Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 29, Number 287, Decatur, Adams County, 5 December 1931 — Page 7

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■ WERLING ■KES HANDS WITH JURORS ■kmhers of Slain ||K I amilv Present |B\er(lict \rrives Biles ■ oitqukkia .. appearing tired . ■• long 10 days which complete the Eveitrial. Mrs. Horas ■■ widow of the slain first to .He state’s table in the to thank the I'J ■> .iai's fox into their ■S’ '' oats-and ha' > ■it mil's grip that she : ' • - had been delivei W.-rlitig, th,also tile nun a ON PACE SIX. WBinal Saturday 17; Decatur, 12. — o k |H Werling Happy ■>U : O'lf ,|| H | I \ Bmi Del. 11.. > aie going Io 1.0. |. own Mills and got Welling t:. '.:ng just sb. home ® tfcit st the Adams county ■ no all happy because that H s, "‘ ‘'""I irtued. ' Hom tlie court house is Mrs. ll.ilber and Thomas and .lames. Jr. ■ BULLETIN Dague, well-known Mills resident, suffer■■‘r°ke cf appoplexy at yße’rlock Saturday night. is believed to be IK PRICES IVE UPWARD Bonds Lead UpTrend of Marki Others Join k. Dec. s—(UPl—Spikuk list of adverse rumors the Gerrnar financial slt’ught substantial gains erman bonds, almost all ludlng bank shares, and tnitnodity mankets. ( 'k market rose 1 to 3 1 held the gains. There v brief periods of pcofitween a firm opening and lose, but the selling was F^J HI, rbed and shorts resumed operations. f'H' Slates steel led the up share market where An |._3 !ls the sensational feature, rising more than S points high on the movement. FTBbength was traceable Io Price level for steel pro [■ Chicago and Pittsburgh. tJßr° ,r end of steel has been !■“’ of late with mills withfirst quarter schedules FW market could be guaged {■ourately. news today Included 1 ’ ,y Reichstag officials had no intent lon of ' 6?,' page THREE)

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State’s Attorney PHUlfr-'- - ij I '■ h - M % NATHAN NELSON Prosecutor Nelson gave the open-, ing part of the closing argument. JUDGE RECALLS”i FORMER TIMES — Several Men Connected With Murder Case Are Well-Acquainted While 12 men were locked in a> room at the Adams county court | house deciding the fate of Joseph | Everett, charged with first degree murder. Judge I>. B. Erwin awaited in the library of the court 1 room. Judge Erwin took a few minutes time this morning to relax from the strain of the last ID days and (CONTTNUEP "N PAGE SIX! DEATH CLAIMS FAMOUS POET Rachel Lindsay Dies of Heart Ailment at Illinois Residence « Springfield, 111., Dec. 5 1 1 1’) Rachel Lindsay, famous Ante: lean poet, died early today from heart , disease at his home here Lindsay, who wrote "General Boch enters heaven," "The Congo , and "The Chinese Nightengale" in addition to poems about Abraham j Lincoln, died unexpectedly, lb ap peared to be in good health yesterday, relatives said, when he took his usual walk. He was 52 yearsi old. | The poet is survived by his wifej and a son, Nicholas Cache), 4. and a daughter. Susan, 5. His home was a large frame Governor L. L. Emmerson’s execu-1 dwelling across the street from j five mansion, but Lindsay often i left it for tramping tour#across thei country in quest of material for his: poems. The first of his hobo jaunts was | in 1906 when he begged bls way : through Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, Tennessee and Kentucky. Other such tours took him to the east, the middle west and the south west. Altough known professionally as Vachel Lindsay, the poet's first name was Nicholas. He was born in Springfield in 1579 and educated at Springfield high school ami am College. Later he went to school at the Chicago ait Institute and the New York school of art. Automobile Is Stolen Tho automobile owned by Dick, Tonnelier of this city was stolen J from the driveway at tho Elks Home on North Second street Friday night about 7 o’clock. Mr. Tonnelier had driven up to the Home about 7 o'clock and stepped inside for a few minutes. When he returned the car was gone.

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KIDDIES USHER JOLLY OLD MAN THROUGH CITY Junior Band Plays Welcome As Dogs Pull The Sled Down Street MANY VISIT . DECATUR TODAY Jolly old Santa Claus, with: his sleigh pulled by eight i husky dogs of the north, was ushered into Decatur this morning at 9:30 o’clock by the Decatur Junior band and hundreds of children. Today, which was formally named Santa C.laus Day in Decatur, proved to be a big event for both children and grownups. This is Santa's second annual visit to Decatur before I Christmas, and marks the opening | of the Christmas season and buy- : ing for the holiday. Santa was met at the Monroe j street river bridge, east of Decatur, early this morning by a large : number of children from Decatur and Adams county. Many parents with small children also met Santa at the bridge and followed him into Decatur. Tlie Decatur Junior band led l tlie parade down Second street to the Court House square. Bryce 1 Thomas, principal of the Central school, was in tlie charge of tlie: parade, and hundreds of boys and girls took part in the celebration.) Santa Clause, riding in his color-! ed sleigh followed (he Junior band ' His Indian guide and helper, Be-: magashig. rode on the back of the) sleigh, which was pulled by eight' large husky dogs of the north. 1 The musher, who also accompan- ! led Santa Claus to Decatur on his] trip this year, guided the dogs. Santa spent the entire morning about tlie Adams County Court House pquare. where lie met hundreds of children from Decatur and Adams county, and learned i their wishes for Christmas. He presented each of the chil- ) dren who visited with him, some [ candy kisses. During the afternoon he was accompanied by the I child eii to the local stores where 1 sampl s of Christmas toys and ar tides were diplayed by the mer ICONTINI'ED ON I’AOF SIX. CREDIT PLAN IS EFFECTIVE — .Good Psychological Effect Show n In Report Committee Reports New York, Dec. & —(UP) —The i National credit corporation, formed I to aid banks with “frozen” assets, was reported today as having “A ! pronounced psychological effect on finance," functioning perfectly and I refusing no loans so far. Mortimer N. Buckner, chairman, said the organization has had “A I material influence among American banks.” he declared American banks as a whole were sound, especially backed with the corpora- ) tion credit. Directors of the corporation after a meeting here yesterday Issued a I statement in which they reported the credit plan as functioning j throughout the 12 Federal reserve districts. Continual progress was j noted in local organizations. "The national officers of the cor- : poration," the statement said, re- ! ported applications for loans to associations of subscribing banks have been received dally since Nov. 1 and thus far no loan has been refused. "The organization Is operating so "(Continued on page six)

Decatur, Indiana, Sunday, December 7, 1931.

PRESIDES OVER MURDER TRIAL ■ 'x ■'/*v . "'''■■■OS 4 JUDGE D. B. ERWIN Tlie Everett murder case was the first murder trial over which Judge Erwin has presided. He was chief defense counsel in the Boyd Booher murder trial, which resulted in acquittal for Booher. Judge Erwin is serving the first year of tlie first term as judge of Adams Circuit Court.

DEATH CALLS GEORGE CLINE Civil War Vet Expires At Home of Daughter Friday Evening George B. Cline, 89, Civil War veteran and well known retired Union township farmer, died at 7:15 o’clock Friday evening at the home of his daughter, Mrs. W. E. Smith, 116 South Third street, of infirmities of old age. Mr. Cline was ailing for sometime and was bedfast the last two weeks. He was one of the last Civil War veterans remaining in Adams county, and for many years was prominent in G. A. R. work. He served in the Civil War for a year and a halt, being a Corporal in the 47th Indiana Volunteers. (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) Special Deputy C. J. LUTZ Mr. Lutz assisted Prosecutor Nathan Nelson In file murder trial and made the closing plea of the state.

Rev. Uhl Is Speaker Rev. B. B. Uhl of tills city delivered an interesting talk before pupils of the Central school build--1 ing at the regular chapel hour. Friday morning. Rev. Uhl told a number of stories, pointing out the moral to be learned from each one, I and said that every boy and girl I has a place in the world, and each I is to do the best lie can in Hie work he does. Preceding tile talk Miss Eileen Jackson played a piano solo, the Misses Catherine Murphy, Laura Sovine, and Evelyn Adams sang a .vocal trio accompanied at tlie ■ : piano by Miss Gladys Schindler. VELES FINED; GETS FREEDOM Mexican Charged With Possession of Drug Pays $1 Fine Jesus Veles, arrested 42 days ago on a charge of possessing cannabis indies, a drug weed, today pleaded guilty in Adams circuit court and was fined SI.OO and costs. Judge Erwin stated that inasmuch as the man already hiS served 42 days in jail, he would not impose i a jail sentence. Veles owns a tract of land at Curryville, west of here wTiere he I trains fighting roosters. He claims' that he does not use the weed us ) a drug but feeds the seeds to Ills' roosters, which he takes to Chicago) I for fights. Veles owns three properties ut I Curryville and has a number of I Mexican sides at his place. H. H i Myers, local attorney represented the Mexican in court today. 0 Dr. Winders Coming Dr. C. H. Winders, former state superintendent of the Indiana Anti- • Saloon League will speak at thei I: First Baptist church. Sunday eve-1 dning at 7 p. m„ as representative I of the Indiana Anti-Saloon League.

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SAVINGS CLUBS WILL ORGANIZE Christmas Checks Mailed Out By Banks; New Clubs Are Started Christmas Sayings checks were mailed to Mie people of this city and Adams county, Friday, by the First State Bank and the Old Adams County Bank of this city, it was announced today. New savings clubs will open immediately and persons desiring to have a savings account for next Christmas are asked to join as soon as possible, so that the account may be up to date. Clubs where the person saves from 25 cents to $5.00 a week are available at both banks, with the patron paying for fifty weeks and at the close of that time receiving a check for the amount paid in plus interest. Clubs where 25 cents is paid each week amounts to $12.50 plus interest; 50 cents, $25.00 plus intI erest; SI.OO, amounts to $50.00 ■ plus interest; $2.00 per week, | amounts to SIOO.OO plus interest ; $3.00 per week, amounts to $150.00 plus interest; $5.00 per week amounts to $250.00 plus interest. At the Old Adams County Bank i clubs are offered where the person : may pay one cent the first week | and increase by one cent each I week, the savings at tlie end of l the year amounting to $12.75, plus : interest. This same club is offered in 2,5, and 10 cent classes, either increasing or decreasing. Special (lulls where the person may save SIO.OO per week, receiving SSOO plus interest at the close of the year, or any amount the person desires to save each week will he accepted. LONE MOTORIST IS BADLY HURT Lester Mohr Injured Near Here As Auto Strikes Ditch [Jester Mohr, 24 year old Monroeville man. was seriously injured in an automobile accident which occurred near Monroeveilie, at 7 o'clock Friday night. Mr. Mohr was brought to tlie Adams County Memorial Hospital following the accident, where his injuries were dressed and where he is in a serious condition. Mr. Mohr was riding alone at the time of the accident. It was believed lie lost control of the ear, which ran off of tlie road Into a tree, j throwing the driver out of the car. He suffered a severe fracture of the upper jaw. breaking a number of teetli and driving a portion of the jawbone and teeth Into his throat. The attending physician stated today tliat the young man suffered considerably from loss of blood before lie was found by the roadside. Ills condition is considered quite serious today. 0 League Members Meet Paris, Dec, 5. --(U.R)—The council jof twelve of the League of Nations convened at 4 p. in. to study Japanese amendments to the council's I resolution for the solution of the I Manchurian crisis. The League proposes the creation lof a neutral zone and the establishment of a neutral commission of inquiry. Japan has advanced several amendments on tho police administration of the neutral zone. Legionnaires To Meet Members of the Adams Post, i American Legion are requested to meet at Legion Hall at one o'clock | Monday afternoon to attend the funeral of George B. Cline.

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LENIENCY ASKED.. IN VERDICT DELIDERATED OVER 15 HOURS Eifty-Eight People Remain Through Long Night Hours to Hear Verdict Read at 4 o’clock This Morning. First (Juilty Verdict in County in More Than 20 Years. b I i! After deliberating for 15 hours and 36 minutes a jury in Adams Circuit Court found Joseph Everett guilty of first degree murder for the killing last June 29 of Doras Werling at Pleasant Mills during an argument over fishing and swimming in the St. 1 Marys river. The verdict read: “We the jury lind Joseph Everett guiltv of first degree murder and recommend that leniency be ! shown him.” J. W. Hendricks, foreman. i All other 11 members of the jury signed the verdict and it was read at 4:02 o’clock this morning by Judge 1) 1 B. Erwin. A More than 50 people stayed the night through and were 1 present at the reading of the verdict. Judge Erwin thanked the jury for their sacrifice the last ten days and told t them that the recommendation for leniency would be “givc en due consideration.”

Awaits Verdict 1 ; HUM p m 1 R I ■ r Mil - wmII ■ I ' * • Joseph Everett Joe Everett, charged with first. - degree murder is at the Adams , county jail awaiting the jury's verdict. Everett has slept very ( little the last two nights and other , occupants of tlie jail say he paces -1 back and forth constantly. STOCK SHOW NEARS FINISH I I Exposition to Close Tonight With Horse Show At Chicago Chicago, Dec. 5.— (U.R) —Auction i II of a few more carlots of prize cat- 1 i tie and a final horse show tonight 1 will conclude the International - Livestock exhibition. 1 Directors of the show at which more than $5,000,000 of the nation's finest stock animals were display- • ed hoped for attendance of 75,000 1 today which would bring the total I close to record figures. , Livestock raisers have been cheer- ' ed by the prices realized by their , animals. The average sales were , about seven cents a pound under 1 last year's figure, but with costs 1 ( down 25 to 50 per cent, a handsome j margin of profit was obtained. t I Competition in six championship I [stake classes for prizes of SI,OOO , Is planned at the horse show tonight. A matinee show also was to be given. Sales of breeding cattle have i been encouraging to the stockmen. | Prices of the purebred Shorthorn cattle sale averaged close to $250 ' '[an animal with a high of $1,400 go- ' ' Ing for the two-year-old grand 1 , — | (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) t

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Earlier in the evening many people became discouraged and left the court room. The members of the Halberstadt family and Mrs, Werling, however, refused to leave and remained until the verdict was read. Mrs. Werling and Mr. and Mrs. James Halberstadt shook hands with each juror as they filed back to their room. A knock came at the jury room door at exactly 3:30 o'clock this morning and Freeman Sclme.pp, special bailiff opened tlie door, John W. Hendricks told Sclinepp that tlie jury was ready with a verdict. All principals in tlie case were notified by telephone by Sclinepp. There was quite a commotion in tlie court room and several who were sleeping were awakened. I About 25 more people came up to the room as word went to tlie restaurant that a verdict had been reached. Prosecutor Nathan C. Nelson was the first to arrive. He came in the rear door at 3:45 o'clock At 3:49 o’clock Judge D. B. Erwin arrived and a minute later (’. 1. Walters, defense attorney arrived. H. M. DeVoss, chief defense counsel came into tlie room at 3:51 o'clock, and .five minutes later Joseph Everett, defendant, with Sheriff Burl JohnIson and Police Officers Arthur I Clark and Thomas Dowling came I in. Everett said “Good morning" to everyone lie passed and took his I seat at the defense talde. Brothers of Everett arrived In a. few minutes an dat 4 o’clock Miss Anna Smith, court reporter and Miss Bernice Nelson, clerk arrived. Judge Erwin went to tlie bench and ordered the bailiff to unlock tlie door of the jury room. At 4:02 o'clock tlie jury filed out, tired and haggard looking from the 16-hour debate. A D. Suttles was the first to reach his seat in the jury box. There was no smiling and all 12 men looked serious. The court room was silent. "Have you reached a verdict." Judge Erwin asked of Hendricks “We have." Hendricks replied Judge Erwin then ordered tho clerk to call the roll of tlie Jury and every member answered present. (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) Sheriff Thanks All Sheriff Burl Johnson came to the Dally Democrat office at 5 o'clock this morning and asked tliat all persons who cooperated with him during the last two weeks be thanked. Sheriff Johnson had several assistants in and around the court house to help separate witnesses and also help at the Jail.