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THKONGS pour TO ALBANY FOR SMITH SPEECH Al to Take Over Command of Democratic Forces of U. S. Tonight. CITY GAY WITH COLOR Striking Contrast to Scene of Nominee’s Arrival 25 Years Ago. By THOMAS L. STOKES United Press Staff Correspondent ALBANY, N. Y., Aug. 22.—The man who came to this city twentyfive years ago, unheralded and known only as “Al” Smith, a slender young fellow with the tang of the Bowery in his speech, will take command tonight of the Democratic forces of the Nation. An East Side boy who has attained high political success, he v‘ll stand in proof of the American romantic legend—a hero plucked from one of those old-fashioned plays in which he delighted to act as a young man. In those days he usually was picked for the villain. Tonight he will be the hero. Striking Contrast in Scene Governor Alfred E. Smith, the Democratic nominee, will see a striking contrast as he stands before the vast throng and looks down brightly lighted State St., fluttering with banners, and recalls a young man who trudged up the same street, dark and forbidding, one cold January night, twenty-five years ago, to take up his duties as an assemblyman. He probably will remember an incident of that night. When he saw the then Governor Benjamin B. Odell, who came on the same train with him from New York, step into a sleigh and wrap fur robes about him, he turned to his companion, Tommy Caughlan, and said: “That’s the job for me.” Throngs Reach City There was an atmosphere of the county fair on Governor’s day about the town today, as thousands more came by automobile, train and boat to join the thousands already here in milling about the streets and about the grounds before the domeless capital where most of them will have to stand tonight to hear the Governor’s address. Union station was a panorama of special trains, more than twenty of them arriving this morning. During the day, the Governor turned his attention to the future, discussing his speaking tour, which will begin soon after Labor day—with party leaders—John J. Raskob, chairman of the national committee; his running-mate, Senator Joseph T. Robinson of Arkansas; Senator Key Pittman, Nevada; Senator Peter G. Gerry, Rhode Island, chairman of the advisory committee; Senator Pat Harrison, Mississippi, who will largely direct the southern campaign; Senator Harry B. Hawes, Missouri, western manager, and others. Broadcast Speech The crowd will begin to seek places to stand long before the notification ceremonies are scheduled. It has been estimated that at least 100,000 will be massed in the park about the capitol and in the streets leading away. According to an official estimate made last night 144,000 can get within this area. Governor Smith’s acceptance speech, which is expected to begin about 6:45, will be preceded by an address of welcome by Mayor John B. Tacher, Albany, and the notifica-; tion speech of Senator Key Pitt-; man, of Nevada. Broadcasting will begin with Senator Pittman’s address. Raskob will preside. Approximately ninety stations are in the radio hook-up for the notification and acceptance speeches.

ACCUSES BOOTLEGGER Prisoner Says Negro Sold Him Whisky, Then Slugged Him. Jess W. Addison, 37, who lives near Ohio and Spring Sts., had a bad night and today faces charges of drunkenness. He told police that Tuesday afternoon a Negro bootlegger took him to 817 Fowler St., sold him some whisky and then slugged him and robbed him of $17.50 Police found no one at the Fowler St address, but a few pieces of furniture were there. HONOR SACCO, VANZETTI Radicals of Country to Observe Death Anniversary. Bn United Press BOSTON, Aug. 22.—Even in death the magic names of Sacco and Vanzetti have sounded a clarion call and Thursday sup,x>rters ot their lost cause will meet in many American cities to honor the memory of the famous Italians on the first anniversary of their execution as murderers. Hourly Temperatures 7a. m.... 59 11 a. m.... 76 8 a. m.... 60 12 (noon).. 77 9 a m.... 68 1 p. m.... 78 > 10 a. m.... 72

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VOLUME 40—NUMBER 79

Kentuck’s ‘Magic’Makes Fish Bite

_ —This is “Kentuck,” “medicine man” at the Marion County Tuberculosis Association’s child nutrition camp at Bridgeport. Fishing won him his “medicine man” title. ‘ \ * “Kentuck,” originally from Kentucky, knows that if you cut your''Vi on a kit °Y glass, all you have to do to prevent infection is to spit on the gl ass and save it. And if you hurt yourself on iron, rub a little iilliiiiliilllL * $3 “taller” on the offending metal and your bruise will disappear. Oy At first - “Kentuck’s” twenty-four fellow campers scoffed at his IllliiiiMr > llSkf' superstitious l° re - But there came a day when the gang went fishing. '< Luck was poor and none of the fellows got a bite. “Kentuck” spit on ggf his bait and forthwith drew three fish out of the water.

PLOT TO SHATTER STEPHENSON’S MIND AT PRISON CHARGED

Former Guard Makes Accusation; Federal Court Fight Likely. By Time * Special MICHIGAN CITY, Ind., Aug. 22. Charges that efforts were made at the Indiana State prison here to drive D. C. Stephenson, life term murder convict, to insanity, and plans of his counsel to carry his 1 fight for liberty to United States courts are latest developments in the case of the former grand dragon of the Indiana Ku-Klux Klan. James B. Davis, a prison guard twenty-two years, asserts prison officials sought to cause Stephenson to become insane. He says the object was to have him confined in the institution’s hospital for the insane, thus preventing him from having communication with attorneys or friends. Refers to Protection “I have protected those in this for more than a year,” Davis declared, “but I will talk now.” Davis charges that on one occasion Stephenson was placed in solitary'confinement in an effort to force him to reveal the method by which he smuggled letters out of the prison. Commenting on Davis’ charges, John A. Brown, secretary of the State board of charities, expressed confidence in Walter H. Daly, prison warden. He said Davis had been dismissed at the prison after an investigation of letter smuggling by Stephenson. Robert H. Moore, Gary lawyer, who is the life convict’s chief counsel, announces “If the courts of Indiana are barred to Stephenson, we will have to go to the Federal courts,” referring to blocking of efforts to obtain a hearing Tuesday in Laporte Circuit court on a habeas corpus petition. Hearing Blocked With the hearing only a few hours away, a writ of prohibition was issued by the Indiana Supreme Court on application of Attorney General Arthur L. Gilliom, forbidding Judge John C. Richter of the La Porte court to act. Sept. 4 has been set as a date for hearing in the Supreme Court for Judge Richter to show cause why the prohibition order should not be permanent. He has retained as counsel Ralph N. Smith, La Porte attorney, and Lenn J. Oare, South Bend, former judge of St. Joseph Superior Court 2. Moore stated that counsel for Stephenson planned to petition the Supreme Court to become a party to the prohibition action. “In truth, Stephenson is the man seeking relief and we want to take part in everything that concerns him,” Moore said. “We will make an effort to become party defendant to the prohibition writ along with Judge Richter. “We have looked into the law and believe Stephenson has the right to a habeas corpus. This new move merely delays us.” Missions Session Opens By Times Special WINONA LAKE, Ind., Aug. 22. Three-day conference of the International Union of Gospel Missions opened here today in connection with the annual Bible conference. This evening a mass meeting will be! held in the Billy Sunday tabernacle I

‘WILD LIFE’ HIDES GIRL’S BROKEN HEART IN TIMES NEW SERIAL, ‘WHIRLWIND’

'T'HE post-war generation went mad. 'they drank and gambled and rearranged conventions and morals to their own taste. Some sala they were right; others said they were wrong. But In the midst of this generation, a beautiful Boston madcap. Sybil Thorne, rose as a leader of thought and action. “What are the young people coming to?”—“And what makes her act this way?” were questions paints asked themselves. Few knew that Sybil ran wild to hide a hurt In her beautiful heart. Her soldier sweetheart was reported killed In the war. There was a deep scar.

This is "Kentuck,” “medicine man” at the Marion County Tuberculosis Association’s chfid nutrition camp at Bridgeport. Fishing won him his “medicine man” title. “Kentuck,” originally from Kentucky, knows that if you cut yourself on a bit of glass, all you have to do to prevent infection is to spit on the glass and save It. And If you hurt yourself on iron, rub a little “taller” on the offending metal and your bruise will disappear. At first - “Kentuck’s” twenty-four fellow campers scoffed at his superstitious lore. But there came a day when the gang went fishing. Luck was poor and none of the fellows got a bite. “Kentuck” spit on his bait and forthwith drew three fish out of the water.

‘My Opinion Is- ’ Is Hoover a Babbit? Whether he is or not, compared to Al Smith, he is “a dose of aspirin.” That’s H. L. Mencken’s opinion. This famous critic gives his views on the presidential candidates in a remarkable interview printed on page 2 of today's Times. Read it and then read Bruce Barton’s reply tomorrow,

WETS’ WIN VERIFIED -n.. Democrat Is Victor in Ohio \ Primary. By United Press COLUMBUS, Ohio. Aug. 22.—The official count in the State primary election held Aug. 14 today gave the Democratic short-term United States senatorial nomination to Graham P. Hunt, Cincinnati dry modifleationist. Hunt defeated Senator Cyrus C. Locher, Cleveland dry, by the slim majority of 757.

MACHINE GUNS MISS TWO CAPTIVES IN LIQUOR FIGHT

Bn Times Special TERRE HAUTE, Ind., Aug. 22. Louis Patterson and his son, Glenn, coal truck drivers, are unscathed today, despite being in “no man’s land” while warring bootleg liquor factions battled with machine guns near Prairieton. The truck drivers say they were driving along a narrow road when they were met by several men in two cars. They were dragged from their trucks, and while a beating was being administered, another car containing three men appeared and its occupants opened fire upon their assailants. Father and son were left In the road as the rival gangsters took to cover and both began firing ma-

TROUBLES OF FARMING BELT TOLD TO HOOVER BY LEADERS

(Details ot Hoover Speech Page 2) BY PAUL R. MALLON United Press Staff Correspondent CEDAR RAPIDS, lowa, Aug. 22. —Farmers’ representatives from fifteen States will tread the welcome mat outside the door of Herbert Hoover’s adopted home here today and Thursday to tell him their troubles, now cccentuated by the sliding prices of wheat and com. They announced through their representatives that their hopes were buoyed by the Republican nominee's West Branch speech last night in which he expanded his ideas on his three-ply relief program and promised to call a conference of “outstanding farmers such as Governor Lowden,” to help draft the legislation carrying out his plan. Hoover believes his proposed economical and stable marketing system under a Federal farm board would have prevented gutting

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SI3UOO LOOT OF 'CON' MEN Pittsburgh Man Victim of Old Race Frameup. By United Press MONTREAL, Que., Aug. 22.—8 y using the old-time confidence game of “tapping a race wire,” two men swindled J. D. Hazelbecker, Pittsburgh contractor, of $135,000, he told police today. The swindle occurred after Hazelbecker returned from a visit abroad. One of the two confidence men had been a passenger aboard the liner. They came to Montreal to the Mount Royal Hotel together, where Hazelbecker was introduced to a second man. Hazelbecker was induced to place $1,500 on a horse race. The bet was jnacie orally and the Pittsburgher was advised his horse had won and that his share was $9,000. He placed this money again orally, and the men again reported the horse had won, this time $135,000. •They then told him that for a $135,000 bet he could drawn down $450,000. Hazelbecker agreed and was advised he had to place $135,000 In cash as security. He claimed to have placed the money with the men Aug. 17. The men went out to find how the race had come out, and Hazelbecker reported they had not returned since.

chine guns. Although bullets mowed grass at the roadside, neither of the Pattersons was struck. After a few minutes, battle, the three surrendered to their foes and the Pattersons were permitted to vetum to their trucks and drive away.

Beards 'Lion ' William Hawkins, 48, of 954 N. Pershing Ave., told police today that he slept with a gun under his pillow for protection and some “darn” thief walked In and stole it while he was sleeping.

of the wheat market at this time, and he so informed the farm leaders who called upon him. He also dropped a hint that farmers might not be compelled to wait for a special session of Congress to get through such legislation if he is elected. His emissary in Congress will be his vice presidential running mate, Senator Charles E. Curtis, Kansas, Republican leader of the Upper House. Curtis would serve until the end of the December session. While the plan will not be announced formally until later in the campaign, the United Press is Informed by indisputable authority that the new cooperative marketing scheme along the lines of the Jardine bill will be sponsored for immediate action in the December session, in case the Hoover-Curtis ticket is successful in November. In this event it could be put in

SHE tried to forget. She tried to love another. But she failed to find happiness so easily. As she grew older her ideas and ideals changed. She became more mature, but her wild impulses still ruled her soul A trip to Havana by boat made her forget her worries, but it was on this trip that she met Richard. The entire story of her life changed. "She sowed the wind and reaped the whirlwind.” Whirlwind took her life and tossed It to the depths, but a powerful "come back” again brought her to the top of the social world of happiness.

CITY TO LOSE THREE MILITIA UNITS! FALL Inadequate Armory Makes Cut Necessary, Says Adjutant General. URGES LAR’GER BUILDING Showing at Camp Will Decide Which Companies Are to Be Dropped. Three Indiana National Guard units of Indianapolis will bp stricken from the rolls and the men mustered out of service some time this fall or early winter, it was learned today. Indianapolis’ half million dollai armory has proved inadequate to house the 700 men comprising the strength of the local unit-, according to Adjt. Gen. William H. Kershner. Although none of the units are up to full war strength and the majority are below peace strength the new armory does not provide enough supply store and dri” room space as a result. Adjt. Gen. Kershner faces the necessity of discarding three companies, and making the recommendation that a wing ’ ■ built on the east side of the armory. Other Cities First No decision had been reached as to which three units will be eliminated, Kershner said. “I am waiting for reports on the fitness of the companies e* the encampment to determine which companies we shall reduce. “I will not be able to make a decision or take steps toward increasing the size of the Armory until next spring, but I will have to cut three units from our organization this fall inasmuch as we have not sufficient supply room and drillroom space in the Armory.” Building Rented Present strength of the units here, according to figures in the adjutant general's office, is: Headquarters and headquarters detachment of the 38th Division, 37 men; headquarters special troop and detachment, Headquarters Company, and 38th Divisional Signal Company, 111 men. Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 151st Infantry, 24 men; Companies D, H and M, 151st Infantry, 192 men: headquarters and Headquarters Company, 152d Infah try, 75 men; headquarters and servicee battery, 139th Field Artillery, 41 men. Headquarters battery and combat train of the first battalion of the Field Artillery, 34 men; 113th observation squadron. 113th Photo section and Medical Detachment, 111 men. and headquarters. Headquarters Company and service company, 113th Medical Regiment, 79 men. The half-million dollar Armory here was completed in 1926. The State rents the Armory from a building company, and at the end of ten years will receive title to the property. TWO DIE IN HOTEL FIRE Firemen Killed Fighting Blaze at Saginaw, Mich. By United Press SAGINAW, Mich., Aug. 22.—Two firemen were killed, two were overcome by smoke, and a bell boy was injured there last night in a fire which badly damaged the Benjamin Franklin Hotel here. Damage -was estimated at $75,000.

good working order to handle the early crops next year. One of the leaders in the harmony program is Senator Smith W. Brookhartr, an independent lowa Republican, who fought for a direct farm subsidy from the Treasury. Another is Senator Arthur Capper, elected officially head of the congressional farm bloc. A third is Senator Gerald P. Nye, North Dakota, a strict farm independent. They concurred in the unanimous opinion that the farmers have confidence Hoover will meet the situation. Hoover’s speech was enthusiastically received Tuesday night by upwards of 20,000 farmers and villagers assembled in a double circus tent in the rear of the high school at West Branch. He did not mention the tariff phase of his program and touched only lightly upon the marketing angle, but he stressed the waterways proposal.

Eluterccl „* Secoud-C’lass Matter at Poafofrtce, Indianapolis

Shocked! Socialist Chief Deplores Wave of Tyranny in Debs’ State.

“TNDIANA is incredible,” is what A Norman Thomas, New York City, 44-year-old Princeton graduate, former Presbyterian preacher and :ow Socialist candidate for Presidtnt of the United States, chose to term the Hoosier State while here to address his party members Tuesday night. This tall, slender, black and gray-haired native of Marion, Ohio, home of the late Presidtnt Harding, combines the voice ol a preacher, the brow of an idealist and the jaw of Gene Tunney in such a manner that even his enemies are impressed. He has a cause for which he left the pulpit and he never tires of talking about it. That is why he invited newspaper men to his room at the Hotel Washington Tuesday night, following his address at K. of P. Hall, and talked while he packed his traveling bag to leave for Toledo, Ohio, where he speaks tonight. a a a WHv\T is the matter with Indiana ?” he asked and proceeded to answer his own question. 'Why, thus State has the longdistance record for officials that are or ought to be in jail. “It is difficult for an outsider to imagine a commonwealth that will stand for a Governor whose only claim to remaining outside prison walls ih the statute of limitation. Why, his only plea was that the people didn't find out that he did wrong soon enough. “Post Civil War conditions, illiteracy and racial problems offer some explanation for Ku-Klux Klan tyranny in the south. But in Indiana one expected better things. Yet this State became the most shocking example of Klan tyranny and so far as I know it is still dominated by the same group that put a Jackson in the Governor’s chair and Arthur Robinson in the Senate. “Indiana is outstanding now for one thing—apathy in the face of proved political corruption. Isn't that a fine record for a State which has produced a mass of American literature and the great humanitarian figure of Eugene V. Debs. m u a HOW do men like Governor Jackson 'get by, anyway? “My love for the memory of Debs makes this State a sort of Holy Land and I hate to see it in the hands of such people as Jackson and your two United States Senators, who are perfect examples of the political four-flusher.” After he had spoken at the hall, an aged man with a huge white mustache approached Thomas and shook his hand. “Y iu are a worthy successor to Gene ” the old man said. "That is the finest tribute that could be paid to a man,” was the candidate's reply. Thomas was accompanied here by August Claessens, professor in the Rand School of Social Science, New York City, and McAllister Coleman, labor journalist and the publicity man for the Socialist campaign.

PROBE DRY SHOOTING Quiz Agent Who Shot Man in Chicago Loop Raid. By United Press CHICAGO, Aug. 22.—An investigation was launched here today into the shooting of Merle Adams by a prohibition agent yesterday when a squad of dry officers raided suspected headquarters of a liquor syndicate in a loop skyscraper. Adams, who. first gave his name as Morris Green, was declared by physicians to have a slight chance for recovery. He was shot by Agent Arthur Franklin, 23, a student dry operator. Adams allegedly was connected with a bootleg ring headed by Paul Morton. Morton had been arrested earlier in the day in a raid. He is the brother of the late “Nails” Morton, boolegger, killed in a fall from a horse. The raid was led by “Hardboled” George Golding. DOd BITES CURIOUS BOY Lad Peeks Through Fence; Canine Nips His Nose. Erenst Peterson, Jr., 6, 1120 Pleasant St., walking down an alley with his daddy this morning, displayed boyish interest in the barking of a dog behind a high board fence. Ernest scampered to a big knothole, peered through, chubby nose protruding. The dog barked, lunged, bit Ernest’s nose.

You won't understand the girl until you read ‘ Whirlwind,” which starts Thursday, Aug. 23, in The Times. You won’t and can't believe the powerful drama concealed in printed word of the story. ana npHE author, Eleanor Early, with a few words, paints a picture of grandeur that startles with its simplicity and import. There are hundreds of beautiful lines in "Whirlwind,” and humor, too. Everything you want in one story. * It’s the greatest story of the year in serial form. You can’t afford to miss it Start reading it tomorrow, Thursday, Aug. 23, in The Times.

WORLEY SCORES CITY JUDGE FOR FREEING THREE ON BOND IN MACHINE GUN DEATH QUIZ \ Professional Bail Signers Get Trio Out of Jail Shortly After Arrest; Wetter’s Approval Hampers Probe, Says Cnief. i COUNCILMAN’S BROTHER IN DEAL William Rathert Admits He Expected to Profit; Bullet-Riddled Victim Identified at Clinton; Father Claims Body, v Witliin three hours after Indianapolis detectives had rounded up three members of a Chicago Louisville bootlegging ring here-for questioning on the slaying of Edward J. Shannon, 33, alias Edward Eekerle, bootlegger, at Clinton, Ind., Sunday, the trio was at liberty under bond provided by professional bondsmen. Intervention of Police Chief Claude M. Worley and his sharp criticism of Municipal Judge Paul C. Wetter, who approved the bonds, prevented the release of two other members of the ring, subsequently arrested, and blocked a procedure which, Worley declared, “hampered police investigation.”

Arrests, all on vagrancy charges, which provoked the Worley-Wetter feud on tactics of professional bondsmen were: Homer Wright, 27, 1129 N. Alabama St., alleged leader of a Louisville (Ky.) liquor ring affiliated with a Chicago syndicate, for whom, it is believed, the machine gun fire which killed Shannon was intended. James Walker, 24. Michigan Hotel, member of Wright’s “gang” and intimate friend of the slain Shannon. Mrs. Anill Walker, 23, wife of i James Walker, Michigan Hotel. Miss Mary Ryan, 32, of Kansas City, arrested with the Walkers at the Michigan Hotel. Donald Hunt, 28, of Detroit, arrested at the Roosevelt Hotel, an J alleged member of the Wright crowd. The cases today were continued until Sept. 11. Within three hours after the arrest of Wright and the two women, $5,000 bond each had been provided for their release. Donald Underwood, ex-convict and professional bondsman, and William F. Rathert, 653 Middle Dr., Woodruff Place, brother and business partner of City Councilman Paul E. Rathert, signed Wright's bond, and the two, with Sand Weist, proprietor of a delicatessen store on Market St., signed the bonds for the women. Threaten Blow-Up. Underwood and other bondsmen next moved to obtain the release of Walker on a similar bond. But Lieutenant Simon got wind of what was going on and ordered the bond increased to SIO,OOO. When Chief Worley was informed he ordered Walker’s bond boosted to $15,000 and fixed a like amount on Hunt when he was caught. Both men remained in jail today. Worley called Judge Wetter by phone Tuesday night to remonstrate vigorously against his approval of the bonds. “Judge, don’t you know that there will be a big blow-up about this thing some of these days?” Worley said he asked Wetter. “Don’t you know that one of the signers of these bonds is a professional bondsman and an ex-convict and that by permitting these bonds to be signed you have hampered police investigation of the Shannon murder?” Judge Wetter today said, “A man’s constitutional rights must be respected. They can’t keep anybody ; n jail just to satisfy somebody’s whim. I absolutely insisted on a good substantial bond signed Dy reputable citizens.” Admits Expecting Profit Rathert admitted he expected to be paid for signing the bonds. He admitted he “didn’t know” the prisoners, but explained: “You know how it is. A customer of our grocery at 751 S. Meridian St. knew these people and asked me to sign the bonds.” Underwood was the customer, Rathert admitted, insisting he didn’t want “to be involved in this kind of a thing any more than I have to. I’d rather be kept out of this particular case.” “Did you receive pay for signing the bonds of these three people?” he was asked. “No, but I expected to. Underwood always split the fee with me. He came to my store and said. ‘Bill, there are some people locked up on a vagrancy charge whose bond I want you to sign—it has been o. k.’d by Judge Wetter. “He had asked me to sign bonds before and no person had skipped. I know these people are bad actors, but they are too well known to the police to skip.” Paul C. Scharffln, 403 Inland

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Bank Bldg., attorney for the quintet, today said he asked Judge Wetter to reduce the bonds, but the best he could get was the court’s promise of approval at $5,000 if proper security was obtained. “I did what any other attorney would have done for his client,” he said. I got them out as soon as possible and I will defend them when they come to trial. I didn’t ask the police about the case and I don't have to ask them. I saw the judge and that was all that was necessary.” Scharffin said he was administrator for Shannon's estate and admitted he was at Clinton Monday to identify the body and arrange for its burial, although refusing to disclose identity of the “two Indianapolis business men” who accompa- | r.ied him on the trip. Father Claims Body I According to a United Press disj patch from Clinton today Shannon’s I body was claimed today - by his I father, John C Ecekerle, St. Louis, who said the murdered man’s real j name was Elwald Ecekerle. ! Police Chief Worley said he had received information that the slain man’s name was Edwin Eckerley, and that he is under a SIO,OOO bond in connection with a St. Louis safecracking case. He had been going under the name of Shannon, howi ever, here and in his liquor ring activities, police believed Headquarters in City Indian.ipols was the in te/mediate headquarters of the gang in their bootlegging operations between Chicago and Louisville, police believed, after Louisville officers had traced the movements of Wright, Shannon and rival gang members preceding the slaying. William E. Rapp, prohibition Investigator. of Louisville, learned that “war” was declared when Wright and Joe Praum, alleged Chicago alcohol chieftain, “fell out” over the Louisville and southern Indiana business, according to dispatches, Wright and Shannon, Rapp said, were in Louisville Saturday on a reconnoitering tour, "ival gangsters, it is believed, followed them to Clinton. There, Sunday, in front of the ' home of Louis Rolando, Shannon l was seated in an auto when a cur- ! tained machine drove along side. I The tip of a machine gun protruded through an opening and a deadly stream of lead riddled Shannon and his car. Wright is believed to have alighted from the car a few minutes before it was riddled. Police hold the theory Wright had “broken” with the gang whose members then were out to get him when Shannon was killed. Until recently. Shannon lived at the N. Alabama St. address where Wright was arrested. First local arrest was made Tuesday at 2 p. m., when Detectives Barnaby and Tooley, waiting outside the Michigan Hotel, nabbed Walker, his wife and the Ryan woman. Anticipating gun-fire, the detectives beat Walker on the draw and relieved him of a blue steel .45 Colt revolver on a massive frame. Compare Finger Prints At 3 p. m., Wright v.as arrested by Detectives Jordan, Tuck, Staggs and Young, at his apartment. In his room, detectives found a shiny .38-calibre gun,/also mounted on a large frame and fully loaded. From a phone call to the ring’s rooms in the Michigan Hotel, detectives Gaughan and Taylor, got the tip that led to the arrest, at 11:10 p. m., of Hunt at the Roosevelt. Hunt inadvertently had called the Michigan to “have “Wright cad me when he gets out.” CONSULATE IS BOMBED Italian Envoys in Belgium Escape Blast. B u United Press BRUSSSELS, Belgium, Aug. 22. The Italian consulate at Liege was damaged badly by a bom’- explosion at 11 o’clock Tuesday night. No casualties were reported. Both the Italian consul and viceconsul were absent at the time of the explosion. Authorities believed the bombing was the work of anti-fascists, seeking revenge ag&insL an Italian spy living in Laege.