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NOTED STAGE STAR IS SLAIN IN DEATH PACT Brilliant Stage Career of Margaret Lawrence Is Brought to End. STAGE GUNMAN KILLS Bodies of Pair Are Found High Above Street in Actress' Bedroom. Il l I nitlll NEW YORK. June '.9. —The uneven, brilliant .stage career of Margaret Lawrence. 40. who trouped halt way over the world to fame, has been ended by a bullet, apparently fired by a fellow actor. Detectives agreed, jiending the inquest today, that Louis Bennison, 50, sometime player of cowboy and gunmen rolehad called up all his skill with firearms to send a shot through Miss Lawrence’s heart Sunday and then commit suicide. Their bodies were found high above the street, in a bedroom of the Penthouse which Miss Lawrence occupied in East Fifty-first street. Two notes indicated that the actors had agreed the time had come to die; it wa. possible that they nerved themselves with liquor, for half emptied bottles were found in the penthouse. One note was in Miss Lawrence's careful, clear handwriting. Pinned to the bedroom door, it read; "The sunset has a heart. Come for us there, tSigned* Tianna.” Puzzled over “Tianna” Friends were puzzled by the name ' Tianna." but surmised it was either a pet name or one of the many characters which Miss Lawrence portrayed on the stage. Bennison’s note also was brief: • Notify Mr. Mussen at the Lamb's Club at once." The message was intended for Rennet Mussen, with whom Bennison had been oo'laboraiing on a play. Shortly after noon Sunday Miss, Gertrude Chalair. a friend of Miss j Lawrence, entered the Penthouse i with a passkey which she has had 1 for sometime. Finding the bodies, she notified police, who said the two actors prob- ; ably died about eight hours before Miss Chalair’s arrival. Miss Lawrence's body, clad in nightdress, was on a bed. Bennison, fully clothed except for his shoes and socks, was on the floor. Two of his trunks were found in the Penthouse. Suicide Was Threatened Miss Chalair said Bennison had been drinking heavily for sometime and told of seeing him dawdle with his pistol several times and threaten to commit suicide. He grew especially morbid. Miss Chalair said, whenever she mentioned that Miss Lawrence might move out to Long Island City with her. Bennison has been in the cast of several productions here. Miss Chalair said he was rehearsing in This Thing Called Love." presumably to go on tour, as Violet Homing appeared in that play here last season. Bennison formerly was in the stock company at the Alcazar theater in San Francisco, and had appeared on tour with Mrs. Leslie Carter in “The Heart of Maryland.” For a time ne was in motion pictures. playing with Seena Owen in “Lavender and Old Lace." Miss Lawrence had been married twice, the second time to the late Wallace Eddinger. comedian, from whom she was seeking a divorce when he died recently in Pittsburgh. A long series of successes marked her stage career, although at the time of her death she was under suspension from the Actors' Equity Association because she deserted the cast of Edgar Selwyn’s production. •Possession." After her suspension Miss Lawrence and Bennison appeared for a short time in a vaudeville skit which failed. Previously they had toured Australia, presenting a repertory of American plays. Started Career Early Miss Lawrence left her home in Germantown. Pa., at an early age to go on the staage. Her debut was made in Chicago, where she appeared in "Her Son. a play which had a short run. but which made a reputation for the actress. Then she came to New York where critics were also unanimous in calling her one of the most talented performers on the contemporary stage. In the midst of her triumph she retired to marry Orson D Munn. wealthy patent lawyer. That was in 1911 and it was not until 1918 that Broadway saw her again, for her name was on the society pages instead of in the theatrical section. In 1918 Miss Lawrence returned in "Tea for Three." and four years later she and Munn were divorced. They had two daughters. In 1922 she married Eddinger. the comedian, because “the tilt of my nose positively demands a laughing expression.” After Eddihger's death his mother took legal action to prevent Miss Lawrence from becoming administratrix of the estate charging the actress with drunkenness and improvidence. Miss Lawrence wron the action.

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Hundreds of Motorists Given Free Notary Service by Times

I Taking their cue from The Indij anapolis T;mcs, newspapers and public-spirited notaries in several parts of the state today were planning to notarize drivers’ iioense applications free of charge, to thwart | the politicians' plan to collect large ! sums in notary fees. More than 600 drivers had made j out their applications at The Indianapolis Times bureau at The Times i office. 214 West Maryland street, before noon today and other hundreds were coming in a steady stream j this afternoon. Notaries will be on duty at this office every night until 8:30, to | take care of the rush of patrons. Plenty of blanks have been obtained from the statehouse to take tare of all who apply for this <-ervice here. The Times is giving this free serv- : ice because it believes that payment of this fee to notaries w-ho are being rewarded in this way for po-

JURY IS CHOSEN FOR TRIAL OF TORCH SLAYER •Main Street' Faces Bar With Killer ot ’Mail Order’ Mate. Bn I hit'll Pirns ELIZABETH. N. J., June 10.— Henry Colin Campbell, 61, neatly ! attired, but appearing ill, was placed on trial here today charged with the "torch'’ murder of Mrs. Mildred Mowry of Greenville, Pa., on Feb. 23. Campbell, confessed killer and seven times a bigamist, was seated at the defense table with his wife some time before court opened. In contrast to her husband's jaundiced and anemic appearance, Mrs. Campbell seemed healthy and young—more like the prisoner's I daughter than the mother of his children. Less than a half hour after the opening of the trial a jury was completed from the first thiry talesmen ; called. Francis A. Gordon, the defense counsel, challenged eleven talesmen and Abe J. David, prosecutor, challenged seven others, while the remaining twelve were accepted. “Main Street” Is on Trial Main street also is on trial with Campbell. This tragedy, which culminated in a sensational expose of methods ;of "mail-order romance,” began in a lonely country town long before Campbell appeared on the scene. The small town sends its most ambitious sons and daughters to keep the cities going, and those who stay behind marry young and settle down in the established routine. , No provision is made for the man | or woman who wanted to go, but did not. or who wanted t marry and | tailed. It is in just such communities that the matrimonial agencies and the j "lonely heart” magazines do their most effective work. Conquest Made Easy Mrs. Mowry met Campbell through the social introduction of a matri- j monial paper. According to reports, four of i ! Campbell's other seven wives were j | obtained through the same agency. ) He was not the first man to realize that small towns abound in j widows and maiden laides w T ho have ! farms, money in the bank, and negotiable securities, as well as a normal desire for human companionship, and often an unsophistica- j : ticn that makes conquest easy. Campbell is a man of considerable background—the son of a school master, at one time a publicity man and advertising expert with an income of $20,000 a year. Sentenced to Prison In 1890 he was sentenced to five years in Folsom state prison in California for forgery, but was pardoned the following year. In 1905 he was sentenced to six years in Sing Sing for grand larceny. and was released in 1909. Henry Colin Close (that is his | real name' always seemed to have ' money for the support of his various wives. But when he needed more he did not hesitate to resort to furi ther bigamy. Mrs. Mildred Mowry had only SI.OOO. but he took that—and killed her when it had been spent. Other famous criminals used his methods. There was Helmuth Schmidt of Detroit, who ran a murder farm for years before retribution descended j upon him. He made discriminating use of matrimonial papers in seeking prospective victims. Dr. Henry C. Myer, who had a modest record of fifteen murders, ; was another heavy traders in lonesome ladies who did not scorn the "Temple of Love." He married and murdered a dozen women of comfortable incomes whom he met in this way. and collected more than SIOO,OOO from insurance agencies j before he was exposed. J Then there was the case of Dr. ; H. H. Holmes, who was hanged after confessing to the murder of fortyseven persons.

iitical work is an imposiiton on the driving public. Every person who drives a car will be required to have one of the new licenses. The fee, established by law, is 25 cents, but The Times will save you the added 25 cents notary fee being charged at the statehouse and at agencies designated by the secretary of state. Come to The Times office and receive your application and have it notarized, without charge. Then take it to the statehouse, a block distant, pay your quarter and get your license; or get a property holder to sign it and mail it with 25 cents to the secretary o’s state. A property holder’s signature is not renamed on the notarized application if the applicant presents it in person at the statehouse. Applicants need not show’ their certificates of title nor designate the make, number or other details of the car or cars they drive. But every driver must obtain a license before July 1.

Boat Picks Up Viking Plane , Down in Ocean Bu United Pirns REYKJAVIK, Iceland, June 10.— Its air voyage to America over the Viking trail interrupted by a leaky fuel pipe, the seaplane Sverige (Sweden) was picked up on an isolated point of the coast today by the Iceland gunboat Odin and taken in tow. The Danish gunboat Fylla was en route to met them with supplies of gasoline. It was assumed the fliers would be able to repair the broken fuel tank and adjust the engine if they had not already done so, and fly to Reykjavik. Captain Albin Ahrenberg and his companions, Lieutenant Axel Floden and Robert Ljungland, making a flight from Stockholm to New York via Norway, Iceland, Greenland and the mouth of the St. Law’rence river, were forced down at 10:20 p. m. Sunday at Skaptaros, on the southeast ccast of Iceland. The coast patrol boat Esja reached the Sverige today and found the ship in good condition.

PREMIER TALKS TRIP MacDonald May Come to U. S. to See Hoover. Bn United Press LONDON, June 10.—AngloAmerican relations were discussed at the first meeting of the labor cabinet today, and Premier J. Ramsay MacDonald informed the members of his desire to get in personal touch with President Herbert Hoover. the Evening News said it understood. Members of the government were quoted as saying MacDonald might go to the United States late this summer, or early in the autumn after the short parliamentary session. It was said on good authority that the question of a meeting with Hoover has not been finally decided, but only in principle. 50 PLASTERERS STRIKE Refused Demand for Pay on Friday, Walk Out. Approximately one-third of the 150 union plasterers now employed in Indianapolis refused to work today because of four employers’ refusal to pay them on Friday of each week. Clyde Pierce, business agent and president of the Operative Plasterers. Local 46, said the wage scale is not involved in the controversy. The plasterers’ union, along with six other local labor unions, has been working on a five-day week and pay on Friday schedule since May 1. but four employers will not agree to the Friday pay schedule Pierce said.

PEAK RESTS BEAK!

Goober Sitting on ‘Top the World’

Bti United Press COLORADO SPRINGS, June 10.—Bill Williams, the Texan, who quit plastering to push a peanut up Pike's Peak with his nose, rubbed two or three bottlesful of linament on his aching joints today and looked for new mountains to surmount. Undisputed Goober propellor of all time. Bill, or rather his manager. Mrs. Bill, announced that with Pike's Peak conquered they would move to the Grand Canyon. She intimated that the expedition was for no reason at all but the wise peanut derby fans saw in it anew era in the outdoor sports. They figured Bill was getting ready to nose a goober up the side of the canyon and started saving their money to bet he would accomplish it. Bill and his manager had a suitcase full of contracts after he had accomplished the hitherto

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Indicative of the dissatisfaction with the attempt to provide a luscious financial plum for political friends in the secretary of state's branch offices throughout the state was a letter which came from Charles E. Notgrass, notary, at Bridgeton, Ind. "I see today they are posting bills that a woman will be at certain small towns in Parke county three hours of certain evenings to help the dear public, but evidently she will bring her strong box along to take back the quarters, like the KuKlux Klan did,” wrote Nutgrass. He offers to provide the notarization free. At Lafayette, Ind., the Galbraith Motor Exchange the Motor Finance Corporation, and the Payne Motor Company announced free notary service.- John A. Rothrock, notary of Monticello, Ind., is doing the same. The Portland Sun and Rushville Telegram announced they are doing for their readers w’hat The Times is doing in Indianapolis.

SUMMER REST FOR CONGRESS IS IN DOUBT Democrats Refuse to Agree on Definite Fall Date for Tariff Vote. B YPAUL R. MALLON United Press Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON, June 10.—Hopes for a congressional recess during the hot summer months grew dimmer today when senate Democrats in party conference decided not to follow the program of legislation outlined by adminstriation leaders. While they agreed to co-operate for early votes on farm relief, national origins repeal and tariff revision, they declined to agree to fixing a time in the fall for passage of a tariff bill. This action disrupts the entire program for a recess next Saturday and may keep congress in session indefinitely unless some compromise is arranged. Full co-operation of Democrats was necessary for the proposed agreement. Change of Front The decision of the minority represents a change of front from the attitude previously taken by its leaders, who privately agreed to the proposed summer recess and the fixing of a definite date for a final vote. Administration leaders in congress first worked out the agreement with the minority leaders and took it to President Herbert Hoover. Hoover said he was agreeable to the recess is congress would first pass the farm relief bill and then set a date in the fall for a final tariff vote. Otherwise, he would oppose the recess. It was then decided Nov. 1 would be fixed as the date for the final tariff vote. Long Wait Likely Unless someone backs down, it is expected congress will run along until it passes the farm relief bill, probably Tuesday, fights out the filibuster on repeal of the national origins provision and adopts modification of thee senate secrecy rules. This may require two weeks. There will then be no business to consider until the tariff bill is ready i for the senate. BROTHER OF FOCH DIES Grief at Death of Marshal Hastens End of Kin. ■ Bn United Press \ PARIS, June 10.—Father GerI main Foch, 74. brother of the late marshal, died today in the private hospital of the Brothers of St. John of God from complications due to old age. Grief at the recent death of his brother undoubtedly contributed to his end.

unequaled feat of rolling a peanut along the trail that Zebulon Pike took when he first looked at the world from the peak that bears his name. Bill finished his job about twenty-four hours ahead of schedule, total time for the push being 21 J -j days. Mrs. Bill, when questioned as to the future activities of her talented husband, was reticent, but admitted he had w’on a bet. the total of which started w’ith “$5.” Ciphers might be added ad lib. she said. She denied that Bill was to become the leading man for Vilma Banky, that he was to pose for garter ads or that he had a job with a peanut butter factory. The auditing department of the Williams expedition today made public the following statistics on the derby: Peanuts worn out. 184. Average mileage per peanut, .794321. Liniment used, 9 bottles.

GOVERNOR IS KIDNAPED IN ISLAND RAID Mob Rushes on Capital, Captures Arms and Steals Ship, LIKE PIRATES OF OLD Holland Rushes Warships to Its West Indian Territory. By United Press WILLEMSTAD, Island of Curacoa, Dutch West Indies, June 10.— The governmental machinery of two nations was put into operation today in an effort to run down the perpetrators of the most daring filibustering expedition seen on this island of adventure in half a century. The American consulate has requested that United States gunboats be dispatched here to aid in running down an armed band of men who on Saturday night, in the manner of pirates of old, abducted the governor of the island the chief of the military organization, captured great supplies of guns, gunpowder and ammunition, seized an American-owned ship and forced its captain to sail for the mainland. Fort Is Captured The populous town of Willemstad on the Dutch island of Curacao was invaded Saturday night by the raiders, whose numbers were variously estimated at from 200 to 500. They assaulted Ft, Amsterdam, the chief defense of the city, overpowered the small garrison, killing at least two men and wounding several, and seized a large supply of arms and munitions, apparently their objective. Next the> captured the Governor, Dr. Fruytier, the military commander and several soldiers, who they carried along as hostages. The sleeping town, awakened by the shots, remained under cover as the band marched to the waterfront, stopping at the jail long enough to free all prisoners. At the locks, they boarded the American steamer Maracaibo, which lay with steam up being due to leave for New York shortly. The raiders took over the ship, their numbers preventing any effective resistance, and ordered Captain A. T. Morris to sail for the mainland. Release Ship Captain It appeared certain, however, that the raiders debarked on the Venezuelan coast, a short distance away, landed their arms and ammunitions and allowed Captain Morris to return to Willenstad at 7 a. m. Sunday, having been gone since 1 a. m., the Dutch government was advised. The Dutch government has taken prompt action. The cruisers Hertzog, Hertog Henrik and three destroyers ’.vere ordered to leave Amsterdam for this port. The cruiser Kortenaer w r as sent last night from Helder, Holland immediately after receiving news of the raid. The Dutch governor of Paramaribo. Dutch Guiana, also was understood to have sent warships. The Dutch foreign minister in an interview at The Hague belittled the possibility of conflict with Venezuela, however, holding that the Venezuelan government L not responsible. Famous for Liquor Curacao, one of the few islands of the Caribbean remaining of the once great Dutch colonial empire, has been famous for deeds of piracy for three centuries. It has long been a favorite refuse for political fugitives from South American countries, especially Venzuela. Its nearness to the peninsula of Paraguana, a long tongue of land projecting from the Venezuelan mainland has made it also a convenient gathering place for those who wish to launch insurrections in that country. Such expeditions were made famous by Richard Harding Davis, whose "White Mice” was a typical story of plotting and revolt engineered from Willemstad. Curacao is famous for the liquor named after it, but now has more commercial importance because the largest petroleum refinery in the world, belonging to Royal Dutch Shell is at Willemstad. Island Is Important The raiders were reported to have been working at the oil refinery, evidently coming to the island in that guise and planning their coup. The Dutch government was advised that the oil works were undamaged in the raid. The island is forty miles long and is forty miles from Venezuela. Its population on Jan. 1. 1927 was 38,781, of whom 17,889 live in Willemstad. The garrison at that time consisted of four officers and seventyone men. The importance of Curacao and the other islands of its group is seen in the fact chat 6,817 ships visited j the islands : .n 1926. | - - Mrs. Ida Trieb Dies j Mrs. Ida Trieb, 50, wife of Andrew ; Trieb, tire dealer. 3306 North Capi- ' tol avenue, died today in St. Vincent’s hospital.

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‘HERE SHE BLOWS!’

Meet State's Champ ‘Balloonist'

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Ellen Woods. BY ARCH STEINEL. THERE she blows!” Down in the hold, you nautical ones, for this isn’t the tale of Jonah’s whale, but instead, the recital of the prowess of Indiana’s "champeen" balloon-blower, Ellen Woods, 11, of 17’West Ohio street. With eight blows of Ellen’s blower, she can make an ordinary hot-air balloons go up and go “Zoom.” She can blow up 200 balloons in thirty minutes and never miss an exhale. In four years time Ellen has rounded out 25,000 rubber balloons, or enough ruber and hot air to anchor the Graf Zeppelin in the Fiji Isles.

COUNTY STARTS ROAD PROGRAM First of Million-Doilar Projects Under Way. County commissioners today opened the million-dollar 1929 road program. Contracts were to be let this afternoon for improvement of the Millersville road. Six bids were received earlier today. The low' bidder is R. H. Scott at $87,930. Following a conference with Phillip Zoercher, state tax board member, commissioners announced the construction cost of the 2.81 miles Acton road w'as sliced to $75,000 from $76,133. Wednesday commissioners will receive bids for construction of East Tenth street from Arlington avenue to three miles east, cost of w’hich is estimated at $108,500. Bids also will be received on ten bridges, estimated to cost $123,000. | One of these is the West Tenth | street bridge over Eagle creek, which | w’ae closed a month ago. The new I brie ge will be concrete and will cost j $73,000. j Contract for improvement of Col- | lege avenue from Seventy-first I street to the county line will be let | Friday. h’he estimated cost is SIOB,OOO.

Senator Asks Censorship of Cigaret Ads Bn I lilted Press WASHINGTON, une 10.—Charging tobacco manufacturers with conducting a. vast advertising campaign to induct ‘young girls and boys into the cigaret habit,” Senator Reed Smoot 'Rep., Utah), introduced in the senate today a resolution designed to put tobacco distribution under the pure food and drug act The resolution would subject tobacco advertisements to the same restriction as medicine. For months the gigantic machine of deception and fraud set up by pernicious cigaret inerests had been gathering momentum, Smoot told the senate. He pointed out certain manufacturers had advertised cigarets were beneficial to health and enabled young girls to keep slender figures. “The American Tobacco Company. dares to flaunt on the bill boards of the nation, posters showing an adolescent girl smoking cigarets.” Smoot asserted. “The American Tobacco Company stands self-convicted before the country for broadcasting tainted testimonials from professional athletes, urging cigarets as an aid to physical prowess."

CHAIN STORE SUIT UP Hearing On State License Law to ’ Be Held Tuesday. Suite of Lafayette Jackson, owner of Standard Grocery Company, to enjoin enforcement of the “chain store licensing” law will be heard by Federal Judge Robert C. Baltzell Tuesday. The law’, which places a state tax on two or more stores under one ownership, is to become effective July 1. Jackson, owner of 200 stores here, charges the law is discriminatory and unconstitutional. Hourly Temperatures 6 a. m 58 10 a. m 73 7 a. m.... 59 11 a. m 75 8 a. m 67 12 (noon).. 75 9a. m 71 Ip. m 76

Five blows of Ellen’s iron-clad bellows and any good 10-cent balloon will fatten to bowling ball proportion—and she can do it in three when she gets “hot lips.” She has played lung-motor to balloons for parties, dinners and club fetes and even provided hot air for an Indiana gubernatorial campaign. Mother Runs Business From the time Ellen quit inhaling a nursing bottle she began exhaling balloon air. Her balloon career began when her mother, Mrs. Visa Ross, took charge of a balloon business. “There’s no one can beat Ellen blowing balloons,” says Mrs. Ross as she explains how it takes three persons working double-time tying the balloon to keep up with Ellen on a good day. On one occasion, Ellen went to a picnic at Ft. Wayne and entered a balloon-blowing contest. Adults were entered. She blew herself to winning tickets on all the rides in the park and free meals. At School 2 she is known as the “balloon girl.” “And I’d be a good runner if it wasn't my feet are a little bad—for I’ve got the wind,” she said in telling of her athletic prowess at school. “Don’t Get Scared!” Blowing three balloons at a time, Ellen, the human pulmotor, explained the procedure thus: “To be a good balloon-blower, you must never, never, hold the balloon with your teeth. Just use your lips and tongue—and blow evenly. And don’t get scared of ’em when they pop and break—there’s no sense in that,” she admonished. Ellen's mother says that like all artists, she is temperamental. “Just let someone go to bothering her while she’s blowing up an order for some club —and she blows up. The balloons she turns out will be all shapes, sizes, and lengths.” Ellen's ambitions are to be a nurse, a typist, or to manage the balloon business and hire someone “to do the blowing for her.” ‘BUCKET SHOPS' LOSE Restraining Order Against Fifieid Quashed. Strength was given to the state securities commission’s war on bucket shops in Indiana today, when it was learned the restraining order against Otto G. Fifieid, secretary of state, was quashed in the St. Joseph county circuit court at South Bend Saturday. The order had prohibited Mark Rhcads, state securities commissioner, and Earl Coble, chief examiner, from closing the stock selling office of Hamiiton-King Company, Inc., at South Bend, on the grounds that it was a “bucket shop.” Not only was the restraining order lifted, but J. L. Warren and James Gualno. Chicago men operating the office, were arrested for conspiracy to violate the state securities law and held under $5,000 bond. They will be given a hearing in the South Bend city court Thursday, Coble announced. The conduct of the company is also to be investigated by the St. Joseph county grand jury. TRAINS KILL 25 DAILY l’ennsy Distributes Statistics in Safety Drive. Pamphlets with statistics of rail-road-automobile fatalities in 1928 were distributed today by the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, as a part of the ninth annual “careful crossing" campaign, June 1 to Sept. 30. Twenty-five persons were killed or injured daily on railway crossings last year, and these represented one-fourth deaths by train and automobile.

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BANK BANDIT SUSPECT SLAIN BY OFFICER Gun Jams, Shot to Death at Wheel ot Car by Franklin Deputy. COMPANION IS WOUNDED Injured Pal Captured, Taken to Hospital. Refuses to Identify Dead Man. P.n Times Snceial GREENCASTLE. Ind.. June 10.— An unidentified man was killed, shot through the head and body, and Earl Spencer, 22, of Franklin, Ind., escaped convict and suspected bank bandit, was wounded seriously by gunfire from the .38-caliber automatic pistol of Deputy Sheriff Harold B. Cobb of Franklin, at a filling station nine miles north of here early today. Cobb and Harry McMillin of Franklin were en route to Decatur, 111., by auto to return a prisoner to Franklin when they drew into the Motor Inn. at the intersection of Roads 43 and 36, for gasoline and oi at 4:30 this morning. Spencer and his companion just had filled the tank of their Hupmobile "8.” Spencer stood at the side of the door, his companion at the wheel, when the deputy sheriff alighted. Recognizing Spencer as the man wanted for alleged participation in an attempted bank holdup at Vincennes a week ago, Cobb walked over to him. “What's your name?” he demanded. “Ralph Emerson,” Spencer replied. “I know you and you know me.” Cobb said. "How would you like to go back to Franklin?” Companion Pulls Gun Before Spencer could answer, his companion whipped out a .45calibre automatic and pointed it at Cobb, with, "I’ll be damned if he'll go back.” Before the man in the car could fire, Cobb had drawn his gun and fired twice. He crumpled In the seat. One bullet entered his left eye and penetrated his head, while the other entered the left shoulder and passed through his body. His gun had jammed. Cobb then fired once at Spencer as he reached for his pocket. The bullet went, through Spencer’s upper lip and lodged in the back of his neck. Dr. L. W. Veach of Bainbridge, four miles distant, administered first aid to Spencer, who was removed to the hospital here. His companion’s body was brought to the J. E. McCurry morgue. F. E. Reed, of Cloverdale, coroner of Putnam county, performed an autopsy. Papers Found in Pocket The dead man was about 25 years old. about 5 feet 6 inches tall, wore a gray striped suit bought at Cune Brothers. Terre Haute, and a gray cap. He wore a gold ring with small rub set on his left hand. His right arm bore a tattooed anchor. In his pocket were found papers bearing the names Chauncey Watson, 1525 North Fourth street; Miss Evelyn Mankin, 2109 North Fourth and a half street; Mrs. J. S. Nuther, 2923 Eighteenth avenue, and notations “Cos. K, 12th Infantry;” “L. R„” R. R. 4. Box 357; “B. C..” R. R. 4, Box 52. No name of a city followed these addresses. A pair of glasses, purchased at Block's, Indianapolis, and $5.85 in money also were found in his clothing. George L. Winkler. Marion county sheriff, questioned Spencer at the hospital. Unable to talk, Spencer scribbled his answers on a pad. He admitted his identity, wrote that he escaped from the Indiana state reformatory at Pendleton a year and a half ago, but denied being in Vincennes when the bank holdup was attempted. He insisted he did not know his companion’s name, but met him in Danville two days ago. They stole the Hupmobile sedan, bearing 11-' linois license number 99-410, at Danville Sunday night, he wrote, and were headed .for Indianapolis. Clemency Hope Fades Fate cheated Spencer from receiving clemency from Governor Harry G. Leslie. Serving a one to fourteen year sentence for grand (arctny. Spencer escaped fro mthe Indiana state reformatory Oct. 27. I£?7. His father, John Spencer, of 250 West street, Franklin, appeared at the meeting of reformatory trustees at Pendleton Friday, promising his son's return if trustees would pardon his escape and permjt him to serve his original sentence. Governor Lslie, who attended the meeting, was impressed by the father’s story of the young man’s repentance. He directed his secretary to write the father, agreeing to his terms. The letter had not been mailed when newspapers reached the Governor's office, relating that Spencer was shot by a Franklin , deputy sheriff this morning. Spencer is expected to recover, but hopes of executive clemency disappeared when it was learned the car in which he and his companion were riding was stolen Sunday night in Danville, lU.