Indianapolis Times, Volume 39, Number 239, Indianapolis, Marion County, 13 February 1928 — Page 3

FEB. 13, 1928.

NATION SEARCHED FOR ALLEGED SLAYERS OF OFFICERS

1,000 INQUEST FOR BODIES OF SHERIFFS AIDS Belief Grows That Death Was Fate of Lafayette Men. RIVER MAY HOLD KEY High Water of the Wabash Hampers Hunt for Corpses. JJr/ United Press LAFAYETTE, Ind., Feb. 13. While 1,000 possemen searched today for the bodies of DeputyBheriffs Wallace McClure and John P. Grove, a * nation-wide police pearch was ordered for Samuel; Baxter and John Bums, the two men who are believed responsible for disappearance of the officers. McClure and Grove have not been seen since they left here late Tuesday for the Indiana Reformatory at Pendleton, where they were taking Baxter and Bums to serve sentences. Police officers, sheriffs, deputies, members of the American Legion and hundreds of volunteers today continued an intensive search for McClure and Grove. Every possible hiding place between Lafayette and Danville, 111., where the prisoners made a short visit to relatives after their getaway, has been searched without success. Murder Belief Grows Belief is becoming more strongly fixed that if the deputies were murdered and their bodies thrown into the Wabash River, high water so far has prevented a search along the banks of the stream and the bodies may be carried down river for miles before being found. Among concrete developments in the case so far is finding at Decatur, 111., of the automobile in which the illfated party left Lafayette. Submit Attack Evidence A bullet hole through the windshield evidently was made from the inside, police declared after examining the car when it was returned here Sunday night. This gives support to the theory that Bums and Baxter attacked the deputies with a crank, which was known to have been in the rear of the automobile, and then shot them with their own pistols. A horsehide robe was missing from the car, and it is believed the boys used this to cover the bodies of their victims. A hat and one of a pair of rubbers belonging to Grove and a belt from a coat of Burns were found beside a highway near the home of Walter Sheets at Maple Point. Sheets told authorities he heard shots about 6 o'clock Tuesday morning.

MAN FOUND IN CREEK SUICIDE, SAYS CORONER Verdict Returned In Death of Homer Cobb; Faced Police Charge. Deputy Coroner O. H. Bakemier today returned a suicide verdict in the death of Homer Cobb, 44, of 1818 S. Meridian St., whose body was taken from Eagle Creek, near Washington St. bridge, Sunday. Police dragged the body from the water after Cobb’s automobile was found at 20 N. Berwick St. and his hat was found on the creek bank. Cobb, said to be suffering mental illness, left his home Thursday. His trial on a charge of disturbing a religious meeting was continued in municipal court Friday. Survivors are, the widow, from whom he was separated; a brother, William Cobb, 1536 Draper St„ and four children, who reside in Martnsville. SHOW DRIVER LENIENCY Anderson Man, in Accident Here, Was Taking Supplies to Miners. Because the truck he was driving! contained clothing and supplies for destitute miners at Bicknell, Ind., John Morgan, 24, of Anderson, Ind., was let off with a $5 fine and suspended costs by Municipal Judge Paul Wetter today after his arrest Sunday following an accident. Morgan passed a stop sign and drove the truck into the automobile of Otto Gray, of 851 S. Tremont St., at Morris and Meridian Sts. Both machines were damaged badly. Frank M. Levy, Anderson, was a passenger on the truck. He told the judge that they were taking clothing to the miners, which had been collected by Anderson Spanish War veterans. Morgan was fined for passing the stop sign and assault and battery charges were suspended. TWO INJURED IN CRASH Automobile Turns Over After Hitting Rut in Street. Miss Dorothy Story, 23, R. R. TANARUS, Box 6, and her brother, Clifford Story, 22, were injured slightly early today 1 when an automobile in which they were riding turned over after hitting a rut at Southeastern Ave. and Rural St. They were taken to City hospital. Man and Wife Burned to Death By United Press CHICAGO, Feb. 13.—Joseph Dorf, 28, and his wife, Sarah, 27, burned to death when fire trapped them in the bedroom of their home. Dorf retired early. When Mrs. Dorf went to the room she found it in flames. She died in an attempt to rescue her husband-

Jurors Are Chosen for Trial of Governor Jackson

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HILL TRIAL IS NEARJTSCLOSE Case Will Reach Jury Wednesday or Thursday. Bi/ United Press OTTAWA, 111., Feb. 13—Closing arguments were to begin today in the trial of Harry Hill, charged with the murder of his mother, Mrs. Eliza A. Hill. As attorneys began their addresses, the jury had under consideration a maze ..of legal entanglements, based largely on circumstancial which the State has woven around Hill in an attempt to prove the youth shot his mother and then buried her body in the basement of their Streator home. The defense has relied almost solely on character witnesses to disprove the State’s case. The prosecution's case was based on a contention that the murder was committed about Aug. 4 or 5. The defense introduced witnesses who testified they saw Mrs. Hill alive several days later than this. It was expected the case would go to the jury by Wednesday night or Thursday. MOLESTERS IN COURT Two Men Face Charges of Assault. Earl Craig, 29, of 625 Erie St., and Henry Sheckles, 19, of 17 N. Berwick Ave., alleged to have attacked more than a dozen women in the southwest section of the city, faced arraignment in Municipal Court today. I The men were ■ arrested Sunday afternoon after Police Chief Claude M. Worley' had ordered a thorough search for the man who attacked Mrs. Genevieve Bennett, 26, of 1321 Gillette St., while she was returning home from work Saturday night. Mrs. Bennett told police that she was crossing the Vandalia railroad tracks at Division St. when the man grabbed her. She broke away and ran, but he overtook her and, after a struggle in which her clothing was torn, attacked her, she said. Sheckles is alleged to have attacked Mrs. Bennett. In a statement to detectives, Craig is alleged to have admitted attacking a dozen women, several of whom identified him, Detective Chief Jerry Kinney said. Both men have served sentences for the same charges, Kinney said. Both men are held under SIO,OOO bond. CLAIMS BILL IN SENATE Measure Would Repay Aliens for Confiscated Property. fill United Press WASHINGTON, Feb. 13.—The alien property bill, providing return of war-time sequered alien property to former owners and reimbursement of American private claimants for war damages, will be considered by the Senate at today’s session, according to plans of ine bill’s sponsors. Senator King, Democrat, Utah, announced he would offer amendments and other Senators indicated they woul* speak on the measure. For this reason it is doubtful if the bill will come to a vote today, though early action is expected. Gone, but Not Forgotten Automobiles reported stolen to police belong to: Jack Quimby, Battery A, Ft. Benjamin Harrison, Studebaker, 15-504, frorm Ohio St. and Capitol Ave. De Luxe Taxicab Company, 517 N. Talbott Ave., Studebaker, 623-157, from Tenth and Delaware Sts. J. C. Fagan, 1625 Brier PL, Ford, from Illinois and Georgia Sts. Charles C. Ebbleman, 721 Lexington Ave., Ford, from Virginia Ave. and Shelby St. Otto Starks, R. R. 1, Box 150, Ford, 636-351, from Senate Ave. and Maryland St. Roscoe Hutton, 2530 Burford St., Ford, 627-183, .from Capitol Ave. and Georgia St. BACK HOME AGAIN Automobiles reported found by police belong to: Albert Bronson, 227 E. Pratt St., Ford, found at 627 Berwick St. Harold Kiewitt, 409 Leonard St., Ford, Michigan St. and Indiana Ave. C. O. Keeney, 317 E. North St., Overland, Massachusetts Ave. and North St, D. M. Shields, 525 E. Forty-Ninth St., Oakland, 331 E. Market St,

Jurors for the trial of Governor Ed Jackson, and bailiffs in charge, left to right: Bailiff Clarence Clegg, Ora A. Minnick, David P. Porterfield, Ivan Fowler, Persey L. Allen, Hubert Adams, Everett McClain, Fred L. Hollweg, Everett S. Penn, Elmer Geiger, Samuel H. Colbert, William H. Howard, the Rev. H. B. Hostetter and Deputy Bailiff Charles Withoff.

M’Cray Bribe Offer Inside Story Is Told

The inside story of what the State contends happened in the alleged conspiracy of Governor Ed Jackson. Republican County Chairman George V. Coffin and Attorney Robert I. Marsh to bribe former Governor Warren T. McCray was told today by Special Prosecutor Emsley W. Johnson in the opening statement to the jury in the Jackson trial in Criminal Court. “The State will attempt to show,’’ Johnson said, “that on Dec. 8, 1923, William .P. Evans was Marion

County prosecutor. His father-in-law, Governor Warren T. McCray had been indidted. Evans did not desire to prosecute his father-in-law. “That day he prepared two resig- j nations. One he | handed to the Criminal Court judge. The other he took to the Statehouse and handed to McCray. “McCray had the duty and power to appoint his succes-

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sor. We will show that some | knowledge of Evans’ resignation had become public. “In the office of Ed Jackson, then secretary of State, Jackson and George V. Coffin, a political leader, were in conference regarding Evans’ successor. They called Robert W. Lyons by phone at the Lincoln hotel and Lyons joined the conference immediately. “They discussed and agreed that they felt it necessary they name Evans’ successor. They felt they should control the next prosecutor who succeeded Evans, and that that prosecutor should be James E. McDonald. They discussed methods and means of inducing McCray to make the appointment. Proposition to McCray “They agreed to present the proposition to McCray. They agreed that if he would make the appointment they would give him SIO,OOO to employ counsel and promise him that by political influence of the organization of which Coffin had control and of which Lyons was a member, no jury would convict McCray. “Deciding to present the proposition they discussed how to present it in the most forceful way. “They said, ‘Fred Robinson is a life long friend of McCray. Their

families have been closely acquainted, Robinson managed McCray campaign and was appointed purchasing agent by McCray. He’s the man to take the message.’ “They felt they might have some difficulty. They called Robinson from his office on the second floor of the Sta te h ouse and directed him to come to the secretary of State’s

office through the hall-way and not through the waiting room. “Robinson came down. He didn’t know what was in store for him. He found himself in the presence of Jackson, Lyons and Coffin. They explained Robinson should tell McCray he was in a serious situation and this might be the only way to save him. “ ‘You go to McCray,’ they told Robinson, “and tell him Coffin is here, and that Lyons and the secretary of State are here and are interested.” They repeated to Robinson, Johnson, said, the offer of SIO,OOO and immunity from conviction for McDonald’s appointment. “Robinson tried to beg off,” Johnson said. “Then they asked him: ‘Would you desert your old friend. This might be the means of saving him.’ “Robinson then went to McCray’s office and in the presence of another man,” (believed to have been William P. Evans), and saying ‘I have come from Jackson’s office,’ made the offer. Wanted Control of Office “ ‘Robinson said,’ Johnson related, ‘we don’t care if Remy is nominated, but we want to control the office until election? ” “McCray replied he would not have anything to do with the proposition.” “Robinson returned to the three waiting in Jackson’s office and delivered his message. “Jackson then said, ‘Fred, I don’t | believe you had your heart in it,’ and Robinson and Jackson went

out of the office, Jackson to McCray’s office and Robinson to his own office. “Jackson then went to McCray’s office and repeated the offer. “ ‘lt means 10.000 votes / to the Republican f t; party,’ Jackson 9) added.’’ (y <_/ “Jackson then IjT told McCray Coffin was the greatest political power A, in the Middle West. Jackson said yj Lyons also was a X JT great power in the > organ ization of Noel which he was a member. “ ‘Ed, I’m going to appoint William Remy prosecuting attorney for Marion County,’ McCray said. “ ‘Governor, you are making a great mistake. Hold your decision open for two hours. Come with me about six miles from this point to see a man,’ ” Jackson said. “McCray told him that his office was in the Statehouse. After Jackson left McCray’s office Stephenson was reached by phone and got in touch with Marsh, a friend of James W. Noel’s. Stephenson told Marsh he had never met Noel and that he wanted a proper introduction to him—the best he could get. “Stephenson got SIO,OOO that he had already put away in a convenient place. When they went to Noel’s office Stephenson said: ‘Mr. Noel, you are the attorney for McCray. I don’t believe you understood the seriousness of his position. We want McDonald appointed prosecuting attorney and we will give him SIO,OOO to pay attorney's fees and through my power we will get an acquittal in any court.’ ” “I’m Surprised, Ed" According to Johnson’s statement Noel said he would "not have anything to do with the proposition,” but would tell McCray what Stephenson said. In the meantime, Jackson went back to McCray’s office, saying: “ ‘You can’t afford not to do what we ask, Governor. You step out of the room for a minute and I will put SIO,OOO in your drawer and you will never know where it came from. Don’t say anything about it.’ ” Johnson said McCray then replied to Jackson that he was “surprised

at you Ed. I thought you knew me better than that.” “ ‘Ed, I may have lost my fortune after thirty - five years of frugality, I may have lost many of my friends, and I ma- i be convicted, but have not lost lr self-respect,’ ” Mi Cray replied. Johnson th e i said Jackson warned McCray

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not to say anything about the proposed offer and that McCray went to the Federal penitentiary at Atlanta fearing to speak of it because that forces that “offered to help him might turn against him” and prevent him from getting his parole after serving one-third of his term. “This story did not become known until it was published July 25, 1927, in The Indianapolis Times, a local newspaper. The matter was submitted to the grand jury and indictments returned. “We expect to prove Jackson guilty beyond every reasonable doubt, gentlemen of the jury,” Johnson closed. The court admonished the jurors not to speak about the case during the noon recess. 220 IN POLICE NET Nearly Every Offense on Books Charged in Week-end Cleanup. A total of, 220 persons were arrested by police over the weekend. The charges were well distributed, nearly every offense in the police books being brought out for usage. One alleged gambling game, where police said they seized money and cards as evidence, was raided at the home of Linzia Watkins, 511 Hudson St. She was charged with keeping a gaming house and ten men there, face gambling charges. Other charges placed were: Intoxication, 53; operatiiig a blind tiger; 35; driving while intoxicated, 11; vagrancy, *6O; speeding, 19; traffic, 31. _ _

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DUDE BANDITS ROB MEAT MAN Get $850; Burglary, Two Holdups Reported. Two well-dressed men held up George M. Webber at his meat market, 3332 Madison Ave., Saturday night, robbed him of SBSO and fled in an automobile, parked in front of the store. Webber told Deputy Sheriffs Ragan and Shipp that he had just finished counting the money and was getting ready to close the store when the men entered. Both men, who appeared to be about 22 years old, pulled guns on him, he said. James Guy, 34, of 2158 N. Illinois St., driver of an Indianapolis Street Railway Company bus, was robbed of $5 by two men in tne 2100 block on E. Thirty-Fourth St. Guy Coy, 1146 E. Pratt St., conductor on an Indiana Ave. street car, foiled a Negro bandit who attempted to hold him up When the car Stopped at Fourteenth and West Sts. Saturday night. When ne saw the gun, he slammed the door in his face, gave the motorman the “go” signal and the car started. Burglars ransacked the home of Lewis C. Nicholson, 1427 Park Ave., Saturday night and stole S3OO worth of clothing and silverware. The ourglars jimmied several windows, but failing to get in that way they oroke the glass out of the front door. AUTOS ENO_3 LIVES General Increase Shown in National Figures. Indianapolis had three deaths from auto accidents in the fourweek period, ended Jan. 28, according to the Department of Commerce. The number was an increase of two over the total for a corresponding period last year. Mortality from auto accidents the year ended Jan. 28 was 70, with 48 resulting from accidents in the city. Records of the corresponding period last year she wed 80 deaths, 72 being from accidents in the city. The death rate from automobile accidents per 100,000 for fifty-two weeks was 18.8, a drop from the 21.9 the year before. Auto accidents were responsible for 528 deaths in 76 large cities during four-week period, compared with 469 the year before, the U. S. Department of Commerce announced. White Deer Captured STONYPOINT, N. Y„ Feb. 13.—A white deer walked into an elk corral at the Palisade Park and was captured. It was the first white deer seen among the 4,000 wild deer of the park system.

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RECEIVER FOR CITY IS ASKED IN SUIT

Citing the last year’s tux-moil in city government, a suit was filed in Superior Court Four today on THREE BADLY BURNED Mrs. Lillian Taylor, Negro, and Her Sons Victims of Gasoline Fire. Mrs. Lillian Taylor, 55, Negro, 1129 Lafayette St., and her two sons, Edward Taylor, 36, and Arthur Taylor, 26, were burned severely early Sunday, when Arthur attempted to light a fire in the kitchen stove with gasoline. The fire destroyed all the furniture and caused damage estimated at $1,500. Mrs. Taylor was burned on the hands, while Arthur and Edward were burned on face, head, and hands. They were taken to city hospital. PAYS FOR NOISY ENTRY Man Kicks On Own Door, Arrested for Child Desertion. Emmett Holland of 40 N. Gladstone Ave., faces charges of child neglect because he made too much noise when he came home Saturday night. When police arrived to investigate a report of a burglar, they found Holland, remembered a warrant was out for him and arrested him. Holland told police his wife would not let him in and he kicked the door. We can supply money now for current needs. Confidential and quick. CAPITOL LOAN CO., 141% E. Wash. St.—Advertisement,

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CITY TRIBUTE PAID LINCOLN; OFFIGESCLOSE Views Cited as Example for Present Officials in Law Enforcement. One hundred and nineteen years ago Sunday, a Kentucky log cabin was filled with the wail of anew born babe, who with two others born in the same year were destined to leave their imperishable mark on the tablets of each of their chosen avocations. One was Charles Darwin, scientist and naturalist, who set the world by the ears with his theories of natural selection. The second was AL fred, Lord Tennyson, England’s poet laureate. The babe whose wail pierced the Kentucky woods was Abraham Lincoln, whose advantages were none, yet whose accomplishments were many. No trace of Lincoln’s activities were left undescribed by speakers in churches and auditoriums Sunday as the whole city gathered in the various meeting places to praise the memory of the Great Emancipator. Public Offices Closed The observance was carried over to today, with the majority of the offices in the Statehouse and the City Hall closed and many schools holding brief anniversary services. Not a church in the city held its regular services Sunday without mention being given and praise sung for the "Great Emancipator.” The few remaining of the thousands who left the plow and the counter at the great President’s call gathered with their wives and children in Ft. Friendly, G. A. R. headquarters, to celebrate the anniversary Sunday. The meeting was sponsored by the Grand Army League. A luncheon was served at noon by the Daughters of Union Veterans, under direction of Mrs. Nellie McGinnes, president; and Mrs. Cora Virginia Clapp and Mrs. Flora Hayes, members of the committee in charge. Traces Life of Lincoln Tracing the life of Lincoln from his birth in the little log cabin in Hardin County, Kentucky, in 1809, to his assasination in 1865, the Rev. George S. Henninger, pastor of the East Tenth Street M. E. Church, the principal speaker said: “Mankind will never forget Abraham Lincoln, who has been added to the list of great men whose names have lived and are destined to live through the centuries. “He had the faith of Abraham, the leadership of Moses, the courage of Leonidas, the contentment of Cincinnatus, the statesmanship of Pericles, the intellectual force of St. Paul, the political sagacity of Richelieu, the integrity of Cromwell, and the patriotism of George Washington.” More than 200 persons attended the G. A. R. meeting. Lincoln’s sympathy with every class was described by Frank M. W. Jeffery, attorney, in an address at the Y. M. c. A. boys’ meeting Sunday. Opening exercises were conducted by Richard Collister, and the devotions were led by Eugene Frost. Urges Support for Shrine A drive to obtain 350 new members for the boys’ department was planned. Abraham Lincoln’s views on religion and law enforcement were quoted by Frederick E. Schortemeier Sunday at the North Park Christian Church. “Let every American swear not to violate the laws of the country,” was Lincoln’s statement on law enforcement, Schortemeier said. “In that sentence Lincoln summed up everything concerning law observance.” Schortemeier urged every one to support the move to erect a shrine at the grave of Nancy Hanks Lincoln, the war President’s mother.

behalf of John E. Burns and Roy E. Murphy and “all other citizens and taxpayers,” asking a leceiver be named for the city of Indianapolis. Attorneys Fae W. Patrick and Garrett W. Olds filed the suit. It asks the receiver be given full charge of city affairs until the courts definitely determine who is mayor or anew mayor is regularly elected. Attorneys filing the suit are active in the Young Men’s Republican Reorganization League. They pointed out that Memphis was in the hands of a receiver about twenty years ago, the suit being brought by creditors. Should creditors outside the State bring suit, it might be heard in Federal Court. Murphy is sales manager of the Esterline-Angus Company and Burns is a traveling salesman, Olds said. The suit declares that the tangle as to who is mayor has so muddled up city business that general business is suffering. It cites that City Clerk William A. Boyce Jr., has refused to turn council ordinances and resolutions over to Mayor L. Ert Slack for his signature as mayor and that Boyce has or is threatening to recognize Ira Holmes as mayor. Courthouse attaches treated the suit as a joke. Lose Diamonds From Drills Bj/ Times Special EVANSVILLE, Ind., Feb. 13. Three diamonds, valued at S6OO, have been lost from drills being used in borings for anew bridge across the Ohio river here. Twentyeight of thirty-two test holes have been completed.

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John Burns (above), and Samuel Baxter, escaped prisoners sought in connection with the disappearance of two deputy sheriffs, who disappeared while taking the prisoners from Lafayette, Ind., to the reformatory at Pendleton. PAPERS EDUCATE Lecturer Tells of Experiences as Correspondent. Careful reading of the newspapers was called the equal of a college education by Frederick M. Snyder, New York newspaper man and lecturer, at the Y. M. C. A. Big Meeting Sunday at English’s Theater. Only 10 per cent of newspaper space in 1927 was devoted to crime news, and 74 per cent was devoted to politics, which Snyder termed the “most important and vital news.” Snyder told of some of his own experiences, as newspaper correspondent and as delegate to the hading conferences of the word in recent years. His subject was “Keeping Ahead of the Headlines.” E. T. Bailey, California banker, will speak next w r eek on “Why Americans Win.” THIEF TAKES ORANGES Garage, Two Homes Also Entered Over Week-End. An “orange juice” burglar stole 75 pennies and 50 cents’ worth of oranges from the home of W. G. Shannon, Negro, 637 E. Eleventh St., Sunday. Police expected reports of safe robberies following the report of Neil Haynes, Negro, night watchman at the Peoples Coal and Cement Company, 1109 E. Tiiteenth St., that the company garage had been entered and tools taken. H. Thomas, 2032 Beecher St., reported groceries, silverware and a razor valued at $29 taken from his home. J. J. Riser, Southport, told police a radio and clothing, total value $334, was taken from his home.

Son of City Councilman Will Be Buried Tuesday

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THIEF WHO THOUGHT HE MADE BIG HAUL GOT $5 Filling Station Attendant Fools Early Morning Bandit. An early morning bandit, who thought John McDaniels, 3119 N. Sherman Dr, attendant at the Western Oil Refining Company station, Sheffield Ave. and Washington St., was carrying a large amount of money when he opened the station early Sunday, was fooled. As McDaniels drove in the station driveway, the man greeted him with a revolver and demanded the cash. A large sack full, totaled but $5 in change, McDaniel told Sergt. Walter White. Guy Joyner, 726 N. East St., little suspected a woman and a man sitting in a parked automobile at Walnut and Easts Sts., were a bandit pair, when he approached the car Sunday night. The man leaned out with a gun and demanded his cash, Joyner told police and he handed over $lO. The woman was at the wheel and drove away after the robbery, he said,

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‘FOX’ TO TRIAL THIS WEEK IN SECONDDEATH Predict Judge Will Deny New Hearing in Murder of Marion Parker. BY DAN CAMPBELL United Press Staff Correspondent ~ "’S ANGELES, Cal., Feb. 13. / convicted of the murder of . Manon Parker, Walter Hickman, the “Fox,” faces a second trial, which will bring him and Welby Hunt, a former pal, into court for the murder of Ivy Thoms, a druggist. The motion for anew trial, which would set aside the verdict which found Hickman sane when he killed Marion Parker, was to be ruled onS by Judge J. J. Trabucco Tuesday. Hickman once more will appear f before Judge Carlos S. Hardy, disqualified in the Parker case, when he goes to trial Wednesday with Welby Hunt for Thom’s slaying. Enters Not Guilty Plea It was thought that Judge Trabucco would deny the motion and pass sentence on Hickman. Hickman, although confessing hia part in the murder of Thoms, has entered a double plea of “not guilty” and “not guilty by reason of insanity.” Hunt has pleaded not guilty. Thoms was wounded fatally by either Hunt or Hickman when the pair shot their way to freedom after being cornered in a drug store holdup here a year ago, the State charges. Both youths have confessed participation in the robbery, but each asserts the other fired the shot which took the druggist’s life. Plan to Appeal Case Jerome Walsh and Richard Cantillon, Hickman’s attorneys, were prepared for a denial of their motion for anew trial in the Parker case. The attorneys have announced they will carry their appeal to the United States Supreme Court if necessary, arguing that Judge Trabucco erred in his instructions to the jury and in rulings during the course of the trial. Expected denial of the motion for anew trial was based upon rulings made by Judge Trabucco during the trial which, attorneys conceded covered the alleged errors on which the defense bases its plea. TALK' CITY HALL ROW South Side Boosters. Expected to Approve Slack Regime. South Side Boosters are expecte , to consider a resolution deploring city political conditions tonight at Garefild Baptist Church basemeoL Southern Ave. and Shelby St. F. Waldkoetter is president. A resolution similar to the one adopted recently by a south side mass meeting which recognized Mayor L. Ert Slack as “legal and rightful mayor” and flayed Republican councilmen, probably will be adopted, according to Emil Schaad, 2546 Applegate St. Flier Killed as Parachute Fails B,tj United Press SANTA MONICA, Cal., Feb. 13. Ensign Mack Spencer, Philadelphia, of the U. S. S. California, fell 3,000 feet to his death here late Sunday when a newly devised parachute failed to open.

Harold E. Bartholomew Dies After 42 Police, Firemen Offer Blood. Arrangements for a military guard at the funeral of Harold Edward Bartholomew, 15, of 1236 S. Senate Ave., 2 p. m. Tuesday at the home were made today. Students in the Manual Training High School R. O. T. C. unit, of which the youth was a member, will form a military escort. Effoi-ts were made to obtain a firing squad to give a military salute at the grave in Crown Hill cemetery. Forty-two policemen and firemen offered their blood for a blood transfusion Saturday but the blood of none could be used. The youth died at 8 p. m. Saturday night after an all-day fight by Dr. William A. Doeppers, City Hospital superintendent, and the surgical staff. The youth was the son of Council President Otis E. Bartholomew. Mayor L. Ert' Slack and Mrs. Slack, councilmen and city officials, visited the Bartholomew home Sunday to pay tribute. The youth was a junior at Manual, where he was active in dramatic activities. He was born here. Besides the parents, a brother, Frederick, and a sister, Miss Margaret Bartholomew survive him. DELAY DAILEY MEETING Walter Myers to Speak Before Ninth Ward Club. Meeting of the Ninth Ward Dailey-for-Govemor Club, scheduled for Tuesday night at Hamilton Hall, Hamilton Ave. and Washington St., has been postponed until Feb. 21. Walter Myers, candidate for the Democratic nomination for the United States Senate, will be speaker at that time. Free Soup Draws Outsiders NEW YORK, Feb. 13.—Many unemployed from other sections of the country are coming to New York to take advantage of “free soup” kitchens the New York industrial commission believes and has started an investigation, _