Indianapolis Times, Volume 41, Number 285, Indianapolis, Marion County, 9 April 1930 — Page 3

APRIL 9, 1930

SWINDLER RULES JAIL JAMMED BY BANK ROBBERS Manter Bandit Trial Gives •Prisoner’ Right to Carry Keys. BY N. CLYDE BYERS f nitrd Prrs Starr C'orre*pondmt EADS, Colo.. April 9.—The little courtroom here where the Manter bank bandits are being tried on a charge of murder was packed again today as th*> quest for a jury without scruples against hanging continued. The three defendants, John Walter. Claude Ray and Andrew Halliday, sat motionless with their counsel, seemingly puzzled by the legal technicalities of the trial. The state of Colorado charges the trio shot down a deputy sheriff when he sought to stop their flight near here after they had robbed the bank of Manter, Kan. Two Cells in Jail A civic problem has arisen that bids fair to rival in importance the outcome of the trial. The two-cell jail here did well enough until J. C. Roberts came to town, made a deal to take over the city’s light plant, and then left town. A warrant followed Roberts and caught up with him in San Francisco, where he was arrested. He was returned to Eads charged with swindling the city out of its only light plant. Then the Manter bank was robbed and Deputy Sheriff Hickman killed. When the bandits were captured near Jetmore, Kan., Sheriff Walter Mayne went to return them here. Prisoner Given Keys Then the question arose of what to do with Roberts while the sheriff was gone. Sheriff Mayne rose to the occasion—he made Roberts a trusty and gave him the keys to the jail. Furthermore, the sheriff told his prisoner if he got hungry, to go down to a restaurant. The townspeople also claim Roberts frequently could be found in the town pool hall. They give him credit for being a good trusty and always returning to the jail. Then came the day of the Manter 'bank bandits’ trial. Roberts installed electric lights in the jail and made it thoroughly comfortable for the trio. Trusty Lives High Ray and Walker were placed in one cell. The bulk of Halliday completely filled the other. Roberts volunteered to sleep irl the jail office. Taxpayers called in a delegation or. J. Arthur Phelps, district attorney, and complained against Roberts strolling the streets with the jail keys dangling from his hip. They complained against his appetite. “He’s eating like a king—better than we are. and we're paying for it,” they told Phelps. There the matter stood today. The sheriff says he hasn't money to build anew jail. SEEK CUSTOMS CHANGE New Yorkers Meet With Mellon to Better Baggage Examination. Hu Unit'd Press NEW YORK, April 9. —A committee of twenty-five representative New Yorkers were to meet at the Bankers’ Club here today with Secretary of Treasury Mellon to consider ways of improving examination of passengers’ baggage at New York docks. German Prince May Wed Heiress Bu I niteil Press BERLIN. April 9.—Names of Prince Louis Ferdinand, son of former Crown Prince Wilhelm, and a beautiful Argentine heiress were linked in rumors of their romance here today. The prince is employed in the Ford Motor Company’s plant , at Buenos Aires. British Wool Workers Looked Out Hi' I uil"l Press BRADFORD. England. April 9. A wage dispute which it was estimated will affect 45.000- workers forced many out of work today as a lockout began in the woollen mills.

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CLOCK SYMBOL OF RISE BY NEW FILM MAGNATE ‘Time Means Money,’ Steady Ticking of Timepiece Reminds Clarke. Bu I mtrd Press CHICAGO, April 9. —An old Antwerp hall clock that first started ticking off the seconds in a less hurried age several centuries ago reminded America’s newest movie magnate today that time means money. It was an old story to Harley L. Clarke, president of the syndicate that announced Monday its control of the Fox Film and Theaters Corporations. He had heeded for years the clock's treasured admonition in his rise to power as head of the 500,000,000 Untilities Power and Light Corporation. Partial to Old Clocks Clarke's taking over of the future destinies of the Fox enterprises, which are to be refinanced to the extent of between $60,000,000 and $70,000,000. was seen as the natural outcome of his past connections with the film industry. He has directed the affairs of the International Projector Corporation and the General Theater Equipment Company and will continue to control these concerns. Clark cares a lot for clocks, he said, and not merely because they tell time. “They are machines, but more than that they have personality—there is something intimate and alive about them,” he said. Pugnacious and Determined He referred to the Antwerp model, which is the most prized of a valuable collection of clocks he had gathered together. Despite his high position in the utilities world, Clarke’s name seldom was before the public, even in Chicago, until last year when he underwrote the Chicago Civic theater’s Shakespearean repertoire to the extent of $250,000. Clark is 47. His associates regard him as a pugnacious and determined executive. He controls the Indianapolis Power and Light Company. ALUMINUM BATTLESHIPS PREDICTED FOR FUTURE Scientist Foresees How Nations May Evade Tonnage Limits. Bu United Press LONDON. April 9.— Aluminum alloy battleships and cruisers may enable the nations in future to evade the effect of tonnage limitations on their navies, S. L. Archbutt, noted metallurgist, said in a lecture last night.

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