Indianapolis Times, Volume 40, Number 40, Indianapolis, Marion County, 27 June 1928 — Page 2

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CHICAGO GANG BULLETS END SWA Y OF‘ BIG TIM’ MURPHY

FALLS IN WILD NIGHT OF BATTLE BY RACKETEERS Notorious Czar of Crime Is Shot Down on Lawn of His Home. CAPONE RIVAL IS SLAIN Six Shootings Mark Reign of Terror in City’s Underworld.

EY JAMES K. MARTINDALE United Frees Staff Correspondent CHICAGO, June 27—“ Big Tim” Murphy, Chicago’s original “racketeer” and probably the most notorious figure in Gangland’s history, was dead today after a -night of the most ruthless gang warfare this city ever has known. Big Tim was the victim of the machine gun—a method of assassination unknown when he first began “racketeering” more than ten years ago—and before the confusion surrounding his murder had subsided, five more shootings had taken place, two of them linked directly with his slaying. Two men were killed besides Big Tim, one of them known as a leader in the war for vice control. Capone Rival Slain Nicholas Manos, manager of the Metropolitan hotel and a rival of “Scarface Al” Capone for control of Chicago’s gambling and vice, was shot to death in front of his hotel. Manos was an associate of “Monkey Face” Ger.ke, notorious vice lord, and was allied with “Mike de Pike” Heitler, gang leader, who recently had been seen in company with Big Tim. This killing, police believed, was connected with the entry of Big Tim into the cleaners’ and dyers’ racketeering war in which Capone has been active. Less than half an hour after Manso’s death came the report of the finding of the body of a welldressed man in the bushes in Broadview, northwest suburb. The body was beaten and the victim, unquestionably, had been tortured to death, police said. Police in Gun Duels Policeman Timothy Fahey was drawn into a revolver duel with two Italians in a West Side gangster hunt. One of the Italians was wounded, probably fatally, by the policeman’s fire. He was unidentified. Albert Allen, petty gangster and “hoodlum,” was fatally wounded by a police squad which surprised him as he was attempting to force a taxi driver to drive him to the West Side. The explosion of a black powder bomb in a poolroom today routed ■guests of three South Side hotels, and caused considerable confusion among South Side police squads. The blast wrecked the poolroom. The night of shootings threw gangland into a confusion unparalleled even by the assassination of such famous gang chieftains as Dion O’Bannion and Hymie Weiss. Murphy, whose career led from a stockyards saloon through paths of turbulence and crime to a place of vast power and influence, died from machine gun fire on the lawn of his home here. He had fallen into a trap laid by the killers. The assailants, who had lingered In the Rogers Park district for hours, waiting for a chance to kill their man, rang his doorbell. Then,' when he appeared, they opened fire from a motor car in front of the home and sped away. Hit by One Bullet Big Tim had ducked as the hail of bullets came at him—but not soon enough. A solitary bullet caught him in the baek. He was dead before doctors could reach h'm. Warrants were issued for the arrest of Alfred Borris, former secretary of the Cleaners’ and Dyers’ Union; Ben Abrams, Sam Rubens and George Goldstine. Two alleged gang leaders. William Carrio and Mike Greco, also were sought. Raised With “Yards Gang” Big Tim was born and raised among the stockyard workers here and began his career upon a scene where the gang instinct was strong. One of the first of many occasions on which he ran afoul of the law was the “Mossy” Enright murder case in 1920. Big Tim and two of his lieutenants, Mike Carozzo and Jimmy Vinci, were involved in the feuds which rocked Chicago labor at that time.

Enright was a rival leader of the “Gashouse gang.” The three men were indicted for the killing, but the cases never went to trial. Magnetic, witty, nonchalant, Big Tim organized union after union in an ambitious program of labor activities until he ascended to the position of a czar in the Chicago labor world. Served Time in Prison A few years ago he was indicted and convicted with Carozzo, his pal. in the $125,000 Dearborn Street mail robbery. Big Tim was sentenced to five years in Leavenworth Federal penitentiary and fined SIO,OOO. He served four years of his term. When Murphy was paroled from the Kansas prison and returned to Chicago, he was met at the station by a band. His homecoming was a gala day for his followers. About a year ago Big Tim opened a pretentious gambling casino. He sought to make a miniature Monte Carlo of the place on Sheridan Rd. It had diamond-studded roulette wheels and was guarded by an elaborate arsenad. Nicky Amstein, notorious anarchist, was reported to be a partner in the project. It flourished for only a short time. Police surrounded it one ijight, and, In a spectacular raid, wrecked the dazzling establishment.

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INDICT ‘GAS HAWKS’ Grand Jury Returns Charges in Attack Cases. Indictments charging criminal attacks in two of the recent cases of abduction of young girls by gas hawks were returned today by the county grand jury. The jury ended its indicting and will make a final report Thursday. Anew grand jury comes in July 1. Albert Kennedy, 1805 N. Olney St., was charged with attacking two girls, both 14. Three indictments against Harold Van Walters, 1871 Shelby St., charged attacks on three different children. Robert Turner, held In jail, was charged with an attack, and Clifford Wicks with assault and battery with intent to attack a young girl.

WORLEY AIDS FORT BATTLE ON BOOZE

City Policemen Will Help, After Sheriff Refuses His Assistance. City policemen will be loaned to Ft. Benjamin Harrison officials during the C. M. T. C. period to break up bootlegging outside the military reservation, Police Chief Claude M. Worley announced today. Worley’s announcement followed Sheriff Omer Hawkins’ refusal to assign two deputy sheriffs to the post, on the excuse that the county did not allow him enough deputies and money for salaries. Capt. Earl Moss, fort morale officer conferred with Worley this afternoon on plans to prevent bootleggers from preying on the 1,500 youths in training in the C. M. T. C. Duty of City “I made the offer on behalf of the city because we recognized that Indianapolis has a civic and moral obligation to protect its good name with the parents of those boys from all over the Middle West, ’ said Worley. , . “It’s not our job, strictly speaking, because the Fort is so far outside the city, and besides we are desperately short of men to cover the city proper, but when the authorities whose job it is refused to cooperate, we decided It was up to us to help. Sheriff Has Big Force Courthouse records disclose this force and the salary appropriations the sheriff struggles along with; The sheriff himself, $7,500 salary. Chief deputy, $3,000. Fifteen courthouse deputies at sl,740 each. r Eleven deputies assigned to county jail, $1,740 each. Two jail matrons, $960 each. One jailer, $2,040. Grand total: One sheriff, one chief deputy, one jailer, two matrons, two stenographers, twentysix deputies; total salary appropriation, $55,200. Police Bear Brunt The sheriff, by long standing custom, makes no effort to enforce law in Indianapolis or territory immediately surrounding. Fob instance, the whole Broadmoor Country Club

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MURDER DEN IS REVEALED BY POLICESEARCH French Seek Wine Dealer, Believed Wholesale Woman Slayer. By United Prcsa PARIS, June 27.—An amazing series of woman murders has recalled to France the activities of Landru, whose murders of women sent him to the guillotine. One man is sought. Camille Gaillard, a wine merchant of Morocco, who also is known as Jerome Drat, is being traced through southern France by detectives, who have a warrant charging him with the murder of Mile. Elise Foce. Mile. Foce was found strangled to death in a villa at Marseilles, which she recently had sold to Gaillard. He had made an advance deposit of 30,000 francs. Subsequently it was learned that Gaillard had owned a villa on the outskirts of Marseilles and that he had been known as Jerome Drat, believed to be his proper name. It was reported by persons living in the vicinity that Drat was accustomed to receive many women visitors at his villa. Police started investigating in the villa cellar, which Drat kept sealed, was found a woman’s corpse, under a cement slab. There were indications of murders. Continuing their operations, police found the body of another women in the basement. There were indications of recent digging around the villa and police were confident additional bodies would be discovered when search was resumed today. Police were hopeful that many recent disappearances of women from Marseilles would be cleared through investigations at Gaillard’s villa. Burglary Confession Claimed Kenneth H. Edwards, 16, of Seven-ty-First St. and College Ave., according to Detectives Englebright and Hubbard, has confessed to robbing a grocery store and two lunch rooms in his neighborhood. A burglary charge was placed against him.

robbery job and most of the work on the Indianapolis Country Club pay roll robbery recently fell on Indianapolis police, although Broadmoor is a mile outside etty limits and the Country Club about ten miles. The sheriff referred the Army officers to the Federal prohibition office. The prohibition office has twenty-six men with which to cover the whole State. - Two Held in Mill Fire By Timea Special NASHVILLE, In<l., June 27.—* Earl Pittman and Emmett Lester are under arrest here following burning of a sawmill with a loss of $2,700. Sheriff D. S. Wilkerson of Brown County, said the men confessed to him they were stealing gasoline at the mill when the fluid became ignited from a lantern, setting the mill on fire.

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Noses Go Unpowdered, So Dance Grind Is Near End

Profits Pour Into Pockets of Marathon Promoter; Quells Revolt. By United Pfrss NEW YORK, June 27.—Mtlton Crandall,, promoter of the international dance marathon, stopped counting profits for a brief period today and counted noses. He found eighteen noses still on the floor. Nine were feminine noses that had not been adjacent to a powder puff for hours. The women dancers have reached the stage where massages, permanent waves and cosmetics are too much trouble. “That,” said Crandall, “is a sure sign that the marathon is in the home stretch.” Nine couples swung into the 394th hour at 9 a. m. today, with another revolt brewing. The dancers wanted SIOO a day for each couple continuing. Crandall is getting rich, they said, and should divide the profits. The promoter, an expert revolt suppressor by now, promised he would give prizes to the second, third and fourth couples as well as $5,000 to the winner. That pacified the rebels. Tommy Nolan and Anna King of Pittsburgh staged a strong comeback early today and indulged in some fancy steps. The other eight couples left are William Bush and Hercules Mary Promitis, Eddie Leonard and Minnie Javque, Dominick Laperte and Charlotte Kush, Jimmy Priore and Florence Varlough, Dave Auerbach and Vera Campbell, J. F. Scott and Olga Christianson, Gunner Neilson and Hanna Karpman and Alfred Ippaliti and Dorothy Bremen.

‘PLUMBER GONE WRONG’ ACCUSED AS BURGLAR Caught Removing Fixtures From Vacant House. Albert Arnolds, 43, no address, liked to read such books as Herbert Asbury’s “The Gangs of New York.” but the newest thing to a crook he could be was a plumber gone wrong, police charge. Patrolmen Morris Corbin and Charles O'Donnell, captured him after a several blocks chase today. The officers said they found Arnolds with a pushcart and a fine set of plumbing tools, removing fixtures from the empty house of Leo K. Fesler, 2126 Central Ave. At the station the officers found the gang book in the large bag in which Arnolds kept his plumbing tools, which also served as his burglar kit, they said. ‘FIREBUG’ IS BLAMED Vacant House Blaze Believed of Incendiary Origin. A fire, believed incendiary, in a vacant house at 220 W. Vermont St., was extinguished by the fire department Tuesday 'night, with only a small loss because Police Sergeant John Sheehan happened to pass the place just as the flames began to gain headway. The fire was started in a closet. Uses Chloroform for Suicide By Times Special PLYMOUTH, Ind., June 27.—11 l health and worry are blamed for the suicide of Albert W. Ridgeway, 53, farmer, three miles north of here, who inhaled chloroform. He was found dying in ' am by his wife.

000L1DGE LIKES TO FISH WHERE SKILLCQUNTS Spurns Tame Trout in Artificial Lakes for Wild Ones of River. BY ROBERT MOOREFIELD United Press Staff Correspondent SUPERIOR, Wis., June 27.—Like any other true sportsman, President Coolidge chooses to do his fishing where the trout are hardest to catch. Mr. Coolidge revealed in the first press conference of his vacation Tuesday that he preferred to cast his line in the Brule River rather than in the artificial lakes around Cedar Island Lodge, which are plentiful stocked with trout. Most of his fishing expeditions have been confined to the river. Smiling and joking as he paid his , first visit to the executive offices here, the President made it apparent that he is enjoying his rest on ; the secluded Henry Clay Pierce estate. Both he and Mrs. Coolidge have improved in health. Mr. Coolidge said he had encountered no mosquitces, “except a very few in the more heavily forested areas of the estate.” It was said that although Mr Coolidge had not considered any part he might take in the coming campaign, he may hold himself at the disposal of his party. For the present, at least, he does not intend to do any speaking. Ferhaps something may be decided next week, when Secretary of the Interior Work visits him to submit his resignation. The President’s son, John, now in the East, will arrive at Cedar Island lodge Saturday or Sunday. It was not known how long his visit with his parents would last. LOCAL AD MEN WILL GO TO DETROIT PARLEY Evansville Will Head City Delegation in Motor Caravan Albert O. Evans, president of the Indianapolis Advertising Club will head the local delegation making an automobile caravan trip to the International Advertising Congress at Detroit, July 8-12, according to announcement made today by Lester C. Negley, secretary. Plans for the trip will be discussed at the weekly luncheon of the local organization at the Spink-Arms Thursday noon. A special committee has been appointed to take charge of the trip. It consists of Chairman Russell Etter and Roscoc Clark and Floyd Hassler, members. For the first time in the history of the International Advertising Association a world’s fair of advertising is to be staged. There will be 50.000 square feet of floor space devoted to 350 booths displaying all forms of advertising. Outstanding advertisers from throughout the world are to appear on the program.

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Friendship between Mrs. Jessie Herndon (above) and James Fouty (left below) was the reason Wayne Herndon gave for fatally shooting Fouty at the Herndon home, 3144 W. Morris St., Tuesday afternoon. Mrs. Herndon denies any improper friendship and Fouty’s widow (right below) declares she does not believe her husband was guilty.

TORNADO RAGES OYERJIL FIELD Damage Past Half Million Caused in Wyoming. By United Press CASPER, Wyo.. June 27.—A tornado which struck the Salt Creek oil field near here late yesterday, caused property damage estimated at $500,000, reports indicated today More than 125 oil derricks were wrecked, two gas plants and one pumping station were demolished. At least one person was injured reports said. Communication was crippled by the storm and only meager reports were available. The tornado cut a path four miles long and from one-quarter to onehalf mile wide in the heart of the Salt Creek field, reports received here said. A heavy rain and hail storm followed the tornado, making highways almost impassable and causing streams to overflow. HELD ON GIRL’S CHARGES Police today are holding Lincoln Chelf, 62. of 1312 E. Twenty-Fifth St., said to be the Negro who has attempted to attack more than twenty young Negro girls in the last eighteen months. He has been identified by sixteen of the girls, according to police. Chelf was arrested by Patrolman Lee Oliver, after two blocks’ chase at Othon and Colton Sts., Tuesday night. Chelf had been trying to entice a small girl into a vacant house. Oliver sail.

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AIM NEW BLAST AT ROZELLE IN PROBEOEMAND Hicks Renews ‘Home Work’ Scheme Attack; Writes Postal Solicitor. Another blast was fired today at the Omaha Tapestry Paint Company of La Grange, Ind., “home work” mail order business operated by United States Marsha’ Frank E. Rozelle, when demand for an investigation by the Postoffice Department was addressed to Horace J. Donnelly, solicitor of the department, at Washington. Robert E. Hicks of South Whitley, Ind., publisher of Specialty Salesman magazine, renewed his attack upon Rozelle’s company in a communication sent Donnelly. Hicks detailed how It was Rozelle’s method to sell pillow tops and other materials for painting to women who were given to understand by his advertisement and literature, that the completed work would be bought back by the company. Copy Sent to New A copy of the letter was sent to Postmaster General Harry S. New, who was told “this case is too important to be dropped merely because of the fact that others are trying to make political Issue of It.” Rozelle’s appointment as United States marshal was Indorsed by Senators James E. Watson and Arthur R. Robinson. Hicks appealed for an Investigation in letters two weeks ago to New, United States Senator George W. Norris, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and Attorney General John G. Sargent. New evidently referred the matter to Donnelly, for the latter wrote Hicks. Access io Juries In his reply, Hicks said: “This case is of vast import. “Rozelle now is United States marshal,” Hicks reminded Donnelly. “He will have charge of the juries trying others who are investigated and tried for similar frauds. He will have access to juries. He will have a great deal to do with the selection of those Juries.” SET NUNAMAKER RITES Funeral Will Be Held Thursday at SS. Peter and Paul Cathedral. Following an illness of about six weeks, Mrs. Mary Jane Nunamaker, 42. of 4030 Byram Ave., dted Tuesday morning at the residence. Funeral services will be held at 10 a m. Thursday at the SS. Peter and Paul Cathedral with the Rev. Father O’Connor officiating. Burial will be in Crown Hill Cemetery. Mrs. Nunamaker was bom In Grand Rapids, Mich., and came to Indianapolis in 1909. In 1907 she was married to Everett F. Nunamaker. She is survived by a son, Curren Nunamaker.

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