Indianapolis Times, Volume 42, Number 257, Indianapolis, Marion County, 6 March 1931 — Page 12

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BUCKLEY DEATH DEFENSE BUILDS UP NEW THEORY Attempts to Link Radio Announcer’s Murder With Hotel Party. Sy United Pres* DETROIT, March 6.—A fighting group of defense attorneys, not content with trying to tear down the state’s case, today continued efforts to build up a counter-case in the trial of three men on charges of murdering Jerry Buckley, radio commentator, last summer. Those on trial are Ted Pizzino, Joe Bommarl to and Angelo Livecchi. Although Thursday belonged to the state, the defense virtually appropriated the state's witnesses, and ’ised their testimony in cross-ex-amination, to lay the groundwork for a counter-attack. Anthony Maiullo, defense counsel, in a statement to the court, disclosed that the defense would offer anew theory of the murder—that Buckley was killed because of his connection with politics in the suburb of Hamtramck Tell of Gathering His questions in subsequent crossexamination of the state's witnesses gave clear hints of what the defense will try to show. The testimony w r as concerned entirely with a gathering of Hamtramck residents in the La Salle hotel which Buckley attended, and which he left ten minutes before hi 6 murder. All those present at this meeting were brought to the witness stand Here are the significant things the defense did in cross-examina-tion. Brought out that the host at this gathering was William J. Janiszewski, Hamtramck politician, and that Janiszewski had made an appointment with Buckley at a suite of rooms which he “borrowed” for this “party.” Contradictions in Stories Established the fact that the rooms in which the gathering was held directly overlooked Adelaide street from which the killers entered the hotel. Brought out several apparent contradictions in the witnesses’ stories. Brought out the fact that although the witnesses knew Buck-

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Verne Marshall, managing editor of the Cedar Rapids (Iowa) Gazette, is an important witness in the state legislature’s investigation of financial affairs at lowa university. The newspaper man made a long investigation of the university’s handling of state funds, especially its “slush fund athletic scandal” In 1929, and President Walter A. Jessup’s administration came in for severe criticism in his charges.

WILSON SLAPS RASKOB Prohibitionist Scores Move of Democratic Leader. By United Press EMPORIA, Kan., March 6.—Dr. Clarence True Wilson, Methodist prohibition leader, predicted here Thursday night that John J. Raskob will find “the American people are just as determined in 1932 not to hand this government over to his kind as they were in 1928.” He said the chairman of the Democratic national committee is a “better money maker than statesman.”

ley was the victim a few minutes after the killing, they did not go to the lobby until fifteen or twenty minutes afterward; and that they failed to tell any officer on the scene that Buckley had been with them. Attempted vainly to draw from the witnesses admissions that they looked out of the window down to Adelaide street while Buckley was going downstairs to the lobby where he was slain a few moments later.

BLOW IS DEALT TO UTILITIES IN VOTEJYHOUSE Pass Favorably on Bill Governing Electrical Appliance Sales. Utility interests received a blow in the Indiana house today when it again rejected a report of its judiciary A committee and passed favorably on the Dennigan senate bill governing the sale of electrical appliances. With the majority report of the committee recommending indefinite postponement, the house voted, 60 to 23, to accept a namendment by a minority composed of Representative Jacob Weiss (Dem., Marion) and Russell Smith (Dem., La Porte), which would permit the sale of electrical appliances by the utilities, but would require the utilities to operate appliance departments as separate units of business and charge no portion of the cost of operation to general upkeep upon which utility rates are based. The bill in its original form prohibited the utilities from merchan- j dising appliances and required them ! to award contracts for supplies to lowest bidders. The latter provision was stricken out in the minority report. Representative Cecil J. Kistler (Rep., Elkhart), veteran utility foe, charged merchandising by utilities frequently leads to unfair competition. He demanded a roll call, despite the frequent, “chuching” of Repre-

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Doctor Hero By United Press KANSAS CTIT, Kan , March 6.—Despite intense pain from an acute attack of appendicitis. Dr. D. E. Smith completed an abdominal operation on a patient Thursday before he collapsed. Ten minutes later Dr. Smith was on the operating table himself. “He must have suffered acutely,” an assisting surgeon said.

! sentative Sam Farrell (Rep., Blackford and Grant), who also attempted to stop Representative Howard S. Grim (Rep., De Kalb) from seconding the demr.nd. gasoline" price drops Cat Formerly Made in City Extends to Entire State. Two-cent drop in gasoline prices in Indiana, outside Indianapolis, were announced Thursday by the Standard Oil Company (Indiana) and the Shell Petroleum Corporation. Prices in Indianapolis were reduced 2 cents three weeks ago, making the present price 16 and a fraction cents a gallon for regular and 3 cents additional for ethyl. YOUTHFUL BANDIT SLAIN Joseph Selem, 18, Attempts to Rob Grocery with Toy Pistol. By United Press NEW YORK, March 6.—Joseph Selem, 18, who attempted to hold up a grocery with a toy pistol, was killed by bullets from the revolver of a policeman who was in the rear of the store.

CHOIR TO GIVE CONCERT Presbyterian Singers Will Appear at Rite Cathedral. Choir of the First Presbyterian church will give a sacred concert at the Scottish Rite cathedral at 3

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