Indianapolis Times, Volume 32, Number 205, Indianapolis, Marion County, 5 January 1920 — Page 4
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CHAPPIE BARED AS MAN BEHIND GRAIN SWINDLE - Postoffice Inspector Gets Philadelphia Record of Prisoner Here. WAS KING WIRE TAPPER Further exploits of Charles “Chappie" Moran, held* in the Marion county jail awaiting sentence upon his plea of guilty Ia a federal, grand jury indictment charging him with having been a member of the Muncle fake fight swindle gang, are revealed in a clipping from the Philadelphia North American, which reached the hands of Postoffice Inspector H. H. Wasson here today. Moran was well known to the police ltd newspaper raeft of the east, before lie began to operate in the middle west several years ago, the article indicates. The story printed by the North American i • as follows: “Contributors to the expensive up- j keep of Charles (“Chappie”) Moran in every state in the union, and particularly In Philadelphia, will find tidings of great joy in the news that he was surrendered to the police, this time in Indianapolis. C 4LLED BRAINS OF 810 OKA IN SWINDLE GANG. “ ‘Chappie’ has a habit of surrendering every time the cops have about given up hope of finding him, but this time lie is under conviction for participation in the notorious Muncie swindles for which Mayor Rollin Bunch of Muncle and Horace Murphy, a lawyer, are now serving prison terms. “In this city Moran is best known ns the man behind the big grain and brokerage swindle exposed by the North American in 1903, when it was shown that Moran was the brains of Clark, Drake & Harper. This firm had offices in the Bourse building, two doors from those of the ‘Con’ stock exchange, and its rooms also connected with the ofTlces of one of “Chappie’s” pet copper swindling companies. “Following the North exposure, all these offices were closed. Moran and Barry Summerfield, his partner, were held in heavy bail here. They promptly jumped it. But that reminded New York authorities of some wire tapping swindles Moran had worked there, and he was arrested when he reached New York. “Afler being a fugitive from justice in this city for six years, Moran showed up well dressed and nonchalant as ever in federal court. He managed to convince the court that he was only an employe of his swindling companies and he was released with a fine of SSO. ‘Chappie’ had a hard time not to laugh right out loud in court. SOMETIMES CABBEIJ KING OF WIRE TAPPERS. “Moran sometimes is called the ‘king of wire tappers.’ lie was first arrested as far back as 1900 for taking a New Y’orker Into camp on this scheme, which ■was then relatively new. His plan was to tell his sucker that he had means of tapping wires to pool rooms and could get advance information on results of the races. “Ordinary confidence men gave up this scheme as Impossible years ago. But Moran worked It in nearly every state in the east, and generally made bis getaway before the police got on the Job. “By way of variety, lie showed up In Chicago a few years ago and convinced a rich widow that he was her nephew. The story came out after she discovered that 'Nephew Chappie’ was expensive and that he had cost her about $25,000 and had blamed it on somebodv else. "The grain swindle operated ‘ In this city by Moran advertised to investors that their money would be placed in a
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SEVENTH WIFE IN POISON CASE WEDS THIRD TIME S poclal to The Time*. NOBLESVIBBE, Ind., Jun. B,—W. F. Kist, who gave his residence as Sheridan, Ind., and his occupation as a (laborer, and Mrs. Mary Moyer were married Sunday. The bride was the seventh wife of Clem Farwick, who was convicted In court in this city two weeks ago on the charge of having attempted to poison the well at her home in Sheridan by placing cyanide of potassium in the water and who it now serving time In the Michigan City penitentiary. Mrs. Kist is 50 years old and this was her third marriage. She was divorced from Farwick a year ago and had her maiden name restored.
pool. It was. Only, instead of investing the money, Moran and Summerfield kept it for their own purposes. Grain jumped fifteen points, the exposure was made and the company went out of business, leaving investors to hold the bag. PLAYS CUNNING ROBE OF THE REFORMER. “Perhaps the cleverest trick ever turned by Moran was in New York. He convinced the cops, the district attorney and the courts that he had reformed and had his photograph removed from the rogues’ gallery. While this was being done, he was operating swindles in half a dozen states. “In 1901 Moran got. caught in Boston and was convicted for robbery and sentenced to a jail term. He tried to murder another prisoner in the Charleston jail, and in the resulting investigation convinced the experts that he was insane. f “As'a rule Moran operated by the painless method of extracting money. He was so plausible that he rarely.had difficulty in arousing the cupidity of hi* victims and Inducing them to hand over their money for some big ‘kilting.’ But once in a while, when it came too easy, he became impatient. “Once in this city Moran got $2,000 to ‘invest’ in the wire tapping swindle. The yictiin was a young New Yorker, who had come to thjs city at Moran's request and had been taken to the swindler's apartments. There he met Moran's ‘sister,’ who also was introduced at times as the crook’s wife. “After ‘losing’ the first $2,000, Moran asked for $5,000 more. The victim counted what was. left and found It was but $1,500. Moran got Impatient, snatched the money and told his victim to ‘get the hell out of here.’ ” Moran probably will be sentenced by Judge Anderson some time this week. He surrendered the day after Christmas.
Saturday End of Rabbit Hunting Life will become more tolerable for rabbits 4n Indiana, beginning next Saturday, when the open season for bunny will be closed to the nimrods. In calling attention to the Jan. 10 closing date on rabbit shooting. Ricnard Bieber, director of state conservation, asks that sportsmen co-operate with his department in enforcing the provisions of the law. Indiana Family 111 After Train Lunch Special to The Time l *. COUNCIL BLUFFS, la.. Jan. s.—Mr. and Mrs. Martin Messersmith and five children, all of Andrews, Ind., are seriously ill at Audubon, la., as the result of ptomaine poisoning from eating chicken sandwiches purchased on a train.
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PRICES TO STAY AT HIGH LEVEL, SAYS MEEKER All Profiteers Could Be Jailed and Still They Would Not Drop, He Asserts. FOUR THINGS BLAMED WASHINGTON, Jan. B.—Howard Flgg, food administrator, working under Attorney General Palmer to reduce the cost ®f living through the Bever antl-proflt-teering act, says he expects said cost of living to be reduced fully 25 per cent by June 1. Itoyal Meeker, United States commissioner of labor statistics, whoso job it Is to study price levels, trends and influences, says high prices are here for a long stay, that Figg could put all the profiteers in jail without' affecting price levels appreciably, and that until Ihe basic causes for high prices—in which he does not Include profiteering—-are removed, we will have the high cost of living with us. PROFITEER’S INFLUENCE HELD NEGLIGIBLE. “The profiteer is being blamed on all hands for the increase In prices,” Meeker said today, In discussing the price outlook for 1620. Undoubtedly profiteering of a most reprehensible sort has existed and does xist today. But the profiteer Is a result of ever-increasing prices rather than the cause thereof. His influence in boosting prices is negligible. “Before attempting to answer the query when, if ever, prices are to fall, it would be well to consider the causes that have brought abort their remarkable rise since 1915. Tnese may be summarized as follows : “1. By far the most Important cause is the enormous additions to the circulating medium, money and Us substitutes. "2. Decrease in the actual physical quantities of goods produced and exchanged. “8. Manufacture for and purchase by the governments of the world for war and other purposes. “4. Change* in the demands for and (he supply of goods and services. “If prices are to be lowered, the causes operating to boost prices must be attacked. The amount of money and checks in circulation must be appreciably reduced and the quantities of necessary goods must be Increased lu amount. STOCKS MUST BE THROWN ON MARKET. “The stocks of commodities manufactured on government account must be salvaged and thrown on the market." j Any considerable slump in prices, j Meeker believes, would have a disastrous effect that the people, as a whole, in their desire for quickly lower prices, have not considered.
Builders Associations to Meet in City Indianapolis will (>e the meeca for builders and tradesmen associated with the building trade during the next thir ty days. The National Association of Building Trade Employers, an organization formed in Chicago in September, will convene here Jan. 12 so ra two days’ meeting. Be ginning Jan. 13 and continuing for three days the National Association of Build ers’ association will ho in convention. The convention of the Associated Buiklinf Contractors of Indiana will be heid here Feb. 2 and 3.
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Burglar 8 Rob Safe;. Steal Lemon Pie Burglars who entered Henry Thompson’s restaurant, 547 North Senate avenue, and robbed the safo of sl4, did not overlook a valuable lemon pie. The safe was left unlocked and the thieves had no trouble in getting the money. Thompson says he also neglected to lock up the lemon pie.
JEWETT ADMITS PARTYIS SPLIT But He Urges All Factions to Forget Differences and ‘Get TogetheF. Recognizing publicly that there is a split in the republican party In Marlon j county. Mayor Jewett and other old line republicans are today endeavoring to bring the two factions together. The mayor has abandoned his policy j of Ignoring entirely his opponents who | have formed an active organization. Saturday night he made a public plea for harmony. “The whole game of politics committee at which Charles O. Koemler was elected chairman of the Seventh congressional district to succeed J. W. Kesl<>r. who resigned to become a candidate for governor. "We must work on co-operation in the future,” the mayor said in his appeal for haromny. “The whole game of politics is a game of give and take and we ought all to be big enough and broad enough to give and take. There is a place in the organization for every man and there is no one who wants to predominate (he committee. We are all republicans and interested in securing the ! same result. WANTS TO BE AS OF OLD. “Let us forget our prejudices and have again the same party that returned such splendid majorities for the common cause In the last election. “We may have differences as to candidates and as to policies, but after all is over, let us put our shoulders to the wheel and make the election sure. Bet us consecrate ourselves to the same policies and same principles we followed in the past.” The committee added its support to that of the state committee in advocating the nomination of Mr. Fester for governor. Mr. made a speech, but said nothing to indicate his stand on state issues. He said he believed the whole nation will go republican at the n'xt election. He expressed the opinion that £he United States government should first discharge its obligations to its citizens and then to the world. WATSON ASSAILS ADMINISTRATION. Senator Watson took the meeting as an occasion to attack the national administration. declaring that “we are In danger of an autocracy.” Representative Merrill Moores also recognized pubtlely the fact that there la a split in the republican ranks. “We were beaten in 1912 because we were divided," he said. “Let us not be divided again.” *
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