Indianapolis Times, Volume 43, Number 42, Indianapolis, Marion County, 29 June 1931 — Page 3

JUNE 29,1931.

2 ARE KILLED, MANY HURT IN AUTOMASHES Aged Man and Young Boy Lose Lives; Traffic Toll Now 82. An old man and a young boy were dead and more than half a score of persons were injured in accidents reported to police and deputy sheriffs in Marion county over the week-end. The deaths brought the year’s traffic toll in the county to eighty-

two, far ahead of 1930. Injuries suffered by Frank A. Buchanan, 74, of 739 West New York street, when struck by ✓an auto Saturday night,

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proved fatal in city hospital Sunday. Robert Hllardes, 10, of 2801 Bethel avenue, died Saturday night in St. Francis hospital after having been struck by an auto in front of his home. Mr. Buchanan was crossing New York street at Bright street when run down by an auto driven by Glenford Barton, 16, of 147 Blake street. Barton is charged with manslaughter. Mr. Buchanan’s father was a cousin of President James Buchanan, and through his mother's family he was connected with the family of James G. Blaine. Two sons and a daughter survive him.' Funeral services will be at 9:30 Wednesday morning here and at 2 in the afternoon at Spencer. John Doan, 30, R. R. 8, whose auto ran down the Hilardes boy, was charged with manslaughter and drunken driving. A motorist took the child to the hospital, where he died an hour after the accident. Hurt in week-end crashes were: Mr. ftnd Mrs. William Chandler and daughter Elizabeth. 13, when auto overturned on U. S. 31. south of the city Sunday. Evelyn Botses, 4. of 730 East Minnesota street, struck by auto in front of home Sunday. Miss Bernice Brown. 30. and Miss Elizabeth Say. 18. of Greencastle. cut and bruised In collision at Sixty-third street and railway bridge Sunday. Miss Idabelle Crawford. 18. of 234 East Pratt street. In collision at Fifty-seventh and Pennsylvania streets. Saturday. Mrs. Rasho Johnson and son Clifford. 13. of Pontiac. Mich., In collision on Pendleton pike near Emerson avenue. Saturday. Sergeant Patrick McMahon, police tafflc officer, hurt when motorcycle skidded in gravel at Meridian an North streets. Saturday night. TWO HELD FOR BOY’S BRUTAL PUNISHMENT New Yorkers Alleged to Have Bound Lad for 11 Hours in Sun. By United Prc NEW YORK, June 29 Cannella and his brother Salvatore faced charges today of felonious assault for allegedly binding the hands and feet of the former’s 14year old son, tying a rope around his neck so that he could not sit down and leaving him exposed to the blistering rays of the sun for eleven hours. Mrs. Kate Cannella said that her son, Joseph, had become unmanageable and would not attend school. In desperation, she said, she appealed to his father to correct the youth. Cannella and his brother, police said, then bound the boy, placed him in a hole in the rear of their tenement home, placed a rope around his neck and fastened it to a grating so that he would choke if he attempted to sit down. They left him for eleven hours without food or water, according to the police. DISCUSS SHORT HOURS Practical Legislation to Be Talked at Capitol Conference. By Scripps-Hoicard Xetcspaper Alliance WASHINGTON. June 29. —The question of drafting practical legislation to place industry on a shorter hour basis will be considered here at important conferences commencing July 14. Representative Robert Crosser of Ohio who was appointed chairman of a special subcommittee following the progressive conference here last March, today requested the nine members of the committee to meet at his office on that date. Crosser is hopeful that legislation can be drafted for presentation in congress next December. Gone, but Not Forgotten J Automobiles reported to police as stolen belong to: Joseph G. Keller. 1155 Hoyt avenue, Ford Tudor, from 130 West Maryland street. Frank Older. 923 Lexington avenue. Essex coach. 88-505. from Senate avenue and Court street. James R. Carter. Connersvllle, Ind., Bulek sedan. 283-389, from Connersvllle. Ind. Wlnflled Wampler. Connersvllle. Ind.. Hudson coach. 387-231. from Connersvllle. Ind. BACK HOME AGAIN Stolen automobiles recovered by police Oelong to: Dr. Henrv Hummons. 2242 North Capitol avenue. Buck coach, found at Tenth and Lafayette streets. Ernest Bodenslck. Cumberland. Ind.. Ford sedan, found at 3900 North Emerson avenue Maurice Davis. 989 Campbell street. Ford coupe found at Church and Wilkins street. Whippet coach. 78-956. no certificate of title, found at Troy avenue and Shelby street. Robert R. Dorsey. 4466 Guilford avenue. Windsor sedan, found near 4466 Guilford avenue. Kidnaping Tale Checked By Times Special RICHMOND, Ind., June 29. Charles R. Payne. 44. Setanta, Kan., who told police he had been kidnaped, is being held while his story undergoes Investigation.

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Capones Killer Horde Broken by Battling U. S. Attorney

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The nemesis of Chicago’s gangsters is United Sta tes District Attorney George E. Q. Johnson, of Chicago, shown here with four of A1 Capone’s chief lieutenants whom he successfully prosecuted before he landed the “Big Fellow” himself. All were charged with inc ome tax fraud, and the government showed that their combined income in three years ran close to $4,000,00 o—and0 —and even that, figure may be incomplete, as it involved only what the government was able to prove.

Man With ‘Perfect Record’ Engineered War on Scarface Al. ThU la the third of a aeries of exclaiive and copyrighted stories by Robert Talley, staff writer for NEA Service and The Times on how government officials at Chicago finally nailed Al Capone who, on a plea of guilty, faces sentence to a federal penitentiary on June 30 for a SIOO,OOO income tax fraud and 5,000 violations of the prohibition law. BY ROBERT TALLEY NEA Service Writer (Copyright. 193 X. by NEA Service. Inc.) CHICAGO, Juhe 29.—“ You can’t get Al Capone! , . .You can’t get Al Capone!” For years that challenge rang In the ears of federal officials at Chicago as the nation’s super-gangster, arrogant with the power that money brings, calmly multiplied his profits from liquor, gambling and vice without even bothering to file an income tax return, much less pay on one. At the same time he was ooerating all his huge enterprises in brazen defiance of the law. Well, they’ve got him now. And the federal prosecutor who has emerged from the situation as the nemesis of Chicago’s desperate gangs and become a national figure thereby is probably just the opposite of what you would expect. No Fire-Eater Instead of being a fire-eating, hammer-and-tongs prosecuting attorney of the movie type he is a mild, middle-aged man of both ministerial mien and appearance, who likes amateur theatricals, oends his the middle. own garden and parts his hair in He is George E. G. Johnson, United States district attorney. By starting Capone on the road to road to Leavenworth penitentiary to join his chief lietenants who already are there or due to go soon, he has destroyed the boast of immunity that gangdom so long flaunted at law and order. In so doing he has practically bankrupted Capone’s outfit that dealt In millions and reduced the “Big Fellow” himself to the point where he is pawning his wife’s ;ewelry to raise money ands heavily in debt to friends. Has a Perfect Record The facts about Johnson are simple: In his five years as federal district attorney at Chicago, he never has lost a big case. In addition to forcing a plea of guilty from Capone on income tax fraud and 5.000 separate prohibition law violations, for which Capone now faces sentence on June 30, he recently convicted Capone of contempt of federal court and got him a sentence of six months in jail which still pends on appeal. He smashed Capone’s business organization by going after its chief lieutenants for income tax frauds. This record shows: CONVICTED Ralph Capone, brother of Al, and head of the gang’s beer ring; sentenced to three years in penitentiary, now at liberty on appeal. CONVICTED —Jack Guzik, head of the gang's gambling joints and vice resorts; sentenced to five years, now appealed. PLEADED GUILTY—Frank Nitti, gang’s treasurer and head of the alcohol racket; new serving eighteen months in Leavenworth. PLEADED GUILTY—Sam Guzik, gang’s slot machine czar, now serving a year and a day in Leavenworth. Smiling and Affable In addition to the gangster cases, Johnson has prosecuted a number

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of big political graft cases in Chicago and scored convictions. In directing an office that handles 4,000 prosecutions a year, he wound up 1929 with only six verdicts of “not guilty” and 1930 with only five verdicts of “not guilty.” Johnson is smiling and affable, but he prefers not to talk about himself or his record as a prosecutor. “I would rather fight gangsters with indictments and convictions than with interviews,” he says. “If words could drive the gangsters out of Chicago, they would have been gone long ago.” But he lets you know he views

Police Claim Confession in Jackson Murder Case

Claiming he was dazed by a bullet fired by Lafayette A. Jackson, Louis E. Hamilton, 25, suspect in the Jackson murder, in a purported confession, told detectives he did not recall how many shots he fired. Statement police say they obtained from him follows: “My name is Louis Hamilton. I am 25 years of age and live with my wife, lone Hamilton, at 519 Lincoln street, lola, Kan. “About the middle of the month of April, 1931, Charles Vernon Witt drove to my home town, lola, Kan., stayed about a week, and I came back to Indianapolis in his automobile, which was a Chrysler. “He took me to a rooming house at 1028 \<2 Ashland avenue, where I stayed about ten days. In this time Charles Vernon Witt married a girl that stayed at the above rooming house by the name of Naomi. “After I left the above rooming house I went to another rooming house and stayed, but I did not know the street number of the house. “On May 22, 1931, Charles Vernon Witt and myself drove to Shelbyville, Ind., in Witt’s Chrysler car, where we stole an Oldsmobile coach and drove it back to Indianapolis. “I do not remember who drove it back. We then drove it around the streets of Indianapolis. We parked it in a shed, but I do not know the street or address, but it was near where I was rooming. Fired Clip and Reloaded “About May 25, 1931, Charles Vernon Witt and myself talked about sticking up the main store of the Standard grocery, as we were informed that an armored truck came to the Standard grocery about 10 o’clock in the mornings for money. On May 27, 1931, Charles Vernon Witt and myself went to the shed where we had the Oldsmobile coach, got the car and I drove to the main store of the Standard grocery on East Washington street. “I entered the store first and Witt followed me. I had a .45 automatic pistol and Witt a sawed-off shotgun. I went to the office, where there were about four or five men sitting behind a cage. “I pointed my gun at these men, none in particular, and at the same time remarked, ‘Stick ’em up and give me the money.’ At this time I was struck with a bullet in the forehead, but I do not know who fired the shot. I did see a man standing behind the cage with a gun in his hand. “I heard a number of shots fired, but I do not remember how many I fired. I do remember I had a clip containing eight bullets in the gun and I reloaded the gun with a clip containing eight bullets before I left the store. Dazed by Wound “After I was struck in the forehead with a bullet I was dazed and

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his problem from a philosophical angle. The great menace he sees In r~jn like Al Capone is not the crimes they commit themselves, but the sinister influence they exert on the nation’s boys. There is a charm and an allure, he says, about a gangland “big shot” that makes many boys want to imitate them. This, he says, is breeding disrespect and contempt for the law and making bad citizens out of boys who might otherwise become good ones. It is for the nation’s youth, he tells you, that he is really fighting. (To Be Continued) Next: What keeps the gang of killers going—money, money, money.

could not remember how many shots I fired. “We left the store together. I entered the car first and Witt followed. I drove the car away from the store. After driving a few squares Witt took the wheel as my head was bleeding freely. “I got in the back seat of the car. I do not remember where we left the car, as I was still in a dazed condition. I did not come to myself until I was riding in a Chrysler car toward Witt’s father’s home. Witt, Naomi and myself left Witt’s father’s house on the 27th of May, 1931, about 4 p. m. and drove to my mother’s home at lola, Kan., arriving there on May 28. 1931, about 5 p. m. “The gun I used in the Jackson stickup I threw in the river while driving to my home in lola, Kan. There was no one in the Jackson stickup except Charles Vernon Witt and myself. “I make this statement of my own free will and accord..” PAGEANT DEDICATES PARK DONATED CITY Cast of 300 Portrays Events of 100 Years Ago at Site. Events of 100 years ago were portrayed Sunday by a cast of 300 participating in a pageant reviewing history of a tract of land now Christian park. History of the section was recited by park trees, through means of concealed amplifiers and loud speakers in the leaves. Children in the cast, dressed in costume of bygone days, were directed by Mrs. Norma Koster, city recreation department dramatic director. The pageant was written by Mrs. Edna M. Christian, who with her husband, Dr. Wilmer Christian, donated the ground to the city. PLUNGES OVER NIAGARA Man Dies in Dive Over Canadian Falls in Rowboat. By United Prets NIAGARA FALLS, N. Y., June 29. —Canadian and American authorities were searching the Niagara river today for the body of an unidentified man who plunged to death over the brink of the Canadian falls in a rowboat. Finding of a broken oar, which had been sawed in half, led police to believe the man may have been a victim of foul play. The man was seen approaching the brink of the falls in the rowboat by a resident, who called police. Attempts by firemen and police to pass him a rope as he whirled downstream past Goat island failed because of the distance.

PERMANENT BAN ON PICKETING IS PLEA Injunction Against Union Men Asked in Federal Court Here. Permanent injunction against union miners picketing and halting operations in two southern Indiana mines was asked today in federal court in a hearing before Judge Thomas Slick of South Bend, judge of the northern federal district. A temporary restraining order had been issued three weeks ago by Judge Slick. District No. 11 of the United Mine Workers of America, the two locals and the heads of the organization were named in the petition for the injunctions. J. Payton Clark of New York asked that miners be enjoined from bothering those working in his Somerville mine, sixteen miles south of Princeton in Gibson county; and the same was asked by Wilbur Myers of Chicago, operator of a mine at Dugger. Two motions were filed by Miller and Causey; and Stanley Stohr of Terre Haute, attorneys for the miners, in asking that specific information be furnished as to the tonnage of coal mined and shipped each day from the mine in order to set up that the picketing had no bearing upon the amount of coal in interstate shipment and had no appreciable effect on the price. Trade restraint was charged by the operators, who were represented by Baltzell & Embry. Because of the presence of his brother as a counsel in the case Judge Robert Baltzell disqualified himself. GILDA GRAY STRICKEN Shimmp Queen Has Heart Attack; Condition Is Improved. By United Press NEW YORK, June 29.—Gilda Gray, dancer, has been confined to her hotel since Friday as a result of a heart attack so serious that she could not be moved to a hospital The attack, attributed to overwork, occurred in her room at midnight Friday. It was said here today that her condition is much improved. Seven Horses Die WINAMAC, Ind., June 29.—Dr. E. J. Mocum, local veteriniarian, reported that he had treated eleven horses overcome by heat Saturday, seven of which died.

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Brigham Young s Kin Is ‘Covered Wagon Queen

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Hands of time turned back nearly a century at Salt Lake City’s "covered wagon days" celebration at which Margaret Young, right, great-great-granddaughter of Brigham Young, the great Mormon leader, reigned as "Miss Pioneer." Miss Young is shown holding a bulletin of the plains written on an ox’s skull by Brigham Young on his trek to Utah in 1847.

AUTOIST KIDNAPED, ROBBED BY BANDIT

Gunman Forces Motorist to Drive to Village Near Speedway. A gunman who forced Wilbur Tomlinson to drive* him from Tomlinson’s filling station between Indianapolis Motor Speedway and Clermont Into the latter village early today, robbed Tomlinson of S3B. Emmett Harris, Standard grocery manager, thought too fast for robbers who accosted him Saturday night. He had put the store receipts in his pockets when the men appeared and demanded an "envelope" containing the money. Harris professed ignorance of the envelope, and the gunmen decided they had picked the wrong man. While shopping at city market Saturday Mrs. O. M. Strahl R. R. 8, missed slls in money and jewelry. Police today held Mrs. Mary N. Temple, 29, of 1445 West Ohio street, mother of two children and a widow, and Mrs. Lorraine Gable, 22, of 628 East Michigan street, mother of a 2-year-old son, as accomplices of two men charged with auto banditry in the holdup of a chicken dinner restaurant at 1906 North Emerson avenue, June 17. Both women, police say, have con-

fessed to participation in the robbery. WHITEHEAD JS DEAD Bridge Authority Succumbs on Board Liner. By United Press NEW YORK, June 29—The death of Wilbur C. Whitehead, noted bridge authority, aboard the liner lie De France while bound for Europe, was mourned today by bridge players throughout the world. Whitehead, who gave up a position as president of an automobile company, to write on bridge, his life-long hobby, was bound for Paris with his granddaughter to visit with his wife and daughter, when he died. Friends said he had been ill for some time. Small Boy Is Cut Edward Coberly, 6, of 831 Lexington avenue, was cut in the face when an ice-water pitcher slipped from his brother’s hand and hit him Sunday at their home.

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CITY ADVANCES EAST NEW YORK WIDENING PLAN Works Board Orders Eight House Sold; Airport Bids Received. Bids were received by the works board today for improvement of municipal airport and for widening East New- York street, and the board took steps toward further improvement of the latter street. It ordered advertisement for bids for sale of eight houses acquired in order to straighten the thoroughfare eastward from Randolph street to State avenue. Property owners may remain in possession of the property until July 15. Four bids were opened for widening of the street from Gale street to Emerson avenue. Only one bid was received for tha airport improvement, which is to include a concrete grandstand, taxiway, two roads, concession stands and other small fixtures. The bid was from the Mead Construction Company for $10,852.

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