Indianapolis Times, Volume 45, Number 175, Indianapolis, Marion County, 1 December 1933 — Page 13

DEC. 1, 1933

STATE CLOSES CASE IN MASON TRIALJODAY Attorney to Begin -Defense in Noblesville Trial on Monday. BY JAMES A. CARVIN’ Timet Staff Writer NOBLESVILLE, Ind.. Dec. I. The state will close its case in the trial of William Mason, charged with the slaying of Sergeant Lester Jones, this afternoon. Court will be adjourned until Monday, when the defense begins its testimony. Expert fingerprint testimony today fixed Harold Thompson, alias • Red) Gibberson, now awaiting trial in connection with the slaying, as one of the bandits in the fata! slaying in the Peoples Motor Coach garage. Purpose of the testimony was to show Gibberson's connection with the crime and his close association with Mason. Albert Perrott, Indianapolis fingerprint expert of the Indianapolis police department; Thomas Lafley oi the Chicago fingerprint bureau, and Walter T. Dempsey of the Dayton <O.) Bertillion room identified

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a bloody finger-print on a tag on : a money bag discarded by bandits during the holdup as the fingerprint of Gibberson. The money bag contained SI,BOO when it was abandoned by the bandits, i This afternoon Arch Ball, ballistics expert of the Indianapolis police department, testified to test shots fired from machine guns, alI leged to have been used in the slaying. He also told of the bullets picked up in the coach cpmpany's garage after the holdup. Clarence Vert, employe of the Capitol Dairy Company, identified a shotgun shell in evidence as one found at the holdup of the dairy the night before the slaying. The alleged bandit gang have been ; linked with the Capitol dairy robj bery. Other witnesses today were ! George G. Mueller, city detective of Indianapolis, who identified the machine guns, rifles and pistols which were turned over to him by officers of Covington, Kv, at the time of | the arrest of the alleged bandits In i Kentucky, and W. E. Graham, chief of police of Franklin, O. Thirty-four state witnesses have marched to the stand since last Monday, when the state began weaving the • web by which it ex- ! pects to send Mason to the electric chair. Conviction on the charge of ! murder in perpetration of a robbery | carries a mandatory death penalty, i Discussion of the defense which Mason will offer through Floyd Christian, his attorney, appointed by Circuit Judge Fred Hines, re- ‘ mains the chief topic of conversa-:

' tion by spectators who have crowded the courtroom to capacity. Mason was described by Mr. Christian as the inventor of a device, “greatly desired by criminals.'’ I War department officials have in- , vestigated the invention, Mr. Chris--1 tian claimed. Desire to possess the device led i to the abduction of Mason, and his j refusal to reveal details of his dis- : covery led to abuse and torture which caused the Injury that neces- : sitated amputation of his left leg, j Mr. Christian said. The defense will attempt to show that Mason was not present at the Peoples Motor Coach Company garage in Indianapolis on the early morning of Feb. 7, when Sergeant I Jones was murdered by bullets from | a sub-machine gun wielded by a ) member of the five-man gang which | attempted a holdup there, Mr, Christian declared. CHOIR TO ENTERTAIN Scottish Rite Continues Music Series; Public Invited. Continuing the series of programs of music and addresses, the Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite, valley of Indianapolis, will present the choir of the Zion Evangelical church, and F. R. Davies, its pastor, Sunday afternoon at 3 in the auditorium of ! the cathedral. North and Meridian j streets. The public is inyited. John Bunyan, author of “Pilgrim’s Progress,’’ was a tinker in Bedford, England.

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SERVICES FOR MRS. GERLACH ARE ARRANGED Wife of City M. E. Pastor Was Active in Work of Church. Funeral services for Mrs. Katherine Gerlach, 67, of 2917 Broadway, who died at her home yesterday, will be held at 1:30 tomorrow afternoon at the home and at 2:30 at the Prospect Street M. E. church. Burial will be in Crown Hill cemetery. Mrs. Gerlach, who was the wife of the Rev. J. C. Gerlach, was active in the work of the Prospect Street M. E. church during the eight years her husband was pastor there. He retired from the ministry five years ago. Surviving her are the husband; a daughter, Miss Talitha Gerlach, secretary of the Y. W. C. A. at Shanghai, China; two sons, Reuben B. Gerlach and Calvin H. Gerlach, both of Indianapolis; two sisters, Miss Ella Beal and Miss Martha Beal, and a brother, Simon Beal, all of Bucyrus, O. Dies in Beech Grove Mrs. Anna M. Staub, 65, of 1830

Applegate street, died yesterday in the St. Francis hospital. Beech Grove, after a short illness. Mrs. Staub was born in Allen- 1 town. Pa., but had lived in Indian- ; apolis and Beech Grove practically j all her life. She was a member j of the Sacred Heart Catholic church and the Christian Mothers Society j of the church. Surviving her are the husband, 1 Nicholas F. Staub; four daughters, Mrs. Florence Young. Mrs. Helen Heidenreich, Mrs. Margaret Reimer and Miss Anna Marie Staub, and three sons, Elmer Staub, Frank Staub and Raymond Staub, all of j Indianapolis. Funeral arrangements have not been completed. Steam Funeral Held Funeral services for Mrs. Rachael Stearn, 79, 1211 North Oakland avenue, who died at her home Tuesday, will be held at 10:30 this morning in the home. Burial will be in the Brookside cemetery in Lapel. Mrs. Stearn was bom in Hamilton county, near Fischersburg. Her parents were pioneers of the county. She came to Indianapolis in 1891, and had lived here the remainder of her life. Surviving her are three daughters, Mrs. Maurice Gilmore, Altoona, Fla.; Mrs. Homer H. Negley and Mrs. Carl Gakstetter, and a son, William R. Rhoades, all of Indianapolis. Native of Germany Dies Mrs. Eva Argus, 85, died yesterday morning at the home of her daughter, Mrs. C. F. McClanahan, 541 North Rural street. Mrs. Argus was born in Germany, but had lived

in Augusta. Kv., and Indianapolis j the greater part of her life. She ! was a member of the St. Philip Neri Catholic church and the Altar Society of the church. Surviving her are two sons, 1 Joseph J. Argus. Indianapolis, and i Henry A. Argus, Springfield, 111.; j five daughters. Mrs. McClanShan and Miss Elizabeth Argus, Indianapolis; Mrs. Frank Harding. Richmond; Mrs. D. F. List, Augusta, and Sister Mary Ventura of the Order of Notre Dame. Covington, Ky. Funeral services will be held at 9 tomorrow morning in the St. Philip church. Burial will be in Holy Cross cemetery. Kennedy Rites Held Today Funeral services for William A. Kennedy, 74. of 139 North Delaware stret, who fell dead Wednes- j day as he was walking near Dela- ] ware and Wabash streets, will, be held today in the chaptel at Forest Hill cemetery, Shelbyville. Mr. Kennedy was born in lowa, but had lived in Indianapolis tne last thirty years. He was a member j of the carpenters’ union. Surviving j him is a son, Harry B. Kennedy, l 4624 Manlove avenue.

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