Indianapolis Times, Volume 35, Number 13, Indianapolis, Marion County, 26 May 1923 — Page 2

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POLICEMAN’S SLAYER ELUDES POLICE BY DOING OBVIOUS

BUM THOUGHT TO HAVE STARTED RESIDENCE BLAZE Roomers in House Discover Fire in Wardrobe—s2so Damage Estimated. It was believed today the fire that threatened the home of Mrs. M. C. Bishop. 1706 N. Talbott Ave., Thursday night, was of incendiary origin. The house caught Are from a match dropped by a burglar who had robbed a number of persons sleeping in the house. Mrs. J. L. Wilson and her 1-year-old baby were awakened late Thursday night by the cracking sound made by a fire started in a wardrobe in their room. Taking the baby, Mrs. Wilson ran to the room of Mrs. Bishop, who telephoned to the flre x department. Roomer Awakened Ernest L. Martin, a roomer, was awakened and fought the flames with buckets of water until the fire department arrived. Firemen put out the blaze with chemicals. The damage was estimated at $250. Dresses of Mrs. Wilson were diAtroyed in the wardrobe. Firemen gave the cause of the fire as unsnown in their report. Developments in the investigation Friday proved that a burglar had robbed several persons in the house and probably had dropped a lighted match while searching the wordrobe in Mrs. Wilson’s room. Stolen Ihirses Found Two purses from Mrs. Wilson and Mrs. wlshop were found by Donald Bishop, son of Mrs. Bishop. Friday in the yard. The purses had contained but a small sum of money. A watch taken from one purse had been dropped on the ground. Mrs. Bishop's pocketbook, which had a patent fastening, had been cut open and j the money taken out. The burglar had entered through an unlocked door. A prowler entered the house a week ago and was frightened from the place when a man in an upstairs room called to him.

ELOPEMENT PLAN FOILED BY POLICE Man, in Jail, Still Determined to Marry Girl, Still determined to marry' her, Charles Garrison. 32, of 201 X Belmont Ave.. was in jail today charged with inducing Mary Thomas, 19, a ward of the State board of charities, to leave her foster home. The warrant was sworn by L. H. Millikan, of the State board of charities. Garrison and Miss Thomas were overtaken at the Union Station May--12 by Motor Police Scholtz and Weddle while attempting to elope. Garrison was charged with vagrancy but was dismissed in city court. When reslated today, his case was continued until June 12. He is held under ss.of'o bond. Garrison, police were told, had been employed as cement worker at the home of Fred O. Lane, 551 S. Central Court, where the Thomas girl made her home. “I cannot understand why they will not let me marry her,” said Garrison. Death Trial Opened By Times Special MT. VERNON, Ind., May 26 Insanity will be the defense of Frank Hoch. charged with killing John A. Koch, manager of the Hoch Coal Company, Oct. 3. Koch’s management of the coal company, of which Hoch's sister. Margaret Hoch, was secretary-treasurer, led to a business quarrel between the men. Inheritance Tax Approved An inheritance tax of s*2.assessed on the $158,875 estate left by Mrs. Mary' J. Evans was approved by Judge Mahlon E. Bash in Probate Court today. Mrs. Evans left the bulk of her property to her son. Edgar H. Evans. She made several bequests to charitable organizations. Roads Reach Best Condition Three thousand miles of gravel and stone roads in the Indiana highway system are in the best condition since the commission was organized in 1919, John D. Williams, department director, said today r .

Unusually heavy traffic on roads leading into Indianapolis is expected May 29 and 30, due to the influx of motorists coming to attend the Memorial day Speedway races. In order to facilitate entrance into the city by, preferred routes and to direct strangers, the State highway commission today issued a bulletin designating principal roads and indicating where detours are necessary'. A. H. Hinkle, superintendent of maintenance, compiled the bulletin, assisted by John D. Williams, director of the commission. The commission’s maintenance crews have been busy several weeks improving rough places and detours on State highways. Best Routes Indicated The following are preferable routes from a number of points to Indianapolis: Chicago traffic may go south to Danville, 111.: east to the State line and over State Rd. No. 33 in Indiana, through Covington and Veedersburg to Crawfordsville: south over State Rd. No. 32 to State Rd. No. 31, one east over No. 31 through and Danville to Indianapo11a

' hard pressed burglar. . ; i y.ifagJjjgßtp Pair of Scottish Rite cuff links; a \ locket engraved *‘B. H. M a brace- \ /.JgtjW let inscribed “Walter to Lucille”; w.ti \MiifWtMF

SEWER YIELDS JEWELRY; POLICE SEEK OWNERS Articles Found By Cleaners InoJude Bracelets and Lockets. Detectives today sought owners of jewelry found in a bucketfull of mud taken from a sewer at Division and Ray Sts. The articles are thought to have been thrown !n the sewer by a hard pressed burglar. The jewelry” Pair of Scottish Rite cuff links; a locket engraved ‘‘B. H. M ”; a bracelet inscribed “Walter to Lucille"; watch fob and locket marked “E. S.”; a heavy watch chain; a Maccabee locket engraved “I. S. L.” and gold reporter’s badge with the name “Ellis Searles." Searles. editor of the United Mine Workers Journal, Is out of the city.

From Far and Near

Washington D. C. rum runners are using a smoke screen contrivance on fast automobiles. Fire did SIOO,OOO damage to the business district of Duquoin, 111., early Saturday. Governor Pir.chot signed a bill requiring teaching of the constitution in Pennsylvania schools. Mabel Garrison. Metropolitan Opera Singer, undergoes operation in New York. Five hundred thousand gallons of oil burned at Rochester. N. .Y. Heavy floods are spreading terror through the Volga valley in Russia. Harry Black Is building a house atop the Plaza Hotel in New York, eighteen stories above the street. The Chicago Tribune will issue an oceanic edition for sale at. eea. Great Britain has signed recognition of Arab IndependenceSecretary of the Treasury Mellon will visit England within six weeks. Four motor boats patrol the Detroit River in search for rum runners. An army scandal being tried at Madrid threatens to implicate King Alphonso. Editor Notari of the Milan “Ambrosino” has challenged Editor Cianca of the Rome “Mono” to a duel. Fifty-two officers and men were wounded by an explosion on the Danish cruiser Gey-ser. France’s birth rate has decreased 11 Vi Per cent this year. Samuel Gompers sees little hope of steel industry abandoning the twelvehour day. The White House refused to confirm American Legion Commander Owsley’s statement that Harding will sign a bonus bill if passed by Congress. Private broadcasting stations in Philadelphia are being used to send out radical’ propaganda, police say.

HIGHWAY COMMISSION GIVES ROUTES TO SPEEDWAY

Springfield, 111., traffic may come east to Danville, 111., and follow the same route through Indiana as described for Chicago traffic. St. Louis, Mo., traffic should take the National Rd. through Terre Haute and Brazil. About six and one-haJf miles east of Brazil detour south two miles: drive east about four and onehalf miles; north two miles back to the National Rd. at Reelesville; east on National Rd. to Manhattan and detour to the left through Greencastle: follow a general easterly direction to the National Rd. west of Stilesville; thence over National Rd. into Indianapolis. These two detours are the only ones on the National Rd. in Indiana. Evansville Visitors Expected Evansville traffic should follow State road No. 10 to Vincennes and Bruceville; on State road No. 12, through Sanborn, Worthington and Spencer to a point directly opposite Martinsville; thence over State road No. 22 to Indianapolis. Lot4pvllle traffic should follow State road No. 1 out of New Albany, through Scottsburg to Crothersville;

WHEN WHITFIELD FLED HE TOOK WITH HIM MARIE PRICE, FT. WAYNE, IND., GIRL SHOW HERE. THE GIRL NOW IS IN CUSTODY THE OTHER PHOTO IB THAT OF WHITFIELD, WITH MUSTACHE SHAVED OFF.

Representative Huddleston, speaking at Chicago, declares only twentyfive Congressmen drink intoxicating liquor. Killing Station Entered A burglar broke into the filling station owned by John Seaman. 1110 S Meridian St., early today, accord lug to a report to police, and stole sixty-three pennies and a Ford coil and a Packard tail light, valued at $6.75.

Butler Glee Club Shows Life at University

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—Photo l>y Dexheimcr. LEFT TO RIGHT. DEAN FROSNAN, SARAH FRANCES DOWNS. JOE GRIMELSBACHER AND HOWARD HOWE.

A glimpse of what Butler College may be like in the future when the college site is at Fsirriew Park, was given Friday night when the Butler Opera Club presented the "Fairvlew Revue,” at the Masonic Temple. Margaret Hecker, a senior at Butler, ar-

detour west at Crothersville, through Dudleytown to Seymour and follow road No. 1 through Columbus and Franklin to Indianapolis. Madison, Ind., traffic should come by State road No. 26, through Vernon to Columbus and over State road No. 1 to Indianapolis. Lawrenceburg and Aurora traffic should follow State road No. 4 to about one mile west of Versailles, thence on State road No. 6, through Osgood, Greensburg, Shelbyville to Indianapolis. Cincinnati traffic take State road No. 42, out of Cincinnati, and go to Harrison, Ohio, on State line: follow State road No. 34 in Indiana, through Cedar Grove to Brookville, thence on State road No. 39, through Rushvilla to Indianapolis. Ohio Motorists Direr bid Columbus, Ohio, traffic should follow the National road out of Columbus. through West Jefferson and Springfield to State road No. 27; take No. 27 Into Dayton, west to Eaton, follow Ohio State road No. 249 to the Indiana State line, and then over National road in Indiana Richmond, Cambridge City and Greer,''

THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

John Whitfield, With Price on Head, Reverses Criminal Code and Evades Posses in Amazing, Intuitive Way—is He Master Mind or Blunderer? By SEA Service CLEVELAND, May 26.—F00l or fox? Master mind or blunderer? Which is John Leonard 'Whitfield, wanted here for the murder of a policeman? Hundred criminals, in story book and reel life, avoid the beaten paths. Their conduct is painted with esoteric maneuvers to avoid detection. They do the unusual and are caught. But "Whitfield, spark plug salesman de luxe, alleged theif and killer, reversed the criminal code— And escaped, hurling derision at the nation-wide dragnet set to apprehend him. Eleven days after he is alleged to have left the body of his victim lying warm in its rough, shallow grave—off a lonely road near Cleveland, Whitfield was trapped in Madison, Wis. And then once more, acting on his amazing, intuitive faculty of “doing the obvious,” he slipped away.

Throughout his entire flight, while j a nation hunted with orders to “shoot ; to kill,” Whitfield did the obvious j Whether he out-thought the police, whether it was blind luck, or whether he was a rank blunderer, must remain for the reader to fathom. Obtained Revolver On May 11, Patrolman Dennis i Griffin, with a fellow officer, arrested Whitfield on suspicion of having stolen spark plugs. ■ Police say he operated on a wholesale scale. They contend he obtained the spark plugs through connivance of persons under his control. Whitfield wanted to say good-by to his wife. The officers allowed this. They had searched him. After going with him to the second floor, the policemen permitted him to enter a bedroom alone. While there, he slipped a pistol In his pocket. Whitfield and Griffin started for the police station in the former’s shiny, blue roadster. In the traffic the other officer, following in a second machine, was lost sight of. Whitfield, say polioo. reached to ids pocket. He pulled the pistol and shot himself to liberty and Griffin to death. Bunts Uniform He drove to a lonely, abandoned road, near Chagrin Falls, outside of the city. There, police charge, he stripped the body. He built three fires and tried to burn the uniform. In a story book he would have buried the clothing In the grave prepared for the nude body. Brass doesn’t bum so easily and Griffin's numerals, "14," indicating the pollco precinct, were found, together with brass buttons and the remains of a club. Whitfield’s grave was shallow, crude, obvious. Here enters another unnatural slant: Whitfield hnd been maintaining a 15-year-old girl. Marie price. In an apartment in Cleveland. Sherlock Holmes would tell you that, under the circumstances, Whitfield should have tied alone But tv-> didn’t. lie went back to Cleveland for the girl Went hack In his glaring. blue roadster, and got her Then he drove serenely along In the late afternoon traffic through the heart of the city. He stopyed at a

ranged the dramatic scenes, which connected with a group of musical numbers arranged by Arnold Spencer. Persons well-known on the campus were impersonated by Marjorie Chiles, Sarah F. Downs, Frank Sisson, Helen Payne, Dean Brossman, Winston

field to Indianapolis. This route is in good condition and there are no detours. Cleveland, Ohio, traffic should come by way of Medina, Wooster, Ashland, Loudanville, Mt. Vernon and Sunbury to Columbus, and then follow the same route as described for Columbus traffic. A detour between Sunbury and Columbus should be In fair condition. Cleveland traffic also may come via Oberlin, Norwalk, Freemont, Perrys burg and then follow the route described below for Tcledo traffic. Toledo, Ohio, traffic should proceed by way of Wauseon, Bryan, Edgerton, following Indiana State road No. 17 from the State line through Butlei to Waterloo; south on State read No. 46 out of Waterloo to Auburn; through Auburn over the Custer trail to Ft. Wayne. (Traffic should jog one-quar-ter mile to the west at the DekaJbAllen County line and take the Auburn road into Ft. Wayne. From Fv. Wayne traffic will follow State road No. 11 through Roanoke, Huntington, Marion, Alexandria, Anderson, Pendleton to Greenfield and then west on the National mad to Indianapolis. , South Bend traffic may follow State

bank to cash a check. He traversed main arteries teeming with autos and wagons, and then headed for Chicago cn the Toledo highway, bound for the very part of the country where both the girl's mother and his own relatives lived. The astonished feature of the "flight” was that Whitfield stopped frequently along the route to sell spark plugs to farmers. In this way he financed the fight. But no one recognized the couple. No one recognized the car, despite the fact the license number hadn’t been changed, nor had the color of the body. He merely repainted the wire wheels from red to white. In Chicago, Whitfield and Marie lived in a south side rooming housv They attended the movies. Then they moved on, stopping leisurely to sell spark plugs, the very article he had been accused of stealing before the murder. Recognized from Pictures At Madison, Wis.. Whitfield and the girl went to "Chili Al“ Felly’s tiny restaurant. Felly recognized them from a photo sent out by NEA Serv ice and published in the State Journal. He slipped outside to phone police. Lieutenant Ole Sefland and Detective Jesse Smith responded, and at pistol’s point, arrested Whitfield. And now for the third time, the hunted man did the obvious. A man. with a price on his head, naturally would try to get away. But In books, and In real life. too. the criminal with a pistol prodding his back, re signs himself to his fate and the story ends. But not Whitfield. When he reached the door, he saw a street car coming And Just as it was nearly abreast he shoved the officers aside, and ran In front of the car. which served as a shield for the fusillade of bullets that were loosed. Then h ran, seemingly In every direction. Five hours later h was reported miles away. In a stolen car. Only the girl, Marie Price, was caught. Whnt Is Whitfield? Another Arsene Lupin? Or just a lucky fool?

Riley, Mildred Johns, Ray Ridge, Joe Grlmolsbacher, Rufus Ally, Dorothy Ryker, William Peaxc.y, Kenneth Thome, Betty Gallon, George Kistler and Howard Howe. Arnold Davis, a. violinist, played several solos. The quartette, com-

Road No. 1 through Plymouth, Rochester, Peru and Kokomo to Indianapolis. Detours will be found at Lakeville, south of South Bend and between Kokomo and Westfield. Those detours are in fair condition. Michigan City traffic should come over State Road No. 15 via Laporte, Knox and Winimac to Logansport.

SPECIAL SERVICE ■^^SPEEDWAY'^S^ Wednesday, May 30 Via Terre Haute, Indianapolis & Eastern Traction Company Cars leave Traction Terminal Station every minute commencing at 4:45 A. M., Wednesday, May 30th, direct to main entrance. *

Masons Have Charge of Funeral Rites

JAY B. SUCESE.

JAY B. SUGESE, EX-BION OFFICES, CALLED BY DEATH Local Man Was Veteran in Railroad Business — Funeral Monday. Scottish Rite masons will have charge of the funeral of Jay B. Suceflo, 79, ex-general superintendent j of the Monon railroad who died | i Friday at Ills home. 123 N. Linwood I Ave. Services will be held Monday j at Shirley Brothers cliapel, 946 N. Illinois St. at 2:30 p. m. The Rev. Walter L. Ewing, pastor of Irvington Methodist Church, will officiate. Burial will be in Crown HDL Mr. Sucese, born in Canton, Pa., began his railroad career as a freight brakeman on the old O. & M. Railroad, ! which is now the B. & O. S. W. For fifteen years Mr. Sucese was trainmaster at Lafayette. Later he became superintendent, with headquarters In Chicago. He remained superintendent for four years when he retired temporarily. and moved to Indianapolis, assuming the position of supervisor for the Big Pour railroad. He had lived In 1 Indianapolis for twelve years. Surviving are the widow, Mrs. Addin Sucese; one son. Alfred M. Sucese of Chicago; two sisters, Mrs. Joseph j Johnson of Daytona Beach. Fla., and j Mrs Jennie Yague of Los Angeles.

! posed of Frank Hopper, Myron Hopper, William Pearcy, and Kenneth Thome sang a group of songs. The girls’ chorus included Lydia Bates, Dorothy Dlpple, Esther Hungate, Maxine McKay, Mildred Medlam, Lavera Millikan, Zerelda Rubush, Doro- | thy Wright and Alice Young.

From Logansi>ort traffic should follow the old Michigan road south out of Logansport to Indianapolis. This road is very rough in places. Due to long detours between Lebanon and Indianapolis and between Kokomo and Indianapolis, traffic should follow the Michigan road. Gary traffic may go through Crown

MARBLE CHAMP TO BE PICKED JUNE 2 City Contest Will Be Played in Willard Park Winner Gets Trip to Atlantic City.

The final games to decide the marble championship of Indianapolis will be held at the Willard Park playground, Washington St. and State Ave., at 2 p. m. next Saturday, June 2. R. Walter Jarvis, superintendent of parks and playgrounds, has promised to assist in conducting the games. Twelve sectional champions will participate. There will be two preliminary sets of games, six players in each set. Each set will play three games. The player in each set who has the most marbles at the end will be declared winner of that set. The two winners will then play for the championship. The winner of the final games will be declared the city champion and will go to Atlantic City to play for the

Shortridge Cadet Is West Point Candidate

GUY ERNEST THRAMS Guy Ernest Thrams, 18, of 1905 College Ave., was ordered today by the* War Department to submit educational certificates for admission to West Point, June 2. Thrams is a member of the June senior class of Shortridge High School. Friday afternoon he was presented with a gold medal by Brigadier General Aultman of Ft_ Harrison. Thrams is cadet captain of the Shortridge R. O. T. C. Besides being a member of the R. O. T. C. he is a member of the Math Club, Officers Club, Glee Club and the orchestra. ‘PASTOR’S’ CALL AWAITED Boy, 12, Knocked Down by Preacher Driver, Who Promises Visit. Joseph Doll, 12, of 858 N. La Saile St., today was expecting a visit from a “preacher." Doll was knocked down and bruised by an electric automobile late Friday at Tenth St and Parker Ave. The driver obtained the boy’s name, said: “1 am a preacher and will come to see you in a day or two." and drove away. litre.* Convicted After Raid Two women and one man arrested In a raid at 322 N. List St. Thursday night were convicted in city court today. Eight others were discharged. Edith Ray was fined SIOO and costs and sentenced to serve 120 days in the wdman’s prison. Viola Van Arsdale was fined SSO and sentenced to thirty days. Ernest Ray was fined SIOO and sentenced to sixty days. Man and Woman Arrested Herry Wenbrecht. 27, of 2447 Speedway Ave.. and Frances Warden, 40, of 820 N. Alabama St., were arrested by lieutenants Johnson and Hudson Friday night. The woman was charged with a statutory' charge and vagrancy and the man with associating. Ijunllord Denies Charges Herbert E. Redden, 40, real estate dealer, 44 N. Delaware St., was arrested today on warrants sworn by the city board of health charging that filth and dirt had collected in homes owned by him at 644 Hannon Ave. and 643 S. Delaware St. Damages of SIOO are asked- Redden denied the charges. Hotel Guest Robbed James F. Miller of the Linden Hotel reported to police today that someone entered his room during the night and stole a $56 ruby stickpin.

Point, Rensselaer, Remington. Wolcott, Montmorencl and Crawfordsville and south over State Road No.

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national championship. He will ba allowed to take his father or mother with him. All expenses will be paid by The Times. In addition, the winner will be awarded the bicycle offered the champion by The Times immediately after the close of the games. Special provisions will be made at Willard Park for holding the games. Spectators and rooters will be accommodated. Come on out and root for your favorite player. On June 4 the twelve sectional champions will be guests of The Times and of Ringling Brothers ana Barnum & Bailey circus at the circus. Each player may take one other person. Detailed instructions to sectional champions for reporting for the games will be announced later.

OHIO DRY CHIEFS IN FEDERAL NEI Indictments Charge Fraud and Conspiracy, by United Press CLEVELAND, May 26. Joseph Shearer, former State prohibition enforcer from Ohio and three other < f* fleers were charged with conspiring to violate the prohibition law by the Federal grand jury' today. Fred Counts, prohibition director in Cleveland, his brother A. E. Counts, attorney and Samuel E. Hoskins, Columbus attorney were named In the indictments. The indictments are two counts. One charge alleged passage of money to A. F. Counts and Hoskins by Louis Auerbach and his aides, recently prosecuted for a huge alcohol conspiracy. The second charges conspiracy to defraud the Federal Government. WOMAN~wTnS [rTs” CUP Miss Anna Loft Motor in Contest Conducted by Bankers Trust. Miss Anna M. Lott, 322 Downey Ave., won a silver cup for an exhibit of iris in a sweepstakes contest at the flower show held by the Banker's Trust Company', Pennsylvania and Ohio Sts.. Friday night. Fifty-one prizes were awarded among eighty-nine entries. There were more than one hundred varieties of iris. The Garden Flowers Society arranged to meet at 4:30 p. m. today in the iris garden of Mrs. Charles J. Lvnn, 3519 Washington Blvd. COREMAKERS AT WORK Girls Still Hold Jobs—“ Differences Adjusted." Fifteen men in the coremaking do- : partnient of the Federal Foundry' Com* \ pany, 502 Harris St., were back at 1 work today. They walked out Friday as a protest when two girls were assigned to work in the department. Officials of the foundry' said the girls still were working, and all "differences have been adjusted." Confer On Gas Tax Defense Robert Bracken. State auditor, and Ora J Davies. State treasurer, today conferred with Attorney General U. S. Lesh regarding defense the State will offer Monday in the St. Joseph County Circuit Court, where the president of the Gaflll Oil Company is seeking injunction against collection of the gasoline tax. Suit has been brought against Bracken and Davies. Three Autos Damaged Three automobiles were damaged Late Friday' at Northwestern Ave. and Twenty-First St., when a truck driven by' Ha.rrold Burk. Y. M. C. A., collided with a Northwestern street car. The truck was knocked Into two parked automobiles. Missing Three Days William Green, 16. of 1218 N. Warman Ave., has been missing from home since Wednesday morning. His mother told police he may have gone to New London. Ky. Memorial Day Mail All departments of the postoffice will be closed Memorial day', Robert H. Bryan, postmaster announced today. Collections will be made on Sunday schedule.

32 to its intersection with Road No. 31, then straight east through Bainbridge and Danville to Indianapolis.