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SNOOK DEMONSTRATES IN COURTROOM HOW HE SLEW OHIO UNIVERSITY CO ED I Repeats Denial of Cutting Throat of Miss Hix After ’ Killing Her With Hammer on Rifle Range. SCARED, FLED SCENE OF CRIME Burned Girl's Pajamas and Slippers in Furnace on Day After Murder; Professor Unshaken in Battle of Wits. BY MORRIS DE HAVEN TRACY. Press Staff Correspondent COLUMBUS, 0., Aug. 9.—Dr. James Howard Snook matched his cold nprve and analytical brain today against the fury of Prosecutor John J. Chester Jr., in the final phase of his tight to save himself from the electric chair. Vhen court opened this morning it marked the beginning of the third week of the trial of Snook, the former Ohio State university professor, for the alleged murder of Theora Hix, his co-ed mistress. The prospect of seeing a man in what amounted almost to a mortal combat with wits as weapons drew a record crowd.

Chester opened the examination with a few scattering questions on lighter subjects, which Snook answered with a quiet, unruffled directness. Snook told of his drive on the night of the murder with Miss Hix to the New York Central rifle range. He showed no relish when the pink combination garment that Theora wore was held before him and he was asked to examine it. He repeated the story told Thursday of the events leading up to the j killing. Q—Then you ipt her on the head I with the hammer? A—Yes. Q —Then what? A—l got hold of her arm and twisted it. Demonstrate Death Scene Chester knelt in front of Snook in the position Miss Hix allegedly: had taken and asked Suock to dem - i onstrate what he did. Snook was reluctant and Chester aas insistent. Both talked at once. "Go on. you'can't hurt me!'* exclaimed Chester. "Twist me around." i But Snook was gentle. Chester next sat two chairs side j by side in* front of the jury. He j called Snook to one of them and i took the other himself. It was supposed to represent the j front seat of the' Snooir automobile : and Chester represented Miss Hix. j "Now you say she was slipping out | of the car. i’ll slip out and you | pull me back in like you did Miss Hix." said Chester. Chester began sliding from the chair. Snook pulled him over onto j the floor, leaning far over him. From that position on the floor, his back against Snook's knee, the prosecutor went on with the question- \ Q_And then she got out after you nit her again? A—Yes. Q—And vou got out after her? A— Reached for Her Purse Q__\j-hen she reached into the car for hei purse? A—Yes. Q—And it was then you hit her a real hard blow and she went down? A—Yes. Q —And what next? A—Well, I remember nothing more until I found myself sitting on the running board of the car with my elbows on my knee. q—Now, why did you say to us that you cut her throat? A—l did not say it. Q —You say you did not say it? A—Yes. Q —And if we say you did. we are liars? A—Yes. Q —When you were on the running board of tire car and saw Miss Hix on the ground what did you do? A—l spoke to her. Q —What did you say ? A—l don’t recall, but I said something. <3—Did she answer you? A—No. <3—What do you do? A—l left, j I was scared. Q —Scared of your shadow? A— : Yes indeed. Q —And you drove away leaving her dead? A—l spoke to her and she j didn’t answer. Q —So you left her dead? A—l left# her. Admits Burning Clothes The effect on the jury of the re- ' rital was varied. Two men leaned far forward with eyes glued on the witness. Another gazed around the room and seemed little interested. Another yawned. Several just looked at the floor. Mrs. Harry Cassady. in the delicate position of the only woman member, was motionless, looking straight ahead. Snook next related how he shopped to buy a paper on the way home and quickly was carried to the events of the following day. He admitted he had burned Miss Hix s slippers and his pajamas in his furnace. He testified again he had thrown away Miss Hix s purse the night of the murder "Now, didn't you bum her purse?” Chester snapped suddenly. "No," Snook said.

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"When did you burn her compact?" "I didn't.” Unshaken by Testimony Chester held under Snook's eyes a burned compact box. Q —Doctor, is this not Miss Hix’ compact, and how did it get into your furnace? A—lt is not. Hers was not like that. I know nothing of this one. Chester picked up Snook’s small black pen knife and toyed with it as he stood beside the witness. He opened and closed the blades and felt their edges. Q —When did you sharpen it? A— About the time school closed. Q —Always keep it sharp like that? A—Yes, usually. It's nicely whetted up, isn’t it, commented Chester almost conversationally. “Seems to be,” said Snook. When mid-morning recess came Sncok aparentfy was collected and his nerve unsliak^h^ Once he diverted ftp concentration enough to glance Jbvard. a window through which jkere coming the strains of "Sweet Adaline," sung by an impromtu quartet of prisoners exercising the yard of the county jail across the court. Chester swung to the subject of the questioning of Snook at police headquarters following his arrest. It was brought out that Snook originally had denied even having seen Miss Hix the day of the murder. Asked If He Is Insane Dr. Snook had a taste of what was ahead of him in the closing hour of Thursday's session when Prosecutor Chester held up to him a series of letters which he had written to Miss Hix. and which Miss Hix, for some reason, had kept. The letters began “My Dearie,” and all but one were signed “Mabel." The one not signed “Mabel" was signed ‘■Janette.’’ The more Dr. Snook’s mouth fell and the more his face flushed, the more of the letters did Chester expose until he had laid before a gasping courtroom a correspondence of shocking content, In the midst of it all Chester suddenly stared at Dr. Snook and “Dr. Snook, are you insane?” “I must have been." he answered. "But are you now?” Snook looked helplessly at his attorneys. One rose and objected, but the court ordered the question answered. “I don’t know.” he said. _ SHUMAKER TO CITY Dry League Leader to Return Here Tonight. Dr. Edward S. Shumaker, superintendent of the Indiana Anti-Sa-loon League, will return to Indianapolis tonight from the sanitarium at Battle Creek. Mich., where he has been & patient since June 12. The dry leader is somewhat improved in health, Mrs. Shumaker ssid adding "his improvement is not as marked a* we had hrfped.” Dr. Shumaker's failing health antedated his two-month imprisonment at the Indiana state farm for contempt of the state supreme court. His friends assert his illness was aggravated by worries attendant with his long legal battle to prevent imprisonment. TWO DIE FROM BURNS Child and Rescuer Fail f Survive Texas Fire. Bn f 'nitrd />*(•#< AUSTIN. Texas. Aug. 9 —Two persons—one of them a 4-year-old girl —died today from bums received in a Are which destroyed the home of John Bashara. The child. Ernestine Bashara. was burned to death in the house. Joe Guerrero, who aided in rousing occupants of the home died in a hospital of bums. Cause of the fire had not been determined.

BANDITS GET $2,500 -LOOT IN STREET HOLDUP

Record May Be Made on Trip by Zep Expected to End First Leg of Flight Around World on Saturday. Bv United Tr r •:. NEW YORK. Aug. 9,—The Graf Zeppelin was approaching the coast of Europe today, having encountered splendid weather and favorable winds in the first day of its round-the-world commercial flight from Lakehurst, N. J. Friedrichshafen, Germany, is the Zeppelin’s immc 'late objective. It was calculated that the dirigible should reach its heme? station at about 1:30 p. m. central standard time Saturday. All was well aboard the great airship as it sped eastward across the Atlantic with its twenty-two passengers and forty crew members. The speed with which the Zeppelin was clicking off the miles gave promise of a record for a dirigible crossing. During the first nineteer hours of the flight the airship maintained an average of close to seventy knots and the speed at times went nearly to 100 miles an hour The navy department at Washington today received a relayed report which the Graf Zeppelin sent to Lakehurst. N. J., at 2 a. m. (central standard time), placing the position of the big ship at 42 degrees 20 minutes north latitude and 40 degrees 40 minutes west longitude. A previous report from Lakehurst at 1 a. m., gave the position of the Zeppelin as 42 degrees north latitude and 40 degrees west longitude. The navy experts said the 1 a. m. and 2 a. m. positions did not compare accurately as to progress being made by the giant craft and were awaiting a later report to verify her position. The Zeppelin, while reporting to United States wireless stations, also was in communication with Germany. The naval radio at Cape Elizabeth reported to the Charles- 1 town radio station at Boston that j the monarch of the skies had communicated with the Nordeich station for a prolonged period. Out of Range Bv United Press WASHINGTON. Aug. 9.—The navy department tried unsuccess- J fully for an hour today to communicate with the Graf Zeppelin and later announced they felt the giant craft was out of range and no further reportsrwould be received from her. The last report dealt with the craft's position at 2 a. m. today which placed it at approximately 1.350 miles east of Boston.

DRY SLEUTHS NOW OF CLEANER TYPE, SAYS WILLEBRANDT

(In this. the fifth article of htr remarkable series on prohihttioh. Mrs. Willebrandt tells bow the prohibition force was demoralized by the appointment through corruption in hub places of jrovernraent agents, little if any better than the criminals they were hired to pnrsne.) BY MABEL WALKER WILLEBRANDT (Copvrlght. 1929. by Current News Features. All rights for publication reser-ed throughout the world.) That the prohibition force, largely as the result of political influence, was for several years filled with unfit men is proved by official records. Those records disclose that in the six years from 1920 to 1926 more than 750 prohibition agents were dismissed from the force for delinquency or misconduct. Among the charges which brought dismissal were extortion, bribery, solicitation of money, illegal disposition of liquor, or other property, intoxication, assault, the making of false reports, and theft. Sixty-one were dismissed for acts of collusion or conspiracy to violate the very law they had sworn to enforce. But I know, from actual contact with members of the prohibition force, that there has been a real improvement, much of it due to the fact that qualification under civil service rules and regulations has been required since 1927.

Long before that—in fact, in 1922—1 urged the establishment of a “school” to train agents, not only for the protection of law-abiding citizens, but for the assistance of the department of justice in prosecuting cases on evidence gathered by the prohibition unit. The plan provided for bringing all agents under at least three months’ systematic and intensive tutoring by experienced investigators and lawyers who had tried cases in court. The details were all worked out. including the selection of qualified men already in government sendee who could give the training without waiting for an elaborate set-up and appropriations. I made such proposal because it was plain, even in those early days, that prohibition ultimately would be either respected or derided, depend-

INDIANAPOLIS, FRIDAY. AUGUST 9. 1929

Omar Bakery Official on Way to Bank Robbed by Two Men, Two armed bandits held up Gerald Miller, 22, of New Augusta, | cashier of the Omar Baking Company, 901 East Sixteenth street* en route to a bank, at Eleventh street and College avenue, shortly before noon today, took $2,500. part of which was in checks, and escaped in a sedan they previously had stolen from Miss Georgians Rockwell, 3134 Ruckle street, j Miller, driving’a Ford roadster, ' was forced to the curb, and suri rendered a sack containing the ! money. One of the bandits reached j into the cashier's auto and jerked ! out the keys. Then the bandit car sped away. His motor still running, Miller gave chase, and pursued their car to Thirteenth street and College avenue, where one of the men stepped out on the runing board of their sedan and brandished a I gun. Miller stopped and called | police. An emergency squad and a deputy sheriff's car answered the alarm, and began a search of the northeastern section of the city and patrol of rural highways. A few minutes after the robbery. Miss Rockwell told police her auto was stolen from Twenty-second street about 11:30 this morning. Miller left the baking company office for the Indiana National Bank to deposit the firm's money. He said he saw the bandit car following him from Sixteenth and Bellefontaine streets. The bandits were about 25 years old. Miller told police. Both were tall and slender. STATE BANK ROBBED Bandit Makes $2,000 Haul at Marshfield. 81l United Press MARSHFIELD. Ind., Aug. Authorities searciiea today for a bandit who robbed the Bank of Marshfield of nearly $2,000 and, escaped. James Adams, cashier, said the bandit, poorly dressed, forced him ; into a vault at the point of a revolver and obtained the money from cash drawers, a small amount of which was in new currency. Adams said he made his way from the vault, which was not locked, soon after the bandit left, and spread the alarm. The bandit was said to have left j Marshfield in a coupe with Illinois j license plates. A hat. described as one worn by ! the robber, was found near here, j Police in surrounding cities were ! notified. Hourly Temperatures 6a. m 69 10 a. m 79 7a. m 70 11 a. m 80 Ba. m 76 12 (noon).’. 32 9a. m 78 Ip. m 82

ing on whether the cases were successfully prosecuted and whether the methods of gathering evidence were legal or so oppressive as to provoke the animosity and criticism of thoughtful citizens. Outrages against law-abiding citizens which have inflamed the public mind and done more harm to orderly enforcement than anything else, in most instances I believe have been the result of 4ack of intelligence, or lack of training, rather than any criminal intent on the part of "the agents. It is unfair to the agent himself to take a young, impulsive fellow ahd give him a gun, saying. “Now bring us in bootleggers.” I well remember the pitiful fright of a 22-year-old youth who was sent on his first case with some older agents to a bad spot on the water front. They attempted to arrest some foreigners who threatened them. (Tara to Page 1?)

STOCKS LOSE BILLIONS AS | PRICES BREAK Values Crumble in Frenzied Selling Carrying Market to Low Points. DECLINE IS TERRIFIC Tickers Run Behind When Sales Double Total of Thursday, Bv United Press NEW YORK. Aug. 9.—Every active issue on the stock exchange declined today in one of the worst breaks in stock market history. Holders literally threw away their ! shares for what they would bring. ! Prices crumpled, and repeated at- ! tempts to rally the market failed, j At the opening values were down i 1 to more than 20 points. Orders I were bunched in blocks of 5.000 to j 25,000 shares and execution of these huge amounts set anew record for | the first half hour with business at i the. rate of move than 13.000.000 shores for a full day. Later dealings quieted down. At 1:30 the volume amounted to 3.897.- ; 100 shares. Tickers were seventeen minutes behind before the end of the first hour, but they gradually caught up. Prices came back in the second hour, but around noon further selling set in. followed by another recovery. The list then see-sawed back and forth with the trend lower. Values Lose Billions Late in the session prices of the majority of issues were off five to ten points, representing a reduction | in market value of several billions j of dollars. This terrific decline resulted primarily from the unexpected raising of the New York rediscount : rate from 5 to 6 per cent. The increased rediscount rate | had no effect on call money today j and the rate held at 8 per cent all day with supplies fairly comfortable. Incidentally the heavy selling was swinging stocks from ; weak to strong hands able to ftnance larger ventures and there- \ fore the money market was relieved of a heavy strain. j Not only did the New York stock j and curb markets break but the ; markets of practically all other I financial centers of the country felt i the effect of the discount rate in- j crease. Canadian. English, Dutch j and German markets also declined ; in sympathy. Cotton Market Breaks Sterling declined to anew low for! the year, at a level where gold ship-1 ments would be profitable from Lon- j don to New York. Oil the local cotton market prices were off $1.50 a bale, but other considerations than money were involved, notably the estimate of the crop showing 1,000,000 bales more expected than was harvested in 1928. Wheat sold ■ off fractionally and corn lost more I than a cent, j Traders eagerly lookeod for action from the Chicago Federal Reserve bank on the rediscount rate, but none was forthcoming. No announcement was made, but it was expected one concerning the Chi- j cago rate might come from Wash- j ington after the close as the fed- j eral reserve board is meeting again ‘ today. Late in the day Uinted States j Steel was forced down near its low; for the day and selling became more pronounced in such stocks as the utilities, electrical equipments and highest grade rails, the shares that made the best gains in recent markets.. All Groups Depressed No group was immune from the selling. The stocks that gained; could be counted on one hand and they were preferred shares with none up more than 1 i point on sales of 100 shares or so. Sales to 2:10 p. m. totaled 4,270.400 shares with 2.088.400 shares in the same period Thursday. Late in the day call money firmed up in tone and there was a possibility the rate would be carried higher. This accelerated a selling spree and had the rate risen the decline might have gone to far greater depths. Again, as had been the case several times in recent months, a prominent New York bank came to the aid of the money market with large supplies of funds and tided over the stringency.

CITY MANUFACTURER IS TAKEN BY DEATH

Ernest Knefier, 49. Golden Hill, president of the Knefler-Bates Manufacturing Company and vice-presi-dent of the Hurty-Peck Company, died todav at the Methodist hospital. Mr. Kneflers death followed an operation ten days ago. He came to Indianapolis from Cincinnati in 1902 and was first secre-tary-treasurer of the American Hominy Company. He recently : assumed the position of executive j vice-president of the Indianapolis

Veteran of City Fire Force Dies

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Joined Department in 1899; Was Captain for Years at Engine House 30. Captain William Steinhauer. for thirty years a member and officer of the Indianapolis fire department.. died at the city hosptal today following a short illness. SteinhaueT, 51. lived at 1123 Spann avenue, was a lifelong resident of Indianapolis and joined the firefighting forces when he was 21 years old. He worked up in the ranks to battalion chief, but for several years has been captain at Engine House 30 He is survived by the widow, Mrs. Nellie Steinhauer: his mother, Mrs. Fred Steinhauer; a son. William and a daughter. Miss Mildred Sceinhauer: a brother. Fred Steinhauer, and a sister. Mrs. William Milner, all of Indianapolis. ’Funeral services, conducted by local firemen, will be held for Mr. Steinhauer at 2 p. m. Monday. Burial will be in Memorial Park cemetery.

BUCK GETS PAROLE Convict is Making Good After Operation. Howard Buck, former football star who underwent a cranial operation to cure criminal tendencies and has since been employed in the state highway department, was given a regular parole today by trustees at the Indiana state reformatory. Pendleton. Buck appeared before the board with Bert Fuller. Indianapolis, who secured the temporary parole for the operation from Governor Harry G. Leslie. It was said Buck suffered from injuries received in a game between Chicago university, his alma mater, and Purdue, the Governor’s school. He had forged checks, including one on Fuller, who secured the highway job for him. Twenty-one minimum sentence me nwere paroled this morning. Eighty-five requests were to be acted upon.

TIMES' REQUEST GETS RELIEF FOR MOTORISTS FROM DUST ON DETOUR

Road to Ft, Harrison to Be Treated by Use of Chemicals, Hundreds of motorists, who have driven their cars through dust clouds on the State Road 67 detour between Thirty-eighth street and Ft. Benjamin Harrison, today welcomed the announcement of the state highway commission the gravel road is to be treated with calcium chloride. Decision to treat the road to allay dust was made l>v Director John J. Brown of the department, following an inspection tour Thursday afternoon upon request of The In-

Consumers and By-Product* Company. Mr. Knefier was a member of the University. Indianapolis Athletic end the Woodstock Country Clubs. He was a Spanish-American war veteran. He* is survived by the widow. Mrs. Lois Knefier: his mother. Mrs. Charles R. Williams. Princeton. N. J.. and a sister. Mrs. Edgar Josephson of Passaic, N. J. Funeral arrangements have not been completed.

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DOG TRACK TOTTERING ON BRINK OF FINANCIAL RUIN; SUIT FILED FOB RECEIVER

Business Good Despite Arrests of Legion Men at Jeffersonville, LARGE CROWDS NIGHTLY Six Members of Post Are Held: Bonds Total $500,000, P.v 7 t'mes Bprrial JEFFERSONVILLE. Ind,, Aug. 9.—Despite a sheriff’s crusade against its ‘‘certificate” system of betting, resulting in the arrest of six members of the Jeffersonville American Legion post, which ! sponsors the track, greyhound i racing at the Clark county track, between this city and New Albany is attracting more than rive thousand nightly, and gross business is reported to exceed SIO,OOO. AH of those arrested Thursday ; night, including Joe Adams, operaj tor, were released on bond. Citizens i of the two cities have already post|ed $500,000 bonds to allow those taken in custody to be reelased immediately, pending hearings. The American Legion, under whose auspices the nightly racing programs are held, is said to share in the track's profits, at the rate of more than SIOO a day. Those arrested by Sheriff Hal K. Hughes included Adams, Phillip Hagest, Elmer Canter. William Richardson. George Unser and T. O. Wetherow. State Help Sought A report received today by Attor-ney-General James M. Ogden from George H. Voight, lawyer and publisher of a Jeffersonville newspaper, stated that a meeting of ministers had been held in the southern Indiana city at which a resolution was adopted to petition Governor Harry Leslie to halt operations at the track, since local authorities were unwilling, or unable to do so. Voight also asked Ogden's aid. The “certificate” system of betting is the same as was attempted at the local Indiana Kennel Club, Ltdtrack here, but bocked by the courts’ refusals to issue a temporary injunction preventing police interference. Prosecutor Walter E. Prentice, of Clark county, previously had called on the attorney general, and was told to proceed as Marion county authorities had done to stop betting at the Indianapolis track. According to Voight. nine-tenths of the customers at the southern track are Louisville residents. COURT BAILIFF AND WIFE ARE INJURED Clegg's Auto Collides With Car Near Scottsburg. Clarence W. Clegg, criminal court bailiff, and his wife, 11 North Miley avenue, today were recovering from cuts and bruises suffered Wednesday when another auto collided with Clegg’s near Scottsburg, Ind. Mrs. Clegg suffered face and body lacerations.

dianapolis Times. Numerous complaints regarding the detour have been brought to The Times office. The route was inspected by A. H. Hinkle, maintenance superintendent: Bert Hastings, district, engineer; Charles Parrish, editor of the department road bulletin, and a Times reporter. Following the inspection tour, Hinkle made the calcium chloride treatment recommendation to Brown and it immediately was accepted. This will be the first detour to be so treated, it was said. The paved state road is closed from Thirty-eighth street to Lawrence and from Lawrence to Oaklandon. It is being patched. The Indianapolis end. where the short, somewhat rough and extremely dusty detour is located, will be opened for a week, beginning this week-end. Hastings said. Then it will be closed for several weeks for application of blacktop retread. Between Lawrence and Oaklandon the detour will b$ constantly shifting and calcium chloride treatment will not be attempted, Hinkle announced. However, he left orders for all detours to be dragged daily and the holes made by traffic kept filled and rough spots eliminated. The detour is one of the most traveled of any that has been set out by the department, according to employes. It is well marked with standard highway signs. At one place traffic is rerouted due to illness of a man suffering with pneumonia and unable to stand the dus4

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Employe Goes to Court to Settle Affairs of Kennel Club. FOLLOWERS DROP OFF Gambler Guarantees Trainers Their Pay and Does Business Openly. The Indiana Kennel Club, Ltd., today appeared tottering I on the brink of a financial ruin i that threatens to close its grey- | hound track on the Allisonville ! road, where open betting through a bookmaker, who signaled judges for the start of the races, was in progress uninterrupted by police or depuj ties Thursday night, j Local and outside “individual cap- ! ital” was solicited by the track's S operators to settle a trainers' strike j in the middle of Thursday night’s ! card. Suit for appointment of a receiver for the track was filed before Superior Judge Byron K. Elliott today by Willard R. Stuart, track employe. The suit alleged that club trustees owe him $575 in wages and he has not been paid since May 4. 1929. j The complaint also alleged that , h organization is in imminent ; . anger of insolvency. I Trustees named defendants are: j Prank W. Young, Ralph D. Lanius 1 and A. C. Baxter, track managers, ’ and John J. Darmody. local business man, who acted as club treasurer Elliott did not set a date for hearing. Gambler Comes to Rescue Lack of patronage since the investment system of betting was I stopped by the court? was blamed ; by the operators for the deficit ip gate receipts from which the train- - ers were paid. Without a police officer or deputy ' sheriff in the vicinity, a bookmaker and his assistant, ostensibly acting ! independent of. although favored by track officials, advertised odds on each race, collected and paid off bets with money in their hands. After the third race dog trainers learned that Thursday’s gate receipts had been added to a S9O loan from a local gambler to pay them for Wednesday's performances. They refused to harness the remainder of the dogs until guarantee of their ' pay was made. | The Indianapolis man who previ- | ously had made the loan was called - I Into a conference in the track office, and emerged a few minutes later, saying: “There ain’t a chance for me to let them have any more. I’ve let ’em have S9O now.” After a short delay, during which the operators strove to produce funds to renew the card, a young man. well dressed, and wearing a large diamond, walked into the center of the group of dog trainers and announced. “Go on out, boys. I'll guarantee you your money tomorrow.” The only identification of the operators’ tardy godfather revealed that he was known in Springfield, 0., an Columbus, 0., as a gambler of means. Books Bets in Open The bookmaker, familiar on several race tracks as Old Tommy, took his position at the end of the grand stand ramp at the first race, where all the crowd passed to see the dogs in the paddock, and shouted his wares. “Anybody else. Anybody else. One to two on Tempered Light in the first.” Odds offered by the bookie were short, and he refused wagers of more than $5. As tickets he used stubs bearing the words, “Indiana Kennel Club, Ltd. 1929 spring meet. Sendee charge.’’ Numbers of four digits, the first of which he scratched, were tendered as tickets, and Tommy scribbled the corresponding number, the amount of the bet, odds and the number of the dog on the card. Several programs were marked by the bookie wth odds. Tips from known members of the local gambling fraternity usually were met by the bookmaker with short odds of one to two, one to three, or three to five. Wins $74 for $2 One woman, who backed Tecum - seh Blue, the eighth dog In the eighth race, made the only big haul of the card, when she collected $74 on a $2 ticket. The crowd favored Done Lene, No. 5, booked at short odds. Tommy’s helper, addressed as Shorty handled the money, collecter wagers, and paid off at his master’s command. A. C. Baxter milled among the small crowd, and hovered close to Tommy, whose business he noted frequently by glances over his shoulder, Baxter regulated several of the races, waving to the judges to delay the start until the betting was concluded, and then signaling that Tommy was ready for the poet,