Indianapolis Times, Volume 39, Number 235, Indianapolis, Marion County, 8 February 1928 — Page 1

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PARKER FACES THE FOX, EYES Bin HATE Father of Child Victim Is Called to Stand for Death Story. PRISONER SITS RIGID t Parent Tells Crime Details in Firm, Harsh Voice; Calm in Ordeal. BY DAN CAMPBELL United Press Staff Correspondent COURT ROOM, LOS ANGELES, Cal., Feb. B.—Perry M. Parker was called to the witness stand today at the trial of William Edward Hickman to lend what aid he might in Bending “The Fox” to the gallows. The prosecution rested its case after the bereaved parent had testified. The father of little Marion Parker sent a grim, swift glance in the direction of the slayer as he took the oath. Hickman glanced away and swallowed hard. The courtroom sat hushed as Parker, in Arm, harsh tones, began the recital expected to be the State’s most smashing blow. The banker appeared complete master of his emotions. From time to time his gaze turned to the slayer, with a hatred in his eyes. Hickman Gazes at Wall Hickman sat rigid, gazing at the wall behind the judge's bench. Parker recounted details of his daughter’s kidnaping and the telephone threats received from Hickman. At one time his voice dropped to a monotone and the court requested him to speak "so all the jurors might hear.” District Attorney Keyes then had the father identify the ransom notes. Tire "blood money” which the father gave Hickman for the return of his child’s body was placed in his hands. The banker, with professional air, angered the notes and identified them. “How maisr are missing?” the district attorney asked. “Five, to the best of my knowledge,” the father of Marion replied. Tells of Appointment. “Now, what happened Friday night, Dec. 16?” “I went tot the appointed place to! meet this man and he failed toj appear.” “I had the money with me,” Par- j ker continued. “The next night he called again. “I kept the appointment and a car pulled up alongside of mine. “He asked me if I had the money and I said ‘yes'; where is Marion?” “He lifted her head and said, 'Here she is.’ “I gave him the money and asked him if he was going to give her to! me. He said ‘yes.* “He drove up the street anch stopped. “I followed and came upon whatj appeared to be a bundle of trash | in the gutter.” Father’s Voice Breaks At this point Parker’s voice grew lower and threatened to break, but he went on. “I looked closer,” he said. "It was part of the body of my daughter.” “Do you know the defendant. Hickman, as the man you saw that night?” District Attorney Keyes asked. “I do,” Parker declared vehemently and left the stand without cross examination. \ The crucial moment in the trial had passed and “The Fox” was sfcill immoble. George Contreras, Los Angeles detective, followed Parker to the stand. He told of answering Parker’s summons after the father had received the body. Capture Story Told “Where is your daughter?” the detective asked Parker. “There she is, in the car. God bless her little heart,” Parker had replied, and had to be taken home, Contreas testified. The story of the capture of Hickman on the Old Oregon Trail was told earlier in the day. Two country peace officers who cornored “The Fox” after metropolitan police had failed, were called to the stand. They were Tom Guardane, police chief of Pendleton, Ore., and Buck Lieuallen, motor policeman. Guardane said they gave chase and caught up with Hickman, who had two boy passengers at the time. Guardane said he relieved Hickman of $65 and a Colt automatic and a sawed-off shotgun. The officer took Hickman to the Pendleton jail within a short time after his arrest, Guardane said. Omits Regular Dividend T<y United Prrit* NEW YORK. Feb. B.—American Sugar Refining Company today omitted its quarterly dividend of $1.25 on the common stock. The regular quarterly dividend was declared on preferred stock. BEST COFFEE IN TOWN. Second cup without charge. FLETCHER CAFETERIA, Basement Fletcher Trust Bldg. 10:30 a. m. to 7:30 p. m.—Advertisement.

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COPY OF GRAY’S WILL IS FILED WITH COURT Brief Business-like Document Prepared by Slayer in Prison. Bit United Press WHITE PLAINS, N. Y„ Feb. B. A copy of the will of Henry Judd Gray, who with Mrs. Ruth Snyder was electrocuted in Sing Sing on Jan. 12, was in the hands of Surrogate Slater here today. The document was brief and business-like. Bequests were made to Gray’s mother, wife and daughter, to his sister and brother-in-law and to Samuel I. Miller, his attorney. Slater said the will would not be filed, because it was merely a copy and the testator gave two legal addresses instead of one. The addresses were the site of the Gray home in East Orange, rN. J„ and Sing Sing Prison at Ossining.

ROAD MEET AT BRAZIL Three Highway Commissioners Expected to Attend Session. Three members of the State Highway Commission are expected to attend the Good Roads meeting of the Brazil Chamber of Commerce tonight, when the inclusion of Rd. 59, between Brazil and Rockville, in the 1928 building program will be urged. A. J. Wedeking of Dale, Robert Boren of Fountain City, and George E. Hershman of Crown Point are the commissioners who will be present. The commission was scheduled to meet this afternoon. SMALL TO RUN AGAIN Illinois Governor Announces Candidacy for Re-Election. Bp United Prraa SPRINGFIELD, 111., Feb. 8 Governor Len Small announced today he would be a candidate for reelection. Publication of his decision to run for a third term as Republican candidate followed a peace parley with Mayor William Hale Thompson of Chicago here Tuesday night. MUM ON COLISEUM SITE Advice of Experts May Be Sought by City. Advice of experts will be sought before final selection of the Indianapolis $3,000,000 coliseum location, it was indicated unofficially today. Newspapermen were barred from a secret conference between the board and Mayor L. Ert Slack at the Washington Hotel Tuesday. Slack indicated it will be some time before the board chooses a site. A public board meeting is set

GIFT FOR COOLIDGE Flour Bag Pajamas Presented by Chicago Church Society. P-tj United Press CHICAGO, Feb. B.—A pair of pajamas, made of flour bags, were sent to President Coolidge today by the Women's Society of the Millard Avenue Presbyterian Church. The pajamas were intended as an indorsement of the President’s economy policy, Mrs. David Hayes, president, said. END ENDURANCE FLIGHT California Test Halted by Split Gas Tank of Plane. By United Press IMPERIAL, Cal., Feb. B.—A split gas tank forced Albin K. Peterson and Charles F. Rocheville to abandon their attempt to break the world’s endurance flight record after forty-eight minutes in air here today.

COUNCIL DECLARES HOLMES IS MAYOR

With Republicans and Democrats battling each other with heated personalities, city council held two special sessions at ctiy hall today to declare Attorney Ira M. Holmes mayor of Indianapolis in place of L. Ert Slack. At the first session,,at 12:30, the resolution introduced by Councilman Walter R. Dorsett was passed to third and final reading by votes of the five Reppublican councilmen present. O. Ray Albertson was absent. The three Democrats voted against suspension of rules and prevented passage at that session. The meeting then w'as adjourned and Council President Otis E. Bartholomew announced another special session for 1:30. The resolution besides declaring Holmes is the “right and lawful mayor” directs City Clerk William A. Boyce Jr. to submit all resolutions

By United Press MIAMI BEACH. Fla., Feb. B. Just 100 years from the day that Jules Verne was born in Nantes, France, Robert Condit of Ohio today awaited conditions favorable to rocket-flight to Venus, 50,000.000 miles away. Unlike the heroes of Jules Verne stories, Condit seeks to go farther aw'ay from the earth than any man has ever gone before. He w'anted to start today and

BONDSMEN HIT BY BAN ORDER FROMWORLEY Policemen Corrupted by Professional 'Springers/ Chief Charges. JUDGE MUST APPROVE Bail 0. K. From Jurist or Captain Required by Mandate. An order forbidding release from city prison of any prisoner charged with a felony or a misdemeanor whose bond has been set at more than SSOO, unless the bond has been approved by a municipal judge or the police captain on duty at the time, was issued today by Police Chief Claude M. Worley, after conference with Municipal Judge Paul C. Wetter and C. R. Cameron. The order, Worley declared, is intended to stop operations of a large number of professional bondsmen and bondswomen “who use every effort to thwart justice, operate on the border line of the law, and are corrupting the police department.’ Corruption Is Charged “By .corrupting the police department, I mean that I have found evidence that some of our police are in collusion with certain bondsmen to help them get clients. “It has been impossible to detect any bondsman giving money to officers, but I am certain it is being done,” Worley said. At present bondsmen are permitted to see any prisoner they ask to see, without evidence that they were sent for by the prisoner, relatives or friends. Under the present system, officers making arrests or taking prisoners to prison in the patrol, or the turnkeys, might give the names of those arrested to bondsmen, making it possible for the bondsman to see the prisoner and persuade him to accept the bondsman's services, Worley said. Orders to Stop Practice He will instruct captains, made responsible under the new order, not to permit a bondsman to visit prisoners or supply bond, until it is certain he was called by the prisoner or relative. Worley said. This probably will make pos %le the identification by detectives of many persons arrested on vagrancy ! charges who now gain their release on bond before they can be questioned and held on more serious j charges, he said. NAB 3 BANK VISITORS Police Pick Up Three Strangers in : City for Investigation. Three men who visited the Union Trust Company branch bank, Morris St. and Kentucky Ave., Tuesday and aroused suspicions of officials, were held at city prison today on vagrancy charges with bond set at $5,000. Lieut. Patrick O'Connor and squad found them in a rented automobile in the southwest part of the city. They gave their names as j Leo Gould, 37, Chicago; Arthur A. ; Perkoff, 32, St. Louis, and Fred I Naeher, 35, New York.

and ordinances to Holmes for signature as mayor. During the heated exchange of personalities by Democratic Councilman Edward B. Raub and Republicans, Councilman Dorsett declared : “Well, I’m going to tell the truth now about the election of Slack. It’s never been told.” But he sat down without disclosures, although Raub and Councilman Robert E. Springsteen (Dem.) urged. “Tell it now.” Former President Claude E. Negley also declared “when the time comes the truth will be known.” The new resolution widens the split between Slack and council, but is expected to have little effect on the general recognition of him as mayor. It will, however, put in doubt the legality of any ordinances or resolutions passed by council until the mayorality legal tangle is settled by the courts.

OHIO INVENTOR’S FLIGHT TO VENUS AWAITS PLEASURE OF WEATHER MAN

said he was ready for the attempt, but that atmospheric conditions w'ere not right for the great test. The inventor, who has been here several months, spending most of his time perfecting a rocket-like contraption for the flight, said he didn't wish to comment on Jules Verne. “My ideas are original,” Condit said. “They did not have their inception in Verne’s novels. May-

INDIANAPOLIS, WEDNESDAY, FEB. 8,1928

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Governor Ed Jackson (left) and Attorney Clyde H. Jones entering the courthouse for Jackson’s trial on conspiracy charges today.

LINDY HOPS OFF ON LAST LEG OF TOUR; HAVANA HIS GOAL Good Will Envoy in Perfect Getaway From Haitian Field: Havana Makes Great Preparations to Welcome Aerial Ambassador.

By United Press PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti, Feb. 8. —Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh took off on the final leg of his good-will flight to Central and South America today at 6:35 a. m., expecting to land at Havana, Cuba, this afternoon. Lindbergh passed over Calimete, Matanzas province in Cuba, a hundred miles from Havana, at 1:45 p. m. Lindbergh's take-off from Bowen Field outside of Port Au Prince was perfect and good weather favored him. A seven-mile wind was blowing. The sky w'as cloudless. DELIVER FIRST FORD Schortcmricr Gets New Model Ahead of State. The first new Ford, a coupe, was delivered to an Indiana customer was received by Secretary of State Frederick E. Schortemeier at 9:30 a. m. today. It w'as delivered through the Ford Motor Company branch here. Several others received in the same shipment are being delivered and production is now under way at the Ford plant, so that orders will be taken care of rapidly, company officials report. MERCURY DROP COMING Rain, Snow and Colder Tonight, Weather Man’s Prediction. Rain, snow flurries and colder is Weather Man J. H. Armingtonp rediction for tonight. The mercury will drop steadily today and reach a low mark of from 25 to 30 tonight, he said. Thursday also will be cool, but at present there is no indication of a severe cold snap. PARTY FOR TEACHERS Annual Dinner Dance and Valcntine Event at Claypool. The Indianapolis Teachers’ Federation will hold its annual dinnerdance and Valentine party at 7 p. m. Tuesday in the Riley room, Claypool Hotel, Miss Emily Adams, School 14, president, announced today. School board members, invited to attend, are planning to hold the board meeting Tuesday morning instead of evening, in order to accept. An attendance of 300 teachers is antiepated. Music will be provided during the banquet by Mrs. Georgia Macy, School 30 principal, harpist.

be one of his characters did use a rocket to go to the moon. I w'ant it understood that this new machine I have invented might be called a rocket, but it isn’t just that.” an n TN order to take advantage of the meteoric “stream motive power” as he describes It, Condit says his flight must be made before March 4.

Bp United Press HAVANA. Feb. B.—The Spirit of St. Louis will arrive today bearing Charles August Lindbergh, last of the conquistadors. The Spirit of St. Louis brings heavy cargo of magnificent memories and generous sentiment. As the ship glints through cerulean skies, about 4 p. m., there will be a mighty beat of church bells’ welcome, the eyes of Havana will strain to the heights and a half million hearts trained in love of the heroic will throb with job. There is romance in Lindbergh’s coming to Havana: the glory of traditions he is bound to share with Ponce de Leon, Hernando de Soto and Hernando Cortez, men who lived boldly, dared greatly, but not more so than their modern compeer. Officials of the government and municipality will give Lindbergh the same .protection accorded to President Coolidge during his visit here. The landing field will be policed thoroughly and kept clear. In the grandstand will be the majority of the delegates to the sixth pan-American conference, who already have honored Lindbergh and his fellow fliers by approving, in committee, the first pan-American commercial air convention. Greeted by the United States ambassador and the secretaries of Army and Navy, Colonel Lindbergh will be taken by automobile to the president’s palace, to be greeted by President Gerardo Machado, his cabinet, the diplomatic corps and many invited guests. Officials here believe that when he leaves Lindbergh will fly to West Palm Beach, probably with a halt at Miami on the way, before he goes to St. Louis. DELAY KLINGK TRIAL Lesh Refuses to Act as Special Judge. U. S. Lesh today refused to serve as special judge in the trial of Earl Klinck of Evansville, charged with procuring a false affidavit. Criminal Judge James A. Collins, who disqualified himself, announced that no further selection of a special judge for the case will be made until after the Jackson trial. Lesh gave the press of his business and legal affairs as the reason for not serving. Hourly Temperatures 6 a. in.... 41 10 a. m.... 41 7 a. m.... 41 11 a. m.... 41 8 a. m.... 39 12 (noon). 41 9 a. m.... 41 1 p. m 40

On this motive power he expects to float to Venus, once his contraption was out of range of the earth’s gravity. “I am more practical than any of Verne's heroes,” commented the slight, bald-headed inventor. “Venus, the objective of the projectlce,” he elucidated, “is a true sister of the earth, of practically the same size and atmospheric conditions,

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STATE SPRINGS SURPRISE ON JACKSON DEFENSE BY ACCEPTING ALL JURORS / • Talesmen Are Passed On, Temporarily; Separation of Trials Granted by Judge M’Cabe; Courtroom Jammed as Governor’s Hearing on Conspiracy to Bribe Charge Is Started. Like the football team that pulls a trick play on the first kickoff, the State sprung a surprise on Governor Ed Jackson’s staff of lawyers before the Governor’s trial on conspiracy to bribe charges was an hour and a half old today. The trial began at 9:27 this morning in Criminal Court before Special Judge Charles McCabe. The lawyers and judge rapidly cleared the way for selection of a jury by entering jileas of not guilty for J ackson and his co-de-fendants, George V. Coffin, Republican county chairman, and Robert I. Marsh, by separation of the cases, and by the State electing to try Jackson first. The State, forced against its will to question prospective jurors first, went through brisk, brief examination of each of the twelve regular panel members in the box and then sprung its surprise, when Special Prosecutor Emsley W. Johnson announced the State temporarily accepted the talesmen and passed them to the defense. .

Both State and defense have ten peremptory challenges each. Attorneys for both sides agreed that the jury finally will he accepted when each side has passed twice. The State can, if it desires, peremptorily challenge any of the twelve men it temporarily accepted. At noon adjournment, Attorney Clyde H. Jones for the defense had examined seven talesmen. Jones Attacks Times Jones, by innuendo, began a bitter attack upon The Indianapolis Times staff, in questioning the jurors. He asked each what newspapers they read and then inquired whether they knew Frank J. Prince, reporter, wl% unearthed much of the evidence in the Indianapolis political probe of the last, .year and a half, or Boy and Gurley, editor of The Times. Jones frequently referred to Gurley as the “city editor” of The Times. Jackson smiled toward the jury now and then, as his attorneys fired questions. The State had asked the prospective jurors the usual questions as to whether they were acquainted with or had had any dealings with the defendant or any of his attorneys and whether they had formed any opinions on the case. Baker Quiz Typical The examination of Prospective Juror Orville E. Baker was typical of the questioning by the defense. Baker said he had “just glanced over the stories about the case in The Times” and had no acquaintance with Gurley or Prince. “If the evidence in this ca;e shows that The Times has taken a very active interest in procuring the indictment and looking after wit-| nesses and interviewing them, would that prejudice your opinion?” Jones asked. Johnson’s objection to the question was upheld by Judge McCabe, although Jones insisted the question was important in determining Baker’s “state of mind.” Seats were filled, but the courtroom was not packed. Later the crowd grew until corridors outside were jammed. Guards on Duty Deputy sheriffs and policemen guarding doorways and aisles saw that only enough spectators to fill the seats were admitted. The first move of the trial was the defense's expected blow at the newspapers. Attorney Lewis Ewbank of Jackson’s legal staff asked Judge McCabe to prohibit newspaper photographers from taking pictures in the courtroom. The defense did not want to be photographed, he said. The court ruled the photographers out. A Times photographer and one for another newspaper had their cameras trained on “subjects” when the court issued the order. This Is the first time photographers have been barred from an important trial in Indianapolis for many years. Jackson and his co-defendants, Coffin and Marsh, attorney, and their attorneys arrived only a few minutes before the trial began. Judge McCabe had arrived a few minutes after 9. No Back-Slapping None of th# Iffick-slapping joviality of trials of some other politicians in the past year was in evidence.

/‘I believe it much easier to reach than the moon, despite the great distance, which my projectile will annihilate.” a a a CONDIT, planning a journey into space far more capricious than Jules Verne’s imagination let him put into print, admitted the basic idea of his machine was like that in w'hich Verne sent his man to the moon.

Jackson, Coffin, and Marsh filed in solemnly at different times. Jackson, smiling slightly, shook hands with the battery of reporters from Indianapolis and elsewhere, greeted his lawyers and sat down. He rocked to and fro. Jackson* wore a dark blue suit, white shift and vari-colored tie. Marsh wore his usual semi-formal morning attire, frock coat, wing collar, and all. Coffin wore sober brown. All were freshly barbered. Separate Trials Sustained Judge McCabe sustained Coffin and Marsh’s motions for separate trials after the three defendants entered pleas of not guilty. The motions were filed more than two w'eeks ago, out because the defendants were not in court at the time McCabe held his ruling in abeyance until this morning. In pleating not guilty, the defendants did as Attorneys Louis B. Ewbank and Jones had informed the court thfey would. The State then formally elected to try Jackson first. Judge McCabe’s second ruling of the trial was in favor of the defense. He asked the lawyers whether is was Criminal Court custom to permit the State or defense to begin examination of prospective jurors. State to Examine First Prosecutor William H. Remy replied that it w'as customary for the defense to examine first. Special Prosecutor Johnson supported this statement by showing the court a statute. Defense attorneys did not w'ant the privilege. The court finally ruled the State must examine first, citing a recent Supreme Court ruling as authority. The twelve members of the regular panel passed by the State were: Rex T. Armstrong. Prest-O-Lite Company; Orville E. Baker, 315 S. Taft St.; John M. Mendenhall, R. R. O; Samuel H. Colbert, R. R. F, Box 156; Fred C. Borneman, R. R. J; Charles E. Bragg, R. R. A; H. O. Hoffman, Bridgeport; Elmer Geiger, Greenwood; Frederick C. Buesking. Cumberland; James H. Barber, R. R. C, Box. 453; Walter C. Boetcher, 1142 W. Thirty-Second St., and Ira A. Minnick, 3828 Carrollton Ave. Special Venire Waits While this was progressing, fortytwo county taxpayers, chosen on the first special venire of fifty, waited in the courtroom. Thursday, another special venire of fifty is to report. As assistants to the two prosecutors, Special Prosecutor John W. Holtzman, Deputy Prosecutors Judson L. Stark, John L. Niblack and Paul Rhodearmer had seats. With the defendants, besides Ew'bank. were attorneys Silas C. Kivit of Martinsville, Clyde H. Tones, D. M. Patrick, George O. Cowan and A. F. Corvan. Coffin left the courtroom shortly after his and Marsh’s motion for a separate trial were granted. Marsh remained among the defense attorneys. Jackson, Marsh and Coffin were indicted on the charge of the alleged offer to former Governor Warren T. McCray, Sept. 9. They were reindicted Sept. 30, when the county grand jury brought an indictment correcting the first. The indictment jinder which Jackson will be tried—the second one—alleges that on or about Dec. 15, 1923, Jackson, who then was Secretary of State, offered McCray $lO,000 to appoint James E. McDonald

“The rocket has alw'ays been the instrument favored by the early experimentors for use in interplanetary communication,” said Condit, “but this modernized rocket of mine, that I am not at liberty now to explain in detail, is bound to be successful, for it was constructed under entirely new mechanical principles.” Condit allow's no one to go inside the wooden shack where he keeps the rocket.

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county prosecutor to succeed McCray’s son-in-law, William P. Evans, w'ho resigned. The State and defense will come to the big clash over the allegation that the crime was concealed until last July. The defense is expected to base a great part of its fight on i pleas that the two-year statute of limitations has expired and. even if the offense had been committed, prosecution now is in vain. Although D. C. Stephenson former Indiana Klan dragon, is named in the indictment as one of the participants in the alleged consipracy, but has not been indicted, the State may call him to tell his side of the story. Stephenson now is serving a life term in the Michigan City prison for the murder of an Indianapolis girl in 1925. It was doubtful, as the trial opened, whether Jackson would take the stand In his own defense or w'hat the exact procedure of the defense would be. Defense lawyers have refused to discuss the case. McCray Star Witness The State will rely to its greatest extent on the testimony of McCray. He came to Indianapolis from Kentland, where he has been since his release from the Federal penitentiary at Atlanta on a ten-year Federal sentence of using the mails to defraud. Other State’s witnesses are: Evans, Fred Robinson, former State purchasing agent; Miss Ada Bush, former secretary of McCray; Robert Lyons, Richmond attorney, and James W. Noel, attorney who defended McCray. Much stress will be laid on the allegations that McCray did not say anything about the alleged offer, because of fear. Another point in which the indictment is that Jackson “further concealed said crime by writing a certain letter, dated Sept. 3, 1927, and giving said letters to the newspapers in Indianapolis for publication, in which letter he denied having made the said offer to bribe, which w'ere made for the purpose of further concealing the conspiracy.” Collins Disqualifies Self Following return of the second indictment, the defense filed motions to quash Nov. 2, with Judge James A. Collins. Collins, seven days later, disqualified himself, and named three prospective judges, from whom Oscar H. Montgomery of Seymour, was selected. On Nov. 28 Montgomery heard the arguments on the quash motions and a few' days later overruled them. The defense then filed pleas in abatement, to which the State retaliated with a demurrer. Arguments w'ere heard on the demurrer and it w'as sustained. At this time, Montgomery set the trial date as Feb. 7. On Jan. 9, defendants filed a motion for change of judge from Montgomery, which he sustained. Collins resumed the bench and Thomas E. Davidson of Greensburg, was selected, but was unable to serve. Then on Jan. 14, McCabe was selected from another list. The trial date was put up one day, because McCabe desired to attend a meeting in Sturgis, Mich.

ADD ANOTHER LINK TO MOSKINS STORE CHAWI Syndicate Purchases Puritan Clothing Store Here. Another link was added to the nation-wide chain of credit stores operated by Moskins Brothers, Inc,, of New York City, when the organization bought out the Puritan Clothing Store at 131 W. Washington St.-, here. > .The store, under the management' of M. B. Harwitz, has been completely rennovated and redecorated and anew line of merchandise installed. Only the lease and fixtures of Puritan Store were included in the transaction.