Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 47, Number 244, Decatur, Adams County, 17 October 1949 — Page 2

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Nazi Torturer To Face Murder Trial Use Koch Arrested On German Charges Aichach. Germany. Oct. 17. — (I'l*l Use Koch. 12. the sadistic ' torturer of the Buchenwald concentration camp, walked from an American military prison today* bn’ minutes later lunded in a Ger-1 man Jail charged with 2# murders The Humpy, alleged collector of lamp hade* made from the skin of tattoed Buchenwald inmate* wa* fieed from l,aml«beiK prison at 7 2b a m 12 20 a m ('ST >. \V«-t German state prosecutor I .Johan llkow immediately read a warrant for her arrest under Ger man law charging her with mur d<iit:- persons and assaulting hundreds of others at Bu<h*nwald Siu the ti was hustled into u small pun patrol wagon for the jo-niile ride In re from Landsberg Originally -• ntem-d to life, thr «trawt>erty blonde's *entence was r<du <d to four years by former American military governor Gen Lucius l» (’lay in a review of h* r trial Fort) Am< ri< in soldiers and Polish iruird> armed with carbines ami pi- ols stood guard a- the widow ,f tin Buchenwald commandant was led from prison | pm-ible Mohr’ action against the I Wi! w by 1 •*•» J’wi»h displaced I ». in the ai> .i had been ft ar id jtu ■ i ti w i no crowd and no I h .nt- (in; i a few passersby s'. j>ptd to watch tin proceeding* Frau Ko.ii had no opportunity to ■ o :.u three children, tiie young • ■ of Whom was conceivid while I she was diy iii solitary con fill’’ lent a’ a lioeliau jiill in 1947 When -Io go. - on trial for mur-■ dii. ably in February next y* a, tiie German prosecutor will i i-haig In r with grabbing a pistol I and participating in the murder of 1 2t( Jewish inmati She faces a, possibli lit* pii on ti-nn A diatl| sei.tenii is banned under the west t German constitution '!'li> charges also refer to prison ' err pointed out In Use who alhg ed.y w»n killed by injection and their »kin prepared But no --peeifi mention is made of human skin lampshades and olhe i gioteeque curio* which she l* retpu ed to havi collected in Buchenwald J In (ommu'ing her sentence. Clay

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Two Decatur Cars In Antique Auto Show Held Sunday Two Decatur men had cars entered in the antique automobile showheld over the weekend in Fort Wayne. The event was sponsored by the Fort Wayne Lions club, and the revenue received from the event was donated to ths cancer fund Lester Sheets. 333 North Seventh street, entered a 1911 Kirsch; Day- • ton Swickard. 215 Strutton Way. a 1922 Studebaker roadster Both men are members of the Fort Wayne chapter of the Horseless Carriage < lub. who co-sponsored the event Cars were also exhibited by owners from Indianapolis, Bluffton. Fort Wayne and Chicago. Sheets and Swickard were awarded .merchandise gift* for their entries by a ballot of those attending Following the show Bunday a buffet supper was given for Horseless Carnage club members. Mrs Sheets and Mrs Swickard accompanied their husbands to the went. Youth Is Held For Shooting Brother 15-Year-Old Youth Held In Los Angeles Loa Angeles. Oct. 17. it'l’i — \ 15-vc-ar-oid boy deliberately shot and kilh-d hi* younger brother to I put him out of his misery as be -creamed in pain from an accidental gunshot wound police reported ' today, llichard Elliott killed hi * brothI er. Robert. 10. with a .32 caliber revolver last night as the younger boy lav writhing on the floor of' fheir west lais Angeles home, of . fie ers said Robert was wounded ! ; in the head by a bullet accidentally discharged from the same weap- ' mi. I couldn't stand to see him suffer like that.' Richard told i police. Detectives said Richard told i tlif-m lie and his brother were watching a wild west television .show When it was over he took out a gun lie had bought from a high : -ho<d friend for f'l and showed It to Robert Richard's finger struck the trigger. sending a hullet into his • brother's head police said The i hoy fell to the floor, screaming 1 Richard then fired again, putting' i another bullet into Robert's head. • Richard was taken into protec-1 I t|ve runtody by police, pending investigation of the shooting. Bartender Charged With Killing Patron Indianapolis. Oct 17 -11'1*1— A hartend* r turrit murder i liargrs today for the fatal shooting of a' patron John <• Jelliaon. 27. adinitttd to police that he shot Charles Abbott. 17. after Abbott threaten'd him i when Jettison refused to serve him a drink J* Bison said Abbott had ’ several drinks but he refused to] - sell him more when Abbott became i I drunk in the liar Saturday night. Abbott left and return* d with a pistol Drawing his own gun. Jelli--on fired one shot when Abbott I lunged' for it Abbott sank to the floor with a bullet in his chest and was dead when an ambulance arrive d Local Woman Called On Radio Give-away Mrs Grace Foor, wife of George Foor, 322 N Heventh street, wua i the first person in Adams county to I la- called on the Stop the Music radio program. Mrs Foor received a telephone call from Burt l*ark». master of ceremonies Sunday night. Th'- local woman wa* unable to identify the musical selection w!ii*-ii ’wa» played, but she will receive a i gift for answering her lelephon* j I The call was placed through the i I Citizens Telephone Company ex- ’ change by number and no mention I was made that it originated from I I the Stop the Music studio Til-’ ' Foor's number is 1225 and Mrs. I Foor answered the call. Swaim Nominated To Federal Court Indianapoli-v. Oct. 17 - It'l’i A former Indiana state supreme court justice. H. Nathan Swaim, today awaited senate confirmation of his nomination as a judge of the C. S seventh circuit court of as ,*eals. Swaim was one of 17 men named by I’resident Truman Satuarday <vr places in tiie federal judiciary. A graduate of DeFauw and the . University of Chicago law s* hum. I swalm served on luduna s highest ’ court irom 1939 uulil 1915 A Ute’long I>mo*rat. bis poiitbal career 1 I l*egan in 1924. when be was defeat- • ed for judge of the Marion count v i I probate court. pointed out that American legal authorities bad found no evidence ul each cvilcctiußS. |

Engel Rents Office For His Operations Elderly Lover On Second Honeymoon Chicago. (j<-t 17 (UP) — Figmund Engel, who says the way io a womans money is through her heart, kissed his "one and only tru<- love" goodbye today ami headed for the office like any ordinary businessman Engel, who claims to have made s2.ooo,(kh> during five decade* as a ladies' man. said he was out to make another million -thia time, by writing movies, plays, articles and stories about bis career lit rented an office on 1-aSalb-street, amidst brokerages and banks, as his base of operations. The 73-year-old lover boy found it easier to rent tiie office than to find a hideaway apartment for a second honeymoon with Mrs Pauline Laiigtun Engel of New York Just in the nick of time, however. he rented a kitchenette in a south side hotel before her arrival by plane with Antoine, a silverbiu- French piswlle. Saturday. Mrs Engel once charged that he took off with |50.00b of her jewelry following their marriage last year. But today, she said all that was past ami they were ready for a life of liliss. They went to a nightclub Saturday but got to bed early "and spent the whole night talking" "We didn't get to sleep until c> a in..” lie said. "She's tiie most ; wonderful wife in the world." As she straightened his tie and sent hitn off to work. Mrs. Engel said "were divinely happy" "Same (his nickname) is fecllpg ’ so much better out of jail and is | ge'ting back his health." site said "Also Ills virti and vigor " I Engel said that offers to buy his writings have been pouring in and that some of his manus< rlpts already are completed. 'I ni a fast worker, but ah—use that advisedly," he said. He admitted that th*- future j looked quite rosy except for a few details, including a half dozen complaints from women across the nation accusing him of loving them and leaving with their money, Man Arrested In Shelton Shooting Man Charged With Assault To Kill Fairfield. 111 . Oct 17. d'l’) "Black Charley" Harris faced preliminary hearing today on a charge of shooting "Little Earl" Shplton in the latest of a series of ambusiv « ' apparently aimed at wiping out the ' notorious old Shelton gang. Harris, a inoody 53-year-old ex- | convict who once fought on the ‘Shelton's side, was charg’d w-lth assault to kill in connection wi*!i the half dozen slug* "Little Earl*' . absorbed in a midnight shooting Sept. 9 l.ittle Earl. 30, recovered and told authorities that the shots fired at him In front of his home ca.ae from a car he recognized as l*elongIng to Harris. Harris denied the charge II ’ said he had an alibi because his ear was In a garage for repairs Authorities, who tend to keep ' hands off where the Sh* Itons ar** involved in gunplay, weren't too el.riiiisiasth- alMiut thr automobfl • angle. But they admitted a "similarity between the shell casinzs found after l-ittle Earl was shot an 1 those atop a garage where a sniper pumped a coupia of bullets info his uncle. Big Farl. 59. last May. This was Harris' second brush w ith thr- law In connection with the shooting of a Shelton. He and the loldtiine gang clan had lieen cohort * until 1947 when they had a run-ia over some loose cattle. Shortly afterwards, in Novemb* r ! of that year. Big Carl Shelton was I ambushed and killed on a louelv back country road- l-ittle Earl witnessed the shooting and pare information that pointed toward Harris as the assassin, Haris was arrested blit a grand Jury exonerated him. I-ess than a year later. Bernie Shelton. 30, was killed J*y a sniper as he xtood outside his gambling joint near Peoria. The killing ton lied off a widespread vice investig’tHon hut. like that of Big Carl, was never solved After the wounding of Big Earl last May. Little Earl vowed to take his own vengeance for the mysterious attacks which were picking oft the gang one by one. Instead, ho wound up as a target himself ani barely escaped with his life Uttie Earl has no criminal record uimself. He was t*x» young during the roaring twenties and earlier when Big Carl ltd Big Earl. Bet- ' tile und scorts of henchmen in a "war" against the rival | gaag of Charley Birger The two shies used tanks ami suns against each other and 4« men 1 were slain iiefore the Sheltons sacjLiedvd tn their cncnUes-,

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Lay Cornerstone Os Memorial Hospital Indianapolis. Oct 17 <<*!’»- C.m<tru<:ion of the 55.000000 La rue I’ Carter Memorial hospital was underway officially today after yenerday's cornerstone • laying 1 <-«-rt monies. Governor Schricker was prlnci-!

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