Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 32, Number 56, Decatur, Adams County, 5 March 1934 — Page 1

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< > Wooden Gun Kept By Dillinger As Most Precious Souvenir Crown Point, Ind., Mar. S—(UP) Wherever John Dillinger may be. It «a« considered probbale today I that his most cherished possesaion la the toy pisfol with which he bluffed his way out of the l.ake County jail last week. The pistol was made witn a safe ty razor, two blades, a broom sti: k and some shoe blacking. Deairipion of the "Weapon" was given by Judge William J. Murray after diecilseing the break wilti 'most of the 30 persons whom the I notorious Indiana outlaw intimidated. “Dillittger apparently placed the two blue steel blades aJeng the piece of ibrooui handle to make the gun l<M>k more realistic,” Judge Murry explained. “Other pieces of the razor were used to etimulate the magazine. Shoe polish completed the job.” With his toy gun. Dillinger seized two machine guns from guards , and completed his daring escape. Deputy sheriff Ernest Blunk, who was forced to accompany Dillinger as far as Peotone, 111., said that when he was released he asked the . desperado for the toy pistol. “Dillinger laughed and said he wanted to keep it for a sottvenier of the trial which won’t be held March 12." Blunk said. On that date Dillinger was st heditled to l>e tried on charges of murdering an East Chicago policeman during a bank robbery. Blunk revealed that he and Edward Saager. also forced to accompany the bandit, were let out at Peotone. i “He shook hands with us and Wiahe.l ue good luck.’’ the deputy said. SAYS ESCAPE IS f ANTASTIC Gov. McNutt Describes Dillinger’s Escape As “Fantastic” Case Indianapolis. Mar. ■'r— YU.R) ' Escape of John Dillinger from ’he Lake county Jail at Crown Point j was described as “fantastic” today by Gov. Paul V. McNutt. “Never before has such a fantastic ease heen called to my attention.” he said. •‘But. d shall await a report from the attorney general before , commenting further.’’ Wayne Coy. secretary of the state clemency commission, todav answered critics who blamed the . governor for failing to order Dii- , Unger’s transfer to the state pris-: on for safe keeping. “On two occasions.’’ Coy said. •we offered to have Dillinger ■ taken to the prison but Sheriff ' Lillian Holley of Lake county and Prosecutor Robert G. Estill reftts- ! ed. "Both of the officials assured .' the Igike county court that Dillingler was perfectly safe. As a result the court did not feel that it would be necessary to order the change.” *”cONTINCF!D ON PAGE FIVE) State Senator To Speak Tuesday Night State Senator lAirry Brandon of ■ Auburn will address a meeting of I farmers, Tuesday evening, at 7:30 ■ > o’clock, at the St. John's school. 10,|cated in Preble township, north of > Decatur on state road 27. An entertainment has been planned and Senator Brandon will deliver the evenj ing’s address. The, public is invited • | to attend. Commissioners In Regular Session The county commissioners met in regular at the auditor’s I ' office today. The forenoon was 1 devoted to the checking and al- ' lowing of bills and disposing of 1 : routine matters. ' Ferd L. Lltterer, secretary of I Decatur Homesteads. Inc., conferrled with the commissioners this ‘i morning relative to the building I I and opening of the streets in and ’j on the homestead sites. The ’j board will he in session again, [Tuesday and several matters will, come up for action.

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DEFENSE CASE COMPLETED IN MURDER TRIAL Dr. Wynekoop Is Final Witness In Her Murder Trial Today ( ASE TO JURORS THIS AFTERNOON Criminal Court Bldg. Chicago Mar. S—(UP5 —(UP) —The state rested itc case at 1:41 p. m. today in the trial of Dr. Alice Lindsay Wynekoop. Final argi ments then began but it was doubtful if the case would reach the jury today. The defense immediately moved for a directed verdict and put forward several other technical motions, a.II of which were denied. k Criminal Court Building. Chicago, Mar. 5. (U.P The defense resled its case at 11 a. m. today in the trial of Dr. Alice Lindsay Wynekoop. ■ Defense attorneys rested shortly after Dr. Wynekoop. charged with murder in the slaying of her daugh-ter-in-law. Rheta. had finished hetordeal on the witness stand. The frail, bespectacled lit’le lady who is defendant in one of the strangest murdvr trials in modern history, was tenderly placed on the witness stand for brief questioning as the trial neared an end. The side of her face was bruised, -she waw <teathh- white tvM - her I courage faltered. “I don’t see how 1 can go on with it,” sh(j told her nurse after she had been badly bruised in a fall at the county jail hospital before court began. But she did go on. answering weakly the tinal questions put to iter by Prosecutor Charles S. Dougherty as lie tied together the loose ends of his case and then excused het from the stand. There remained then only tinal arguments before the jury, picked especially at the defendant’s request to include 12 young men, will lie given the case. • if they choose, there cun find her guilty of first degree murder charges and sentence her to die in the electric chair. To the defendant the severity of the sentence, if one is imposed, was a minor consideration. "I haven’t long to live anyway.”. (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) AUDITORS WORK ON LOCAL BOOKS State Auditors Start BiAnnual Audit Os County Offices Auditors of the state hoard of accounts started a bi-annual examination of the public records in Adams County this morning. The examiners on the job are A. N. Doyle of Huntington and Frank R. Simmons of Marion. Roth are experienced auditors. The examiners started work in the county auditor’s office and will complete the records in that office before taking up the other offices. No examination of the public record was made last year so the audit [ will cover the years of 1932 and ■1933. The examiners will check all public records of the several departments of county government and also of other taxing units in the county. Justice of peace books will also be audited. The reports will be made for [ each year separately and will show i in detail receipts and expenditures of each office and a balance sheet of the auditor’s and treasurer’s offices. Decatur Ministers To Meet Wednesday — The Decatur Ministerial Association will meet Wednesday morning. March 7, at 10 o’clock in the Library room of the Courthouse. All ministers in the city as well as in !tbe county are cordially invited to attend this meeting.

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Dillinger’s Prisoners aaaMßßaaaaMaaaMaaaaaMaaawmiy ■* ■wt * j I m Bfv L J I M I Kt"- J ■’ ■ George Saager (in overalls) and Ernest Blunt, the garage attendant and deputy sheriff, who were forced to accompany Dillinger ami his negro prisoner companion, following Uleir escape from the la>k u , bounty jail at Crown Point. Ind. An hour later they were released , iluwe miles east of Peotone, 111., thirty five miles southwest of ( hicage

TINKHAM RITES ARE HELD TODAY William Tinkham, Aged Blue (’reek Township Man, Buried Today Berne. March s—Special)—funeral services for William Tinkham. 82, who died Friday night at 8 o'clock at his home tn Bine Creek township, were held this afternoon at two o'clock at the Willshire M. R. church. Burial was made at Rockford, Ohio. Mr. Tinkham died of hardening 'of the arterim. and was bedfast two weeks before his death occurred. | He was born in Blue Creek township. February 4. 1852. a son of Dennison and Margaret Tinkham. He was married April 11 1577 to i Minerva Johnson. Surviving are the widow three I children. Mrs. Olive Hoblet, Mar- ! ion Tinkham of Blue Creek township. Mrs. Bertha Swartz of Huntington Beach. Cal., two sisters an I two brothers, Hannah Tinkham. Mrs. Rebecca Bevington. Sylvester ITinkham of Blue'Creek township, and Frank Tinkham of Bertie. , ■ o _, . Restaurant Men Meet Wednesday A meeting of restaurant proprie- ■ tors who are members of the Indiana restaurant association. will be held at Huntington, Wednesday, March 7. in the court house. ‘ Restaurant men from Whitley, Allen, Adams. Wells. Huntington, Wabash, Miami, Grant and Blackford counties are invited to attend. Matters to the restaurant code and other business topics will be brought up during the meeting. Association To Sponsor Movie The South Ward Parent-Teachers I association will hold a benefit show at the Adams theater. Wednesday . and Thursday. The picture, “Counselor at law", , features John Barrymore and is' considered one of the good films of the year. A matinee for school children will be given Wednesday afternoon. Proceeds from the show will be used by the Parent-Teachers association in carrying on their program at the South Ward and aidling school children. Tickets can be I obtained from the children.

* MEASLES I Washingion. Mar. 5.— (U.R> The White House team of “Sistie" and "Fuzzie" was separated today because “Sistie'' has developed a case of tile measles. The measles attack which put “Sistie" Ball, the President's six-year-old granddaughter, to bed several days ago is a light one, the White House reported. The chief discomfort of the youngster was her enforced isoItaion from her three-year-old brother, "Buzzie." The White House was reported unworried over the measles outbreak as "Sistie" is getting along nicely. Physicians said ' there was no danger of a quarantine. ♦ ♦ TRUSTEES MET THIS MORNING Township Trustees Meet With County Superintendent Striker i The township trustees of Adams County met at the office of Clifton IE. StrJker, county superintendent of schools, this morning. Every trustee of the county was present. Many questions of interest to the trustees were discussed including the annual percent of attendance I records, and the cemetery projects ' being arranged through the CWA. C. D. Teeple of Decatur talked on ■ this subject. The trustees also decided to hold I a county eighth grade commencement at Decatur, the date to be announced later. j All schools n Adams county will ■ run the full eight months, Mr. Strik!er stated, none being forced to shorten the term because of financial reasons. o Chiropractors Held Meeting Here Sunday Chiropractors of the Northeastern Indiana association met with Dr. H. Frohnapel Sunday. The meeting was held at the Chamber of Commerce rooms. Dr. C. J. Tilburg of Indianapolis spoke on chiropractors’ adjustments, their application in acute disease®. Dr. Van Tilburg also spoke at a meeting of the ladies auxiliary, held !at the home of Mrs. Frohnapel. t

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STATE BEGINS INVESTIGATION OF JAIL BREAK Attorney General Says Dillinger Not Friendly With Prisoners ONE GUARD ADMITS HIS RESPONSIBILITY liidiaiia|iolis. Mar. 5. (U.K; John Dillinger, who esiaped from the Lake comity jail Saturday, was not Iriemlly with other inmates. Attorney General Philip Lutz, Jr., said today on his re.itrn It om Crown Point. Lutz, accompanied by Roy Hallett and Edward J Barce, special investigators of bis office, and Ben Scifres. Lebanon. Boone county prosecutor, visited the scene ol the i escape during the week end to he gin an investigation ordered by Gov Paul V. McNutt. The attorney general intended to make a preliminary report to the governor immediately. Barce and Hallett were left, in northern Indiana Io continue the investigation. Lutz said it was highly probable that they would call a special session of (he Lake county grand jury to investigate the escape. "Dillinger was not friendly with the other inmates of the jail and none of them was familiar with his plans," Lutz told newspapermen. “When new prisoners came into the jail he always them the best wayout but never took them into his cimfidence. ' He apparently confided only with (CONTINUED ON PAGE THItEE) MRS, HOLLEY TIRED OF JOB Woman Sheriff’ At Crown Point Says She Is Ready To Retire Crown Point. Ind.. Mar. S.—(U.P) Sheriff I illian Holley, from whose jail John Dillinger walked, waiving a rediculous liatle toy revolver. is going to retire to a farm and away from killers and gangsters. ‘ But I’m not a quitter.” she hastened to add as she talked, tired and almost weeping, to the United Press today in the Crown Point jail from which she vowed not many days ago that Dillinger never would escape. ■ll’ll finish my term. I’ve go to do that. But I’ll step out of office and out of politics next January ' for good. I've had enough.” As she talked deputies and state’s attorney's investigators brought’ her reports of the progress of the manhunt but she waved them aside as she was told 1 (hat there was no real clue to the whereabouts of the desperado and Herbert Youngblood, negro murder suspect who accompanied Dillinger. "We're not getting anywhere but I don’t know what more we can do," she said. ‘ I've tried, tried desperately,, to find out who is at fault for this terrible thing i but my efforts haven’t accounted ' for much. I guess we all are to . blame.” Wan and talking in a hoarse whisper, the comely 43-year-old J sheriff who pinned her husband's star upon herself a year ago when "(CONTINUED ON* PAGE THREE) i. o — Bids Are Aw arded By Commissioners — The county commiesoners awarded contracts today for election booths and ballot boxes and fertilizer. The Berne Lumber company was low bidder on the election booths and boxes and the Cash Coal and Supply Co., was low bidder on fertilizer. . The bids filed were: Election booths, 3 compartments complete: Berne Lumber Co., s!> each; Kiger ■ and Co.. $7.50 each. The bids on ■ fertilizer were: Cash Coal and Supply, $27.50 per ton; Burk Elevator Co., S3O a ton. The county I will buy aibout eight aud one-haJi tons.

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Judge Rutherford Is Barred From Speaking The Judge Rutherford meeting | scheduled here for Sunday afternoon and evening was cancelled i and representatives of the speaker , were presente dfrom distributing ' their literature. Officers of the Moose lodge cancelled the use of the hall, when in- I formed that such meetings bred religious prejudices in the com- ■ miinity. The hall was denied for both meetings. Sheriff Burl Johnson was railed i in the matter and prevented the dis- I trihnlion of the literature. About Hi auto loads of men and women were : gathered near Decatur, the occupants being house to house canvassers for the sale of the pamphlets i of which Judge Rutherford is one : of the authors. Judge Rutherford was bailed from malking his speeches on flie radio recently. - - o— PLANNING FOR 0. E. MEETING — 46th State (’. E. Convention Will Be Held At Fort Wayne Plans for the 4tlth state Christian Endeavor convention to he held in Fort Wayne June 21-24, are pro- : i grossing arpidly according to Lisle I Hodell of Fort Wayne, general i cliairman of arrangements. Dr. Dan- . iel Poling will he principal speaker ■ and Homer Rodehaver will be song ■ , leader. - Dr. Poling, of New York city, is president of the International . i Christian Endeavor Union, and Mr. ’ Rodehiaver of Chicago, for many . years song leader for Billy Sunday. ' evangelist, is a noted composer of church music. The Porter District Christian En- . deavor Union, comprising Alien. I Allen. A lams. Wells. Whitley, and I Huntington counties will be host to the three day conclave. Homer C. Augsbttrger of Berne is president I of the district union. He is also vice-president of the state organi-1 zation and is serving as chairman of the program committee for the convention. Wallace Beer iof Fort Wayne, 1 ! treasurer of the Allen county C. E. ■ Union, is in charge of registrations ' which will be one dollar for seniors. 1 75 cents for intermediates, and 50 1 cents for juniors. Any society in the 1 district procuring 25 registrations ’ ‘by April first will receive a Chris- ■ tian Endeavor shield. Societies procuring 15 registrations by that 1 time will he awarded a Christian ' Endeavor banner. Any individual 1 selling 10 registrations in the allot-: ted time will receive a C. E pin. ’[ Melville Blaising of New Haven, ? president of the Allen county'C. E. ‘ s Union and chairman of publicity for | the convention, will (begin a series 'of meetings over the state April 6 in the interest of the convention. I- I ORDER INSULL OUT TOMORROW ’ —“ .. Police Order Samuel In- > still To Leave Greece j By Tomorrow ’ Athens. Mar. s.—(U.R)—Police today notified Samuel Instill, Chicago ! utilities man, that he must leave the country tomorrow. i Instill, whom the United States , government seeks to extradite in order that he may be tried on charges concerning the collapse of J his utilities interests, was isolated , at his hotel and said he was grave-! ’ ly ill. The Foreign Ministry on Saturday notified the Ministry of Inter--1 ior. which is the police authority, that Instill must go. The government insisted on In--3 suit's departure because it feared I tire American government would be angry if Instill were sheltered here longer. Originaly he was to t be expelled Jan. 31. but won extensions of time on the plea of illr ness. ] Perpignan. France. Mar. S.—(U.R) —The mysterious American who sought to make himself ruling j prince of the mountain republic of ON*PAGE *FIVE* * /

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ROOSEVELT IN STRONG SPEECH AT CONFERENCE President Proclaims Necessity of NRA For Rehabilitation CONSUMING POWER MUST BE CREATED \Vnshiii.i*lt»i, Mar. 5. <U.R) In iitglilinM words, President BoosevtH today proclaimed the necessity ol the NBA lor > economic rehabilitation anil hit the same lime I'louled rears that il is the torerimner o! l aseism or Communism. The President's address was deliver, d Io more Ilian 4.1100 gathered at the general conference of NRA code authorities and trade [ association codes committees. It was his reply to criticism i offered at the suggestion of Gen- : eral Hugh S. Johnson, national recovery administrator. i All through the President’s speech, one of the longest he has made in months, ran the warning that industry must follow through with the government's ideas of increased wages for the stimulation i of purchases. "The first task of industry today.” Mr Roosevelt said, “is to | create consuming power. “Therefore, I give to industry [ today this challenge: ‘lt is the immediate task of industry to reemploy more people at purchasing wages and to do it now. “Only thus can we continue recovery and restore the balance we seek. It is worth while keeping in the front of our heads the thought that the people in this ' country whose incomes are less i than $2,000 a year buy more than | two-thirds of all the goods sold here." | "It is logical that if the total •amount that goes in wages to this group of human beings is steadily increased.” the President continued. ‘ n>< rchants. employers and investors will in the long run I get more from the increased I volume of sales.” The chief executive made a complete survey of the recovery pictu re. He cited the economic situation when he took office, pointing out IX- I IX'I’El) ON PAGE I’lVl’.i CHARGE WOMAN WITH SLAYING Yorktown Woman Held As Accessory In Death Os Her Husband Muncie, Ind.. March 5 —(UP)rMrs. Dora Gleason. 40. was under arrest here tolay on suspicion of being an accessory in the murder of her husband, Lloyd Gleason at Yorktown on Feb. 26. Marvin Gleason, a son, arrested I shortly after his father's body was found in the basement of the Gleason meat mai'ket, confessed to the ' shooting, polite said. In a new statement last night, the [ youth implicated his mother, stating the two had talked over the | shooting some time before, prosei cufor Paul I.efl'ler said. I Marvin told Leffler, the latter said, that his mother had frequent* liy expressed Hie wish that his father was dead. Marvin said his mother knew he had purchased the gun [ used in the shooting, and that he "thought” he use! $2 she gave him as part payment for the weapon. r They also had talked of cremati ing the body, Marvin was quoted as i saying. The Ibody was found near [ a furnace and burns on a foot indicated an effort had been made to destroy it. Young Gleason admitted to police he had tried to cremate his father's body but “didn’t have *~7c<wtinued on page five) i 0 Groce Tope Out For Township Candidate Groce Tope, today announced his candidacy for the democratic nomination for trustee of St. Marya 1 township. Mr. Toi>e has lived in t' m 1 township for about 10 years. H r i ■ merly was engaged in the £ (business ami now is farming.