Indianapolis Times, Volume 35, Number 188, Indianapolis, Marion County, 20 December 1923 — Page 1

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VOLUME 35—NUMBER 188

MAN AND GIRL TELL OF PART IN TUXEDO BANK SB,OOOHOLD- UP

Detective Harry C, .Webster Says Couple Have Made Statements. / BOUND TO GRAND JURY Sleuth Asserts Leroy C. Young Confesses Getting Share of Loot. jroy C. Young, 28, has confessed that he participated in the $8,774 hold-up of the Tuxedo State Bank, 4304 E. New York St., Nov. 23, Harry C. Webster I of the Webster Detective Agency announced today. Miss Marjorie Callahan, 27, with whom Young was arrested in Detroit Monday night made a confession at that time involving Young, according to Webster. Webster said Young made a detailed statement in Detroit Wednesday night. Webster operatives brought Young and Miss Callahan to In dianapolis this morning. In Webster'? office the statements of both were verified, the detective stated. The couple were taken to city prison then. Roy McCallie, 951 Sherman Dr., a customer; William Geogh. real estate man, and Miss Grace Neary, assist ant cashier in the Tuxedo State Bank at the time of the hold-up. identified Young as one of the bandits scooped up money behind the counter, Webster said. On Trail of Others According to Webster, Young and Miss Callahan said that two other men whom operatives are trailing and expect to arrest soon, also were in the hold-up. After a preliminary hearing before Justice of Peace Conrad Keller, Young and Miss Callahan were bound to the grand jury under bonds of SIO,OOO and $5 .000, respectively. Young is charged with grand larceny and Miss Callahan with being an accessory before the fact. Both were lodged in county jail. Young's confession told how he and “Italian Joe," entered the bank fol- | lowed by the third man, driver of the *car and who stayed near the door.* Both of these men are under ■urveilence and their arrests are expected momentarily by Webster, in either Detroit or Toledo. Ohio. Young said he helped scoop up the money while "Italian Joe” directed the bank employes. The third man according to Young, bluffed a curtomer who came in the bank by merely placing his hand near his pocket He did not have a gun. Young said. The trio drove in a Ford coupe to the street where Young and Miss Callahan roomed. Young and Italian Joe got out In the rear of the house and the third man, who owned the car, drove three blocks away, left the car. and walked back to the house. Young said. Miss Callahan is said to have confessed that Young showed her a bundle of money wrapped in a paper. She said Young told her to take the money in a suit case and register at a downtown hotel and get her ring out of pawn and pay some bills they owed. She did all of this" and stopped for the night at the Severin under the name of Mrs. L. C. Callahan, she said.* Young .left that nnlght for Detroit and she followed the next morning, the confession states.

Traced Through landlady Webster got on the track of Young and Miss Callahan several days ago when the woman with whom they lived here stated that Miss Callahan (was nervous the afternoon of the robbery; that Callahan showed a large roll of bills that evening just before the ecouple left for Detroit; that Toung and a man known as "Italian Joe” asked to be directed to a bank the afternoon before, and that there were evidences around the furnace in the basement that papers had been burned. Several thousand dollars’ worth of non-negotiable paper was stolen from the Tuxedo bank. Webster said it has been definitely established that Young and Miss Callahan and their companions had nothing to do with the $1,500 robbery at the Centra! State Bank, Central Ave., and Thirtieth St., on the morning of the day of the Tuxedo robbery.

3 more SWOPPING DAYtS MERCHANTS’ Association S tores will remain open until 6 p. m. up to and including Christmas eve.

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COLOMBIAN QUAKE TOLL REACHES 3,000 DEAD; 23,000 ADRIFT Tour Towns Are Wiped Out and Lake Is Swallowed Up by Rent in Earth —Ecuador Frontier Devastated by Shocks, By United Prtnn BOGOTA, Colombia, Dec. 20.—Three thousand are dead and 23,00 homeless as result of the earthquakes which devastated the volcanic region along the frontier between Ecuador and Colombia, it was learned today as reports of the full extent of the disaster reached the capitol.

One lake, known as Las Granadas near the town of Tuloane was completely swallowed up when the earth was rent by tremendous shocks. Four towns were wiped out. RUCKER PLEADS FOR CHARACTER Former Prosecutor Talks to G. 0. P. Women's Club, "Seldom in her history has Indiana called so pleadingly for public officers upon whom she can rely,” former Prosecutor Alvah J. Rucker told the Seventh District Women's Republican Club at the Columbia Club to•ey. He urged women voters to watch for Indications of character in men running: for public offices. It Is especially important to know about a man aspiring to office where he spends the public's money, he said. Rucker warned against candidates with huge campaign funds. BANDITS LOCKCOPIN OWN JAIL AND GET SBSO Blow Postoffice and Hardware Store Safe at Raymond, 111. By United Press RAYMOND. 111., Dec. 20.—Five bandits early today locked the night policeman In his own jail, blew safes in the postcfflce and a hardware store and escaped * with SBSO in cash, stamps and checks. WORKMAN DIES AT~TASK Arch Chaney Drops Dead While on Job—Apoplexy Is Cause. Arch Chaney, 41. of 830 College Ave., a grinder In plant No. 2, Nor-dyke-Marmon Company, dropped dead at his task today. Coroner’s report showed death was due ?o apoplexy. NO THEFTS OVER NIGHT! Blank Page Startled Police in Checking Up Crime Record. A complete blank page for larcenies startled police today as absence of crime activities Wednesday night was noticed. Not a theft of even a bicycle was reported. HOURLY TEMPERATURE 6 a. m 61 10 a. m 53 7 a_ m........ 52 11 a. m 62 8 a. m........ 52 12 (noon) 53 9 a. m 62 1 p. 63

Not ‘Brains’ "The story about me planning that robbery and getting a 10 per cent share Is all false,” Miss Marjorie Callahan, Implicated in the robbery of the Tuxedo State Bank, said today In the office of Detective Harry C. Webster. "Leroy Young kept Insisting that he was going to join the other two and pull that job to get easy money, as we were hard up, and I kept pleading with him not to do it. When I saw that he was Insistent and nothing could be done, I merely said: ’All right go ahead and we will make the best of It after it is over.’ ’’ She said they got a llttlft over SI,OOO of the loot.

STREET BOYS ARE BANQJJETGUESTS Music, Speeches and Eats on Program Tonight, Street boys are going to banquet at the Y. M. C. A. tonight. Roys, including paper boys, messengers, delivery boys and all others employed who are on the street, will put their feet under the table at 6:45. James M. Ogden, president of the "Y"; Bishop H. H. Fout of the United* Brethren Church; S. P. Matthews, chairman of the boys’ department of the “Y”; A. H. Godard, secretary of the "Y,” are to be speakers. The Gatling Gun Saxophone Sextette and the colored quartette from the colored Y. M. C. A. are to be entertainers. In charge of the banquet are Charles E. Payne, circulation manager of the Star; G. M. Schmid, circulation manager of the News; C. D. Junian, circulation manager of The Times; A. A. Brown of the Western Union; H. T. Ford of the Postal Service, and H. C. Gellntly. ‘DIRTY DISHES/ JUDGE Jurist Isn’t Satisfied With Explanation of Alleged Wife Beater. By United Pres* MUNCIE, Ind., Dec. 20.—" She wpß’t wash the dishes, judge, and sometimes lets them set for two or three days at a time,” John Tucker explained when arraigned in city : court for beating his wife. The explanation failed to satisfy the ' judge and he act the case for trial.

INDIANAPOLIS, THURSDAY, DEC. 20, 1923

Movies Not All Bad, After All City's Head Librarian Comes to Defense of Silver Screen, Charles E. Rush Shows How Pic-, tures Taken From Famous and Historical Novels Send Spectators After Books—King Tut Also Popular With Readers.

By RUSSELL CAMPBELL URDERS and incendiarism and j naughtiness of girls and boys, i and 101 other weaknesses of the country have resulted from the sensational sex stories and "thrillers” That have been flashed across the silver screens. If moralists are to bo taken seriously. But another, a far different effect has been overlooked. The path between the movie house and the public library Is becoming mare and more beaten as famous novels and historical pictures are portrayefl in moving pictures. So says Charles E Rush, chief of Indianapolis public librarians. Surprise “Attacks" Avoided "It is remarkable what a tremendous effect the moving pictures have on the reading public,” Rush declared. ; "Particularly Is this true when a pic ture is scheduled that la taken from a popular book. The demand for the j book beoomos so great we scarcely can meet It. In fact, wa have learned to make special preparations for the rush that comes when such a picture is about to be shown. “Three outstanding examples of this were 'The Prisoner of Zenda,’ 'Rupert of Hentzau’ and ‘lf Winter Comes.’ "Raligtous questions and interna tlonal events, too, are followed closely. The discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamen, for instance, led to an un usual study of Egyptian history. Industrial LuK Seen "In times of industrial hills, people begin a thorough study of science and engineering. When people aro out of work they not only have more time for such study, but are brought face to face with Its importance. Such reading material Is In heavy demand right now.” Despite general belief to the con trary, poetry and good literature are Increasing in popularity. Rush said. Records show that fiction reading Is declining. Both the classics and light novels come under the classification of fiction, but librarians have observed that it is the light novel that Is on the decline, while circulation of clasaI ics, such a* the works of Dickens, is Increasing. Movies Satisfy Demand The decline of the light novel Is attributed by Rush to moving pictures which fill the craving\ot fiction lovers for narratives not weighed down with heavy literary effects and buried meanings. History reading has increased greatly as r result of the war and developments following, the librarian said. One incident that has stimulated this form of study was the publication of the histories of H. Q. Wells. City of Readers Indianapolis is a city of readers, records indicate. The city library has j 93.222 patrons, thirty six per cent of ‘ the total population. Twenty per cent is the proportion practically all other ! cities in the United States are ; struggling for and barely attaining, ! Rush said. Circulation cards are kept i in 85,000 Indianapolis homes, an av- | erago of one to a family, another par i excellent perpentage. So different has been the problem | of the Indianapolis iibiary In keeping j pace with the growth of the city that [ it Is now 30,000 books short of what it ! should contain. Rush said.

ALLEGED OIL SWINDLER CAUGHT AFTER YEAR Charged With Making False Reports on Well Drilling. By United Press CHICAGO, Dec. 20.—Harry E. Daley was held under $25,000 bond today on a los Angeles warrant charging he promoted a $500,000 fraudulent oil venture. Postal Inspector R. B. MacLaetTlan made the arrest after a year's pursuit. Daly, Federal authorities say, entered a contract with a drilling concern whereby he was to make false reports on a well In Los Angeles County. TWO FACE JURY IN WHISKY THEFT CASE Government Witnesses Testify Siphon Was Used. Charged with theft of more than 2,000 gallons of whisky from a bonded warehouse at Hammond, Angelo Prevenzano, William Glardlni and William F. Meyers, all of Chicago, were being tried In Federal Court today. The case was expected to reach the Jury late today. According to testimony of Government witnesses, the whisky was siphoned from barrels in the warehouse to tanks on automobiles. Meyers, who was storekeeper and gauger at the warehouse, was said to have left doors and gates unlocked. The defendants denied the charges. POLLINGS DEALS PROBED Judge’s Decision on Reorganization of Drop Forge Plant Due Friday. Financial dealings between the R. L. DolUngs Company of Indiana and Its two subsidiaries, the International Note and Mortgage Company of Indianapolis and the Western Drop Forge Company of Marion, Ind., are under consideration by Superior Judge Linn D. Hajr. Bert S. Mcßride, receiver for the first two, wants Judge Hay to approve a reorganization plan for the drop forge company, which owes his two charges approximately $400,000. Judge Hay said he would announce his decision Friday.

SHAW JURY IS PICKED-DEATH IS NOT OPPOSED

OBREGON CLAIMS UTTER ROUT OF INSURGENT ARMY Scores of Rebel Prisoners Taken at San Marcos, Is Report, i By United Frets MEXICO CITY, Dec. 20.—General j Obrogon's forces completely defeated the rebels in the battle for San Marcos. The insurgents, retreating from I that Important railroad center, burned bridges and tore up tracks behind I thorn. Scores of rebel prisoners were taken when the de La Huerta forces were defeated at San Marcos and these were to be released tonight. President Obregon returned from j the east front-, apparently in good | health, although he had a slight cough. He received the Mexican and ! foreign press in his office at the na- ; tlonal palace and announced the suoj cess at San Marcos.

JURY WILL GET FOX CASE TODAY Arguments in Klan Murder Trial Are Heard, By United Press ATLANTA. Oa., Dec. 20 —The fate of Phil E. Fox. Ku Klux Klan publicity director, for the murder of Wm. E. Coburn, will rest with the Jury fate today. W. S. Howard, attorney for the family of Coburn, opened the arguments to the jury with an attack on the defense for not seeking a lunacy commission and for failure to put Dr. Owensby, a noted alienist, who made a detailed examination of Fox, on the witness stand.

BANK HEAD AND DAUGHTER KILLED Traction Car Strikes Auto in Roanoke, Ind. By United Presa FT. WAYNE, Ind., Dec. 20.—Irving Shank, <>o* president of the Farmers State Bank of Roanoke, and his daughter. Nellie, 32, were Instantly killed this morning when a special lnterurban car struck their bedan at the State road No. 7 crossing in Roanoke. BANDITS ATTACK AND WOUND THEATER OWNER Muncie Man Is Shot Through Shoulder In Attempted Hold-Up. By United Preaa MUNCIE. Ind., Dec. 20. —After being assaulted and then wounded by two masked men who attacked him at the door of his garage last midnight, Fred Oland, theater owner, fired two shots at the fleeing bandits and then collapsed. Olhnd was returning home from the theater ar\d the men ,no doubt supposing he had a considerable sum of money on him, attacked him. As Oland succeeded in drawing his revolver and opening fire, one of the men shot him through the shoulder. His condition is not serious. The men escaped. * TH R EEMARIOnYoUNG MEN HELD IN ROBBERY Cl larged With Holding lip Storekeeper at Dillman. By Time * Special MARION, Ind., Dec. 20.—Clyde Sills, Charles Parker and Charles Newman, local young men are held on charge of holding up Sherman Leyman In his store at Dillman, Dec. 10, and robbing the cash drawer of about SIOO. Sills is said to have confessed and implicated the other two.

Happy Kisses By United Press OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla., Dec. 20. Nothing but happiness should come from the following combination, says the marriage license clerk here: Miss Gladys Large was issued a license to wed Frank Kiss.

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Friends Enter Her in Beauty Contest

MISS ROSE CRUZ AN Friends of Miss Rose Cruzan, 237 N. Oxford St., have entered her in the beauty contest conducted by the Disabled American Veterans of the World War in connection with the organization’s .benefit show, "As the Yanks Saw Paris," Friday night at Tomlinson Hall.

FORD’S DECISION PLEASES BIS WIFE f Glad Husband Is Out Presidential Race. By United Press ALBANY. N. Y„ Dec. 20.—HenryFord, by announcing he Is for President Coolldge for President and ap Xntly out of the presidential race tels, has evidently made Mrs. Ford a Christmas gift that is more than pleasing. "I know It is best. lam glad,” she said when Informed of the announcement of her husband. But before she left, she said she too, is a supporter of President Coolidge and added she didn't believe Ford ever intended to become a candidate.

PHONE ARGUMENTS TO START FRIDAY Federal Judge Page to Sit on Bench in Chicago. Oral arguments on the petition of the Indiana Bell Telephone Company for a permanent injunction to prevent the Indiana public service commission from Interfering with present rates In the State will be heard by Federal Judge George T. Page at Chicago tomorrow. The arguments will conclude the case which opened before Judge Page here some time ago. At that time evidence on both sides w r as heard. The company already has obtained a temporary restraining order and a temporary Injunction. Included among the attorneys who will represent the commission's side will be Taylor E. Gronlnger, corporatloiv counsel for the city, and C. C. Shirley. W. H. Thompson will be the principal attorney for the company. singaYongoYsTnYsing Actor ‘Acts’ His Way Out of New York Prison By United Press OSSINING, N. Y., Dec. 20.—W. A. Reeves, 27, British war veteran, has played his way to freedom' from Sing Sing prison. “Too good an actor to remain in the penitentiary,” authorities said, after Reeves played the title role In a prison show. FARLEY IS TURNED DOWN Unanimous Uoi,e v gainst Hbn as Shipping Board Head. By Times SpccM WASHINGTON, Dec. 20—The Senate Commerce Committee decided unanimously today to report against the nomination of Edward P. FaFley of Chicago, as chairman of the United States Shipping Board. LADY LUCK ON JOB Two Dollar Ticket at Havana Pays Colored Woman, $702.90. By United Press HAVANA, Dec. 20. Frances Thompson, a colored woman, had the only ticket on Flncastle in the second race Wednesday and she got $702.90 back for her $2 out of the mutuels. It was ft record price for the track.

Forty-One Veniremen Are Questioned Before Twelve-Are Accepted by Both Sides —Defense Passes Opening Statement,

Jurymen in Murder Case mHE following are members of the jury selected to try Jobjtt Thomas Shaw, colored, charged with the murder of Mrs. Helen Whelchel: OMER F. ISENHOUR, farmer, Pike township. EWING SHIELDS, contractor, 2535 Park Ave. CHARLES R. MILES, retire and hotel and restaurant operator. 2021 College Ave. JAMES M. BOWEN, farmer, Washington township. JAMES W. HENSLEY, manufacturer, 135 W. Eighteenth St. HENRY A. HODSON, cabinet maker, 3019 Gale St. JOSEPH THEISING, farmer, Decatur township. SAMUEL W. SKILLEN, retired glass worker, 1411 E. Michigan St. MASON L. HENDRICKSON, wholesale baker, 2308 Adams St. LEWIS GASS, blacksmith, Pike township. GEORGE A. ROBERSON, farmer, Decatur township. MATHEW HARVEY, retired farmer, 969 W. Thirty-First St.

“A murder brutal beyond comparison in the records of of Indianapolis,” was the characterization by William IT. Remy, Marion county prosecutor, of the death of Airs. Helen Whelchel, in his opening statement at the trial of John Thomas Shaw, colored, charged with the crime. After more than aNjay of effort a jury, no member of which is opposed to the death sentence, finally was accepted at 10:50 a. m. The acceptance of the jury was followed immediately by Remy’s statement. The defense waived its right to make a statement at the opening of the case, and the examination of witnesses started this afternoon. Shaw’s fate now rests in the hands of five farmers, a contractor, a retired hotel and restaurant proprietor, a manufacturer, a cabinet maker, a retired glass worker, a wholesale baker and a blacksmith, who make up the jury. The jury was accepted after forty-one veniremen had been accepted and all but twelve rejected, either for cause or peremptorillv. The defense exhausted five of its twenty peremptory challenges and the State three.

Remy is expected lo demand the death sentence for Shaw. In each case he asked prospective juryman if they were opposed to capital punishment. Every man who expressed himself as opposed to tho death penalty was excused. Indictment Is Read Remy began his statement with the reading of the indictment which charged Shaw killed Mrs. Whelchel with a blunt instrument and in a second count charged his motive was robbery. ’"The evidence which will be produced will be in three phases,’’ Remy said. “First, the acts and statements of Helen Whelchel up to the time of her death. "Second, facts surrounding the discovery of her body and Its condition. “Third, actions and statements of defendant Shaw up to and after the murder.” Remy explained Mrs. Whelchel was a widow and lived with her father. “She left home about 7 p. m. Nov. 27.” he said. "At that time she had with her certain jewelry, a golf} watch, a diamond ring, a wedding ring, a necklace and pocketbook. I.eft Lyric Theater "She went to r.he Lyric ballroom and was seen there by the matron and others N \vho knew her. Shortly after 11 p. m. she left the Lyric and walked to Illinois and Washington Sts., where she boarded a Garfield Park car. That was at about 11:20 p. m. "She left the car at lowa and East Sts. near her home. When the' car stopped an automobile was running alongside and it stopped at about the third window. The motorman knew Mrs. Whelchel and saw her get off.” Remy then told how Frank Oberting who lived at the corner, heard Mrs. Whelchel scream and recognized her voice. He said this was between 11:40 p. m. and 12 o'clock. "Oberting ran to the window and looked out." he said. “He heard the door of an automobile slam. He saw a Ford automobile start away from the curb and zig-zag down the street. On going to the corner, he found Mrs. Whelchel s hat. The ground wus torn up. Later one of her earrings was found. Tire Marks Coincide “In the street where the automobile was seen were found some tire marks of a distinct variety. The evidence will show that the automobile Shaw was driving had tires of the same pattern.” Remy said the evidence will show Shaw was driving his car that night, and that he had been up all night. “The next morning at about 7 o’clock some linemen were walking along railroad tracks on their way to work,” Remy continued. "When they came toward a bridge over the railroad west of the city they saw an object tying- between the tracks. It proved lo be the body of Helen Whelchel. "There was a wound on her head, finger prints on her throat, a jarged tear in her forehead, a fractured skull. The coroner and newspaper men will describe the condition of the body. The coroner found death had been caused by a blow on the head and that Mrs. Whelchel was dead before her body was thrown from the bridge.” A / At this point, Shaw showed tha first

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I sign of being affected since the trial started. He listened to Remy closely , and continuously wiped his forehead 1 and eyes with a handkerchief. "The evidence will show that the i wound on the head bled profusely,” ' Remy said. “The evidence will show Mrs. Whelchel was thrown from the bridge and that she was dead at that time. A necklace worn by Mrs. Whelchel was found on the bridge and a blood-stained pocketbook was found a short distance away. Her diamond ring and watch were missing. s “On the night of Nov. 27, Shaw wa3 on Indiana Ave. early in the evening. He had been drinking a little. It wi'l show that he had Ifts automobile with him and that he was last seen shortly before midnight wnen he drove away from the avenue. From that time on he was not seen by any one. Movements Are Traced “On the night of Nov. 28, Shaw was in a poolroom on Indiana Ave. We will show he had in his possession the diamond ring and ivatch belonging to the deceased. He gave the watch to a man named Kelly, who gave it to one named Sykes, who pawned it. Thai night he gave the ring to Cora Lee Smith. He told her he had bought it for $150." Remy said Shaw, when arrested, denied all knowledge of the ring and watch. He said Shaw later admitted having them. These stories were told by Sh^aw, Remy said: Told Kelly the watch belonged to his sister. Told Cora Lee Smith he had bought the ripg for $l5O. Told Inspector of Detectives John Mullin he had never heard of the jewelry. Told Mullin he had bought the watch and ring. Told Detective Rademacher he had obtained jewelry from a foreigner and gave his description. Told Rademacher he had obtained jewfflry from Jim “Hunky” John, who does not resemble the description of the foreigner. Told Rademacher he did not obtain the Jewelry from John. Later told Rademacher he did obtain It from John. Car Was Bloodstained “The evidence will show Shaw could not have got the watch from John at the time he said htf did,** Remy eontinued. “Shaw’s car was bloodstained. There was human b)ood on the rear seat and on the front seat. The flooy in front had been scoured. “Shaw said a man who fixed a lense on a front "headlight had cut his finger. That man will- testify he cut his thumb slightly and that It could not have bled more than a drop or two. “At no time has the defendant told possible, plausible or In any way believable stories. The evidence will show explanations he has given could not be true.’’ Scruples on Death Penalty? Two questions were uppermost In the examination. The one asked of every prospective Juror by William H. Remy, prosecutor, was whether the man being questioned had any scruples concerning capital punish (Continued on Pag* 11}