Indianapolis Times, Volume 43, Number 310, Indianapolis, Marion County, 6 May 1932 — Page 8

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CHARGE WOMAN WITH WOUNDING OF SON-IN-LAW Shooting Affair Is Climax of Beech Grove Domestic Triangle. Charged with shooting her son-in-law as he slept Thursday afternoon. in the climax of a domestic triangle, an elderly Beech Grove woman is held today by police on a charge of shooting with intent to murder. Bhe is Mrs. Anna Schwarz, 57, o,‘ *1 North Fourteenth street, mother-in-law of William H Holthoff. 25. who was recovering today from a bullet wound in the head. Mrs. Schwarz is said to have attempted suicide after firing the builet. but failed when the revolver Jammed. Deputy sheriffs were told that the shooting climaxed attempts of Holthoff to turn his affections to his mother-in-law. Deputies first learned of the shooting when Holthoff ran into the street in front of the Beech Grove home shouring that he had been shot. He was picked up by a passing motorist and hurried to St. j Francis hospital where physicians said the revolver slug had pierced his skull, but missed his brain, emerging at the top of the head. La’er, Mrs. Schwarz was found in the home, where she admitted attempting to end her life. Three bullet holes in falls of her bedroom led the deputies to believe her statement. Mrs Schwarz is said to have declared Holthoff had "ruined the lives of my daughter and myself." She said she had contemplated shooting Holthoff for nearly a year and that last week she went to an Indianapolis pawn shop where she purchased the revolver used in the shooting. Mrs. Schwarz was bound over to the county grand jury today on SI,OOO bond. Holthoff will appear in municipal court May 31. Holthoff's wife is employed in an Indianapolis bank. Holthoff was ordered held on a vagrancy charge as a witness against his mother-in-law. according to the deputies. Holthoff is employed nights in an Indianapolis garage, and remained at home during the day with Mrs. Schwarz. Sandino Aid Is Expelled QUA YAQUIL, May 6.—Atagualpa Montezuma. Mexican army officer, charged with spreading propaganda In favor of the Nicaraguan insurrectionist Augusto Randino and against South American republics, was ordered to leave Ecuador today as an undesirable alien.

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‘Night Court” Gets Underway Today at the Palace With a Cast Which Includes Phillip Holmes. A DRAMA of circumstances, which turned the home of a happily married young couple into a bedlam of tragedy is told in "Night Court," opening today at Loews Palace. The story, which is based on recent disclosures of political corruption in courts of law, depicts the web of intrigue and injustice which encircles a young taxi driver and his wife when they unwittingly become involved in the "private life" of a well-known night court magistrate. Because incriminating evidence of the judge s scandals falls Into the hands of the chauffeur's wife, she Is railroaded to jail on a trumped-up morals charge. The taxi driver, bent on exposing the Judge, discovers

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the latter's implication in a notorious murder charge and uses this information in forcing a confession from the Judge relative to his wife’s unjust indictment. Phillips Holmes is featured in the cast as the taxi driver; Walter Hustion plays the crooked judge, and Anita Page has the most dramatic role of her career as the frame-up victim. Other prominent players include Lewis Stone, Mary Carlisle, John Miljan, Jean Hersholt, Tully Marshall and Noel Frar.c s. The picture was directed by W. S. Van Dyke, who accomplished such wonders with "Trader Horn" and "Tarzan, the Ape Man.” The dramatic material on which the plot is based leaves room for a wide variety of powerful episodes such as the vivid sequence in which the "stool pigeon" forces his entry into the girl’s room in order to frame' her; the gruelling persecution of the taxi driver when he attempts to interfere with court injustice, and the exciting incidents which entail the crooked judge's ultimate downfall. Hal Roach's "Boy Friends" In their latest comedy vehicle entitled "The Knockout.” and the newest release of the Hearst Metrotone News will round out the program. • mu Other Indianapolis theaters today offer: "Mrs. Partridge Presents” at the Civic, Esther Ralston at the Lyric. "The Trial of Vivienne Ware” at the Apollo, "The Famous Ferguson Case” at the Circle, "The World and the Flesh” at the Indiana. "A Modern Virgin” at Keith's, and burlesque at the Colonial. • urn Neighborhood theaters tonight offer: "Strangers in Love” at the Tacoma. "Wayward” at the Emerson. Business and Pleasure” at the Garfield and Talbott. "Safe in Hell” at the Rivoli, "Devotion" at the Hollywood. "The Menace” at the Daisy. "Cheaters at Play” at the Stratford. “Tomorrow and Tomorrow” at the Mecca, and "Sunset Trail" at the Hamilton.

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IPHANTOM SHIP SAILS SEA WITH NONE ON BOARD - Freshly Painted Schooner Is Bqarded, No Signs Found of Crew. Ay Vnil'4 Prrn j GALVESTON. Tex.. May 6.—A deserted schooner, with not a soul aboard, drifting in the seas oft the Bermudas, formed the basis for a strange tale told by the captain of j h.t Greek steamer Eugenia S. Embiricoa, which docked here today. Captain Themistocles Goulandris said his steamer sighted the schooner about fifty miles south of the Bermudas on April 23. An inspection party sent aboard found the ship to be the John and Mary, a two-masted schooner of New 'York registry. Her sails ,were furled, the hull was freshly painted, but no living thing was aboard. The story recalled the mystery of th- Celeste, famed derelict . schooner of the Atlantic, the fate of whose crew has never been determined. When the Marie Celeste was boarded, all her sails were set and fires burning in the galley, but nobody was aboard.

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