Indianapolis Times, Volume 37, Number 234, Indianapolis, Marion County, 30 January 1926 — Page 1

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VOLUME 37—NUMBER 234

JOHN SHAW FOUND NOT GUILTY

Jury Comes in After Deliberating Little More Than Hour Concludes Third Trial of Negro Accused of Murder. ACQUITTED MAN SAYS HE WILL STUDY LAW Plans to G oto Tennessee to Help Mother Rear Younger Brothers and Sisters— Crowd in Courtroom Applauds Verdict. By Rader Winget Times Stall Correspondent MARTINSVILLE, Ind., Jan. 30.—After a two-year legal battle for freedom, John Thomas Shaw, Indianapolis Negro, charged witfi murdering and robbing Mrs. Helen Hager Whelchel, was found not guilty by a jury in Morgan County Criminal Court at 1:30 p. m. today. About 300 persons in the courtroom, including women and girls, applauded when the verdict was read. Judge J. W. Williams rapped for order. Shaw, who was on trial for the third time, sat in 3ilence. He chewed gum vigorously during the morning. Will Study Law Shaw expects to take up the study of law. He will leave here for Tullahoma, Tenn., his mother’s home, where he will help rear younger brothers and sisters. “The company I kept on Ind ma Ave. at Indianapolis will never be my company again,” Shaw said. W. S. Henry, Negro, defense attorney, said a motion for new trial would have been filed if Shaw had been found guilty. Judson L. Stark, deputy Marks TW County prosecutor, did not ask death: penalty for Shaw in the closing argu-i ment for the State. Judge J. W." Williams gave instructions to tho ri jury shortly before noon. Woman Kidnapped . Sha w was on trial for the third time for brutally killing and robbing Mrs. Whelchel. The State charged he kidnapped her the night of Nov. 27, 1023, ds she alighted from a street car near her home 1858 Applegate St., Indianapolis. Mrs. Whelchel’s body was found on the Big Four railroad tracks near Ben Davis the following morning. Mrs. Whelchel’s jewelry was traced to Shaw through a pawn shop, according to detectives. Shaw said a watch and ring were given to him by “Hunkey John,” an acquaintance. Chemical analysis of straps from Shaw’s auto showed traces of human blood. Shaw claimed they were from a cut Anger of an auto mechanic. Decision Reversed Shau 'vas convicted and sentenced to the electric chair after the Arst trial In Marion Criminal Court. State Supreme Court reversed the decision. The jury failed to agree In the second trial in Morgan County Court, on a change of venue. He had been in jail here since. Francis M. Hager, father of Mrs. Whelchel, was in the courtroom when the jury returned the verdict. S. C. Kivet. chief defense counsel, made the final piea for Shaw Friday. He said the State's story was "far fetched.” All evidence points to a mysterious person wearing a long black coat standing near the street car from which Mrs. Whelchel alighted near her home, he said. UNWED MOTHER FACESCHARGE Doctors Declare 'Suitcase Baby’ Born Alive. Bv Times Special NEWCASTLE, Ind., Jan. 30.—A coroner’s jury today began Investigation of the death of the Infant daughter of Miss Marjorie Duffey, 19, unwed mother. A board of physicians found the child was bopi alive after the mother admitted she hid the body in a suitcase at the time of its birth, not knowing whether it was dead or alive. On the result of'the inquest will hang the question of whether the grand jury will be called Monday to indict the mother on murder charges. The suit case containing the .body was found concealed along a railroad track west of here. " Finds Tenant in Two Days THAT’S That. # . MBS. R. B. MABTTK 3267 College. DID with a • • • THREE line Want Ad IS The Time*. , |

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NEW HAPPINESS FOR BOY WITHOUT HANDS Francis Murray Will Be Fitted for Useful Work in the World—Professional Education Planned.

The thrill of being beside the mother he did not know still fre3h, Francis Murray, 16, today faced new happiness. Francis was brought from Houston, Texas, Wednesday night to his mother, Mrs. Margaret Murray Long, 434 W. Raymond St., from whom he separated by being placed in the In-

Dawes Is Taken to Task Again YPSTHE Vice President of the i I United States, Charles Q. I Dawes, was taken to task again by the No-Tobacco Ceague of America, 415 Occi dental Bldg., today through Charles M. Fillmore, executive ;ecretary, for his “negligence” in not promising to dump his upside-down pipe in the ash •an. Dawes told the Senate pages hey ought to “lay off” the weed. That was the league’s cue to ask him to "reinforce the splendid counsel with the power of his tremendous per sonal InAuence by making a New Year resolution not to use tobacco." “Hizzoner” Dawes acknowl edited receipt of the “courteous request,” but failed to make the requested promise. That caused Fillmore's reply: “Not for myself, but for the boys of America.”

SOLONSPREPARE FOR TAX BATTLE Real Fight on Bill to Start Late Today,, Bv United Press WASHINGTON, Jan. 30.—The real battle over the $352,661,000 Federal tax reduction bill was scheduled to begin in the Senate late today after the reading clerk disposes of the fifty unread pages of the measure. Bitter warfare will be waged on the floor over four important points of the bill In its present form: 1. Repeal of the Federal inheritance tax. 2. Repeal of the income tax publicity clause. 3. New lower surtax rates which reach a maximum of 20 per cent on $500,000 income compared with the present 40 per cent maximum. 4. Administrative changes, mostly in the functioning of the internal revenue bureau, recommended by the Couzens committee. The sporadic Rebate which has Interrupted the reading of the measure during the last two days has indicated that the fight will find some of the regulars with the Insurgents against the present bill. TRAPPED TUGS DRIFT No Fears Felt for Safety of Five Men. Bv United Press MUSKEGON, Mich., Jan. 30. Still locked in the ice of Lake Michigan, two fishing tugs, the Helen N and ' the Indian, with five men aboard, were reported by the Muskegon coast guard today drifting northward, but in no immediate danger. The fiv# reached shore yesterday, but went back to the tugs in an effort to save themIn addition to the two tugs, the Grand Trunk Railway car ferries Milwaukee and Grand Haven and the Goodricrtageansnortation Company steamer Alabama also were reported fast ;in likewise drifting

dianapolis Orphans Home when two and a half years old. The Times found Francis’ mother here after word had been received from Houston, Texas, early this month that he was calling for her from a hospital. Both his hands were blown off In an explosion. Francis’ new happiness lies In the knowledge he is to be educated for useful work in t|ie world. The Times ar l Indianapolis social agencies are at work for him. Przens of persons. known and unknown to Francis, havfe A way to utilize these offers will be announced later. The Public Health Nursing Association within a few days will have Francis’ maimed arms examined by an expert surgeon at Robert W. Long Hospital, to determine what type of artiAcial hands should be provided. These will be bought from the James E. Roberts memorial fund. While the hands are being properly Atted, a process which takes some time, the rehabilitation division of the State board of education will be planning for Francis* education. Francis wants to be educated for professional work. He was a freshmdh in New Washington, Ind., high school when he ran away to join a circus and started the wanderings ended in the explosion at Houston. With this educational start it in believed he can be trained for a position which will make him easily self-supporting. The State rehabilitation division can give Francis training in practically any line selected. STATEFARMERS PROSPER One Out of Eight Has Tractors, One Out of 22 Has Radios. Bv United Press WASHINGTON, Jan. 30.—One out of every eight Indiana farmers owned tractors in 1925, and one out of every twenty-two' owned radio sets, the department of commerce reported today. The number of tractors, 23,572, had almost tripled since 1920, when there were 9,230. The number of radios was 8,655, there being 193,000 farms in the state. CALLS JURORS ‘RATS’ Boy-Killer Convicted Screams Abuse In Court. Bv United Press CHICAGO, Jan. 30. Henry Pletrucha, 17, was found guilty of killing a huckster and sentenced to fourteen years imprisonment today. When the verdict -was read, the boy unloosed a torrent of abuse, screaming “rats’* at the jurors. ROAD VALUATION FIXED Bv United Press WASHINGTON. Jan. 30.—The Interstate commerce commission today placed a Anal valuation of $1,904,560 on the property of the Central Indiana Railway Company as of June 30, 1917.

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INDIANAPOLIS, SATURDAY, JAN. 30, 1926

By Clyde Byers I, i OR the Arst time in her life, 11 I ** r3, Helen Todd, 24, today 1.... ■ I had a “real” mother. But a sense of obligation prevented her from deserting her widowed foster mother, Mrs. Mary Garrity, 575 Vinton St. She working at the Real Silk Hosiery Mills to earn the money to pay off a SI,OOO mortgage on the “Widow” Garrity’s home at the foot of Vinton St., next to what is known as “Pork House Row.” Showed Court Records Mrs. Mildred Jones, Muncie, claimed Helen as her daughter and saw her for the first time in twentyfour years, Friday, and showed Probate Court records to prove her claim. “I am convinced Mrs. Jones is my mother,” said Helen. But Widow Garrity denied Helen was the daughter of Mrs. Jones. All her life Mrs. €LjTity has told Helen she was adopted from a New York orphan asylum. Helen grew to womanhood at 923 Meikel St. Her foster-father died a year ago October, shortly after the city bought their home for a park. The new home on V’lnton St. wasn’t paid for, so Helen started to work to make payments on the mortgage. Sho is divorced from her husband. Mrs. Jones offered Helen and her little boy, 7, a home, clothes, and the real thiqgs of life she always has hungered for. But, Helen though happy that she has found her mother, feels she owes Mary Garrity a debt. Mary told her she would commit Bulcide if she left her. To Be Friends So her mother, will just be her friend, and she's going to work to pay off the mortgage. It’s her uppermost thought, outside of getting her boy in the Riley Hospital. He is a paralytic. Helen was adopted from the Indianapolis Orphans Home by the Garrltys in 1902, according to the records. The Garrltys also had adopted two other children. Mrs. Garrity said Mrs. Jones' little girl, left at the orphan home shortly after her birth when Mrs. Jones’ former husband deserted her, died. Spaniards on Way to S. America Bu United Press PORT PRAIA, Cape Verde Islands. Jan. 30.—Commander Ramon Franco and Capt. Ruiz de Alba hopped off from here at 6:10 a. m. today, direct for the mainland of South America. The Blnsezo put out to sea to act as a relay ship for communications from Franco, picked up a radiogram from him at 12:20 p. m. saying that he was proceeding without incident. The “Columbus of the Air,” seeking to be the Arst Spaniard successfully to Ay from Spain to Buenos Aires, hopes to make the 1,700-mile stretch to Pernambuco without stop.He is prepared to land on the tiny islet of Famando deNoronha, about 275 miles off the Brazilian coast if his fuel runs low^ GRAND OPERA BOOKED Manhattan Company Will Appear at English’s Feb. 15-16. To meet the demand for grand opera, A. F. Miller, manager of English’s, has booked the Manhattan Opera Company with its Arst line artists for two appearances at Eng lish's Feb. 15 and 16. "The two operas to be presented will be selected after I have conferred with musical leaders of the city,” Miller staUd. ONE DIES hTfREAK BLAST Seven Hurt, Three Buildings Barn in Fire. 3v United Press EAST PITTSBURGH, Pa,, Jan. 30. —One man was killed amd seven persons injured here today when a freak gas explosion caused a fire destroying three buildings. Loss was $150,000.

15 SCHOOL EMPLOYES DISMISSED Ousting By Assistant Built - ings and Grounds Head. SEVEN ARE PAINTERS 'Efficiency’ Given As Reason for Move. Dismissal of fifteen school board employes by Carl W Eurton, assistant buildings and grounds superintendent, was announced today by Jacob H. Hilkene, superintendent. Eurton said he made the dismissals to improve efficiency of the school maintenance force, according to Hilkene. Carl Lursh. head custodian of Technical High School, was among those discharged. Roy Harmon was named in his place at a salary of $l7O a month. Larsh had received $l5O a month. Matron Ousted Mrs. Julia Wynn, Technical High School matron, and Minnie Casey, Central Library Bldg., janitress, also were ousted. Four electricans discharged were Paul Haupt, John KlOtz, George Larrijir, and Sherman Peabody. Eugene Slate was appointed temporarily as electrlcan to do the work of all four, it was said. Seven painters dismissed were: John Stuck, Martin Hops, Andrew Ingraham, Harrison Howard, William Lauer. and Russell Nivitt. Painters Named appointed were: L - An-< derson, Amos Phelps, A. and J. K. Long. James Moriarity was discharged as second engineer at Technical High School by Eurton, Friday. T. B. Everett was appointed to take the place of Jess Stone, engineer at the Central Library, who will succeed Moriarity at the high school. Herman’s Hen Is Religious Bv Times Special NOBLE 3VILLE, Ind., Jan. 30.—Herman Hunter has a hen which he believes is religious. He says she does not work on the Sabbath. She has been laying every otl er day since Thanksgiving, but never on Sunday. When Sunday Is the regular day for her to perform her duty, she either lays the day before or the day after. JURY RETURNS GUILTY VERDICT Michael Hayes to Be Sentenced Monday. Michael Hayes, 19, of 1226 English Ave., charged with murdering George Drayoes, was found guilty of manslaughter by a jury today. Drayoes, a neighbor, was fatally wounded by Hayes, who struck him with a club when he found him taking a bottle of milk from the Haye% porch, the State charged. Hayes will be sentenced Mbnday. Ira M. Holmes, defense attorney, indicated he will appeal. Bond was fixed at $5,000 by Criminal Judge James A. Collins. CORN SUGAR APPROVED Senate Places It on Same Level As Beet Product. Bu Untted Press WASHINGTON, Jan. 30.—The Senate approved without objection an amendment to the pure food act to remove the discrimination against corn and fruit sugar, placing those sugars on the same level with beet sugar. CAPITAL TAX RECALLED Senate to Reconsider Vote to Repeal House Levy. Bu United Press WASHINGTON, Jan. 30. The Senate t6day agreed to reconsider its action of yesterday in apnroving the Senate Finance Committee’s recommendation for repeal of the corporations’ capital stock tax. The House adopted a tax of $1 for every SI,OOO of capital stock. The Anance committee repealed the tax, but today’s agreement to reconsider indicated that the tax might be restored. HOURLY TEMPERATURE 6 a. m...... 39 10 a. 43 7 a. m 40 llpa. m 45 S a. m 40 12 (noon) .... 47 9 a. 40 1 p. m ~... 50

BLAST RIVER IN HUNT FOR TALL

Missing Official of City Sought ' ' ' **" H. Houston Tall, assistant parks superintendent, absent from home since Tuesday.

ORDINANCE ON COURTHOUSE IS NOT RATIFIED Three of Four Councilmen Present Will Not Approve ls?ue. The county commissioners’ plans for a remodeled courthouse met a snag today when the county council killed an ordinance asking authority for a $500,000 bond issue to cover all lemodeling costs. Only four of the seven councilmen met, and it required the approval of all present before the ordinance could be ratiAed. Three councilmen said they would not indorse any appropriation for improvement until they have something deAnite to show what the money was for. Charles O. Dodson, councilman, said he was back of the commissioners for any improvements. The council approved a $2,500 appropriation for services of an architect. Plans of Robert Frost Daggett, architect, submitted to commissioners, were not presented. Councilman John E. Shearer was the most outspoken member against the commissioner’s Ilians. Cassius L. Hogle, commissioner, informed Shearer that what the commissioner’s want is to get the best at the least cost. The council approved a $350,000 appropriation for new buildings and equipment at Sunnyside Tuberculosis Sanatarium. An appropriation for $200,000, county’s balance in flood prevention work was also passed. Temporary loan of $200,000 for 1926 taxes was Indorsed. INJURED MAN IS QUESTIONED Detectives Seek Motive in Mysterious Attack. Detectives Rugnstein and John White, at city hospital, today questioned G. A. Clary, 70. of 20 N. Drexel Ave., merchant policeman, found at Illinois and Washington Sts., Wednesday night, suffering from head injuries he said he received in a fall. Officers tried to connect him with the mysterious attack on Leo Gipprich, 25, of 3134 N. Illinois St., in the coal bin of his basement. Gipprich said he wrested an iron pipe from the intruder and struck him on the head. Mrs. Gipprich, 26, in county Jail in default of a high bond, refused to give information about a letter officers found on Clary. Police sought the typewriter on which the letter was written. FARMERS NAME HOOSIER Pleasant Lakes Man on Agricultu ral Committee. Bn United Press DES MOINES, lowa, Jan. 30. The corn area agriculture committee named by the interstate committee of farmers planned to set up legislation plans which is designed to plaoe agriculture on a parity with other business. The committee has decided to establish headquarters in Chicago, with possibly a bureau in Washington. George Peek of Moline, 111., was appointed permanent chairman; Waif red Lindstrom, Pleasant Lakes, Ind., treasurer.

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Police Clear Away Ice Before Dragging Waters for Body of City Official, Absent From Home Since Tuesday—Auto Found. Police this afternoon dynamited the ice along the banks of White River, west of College Ave., seeking to solve the mysterious disappearance of H. Huston Tall, 50, of 43 W. Thirtieth St., assistant city parks superintendent, absent from home since Tuesday. After blasting the ice, Police Sergeant William Paulsell, brother-in-law of Tall, ordered that the river be dragged, saying that he feared Tail’s body would be found in the water. City. Recreation Director Edward E. Mcßride also sent a group of recreation department employes to search the river banks and adjacent territory. The missing man’s abandoned automobile was found early Friday by deputy sheriff’s a block west of the College Ave. bridge on the south bank of the river. George Dokes, Sixty-Seventh St., and Lagoon Park, and Lester Jackson, a neighbor of Dokes, said they saw Tall drive into the wooded section near the river about 2 p. m. Tuesday. They were working on the Union Traction tracks, close by. In Police Boat Capt. Fred Drlnkutt sent Motorpolicemen Kelch and Devault of Subtation 5 in the police boat to drag the rivtr on Paulsell’s request. At the place where the auto was found there is a considerable undercurrent. The river was searched for about twenty-Ave yards downstream,, without results. Grappling hooks were used. Paulsell, with police and deputy sheriffs, late Friday searched the banks of the stream near where the auto was found, but found nothing. City parks and recreation department employes advanced the theory that Tall had been robbed, and perhaps killed. Tall was accustomed to carry several hundred dollars on his person, they said, and although he had been having trouble with his teeth for about a year, had no motive to end his life. Tall is said to have known Chris Braun, proprietor of a poolroom at 121 W. Sixteenth St. Braun was alleged to have given bribes to policemen, and when charges against them were heard before the board of safety, Tall was called as a witness. He did not testify, however. This is said to have made him despondent. Tall wore a S4OO diamond, it was said, bolstering the robbery theory R. Walter Jarvis, parks superintendent, said he last saw Tall early Tuesday, when he insisted that Tall take a vacation. He said he had urged Tall to take an automobile trip, and that when Tall left Tuesday "he said he was going on a vacation, but did not state how or where he would go. Jarvis doubted the eport of Herher Wald, secretary to Fire Chief Jesse Hutseil, to police that Wald saw Tall about 11 a. m. Friday leaving city hall. William Hoyes, 226 E. Twelfth St., said he saw the missing man walking at Thirtieth and Delaware Sts. a’'out 10:30 a. m. Friday. Jarvis said that P. F. T.. , a brother, closely resembles the n. is lng man, and probably was mistaken for him. Hunting Boulder Jarvis said Tall had been see...ng a large boulder on which to set a bronze tablet for the Hilton U. Brown Memorial Park at E. Washington St. and Pleasant Run Blvd. The missing man, although on a vacation, might have been hunting for a suitable boulder near where his car was found, and been attacked, robbed and murdered, he said. Police said that condition of the snow around the abandoned machine indicated it had been there since Tuesday. Request of Paulsell that the river be dragged was the Arst official report to police that Tall was missing, Pollcowomon Leona Foppiano, of the missing persons bureau said. Family Notified Members of the family were notified Friday of the finding of the auto by Sheriff Omer Hawkins. Mrs. Paulsell, wife of Sergeant Paulsell, said she last saw Tall about 10 a. m Tuesday. Tall had been an employe of the park board for twen ty-elght years. He was regarded as one of the best horticulturists in this section of the couhtry. Under his direction the beautiful sunken gardens at Garfield Park, were developed. NO LICENSES; ARRESTED, Thirteen persons were arrested by police Friday on charges of failure to have city licenses. Officers say city license fees were due Jan. 1. The auto license expiration date is Feb. 15, and arrests of who do not have 19505 plateaAai hot be made until thJn. BH

Forecast RAIN probably tonight and Sunday; temperature tonight above freezing; colder Sunday.

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BANDIT SHOOTS MAN WHILE IN ‘LITTLEGAME’ Greencastle Grain Dealer Is Wounded—Several Arrested. Dehnis Curran, 39, Greencastle, Ind., grain dealer, Is at Methodist Hospital today near death after having been shot Friday night, according to police, by one of two hold-up men at a gambling game at 320 E. Vermont St. William Wells, 42, of that address is held at city prison on a vagrancy charge. Curran has been stopping at the Brevort Hotel. According to the story told by John Partlow, 53, of 126 E. Pratt St., who took Curran to the hospital, several men met at the Winston poolroom, 225 N. Illinois St., and later went to the Vermont St. address. Partlow Is said to have been the gamekeeper and owner of the faro bank gambling outfit found In his auto near the hospital. Two men are said to have entered the house and ordered all the players to put up their hands quickly. When Curran was slow In raising his hards, one of the men shot him, the bullet striking him on the right cheek bone and coming out on the other side of his face. Hospital authorities fear a fractured skull. After shooting Curran, the bandit Is said to have searched the players, taking SIBO from Walter Alexander, Belmont Hotel; SSO from Gordon Duckworth. Apt. 1, 421 E. Pratt St., and between $25 and SSO from Part low, according to their stories to Lieutenant Dean and squad. These men, with a number of others, were arrested. CHARGE BUSSES RACE ON ROADS Commission May Take Drastic Action. Charges that competing motor bus lines, on the same schedules ami roads, are in the habit of racing, are to bo included in a report to the public service commission next week by George Hutseil, motor bus examiner. Some time ago it was reported some bus drivers were disregarding speed laws in thqir haste to pick up passengers at rural stops. Motorists said they were forced from the roadway when busses raced side by side. Asa result of the complaints Hutsell was directed to make a survey. It was indicated drastic action may be taken by the commission. U. S. NOTIFIES LEAGUE WiU Participate in Preparatory Disarmament Commission. Bv United Press GENEVA, Jan. 30.—The United States today ofilcially notified the League of Nations that she will participate in the work of the forthcoming session of the preparatory disarmament commission. BERLIN, Jan. 30.—Germany in tends to send to Geneva Wednesday or Thursday her application for membership in the League of Nations. Dispatch of the note will follow the Wednesday session of the Rilchstag foreign relations comniltt. . BUREAU WILL MEET Letter Business Bureau officers wU.’ i)b elected by directors Feb. 26 it w.s announced today by Manager T. M. Overly. Announcement followed the annual meeting of the bu reau Thursday at which three direct ors, whoso terms expired, were re elected and Cornelius Holloway nnd Herbert G. Power was selected us new directors. FLftPPEB FANNYseyy C >*2 sv MA KMVKC. INC\ J I ... ■ Many a well-bred fellow loaf*.