Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 30, Number 115, Decatur, Adams County, 13 May 1932 — Page 1

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[ARCH STARTS FOR KILLERS

Bid-wide manhunt for Kderers starts at once History of Case Is (liven as Police And I ■p) hci Agencies Start Hunt l or Killers; Coro- ' Makes l ull Report of Findings; Others \re N. J-, May 13. —(UR)—The forces of society! K»| loo<e today in full fury to run down the murderers, ni |l‘et-gh baby, slain inhumanly almost within sight from which he was stolen March 1. the first move of the law was Io question two nego- „ have figured prominently in the case—Ur. John the “Jafsie of the want ads," and John 11. Curtis, boat manufacturer. H. Norman Schwartzkopf announced that the be turned over to prosecuting authorities today!.

u s <’• <>f whom he concluded -• '"C. The colonel x .a- the two men I under arrest but t ; Prosecutor Ed- - ime.-tigation. and others . kidnapers up with reiine.-ls | and in.ills r , Kg| believed t h it • to . pitiful, mutilal-' i;> - , n five miles from the ini.i every power . tieck for fear a bring harm ■■Mab' , made it plain that a, 1 unprecedented in. 1 history was already tn i that no spot on earth! sal-' for the killers, that ■ry * "If er in the I’nited -B ir ’ allll die alert, that <■ lend their "fcelßii'' iliat no matter where -it. extorted from par.-nts is spent. will! MHf i apf announced a si under and that ■•immediate i.iken and are being -t-.plish their arrest." ] IO to ' ii and Curtis might spurred by the alcallousness •. i: either hail been ) in madman for re- ; . 'iminals so debased ild which the world |H searching for two and al . murdered soon : nig- perhaps on i' world went out' i- \o,| parents. Col. and A Lindbergh -■ ■ 'W 1^ - I '' s """ ,o he 11 ,ni,, 'e BrEKf ’“I to her flier husband. sin nt tortured days apd ’ increasingly. Their' MB niicertainty was at last I" replaced by ■ EXPENSE | Bists filed Begin Filing Accounts I I In Primary have tiled their recounts for the May election, Milton C. Werlclerk, announced today. must tile their ac--lune 2. it was stated, and ■JSS’’’ are expected to tile with-' fe w days. ■’BMing are those who have filIheiner. Democrat, for Jus ,l "‘ •’eace, Washington ! "°neThieme, Democrat, for front the first disMl.». Anderson. Democrat, B -• Bowers, Democrat, for jf" the Peace, Washington

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i Mrs, Lindbergh was at home. when they brought her the news. | Her grief and shock were hidden , from the world, although she was : said to lie bearing up bravely with-1 in the closely-guarded Souriand I hills home the Lindberghs had built, it had been planned as a safe retreat in which to rear their child and have their home life. Col. Lindbergh was away and was ini mediately summoned home. He arrived shortly before 2 a. m.. in a motor car reported driven by Edwin B. Bruce of Elmira. N. Y.. and accompanied by Condon and Curtis, a close friend of Bruce. The baby’s body was taken to the morgue at Trenton for,a post-’ mortem and police recording. Dr. Charles H. Mitchell, county pliys-; ician. said it would be reported for) the time being as an “unknown”! baby but would he released to the’ TJnHberghs as sqoii as they claim it. Then early today Dr. Phillip D. [ Inges, New York physician con ! nected with the Rockefeller lusti-! (CONTINTED <>N PAGE TWO) ROTARY NAMES NEW OFFICERS A. R. Ashbaucher to Succeeds A. 1). Suttles; Eno Lankenau Is Elected New officers of the Decatur Rotary club were elected last night iat an organization meeting of the I newly elected directors. A. R. Ashbaucher, furnace and roofing dealer was elected president of the club. Other officers are: E. W. Ixinkenau, superintendent of the Gen-' eral Electric plant, vice-president: Glen Beavers, furniture dealer, secretary; Carl Klepper of the Clover[leaf Creameries, treasurer: Bryce I Thomas, principal of the Central •school, sergeant-at-arms. , A. D. Suttles, the retiring presi'dent will hold the title of immediate past president and will by vir-| ! ture of his office be a member of | the board of directors. | The new officers will assume ofifice at the first meeting in July. The officers also comprise the I board of directors. They were |elected last month. ( Program Given W. A. Klepper was in charge of I the program given at ’last night's meeting. Five-minute talks were !given by Judge Dore B. Erwin. O. L. Vance, A. R. Holthouse and Mr. | Klepper. Topics of the day were I discussed by the speakers. * Death Visits Homes of Four Ministers In Decatur Lately —♦ ' With the tragic death of the Rev. A. R. Fledderjohann. pastor lot the Zion Reformed church, death ihas visited the homes of four Deicatur ministers in the last 21 [months. Mrs. M. W. Sunderman, wife of I Rev. Sunderman, pastor of the ' First Evangelical church died [August 19. 1930. I Rev. H. H. Ferntheil, pastor of 'the First Presbyterian church, died | December 24, 1931. I Mrs. B. H. Franklin, wife of Rev. .Franklin, pastor of the First Metho.idist church died suddenly on March [l7 of this year. ■ Rev Fledderjohann was Killen last night by a New York Central 'train near Hamlet, Indiana.

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INJURIES ARE FATAL TO REV. FLEDDERJOHANN Train Hits Auto Near Hamlet, Ind., Thursday; Skull Fracture Fatal RETURNING FROM MIDWEST SYNOD Rev. Adolph R. I'lethlerjo-. hann. 3f», pastor ol' the local I Zion Reformed Church was! killed Thursday night, when | his automobile in which he I was riding was struck by a! New York Central T wentieth Cenlurv Limited express] train in Hamlet, near La-[ Porte. Rev. Fledderjohann and his | brother-in-law. Rev. R. B. Meek-1 stroth. pastor of the Reformed I Churiji at. Huntington, were en ! route to their homes Thursday • night from Freeport, 111., where [ they had attended tlie Mid-West' Synod meeting of the Reformed i churches. It is thought that the two mln- ! isters were thrown from the car I by the impart, as Rev. MeckstruUii received only minor bruises and ! < uts. and Rev. Fledderjohann sufI tered a fractured skull. The car i was completely demolished and ! was carrier! down the tracks for a | number of feet. The accident occurred about 9 1 o’clock, in Hamlet’ where a double 1 railroad crossing, which follows, I the main highway parallel for a | ! great distance, intersects State ! Road 3<>. on which Rev. Fledder- • johann was driving east. The train was also going -east, and struck the automobile from the rear. TO LIE IN STATE I | To body of the deceased will | lie in state in the Reformed i i church from nine o’clock in the | morning until three o’clock Sun- | day afternoon. The two men had attended ’he three day session of the Mid-West I Synod which was held in Freeport. [ [ 111., Tuesday. Wednesday and Thursday. Rev. Fledderjohann was driving his new Essex automobile. The S. M. Black ambulance from I Hamlet was called to the scene of the accident, and Rev. Fledderjohann was removed to the Holy Family Hospital at where I it was found that his skull was I crushed. He died at 11:20 o’clock. Mrs. Fledderjohann and family, who were visiting witli relatives in Huntington during the absent- • of Rev. Fledderjohann, upon he.r- . Tdcintini'ED on PAGE FIVE) HUNT STARTS FOR MURDERER Details Worked Out By Police For Greatest Hunt In History Hopewell. N. J-, Miy 13 (UP)— ' Provided with clues furnished hv ' two men who sought contacts witli ' the kidnapers of Charles Augustus ‘ Lindbergh, Jr., Police today were ’ orl new trails which they hoped would lead to the murderer of the > child. The wanton killing of the baby was revealed late yesterday when 1 the child’s body, skull crushed, was . found on a hillside almost within sight of the home from which he 1 was stolen March 1. Questioning if Dr. James F. Con- ' | don, the mysterious “Jafsie’’ who piid a $50,000 ransom in his futile 1 effort to obtain the baby, and John Hughes Curtis, a Norfolk negotia- ' tor, began at 4 a. m and continued (CONTINUED ON I’AOE TWQA

Decatur, Indiana, Friday, May 13, 1932.

Lindbergh Baby Dead I ggsP’ 1Ji W 6 - Ml Charles Augustus Lindbergh, Jr.. 22-months-old baby of Col. ami ] Mrs. Lindbergh, has been found dead. The announcement ot the finding of the child dead ended the world wide quest for the child that began when he was kidnaped during the night of March 1. Late Lindbergh Flashes Hopewell, N. J. Information gathered by stale authorities today left two announcements that Dr. John F. Condon “Jafsie" and John Hughes Curtis, Norfolk boat builder, both had detill with the kidnapers of the Lindbergh baby. Trenton, N. J. Col. Chas. A. Lindbergh today obtained a permit to cremate (lie body of his son. Charles A., Jr., which was found yesterday. The permit was obtained from Trenton Citv Hall. The body was held in the morgue of the Swayze and Marcerum undertaking home. A crowd ol several hundred lined the sidewalks held off the lawns by a detachment of police. Englewood. N. J. -A member of the Morrow family

told the United Press today. that Anne Morrow Lindbergh was “in good health," i and was "bearing up remarkably well." Mrs. Lindbergh is expecting the birth of another child in the latter part of August or early September. I'he Lindbergh mid Morrow families have made I no plans for disposition of the body. The members of the family, however, were positive there would be no funeral services. The Lindberghs later will close the Hopewell place and come here. Lindbergh plans to sell the lonely estate in the Sourlands which he erected for privacy; but which ironically became the focal point of the world s emotions and hopes.

Mrs. Lindbergh (Joes To Regular Work Today Petroit, May 13—(UP)—Like a Spartan Mis. Evangeline Lodge Lindbergh, mother of Cvl. Charles . A. Lindbergh, concealed Tier sorrow and appeared on time at Cass Technical high school today to teach her regular classes in chemistry. She had kept within tier home during the night following receipt of I the news of finding the murdered | body of her grandson. Charles A. i Lindbergh, Jr. Wearily she asked newspaper reporters and photographes to leave as they gathered in front of the , house. At the usual time for leaving for school today a small car driven by her (brother speeded from the Lindbergh home and drove briskly to j the high school. Mrs. Lindbergh. I a heavy tan veil concealing her features, got out and hurried into the building.

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NEW ECONOMY BILL PLANNED I BY COALITION Hoover Presents Compromise Proposals To Senate Committee ASKS ACTION IMMEDIATELY Washington, May 13.— ( U.R> ! —President Hoover has advanced a gigantic compromise program to relieve unemployment and “speed up the economic machine.” It would be financed by doubling the borrowing power of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation to $3,000,000,000 (B). , Mr. Hoover would nave con- • grftss empower the corporation to assist states witli direct unemploy--ment relief to the extent of $250,-! [ 000.000 or $300,000,000. I Billions would be made available i 1 jto fimnee "income-producing and i self-sustaining” construction enterprises by public or private bodies! [to create employment. ’ The program is similar to that . [advanced only two days ago byi .seaiite Democratic leader Robinson] 'and supported by such eminent) [Democrats as Owen D. Young.] I Bernard Baruch and Alfred E ' | Smith. Robinson proposed special i'eder- ’ [al bond issues of $2,300,000,000 (Bl,[ [President Hoover, viewing bond is-1 'sues as a "direct charge either up-, [on tlie taxpayer or upon the public! [credit,” proposes to accomplish the I same objectives through the reconstruction corporation. Necessary! funds would lie provided by sale) [of securities of tlie R. F. under [tile president's .proposal. Tlie corporation originally was [given $500,000,000 to aid business, banks and agriculture, it was em | i ix-i A-i. nw !• SIX) DEATH CLAIMS PHOEBE RICE — Pioneer Decatur La d y Dies This Morning At Daughter’s Home Mrs. Phoebe M. Rice, 83, well I known woman and one of the pioneer residents of this city, died at the home of her daughter. Mrs. H. F. Callow. 304 North Fourth street. | at 8:2'5 o’clock this morning of paralysis. Mrs. Rice had been ail- [! ing for the past several months and her condition was critical the past , | few days. ■ I She was well known in this city .[and was familiarly known as “Aunt Phoeilie." For the past 15 years she resided with her daughter, Mrs. Callow. ' Mrs. Rice was born in Decatur. December 1, 1848. a daughter of Charles and Phoebe Moore-Schir-tneyer. both deceased. She was reared in tills city and before her mar riage wis organist at the First • Methodist Episcopal church, which • was located at the corner of First ( and Jackson streets. , She was united in marriage to Joseph M. Rice, August 12, 1873. He , preceded her in death 15 years ago next June. Surviving are tlie three sons. f Charles P. Rice of Canton, Ohio; I Louis M. Rice and Frank E. Rice both of Fort Wayne, one.d (lighter. Mrs. Callow of this city; nine grandchildren; two great grandchildren; and two half sisters, Mrs Elizabeth Young of Belt, Montana, and Mrs. Emma McConnehey of r California. A brother, the late . I Frank M. Schirmeyer. preceded her ' |in death. ' | She was a devoted member of the ’ Methodist Episcopal church of this ' city for many years. The funeral arrangements have (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE)

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PRESIDENT HOOVER ORDERS FEDERAL MEN TO TAKE PART All Available Government Secret Service Agencies Enlisted in Effort to Trace Down Killers ol Baby; Will Search All Corners of World; Orders Say, “Never Quit Search.” * * Washington, May 13- ( U R) first with news - President Hoover today —'■— ( issued orders to the secret There is no doubt that tlie | service ol Die Icderal govel’llLindbergh baby kidnaping trag- | ment to “make the kidna|)iili> edy will be tim biggest news and morder ol the Lindbergh story of the year and probably I baby a live and never Io be of a generation. forgotlcD cast*. The Daily Democrat received | The President, in a brief, terse, hundreds of calls last evening statement, ordered tlie federal to confirm the story ami follow- | government agencies never to re- [ ing tlie receipt ot a dispatch I lax "until those criminals are itufrom tlie United Press, the placably ipought to justice, news of the finding of the body | The President’s statement said: of the baby was given out. i “1 have directed the law enAn extra was published at j forcement agencies ami tlie sever--5:45 and several hundred copies Hal secret services of the federal sold in Decatur, The extra was | government to make the kidnaping placed in the mails where it | and murder of tlie Lindbergh baby was possible to make mail con- | a live and never to lie forgotten nections so that tlie subscribers , case, never to he relaxed until ot’ ‘the Home Paper could be | those criminals are implacably informed. | brought to justice. No news story lias griped the “The federal government does human heart strings as much | not have police authority in such as the Lindbergh tragedy. I crimes, but its agencies will be I unceasingly alert to assist the • — ♦ New Jersey police in every possible wav until this end lias been NEWS REACHES | flashed immediately to all the I IklflV AT QC A I government's law enforcement I INII I A I Arß|MH'ise and sudden aetjivty ran *~* l "“* ! like magic through tlie depart- — I ments concerned. . . . nr t , Attorney General Mitchell, arAviator Was Attempting r . ving at tlie White House for tlie To Make Contact When [ Friday cabinet meeting, said he Notified ha<l relayed the President’s mes. Trenton. N. J.. May 13—(UP)— cies under my command.” (’ol Lindbergh was rft sea when President Hoover also dispatchI the body of his son was found yes- ed a message of condolence to the terday l>ut he -returned speedily to Lindbergh family. I Hopewell. K-cording to today’s state Both President and Mrs. Hoover police bulletin. werp dee P'>’ locked at the tragic ! I t sai( |. i discovery of tlie Lindbergh baby s > . bodv Tliev were kept informed “Colonel Lindbergh returned to ■ .i through Drnss associations an<! Hopewell, late last night. Al the niroiign (■ ii i; members ot the secret service at I time the body was discovered. Col xvbin> qqcuaherg.. was on Jersey shore at Cape May, N. J. in j; reparation ft' another attempt to (contingrd on page six) accomplish Hie delivery qf tlie baby (l jm I pe' 1 t' i 1 t 'sea. n,a<t '1932 ANNUAL Immediate steps were taken to i ‘ VV L. n.’/lUHL [ communicate with him and as soon AArP Hl! Oil T las he received the information he I 11L. V 11 IM \AI I* [started n tlie return trip to Hope- UUL.V [ well. i "While the kidnaping was coniI). H. S. Year-Book ( on- ' X o- — | sidered One of Best Ever Milt Swearingen Hurt Published Here Milton Swearingen, an employe The 1932 edition of the Ravelof the Cloverleaf Creamery here, ings was issued at noon today by suffered a dislocated shoulder about the Senior class of Decatur high 11:30 o'clock this morning, when lie school. Tlie business staff comprisslipped on tlie floor of the creamery ing Miss Mary Madeline Coverdale, and fell. business manager, Dick Macklin. The left shoulder was injured as assistant business manager, ami Mr. Swearingen attempted to break Miss Blanche McCrory, supervised the fall, after slipping. He was tak- the sale which began at 12:47 en to a local physician’s office o’clock today. where the shoulder was set. The annual is one of the best ever a published by tlie Decatur high ftrri/ H I klOfiftl school. It lias a niolloy exlble cor \l *"k KmNaIIM limitation leather) with a gre.-n vLLII IIIIIIWIVI base with black overtone, and him Bar'll ill IIIIAIT tbe lettering embossed MrN iN nIINI Tlle 1T«-Page volume is printed iVlLll II v HUH I on white paper and is divided into six parts. The art theme of tiie division pages is the patriotic Evidence Given Before George Washington Bi-eeutenmal Rnnsnm Wtw Paid Used i<lea an<l at,laetiv< ‘ ly l ’ anip(l out - Hansom was raiu useu The g . x ([ivis j ons i nc iude the foreAs N direst ( I lie word or introduction: the administr ii itTnv fiiDi tration; classes, sports, organize- ~ ’’T S Margin ’•«"«• a "<> a’lvertising Prosecutor Erwin S. Marshall of Kavplings contains many > Mercer county, today declared he snapshots, together had evidence convincing him that 11 u-i,,. ■ with good editorial write-ups. tne the men who took $50,000 ransom f ... ~ „ „ . , , , - , advertisements are an attractive from Dr. John F Conton (Jafsie) , . i iiuui section of the annual ad make tlie 1 were tlie men who kidnaped and . later killed Charles Augustus Lind- (CONTINUED on PAGE SIX) ? bergh, Jr. 0 " Marshall said the men who re- Attend TWO Meetings . ceived the ransom money from Con- . don had provided proof to Lind- p p. .Schafer, G. H. Wehmeyer f bergh and Condon that they were an( j several of department heads and v tlie actual kidnapers ami were in salesmen for tlie Schafer Company r possession of tlie baby. Tills proof, J( . e atten ding tlie hardware dealer’s Marshall revealed for the first time, ~p nvent ion at Kendallville and - vx is the sleeping garment the baby fjnntington this week. A conven- « wore when he was stolen from his (jon was held in Kendallville yesI nursery. terday and one at Huntington toCondon. according to Marshall. (]ay Schafer cora pany has a (CUNUNUED ON PAGE TWO) display al (>olh places. ,

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