Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 26, Number 248, Decatur, Adams County, 19 October 1928 — Page 1

WEATHER Generally fair tonight and Saturday. Semewh.t cooler onlght. Probably light froet.

DR. SHUMAKER GOES FREE ON PARDON

Hickman, “The Fox”, Dies On Gallows For His Crime

young slayer HANGFO IN SAN QUENTIN PRISON Execution Is Climax To Career Os Crime; Repents In Closing Days TELLS HIS LIFE HISTORY TO GUARDS San Quentin Prison, Calif., Oct. 19. (UR) William Edward Hickman went to his death on the ijallows of San Quentin nrison today for the murder of Marion Parker. 12 - year -old banker's daughter. The former Kansas City school bov was hanged al 10:10 a in.. PCT., after repenting in the dosing days of his life for the kidnaping and murder, which had climaxed his crime career. Hickman was pronounced dead by Dr. R. F. Blecker, prison physician, at 10:25 a.m. Hangs For 15 Minutes He had hung at the end of the rope for exactly 15 minutes. Hickman stood for a moment on the gallow’s trap before it was sprung I ; s white face and his youth contrasting sharply with his dark suit and somber surroundings. There was an onimous silence in the death chamber as the 200 witnesses looked up at the boy of 20 who was about to pay the penalty of death. The two guards of the death watch, Charles Aiston and Fred Hogaboom, said Hickman’s second night in the cell of the condemned Was rioT marked by the sound sleep of the first night. He told his guards of his entire I life, from his early boyhood in Arkan- I sas, through his high school days in Kansas City and down to the killing of Marion Parker in Los Angeles last December, for which he was hanged. Before I started committing holdups back in Kansas City, I was seiz'd at times with periods of violent depression," Hickman said. During those times I was extremely jealous ot people who seemed to 1 •tave a better lot of it in life. I 1 wanted the things they had and I didn’t. "The only rea«on I kidnaped Mar- ! 1 » Parker and then killed her was I" get the $1,500 ransom money that ' was paid to me. 1 had no reason for a grudge ‘ against her father, Perry Parker. On Hie contrary, I was indebted to him. ' He was kind to me when I got m a jam at the bank where I was a ' 1., v and |„. w ., s , IPi iCONTIMEBD OX PAGE SEVKX) ‘ niondale Child Seriously Injured When Hit By Auto Sarah Rice, 9, daughter of Mr. anp rs Wilson Rice, of Uniondale, was ieved to be fatally injured about ■ 0 o clock this afternoon, when she struck by a Ford automobile. e wheel of the car passed over her ® a d, causing a bad fracture of the 'till, which is expected almost momentarily to result in her death. Her condition was such, that It was impossible to move her to a hospital. AIR MAIL PILOT IS FOUND DEAD I'ileless Body Found In Wreckage Os Plane In Pennsylvania Woods Franklin, Pa., Oct. 19.— (U.R) — Wilam 0. Hopson, missing air mail fly- / who took off at Clarion, Pa„ tor evi-land, Ohio, early yesterday, was "iind dead in the wreckage of his i P ane today in a dense woods three "tiles west of Polk. hn^?? 80n ' 8 plane struck a tree on a lt; waa believed that he bean]e . <Onfuße( l •” a heavy rainstorm 1 'led to make a forced landing in *ae darkness. of/ 1 ') i" 2 'I'* 1 '* a PP ar ently that he was flar * S | Courße ’ Hopson had dropped 8n an atten >Pt to identify the Tl* ' y . ov ® r w| Heh he was flying, in pilot 8 crushed body was found 11 seat ot the wrecked plane.

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WOULD IMPROVE ST. MARYS RIVER W. I). Cross, Jr., Asks Support Os Izaak Walton League In Proposed Project W. D. Cross, Jr. of Geneva, speaking at the state convention of the izaak Waltcn League, in Fort Wayne, Thursday, made a plea for the support of the League in the movement to divert a pait of the overflow of Lake St. Matys, in Ohio, from the Wabasli river to the St. Marys river. "For an expense cf $50,000 the state of Ohio could build flood gates at the east end of this lake and keep the St. Marys river to just the proper level at all times, thereby making it a more beautiful stream. Also by taking a part of the water away from the Wabash river in Indiana several thousands of acres of valuable and tillable soil! would be saved from the menace of floods.” Mr. Cross declared. “Every man here knows that the St Marys river is a beautiful stream and that it could lie made more beautiful. Many months in the year St. Maiys is practically a dry river bed, its beauty ruined, pollution occurs and it becomes < tat might be termed an eyesore to members of the Izaak Walton league and other natural beauty lovers of this section. Construction of Artificial Lake “About 80 years ago there was constructed in Mercer and Auglaize counties in Ohio a huge body of water three miles wide and 10 miles long, built artificially for the purpose of supplying the old Erie canal with sufficient water to keep the tow boats afloat. "Into this body of water flow several creeks and small streams draining considetable section of western Ohio. The greater part of the overflow of this reservoir flows into the St. Marys river, which in turn flows into the Maumee river at Fort Wayne. “For a good many years this was a satisfactory outlet for the surplus water of this section but after the abandonment of the Erie canal it was necessary for the state of Ohio to either find some commercial use for this body of water or to drain it and use the land for agricultural purposes. "These in favor of retaining the reservoir wen the battle and from that time this reservoir has been known as St. Marys lake. A contract was entered into witli certain industries in St. Marys, Ohio whereby they were to use the overflow water for power purposes, but It developed that there was too much water and in or(CONTINILI) ON’ PAGE SEVEN)

Slate. National And luternathiual News

POLITICS ON THE AIR Gov. Alfred E. Smith’s Chicago campaign speech will be broadcast over a nationwide network from 8 to 9 a. m. tonight, cst. "Babe" Ruth will tell over 30 N. B. C. sttaions from 10:30 to 11 p. m. tonight, est., why he is going to vote for Al Smith. On the same program will be John W. Davis, Democratic presidential nominee in 1924. An address by Senator Charles Curtis, Republican vice-presidential nominee, will be broadcast over the Columbia system from 8:30 to 9 p. in. tonight, est. Stat io n s broadcasting Smith’s speech are: WEAF, WEEI, WTIC, WOSH, WRC, WGY, WGR, WEBH, WTAM, WJAR, WEAG, WLIT, WCAE, WTMJ, KSD, WCCO, WOC, WHO, WOW, KVOO, KPRC, WHAS, WSM, WSB, WMC, WBT, KOA, KSL, KPO, KGO, KHO, KOMO, KGW, KFI, and WWJ. o LEGION TO HOLD HARD LUCK PARTY Members To Attend Meeting Monday Night Dressed In Their Old Rags Members.of Adams Post No. 43, of the American Legion, are planning a "Hard Luck Buddy” meeting, to be held in Legion Hall, Monday night, October 22. The meeting will start at 7:30 o’clock. Each member of the post is asked to come dressed in his old rags and the Legionnaire who can prove by his clothes that he is the ‘h'ardest up,’’ will win a prize of $5 in cash. An interesting talk will be given by Commander O’Brien on, "Who Won the War.” Following the meeting, a good old . army and navy chow line will be formed and slum will be dished out by the kitchen police, Lloyd Baker and William Murtauggh, the star K. P.'s of the A. E. F. Legionnaires are advised to bring their mess kits, as there will be plenty of seconds. After i the slum is disposed of, a smoker will be held. "Don’t forget to bring a fellow Legionnaire with you and show him the time of his life, with plenty of entertainment and beaucoupe. eats,” the committee on arrangements urged today. "Come and forget your top kicker, as no details will be appointed and no K. P.’s will be needed.’’

Decatur, Indiana, Friday, October 19, 1928.

Letters Being Accepted For Dispatch To Europe On The Graf Zeppelin Chicago, Oct. 19. —(U.R)—Letters are being accepted for dispatch on the Graf Zeppelin on its return trip to Germany, the postoffice department here announced today. No letter weighing more than one ounce will be accepted. Postage will be $1 05 for letters and 55 cents for ca. Js. In the upper left hand corner, the inscription should, be written: "Via German airship I.Z-127 from Lakehurst, N. J.’’ Persons having •no German address, but wishing their letters returned. may address it to Postmaster. Freidi ichshafen, Germany enclosing an international reply coupon. o CHAIRMAN FOR MEETING NAMED B. F, Roller Is Chosen To Preside At Cleveland Meeting Here Tuesday Attorney B. F. Roller, of this city, will preside as chairman of the big political meeting to be held in the court room in this city next Tuesday evening when Richaid F. Cleveland, of Baltimore, Md., son of former President Grovei Cleveland, will deliver cne of the principal addresses of the present campaign. Mr. Roller is cne of the young members of the Adams County bar. He was one of the candidates last May for the Democratic nomination for Prosecuting attorney. He has taken an active part in Democratic politics in this county and, recently, has been acting as secretary at Democratic headquarters in this city. Mr. Roller is a graduate of Ohio State university ami is a personal tiiend of Curtis G. Shake, of Vincennes, Democratic candidate for attorney general of Indiana, who will speak at Geneva cn Wednesday, October 31. Mr. Roller was named chairman of the Cleveland meeting in recognition of the young men voters of this county. This year, more than any other year, the young men and young women have rallied to the Democratic cause and are ardently supporting Governor Al Smith and the Democratic ticket. Although there is not a young men’s or young women's Democratic club in this county, many of the younger voters have taken it upon themselves to actively support the Democratic, ticket this year. Mr. Vleveland is a young man about 35 years of age and is an orator of rare ability. His message to the Adams county voters will be one worth hearing. The General Electric band will provide a conceit previous to the meeting. The public is invited to attend. oHoliness Association To Meet Next Sunday The Adams County Holiness association will hold its monthly meeting next Sunday afternoon, October 21, at 2 o'clock. The Rev. H. E. Forbes, ot Bobo, will be the speaker. If the weather is not cold, the meeting will ’ be held in the tabernacle at Monroe. Otherwise, it will be lield in the Methodist church at Monroe. The public is welcome to attend. fORMER LOCAL WOMAN EXPIRES » Florence Ella Chronister ; Smith Dies Os Tubercu- ' losis At Bluffton I Mrs. Florence Ella Chronister , Smith, 56, of Bluffton, daughter of j Sam Chronister, of 935 Mercer ave- , nue, died at 8 o’clock this morning, Friday, October 19, 1928, at her home ' in Bluffton, after a two years illness t of tuberculosis. Mrs. Smith was born . In this city and was married here. I Her husband died twenty years ago. In 1913, she went to Bluffton, where r she has resided since that time. ( Surviving are one son, Ralph Smith, f of Battle Creek, Michigan, and three . daughters, Mrs. Ida Barnhouse, Mrs. . Florence Turner and Mrs. Winifred ( Sliger, all of Bluffton. Wm. Chronister, of this city, is a brother of the detCONTINIIED ON PAGE SEVEN)

BRITISH FLIER’S NAME ADDED TO LIST OF MISSING Only Few Persons Believe Fate Os Da/ing Airman Will Ever Be Learned SIGHTED 700 MILES FROM STARTING POINT London, Oct. 19.— (U.R) —The name of Lieut. Commander H. C. MacDonald was added today ( to the long list of those who have disappeared mysteriously as they sought to fly across the North Atlantic. Only a few believed he ever would be found or his story ever learned. Alone and with a daring comparable only to that shown by Col. Charles A Lindbergh, MacDonald started from Harbor Grace, Newfoundland Wednesday noon (New York time) in a tiny Gypsy Moth plane. Plane Sighted Once His plane was sighted once. The steamer Hardenberg messaged the Leviathan that a plane had passed over her at 12:30 a. m. gmt. Friday. ■ That was at a position more than 700 miles east ot Newfoundland. Between there and the Irish coast It O.ATIN’I ED ON PAGE SEVEN) o Charlie Voglewede Talks To Rotarians About Shoes Charlie Voglewede, local shoe dealer gave an instructive talk before members of the Decatur Rotary Club last evening. Mr. Voglewede spoke on the Qecatur Rotary Club last evening.. Mr. Voglewede speke on the shoe fitting and shoe making business. He had samples of shoes and clearly showed the business of shoe making and the art of fitting feet. The shoe dealer ot today has taken cut all the guesswork in fitting shoes and if he uses the modern methods now in use can fit shoes to a certainty. Mr. Vogtewede’s talk was interesting and instructive. o Dunkirk Woman And Son Seriously Burned Today Dunkirk, Ind., Oct. 19—<U.R)—Mrs. Sarah Ann Foster, 81, lies at the point, of death, with burns over her entire body, and her son, Benjamin Foster, 47, is in a serious condition, suffering from burns about his face, head, neck, arms and feet, sustained about S o'clock this morning, when their home in the western part of Dunkirk was partially destroyed by fire. Both are in the Blackford county hospital, at Hartford City. SACRAMENTAL WINE STOLEN Four Barrels Os Wine Consigned To Decatur Church Stolen At Kendallville Kendallville, Oct. 19 —(U.R) Four small barrels of sacramental wein — consigned to a church in Decatur from a warehouse at Sandusky, Ohio were stolen sometime Wednesday night from from the Pennsylvalia freight house on West Rush street. Thieves, who gained entrance to the freight house by prying open a window on the north end of the building, first broke opfn one barrel to sample the drinks, and then carted all four barrels • through the east warehouse dfors, which were opened from the inside. The wine, packed in one-gallon jugs inside the barrels, was brought Into Kendallville early Wednesday after- ’ noon as part of a carload consignment t on local No. 87, westbound New York - Central switch run. The containers , were unloaded at the N. Y. C. freight ■ house, and later in the day a truck ! from the Smith Trucking Company i transferred them to the Pennsylvania freight house. They were billed to be shipped south to Decatur Thursday on > a Pennsylvania local train. The persons who carried away the church wine left no clue at the freight ’ house. Several •Pennsylvania detectives arrived in the city Thursday to assist . Chief of Police Orrie Sawyer in the Investigation. One jug of wine, from the broken barrel was found on the freight ’ house platform, and wfll be examined for finger prints.

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Sought in Slaying i 4 ar ■ ‘ Jr > ' ■/ < W B / H“ / - 1h / ■ i f I ‘ IJ A-' - ; I w r I • ® t J Harvey’ Smith, Alabama and ) South Bend. Ind., detective, who is c being traced in connection with the slaying of Mrs. Genevieve Stults, t divorcee and beauty shop owner, t Seven months ago Smith was hired for SSO by Mrs. Charles Reyher of | South Bend, whose husband was s having an affair with Mrs. Stults, to get her out of town. Mrs. Stults disappeared, and her body was just | found in a lime pit near Elkhart, Ind. • WILLIAM LORD CALLED BY DEATH I I Civil War Veteran Dies Os > Paralysis At II om e Here Last Night i William Lord, 79. Civil war veteran and a native of Adams county, died i Thursday night, October 18.1928, at I 9:30 o'clock at his home, 919 Harrison street, following a stroke of paralysis which he suffered a week ago. ( For several years Mr. Lord made t his home at the Soldiers’ Home, Marion, Indiana. He joined the army when only about 14 years old. and was a member of Company 11th Regiment. Indiana Calvary, seeing active service for about two yeais. He was discharged May 21, 1865, at Madison, Indiana. Mr. Lord was born Feb. 13, 1849, at Monmouth. His father was Reuben Lord. In recent years he was unable to work and for seveial years has been residing in Decatur. He is survived by two children, Mrs. Jessie Stephen and Melvin Lord, South Bend. Funeral services will be held at the home at 1 o’clock Sunday afternoon and burial will be made in the Monmouth cemetery. o Farmer Gives Load Os Apples To College Students Andrew A. Werling, of Wells county, took a load of apples, consisting of 20 bushels, to Concordia College, at Fort Wayne, one day this week, and gave them to the students. Mr. Werling arrived at the college just after the close ot' the class periods. The 345 students came out of the dormitories and marched by the tiuck, eight students in a group. Mr Werling gave ten apples to each student and in eight minutes the supply of apples was exhausted. To show their gratitude, the students gave three lusty cheers for Mr. Werling. o — Archie Dailey Family Not Injured By Hurricane Mrs. Jake Grimm, cf South Fifth street received a letter from Mr. and ■ Mrs. Archie Dailey, of Miami, Florida, i The letter stated that Mr. and Mrs. > Dailey were safe, that there had been i no lives lost in that district, but that people were greatly in need. Their ) homes were wrecked and some of them L were suffering and do not have the s means to help themselves. The letter f also stated that Mr. Dailey had been - very ill, but at tile time of the writ- } ing of the letter seemed to be a little I improved. Mr. and Mrs. Dailey forl merly lived in this city, before leaving for Florida last spring.

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DRY LEADER IS FREED BY ACTION OF GOV. JACKSON Shumaker F i nd s Pardon Awaiting Him When He Arrives At Penal Farm GILLIOM QUESTIONS VALIDITY OF PARDON Indiana State Farm, Putnamville, Ind., Oct. 19.—(U.R)—Dr. E. S. Shumaker, superintendent of the Indiana Anti-Saloon League, who was lined $250 and sentenced to 60 days on the state farm here for contempt of court, and who was pardoned this morning by Gov. Ed Jackson, was released from prison this afternoon at 5 minutes after 2 o’clock. Indiana State Farm, Putnamville, Ind., Oct. 19.—(U.R)—When Dr. E. S. Shumaker arrived here to begin his sentence today he found that Gov. Ed Jackson had telegraphed a pardon this morning. He went through the process of being admitted as a prisoner and then was a free man. Gov. Jackson wired instructions of tile pardon to his secretary from South Bend, who forwarded it here. The governor left South Bend for Indianapolis early this morning by automobile. Shumaker Not Surprised When informed of the telegram bearing the pardon, Shumaker said: “Is that true?" He showed little surprise. Pliny Wolford, the governor’s secretary, said the pardon papers would be rushed to the prison and that Shumaker probably would be released before night. The dry leader did not escape the usual prison routine. He was taken through the regular admission channel and given the number 37789. and later taken to a large waiting room. Wolford, when asked why the governor granted the pardon, said he believed it was too severe. The pardon was issued on condition that, the fine and costs assessed the dry leader be paid. Gilliom Not Satisfied Attorney General Arthur L. Gilliom, who prosecuted Dr. Shumaker, declared he would start proceedings before supreme court contesting the << ON'I'IM El) ON PSGE SEN EM ,—o Postoffice Building At Monroe Being Moved Monroe, Oct. 19—(Special)—The building which houses the Monroe postoffice is being moved from its pi esent location opposite the Leichty Brothers hardware store, near the Pennsylvania railroad tracks, to a location farther east. The building formerly was used as the office building of M. S. Liechty. A new gasoline filling station is to be erected on the old site by F. H. Tablet’ and John Moore. Grover C. Oliver is postmaster, and his sister, Mrs. Sylvan Rupert, is his assitant. SMITH SPEAKS IN CHICAGO TONIGHT Ends Personal Campaign In West With Auto Tour Os City And Speech By Paul R. Mallon (United Press Staff Correspondent) Chicago, Oct. 19 —(U.R) —Gov- Alfred E. Smith is to conclude his personal campaign in the west today with a 40mile automobile tour of Chicago and a farewell night speech. It is to be his biggest day ot the campaign thus far in many respects. His motor paiade route is to carry ! him to the north, west and south sides I and all around the town. Tens and perhaps hundreds of thousands of persons are expected to line j the way for a glimpse of the Demot cratic Presidential nominee's brown r derby smile. Newspapers here all have n advertised in minute detail, in doublecolumned stories on the first pages r the plates he will go and just about n the time he will pass the important t street intersections. . Enthused Over Outlook . The Governor has practically finished the speech he is to deliver to(CONTINVED ON PAGE SEIKB)

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