Indianapolis Times, Volume 41, Number 72, Indianapolis, Marion County, 3 August 1929 — Page 2

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WEED CIGARET USE BARED BY MURDER PROBE Addicts Believed Gaining in Calumet Section of Indiana. Pji Times Special HAMMOND. Ind., Aug. 3.—A murder believed due to smoking of muggles” cigarets, made from the marihuana weed, known also a “loco weed," reveals one instance that It is being grown here, police narcotics experts announce. Pedro Arvizo, 62. Mexican laborer died as a result of kicks in the stomach delivered by Philip Gomez, fellow countryman. Laughing and hysterical. Gomez apparently did not realize at the time of his arrest that he had taken a life. A few hours later, however, when arraigned, he was calm and denied using the weed. But despite this, police declare two marihuana j plants were found growing in a yard j at Gomez's home. • Young Persons Smoke It is believed that use of the weed | cigarets is increasing in the Calumet; district. Police say that while most of the addicts are Mexicans in whose country the plant is native, they also have evidence that the deadly smoking is spreading to other races, especially among young persons. Although growing the plant is ! nunishable by a long prison term in Mexico, there is no law applying to it in the United States, according to local narcotics experts. Provokes Criminal Acts Cigarcts are sold principally at dance halls, the price being 25 cents { each. The effects, as described by ‘ experts are in three stages. The j first usually results in a laughing ! hysteria. Then follows a state In j which a criminal tendency is shown. A deep sleep follows which may last ' for hours and during which the ad- j diet loses all judgment of time. Blossoms of the weed are the por- i ‘ion used for cigarets. The flowers : are soaked with perfume, wine or I whisky to impart iavor. MOTHER PLANTED TREE TO MAKE SON’S COFFIN Funeral at Arcadia Recalls Walnut Setting Seventy-nine Years Ago. Ttrnrs Xftfriol ARCADIA, Ind., Aug. 3.—James ! Hill, 89. was buried here in a cas- ' ket made of wood of a walnut tree planted by his mother. He was a former pastor in the Church of the Brethren. The casket was made ten years ago by Henry Essig and it has since been on display in a local mortuary. The former minister was born Jan. 11. 1840, son of James and Pnlly Edwards Hill. He was married in December, 1863, to Elizabeth Sumner and leaves their two bildren. Later he married Zeruah i mlinson. They had a daughter. The tree from which the casket as made was planted when he was 10 years old. FALSE ALARMS OF FIRE GET POLICE ATTENTION Two Turned in Ten Minutes Apart at Anderson. 6'/ 1 nitrif Pn xx ANDERSON. Ind.. Aug. 3. “Enough is enough," said Fire Chief Charles G. Alford as he turned over to police a clew to identity of persons who turned in two false fire alarms, ten minutes apart. Most of the fire fighting units had responded to an alarm in Park place and firemen were searching vainly for a fire when another alarm came in from the south section of the city. Both alarms were false, given presumably by the same persons who had every unit of the fire fighting department in action a few weeks ago. BOYS GET SENTENCES Four Committed Series of Thefts in Crawfordsville. Bp Timex special CRAWFORDSVILLE. Ind.. Aug. 3.—Definite steps to stop a juvenile crime wave here were taken in juvenile court when four boys "ind one girl were given sentnees to state institutions after they had been found guilty of delinquency charges by Judge Edgar A. Rice The boys. Robert Shahan. 9; Harry Whelchel. 13. Hubert Jones. 11. and Dumont Hyde. 13. have been implicated in more than a dozen thefts and burglaries in the past few weeks In spite of repeated warnings from officers they have persisted in law violations Shahan and Whelchel stole tv. ■ bicycles the day after they had been iraigned for breaking into three usiness places Aged Veterinarian Dies ' T 'lit- * Sp< i I'll KINGMAN. Ind.. Aug. 3.—Dr. '-:lam W. Bonebrake. 79. said to be he oldest practicing veterinary sur.eon in Indiana, is dead at his home 'icre,. He was widely known throughout western Indiana. He leaves four ons. three daughters, twenty-seven grandchildren and six great-grand-children. Herb Grower Dies /V Tim- ial ST. MAURICE. Ind.. Aug. 3 William Henderson. 50. known throughout the state as a grower and collector of herbs, died at his home near here. He was a native of Ripley county. For many years he devoted his time to medicinal plants, for which he had built up a wide demand. Boy Hurt By Truck r," Tim** Special CRAWFORDSVILLE. Aug. 3. Buster Hunt. 12. was severely cut and bruised when he ran from behind a wagon and was struck by a truck driven by Carl Jack. He will reeover.

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Left to Right—lx>is Ann. Janice and Martha Holzapfel. children of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Holzapfel, Richmond. Martha is a member of the Dennis junior high school orchestra and Lois Ann also has musical tal* ent and is a dance pupil.

WARREN COUNTY RECEIVES FUNDS Repaid Money Absconding Official Took. Bn United Pr . xx ATTICA, Ind.. Aug. 3.—A shortage of $34,963.12 in accounts of Emerson Davis, Warren county treasurer, has been fully satisfied by payments made the county by the company which bonded the missing official. Davis has been missing since March. His office was declared vacant and Ray Fleming, West Lebanon. named to succeed him. On April 11, $6,000 was recovered from an Indianapolis bank in county money Davis had deposited soon after he had absconded, and later $887.92 was recovered from the same source. Indictments have been returned against Davis and the bonding company is pressing efforts to find him. thus far without avail.

Film Comedian Recalls Whisker Pulling Fad Pit Timex Special MUNCIE, Ind.. Aug. 3.—Charlie Murray. Muncie. born movie comedian, is disappointed because he missed this year's fair at Middletown. Held up in Arizona two days by storms, the comedian arrived here one day and left the next for the east to fill a vaudeville engagement. On arriving home. Charlie found that the fair was in progress, and in his early days he never missed attending. Just to think I am only here twenty-four hours and I can't arrange in that time to slip over to Middletown just for a few minutes.” he complained. Murray recalled a visit early in his life at the fair time “There was an old marshal there and he had long whiskers Slipping up behind him. my brother gave a yank on the whiskers and out came a handful.” Murray said. “The marshal put up a great cry ana. posing as an innocent bystander. I approached him and inquired as to the trouble. " That guy (pointing to my fast fleeing brother) pulled mv whiskers. the marshal said. 'Which way did he pull them, this way or cross-ways? I asked him. grabbing on to his flowing beard. I didn't hear his answer, for I was fast joining my fleeing brother in escaping but I also had a handful of whiskers.” p

CLOSING OF BANK LEADS TO SUIT FOR $120,000 Former Cashier and Bonding Companies Named at Williamsport, P a i a iud Pres* WILLIAMSPORT. Ind., Aug. 3. Suit for $120,000 has been filed by the Williamsport State bank in Warren circuit court here naming as defendants. Warren Mankey. cashier of the defunct Warren County bank here, the Republic Casualty Company. Pittsburgh. Pa., and the United States Fidelity and Guarantee Company. Baltimore, Md. Mankey. while cashier of the Warten County bank, was bonded by the Pittsburgh company in the sum ,of SBO,OOO and by the Baltimore company in the sum of $40,000. The' state bank is attempting to collect the amount of the bonds, plus the interest on that sum since the time ; the defunct bank was ordered closed, in January. 1928. by the state banking commission. DEPUTYSHIP ABOLISHED Delaware County Prosecutor Will Conduct Duties Unaided. jPa I in:ex special MUNCIE. Ind.. Aug. 3.—Complaining that there isn't much money in being a prosecuting attorney. Joe H. Davis, prosecutor of Delaware county, announced that he will operate his office without a deputy in the future. Davis' deputy of mere than three years, Paul Brady, has resigned. Reports Huge Yegetables F 7 i 'me* snt rial MI’NCIE. Ir.d.. Aug. 3.—Potatoes, weighing from three to nine pounds each, three cabbage heads that collectively weigh 104 pounds, hay shoulder high and rhubarb six feet tail have been found in Alaska by A. L. Bingham. Muncie manufactuer, according to a letter received here. Mr. and Mrs. Bingham will return Sept. 1 from a tour of Alaska. Veterans to Hold Picnic /'./ 7 m* ' Sitt f ial GREENCASTLE. Ind.. Aug. 3. Members of the Greencastle and Crawfordsville camps of the United ■ Spanish-American War Veterans will hold a picnic at the Rockville park Sunday. Three hundred are expected to attend. Aged Farmer Dies Pji 7 imi special GREENCASTLE. Ind.. Aug. 3. Dock Hurst. 70. Putnam county farmer, died suddenly of heart disease at his home south of here.

NEW THEATER WILL BE READY LATE IN AUGUST Furnishings to Be Placed in Paramount at Anderson Soon. Bn Time* Special ANDERSON. Ind., Aug. 3.—Arthur L. Mayer, New York, head of the fifth division of the Publix Theaters Corporation, inspected the concern’s three properties in this city and conferred with Harry Muller, veteran local theater man, who will manage the two new show houses which are being erected here. The Paramount theater is virtually completed and installation of furnishings will begin in the next few days. Aug. 28 has been tentatively set for formal opening. Work is progressing rapidly on erection of the Muller theater. It will be under roof in the next few weeks and ready for a formal opening early in December. Former Sheriff Dies />'.’/ Time* Special CRAWFORDSVILLE. Aug. 3 Charles N. McCollough, 71, former sheriff of Montgomery county, is dead at his home here.

GIRL DROWNS IN RIVER Mother Fails in Rescue Attempt and Is in Turn Saved. Pu United Press BRAZIL. Ind.. Aug. 3.—Ruby Voight, 13. drowned in Eel river near here while wading, despite heroic efforts by her mother to save the child. The child stepped into deep water and immediately sank. The mother, fully clothed, jumped in and also went under. She was saved by W. L. Howard, a member of a camping party. The daughter's body was recovered. St. Paul Merchant Dies Pi! Tiwx Specie! ST. PAUL. Ind., Aug. 3.—Funeral services will be held Sunday afternoon at St. Paul Christian church for Lorin A. Jewett, 68. a merchant here, who fell dead in his store. He was a former Adams township trustee. and a graduate of Hartsville college in its early days, and for twenty years a teacher in Decatur county schools and principal of the Adams school. He leaves the widow and a son. Kenneth L. Jewett, his partner in business.

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FARMERS WIN IN BOND SUIT Surety for Accused Former Bureau Official Loses. Bn J’imcg Special ANDERSON, Ind., Aug. 3—A finding of Federal Judge Robert C. Baltzell. awarding the Madison County Farm Bureau $9,727.23 judgment against the Commercial Casualty Insurance Company of Newark. N. J., as surety on the bond of Henry Shuman, removes the liability of forty farmers, who two years ago guaranteed payment of farm bureau debts to the extent of $15,000. The insurance company refused to make good the shortage, and fought the case, filed originally in Madison circuit court here and later certified to federal court, in every step of the proceedings. Evidence revealed in the case which Judge Baltzell decided in favor of the farm bureau, has resulted in the filing of an affidavit in Anderson city court charging Shuman, former president and manager of the bureau, with embezzlement and grand larceny to the amount of the court judgment. \ Shuman is also under bond to ] answer to circuit court to a charge j of false pretense. COMMITTEES APPOINTED BY ROAD SAFETY HEAD ! Meeting to Be Held at Anderson to Plan Campaign. Pit Timex Special ANDERSON. Ind.. Aug. 3.—Oswald ! Ryan, president of the Madison | County Safety on the Highways Conference, has selected four com- | mittees to assist officers in carrying i on the ’work of the organization. The committees will meet soon to jplan a “Seven Days for Safety” camI paign. Committee members are: County Executive Paul Miller. Pendleton, chairman; Harry Neanover, Elwood: Joseph Himelick, Summitville; Roger Gipe, Alexandria; Dr. J. I. Rinne, Lapel. and Elmer Hardy. Markleville. Finance—A. L. McKee. Anderson, chairman: Frank Prescott. Mrs. TV. A. Denny. Louis Simon. Mrs. Grace Stockton, Leo Dunham and Mrs. W. O. Rhoton. | Publicity—W. Wilson Cady, chairman; j Mrs. E. F. Miller, Harry R. Baldwin, Byron j Louiso and M. L. Walker, j Anderson Executive—James Larmore, | chairman: Fred Kroeger. Mrs. E. Maude | Bruce. Edward S. Ridley and Mrs. Wallace 18. Campbell. JAILED-SMOKER COMES BACK TO TRIAL SCENE Man Convicted as Blue Law Violator to Make Home in Decatur. ! Bit Timt -■ special DECATUR.. Ind.. Aug. 3. —Oscar Shaw, former resident, who twentyj three years ago served a thirty-three day jail sentence in the Adams i county jail here for smoking a cigaret in public, announces he will return here to make his home. Recently he has b"een a resident of You n gstown,- Q. One momipg -in 1906. Shaw stepped from a saloon smoking a i cigaret and was immediately arrested by Albert Butler, then sheriff, on a charge of violating a newly enacted state “blue law." Arraigned before Circuit Judge R. K. Erwin, a plea of guilty was entered by Shaw and the jail term imposed. Shortly after the sentence was served, the law was declared unconstitutional.

OLD SCHOOL AT ' CENTERVILLE TO FEATURE PICNIC Replica of Teaching in By-Gone Oays Part of Program. P.u Timex Special CENTERVILLE. Ind., Aug. 3.—A reunion of old teachers and their old pupils will be one of the main features of the seventieth annual picnic of the Old Settlers’ Association to be held here Aug. 17. Three men who taught in Wayne county schools prior to 1880 will be present. An old-fashioned school, opening at 10 o'clock in the auditorium of the Centerville high sohool, will give & touch of realism to the trunion of teachers and pupils. Old methods and old customs will be shown in a school session. The principal address at the picnic will be given by State Senator Luther O. Draper, Spicelarfd. The picnic is of more than passing historic importance. Every Governor of Indiana from the days of Oliver P. Morton, who held office during the Civil war and who was a resident of Centerville, has delivered an address at the picnic each year. Chief interest historically in this year's picnic will center about the reproduction of the old school. Each teacher will be asked to make a three-minute speech, and those who can not attend have been asked to write a letter of 200 words. Centerville is one of the historic spots in Wayne county. When it was the county seat, it was the home of some of the most famous lawyers of Indiana. The residence of Governor Morton still stands and is marked by a granite boulder with a bronze tablet. Harry D. Bertsch, Centerville, is chairman of the reunion committee. The event annually attracts hundreds of former residents back to the county.

WOMAN AT 75 STILL ON JOB Begins Fortieth Year as School Janitress, Bn Txm.es Special TERRE HAUTE. Ind.. Aug. 3. Mrs. Harriet Underwood. 75, this week began lier fortieth year of service as a school janitress here. She first entered upon the work when her husband died, leaving a small son and a blind brother declarinet, but Mack plays a saxowas at the Ross school when there was a stove in every room to be fired. Two years later a furnace was installed and Mrs. Underwood learned to operate it. “How well I remember what a fuss the patrons of the school made then. They all said they knew a woman couldn’t fire a furnace and she would let it blow up and kill all their children,” she recalls. But she fired the furnace nineteen years and there were no explosions. Yawn Dislocates Jaw P>/ l im- x Special NEWCASTLE. Ind.. Aug. 3.—Mrs. Frank Shook dislocated a jaw while yawning.

HENNINGS VALUED Widow of Anderson Banker Listed as Only Heir. Bit Times Spec,a! ANDERSON, Ind., Aug. 3.—lncluding insurance, Joseph E. Hennings. Anderson banker and philathropist, left an estate of approximately $500,000. It was disclosed in application for letters of administration filed in the office of County Clerk Chester Thomas. The Madison County Trust Company which Mr. Hennings helped organize, and the widow, Mrs. Josephine Henings qualified as co-ad-ministrators to settle the estate in the absence of a will. Mr. Hennings was chairman of the board of directors of the company. The bulk of the estate consists of Anderson real estate and stocks in more than fifty corporations. Anderson realty holdings include several blocks in the downtown district. among them a building occupied by Montgomery Ward Company, the Goss Walters Motor Company building and Meridian apartments. He also owned a winter home in Miami. Fla. and valuable property in Miami Beach. The application for letters of administration filed by the law firm of Pence X Neill names the widow as the only heir. Miss Eva Hennings is a. daughter of Mrs. Hennings by a former marriage. but she was never legally adopted as a daughter of Mr. Hennings. Most of the wealth was amassed during Mrs. Hennings thirty-seven years of residence here. He was born in New York, he was left an orphan when eleven years old. Inmates to Be Moved Bit Tixm x Spi rial VINCENNES. Ind.. Aug. 3.—Within a few days, 125 girls, inmates of the Sites of the Good Shepherd home at Indianapolis, will be moved to the new St. Vincent's orphanage here. The new building was built with money given by Francis J. Reitz. Evansville. Greencastle Tax Higher Pjt Tim* * Si* rial GREENCASTLE. Ind.. Aug. 3. The city tax levy for 1930. as proposed by the city attorney, will be 8.4 mills, as compored with 8.7 milis this year.

Husband’s Rights Plea Causes Court Laughter Pti Timex Special COLUMBUS, Ind., Aug. 3.—“ Even a husband has some rights, proclaimed in thundering tones by A. T. Conner, bachelor lawyear, in Bartholomew circuit court here, drew snickers from seven married men comprising the audience, and even Judge Julian Sharpnack smiled. The attorney was presenting an argument in behalf of Thomas A. McClure, regarding support money to be paid Mrs. Josephine McClure pending outcome of a divorce suit. Declaring that the wife had driven the husband from home and had earned her living before marriage by working as a domestic. Connor said his client should not pay her anything. Counsel for the wife asserted; “You haven’t shown she deserves such treatment,” • Judge Sharpr.ack ended the, argument by decreeing that McClure will occupy the home, but must pay his wife $lO a week support money and S3O as attorney fees. A few weeks ago the husband sought protection of police, asserting Mrs. McClure tried to kill him by running over him with an automobile.

TUBERCULOSIS WILL BE COURSE STUDY

State Association Expects 150 Physicians at Various Centers. More than 150 Indiana physicians are expected to attend one of the series of short courses in tuberculosis treatment announced by the Indiana Tuberculosis Association. The physicians will come from practically every county in the state. In order to make possible larger and more convenient attendance, the association has arranged for the short courses to be given at the se\eial tuberculosis sanatoria of the state, where facilities are available for clinical research. Each of the courses will continue for two days. The purpose is to acquaint Indiana physicians with recent progress in treatment of tuberculosis. Physicians who have specialized in such treatment and who have been asked to serve as members of the faculty for the Tuberculosis Association's short courses also made public with the schedule by Murray A. Auerbach, executive secretary of the state association, are as follows: Lake County Tuberculosis sanatorium. Crown Point, Aug. 29 and 30; Boehne Tuberculosis hospital. Evansville, Sept, 5 and 6: Sunnyside sanatorium, Oaklandon, Sept. 12 and 13; Irene Byron sanatorium. Ft. Wayne, Oct, 2 and 3; Ilealthwin sanatorium, South Bend, Oct. 8 and 9, and Indiana State sanatorium. Rockville. Oct. 15 and 16. Physicians on the faculty for the courses, include: Dr. E. M. Amos, assistant In medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine; Dr. Amos Carter, superintendent of the Indiana State sanatorium, Rockville; Dr. Paul D. Criam. superintendent of the Boehne Tuberculosis hospital. Evansville; Dr. Eric Crull, superintendent of the Irene Byron sanatorium. Ft. Wayne; Dr. St. C. Darden, superintendent of Healthwin sanatorium, South Bend; Dr. Stephen A. Douglass, superintendent of Sunnyside sanatorium. Oaklandon; Dr. H. S. Hatch, assistant in medicine. Indiana University School of Medicine: Dr. Alfred Henry, assistant professor of clinical medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine; Dr. G. C. Johnson, Evansville; Dr. J. G. Parramore, superintendent of the Lake County Tuberculosis sanatorium. Crown Point; and Dr. James H. Stygall, assistant in medicine. Indiana University School of Medicine.

ESTATE AT $500,000 MURDER CHARGE READ Columbus Man Remarks “Somebody Had to Lie, That’s All. Bn I'nited Presx COLUMBUS, Ind.. Aug. 3.—Arthur McKevett. charged in a grand jury indictment with the murder of his wife, whose body was carried from her burning home with a wound in the head, said, “Somebody had to lie, that's all.” when a warrant was served on him. According to Sheriff Alonzo Fitch, who served the warrant, the prisoner said he felt the facts had oeen misrepresented in the case. McKevett will be arraigned during the September term of Bartholomew circuit court. Church Stone to Be Laid B,y Tinu * Special HAMMOND. Ind., Aug. 3.—The corner stone of the new All Saints Catholic church will be laid Sunday. The ceremonies will be in charge of the pastor, the Rev. E. J. Mungoven. The parish was organized June 19. 1896. and comprised only sixty-seven families. Now there is a total of approximately 1,000 children in its schools. Hospital Opening Sunday P,a l ime* Special MUNCIE. Ind.. Aug. 3 Muncie’s million dollar hospital. Ball Memorial hospital, gift of the Ball families to the city, will be opened for inspection Sunday. Formal opening of the hospital is fixed for Wednesday. if workmen are able to complete the structure by that time. Lebanon Principal Resigns BwU Tilth x'Special LEBANON. Ind.. Aug. 3.—Vilmer D. Tatlock. - principal of the high school here five years, has been chosen from a field of twelve applicants to be principal of the junior and senior high schools of Bloomington. and will move to that city about Aug. 15. Death Dates Coincide Bm Tim > x SP'.ciiU GREENCASTLE. Ind.. Aug. 3. Richard Morland. lifetime Putnam county resident, is dead just eight years to the day from the death of his wife. He had been ill three years. S3 Reunions Booked for Day P.-i J iiut x Spu itcl NEWCASTLE. Ind., Aug. 3 Thirty-three reunions are booked for Memorial park here Sunday, including that of the Twins Association.- It is expected anew season attendance record will be set.

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Richard Paul CAMBRIDGE CITY. Aug. 2.—A 17-year-old boy who practically manages a 400-acre farm is one ot the agriculture leaders of Wayne county. He is Richard Paul, son oi Mr. and Mrs. E. O. Paul ol Cambridge City. He is almost entirely in charge of the 'Locust Hill farm, owned by his parents. He is at present planning on having several head of Holstein cattle in competition at both the Wayne county and Indiana state fairs. CITY’S NAMESAKE DIES Ehvood Frazier Honored When Quincy Left Village Class. BROWNSTOWN. Ind.. Aug. 3. Ehvood Frazier, for whom the city of Ehvood was named, is dead at the home of his son. Jesse D. Frazier, twelve miles southwest of here. The name of Ehvood was bestowed when the village of Quincy became an incorporated town. He was president of the Ehvood Trust Company sixteen years.

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SECRET SERVICE RUSE FAILS TO GET RIGHTMAN Letter Trap Succeeds, but Prisoner Is Released at Columbus. Pa Timex Special COLUMBUS, Ind.. Aug. 3-Decov letters. fingerprints and other “props" of a detective drama have resulted in freeing here of an actor. William D. Mack, who had been arrested as a suspect in the theft of 54.000 by a man who served the United States as a naval clerk. With his wife. Mack came here a week ago from Kentucky and h; obtained employment at nights at a local theater and in the day worked as a sign painter. Mrs. Mack, saw an advertisement in a theaterical publication saying therp was a letter at its office for William B. Mack. She did not notice the difference in the middle initial as compared with her husband's name, so she wrote and obtained the letter. The next day her husband was arrested by Frank Cole, Indianapolis, a United States secret service operative. The letter was only a blank sheet of paper. Colo arranged it as a move to aid in locating Mack. In addition to revealing the discrepancy in initials, investigation showed that at. the time of the alleged theft. Nov. 3, 1924, Mack and his wife were playing in a Fulbright (Tex.) theater. She keeps a scfapbook of theater programs and showed it to Cole in proving an alibi for her husband. According to Mrs. Mack, the man the government wants is William McClintic who has adopted the name of Mack. McClintic. like the. man here, is a musician, playing a clarinet, but Mack plays a sousaphone and drums. McClintic is an inch and a half shorter than Mack and four years younger. Their finger prints do not correspond. HIT-AND-RUN MOTORIST FAILS TO PROVE ALIBI Prosecutor Wins Case Involving Injury of Anderson Boy. Ii„ Timex special ANDERSON. Ind, Aug. 3.—Herschel Williams, proprietor of an Elwood taxicab lino, had a perfect alibi, or nearly so. but Judge Charles B. Salyer of Anderson city, court decided differently after hearing evidence in the trial of a ease in which Williams was charged as a hit-and-run driver. Williams was arrested June 13. the day following the accident in which an automobile he was alleged to have been driving ran down and seriously injured Wayne Hoeffer. 12, | son of Mr. and Mrs. John Hoeffer, i at a street intersection in Elwood. The automobile was driven away, the boy being left unconscious in the street. At the trial six persons testified Williams was in Muncie when the accident occurred, but the state had as witnesses persons who identified 1 Williams as the man driving the I car.