Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 27, Number 94, Decatur, Adams County, 19 April 1929 — Page 1

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fcpECT VERDICT IIN ZIMMERMAN I TRIAL SATURDAY ■ Kmal Arguments Begun In K Murder Trial At Angola I This Afternoon keveral confirm K DEI’ENDANT’S ALIBI ■ A , lg ola. Ind.. Apr. 19-(U.R)-Einal ■rgntnenis in the trial of Charles Eimmennan. former Steuben county Kherill' chatged with the murder of Bltomas Burke, alleged bandit, were Kartell this afternoon. ■ noth til ' state and defense were alK w „ d three hours and the judge one Kurin which to sum up the evidence. If it was considered likely that the Krmer sheriff would know his fate Kmorrow afternoon. I Defense Rests Case ■ The defense rested its case shortly Kfore noon, after placing several ■fitnesses on the stand who corroborKuhl Zimmerman's testimony that he Kas in Colon. Michigan, when Burke ■vas murdered. ■ Nelson Swagger, 17, a school boy, ■ate witness, testified that he saw »e fotmer sheriff sitting along a ■roadside near Angola the n'ght followling the fire Wednesday morning, in ■irhifli Burke's body was found. || Angola. Ind., Apr. 19. — (U.R) The ■defense in the trial of Charles Zint■menan former Steuben county sher ■iff. charged with the murder of Thon.las Burke, alleged bandit, will con- ■ elude its case today, indicating that ■Zimmerman probably will know his ■fate late tomorrow. | It was indicated at the close of the ■ trial yesterday that, several witnesses |would he placed on the witness stand | today to corroborate the former Biffs testimony that he was in-Colou, ■ Mich., when the murder occurred. || The charred lardy of a man, believ■ed to have been Burke’s, was found | in ahurned barn near here. e Nellie Coleman. Zimmerman’s pret■ty stenographer, took the stand and ■ testified that she and the former sherI iff were at a cottage near Colon on ■ the day of the murder. She said she I did not learn of the slaying until th“y I returned to Angola, although the formI er sheriff had found it out at a barI beetle stand, but did not tell her. I The pretty brown eyed girl testified I that she met Zimmerman at Colon and I travelled by side roads to the cottage I no as to avoid being seen. She corroborated Zimmerman's testimony that they did not leave the cottage for 24 hours only to obtain ice from Three Rivers. Mich., Until the day after the murder. Much confusion occurred in the courtroom during her testimony. Several times it was necessary to threa'en to clear the room if the spectators did not refrain from laughing when the stenographer, answered various questions. o Two Autos Collide East Os Berne Today Berne, April 19 —(Special)— Miss Ethel Hunt received several lacerations on her forehead and lips and three other persons escaped injury "hen two automobiles collided at a crossroads, near the tile mill, a short distance east of Berne, at 8 o'clock this morning. Miss Hunt and Homer Huser were riding with Lester Sipe, in Mr. Sipe's bort car. enroute to school in Berne. John Eicher, driving a Dodge car, was Boing south. The two cars collided at ersstoads and both were badly damaged. KIRKLANDH.S, GRADUATES 14 Annual Commercement Exercises Arranged For This Evening The annual commencement exercisof Kirkland high school will be held 9 ev oning. Dilpotnas will be award- ™ to fourteen pupils. Dr. William H. -'lie, of Columbus, Ind., will deliver •he address. a „^ e ®' )ers the graduating class 7-l'_" ava Geraldine Scherry, Eileen ’“‘“erman, Jessie L. Stfhlickman, 1,..! 19 Scott, Clarence W. Repport, rew 6 k' Arnold, Rae Maria Ander o , llraa M- Levy, Walter H. Meya,Chel Pa u)lne Buckmaster, Ber-e-is o ' Hoffman, Margaret L. Arnold bamuel E. Schladenhauffen.

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Her Story Important w 1 V 5 A Ik ■ z> \ * I i : 1 / * A ' J ! fce . i / ‘ - lWtg / i / - X jjr-, Mrs. Lorraine Wiseman • Sielaff, above, is the most important witness in the impeachment trial of Judge Hardy in connection with the famous “kidnaping'' of Aimee Semple McPherson. Mrs. Wiseman-Stelaff signed an affidavit which is alleged to bare all the secrets of the case.

PREBLE PUPILS VISIT DECATUR — Pupils From Three Schools i Visit Various Industries In City The pupils of three public schools in Preble township, chaperoned by their instructors, Milton Werling, Edward F. Jaberg and Miss Edna Borne, spent all day today visiting the nations industries and places of interest in Decatur. The pupils, numbering more than 60, visited the General Electric plant this morning, where they were shown through the various departments of the local factory. From the General Electric plant, the pupils were taken to the Krick-Tyndall Tile (>, where they were shown the processes necessary to manufacture drain tile and bricks. Later in the morning, the party spent uninteresting hour visiting the Mutschler Packing Co., where they watched the several processes of butchering and packing ami making ready for the tetail meat trade. At noon, a picnic dinner was enjoyed in the room above the Daily 1 Democrat office. W. A. Klepper. of the ' Cloverleaf Creameries, Inc., presented the party with Eskimo pies, and France Conter, of the Conter ice 1 Cream Co., provided soft drinks for all the visitors. ‘ '('he program during the afternoon included a trip through the Conter Ice Cream factory and the Cloverleaf 1 Creameries plant. After the visit, through the two factories the party 1 went to the Adams Theatre where a special moving picture program was given. After the theatre party, the pupils went to the Adams county jail where they were the guests of Sheriff and Mrs. Harl Hollingsworth. Shritf Hollingsworth took the pupils on a trip through the jail. , At 4 o'clock, the party came to the Daily Democrat office, where they watched the priuging of the daily paper an dsaw the nob presses in action. . Afiei a short trip around Decatur, the partw was to leave late this afternoon for Preble township. , o - Daylight Saving Time i Question Before Council The city council will meet tonight r at the city hall to receive the report of the judiciary committee, relative i to the daylight saving time question, i Last Tuesday, the question was referr- , ed to the judiciary committee and a , continued session of the council was - set fot' this evening. There is much • intefest in the matter. Several of the - councilmen favor placing the matter I before the voters at the primary election, Tuesday, May 7.

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HOOVER STARTS I' FIGHT TO DEFEAT I DEBENTURE PLANI: Farm Bloc Members Determined, However, To Leave Scheme In Bill ( OPEN FIGHT IN SENATE EXPECTED Wash tigton, Apr. 19.—<U.R>— Presi- t dent Hoover's anticipated contest with ! i the senate over the debenture farm 1 i relief plan developed into a real fight | i today. Three of his cabinet officers dis- 1 patched to the senate agriculture | committee a series of reports deprecating t he plan which the senate farm j bloc intended to adopt. Nevertheless, farm bloc members; said they intended to leave the debenture scheme in the farm bill, but they are not happy over their prospects of I victory. Open Fight Assured Their decision to retain the plan will mean that the matter will he fought out in the open on the senate floor. Chairman McNary of the senate, committee received a warning of the situation when lie was called to the | White House early today for a con ference with Walter Newton. Mr. , Hoover's secretary, who handles congressional matters. Newton had >n his desk reports from Secretary of Treasury Mellon, Secretary of Commerce Itamont and Secretary of Agriculture Hyde challenging jhe economic feasibility of the plan. Told that the reports would be sent to him later in the day. McNary re turned to the capital and discussed the development with the farm bloc members. He notified them he would call a committee meeting for tomorrow. They said that inasmuch as Mr. Hoover was not personally opposing the i>*an they would not change their pan to include their scheme in the. administration’s bill. They will vo'e on the issue tomorrow. While these developments were ocON PAGE TWO) ———•*—o — Farmer Dies At Home Near Willshire, Ohio Samuel Springer, 78, a farmer. di«d of cancer Wednesday afternoon, at his home, one and one-half miles northwest of Willshire. Ohio. A widow survives Funeral services were to be held at the Willshire Methodist church at 2 o'clock this afternoon, with burial in the Willshire cemetery. NEW STORE TO RE OPENED HERE National Five And Ten Cent Stores Company To I Locate In Decatur ' The National Five and Ten Cent • Stores a locally owned chain store company, will locate in Decatur. ( J, ( Voglewede. president of the company, signing a lease today for the not th f room in the Knights of Columbus , building on North Second street Mr. Voglewede stated today that i work would start immediately on rei modeling the room and that he hope< to open the store about June 1 All , new fixtures will be installed In the . store and the display windows will be 1 remodeled in modern fashion. Russel L. Stevens, Shelbyville, vtce- , president and general manager of the company, is looking after the pur- » chase of the equipment and fixtures, , Mr. Voglewede stated. The Decatur store will be the seventh store in the chain of five and ten cent stores, with variety depart--1 ments, owned by the National Five and Ten Stores company. The other stores are located at Huntington, Wabash. Auburn. Shelbyville and Washington, Indiana, and at Hoopetown, | Illinois. Mr. Voglewede. in giving his reasons t for opening a store here, stated. 1 . feel that Decatur is one of the best trading points in the middle west and B 1 like to do business with the people !' here. I have been in business here t many years and feel like I know most a everyone and it is natural that I wanted to locate a store here. I have been 1 seeking a location tor sometime and 6 I believe the K. of C. room is just 1 what we want. We shall try to give ICOWTU**'«D OW PAGE TWO) J

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Note From Decatur Man i Found In Room Os Girl Who Tries To Kill Self Among several notes found lives In the room of Miss Elsie Lorene Wilson, 19, of Foit Wayne, who attempted tn commit suicide Thursday ' by shooting herself witlt a .:I2 calibre ! revolver, was one from a Decatur man. The note read: “let’s settle down ami give it a try, baby." The man's name i was not given by detectives. The gill was taken to the Methodist hospital in Fort Wayne, after the shooting, where her condition is regarde'd as pritical. The bullet struck het in the breast. The shooting occured at the girl's rooms 140G44 Calhoun street. She told police that she attempted to kill het self because of an unrequited love. She also said that she had been mat t ied and has three children. TO FORM BEET GROWERS' CLUB Many Valuable Prizes To Be Awarded To Farmers Growing Sugar Beets The organization of a competitive beet acreage chib has been perfected ! by a local committee and all farmers i of Adams and adjoining counties will I be offered valuable prizes for raising i sugar beets, it was announced by a ' committee cooperating with the Holl-and-St. Louis Sugar company today. Col. Fred Reppert, well-known Decatur auctioneer, announced today that he would present a loving cup annually in the competitive beet acreage contest. The rilles and regulations will be compiled by County Agent Ferd Christen and will be announced soon. All farmers who raise beets will be members of the contest, it was announced. A list of awards, which will be made to l»eet growers, will be announced as soon as the committee members have called on all local merchants. The Krick-Tyndall Tile Co., of this city, announced that that concern would contribute SSO worth of drain tile as three of the awards and several local retail stores have given the committee valuable prizes including cash, clothing, shoes and other merchandise. The complete details are being worked out by Mr. Christen and will 1 be announced as sbon as an award list is completed. All local merchants will be asked to contribute an award and there will be several contests including the largest and smallest acreage. the best crop from one, five and (f-osriM F.n n-V P»GK TWO! 0 Alleged Kidnaping Turns Out To Be Family Quarrel Sheriff Hart Hollingsworth received a report from Fort Wayne about noon today that a young lady had been kidnaped and was being spirited away in an automobile headed toward Decatur. It was said the girl was fighting to free herself. The sheriff and a deputy. Pat Hyland, started out to ' meet the car and came upon it at. Poe, on the river road. The alleged kidnaping turned out to be a family quarrel, in which members of a Decatur family were the participants. , The sheriff succeeded in getting the combattanta quieted down considerably, and returned to Decatur. ROTARIANS PICK : NEWOIRECTORS 3 j ■ ■ Annual Election Held At ■* Weekly Meeting Os Club Thursday Night The election of five new directors 1 of the Decatur Rotary Club took place at the regular meeting of the dub p last evening. The directors will elect r officers from members of the board A president, vice-president, secretary [. treasurer and sergeant-at-arms will be lt elected. The directors are Eno Lankenau. <’ s O. Porter, Sim Burk, W. A. liowei I and H. P. Schmitt. The latter twe t are members of the present board ol il directors. e M. J. Mylott is serving as presideni e this year and will retire from office t July 1. when the new officers am t- directors will take charge. n A short program was held in con II nectlou with the meeting last night t including talks by Col. Fred Reppert p J. W. Calland, Carl C. Pumphrey an< others.

CONTINUE MAN HUNT FOR FOUR BANK ROBBERS Sheriff Shot By Bandits At Columbia City In Critical Condition KIRBY DAVIS LINKED WITH FATAL HOLDUP Columbia City. Ind., Apr. 19.—fU.R) —An extensive search was underway today for four bandits who killed a woman, injured another, and wound-j ed seriously Sheriff J. M. Haynes, i when they robbed the State bank here of approximately $8(i0. The sheriff's condition remained critical today, hospital attaches said. The four, armed with a portable machine gun. arrived at the bank in an automobile. Three of them went into the building and while forcing employes and a customer to lie on the floor, accidentally touched off a burglar alarm. Woman Is Killed Answering the alarm. Sheriff Hay nes and two deputies were met at the door y a withering machine gun fire, opened by the lone bandit who remained in the machine. One of the bullets went wild, killing Mrs. Fred Binder, 50, as she viewed the struggle from the second floor of ber home. The three bandits in the bank upon hearing the firing outside scooped up all available cash and immediately joined in the battle. The gun fight waged several minutes, during which time Sheriff Haynes received a bullet wound in his jaw and another wild shot struck Mrs. Eva Harshbarger, a passerby, in the ankle. Holding off the officers with a spray of fire, the bandits escaped in their antomoblle. Say Kirby Davis tn Gang Indianapolis, Apr. 19.—(U.R) Kirbv Davis notorious Indiana bank robber, 1 has been identified as the man re--1 sponsible for the robbery of the Slate bank at Columbia City, in which one woman was killed, another hurt and Sheriff J. M. Haynes, wounded ser- ' iously, according to C. A. Lincoln, former Whitley county prosecutor. Lincoln, an eye witness to the holdup, speaking before a meeting of In- [ diana bankers, sheriffs and enfoi Cement officers here, said spectators at the robbery identified Davis as the 1 bandit who operated a portable machine gun. The bloody gun, and holster of ! Sheriff Haynes was presented to the meeting by Lincoln as he called upon the police officers, bankers and citizens to rid Indiana of the scourge of (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) MONROE H.S. TO : GRADUATE SIX I J : Annual Commencement Exercises Will Be Held Saturday Evening 8 Monroe, April 19. — (Special) - Di- ’ plomas will be awarded to six pupils at the annual commencement exercises of Monroe high school, to be held Saturday evening, April 20. 'I lie baccalaureate service was held last Sunday night. b Dr. William H. Wylie, of Columbus, v 1 Ind., prominent lecturer and enter- ‘ tainer. will deliver the commencement address. The members of the graduating class are: Floyd F. Johnson, f Louis, E. Zurcher, Loma L. Hahnert. Percy J. Gould. Leo M. McAhren and Alvin L. Andrews. Following is the program for the commencement: s March Selected e Mrs. E. M. Webb b Mighty Lak A Rose... Frank McKee ■t High School Orchestra 1. Invocation Rev. W. N. Williams, Pastor Monroe M. E. Church e Violin Solo—Sextet Donnizetti Floyd Johnson ’■ Address Dr. Win. H, Wylie, ■r Lecturer, Entertainer, o Columbus, Indiana. ’• Cornet Solo —Last Rose of Summer Moore it Henry Busche e presentation of Class E. M. Webb d Presentation of Diplomas, Clifton E. Striker, u- County Superintendent t. Glee Club Grant. Wellesley t, High School Orchestra d Benediction Rev. Vernon Riley. Pastor Friend's church I

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DEATH CLAIMS GENEVA WOMAN Mrs. Walter L. Thornhill Dies Early This Morning; Age 68 Years Geneva, April 10—(UP)—Mrs. Emma J. Thtonhill, 68, wife of Walter I* Thornhill, died at 4 o'clock this morning April 111, 192!'. at her home east of Geneva. Death was due to softening of the brain. The deceased was born in Adams county, January 4. 1861, A daughter of Stephen ami Mirmiam Armstrong. Her entile life was sepnt in this county. Surviving, besides the husband, are the following children; Mrs. Opal Harb, of Geneva; Mrs. Elizabeth Gobe, of Gilderlan. New York; Mrs. Miles Roop, of Decatur; and Charles Thornhill, of Fort Wayne. One son. William died in 1920. The surviving brothers and sisters are; James H. Armstrong. Frank S. Armstrong and Mrs. Alverta McCollum of east of Geneva, and Mrs. John Ford, of Bryant. Funeral services will hehebebe Funeral setvices will be held Sunday afternoon at 2 o’clock at the M. E. church, the Rev. Mr. Kindal, of . Huntington, assisted by Rev. Barton, of Geneva, officiating. Burial will be made in the Riverside cemetery. o Bonds For Three County Roads Sold By Treasurer , The bonds for the Myers-Oakley, > the Hoffman-Ireland and Debolt roads , were sold to the First National Bank of this city by County Treasurer Ed Ashbaucher yesterday. Small premiums were paid for the bonds. The t Myers-Oakley issue was $3040, premium. $1.52; the Hoffman-Ireland issue $2,640, premium, $1.32, the Debolt ' road, issue, $54,120, premium. $2.06. ' The roads will be constructed at once. o • . Small Roof Fire Occurs At John Colchin Residence i * The fire department was called, this > morning, to the John Colchin residence on North Fifth street. A spark , from the chimney fell on the roof and i the blaze was noticed by a small boy i living near the Colchin house. The department answered the call and put out the blaze without much damage. The damage was estimated at $75. The roof will be reshingled, it was stated. ? 0 Greenfield Slayer Again ’ Receives Life Sentence Greenfield, Ind., April 19 —(UP) — 1 Earl Russell, who killed his wife with " a butcher knife at their home in India napolis, Today faced foi the second Itiine, a life term in the Indiana State prison.

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FRIO CAUGHT AT ALKY PLANT ARE IN COURT TODAY Expected To Have Formal Hearing At Fort Wayne Late This Afternoon BIG DISTILLERY IS DISMANTLED Joe Obert and Dan luimonto. both of Chicago, and Ed Miller, of Decatur, who were arrested late Wednesday when officers discovered a huge alcohol distillery plant in an abandoned farm house on the William Harting farm, four mies northeast of Decatur, were brought into federal court before U. S. Commissioner William D. Remmel, at Fort Wayne, al noon today, and their bonds were fixed at SIO,OOO. The three prioners did not have a formal hearing. They were to confer with Decatur attorneys retained by them as counsel, this afternoon, before having a preliminary hearing, probably late today. It was considered probable that they would waive arralngment and be bound over for trial in federal court. None of the three men was able to furnish bond for his release and all were committed to the Allen county jail. They were taken to Fort Wayne by federal agents late Thursday evening. Plant Is Dismantled The dismantling of the big distillery was completed late last evening and all the equipment, including the eight large wooden vats, copper stills and a five gallon sample of the alcohol were taken to Fort Wayne by federal prohibition men. The distillery was one of the largest anil most elaborate ever seized in this section of the country. The eight mash vats each had a capacity of 1,000 gallons. It was reported that the alcohol made there tested ISO proof. About 90 gallons of the alcohol was taken in the raid and, with the exception of the sample can taken to Fort Wayne, the other five-gallon containers were left in the custody of Sheriff Harl Hollingsworth at the Adams county jail. The place was equipped with a motor, which pumped the water from the well to the vats and everything was arranged for the convenience of the operators and the large scale manufacturing of alcohol. The basement, firt and second floors were used by the operators as an alky manufacturing plant. The faucets on the big vats were turned open and the mash and near alcohol was left to run through the house, some of it going out through the sides of the house, while a lot of it found its way to the basement, where a special sewer constructed by the operators of the still, carried it away. The house was deluged with the fluid for several house, the 8.000 gallons of fermented fluid running wild. Federal prohibition men stated that they estimated that more than 2,000 persons, men. women and children, had visited the house yesterday. The ownership of the distillery has not yet been established, and federal authorities do not give any statements. However, it is believed that they have a clue and probably will obtain some statement or a confession from the three prisoners. Since the federal authorities decirt(CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) S. S. CONVENTION HERE ON SUNDAY Spring Meeting of Washingi ton Township Sunday Schools To Be Held t The Washington Township Sunday .. School association will hold its regular Suring meeting. Sunday, May 12, 4 at 2 o’clock in the afternoon, at the Evangelical church in this city. The annual election of officers will be held at this meeting, and a delegate will be elected to attend the state J Sunday school convention, to be held June 18, 19, and 20, at Shelbyville. The elimination Bible memory and h Bible story contest will also be held i- The eleven cooperating schools will d be represented and the winners as e chosen at this meeting, will appear in the county contest. ■«. ■

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