Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 27, Number 215, Decatur, Adams County, 10 September 1929 — Page 3

EXECUTIONER refuses to act 'mX AndßefusL To Ad As Hangsman Hv Walter Fleischman, ~’„ Correspondent S “pt 10--tU.R)- All Cuba H, ;Sd today by the dramatic re”a, f the public executioner to put h a condemned man on the “ounl that he himself had committ’VTloue'Committed the crime and , ione should he the sufferer, the is Francisco Pin.Th The condemned man is Zoilo eda ; i., >,z Th edate for the execuS has not yet been fixed by the C °± Pineda and the condemned J were implicated in a murder in of a 82-year-old woman. Rodguez. arrested in Tampa Fla., IB„>iv was sentenced to be execut- * 1 the Deded Larrotel, a method Inloyed in state executions in Cuba, demned man’s neck, and a steel bolt, Xed through a hole in the ring, snaps the victim’s spinal cord. For his part in the affair, Pineda MS appointed ’ minister of execun°At first the executioner said he would put his former companion to death Today, however, he suffered a change of heart and announced he and not Rodriguez had committed the crime and was solely responsible for it. — o —* Church Deacon Taken In “Whisky Plant” Raid Beecher, 111., Sept. 10. — <U.R)—A whisky "cutting” plant, forged Canadian and American revenue stamps and large quantities of Canadian whisky. alcohol and moonshine were seized Sunday in the home of Henry F. Bahlman, justice of the peace and church deacon, federal authorities revealed today. Although no explanation was made of suppression of the seizures, authorities said Bahlman and his son. Henry W. Bahlman, dentist, had been arrested and freed on bonds of $1,500 each. Both waived examination. Bahlman. it was charged, used his high position in the community to gain a clientele of prosperous citizens in the surrounding sections of the county. Brisk Temperature To Continue 24 Hours Indianapolis, Sept. 10 —(UP) —Crisp temperatures which prevailed in Indiana today will continue at least 24 hours, J. H. Armington, U. S. Meteorologist here, announced today. "Although temperatures probabfy will drop even lower over night, frost will not be in evidence,” Armington said. During the next few days, according to the forecast, temperatures will average eight or more degrees below normal. Rains of the past -few days relieved an extender! drowth and helped the corn crop and planting of late crops, It was pointed out. —o Thirteen Soviet Spies Are Condemned to Death Manchuli, Sept. 10 —(UP) —Thirteen Soviet spies have been arrested and ing sabzotageSETAO -EA EA EAEA condemned to death here for plotting sabotage and planning to create internal disturbances under orders from the soviet military autorities, it was announced today. o Australian Government Threatens To Resign Canberra, Australia, Sept. 10—(UP) —The government of Prime minister Stanley Melbourne Mruce was considering the advisability of resigning after suffering a heavy parlimentary defeat today. — o State Senator Injured By Pike County Sheriff Petersburg, Ind., Sept. 10—(UP) — Alleged to have struck state senator Carl M. Gray during a court trial here Hal Nelson, Pike county sheriff, was at liberty today umjjr SSOO peace bond. Gray alleged that Nelson struck him after the Senator had won a suspended sentence for three men charged w >th liquor law violations. The senator sustained a broken finger when Nelson became licensed to remarks Gray made, witnesses said. — o Homes Inundated By Rains In Tokyo Tokio, Sept. 10—(UP)—More than ■ fib houses in greater Tokio were inundated today and transportation and raffic were temporarily disrupted as a result of three days of continuous ra ins and typhoon conditions. No lives Were endangered. The ripening rice crop has been slightly damaged by the heavy downpours. — o Millers Raisin Bread for sale yednesdavs and Saturdays each Week at aft grocers. 192

T. A. T. Transport Found at Last AS. ->< A— u. W ’1 - ■ ■■ ■ ■ 1

Int.t shows George Rice, Western Air Express pilot, who discovered the missing T. A. T. plane, City of San Francisco, on Mount llnternetlonal

Sea Plane Kills Bathers at “Coney”

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View of the overturned seaplane on the beach at Coney Island, N. Y., after it had crashed into a crowd of bathers, killing a boy and a girl. Inset shows Pilot Alexander, who is held by the police. Later in the day another plane

Three Injured When Brick Wall Caves In , t Anderson, Ind., Sept. 10 —(UP) — , Three men were injured, one seriously, when a 20-foot brick wall caved in s on them. The men. employed in constructing a new church were buried beneath the debris when a beam gave way, permitting the wall to tople. Oral Kindig. 23; Bricklayers’ helper. 1 sustained possible internal injuries. I Glen Baldwin and Virgil Lydick, brick | masons, are injured slightly. o Elkhart Grand Jury Hears Evidence Today Elkhart, Ind., Sept. 10—(UP)—The Elkhart superior court grand jury was to convene today to hear evidence in the case of Elvin Mosier, 62, confessed murderer of Minnie Tallas, 45, whose beaten and stabbed body was found near Elkhart. Mosier confessed that he kiled Mrs., Tallas after she had resented his at-i tentions towards her. He said that he, killed her with a brick and butcher] knife. Invesigation of the case may go back I to a murder committee 34 years ago. | Mosier married the widow of the victim. They later were divorced. The slain man was Wilton Keh.res. His | body was found April 1, 1895, with a bullet wound in the chest. The clothing was partly burned. Mosier was suspected in the slay-

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ing, as it was known that he had been 1 friendly with Mrs. Kehres and that 1 the day before the murder had been i accused by her husband of breaking up their home. Fourteen years ago Mosier received a two to 21-year prison ternii for criminal attack. (> >■ PRISONER ESCAPES Connersville, Ind., Sept. 10. —(U.R) — Search was under way today for Lew is Carlin. 32. who escaped from of-

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Taylor in New Mexico. Type of country in which the ill fated air liner crashed is well illustrated by the larger photograph. Newsre«l>

owned by the same transport company, in attempting to land on the water in a fog, killed two men in a rowboat in the same locality as the first accident occurred. , (International Newsreel)

fleers taking him to the state prison at Michigan City, by leaping through the rear glass of an automobile. Carlin, handcuffed, escaped in a heavy fog. MAN IS ELECTROCUTED Alexandria, Ind., Sept. p). — (U.R> — Coming in contact with a trolley wire while working on a scaffold, William Kurtz. 50. was electrocuted here. The body was hurled to a cement floor

BUS IS DETAINED A Wln< heslei l| < utur bus. which was scheduled Io arrive at 5:30 o’clock. Monday tffternooii was detained

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because the bus was forced Into a i ditch between Winchester and Port- ■ land to avoid a serious mishap. The I bus was not damaged badly ami the

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