Indianapolis Times, Volume 45, Number 210, Indianapolis, Marion County, 11 January 1934 — Page 3

JAN. 11, 1934

BODY OF CITY WOMAN FOUND; MURDER HINTED Rooming House Operator Shot Three Times, Sheriffs Reveal. Theory of murder and a suicide attempt today was being advanced by deputy sheriffs, in the finding of the body of a woman and a seriously wounded man in a house on Carson avenue, seven miles southeast of the city last night. The victim is Mrs. Grace Lackey, 40, of 426 North Alabama street,

rooming house operator, shot three times, two bullets penetrating her skull and the third glancing off The injured man, who was found unconscious and nearly frozen, Ls Charles Chapman, about 60, formerly of 3344 North Capitol avenue, who has a bullet wound in his head. Chapman is held at city hospital under $15,000 bond on vagrancy charges. His condition is serious. A printed note, found on a kitchen 'table, red: “We decided to go together and end our troubles.

Mrs. Lackey

Goodby. Grace and Charlie. Forgive us.” The tragedy was discovered oy Gordon Harris, 20, of 426 North Alabama street, son of Mrs. Lackey. The son said his mother and Chapman left Sunday to go to the Carson avenue house, whicn they were buying together. When she failed to return by yesterday, he became worried and went to the house. Forcing his way in, he discovered the note, and then the body of his mother inside Chapman’s car in the basement garage. Chapman was lying near by. Coroner William Arbuckle today said Mrs. Lackey had been dead probably since Sunday. A .25 automatic pistol, containing three cartridges, and with three exploded shells near by, w’as w r as found under the front seat of Chapman's car today by Deputy Sheriff Harry Cook. A neighbor told Cook that he saw the couple drive into the garage Sunday morning, heard two shots Sunday night, saw’ Chapman drive away Monday morning, and heard two more shots Tuesday night. Mrs. Lackey has been married twice and divorced each time, resuming her maiden name after divorcing her second husband. She was born near Bedford, but had lived here many years. For a number of years she operated a cigar store on Massachusetts avenue near the Murat temple. Harris said Chapman often carried a small automatic pistol, and added that his mother had known Chapman several months and had planned to marry him, but recently had become afraid of him and tried to break off the affair. Chapman has been a salesman. He has a daughter, Mrs. William Carle, Springfield, O. Burglars Steal Furnishings Thieves, breaking into the home of Harvey E. Smith, 3415 East twenty-third street, early last night through a basement window’, ransacked the home of clothing, bed clothing, furniture, two revolvers and jewelry. Mrs. Smith reported the burglary to police.

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Last First British Horse Trails at Wire but Is Given Triumph. By United Pmis NEWBURY, England, Jan. 11. —The thoroughbreds in the United Services handicap steeplechase charged across the finish line. Last was Bicester, 9-year-old gelding owned by Sir Peter Grant Lawson. “Bicester wins,” came the announcement. Alone of the field. Bicester had taken the water jump correctly. Ballymoe and Foetnum, which finished first and third, were awarded second and third places because, on the way back to the paddock they took the jump correctly and then passed the finishing post again. STRIKE OVER; DAIRY DISPUTE UNSETTLED Chicago Arbitrators Will Fix Price of Milk. By United Press CHICAGO, Jan. 11.—Milk flowed into Chicago today by truck and railway car, ending a five-day drought, but dairymen’s protests which led to a strike remained unsettled. The strike was ended yesterday through a truce arranged by Mayor Edward J. Kelly between officials of the Pure Milk Association, Dairymen’s Co-operative, and Chicago dairy companies. The truce left the settling of how much the dairymen wall be paid for their milk up to a board of three arbitrators. One representative of the distributors and one for the farmers have been appointed and they will choose the third board member. TRAVELERS’ SOCIETY AIDS 5,055 IN 1933 2,821 Persons Came Directly to Group, Report Shows. The Travelers Aid Society gave relief to 5,055 individuals in 1933, the annual report of the organization issued today states. Os the number, 2,821 personally came to the society desk in search of help while the remainder of the stranded travelers and other people in need of aid, were referred by various social agencies, police and Union station employes. The present staff consists of Miss Isabelle Somerville, acting executive secretary, Mrs. Cecil Shields, station worker; Miss Belle Emden, supply worker, and Miss Florence Hulen, office secretary. OIL GOVERNORS NAMED Area Supervisors Announced by Code Authority Here. Area governors for the oil burner code authority were announced today by W. Royce Powell, Oil Burner Code Authority, Inc., assistant secretary. Indiana governors are Dennis Dalton, chairman; James S. Milligan, M. D. Mulrey, W. A. Steinhilber and J. R. Pfrommer. all of Indianapolis. The governors act as liason and field men on behalf of the national organization and report directly to the area chairman, -who in turn is responsible to the Code Authority. PLAGIARISM IS DENIED Author of ‘Anthony Adverse’ Says Novel Was Original. By United Press NEW YORK. Jan. 11.—Hervey Allen, whose “Anthony Adverse” made him the most talked about American novelist of 1932, today denied charges of plagiarism in an article in the Saturday Review of Literature.

KINDLY SPIRIT OF JAP MILLER READJN WILL A Methodist, Leaves Sum to Catholics; Partners to Get Store. In life a unique personality known for his kindness, Jap Miller, self-appointed mayor of Brooklyn, Ind., immortalized by his friend James Whitcomu Riley, remained true to form in his will, made pubj lie today. Although a member of the Methodist church, he left a SSOO bequest to St. John’s Catholic church, Indianapolis. The Methodist church of Brooklyn was provided with a similar bequest. The Union Trust Company, Indianapolis, was named I executor. Principal beneficiaries of the estate, amounting to approximately $16,000, were two nieces, Miss Mary Bernice Miller and Miss Laura Blanche Miller. The will provides that his store, made famous as a typical country store, cluttered Witn knicknacks, be sold to his partners and that they be allowed to pay for it within three years. I Dealn came to the rural philosopher last Sunday after an illness of five months. Appealing to President McKinley for appointment os mayor of Brooklyn, then without j that office, he attracted nationwide attention. With Hoosier poet Riley, he exchanged many thoughts and letters during his lifetime. DEATH TAKES VETERAN SHOE MANUFACTURER Henry Beecher Reed, 80, Was First to Use ‘Samples.’ By United Press LOWELL, Mass., Jan. 11.—Henry Beecher Reed. 80, shoe manufacturer and reputedly the first man in the nation to sell shoes by displaying samples, died at a hospital yesterday. He owned the H. P. Reed Shoe Company in South Weymouth for many years, and in 1870 crossed the continent to display samples from his factory.

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Clarence E. Manion Clarence E. Manion, Notre Dame university law professor and keynote speaker at the last Democratic^ state convention, will be toastmaster at the Indiana National Guard Os- j fleers’ Association Saturday, Jan. 20, it w T as announced today. The j dinner will be held in the Co- : lumbia Club ballroom at 6:30. Officers of the association have received a letter fron Governor Paul V. McNutt, vacationing in Florida, stating that he will return here in time to be principal speaker. A concert orchestra, composed of twenty men from the One hundred fifty-first infantry band, Shelbyville, will provide music under the direction of Martin O. Schultz, warrant officer. Colonel Albert H. Whitcomb is general chaiman and Major-Gen-eral Robert Tyndall is reception committee chairman. Captain Harry E. Willett, adjutant-general’s office, is in charge of decorations. Mehl Addresses Engineers Physical metallurgy developments were discussed by Dr. R. F. Mehl, Carnegie institute, last night at a meeting sponsored by the Indiana section, Society of Automotive Engineers, and Indianapolis chapter, American Society of Steel Treating.

ARREST YOUTH IN HIT-AND-RUN AUTO ACCIDENT Police Trace Alleged Car Operator Through Door Handle. Charged with being the hit-and-run driver who Monday night struck and critically injured a 16-year-old youth, Maynard Faris, 16, of R. R. 3, Box 228, last night was arrested by Deputy Sheriff Joseph Tragresser. The injured youth, William Ervin, 16, of 1220 South Fleming street, is in critical condition at city hospital with head injuries. The accident occurred in the 4800 block West Washington street. The deputy sheriff said he traced Faris through a door handle, knocked from the hit-and-run car, and found in the street beside Ervin's unconscious form. An unnamed person, reading of

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the accident, telephoned to Tragresser, telling him young Faris’ car had lost a door handle and that he had sought to learn where he could buy another. Faris said he does not remember striking any one. officers said. While driving the same car, and only a few feet away from where Ervin was injured, Faris’ mother. Mrs. Peael Faris, last October, struck and killed Bon Erwin Brooke, 10. of 342 Woodrow street, deputy sheriffs recalled today. Mrs. Faris was charged with reckless driving, but the charges were dismissed in municipal court. CABINET THREATENED BY FRENCH SCANDAL Opponents Attack Ministers in Banking Collapse. By United Press PARIS, Jan. 11.—Cabinet ministers took their seats nervously in the chamber of deputies today, ready to fight for their political lives against right and left wing opponents who charge members of the government were involved in the $30,000,000 collapse of the bank of Alexander Sacha Stavisky.

WIDE POWERS GIVEN NEW YORK'S MAYOR La Guardia and Governor Reach Compromise. By United Press NEW YORK. Jan 11—A compromise emergency economy bill conferring wide administrative powers on Mayor Fiorello H. La Guardia through his closely controlled ' rzrd of estimate, was drafted today. A

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friendly legislature was believed ready to make it law. Drifting of the measure was ordered by Mayor La Guardia after a flying trip to Albany during which he and Governor Herbert H. Lehman composed their differences over the so-called municipal “dictatorship" proposed by the city executive. The compromise was in mutual recognition that New York was in dire financial straits. Mayor La Guardia disclosed They agreed thaf the powers the mayor wanted vested in himself should be vested in the board of estimate, to be exercised by a vote of at least ten of the sixteen members.