Indianapolis Times, Volume 40, Number 171, Indianapolis, Marion County, 7 December 1928 — Page 11
DEC. 7, 1928
OLD WEST GETS FIRST VIEW OF MODERNKILLER Gang Style of Battle Is Introduced in Denver by Easterners. BY H. O. THOMPSON United Press Stsiff Correspondent DENVER, Colo., Dec. 7.—This section of the west, once noted for its forthright method of settling disputes with pistols, is having its first experience with the modern practices of eastern gunmen. The style of gun play which originated in the mining camps—and still prevails to some degree—called for a face-to-face encounter. The honors usually went to the man who first wrapped his index finger aoout the trigger of his weapon. Sometimes the verdict was a bloodless one, with the victim of the draw shuffling off shamefacedly. But in many cases the contestants blazed away right heartily at each other, with fatal results. Modern Gunman Arrives Now Denver has the screened automobiles, the hidden gunmen, the ambush and the deadly machine gun. All of those accoutrements of modern killing were brought into play against Eddie Diamond. Eddie, a brother of Jack Diamond, involved in the Arnold Roth stein case in New York, is a fight promoter, according to his own description. He was fired upon by three men from a moving car. Two gangsters were ar*”-'*’'*! and a police checkup showed they had criminal records in eastern cities under various aliases. Eddie Diamond can not imagine, at least for publication, why anyone should want to kill him. He is a nervous, harassed-looking individual. He gives the impression that he is in constant fear. Victim Fights Back Diamond is not lacking in bravery or whatever it* is that sustains a man in a fight. When bullets rained about him he ducked, reached for a gun and fired back. Probably, if he had lived a half century ago, he would not have minded meeting his enemies in the open, shot for shot. But the modern machine-gun ambush, automatic rifles and such equipment have him worried. This modern type of gang warfare does not appeal to the west. The mode of killers of the past sems always to have contained a concession that the victims should at least be allowed to see who was poking lead in their direction. LECTURES ON TURKEY “Times Off His Fez” Topic of Traveler at Jewish Center. “The Turk Takes Off His Fez” is the subject of the lecture to be given by Harry A. Franck, famed world traveler and author of numerous travel books, at the Jewish Community Center Sunday night. Franck appears as one of the numbers of the open forum series and the lecture will be followed by questions by the audience. Thee forum series is open to the public. The lecturer has visited various countries of the world and has traveled afoot, living the life of the people and gathering their viewpoint first hand. His lecture will deal with post-war Turkey and its relation +o international affairs. Join In Essay Contest The English and Chemistry departments at Manual high school are co-operating in the annual essay contest of the American Chemical society. Carl Hahske of the faculty is giving lectures to about forty students who are writing essays.
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Held in ‘Witch Killing'
Authorities of York county, Pennsylvania, are trying to establish the theory that the desire for money actuated the slaying of Nelson D. Rehmeyer, 59-year-old recluse on his farm in North Hopewell township. John H. Blymire, self-styled “witch doctor,” is alleged to have led his two youthful accomplices to kill the old man to obtain a lock of his hair so they could be “freed from his spells.” Above, left to right, are Blymire, Wilbert G. Hess and John Curry, confessed slayers. Below is the old hermit’s home.
PLAN LEGION DERBY FOR NEW MEMBERS
Turning from discussion of national policies, American Legion commanders, in annual conference here today, gave their attention to organization matters, including a nation-wide membership campaign. Fifty-four departments of the legion and the American Legion Auxiliary will compete in the “Kentucky Derby” membership race starting Wednesday, Jan. 2, and closing at 2 p. m. Saturday, May 18, the day and hour for the fiftyfifth annual Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs, Louisville, where the 1929 national convention of the legion will be held. Competing departments will bear the names of the winners who have won first laurels in the turf classic. Frank E. Samuel, assistant national adjutant, uotlined the contest at this morning’s conference at national legion headquarters. A score of speakers were on today’s program to outline projects for developing and strengthening legion posts from coast to coast. The Forey and Eight will be hosts to commanders and adjutants at a dinner at the Elks Club this evening. National Commander Paul V. Me-
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Nutt will address the closing session of the commanders Saturday morning. It will be McNutt’s most important address ince his election at the national convention in San Antonio, Tex., in October, and will be broadcast over WFBM at 11. % Passage of the cruiser bill by congress before ratification of the Kellogg multi-lateral treaty will be sought by the legion’s legislative committee, John Thomas Taylor, vice-charman of the committee, assured the conference Thursday. “The cruiser bill must be put through first,” he said, “because it is evident that the pacifists of the country are going to insist on the multi-lateral treaty going through so they can say ‘what is the need of further armament?’ The legion has to sustain its position on national defense.” The legion has asked an appropriation for 2,750 more hospital beds that will cost $12,000,000 to $15,000*000, Taylor said. He predicted that the hospital construction program eventually will mount to $250,000,000 instead of the $35,000,000 sought in 1919. More than $115,000,000 has been appropriated by congress for this purpose, he said.
THE INDIANAPOLIS TTMES
TRUCK DRIVERS ARE HELD ON GIRLSJHARGES Men Deny Story of Attack Attempt Told by Hitch-Hikers. Police held two Detroit high school “hitch hikers” here today and sought a third, while they investigated the story of the two girls that two men who were giving them a ride in a truck attempted to attack them on state road 52, about twenty miles northwest of Lebanon Thursday night. The two men, Roy Hampton, 34, Chicago, and Dale McComas, 23, Decatur, 111., also were under arrest on vagrancy charges. The men denied attempting to attack the girls and told an entirely different story of the affair. The two girls held here, Willadean May, 18, and Dorothy Berndr, 16, said that the third girl, Thelma Ross, 17, was carried away scream ing when the men pushed them from the truck near Monroe after they had resisted the men’s efforts. Hampton, owner of the truck, said they picked the girls up near Kentland, Ind. The girls told him, he said, that their homes were in'Lebanon and they had started to Detroit with some boys, but had changed their minds and been put out in the road. As they drove one of the girls changed their story and admitted they had run -way from their homes in Detroit Thursday, “on a nickel,” he said. He immediately stopped the truck and ordered the girls to get out at once, he said. The girls protested and started screaming and before the girl in the rear could get out the two in front began throwing stones at the truck, he said. To prevent the windshield from being broken he drove half a mile up the road before letting the other girl out, he said. The charges against the men were continued by John S. Smith, municipal judge pro tern., to Dec. 14 Judge Smith set McComas’ bond at $25,000 until the third girl is found. Hampton had ben released earlier under $5,000 bond. Miss May was held at city prison under a vagrancy charge, while Miss Berndt, 16, was taken to the Detention home. Dizziness A common symptom of kidney trouble. Men and women everywhere use and recommend Foley Pill# diuretic for relief from dizziness. Foley Pills A diuretic stimulant for the kidney# Sold Eomrywhtre All Haag Drug Stores
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