Indianapolis Times, Volume 45, Number 105, Indianapolis, Marion County, 11 September 1933 — Page 14

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'INSULTS' BARED AS MOTIVE FOR GRACE SLAYING Nurse Confesses Planning Murder of Retired Shipping Magnate. By t nitrif Press SANTA CRUZ. Cal , Sept. 11.— Frieda Wilhcimina Weltz. red-haired nurse, was accused today of planning the murder of J. M. Grace, retired shipping magnate, eighteen months ago. and biding her time until Saturday night when she killed him. Prosecutor J. F Murphy related her story of the slaying of Grace on the lawn of his summer estate, but said she would not reveal her motive. His nearest approach to an explanation. Murphy said, was the statement that there had been a long series of lies and insults.' She told Murphy that Grace spread scandal about her. She denied there had been a romance. Waits for ( hanre Miss Weltz, 47," former war nurse, was employed a year and a half ago to care for Grace, who was subject to. heart trouble. Grace's widow, herself an invalid, said Miss Weltz worked about two weeks, understanding the position was temporary .Murphy quoted the nurse as saying: • I'm glad I did it. I don't care what they do with me. so long as they get it over quickly. I don't even want an attorney.” She told Murphy she decided to kiil Grace when she left his employ She mad" frequent trips to San*a Cruz lrom San Francisco. Sh" always registered at the same hotel and Invariably demanded the same room, on the third floor overlooking Grace's estate. Suicide Is Prevented Two weeks ago. Murphy said..she went to the hotel and waited for a chance to kill the shipping man. i By day she watched the estate from her hotel window and by night she watched fioin a nearby lodging house. When Grace appeared on the grounds with his nurse. Helene Roberts. Miss Weltz crossed the street, brought a gun from under her coat and fired one shot. She i was disarmed by Miss Roberts and j Richard Frank, butler. Frank said she demanded the gun back ihpt she might commit suicide.

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Discoveries made by Dr. Margaret G. Smith, above, assistant pathologist at Washington university, St. Louis, may provide a means for checking the mysterious epidemic of sleeping sickness which has ravaged St. Louis and other communities. Dr. Smith's research indicates that the virus which causes the malady resides in the kidneys. I. U. ENROLLS 2,877 Total to Date Exceeds Figure of Last Year by 263. By T.’nitr'ft Press BLOOMINGTON, Ind., Sept. 11. —Registration at Bloomington units of Indiana university today reached 2,877, exceeding the total registered at the same time last year by 263. Although regular class work will start Tuesday, registration will continue throughout the week. Os the present enrollment, 1,269 are now' students. Short Changed‘of $lO Mrs. Goldie Cragun, 2025 Hoyt avenue, reported to police Saturday that she w r as short changed, with a $lO loss, by a woman patron of a downtown restaurant where she is employed.

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TRAP CONVICTS AFTER TWO DIE IN JAIL BREAK Posse Surrounds Woods Believed Harboring 10 in Gang. By Initeit Press BATON ROUGE. La., Sept. 11 A posse of prison guards and county officers today surrounded a wooded section where ten of twelve convicts who stiov their way to freedom at the Angola state prison Sunday w-ere believed to have taken refuge. The convicts, all desperate longterm prisoners, killed tw'o men and wounded three others in their sensational dash for freedom. One convict w'as shot to death and another was believed separated from the group. The convicts burst suddenly into the office of Sugar Camp E., a refinery located in the center of the prison, branaisned three rifles and several pistols. They demanded that A. L. Bryan, a trusty, give them the keys to the gun rack. Visitor Shouts Alarm When Bryan hesitated they slugged him with the guns and took the keys. They armed themselves with rifles and forced Bryan to supply them w'ith ammunition. As the convicts emerged from the office, J. W. Fletcher, a visitor at the prison, shouted the alarm, and was shot to death. The prisoners then made an open dash for the nearest prison gate. Alfred Davis, convict-guard, was shot fatally as he attempted to defend a gate along the wire stockade surrounding the prison. J. O. Watlington, master mechanic, was shot through the hand. Ed Sharp, a ‘lifer,” was wounded during the skirmish. Supervisor Shot Down Captain John Singleton, camp supervior, was shot down when he refused the convicts’ demands for the keys to the outer gate. Three rifle bullets pierced his lungs. As the convicts fled, L. M. Fournet, sugar camp superintendent, followed and fired at them. Two of

Plot to Hike Oil Prices Laid to Big Companies

City Dealer Makes Plea to ; lekes in Behalf of Independents. As the President, with Harold L. Ickes, secretary of the interior, and national NRA chiefs met today in Washington to attempt stabilization of the oil industry, charges of price fixing were made in Indianapolis. In a letter today to Ickes. Samuel Trotcky, president of the Indianap Motor Service Corporation. 1121 North Meridian street, charged that thirteen of the fifteen men appointed on the President's NRA oil committee represent the major companies and that small independent dealers have no representation. “This committee,” said Trotckv,” met a few days ago and w'as afraid to set the retail price so it passed the buck to Ickes. But Ickes refused to fall for their scheme and instead, issued an order regulating the amount of crude oil to be produced. "TM big companies did not expect to be treated like that, so they again brought up the subject of price control which comes up in Washington today. “The major companies want everybody dealing in gas to sell at the same price, with the result that the public will buy the major advertised brands and the independent dealers will pass out of the picture. With the independents out, there is nothing to prevent the big companies from pushing up the price. “The independents have forced the big companies to lower prices at all times. “If this monoply is not stopped, the motoring public will be paying 25 and 30 cents a gallon for gas next year. That is the goal of the major companies.” the convicts fell, but were picked up and placed in an automobile which their comrades commandeered from a prison visitor. The body of William Stone, a convict, later was found about four miles from the prison, where it had been thrown out of the automobile after he had died of bullet wounds.

WOMAN VICTIM OF THIEVES IS BEATEN Boys Grab Purse. Strike Pedestrian in Robbery Near Home. One of two women who were victims of purse snatchers during the week-end was beaten, she reported to police. Miss Edna Willson. BIOV2 North Illinois street, reported that while she was walking near her home several boys who surrounded her grabbed a purse containing $8 and beat her on the head. Two Negro boys. 9 and 12 years old, are held in the juvenile detention home as a result of a purse being snatched from Miss Edith Dorsey, 3117 Kenwood avenue. William Gagen, 21, of 1814 Frospect street, captured the boys after a chase, and turned them over to police. Judge Seeks Gary Mayoralty GARY, Ind., Sept. 11. Judge Charles E.’Greenwald of the Gary branch of the Lake superior court today w T as a Republican candidate for mayor in next year's election. He made the announcement to the Slavonic Republic League in the county’s first Republican rally in months.

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