Indianapolis Times, Volume 43, Number 268, Indianapolis, Marion County, 18 March 1932 — Page 11

MARCH 18, 1932

SEVENTY GIVEN PRISON TERMS IN U. S. COURT Majority of 265 Before Judge Baltzell Charged With Booze Offenses. Swinging through n rocord-break-ing federal court arraignment in six hours, Judge Robert C. Baltzell Thursday sentenced seventy of 265 persons who faced him on federal grand jury charges, majority of them booze law counts. Headlining the arraignment list came the alleged Muncic liquor conspiracy, involving Mayor George R. Dale and Police Chief Frank F. Massey. Ten of the thirteen defendants in the Muncie case offered pleas of not guilty, one pleading guilty, and one man being a fugitive. One defend- j ant, Fred Kubeck, was too ill to appear. Not guilty pleas Were made by Dale, Massey, Dan Davis, Fred Ellis, Ernest Flatters, Kenneth Horstman Raymond Hoover, Harry Nelson' Albert Parkhurst and Ray Powell. The fugitive is Chauncey Stilson, alleged "red light czar” of Muncie, who is believed to have left ths mid-west. The guilty plea was entered by i Corbett Johnson, who, supporters of Dale claim, is a "government plant” is the case. Mellett’s Name lli'-rlosed Second in importance to the Muncie case was the alleged Anderson liquor conspiracy case, involving twenty-eight, men. As the arraignment list was read, the name i of Mayor Jesse H. Mellett of Anderson was revealed as one of the ! accused conspirators. Mellett is i seriously ill in the Methodist hos- ; pital and has not been informed of 1 his indictment. Not guilty pleas in the Anderson; case were made by Albert Abel, i Edna Boyer, Earl Hoel, Louis La-; voile. Ulysses Grant Lawson, John : Owens. Ora Raines, Ralph Rich, Alvin Riggs, Anderson police chief; Raymond Ross, John Stinson, Rex Whitehead and Otto Whitehead. Guilty pleas were made by John Rronnenberg. Joe Galassi, Blake Owynn, Roscoe Hartman, Lew Lewellyn, Joe Melcher Jr., Closser Riggsby, Russell Riggsby, Bert Stinson and Robert, Thrawley. Date for the Anderson trial *was set for May 11 by Baltzell, and for the Muncie trial May 16. City Loggers Admit Guilt One of the features of the arraignment came late Thursday as Baltzell was sentencing Indianapolis persons who had pleaded guilty to liquor violations. Russell Hyatt and Lester Holmes, alleged west side hoodlums, were nrraigned and pleaded guilty to liquor transportation. “These men,” charged George R. Jeffrey, United States district attorney, "were caught by city police with seventeen cases of Log Cabin whisky in their car, 204 pints. They were pinched after a two-mile chase, j When the police got them. Hyatt I had a .45 pistol and Holmes was holding a rifle in his hand. "The case was brought up in municipal court with these men charged with almost everything. One by one all the charges were dismissed but the one for reckless driving. Then the police handed the case over to the government.” Draw Three-Year Terms “You are bootleggers,” Baltzell charged. "While sometimes I can forgive a bootlegger, I can’t forgive any man with a gun. You had those guns to kill anybody who interfered with you. Three years each in the Leavenworth penitentiary.” The four men indicted in the alleged Antlers’ Towne Club nuisance case, Robert Griffith, Lloyd Turpin, William Winn and William Potter, all pleaded not guilty and trial was set for May 9. John J. McNamara, once involved In the Los Angeles Times bombing case, moved to suppress evidence. . He is charged with operating a still at his home in Fortville. Baltzell set trial for March 26. Guilty Pleas Bring Term Persons from the Indianapolis division pleading guilty to booze charges and their sentences: .tumps C. Christian, sixty davs: Elwood Taylor. Necro, one day: Sebastian Palamars. a tear and a day; Donald Brown. -MX months, suspended; Thomas Cosier. N’esro, six months; Thomas TsitsrofT. thirty days; Arthur McDermott, four months; Henry Genoia. thirty davs; Charles Frank, six months: Waiter Eddington. six months, suspended; Ralph J. Collier, ninety davs: Nicholas Charles, four months; Arthur Skidmore, fifteen months; Ralph Metzger, two years; Basil Corrie. six months, suspended: James H. Lester, two years: John C. Farley and Homer S Tison, s'\ months suspended, and Gene Hinton, six months. Freeman Wright was sentenced for three years on a narcotic charge. TAILORING FIRM OWNER HURT IN AUTO CRASH l.eo Ettinger Suffers Severe Ipjury to His Spine. Severe spinal injury was incurred Thursday night by Leo Ettinger, 45. of 253 C Northwestern avenue, president of the Leon Tailoring Company, when an automobile driven by his son. Eli Ettinger, 21, collided with one driven by Melvin Wincenread, 17. of 1029 Chadwick street, at Fall creek boulevard and Illinois street. Schoolin Ettinger. another son and Wincenread escaped injury, as did Eli Ettinger, who was arrested on a charge of driving without lights.

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NAAS ADMITS LITTLE RECORD KEPTOFRINDS Ousted Trustee Asserts He Had No System in His Cara of Estate. Admission that he kept no systematic record of trust funds in his possession was made by Schuyler A Haas, Indianapolis attorney and politician, testifying in probate court regarding handling of an estate from which heirs allege $11,286 is missing., Haas testified Thursday that he kept the funds of a $60,000 trust, left under the will of Christian Wishmier, farmer, in his private bank account. Probate court, having removed Haas as trustee Dec. 15, 1931, now is conducting an accounting of the trust funds, at request of Charles F. Wishmier, a son, and other heirs. The hearing was continued until Tuesday by Albert Rabb, judge pro

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tem, after Haas and an expert ac- ! countant had testified Thursday. Haas defended his actions as trustee by testifying the trust owes him $4,484. Heirs alleged no accounting ever was made of Income on the Mt. Jackson sanatorium, West Washington street and Tibbs avenue, part of the estate. "That property was in the ‘red’ and heirs left it up to me to try to make it pay,” Haas testified. "As trustee, you never filed a report in twelve years, did you?” James A. Collins, attorney, asked. "Not between 1916 and 1928,” Haas answered. Evidence showed that Haas helped draw the Wishmier will and served ! as trustee of the estate eighteen years. Wishmier died in 1913. During this time, income on the sanatorium totaled $22,883. Haas said $19,600 of this was spent for repairs, taxes and street improvement. John J. Reilly, Indianapolis real estate dealer, appointed Dec. 28, 1931, to succeed Haas as trustee, participated in the hearing. Heirs allege the trust has diminished from $58,000 to approximately $47,000. Heirs are: Carl Hoffman, Tipton, great-grandson of Wishmeir; William T. Nieman, Sharpsville, grandson; Albert Showers, Tipton, son-in-law, and Charles Smith. Tipton, grandson.

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by the Rev. O. E. Haley, Pendleton reformatory chaplain, who spoke at a fellowship dinner at Northwood Christian church. From 55 to 65 per cent of the boys serving terms at the reformatory come from broken homes. Mr. Haley declared, and they are “what their parents make them.” He declared that few criminals ever have attended Sunday school or church. He criticised schools for laying too much stress on athletics and not enough on ideals.