Indianapolis Times, Volume 43, Number 118, Indianapolis, Marion County, 25 September 1931 — Page 9

SEPT. 25,1931

PIRACY VICTIM’S WIDOW RELATES DEATH DETAILS • Rich Yachtsman’s Drowning Retold by Mrs. Collings at Formal Inquest. BY JOHN M. COOPER United Press Staff Cerreipondent HUNTINGTON. L. 1., Sept. 25. Mrs. Lillian Colling*. young widow of Benjamin P. Collings, slain yachtsman, testified at resumption of the coroner's inquest today as to how she had begged for the life of her husband. The attractive widow, garbed in black, insisted that neither she nor Collings, a retired •ngineer, at first had suspected that the two ‘pirates,” elderly man and a boy, she said came aboard their cabin cruiser Penguin in Long Island sound, intended to do either of them bodily harm. “The old man told my husband, 'we’ve got a wounded man with us who is weak from loss of blood. We are going to bring him aboard.’ The door was closed between the cabin and cockpit, but I was sure they were fixing a bed for the wounded man. The door swung open and the man was saying to my husband, ‘I got to do this to you because you might get excited at the sight of this wounded man.’ He was indicating he would have to tie his hands.” Consented to Being Tied Another significant point brought out in Mrs. Collings’ story was her assertion that her husband contented to being tied. “My husband consented to put his hands behind his back,” she continued. “I could see the boy making motions of-tying him. They ordered him to sit in the rear. Betsy cried, ‘Don’t hurt mama.’ The man said to go tell the child to keep still. I went inside and locked the door. “Not much time passed when I heard the crash of glass and a noise. When I heard that, it went through me. Almost simultaneously In a normal tone, Ben said: ‘They are putting me overboard.’ I grabbed a mattress and threw it to him. I called him and told him it was there. He never answered me from the water.” On Verge of Tears The young widow, who for the most part had been calm during the recitation, for a moment, seemed on the verge of tears. She stopped and bowed her head still further, drank a glass of water and proceeded. “I went to the life preservers,” she testified in the packed courtroom of curious in Huntington town hall, “but before I could get to them, the older man pinned his arms around me. I begged him to do something for my husband. All I know is I was held by the man, and the boy was out in a rowboat getting the mattress I had thrown over. The next thing I recall, each man had hold of one of my arms. They helped me into a canoe. The widow then said the older man “paddled endlessly, until we came to the 80-Peep.” She said he put her into the 80-Peep, a motorboat in which she was found at dawn that morning, where she finally was rescued and taken to Mineola. No Mention of Attack The inquest adjourned for lunch as she completed her story, without mentioning an attack by the older man. One point regarded as significant In offering a motive for putting Collings out of the way, was brought out in the widow’s story. She said her husband asked the older man if he was “a clam digger” and told the fellow that his “voice seems familiar.” This intimated recognition of the “pirate,” some believed, may have caused him to become frightened and suddenly dispose of Collings.

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WARNS HUNTERS ON NEW LAWS Changes by Legislature Alter Seasons. Indiana hunters today were warned by Walter Shirts, superintendent of fisheries and game, to observe open season dates published in copies of the 1931 laws, rather than those printed on the back of

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the 1931 hunting, fishing and trapping licenses. Shirts said licenses for this year were printed before the 1931 legislature met and changed some of the dates. The licenses, however, bear the words: “Subject to change by the legislature of 1931,” referring to open season dates. Another change in the old duck season was made by presidential proclamation recently, opening the Indiana season Oct. 16 and closing It Nov. 15. Correct open season dates announced by Shirts were: Quail, ruffed grouse <no change' Nov. 10-Dec. 20; prairie chicken ‘no change) Oct. 15-Oct. 31 ducks (except wood ducks and Eider ducks' geese, brant, cool. Jacksnipe (Changed) Oct. 16-Nov. 15; rails and

gallinules (except coot' (no change) Sept. 1-Nov. 30; woodcock (no change) Oct. 15Nov. Ml; rabbits 'changed' Nov. 11-Jan. 10; squirrels (changed) Aug. 1-Oct. 15; t ox. oppossum. raccoon, skunk, mink, muskrat iuo change) Nov. 15-Jan. 15. FIVE ATTACKED BY DOG Children Are Recovering From Bites and Scratches; None Serious. Five children are recovering today from wounds sustained Thursday afternoon when they were bitten and scratched by a police dog on the playground of School 44, Twenty-first street and Sugar Grove avenue. None of the wounds was serious. The dog is being held to determine if it has rabies.

QUICK WEDDIN6 BEFORE COURT Bremen Attorney Cited for Contempt of Order. By Timea Special PLYMOUTH, Ind., Sept. 25. Dallas M. Hayes, Bremen attorney, is waging a fight in Marshall circuit court here against a contempt citation, as a result of marrying again

despite an order of Judge Albert Chipman in granting a divorce frem Mrs. Julia Hayes that he should not take another wife for two years. The divorce was granted Sept. 10 and eight days later Hayes and Caroline E. Schutz were married in Michigan. Hayes contends that as the marriage was performed beyond the jurisdiction of the court he is not in contempt. However, Prosecutor George Stevens takes the stand that the court order is the same as those given in support and alimony cases, in which the fact that the defendant is outside the court's jurisdiction has no effect. Judge Chipman has ordered

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Hayes to cite authorities that he had a right to re-wed without being in contempt. VA N DIVIER IS ELECTED Named President of Young Lawyer*' Association of City. Selection of J. Carl Vandivier as president of the Young Lawyers' Association of Indianapolis was announced today following his selection at a luncheon of the association Thursday. He succeeds Riley B. Fullen, deceased, and will serve until Jan. 1, 1932. Jack Tilson was named vice-president. Morris Gecklcr and Grier M. Shotwell were elected to membership.