Indianapolis Times, Volume 41, Number 240, Indianapolis, Marion County, 15 February 1930 — Page 3
FEB. 15, 1930.
CHICAGO RACKETEERS DEFY EDICT; BOOTLEGGER SLAIN
KILLING MARS RECORD OF WAR ON GANGSTERS Alky Runner Meets Death for Incurring Enmity of Overlords. TALK POLICE SHAKEUP Secret Committee Approves Move to Reorganize Cops’ Districts. BY RAY BLACK, United Press Staff Correspondent CHICAGO, Feb. 15.—Racketeer gunmen enforced the vicious law of gangland with bullets and shot Tony Lombardo to death Friday night In defiance of the ultimatum of Chicago citizens and police that the gangs must go. The killing, committed in an alley into which the assassins lured the 25-year-old alcohol bootlegger, marred the record of the police during a twenty-four-hour period, that had seen 3,200 arrested in the drive to oust organized crime from the city. Lombardo, not a relative of the more notorious Tony Lombardo, Sicilian leader shot to death two years ago in the loop, was a petty thief who, police declared, had turned to racketeering at the lure of easy gold. Gun Found Nearby He paid for incurring the enmity of better-established overlords of the alky traffic, when he fell v.’ith revolver bullets and shotgun slugs riddling his head and body. The double-barreled shotgun used in the slaying w’as found fifteen feet away, both barrels discharged. Residents, who ran out when the guns roared, said they saw two men dash from the alley and flee up a street. Reorganization of the police department on the plan in effect in New York was approved by the''Chicago Chamber of Commerce, w hose president, Robert Isham Randolph, is head of a secret committee of business men co-operating with the police in the anti-crime w’ar. The city council will be asked to authorize the changes suggested. By the provisions of the reorganization, police districts would be divided into six inspection areas, with commanders responsirie to a chief inspector, and there would be only eight department heads directly responsible to the police commissioner. Among the hundreds behind jail bars today was Mike Quirk, former saloon keeper, rounded up with seven other leaders and henchmen of the notorious O’Donnell gang of west side gangsters Wedpesday and subsequently freed. He was rearrested after being accused by Policeman Frank Vitek of being the man who shot him Sunday morning. LEGIONNAIRE’S CLAIM DISPROVED BY SCARS Suspected Swindler Found to Have None I/ke American’s. Bv Unitr<l Press PARIS, Feb. 15. —The mystery of the unknown foreign legionnaire of the French military prison of Orleansville, Algeria, is solved, so far as John Pritchard of Cushing, Okla., is concerned. A minute examination of the legionnaire's body showed he does not have a single one of the scars which Pritchard was known to have. French prison officials are convinced that the legionnaire was simulating his identity as Pritchard to obtain money from Mrs. Eliza Pritchard, an Oklahoma widow’, mother of Pritchard, reported slain in the World war. The mysterious prisoner now has been pardoned, after having served part of a term for attempted desertion from the legion and has gone to Morocco where he again has disappeared mysteriously. There has been absolutely no trace of him since he crossed the border. SPANKED: TRIES SUICIDE Boy Takes Poison After Mother Punished Him for Offense. After his mother had spanked him for a minor offense, Alfred Paul, 14, of 1040 South Sheffield avenue, took poison in an attempt to end his life Friday night, police said. He was improving at city hospital today.
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STEPPING IN STYLE NO. 2 ‘West Point’Appealing Among Newest Dances
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Arthur Murray, authority on ballroom dancing, today describes “The West Point” as the second dance of a Series on “Stepping in Style,” which he is writing for The Times and NEA Service. BY ARTHUR MURRAY Written for NEA Service There is romantic glamor about anything suggestive of West Point with it natty officers and its attractive undergraduates in their trim uniforms. Therefore, one of the most appealing of the new dances is one. called the West Point, because it was originated at one of the West Point balls. It is sometimes referred to as the “Pointer,” or the “Military Hesitation,” because you do hesitate on one foot while the other is relieved of all weight and pointed gracefully. The West Point may be done forward. backward or sidewise, and when danced to fox trot music, each step is given two counts. Here is the forward step: 1. Step forward with left foot. 2. Rise on toes of left foot. At the same time, point right foot in front of left, with no weight on right. 3. Step forward with right foot,, extending left foot in front, with no weight on left. The backward step is exactly the reverse of the forward step. Each step in the fox trot is given two beats of the slow’ music. 1. Step backward on left foot. 2. on toes of left foot and extend right foot behind left. 3. Step backward on right foot. 4. Rise on toes of right foot; extend left backward. Practicing this step backward is the very best' means of developing balance and poise. The music suggested for this dance is “Charming” (fox trot). Next: “The Alabama.”
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Automobiles reported to police as stolen belong to: Frank Hoffman. 1832 West Wilkins street, Chrysler coupe, 88-245, from 190D West Morris street. Lester Bagw’ell, 3318 Orchard avenue, Ford coupe, 95-804, from Kentucky avenue and Maryland street. H. H. Burgess, Puritan hotel, Essex coach. 93-522, from College avenue and Maple Road boulevard. Howard Ashmore. 1632 North Meridian street, Ford sedan. 63-302, from Meridian and Arizona streets. Robert House. 817 Villa avenue. Ford roadster, 12-992, from North and Cincinnati streets.
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Stolen automobiles recovered by police belong to: Lee Heiny, 6565 Massachusetts avenue, Essex ccach. found at Bosart avenue and Michigan street. John H. Robinson, 2243 Columbia avenue. Jordan roadster, found at Thirtieth street and Columbia avenue. Ford roadster, no license plates, found in front of 344 North Audubon road. ENROLLMENT INCREASES 2,049 More Pupils in City Schools for Seeond Semester. Enrollment in Indianapolis public schools increased 2.049 at the opening of the second semester over the corresponding semester of last year. William A. Hacker, director of social service, announced Friday. Second semester enrollment in high schools, with a total of 13,422, is as follows. Manual, 1,854; Shortridge, 2,981; Technica 1 , 5,325; Broad Ripple. 394; Washington, 1,290, and Jrispus Attucks, 1,528. Road Contract Granted W. C. Meneely Company, Frankfcrt. has been awarded a $116,221.97 contract for paving 6.6 miles on State Road 43. in Tippecanoe and White counties.
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DELTA U. IN SESSION 150 Expected at Banquet, Dance Tonight. Delegations from the De Pauw, Indiana and Purdue chapters will attend the state banquet of the Delta Upsilon fraternity tonight at the Lincoln. Attendance of about 150 is expected, according to John B. Little, general chairman. Charles W. Wand, executive secretary of Northwestern University Alumni Association; George Clark, athletic director of Butler university; Donovan C. Muffett, De Pauw athletic director, ind Samuel Howard, president of Indianapolis alumni, will speak. The state dance will be held at the Spink-Anns following the dinner. SUICIDE ATTEMPT FAILS Woman States She Tried to End Life After Domestic Strife. Taken to city hospital with a jagged cut in her head, Mrs. Nellie Stack, 32, mother < f three children, and housekeeper for John Kinz, 2207 Broadway, declared she had inflicted the wound with a razor blade in an effort to end her life. Physicians declared the wound seemed made by a blunt instrument, but a police investigation revealed Kinz and his son, George Kinz, 10, told the same story of the affair. Mrs. Stack, who has a divorce suit pending against her husband, Samuel Stack, blamed domestic troubles. Her condition is not serious. GOOSE GIVEN FUNERAL Town of Wheeler at Bier of Broadcasting Billy. Bn United pr< ss WHEELER, Ind., Feb. 15.—School children here were dismissed Friday to join citizens in last rites at a public funeral for Billy the Goose. The goose, owned by Dr. A. Knause, died Sunday of pneumonia. Billy was buried in a child’s casket, covered with flowers and a velvet pall. Dr. Knause laid a w r ax wreath over the grave. Billy broadcast over a Valparaiso radio station, and it w’as said had received offers to appear in the movies.
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DEATH OF GIRL BOOSTS COUNTY TRAFFIC TOLL Two Others Are Injured in Auto Accident Near Clermont. Death of Miss Helen Barnard, 15, of R. R. 18, Box 397, near Clermont, from injuries sustained in an automobile accident late Friday afternoon brought the automobile death toll in the county to four persons within six days. Meanwhile two of five others in hospitals were in serious condition as a result of accident injuries. Miss Mildred Neidheimer, 16, living near Clermont, who suffered a fracture of the pelvic bone and ether injuries in the wreck in which Miss Barnard w’as injured fatally, is at Indiana Christian hospital in critical condition. Boy Hurt Seriously Frank Blackman Jr., 11, of 916 North Tremont street, is in a critical condition at city hospital. He suffered a fractured skull when struck Friday night by an automobile driven by Albert Peek, 60, of 1511 Sharon avenue, at Tenth street and Pershing avenue. Tw’o boys were injured In the wreck in wnich Miss Barnard lost her life. Miss Barnard and Miss Neidheimer were riding with Harold Merz, 19, R. R. 18, Box 396, and his brother, Alfred Merz, 21, on their way home from Ben Davis high school. Alfred Herz was driving’ the car when it struck a rut in the road, breaking a wheel. The car was thrown into a bridge abutment and then struck a tree. Both youths were cut severely and Harold Merz is said to have suffered internal injuries. Man Not Identified Miss Barnard was a sophomore in high school and a member of Clermont Christian church Sunday school. Her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin F. Barnard; a brother, Harold, and two sisters, Geeva, 12, and Bertha May, 9, survive her. Identity of a man killed near Flackville Thursday night, when struck by an automobile driven by Raymond Stewart, Arsenal Technical high school teacher, has not been established. The man was walking c the road. He is believed to have been hitch-hiking north from Louisville. Jack Kelsey, 8, of 2753 Central avenue, was injured slightly Friday night when struck by a car driven by Emil Scheier, 34, of 1223 South State avenue. The boy is said to have run in front of the car. JUDGE IS Milner Seeks Re-Election to Superior Court. Judge Joseph M. Milner, incumbent of superior court five, today announced his candidacy for the Republican renomination in the May primary. This is Milner’s first term. In a formal statement, he declared: “I believe absolutely in the principles of the Republican party, but I abhor the petty factional units that crop up and claim to be the Republican party.” Milner lives at 145 Hampton drive, is married, and has three children. He is a graduate of Indiana law school. Lady Vestey Is 111. LONDON, Feb. 15.—Lady Vestey, formerly Miss Evelyn Broadstone, of Superior, Neb., is seriously ill at her London residence. Lord Vestey is head of the Blue Star line.
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Mary Lewis Bn United Press LOS ANGELES. Feb. 15.—Mary Lewis, grand opera singer, is not concerned over reports that her husband, Michael Bohnen, also a singer, may marry La Jana, German dapper. “He can't marry her yet,” the prima donna said. “But if he does, it would greatly simplify my standing in court when I sue for divorce in May.” In a separate maintenance action here last night, Miss Lewis said that her husband had “used her for a punching bag” and once told her to jump from a fourteen-story window in New York. CLUB HEADS NAMED Local Terrier Organization to Sponsor Show. Raymond A. Edie of Noblesville road, was elected president of the Boston Terrier Club of Indianapolis in a re-organization meeting at the Denison Thursday night. Other officers named are: Dr. F. T. Owens, first vice-president and treasurer; Clarence Gibson, second vice-president; Mrs. Charles A. Shumard, secretary, and Mrs. W. H. Van Deusen, assistant secretary. Directors, besides the officers are. Dr. F. T. Owens, Mrs. M. E. Sullivan, William Meegan, Mrs. Grace Pigman and Mrs. George H. Doolittle. The club will sponsor a Boston terrier show at the Denison, May 16. DRUGGIST ENTERS RACE Howe Abbott Democratic Candidate for Center Trusteeship. Howe Abbott, druggist at 602 North Senate avenue, announced today he is a candidate for the Democcratic nomination for Center township trustee. He has lived here twenty-nine years and has been active in party politics, serving as Thirteenth w r ard official during the 1928 campaign. He is a member of the South Meridian Street Civic Club, the Jefferson Club, Young Democratic Club and the Masons. He is a graduate of Indiana university. OFFICERS RE-ELECTED Norman Perry to Remain as Head of Columbia Club. Norman Perry, president, and all other officers of the Columbia Club have been re-elected, it was announced today. Other officers are: Fred C. Gardner, vice-president; Frank A. Butler, treasurer, and E. P. Akin, secretary. Election of the directorate was held in January.
HOOVER READY TO RETURN TO WHITC HOUSE President Trolls for Big Fish Before Leaving for Capital. BY JOSEPH N. BAIRD, United Pres* Staff Correspondent LONG KEY, Fla., Feb. 15.—President Hoover bade farewell to Florida’s fishing grounds today with an expedition to Gulf stream waters in search of the king of all the sailfish, favorite quarry of local sportsmen. While Mr. Hoover and his guests sailed the clear waters in small motorboats, trolling with slices of mullet, preparations were made for a departure for Washington tonight. The President will return to the capital on a private car to be attached to the Havana special of the Florida East Coast and Atlantic Coast Lines railroad. Five other coaches will be joined to the regular train to accommodate the Hoover guests, secretaries and newspaper men. According to the schedule, the President will arrive in Washington Monday in time to put in a full day at his desk. He will return from the carefree life of a fisherman to concentrate on national and international problems, foremost among them that of concluding a satisfactory agreement with other powers at the London naval limitations conference. Mr. Hoover, his associates say, has enjoyed thoroughly his vacation here and will return to his desk in the White House refreshed and invigorated. PASS PLAYGROUND BOND State Tax Board Approves Issue for School No. 9 Work. State tax commissioners today approved a $30,000 bond issue by the Indianapolis park board for construction of a playground at No. 9 school, opposite the Real Silk Hosiery mills. The board specified $27,700 was to be expended for purchase of needed real estate, SSOO for expenses and SI,OOO for filling holes where houses must be razed. Clothing Is Burned Clothing hung near a stove In rooms of Thomas Sanders, living above a grocery at 208 West Morris street, caught fire at 4 this morning. Awakened by the smoke, Sanders made his way from the roms. Firemen confined loss to $5.
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ROBBERS GRAR SMALL LOOT IN LOCAL HOLDUPS Bandits, in Stolen Car. Get Money From Filling Stations. Crime in Indianapolis continued of a minor nature Friday night. Two bandits held up Earl Jones, 23, of 822 South Woodrow avenue, Standard filling station attendant at Washington and Belmont avenue, police were told, escaping with $lB and, a short time later, robbed Joseph Sullivan. 19. of 705 Hampton drive. Standard filling station attendant at Oliver avenue and Whit® river of sl2. Police said the auto used by the two was stolen from a parking place downtown and was owned by Frank Hoffman, 1837 West Wilkins street. Orville La Follete, 22, of 1226 South West street, was arrested on burglary charges after he ts alleged to have hujled a brick through the J. Yaverovntz dry goods store window, 726 South West street. Police said he was found hiding behind a counter and told them he had been drinking and could not resist a temptation to break into the store. Nothing had been taken. The George Penticost grocery, 1734 East. Tenth street, was reported entered Friday night and ransacked. The burglar failed to find any money, but took six large boxes of chocolates.