All valuable , papers, taken from the Crampton . Canning company’s safe, which was > burglarized on Thursday night. September 18, were recovered yesterday . by Ray Wagner, farmer residing . about two miles over the Indiana line [. Wagner was at work on his farm < making a ditch when he noticed a e bundle of papers hidden in a bush r near a stump on his place. Upon □ examination he found that they bej longed to the Crampton Canning coms pany, of Ce’Jina. and immediately not tified Sheriff Charles Creedon of his t discovery. 1 The papers were of no value to e anyone else but the canning company s They consisted of company and per(l sonal insurance income ami e corporation tax reports records of in(l veutories, and similar papers, and wore of inestimable value to the “ Crampton Canning company. In addition to taking these papers about $75 in cash was s'.< ten. Evidently the thief or thieves thought the |>u >]- pet’s were bonds or -lock certificate ■. „ and u;o.i discovering their mistake concealed them on the Wagner farm. Manager Herbert Kiemendahl. of the r canning company, was a happy man )• when he learned that the papers r- were found e The<authorities have not given up s hope of capturing 'he thieves. Uno s or two parties are row under st : e v-'l'ame f.t being !• ‘i Heated ami arrests may follow ar time.

Bluffton-Fort Wayne Road Open October 15 Fort Wayne. Sept. 27. The Bluffton road, which has been closed all I summers from the Wayne-Pleasant township line to Ossian, will not be opened *for the entire length until about October 15, Clifford Siniff, district superintendent for the state highway commission, announced yesterday. | The road is being paved with travia by the state. The highway will be opened to the Sheldon read in about one week if the weather remains good. o TO CONNECT ERIE AND CLOVER LEAF Nickel Plate To Build Interchange Track Between Lines Here Railroad engineers were at work today surveying the stretch of ground between the Erie and Cloverleaf division of the Nickel Plate, praparatpry to constructing an interchange freight track between the two railroads. According to plans already adopted. S. E. Shamp, local agent of the Nickel Plate stated, the proposed interchange track will extend from the Cloverleaf tracks near the east corner of the Decatur Produce company building, east several hundred feet and would connect with the Erie tracks on the east side of Line street. The interchange track will make it possible to switch cars from one road to another at Decatur. Heretofore any shipment of cars consigned to a point east which had to be changed from one road to another ' had to be forwarded as far as Ohio ; City, where the change was made. | This connection of the two main east and west railroad lines is made possible through the Van Sweringen consolidation of the Erie. Cloverleaf, Pere Marquette and other railroads now controlled by the Van Sweringen Brothers, the new railroad kings o! America. Nickel Plate Extension It i 3 expected that work will com mence on the extension of the Nicke Plate tracks, east of Tenth street t( the west boundary of Eleventh stree within the next week. Mr. Shanti I stated. The switch to the I .iFoun | tain Handle company from Eleventl street, east to the factory, will b< started at the same time, it was stat ed. The stock yards will be con * structed west of Tenth street and eas | of the Nickel Plate tracks, accordin; . to the franchise granted to the rail ’ road company by the city council The track extension will providmore space for cars and will serve t< take care of the many cars of suga '.beets which are shipped over th Cloverleaf railroad. It is though s I that the track extension and switcl Ito the Handle factory can be com ’ pleted within a few weeks. ; 1 ; Base Ball Scores 1 National League ■ Philadelphia. 1: New York. 3 (fifth ” i inning) *1 Chicago. 2: Pittsburgh. 2 (seventh I inning). ’l Boston. 3: Brooklyn. I (fifth Inv ning). ■| American League J New York. 1; Philadelphia, 3 (fifth inning). | Washington, 2: Boston. 4 (fourth ) inning). ’ | ._____ o — ■ Three Ladies Admitted To Adams County Bar ■ The Misses Alice M. Lenhart and (Rose C. Vog’.ewfcdo and Mrs. Marie ■ Deßolt were admitted to membershif i in the Adams County Bar this morn i ing, after an investigating commit I tee from the bar had conducted at > examination of the applicants. Th : three ladies have been employed f | the offices of local attorneys so i. some time and have become familia I with the practice cf law.

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MERCHANTS OF INDIANA WERE MARKED VICTIMS Marion County Prosecutor Uncovers Wide-spread Scheme Today FOUR MEN ARRESTED Workman's Compensation Act Used To Blackmail Merchants i (United Press Service) Indianapolis. Sept. 27 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —A wide spread scheme to blackmail Indiana merch.'ants who were threatened prosecution under the workman's compensation act was believed by Pro'secutor Remy of Marion county to have been revealed today. Berny ordered the arrest of four .deputy (onstaldes serving in the ' i justice of the peace court of T. R. -1 Rainey ami ordered Rainey to bring Jail his records before the county ■ I grand jury for investigation. The four deputies arrested Were - M. A. Howard. R. I. Thompson, Joseph ■ O'Brien and Roy Orebaugh. I In a raid on Rainey's office detec’’fives seized a truck load of equip- • Intent used in the "business" includf | ing more than 1,000 warrants for the t at rest of persons, thousands of printb ed forms and card indexes, s! Remy said! the investigation re- | vealed that Howard or one of the e other deputies would apparently go e' into a town with a flock of warrants “ sirned by Rainey-W with the names (■ of the defendants left bank. e Merchants were asked if they had r workmen's compt nsation insurance o ami if they replied in the negative a ' 1 warrant was forthwith filled out with t|the proper name and the merchant '-I was placed under arrest according n to Remy. fj Then it was suggested that the S|law violation was unintentional and n the constab’e settled the case with a •f cash payment on the spot Remy deI dared. "There were no court proceedings i he defendants never appeared in ? 1 person and it appears there were no <’ cases actually on file against any st who paid the fines," Remy said P Frequently after summary just’ce it- had been administered by the deputy h an insurance agent would appear ,e within a few hours and issue insur t- ance to the merchant. n- Officials of an .nsurance company g t may be involved in the plot. Remy announced. 11- __l o CHURCH EXPELLS : REV, L, M, HIGHT ■h Methodist Church Body Votes Accused Pastor Out Os Conference Carbondale. 111.. Sept. 27—(Special to Daily Democrat) —A report by its “select number" expelling Lawrence M. Hight, poisoning pastor, from the j Methodist Episcopal church and the ministry, was adopted unanimously ! and without discussion by the Southern Illinois conference of the church today. 'Too much has been said about the case," churt li leaders declared, in- ! dieating the incident was closed as far as their church was concerned ( The church will not aid Hight’s fight to escape the gallows, it was stated. — o ——— Several Donate Fruit For Memorial Hospital r Several people had brought in can't ned fruit for the Adams County Memejorial hospital this afternoon and p members of the League of Women a- Voters, who are conducting the fruit t- drive, were hopeful that a large numwould bring in donations late this le afternoon and tonight. The vacant in | building at the corner of Monroe and or Second streets, where the donations ar are being received, will be kept open until 9 o’clock tonight.