Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 33, Number 38, Decatur, Adams County, 13 February 1935 — Page 7

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HAUPTMANN IS FOUND GUILTY

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DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

Vol. XXXIII. No. 38.

; DIVORCE SUIT ' ON TRIAL HERE ) For Wayne Divorce Case Is Being Tried In Local Court ’ I -- — *! A large crowd of Fort Wayne witnesses and friends are attending ’ the trial today in which Luella , Benin of Fort Wayne is tiling her 1 husband Oscar Braun, for divorce. ' The case was venued here from the Allen superior court. The coup!? were married on ’ June 25, 1925 and were separated ’i in July of 1934. They have one child. Louie. 6. By filing the eross ’ complaint. Oscar Braun agreed to ' the divor.re but asked custody of 1 the child which now belongs to the mother. They ere also fighting for ' the possession of a Fort Wayne property and a lake cottage registered 1 in a joint deed. In this mornings s’.ssion Mns. tEraun accused her husband of un- ' taitlifulness, that the cursed her, »-4 ■ b: calne intoxicated and struck >.nd ! »b««t her' When cross examined Mrs- Braun admitted she was a habitue of Fort Wayne Eight clubs, had made a trip to Chicago with .another girl nd ac- ' compani.d by two men, one of • ' whom -paid her hotel bill, that she i ' had ursed '.:er husband and that ‘ she had, sine? h-?r separation been ! seen iu the company of other men •! whom she claimed to have met in 1 , Fort Wayne night clubs, >it late I hours. o INTANGIBLES INFORMATION County Assessor Will Make Intangibles Appraisal March 1 County Assessor Ernest Worthman today announced that no annual intangibles owned before Feb- ' ruary 28, 1933 can b? reappt'Jised by him until March 1 “The value of intangibles must be determined by th- ir worth on March 1 and any appraisement now would only be a prediction cf their w’orfib, March 1, 1*35,” he stated. This applies only to intangibles which were purchased or owned be- ' fore the intangible a t became a law on February 28. 1933. February 28 ie th-? d te for which a value muGt be set on the property. However, intangibles acquired ’ since that dote must be assessed for the anniversary cf date on which they were originally stamped. The law requires that tibe acquir- . er of intangibles properties must , affix stamp on them before ten days ’ after the date possession is taken. A large portion of th? intangibles property in the county was owned before the law came into effect and thus will be assessed for March 1. Mr. Worthman stated today that at least a month will be given after March 1 in wihlch to apply for and . affix the intangibles stamps for this J year. The stampe may be purchased ( from the county treasurer. s o Bockman Condition “Not So Good” Today The condition of Walter J. Bock- - man, Adams county recorder, was • described as “not so good" this morning by his ph.vsl ian. He i« suf--sering from a fractured hip and ’ numerous -bruises and laceratione . sustuin-ed when his car struck the - cement base of a stop light at the j i five points intersection Sunday night.

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FIEND KILLS ABES WOMAN Van Werl Woman Found Dead In Bed Bound And Gagged Van Wert. Ohio, Feb. 13 — ' (Special)—Police and county oft'l- ' cials. as yet do not have a clue I as to the murderer of Mrs. Mary I J. Woodruff. 86. who was found i dead in her bed Tuesday night by neighbors. The fiend, who bound and gagged the aged woman, apparently killed Mrs. Woodruff Monday night after entering her home, intent on robbing her. She lived . alone. According to a coroner’s report. | Mrs. Woodruff probably died of shock. Neighbors who were accustomed to seeing Mrs. Woodruff about her house every day noticed her absence yesterday and also noticed ' that all the shades were drawn. Late last night a neighbor, fearing for her health, pried open a window and entered the house. On ' a bed in a downstairs bedroom he found the body. Mrs. Woodruff’s mouth had been | stuffed with a handkerchief and a I piece of her percale apron- Her hands were securely bound with ropa end these were tied to her left leg which had boon drawn up under her body. The aged wo-1 man's desperate efforts to rid her mouth of the stifling gag were indicated by wounds on her lips. The entire house was ransacked. Furniture was ovei turned and cushions from chairs and davenports were strewn about the room. I Tings were turned back and papers and other contents of drawers in desks and tables littered the entire house. Despite the systematic search, (CONTINUED ON PAGE EIVE) “Cappy” Johns Has Wrist Sprained Will "Oappy” Johns is displaying a sprlined wrist today which hapI pened when he was thrown over by i a dog that chased a .rat through I Chick’s roadside inn last evening.: I The chain on the dog became oni tangled around Mr. Johns’ leg and J 'caused him to fall to the floor. Mr. H Johns is employed ut the inn. il

ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ADAMS COUNTY

Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, February 13, 1935.

Sist?r Os Loca 1 Woman Died Monday Mrs. Annie Whittern. 74. of Monroeville, a sister of Mrs. Ed Green nd an aunt of Mrs. Alpn- us i>e Bolt and Lawrence Green, all of this dty died of disease Monday night. Surviving are four sons. Raymond W. of Palo Alto, California, Charles E. of Monroeville. Harry H. of Muncie and Noel 11. of Fort Wayne; three daughters, Mrs. Violet C. Crabill. Mrs. Lora L. Etter .and Miss Ruth A. Whittern of Monroeville; two sisters, Mrs. Ed. Green of Decatur and Mrs. Mary Hart of Convoy. Ohio and 15 grandchildren. Funeral services will be held Thursday morning at 10 o’clock at the St. Mark’s Lutheran church with the Rev. P. W. Hanshaw officiating. Burial will be made in the I Monroeville I. O. O. F. cemetery. STOP AT BLOW 0 [WHISTLE Traffic Violators Arc Summoned To Stop By City Police City police are making every effort to have motorists comply with spe-d and traffic regulations and where violations are noted, drivers hove been notified to appear before Mayor Holthouse in mayor’* . art. The license number of a Berne man driving through town at an excessive rate of speed the other night was obtained and the offender ordered to appear before the mayor. Several who ran tee stop lights were also cautioned by police men to stop the practice for fear a serious accident would occur. Policemen expect motoric’s .to stop when they sound the whistle. The policemen are desiriotte of cooperating with the public and will not make arrests for small infractions of the liw. but do insist that I drivers step when so commanded. Affidavits will be filed against constant offenders. o Decatur Fire Chief Is Reported Better Charles Robenold. Decatur fire chief, is recovering satisfactorily from a major operation performed at the Adams County Memorial h capital Tuesday morning.

FOUNDERS’ DAY T 9 BE OBSERVED J i J Parent-Teachers Unit , WiH Give Program At Riley Bld?. Friday t The Parent-Teachers association • of the Riity school will obs-rve i Founder's day in a epeci 1 program Friday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock at ■ the school building. Tlie day is also being observed through: ut the nation in the form 1 of special services, pageants and i programs in comm moration of the i two founders of the association, • Mrs. Alice M. Birney and Mrs. ' Phoebe A. Hearst. The first Mother’s Congress was in Washington D. C. in 1825. In February of 1897 the Natl nal Congress of parents and teachers was founded in the same city. The movement ! h.s now grown from two or three ! hundred to over 3.000.00 ’ members. ( Birthday gifts in the form of free-will offerings are collected on Founder’s day for the uee of child welfare in verey city and state of the Union through the facilities of I Congress. The Riley school has arranged a program for the anniversary in • the form of a pageant mid candle lighting ceremony. A group of I mothers mid several teachers will i comprise the .cast of characters. S -me of the parts to be portrayed are: ‘‘childhood”, showing the ■ childhood of the world as the citizen of tomorrow, pleading with the parents and teachers to give etch child a fair chance for sound health happy home life, the gift of learn- , ing and all those things that make for happiness; “national” will answer the call of childhood by (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) o Contest Winner Is Related Here Jerome O’Dowd. Central Catholic high school student of Fort Wayne, who won the state oratorical contest,, in a nephew of Mrs. William ' Bowers of this city. Mr. O’Dowd entered the state ' contest after winning the county and district honors. He won first place in the state iccnteet. debating the question, “State control of paro-l chial schools’’. The young man has visited his aunt in this city several j times.

B. R. Hauptmann To Pay With Life For Babe’s Death

Wave Os Kidnapings Followed Crime Os Killling Lindbergh Baby KIDNAPING MADE FEDERAL OFFENSE Washington, Feb. (UR) — The Lindbergh kidnaping was a blow— | and a boon— to the department of justice. The blow was a wave of kidnaping*. The boon was that congress passed the “Lindbergh Law, | which gave the government broad Jurisdiction in the fight against | kidnaping* and has resulted to date in solution of 31 eases The child of the Lindbergh's ■ was stolen March 1. 1932. On June' 22 of the same year an aroused congress made kidnaping a federal offense when it involved use of . the ma's, or transportation of the , victim across state lines. Since then the division of inves- 1 tigation. department of justice, ' h s participated in the solutions! of 31 kidnaping*. To quote J. Edgar Hoover, chief of the division. : “All of the 31 cases have been ■ solved. “Seventy-four persons have been convicted and 22 are now fn cust-i ody awaiting trial. Seventy four. i persons have received sentences i totaling 1,186 years. 11 months,and two days; 16 life sentences. I , two death sentences, and 30 years suspended sentences and 20 years■ probation; two individuals were lynched while awaiting trial, three; committed suicide and two were murdered by their companions.-: And kidnaping* seem to be decreas | ling in lumber." Only two suspected kidnapings still are at large. One is Thomas N. Robinson, Jr., a young man who; i masquerades as a woman and who | t is accused of kidnaping Mrs. Ber-1 ry V. Stoll in Louisville, Ky. The I other is Alvin Kappis, Oklahoma' fugitive sought as a participant in the kidnaping of Edward G. Bre-! 1 mer. Minneapolis brewer and bank-! s jeri All of Robinson's associates have t' been arrested. Most of Karpis' accomplices are dead, shot by FederI — _ , (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) 1 E. W. BUSCHE IS PRESIDENT I Officers Named For Factory District Suerar Beet Association f 1 i E. W. Dusche of M-nroe was ' elected president of the D?oatur , factory district sugar beet controll association at a meeting of the board of directors held in the county agent's office -here this morning. ' The board of directors is made . ‘ up of the chairmen of the nine dis- , ' tricks which are served by the Decstur Central Sugar fiactcry. The other officers elected this morning from the board of directors are; Clyde Schultz of Union City, , vice-president: Albert Coppess of ! Monrce. serretary; and P. D. Mor--1 ris. of Van Wert, Ohio, treasur r. E. W. Busche end Clyde Schultz will serve as members of the coni trol board by virtue of their.offices. ■ Three others were elected ae members of this board and a fourth named as alternate. They are: Mar- < tin Etgler of Convoy, Ohio; George Allenhost cf Fort Jennings, Ohio: , Allen Igimont of New Haven. >.ind 1 alternate, E. L. Knoblauch of Wood- , burn. L. M- Busche of the Purdue University extension department and government representative of the , sugar beet section of the AAA in Indiana attended the meeting this - ■ morning. In this afternoon's session the board of directcrs expect to complete the budget tor the year. The control board forth? Decatur ' 'Factory district will be similar in organization to the county corn-hog : set-ups;

Price Five Cents

REVAMPING OF GOVERNMENTAL UNITSPLANNED Economy Bill Proposes Maximum Os 5 Townships In Any County APPROPRIATION FOR STATE PRISON i Indianapolis, Feb. 13.— (U.R) —-\ governmental reorganization act, 'even more drastic than the one I adopted in 1933 is proposed by the j state committee on governmental I economy in a bill ready for introduction in the legislature. I The recommendations propose: Consolidation of all rural and ! town schools into a county system. 1 Reduction of townships to a maximum of five and minimum of i : one in each county. Amendment of the constitution Ito make the office of state school 'superintendent appointive instead lof elective. Abolition of the board of county 'commissioners and township advisory boards. I Abolition of boards of trustees :of slate penal, benevolent and ! charitable institutions, centering | control in a nine member board I lof public welfare Appointment of a state person-1 nel director to establish a merit i ■ system for state employes. i Reestablishment of a state high-! ' way commission of three members j to serve in an advisory capacity to a director. I Establishment of a state public i welfare department and bipartisan I county boards of public welfare, j Reorganization of the state police system by appointment of a • bi-partisan board by the governor, I with power to supervise but not loperate the department, The board I would appoint a director. Patrol- - men would be appointed on a merit : basis and members would be chosen equally from the two major | parties. Construction of a new state’s ! women's prison outside the city of I Indianapolis, to be built on the | cottage plans. Establishment of the county manager type of government. The county council would become the i legislative body, make appropriations. levy taxes and make contracts. The county would be divided into five districts, and the five' councilmen elected would select 11 two minority members from their I defeated opponents. Establishment of the county auditor as executive head of county government He would prepare the budget, make purchases and keep accounts. Removal of the county assessor from an elective basis to make his office appointive by the county council with approval of the state tax board. County would be unit for making assessments. Removal of all highway duties from county surveyor, placing such duties under state highway commission. Appointment of the county at(CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) o I Money Found And Returned To Owner I ♦ ♦ The guest of the man in Grecian mythology who spent li|s life seeking an honest man would have ! ended if he had met J. D. Krick of North Sixth street today. Mr. , Krick returned sl9 in currency to Margaret Vian who lost it several days ago. Miss Vian lost the money in Decatur Monday. It was in the form of a 10. >i five and four one dollar bills. Tuesday she inserted a "Lost , Ad" in the Daily Democrat, hoping that an honest man would find it. Today Mr Krick came into the Democrat office with the money and asked that the owner be notified.

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Jury Returns Verdict After Deliberating About Twelve Hours DIES IN ELECTRIC CHAIR ON MARCH 18 Flemington, N. J.. Feb. 13—flj.R) —Bruno Richard Hauptmann was convicted tonight of America’s most collosal crime and he must forfeit his life in the electric chair for the murder of baby Charles A. Lindbergh. Jr. Hauptmann will he executed March 18. Edwanl I. Reilly, chief defense counsel, announced immediately lie would appeal "to the highest 'courts in the land.” A jury that had searched for a i verdict siince 11:15 a. m , filed into the court room at 10:45 p. m. tonight and returned a verdict of “guilty as charged in the indictment.’’ That verdict solved for all time, i so far as the state of New Jersey I is concerned, the riddle of the Lindbergh crime. For the indictment charges that Hauptmann alone planned and executed the kidnaping that occurred almost three years ago on the slope of Sourland mountain and that nowhere in the world are there any aiTomplices. The court room was electrified with tension as the jury, led by its scholarly foreman. Charles Walton 'filed into the box. Hauptmann was sitting in the same seat he has occupied sime the trial started, ! handcuffed to his guards. Col- Charles A. Lindbergh, who ' lias attended every session of the ! trial, was absent tonight. Lloyd Fell, a court clerk, stood up at his table in front of the bench and asked: “Jurors, have you reached a verdict.” “We have.” said Walton, holding a slip of paper in his hand. “How say ye. guilty or not guilty.” Dead silence spread through the room and then Walton's voice cut ' above it clear and loud. “We find the defendant. Bruno I Richard Hauptmann, guilty of j murder in the first degree.” Hauptmann had been ordered by the court to stand up while the jury returned its verdict Not a muscle in the prisoner’s body quivered as he heard the words that doomed him. Color crept up his neck and into his cheeks until his face was a flaming red. Three feet away sat his wife, her face chalky white while her ieyes stared away into nothing. Attorney general David T. Willentz moved toward the judge’s (CONTINI RD ON PAGE SIX) LIQUOR BILL ISPREPARED Measure Abolishes Importer Svstem; Road Houses Not Licensed Indianapolis. Ind., Feb. 13 —(UP) —The Administration’s liquor bill, ■providing for legalization of sales by the drink and abolishment of the importer system, was reported ready for introduction in the Legislsture today. Intended as a model piece of legislation to replace the haphazard law now in effect, the hill was drafted after several weeks of careful study by a committee working under direction of Gov. Paul V. McNutt. The bill is said to provide for a. reduction in the liquor tax from 25 to 12% or 10 cents per pint and a reduction in the beer tax from $1.55 to $1 a barrel. Three types of retail licenses will be available to dealers — beer, whisky wine.. Minimum annual license fees of (CONTLNUWJ DM PACK FI.VBh