Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 27, Number 244, Decatur, Adams County, 14 October 1929 — Page 3

‘MODEL HUSBAND’ ADMITS murder wi,^l? rty n _. 14 -(UR)~A "model Chicago. Oct. >*■ ....hand" who told the time-worn alibi f working late to cover an evening with two Kiris was in jail today ed wit" ,hP mur<lpr of ft prett , y tenographsr he confessed to st rang 1 « when she fought his attack. ne mutilated body of the girl. Miss . ' „ Johnson. -26. was found yesterIV after a police dog accompanying . Lse scented it on a weed-grown JJdslde along a secluded "lovers aw" near West Chicago. It had been . e d there from a blood-spattered parked in the 'road bv John E. Preston, 32, an interior decorSt Tiie search began after Miss Johnms chum. Mathilda Murhpy. who L the date with Preston and persuaded the stenographer to come along sobbed out the story of the at"ack to the crew of a freight train she Hugged down in the suburbs. Miss Murphy was the first to be molested by Preston, she narrated, and fled when she succeeded in beating him off. She- was scratched and bruised and her clothing was torn. Preston was in jail in Wheaton before police linked him with the automobile ride that culminated in the tragedy in the lane. He had been arrested on suspicion after boarding a train at West Chicago wearing bloody clothing and with a wound on his hand. The spur of whisky gone. Preston sat in jail, shaken and terrified as he blurted out his sorbid confession and blamed the crime on bootleg whiskey. Even then his wife could not believe him a slayer. “He was a good husband,” she said again and again. “He seemed to love me and was so good to me. He was at home every evening before. I don't see how he possibly could have done this, but I'll stick to him and wait for him as long as I live." Preston had planned a gay foursome, he told Miss Murphy Saturday. She agreed to bring Miss Johnson, who worked in the same office. Preston was to bring an escort (other. but although he didn't she went along. "I’m supposed to be working at the office. ' Preston laughed as they started, Miss Murphy said. “But I know-

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whore there’s a wonderful place to I get chicken dinner and we'll have a -lilg time.” With that ho offered them whiskey and when they declined to drink, took lilieral and repented gulps from the bottle, Miss Murphy told police. At u roadhouse 30 miles out from Chicago they had dinner and Preston drank heavily. • “By then wo wore frightened and Agnes asked him to take us home,” Miss Murphy said. "He told us he would and we sped away but not the way we had come. We protested and he stopped the car. Then he made advances toward me and I fought with him and then jumped out and ran. with Agnes following me. I heard her scream. He had caught her. I ran on to get help, not knowing what else to do.” The trainmen took her to West Chicago where she told the events of the night to police. They were unable to locate the scene of the attack for some time. At daylight Chief of Police Sullivan of West Chicago, set out with Spike, his police dog, and several men. Tlie chief located the abandoned car and was examining it when the dog bounded to a clump of weeds along the roadside. His barks attracted the chief Io the body. Preston first told an involved talc of having been robbed while out with two girls, the police revealed. He switched his story later and professed loss of memory. o LARGE CROWD ATTENDS PLAY ICOMTiKVKB FH.im PARK r»NF> ized that theij- parents didn’t want them and that they had no one to love them, they ran away, and in the big city, lost one another. During the many years which had elapsed from that time, Mrs. Manners had married into an aristocratic family. and lived solely for society. Herbert Lockwood had also become interested in the divorce question, and had many discussions over the question with Father Jerome, who only too clearly sees the ultimate results of the social evil. Accidently, Mrs. Manners and Mr. Lockwood each chose to discuss their problems with Father Jerome at the same time, and met in the Sacristy of the church. Suddenly a mob of bowery toughs rushed into the room, chasing a dope fiend, Dopie. who had shot one of their members, in an attempt to rescue his sister. Mamie, from their clutches. The priest dismissed the toughs and the two children remained. The climax of the story was rdach-

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ed when Mrs, Manners and Mr. Lockwood realize that the fallen boy and girl were their children. The play moved on to the end, every minute filled with Interest. The love element of the story centered about a young couple who. having suddenly made up their minds to be married, asked the priest to do the rites, only to be informed that the marriage could not take place until the engagement had been announced. The play will be repeated this evening at the Catholic auditorium, and the curtain will rise at 8 o'clock. Special music will be furnished bpfore and between acts of the performance. _ -—— —o AUTO MISHAPS FATAL TO TEN (CONTINUED FROM FARE ONE) Public Service company car. Greet was thrown from the car. The others suffered only minor injuries. James East, 17, was killed at Bloomington when the car he was driving overturned. Edward Black, Carlyle, suffered fatal injuries when he drove from a side road into the path of a machine driven by Harold Roes, West Terre Haute. . George E. Tissue. 59, Indianapolis, died of injuries sustained when his automobile an down an embankment. The dismembered body of an unidentified person was found in a drainage' canal a mile and a half east of Marion. Amos M. Hamilton, Frankfort policeman, was shot and killed by Clyde Jones, 25. Stanley Mach. 17, Whiting, died of gunshot wounds received while duck hunting with his brother, John. 20. The latter was being sought by police today for an explanation of the tragedy. FAMOUS COACH IS ON PROGRAM (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) five secretary of administrative committee, National Catholic Welfare Conference; and remarks by Admiral William S. Benson, one of the foremost figures in the world war. For a limited period tickets for the banquet will be reserved for visitors and delegates who are urged to secure them form headquarters at the Fort Wayne Catholic Community Center. Other features of the convention will he addresses by such men as Rev Charles L. O'Donnell, C. S. C., Ph. D„ president of the University of Notre Dame; the Hon. Quin O’Brien is rank ed near the late William J Bryan for

his oratorical ability; Rt. Rev. Joseph Selirembs, 1). D„ Cleveland, Ohio, epis copal chairman, Department of Lay Organization, National Catholic Welfare Conference, ami John I’. Boland, secretary of the Catholic Truth Society of England. The outstanding events of the program are the public mass meeting, Sunday afternoon, October 2H; Sun day night, presentation of the "Divorce Question." famous stage pluy, written by William Anthony McGuire and given by the famous Community Center Players; the appearance at the mass meeting and possibly at other sessions of the convention of the monster adult chorus of 120 voices and the children’s chorus of 520 voices directed by the Rev. Francis A. Sheridan of the Fort Wayne Community Center, and a talk by Charles A. McMahon, editor of the N. ('. W. C. Bulletin. Monday night, October 21. PREMIER GOES TO CANADA FOR SHORT VISIT ■ CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) The premier as hitherto appeared pleased with the progress of his mission in the states and confident that .he conversations he had iiad with President Hoover in Washington marked a new milestone in furthering the cause of peace among the world’s great powers. ■ : o JAPAN ACCEPTS INVITATION TO NAVAL PARLEY (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) in Washington to negotiate both the claim for a 10-10-7 ratio, rather than the Washington conference 5-5-3 ratio, as well as the contention for cruiser reduction. The text of the Japanese reply will be submitted to the cabinet tomorrow. The emperor will then give his sanction and it may be dispatched Wednesday or Thursday. o Man Arrested On Intoxication Charge Edward Kelly was arrested at about 5 o'clock Sunday morning on a charge of public intoxication. The affidavit was made by his wife. Esther Kelly. It was alleged that Kelly came home drunk Saturday night and destroyed the furniture. Police Chief Sephus Melchi was called to the Kelly home early Sunday morning and Mr. Kelly was arrested and placed in jail. He will have a hearing before Mayor George Krick this evening.

MEET STUDIED BY OBSERVERS Crime Conference Taken By Some To Be Effort For More Control Indianapolis, Oct. 14 —<U.R) — Possible political significance of Governor Harry G. Leslie’s crime conference was under scrutiny at the state house today. Some department heads saw in the event the possible inauguration of a movement to increase the governor's power. Inasmuch as this might mean loss of their own influ--nee (particularly In the case of the secretary of state) It was being studied carefully. A movement of similar import was launched in the 1929 legislature. A bill introduced by State Senator John L. Nihlack, Indianapolis, would have shifted control of kite state po'/ke from the secretary of state to the governor and increased number and powers of the state law enforcement body. The bill was killed. Control of state police and the bureau of criminal investigation and examination, which of necessity must be vested in the same body, are looked upon as particularly advantageous st.pping stones to political futures, hence are jealousy guarded. When Fifield failed to be appointed to the crime commission growing out of the governor's conference last week political prognosticators in some instances coupled it with the past movement to deprive his office of much of its political power. It was reported that the governor struck Fifield's name from the original commission list, giving little to say regarding any legislative recommendations made by the commission. A sub-committee of the commission will meet ,at the governor’s office November 4 to draft plans for general meeting November 22. HARNESS TAKES LEGION REINS (CONTINUED IRON PAGE ONE) mander; H. A. Wenige, of Jeffersonville. South Department Vice-Com-mander; John Caylor, of Indianapolis, Judge Advocate; Robert F. Daggett, of Indianapolis. Finance Officer; Rev. Herbert C. Cornuelle, of Hartford, City, Chaplain; Dewey Green, of Princeton, Sergeant at Arms. The thirteen district commanders

'nstalled were: Ernest L. Lutz, of Boonville, first district: John 11. Ecker, of Linton, second district; Stanley Hayden, of Cannelton, third district; Howard Synder, of Brownstown, fourth district; Dr. I. M. Casebeer, of Clljiton, fifth district: L. A. Cortner, of Knightstown, sixth district; Merrill Woodsj of Indianapolis, seventh district; Hurry Kauffman, of Summitville, eighth district; Earl Smith, of Frankfort, ninth district; Donald Spurrier, of Whiting, tenth district; Ned Brown, of Warren, eleventh district; Ralph Gates of Columbia City, twelfth district; and Jay White, of South Bend, thirteenth district. Department Commander Harness, a prominent! Kokomo attorney, served with distinction in the World war as an officer in the 319th infantry. "Blue Ridge" division. He has held manv offices of trust in the Indiana Legion. o_- 0 _-- — Starts Over Again Dublin. Ind., Oct. 14—(UP)-'with 'he courage born of his 97 years John Hawkins, of Middleboro will start once more as a blacksmith. His shop was burned a few days ago and now neighbors are raising money by sub scription to build him a new shop. o. — - Civil War Veteran Takes Fourth Mate Cambridge City. Ind., Oct. 14—(UP) —An 86-ycar old civil war veteran. Andrew J. Gibbs, has taken his fourth bride. Mrs. Mary E. Kimmer. 77. Former wives of Gibbs died in 1913, 192" and 1927. Previous husbands of the bride died in 1875 and 1922. ACCIDENT IS FATAL Gary, Oct. 14—(U.R) —Drawing gaso>'ine from a tank by lantern light cost Charles Hobbs, 60, wachman for a Gary construction company, ills life. An explosion which resulted splattered Hobbs' clothing with flaming fluid and he died today.

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I’antages Defense Plans To Charge “Frame-up” « Los Angeles, Oct. 14. —(U.R) —Alexander Vantages' contention that the assault charge brought against him by 17-year old Eunice Pringle, a dancer was a “frameup" to bilk him of some of the wealth he made in the theater business was exipeetd to dominate the first defense testimony, scheduled for today. Some twenty witnesses, chief of them the 54-year old millionaire theatre man, have been marshaled by his attorneys. Pnntages probably will be first. He In expected to testify that soon after lie sold ills theaer circuit for 120,000,000. Miss Pringley approached him in the hallway of his Ixis Angeles theater, followed him into a consultation room and then disarranged their (lotlies and began to scream. o FOR SALE or TRADE -Fordson tractor. or trade for live stock. Lee BqU Willshire, Ohio IL It. 1. 244 3t»

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