Indianapolis Times, Volume 38, Number 111, Indianapolis, Marion County, 14 August 1926 — Page 3

AUG. 14, 1926

STATE PLANS FOR TRIAL OF TRIO IN HALL JILLS CASE ‘Pig Woman’ Identifies Brother £nd Cousin Under Oath. Bn United Press SOMERVILLE, N. J.. Aug,. 12. With an eye-witness description of the Hall-Mills murder, given under oath, the State today was building up a case which it expects will re suit in a trial of the accused slayers of the clergyman and his choirsinger sweetheart. The three persons held on charges of murder—Mrs. Frances Stevens Hall; Willie Stevens, her brother, and Henry Carpender, her cousin —were accused in court Friday of having been present when the Rev. Edward W. Hall and'Mrs. Eleanor Mills were murdered under a tree on the Phillips farm near new Brunswick on the night of Sept. 14, 1922. Mrs. Jane Gibson, the “pig woman,’’ who was passing the scene on the night of the murder from her nearby pig farm, pointed to Stevens and Carpender and swore that she [saw them there. Then she swore she saw Mrs. Hall, after the muntfr, bending over the clergyman's baby, wringing her hands and weeping. Stevens and "fcarpender were held without bail in the county jail here today, pending resumption of the preliminary hearing before Judge Cleary, which was" adjourned late yesterday until Monday. Mrs. Hall was at her home, where she has been staying since her release on $15,000 bail. Robert H. McCarter, attorney for the Hall family, said he would not bring habeas corpus proceedings for the release of Stevens and Carpender until after the preliminary hearing. Then, as in the case of Mrs. Hall, he expects to apply to Chief Justice Gummere of the New Jersey Supreme Court for an order admitting them to bail. Special Prosecutor Simpson also announced Friday that the missing records, including the testimony of original witnesses, had been recovered.

QUIZ BEGUN IN WRECK; SIX DIE Defective Rail Blamed— Pickle Plant Struck. i Bn United Prct* 1 RIVERHEAD, L. 1., Aug. 14. Official inquiry was begun today into the wreck of the Shelter Island Express of the Long Island Railroad, in which six persons were killed and fifteen injured at Calverton, L. 1., Friday night. A defec-. tive switch is believed to have been the cause. More than four hundred New Tork commuters were aboard. Two engines and two forward cars jumped the track. A Pullman car and a combination smoking and baggage car plunged into a pickle factory alongside the tracks. Mrs. George A. Schuford of Biltmore, N. C., whose two children were killed, was pinned under the Pullman for five hours before rescuers with acetylene porches freed her. She died in a hospital today. One of the victims was Joseph C. Wicknick, employe of the pickle factory. The crash caused a pickle barrel to fall on him. ANOTHER STICKY ONE Humidify High and Temperature Above Normal in City. Another sticky day, with humidity, or moisturs in the air, registering 93 per cent, greeted Indianapolis this morning. The temperature, which ■was 74 at 7, was 6 degrees above normal. Showers may fajl this evening, but should be followed by fair | weather Sunday, according to Meteporologist J. H. Armington' of the United States weather bureau. Slightly lower temperature is expected. Rain here Friday and Friday night totalled 16 of an inch. The fall was much heavier in some localities of this area, Lafayette reporting 4.23 irches. FAIR ENTRIES TO CLOSE Tuesday Last Day—Mayor Pledges City’s Cooperation. Entries in alt departments of the Indiana State fair close next Tuesday afternoon, E. J. Barker, secre-tary-treasurer of the State board of agriculture, announced today. Members of the board were congratulated for their part in making the fair "one of the best institutions in the United States,” in a letter received from Mayor. Duvall. Duvall pledged cooperation of the city in the coming fair. ADAMS BEFORE CLASS Former Teacher to Address Christian Men Builders Sunday. Claris Adams, former leader of the Christian Men Builders, of the Third Christian Church Sunday school, will address that organization Sunday morning. Adams was forced to relinquish his position as leader of this class when he moved to St. Louis. Miss Margaret Wheeler, harpist, furnish special music. YOUTH DIES IN CRASH 811 United Press BEDFORD, Ind., Aug. 14.—Funeral arrangements were being made today for Vinson Walls, 20, Bedford high school graduate who was fatally Injured when his motorcycle crashed into an auto her*.

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Miss Ruth Hicks has been selected to represent Terre Haute in the American beauty pageant and contest at Walnut Gardens Sunday afternoon. Girls from Indiana, Illinois and Ohio are to participate for jjje honor of being'the beauty queen of the Middle West. Those entered arrived here this morning. Their headquarters are at the Sheffield Inn. 928 N. Pennsylvania St. They N were guests at a luncheon there, which was followed by a parade through downtown streets. They will be of Carl Freyn, owner of Walnut Gardens, tonight. The Police and Firemen’s Band will play during the pageant Sunday. The girl to represent Indianapolis in the contest will be selected Sunday.

Mastodon Battle Ages Ago Revealed Bn United Press COLUMBUS. Ohio. Aug. 14—A death battle of two mastodons more than two hundred and fifty centuries ago was pictured in retrospect today by officials of Ohio State archeological and historical museum who visited the scene of the valuable scientific find nean Newark. The skeletons of the -two monsters. now extinct, were found by James V. Bailey when he began digging a hole in a recently drained swamp land to bury two hogs. The skeletons are those of prehistorical monsters, H. R. Goodwin, registrar of the museum, said unequivocally. “There is the tusk of one projecting into some vertebrae which probably belongs to another mastodon Imbedded in the soil. Evidently the mastodons met on this marshy soil and fought. One gored the other with his tusks. They both' fell in the mire and died.” COUNTY EMPLOYES WIN Courthouse, City Hall Personnel Enjoy Picnic at Park, The courthouse and city hall personnel today limped to work after a hard day’s play, at the Marion County and city hall picnic at Broad Ripple Park. ficials, employes and families attended the event under direction of Luther Tex. road superintendent, and assistants. A picnic dinner was served. Jack Douglas, county assessor, was captain of a team which won the tug-of-war from a city hall delegation headed by George G. Schmidt, city engineer. A chase to capture a greased pig ertded with Connell Sutton, son of Charles Sutton, commissioner president, as winner. Gone, but Not Forgotten Automobiles reported stolen to police belong to: Clay North, Pittiboro, Ind., (Ford), from Capitol Ave. and Market St. M. S. Finley. 134 E. Twenty-Sec-ond St. (Chevrolet, M 573), from 527 W. Thirtieth St. Jesse Norman, 1151 S. St (Ford, 536-355), from Pershing Ave. and Michigan St. Nick Schmidt. 514 N. Temple Ave. (Ford, 620 200), from Morris and Meridian Sts. BACK HOME AGAIN Automobiles reported found by police belong to: Donald Swalls, Lebanon, Ind. (Oakland), at Michigan and East St.s * George Ellis, 610 E. Market St. (Essex), at Alfebama and North Sts. George Briknell, 1708 Ashland Ave. (Ford), near that address. MORE BANK INDICTMENTS /?/ T'nitcd Press ATLANTA, Ga., Aug. 14.—Additlonal indictments are expected soon to follow the one returned by the Fulton County grand jury -late yesterday against W. D. dent of the Defunct Bankers Trust Company, charging that he became fraudulently insolvent. BORDER CLASH REPORTED Bn United Press • ATHENS, Aug. 14.—A report has been received here that a band of twenty Bulgarians crossed the Jugoslav frontier and clashed with Jugoslav gendarmes. One gendarme was killed, according to the report. FAMILY REUNION SUNDAY Members of the Sanders and Yeager fantilies will hold their annual reunion Sunday in Garfield Park. Dinner will be served at 11:30 a. m.. while a band concert is sched. uled for 3 p. m. THREE DROWN AT CLEVELAND Bn United Press CLEVELAND, Ohio, Aug. 14 Three drownlngs and one Cleveland heat death accompanied tjie high temperatures Which prevailed In northern Ohio, yesterday, ,

TWO PERISH IN AUTO ACCIDENT; TOLL MAY BE 3 Indianapolis Sisters in Martinsville Hospital After Triple Crash. Ruby* 15, and Ella Farmer, 18, Indianapolis sisters, were fighting for their lives in Memorial Hospital at Martinsville today, with recovery of the older girl doubtful. Meanwhile, the bodies of their brother. Cheater Farmer, 20, of 468 N. Warman Ave., a friend apd Charles Southard, 31. of 529 N. Lynn St., were brought home for burial. Killed Instantly The men were killed Instantly, the girls critically hurt, and Walter (Doc.) Southard of the Lynn St. address slightly injured, near midnight, in a triple automobile accident on State Rd. 22, near Martinsville. “Lee Van Hook, 19, anothet-passenger in their car escaped uninjured. * Severe head injuries were suffered by Rubs and Ella Farmer. Bound for Kentu/ky The six had started for Somerset, Ky„ to bring the Southard boys’ mother to Indianapolis for a visit. Attempting to pass a machine on a steefP grade. Southard's car collided head-on with a third auto, approaching from the opposite direction. The Impact of the crash hurled the Southern ca f against the machine it was attempting to pass. All three automobiles were damaged beyond repair. Farmer and Charles Sduthard, sitting In the front seat, were dead when pulled from the wreckage. Their necks were broken.

JULY BUILDING TOTAjJLUMPS State Figure Less Than for June—Gain Over 1925. The State of Indiana had $13,267,500 In contracts for new building and engineering work during July, a decrease of 6 per cent from June, to the F. W. Dodge Corporation. However, the July figure exceeded July of last year by 54 per cent. July’s construction record for Indiana • contained the following important classes of work: $3,615,700. or 27 per cent of all construction, for public works and utilities: $3,224,960, or 24 per cent, for residential buildings; $2,750,900, or 20 per cent, for educational buildings; sl.129,000, or 9 per cent, for social and recreational projects; $1,103,400, or 8 per cent, tor commercial buildings; $666,000, or 5 per cent, for public buildings, and $433,500, or 3 per cent, for industrial buildings. A total of $74,501,000 worth of new construction was started In the State during the first seven months of this year, compared with SBO.601.860 in the corresponding period of 1925, the decline being 8 per cent. MASONS’ PICNIC TODAY Center Lodge Members to Gather At Broad Ripple Park. Members of Center Lodge No. 23, F. and A. M-, with their families, were to picnic this afternoon and evening at Broad Ripple TWfk. The program consists of stunts, races and contests. A basket dinner is to he served at 6 o'clock. Charles P. Balz Is chairman of the picnic committee, William F. Werner of children's entertainment and Earl M. Nelson of the stunt committee. WESTON IsIoUNdTgAIN Aged Hiker Discovered by New York Policeman, flv United Press BROOKLYN, N. Y., Aug. 14. Edward' s Payson Weston, the oncefamous walking champion, was found in the street by a policeman today exhausted. Weston, who is 88, was reported missing by his relatives after he left Philadelphia Thursday, by bus for New York,

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Above: Charles Southard, 529 N. Lynn St., killed in a triple automobile crash near Martinsville Friday night. Below: Ella Farmer (left) 18, and Ruby Fanner, 15, both of 468 N. Warman Ave., who were seriously injured in the crash.

FIVE YOUTHS FACE HOLD-UP CHARGES Partially Admit Guilt Say They Had Been Drinking. Five youths, ranging in age from i 15 to 20, partially admitting their j guilt, were held today charged with J holding up and robbing Charles Eiklor of Frankfort. Ind , early Monday at Michigan Rd. and Kessler Blvd. Eiklor told police the youths topped him. asking to borrow ; gasoline and that when he alighted they pointed revolvers at him stATe SBO and his watch, and drove away. The boys said they had been out drinking beer with Eiklor and that when He became intoxicated they took him to their camp, near Michigan Rd. and Kessler Blvd., and robbed him. Each denied holding him up. The boys gave their names as: Harold Smith. J 7. of 1117 W. ThirtySecond St : FoM Woodard, ’ 20, of 1266 W. Thirty-Fifth St.: Russell Talbott, 15, of yil4 W. Thirty-Fourth St.; Russell Kyger, 17. of 1166 W. Thirty-Fifth St., and Glenn Werkhoff, 15, of Sixtieth St., and Michigan Rd. HOLDUP MEN ESCAPE Pair Robs Garage Proprietor of $372 —Suspect Latqf Arrested. Two hold-up men escaped Friday night after taking $372 from A L. I Avey of 2035 N. Meridian St., proprietor of a garage at 2051 N Illinois ! St. Another at the garage | netted bandits SB6 recently, according to police. J Avey said two armed men held l him tip In the alley behind the garage as he started hen* with the day’s receipts. The bandits ran to j Twenty-First St., where their car i was parked and : ped away. Police later arrested on suspicion a man whose auto resembled the bandits’ machine. NEGRO YOUTHS ESCAPE ' Four Who Fled From Boys’ School Sought Here. Four Negro youths who ran away from the Indiana Boys’ School at Plainfield are being sought bV police here today. Two are from Indianapolis and two from Richmond. They are: James Eusala Carter, alias John Katim, alias James Thompson. 17, of 1742 Northwestern Ave.; Jesse Polk, 17, of 845 W. Michigan St., and Willie Lacey, 17, and Carl James, 18, of Richmond.

RESIGNATION IS NOT CONSIDERED Andrews Plans to Control N Liquor Within Year. Bn United Press j WASHINGTON. Aug. 14.—AssistI ant Secretary Andrews said today he j is not considering resigning and may j retainoffice until after the next ses- | slon of Congress. He predicted the- liquor situation ! would be under control within a ' year, buN declared progress depend I irig largely on dry legislation, now i pending. j Prohibition administrators will be I ordered to intensify work in their | districts and cooperation fr(un local law enforcement agencies will be sought, he said. Personnel, salaries and objectives will be discussed when regional ad- ' ministrators meet here Sept. 10, he ! said. After that he will tour Mexican and Canadian borders. He said a division of foreign control will be formed to carry out the anti-smuggling agreement with Britain. Andrews said he would Investigate the case of Col. Ned Green, suspended California administrator, next week.

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STUBBED HER TOE; SUES Court Must' Decide Whether Tenant, Owners and City Are Liable. If you stubbed your toe In a hole In the sidewalk, and fell, injuring yourself, would the tenant, property owner and city be liable for damages? This question will be decided in a Marion County Superior Court when a $15,000 damage suit filed by Gertrude S. Patterson, 1220 College Ave., is heard. The city of Indianapolis, Nathan Shoe Store. Frank C. Weber and Lula M. Weber, owners of the property at 132 E. Washington St., are defendants. Plaintiff charged she received a broken left wrist, body injuries and nervous disorder as a result of fall Feb. 12. DON'T TRUST FRIDAY Couples to Marry, Fear 111 Omens on the 13th. Numerous couples waited until today to secure'marriage license from County Clerk Albert Losche, rathSr than risk being victims of Friday the 13th. One couple \>btained license Friday. Miss Margaref*~lMahoney, license clerk, was busy this morning because the office is closed on Saturday afternoon, and a large number applied for licenses. “I’m not superstitious but I’d rather wait a day,” said one brideelect.

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SLAYER IS GIVEN DEATH Orchestra leader Who Killed Married Women Gets Chair. Bn United P-ess TRENTON, Nr. J., Aug. 14.—Sentenced to die the week of Sept. 20 In the electric chair for the murder of Mrs. Harriet Vickers, Paul W. Fuersten, former Camden orchestra leader, was brought to Uie State prison here today. He fwls found guilty Friday after a three-day trial. Fuersten admitted his infatuation for the woman, who was separated from her husband. He said he knew he shot her but did not know why. BOY’S FOOT RUN OVER. Jean Pierce, 6, of 534 Birch St., was injured today when Paul Brown, 11, of 546 Dover St., ran a bicycle over his foot. Have Good Hair And Clean Scalp \ Cuticura -JJ 'LJSoap and Ointment Work Wonders Tny Our New Shaving SHck.

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