Indianapolis Times, Volume 34, Number 125, Indianapolis, Marion County, 5 October 1921 — Page 11

SAYS HARTMAN AFFAIR PLAN TO ‘GET LEW SHANK’ Candidate, in Address, Charges Police and News Playing Politics. Police of Indianapolis and Louisville and the Indianapolis News are not after J. Herbert Hartman, Republican nominee for city Judge, in their exposures of the alleged confession of Prank Francis, burglar held in Louisville, charging Hartman with the receipt of stolen goods, but are trying to “get Lew Shank,” declared Samuel Lewis Shank. Republican nominee for mayor, last uiglit. Mr. Shank made the assertion in a speech before the Taxi and Jitney Drivers Protection Association at Delaware and Ohio streets. As soon as the people understand the motives of the people behind the Francis alleged confession a reaction In favor of Mr. Shank will set In he predicted. SHANK RAILS AT POLICE CHIEF. Amidst applause of the jitney drivers he asked: “Why, If Hartman is guilty, why don't Jerry Kinney arrest him? He is playing politics. Why don't they indict that boy if he has done the things they say he has and give him a trial at once? No/ - they say they are going to let the law take Its course. "They don't care about the police judge. That d—d Indianapolis News is trying to get Lew Shank. I tell you how I felt about that article. After the meeting at Fountain Square 1 just went home and went to sleep. My conscience is clear.” Mr. Shank said he had not had the opportunity to study the jitney question enough to take sides on it, but that if he is elected he will see that the jitney men are treated "squarely.” Louis W. Carneflx, city councilman, and president of the Shank-for-Mayor Club, on the floor of the council Monday evening declared tvhen the Jitney elimination ordinance was passed that the “next administration, for which I am working,” would see to it that the jitneys are brought back. SAYS SHANK MALIGNED BA* CROOKED PRESS. Mr. Shank's charge that the Francis charges are a plot to get hint were followed up by Fred R. Bonifield, attorney for the jitney men. "This crooked press has no interest in the police judge," he said. “It is your duty to go out and work for a man who is being maligned by a crooked press and a few crooked corporations and the ex-crooked machine—the Jewett machine —they are trying to defeat Lew Shank. “But Lew Shank always comes up as pure as a lily. If you do your duty we will have a great, big, good-hearted, double-fisted man for mayor for the next four vears. Shank is for the common people.” FRANCIS NAMES DOZENS OF MEN IN VOTE FRAUDS (Continued From Page One.) night while we were here and got about S9O in cash. Hartman and I stayed in the stolen machine while Dugan went into the house and got the money. “We then went to French Lick. He registered and went back to West Baden and registered at the hotel. 1 said I wanted to go back to Indianapolis so we drove back to Indianapolis and stayed

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at tha Hartmr.n home for three or four days. “Then we went to the lakes at Rome City. I registered as Frank Howard from Cleveland. Hartman as being from Indiananoils. *Ve stayed there a week ancT came back, liged disposed of a two carat stone that had come out of a robbery. Before that Her!- kd disposed of an antique ring. He got, I think, S4OO for the diamond and S2OO for the other ring. They were stolen in Louisville. “1. Q. ‘Who was it, Frank, in your car one night in Indianapolis when you pulled a job, that stayed outside and waited for you?' “ ‘Herb Hartman has been with me on different times when I have pulled jobs. One time Herb said: “ ‘I have to get rid of my wife,’ and he said he would have to give her $12,0(H) to get rid of hrt. “He said he had bought a house on some street for $4,590. He said, ‘How am I going to furnish this place?' “I said, 'You must think we are damn fools to think that we are going to furnish your house.' “He said he was going to buy some rugs, but ‘things like silverware, cut glass, bed clothes, I want you fellow’s to take care of.’ “I said, ‘We'll get Doggy and well get you some stuff.' He said : “ ‘Why not take a trip to Kokomo and get some stuff?’ “I said that w’as alright. “He said that that Dr. Katterhenry in the Odd Fellows' building had been out of town; said he knew him and that he ought to have some nice stuff. “ ‘You fellows might go out and make a touch. He lives on Forty-Sixth street,' he said. “ ‘You might get a Vietrola,’ he said. ‘Don’t get no cheap stuff.’ 1 said : ‘Don't worry we won't get any but the best.’ “He said: ‘How about soma nice cut glass ?' “I said: ‘Do you want a stove?’ “Pete Dugan, Billy Decker and I drives out to the house. 1 said: “‘That's a fine house there,' I said; ‘Let’s drive the car up inside of his garage at the side of the house and the people next dcor will think the owner has come home.' “We drove the car in the garage, which adjoins the house. We took all of his bed clothing. ‘I feel ashamed of it,’ he said. ‘Get all the best linen.’ “We took his fine blankets, cut glass. When he said: 'There is a fine set of aluminum ware and we might want to cook.’ I said: ‘Don't mess with that stuff.’ “There were white ivory twin beds. He wanted to take them down and take them with us. I said no. He said: ‘Let's get the electric perculator.’ “We filled the car w.th the stuff. We found some whisky bottles. I said, ‘Come on,' and we took his best rug. “We had the lights turned on and the llinds drawn. UNLOADED STUFF AT HARTMAN'S HOUSE. “We then drove over to Herb's house and unloaded the stuff The bedclothes are on his bed now. and so la the table linen. So is Dr. Katetrhenrv'a big high lamp; also all of his tine dishes, his aluminum ware “Later on they went away to Louisville. I wasn't in on this Job. They went away in a Cadillac car. When they came back they had a bunch of Vlctrola records and four mahogany chairs. Decker and Johnson. This happened about February. Hartman has the chairs in his borne. “Hartman went my bond in Dayton when I was arrested. He drove over from Indianapolis. Ind.. to Dayton, Ohio, where I was under arrest, in a stolen car. I got pinched in the anernoon about * p. m. My attorney wired Hartman. Hartman was on his campaign then. My wife got out on bond in about three minutes. “Hartman came over the next morning

after I was arrested with the money for my bond and I got out. They were holding the car I had. I went to the garage where they had the car and took the car out. I told them they had no right to hold the car. I said ‘here is sso’ and took the car out. I took it to another garage. The chief of detectives told me I did a hell of a trick I told him it was my car, I had a oiil of sale for it. He said, ‘We'll raise your bond.’ “Hartman and I went and got the car. They sent another -copper out with us. We got the auta. It is supposed to have been stolen here in Louisville about Feb. 21. On the afternoon me and Hy wife anil Hartman and his wife was stopping at the Gibson Hotel in Dayton P drove Hartman to Indianapolis in a car stolen In Louisville This same car later got smashed up In a had wreck. Hartman was drunk and wrecked it. I said, “ ‘That's n nice trick for you to do some copper might find it and trace if down.’ So I went out and got the car. 1 had Kid Dugan with me. Herb cold Dugan to get something to drink it he had to kick In some place. “I started to kidding Lew. I said: “ ‘l’ve done a hell of a lot for you, what do I get out of this? I have stolen a lot of votes for you, why not make Dugan chief of police.’ “He said. ‘lt's alright with me.’ H> said that Coffin said that we had to get rid of Kinney, lie said that Fletcher is playing both ends against the middle. He said: “ ‘l’d like to get Dick Smith and kick his head off.’ “Hartman said that he could get that done. Hartman said „■* would do anything to get him beat up. Lew said: “ ‘Give me five hundred and I'll kill him.’ He said, ‘ls there any way we ca i get him as he goes home?’ “They all got to drinking then. Herb said : “ ‘Frank Francis, I'll never forgpt you. I believe you are the man who put me over.’ “Q. ‘Did you ever hear Hartman say anything about John Meehan?’ “Yes, Del Wulson stopped me on the street one day and talked to re. He said: ‘Give my congratulations to Herb. Herb has a big practice. My wife used to help him -in his office.’ “When I came back from St. Louis on Friday night Hartman came here from Indianapolis on Saturday morning to Jail to see me. I made bond for Joe Roades through Walter Stevens. One time in Indianapolis his partner was with me there. Frpd Hartman engineered his potaway. He was the first man they got Pauline Wise, wife of Wise, who stuck up the Quaker Maid, is a crook. She stays here nearly all the time and stops on Third street. Louise , who is ’s woman, her husband works in the revenue department in ludianapo-

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lis, the last party we had was at the roadhouse. was there and this woman, Hartman and his wife, me and my wife. I noticed when Hartman was here in Louisville he had a diamond pin on, but it wasn’t the one stolen here. I figured he wasn't taking any chances. “Q. ‘Did you ever do any business with Gronninger?’ “ ‘No, I just knew him.’ “Q. ‘Do you know Jew Harry?* “ Yes.’ “Q. ‘SanS Hart?’ “ Yes.’ "Q. ‘Sam Korkovltz?’ ! “ Yes.’ ! “We disposed of quite a bunch of stuff there. Some of it came from here. Herb 1 sold a stone to one of these fellows. I j went down to see if the party wouldn't ! let go off one of the stones, but be wouldn’t do it. He said he could afford to hold It for a year. There was another diamond that came from Louisville. The day we came back from the lakes was the day we disposed of the stones.” “Q. ‘Do you remember the Rogers case?’ I “ ‘Yes. Herb defended the case. The j stone that Herb disposed of came from j the Roger case. Helen Rogers has got j some stuff.’ “Q. ‘Where did they get the whisky | that they had ia Louisville and Indian - I apoiis?’ “ 'One whisky robbery in Louisville | supplied *he Hartman campaign. It came j from somewhere on Second street. That robbery was committed about February. Hartman used the whisky to finance his campaign. The whisky was in pints, a whole lot of it. We got it in a Cadillac car. Williams Bros, garage used the gin. It was hauled there in a hearse. Hartmade the deal for $1,600.' Q. “Did Dugan work at the election?" “Dugan voted fifteen times. I omy voted once as I was busy riding around | all day with Hartman. I gave Hartman's address on the west side when I voted, 305 North Mount street. He voted on the next street. 1 was with Hartman for forty-eight hours constantly before and after the election He and Don Roberts and Stone got drunk. I asked him if be was crazy and he shoved me in the car 1 and drove him out a while. Herb's brother has been in the penitentiary twice. “Affiant Frank Francis states on oath that the foregoing statement is true. “FRANK FRANCIS." DEADLY BERRIES. LITTLE ROCK, Ark., Oct. 5.--Dis-regarding the warning of her mother, who had pointed out; poisonous berries to her In the wools, ?.3-year-olrt Kira Young picked and ate some of the fruit. She was taken 111 an hour later and died in two days, suffering terrible agonies.

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