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$500,00 IN BOGUS BILLS ARE SEIZED Huge Counterfeiting Plant Confiscated in Chicago Raid by U. S. SEEK NATIONAL CHIEFS Ring Operated in Indiana and Other States of Midwest. By L nitcd CHICAGO. Dec. 7.—A secret service hunt for the leaders of na-tion-wide counterfeiting ring was intensified today with the seizure of $500,000 m spurious bills and con- ■ fiscation of a huge counterfeiting! plant. Agents hoped to trap the chiefs | of the ring in Chicago as the re- ! suit of three arrests. The plant, seized in a raid yesterday, was said to be the source of supply for the entire ring. Passers for the ring have been arrested in Indiana, Illinois and Nebraska. Products from the counterfeiting plant have turned up in a dozen other states. Federal agents learned of the nation wide ring after questioning of two men arrested sev-e-al weeks ago but held secretly. The men were: William F. Davis, 53, former Capone gang member, and Harry Harris. police character. Both, according to agents, were “passers'' for the ring. More than S3O 000 m counterfeit bills were found on Davis. A woman, said to be Davis' wife, was taken into custody in yesterday’s raid. The piant was found in the basement of a cottage in a northwest side district. Printing, engraving and marking equipment was complete. Dies, money plates, ink. specially treated paper and spurious bills in denominations of $5. $lO. S2O, SSO and SIOO were found. Agents refused to reveal details of the ramifications of the ring, but hinted that it was connected with the gang of counterfeiters held in Indiana recently and believed headed by Milton C. Werling. Two ‘pass- j ers” of the ring are held in Nebraska, gents said. Mrs. Davis was incommunicado. Davis was held under $50,000 bond and Harris is supposed to be in secret, custody. I DENIES DISCRIMINATION AGAINST INDIANA COAL Relief Administration Explains Purchases for Needy. By Times Special WASHINGTON. Dec. 7.—Administrator Harry L. Hopkins office today denied reports that the federal relief organization is discriminating against Indiana coal in the purchase of winter fuel for the needy. Local relief officials, it* was ex-, plained, are instructed to obtain coal for relief purposes from local coal dealers out of existing stocks, and it matters not to the federal government where the coal was mined. THREE DIE IN MEXICAN BORDER LIQUOR BATTLE American Officer and Two Mexicans Slain in F.l Paso. Bu I ii itcil Pres* EL PASO. Tex.. Dec. 7.—A United States border patrolman and two Mexican smugglers were killed in a rum battle between six fedeial officers and sixteen runners at the foot of Park street today. The dead were Patrolman Dome C. Melton. 31: Higimo Perez, and Francisro Gonzalez, 25. Perez and Gonzalez were both from Juarez, Mexico. TOUHY GANG TRIP ENDS Four Accused in Factor Kidnaping Reach Chicago for Trial. Bu l nited Prefix CHICAGO. 7.—Four members of the desperate Touhy gang arrived here today under heavy police guard from St. Paul. Minn., and were rushed immediately to the county .tail to await trial on charges of kidnaping John tJake the Barber' Factor. COLD TO END ATTACKS Intestinal Flu to Come to Finish. Says Morgan. Cold weather, such as anticipated by weather observers for the city tonight, is needed to stamp out the j epidemic of intestinal influenza prevalent in the city.

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Gov. Rolph Denounced by Roosevelt for Condoning Lynchings in California President Calls for Abolition of Mob Rule Through Reform of Judiciary: ‘Country Entering Era of Great Gain,’ He Says. B<l l nited Press WASHINGTON. I>c. 7.- Mob rule and lynchings today stood outlawed in the "new deal" by President Roosevelt. In a hard-hitting speech before an audience of churchmen here, the nations chief executive heaped condemnation upon "collective murder" and called for abolition of violence through reform of the judiciary.

DILLINGER PAL GETS 28 YEARS Leslie Homer Sentenced for Part in Racine Bank Holdup Nov. 20. Bu i „ih,i prefix RACINE. Wis„ Dec. 7.—ln a heavily guarded courtroom. Leslie Homer, 41, today was sentenced to twenty-eight years in Waupun state prison after pleading guilty to a charge of participating in the spectacular holdup of the American Bank and Trust Company here Nov. 20. He was to be taken to Waupon immediately, escorted by a dozen armed deputies. Homer was returned to Racine early today from Indianapolis. He was arraigned before Court Commissioner Patrick Haley, who required a SIOO,OOO bond for his release. Homer, however, waived preliminary hearing and was taken immediately to municipal court for sentence. Homer, officers said, was a pal of John Dillinger, “terror mob” leader. RAIN AND COLD ARE HEADING FOR CITY Mercury Scheduled to Drop Tomorrow Morning. Colder weather last night was expected to be followed by milder weather tonight, followed by rain and colder weather again tomorrow, according to forecast of the United States weather bureau. The mercury dropped to 25 degrees at 3:20 a. m. today, the first below freezing temperatures in several days. Possibility of much colder weather soon was seen. A cold wave which swept North Dakota, Montana and Canada resulted in temperature drops of from 30 to 50 degrees overnight, the coldest being at Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, where the mercury slumped to 20 below zero. However, this cold wave will be delayed in reaching Indianapolis, if it does arrive, by a warm strip extending from the Great Lakes southwest over the middle and upper Mississippi valleys, it was reported by J. H. Armington, meteorologist. LINDBERGH SILENT ON FUTURE PLANS Flier Makes Arrangements to Inspect Plane. Bu United Pres.fi NATAL, Brazil, Dec. 7.—Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh, with characteristic devotion to business, made it his first concern today to see to the seaplane that brought him and Mrs. Lindbergh 1,870 miles across the South Atlantic. Declining to reveal his plans and seeking to minimize popular and official demonstrations in his honor, Colonel Lindbergh made arrangements for a thorough inspection of the black and red Lockheed-Sirius plane. It was not known when or to v. here Colonel Lindbergh would make his next flight. If he decides to fly home direct, there is a straight route with ample facilities for seaplanes up the coast and on to Miami, Fla., via the West Indian islands, over which he already has flown. AUTO VICTIM DIES: YEAR'S TOIL IS 119 Traffic Deaths in 1933 Now 23 More Than in 1932. Marion county's 1933 traffic fatality total today had mounted to 119. twenty-three more deaths than occurred in ail of last year, with the death last night at city hospital of Charles Hueber. 43. Marion county infirmary inmate. He was struck by an automobile Nov. 29 in vicinity of the hospital. Times Index Page BLACK HAWK 23 Bridge 7 Broun • 16 Classified 20. 21 Comics 23 Crossword Puzzle 24 Curious World 23 Editorial 16 Financial 22 Hickman—Theaters 6 Hunting 10 Lippmann . 22 Radio 10 Sports 18, 19 State News 10 Woman's Page 12 . -i*

The Indianapolis Times Unsettled and warmer tonight, with temperatures somewhat above freezing: Friday, probably rain, with colder by night.

"We do not excuse those in high places or in low who condone lynch law," the President said. To many, his utterances were clearly regarded as a stinging rebuke to Governor James Rolph Jr. of California for his attitude toward lynchers of two kidnapers, and to Maryland officials for their part in recent Eastern Shore disturbances. Mr. Roosevelt's address was delivered last night to the Federal Council of Churches of Christ in America at Constitution hall. He took occasion not only to excoriate actual lawbreakers but those who : conceal their wrong-doings by legal ! technicalities. In conclusion, however, he sound;ed an optimistic note with the cheerful statement that: "From the bottom of my heart I believe that thus beloved country of ours is entering upon a time of great gain.” Hope in New Generation The President swung into his observations of recent violence by first citing the “new deal’' creed and then expressed confidence that the younger generation would not be found wanting. "This new generation, for example,” the President said, "is not content with preaching against that vile form of collective murder—lynch law—which has broken out in our midst anew. We know that it is murder, and a deliberate and definite disobedience of the commandment, 'Thou shalt not kill.’ We do not excuse those in high places or in low who condone lynch law. "But a thinking America goes further. It seeks a government of its own that will be sufficiently strong to protect the prisoner and at the same time to crystalize a public opinion so clear that government of all kinds will be compelled to practice a more certain justice. "The judicial function of government is the protection of the individual and of the community through quick and certain justice. That function in many places has fallen into a sad stage of disrepair. It must be a part of our program to re-establish it.” Continuing, the President observed : Seeks Prosperity for All "We recognize the right of the individual to seek and to obtain his own fair wage, his own fair profit, in his own fair way—just so long as in the doing of it he shall not push down nor hold down his own neighbor. And at the same time we are at one in calling for collective effort on broad lines of social planning—a collective effort which is wholly in accord with the social teachings of Christianity.” Referring to a brighter economic outlook, and the promise of great gain. Mr. Roosevelt said: "That gain can well include a greater material prosperity if we take care that it is a prosperity for 120.000.000 human beings and not a prosperity for the top of the pyramid alone. It can be a prosperity socially controlled for the common good. It can be a prosperity built on spiritual and social values rather than on special privilege and special power. "Toward that new' definition of prosperity, the churches and the governments, while wholly separate in their functioning, can work hand in hand. ‘Stress Social Justice* "Government can ask the churches to stress in their teaching the ideals of social justice, while at the same time government guaran- : tees to the churches—Gentile and Jew—the right to worship God in j their own way. I "The churches, while they remain wholly free from even the suggestion of interference in government. can at the same time teach their millions of followers that they have the right to demand of the government of their own choosing, the maintenance and furtherance of : 'a more abundant life.’ State and church are rightly united in a common aim. "With the help of God, we are on the road toward it,” Governor Is Silent Bp United Press LOS ANGELES. Dec. 7.—A polite tolerance to President Roosevelt’s views on lynchings was assumed today by Governor James Rolph Jr., who two weeks ago precipitated a storm of criticism and praise when he condoned the lynchings of two confessed kidnap-slayers at San Jose. The California Governor refused to be drawn into a controversy with the President, who last night condemned lynchings before a church group at Washington. "I have no desire to start a controversy with our President, for I hold him in too high esteem and respect.” Rolph told the United Press. "Undoubtedly we can not all think the same, but I know’ that anything President Roosevelt has said comes from his heart after the deepest consideration." DOLLAR CLOSES FIRM Pound Sterling Quoted at 55.10' as Trading Ends. By United Pn ss LONDON. Dec. 7. —The dollar closed slightly stronger today at $5.10 -a to the pound sterling, as against its yesterdav's closing price of Ss.l2'*s. The franc closed unchanged, at 833* to the pound.

INDIANAPOLIS, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1933

HUEY GIVES IN TO LOUISIANA VOTERS’ WILL Long's Machine Will Call New Congressional Election. OPPOSITION JUBILANT Mrs. Kemp Agrees to Submit Her Candidacy to Primary. By United Press NEW ORLEANS. La., Dec. 7. The Huey P. Long political machine today gave in to a voters’ rebellion in the Sixth congressional district and agreed to call a new’ election to choose a successor to the late Representative Bolivar E. Kemp. Governor O. K. Allen, a member of the Long machine, said he was willing to call the new’ election while forces seeking to overthrow Long's absolute political rule w’ere jubilant over the conviction of three pro-Long election commissioners for certifying false returns in last November's election. Long’s enemies have alleged that the election was honeycombed with fraud. Three of the twelve parishes included in the district did not vote in Tuesday's election. Their polling places were tied up by court injunction. The other parishes, which have a normal vote of approximately forty thousand, cast approximately five thousand—all for Mrs. Kemp as she was .the only candidate on the ballot. The election was marked by disorders with citizens committees seeking to keep voters from the polls. Governor Allen attacked the citizens’ committees and local authorities for ‘‘high-handed tactics.” He accused the judge who issued the injunctions of committing “outlawry” in sw’earing in citizens as deputy sheriffs to enforce them. He declared that, anew election could not be caJed until spring due. to the Louisians registration laws. Mrs. Kemp, widow of the late congressman, offered to resign provided citizen groups ceased their efforts to hold "people's election” Dec. 27. She agreed to submit her candidacy to a primary. Nomination is equivalent to election. HUSBAND. 72. SEEKING TO DIVORCE WIFE. 23 Kansas Man Brands Mate as “ColdBlooded Gold-Digger.” By United Press INDEPENDENCE. Kan., Dec. 7. W. T. Brown, 72. retired railroad section worker, w’ho likes a quiet home life, today asked a divorce from his 23-year-old bride, W’ho likes to go places. Brown, in his petition, described Mrs. Brown, formerly of Vilonia. Ark., as “an unwisely, mercenary, cold-blooded itinerant, gold-digger.” He added she had “an insatiable desire for clothes and jewels.”

State Flouting Whisky Law Openly, Says York Bootlegger Will Thrive Under Present Setup, Charges Indiana Anti-Saloon League Superintendent. With the echo of repeal still ringing, the new’ state whisky regulations are being violated openly and viciously, with knowledge of many officials, it W’as charged today by L. E. York, Indiana Anti-Saloon League

superintendent. "Citizens, fully realizing they have been misled on the beer and w’ine question, know’ perfectly w’ell the same game is being played relative to whisky, and that the appointment of the state liquor control board simply was a camouflage to again deceive the people with reference to movements of the liquor machine,” said Mr. York. "Notice already has been served by Lake county venders that they will not obey the new’ orders relative to w’hisky, and. in addition, members of the hotel association have threatened to violate the order and further to vent their opposition by taking exceptions to the NRA, according to reports. “In fact, whisky now’ is being sold by the drink in hundreds of places, and all liquor laws are openly and viciously violated throughout our state with the knowledge of many officials. “Bootleggers could not have made a better arrangement for selling their wares than was created for them by the state liquor control board in announcing the policy to

Mussolini Leads Move to Give World New Political Deal and to Accomplish Reorganization of League

(Copyright, 1933. by United Press) PARIS. Dec. 7.—Signs that the new year might bring a complete new deal in world politics multiplied in European capitals today. Activities in Rome. Paris, London and Berlin indicated that such a new deal might involve the death of the Versailles Treaty, the rebirth of the League of Nations and a disarmament treaty on new, businesslike lines. Premier Benito Mussolini of Italy, with his usual forcefulness and ignoring disappointments and rebuffs to his peace efforts of the last few months, was at the center of the work. The United Press was informed on high authority today that Mussolini believes he has the pledged support

Last Ride Jobless Parents Kill Boy, Try Suicide After Futile Trip.

By United Press BIGGAR. Sask.. Dec. 7.—A father and mother were held here today suffering from severe knife wounds and charged with killing their 9-year-old son because they were destitute and ashamed to return home and ask for relief. The husband and wife. Edward and Rase Bates, slashed themselves with a knife in an effort to end their own lives after the boy, Jack. 9, had died. Passersby found the couple almost unconscious in their automobile on a lonely road near here. Beside them in the front seat was the body of the son, dead of knife wounds. Police said the parents told a desperate story of wandering over western Canada in search of work and a final decision to end their lives rather than return to their home at Glidden. Sask, and again go on the public relief rolls. The couple and the boy had gone west by automobile, hoping to find work at Saskatoon or Vancouver. Prospects at both cities failed to develop and they were refused relief because they were not residents of the cities. Mrs. Bates was held in the hospital and her husband at the Royal Canadian mounted police jail.

METHODISTS SENDING DECALO6 OVER U. S. Conference Edict to Go to All Congregations. A new’ “ten commandments,” adopted at the Indiana state conference of Methodist Episcopal church leaders here yesterday, w’ill be sent to all Methodist Episcopal congregations in the country w’ithin the next few days. The decalogue advocates a curb on capitalism and embraces many ideas embodied in the “new deal.” Among the points set out are that welfare of human beings must be the sole justification of any special | order, the welfare clause of the Constitution must guide our social actions, capital must take less and workers get more of the total income of industry, and concentration of wealth must be curbed. U — TO BE lenient Department of Justice Officials Announce Policy. By United Press WASHINGTON, Dec. 7.—A policy of leniency toward more simple liquor violations will be adopted by the department of justice. Attorney General Cummings said today. LITVIN OFF IS IN BERLIN Russian Foreign Minister Expected to Leave Tonight for Moscow. By t nited Press BERLIN. Dec. 7.—Maxim Litvinoff. Russian foreign minister, arrived today from Rome and planned to leave tonight for Moscow.

te follow’ed with reference to j handling of whisky. “You scarcely can pass along the j street without hearing the state- | ment, ‘Won't the bootleggers thrive j now?’ ” Mr. York forecast that W’ithin a short time the voters of Indiana will become “utterly disgusted with the liquor traffic and its relation to politics, which relation could not be worse than now existing in Indi- ! ana.” He charged that in the last seven months in Indiana, legitimate and necessary business firms have lost j $7,000,000, which has been spent for j beer, wine and whisky. “At the same time,” he said “fam- | ily budgets have lost this amount at j a time when food, clothing, fuel and ; shelter, in number of cases, had to j be supplied through charitable institutions. "With the liquor traffic doing its : part to put itself out of business, and with a progressive and practical educational program reaching both adult and youth, w’ithin a shorter time than some pebple anticipate the liquor traffic w’ill be routed from j Indiana.”

of Great Britain and F’ance for his long dreamed plan for reorganizing the League of Nations. It would be a reorganization that would end the domination of Britain and France in the League Council and would end the power of small nations to paralyze league acts by veto. Asa supplement to his plans for league reorganization Mussolini pictures the possibility of a sevenpower entente to maintain peace among the great natio-s and enforce it on the small ones by moral pressure. In such an entente might be embraced he hoped the United States. Japan, Russia, Britain, France. Germany and Italy. Confessing the strong possibility that neither the United States nor

WALLACE AID MAY SHIFT IN FARM BATTLE Transfer of Peek From AAA to NRA Is Hinted by Secretary. CLASHES WITH TUGWELL Rift Over Agriculture Aid Policies Leads to Change Talk. By United Press WASHINGTON. Dec. 7.—Agriculture Secretary Henry A. Wallace after a conference with President Roosevelt today said transfers in personnel from the farm administration to NRA could be looked for in accordance with the new’ shift in jurisdiction over codes. Wallace intimated Administrator George M. Peek of the farm administration might be among those transferred to NRA. but he declined to give any definite indication. Peek and Wallace have differed sharply on some aspects of the farm program. Wallace and Rex Tugwell, assistant secretary of agriculture, concluded a conference with the President just as Peek was due at the White House for a luncheon discussion. Wallace said transfers on personnel could be expected as a natural development because the AAA no longer will need such a large staff when NRA takes over all its codes except those affecting first processing of farm products. “Does that mean Peek is going to NRA?“ Wallace was aSked. “You can't tell,” he replied. Tugwell, top man in the Roosevelt “brain trust,” has clashed sharply with Peek on farm aid policies and has been assailed by administration critics as being too liberal in his views.

Out of Jobless Ranks Into Army of Santa March 23 City Painters

GET a load of this! Some way or other it's got a W’allop. It shows thankfulness. And if you're one of those that’s kept a job throughout the depression without looking poor relief beans in the eye, day in and day out, you’ll appreciate this.

Or if you're one of those still hitting the pavements for work, you’ll understand w’hy this happened today. A woman called at the Clothe-a-Child office of The Indianapolis Times. She w’as vivacious and eager to tell why she came. She had a right to be, for she said: "There's twenty-three painters W’orking at the city hospital and they asked me to come to you and get a boy and girl for them in the Clothe-a-Child campaign. You see. they got work under the federal civil works projects of the city. Their job of redecorating and painting at the hospital is the first many have had in several years. They just want to show’ their appreciation for working again,” she explained. “Now they want any publicity. They’re doing it because they realize that there's need still in the city, and lots of it. Some of them have children, back bills to pay, but they want to help the ranks they left but a few’ w’eeks ago—the unemployed,” she added. “Tw’enty-Three Painters Who Work Now’, boy and girl.” That's a swell donor. Every dollar of the garments to those two children will mean a sacrifice in homes where dollars long ago could be looked upon as souvenirs. Is it unanimous to let them head today';? list? It is! Say! If you ever get within paint-brush length of those fellows at the city hospital, give them a hand, a slap on their paint-smeared back. They’ve got it coming and w’ith interest! Today the Clothe-a-Child campaign passed the seventy mark and headed for the one hundred line. You’ve until the night of Dec. 23 to care for the child you select. Each child is checked for need by the social service department of the public schools. Community Fund relief agencies furnish the names. The agencies, however, can not hope to make a special Christmas for the city's poor, so it's up to You-and-You. Sororities, fraternities, clubs

Japan would adhere to such an agreement, Mussolini falls back on the idea of including Russia along with Italy, Britain. France and Germany in a five-nation treaty to maintain the peace in Europe and to co-operate closely in world politics generally. His plan for league reorganization would go to the root of problems that have arisen each time the league has tried to do anything of a political nature. It would mean the rewriting of the league covenant. the probable removal of the penalty clauses that make it a police officer for enforcement of the Versailles treaty, a drastic reduction of its present grandiose scope, and in line with that, a change both in league machinery and league objectives.

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AUTO OUTPUT HITS ON ‘HIGH’ Gain of More Than Half Over 1932. Estimate of National Body. By l nitfd Pres* NEW YORK, Dec. 7.—Automobile production by members of the National Automobile Chamber of Commerce in eleven months of 1933 w’as 63 per cent greater than in the corresponding period of 1932. the chamber estimated today. November production w’as estimated at 47.052 cars and trucks, compared with 101.082 units in October this year and 32,289 in November last year. The November total showed a decline of 53 per cent from the preceding month, but v’as 46 per cent ahead of the corresponding month last year. For the first eleven months of this year, the chamber estimated production of its members at 1.451.363 units, compared with 893.095 cars and trucks in the corresponding period of 1932.

and business firms can join in groups to clothe their children just as the Twenty-Three Painters did. Call Riley 5551 to make yourself a real Christmas.

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Donors to the Clothe-a-Child campaign follow: Twenty-three Painters Who Work Now, boy and girl. Employes of State Auto Insurance Association, child. Mrs. North Illinois S’treet. hoy. Fish and Game division, Statehouse, boy. Mrs. Fast Maple Road, two hoys. M. G. O. and C I). 0., boy. Group of Girls. Indiana Trust building: second floor, g;irl. Mrs. Okay Clothe-a-Child, boy. Miss Vera Holstein, girl. Mrs. E. S. Barber, girl. Group of Girls, office, G. A .1. Tire Company, girl. Employes of Wadley Company, two children. Just Another Santa Claus, girl. A Sunday School Class, girl. I Want Two Again, hoy and girl. In Memory of Dorothy Helen Farber, boy. Little Girl in Irvington, girl. M. and Mrs. Eddie Meyer, two girls. Mr. Woodruff Place, girl. G. C. Welch, boy and girl. Mrs. H. R. A., boy. Mr. and Mrs. John Newlin, girl. Mrs. North Alabama, girl. I Want Helen, girl. Mister Nira, boy. Indianapolis Times—Editorial department, two children: Girls of Times, girl; Mailing Room, child: Advertising Department, child; Composing Room, child; Circulation Department, child Engravers and stereotypers, child; Pressroom, child. Job’s Danghters No. 11. girl. Mrs. G. 8., hoy. Mrs. Central avenue, boy. Building Department, City Hail, girl, Craig’s confectioners. No. 2. 10 North Pennsylvania street, boy. Irvington Santa, girl. Robert Glover, girl. Mrs. Frank Lindner, girl. Mrs. S„ a girl. Mrs. E. J. M.. girl. Mrs. East Michigan, girl. Pretzel Bell, Illinois and Market, three children. W’hite Castle System, four boys and three girls. Senator and Mrs. Jacob Weiss, boy and girl. Cynthia, girl. A Good-hearted Lady, girl. Mrs. East-side, twin boys. A Lecturer, boy.

Such a blow’ at the Versailles and other war treaties would be combined with prospective GermanWorld war allies negotiations to bring Germany back into European councils and make possible a disarmament treaty. German reparaitons already have been abandoned, and the success of efforts for the new deal might m-an the Versailles treaty’s effective demise so far as penalties go. If the United States and Japan co-operated in such a plan the world would be included. But if, as seemed more likely, the plan would necessarily be confined to Europe, all the great powers might be brought in. Through France the little entente and Poland would be included.

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DEATH URGES FOR MASON IN STATE’S PLEA Alleged Jones Slayer's Fate to Rest With Jury Today. INSTRUCTIONS STARTED Floyd Mattice Gives Final Argument. Requesting Conviction. BY JAMES A. CARVIN Times Staff Writer NOBLESVILLE, Dec. 7.—With closing arguments concluded at 11:35 this morning, fate of William H. Mason, charged with the murder of Sergeant Lester Jones, Indianapolis policeman, was to be in th jury's hands early this afternoon. When Floyd Mattice. Marion county chief deputy prosecutor, concluded his arguments. Circuit Judge Fred E. Hines swore the bailiff and announced his instructions, requiring about forty-five minutes, would be started immediately after lunch. "The only thing to do is to put to death this type of criminal because if they are sent to prison they don't stay there, or the parole board lets them out." Mr. Mattice told the jury, concluding with the admonition to "do your duty and the citizens of Marion county will be contented.” Mr. Mattice cleverly injected into his arguments information that Betty Clark, common law wife of Mason, who testified in his behalf, was the same Betty Clark who several years ago was sentenced for stabbing Dick Miller. Times reporter. when both were riding in a police car. The testimony had not been introduced during the submission of evidence. Opinion Is Divided Courtroom spectators are divided in opinion regarding the outcome and the length of time required for the jury to reach its verdict, which, in case of a guilty finding, will result in Judge Hines pronouncing the death sentence, mandatory in a murder conviction arising from commission of a robbery. While belief is held by some that only a short time will be required for the verdict, others predict that hours of deliberation finally will result in a disagreement and a “hung" jury. Few expressions of belief in an acquittal are heard. Principal reason for a possible disagreement is that the jury will hesitate to send a man to the electric chair w’hen it has not been proved he fired the fatal shot, although provisions of the Hartzell act are definite in such cases and the jurors agreed to the death penalty if justified, when examined for duty.

Attempt to Spread Guilt In his argument, yesterday, Mr. | Mattice declared the state could not | prove who fired the fatal shot, since i the bullet w’hich killed Sergeant ! Jones had not been found, although ' three slugs were removed from his ! body. This declaration is regarded as an attempt to spread the guilt of the five men under indictment equally betw’een them. Two confessed members of the gang, Fred Adams and George Swartz, are serving life sentences for the murder after pleading guilty. Harold Thompson is awaiting a separate trial in circuit court here, and Edward (Foggy! Dean is awaiting trial in Marion criminal court, after declaring he w’ould not, plead guilty and accept a life sentence. Spur Hunt for Witness Fearing that Owen Simmons, night watchman for the Peoples Motor Coach Company, who has been missing since he testified more than a week ago in the trial of William Mason at Noblesville, may have been "put on the spot,” Indianapolis police continued a widespread search today. Police admitted that they had learned that Simmons feared testifying against the alleged slayers of Sergeant Lester Jones. Other theories advanced by the police were that Simmons may have gone into hiding fearing reprisal; he may have left for his home in Arkansas or he may have taken his life in a secluded place. Simmons last was seen Wednesday when he spoke briefly to his landlady, Mrs. Leona Burks, 2412 Guilford avenue, and visited his brother, John Simmons, 645 Exeter avenue. Mrs. John Simmons said that ner brother-in-law did not seem worried on his early morning visit to her home. She said, however, that he had been depressed since his mother, a sister. Mrs. Ollie Chaffin, and half-sister. Miss Jessie Kams, moved to Truman, Ark., recently John Simmons became fearful for his brother's safety when officials of the Peoples Motor Coach Company informed him that Ow’en Simmons had not reported for work since Nov. 28 Hourly Temperatures 6 a. m 27 10 a. m 35 7a. m 23 11 a. m.... 39 8 a m 28 12 (noon;. 4S 9 a m 30 Ip. m 47

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