Indianapolis Times, Volume 43, Number 122, Indianapolis, Marion County, 30 September 1931 — Page 1

G. 0. P. JOYOUS OVERFADEOUT OF COOLIDGE Republican Leaders Vision Hoover Victory, After Cal’s Renunciation. MORROW NOT IN RACE Borah Also Is Expected to Disclaim Any White House Ambitions. BY RAY TUCKER Times Staff Correspondent Washington. Sept. 30.—With Calvin Coolidge leading the march, the Republican retreat from the political snows encircling the White House has begun. In a Saturday Evening Post article, released today, the former President pleads lor party harmony and the renomination of the “President in office," although he does not mention Herbert Hoover by name. Thus he has removed the principal threat against Hoover’s leadership, and, in the opinion of politicians, virtually insured that the latter will lead the G. O. P. in the 1932 campaign. Ever since the degression struck the nation and the Republican party, influential and conservative interests have toyed with the thought oi drafting. Coolidge. The prospect, even though dim, cast gloom into the White House circle. But now, due to Coolidge's 2,500word proclamation of his purpose to reman in private life, all is joy and happiness. Morrow Not a Candidate The only other prospective candidate sufficiently strong to give concern to Hoover’s friends is Senator Dwight W. Morrow (Rep., N. J.), whose wetness and financial abilities command some support for him in the east. But Morrow long ago declared he "hoped" to see Hoover renamed and re-elected. Senator William E. Borah (Rep., Idaho), who has been advanced as a possible opponent by Republican progressives, arrives here today or Thursday, and is expected to spike his boom immediately. That leaves only Governor Gifford Pinshot to darken the White House horizon, and there is little expectation that he will prove a formidable threat. Indeed, at the White House there is as much rejoicing as there was when Coolidge issued his famous “I do not choose to run" statement. The pronouncement was greeted variously. Republicans, including National Chairman Simeon D. Fess and Majority Leader James Watson, hailed it as another example of Coolidge’s political loyalty and wisdom. Coolidge Gives Sermon Democrats, led by Senator Royal S. Copeland of New York, close friend of Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt, who may lead the fight against Hoover, saw it differently. They insisted Coolidge tvas taking himself out because he believes his party is doomed to defeat. Coolidge took time out to deliver a sermon to his party—and to the nation. Besides resenting rumors that he was “conniving at office,” he assailed political irregulars, pleaded for national harmony, urged confidence in the government, suggested a Balancing of budgets, and attacked direct primaries as “lowering the prestige of the senate." The Republicans undoubtedly will use it as a text book in the next congressional session, and as a campaign document in 1932. Almost as important, politically, as clearing the field for Hoover, the former President has given his bewildered party a war cry and a rallying post. He has done something which may serve to unite faltering factions behind the White House in its legislative as well as its political program. Loyalty Is Urged The Saturday Evening Post article’s most direct reference to a possible Hoover-Coolidge battle follows: “A retired President ought to be an example of loyal support to his successor. It long has been the practice to give a President In office a second nomination. It is a practice that has been beneficial to the country . . . in an emergency like the present, the responsible elements of our party should offer a solid front in their support of the President. That is what I propose to do." Discussing the bitterness a factional fight might cause, Coolidge says: “In comparison with these things, the relative success or failure of an administration is not very important." MILLION _FOR_ JOBLESS Detroit Charity Fund Augmented By Rich Man’s Gift. By United Press DETROIT. Sept. 30 Detroit today had pledges of $2,000,000 toward the fund of $10,000,000 which it is planned to raise by public subscription or donation, to avert misery and starvation among the city’s unemployed this winter. A second million dollars to match the million given by United States Senator James Couzens, w*as pledged Tuesday night by William Tretheway, wealthy apartment - house owner. Hourly Temperatures 6a. m B 1 10 a. m 66 7 * m ... 52 11 a. m 69 ga. m 58 12 (noon>.. 71 _ft * sis fc IB.WA 32,

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Rather Be Right (Oh, No, Writer) Than President By United Press WASHINGTON, Sept. 30.—When Calvin Coolidge was President in 1927, he said,'in ten words, that he was not a candidate for re-election. No one paid him to say it. In 1931, Coolidge no longer is President. He said in the Saturday Evening Post that he was not a candidate for the office, a,nd that he favored renomination of the incumbent. He required 2,809 words in which to say it. It is presumed he was paid for this announcement. If he received his reputed literary rate of $2 a word, he is just $5,618 ahead.

PARLIAMENT TO ADJOURN SOON British Houses to Finish Emergency Session. By United Press LONDQN, Sept. 30.—Prime Minister J. Ramsay MacDonald announced in 'the house of commons today that parliament would adjourn. The announcement was taken to indicate that the question of a general election would be held temporarily in abeyance. The date for adjournment of the present emergency session, he indicated, probably would be Oct. 7. Lord Reading in the house of lords also announced that the session would end Oct. 7 “unless something unforseen occurred.” Significance of MacDonald’s announcement lay in the difference between adjournment of parliament and dissolution. Adjournment means that the session merely is interrupted and will reconvene. Dissolution entails the termination of parliament and a general election. MacDonald announced that, prior to adjournment, the house would pass a bill to prevent exploitation of foodstuffs and articles oof general consumption during the emergency.

Hot —Cooler George in Warm Spot; Hid in Furnace, but Cops Found Him.

George wade, 36, of 2328 North Capitol avenue, found himself in a hot spot today. And shortly after he found himself in the cooler. Here’s how: George, from ah upstairs window early this morning, spied Charles Jordan and Edd Tufct, city detectives, walking toward his front door. It took him but an instant to fathom the reason. There was some matter of a check he gave Frank C. Glass, amount SB, on the Northwestern State bank . . . George looked for a hole, and found one. That it led to the laundry chute bothered him not the least. He took it anyway, and after his descent to the basement, pondered the next step in his flight from the law. Then he found another hole. This one led from the mouth of the furnace to its roomy interior. Therein George crawled. Police searched the house from top to bottom before one ventured into the basement and spied George nestling in the furnace. PASTOR’S WIFE TAKES STAND FOR DIVORCE Charges Dean With Desertion Over Birth Control Belief. By United Press MEMPHIS. Tenn.. Sept. 30.—Divorce trial of the very Rev. Israel H. Noe, dean of St. Mary's Episcopal cathedral, opened today with the pastor’s wife the first of two score witnesses to testify. Mrs. Noe, mother of the dean’s two children, was expected to testify in support of hqr complain t that he abandoned her on the grounds that self control is the only method of birth control “sanctioned in heaven." This was done, she is expected to testify, despite her love to have a boy. The two Noe children are girls. FORESEES SILVER BOOM Metal Firm Chief Declares It Now Has Greatest Future. By United Press NEW YORK. Sept. 30.—Suspension of the gold standard in most European countries has placed silver in a position where, of all the metals, it has the greatest future, Simon Guggenheim, president of the American Smelting and Refining Company, said upon his arrival from Europe today.

IT TOOK HOURS TO FIND HE’D LOST WIFE AND IT’LL TAKE LIFETIME TO FORGET

IN years to come, the memory of Ernest Henshaw of South Bend will bear the indelible mark of the night he "lost" his wife. He will remember—or, rather, probably, not be permitted to forget—how he drove miles and miles and hour after hour before he discovered she no longer was asleep on the rear seat of his automobile. And with the memory will come the reminder that Mrs. Henshaw spent seven hours in the Indianapolis police station awaiting hL return.

LAVAL TO U. S. OCT. 16 Premier Hopes to See Chicago on Visit to Hoover. By United Press PARIS, Sept. 30.—Premier Pierre Laval informed the United States embassy today that he would sail for the United States Oct. 16 for a visit to President Hoover. The premier will sail on the lie De France, arriving in New York Oct. 22. It was hoped the return sailing could be arranged so Laval could spend a day in Chicago, and possibly pay a brief visit to Canada. His program had not been arranged definitely, however. 0. S. TAKES HAND IN ROADBATTLE Conditions in Indiana Strike Zone Investigated. BY DICK MILLER Federal officials are investigating conditions surrounding construction of State Roads 36 and 43 that have caused laborers to be unpaid for weeks, it was learned today. Reports on wages, type of labor, residence of laborers, and details of the plan whereby the truck drivers were paid on a haul basis, have been turned over to authorities at Washington, it is known. With opening of the probe, it also was learned that laborers who staged a strike are threatening to destroy trucks operated by Ohio drivers brought into the field as strikebreakers. Indiana truck drivers are demanding that Roy Dennison, president of the Indiana Road Paving Company, general . contractor for Road 36, who directed the Ohioans on the job, dismiss them and rehire Indiana laborers. Owner of one fleet of trucks announced today that unless he is paid back wages for work by Thursday, he will file suit in federal court and bare working conditions and charges against the state highway commission. 'Strike followed refusal of contractors to pay workers following the financial crash of the William C. Johnson Trucking Company, Indianapolis. CHINESE SLAY 400 Japanese Planes Sent in Pursuit of Soldiers. By United Press MUKDEN. Manchuria, Sept. 30— Japanese airplanes were dispatched today in pursuit of retreating Chinese soldiers, after it was reported that the Chinese had sacked a number of Korean emigrant villages and killed 300 residents. NANKING, Sept. 30.—Resignation of Foreign Minister C. T. Wang, attacked Monday and severely beaten by rioting students resenting Chinese nonresistance to Japan, was accepted today by the government. Dr. Alfred Sze, Chinese minister to London and head of the Chinese delegation to the League of Nations, was appointed to succeed Wang. Wang still was in serious condition. His resignation was believed due to his condition and not to disagreement with other members of the Chinese national government. LINDBERGHS IN HANKOW Fly From Nanking to Continue Aid in Flood Relief Work. By United Press HANKOW. China, Sept. 30. Colonel and Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh arrived here today from Wuhu, where they remained overnight on a flight from Nanking. The American aviators, whose visit to China has become an errand of mercy to millions of flood refugees, were greeted by members of the American consulate here, naval officers and Chinese officials. Colonel Lindbergh said they planned to remain here several days on flood relief work. They will be guests of United States Consul General Walter Adams.

Henshaw, his wife, daughter Yvonne, 7, and Albert Carpenter of South Bend, stopped at a filling station at Sixty-third street and College avenue Tuesday night, en route from their home to Herrin, 111. The child and her mother were asleep when Henshaw and Carpenter got out of the auto. Mrs, Henshaw' awoke and also left her sleeping daughter and stepped from the car. When she came out of the filling station liter the nicker of a

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JOBLESS MAN IS OUTCAST IN TfIXCUT QUIZ Advocates of Budget Slash Would Put Halt to All Public Work. GRAVEL FUND OPPOSED National and State Relief Plans in Conflict Under Miesse Program. BY DANIEL M. KIDNEY President Hoover's plan of unemployment relief through increased public works found not a single spokesman today as the proposed 34-cent Marion county tax levy was being considered on appeal before the state tax board. In fact, the opposite policy of halting public construction and thus increase the “doles," public and private, was advocated openly. Both the Indiana Taxpayers’ Association and the Chamber of Commerce would abolish the county g;uvel road fund levy, the one place where the county might supply jobs for the jobless. Yet the county commissioners did not arise to defend it on this basis. Harry Dunn, county auditor, was the sole spokesman for the budget. But he did not mention helping the unemployed through jobs, pick and shovel jobs, as are being supplied by the state highway department in some districts. Jobless Out of Picture So far as the state tax commissioners themselves are concerned, they never have indicated at this or former hearings that they would consider the unemployed even in the picture. At least, not so far as provision for jobs on public works are concerned. They are out to cut budgets, as advocated always by Harry Miesse, Taxpayers’ Association director end New York Central Railroad representative. This same plan or cutting taxes and ignoring public workers job sources long has been advocated by the Indianapolis News, of which Warren Fairbanks, Hoover relief expert for Indiana, is owner. So the Indiana plan and the naplan are to be based on opposite ideas, it appears. That is, if the national plan really is to be that advocated by Walter S. Gifford, national chief of the Hoover unemployment relief commission. Would’ Cut County Levy Position of the Taxpayers Association was outlined by Albeit F. Walsman, Democratic member of the Indiana house of representatives, now employed by Miesse. it is to take 5 cents off the county levy by eliminating the 1cent gravel road provision and issue refunding bonds at 4 per cent over long periods of years. Following the refunding, the county and other local governments should “pay as they go’ and there would be no more bond issues for anything, he said. “Postpone all possible expenditures, except poor relief,” Walsman urged. “Half or more than half of the outstanding bonds can be refunded and the rate, now as high as 5 per cent in some instances, cut down to 4 per cent or less.” William Book, Chamber of Commerce spokesman, joined with the Taxpayers’ Association in urging elimination of the 1-cent gravel road levy, on the grounds that a balance of more than $55,000 will be in the fund and that much or more will be added through the gasoline tax. Opposes Road Building Miesse himself opposed a program for road construction, compiled by the county commissioners, and urged that it not even be considered as evidence. But the association and chamber both opposed Dunn’s plan to cut the 12 1 i-cent Center township poor relief levy to 7 cents and cover the deficit by bond issue. “It always is poor public business to pay current expenses of government by bonds,” Walsman declared. The commissioners took the matter under advisement. This afternoon they are considering the Indianapolis civil city levy of SI.OB and wifi demand that the gasoline tax revenues, estimated at $223,000, be included in the budget. Smedley Butler Gives Up Poet By United Press QUANTICO. Va., Sept. 30.—Major General Smedley D. Butler, who is believed to be contemplating a political career in Pennsylvania, formally was relieved today of his post as commandant of the marine corps base here. Butler, retiring at his own request, is succeeded by Brigadier-General Randolph C. Berkley.

tail light in the distance was the only sign of her auto. She whistled and called, but Henshaw drove on, his wife was left behind. The filling station attendant called police, who gave Mrs. Henshaw a place to sleep in the matron’s office. “I haven’t money and I don’t know what to do,” she complained. “171 have to wait and see if my husband comes back.” At 2 in the morning, and Henshaw stopped at a restaurant near Marshall. 111. He and Carpenter decided on a sandwica ant. coffee

Have a Kiss, Buddy?

"Kisses, buddy?” invites Miss Mary Higgins, 1431 East Raymond street. “Have some Buddy Kisses, and help the Veterans of Foreign Wars serve the needy this winter.” Sale of Buddy Kisses is sponsored by Lavelle-Gossett post. No. 908. The candy will be found in stores throughout the city. Profits go to the post's relief fund.

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CHARGES LEGION MOB HUNKS Michigan U. Paper Brands Convention Disgrace. By United Press ANN ARBOR, Mich., Sept. 30. “Alleged college drunks are mere children’s parties compared with some of the sights witnessed in Detroit,” the Michigan Daily, University of Michigan student newpaper, said today in a bitter editorial on the American Legion convention here last week. The editorial declared the Daily’s support of the Harvard Crimson, which severely was criticised last year for its remark on the Boston convention. “Attendance at the American Legion convention in Detroit by members of the Daily staff leads one to the conclusion that the (Harvard) 'undergraduate criticism was justified,” the editorial said. “Why a city ever should consider inviting such a convention is beyond our understanding,” the newspaper continued. "Respectable citizens were afraid to venture into the heart of the city w T hile the loyal defenders of the country were engaged in their annual brawl.” “Drunks in varied stages oi intoxication littered the streets of Detroit during the convention,”, the paper charged. • SMASH ATJANNON U. S. to Present Corrupt Practices Evidence. By United Press WASHINGTON, Sept. 30.—United States District Attorney Leo A. Rover announced today that charges that Bishop James Cannon Jr. had violated the federal corrupt practices act would be presented t o the grand jury here Oct. 8. Rover said that charges was based on Cannon’s activity in 1928, when he was a leader of anti-Smith Democratic forces in southern states. Case of Miss Ada L. Burroughs, secretary to the anti-Smith organization headed by Cannon, also is to be presented to the grand jury, Rover said. Former United States Senator Joseph Frelinghui lien of New Jersey, who returned to New York on the French liner lie Oe France today, revealed that he had contributed $20,000 to the fund used by Cannon. Cannon today denied that he had received funds during the 1928 presidential campaign from the account of Claudius H. Huston, as wi.s intimated in testimony before the senate campaign investigating committee on Aug 28. STORE TAX BRIEF FILED Ogden Opposes Rehearing by High Court on Chain Levy. Attorney-General James M. Ogden today filed a reply brief opposing rehearing of the Indiana chain store tax case by the United States supreme court. The high court upheld the Indiana statute. R-ulirg on rehearing is expected sho ,‘tly after the court convenes, Oct 5, Ogden said.

and Henshaw turned to the back of the car to arouse his wife. “Wake up, dear, we’re going to get something to eat,” he said. But from the rear of the car came only the plaintive cry of his daughter. “Where’s mamma? She's gone.” Henshaw finally decided his wife had been left in Indianapolis. Henshaw returned to the city gasoline station at sa. m. It was dosed and no one in sight. Motor patrolmen Michael Long and Si Macey, who by accident happened to see the Henshaw auto, pursued it and told the hus-

An Editorial Holdup Rates Fill Purses of Water Baron

The people of Indianapolis are paying at least $2,000,000 each year in excessive rates for electricity and water. The supposed investment by the Clarke Holding Company in the electric light merger was only $1,060,000. Last year this holding company took out $540,000 as dividends and nearly $1,500,000 in excess charges for coal, interest and various trick fees which are used to hide the revenue. The rates for electricity have no relation whatever to the amount of money invested, the reproduction value of the plant or its earnings. The water company is even more extortionate. Last year 44 cents of every dollar paid for water went to Clarence Geist and his family. On a supposed investment of $5,000,000, they took $1,225,000 in dividends. Before he took this money the people had paid interest on bonds, which in all probability represent the only real money invested in the plant. These two companies make it difficult for the business man to continue in business, or the manufacturer to carry on, and for the citizen to pay his own way. They collect tribute before the government collects its taxes. They have the power of life and death, and exercise it ruthlessly. The people must pay immediately or are shut jff from any service. Every civic club in Indianapolis ought to join in the movement to lower these rates. NAB SUSPECTS Duo to Be Grilled on Death of Benjamin Collings. By United Press NEW YORK. Sept. 30.—Search for the men who murdered Benjamin P. Collings aboard the yacht Penquin on Long Island sound centered today in Westchester county, where police were reported holding two new suspects. Collings was killed by two men, one about 45 or 50 and the other about 20. Fred J. Munder, assistant district attorney, was expected to arrive at Westchester from Huntington today to view the men and question them.

band his wife was at police headquarters. At headquarters he embraced his wife. “Dear, this certainly is a relief,” Henshaw sighed. “I couldn’t imagine what had happened to you. Honestly. I didn’t know you were gone until we got to Marshall. I came back right away.” “And what do you think I did?” Mrs. Henshaw demanded. “I had to stay in here all night and I was so nervous I couldr.’t sleep. “You're a fine one to go away and leave me like that. You must think a lcs of your wife.”

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THREATENING LETTERS TG PRUSPECTIVE JURORS ARE CHARGED AT POISON TRIAL Tender-Hearted Talesmen Quickly Excused by Prosecution as Selection Drags; Hope to Fill Box Today. SIXTY WITNESSES WAIT IN CORRIDOR Relatives and Friends of Accused Woman Will Be Called to Stand to Tell of Picnic Tragedy. BY STAFF CORRESPONDENT LEBANON, Ind., Sept. 30. —Intimation that prospectix e jurors in the poison murder case against Mrs. Carrie W. Simmons, Hancock county farm mother, have receivd threatening anonymous letters, electrified crowds in the Boone county circuit court today. Questioning twelve talesmen in efforts to obtain a jury, Roy Adney, special prosecutor, asked each of them if he recently had received letters from Hancock county. All denied they had received any threatening letters since their names were drawn as talesmen to try Mrs. Simmons on charges of taking the life of her daughter, Alice Jean, 10, by inserting strychnine in picnic sandwiches June 21.

DEMOCRAT WINS MISSOURI SEAT Candidate for U. S. House Is Leading by 9,000. By United Press Sept. 30. Democratic leaders today interpreted the victory of their candidate in the Seventh Missouri congressional district as an expression of voters against the national administration. With possible control of the house of representatives at stake, Robert D. Johnson, Democrat, defeated John W. Palmer, Republican, by approximately 9,000 votes in a race for the vacany left by the death of Representative Samuel C. Major, Democrat. L. L. Collins, Independent, was third. Returns from 230 of the district’s 240 precincts gave: Johnson, 27,218; Palmer, 18,067; Collins, 3,843. The district normally has a Democratic majority of approximately 2,750. Both Johnson and Palmer conducted strenuous campaigns. Palmer urged the people to pledge their support to the administration of President Hoover by electing him. Johnson, aided by orators of national reputation, placed the blame for the business depression upon the Republican party. Both candidates avoided the prohibition question, injected into the campaign by Collins, a repeal advocate. PLEA JAILS HUSBAND Judge Sentences Thief at Wife’s Request. A pretty, blond young woman today pleaded with a court to send her husband to prison and won. Charged with first degree burglary, Harold Imel, 24, entered a plea of guilty before Criminal Judge Frank P. Baker. Before announcing the sentence, Baker requested statements from members of the family. “Judge, please listen to me,” Mrs. Imel pleaded. “Send my husband to jail, won’t you? “Every time he’s out of jail he makes trouble for me. He forces me to make home brew and sell it. He sold all my furniture and never works.” After hearing Mrs. Imel's statement, Baker sentenced her husband one to ten years in the state reformatory. Imel was charged with stealing SSO worth of property from John C. Clark, 5 North Pennsylvania street, Aug. 11. BOUND~OVER IN SLAYING Woman Is Accused of Fatally Shooting Mother-in-Law. Mrs. May Achey, 641 East Thirtythird street, charged with the slaying of her mother-in-law, Mrs. Dayton C. Condon, 59, today was bound over to the grand jury on a charge of first degree murder. The killing occurred at the Achey home Sept. 8. Mrs. Achey shot herself in the neck. She was confined in the city hospital until last week. Mrs. Achey entered a plea of not guilty and waived arraignment.

During the conversation Yvonne clutched at her mother’s dress and hugged her. Mrs. Henshaw became reconciled partly after her husband reiterated his story of discovery of the disappearance of his wife and his subsequent return to Indianapolis. But that didn’t keep her from firing a final shot as she entered the car in front of headquarters. “If you don’t thipk any more of me. why don't you leave me here? I certainly ” The door closed and the rest of the sentence was lost. u /

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“I understand that many prospective jurors in this case have received anonymous letters from Greenfield and Wilkinson in Hancock counties,” Adney said. “I understand these letters have come from the remnants of an old organization.” Although Adney would not comment further, it was learned the letters were supposed to have been written by former members of the j Ku Klux Klan in Hancock county. Called ‘Grandstand Play’ Adney also questioned veniremen to determine whether they had been recipients of marked newspapers in the last few weeks. This, the seated talesmen, also denied. State’s attorneys turned the talesmen over to the defense for the second time, shortly before noon adjournment. This move assured the state’s approval of six men now in the box. Carl Ottinger cf Lebanon, who was in the park at the time of the reunion picnic and who found two of the poisoned sandwiches, was excused by the state. He said he talked to members of the Ora Pollard family about the case. The reunion was being held for members of the Pollard and Simmons families. Selection of a jury to try the murder case progressed slowly, with only six men accepted tentatively by the state and defense. Peremptory challenges of the state have been reduced to seven, while the defense holds nineteen with which they could change the aspect of the jury entirely. Attorneys hope the jury will be seated by Thursday morning. Mrs. Simmons, still calm during the tedious questioning, wore a brown dress to the courtroom todav, substituting it for the green and blue dress she wore Monday and Tuesday. Wants Hard-Boiled Jury That the state wants jurors who are not tender-hearted and the defense is desirous of seating twelve men who have families with sons and daughters the age of those Mrs. Simmons, became more evident today, as questioning continued. The state’s attorneys are prejudiced against male romancers, while the defense shows a predilection for family men—the more family the better. Fear that masculine softness toward the frailer sex might sway the trial came when Ben Scifres, prosecutor, placed the question before one venireman. “Would you be swayed by the fact that a woman is being tried?" “I might be, I’m not sure,” retorted the prospective juror. “Uh! then you’re a little tenderhearted toward women,” suggested the prosecutor. The juror was excused from service later. Throng in Corridors And while attorneys wrangled in the court room or quizzed prospective jurors today, the corridors of the Boone county circuit court was a guest list of many of those who attended the fatal picric that ended in strychnine death for two children, illness for five more, and near death for the others. Among those were twanty-seven persons who gathered around a rough-hewn board table under a park tree on June 21, prepared to eat plenty and have a good time, only to find that death and tragedy was their sandwich fillings. They mingled with the crowd of spectators, but late in the morning returned to their hotels. They were pointed out and In turn did some pointing out of their own, as Mrs. Simmons was led by Sheriff Wilbur Small to her courtroom seat. Prosecutor to Open On June 21 she was one of them, one of the family. But today she was on trial for her life and among those who formed that picnic guest list in the courthouse corridors were persons, relatives, who would be caled by the state to give testimony against her. Prosecutor Scifres will make the opening statement to the jury and Oharles L. Tindall of Greenfield, is scheduled to act in the same capacity for the defense.

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