Indianapolis Times, Volume 40, Number 249, Indianapolis, Marion County, 7 March 1929 — Page 9

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YOUTH SLAYS RATHER THAN HAUIJRUSH Herschel Curry, 18, Confesses Killing Tree Trimmer Near Columbus. DISPLAYS NO REMORSE Shot Victim in Back and Battered Head With Butt of Gun. Bu Times Special COLUMBUS, Ind, March 7.—“1 didn’t want to haul brush any longer, so I killed him,” Herschel Curry., 18, explained in confessing the murder of Bert Taylor, 50, near here Tuesday afternoon. Without even a hint of remorse, the youth admitted the slaying to Sheriff Alonzo Fitch in the Bartholomew county jail here early today. He apparently does not realize the seriousness of the crime and continues to display an unusual tunning and coolness .which were noticeable throughout many hpurs of questioning preceding the confession. Taylor, expert tree trimmer, was Working Tuesday afternoon in an orchard on the Dr. E. U. Taylor farm five miles southwest of here. He was being helped by young Curry. As he trimmed trees, it was Curry’s job to gather up brush and haul it away. Shot and Beaten The orchard quiet was broken by the discharge of a shotgun. Taylor fell, with a gaping wound in his back. His head was battered with the butt of the gun. A few hours later Curry was taken into custody. He told a story about a stranger who crept up behind Taylor, shot him, and then battered his head. It was not until Sheriff Fitch reconstructed the case, even to bringing a shotgun from the home on the farm before Curry 7 , did he weaken. Then he calmly admitted the killing and the motive.

Slays in Silence Sheriff Fitch says the slaying was one of the coldest deliberation, Curry having went to the house for the gun, returned to the orchard and shot Taylor down without exchanging a word with him. Curry is a Kentuckian. He came with his parents to Bartholomew county last fall. There is nothing in his appearance to indicate a killer's propensity, his outstanding characteristics being a rather shy nature coupled with a slyness in replying to questions of almost every kind. BOY REJOINS PARENTS, AFTER 16-YEAR DELAY Serbian Lad. With One Word of English Learned, Enters School. St l Times Special EAST CHICAGO. Ind., March 7. —Wasd Ranich. 17, has joined his parents here after a separation since he was a year old. He came here from Serbia, making the trip alone. When the fathre. Nich Ranich, left Serbia for America, he intended his family should follow soon. Mrs. Ranich came, but left the baby temporarily with his grandfather. Then the World war stopped travel. Afterwards, the grandfather needed the boy for work on his farm and the years slipped by until the baby grew into a husky boy, is eyed with favor by football enthusiasts of Washington high school here. Young Ranich has a one-word English vocabulary—“Hello.’’ But he can drive his father’s car like an expert and shakes hand American fashion. MAKES PIONEER LIST Marion Lions Club Committee Seeks New Names for Memorial. £ ; Times Special MARION. Ind., March 7.—Compilation of a list of early settlers of Grant county is being made by a committee of the Lions Club. Names are to be placed on a tablet on the memorial shelter over the old log cabin in Matter park. The shelter was built by the club to preserve the cabin in memory of the pioneers of the county. Carl Oatess has been appointed chairman of a committee which will select delegates to the national convention of Lions at Louisville, Ky., in June.

Reports on Naval Recruits Bi> Times Special KOKOMO, March 7.—L. L. Hallam. U. S. Navy, reports that since he has been in charge of the local recruiting oificc 100 men of Howard and neighboring counties have entered the na/y. Recruits enlist at the local station at the rate of about thirty a year. More than 200 families "in this section have some connection with individuals in the navy. Hallam states. Dentists to Mee* at Kokomo Bu Time* Special KOKOMO March 7.—The Howard County Defital Society will be hosts to the Wabash Dental Society here April 10. Invitations have been issued to societies in this section of the state. The general meeting will be held at the Elks club. Given War Compensation B’l Time* Special MARION. Ind.. March 7.—Mrs. Malissa Ellen Oarvis has been advised that she has been awarded compensation for her son’s death during the World war. Her claim was filed in December, 1927.

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WIND AND FIRE CAUSEJAMAGE Blustering March Storm Rages Over City. Strong March winds, reaching velocity of forty-six miles an hour Wednesday night, caused one fire, but awoke occupants in a burning home in time to save it. Mrs. Marion Van Sickle, wife of Sergeant Marion Van Sickle, police traffic officer, 4816 Manlove avenue, was awakened by the blustering wind at 12:30 a. m. and discovered that the overheated furnace had started a blaze in the house. She carried her baby, Harry 7 Edward, 1 year, from the house, but Van Sickle remained behind and fought the flames until firemen arrived. l Damage was estimated at SI,OOO. Live wires blown down by the gale were believed to have started a fire which destroyed a barn and garage of Dr. Frank T. Dowd, 1507 Broadway. Two automobiles were destroyed. Damage was estimated at $5,000. The wind reached its maximum of forty-six miles an hour shortly after 7 p. m., according to J. H. Armington, United States weather bureau head. Policemen were called to guard live wires blown down in half a dozen sections of the city. Ten crews of Indianapolis Power and Light Company workers were kept busy repairing broken circuits. Several tree& were blown down and signboards suffered. The wind velocity likely will diminish today, Armington said. He predicted a low temperature of about 25 degrees above zero tonight, with a temperature rise Friday. Last night’s low mark was 21 degrees. Winter in Chicago Bu Times Special CHICAGO, March 7.—Winter rode March squalls into Chicago today, pushing the mercury 7 from 58 to 18 degrees above zero. Wind reached a velocity of forty miles an hour, sending signs, smokestacks, walls and trees flying. Six persons were injured in the metropolitan area by flying debris. In the northwest a snowstorm of blizzard proportions raged, causing the death of one man and crippling transportation around St. Paul and Minneapolis. All bus lines in that region were suspended and trains were from an hour to two hours late.

FINED FOnPEEDING Drove 71 Miles an Hour on State Road, Is Charge. Charged by a state policeman with driving seventy-one miles an hour on State Road 52 Feb. 28, A. F. Eissler, the Spink-Arms, was fined $25 and costs on a speeding charge by Municipal Judge Clifton R. Cameron today. H. W. Drago, 3802 Graceland avenue, charged with driving thirtyeight miles an hour on North Capitol avenue, was fined $1 and costs. H. G. Thomas, 4256 Rookwood avenue, was fined $5 and costs for driving forty-four miles an hour on North Meridian street. Tom Mascarri, 931 South East street, and Clyde Green, 638 Coffey street, each were fined $5 and costs suspended for failure to stop at preferential streets. Charges of failure to obey traffic signals got the same fines for W. F. Woods. 3810 East New York street, and F. S. Kresge, 4466 North Pennsylvania street. TRAir INSANE ELOPERS Couple Escaped From Asylum Reported in Bloomington. Word was received here Wednesday afternoon that Miss May Willard. 23, patient at the Julietta hos-. pital for the insane, and Claience Jobe, 28, a waiter at the institution, who ran away Sunday, have been seen in Bloomington. A warrant has been issued by county authorities against Jobe for abduction. Dr. Benjamin Morgan, hospital superintendent; said private detectives were following the couple. Flying Field Planned Bu Times special JEFFERSONVILLE. Ind.. March 7.—A commercial flying field is to be established on a 117-acre tract of Clark county land near here by L. L. Miles, Louisville, Ky., and four associates' The backers of the project announce that air mail can be [ transported between the field and Louisville in eight minutes.

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Above (left to right)—Llama team getting exercise; one of the tigers soon to take to the road, and a group of horses rehearsing for their roles under “the big top.” Below (left to right)—Automobiles of numerous visitors to the winter circus quarters and a view of the circus farm.

I'ii Times Special PERU, Ind., March 7.—Springtime is school-time at the winter quarters of three circuses here. Animal performers, and for that matter human, too—just like boys and girlfe —must go to school. They have no books or slates, but just the same they have a school—classes, drills and teachers and must work hard at their assigned tasks. At this season of the year, they are continually practicing for summer engagements. Lions, tigers, elephants, seals, horses, ponies, dogs and monkeys, all each day must go to class. Each must be schooled in his act for the big day when the bands play, flags wave and the crowd gathers for the circus. Just now the American Circus Corporation grounds, just east of Peru, “The Circus City,” is a big

JUSTICE OF PEACE COURT ATTACKED

Jay County Case May Go to Highest State Tribunal. Bit Times Special PORTLAND. Ind., March 7.—An appeal has been taken to Jay circuit court in which the right of George Fry to serve as a justice of the peace in Wayne township is questioned. The circuit court action w T as filed by attorneys for four New' Mt. Pleasant high school boys fined by Fry for attacking two other boys in a fight over a girl. In the appeal it is set out that despite a recent law giving the township one justice of the peace, both Fry and C. W. McLaughlin continue in office, although they were defeated for re-election by A. D. Castle. Fry and McLaughlin, in deefnding their continuance in office, assert the one-justice act is unconstitutional. If the circuit court rules adversely to them, attorneys in the appeal case intimate they will carry their fight to the Indiana supreme court., Shelbyville Women Win Bn Times Special SHELBYVILLE, Ind., March 7. Shrub 6 growing in the public square here are to remain, the city council decided Wednesday, after hearing pleas of women representing clubs and other organizations in the city. Two weeks ago the council voted to remove the shrubs. L&ives 100 Descendants B u Times Special MUNCIE. Ind.. March 7.—One hundred immediate relatives mourn the death of Mrs. Rachel Bright, 85, at the home of a daughter here. Mrs. Bright leaves 6 children. 63 grandchildren. 30 great-grandchil-dren and one great-great-grand-child. Bank Cashier Dies Bn Times Special GREENCASTLE, Ind., March 7. James L. Randel, 67, cashier of the Central National Bank, is dead of paralysie. He was born in Bainbridge, but had resided here since 1871. Law Professor Given Leave Bn Times Special BLOOMINGTON. Ind., March 7. —Prof. J. J. Robinson, of the university law school, has been given a year’s leave of absence, during which he will do research work in law at Harvard uoiversiyr.

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school, a training academy for the "big thrills” of the 1928 season. With infinite pains, tact and understanding, skilled trainers are slowly rounding out the performances of the big “cats,” “bulls” end ‘ missing links.” Later musicians will arrive. Then w T ill be heard the blare of the bandsmen going to school in turn. Still later the “big top” will be placed aboard trains, animals will be assigned their berths and the show folk will climb aboard and the circus will take the road for another season. Boys and girls living in this section of Indiana find the circus headquarters attractive now. Crowds of youngsters, and some no longer young, gather on the grounds daily, and on Sundays, large crowds watch the circus students study their lessons.

MINERS WILL ELECT District 11 President to Be Chosen l iday. Bit Times Special TERRE HAUTE, Ind., March 7. Members of local unions in District 11, United Mine Workers of America. will cast ballots Friday to elect a district president. Nominee for the office are James H. Terry, incumbent, and David Robb, A close contest is forecast. ICE PICK WIELDED South Bend Woman and Man Near Death. Bu Times Special SOUTH BEND, Ind., March 7. Mrs. Mary Stull, 45, and an unidentified i#an who attacked her with an ice pick and then turned it upon himself, are exeetped to die. The attack occurred at the woman's home Wednesday afternoon. She has twenty wounds on chest, arms and breast. The man stabbed himself near the heart. Cries of the woman' attracted Andrew Degroote, a neighbor, to her home. He knocked her assailant unconscious and called police. No motive for the attack has been established. Caesarian Operation Fatal Bn Times Special KOKOMO, Ind., March 7.—Mrs. Elma Bowen, 38, is dead following a caesarian operation in the birth of a daughter. The baby lived.

South Bend Man Injured When Plane Crashes Into Mountain

Bu Times Special SOUTH BEND,' Ind., March 7.—D. Sherman Ellison, local bank employe, is in a hospital at Laramie, Wyo., suffering from shock, a frozen face and exposure as a result of a plane in which he was a passenger crashing into a mountain fifteen miles west of Laramie during a snow storm The plane was carrying Ellison to the bedside of his wife, gravely ill at Long Beach, Cal. However, since the accident, word has been received here that Mrs. Ellison’s condition is improved. She kas not been advised of the accident. Her husband hopes to be able to be in Long Beach by Friday. kM a U '

HOUSES PRAISE TOMJTAGGART Leaders Life Example to All,. Say Eulogies. Resolutions! eulogizing the late Thomas Taggart were adopted by both the Indiana senate and the house of representatives today. "Mr. Taggart recognized but,one obligation—that to the people—an ooligation which he discharged W'ith conscientious fidelity,” declared the senate resolution. "The life of Mr. Taggart is a record of opportunities embraced and improved, opportunities that America offers to all. Coming to this country a poor boy, with few friends, little money, and no influence; he won his way by doing to the best of his ability whatever task —no matter how humble—presented itself. "His rise was rapid, natural and fully earned reward of faithful and conscientious service. When the poor immigrant lad finally reached the United States senate, everyone thought that it w r as the crowning act of a drama possible, only In America.” The house resolution was drawn up by a committee headed by Representative George L. Saunders, Bluffton. Eulogizing Senator Taggart’s character fend career, it provided the resolution be sent to the family and spread on the house records as an expression "for the people of Indiana” of “high appreciation of the character, ability and public service of Mr. Taggart.”

ROB JEWELRY STORE Burglars Obtain S3OO Gems From Circle Shop. A burglar group went fishing for jewelry Wednesday night and obtained gems valued at more than S3OO from the Evard jewelry store, 26 Monument circle. Halted in their attempt to enter the store by iron bars on the door, the yeggs broke the plate glass door, reached through the bars, and with ah iron pipe broke a showcase just inside the store, and apparently used a long, hooked wire to fish rings and other articles, from the case. Harry W. Evard, proprietor of the store, said a diamond ring valued at $175, a diamond pin valued at SBO, and several other pieces of less value were taken. Bus Strikes Train Bu United Press WARSAW, Ind., March 7—Four passengers oi the Indiana Service Corporation’s Ft. Wayne-Warsaw passenger bus escaped with bruises here today x hen brakes failed to operate and it crashed into a moving train at a street intersection here. The front of the bus was demolished.

Only bruises and shock were suffered by the pilot, a mechanic and a passenger who were in the plane with Ellison. He chartered the machine at Chicago when advised his wife’s condition had become grave. The four men, according to a telephone message from Ellison to his employer here, crawled from the plane wreckage into snow which Tvas drifted to their armpits at some points. For six miles, they struggled against snow and bitter cold on the mountain side, finally reaching a road where they were picked up by a telephone “trouble shooter” crew and brought to the hospital.

One Good Turn Motorist Who Started Truck Didn’t Get Another.

Bu Times Special HAMMOND. Ind., March 7. Charles Zalla has some doubts about this Good Samaritan stuff. While driving on a street here, he noticed a large truck stalled. His suggestion to the driver that he give the machine a push with his car was accepted. Zalla backed up his machine, then drove it forward to give the truck a shove forward. The impact smashed the automobile’s radiator, lights and bumper. The truck started, and its driver went on his w'ay without even a backward glance at Zalla. 300 AGENTS gather Metropolitan Insurance Men • Observe Anniversary. Three hundred representatives of the Metropolitan Casualty Insurance Company of New’ York from the Indiana and southern Illinois district are attending an anniversary meeting of the district in this city. A luncheon was held at the Indianapolis Athletic Club at noon today for the company’s agents. J. Scofield Row’e, New York, president of the company, and Jackson K. Landers and Howe S. Landers, Indianapolis, manageers of the district, presided at the luncheon. A theater party at English's was held this afternoon. At 7:15 tonight a banquet is scheduled at the Columbia Club. Howe S. Landers will be toastmaster. Jackson K. Landers will give the address of greeting. The principal talk at the banquet w’ill be given by Rowe on “Metro-surance.” Other speakers at the banquet are: Fred C. Gause, Indianapolis attorney, and J. C. Heyer, New York, vice-president of the company. TWELVE ARE FINED ON CHARGES OF GAMBLING Poolroom Raided Without Warrant, Thirteen Arrested. Sergeant Leroy Bartlett didn't have a warrant when he halted a card game In a pool room at 2526 West Tenth street last bight and arrested thirteen men on gaming charges. He didn’t need one, it developed in municipal court this morning. When Ed Rosemeyer, proprietor of the place, admitted taking 10 cents after each game Judge Paul C. Wetter fined him $lO and costs on a charge of keeping a gaming establishment and $5 and costs for gaming. Eleven frequenters were fined $5 and costs and a twelfth man w’as dismissed.

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REVIVING DEAD HELD POSSIBLE Only Matter of Technique Now, Says Scientist. Bu United Press MOSCOW, March 7.—Revival ox the dead—a problem that has baffled science for centuries —was declared possible by Professor Theodore Andreiev in an interview with the United Press today. “The principle already successfully has been demonstrated,” Professor Andreiev said, “and it only remains to Idevelop the technique for surgeons to apply practically the results of our experiments.” Professor Andreiev and Professor Alexander Kuliako, a pioneer w r ho has devoted thirty years to research to the subject, last year claimed to have brought to life an individual who had been dead and In the morgue for twenty-nine hours. Professor Kuliako supported Andreiev’s assertion in an interview with the United Press and said that, provided the heart, lungs and other essential organs structurally were intact, It should be possible In the future to revive persons who have died. Kubliako described some deaths as merely more serious cases of “fainting.”

AGENTS PARLEY Auto Insurance Salesmen Open Convention. Agents from three states. Indiana, Ohio and Pennsylvania, are represented in the annual convention of the State Automobile Insurance Association, which opened today in the Claypooi. Registration of 500 salesmen, group and a noon luncheon opened today’s program. The principal speakers at the afternoon session were to be: W. E. McKee, president; Robert Pein, manager of the Ohio branch; Alex Corbett Jr., secretary; Arthur Wolf, vice-president; Briant Sando, Sando Advertising Agency, and H. N. Tolies* president of the Sheldon school, Chicago. A banquet is to be held in the Riley room of the Claypooi at 6:30 tonight. Governor Harry G. Leslie will speak. ENGINEERS END SEASON Automotive Society Holds Last Session Next Week. Samuel O. White, chief engineer of the Warner Gear Company, will give a paper on “Developments, Characteristcs and Advantages of Modem Three and Four Speed Transmission” at a meeting of the Indana section of the Society of Automotive Engineers at the Severin next Thursday. The meeting at 8 p. m. will follow a dinner at 6:30. The meeting will be the last of the season. Fred S. Duesenberg is chairman. Reservations may be made with Harlow Hyde, Stutz Motor Car Company. Falling Stack Injures Woman ft u Tim> * Special SOUTH BEND, Ind., March 7. Mrs. Betty Camp, 27. is suffering from serious injuries received Wednesday night when a fifty-foot brick smoke stack collapsed, covering her with bricks. Boy Dies of Burns Bp United Pens EVANSVILLE. Ind., March 7. Robert McCray, 14, is dead and two neighbor boys near death here today as the result of a fire at the neighbor’s home in which the three were burned. Robert Russell, 14, and his brother, William, 3, are making a desperate ligtu im tetak

BANK ROBBERY CONFESSED AS AMBITION PEAK Prisoner at Muncie Faces Life Term for Crime in Ohio. THREE OTHERS ACCUSED Portion of $9,000 Loot Found on All But One. Bu Times Special MUNCIE. Ind., March 7.—The pinnacle of ambition has been reached by Melvin Halterman. 23, former Alexandria resident—he has. robbed a bans. Confessing to local police that he and three companions, among whom he is "first gun man” with the nick name of "Candy Stick,” Halterman described robbery of the State bank of Hicksville, 0., Feb. 27, of $9,000. Halterman and the others face a life prison term. Under the Ohio law, robbery with a gun carries punishment exceeded only by the death penalty. Accused with Halterman are Barney Maynard, 23; Laveri Stevens, 23, and Joe Kowalski. 28. all of Muncie. Refers to ‘Smoke Pole’ During his confession, Halterman remarked: "It’s a good thing you got mo without my ‘smoke pole’ or you’d never taken me. I might do some crying—but it’ll be for my mother. I’ll take the ‘rap’ and never ‘cheap.’ It was my ambition to rob a bank and I done it, and I was going to go straight.” Halterman asserts he and his gang are responsible for more than a score of filling station and grocery 7 holdups in Muncie, Newcastle and other Indiana cities and towns. Ohio authorities, however, have first call, and have returned the accused man to that state for trial. Used Stolen Autos Meeting in poolrooms preceding fobberies were detailed by Halterman in his confession. At thes conferences robberies were planned and from them it was usually Halterman who went out to steal an automobile. He had made a down payment on an automobile from the bank robbery proceeds, putting the deal in the name of mother, Mrs. Jennie Halterman. Halterman was arrested at Anderson and slightly more than 1 ' SI,OOO, his share of the bank loot, w 7 as found in his possession. Stevens when arrested had SBSO and Maynard SBOO, but no money was found on Kowalski. PROPERTY SUIT SEQUEL IN EMBEZZLEMENT CASE

Receiver at Flat Rock Acts Against Accused Man and Wife. B’s Times Special SHELBYVILLE. Ind.. March 7.Suits have been filed in Shelby circuit court here by Claude R. Henry, receiver for the Citizens Building Association, against its former secretary, Harry Winterrowd, and his wife, Mrs. Sarah WinterrowdHenry seeks to prevent the couple from disposing of property which might be applied to reducing a shortage In the association’s funds, disclosed following Winterrowd’B arrest on an embezzlement charge. Some estimates of the shortage place it as high as $75,000. Winterrowd is at liberty under SIO,OOO bond pending trial. FIRM WITH OFFICE AT SOUTH BEND APPROVED Michigan Insurance Commission Withdraws Suit. Bu United Press SOUTH BEND, Ind., March 7. Reorganization of the Income Guaranty Company, a NUes 'Mich.) health and accident company maintaining its principal operating office here, has been effected to the entire satisfaction of the Michigan insurance department, it is announced from the office of Commissioner Charles Livingston. A temporary injunction suit against the concern with a request for appointment of a receiver, has been voluntarily dropped. A. N. Hepler, South Bend, president of the company, has resigned, and John G. Malmberg, also of South Bend, has succeeded him. Officers of the company have agreed to put in sufficient additional working capital within thirty days to satisfy the Michigan commission. City Woman’s Mother Dies Bu Times Special MARION, Ind., March 7.—Mrs. Martha Adeline Rauch, 84. is dead at the home of her son, former Representative George W. Rauch. She was born in Warren, where she resided more than sixty years. Her grandfather. Samuel Jones, served under General Harrsion at the battle of Tippecanoe. She leaves a daughter. Mrs. Charles Edwards, Indianapolis. Schools to Close April 30 Bu Times Special • MARION, Ind., March 7.—Grant county country school will close April 20 for the summer vacation, it is announced by County Superintnedent M. C. Townsend. High schools under jurisdiction of the county board of education will hold commencements as follows: Matthews. April 22: Sweetser. April 23; | Upland. April 24; Swayzee, April lia, Van Buren. April 28.