Indianapolis Times, Volume 42, Number 115, Indianapolis, Marion County, 22 September 1930 — Page 2

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SPECIAL AGENTS GET EVIDENCE AGAINST COPS Investigations Are Made in Only Two Districts by Federal Men. POLITICS WARNING OUT Members of Force Told They Must Keep Out of Election Fight. (Continued from Page 1) frey, was gathered after he had learned of conditions said to exist in the city, and sought the aid of directors of the prohibition department. Agents, dressed as bums, frequented the places and saw transactions that are alleged to have involved the police officers and the proprietors of the places, he said. Myers pointed out that the saletv board can not try these men, although they have been suspended, until after the federal court hearings. Probe Gambling Charges VilashcofT and SchischcofT were arrested last Monday, the former 'having a $2,500 bond and the latter facing one of $3,000. McDaniels was arrested recently and was said to have been transporting liquor when he was nabbed. . . , Information in the hands of city authorities at this time, not only touches on liquor, but also on gambling in various parts of the city. Informants, it is known, have charged to Sullivan that the places are being protected. Two federal indictments, on which the eighteen policemen were arrested, charge bribery, unfaithfulness to ’ duty and drinking liquor furnished by bootleggers. The first includes Martin O Brien, Reidenbaugh, Lambert, Tyner, Curran, Everson, Gray and a McDaniels, the latter not a policeman. It alleges tfiat on Aug. 16 O'Brien -demanded and obtained $5 from a JNegro undercover agent; on Aug. 2U Reidenbaugh witnessed unlawful delivery of a gallon of alcohol by a defendant at 1213 Twentysecond street, and demanded and received a part of the liquor without making an arrest. On Sept. 12, it charges, Lambert took $6 from the Negro agent. On Sept. 5 Curran witnessed unlawful delivery of liquor at the Twenty-second street address, an alleged speakeasy, drank a part oi it and made no arrest. The second indictment contains names of Chris and Pete Schischcoff and Chris VilashcofT. alleged bootleggers under indictment, Voider - auer, James O'Brien, Brown, Quin■ette, Strieker, Hoagland, Stark, Hague, Bridwell and Sullivan. It sets out that Aug. 9.Pete SchischcofT sold liquor to Harry Bridwell; Aug. 7 to an undercover agent; Sept. 12 again to an undercover agent; Aug 16, O’Brien, Brown, Strieker and Orville Quinette demanded and obtained liquor at the Schischofl speakeasy, 843 East Washington also alleges that Aug. 9 Van Sickle and Volderauer sought and obtianed liquor there. Fred Bonifteld. attorney for all the policemen except Stark, today was informed by the court that the case probably will be heard the week of Nov. 10.

Some Have Spotless Records Conferring with Jeffrey today, Walter Myers, safety board president urged speedy trials of the policemen, in order that they might be discharged, if convicted, or suspension lifted if they are exonerated. ' Many of the policemen under arrest are veterans on the force wit r spotless records. Two of them Served twenty years, four others have more than fifteen years’ service to their credit and faur more -served ten years and mor? - Voiderauer was appointed to tne department Aug. 4. 1909, and had served time required for rjtiremen on pension. In 1918 he vas a sergeant, or lieutenant,, and again in 1922. Martin O’Brien wits appointed to the force Nov. 24, 1909, and had a good record. ' Lieutenant Van Sickle was appointed Feb. 8. 1921, was suspended in 1922 for neglect of duty, and was promoted to the lieutenancy Jan. t-. Curran has served on the force since 1921. and once was cited for meritorious duty. Bridwell was appointed in 1910. and was given leave bf absence m 1917 to joint the army. Everson served since 1915, and has been a sergeant two years. James O’Brien was named to the force in 1920. and was made a sergeant this year. Brown has been a patrolman since 1920, and his previous record is clear. Strieker, appointed in 1917, was suspended forty-five days for neglect of duty in 1922, resigned, and was reinstated In 1323. ‘ .. , ; Lambert has been on the force since 1913. once was charged with drinking, but was exonerated, was a sergeant and detective, but was transferred three years ago to the traffic department. * Others Involved in Complaints * Hoagland was appointed in 1927. Reidenbaugh has served two years. ■Stark was appointed Sept. 24. 1929. Quinette was named to the department July 26, this year. Tyner has Served nine years and Sulivan since Jan. 15,1916. Sullivan was twice suspended for conduct unbecoming an officer and drunkenness. Hague’s jrecord is clear since his appointment in 1915, and Gray has been a policeman since 1922. “Undoubtedly there are dozens of policemen in the city liable to the same charges, but who were not arrested in this shake-up,” Jeffrey *aid this morning. . He based his charge on complaint* received in his office. - “It would have been Impossible for federal agents to police the whole city. Therefore we confined our efforts to places where we were certain of getting results.” There will be no effwt to go Ahead with investigations, he said, Inasmuch as offenders would now be

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BUSINESS TREND UPWARD CITED Buying Increase Reported by Dry Goods Firm. General upward trend of business in Indiana and the central western territory was reported today by Hibben-Hollwegg & Co.* sixty-five-year - old Indianapolis wholesale dry goods firm. Opening of the annual buyers’ week by the firm revealed that merchants of the area are willing to buy, this reflecting an encouraging attitude on the part of the purchasers, according to Clark Mallery, receiver in equity for the company. By noon today more than 100 buyers for Indiana, Illinois and Ohio merchants had registered and placed orders, and from 500 to 750 buyers are expected to visit the display rooms, 141 South Meridian street. “Our traveling men who have come in for the week report that business is on the upward trend everywhere,” Mallery said. 500 BATTLE FLAMES Wisconsin Land Periled by Great Marsh Fire. Bn United Press WISCONSIN RAPIDS, Wis., Sept. 22.—A triangular area of 500,000 acres in central Wisconsin was a treacherous, flaming carpet today as 500 volunteers brought under control the state’s most serious marsh fires in twenty-five years. The flames ate into the ground to the depth of several inches, spreading beneath the surface until they reached the dried roots of trees and then shooting upward into the open. Trees, their leaves still green, fell when their roots had been burned through close to the surface. When fire fighters stood too long in one spot their shoes were burned by the undersurface fire.

THREE MEN JAILED AS TREASURE HUNT SEQUEL Indianapolis Residents Say Spiritualist Told Them About Pot of Gold. SHELBYVILLE, Ind., Sept. 22. Treasure hunting on the farm of the late William Ensley in southern Shelby county has resulted in three Indianapolis men being held in jail here and a fourth is sought. Those in custody are C. W. Branson and his son. Warren and William Wright. The man sought is W. H. Frazier. The four came to the farm first Sept. 14, while Mr. Ensley was critically ill. He instructed a son to order them to leave. Mr. Ensley died Wednesday night. The men returned Friday night and resumed the search, using a magnet. Neighbors finally forced the men to leave and warned them not so return. However, Frazier was the only one to heed the warning. The others came back Saturday morning and the sheriff was called. He arrested, them. The prisoners assert a spiritualist told them a pot of gold was buried on the farm.

frightened by publicity given the arrests. However, any information his : office obtains will be used, he said, ; indicating some of the policemen ! under arrest might involve others, l Safety board members already | have ordered a shift in one downi town district. The police officers who will be included in this transfer are not among those indicted, it was learned. The Times, Saturday, a few hours before the arrests were made, said Sullivan and other city officials had information that the city is "wide open” for some time and that police had been accused of “shady moves.” Members of the police and fire departments were warned not to “play politics” in a letter sent to heads of the departments' today by the safety board. Along with reports of alleged corruption in the police department, city officials have had their attention called to reports that “the lid is off in Indianapolis because the election is approaching.” The order set out that. severe punishment faces police and firemen who violate the order and “therefore it is deemed expedient to warn members of each department of the above laws" and "members of l>oth de; ..rtments are to take no part in politics,”

Here are pictured seventeen of the eighteen Indianapolis policemen indicted Saturday by a federal grand jury on charges of bribery and conspiracy to violate the prohibition law. Top row (left to right), Sergeant James O’Brien, Sergeant John Volderauer, Sergeant Joseph Everson, patrolman Ned Hoagland and Lieutenant Marion Van Sickle. Second Row—Patrolmen Noel Stark, Harry Bridwell, Thomas J. Gray, David Curran, Thomas Sullivan and Ralph Lambert. Bottom Row—Patrolmen Claude Reidenbaugh, Fred Hague, Martin O’Brien, George B. Strickler, Otis Tyner and Clifford Brown. Patrolman Oliver Quinette, also arrested, is not pictured.

TRIAL SHIFTED FOR DOG CASE Suit for $5,000 Reward Sent to Shelbyville. B,u Times Special SHELBYVILLE, Ind., Sept. 22.—A change of venue from Indianapolis to Shelby circuit court here has been taken in a case in which Homer A. Kimberlin, Indianapolis, seeks $5,000 from Irving and Harry Howard, which Kimberlin alleges is the amount of a reward offered for return of Snowflake, a trained dog. The dog was lost in Indianapolis more than a year ago while being taken to the east for a series of theatrical engagements. Kimberlin found the dog July 8, 1929, two days after it disappeared. He says the owner values the animal at SIOO,OOO. When the defendants in the suit refused to pay the reward, Kimberlin retained possession of the dog and still 'has it. PLAN hone SHOW Furniture in Ensemble to Be on Exhibition. Ensemble arrangement of furniture with each room broken into compact groups will feature the Indianapolis Home Furnishings style show to be held by twenty-three Indianapolis dealers in their showrooms Sept. 26 through Oct. 4. Each dealer will exhibit in his store furniture arranged in groups suitable for various phases of home life. For instance, in the living room furniture has been grouped into the conversational, reading and writing suites. Open house will be held each evening of the style show by the various dealers participating. WOUNDED WOMAITSUES Asks 810,000 from Farmer After Shotgun Causes Injuries. B i/ Times Special NOBLESVILLE, Ind., Sept. 22. Miss Lillian Gullion v employed in the chemical laboratories of the Eli Lily Company, Indianapolis, has brought an action in the Hamilton circuit court here against T. P. Ikred of Carmel for SIO,OOO damages for personal injuriesThe plaintiff alleges that while she was picking flowers and shrubbery on Ikred’s farm in southwestern Hamilton county, he shot her with a double barrel shotgun, severely injuring her left leg, right shoulder and a hip. BRIDE ASKED FOR AID Wanted Suit Returned After Husband Went With Another Woman. Bu Times Special BLOOMINGTON, Ind., Sept. 22. Vern Ruble, Monroe county prosecutor, believes his office receives a major share of queer problems of life. Proud of her new husband. Ruble relates, his bride bought him a suit of new clothes. The groom was found in the company of another woman. The bride wanted the prosecutor to help her to get the suit back. Then there was a high school girl who quarreled with a boy friend who had her picture. She asked Ruble to compel its return to her. Linton Man Sentenced Bu Times Special LINTON, Ind., Sept. 22.—Joe E. Beasley, Linton real estate and insurance agent, is under two prison sentences imposed in Greene circuit court at Bloomfield by Judge Thomas Van Buskirk, following pleas of guilty. On an embezzlement count, Beasley received a two to fourteen year and for larceny, one to Vo years.

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ALLEGED BOGUS SLEUTH HELD Fred Reece Charged With Impersonating Agent. Fred Reece, private vice and liquor investigator, today was held on charges of impersonating a federal officer and theft of government property. _ With a special prohibition agent’s cap badge, similar to the dry sleuths’ regular shield, Reece is said to have entered several plaees, declaring himself a federal dry agent. Special prohibition agents arrested him Sunday night in a downtown ballroom, where he has appeared frequently, they say. Reece has spent much time in the prohibition offices in the federal building and there came into possession of the badge, officers believe.

‘GOOSE’ LEE IS HELD Arrested With Others on U. S. Booze Charges. Harry (Goosie) Lee, Negro politician, three other Negroes, and Samuel Joseph, 560 West Washington street, were to be arraigned this afternoon before a United States commissioner on liquor charges following raids Saturday night. Lee’s cigar store, 522 Indiana avenue, was raided by dry agents and George Graham, Clarence Brown and Charles Owsley, Negroes, were detained in addition to Lee. Agents charge liquor was dumped when they raided the cigar stand. They allege undercover men purchased liquor in Lee’s place and also in pi coffee house operated by Joseph at the West Washington street address. DE PAUW BEGINS EARLY ON ALL-CAMPUS SHOW Libretto Already Completed for Second “Moan-On” Presentation. Bu Times Special GREENCASTLE, Ind., Sept. 22. “The Moan-On Revue,” De Pauw university’s original all-campus dramatic and musical production, is getting away to an early start this year. Although the. revue is not staged until mid-winter, the libretto committee completed the skit during summer vacation. The committee was composed of Philip Young, Paris, 111.; Miss Natalie Roberts, Kendallville, and Betty Lou Hunter, Paris, 111. The committee was appointed last spring, following successful presentation of the first revue. The De Pauw production was modeled after the “Jordan River Revue” of Indiana university. Young Man Believed Suicide Bu United Press LOGANSPORT, Ind., Sept. 22. Police are investigating the death of Lawrence E. Neff, 21, whose body was found in a garage Saturday night with a bullet in the head and a small revolver nearby. Relatives believed he committed suicide because of ill health.

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Mr. and Mrs. George Hawkins Fiftieth wedding anniversary was observed Sunday by Mr. and Mrs. George Hawkins, 1049 Eugene street, at the home of their daughter, Mrs. James B. Wherritt, 951 West Thirty-third street. They have lived in Indianapolis seventeen years, having come here from Sheiby county. Hawkins is foreman of the Riverside nursery, where he has been employed ten years. Their three children, other relatives and friends attended open house Sunday in observance of the anniversary. Other children besides Mrs. Wherritt are Mrs. Reid B. Sprague, Benton Harbor, Mich., and Willard Hawkins, Indianapolis.

FIDACS ARRIVE I TO PAY HONOR TO WAR DEAD 125 From Foreign Nations in City; Plaza to Be Scene of Program. Once agents of war, but now emissaries of peace, 125 men and women from nine foreign countries came to Indianapolis today to pay homage to Indiana’s war dead. The peace embassy was composed of members of Fidac, an alliance of allied veterans of the World war. They were met at the Union station by officers of the American Legion and a citizens’ committee. Following the station greetings the Fidacs paraded to the Soliders’ and Sailors’ Monument, escorted by the Eleventh infantry of Ft. Benjamin Harrison. Lunch at the estate of Charles B. Sommers on the Cold Spring road, with an official welcome by Governor Harry G. Leslie and Mayor Reginald H. Sullivan followed the parade. After a sight-seeing trip the visitors were to go to the World war memorial to enshrine the flag of nine countries in the memorial. A | twenty-one gun salute, bugle calls, I playing of national anthems of the countries represented in the Fidac delegation, with carillon music, was to feature the ceremonies at the memorial at 5 p. m. Tonight the foreign delegation will be feted at a formal dinner at the Indianapolis Athletic Club r id will leave at 2:40 a. m. Tuesday to visit the Culver Military academy at Culver, Ind. Among prominent Fidacs in the delegation were Colonel Fred W. Abbot of Great Britain, president of Fidac; Princess Cantecuzene of Rumania, president of the Fidac auxiliary, and Joseph Grainer of the French ministry of war.

34 ARRAIGNED 6EFORECOLLINS Accused Gunmen Is Among Group Indicted. Arraignment before Criminal Judge James A. Colins of thirtyfour persons named in twenty-eight Indictments of the Marion county grand jury, was begun today. Indictments were against seven for auto banditry, ten for burglary, five for grand larceny, three for issuing fraudulent checks, five for vehicle taking and * the remainder for minor charges. The grand jury discharged twelve persons. Among those indicted was James Carrier, for auto banditry, accused as the gunman who robbed a woman collector for the Betsy Ross candy shops, of $531 in a stairway in the Indiana theater building. Miss Effie Day, 2232 North Meridian street, and James Geier, were named in another indictment, charging arson, in connect ionjvith a fire in the home of Mrs. A'rvilla Ault, 5606 University avenue, July 9.

KOS DEFENSE RESTS Manslaughter Case to Go to Jurors Today. A criminal court jury late this afternoon will deliberate the case of Max S. Kos, war veteran and insurance salesman, on trial a second time on an involuntary manslaughter charge. The defense rested its case shortly before noon and Harvey A. Grabill, trial judge, indicated jurors would be instructed before adjournment. LIGHT BODY* TO MEET Great Lakes Division to Convene at French Lick Thursday. Bu United Press FRENCH LICK, Ind., Sept. 22. Seven hundred delegates and guests from Illinois, Michigan and Wisconsin are expected at the tenth annual three-day convention of the Great Lakes division, National Electric Light Association, which will open here Thursday. The session will open Thursday morning with an address by Eugene Holcomb, Jackson, Mich., president of the Great Lakes division. Scheduled discussion subjects include expansion of electric service to farms, operation of holding companies, state regulation and fundamentals of rate making. The speaker at the annual banquet Friday night, will be W. A. Jones, New York, president of the national association. PRANK CAUSES ARREST Father of Winamac High School Freshman Files Charge. b i Times Special WINAMAC, Ind., Sept. 22.—A high school prank has resulted in filing of an assault and battery charge here against Martin Stipp. The complaining witness is I. J. Mathews, whose son Lawrence, a freshman in Winamac high school, was given a haircut. During the last twd years it is said several freshmen suffered loss of hair at the hands of advanced students, but the Mathews case is the first to get court attention. Stipp denies his guilt, and is free under SIOO bond pending trial in Pulaski circuit court. Man, 82, Kills Self Bu United Press ' TIPTON, Ind., Sept. 22.—Despondency over infirmities brought on by age and a malignant tumor, Caused the suicide of James Anderson, 82, whose body was found in his garden with his throat slashed. He came to Tipton from Omro, Wis., two mcnthsVigo. He was a native of Denmark.

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Ponca City’s annual Jjathing beauty review “for unmarried ladies under 5” brings to the front this year as its outstanding beauty little Marialice Ainsworth, 4, who has been given the title of “Baby Ponca" for the coming year. Marialice is shown here with Lew Wentz, wealthy Oklahoma oil man who sponsors the review each year.

SOUP MAGNATE IS DEAD Canning Process Inventor Victim of Heart Ailment. CAMDEN, N. J., Sept. 22.—John T. Dorrance, 57, president of the Campbell Soup Company, died at his home near here Sunday of a heart ailment. Dorrance made millions by developing anew soup canning process which he worked out in 1898 while working for his uncle as a chemist at $7.50 a week. HELP FOR VETERANS \ U. S. Hopes to Triple Its Employment Service. Bu Seriovs-llaward Newspaper Alliance WASHINGTON, Sept. 22. —ls present United States employment service plans are approved by the next congress, the government’s efforts to help ex-service men find jobs will De tripled. Working under a SIOO,OOO appropriation, the employment service has established twenty veterans’ employment offices and two additional will be opened soon. These are the only employment offices of the kind operated solely by the government. Francis I. Jones, director-general of the service, who has just returned from a nation-wide tour, indicated that if congress would approve, three times the number of offices now operating would be established next year. The present service covers twenty states. ATTORNEY WOUNDED Shot by Two Gunmen, in Apartment by Ruse. Bu United Press CHICAGO, Sept. 22.—Samuel Aronfeld, 30-year-old attorney, was wounded by two gunmen who gained entrance to his apartment by a ruse early today and attempted to assassinate him. The young attorney, who declared he knew no reason any one should want to kill him, suffered a flesh wound. Mrs. Aronfeld, standing near him when the gunmen began firing, was not hurt. When the door bell rang, through a speaking tube Mrs. Aronfeld was told: “It’s Western Union.” When she opened the door two men stepped quickly inside, and ■ began firing immediately. Not a word was spoken. After firing several shots the men ran down the stairway and escaped. Mine Leader Fined Bu United Press PRINCETON, Ind., Sept. fine of S3OO and costs was assessed against Ivan M. Colvin, superintendent of the King’s Station mine, south of here, in Gibson circuit court, for violation of the law governing break-throughs. A. C. Daly, state mine inspector, charged that break-throughs in the mine, property of the Deep Vein Coal Company, Terre Haute, were fortyfive feet apart, in violation of a state law.

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THIRD GUNMAN SUSPECT HELD Cops Claim Confession in Terror Holdups. Detectives today said they had obtained confession from Earl Compton, 23, of 746 North Sheffield avenue, that he, instead of Raymond Curl, 28, of 342 Hanson avenue, was the companion of Harold R. Garman, 18, of 610 Patterson street, in a series of robberies and kidnapings Thursday night. Curl and Garman were arrested Friday. Compton was arrested Saturday in Terre Haute. Although exonerated by Compton’s confession, Curl is being held for further investigation. Compton, like Garman, is charged with robbery and auto banditry. PARK EXPERTS MEET 15th Annual State Session Gets Under Way. Park experts and members of park boards of Indiana cities attended the fifteenth annual convention of the Indiana Association of Park Departments at the Claypool today. They were welcomed by Mayor Reginald Sullivan, and the response was made by Mayor Wood Posey of Terre Haute, who invited the 1931 conference there. The park men were taken on an automobile trip to Indianapolis parks, boulevards, swimming pools and. golf courses. Paper Fifty Years Old Bu Times Special DANVILLE, Ind., Sept. 22.—Last week’s issue of the Danville Gazette marks the fiftieth year of its publication. It was founded Sept. 14. 1880, by E. Douglass King and his son, Will A. King. Marion Salesman Dies Bu Times Special MARION, Ind., Sept. 22.—Followlowing a long illness, Owen Beroth, 47, a salesman, is dead. He had been connected with the Indiana Truck Corporation and for several years was an automobile dealer. gooTto take FOR DIZZINESS Constipation Troubles Relieved By Black-Draught, Says Kentucky Man. Hundreds of people in Hopkins** ville, Ky., know Mr. Dale Harris of 102 South Kentucky avenue. Mr. Harris knows Thedford's BlackDraught, from having taken it for a number of years. He says: “I often come fn from work with a bad feeling in my stomach and head. I have a dizzy feeling in my head and am constipated, so I mix me a dose of Black-Draught immediately to guard off a spell of illness. “I have always found BlackDraught to be perfectly satisfactory in every way, and would recommend it to any one as a safe and Wonderful medicine when a purgative is needed. “It ,is a good idea to keep a box of Black-Draught in the medicine cabinet, so at a moment’s notice you may take some when dizzy spells and constipation occur.” Thousands of others have reported that many disagreeable symptoms, due to constipation, have gone a ?ay after they had taken Thedford’s Black-Draught. Insist on the genuine—

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U.S.SEEKS TO COLLECT BOND OF RUMBARON Case Against Joe Traum on Federal Docket at Terre Haute. Bu United Press TERRE HAUTE. Ind., Sept. 22 - Suit of the United States government to collect a SIO,OOO bond of Joe Traum. alleged leader of the Wabash valley liqhor racket, and a suit of Mrs. Joy Davis Maple, against the Travelers Life Insurance Company, for SIO,OOO, are the most interesting cases listed on the civil docket for the October term of the southern Indiana district federal court here. The term will open Oct. 6. Forfeiture of the Traum bend was ordered by Judge Robert C. Baltzell when Traum, now serving a term in the federal prison at Leavenworth, Kan., failed to appear in court for trial. Traum was later arrested in Chicago during a roundup of gangsters in a search for the slayer of Alfred Lingle, Chicago Tribune reporter, ants taken to Indianapolis, where ha pleaded guilty and received sen 4 tence. The signers of the bond assert his capture and sentencing as a reason why the bond should not be forfeited. The suit of Mrs.. Maple was originally filed in Sullivan circuit court for nonpayment of a SIO,OOO policy; on her husband, Edgar D. Maple, found shot to death at Sullivan near the vault of the National Bank and Trust Company, of which he was an officer. The insurance company alleges he committed suicide, thus making the policy void. Two other like cases by Mrs. Maple were decided in her favor during the last term of federal court. It is expected the pending case will be settled out of court.

Another case to be heard during the October term is that of Charles Scott, Sullivan county, seeking $5,000 damages from the Siosi Oil Corporation for alleged damage to his property. Scott charges waste water from oil wells and tanks on the Siosi lease flowed over his land rendering it useless for agricultural purposes. The Siosi corporations alleges that the water was discharged into natural water courses and not upon the land. The remainder of the docket of twenty-seven cases include a suit of Wesley Bintz, architect, against the city of Terre Haute, seeking $2,000 damages for use of plans for construction of a swimming pool and several suits against the United States seeking to collect war risk insurance. FATHER IS GUN VICTIM: SON HELD AS SUSPECT Discrepancies in Stories of Death Lead to Arrest. Bu United-Press MERRILLVILLE, Ind., Sept. 22. A charge of patricide was to be filed today against John T. Prott Jr., 27, based on a wide disparity in two of his accounts dealing with the death of John Prott Sr. The elder Prott was found with part of his head blown away and a shotgun by his side. At first a theory of suicide generally was accepted, but Sheriff Joseph B. Kyle arrested the son when he told a second story of the affair, alleged to be entirely different from his first. Sheriff Kyle said he had been informed that young Prott attempted last March to kill his father witli a shotgun, but that the altercation had not been reported previously. Wilmeth to Address Club Delbert O. Wilmeth, census supervisor for Indiana, will address the Universal Club luncheon at the Columbia Club Tuesday on “Census Taking.”

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