Indianapolis Times, Volume 39, Number 324, Indianapolis, Marion County, 10 May 1928 — Page 5

MAY 10, 1928.

WITNESSES i VOTING PROBE BEFORE JURY Data on ‘Ballot Stealing’ and ‘Repeaters’ Given to Investigators. Seven witnesses were called today by the Marion County grand jury in its investigation into alleged irregularities at polls during Tuesday’s primary. More witnesses will testify Friday, it was said. The jury was given information that may reveal a series of persons "repeating” in the primary vote and additional data cn alleged vote "stealing,” it was believed. Officials Went Home The witnesses today were: Dr. Samuel McGaughey, official in the Twenty-Second precinct of Warren Township; William Gardner, sheriff in the Second precinct of the Fifth ward; E. O. Streeter, 805 Prospect St.; Ralph Coleman. 2038 Columbia Ave.; Thomas Matthews. 615 Sanders St.; Elmer Doles, 830 E. McCarty St., and Bert Adkins, 131 N. New Jersey St., primary officials. McGaUghey was found by a 1 Criminal Court investigator outside j of the voting place while the ballot | counting was supposed to be in progress.

At the precinct where Gardner Was sheriff it was reported officials went home while the count was benig made and that ballets were scattered at random and some went uncounted. Young Blamed In the Eight precinct of the Seventh Ward, where Adkins was inspector, two Republicans acted as Democratic officials until examined by James Deery, Democratic election commissioner, when they admitted they had been brought in when the Democratic members did not appear. Deery disqualified them and put in two Democrats. The Democratic workers charged that Todd Young, who acted as county chairman because George V. Coffin was ill. kept the Democrates from entering the poll. Young testified before the grand jury Wednesday. INMATE HANGS SELF Intan'e Man Takes Life When Guard Steps Out. Watching for an opportunity which presented itself between 1 and 1:20 a. m., Wednesday, Samuel R. Forward. 61, inmate of the Central Indiana Insane Hospital, hanged himself. He had attempted several times before entering the hospital to end his life. A guard left him for a few minutes to care, for another patient. On his return he found Forward dead, with a torn blanket rope about his head, attached to the bars. He had lived at 1130 Villa Ave.

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MANAGERS RULE AT Y Council Government to Be Changed Oct. 1. Dormitory City the Central Young Men’s Christian Association Bldg.—will inaugurate the city manager form of government on Oct. 1. At present a mayor and council type is in power. Mayor George E. Giffen sponsored the change "tp interest more members in the dormitory’s activities.” Four commissioners will be elected Oct. 1. They will be known as athletic, religious, social and educational commissioners. For two years men in the dormitory have been banded into a “city,” electing officials, printing a newspaper and sponsoring activities. The council voted approval of a daylight saving time measure, which Mayor Giffen signed. TWO COUPLES ARRESTED Held by Police After Automobile Crash. Two young couples were arrested Wednesday night when their automobile collided head-on with a machine driven by Clarence G. Ostheimer, 28. of 3927 W. Washington St., at Belle Vieu PI. and Speedway Rd. Both care were badly damaged. Delbert Mosteller, 22, of 4969 W. Fifteenth St. was arrested, charged with driving while intoxicated. His companions, slated as drunk, are: Miss Helen Brown. Augusta; Miss Mary Lindsey of 2101 E. FortyFourth St., and Albert Barber of 4404 Caroline St. $750,000 DOCK BUILT

National Terminals Announces Chicago Tier Ready. William J. Hogan, president of the National Terminals Corporation of Indianapolis, today announced completion of the $750,000 dock at East Chicago, Ind. Operation- of the netv lake terminal will begin Sunday when two Buffalo steamers will dock shipments at the terminal. Local persons have a financial interest in the concern. HURT IN TRAIN WRECK Three Injured When Freight Car* Are Derailed. Cliff Thomas and Walter Campbell, Lexington, Ky., and Harry Johnson, Madison, Ind., were recovering today from injuries received when twenty-five cars of a Baltimore & Ohio freight train piled up at Reedville. southeast, of the city, Wednesday. They were taken to Methodist Hospital but Campbell and Johnson were released. A broken draw bar is believed to have causd the wreck. GAS STATION HELD UP Two men held up Mark Ellis. 1065 | W. Twenty-Eighth St., attendant | at Standard Oil Station, Twenty- | Ninth and Clifton Sts., Wednesday ; night and stole $65. Ellis said one of the men, pointi ing a gun, ordered him to rake the | cash from both register and safe.

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SI,OOO FOR WELFARE Community Welfare Board Gets Bequest From Hamilton Estate. William Fortune, chairman of the Community Welfare Board, today announced receipt of a SI,OOO bequest from the estate of Mrs. Margaret E. Hamilton. William H. Book was elected secretary succeeding Mrs. Joseph B. Kealing, who died recently. Use of the tequest was left to the board's judgment. The local board was authorized by act of the Legislature to receive gifts and bequests on behalf of the city and distribute the funds for the benefit of the citizenship. ‘LOST EDITOR FOUND Was in Office While Police Searched. Police who still had J. P. O'Mahoney. editor of the Indiana Catholic, listed as "missing” from St. Francis Hospital late this morning, apparently had not searched far enough. O'Mahoncy telephoned The Times shortly before noon that a story of his disappearance printed in the noon edition was incorrect, that he had been at his office. The report at police headquarters showed that the hospital authorities had asked police to search for him Wednesday night. O'Mahoney said thot he had been notified at the hospital that he was needed at his office so he just put on his clothes and went there. Meanwhile relatives at the C’Mahcney home had said that the editor, so far as they new, still was in the hospital.

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STATE PHONE GROUPMEETS Rochester Man Delivers Chief Address. The telephone business In Indiana is Jeopardized by “financial adventures,” declared Henry A. Barnhart, president of Rochester (Ind.) Telephone Association, addressing the asssociation’s ninth annual convention at the Claypool today. Asserting there have been “wholesale and retail changes in telephone plant ownership during the last year,” Barnhart concluded “if the new capital put into telephone investments in Indiana improve the serve, standardizes business and conduces to better and more stable public relations, every dollar of it will prove to be a welcome and helpful addition to the legitimate investment of the telephone industry as a whole.” Barnhart warned against campaign attacks on the public service commission. Approximately one hundred representatives of independent telephone companies in the State are attending the convention, which closes Friday.

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