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‘NO. 1 BAD MAN’ OF U. S. CONVICTED IN URSCHEL KIDNAPING Harvey Bailey Found Guilty With Albert Bates and ‘Boss’ Shannon in Trial at Oklahoma City. THREE ST. PAUL MEN ACQUITTED Sentencing of Six to Come Next Saturday, Say Prosecutors; Await Return of George ‘Machine Gun’ Kelly. 111 / t nit' it Press OKLAHOMA CITY, Sept. 30. —Seven defendants were found gruilty today in the kidnaping of Charles F. Urschel, Okahoma oil millionaire. Those cnvicted were Harvey J. Bailey, Albert L. Bates, 11. G. (Boss) Shannon, Mrs. Shannon and son Armon of Paralise, Tex., and Clifford Skelly and Barney Berman of St. Paul.

Three other St. Paul men, 1 Sam Kronick, Sam Kozberg and Isadore Blumenfield, were acquitted. The five St. Paul men had been charged with participating in the kidnaping conspiracy, for their alleged part in changing part of the S2OO 000 ransom paid by Urschel. Bailey and Bates were pictured as the leaders in the abduction, along with George i Machine Gun) Kelly and his wife, who is to be tried later. The Shannons were charged with providing their farm as the refuge for the kidnapers and their victim. Life Maximum Penalty The government announced sentences on the convicted defendants would be passed next Saturday. Life imprisonment was the maximum penalty possible. Those convicted were given a few minutes to enter motions for new trials. The verdicts were returned under the new federal Lindbergh anti- ■ kidnaping law. In announcing sentences would be deferred a week, the government gave the defendants time to file motions for new trials and appeals. Motions for new trials were filed immediately for Bailey and Bates. High Appeal Indicated Motions to arrest the judgments so. the case can be taken to the Denver circuit court of appeals and also to the United States supreme court also wre entered. Attorneys for the Shannons and for Blumenfield and Skellv announced they also would file new trial motions. The case went to the jury at 4:10 Friday afternoon. The verdict was reported to have been reached and sealed sometime Friday night. Federal Judge Vaught had advised the jury that if its verdict was not arrived at- until after 5:30 Friday, he would postpone receiving it until this morning. Police Chief Fired Bn l ll ill it Press MINNEAPOLIS. Sept. 30. -Police Chief Joseph Lehmever of Minneapolis was discharged bv Mayor A. G. Bainbridge today for testifying for the defense in the Charles Urschel kidnaping trial. Cummings Is Pleased By I ni'rd Press WASHINGTON. Sept. 30.—The convictions in the Urschel kidnaping case brought an expression of satisfaction today from AttorneyGeneral Homer S Cummings, who has taken personal interest in the case. Await Kelly's Return By t nit ft Firm OKLAHOMA CITY. Sept. 30 Government prosecutors announred today shortly after a federal court jury had convicted seven defendants in the Urschel kidnaping case that I George i Machine Gun> Kelly would be returned here from Memphis this afternoon. VICE DRIVE LAUNCHED 100 Women to Serve on Body at Cadle Tabernacle. A campaign to clean up vice in the city was launched Fndav night at a meeting in Cadle Tabernacle, addressed by Dr. J. T. Upchurch of Arlington. Tex. The meeting was climaxed when Dr. Upchurch asked for 100 women volunteers to serve on a committee that will conduct the campaign. From this group a subcommittee will be chosen to call on Police Chief Mike Morrissey and Sheriff Charles Sumner in the interests of the vice drive, which will be directed particularly against amusement places. Times Index Page. Amusement Page 6 Book-A-Day 7 Bridge 9 Broun Column 4 Church News 7 Classified 10 Comics 11 Crossword Puzzle . 9 Curious World : 3 Dance Lesson No. 6 2 Diet* On Science 7 Editorial 4 Financial 9 Radio 9 * Serial Story 11 Sports 8 Taiburt Cartoon 4 Vital Statistics 8 Wall Street—A Senes 7 Woman s Page 5

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LUER KIDNAPERS ARE GIVEN LIFE Three of Six Convicted Given Heavy Terms in Illinois. By I nited Press EDWARDSVILLE, 111., Sept. 30. —All six defendants in the August Luer kidnaping case were found guilty today by a jury in Madison county circuit court. Three were sentenced to life imprisonment. Included among those sentenced to life were Mrs. Lillian Chessen, 51. who are alleged to have collaborated in writing a $16,000 ransom demand. The other two sentenced to life terms were Randol Eugene Norvell, j 33. East St. Louis gambler, and Percy Michael Fitzgerald, 39. St. Louis ex-convict. Mike Musiala. 49-year-old farmer. who owned the St. Clair county farm to which Luer was taken and cast into a damp dugout. where he was held for five days, was! sentenced to twenty years’ imprisonment. Five years each were given to Charles Chessen. 57. husband of Mrs. Chessen. and to Christ Nicola Gitcho, 65. Madison, IIJ.. grocer, in the basement of whose store Luer was held for several hours immediately after the abduction. The jury, which fixed the penalties in all cases, retired to deliberate upon the case at 4:40 p. m. j Thursday, deliberating a total of forty-two hours. Its verdicts were j returned in less than a half hour after the more sensational verdicts in the Charles F. Urschel kidnaping case at Oklahoma City. Hourly Temperatures 6 a. m 58 10 a. m 73 7 a. m 60 11 a. m 77 8 a. m 66 12 (noon' .. 79 9 a. m 68 1 p. m.... 80

Russians Soar 11 Miles High; Shatter Records

No Radio? Music-Loving Convicts Renew Rioting.

By United Press PHILADELPHIA. Sept. 30. - Eastern penitentiary convicts staged anew riotous demonstration early today. Informed by a committee of prisoners that the board of trustees refused to place radios in the cells, furnish newspapers daily, and free certain convicts from solitary confinement, approximately 1.500 inmates set up a wild hubbub in their cells. The prisoners rioted Wednesday. but were quelled after 250 police had been brought within the walls.

M. E. APPOINTMENTS TO BE MADE SUNDAY Important Shifts Planned in Pastorates. Next session of the annual Indiana conference of the Methodist Episcopal church will be held at Columbus. Ind., delegates decided today at the North Methodist church. Interest now centers in the appointments of ministers by Bishop Edear Blake to be made late Sunday. There are rumors of important changes to be made, but nothing official will be known until the appointments are made. This afternoon the wives of the ministers were entertained at the home of Mrs. J. W Esterline, 5105 North Meridian street. Thieves* Steal Ferns Four large ferns valued at S2O were stolen from the home of Mrs. Margaret Dugen, 313 East Twentysecond street, early today, she reported to police.

The Indianapolis Times Partly cloudy tonight with possibly a shower this afternoon or tonight; Sunday, fair and cooler.

Scientists Break Mark Set by Piccard by More Than Mile. Su l nitrd Prefix MOSCOW. Sept, 30.—'Three Russian scientists, exploring the straI tosphere eleven miles above the earth in the giant government balloon USSR today shattered all existing altitude records. Studying their instruments at the comfortable temperature of 71.6 degrees maintained in their gondola, the scientists cruised through space where the temperature was 88 below zero. Starting at 8:43 a. m. from the local airport, they reached at 9:58 a. m. an altitude of 17.9 kilometers '.eleven miles, 204 yards). Soaring rapidly, they surpassed all previous records within forty minutes after their start. After cruising about and studying their instruments, the canonists ascended finally to 18.4 kilometers til miles, 750 yards) at 12:30 p. m. "We are feeling fine and send best wishes,” they radioed to earth. Twenty minutes later they began to descend. They reported their supply of oxygen was holding out well. Officials expected them to land about 4 pm. and sent several airplanes to Serpukhov, fifty-six miles from Moscow, where it was calculated the balloon would touch earth. Unsatisfied with the achievement today, officials planned to send the even larger balloon Osoaviakuin—the official term for the society for aviation and defense—into the upper air Sunday to excel the USSR's feat. The USSR, in a cloudless sky. remained visible from Moscow, a tiny speck in the sky, during its ascent and descent. The previous altitude record for ! balloons, set by Professor Auguste Piccard and Max Coyns of Belgium, was ten miles, 117 yards. The airplane record, as yet unofficial, is eight miles, 1,003 yards. It was set Thursday by the French civilian ‘pilot, Gustave Lemoine.

200-Mile Ride With Fleeing Convict ‘Nightmare’ to Kidnaped City Man

1 GUESS I'm darn lucky, at that.” Still visibly shaken by his harrowing experience of riding all night with one of the fugitive convicts from the Indiana state prison who kept a gun poked in his ribs, Victor Lyle, 26, of 836 South Holmes street, was thankful to be alive today. Ia the garden of the bungalow where he lives with his parents, Lyle told the story of a ride which began in Ben Davis at 10 p. m. Friday and ended in Nashville at 4 a. m. today. Even the peaceful setting of his home among flowers and shrubs failed to have a quieting effect on the young mans nerves. He rumpled his dark hair with nervous hands and lit one cigaret upon another with shaking fingers.

“Thinking about it is like a bad nightmare,” he said. "That convict was so darn silent. I kept one eye on the road and one eye on the gun in his hand. He was distinctly unsociable. We just rode and rode for more than two hundred miles with scarcely a word. IS It It “ \ ND onre w'hen I looked di--AV rectly at him to see what he really looked like, he poked the gun into my side with a push that meant business.” Lyle lit his sixth cigaret. ‘ Once during the ride I said, “Listen, friend, all I want to do is to get rid of you. I’ve never seen you and you've never seen me. How about getting out now and letting me go home?’ “He just laughed at that suggestion and told me to tend to my driving" said Lyle. Lyle revealed that he picked the desperado up in Ben Davis where he had been visiting friends. tt a a HE came down the side street where I was parked and asked for a lift to Indianapolis” said Lyle. “I thought he was some chap who had missed a bus and just out of luck so I told him to hop in the car. He said he had been in a fight on the National road and asked me to take some other route.” “At that time, we had only been riding about five minutes. I objected saying that the National road was the most direct road. Then he pulled the gun. That was enough persuasion for me. I drove over to road 67. Much of the 200-mile ride merely is a confused memory to Lyle. The bandit seemed to know the backroads and for part of the sixhour ride, Lyle was lost until they drove into Bloomington at about 3 a. m. where Lyle told the gunman that his gas was low. "He kept his gun on me and went around to the gas tank to measure the gas. Then he jumped into the car again and said we had three gallons left to go on.” a tt tt ••'IT THEN we got to Nashville I Wtold him the gas must be running low. He said we’d buy some gas aul promptly went through my pockets, taking $7. We stopped at one gas station near Nashville, but it was closed. At another filling station almost in the middle of town the bandit ordered me to stop again. It, too, was closed. He became irritated and began to bang at the door. I saw* my chance. I threw my car into high and went down the street as fast as the old boiler would travel.” When Lyle appeared at the police station in Nashville officers told him that even his meager description of the kidnaper identified him as one of the escaped convicts. Lyle, a machinist, is employed at the Link Belt Company.

INDIANAPOLIS, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1933

CITY BOY, 10, SHOT TO DEATH Killed During Game of ‘Cowboy and Indian’ at Home. Ten-year-old Raymond Mock, 450 Shelby street, was killed today at his home when a .32-caliber bullet pierced his heart, ending a game of “cowboy Pnd Indian,” which he had been playing with William Bland. 10, of 1110 English avenue. At first, the Bland boy told police that he was on the front porch of the Mock home when he heard a shot, and rushed into the house to see the Mock boy lying on the floor, and that “a kid in a green sweater ran out.” But further question brought the real story. “We had been playing cowboy and Indian i/ith wooden guns,” ’young Bland said. “Finally, Ray got the revolver and we played with it.” “Raymond had the revolver first. He took out the shells. Then it was my turn to play with it. I didn’t know the shells had been put back.” Neither the father nor mother of the dead boy, both of whom are employed, were at home.

Adolph Seidensticker Is Named City Postmaster

Former Member of State Pardons Board Succeeds Leslie Clancy. Adolph Seidensticker, 3720 North Pennsylvania street, former attorney for the Home Owmers Loan Corporation in Marion county and ex-member and secretary of the state pardons board, today will take over the Indianapolis postmastership. News of Mr. Seidensticker’s appointment to succeed Leslie D. Clancy was received Friday night from United States Senator Frederick Van Nuys in Washington. Mr. Clancy received his aepointment to the postmastership Jan. 27, 1932, from former president Herbert Hoover. The new postmaster was born in Indianapolis and educated in local schools. Upon his graduation from Indiana law school in 1896, he entered practice as a member of the firm of Florea & Seidensticker. The partnership continued until 1918 when Mr. Seidensticker resigned to devote his entire time to the post of secretary of the state pardons board. He had been appointed to the pardons board in 1913 by Governor Thomas R. Marshall and served until 1925 when board was abolished under the Ed Jackson administration. He then re-entered law practice. Mr. Seidensticker, 58, is a member of the Masonic order and past master of Pentalpha lodge No. 564. He and Mrs. Seidensticker have three children. J. Porter and Adolph Seidensticker, and Mrs. Mary Margaret Miller. Adolph Seidensticker resides in Philadelphia. Mr. Clancy has been transferred to the position of assistant money order cashier. ‘CLEAN BEER' DRIVE IS STARTED BY CITY Dr. Morgan Orders Aids to Inspect Equipment. Drive for clean beer was started today by Dr. Herman G. Morgan, city health board secretary. Following complaints of dirty coils and glasses, Dr. Morgan ordered inspectors to visit all beer dispensing place. Those found clean will be given certificates, and “cleanup” orders issued to others.

KING COAL IS HERE AGAIN a a a These chilly mornings and cool evenings are just a reminder that winter is approaching rapidly and a warning to fill the coal bin. Todays coal prices are based on immediate purchase. a a a For a list of the leading coal dealers in Indianapolis turn back to the, Want Ad columns in this issue of The Times. Bvy Your Coal Now m n n TIMES WANT ADS

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Taxes With the county tax adjustment board having approved Marion coujity levies after declaring an emergency over the $1.50 law, the city today is confronted with a state tax board battle on the new levies. Although budgets and tax levies consist chiefly of figures —often too tiresome for the taxpayer until payment time arrives—there are many details which will be brought forward in the tax board hearings. Starting Monday the Times will present the first of a series of stories on the city budget, showing the reductions in administration costs that have been made and pointing to other items that may be sliced or eliminated. Read this series in The Times starting Monday.

Aw, Beans! Mexican Jumpers Save Day for Gamblers.

By United Press Warsaw, ind., sept. 30. The Mexican jumping bean has displaced all gambling devices here. Gamesters with bulging bank rolls were disheartened when they visited the street fair and discovered no slot machines. Unable to find a poker or craps game, those who would wager idly stood watching a bean vender peddle his ware. Finally one man, more resourceful than his companions, purchased a handful of the jumping beans. Next he is said to have secured a piece of paper on which he drew' a large circle. Men of the world step up, select a bean, place it in the circle and lay down their money. The man whose bean jumps out of the circle first wins the “pot.” The vender is said to have sold a bushel of these Mexican jumping beans at 1 cent each.

‘BREAK' FOR BOSSES IS ASKED OF NRA 4 Employers Seek Approval of Codes Quickly. A telegram urging General Hugh S. Johnson, NRA admiinstration, to give employers a "break” as well as employes by quick adoption of codes of industries now operating under the blanket code, was sent by Indiana NRA officials today. The message signed by William J. Mooney of the district recovery board, and M. M. Dunbar of the state board, urged immediate adoption of industry codes, particularly in the restaurant business. “The trouble with the present situation,” said Francis Wells, Indiana commerce department representative, “is that while wages and hours may have been adjusted satisfactorily rules of fair practice are not being observed particularly in price fixing or cutting. The present system is unfair to the employer.” SIO,OOO LOOT OF THUGS Masked Bandits Take Pay Roll in Robbery in East. By United Press BINGHAMTON, N. Y.. Sept. 30. Five masked bandits entered the office of the Kroehler Manufacturing Company here late Friday, took a SIO,OOO pay roll and escaped in a waiting automobile. Lightning Kills Six Hogs By United Press KENDALLVILLE. Ind.. Sept. 30. A bolt"of lightning struck a large barn at the Owen Bowman farm near here, killing six hogs and a shote. A horse two feet from the hogs escaped injury. Tetanus Poisoning Is Fatal By United Press ROCHESTER. Ind.. Sept. 30. Tetanus poisoning resulting from a rusty nail which he ran in his foot recently, climaxed the life of Merrill Henry, 33, farmer near here, Friday,

CONVICTS ELUDE POLICE IN FRANTIC CHASE HERE; CITY MAN IS KIDNAPED

SHERIFF SAFE; FMXSaiEBV STATE OFFICER Comes to Gary With One of Escaped Criminals, but They Part Friends. i By United Brens GARY. Ind., Sept. 30.—Sheriff Charles Neel of Harrison county, i kidnaped and held captive for three days by escaped convicts from Indi- ; ana state prison, today told the story of his weird experiences. Almost simultaneous with Neel's appearance here, James Clark, one lof the most desperate of the ten prisoners who wounded three guards in effecting a daring break Tuesday, was captured in Hammond, a few miles from here. Clark, one of the group of four who held Neel captive, was caught three blocks from the police head- | quarters. “Guessed He Was Right” Neel said he was released early | Friday. He wandered all day trying I to get to a city. He came by interurban to Gary from Hobart.. Clark told police a different story. After hearing it, Neel said he "guessed Clark was right.” Both Neel and Clark suffered from exposure and lack of food. Neel had not been harmed. He said the convicts complimented him on “being a good fellow.” Neel told local authorities that i Friday morning he tried to get a ! ride to Gary, but motorists refused J to stop. He slept several hours in an open field, he said, then walked | to Hobart. Pays for Meals for Both Clark said early Friday morning, three com icts left the party together in an automobile. Clark, j slightly ill, -decided to walk w r ith Neel. Together they roamed through : fields trying to get to a city, Clark said. v At Hobart, Neel paid for a meal for both, Clark related. Neel also j paid their interurban fare to Gary, j Here they said good-by and parted. Clark started for Hammond wearing Neel's overcoat. Neel went to | police headquarters. Police were unable to explain Neel's failure to bring Clark to headquarters. After he shaved and ate, he retired. I Captain Matt Leach of the state i police said he would question Neel today on this point. Drove Toward Chicago Neel had just delivered a prisoner to the penitentiary at Michj igan City when the ten convicts; ; came charging out the main gate, firing revolvers that had been smuggled in to them. “Someone grabbed me by the arm,” he said. "One of the dozen men milling around me took my revolver. ‘‘Have you got a car?” one of j them asked. I told him I did ana he oi'dered me to take him to ,’t.” j Two convicts got into the front | seat and two others in the rear, | accompanied by Neel. They drove | ! west from Michigan City toward Chicago, then turned south on a side road. The sheriff’s car was wrecked a few miles from Michigan City. The convicts went to the farmhouse of j Carl Spanier, took his automobile ! and forced him to accompany them. When they stopped for gas- j oline, Spanier escaped. Start Aimless W’andering At the farmhouse of Carl GustafI son ten miles southwest of Michi- j gan City, the second car oroke down. In a driving rain the con- | victs and Neel started out on foot across fields and through underbrush. At daylight they crept into a | clump of bushes and lay there until nightfall. Wednesday night the convicts | started out again. They were try- 1 ; ing to make their way to Gary but were last. They looked for another automobile to steal, but searched in vain. Thursday they again hid in woods. Thursday night the aimless wan- | dering started again. Shortly after : | midnight they came upon a farmer's automobile parked in his yard, i and stole it. Neel and Clark exchanged greetings when they met Friday night lin , the Hammond police station.. | Neel gave Clark $5 and the latter was taken back to Michigan City to resume his life sentence for • banditry. LIBRARY ON NEW HOURS Business Branch Abandons Summer Schedule; Open 8:30 to 6:30. Business Branch library, located in the'school board administraffon' building, Meridian and Ohio streets, will abandon the summer schedule Monday and be open every week day, including Saturday, from 8:30 a. m. to 6:30 p. m. Auto Injuries Cause Death By United Press HAMMOND, ind.. Sept. 30.—A skull fracture suffered when he was knocked down by a speeding auto- . mobile caused the death here Fri- ; 1 day night of Frank Grywich, 43.

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West Side Resident Gets Away From Lone Desperado When Gasoline Supply in Auto Runs Low in Nashville. FORCED TO DRIVE CAR 200 MILES One of Escaped Gang Is Caught at Hammond Following Liberation of Sheriff; Band Escapes in Wild Race in Ben Davis. One of nine fugitive convicts from the Indiana state prison, believed to be Joseph Jenkins, life term murderer, was seen near Tell City, Ind., today as an extensive manhunt followed a series of dramatic events Friday night and early today, which included the kidnaping of two men, one from Indianapolis. State police pursuing four of the convicts in an 80-mile-an-hour automobile chase, were eluded in Ben Davis about 10:30 Friday night, when the fugitives stopped their car suddenly in an effort to swerve into a side road.

One man, believed to have been Jenkins, was thrown from the car. The kidnaped Indianapolis man. Victor Lyle, 26. of 838 South Holmes avenue, escaped after being forced by one of the escaped men to drive to Bloomington, Spencer, and Nashville. He was held up while driving near Ben Davis. Frank M. Ratcliffe, Terre Haute, was thrown from his automobile, shortly after he had been abducted there near the city market. The hunt today is centered in Brown county and vicinity with the search being led by sixty state police. Os the ten men, mostly lifers, who made a break from the prison Tues-

Shoot! ‘Draw First,’ Is Order to All Police.

DON'T let any one beat you to the draw. You have guns and are supposed to know how to use them.” That was the terse order given today to police concentrating on the hunt for escaped convicts, by Captain John Mullin. a a a All available radio cars and ma-chine-gun squads were thrown into the area southwest of the city and in the White river marshes and all other police in the city were ordered briefly to ‘ be ready.” a a a SHERIFF CHARLES NEEL of Corydon. who was “taken for a ride” bjy escaping Michigan City convicts and appeared in Gary to tell the tale, was to be brought to Indianapolis today by Captain Matt Leach of the state police. Neel was released Friday night. “I was standing in the lobby of the Michigan City prison when the break occurred,” said Neel. “Suddenly, I heard a terrific crash and the prisoners were upon me. One of them grabbed me, taking the keys of my car from my partner friend, Dr. Lee Wolf. “They drove out to state Road 12. After driving for some time the car went into a ditch. The convicts forced a farmer to drive them farther in his car, holding a gun on him all the time. “They abandoned his car and walked across fields in the pouring rain. We laid in bushes all Wednesday night and on Thursday the men stole another car from a farm. Finally they put me out of the car. One of the men wanted to tie me up. another said: “It'd kill the old man—give him a break.” “I was lost and walked around aimlessly and then found State Road 6. After miles of walking I got to Hobart and then took a trolley to Gary.” ana Three dun-colored prison jackets bearing the prison numbers of three of the escaped Michigan City convicts, were found abandoned in an automobile near Brownstown Friday. Two of the jackets were issued to Charles Mokley and the other to Edward Shouse, according to prison officials. a a a EDWARD WATTS, Ben Davis jeweler, tc->k a pot-shot at one of the fleeing convicts near High School road Friday night. “I had been listening to the voice of A1 Feeney, state director of public safety, tell of the flight of four convicts from Terre Haute,” said Mr. Watts. “I left the drug store at 6301 West Washington street, and walked toward home. “Suddenly the car with the convicts in it roared past me and swerved south into High School road. One of the convicts was thrown out. As he regained his feet and fled, I fired a shot at him. I don't think I hit him. however. He had a gun in his hand but didn’t attempt to shoot back.” Mr. Watts explained that he has a permit to carry a revolver. n a, . * Shortage of guards and methods of receiving raw products for prison plants within the penitentiary, were given as reasons for the Indiana state prison jail break as an investigating board finished its probe into the prison delivery today

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day, only one has been captured. He is James Clark, serving a life ; term for murder. I Clark was captured in Hammond shortly after he had \ liberated Sheriff Charles Neel of Harrison j county, kidnaped as the ten convicts fled from the prison. Four of the fugitives were in the automobile stolen at Terre Haute, which was halted suddenly in Ben Davis to throw pursuing state police off the trail. Terre Haute Man Seized First reports on the escaped men were received at 7 Friday night by Indianapolis police, tvhen Brownstown (Ind.) officers stated six men had abandoned an automobile there and had headed east on U. S. Road 31 in another car, a large, gray sedan. Shortly after 9 Ratcliffe was kidnaped by three men, robbed of his | blue seven-passenger Franklin auto- | mobile and a watch. The car was taken after he was | forced txr drive east out of Terre Haute. He was thrown from the car which he said was followed by ! another large machine in which three or four men rode. Ratcliffe identified one of his captors as Russell Clark, serving a twenty-year term for robbery. Heading east, the convicts sped through Brazil at 9:45, both cars having been sighted by police. The \ next report was at six minutes past j midnight when Plainfield officers | sighted one car. State Police Join Race Shortly after the convicts’ car left Plainfield, its trail was taken up by a state police squad commanded by Sergeant Bert Davis using an armored automobile, and a chase east on U. S. Road 40, which at times reached an eighty-mile-an-hour speed, was on. Efforts of police to force the other car into the roadside ditch failed. In Ben Davis, the driver of the pursued car stopped suddenly at the intersection of Road 40 and the High School road was reached. The police car speeded past. The bandits shattered rear window glass in their car, and trained pistols in a group of bystanders at the intersection, but did not fire. As an effort was made to turn into the High School road, the convicts’ automobile struck a pole and one man was thrown out. Although apparently injured, he succeeded in : escaping on foot. The others fled west in the badly damaged automobile. Appears in Bloomington Lyle's captor is believed to have been the convict thrown from the ?- omobile in Ben Davis. Lyle appeared at police headquarters in Bloomington shortly before 4 this morning, and said that while driving near Ben Davis, he was stopped by an armed man who climbed into lr* automobile. With a revolver pressed against : him, Lyle drove to Spencer on State Road 67, then on Road 46 to Bloomington and from there to Nashville. The gasoline supply ran low in Nashville, and Lyle dashed away in ! his car, while the convict was trying to obtain more fuel at a filling | station. Tentative identification of 1 his captor as Jenkins was made by Lyle from a photograph. Fight Is Prevented Over-eagerness of state police is believed to have prevented a fight to the finish in Mickleyville, nearer to Indianapolis than Ben Davis. Had the state officers remained | slightly behind, it is believed that the convicts would have run into an ambush of Indianapolis police in Mickleyville. Aiding in the hunt as the chase | neared Ben Davis were Deputy Sheriffs Patrick Kinney and Howard Skaggs. They were at Speedway I City when informed by radio of the chase and drove to Ben Davis in six minutes. Edward Shouse. one of the convicts. is believed to have been on a Big Four freight train at Clarks Hill. The conductor, Charles Byfield, Lafayette, identified a photograph as that of Shouse, who was sentenced to the prison for twentyfive years for robbery Report this morning indicated the j convicts are doubling back on their trail, police at Greencastle reporting that Ratcliffe's automobile had 1 been abandoned there. The convicts entered another car, they reported.