Indianapolis Times, Volume 42, Number 204, Indianapolis, Marion County, 3 January 1931 — Page 3

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COPS’ FRAMEUP UNDER FIRE IN NEWYORK QUIZ Probe Goes Into Charge of Policemen Preying on Innocent Girls. Thi is the final article of a serlea on the investlrstion* of political frauds and Irrernlarltle* of courts In New York. By United Press NEW YORK, Jan. 3.—The most recent phase of investigation of political fraud and Judicial irregularities in New York has centered on a particularly vicious sys- ■ tem surrounding magistrates courts —the professional bondsmen, petty , grafters, crooked lawyers who take ; advantage of the unfortunate, the ignorant and the criminal who are brought before the bar of justice. Into this tangle of corruption i and fraud has gone Isidor J. Kresel, an under-sized man whose re- j lentless pounding and skillful,; sharp-witted questioning have given him an enviable record as i Bn investigator. Still more menacing to some of the persons involved is the slim figure of Chile Mapocha Acuna, a sallow-faced little Latin-Amerlcan whose career in New York as a worker at odd-jobs finally led to a post on the outskirts of the criminal world as a “stool pigeon.” Guarded by Police Pearing the fate of an underworld j “squealer,” Acuna constantly is guarded by six policemen. Charges made by Acuna—and he picked his men out of a line of police officers involved eighteen members of the police vice squad. The oystem he described was one of “framing” girls on vice charges. With Acuna working as stool pigeon for the police, he said he found certain officers kept up a high record of arrests by preying on innocent girls who were arrested and then forced to pay money to professional bondsmen to secure their release from Jail. The part of the magistrates, if any, in the system was placed under Investigation by Kresel. Testimony of one victim of a “frame-up” said she was refused bail by the magistrate until she had paid a lawyer to arrange the bond Discharged by Court Later she wao discharged, the j judge remarking that there was ab- i solutely no evidence to support the j charge against her. Two women victims also have j been witnesses against the policemen who were brought to trial before a deputy police commissioner after the evidence against them had been revealed at the magistrates inquiry in the appellate division. The women. Winifred Grayson Sakwich and Mrs. Jennie Domzalskl Jappas, under questioning by Kresel, said they were “framed” by policemen and also testified that . they were beaten and kicked. They had difficulty in identifying the policemen. f Charges Were Denied ¥ The charges were denied by the accused police and the defense attempted to present testimony damaging the character of the two women witnesses and Acuna. , The investigations caused ciri culation of rumors that two magisI trates, Abraham RosenbluthN and v Louis B. Brodsky, would resign, but I the reports were denied by Referee K Samuel Seabury, who was named by Governor Roosevelt to act in the inquiry. BANDITS’ LOOT IS $l5O Two Well-Dressed Robbers Elude Police After Drug Store Raid. Eluding police emergency squads, i two well-dressed bandits who took $l5O in a holdup of a Walgreen pharmacy at 153 South Illinois street Friday night, we.-e at liberty today. While one bandit held Hanley Abell, 117 Berry avenue, clerk; Paul Brewer, 1109 West Twenty-eighth street, soda dispenser, and G. B. Howard, Wesley hotel, customer, at the point of a gun behind a prescription counter, the other rifled the cash drawer. BURGLAR SUSPECT HELD Captured With Alleged Loot, City Man Faces State Prison Term. Captured with alleged loot of fourteen packages of cigarets and forty-four pennies, Edgar Helm, 56. of 614 East Miami street, today faced a sentence in the state prison for burglary. Helm was nabbed by Lieutenant Walter Claffey and squad before he could escape Friday night from the J. W. Davis grocery, 438 East Ohio street. Columbus Judge Resigns Judge Julian Sharpnack of Bartholomew’ circuit court., Columbus, Ind., Friday resigned to enter private practice. Governor Harry G. Leslie named Charles S. Baker of Columbus, to succeed him. Sharpnack’s term had two years yet to run. Tests have shown that heating radiators have greater efficiency when coated with lead paints than when flake-metal paints are used.

1931 TOURS ROUND-THE-WORLD To the traveler desirous of a round-the-world trip, this season s schedule offers a wide choice of cruises and sailmg dates. From New Y ork, routes are either westward through Panama Canal or eastward through the Mediterranean. Each cruise is routed to include the most interesting and important points from a sightseeing standpoint. All are completely comprehensive in scope and afford the traveler ample opportunity to satisfy his travel desires. For complete details, communicate with Richard A. Kart*, Manager Travel Bureau The Leading Travel Bureau of Indianapolis ftuNION TRUSTS 120 E. Market St < Riley 5341

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Not a part of the Indiana national guard equipment, but the arsenal of alleged southern Indiana hijackers is this varied collection of weapons seized at Terre Haute by Bennett F. Hargrove Jr., chief of special prohibition agents, and several of his men., Officer Richard Rivers of the city police dry raiding squad is shown holding the prize Os the collection, a riot gun which sprays buckshot with a ten-foot range almost as soon as they leave the sawed-off muzzle.

NEW JUDGES SLAP RECEIVERS’ DELAY

Pickens Orders Immediate . Reports, End of Lax Administration, Laxity of receivers in complying with court orders was scored today by newly seated Marion county Democratic judges. Judge William A. Pickens of superior court two Friday completed a study of almost a score of receiverships pending in his courtroom, announcing that current reports will be demanded immediately in each case. Pickens declared the new policy will curb negligence and delay in winding up the affairs of receiverships. Frequent reports showing

FATHER OF BUSCH KIDNAPER IS HELD

Police Question Man About ‘Trade’ to Save Son From Arrest. By United Press ST. LOUIS, Jan. 3.—A comparatively poor Negro who traded the freedom of his son for that of the nominees selected Indiana Democratic Club to Hold Election Jan. 12. Henry O. Goett, city clerk, has been nominated for president of the Indiana Democratic Club by the nominating committee, and the election is to be held from 12 to 8 p. m., Monday, Jan. 12. Others on the ticket with Goett are: First vice-president, John E. Hollett; second vice-president, F. W. Biemer; treasurer, Charles A. Grossart, and secretary, Timothy P. Sexton. The last two are county auditor-elect and treasurer-elect, respectively. Those nominated to serve three years as directors are: Judge Frank P. Baker, L. Ert Slack, Joel E. Baker, Dr, F. M. Fitch and William Hurd. Dirctors-at-large on the ticket are: S. D. Royse, Fifth district; John DePrez, Sixth district; E. I£. McDuff, Seventh district; John Fredrick, Ninth district, and Charles A. Aikin, Thirteenth district. Directors representing other districts are holovers. Several independent tickets may be put into the field. DEADLINE FOR BUYING LICENSE PLATES SET Secretary of State Urges Public to Apply Before Feb. 1. Deadline for purchase of 1931 auto license plates w-as set by Frank Mayr Jr., secretary of state, as Feb. 1. Mayr urged motorists to obtain the new plates early, to avoid the annual last-minute rush to avoid arrests. Thus far, 6,292 pairs of plates have been sold at the statehouse, and 9,000 have been mailed. Early Indications are fewer plates will be distributed this year than last.

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The riot gun, one rifle and one shotgun were loaded when the special agents raided 20 South Sumner street, Terre Haute, and arrested three men and a woman. All four were bound to the federal grand jury under SIO,OOO bonds on charges of conspiracy to violate the national prohibition statute, as two five-gallon cans of alcohol also were confiscated. Included among articles found in the house were ten watches of expensive makes, auto tires, tubes, several razors, rings and miscellaneous jeweiry.

progress of receivers will be demanded, and the policy will continue through his administration, Pickens said. Final reports were asked for by Pickens on four receiverships which have been pending in room three for from four to nine years. These include receiverships of the Colonial Automobile Company, formerly at 27 North Meridian street; the New Palestine Manufacturing Company; the Federal Rebuilt Tire Company, and the Kavanaugh Broom Corn Company. “There will be no second orders on receivership reports in this court,” Pickens warned. Judge Joseph R. Williams of superior court two announced he is beginning a study of receiverships pending in his court.

son of a multi-millionaire was held incommunicado today as an accessory to the kidnaping of Adolphus Busch Othwein, great-grandson of the late Adolphus Busch, the brewer. Pearl Abernathy, whose son Charles, 28, kidnaped the heir to $50,000,000, and who returned the boy to his parents with the agreement his own sen would not be prosecuted, w r as questioned at length about the “trade.” The father is a real estate dealer and moderately wealthy. The kidnaper’s wife Eugenia is under arrest. Sheriff Lill of St. Louis county said he had instituted a nationwide search for Charles Abernathy The Orthwein boy, 13 years old, was kidnaped on New Year’s eve and was returned unharmed to his parents, twenty hours later. After the trade was made, the Othwein family kept their half of the bargain and refused to disclose the name of the kidnaper, but officials learned it from a copyrighted story in the St. Louis Star, and Sheriff Lill said that if Charles Abernathy is captured he will be prosecuted.

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KINGS' TOMBS UNEARTHED ON CHALDEAN SITE Important Discovery Made by British-American Exposition. Bv Science Service PHILADELPHIA. Jan. 3.—ls Ur of the Chaldees about to yield its greatest archaeological treasure? Archaeologists are hoping against hope that it may happen. The burial place of the great King Ur-Engur who built the magnificent Ziggurat at Ur 4,300 years ago has been reached, but not opened, by the joint archaeological expedition from the British museum and the University of Pennsylvania museum. A complex of brick buildings, long buried in the earth, represents the tombs of three generations of kings of the Golden Age of Ur, Ur-Engur, his son Dungi, and his grandson Bur-Sin, according to a report received fit the museum here from C. Leonard Woolley, field '.director of the expedition. The structures include vaulted chambers and passages, stairways and deep, brick-lined pits. Graves Escaped Enemies “It is too much to hope that the royal graves should have escaped the notice of the enemies to whom Ur so often fell a prey, although until the last tomb has been opened hope will persist.” Woolley writes. I", is already determined beyond reasonable doubt that King BurSin’;s grave did fall into the hands of the enemies of Ur. The longvaulted room which is taken to be his burial chamber has been reached in the excavations and no more was found in it than a few scattered bones, Woolley’s explanation is that this king’s tomb was sought out and plundered by the Elamintes, who swept down from the Persian hills and brought the Third Dynasty of Ur to a disastrous end. Building Is Fine “Even if we do not find single object, however,” Woolley adds, “we are amply rewarded for our excavations. The actual tomb of BurSin is one of the finest monuments of Ur, but even that tomb seems almost insignificant with what has been revealed in the early stages of the excavation of Dungi’s building. “At the rear of the Dungi building are two flights of stairs leading up to what was a high paved room, and beneath the floor of this room there lies a huge brick-lined pit more than twenty feet deep, which had been filled in with clean packed soil.” A bricked-up door and broad stairs running down to long vaulted passages lie ahead of the excavators. “Always, however, the great pit remains the center of all conjectures,” Woolley states; “and we are anxious to learn what lies beyond the stairs which run down to the entrance of the vaults and now terminate abruptly against the wall of straight-cut earth.” HARDING TALE IN PAPER ‘Strange. Death’ to be Published Serially by London Daily Express. By United Press LONDON, Jan. 3.—The London Daily Express featured an announcement today that it Will start the serial publication of a book called “The Strange Death of President Harding,” commencing next Monday. The editor of the Daily Express said he was unaware “of any state department negotiations to suppress it.”

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A pipe organ recital will be given next Tuesday night at the First United Brethren church by Harold Raymond Thompson. He is organist at the Bigelow Methodist Episcopal church at Portsmouth, O.

SCHOOLS BEGIN WORKMONDAY Pupils of City to Resume Duties After Vacation. Fifty-eight thousand school children under 2,100 teachers will return to the city public schools Monday to resume studies interrupted two weeks ago for the annual Christmas holidays. Monday also will see one new school building go into use and an eight-room and auditorium addition used for the first time. School 81, Nineteenth street and Brookside parkway, Miss Adelaide Mac Carty, principal, will replace a temporary structure at 1701 North Rural street. The addition is to William Penn school, 1902 West Morris street, Miss Dorothy Pennington principal. Full-day sessions will be permitted, instead of half-day sessions held prior to the holidays because of congestion. REBELS CONTINUE FIGHT Fifteen Natives Killed by Troops in India Uprising. By United Press RANGOON, India, Jan.P 3.—British troops continued operations against rebellious natives in the Tharraddy district today. Fifteen rebels were reported killed in new encounters. The rebellion was considered practically ended Friday, after 150 rebels had been killed and rebel headquarters burned. Injured in Traffic Mishap His coal truck colliding with a street car in the 1200 block on Roosevelt avenue Friday, Roy C. Carlson, 42, Negro, of 911 West Twenty-fifth street, suffered body bruises and head lacerations.

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AUTOS IN 1931 EXHIBIT STRESS SPEED, POWER Smoothness of Operation Also Factor in Al! New Models. By United Press NEW YORK, Jan. 3.—Speed and smoothness of operation are emphasized in exhibits at the thirtyfirst annual automobile show which opened at Grand Central palace today. Approximately 300 models, including thirty-five different* makes of cars, are being shown. In response to what manufacturers consider a demand for greater power and more ease of operation, wheel-base lengths have been increased and eight, twelve and sixteen-cylinder cars are more popular. The effect has been carried into body lines wit# the result that a majority of the new models are built closer to the ground and reflect the airplane influence. Gas Tanks Hidden Radiator caps on many cars have been concealed beneath the hood and in several cases the gasoline tanks are hidden. Most of the new models have been constructed with the idea that cross-country touring will maintain its popularity. Many manufacturers claim to have eliminated body sway in their cars, and the multi-cylinder cars are especially recommended for extended trips. Road tests have proved, it was said, that great speed with comparative safety may be attained. There is a tendency to utilize somber colors. Pastel shades are popular, and green, black and brown seem to be the most widely used. Blue Is losing favor, but maroon is returning to vogue. Many models employ a solid color for body, molding and fenders with a different color for the w’heels. Better for Women Manufacturers apparently still are bent on shaping the operation of cars to accommodate the women drivers. Electrical improvements make the new models easy to operate, because of the “finger-touch” steering wheel, and a clutch that can be released by a slight pressure of the toe. Windshield pillars are narrower and better vision is afforded the. driver. Both driver’s seats and the steering arms are adjustable. Balloon tires have lost none of their popularity, and manufacturers predict increased mileage from those that have been placed on 1931 cars. GIVEN TRUCK PERMIT C., L. & I. Motor Freight to Move Between Chicago and City. C., L. & I. motor freight lines have been given a permit by the public service commission to operate an interstate trucking business between Indianapolis and Chicago. Petition of Eugene Fox of Portland to operate a freight line between Ft. Wayne and Richmond was denied. United Corporation was ordered to abandon its Morgan exchange and serve patrons through the Rossville board.

How the Railroads Help the Motorist The motorist has a friendly ally in the railroads. They work for him and serve him in many ways. They carry steel and other raw A Message from materials, completed automobiles, L. A. Downs, gasc!ine, oil, road-building matePresident, rials and machinery. Illinois Central System, They provide markers and other warnings at grade crossings, and they share in the cost of separating grades. Their taxes help to build and keep up the public highways. Finally, railway freight and passenger traffic neither congests nor wears out the highways. A day’s loading of railway freight and P assen ß ers moving by high* * way in 5-ton trucks and 30-pas-senger buses under normal traffic conditions, would occupy at any given moment approximately Dependable for 80 Yean 32,000 miles. Constructive criticism and suggestions are invited. Chicago, January 1, 1931, THE ILLINOIS CENTRAL SYSTEM Special rates pioneered by the Illinois Central System have encouraged motorists seeking travel pleasure to take their cars with them on long trips by rail.

Harmony Trio

Featured on the program of the Beth-El Zedeck Temple Sisterhood show at Kirshbaum Community Center, Jan. 11. will be Sam (left) and Al Pollock (right), and Sam Herwitz, center, a harmony trio. Mrs. Jack Deutscher is general chairman.

TAKE OPERATION FILMS Doctors Find New Derice Success in Recording Surgeon’s Steps. Bv Science Service MADISON. Wis., Jan. 3.—An automatically controlled camera device enabling a surgeon to take his own pictures of an operation, thus escaping the alternatives of having a camera man in the way or of obtaining films mostly of shoulders and hands is described in a report to the American Medical Association by Dr. Richard B. Stout of Madison. Suspended high enough above the operating table so as not to hamper the surgeon's movements, the camera is released by remote control with a foot switch By snapping the switch on and off, the surgeon or his assistant can limit the picture taking to the important steps of the operation.

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WOUNDS FATAL TO GROCER. TB, SHOTINHOLDUP Aged Man, Shot in Struggle With Two Negro Bandits, Dies in Hospital. Wounded by two Negro bandits in his grocery during a holdup Monday night, M. F. Bell, 78. of 2228 North New Jersey street, was dead today, the second grocer to be slain by robbers here in a month. . He succumbed Friday night in city hospital to wounds in the abdomen and chest, inflicted during a scuffle in the store at Twenty-first street and Columbia avenue, after he promised to deliver to the Negroes all the money he had. After the shooting the bandits escaped without taking anything Police believe them to be the same pair that robbed and shot Earl Hendricks, Kroger grocery manager. at 1419 East. Twenty-fifth street, several w’eeks ego. In December. Lewis Davidson, Standard grocery manager, was shot by an unseen assailant as he walked away from his grocery at 124 East Twentj'-third street. The gunman was presumed to be a robber. Mr. Bell had been a grocer la the neighborhood thirty-five of the forty-five years he spent in Indianapolis. He was born in Decatur ebunty, 0., and hi s father was a pioneer physician in Indiana, coming here in 1813 from Virginia. Survivors are the widow, Mrs Illeane Bell, and two sons, Eugene. Dayton, 0., and Harvey Bell. 3027 North Illinois street.. Funeral rites will be at Flanner & Buchanan • mortuary, but the hour has not been set.