Indianapolis Times, Volume 44, Number 169, Indianapolis, Marion County, 24 November 1932 — Page 4

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FIGHT TO BAR CONFESSION IN MURDER TRIAL Crime Admission Forced From Him, Says Suspect in Jackson Case. By Times Rpecial LEBANON, Ind., Nov. 24.—Ignoring the Thanksgiving holiday, trial of Louis E. Hamilton, charged with the murder of Lafayette A. Jackson, Indianapolis chain grocery operator, during a robbery May 27, 1931, proceeded today in Boone circuit court. Defense counsel is waging a desperate fight to prevent an alleged confession by Hamilton from becoming a part of the evidence. Although the jurors were excluded from the courtroom as state and defense attorneys battled over the confession, the jury was kept together and had no opportunity to participate in observance of Thanksgiving. Taking the witness stand, Hamilton asserted he was mistreated by Indianapolis police officers and forced to sign a confession. Battle Over Confession Fight over the confession started Wednesday, soon after the state placed Edward Glenn, Indianapolis detective, on the stand for questioning preliminary to offering the statement in evidence. Glenn was one of the officers who returned Hamilton from lola, Kan., his home city, to Indianapolis. Hamilton charged that Indianapolis police refused permission for him to confer with an lola attorney he said had been employed to defend him, and would not let him see his mother and wife. He accused Glenn of twisting his arm and also charged mistreatment by Detective John Marren in an effort to get him to sign a confession. The accused said he was questioned almost continuously for a period of fifteen hours. Signed to Get “Relief’ “Why did you sign it?’’ Ira M. Holmes, chief of defense counsel, asked. “I knew it was the only way I’d ever get out of that room and I was tired, sleepy and hungry,” Hamilton replied. Preceding the clash over admitting the confession, the state introduced several witnesses, including Dr. T. C. Noble Sr., who attended Mr. Jackson and testified that, with death near, the merchant said: "They shot me down like a dog and never gave me a chance.” Similar testimony was given by Chester Jackson, son of the victim. Hamilton was identified by another witness, Ralph Ayres, employe of the store which was the scene of the slaying, who declared the man on trial engaged in a gun duel with Mr. Jackson. Tells of Gun Duel Charles Bauer, Indianapolis city detective, wounded in the head during the shooting in the store, testified to engaging in a gun duel with Charles Vernon Witt, alleged accomplice of Hamilton. Witt was convicted of murder and is awaiting death in the electric chair at Indiana state prison. Max Hamilton of Columbia City, brother of the defendant, one of his children and Mrs. Lincoln Boyer, a Hamilton county resident, were injured Wednesday in an automobile accident on state road 31, ten miles northwest of Noblesville. None was hurt seriously. The accident occurred while Hamilton, his wife and three children were en route here to attend the trial. HOME-BUILDERS MAY ‘DOLL UP’ OLD HOUSES 1933 Model May Be Rehabilitated Structure, Say Members. Modernizing old residential property as a means of making it readily salable was discussed by members of the Indianapolis Home Builders’ Association at a dinner Wednesday at the Washington.” Several members declared they had found little difficulty in selling old houses which have been rehabilitated and “dolled up.” It was reported the association may be asked to sponsor improvement of some old home in a progressive residential section as the 1933 model house project, instead of building anew house as in the past. Carl W. Lindemann is chairman of the model house committee. While the Indianapolis Real Estate Board has announced it will not hold a home complete exposition tihs year, it has been reported that J. Frank Cantwell, managing director of past shows, may organize a group of trade organizations to conduct the home show next spring.

Just Novice By United Press DEER LODGE, Mont., Nov. 24.—Bobby Beahr, 13, went deer hunting with his father and three companions “just to see how it was done.” Bobby shot a twelve-point buck white-tail deer, one of the largest and most perfectly proportioned specimens ever killed in the Swan river section. Moreover, he shot the animal while it was on the run. bringing it down with a single bullet.

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- - W<= 6fvc OrTnankr s=^s: By HELEN WELSHIMER rrV\V W/c give our thanks this year for simple pleasures, 1/ yVCx \\ Ifff ** For crusted loaves and fire-shine on the floor, \\JM For cupboards that hold bounty for the sharing [OSjpjri With hungry ones who knock upon our door. y l W/E bring our praise because the flag is flying, ';|l| ** Star-bright, wind-tossed above a gallant land; \ —— '] I Because long months of trial have made us stronger—- | " n, 1 We thank Thee, God, that now we understand. || f H §—• r r; •]•. | CEEDTIME and harvest never really perish, m v “' Night brings the stars, hope comes with each new day; fl That we to walk tall roads, hearts fearless, Without the need of drums upon the way! ||j *

- - y/e G' vc OuTTnankr By HELEN WELSHIMER W/E give our thanks this year for simple pleasures, ** For crusted loaves and fire-shine on the floor, For cupboards that hold bounty for the sharing With hungry ones who knock upon our door. W/E bring our praise because the flag is flying, , ™ Star-bright, wind-tossed above a gallant land; Because long months of trial have made us stronger— We thank Thee, God, that now we understand. CEEDTIME and harvest never really perish, Night brings the stars, hope comes with each new day, That we have"’learned to walk tall roads, hearts fearless, Without the need of drums upon the way!

COLONEL OLDS DEADIN PARIS Former U. S. Official Taken by Stroke of Apoplexy. By United Press PARIS, Nov. 24.—Colonel Robert Olds, 57, former under-secretary of state in the Coolidge administration, died today of apoplexy. Olds, born in Duluth, Minn., lived in New York and Paris. He complained that he felt ill when he started to leave his home here. He returned to his bedroom, where he died within a few minutes. Colonel Olds practiced law in St. Paul from 1900 to 1917, later becoming counselor to the American Red Cross commission in France. He attended international conferences in Europe after the war, and was a member of various commissions representing the United States. He married Rose Nabersberg of St. Paul. In 1924, he was named by the League of Nations to report on a plan for international co-opera-tion in providing relief for disaster victims. He returned to the United States the next year and was made assistant secretary of state. Later he became undersecretary. In 1931 he became a member of the permanent court of arbitration at The Hague.

The City in Brief

Indianapolis Masonic lodge No. 669 will obs3rve annual past master’s night Saturday with exemplification of the Master Mason degree opening the program at 4, followed by dinner at 6. The second section of the degree will be exemplified by past masters of the lodge. Thirty-second annual meeting of the Indiana Hardwood Lumbermen’s Association will be held in the Severin, Jan. 20. Final meeting of the Indianapolis Federation of Community Civic clubs will be held Dec. 2 instead of Nov. 25, it was announced today by Edward O. Snethen, president. The postponed meeting will be held in the Spink-Arms. Boston Terrier Club of Indianapolis will sponsor a show in the assembly room of the Denison Sunday, when unusual Boston terriers will be displayed. Entries will be accepted until late tonight, according to Lewis Foster, in charge of the show. Purse containing Sll, a check for $15.98 and a pencil was stolen. Wednesday night from the home of Mrs. Ray Seligman, 604 East Twelfth street. California leads the states in number of landing fields and airports, having 173, while Texas is second with 147, and Pennsylvania third with 107.

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Really Wants Job; Even Would Wed to Get One

MADAME: You may sit down at your turkey table today and thank your stars, luckpieces, or ouija boards, that there lives one man who will sacrifice his life on the wedlock altar at depression prices. In a letter to The Times he puts to shame such masculine hearts as'offer themselves as mates by the raffle route at “sl-a-chance” or the 220-pound bachelor who, in one newspaper, was willing to marry for $5,000. He just can’t understand how males with holes in the soles and patched pants, can estimate themselves so dear on the block of matrimoney. So here’s his offer, verbatim, from a letter received:

“I will marry any girl or woman (white), who will obtain or give me steady employment or set me up in a small business which will enable me to provide for wife and self. “I am a neat-appearing person, in my early thirties, not homely or comely, but passable, quiet and conservative, and in good health. “I have my faults as every one has, but I possess a few good qualities in my character. I am ambitious and willing to work when the opportunity presents itself. “A degree of modesty compels

Grand Jury May Enter Divorce Court Tangle

Aged Man to Ask Probe of Young Wife’s Activities, Attorneys Say. Investigation by the county grand jury of the alleged disappearance of $35,000 worth of securities will be asked in the marriage annulment case of Frank Heilman, 85, against his 36-year-old wife, Heilman’s attorneys said today. Hearing of the annulment action in superior court two came to an abrupt halt Wednesday when Clinton H. Givan, attorney for Mrs. Heilman, obtained a temporary writ of prohibition from the state supreme court. The writ, on which a hearing will be held Deer. 6, was issued on a petition alleging Heilman-asked the superior court to dismiss the annulment action in October. Judge Joseph R. Williams said he ignored the dismissal petition because it was presented to the court by Givan instead of Heilman’s counsel, Sidney S. Horn and Edward Little. The “May and December” romance of the aged, but hearty, Hellman and his much younger wife came to a climax in a midnight elopement to Anderson. Heilman

charges in his annulment suit hishusband confined.

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me to omit ihy name. I even hesitate to give my address. ‘Yours very truly, “ANONYMOUS.” There it is! No holds barred unless it might be a young miss who has a father who has a shotgun. His postoffice box number is given in his letter to The Times. Now don’t crowd ladies! At least you’ve Christmas to look forward to even if Thanksgiving is almost one-half gone, and just think of having a nice man dropped down a chimney into your stocking by Santa Claus!

Dirty Wash By United Press CHICAGO, Nov. 24.—Two housewives perfromed their domestic duties under peace bonds today after settling in court a dispute over the ownership of a 54-cent clothesline. Mrs. Jean Posner and a neighbor bought the rope together and hung it on their back porch, she told Judge Joseph Graber. Then the neighbor, Mrs. Fay Fuerst, moved away and she became sole owner, Mrs. Posner argued. But Mrs. Sarah Bloom, the new tenant, insisted she paid 27 cents for the Fuerst interest. Housewife Posner may hang her wash all over the line, ruled the judge, when the original co-purchaser denied she ever had sold out to Housewife Bloom.

wife took advantage of his infirmities to obtain possession of the securities, his money and his home. Another court action filed by Heilman seeks $20,000 damages from an establishment where, it is charged, Mrs. Heilman had her aged

PAY DEBTS ON DECEMBER 15, IS ANSWEROF U. S. Europe Warned That Fund Refusal Will Bring Defaulter Brand. (Continued From Page One) gressman who will take office after March 4. The Speaker added that all were agreed—and that includes President Hoover—that the debtors must pay their Dec. 15 installments. “There are three questions involved in this debt problem.” Garner said. “They are: Shall we cancel the debts? Shall we reduce the obligations? and shall we have conversations about it? “We are all agreed that the debts should not be canceled and should not be reduced. Therefore, why should we have conversations about it?” House Democratic leader Henry T. Rainey condemned the President’s project for a commission to inquire into debt problems, exclaiming that the United States “is tired of being the sugar daddy to Europe ” Sees No Use of Parley “I am not in favor of discussing further this war debt proposition,” Rainey said. “There is no room for discussion. Every time we discuss the matter in an international conference, it means a substantial loss for the United States. ' “I am opposed to postponement, cancellation, or reduction of the foreign debts or any steps looking in that direction.’’ Senator George (Dem., Ga.), another of the conferees, was equally emphatic. Senator King (Dem., Utah) echoed the objections of his colleagues, but expressed the opinion that the United States should not pursue a policy which would depreciate foreign currencies and thereby reduce the foreign market for American goods. GIVES THANKS FOR JAIL jobless Man Shatters Window so He May Get Holiday Meal. By United Press WASHINGTON, Nov. 24.—David Mitchell, 23, was glad he was in jail today, because he said it was the only place he knew where he could get a Thanksgiving dinner. Jobless and hungry, Mitchell was walking through the business district thinking of the feasts his mother in Massachusetts used to prepare. He picked up a milk bottle and shattered a plate glass window, then surrendered to police. “I did it because Thanksgiving is one time when I like to eat, and I know I can get food in jail,” he said. SAVES COAT IN CHASE Negro Thief Escapes After Being Cornered in Pawnshop. Al Wathan, 1530 North Illinois street, recovered his overcoat, stolen Wednesday night from his parked automobile, but failed to catch a Negro, the thief. Returning to his car, parked in the 300 block West New York street, Wathan found handles broken from all doors and saw the Negro fleeing with the coat. Wathan gave chase and caught up with the thief in an Indiana avenue pawnshop. The Negro handed the coat to Wathan and ran from the shop.

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Steamship officials sometimes have to look far afield for a pretty girl to christen their new’ liners. But not so William Russell Grace, director of the Grace line. He has chosen his daughter, Miss Elise Grace (above) to give the new S. S. Santa Elena its name at Kearny, N. J., on Nov. 30. REFORMATORY MENU TODAY 'FIT FOR KING’ Letters Reveal Why Thanksgiving May be Jolly One for Youths. Letters that came home to Indianapolis today from inmates of the state reformatory at Pendleton reveals why, perhaps, those young men, serving’ sentences for law violations, might be happy on Thanksgiving day. . After reading the penciled messages from their sons and brothers, th# family at home turned to the reverse side of the stationery to find— The elaborately holiday-colored Thanksgiving benu of the institution. Today’s meal, according to the letter-menu, consisted of roast pork, candied sweet potatoes, oyster dressing, gravy, cranberries, fruit bars, sweet rolls, bread, pumpkin pie and coffee. The letter menus were'printed at the direction of Captain Ralph Howard, superintendent. FEAR FOR LOST FLIERS Plane Hunt in Canadian Northwest to Be Started Friday. By United Press THE PAS, MAN., Nov. 24.—A Canadian Airways plane Friday will start a search: for two missing men who have been missing in their open cockpit plane since last Friday. The men are W. K. Harding, Minneapolis mining man, and Pilot Ernest McFetgidge, Winnipeg. They left here for the Thicket-Portage air base. The plane carried no emergency rations. The men’s greatest danger, fliers said, was that they might have landed on one of the larger lakes, where the thin ice would not support the plane. A well-known astronomer reports that if the total number of chirps of a cricket are counted in thirteen second and the figure forty-two is added to this total, the result will be the temperature of the place where the cricket is singing.

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NEEDY RECEIVE HOLIDAY CHEER AS CITY!RESTS Thanksgiving Dinners Given Poor; Churches Hold Special Services. (Continued From Page One) annual dinner in the Claypool Wednesday night. Two hundred attended. Thomas Cookson, assistant registrar, Indiana university, and national president of the fraternity, was the main speaker. The annual Butler university blanket hop was held at the Columbia Club, where 200 couples danced. Dancing, cards, and vaudeville, featured the Thanksgiving eve ball of the Knights of Columbus. Three Leisure Hour Clubs —The Rhodius park community house, J. T. V. Hill Community center, and Brookside park club —gave preThanksgiving programs. Holiday drunks were notorious for their absence on streets and at the wheels of motor cars, police reported. The blotter at police headquarters held few names. Several petty holdups and minor automobile accidents were the only opportunities for police to exercise their holiday dinners. Fields of farmers near Indian-

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apolis drew hunters early today, seeking their Thanksgiving dinners from the underbrush. Mother was the only one who worked in city residences, although in many she was given a day off and the special menus at restaurants and hotels patronized for the day.

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