Indianapolis Times, Volume 40, Number 284, Indianapolis, Marion County, 17 April 1929 — Page 3

APRIL 17, 3920

STEVE CHARGES MOB RULED AT MURDER TRIAL Court Terrorized by Poison Propaganda, Says Plea for New Hearing. Mob spirit - ’ prevailed at the D. C - phrnson murder trial in Hamilcircuit court in 1925, according • a faeries of affidavits filed with ” .supreme court today in support he former klan dragon's petition ! writ of error coram nobis in his i ; icier case apeak Charles 1. Lowe, Fountain county ■nsinaii. els out that, he was cin>yed by Imperial Wizard Hiram ley Evans ol ttic Ku-Klux Klan $75 a week and expenses to piead poison propaganda” against cplim.-on in Hamilton county ime Hie inrl and to foster court loom mobs. ol th< e c (Torts arc set i’li m affidavits by Tra M. Holmes, no v.-as Stephenson's attorney ( .ring the trial; Attorney Paul S. " ■ a man, who attended, and by ■ icphenson himself. Lowe ’s affidavit stales that lie was klan leader in Fountain county ■ loin April 2, 1925 to Dec. 50. 1928. 1 hat on June 20. 1925, lie secured the poison pleading job from Joseph F. FlufTington, Evans’ repi illative He was paid $509 by Hu ffington and later payments were to be made by W. Lee Smith. He .J o states that he was told to lii:C up the "bootleggers. hoodlums ; i <■ piostitutes” to attend the trial :.i’d make demonstrations in the <' Ui room by hurling "brickbats, ■ .i iyv cases and rotten eggs.” Flo i this “rough stuff, ’’ however, the affidavit states. Fiic aiiorney" affidavits declare !h;a ii Stephenson had taken the .nd in In own defense he would I . ,’bab! have been mobbed, that :!;• jiuor would have been manlandled il did not return a • i y verdict and that there was I no chance ior a fair trial. Charges Gunmen at Trial Stephenson presents a copy of a Pirgiam from Frank L Dobbs, said bo an “Evans agent end gun- ; . an.’’ who attended the trial. He; i' lair that lie war. employed by Ia its in net Stephenson, given I 030. .tune iemininc findrv and a 1 s-c.iiibrr pistol. 'I he finery was to ■i in arranging a frame-up, the ; ' If: lam states. Slepr.cn.-on says this man stood directly back ol his chair at the 1 ir.al and that there were oilier leans gunmen present. In e irngthy brief he accuse Atonic -(10110131 James M. Ogden of burg dilatory in regard to llie i .its”; part in his .suit. Me declares ilia, if the truth of -bo “frame-up" of ihc murder of Ohs Madge ObcrhoUzcr for which i- now serving life sentence at .’ip Indiana -tale prison, becomes’ ' own lb mis. Robert McNay and ‘ a drug addict who poses as a rove able Irvington doctor” would il go to ihc electric chair. NICARAGUAN LEADER ON WAY TO MEXICO lino, Krhcl < liief. Granted Passage Through Honduras. • ~ ?(./ rn -t •ANAGUA. Nicaragua. April 17. Nicaraguan government offered ■ comments today on advices re'cri from its minister in Honduras •i* General Augu.stino Sandino. Pel leader, had been granted sale miucl through Honduras to XICO. flic Nicaraguan minister at ."tucigaipa notified President Jose l.iria lVloi'.cada that the Honduran overnment complied with a rcquesL . tiie Mexican minister there in .anting the ale conduct. Sandino will lie escorted through ihe country to prevent, demonstra- ; ; ons. the minister said lie was in.onred. and will be unarmed. SHIP OFFICERS STRIKE mt.iJ Hundred Swedish Mates Quit t e-rels. STOCKHOLM. April 17. The ■ iirc.itoned strike of ships officers " came a reality today alter colisc ol negotiations between the owners and representatives of the . ikers. Several hundred mates lett flieir vessels. Due to doubts as to the legality ot M e strike, dock police, especially at Gothenburg, took into custody the ■cates who returned to the ships, "his was done, it was explained, as i precaution against trouble. THIEVES TAKE WASHER l ter North Side Home. Carry Away Machine. Police today probably will issue a warning to "lock your washing machines to the floor.“ Two men entered the home ot AViola Francis. 2541 North Illinois street. Tuesday and took her v ashing machine valued at $175. Her 11-year-old son opened the door when the men knocked. They arched the house and left with the '.uchine. One of the men remarked, This has been a pretty good day—got two washing machines.” Stral Rugs From Truck Ten rugs valued at more than S2OO were stolen from a truck of the Advance Transfer and Warehouse Company. 114 South Alabama ■ureet- Tuesday afternoon. It is believed the rugs were stolen while the truck was parked near the T. H. I. X E freight house.

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TROTSKI DENIED Labor Leaders Ask Premier to Grant Refuge. It!' I nil'll I'n OSLO. Norway. April 17.—The government decided today not to admit Leon Trot ski. exiled Soviet leader, to Norway, becan; e the govcinmcnt can not take the responsibility for lii.s safety. . The Arbeider Bladet. laborite nc\vspapc:\ said that Oscar Torp. president of the labor party, and other leaders, conferred with Premier Ludwig Mowincklc on the Trotski to take up his residence in Norway and that the premier promised to present their petition to the question of granting permission to cabinet for consideration. It was understood that the laborites acted on the request of Trotski's friends in Berlin, who set about the task of finding a haven for the exile when he was refused permis- : ion to enter Germany recently. CRITICISM OF YOUTH SCORED BY SPEAKER Modern Voung People Defended by Mrs. C. 11. Ridge. Exploitation of the evils of youth instead of the success was criticised Tuesday night by Mrs. Clayton H Ridge at a meeting of flic Sliortridge Parent-Teacher Association in Caleb Mills hall. "Wc should suggest youth's success and not his shortcomings,” Mrs. Ridge asserted. She termed the youth of today as jus*, "as good as the youth ol fifty years ago or -TOO years ago. "How many ot you want to trade the straight-thinking daughters oi today for one of the languid lilies of ihc old clinging, helpless type?” she asked. "Relation today between the sexes is more wholesome than a generation. ago. " Mrs. Ridge averred. PROFESSOR GETS AWARD Butler Teacher Given Year’s Scholarship by University. Award ol a scholarship of a year’s study by the University of Chicago to Professor Stanley A. Cain of the botany department of Butler university was announced Tuesday. Cam will complete work for a doctor's degree with a thesis on the Vegetation of the Great Smoky Mountain National Park.” BANDIT ROBS WALKER Sticks Gun in Pedestrian's Back; fakes Ssu. Pierce Calton. 310 North Meridian street, was robbed ol about SSO Tuesday night on Michigan street between Meridian and Pennsylvania streets by a bandit who stuck a gun against his back. BARBER OFFICIAL QUITS Jacob Fischer, secretary-treasurer of the International Union of Journeymen Barbers of America, has reseigned because of ill health and James C. Shanessy of Indianapolis will direct the work ot the tresurer’s department until anew secretarytreasurer will be elected in the fall. Fischer was one of the organizers of the union and was one of the last founders to be connected actively with the organization. Autoist Held After Crash Harry Thrush. 55. oi 108 West Walnut street, will answer to charges of failure to stop at a preferential street today as the result of an accident Tuesday night. His automobile collided with a car driven by C. C. Burger. 1903 Broadway. at Twenty-fifth street and Central avenue The Burger automobile was overturned, but neither Burger nor his wile was injjured.

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Automobiles reported to police as stolen belong to: Clarence H. Flood, 1116 Madison avenue, Nash sedan. 57-379. from Capitol avenue and North street. George E. Lewis, 318 Union street, Cadillac touring, M-49, small 37, from Tenth street and Capitol avenue. Charles Pedigo. 33 Berkley road, Ford coupe. 37-447. from 1100 East Fifteenth street. Joseph S. Spaulding, 439 East Tenth street. Ford roadster. T-14-489, from Capitol avenue and Georgia street. H. L. Williams. Letts, Inch. Chevrolet truck, from Union Stockyards.

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Stolen automobiles recovered by police belong to; Floyd Yeager, Terre Haute, Ford coupe, found at Eleventh and La Salle streets. WAR MOTHER BURIED Mrs. Daisy Wolfinger Rites Held at Columbus. Burial rites for Mrs. Daisy Wolfingcr. a Gold Star mother, who died Tuesday at her home, 2016 Belief >ntainc street, from sorrow, caused by the death of one of her sons during the World war, were held in Columbus. Ind., this afternoon. Mrs. Wolfinger was born in Brown county near Nashville. Sept. 20. 1877. Her father. Anderson Percifield. who died in 1920. was widely known as an attorney in southern Indiana. By a first marriage three sons were born. They served in the army during the Wortfl war. Five days before the signing of the armistice, Wilber A. Guthrie, one of her sons, was killed in action. Mrs. Guthrie’s health failed following death of her son. Survivors are the husband, John E. Wolfinger; two sons by a first marriage, Hay 11. Guthrie, Indianapolis, and Wayne Guthrie of the Indianapolis News; a son by a second marriage. Frank Wolfinger. Indianapolis: and three brothers, Thurman A. Percifield. Indianapolis: George Percifield. Champaign. 111., and Paul Percifield. Nashville, Ind. TWO HELD IN DOPE RAID Negro Man and Woman Face U, S. Narcotic Charges. William (Chappy) Dunbar. 31. ot 519 West North street, and Mrs. Beatrice Helm. 28. of 1430 North Missouri street, both Negroes, arrested Monday night at Dunbar’s heme where police and federal narcotic agents report they confiscated a quantity of narcotics, were held to the federal grand jury by John W. Kern. United States commissioner. Dunbar's bond was set at $5,000 and that of Mrs. Helm at 51.500. PLAN SHIPPERS' - NIGHT Traffic (Ini, Will Hold Dinner Thursday at Claypool. Shippers’ night will be observed by the Indianapolis Traffic Club Thursday evening with a dinner at the Claypool. Officials of industries in Indianapolis and other Indiana cities will be guests. Dr. Roscoe Gilmore Stott, au.hor and educator of Franklin, will be the principal speaker. Chic Jackson. cartoonist, will give a chalk talk and Fred Hoke, vice-president of the Holcomb & Hoke Manufacturing Company, will be toastmaster. O. E. S. to Give Program An illustrated lecture on Japan will be given tonight by Mrs. Demarchus C. Brown at Broad Ripple high school. The program, undei auspices of the Broad Ripple chapter. O. E. S.. will include a musical program and dance numbers.

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SLACK HITS AT PROPOSED OLD FORM PRIMARY Directs Election Fund Be Used Only for City Manager Vote. Politicians who desire to hold a primary election as a means of blocking Five city manager election this fall, will meet opposition from Mayor. L. Ert Slack when they seek funds for the proposed May primary under the federal form. Slack today advised the controller's office not to recognize any vouchers upon the $34,C00 appropriated for the election of commissioners under the manager form for anything but such an election. This would prevent expenditure of the fund on a federal form primary. The mayor pictured effort- of political sac ions to stage a primary under the federal form as “vain and foolish.” It was indicated that the election board would be restrained by the manager league from holding the primary, bringing the fight on the constitutionality of the manager law before the state supreme court. “Office Seeking” “All this flurry about running for mayor is not in the interest of good government in Indianapolis. It is in the interest of obtaining public office, - ' Slack said. Asked if he expected to “run for anything” after expiration of liis term as mayor Slack replied: “Yes I expect to run for my private office at 521 Chamber of Commerce building. And believe me I'll run, too.” the mayor said. Many believe the manager law unconstitutional and desire a supreme court ruling, to enable the city to hold a primary May 7, Schuyler A. Haas, city Republican treasurer, and George V. Coffin, faction leader, said. “We want to put the matter l squarely up to the court. We don’t j know what to do. Wc may let the j matter slide if the manager forces | do not enjoin us,” Haas said. Carl Wood. Democratic election I commissioner, said he does not j “know what the outcome will be.” He said he had heard “talk on the j street about holding a primary.” May Order Primary ! “I do not know what the Jaw is on the subject,” Wood said. Ira M. Holmes. Republican commissioner, | said steps will be taken to order the primary if he is assured a test suit | will be filed. Herman F. Rikhoff. former chief of police under the Shank administration. and Paul Russe. real estate i dealer, arc circulating petitions of j candidacy for commissioner under the city manager form in the November election. TROOPS GET PRIZES Boy Scout Week Awards Made at Dinner. Awards for outstanding work during the Boy Scout, week were made at the Indianapolis council scout- . masters Tuesday night at the First Friends church. Alabama and ThirI teenth streets. Four grand prize loving cups, the ! gift of the Em-Roe sporting goods company to high rating booths at the scout exposition were awarded to Troop 46, textiles; Toop 82, forestry; Troop 3. automobiling, and Troop 44, conservation. A trip to the boy scout reservation was awarded Troop 80 for selling 1,620 tickets to the exposition. Swimming meet prizes were awarded to Harvey Trimble, Troop 21. gold medal; Ralph Baur. Troop 62. silver medal and Robert-Jones, Troop 42, bronze medal. Joe Hadley, scoutmaster of Troop 23 gave an illustrated talk on “The Call of the Outdoors.” F. O. Bclzer, scout executive, presided. Thief Gets Diamond Stickpin A sneak thief took a purse containing a diamond stickpin at the home of Miss Gladys Becker, Apt. 1, at 425 North Delaware street, j Tuesday. The diamond pin was valued at SIOO.

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He’ll Stay Vu I nit til Press LAWRENCEVILLE. 111... April 17.—Sheriff Fred James, made it lough on this prisoner. For the second time within a month Odlic Watson, awaiting trial lor robbery, was found picking the lock to his cell. To prevent any further trouble, James forced the prisoner to hand over his wooden leg. “You can have your leg back when your case is disposed of, -- the sheriff said.

'SMART' REPLY TO BOARD HEAD BRINGS OUSTER Detective Suspended for Alleged Discourteous Remark to Connell. Detective sergeants do not make snappy wise-cracks to safety board presidents and get away with them. Not in front of the Indianapolis police station! Detective Sergeant Sam Young, twelve years “on the force,” today stepped to the head of the “imagine my embarrassment” column and suspended from the department simultaneously, for a discourteous answer to a*citizen he failed to recognize as Fred W. Connell, board of safety president. Woman Asked Question Young lounged in a police car in front of headquarters when a young woman asked him to direct her to the office of City Clerk William A. Boyce Jr. Connell, on the steps, overheard what he termed a “discourteous” reply. He strolled over and asked Young if he knew where he could find Boyce. “I’m not keeping track of Boyce,” Young replied scurly, and made an insulting remark, Connell said. Connell then introduced himself to the thunderstruck policeman, called Chief Claude M. Worley and related what had happened. Hearing Before Board. Young was suspended on charges of conduct unbecoming an officer and insubordination, pending hearing before the safety board where Connell will preside. Once before Sergeant Young was found guilty of conduct unbecoming an officer and was given a year's layoff. On another occasion, he was found not guilty of a similar charge. The suspended officer, who is 43, resides at 2506 Roosevelt avenue. He is the brother of Todd Young, Seventh ward Republican chairman and Coffin henchman. WSAI RETURNS TO AIR Between WFBIM and WKBF on Dial; Hard to Get Here. A license for full-time operation was given radio station WSAI, Cincinnati, Tuesday. The power of the station, formerly 5,000 watts, was cut to 500 watts and the frequency changed from 850 to 1,330 kilocycles. This throws the station between WFBM and WKBF. the two Indianapolis stations, on the dial, and with the power cut, will make reception of the former high power Cincinnati station difficult here. In granting the new license the radio commission pointed out that it was temporary until May 1. If no serious interference results it is expected WSAI will be given a permanent allocation on this frequency and power. RECEIVERSHIP DROPPED Alexander Box Company Case Heard by Judge. Herbert E. Wilson, attorney, was dismissed today as receiver of the Alexander Box Company, 1400 South Capitol avenue, after serving one day. Superior Judge Byron K. Elliott dissolved the receivership after a conference with attorneys. The suit was filed by Paul Froelich. former employe, who alleged the company owed him $l5O and was in danger of insolvency.

AIMEE TO TELL SENATE COURT OF ‘LOVE GIFT’ Evangelist Takes Stand in Jurist's Impeachment Case Today. BY HOMER L. ROBERTS 1 nilcd Tress Staff Correspondent SACRAMENTO, Cal.. April 17. Aimec Semple McPherson. Angelus temple evangelist, whose mysterious disappearance in 1926 started the | investigation that eventually | brought Superior Judge Carlos S. | Hardy before the senate court of impeachment, will testify today as one of the closing witnesses for the prosecution. Only three, of nearly thirty witnesses called by the assembly board of managers, remain to testify. They arc Mrs. McPherson, Miss Bernice Morris, secretary to R. A. McKinley, blind Long Beach attorney, who claimed to have talked with .the evangelist’s kidnapers, and H, C. N. Swift, vegetable peddler, who declared he witnesses the asserted kidnaping. Assemby prosecutors refused to indicate what information they will seek to elicit from the evangelist. It was expected, however, direct questioning will deal with the nature of Judge Hardy's counsel with her and her mother. Mrs. Minnie B. Kennedy, after Mrs.* McPherson’s return in 1926, and the reason for the $2,500 “love gift” presented to the accused jurist. “I am willing to give the legislature any information within my knowledge,” Mrs. McPherson told the United Press today, “I have only one story to tell, and that is the truth.” Tire impeachment trial dragged j yesterday afternoon during the j reading of a 68,000-word deposition

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LAST-MINUTE ‘LUCK’ SAVES WIDOW'S MINE Mrs. Tabor Lifts Mortgage on Gold Shaft Which Once Gave Millions. Il iii nl I ’ ll m DENVER. Colo.. April 17.—The famous "Tabor Luck, came to the front at the last minute again today to save the celebrated gold mine at Lcadvillc tor Mr H. A. W. Tabor, widow of the late United States senator. Mrs. Tabor. Denver social leader mid known as the most beautiful woman in the Rocky Mountain region when her husband was a wealthy mining promoter, for several years has been working the mine with the aid of one miner. Daily she donned overalls and went dov n into the shaft which produced millions of dollar;, worth of ore in its heyday in an effort to bring back the Tabor fortunes which vanished before her husband’s death. While she worked unsueccssfuly, the shadow of a mortgage, which threatened to take the mine from her. hovered near. The mortgage fell clue today, but with what she characterized as “Tabor luck” she was able to produce the necessary $16,000 to lift the note. Mrs. Tabor refused to say where she obtained the money. She was sure, she said, that “things will bo better now."

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