Indianapolis Times, Volume 42, Number 238, Indianapolis, Marion County, 12 February 1931 — Page 3

FEB. 12. 1931

MIDAS IS GONE AGAIN; FRIENDS RUN BUSINESS Reorganization of Illinois Man’s Bankrupt Loan Firm in Process. flv United Press BELVIDERE, 111., Feb. 12.—Albert W. Benham, elusive shipping clerk, 'vho scaled to fame on a mysterious “get-rich-qulck” scheme and then went bankrupt, disappeared again today as friends strove to reorganize his business in a more conservative interest basis. His home stood untenanted, although Wednesday night a Boone county deputy sheriff swore that the portly ‘‘financier" had returned from an announced vacation.” In another part of th etown where rcores have invested and until recently received amazing amounts of interest from Benham, David S. Beatson, secretary of the Blackhawk Finance Company, one of Benham's ventures, offered to form a shortterm loan company. He talked of 3 per cent a month, instead of the 10 to 50 per cent Benham offered. Otherwise, details of the new offer were vague. earlier today a statement that the * midas" again was accepting money for “investment.” Banker; were amazed. It was they who several weeks ago focused attention upon Benham, declaring that no "honest” business ever paid 50 per cent interest and complaining that many depositors had withdrawn life-savings to invest in his “questionable" enterprises. "He must have some kind of a spell over them,” declared one banker. While Benham was "out of town" Wednesday David W. Beatson, secretary of the Blackhawk company, carried on for him. In the streets outside Benham’s office, groups of his friends gathered. Almost all retained their faith in him. Strangers who doubled him were threatened. A doubt that Benham could be prosecuted was expressed today by Prosecutor Alex Strom, who pointed out that the financier’s notes bore usurious rates of interest. VETERANS FORM POST tort Will Have 400 Foreign Service Men as Members. Anew past. Veterans of Foreign Wars, will be instituted by Edward G. Schaub, state cohunander, at Ft. Benjamin Harrison tonight. Membership will be made up of four hundred foreign service veterans on duty on the post.

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Daguerreotypes Said to Be Perfect Likeness of Emancipator. These reproductions of what Is said to be a perfect likeness of Lincoln during his days of law practice in Springfield were made from actual daguerreotypes. The pictures are owned by Edwin D. Denny. 503 Vi North Liberty street, and were secured while Denny's father studied law in the office of Lincoln & Herndon at Springfield J. E. Denny, the father, who died in 1905, studied in Springfield about 1858, according to the Lincoln biographer, the late Henry R. Rankin, author of ‘‘Personal Recollections of Lincoln.” Edwin Denny is in possession of a letter from Mr. Rankin stating: “I knew your father when he was a law student in the law firm of Lincoln and Herndon. My memory is refreshed by the following sentiment and autograph in an autograph album I owned at that time. “Springfield, Feb. 28, 1858. “ ‘As individuals let our every effort be for the maintenance, advancement and perpetuation of our free institutions for humanity and especially for the preservation of our national union and American Independence. (Signed) J. E. DENNY.’” RADIOS ON ALL CARS Police Department Now Fully Equipped With Sets. With installation of radios in police cars at four substations, Major Herbert Fletcher today announced that the local department now is completely radio-equipped. The substations having sets installed are Nos. 1,2, 3 and 4 .

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MURDEN TO TESTIFY Senate Probers Will Quiz Highway Official. Jess Murden. most severely criticisecl of all the highway commissioners, Is scheduled to appear before the senate highway investigation committee this afternoon and tell his side of the failure to collect federal funds in 1930 while the department went into debt. Omer Manlove, garage superintendent, also is to take the stand and Director John J. Brown is scheduled for' another return engagement, which will be his third appearance before the committee. Brown and Chairman Albert J. Wedcking were before the committee Wednesday afternoon, for two hours of questioning which added nothing new or material to the investigation testimony.

SUED FOR MILLIONS Director Charged With Dissipating Funds. By United Press NEW YORK, Feb. 12.—A suit for $50,000,000 against Bankus corporation, chief affiliate of the closed Bank of United States, was on file today, brought by the Irving Trust company, trustee for Bankus in bankruptcy. The suit holds the directors of Bankus liable for the money, charging that they dissipated it by ‘‘wrongful acts and negligent omissions.”

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LEGISLATOR TO ASK RUM QUIZ AT MICHIGAN U. Probe of Conditions to Be Demanded of State’s General Assembly. By United Press LANSING, Mich., Feb 12.—A legislative inquiry into conditions at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, where nearly four-score students were arrested on Wednesday when five fraternity houses were raided and liquor confiscated, was to be proposed in the legislature today by Representative Frank Darin of River Rouge. Darin said his resolution would point out that since the university was supported by public funds, the citizens of the state, the students, and their parents were entitled to an investigation. The students taken in the raids are scheduled to appear on Friday when the county prosecutor will have decided what action, if any, will be taken. This afternoon the

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