Indianapolis Times, Volume 43, Number 193, Indianapolis, Marion County, 22 December 1931 — Page 2

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NEGRO GUNMEN ROB DRY GOODS STOREOF S3OO Flee With Lqot as Owner Calls for Aid; Detective Is Held Up. Bandits who engaged in a series of pre-Christmas holdups in the city Monday night, were sought today by police. Two Negro gunmen held' up the Miller Dry Goods store, 2626 Northwestern avenue, obtaining nearly S3OO from a cash register. Ethel Miller, 2956 North Delaware street, clerk, and Arthur Robinson, Negro, 513 Minerva street, porter, were in the store when the bandits entered. One forced Robinson to the rear of the store, while another ordered the clerk to open the cash register. While one gunman was looting the drawer, w. G. Miller, proprietor. entered, and. seeing the holdup, ran from the store shouting for help. The bandits ran from the store and escaped in an alley. A Negro “fare” held up Ryman

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$50,000 Error R'J l.nifcd f‘rrns CHICAGO. Dec. 22,-JBecause she resigned her position two years before her employer’s death. May A. Cadegan, 42, secretary to the late John F. Jelke, oleomargarine manufacturer, lost a bequest of $50,000. Jelke's will, on file today, revealed Miss Cadegan was left the sum on condition she still was employed by the Jelke concern. Miss Cadegan announced she would bring suit for a share in the estate on the contention she resigned her position with the understanding she w r as to receive a $250 month annuity,

j Folger, 23, of 531 H Bell street, taxi S driver, at Twenty-fifth street and ' Northwestern avenue* early today, forcing him to hand over $4. Two Negroes who accosted Paul Siess, 2101 Forrest avenue, a railroad detective, as he walked on the I Erie railroad right-of-way near Twenty-second street, Monday night pressed a gun against his side and robbed him of his revolver, flashlight and blackjack. Beaten by two Negroes as he entered the Louisiana street car barns, Herman Cain, 40, of 1245 Shepard street, a motorman, was robbed of $24 and left unconscious. He was treated at city hospital and was recovering today at his home.

LAST RITES ARE CONDUCTED FOR FRANK R. WOLF Late Business Leader Is j Paid High Tribute at Funeral Services. All activities in the H. P. Wasson Company department store were brought to a halt Monday afternoon as employes and officials attended] the funeral of Frank R. Wolf, vice- i president and general manager of “ the store. Mr. Wolf, vice-president of Wasson's, who died Saturday, was buried Monday in Indianapolis Hebrew cemetery services at the Flanner & Buchanan mortuary. High tribute was paid Mr. Wolf by Rabbi Morris M. Feuerlicht, who ! conducted the services. “Frank Wolf was more than a business man,” said Rabbi Feuerlicht. “Indefatigable as he war in business, his real vocation, the instinct of his soul, was a genuine love of his fellow mao. “Day after day, he rendered service to the lame, the halt, the indigent, and the needy without

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Try Cicero Bv Vnited l‘rt CHICAGO, Dec. 22.—Mayor Victor J. Miller of St. Louis picked Chipigo, when physicians told him he must have thirty days of perfect quiet and rest. Despite indicating Chicago is noisier than New York, and the popular misbeliefs regarding the constant rattle of machine guns, Mil er today was at a suburban health resort. Physicians said the mayor was recovering from a nervous breakdown.

noise or ballyhoo, or the beating of the tom-tom. “He was generous to a fault, genial and sunny in disposition, with an inexhaustible capacity for making friends. His is a right to be admitted to paradise.” The funeral cortege was several blocks long and was headed by a police escort. The mortuary was crowded with mourners and a mass of flowers were banked around the casket and the mortuary. Pallbearers, Wasson employes for many years, were: L. Murchison, George Colder, Arthur Meyer, Clyde Finnefrock, Gilmore Johnson, Wilbur Allison, Omar B. Springer, William C. Royer, and Chester C. easier.

HOMAGE IS PAID STERLING HOLT AT LAST RITES Man of Absolute Integrity, Says Pastor in Sermon at Rite Catherdal. “Sterling R. Holt stood for absolute integrity in public office, and he kept that spirit to the very end.” This was the eulogy by Dr. Abram Woodard of the Meridian Street M. E. church at funeral services at 10:30 today at the Scottish Rite cathedral for the Democratic leader and philanthropist, who died Saturday. “He made many benefactions,” said Dr. Woodard, ‘‘and he manifested wisdom in all his bequests. One of the most important of these was his recognition of the extreme need of liberal education. “He observed his ojth of office strictly and scrupulously and fought to keep the public treasury safe from greedy hands.” The impressive services were attended oy many friends of Mr Holt, and*' after the rites the body was taken to Danville, Ind., where burial will take place with the Ancient

Still Married By Tirms Special BRAZIL. Ind., Dec. 22.—Mrs. Ruth Light applied for a> divorce. So did Ellsworth Light, but they are still married. Judge T. W. Hutchison of Clay circuit court refused to grant a decree to either, declaring there was no cause. Two children of the couple are in the custody of the husband and his parents.

Landmarks lodge, F. & A. M., in charge. Between 9 and 10 this morning at the cathedral Mr. Holt's body lay in state. Mr. Holt served as Democratic state chairman in 1895 and from 1889 to 1893 he was president of the Indianapolis safety board. He served as county treasurer from 1893 to 1894. Under the administration of Mayor L. Ert Slack, he served as city controller and continued in that post under Mayor Reginald Sullivan, until failing health forced Jus retirement. He was 81. Active pallbearers were: John T. Saulter, Vincent V. Smith, Ralph K. Smith, Arthur R. Baxter, Edward B. Raub, Edward J. Scoonover, William H. Morrison Jr., and Marshall Levey. Suicide Motive in Doubt ELWOOD, Ind., Dec. 22.—E. A. Van Horn, 57, father of four children, committed suicide by hanging in a coal shed at his home.

ASSESSORS, TAX BOARD CONTINUE. JOINT SESSIONS Valuations of City Realty I and Farm Land Occupy Second Meeting. Real estate assessments were up for discussion this morning as the second day or the thirty-first annual conference of county assessors with the state tax board got under way in the house of representatives. Chairman James E. Showalter of the tax board discussed real estate assessments in general. Pius A. Long, Lagrange county assessor, talked on assessment of farm land. H. D. Hartman, tax board engi- i neer. spoke on assessment of ground 1 values, and Walter Horn of the board's staf. talked on improve-! ments, and C. T. Everett of the board's staff, spoke on real estate statistics. The meetings end at noon Wednesday. Governor Harry G- Leslie addressed the opening session Monday and re-read from his message to* the

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1931 legislature portions dealing with taxation. He reaffirmed his stand that the tax problem is a legislative one and that he will call a special session to reform the tax laws when the legislators can agree on a “reasonable program.”

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