Indianapolis Times, Volume 35, Number 308, Indianapolis, Marion County, 8 May 1924 — Page 12

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AGED MEN TAKE PART IN LOTTERY , TO KILL HERMIT Village Recluse Believed Evil Influence, Slain, Man Confesses, ry .YEA Service LOS OLIVOS. Cal., May B.—lt was a job for old folk, for old men edging toward the grave Into which they were to blast a superannuated ne'ghbor. Such, according to confession and a triple murder charge, was the decision of patriarchs of this little town when they assembled and conspired to annihilate the village smith, hated and feared recluse, about whom had grown a dark, medieval legend of menace. Three elders, leading citizens of Los Olivos, are awarfting trial at Santa Barbara, for the death of J. J. McGuire. 75. in the dynamiting of his hermitage last December. Accused Are Wealthy The accused are W. F. Crawford, 70, and Taylor Downs. 75, wealthy ranchers, and the latter’s son, William H. Downs. 52. postmaster. Arrests w’ere made only recently when Harvey Stonebarger staggered the totvn by confessing, According to District Attorney Clarence Ward, that he and the trio facing trial had planned the death of McGuire following a lethal lottery in which many oldsters had participated. He confirmed his story at the preliminary hearing, securing State's evidence immunity. Supporting testimony revealed a strange tale of village fury and repeated nocturnal debate by community leaders on how they might eliminate thei{- execrated townsman, whose gloomy eye. they, charged, fell too often upon the women and children. The aged smithy had become a dread. He lived alone in a little hut at the edge of town. Irascible, eccentric, with the sulphurous glow of his forge, his rheumy eyes blazed with evil portent, so the village gossip went. Feared as an Ogre Women spoke of how McGuire had molested them, using profanity and' threats. Children whimpered of having been frightened. Some of these children in turn indulged that fearful nagging of those they mark for ogres, so like the harassment of witches in j elder times. Attempts were made to persuade him out of town. He, feeling himself the abused, would not go. On one occasion, according to residents, he threatened to kill Postmaster Downs and his family, flourishing a pistoi. That got him ninety days in jail for disturbing the peace. Again his smithy bellows hissed defiance, and to the knell of hammer on anvil gossip fanned’ the civic fury anew. With nothing to lay a legal finger upon, the town's patriarchs determined to sit in grim judgment upon him. A death lottery was called. The citizen gettihg the fatal slip was to shoot McGuire, so Stonebarger's confession ran. Young men were excluded. This was no time for hot adolescent passions, but for the grave deliberation of senescense. But the very timors of age frustrated the lottery. The man elected told his wife, and she would let him shoot. There was an interval of a month. A smaller number of elders, moved by a weird sense of sacrifice for the public good, lit the fuse of hatred. McGuire groaned a name as he lay dying in the debris of his shack —a clew which led to the recent arests.

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A Puzzle a Day •* • . * * • • ****•• The stars shown above are to be replaced with letters, thus forming a “word triangle’’ which must fulfill the following conditions: Any single letter may be used instead of the uppermost star. The second line must form a three-letter word which is reversible (such .as “eve,” “bib,” etc.). The third line must form a five-letter word which is reversible;, the fourth line a seven-letter word which is reversible. And the vertical line in the center (formed by the large stars) must spell a word, when read from top to bottom. Yesterday’s answer: The remarkable reversible number is 11: It may be read from either end, and is the same, 11 times 11 gives 121 —another reversible number. 121 times 11 produces 1,331 —also revers ible, 1,331 times 11 makes a total of 14,641 — reversible. Match your Coat and Vet with a pair of our fine Dreaa Troueera, •2.97 to %Q. 97. Car. ft. Wash, and Dataware tea, A New* and Better Store Reputation for fair dealing, deusodafeia merchandise and reasonable prises ku made ns one of the best known Jewelry concerns in the city. Yon will find as a good firm to do bae!> aess with; always reliable and always with the most dependable Jewelry at tbs lowest possible prices. Gray, Gribben & Gray lil >OETH ILLINOIS STREET Wo Trust Anyone Who Worka

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STEADY SHOOTING WINS CLOSE RAGE Kenard Ong Victor in Contest at No. 45. Some real marble players turned out at school No. 45 Wednesday. Riley Shuttleworth, 2251 N. New Jersey St., had no trouble in winning from the contestants entered with him in one of the games. Kenard Ong, 2361 Park Ave., had quite a little trouble in eliminating the boys in the other game. The finale was a thriller. Riley coming from behind to tie with Kenard after it seemed that he was out of it. But steady playing finally won the game for Kenard. The two near the end of the game were tied, with six ducks each. Both were undecided as to which ”'"J the

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CIGARS and CIGARETTES No need to go bargain hunting—just get the habit of shopping at Hook’s. Hook’s daily prices on cigars and cigarettes are the lowest ever offered in Indianapolis.

2 for 25c La Fendrich, El Producto, Dutch Master, La Palina, and other regular 2 for 25c q cigars i/C 8c Cinco, Denby, San Felice, Vincello, Lincoln Highway, Detroit Hand Made and other 8c cigars 0C

50c Tube of Maglac Tooth Paste and 50c Dr. West’s Tooth Brush

Clippers for Bobbed Heads, $1.29 These clippers give satisfactory results. They cut down to a thirty-second of an inch. Aided by these, mother could clip the itiddies heads and be saved the trying weekly trip to the barber shop. Barber's Shears 85<£

Every Woman Enjoys a Perfumerizer The De Vilbis lends enchantment to the dressing table. It stands up gracefully, sparkling daintiness from its glinting cutglass. A perfumerizer filled with her favorite scent would make a most acceptable Mother’s Day gift.

Arlys Lilas, bulk perfume, 1 oz Sj>l.2s Cappi, bulk perfume, 1 oz $1.95 Riguads Lilac, bulk perfume, Vz oz $1.50 Mary Garden, bulk perfume, Yz oz $1.19 Coty’s Chypre, bulk perfume, i/t Gardenglo, bulk perfume, oz.. ..•••**••.sl.2t> Colgate’s, bulk perfume, 1 oz SI.OO Azurea, bulk perfume, 1 oz...** 98<^ Treko, bulk perfume. 1 oz -98^ Blue Moon, bulk perfume, 1 oz ; .60^ Un-Air-Embaume, bulk perfume, Vz 0z..... .SI.BO Three Flowers, bulk perfume, 3 oz ...$1.20 Cntr'w Paris, bulk perfume, oz $1.55 Mavis, bulk perfume, 1 oz $1.25 Locust Blossom, bulk perfume, 1 or.— ...* 850 Jicky, bulk perfume, 1 oz $1.75 Palmer’s, bulk perfume, 1 oz 650 Floraymu, bulk perfume, 1 o* £*Bo

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Telling the Old Story of Satisfaction The glasses I got of you are perfectly satisfactory in every way. I cheerfully recommend you to others. Mrs. John Casey, 1125 E. Pratt St t EXAMINATION FREE

Dependable Drugs Are Cut Priced 1 here sno need to shop for your drug store needs. Go directly to Hook’s—the cut price is frequently lower, never higher, than elsewhere. \ou can always rely on Hook’s quality merchandise and courteous, prompt service.

A —soc Abbott's Saline •CV. Laxative 390 $2 Abbott’s Sal Lithia..sl.29 SI.OO Albolene Liquid ...740 SI.OO Alcorub 600 $1.25 Aletris Cordial ...$1.09 75c. Analgesique Baume Bengue 590 —51.20 Benetol Ointment 890 60c Bisurated Magnesia Powder 490 35c Bismuth Formic lodide 190 SI.OO Blood Iron Phosphate 840 25c Blue Jay Bunion Plasters 190 50c Boracetine 390 $3.75 Borden’s Malted Milk $2.98 C— 35c Cadum Ointment 270 $1.25 Cadomene Tablets.. 980 35c Calocide Compound. .290 25c Calomel 'Tablets, • any size *. . 100 35c Castoria, Fletcher's. .290 $1.25 Cardiol Tablets ....980 $1.60 Oarlsbad Sprudel Salts 980 —3sc D. D. D. Eczema Remedy 290 30c Dilaxin 190 60c Dioxygen 490 —3oo Eagle Eye Salve 240 50c Eatonic 390 $1.50 Eckman’s Alterative $1.39 $1.25 Enos Fruit Salt 85c 75c Essence Mentholaxene 540 —7sc Fairchild's Essence Pepsin, 4 0z5.450 SLOO Fairy Foot Bunion Plasters 870 $1.50 Fruitola $1.19

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Lowney’s Mother’s Day Package, $1 An appropriate sentiment on the box wrapper—which will endear the candy many times more to her as a Mothers Day gift. Pound Package, Priced SI.OO Bunte’s Violet Heart Boxes, 98c Another supply of these violet heart boxes —filled with the most tempting chocolates of Bunte’s creation. Very charming gift box.

Fresh Strawberry Cream Special, 49c Red, ripe strawberries, delicious and fresh, are combined with rich vanilla cream —and a layer of French vanilla. On sale at all Hook’s stores Friday afternoon, from 4:00 to 6:30 o’clock. 4

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G— 60c Garfield Tea ...420 25c Garfield Headache Powders 190 75c Gentry Brothers- Mange Remedy 490 75c Glycotanphene 590 65c Glyco Thymoline ....45 e —3sc Hand’s Infant Remedies 290 35c Harper’s Headache Remedy 290 60c H. H. H. Liniment.. .430 25c Hill’s Cascara Quinine 190 SI.OO Horlick’s Malted Milk 690 I— $1.00 Indian Herb Tablets 740 50c lodex Ointment 390 J— 85c Jad Salts 69c 30c Jayne's Expectorant 240 60c Jacques Little Wonder Caps 540 —soc Kellogg's Tasteless Castor Oil, 7-0z....390 30c Kemp's Balsam 240 60c Kennedy’s Healing Ointment .... 490 60c King’s New Discovery 490 L— 30c Lane's Family Tea 220 $1.25 Leohnard’s Hemroids 880 25e Laxapirin (Morse's). .190 600 Lavorls 390 500 Limestone Phosphate.39o 500 Listerine 390 750 Lloyd s Llbradol 340 —7sc McCoy’s Cod Liver Oil Tablets 540 50c Mentholatum 390 30c Miles’ Anti-Pain Pills. 190 50c Miles’ Catarrh Jelly.. .420 650 Miller’s Antiseptic Snake Oil 490

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ARE YOU BALD? YOU NEED NOT BE? Falling Hair, Dandruff and Itching Scalp are DANGER SIGNALS OF COMING BALDNESB Let Us Save Your Hair! BY COMBATING THESE DANGERS WE PREVENT BALDNESS as well as REGROW BALD HEAD WITH REAL HAIR. DO YOl DOIBT? Come up to our office and we will SHOW YOL WITH IN DIANAI’OLLIS EVIDENCE You don’t WANT TO BE BALD and YOU DON’T NEED TO BE. OUR GUARANTEE

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25c Morse’s IndPTr Root Pills 190 $1.25 Mother's Friend 890 60c Munyon’s Remedies. .430 —6oc Parisian 5age...490 SI.OO Peruna at Hook’s 740 Peterson’s Ointment ....490 30c Petit’s Eye Salve 240 50c Phillips’ Milk of Magnesia 390 65c Pinex for 490 —Red Raven Splits ..150 SI.OO Rheuma f0r...740 35c Ripan’s Tablets 290 60c Robinson Patent Barley 490 35c Rocky Mountain Tea.29o S— $1.40 Sal Hepatica ..790 25c Salinos 190 30c Salugen 240 SI.OO Sal Vitae 740 75c San Oral 590 25c Schoeufeld's Tea ..... 190 70c Sloan's Linament ....490 35c St. Jacob’s Oil 290 35c Steero Bouillon Cubes 280 SI.OO S. S. S. Tonic for.. .670 75c Sulpherb Tablets 590 \rp-sftc Trent s Eucalyptus Compound 39<* $1.50 Trysogen Tablets. $1.49 60c Turpo Ointment 480 —6oc Unguentine Ointment, In tubes . ...39< —6oc Vapo Cresoltne Liquid 490 $1.25 Veracolate Tablets (100s) 980 30c Vick's Salve 23r SI.OO Vitamon Tablets ...85 0 —sl.oo Wampola’s Cod Liver Oil 740 —soo Zonlta, S ounces 390 76c Zhonglva 590