Indianapolis Times, Volume 42, Number 274, Indianapolis, Marion County, 27 March 1931 — Page 1

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So Big! Giant, 14, Wages Court Fight to Block Plan to ‘Stunt’ Growth.

BY RONALD W. WAGONER United Press Staff Correspondent #1 ANGELES, March 27.—A sixfoot boy who weighs 235 pounds, wears No. 11 shoes and uses the English language ilke a college professor, today awaited a court decision which will determine if medical science shall be applied to halt his phenomenal growth. At 14, Adolphe E. Roome Jr. is larger than most men. His lather. Dr. Adolphe E. Roome Br., believes he should receive injections to halt the activity of his pituitary glands. Mrs. Helen Roome, the mother, opposed her divorced husband’s efforts to secure a court decision compelling her to agree to the treatment. After two days of testimony, the case was taken under advisement by Superior Judge Lester W. Roth. Adolphe Jr., a handsome, blackhaired boy who towered over every other person in the courtroom, sided with his mother. He said he him mentally. a a a IN testifying, young Roome used a vocabulary unusual for one of his years and used correct and concise grammar. His only indication of boyhood was a high-pitched voice. “When I received a ‘test shot’ a •'month or so ago, my brain was affected,” he said. “I went to school next day, but I was unable to concentrate. I was forced to lose two days and my work suffered accordingly. “I would rather become a physical monstrosity, as some of these doctors have suggested I might become if I did not take the treatment, than an imbecile or an idot.” The boy went on to explain in his serious manner that he did not believe he would grow much more. He placed little credence in one doctor's statement that he might be eight feet tall and weigh 400 pounds when he was 24. “I do not think I will get much larger,” he said. “The clothes I am now wearing I have worn for a%out eight months.” a a a ADOLPHE said he wanted to study and gradually take up „ athletics—perhaps football or swimming. He now is too large to compete in sports with boys of his age. "Are you embarrassed by your size while associating with other children,” asked the judge, who reached about to young Roome’s shoulder. “No,” Adolphe answered. “They never say anything and I have no feeling of embarrassment.” The boy’s father explained that his only reason for desiring the gland treatment was to insure a normal life for his son. Mrs. Roome was not entirely against the treatment, but said she opposed the “shots” il' her son objected. Dr. Oscar R. Reiss, appointed by the court to examine the boy, said lie found Adolphe “gigantic, but j-irtually normal.” He said he believed the injections would not harm him, but he did not state that he considered the treatnfenfc necessary. a a a MRS. ROOME revealed during the hearing that Adolphe’s suits cost S7O. She said he wore a 7Vi size hat, 11 size shoes, was 40 Inches around the waist and 41 inches around the chest. Mrs. Fay Circle, a maternal aunt, was a witness for Adolphe and his mother, “AH men in our family were large,” she declared. “I had a son, Carson, who was six feet tall and weighed about 176 pounds when he was 14. In my opinion, Adolphe wouldn’t be so heavy If he didn't eat so much sugar and sweets.” Asked what he thought of his aunt’s testimony, Adolphe said: “Well, I eat about what I want to. My appetite is not abnormal and I do not eat great quantities of meak Os course, I eat some sweets and candy.”

ENGAGEMENT RING IS GIRL’S, JUDGE RULES ’• Youth Whose Fiancee Died, Loses Suit for Recovery. By United Press WHITE PLAINS, N. Y„ March 27.—An engagement ring slipped upon a young woman’s finger by her fiance becomes her sole property, for herself, her heirs and her assigns, and the swain who gives it to her has no interest, share, part , f or equity in the same, City Court Judge Frederick H. Burgess Jr. ruled today. Therefore, Walter Eberhardt of Tarytown failed in his suit for the recovery of a SSOO diamond ring given to Miss Alice Pfleug, his fiancee, who died before the marriage could take place. Eberhardt sued Mrs. Hilda Pfleug, the girl’s mother, who now possesses the ring. $1,500 DAMAGES ARE CHARGED POLICEMAN . Constitutionality of Statute Will Be Tested in Appeal. Constitutionality of a 1929 Indiana statute providing for return of a damage suit verdict on a 10 to 2 vote of the jury will be tested in appeal to the supreme court of a superior court jury’s verdict today, awarding $1,500 damages against Police Sergeant Curtis Barge. Barge was one of three policemen named in the suit, result of fatal shooting of Luther Shirley, a Negro, who escaped from them the flight of Nov. 12, 1927, at Columbia avenue and Sixteenth street. Os the other defendants, one, Lee Hensley, Is dead, and Russell Dager Is no longer a policeman. Shirley was arrested on a vagrancy charge. Police say he was ) carrying a twelve-inch knife.

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WIDEN PROBE RiTO ALLEGED I. U. ORGIES’ Deans Quiz Students About Fraternity Dances Held in City. JUNIOR PROM IS SAFE Annual Event to Be Staged as Usual; Bloomington Papers in Fight. By United Press BLOOMINGTON, Ind., March 27. —Despite denials that investigation of misconduct at fraternity parties included more than a handful of students, deans at Indiana university today had extended their probe to affairs sponsored by almost a dozen of the most prominent societies on the campus. Interrogating co-eds who attended two recent fraternity dances on the campus, a committee Thursday delved into aleged indiscretions of students at state dances of several national organizations in Indianapolis within the last month. Reports of this committee, which met with Miss Agnes E. Wells, dean of women, and of the student affairs committee that met with C. E. Edmondson, dean of men, will not be available probably before Tuesday. Dean Edmondson, scoring newspapers in Bloomington, Indianapolis and Chicago for publicity given expulsion of two co-eds, and for stories of his and Dean Wells’ investigations into rumored delinquency of fraternity and sorority members at two dances here, said today his committee might finish the probe tonight. “Give School Bad Name”. “Students who get into trouble are not nearly as bad as they are painted,” the dean said, contending that a few students who are caught overstepping university rules give the institution a bad name. Because of a recent ruling that no organization might hold social functions in Bloomington hotels, one fraternity today announced that its. annual “pig-dinner” would be served in the house rather than at a hotel. Fear of students that the annual junior prom might be forbidden this spring as the result of the investigations, was dissipated when Dean Edmondson said it would be held as planned next month. The two co-eds, expelled last week, are said to have rr appeared at Dean Wells’ office with their fathers, seeking readmission, which was denied. Papers Get Into Row An editorial today in the Indiana Daily Student, official university newspaper, incited a journalistic battle between that organ and the Bloomington World. Captioned “Peddling Gossip,” the Student’s editorial accused newspapers of relying on wild rumors for sensational stories, and sacrificing the school’s good name for "scarehead publicity.” “The Daily Student has not given any space to the hog-wild rumors that have emanated from the campus the last fortnight,” the editorial declared. “It has done this not because it condones any irregularities that might have been committed by any student or group of students, but because it believed that any publicity on such cases is damaging both to the university and to the general student body. Resents Press Inquiries “The Daily Student further believes that the student-affairs committee is capable of passing judgment on persons charged with infractions of university rules without any aid from the press. Pseudoinvestigations on the part of the press invariably tend to magnify the issue and hinder the disciplinary authorities in arriving at the facts in the case.” The editorial was written by Vincent Fowler of Indianapolis, a coeditor of the Student. Replying today, the World charged: “The Indiana Daily Student, the mouthpiece of those in authority at Indiana university takes a pot shot at ‘local, state and out-of-state newspapers’ this morning because events during recent weeks were subjects of publicity. Assails Daily Student “From a pedestal and from its holier-than-thou attitude, it is interesting to read the Student’s criticism of ‘scandal-hungry newspaper reporters.’ “Let any unfortunate wild Romeo downtown stage a booze party or go awry, and the Daily Student’s reporters are on the job to report faithfully such fact as they may find. There is no censorship clamped down on these stories but let the incident occur on the campus, the one-half of which never appears in print, and they dare not report it because of censorship.” • The World further charged that silence on the part of university officials was responsible for publication of any untrue stories. STEALS HER OwFcHILD Mother Arrested for Kidnaping Baby She Gave for Adoption. By United Press NEW Y ORK, March 27.—A mother was under arrest today on a charge of kidnaping her 5-year-old daughter, whom she had given for adoption when the child was an infant. The mother, Mrs. Marjorie Kochman, and her sister, Helen Plater, were arrested on complaint of Mrs. Dorothy Hoffman, who alleged that the two women snatched up her foster-child Theda, from the sidewalk in front of her home and drove away in a taxicab.

Hats Off! THAT'S the trouble. The hat is off the girl whose picture appears on Page 23 of The Times today. If you can draw one on her head—and describe it in not more than 50 words—you may win one of the prizes—three Easter hats—which this newspaper is offering in this contest. There is an endless variety of hats from which to choose your prize at Morrison’s, 26-28 West Washington street. You get your pick of their big Easter millinery stock. It isn’t necessary to be an expert on styles. Just draw what is your idea of a becoming hat, and write about it briefly.

GROCER SHOT DOWN AFTER SLAYING WIFE Losantville Man Expected to Die; Stepson Is Wounded in Leg. By Times Special MUNCIE, Ind., March 27.—Mrs. Mamie K. Engle, 50, was slain here early today by her fourth husband, Curge E. Engle, 55, Losantville grocer, and he is believed dying from a bullet wound in the left temple, inflicted by his wife’s cousin, Harlad W. Gough, 58, at whose home the tragedy was enacted. During a struggle following the shooting of Mrs. Engle, her stepson, Gough Kelsey, was shot in the left leg. The dead woman took up her residence in the Gough home after filing a suit for divorce in which she alleged that her husband often had threatened to kill her. Engle leaped from an automobile near the Gough home without stopping the engine, and the car was wrecked when it crashed into a tree. On the front porch of the home Engle placed hi shoes side by side, so that his path to a bedroom where his wife was sleeping could be traversed ia silence. Slips Past Cousin’s Room Engle slipped past a room in which Gough slept. Mrs. Engle awoke as her husband entered her room, in which Kelsey also was sleeping. She screamed, awakening the son. With a curse, Engle pressed the muzzle of a revolver against her breast and fired. With blood streaming from the wound and her nightgown afire, ignition due to the close range at which the shot wa R fired, the dying woman staggered into Gough’s room, where she collapsed. Death came within a few minutes. In the meantime, Engle and Kelsey were engaged in a terrific struggle. Gough entered the room, and as he did so the slaver f"-ed a bullet striking Kelsey in the leg. Shoots From Three Feet*”"” Gough said Engle then turned on him as if to strike him with the revolver, and from a distance of only three feet, Gough fired a weapon he had brought from his room. Engle dropped to the floor. He has not regained consciousness and no hope is held for his recovery. Gough told police that because of Engle’s threats t.n H” wife if she did not return to him. the n~or of the house had been kept locked, but apparently was left —locked Thursday night. Engle is widely known In Losantville and vicinity, having operated a grocery in the town for several years.

FIND BODY IN GREEK Fred Lahrman, 53, Loses Life in Water Hole. Body of Fred Lahrman, 53, of R. R. 4, Box 323, was found early today in six feet of water in a hole near Lick creek and the Illinois Central railroad, south of the city. Although Mrs. Carrie Lahrman, the widow, told deputy sheriffs and Coroner Fred W. Vehling her husband had ben despondent over business, authorities did not commit themselves on the suicide theory. It was believed likely that Lahrman may have fallen into the hole. Vehling ordered further investigation. Lahrman, according to his wife, left their house shortly before midnight to fire boilers in hot houses near their home. When he failed to return to the house at 3 a. m. she called neighbors and deputies who found the body after a threehour hunt. Vehling ordered the body sent to his own undertaking establishment.

TRUCK DRIVER SLEUTH TRACKS DOWN KILLER BURKE

By United Press GREEN CITY. Mo., March 27. —A truck driver who turned detective, and picked - up the trail of a notorious gunman hunted in vain by metropolitan police, today went back to his old job. Joseph Hunsaker, while hoping to share in the rich reward for the capture of Fred (Killer) Burke, lost no time in returning to the wheel of his truck. “Sure, I’m putting in for the reward money,” he said. “But it will be a long time before that is settled. I’ve lost a lot of time with this detective work, and I’ve got my wife and little boy to support.” Hunsaker for years has been an inveterate reader of detective stories, ar.d has dreamed of capturing a master crimir •!. He had read how big city

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STATES FIGHT FOR TRIAL OF KILLERBURKE Illinois and Michigan in Battle for Custody of Captured Gunman. WARRANTS ARE READY Moran Gang Massacre Is Charged by Officers From Chicago. By United Press ST. JOSEPH, Mo., March 27, Illinois, where he is alleged to have slain seven men with a single sweep of his machine gun, 'was first to claim Fred Burke today. Sullenly and defiantly, the notorious gunman greeted officers from Chicago in the cell where he was kept over night after his capture Thursday in a northern Missouri farmhouse. Five Chicago detectives arrived by automobile before dawn and two assistant state’s attorneys came in later by train. Four warrants brought here by the Chicago officers charged participation in the 1929 St. Valentine’s day massacre, when seven Moran gangsters were slain. Others Seek Burke Other states, however, made strenuous claims on the captured fugitive. Michigan, where justice notably is swept, but which does not inflict capital punishment, was represented by officers from Berrien county. In that county Burke is alleged to have slain a traffic policeman. A short time after arrival of the Chicago officers, Sheriff Claude Hensel of Lancaster county, Nebraska, reached St. Joseph with witnesses in the $2,000,000 Lincoln National bank robbery of last September. Rewards aggregating SIOI,OOO have been offered for his arrest. A list of other major crimes with which Burke is credited includes: Policeman Shot Down Slaying of a St. Joseph (Mich.) policeman who w’as shot when he put his foot on the running board of a man’s car to question him regarding a minor traffic accident; The machine gun killing of two men in Detroit; Robbery of the Merchants Trust Company at Paterson, N. J.; Killing a policeman at Toledo, O. Shooting of a Louisville (Ky.) bank cashier during a holdup; Bank robberies in Wisconsin in which $350,000 was taken; The murder of one woman, wounding of another and of the sheriff in a Columbia City (Ind.) bank robbery. A. J. Bielby, St. Joseph (Mo.) attorney, today prepared to defend Burke and it was expected additional counsel would be employed during the day. Burke has been known as an ally of Scarface A1 Capone and it was considered certain he would not want for legal support. Wanted in Indiana Murder and two bank robberies are the charges Indiana has put into the common pot of crime against Fred (Killer) Burke, national bad man, captured at St. Joseph, Mo., Thursday. According to E. L. Osborne, chief of the Indiana crime bureau, Burke was the leader of a bandit quartet which held up and robbed the Columbia City State bank of SI,OOO on April 18, 1929. Shooting occurred and a stray bullet killed Mrs. Fred Binder, 40, who lived in an apartment next door to the bank. Sheriff J. M. Haynes of Whitley county and an aid were wounded in the gun battle. On Oct. 18, 1929, Burke is said to have led six bandits in holding up the First National bank at Peru and taking $93,000. Thomas Deviney, Peru policeman, and H. L. Howenstein, a pedestrian, were wounded as the bandits began shooting while making escape. During the Peru robbery an employe of the bank turned in an alarm. One of the bandits then forced the telephone operator to answer a police query by saying, “Everything is O. K.” CHAPLIN IS DECORATED Comedian Made Knight of French Legion of Honor. By Unitea Press PARIS, March 27.—Charlie Chaplin was decorated today as a knight of the Legion of Honor, in recognition of his artistry. The decoration was awarded at the foreign office by Philippe Berthelot, general secretary of foreign affairs.

j criminals often took refuge in I rural communities, and when Richard F. White, the name under which Burke was known here, apj peared in Green City, a town of 900 inhabitants, Hunsaker’s sus- ; picions were aroused. “He had a lot of money, and he i never did any work,” Hunsaker j said. “Oother people don’t get by ; that way, and I wondered how he

GUNMAN’S WIFE ARRESTED I By and Press KANSAS CITY, March 27.—Bonnie Porter, blonde wife of Fred Burke, ; was detained by police here today. No charges had been filed. She became hysterical at word of her husband’s capture, and when told of the crimes with which he is charged, said she met and married Burke under the name of R. M. White a little over a year ago. She said he posed as a real estate dealer. “He never told me he had been in jail,” she said. “He always seemed '■ to have plenty of money. My folks didn’t dream he was a criminal.”

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Preacher Lauds Co-Operative Industry

Famed Liberal Takes Up His ‘Theology Course’ at City Plant. BY DANIEL M. KIDNEY Canning soup can be a postgraduate course in Christian theology, Dr. A. A. Heist, famed liberal preacher, believes and he now is taking that course at .the Columbia Conserve Company, 1735 Churchman avenue. Dr. and Mrs. Heist came to Indianapolis from Denver, where for the last five years he has been pastor of Grace Community church. Dr. Heist is a Methodist. He told The Times that he believes that the method of industrial democracy which has been adopted by the Columbia Conserve Company contains the seed of the new evangel, which must be preached by the church at work. When he has served his apprenticeship in all departments of the plant he intends to go forth and spread the gospel of co-operative conduct of industry. Industry Must Listen "American industrialists must listen to this message,” Dr. Heist declared. “Unless they readjust the economic system to a democratic way of life they can not avoid revolution and chaos. “I am convinced that they can be converted, just as sinners can be converted to Christ. “For years I have been preaching this idea of industrial democracy. Now I have left the pastorate to come here and by actually working, find out what it really means. No longer will I have to speak in general terms. I can go out and tell the world that practical application of this doctrine can and is being made right here in Indianapolis.” Send Out Evangelists The Columbia Conserve Company, worker owned and managed with wages based on workers’ needs, sends out evangelists to preach this democratic doctrine, as well as salesmen to sell their soups, vegetables and other canned goods. Dr. Heist will be one of these. Already famed along this line is Powers Hapgood, whose father, William P. Hapgood, and uncle, Norman Hapgood, made the Columbia Conserve experiment possible. Dr. Heist enters the field with an outstanding reputation as a liberal preacher, being a close friend of the famed Dr. Harry F. Ward of Union Theological seminary. Church Birth Control Clinics In addition to his progressive ideas along industrial lines, he is an open advocate of birth control. His comment on the recent stand of the majority committee of the Federal Church of Christ in America, which favored birth control, was that “it was not half strong enough.” “At my church in Denver I had birth control clinics,” Dr. Heist asserted. He was also a friend and backer of the former Judge Ben Lindsey of Denver. But he believes in prohibition. “Prohibition has been hurt by its foolish friends, I will admit,” he declared. “I favor a referendum on the subject and feel that if there is one place where we church folk are united it is in retaining and | strengthening the present prohibition laws.” Two Stage Battle in Auto Their auto zig-zagged on West Washington street, near White river, as they battled Thursday afternoon and sent several motorists to sidewalks before police arrested Harry Robinson, 420 East North street, driver, and Charles Howard, 817 Laurel street, on charges of assault and batery and vagrancy.

did. Then pretty soon he bought an automobile. “A litle later he married Bonnie Porter, and they went on a long honeymoon trip to California. That took a lot more money.” The wife of Burke is a daughter of Bailey Porter, a farmer living near here. “Finally, one night, I was reading a detective magazine,” Hun-

Dofflng “the cloth” and donning overalls, Dr. A. A. Heist is pictured serving his apprenticeship in the Columbia Conserve Company.

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CHILD BURNED IN BLAST Negro Girl, 5, Seriously Hurt When Can of Alcohol Explodes. When a can of solidified alcohol exploded in a stove today, Dorothy Simmons, 5, Negro,, of 2018 Yandes street, was burned seriously and her sister, Charlotte, 18, sustained slight bums. Police were told the child had dropped the can into a coal bucket and its contents were thrown into the stove. The child was taken to city hospital.

SMILIN’ ED ON TRIAL Radio Star Defendant in $963 Suit. Trial of a damage suit for $963 against “Smilin’ Ed” McConnell, radio star, will begin in superior court two this afternoon. Mrs. Alice B. Derry, who says she rented McConnell a furnished house at 5821 Central avenue, where she charges he broke up the furniture, spattered ing on the walls and set fire to the lawn, is plaintiff in the action. moves”To~"drop“ suit Fountain Phone Firm Opposes Declaration of Utility. Fountain Telephone Corporation today filed a motion to dismiss the petition of the Foster Co-Operative Telephone Company to be declared a utility. The motion was based on lack of commission jurisdiction and authority. The co-operative company would operate in Fountain company territory. Motion was filed by attorney John Powell.

saker continued. “There was a story about the St. Valentine's day massacre, and a lot of pictures. “Suddenly I recognized one of the pictures. The man who was named Fred Burke was the one I had known as Richard White. “I was so surprised I didn’t know what to do. Then I decided not to tell any one about it. Afi ir a while I took Allen Morrison (a real estate dealer) into my confidence and we made plans for the capture. “We wrote the department of justice at Washington. They referred us to St. Joseph police. Some detectives came over and details were worked out. “I got a job in a restaurant where I could watch the streets and know when Burke appeared in town. Then, when I saw him, Morrison and I called St. Joseph police and they got him.”

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Snow, Temperatures Near 18 to 20 Expected by Early Sunday. Hourly Temperatures 6 a. m 40 10 a. m 43 7a. m 41 11 a. m 44 Ba. m 41 12 (noon).. 44 9 a. m 42 1 p. m 47 .Indianapolis was on the edge of the cold wave zone today, and, although early temperatures here were higher than Wednesday, the forecast called for the first touch of returned winter tonight. The drop will start late this afternoon and by Saturday night Indianapolis is slated for snow, roaring winds and temperatures near 18 and 20. Tonight, however, the mercury will drop only slightly below freezing, according to the weather bureau. First reports of the storm in the Indiana area came from Chicago where, early today, snow began falling until the air seemed solid with huge, heavy flakes. No snow has been reported officially in Indiana. Storm Weakening The storm is weakening somewhat and, with the high temperatures preceding it, by the time it strikes central Indiana there will be no danger of temperatures lower than 18. J. H. Armington, head of the weather bureau, said the snow probably will seem worse in Indianapolis due to the heavy winds that will drive the fall. The cold weather will last through Sunday, with snbw probably prevalent most of Sunday. Bureau forecasters said they could not predict the situation early next week, but expected the cold and snow to break, perhaps, Tuesday, Will Strike Whole State Rain fell early today in Indianapolis and in several sections of the state. The cold wave will strike Indiana as a whole and the south portion of the state is expected to witness the mercury drop late today. The blizzard today had tied up traffic and pushed the mercury to below zero in many cities in the western plains for the first time since 1930, according to dispatches. Wyoming was hard hit, Nebraska reported zero temperatures this morning and northern Texas saw a drop to 20 degrees. Former Lawmaker Dies By United Press PORTLAND, Ind., March 27. John M. Smith, Democrat, former member of the Indiana senate and house of representatives, died at his home here today of heart disease. He leaves two sons and three daughters.

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BROTHERS LIKE MAN WHO RAN. PRIEST SAYS Notre Dame Professor Sees Suspect as ‘Answering the Description.’ TELLS OF HEARING SHOT ‘Turned and Watched Him Race Away, and Wheel Into Alley.’ BY WILLIAM E. HALLBERG United Press Staff Corresoondent CRIMINAL COURT. CHICAGO March 27.—Father John J. Reynolds, professor of history at Notre Dame university, added the weight of his clerical integrity today to the state's case against Leo V. Brothers, on trial charged with murdering Alfred J. Lingle, Chicago Tribune reporter. The catholic priest who saw Lingle in the Illinois Central subway before the murder last June 9. walked into the courtroom through a barrage of flashlights. He was wearing the black suit and reverse collar of his religious office and strode up to the witness chair with a firm step. As with other state witnesses defense attorneys obtained leave to examine Father Reynolds in an ante room before he was allowed to answer quest on In open court. “Answers Description or’ Mr. Reynolds Identified Brothers as “answering the description of” the blond young man he saw fleeing after Lingle had been shot. “I came to Chicago June 9 to consult a physician and was walking through the Illinois Central tunnel from a South Shore train when I retraced my steps to obtain an instruction book,” the priest said. As he approached the stairs at the west side of the tunnel, he said, he heard a shot “reverbrate through the tunnel,” and turned. I saw a number of men running up the east stairway. I went to the street. I heard a hysterical high voice, ’Stop that man. stop that man.’ Puts Hand on Leo’s Shoulder “I looked across the street and saw a blond young man making his way to the curb. I followed him with my eye. He paused. He ran fifteen yards up the street and turned around. Each pause was about ten seconds. I looked down m the street. The policeman on duty was charging rapidly. The man turned and ran up the alley.” Q—Do you see that man In this courtroom? A—Mr. Brothers answers that description. Mr. Reynolds left the stand crossed in front of Judge Sabath’s bench and paused at Brothers’ chair The priest placed his hand on the defendant’s shoulder as Leo glanced swiftly at C. Wayland Brooks of the prosecution with a look of surprise on his face. Cross-Examine Race Man The priest said he viewed Brothers at the Congress hotel through a cheesecloth screen. This was after Brothers’ arrest. Reynolds used the phrase, “He (Brothers) answered the description of the man I saw running.” Despite rain and snow, the attendance today was fully as large as Thursday. The session began with the defense cross-examining Red Applegate, the race horse man who id entified Brothers as Lingle’s slayer. Applegate said his friendship with Lingle began at the Hawthorne race track and in two or three years they “had some business dealings.” The witness said he cashed checks for Lingle, advised him on wagers and discussed the $65-a-week reporter’s p.'ans to buy a $20,000 or $25,000 stable.” Important Points Brought Out Two Important points were brought out—that Applegate was not sure the man who brushed past him in the I. C. tunnel was the same man who killed Lingle, and that the witness did not see the slayer until he bumped into a “little man” on the way out. Applegate readily made this distinction. His earlier story had given the impression that the man who jostled him was the murderer and that he saw the latter turn immediately after Lingle was killed. The state called Dr. Clarence W. Muehlberger of Northwestern university’s scientific crime detection school, a coroner’s physician. The professor is a small man, with thinning hair and close-cropped moustache. Muehlberger fondled the “bulldog” type revolver that killed Lingle and disclosed that one faint finger print was found on it, useless for identification. He had restored its obliterated serial number with acid, the witness said. Coroner Herman N. Bundesen has testified the gun was traced by the number to Frankie Foster, north side gunman, under indictment as an accessory in Lingle’s murder. BANK CALL IS ISSUED Comptroller of Currency Asks for Statements as of March 25. By United Press WASHINGTON. March 27 —The lomptroller of the currency toda* issued a call for a statement of tfte condition of national banks at the close of business March 25. A call for statements of conditions of state banks at close of business March 25 was announced today by Luther F. Symons, state banking commissioner.

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