Indianapolis Times, Volume 43, Number 54, Indianapolis, Marion County, 13 July 1931 — Page 2

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BAFFLED LOVE CALLED POISON DEATH MOTIVE Brandson Sought Home for Sweetheart, Charge Ohio Official. United Press BRYAN, 0., July 13.—A bucolic lover’s desire to offer his fiancee a home they could be married was ascribed by authorities today as the motive for the poison killing of Mrs. Abbie Douglass, 85, allegedly by her grandson, Theodore Taylor, 27. Taylor, according to officials, signed and later repudiated a confession, admitting he poisoned his grandmother’s coffee with strychnine after she had professed a desire to die. The aged victim, an invalid, died three days later. A different motive was given today, however, by Deputy Sheriff Benjamin Farber, of Stryker, who said he had learned from Miss Ruth Clapper, 33, that she had promised j to marry Taylor, but not until he had prepared a home for her. With this as an answer to his proposal, the deputy said, Taylor returned to his home and ordered his grandmother and mother to leave so that he could be married. When they refused, a violent quarrel ensued and the enraged lover twisted his mother’s arm until she Called for help, Farber related. The son was ordered held for a sanity commission, which ruled his mind was affected, but that he was not dangerous. He was released, and that afternoon returned home to empty a portion of strychnine in a cup of coffee, which he gave his grandmother to drink, the deputy sheriff said. Taylor is held on murder charges for action of the grand jury. DON’T WORRY, ADVICE ON LIVING TO OLD AGE Woman, 99, Also Recommends ‘Eat- I Ing Everything* and Hard Work. By Times Special WABASH, Ind., July 13.—How to live to old age, as told by Mrs. Lucetta Payne, 99. “Never worry; don’t fret about how you think other people should conduct themselves; work hard, keep active, have plenty of interests and eat everything.” Mrs. Payne is the mother of nine children. At the age of 20, she eloped with Thomas Payne, now deceased. They spent their honeymoon on a Wabash canal boat. At the celebration of their sixtieth wedding anniversary a few years ago, Mr. and Mrs. Payne slipped away to Indianapolis for a second honeymoon. SIOO,OOO LOSS IN FIRE Lumber Yards, Saw Mill and Homes Burn at Grcencastle. By United Press GREENCASTLE, Ind., July 13. Flames which caused damage estimated at more than SIOO,OOO were brought under control here today with the aid of additional fire fighting forces, called when the blaze threatened an entire section of the city. A lumber yard and saw mill, two homes and a part of another lumber yard w’ere destroyed. Crews from Brazil and Crawfordsville aided local firemen in fighting the blaze, which began in one of the lumber yards. INDIAN LIFE DEPICTED Descendants of Red Men Present Pageant at Strawtown. By United 14-rss STRAWTOWN, lnd„ July 13. Indians whose ancestors played important roles in the history of this region more than a century ago reenacted scenes of tribal life in a celebration here at the monument erected in honor of Chief Straw. The event was held on the request of Chief Godfrey, Wabash, present chief of the Miamls. Twenty-five full-blooded Indians assisted in the program. Chief Straw led the Delaware Indians who had many camps along the White river between MUncie and Martinsville. Marrriage ceremonies, peace and war dances and council Area of the Delaware tribe were reenacted before his monument. JAIL WOMAN PASTOR Deputy Sheriffs Allege Minister Drove Auto While Drunk. By Times Special FT. WAYNE, Ind., July 13.—Mrs. Alta Arter, pastor of the Lily Spiritualist church, has appealed to Allen circuit court from a city court conviction of driving while drunk. She was fined $25 and costs, sentenced to jail for thirty days and her driver’s license revoked for one year. J Deputy sheriffs who arrested the minister said her car forced another from a highway. Army Worms Reported By United Press LA PORTE. Ind., July 13.—'The fcrmy worm, one of the most dreaded of farm pests, has been discovered in Laporte county, according to O. A. Mansfield, county agent. Predictions were made by Purdue university representatives that the army worm would invade northern Indiana this year, it was recalled. The state had been free of the pest for several years, one case being reported six years ago near Mill Creek, but which was exterminated before extensive harm was done. Church Leader Speaks By Times Special ELWOOD, Ind , July 13.—The Rev. j. C. Broomfield, Pittsburgh, Pa., president of the national general conference of the Methodist Protestant church, spoke three times Sunday on the annual Loyalty day and home-coming program of the Elwood church. Former Promoter Accused $y Times Special PRINCETON, Ind.. July 13.—Silas W. Newton, under arrest in New York charged with obtaining $25,000 from Hugo E. Distelhurst, 74, Übper Montclair, N, J., by fraud, organized two companies in Gibson county three years ago—the Indiana 6c*ithwestern Gas and Utility Comtpuw sod Tex&o&a Company.

Unemployment Settled

Join the Indiana national guard and go to Camp Knox for a fortnight of training. That is the solution of the clothing and unemployment problems which Edward, 21, (left) and Stewart Gandolf, 18, (center) 362 Terrace avenue are discussing with First Sergeant Fred L. Brown (right). Recruiting for Company D, One-hundred fifty-first infantry is being carried o nby Brown and his buddies from a tent on the south statehouse lawn.

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Family Strife Ends in Mother’s Death

Slayer Fails in Attempt on Own Life After Shoot* ing Wife. A mother of three children lay dead today, the victim of years of domestic strife climaxed Saturday by an all-night argument and which ended in murder Sunday. Mrs. Olive Bernice Taylor, 36, was shot and killed Sunday morning after her husband, Orus C. Taylor, 36. let go his pent-up feelings, murdered his wife and then failed in his attempt to take his own ilfe. The tragedy occurred at the home of the couple, 36 South Grace street. Taylor, stunned by the unsuccessful attempt to take his own life, was found in the yard of his home, and is charged with first degree murder. Taylor, pouring out the story to police after they investigated the shooting, told that he intended to commit suicide, but when Mrs. Taylor struggled for possession of the gun, he decided to kill her. She fled to the porch and he shot her in the back, he told police. Taylor, according to the officers, told how she crumpled and fell from the porch. His face streaked with tears, Taylor today admitted to Ralph Spann, municipal judge pro tern, that “I killed my wife and tried to shoot myself.” He was bound over to the grand jury, pending action by the quiz body. In a statement to detectives, Taylor said he and his wife had “argued for ten years.” He told that she accused him of spending money in a poolroom Saturday afternoon when he came home. First Procures Pistol He declared he left the house during the afternoon and later in the evening, but when he returned each time she resumed the argument. He said he slept in the car part of the night and then decided to take his own life. He brought a revolver from the garage and when a cartridge fell out Mrs. Taylor grabbed it, he told officers. He said he obtained a shotgun and she struggled with him, nearly gaining possession of it when she turned and fled. However, relatives of Mrs. Taylor laid the blame for the tragedy on Taylor, asserting to authorities he had spent money gambling and drinking. They charged Taylor had not worked for some time, using a World war bonus and pension to subsist. Three Children Left The three children, Barbara La Von, 4; Donald Milton, 10, and Doris Jean, 3, were shocked by the tragedy. The girls were in bed when the shooting occurred and were taken immediately to the home of their mother’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harmon Bates, at Freedom, where Donald was spending the week-end. The children were returned to Indianapolis Sunday afternoon, cared for by a sister of Mrs. Taylor’s, Mrs. Wilbur Anderson of 3907 East Sixteenth street. Another sister, Mrs. Blanche Sims of Noblesville and two brothers, Bethel Bates of Noblesville and Charles Bates of Freedoni, also survive. i

SLAYS TWO, SELF; JEALOUSY BLAMED

By United Press BIRMINGHAM, Ala., July 13. Three persons were dead today as the result of a jealous shooting in which the killer drove around the country with the body of one Cf his victims, a former sweetheart, before killing himself. Oscar Dearmond, a coal dealer, went to Adamsville, near here, where his former sweetheart, Mrs. Nellie Lowe, 35, and Arnold Pluckett, 20, had an ice cream plant. According to police, Dearmond emptied a pistol into Pluckett’s body. Then he dragged Mrs. Lowe from the store in which she had sought refuge, threw her to the Death Hastened by Grief By Times Special MUNCIE, Ind., July 13.—Grief over the death of his wife twelve days previously is believed to have contributed to ending the life of William F. Maggs. 70. He died ten minutes after entering a physician's office to where he had been taken by a son, complaining that he was ill. Coronary thrombosis was the immediate cause of death. Musician Started Early By Times Special TERRE HAUTE, Ind., July 13. Margaret Kintz-Duncan, the’ “Hoosier Girl” of radio fame, started her musical career here at the age of 15. At 16 she gave her first solo recital. V

tough on fishermen Need License on Own Property in Masachusetts. By United Press QUINCY, Mass., July 13.—1f you reside in Massachusetts it is unlawful to fish in your own backyard without a state fishing license. So may be interpreted the decision of Judge Albert E. Avery of Quincy district court, who ruled Stephen Gammon of Weymouth guilty of violation of a state fish and game law. Gammon was hailed before the court charged with fishing sans a license. He told Judge Avery that he was fishing on his own property and thought he didn’t need a license. The court decided differently and the case was placed on file on payment of $5 court costs. FIFTY STOLEN CHICKENS DIE Two Thieves Get 10 to 25Year Terms in Prison. By Times Special JEFFERSONVILLE, Ind., July 13. —Prison terms of ten to twenty-five years each were imposed upon Samuel Abston, 23, and James Tucker, 21, both of Louisville, who pleaded guilty in Clarke circuit court here to automobile banditry, based on theft of 400 chickens from the homes of Frank Lewman and Sherman Crum. The fowls were crowded into two automobiles in such a manner that fifty died from being smothered. Abston and Tucker, according to authorities are members of a band of Kentucky chicken thieves which have been operating in Indiana for several weeks. Use of Rennet Alleged as Aid in Milk Racket By Times Special FT. WAYNE, Ind., July 13.—An alleged milk racket here has the aid of chemistry. Adam Beckman and Floyd Rinson, proprietors of a dairy, are alleged to have put rennet in milk delivered by competitors. The milk soured quickly. As bottles were left at homes, it is charged the two would place a small quantity of rennet in each. Within a few days they would call on the competitors’ patrons, inquiring if milk they were using was satisfactory. If the answer was negative, patronage would be solicited. Inspectors of the city and state health boards obtained the evidence on which charges were filed.

ground, and emptied another pistol into her prostrate form. Dearmond then placed the dead woman’s body in his automobile, police said, and started a mad ride that ended up at the undertaker’s, where he had phoned his mother to meet him. As the car drove up, he fired a bullet into his brain. Beer Causes Arrests j By Times Special COLUMBUS, Ind., July 13.—James L. Henry, 60, and Jesse Corn, 45, are in the county jail charged with violation of the liquor laws. Arrests followed a raid at the Henry farm two miles west of here. Sheriff J. W. Foust, Deputy Sheriff Edgar Beatty, Police Chief Lloyd H. Nickerson and officer George Chandler said they found six bottles of home brew. Henry formerly operated a saloon here and in Indianapolis. Auto Gas Nearly Fatal By Times Special COLUMBUS, Ind., July 13.—Louis J. Wright, 65, narrowly escaped being asphyxiated when he was overcome by monoxide gas from his automobile. He had been working on the automobile and had left the motor running. Undertaker Kills Self By Times Special VALLONIA, Ind., July 13.—A nervous breakdown, is blamed for the suicide of Elmar Johnson, 50, an

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DEPUTIES NAD 2 IN SPEEDBOATS ON WHITE RIVER Muffler Law Violation Is Charged to Outboard Motor Racers. Water sprayed over bullet-noses of two speedboats Sunday afternoon as they roared and skipped up and down White river. Along the bank persons gathered to watch the boats, piloted by Joe Venzia, 19, and his brother, Anthony, 17, of 608 South East street. And, among those persons, were two gentlemen wearing badges— Deputy Sheriffs Frank Lindsey and Howard Brennan. They paced back and forth, waved and yelled. Perhaps the boys thought they were cheering them because they couldn’t hear the yells above the roar of the outboard motors. While this was going on, phone calls were swamping the road patrol office, demanding the noise be stopped. Abandoning their attempts to call or wave the youths to shore, the deputies took up their vigil at a boathouse. When the little boats and their pilots slipped into shore, Lindsay and Brennan arrested the boys on charges of failure to have proper mufflers. They took the youths to police headquarters and confiscated both motors.

EXPLORERS ARE SAFEJN PERU Expedition in Search of ‘Lost City’ of Andes. By Science Service NEW YORK, July 13.—Cut off from the world for ten days in a “lost city” of the Andes, while a Peruvian revolution was in full swing to the south of them, the Shippee-Johnson Peruvian expedition finally has succeeded in cabling that they are safe and are continuing their moving picture explorations of the fourteen forgotten villages of the Colca valley. The expedition still has four of the fourteen villages to explore. A long list of facts to be learned about the mysterious villages of the valley was prepared for the explorers by the American Geographical Society of New York, one of the sponsors of the expedition’s researches. Robert Shippee, one leader of the party, reports that answers to most of the questions have been ascertained. Elaborate still and moving picture records are beig made. One conclusion of the investigation is that a plague, probably some form of cholera, was a chief cause of the villages’ decline into present obscurity. To get one cable off shippee stood on a roof top and the expedition’s photographic plane Washington picked up the message in flight from the end of a pole. An earlier message, written July 7, had been dispatched by muleback to Arequipa. MORROW MAY SPEAK U. S. Senator Is Sought by Industrial Exposition. Dwight W. Morrow, United States senator from New Jersey, will speak in Indianapolis on the night of Sept. 28, according to present plans for the annual all-Indiana Industrial Exposition. At least one nationally known speaker is planned to be presented each night of the seven days of the show’. Preliminary plans for the exposi; tion were concluded today with the letting of the contract for decoration of the Manufacturers’ building at the state fairground where the show wall be held. TURTLE LIVES IN PAINT Slips Away After Can Bought Nine Months Ago Is Opened. By United Press NOBLESVILLE, Ind., July 13. An Indiana turtle has established some kind of a record here by living nine months in paint. The paint was purchased by Mrs. Anun Teter last September. Work of redecorating her home, however, was delayed until this summer. When one of the cans was opened the turtle, about as large as a silver dollar, blinked from the depths of green coloring, shook off drippings of paint and ambled away in grass. PERSON SEARCH VOID / Muncie Judge Rules in Case Moving Seizure of Liquor. By Times Special MUNCIE, Ind., July 13. —Search of the person is not legal under Indiana laws, City Judge J. Frank Mann held when he dismissed liquor charge in the case of Robert Crabbe. Crabbe was arrested by police June 17 in front of a hotel.' He was taken to headquarters and while still in custody a liquor search warrant was issued and served. Two bottles of liquor were found on Crabbe’s person. Prisoner Tries Suicide By Times Special COLUMBUS, Ind., July 13. Shortly after he had been served with a warrant on an assault and battery charge, Ernest Van Blaricum, 22, Hope, in the county jail here serving a fine of sls assessed against him for profanity, attempted to commit suicide. He tore strips from the covering of a mattress which he knotted together as a noose. Other prisoners frustrated his plans. He also had & safety razor blade in his possession which jhe kept hidden in his mouth. Van ; Blaricum was arrested several days { ago after he had picked up Charles i Patterson, 6, and threatened to cut 1 his ears off. He had a knife in his hsjiri at the Hivul. - SSS 33WK . r . . ‘

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Orus C. Taylor, 36 South Grace street, who shot and killed his wife Sunday morning, and failed in an attempt to take his own life.

CAGE FELL IN COAL PIT Accident at Peabody Mine Causes Damage of $7,000 to SB,OOO. By Times Special * SULLIVAN, Ind., July 13.—Damage of between $7,000 and SB,OOO resulted when a cage fell down the shaft of the Peabody mine, twelve ■miles northeast of here. The cage plunged a distance of 150 feet. The cause is not known.

ATHEARN TO TAKE BUTLER PRESIDENCY

Educator Wires Acceptance to Board; Will Be Here in August. A cablegram was received today by Hilton U. Brown, president of the board of directors of Butler university, from Dr. Walter S. Athearn accepting the presidency of the university and notifying the board that he would arrive in the United States Aug. 1 and would come directly to Indianapolis. Dr. Athearn succeeds Dr. Robert Aley as head of the university. A committee of the board selected Dr. Athearn several w r eeks ago to guide the school and last week the board of directors approved the committee’s decision and notified Dr. Athearn in Edinburgh, Scotland. Dr. Athearn is attending a conference of universities of Great Britain in the Scotch city. He was formerly dean of the college of religion of Boston university. His home is in Washington, D. C. Economic Club Heads Named Officers of the Croesbus Club, an organization for young men interested in economics, are: Malcolm Davidson, president; Jack Walsh, vice-president; Wallace S. Sims, secretary, and David Genderson, treasurer.

3 PRISONERS ARE GRANTED PAROLES

Fourteen Other Inmates of Reformatory Given Commutations. Three state reformatory prisoners w’qre paroled and fourteen others granted executive commutation of sentences today by Governor Harry G. Leslie. Those paroled: Ben Hale, Jasper county, assault and battery with intent to commit a felony, one to ten years; Samuel G. Eaton Posey county, involuntary manslaughter, one to ten years, and Glenn Burkhart,. Johnson county, possession of a still, one to five years. These were granted on recommendation of the board of trustees. Two Marion county convicts were granted commutation of sentences. They are Stanley Skinner, robbery, ten to twenty-one years to five to twenty-one years, and Harold Van Walters, statutory charges, five to twenty-one years to three to twentyone years.

THEATER ROBBED BY FIVE GUNMEN

Fettering seven Negro employes in the basement and locking the white manager, his wife, and two daughters in a locker room, a quintet of young Negrp gunman robbed the Walker theater of S3OO today. They slugged two of the Negro workers who believed they were not in earnest about the robbery. Both were unconscious from blows on the head with gun butts. Garbed with long white hoods in which holes had been cut for the eyes, the five hid in the theater and captured the workers, one by one. Each was taken under guard into the basement where he was tied. * Then they held up Dudley Williston, Forty-sixth street and Kessler boulevard, the manager and his wife and two daughters, Bthann, 14, and Jane, 18, forcing them into a locker room on which the door was bolted. The bandits ransacked the office, taking the money from the safe. COPS ‘HARD ON’ KEYS Boston Sleuths Urged to Tap Easier on Their Typewriters. By United Press BOSTON, July 13.—Heavyhanded Boston police officers must treat their typewriters (machines, not girls) more gently. Recent general orders from Police Commissioner Eugene C. Hultman contained this admonition: “Considerable damage has been caused by the operators pounding keys too hafd. This destructive practice muk stop. Don’t pound tvTvnffritftr KarAd

JUDGE SCORES CAB DRIVERS IN DRUNKEN RIDE Takes No Action in Case of Man Who Gave $96 ‘Rubber Check/ Taxi drivers who take passengers “a-drinking” and then charge them enormous bills for the privilege of getting drunk in their cabs, drew the ire of Criminal Judge Frank P. Baker today. During trial of the case of Maik Huff, 32, of Zionsville, charged with issuing a fraudulent check, prosecutors said the check was to cover a $96 taxi bill after “a forty-eight hour ride.” “These taxi drivers are the most flagrant of liquor law violators,” Baker declared. “They take passengers to drinking places and ride them around all night, charging them stupendous bills when the victim doesn't have control of himself, “There should be some way in which these drivers could be charged with violating the liquor law, either transporting or operating a blind tiger.” Huff’s case was taken under advisement and Jie was released under supervision oJf the court.

Big Oaks, Etc. By Times Special WABASH. Ind., July 13. Robert Steele, 6, while playing with matches, started a fire which caused a loss of $1,200, destroying a two-story garage, two automobiles and a chicken house. Since the 2-’ourth of July, when he was given a supply of matches to set off fireworks, the boy had been much attracted to them, his father said, and several times nearly set fire to the family home while playing with them.

FUNGUS POISONS NINE Parents and Seven Children Suffer from Mushroon Error. By Times Special , WINAMAC, Ind., July 13. Poisoned after eating a fungus growth mistaken for mushrooms, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Risner and their seven children, ranging in age from to 12 years, became seriously ill'at their home northeast of here. Heroic use of a stomach pump halted the illness, although for a time two members of the family were in a serious condition. The attending physician said the case was very unusual. A sufferer would be standing and suddenly fall as if dead.

AGED WOMEN BRAND PRISONER AS ROBBER • Declare Man Held in Another Case Raided Their Home. By Times Special ELKHART, Ind., July 13.—William Beadle, arrested in connection with a series of thefts at Paw Paw, Mich., has been identified by two aged sisters, Miss Alice Chokey, 63, and Miss Lavina Chokey, 79, as one of two man who attacked them in their home near Osceola six months ago and robbed them of ,$3.63 and some household articles. Beadle denies any knowledge of the crime. Immediately upon entering the home in which they sought refuge from a blizzard, the men demanded the sisters reveal the hiding place of S6OO. Protesting they had no money, the women were bound and gagged and the intruders searched the house for two hours.

They escaped, after removing the strange masks, and with several minutes grace before Williston broke down the door and freed his employes. The two beaten by the thugs were Ray Ranshaw, 24, of 2937 Martindale avenue, and Edward Edmonds, 40, of 811 Bradshaw street. Crash Halts Speed War By Times Special MARION, Ind., July 13. —A drive on speeders announced by Mayor Jack Edwards has been delayed owing to an accident in which patrolman Roy Cox, motorcycle officer, was severely injured and his mount wrecked. Cox, riding fifty-five miles an hour in an effort to catch a motorist who was to be the first victim of the drive, was put out of the race when the motorcycle wheels were caught in a street car track ledge. Fair to Open Tuesday By Times Special ANDERSON, Ind., July 13. Horses, tents and other equipment is arriving for the Anderson free fair to open Tuesday. Purses totaling $6,150 will be given in light harness and running races scheduled on each of the five nights of the fair under electric flood lights. Night racing, inaugurated a year ago, drew’ record crowds to Athletic park. SI,OOO Loss From Auto By Times Special MUNCIE, Ind., July 13.—Hastily returning to his home to tie up a $5 dog after starting on his vacation. Gerald Thomas, Muncie manufacturer, laid a purse containing SI,OOO in valuables on a bumper of his automibile. Returning, he started the car, forgetting the purse. HA by jtj

Year's Fishiest 14-Inch Bass Leaps Into Canoe; Is Subdued After Battle.

NO introduction is needed to this story—it’s the fishy one of the year at police headquarters. Sergeant Jack O’Neil today told that he went into his kitchen Sunday morning and found, swimming in a dishpan, a four-teen-inch bass. For explanation, O’Neil offers: His son Robert and William Spalding, 978 Belle Vieu place, went canoeing Saturday night with two girl companions when the bass hopped into their canoe south of Riverside park. After a brief struggle, made more exciting by the screams of the girls, Spalding held the fish with his foot while O’Neil strung it on a shoestring. And, with that for the “reason why,” Sergeant O’Neil goes a step farther today to tell that the bass made a tasty morsel Sunday night.

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CITY AWAITING JUDGE'S RULING ON TOW-IN LAW Briefs to Be Submitted by Attorneys; Cars Are Pulled In. Impounding of cars parked in violation of the early morning downtown parking ban was continued by police today, pending decision in the injunction suit tried Saturday in superior court two. Seven cars were towed in this morning between 7 and 9:15 a. m., police reported. Briefs are to be submitted Tuesday or Wednesday by attorneys in the injunction suit, which was brought by Frank Flshback, restaurant operator, and chairman of a committee representing downtown business men protesting the parking ban with its impounding clause.