Indianapolis Times, Volume 43, Number 17, Indianapolis, Marion County, 30 May 1931 — Page 3

MAY 30, 1931

CROWLEY TO DIE IN CHAIR; FIGHTS IN COURTROOM ‘Two-Gun’ Hoodlum Found Guilty of Murder; Jury Out 42 Minutes. By United f'i css MINEOLA, N. Y., May 30. Guarded by two husky policemen, Francis Crowley. 19-year-old 103pound bandit, who likes to be called “Two-Gun.” sat in the detection room of the county jail today, awaiting the formality of being sentenced to death in the electric chair at Sing Sing prison. Judge Lewis J. Smith will pronounce sentence Monday, although Crowley's attorneys have indicated they will file an appeal. The diminutive, egotistical hoodlum was convicted Friday on a charge of murdering Patrolman Frederick Hirsch, father of four children, who was shot to death in Black Shirt lane. North Merrick, L. 1., on the night of May 5, when he approached Crowley, who was sitting in a parked automobile. Lunges at Inspector The courtroom was thrown into an uproar just after the verdict of 'guilty” was pronounced, when Crowley made a move which attendants interpreted as a break for liberty, but which Crowley's fostermother said was an effort to kiss her farewell. Deputy Sheriff Frank Davis had snapped handcuffs on the bandit's wrist and started to lead him from the room. Mrs. Crowley, from the first row of spectators! seats, took a step toward them, and Crowley responded by moving toward her. Inspector Harold Ft. King placed himself between them. Angered by this interference, Crowley lunged at the inspector, although one hand still was handcuffed to Deputy Davis. Police rushed at him. and in an instant the room was in an uproar. When order was restored, Crowley was taken to the county jail and placed in a solitary cell to await sentence. Trial Is Speedy The trial was one of the speediest in local annals. The jury was impaneled on Monday and Tuesday, testimony was completed Friday morning and the jury took only forty-two minutes to find the prisoner guilty. Two ballots were cast, the first standing 11 to 1 for conviction. On the second the twelfth Juror said: "If you feel that way about it, Ipt's make it unanimous." and he changed his vote to make it so. Crowley, slumped in his chair, chewing gum, and with his thumbs in his trousers' pockets, heard the verdict without making a sound, but he lost his childish half-smile and appeared frightened. Sweetheart Not in Court He had said previously that he “knew he didn't have a chance to escape the chair,” and wanted to get it over with as soon as possible. Helen Walsh, the bandit's exsweetheart. raptured with him in the siege of the apartment at West End avenue and Ninetieth street by 100 policemen, was not in the courtroom. She was the state’s chief witness in the trial and had been promised freedom in return for her testimony. HOLD DEATH MESSAGE St. Joseph (Mich.) Woman Sought Due to Death of Mother, Mrs. Elsie Peterson of St. Joseph. Mich., today was sought in Indianapolis by police to inform her of the death of her mother in the Michigan city Friday night. Mrs. Peterson is attending the race and police are seeking her in hotels.

The City in Brief

Three hundred office employes of the Ind lapolis Power and Light Company have been instructed in first-aid treatments recently so that they will be able to cope with emergencies. All company trucks are equipped with first-aid materials. D. P. Beach, who has been engineer. maintenance of way, for the central division of the Pennsylvania railroad, has been promoted to assistant chief engineer of the eastern region, it was announced Friday by officials. Attorney to Speak By Time* Special MARION, Ind., May 30.—Marion patriotic organizations joined in a Memorial day cdiebration. A parade to the cemetery, headed by the American Legion drum corps and high school band, was one of the Oswald Ryan, Anderson attorney, made the principal address. Girl Kills Self By Time* Special TERRE HAUTE. Ind.. May 30. Miss Purcella Peacock, 20, drank a half pint of poison in committing suicide. Relatives indicated that disappointment over a love affair may have caused the act. Veterans in Reunion Bu Time* special NORTH MANCHESTER. Ind., May 30.—A two-day reunion of the 300 members of the Ofie hundred fifty-seventh Indiana regiment. Spanish-American war outfit, opened here today.

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With Dr. Joseph T. Loughlin, his second cousin and former friend, Howard V. Bridgetts, above, said he went to a lonely park to settle, with fists, an affair of honor following accusations made by the doctor. But Dr. Loughlin’s body was found with two bullet wounds. Bridgetts, himself wounded by his own gun, surrendered and pleaded self-defense.

DEAD MAN FOUND IN RIVER IS IDENTIFIED Despondency Over Loss of Job Blamed for Joe Triglav Death. Despondency over the loss of his job today was given as the cause for the suicide of Joe Triglav, 47, of 1010 North Warman avenue, whose body was found in White river near the Sixteenth street bridge Friday. The body was identified at tile city morgue by Patrolman Thomas Naumsek at whose home Triglav lived until a week ago. Coroner Fred W. Vehling said the body had been in the river about five days. In the Air Weather conditions in the air at 9 a. m.: Southwest wind, 4 miles an hour; barometric pressure, 30.02 at sea level; temperature 64; ceiling 1,500 feet; visibility 3 miles; field good. Flier and Wife Tour Globe By United Press HESTON AIRDROME, England, May 30. Charles R. Day, American flier and inventor, accompanied by his wife, left at 9;JO a. m. today on a flight around the world. Mr. and Mrs. Day, who are from Ridgewood, N. J., started for the continent. They planned to make a leisurely tour of Europe and Asia in their small single-motor airplane, which Day designed and built. Woman Flier Hops By United Press MARSEILLES. France. May 30. Mile. Lena Bernstein, Russian-born French flier, left at 4:50 a. m. today in the direction of Egypt in an attempt to establish a distance record for light airplanes. Raid Nets Two By Times Special ANDERSON, Ind., May 30— Investigating complaints of large gambling losses, police raided a residence in the west section of the city and arrested Manuel Duncan on a charge of liquor possession. Benjamin Smith was arrested on a charge of operating a gambling game. A police informant who said he lost SIOO gambling at the place volunteered to testify against Smith. Forger Escapes By Times Special MUNCIE, Ind., May 30.—Hallie Braxton Carroll, confessed forger, arrested at Terre Haute two weeks ago for Muncie forgeries, escaped from Deputy Sheriff Morris Leach near Montgomery, Ala., Sheriff Fred W. Puckett has been notified here. Carroll was being returned to Jacksonville (Fla.) federal prison to complete a term as a parole violator. Chicago Woman Injured By Times Special MARKLE, Ind., May 30.—Severe injuries were suffered by Mrs. Roy Davis, 35, Chicago, when the automobile driven by her husband skidded in gravel three miles west of here and overturned in a ditch. Davis sustained cuts and bruises. 666 LIQUID OR TABLETS Relieves a Headache or Neuralgia In 30 minutes, checks a Cold the first day, ant) checks Malaria in three days. 666 Salve for Baby's Cold.

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TRAFFIC TAXES ONE LIFE; FOUR BADLY INJURED Lafayette Youth Fatally Hurt in Auto-Truck Crash Near Flackville. Traffic congested by thousands of \isitors’ automobiles Friday night took one life, and left four persons near death in hospitals in the city. Joseph Reifenreath, 13. of Lafayette, was injured fatally and three ccmpanions were hurt so badly physicians fear they will die, in an automobile and truck collision on State Road 52, three J I miles north of Plack- # I ville. His was the seventy - first traffic death in the county this year. Critically injured are: Donald McConnell, Wihner Miller and Leonard Smiih. all of Lafayette. Also hurt in the crash were: Albert Krabbe Jr.; Ernest Rees, Lester Gould and Gaylon Cripe, a 1 oL Lafayette, and A’or.zo Lawrence of 5225 Brookville read. Driver* Are Injured Miller and Rees were drivers of the automobiles and Lawrence was driving the truck. Earl Huff, 510 West Morris street, was injured critically early today when his automobile, with three friends in it, collided with a car driven by J. T. Dialliatt, Allendale. Pa., on Southport road and State road 37. His skull was fractured and his chest crushed. Francis: Bechart, 1141 South Senate avenue; Gordon Hartley, 1218 South Senate avenue, and William Power, 559 Vinton avenue, were injured. Dilliatt escaped with minor injuries. Train Demolishes Auto Four persons escaped death when their car was demolished by a Big Four train two miles west of Indianapolis Motor speedway on Sixteenth street today. Odis Goff, Williamsburg, Ky., driver, was hurt seriously, and Miss Nora Lewis, 34, Dekalb, 1111, was slightly injured. Golden Cha?*”-. 33. and Asia Chaser, 12, both of Dekalb, escaped injury. NEGRO LEADER IS DEAD Former Woman Deputy County Clerk Succumbs at Home. Funeral services for Mrs. Lilia Bailey, 30, Negro deputy county clerk in the Hutsell administration and vice-president of the Colored Women’s Republican Club, who died at her home, 2409 Indianapolis avenue, Thursday, will be held at the Patten undertaking establishment at 1 p. m. Monday, with burial in Crown Hill cemetery. Survivors are her husband. Solomon Bailey, and her mother, Mrs. Mary Glover.

REDS RIOT IN BERLIN Communists and Steel Helmets Stage Street Battles. By United Press BERLIN, May 30. —Communists and members of the Steel Helmets, a war veterans’ organization, clashed early today. One member of the Steel Helmets was killed and several seriously wounded. Three policemen were hurt dur- | ing the riot, which was accompanied ’ by shooting on both sides. Chicago Man Convicted By United Press FRANKFORT. Ind., May 3C —A jury here returned a verdict of guilty against Edward Dougherty, 38, Chicago, on a charge of possessing burglar tools. Dougherty was arrested several weeks ago with dynamite in his possession, police said. Two companions escaped. Hemorrhage Fatal By Times Special NOBLESVILLE, Ind., May 30. Marshall Wiseman, 65, is dead at-his ■ home of a cerebra hemorrhage. He eaves his widow and two sons, Caude, Anderson and Frank, Noblesville.

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TEXAS GUINAN : ’SICK OF WHOLE FOREI6N MESS' Night Club Queen, Barred From France, Waits Return to U. S. By United Press LE HAVRE, France, May 30. — Texas Guinan. New York night club hostess barred from France, 1 sat in a shack-like hotel on shore todaj*, “sick of the whole mess.” She was much concerned about the fact that her party of "twenty of the nicest little girls in the world” and her white horse could not see Paris, where she had planned to open a night club. “The French are very unkind to my kids,’’ Miss Guinan said. "We didn't want to take money from the French. ’l*hey wouldn’t pay enough to keep us alive.” ! Ordered to Stay in Hotel The government barred the Gui- ; nan troupe because of the fact hundreds of entertainers already are out of work in Paris and. the labor ministry felt the competition of the Americans might cause a further depression, officials said. Efforts to get the government to change its decision failed. For a while after the liner Paris docked here Friday, Miss Guinan and her girls as w-ell as the horse were kept on board ship. They were permitted to go ashore Friday night, but were forbidden to leave the little hotel on the water front. Not So Unpopular Most of the girls, however, managed to slip out and see the town. Some of them visited the cases and sampled French wines. A crowd gathered, staring at the smartly dressed young Americans. “But we’re not so unpopular,” : Miss Guinan barred also from i England said. “Tire Dollar line j offered us a world cruise, and the North German Lloyd Company wired an offer to return us to America.” ITALY TO BE SHUNNED Detroit Orchestra Conductor Refuses to Appear in Milan. By United Press BERLIN, May 30. —Ossip Gabrilowiteh, conductor of the Detroit symphony orchestra, has refused to appear in Milan or elsewhere in Italy on account of the Toscanini incident, his brother said today. Arturo Toscanini, conductor cf the New York Philharmonic symphony orchestra, was punched ar.d slapped by a mob recently when he refused to start a concert by playing the Fascist hymn. Wife for 53 Years Dies By Times Special LOGANSPORT, Ind., May 30. Mrs. Nina T. Grable, mife cf S. M. Grable, Bethlehem tomnship, died suddenly of heart disease at the , family summer home at Amasa, Mich. Mrs. Grable and her husband celebrated the fifty-third anniversary o ftheir marriage April 18.

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When Premier Ramsay MacDonald makes future air trips across Britain, his pilot may be his daughter, Ishbel. She is taking flying lessons and is pictured here, at right, with her instructor, Captain H. Davis, at the Brooklands (England) airport. Premier MacDonald himself is an aviation enthusiast.

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POPE PROTESTS ANTI-CATHOLIC RIOTS IN ROME Charges Serious Violation of Lateran Accord; Disorder Stops. By United Press ROME, May 30. —The government today was understood to be considering a formal protest from the holy see against recent Fascist manifestations of hostility against the pope and leading Catholic organizations. The protest was said to assert that the manifestations constituted a serious violation of the Lateran concordat with Italy under which soverignty of the pope was restored after sixty years. Pope Pius XT. himself the object of insults by Fascist youths, who burned his picture in the streets of Rome, was said to have prepared the protest, asserting the attacks could only be construed as a breach of the lateran accord. The anti-Catholic riots of the past several days have ceased, however. as a result of orders from high authority.