Indianapolis Times, Volume 44, Number 273, Indianapolis, Marion County, 25 March 1933 Edition 02 — Page 2

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‘TOUGHEST' RUM GANGSTERS GET PRISON TERMS Liquor Runners Are Given Heavy Sentences by U. S. Judge. Throe men described by Federal Judge Robert C. Baitzoll as "one of the tougheri gangs ever before me," received sentences today at his hands on liquor charge convictions. These sentences were Lester Bridwrll, Clinton, two years in the prison at Leavenworth; John L. Smith, lour years at Leavenworth, and John Moline, one year in the Atlanta prison. Smith and Moline are from Louisville. where the government charged they and Bridwell were engaged in Illicit traffic in liquor on a large fcrale. All Plead Guilty Pleas of guilty were entered by all defendants. Moline will serve two years in Atlanta prison, having received another one-year term on another liquor count. Baltzcll decided to have the sentences served consecutively. Dry agents testified that intercepting telephone messages aided th m in arresting the three. Once Bridwall, an agent said, had conversed with a liquor dealer in St. Louis, and was instructed to get control of the illicit traffic in Louisville. The men were arrested on U. S. Road 31 north of Louisville while Bridwell was driving a truck northward carrying a load of 720 gallons of alcohol. Seize Gang’s Weapons Smith and Moline were riding in automobiles serving the truck as a convoy. The officers seized a sawed-off shotgun, revolvers and a large amount of ammunition. Among others sentenced today on please of guilty to liquor charges were the following from Indianapolis: Hcrschell Fortner. 90 days; Anna Burgia and Julia Hayes, Negroes, thirty days each, and Ralph Malone, thirty days. Six months’ term w’as imposed on Joseph F. Landers, who pleaded guilty to impersonating a federal officer. Ho obtained money from Indianapolis women in the guise of an officer, and committed similar offenses in Ohoi and Washington, D. C. 0. K. RATE REDUCTIONS Norlhorn Indiana Rale Slashes Are Given State's Approval. Northern Indiana Power Company electric rate reductions, ranging from 7 to 38 per cent, have been! approved by the public service commission for the following twentysix small towns: O'Dell, 38 per cent; Independence, 13.7; Disko. 16; Spikersville, 9.4; Eagletown, 22.5; Baker’s Corner, 28.8; Jolietville, 21.8; Gadsden, 27.8; Rosston, 21.6; Perkinsville, 23.4; Hortonville, 20.5; Clarksville. 16.2; Northfield, 22; Boxley. 23.4; North Grove, 11.2; Sharon, 7.5; Radnor, 13.4; Wheeling. 19.8; Darwin, 14.9; Millersburg, 17.7; Durbin. 31; Fishersburg, 27.2; Middleford, 11.3; Geetingsville, 16.3; Clare, 25.4, and Strawtown, 13.9. MINSTREL PLANS MADE ]. U. Men Will Present Show March 29 at School Auditorium. Gordon France, Anderson, and Virgil Hague, Bloomington, Illinois, will direct a minstrel to be given by the men of Indiana Central college on March 29 at the Kephart Memorial auditorium. The minstrel was scheduled for an earlier date but was postponed due to the bank holiday. The members of the cast include James Eaton, introlocutor; and Arnold Elzey, Virgil Hague, Kenneth Brice, and Melvin Livingood, end man. Parts have also been taken by Professors W. E. Stoneburner and D. H. Gilliant. HEIRESS NOT ENGAGED Adonell Massie Denies She'll Wed Cornelius Vanderbilt. Bii Times Special SAN FT? ANCISCO. March 25. Denial that she will marry Cornelius Vanderbilt Jr. was voiced today by Miss Adonell Massie, 22, heiress to oil millions. Arriving here on the liner Empress of Britain, Miss Massie declared that she and Vanderbilt merely are good friends and are not engaged. Vanderbilt left the liner at Ceylon, where he will do some research work. 3 CHILDREN INJURED Two Are Victims of Wringers of Washing Machines. Three children were injured Friday. two by wringers of washing machines. A badly mangled finger was incurred by Dorothea May. 3. of 513 West Ray street, and Willard Clayton. 3. of 229 Detroit street, suffered a mashed hand. Wilbur C.augh, 7, of 2506 North Harding street, suffered a fracture of the right ankle when he fell from his bicycle at Harding street and East Riverside drive. Arrange Nurse Program The young people s choir and solo quartet of the First Friends church, assisted by the Mu Phi Epsilon Patroness club ensemble, have arranged an attractive musical program for the Scottish Rite monthly afternoon service to be held Sunday at the Rite Cathedral.

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Flowers, sent with compliments of the national flower show, adorned the office of Mayor Reginald H. Sullivan this morning. This afternoon they cheered patients at city hospital. The flowers were sent from the show r at St. Louis and w r ere presented to Sullivan by messengers of the Western Unio nand Postal Telegraph Company. Sullivan said the bouquets were “too beautiful” to remain in his office and sent them to the hospital. 1 :

ASK MANDATE AGAINST POLICE Attorneys Demand Access to Accident Reports in Court Plea. Circuit court mandate for access to police accident reports is asked in a suit filed today against Chief Mike Morrissey and the safety board by attorneys representing Isaiah Ellis, 28, Negro, 1101 North Senate avenue. The attorneys, Alfred S. Cantwell and Frank K. Miller, filed the suit in the name of their client, after Morrissey is alleged to have refused to permit examination of police reports covering the acciden in which Ellis was injured. Hearing will be held Tuesday morning. According to Cantwell, the accident occurred Feb. 23, when Ellis was struck by an automobile said to have been driven by Henry Earl, 1418 North Belle Vieu place, .at North street and Senate avenue. Ellis has been confined in city hospital in a cast covering practically his entire body since the accident, Cantwell says. According to the petition, Cantwell called at police headquarters Wednesday to obtain names of witnesses and other information for preparation of a pending damage suit. Morrissey is alleged to have refused Cantwell permission to inspect the police report on the case, declaring that “it was not a public record.’’

Banker Slays Examiner, Who Posts Closing Notice

President, Who Is Sunday School Teacher, Held on Murder Charge. Hii United Press HEADRICK, Okla.. March 25. W. C. i Bill* Ernest, 50, veteran bank examiner, was shot to death Friday shortly after he hung a closed sign on the Citizens' State bank here. J. H. Brock, 36-year-old president of the bank, who once wrote a book titled “Tribulations of a Banker,” surrendered to officers, and insisted he fired a bullet into Ernest's heart in self-defense. Brock had been a teacher in the Baptist Sunday school since coming here three years ago from Barstow, Tex. He began his banking career in Post City, Tex. In the prologue of his book he said “I have fought the good fight. I have tried to keep my conscience clear." On orders of State Bank Commissioner W. J. Barnett. Ernest and his secretary. Virigina Doane of Altus, came here Friday morning to audit the books. The bank had reopened after the holiday under withdrawal restrictions which Brock had protested, advising the commisisoner he would not observe them. Shortly before noon Ernest telephoned Commissioner Barnett at Oklahoma City a report in which he recommended closing the institution. “The books are in a hell of a mess and there is considerable shortage,” Ernest reported to his chief. Miss Doane, Brock and his wife, the cashier, were standing near him. Concluding the conversation, Ernest posted the closing notice and returned to the teller's cage. Brock asked his wife and Miss Doane to step*outside. Mrs. Brock went home, across the street. Miss Doane stood outside, looking into the bank. “I warit to talk over some personal matters with Mr. Ernest,”

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Federal Polish Three Agents Unshaven, Two Shabbily Dressed, Says Victim.

THE methods and appearance of federal dry agents do no correspond with the conception of Harry Duffey, 929 North Pershing avenue, who called officers to his home Friday night and intimated he had been the victim of a fake raid. But it was a real raid, it was disclosed today by federal authorities. Duffey told police five men appeared late in the afternoon at his home, announcing they were federal agents, but displayed no badges or papers. About two gallons of red whisky were reported seized. On their departure the men left a warrant and told Duffey to report Monday morning at the federal building, where it was said today that he was permitted to remain at home at the time of the raid because he was ill. Describing the agents to police, Duffey said three needed shaves and two were dressed shabbily. STATEHOOD IS GOAL Puerto Ricans no Longer Working for Independence, Says Speaker. Statehood, rather than complete independence, is the desire of thinking leaders of the Puerto Rican government, the Rev. William B. O’Neill of Chicago stated at the Arlington M. E. church Friday night. Enlightened opinion, he believes, is causing the island to look toward statehood, although it manifest a desire for independence a few years ago.

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STEAL JEWELS WQRTHS7O,OOO Americans Are Victims in London: International Ring Sought. B}l T'nited Press LONDON, March 25. —Scotland Yard today sought clever international thieves for the theft of jewelry valued at $70,000 from Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Emery, New York social registerites. Emery, who is a brother-in-law of the Russian Grand Duke Dmitri, told Scotland Yard authoriites that the missing jewels included a beatitiful rope of eighty-five matched pearls, which he valued at 11,000 pounds sterling <about $37,000). Experts from Scotland Yard hurried to the palatial suite in one of Park Lane’s most luxurious hotels, where Emery reported the robbery occurred Thursday night. The operatives said the thief, or thieves, left the room occupied by Mrs. Emery absolutely undisturbed, to all superficial inspections, aside from the removal of the gems.

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STRICT GARAGE SAFETY LAW IS PROPOSED HERE Ordinance to Lessen Danger of Explosions to Sought by City.

Ordinance of drastic type for control of places where explosives are kept and providing ventilation in garages will be presneted Tuesday to the board of safety as an aftermath of an explosion in the Plaza garage Wednesday which cost the lives of two men. Fire Chief Harry Voshell, Bernard Lynch, head of the fire prevention bureau, and William Hurd are cooperating in drafting the measure. The ordinance would give the fire department power to inspect plans for all new T buildings intended to house explosives of any nature, and no building permit would be issued if plans are disapproved. Begin Safety Series Voshell, discussing fire prevention instruction, said that only last week 65,000 children in public and parochial schools of the city had been told of the danger of using gasoline and similar fluids for cleaning purposes. Voshell said that a gallon of gasoline, at a temperature of 70 degrees or hotter is as explosive as eighty-three pounds of dynamite, if in a place where ventilation is poor. Lynch will begin a series of safety meetings Tuesday to reach 2,500 Indianapolis Boy Scouts, stressing the hazards of fire in connection with gasoline and similar fluids. The average child has a better knowledge of fire prevention than the average adult due to the fire department’s educational campaign, Lynch declared. Covered 734 Buildings Next week thirty-one fire department inspectors will view all structures within their districts and make recommendations for removal of fire hazards. This work will be preliminary to “Clean Up and Paint Up” week, to be observed beginning April 15, under Chamber of Commerce auspices. The inspection work last year covered 734 buildings, Voshell said, and as a result of recommendations a third of the structures were razed, while others were repaired to lessen fire hazard. Tobacco, Matches Are Lost Matches, tobacco and 25 cents in cash was the loot of a burglar who smashed the window of the Kroger grocery at 2629 Shelby street, Frii day night.

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City Couple to Celebrate • 50th Wedding Anniversary

Open House to Be Held on Monday by Mr. and Mrs. H. S. Bonsib. H. S. Bonsib, 76, a temperance worker for half a century, and Mrs. Bonsib, 71, will celebrate their golden wedding anniversary Monday at their home, 642 Dearborn | street, with open house in the afternoon and night for friends and ac--1 quaintances. They have been residents of Indianapolis thirty years. Their marriage on March 27, 1883, was at I Zumbrota, Minn. He was born in j St. Louis, Mo., and Mrs. Bonsib is a native of Wisconsin. | Before moving to Indianapolis. Mr. and Mrs. Bonsib resided in Vini cennes, where he operated a temperance lecture bureau and Mrs. Bonsib was a private teacher of art. The couple has twin sons, Roy i and Ray, and a daughter. Mrs. Vera i Blackburn, and three grandchildren. I The latter resides with the parents, i Roy is director of safety for the ! Standard Oil Company and lives in | New York. Ray, an architect, lives in Cedar Rapids, la. The sons attended Indiana university and Columbia university, New York, and Ray was prominent in athletics at both schools. During the 1932 campaign, Bonsib was secretary and treasurer of the Indiana organization of the Prohibition party. He will leave next month for Wisconsin, where he will be engaged several months in work for the party. Mr. and Mrs. Bonsib are members of the Second Presbyterian church.

SUSPECT IN RAID ON CITY HOME SET FREE Woman Fails to Identify Man as One of Gang Who Searched House. One suspect arrested by police Friday night following a search by five men of the home of Charles Spillman, 6365 Washington boulevard, was released after Mrs. Spillman failed to identify him. The house formerly was occupied by Tony Ferracane, “big time” liquor dealer. The five men, one of them armed, forced their way ir. while Mrs. Spillman, her mother-in-law, Mrs. Flora Spillman, and a nephew, Bud Dividen, Louisville, Ky., were the only persons in the house. Refusing to explain their actions, the men searched the basement and a garage. They left hurriedly when Mrs. Charles Spillman went to the front door to meet a bakery delivery man.

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WARD NAMED TO HEAR CITY WATER RATE CALL Special Master in Chancey to Fix Date for Aruments Soon. Date for hearing the Indianapolis Water rate case in federal court will be set by Albert Ward, special master in chancery, as soon as he confers with water company and public service commission attorneys. This announcement was made today by Ward, after his appointment to hear the* case by Judge Robert C. Baltzell Friday afternoon. The water company seeks an in- | junction to prevent enforcement of | the public service commission's rate j schedule which became effective ; Jan. 1. I Minimum charge for water to conI sumers was increased from SI.OB to I $1.25 a month under'the schedule.

Home Builders’ Savings & Loan Ass’n ORGANIZED 1891 Will Begin Its Forty-First Series Monday, April 3, 1933 For Information Call During Business Hours at 100 ft Lemcke Building, or Monday Evenings at 2130 E. Tenth St. NO PREMIUM NO COMMISSION Payments: Mondays Only, at 1000 Lemcke Building, from 8:30 A. M. ‘ to 4 P. M. or at 2130 E. Tenth St., between 7 and 8 P. M.

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MARCH 25, 1933

KIDNAPED BOY IS SAFE, SAYS NOTE TO OHIO FATHER Parent Says He Has Not Yet Received Ransom Demand for Lad. 15. r->i ra pc,i press YOUNGSTOWN, 0., March 25 Peter Myers, Masury tavern keeper, received a note from the kidnapers of his 15-year-old son. Peter Jr . telling him the boy is safe, he revealed today. The letter, which came by mar said: “Mr. Myers: We arc glad you ca:led the law and newspaper m n off. You will hear from us soon. Petey is sate. Keep this quiet • Signed i "The Abductors.” Prior to receiving the note, Myers had heard no word from his son since he was whisked away a week ago tonight by three men armed with a machine gun. Myers told police today he is convinced the note was genuine, pointing out that the paper and handwriting are the same as the note left by the abductors with the Myers’ chauffeur. Mike Stevens, when the boy was kidnaped. Myers refused to show the note to officers, or to reveal the postmark on the envelope. The reference in the note to “calling off the law and newspaper men” pertained to the twenty-four hour truce requested by Myers to give the abductors opportunity to communicate with him. The note arrived at the Masury postoffice during the truce period, which ended at midnight. Myers reiterated today that hr had received no ransom demand from the kidnapers. Youth Attempts Suicide Ermel Cantwell, 18. of 438 Smith street, is recovering following an attempt at suicide Friday by swallowing poison. No motive for the act was ascertained by police.