Indianapolis Times, Volume 44, Number 272, Indianapolis, Marion County, 24 March 1933 — Page 2

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POISON TABLET SAVES CONVICT FROM RETURN Pellet Carried 15 Years Ends Life of Man Who Fled Pen in 1918. BY WENDELL BI RCH United Pre*s Staff Corrrnpondent BUTTE, Mont.. March 24—A poison tablet he had carried for fifteen years while he was hunted as a fugitive from a Michigan state prison farm and for grilling in connection with two killings, ended the life of Harry Bushnell, 42, in the county jail here Thursday. Bushnell, who escaped in 1918 from a Michigan prison farm, was found dead by a fellow prisoner. In a long note addressed to his second wife, whom he married under the name of Vern Sevren, Bushnell declared he valued her happiness more than his own life. “Your happiness means more than life to me, dear," he wrote. “The little headache tablet you used to be so curious about I hope will turn the trick. I have carried it for fifteen years and at last I shall use it. Good-bye, honey. See you on the other side when you arrive. XXX farewell forever. Your Daddie." A row of X-marks flanked his signature. Declares His Innocence In bitter terms he contended that authorities were determined to convict him on various charges. “I am innocent of those crimes in Michigan, but they won't have it that way,” he wrote. “Darling, it is of no use. I simply can not go back to Michigan and be railroaded again, ’ the fugitive wrote. “If you spent all you have, it would be of no use, for they arc all set to put me away.” Bushnell was wanted for questioning regarding the deaths of Mrs. Tillie Jenkins and Vaiden Bordner, whose, bodies were found near the Michigan prison farm about the time he escaped in July 1918. A possible motive for his act was seen in the fact that Montana authorities had begun a search for his 70-year-old first wife. Theresa Caroline McLauren Sevren. Hs divorced her last summer and married Marie Watson. His first wife is alleged to have disappeared about the same time. Lived Upright Life As Vern Sevren, the fugitive lived a peaceful life in Montana. He came directly to this state after his escape, and worked as a farmer and homesteader near Prairie Elk. Tn 1926 he came to Butte, where he worked in the mines. He was arrested March 14, when a co-worker “tipped” police that Sevren closely resembled a picture and description of Bushneli which appeared in a detective story magazine. He admitted his true identity after being finger-printed. Bushnell made one request in his nO L .’ Please - darling, put me with Meteoric,” he asked, apparently expressing a wish to be buried beside the grave of his second wife's daughter by a former marriage.

GAY —sered at great savings. All remaining winter stocks will be sold at a fraction of their worth. Be here early Saturday and do your Easter shopping. New just 194 MILLINERY/ SILK \ oZclrcL Taken from our reg- / I%V| \ vffCHSCSIU ular 51.29 to 51.89 M Mill fffta•£% % ° ut tile .' T S<>: Be storks. All wanted f ***** 1 here early as they . ■ 1 MK&EMi B won t last Ion? at this colors in large and ■ /’'\EBSSiisi Ift p r j t . e Formerly sold small hcadsizes. I I flgMgSa| ffi for SI.OO. liTHOSE 3 • >1 SKIRTS X NEW SPRING ands SPRING SUITS \ BLOUSES/ COATS outfit m Polo roat* in imag- rn. mm rn gray, tan and iS3sfc9s V *1 /w£2so9s 1.1 11 • 1. ,1 KrV ■ I IHIH trny. I.ook H mb ■ Visit our new I I ■ H I Sportswear Dept. I n.Vw'for eJ- m M I prior in I lf tc ■ ,er " I rule*. m save money. ■ °. ur !“>'• ay m w plan. BfTTY GAY 5 EAST WASHINGTON

JACK LIKES HER

Hannah Williams

By Time * F.pcrial RENO, Nev., March 24. Jack Dempsey is getting his name in the lovelorn column again. This time, according to the best gossip in the divorce colony here, the attraction is Hannah* WiL* liams, former showgirl, divorced from Roger Wolfe Kahn. Jack is seen often with the ' beautiful divorcee.

STATE COLONY FIRE REPORTED Several Inmates Injured, Is Word to McNutt From Mascatatuck Chief. Fire destroyed one of the frame dwellings at the Muscatatuck colony at Butlerville and several of the inmates were injured slightly, Dr. William Dunham, superintendent, reported to Governor Paul V. McNutt. Dunham made the report by a personal visit to the Governor’s office Thursday afternoon. The fire occurred Wednesday he said. In the past it has been customary for such things to be reported at once to the state board of charities. But the state board has had no report at all, it was learned today. Dr. Dunham was McNutt’s first institutional appointee. He succeeded Charles McGcnagle as superintendent at Butlerville and the school for feeble minded youth at Ft. Wayne. McGonagle was formerly superintendent of the soldiers and sailors orphans home and had made a name for himself at both institutions. He was a Republican and Dunham a Democrat. The colony houses male feeble minded over 16. TWO HOMES LOOTED Silverware and Jewelry Are Taken by Burglars From Residences. Two homes yielded burglars loot of undertermined value Thursday night. Sterling silver knives, forks and spoons were taken from the home of Maurice W. Mason, 5317 Park avenue, after the house had been ransacked. The burglary was discovered when Mason and his family returned home at 10:30. Jewelry valued at about SSO was taken from the home of William Turpin, 2426 East Sixteenth street.

G. M. C.'S AIR FIRM MERGED; NEARER POWER Link With North American Aviation Step Closer to U. S. Dominance. li t l tilled Peru* NEW YORK. March 24.—General Aviation, Inc.—owned by the General Motors Corporation—today moved a step closer to becoming one of the dominant factors in the nation's air transportation business. Directors of General and North American Aviation, Inc., agreed to a plan whereby North American Aviation will acquire assets of General and the latter will have 43 per cent of the stock of North American. Stockholders will be summoned shortly to vote on the plan, but the chief stockholders already are understood to have agreed to it. North American thus will have the largest single interest in Western Air Express Corporation and Transcontinental Air Transport, Inc., operators of a great spiderweb of air lines extending between New York and the Pacific coast and through the Rocky mountain region. Eastern Air Included North American also will own: Eastern Air Transport, Inc. General Aviation Manufacturing Corporation. The B. J. Aircraft Corporation. The company also will have a substantial interest in the Douglas Aircraft Company, Inc. Under the plan, certain assets of the North American Corporation will be segregated into anew company, stock being issued through North American to the present stockholders. These assets include the company’s holdings in: Sperry Gyroscope Cos., Inc., of New York and London. Ford Instrument Cos., Inc. Founded by Fokker The Intercontinent Aviation, Inc., of which North American owns 74.2 per cent. Curtiss-Wright Corporation. General Aviation was founded by Anthony Fokker in 1927. as the Fokker Aircraft Cos. It -finally was taken over by the General Motors Corporation and Fokker, famed Dutch air pioneer whose planes were used in the German army during the World w'ar, remains on the board in an advisory capacity. Its assets are about $8,000,000. North American was founded in 1928, and, at present, has assets of approximately $17,000,000. PARKED AUTOS LOOTED Property Worth 8500 Is Taken From Cars on City Streets. Surgical instruments valued at $250 formed part of nearly SSOO worth of loot obtained by thieves Thursday night from parked automobiles. The instruments were stolen from the car of Dr. C. H. McCaskey, 3551 Washington boulevard, while it was parked at 4650 North Meridian street. Sample case containing hats, sweaters and bathing suits valued at $225 was stolen from the car of Sol Megeff, 720 East Thirteenth street, parked on Capitol avenue near Washington street.

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AYRES’ SPRING SALE

MARCH MEN’S WEEK! fAn annual Event ... in which you :an buy ... at appreciable savings .. clothing ... furnishing ... shoes md hats .. . all fresh, all new, all in fashion... taken from Ayres’ regular stocks of quality clothes and furnishings for men. .New Spring Suits OneandTwo $ 1 fx.95 Trousers JL V/ “Barclay” 2-Trouser Suits and “Barclay” Topcoats $ X hite, Plain Color Broadcloth Shirts .... sl.lO _ . The United States Testing Cos., Inc., gave these shirts rigid tests for service and quality and iecomHampton mends them as excellent. HATS Selected Groups of Fancy Shirts Pure Silk, Plain and Fancy Socks.. Pr. * AYRES’—MEN'S FURNISHINGS—STREET FLOOR. Tomorrow Only! AYRES'—MEN'S HATS Super-Six Shoes . . $4.45 —STREET FLOOR. 1 AYRES—MEN'S SHOES—SECOND FLOOR.

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Begins Tomorrow! Here is a sale that covers the entire store—includes things for the whole family—for the whole house—at cheerful, money-saving prices! Get down early and look it over—it’s really a miniature anniversary sale in its breadth of appeal, its rightness of fashions, its excellent bargains! SALE! Delicate Feminine Jewelry 29c You’ll W ear All Summer .--W..... ... Cluster Clil)S ’ Cr y stal *> in daint y jewel colors, with p * green leaves. Crystal* Drop Earrings ? a j ntily made 011 delicate little cnains. Pearl* Button and Drop Earrings Galalith Bracelets *££“3-^ Carved Flower Earrings „■£££?,; £££ pastels and new spring shades. Sporting Scarf Pins AND MANY MORE . . . COME EARLY! * Simulated. AYRES'—JEWELRY—STREET FLOOR. Pastel Color Makes These Florentine Imports Dainty Date Bags and Thrilling Bargains . At $ 1 Small enough to look appropriate with afternoon and Sunday night frocks; WHITE or BEIGE leather, intricately tooled in soft pastels or bright shades; and fitted with zippers, cunning matching coin purses, leatherbacked mirrors. You’ll find them only at Ayres’. Larger sizes, more elaborately fitted, $1.79 and S3 JUST ARRIVED . . . TOO LATE TO SKETCH LOADS OF NEW BAGS * -| OF SIMULATED LEATHER J IN NAVY, RED, GRAY, SMART, WANTED STYLES. - AYRES'—LEATHER GOODS—STREET FLOOR.

MARCH 24, 1933