Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 57, Number 217, Decatur, Adams County, 15 September 1959 — Page 4

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DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT Published Every Evening Except Sunday By THE DECATUR DEMOCRAT CO., INC. Xntered at the Decatur, Ind., Fort Office aa Second Claaa Matter Dick D. Heller, Jr President John G. Heller Vlce-Preaident Ohm. Holthouse Secretary-Treasurer subscription Rates: W Mall in Adams and Adjoining Counties: One year, 18 00; Six morths, $4 25, 3 months, $2.35. By Mail, beyond Adams and Adjoining Counties: One year, W OO; 6 months, 84.75; 3 month', 32.50. w Carrier, 30c cents oer week. Single copies, 6 cents. Final Tax Rate The tax adjustment board, last local authority to exercise its influence on the local tax rate, met Monday, and approved the following rates, which are still subject to action by the state tax adjustment board: ' Berne $6.07 Jefferson $3.71 Decatur-Root 6.24 Kirkland 4.04 Decatur-Washington 6.25 Monroe 4.19 Geneva 5.73 Preble 2.96 Monroe-Monroe 5.09 Root 3.39 Monroe-Washington 5.06 St. Marys 3.60 Blue Creek 2.68 Union 2.98 French 4.59 Wabash 4.59 Hartford 3.35 Washington 4.22 These rates will be advertised in the Decatur Daily Democrat one time, with a breakdown so that everyone may see just how the complete tax rate for any unit is composed. We suggest that you clip these out, and save them; compare the rates this year with those proposed next year; study the proposed budgets next year. Perhaps you can find where some should be trimmed. At Columbia City the tax adjustment board likewise left the budget untouched—Columbia City’s rate will be $7.22 next year. Churubusco will have a rate of $8 .05. The Blackford county council cut the budget over there slightly, as did most of the county councils. The Fort Wayne rate is $6,526 per SIOO valuation, nearly 28 cents per SIOO valuation higher than Decatur’s; and of course Fort Wayne property is valued more highly, too. It is interesting to note that the only rates lower in Fort Wayne than their comparative rates in Decatur are the school rates and the library rates. This means that a larger unit for each than Decatur is possible with a gain in efficiency. In other words, a larger school district here would probably mean less expensive school costs and more efficient annual operation with resulting savings. Numerous rumblings have been heard concerning certain budgets; perhaps it would be well to consider some of these budgets before next summer. It could be that a considerable amount of money can be saved. Next year is an election year. No doubt county budgets, especially in offices where officials will be up for election, will be carefully pruned. If any ten taxpayers affected by the tax levy object within ten days after publication of the county rates, the state tax board will hear their complaints.

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20 Years Ago Today o — —-o Sept. 15, 1935—Decatur public schools closed again today at 10:30 o'clock because of the extreme heat, and no classes were held this afternoon. Dale D. Moses was elected president of the Adams county dairy herd improvement association. Other officers are: Homer Arnold, vice president; Peter B. Lehman, secretary-treasurer; Henry Aschleman and George Fosnaugh, directors. The Historical club will open its 52nd year with a luncheon Wednesday noon at the home of Mrs. John Schug. Mr. and Mrs. Ben Shroyer are planning a fishing trip of several weeks at Munuscong, Mich. COURT NEWS Divorce Cases In the Anna M. Richards vs Kenneth E. Richards case, an affidavit of inability to pay costs was susatined for the plaintiff. She was granted the right by the court to apply for temporary support. A notice was ordered issued, returnable Sept. 18 at 2:30 p. m.| On a plea from the plaintiff, the trial date for the action of Jean Anderson vs Clifton Wayne Anderson was set for Oct. 2 a tl:30 p.m. In the Rose Ann Smitley vs Joyce V. Smitley case, a summons was ordered issued returnable Sept. 25. A temporary allowance and restraining order hearing will be Sept. 19 at 9 a. m. Venued Fom Allen County The plaintiff filed a motion to dismiss with prejudice in the Harry Hartman, by Gerald Hartman and Lillian H. Hartman vs Larry N. Parker, Neil A. Parker, and Homer Parker case. Complaint For Wrongful Death A demurrer by the board of county commissioners, and also by the defendants, Mabel and Gerald Vizard, along with a motion to strike part of the plaintiff’s complaint was taken under advisement by the judge in the Alice Mae Beitler, administratrix of the Howad Beitler estate, vs the board of county commissioners, Wendell Abbott, Gerald W. Vizard and

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CHAPTER SI YOU JUST gave Sylvia Hadley the thousand bucks on the strength of her say-so ?" Sergeant Frank Sellers asked Mortimer Jasper. “That’s right I relied on her honesty,” Jasper replied. "How long had you known her before you gave her this thousand bucks?” "Not very long. I teD you I really know very little about her." "How did she happen to come to you with this story?" “I met her." "Where did you meet her?" Jasper tried to look to Sylvia for a signal Sellers grabbed him by the ahoulders and spun him around. “She came to me," Jasper said. “She had heard I was interested In certain objects of art She wanted to know if it would be worth a thousand dollars to me to get a very old. very beautiful piece of jade." “You lying dog!" Sylvia screamed at him. "You commissioned me to get those jade Idols from the Crockett collection and promised me a thousand bucks apiece! You didn't give me the thousand dollars until 1 gave you the first tdoL Fd have got both of them at the one time, but Dean Crockett had one of them locked up when I grabbed the first one." “Now, that’s better," Inspector Thad Giddings said, seating himselt “Sit down, folks, let’s be comfortable." "What ’do, you know!" Sellers ■eld, grinning. “That tea complete fabrication." Jasper said with dignity. “In view of the accusation. 1 am going to insist that 1 be permitted to get tn touch with my lawyer." “Any objection to our looking around?" Sellers asked. “For what?" "To see if you’ve got a jade idol of that sort kicking around here." "I can assure you I don’t have anything of the sort" "How about that safe?" “There’s a time lock on it It can’t be opened until nine o’clock tomorrow morning. That la for my protection tn case of burglars. That is an." "Any objection to our coming back in the morning to see what’s inside?" “1 ... I can assure you there is no such jade Idol tn there." "How about the rest of the place?" Sellers asked "1 have no objection to you looking around," Jasper said. "I can assure you. however, that this charge te entirely without foundation and any search would be completely fruitless." Sellers moved over toward the desk. i "I have nothing to conceal,"

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Mabel I. Vizard. The attorneys have two weeks to file briefs for final determination. Petition The petition by the city of Decatur requesting the appointment of appraisers was filed. Estate Cases In the Reuben J. Ringger estate, a petition for issuance of letters of administration was filed. A bond of $7,000 was filed. Order requesting private sale of livestock at market price was approved. The proof of mailing and the the notice of publication were filed in the Amos A. Liechty estate. The final report was submitted, with the executor odered to make payment in compliance with terms of the final report. In the Joe Sapp estate, an order approving the report of the real estate sale was filed. The deed was ordered delivered upon payment of full purchase price. In the Roy McDaniel estate, the executor’s final account was filed. A notice was' ordered issued, returnable on Oct. 2. i A petition to sell personal pro-

Jasper said, “but I feel that this is unwarranted—this entire procedure." “We’re getting somewhere,” Sellers said to Giddings. “Open up the desk. Let’s take a look.” “If that desk is opened, you're going to open It." Jasper said, “and I don’t think you have a search warrant.” “I’ll soon get one," Sellers told him. “On the strength of what you’ve said 1 can get it" “No, you can’t" Jasper said. Sellers looked at Giddings and frowned. Giddings looked at Sylvia. Abruptly Sylvia caught some signal from Jasper and clamped her Ups shut In a firm, determined line of silence. “Now, wait a minute," Sellers said. "Let’s do some thinking. Donald Lam was ilbre earlier tn the evening, and he got beaten up. ... He was looking for something . . , he was on the wrong track. He had the cart before the horse. He thought Sylvia was the—Now, wait a minute. Did he? He’s not that dumb. He’s been bird dogging something.” "And he got beaten up," Giddings said. “No doubt about that,” Sellers told him. “The evidence te there all right." “I know nothing about it. I had nothing to do with tt I have never seen this man before,” Jasper said. “But the officers came here with Lam?" Sellers asked. “That’s right." “And you told them you’d never seen him before?" “Right" "So.” Sellers said to Giddings, “he knew that he was getting involved tn things. He’s had an hbur or two to clean things up. We probably aren’t going to find anything incriminating tn the whole joint" “I can assure you. you won’t” Jasper said. “But not because I have cleaned things up, as you term tt" Sellers walked over the office looking around. Jasper, now sure of his ground, said, “Not without a search warrant Officer." “I can phone up and get a search warrant and we can wait right here and see you don’t touch anything." Seilers said. Jasper grinned “Do that On the information that you have so far, try getting a search warrant" Sellers kicked the wastebasket out into the open. “Looks as though you’d been cleaning out a lot of files after you knew that you were In trouble," be said He looked down at the torn envelopes, the crumpled letters, and then suddenly something caught tus eye. He shot his band down into the wastebasket felt around for a minute, then came

petty wai filed in the Alverta May McCullom estate. In the Ottlilla Yoder estate, the estate was opened with a bond of $5,000 filed. The last will and testament is now offered for probate. In the Noah W. Frye estate, the report of sale of the real estate was filed. The deed was ordered delivered upon full payment. The estate of Anna Winans Kenny was opened. The bond was waived as the last will and testament was offered for probate. In the Stewart W. McMillen estate, an amended order determining the value of the tax due was filed. The sum of $42.56 was additional taxes paid, making the total of $20,070.71 in taxes. The James F. Parrish estate was closed. The estate of Oscar Steiner was valued at $44,779.32 with $287 due in taxes, and $23.92 for the county .in services and fees. Over 2,50 v Dany Democrats are sold and delivered in Decatur each day.

up with the Jade IdoL “Wen, well, wen," he said. "What do you know! What do you know!" Jasper stared at the jade idol as though he had been seeing things. “Framed!" he screamed, “Framed! You planted that. That’s a plant! That's a frame! That—" His voice trailed away into silence. “What do you know," Sellers said. “So it’s a plant, is it? You can tell it to the judge— I’ll Det you money this is the missing idol from the Crockett collection." Sylvia was on her feet. “You double Grosser I” she shrieked. “You told me you’d taken care of that. You told me over the phone that you had all the evidence removed and—" “Shut up!” Jasper shouted, with such concentrated venom in his voice that Sylvia caught herself in mid-sentence. “It’s all right," Sellers said, beaming at the two ot them. “We don’t need your story any more We’ve got all we need on both of you right now." Sellers picked up the phone, dialed headquarters, said, "This is Frank Sellers Tm out at the residence of Mortimer Jasper, 6286 Carrolton Drive. ... 1 think the guy Is a fence. ... We’ve discovered a Jade idol in his wastebasket. It’s green Jade with a big ruby set deep tn the forehead. I think it’d the missing Crockett idol. “Giddings is here with me. I want a radio car sent out to sew the place up. rm coming into headquarters with Sylvia Hadley and a private detective named Lam. I’m going to make an affidavit and get a search warrant as soon as we get that idol identified. 1 want Mrs. Crockett alerted so that we can have her Identify the Idol. ... You got that? All right, have everything tn readiness. 1 want thia place sewed up tight until 1 get back with a search warrant 1 think! we're solving the Crockett murder along with the theft" Sellers turned to Giddings and said, "You go call a prowl car, Thad. Tell them to keep an eye on this guy. Tell them to get here fast to handcuff him and arrest him if they have to, for having stolen property in his possession. out I’d prefer to wait until we've had a positive identification. However, tall the radio officers to ride nerd on him and not to let him out of their sight" Jasper’s face was a sickly green. “The Crockett murder,” tu said. “Oh, no!" Donald to eticking out his neck again: “1 hurried over Co the sedan in the driveway. 1 put on gloves and tried the door. It was unlocked . . ." The story continues tomorrow*

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