Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 30, Number 23, Decatur, Adams County, 27 January 1932 — Page 5

sjw PRISON ■ W TO BE MODEL a » \f —( ll‘>~ TIIC | i ’r4» iq .:rniur S ■'■■ m( , „ ( . aI . I ' ' "’* ; to bill H ■ "' i ’"’ e .“"1 1 alarm1 l<XMi | lJW d ! BhoH. archtt-H said the ■ ,• >n is to I"' 5..11.0W1U.1 Os ! ,' > '^^E l l ’p»riment" and will be itperV a 111 1,, "" ,r SVHt, '" L |H, ... ( . r , «ill bo allowed the . ce it . orridora during | "bra.lt said. "There are M dual oil-. Other pre a , h , , ~| to dorinillark cclls Jg , 011 v who ■ et'o ordinary , FI^HL. ( . s for mi-rat ion and li- ”•.■„( ( ! i>.-. « lb' .eoto.ed in Q8,:.-- ■ S mdot.lual « sei > I den. .; • rimmals. window >,.<»■■. 11 I.ite-. of steel will I on a.I liormiton and out () "i" '• I'creation ‘P buildings and K r| , t . pint farm land near the 1'....1l to ■!-. ba.-eball dia,^K;. mid ro.r. mounds will ( in courts. m. - Ml Here Medal For Boy Fall.-. ■'<■ V. (U.R) A ~. ■ ■ started in lioofails m obtain a Carnegie Knud,.! for 11 year-old Alfred) id^L Pi: ,| who saved two older; tuna 111 ,l "' Hoosick ' B ggest Tobacco Marts N < <U.R> The two mho... markets in the al Wil-O'i ■ nville. in slate. Grandfather at 38 U.P' At „i ::s wi'tT. d Bom. her. chain I rk. is undf ithor. His flpl- l.iiiiam re ently gave ■Hun 11'■_• I'.' ind baby girl. B Offer Cid.es For Food i. N ' U.R’ I«o people. .ci woman, the oilier a . . . ii:i\.. ottered their raise enough ter th,, m eessities of life 9 IRVING BACHELLER I MF? ; i It *ml 1 E" w*. w E < IL III9HRI - i |'" r a quarter of a century the J ‘ of Irving Raebeller has been , familiar to millions of renders as 1 , r own—and as beloved by all. , strong mid beautiful novels ret all that was significant in our rer life, with its homely en- I w. its taciturn courage, and its ' 'rrigible Yankee htimnr. 1 'big Baclieher is a product of 1 ■North Country" oltp-hli-fi he .”• He was born in the village "‘Hiont. y.. septemlier 2'f. 1 • As a boy he - 0:lI ned the l’ is hslmd the | ak es and streams I ' hunted the game then to be | 1 «1 on the mountain sides. f n time he taught a ‘'North i 1 “tr.V school, but his ambition : to " rite, and in the early eight- i' He went to- New York' where 1 *" lr ed - reiHirtma) job on al' I’'Per. After >, time he I’ ~ 1 "e»spa|>er syndicate. I > be became Sunday editor of l' '«" Virk World. It was while 1 on the World that tlie in- I ' -r Ehen Holden" cam. U s Hv.em ha. kto the ".North 1 » r ( «nte it. and has since ‘ his time exclusively to lit- |. Bolins who have 1 ■ -<> .„*, d *'• Bew r “aders who ■hut I'i" n ~ ' n , ht "’ * IH fl tid |'agie.' , fn Jrhl '"m n " ne " f ' Krewe . Fe Hou * e of the < Itrnmi.,'"" , rs . " e *** "KHin the i ‘ ■'■“’ter-cl.rnnt 1 , Ve hl "' ">« i' Kpo fl ;; rn A n *x and in,eri ' reier of I loJi’n! aw,,r 86 8 serlal !a tLeM . Decatur Daily Democrat

Police Seek Link Ln Murder of Churchman ;.*♦ * « * « Ghastly Slaying of Norman Bechtel Resembles Crimes of Long Island’s Maniac Petter-Killer. 1^1« >ll> v v r \ ' i J / f i Joseph Mouwski P ■ MLL Bi— > y*L Recent development* in the investigation into the murder of Norman C. Bechtel, Mennonite churchman of Philadelphia, have led police to consider the theory that the crime was the work of the mysterious **3X” maniac, who terrorized Long Island in the Summer of 1930. Bechtel's mutilated body was found on a Germantown, Pa. v estate, stabbed in eleven places and carved with weird hieroglyphics. Near his abandoned automobile police found a bloodstained rag, used by the killer to wipe bis hands. The rag was wrapped in a newspaper containing a copy of a letter sent by “3X” to Captain William E. Houghton, of the local secret service, in which he promised to reveal information about the recent Communist bombing. The locale of the murder was similar to that of the crimes perpetrated by the maniac on Long Island. In June, 1930, the body of Joseph Mozinski, a College Point, L. L, grocer, was found shot through the head in a lonely spot in Queens. He had been keeping a love tryst with Catherine May, who saw him die and gave a graphic description of the killer. A few days later Noel Sowley, of Bergen Beach, L. L, was shot to death while keeping an appointment with Betty Ring, daughter of a policeman. Neither girl could identify the killer from pictures in the Rogues’ Gallery. After each of the murders, the slayer wrote to a New York newspaper, boasting of his deed and telling where the bodies could be found. Despite a frantic manhunt by hundreds of police and the offer of a large reward, the killer has never been apprehended.

Liiiiadelhpia, pa.. With investigating authorities conessing the r.sclves ail at sea the mystery stirrou.-idi the ghas.iy murder i >f Noih. ’I Bechtel. 31 year-old . Mennonite Chaieli workers is no nearer a solution that when his j multilated Jiody was found on a , Germantown estate. Revenge or mania are Hie only notives so far credited by police, but an examination of the slain man's diary, which he kept meticulously, reveals nothin; to show that Bechtel bad a se. ret enemy. That leaves only the mania theory, and recent developments seem to point , to the return of the mysterious ma • nine luown as “3X"! Many angles of the Bechtel mur ; der are reminiscent of the crimes ' committed by the madman who ter-1 rorized Long Island in the Summer : of 1930. Not only that, but near | .he scene of the Germantown slay-1 ing police found a blood-stained j rag, wrapped in a newspaper con ‘ taining a copy of a letter recently , sent by “3X” to Captain William E. ‘ Houghton of the loc i (Secret Ser- , vice. The ra; had been used by I Hie killer to h's hands. Capta... Houghton believes that [ the Long Island maniac is a grim , reality, and not a myth as some peo- : pie imagine, in lad. the Captain ..aid he was expectin- a telephoii''l call from tlie mystrry man. who had promised in his letter that he would reveal some information a ' oout the recent Uwtuuist bombings. Bechtel's rf'a'.ivcs also support the "3X' theory, declaring thai ; Norman hadn't an enemy in the ; world and the murder must have ; been the work of a madman, espe- j daily since the victim's money was ■ intact. The n.. h riott "3X" killer first tame into tlie limelight in June. I 19ib, when a \''W York newspaper, received a letter, signed with the , myslii- symbol, as “a warning to i Mozinski friends.'' Hhat seme morning Joseph Mu zinski, a College P<dni. L. I . gnu • r ' was found shot tliroii’h lite bead Hi a lonely sp.d in Queen.;, where he had a tryst with Catherine May who sa'w him die. The killer wrote several letters to Hie newspaper boasting of his I crime and hundreds of police comb- , —— ■ __ ' - _ — j ■.»«

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ed the faing Island woods in the futile hunt. Miss May. when she recovered from the hysterics into i which terror had driven her. described the killer as being about 40 'years old. a foreign type and about live feet six inches tall. The young woman said the killer was the coolest man she ever saw. His unblinking eyes she said, terri.ied her. His fate was lined ami his checks sunken. ■A lew hours after the burial of the first '"IN" victim, the body of Noel Howley. o: Bergen Beach, L. I. was lonnd crumpled in a lonely lane in (Teedmore, Queens, with two bullets ir ds temple. In his pocket . was a newspaper clipping describJ ing the Mozinski killing and bearI tug the notation "Here’s diow!” Howley had also been keeping a trist with his sweetheart. Miss Betty Ring. 20-year-old daughter of a policeman, when he was slain. She could give no coherent account of the murder, nor could she or Miss .May identity the killer from pictures in the rogues gallery. The usual boastful le’ters to (he .1 'wspaper .ollowed the second murder. accompanied by threats of core killings to come. Rewards for information that would lead to the apprehension of the maniac were ottered w thuut result ami the kil- | ler is slid al large. roller believe that the madman is afflicted with a religious mania (that l as as its object the elimination of [letter:,. The two authentic crimes he is known to have committed, out of a host of false alarm:. have been in so-called "love lanes’ (where "irctkers" have their ren- | dszvous. And in each case the vic- ' tlin was keeping a love tryst. It is fairly reasonable to suppose ■tli'il “8X" with It'.. twisted brain. : might have mistaken Bechtel or | pm- of those on whom he works h s ’ vengeance. —- . 0 —. Urpes f'.m.'ny of Dividends Raleigh, N. < (U.R) (1 irney P. Hood, State Comm nsioimr of , Banks, issued a formal statement ithia month urging all North Carer Ilina banks NOT to pay any divi Idends, but to use any surplus to i paying off losses on loans. o 40 Year-Old Mail On Way Macon, (la. (U.R) A score of letiters and postcards to years old iliavc just been sent on their v. <y liromIirom Macon post office, after being found behind a distribution case that had not been moved since the Civil "ar. Dance tonight, K. C. Hall.

NEW METHOD TO DIAGNOSE CANCER FOUND Expert Finds Blood Test Reveals Presence of Disease Bt'i'lin, Jan. ' I. — (U.R) A new method of diagnoHing cancer, which It Ih expected, will lie of great nsHistauce in checking the disease in its early stages, is claimed by Dr. J. H. Fuchs, blood expert. The Fuchs’ method makes it possible to detect the presence of a pernicious swelling, or tumor, in the patient's body, through analysis of a small quantity of the blood. It is also possible to determine whether a condition of infection exists. or whether the-tumor alone is present, ami whether it is can- < er or only the result of the infectious condition. Thus, it is claimed that one of the mdst dish ult problems of cam e <• • miiosis in its early stag ad especially with intestinal cancel' is near solu tion. The Fuchs' Method The Fuells' method, which is the result of years of experimentation, lies in the discovery that the blood of a person suffering from cancer, remains unchanged under this analysis, while that of a healthy person is partially destroyed. The blotsl is divisible Into three parts: cells, serum, and fiber. Dr. Fuchs found.! that the blood fiber of a cancer sufferer maintained its form when mixed again with its own blood serum. On the other hand it slowly disintegrated when mixed with the blood-serum of a healthy person, or even of one suffering from a disease other than cancer. This disintegration process can be measured exactly by the Fuchs' method, through analysis of the nitrate which is released in the process. Years of Research The last step required years of research before it could be brought io the iMiint where measurements minute enough for practical diagnosis could be made by a process simple enough to Ik- useful in an ordinary laboratory. Dr. Fuchs made tests with more than 2,800 eases, compering his finding with clinical diagnosis. The results wore completely successful in more than ‘.to per cent of Hie cases. Results were inexact only with cancer of the iary.ix and oesophagus. These form a special field in cancer, but are somewhat easier of treatment. SALES TAX IS URGED IN TALK John McArdle Believes Tax Is Only To Save Property Owners Noblesville. Ind . Jan. 27 <l'l'l X sales lax is the "only solution' to overburdened property levies. John McCardle, (hair.nan of the Indiana Public service commission, said in an address at a community meeting near here last night. In view of the constantly increasing cost.; of government. McCardle said, a tax must be levied which will distribute the burden as evenly as possJde. "The only tax that will do this," he said, "is the sales tax.” Mhf'ardle .said that a 2 per cent levy on 12 commodities in Indiana last year would have n-tted s2l. GM,887.72. If this was used to oper ate schools, the real estate tax would he greatly lessened, he contended. McCardle said he wax opposed to ucome taxes. “Why hoiild a man Ih- pemtlized if he happens to in crease h ;. income?" he asked. If in inconn tax is to be levied, lie said, the-rate should be the same for cvcryimdy. , VIN DICATION IS FORECAST — (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE, age to her hu baud. Major Gran villc. Roland Forte.-,me. ill in New York: "We itavc been indicted. And I nm glad, (inly I don’t want you to worry. "Thalia ~ trial was a laockery oi justice hut now the Atueiieuu,people hero and in the states will see • hat we get a fair trial. All my love is with you.” Thalia is Mrs. P'orteocuc o daugh ter. the wife of Lieutenant Ma. me. She had been attacked by live Hawaiians of mixed bltwd. Failure of territorial courts to convict the accused, it was charged, led to the murder of Halialiawai in which the Americans later were indicted. Massie sent this message to his mother, Mrs. William Massie, of Winchester. Ky.: 'Mother darling, the Hawaiian grand jury indicted us which will make the final result a better vindication. Don't worry.” Failure of the grand jury to in-

dict ou first degree murder charges makes linponalble a death sentence in case of conviction And It also probably will throw the case of Lieut. Massie. Edward .1. Lprd, and A. Is. Jones out of the hands of the ! territorial courts into a naval I courts martial. The "gentlemen's agreement'* which led naval officials to turn the three over to civil authorities for trial along with Mrs. Furteaeue also included an agreement that any indictments of service men on charges of lesser degree than capital crimes, would be considered in naval courts martial. The civil trial of Mrs. Fortescue is expected to begin within a month. Trial of others of course will depend upon final determination of the court to hear charges against them. Had the four been indicted and convicted of first degree murder, they would have been subject to an automatic penalty of deatli by hanging. The indictment was returned after then- had been repeated indication* of dissension among the jurors, some of whom were while and some of mixed blood. The grand jury refused to return an indictment ou kidnaping charges. JUDD LAWYERS SAY INSANITY CAUSED CRIME (CONTINUED FORM PAGE ONE) wife of the strange actions of his daughter during her early life. Burton Judd was expected to tell of her reactions when she attempted to claim in Los Angeles the trunks containing the bod ies of Mrs. Leroi and Hedvig Samuelson, her alleged victims. The state will decide later if she Is to be tried for the slaying of Miss Samuelson. Through Mrs. McKinnell the defense yesterday laid the foundation for its insanity plea. The quaint little old lady, wfio wore a box-hat and square rimmed spectacles, was just able to control her emotions while she related incidents of Winnie Ruth's early life. She told of Winnie's "mothermania'’ how she longed for children and pretended to have had them—only to have her dreams dissolved. She told of finding Winnie making baby clothes at the age of 17 only to learn later through a doctor that she was not to have a

RENEW YOUR SUBSCRIPTION Band read this great novel in hie DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT One of the inanv reasons why yon shoulJ continue veur subscription to the HOME A serial story that wJI interest young and old—clean and exciting. Your renewal will assure you of receiving the paper throughout the year and will keep you posted on local happenings, s’a’e and national events. jCv. H'.a that TFV’k. 1 ‘‘ :n l’ r *‘‘ c ”1 a uewijutper or nutoazinc do°> 3r‘J** , ’****«[iML ***• i — uot i-ay for the iiaper, jirinting and po-Ligo ■R t Xi entailed in getting it to you, so you are still “*YI, w ; r ij /- buying a bargain when you sign lor a yea;. SERVICE fA Bacheller story of the li North Country"bassd on a trial famous in the legal annals of New nr York state. A typically human American story. L The woodsy setting, the quaint customs and the highly humorous sayings of the countryside, the f’rllQ iTI unconscioqs nobility of its steadfast people, all blend 1111© OlVl Jy J. to make the distinctive flavor of a true Bacheller story. FRIDAY’S ISSUE JANUARY 29

Heiress Eloper io Try Stage BIS i I|r ' 9 • T 9 »! < 1 A % Estranged from her family when she married Bevis Pickerell, a truck driver, Mrs. Beatrice Barclay Pickerel!, daughter of a wealthy former vice-president of the Western Union Telegraph Company, with a mansion at Montclair, N. J., is unruffled by the blows dealt to her romance by fate. Her husband out of work, dispossessed from their home, a storage company threatening to sell their household belongings and the wolf barking at the door, the young bride still remains happy and refuses to ask her family for help. Mrs. Pickerell who attended exclusive dancing schools for five years, is now making an attempt to capitalise on what she learned there. She is shown rehearsing for a theatrical debut at New York with Robert Coffey.

child. She told of Winuit' s disappear-1 ance from home -termed by the girl an abduction and her subsequent discovery in a barn clothed] only in a night dretm ami gunny ! sack, and her charge that a boyj lo years her senior had contrived to kidnap her to conceal her impending motherhood. AU of Winnie's “mothei hoo.l" I stories. Mrs. McKilunell branded figments of the imagination. NOTICE 1 will be out of the city from Thursday morning until Saturday' afternoon. Itx DR. W. E. SMITH

Good Football Forecaster Albuquerque, N. M.-(U.R)—Tom-my MeCroden, Bb, proved to be (he best football prognosticator in a newspaper contest here. McCrodlen picked 15 winners out of a list] |of 20. — — —t — ' ' Plane Coyote Hunting Popular Hay Springs. Neb. (U.R) — Coyote hunting with airplane has heIconie one of the popular sports I here. Bob White and Pilot Bill Kimsey started the pastime when they killed (woof tlie prairie wolves. The hunters circle Hie praii lies, spot their prey and then swoop; How, pouring the shot into the animals.

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INDIANS TAKE UP DRUG HABIT Reno, Nev.. Jau. BJ. (U.R) Officials charged with administration of Indian affairs in this State have i a new problem on their hands, for ' tlielr charges, who used to go beri serk on "firewater." now are narI cotic addicts. Relegated to a necessarily minor part in the commercial life of the j new west, the Indian has been 1 forced down the social scale until Ihis course has crossed that of narI cotic peddlers, officers say. Most of the Indians living near here are of the Washoe and Piyute I tribes. Stolid, short of stature, they may be seen on infrequent trips I to tlie city, a little bewildered by the noise and bustle, sitting on the curbstones and street corners. Many have picked up the drug habit. Most of the addicts smoke yen shoe, which is nothing more than opium which already has been smoked once, and consequently is I very cheap. i Officials estimate there are far fewer addicts among the Indians than popularly supposed, and have conducted several investigations in the matter. They admit “the «!tu- ; ation is bad, “but deny a preponderI ance of the Indians are drug usi ers. o Aged Woman River Authority Memphis, Tenn., —(UP) —Miss I Florence Dowerman. 81, whose grandfather was one of the most famous river boat builders many : years ago. is an authority on river lore, though she has not seen the .Mississippi River for 11 years. She | lives in semi-retirement here. o Buffalo Hunts Abolished Phoenix, Ariz. (U.R) - Annual buffalo hunts, formerly held under the jurisdiction of the state fish and game commission, have been abol- ■ ished, due to a desire by state authorities to build up the herd. FOirIoUGHS ; ■3Q t ~6o*-*l 20