Indianapolis Times, Volume 46, Number 172, Indianapolis, Marion County, 28 November 1934 — Page 2

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NELSON SLAYS 2 U. S. AGENTS. MAKES ESCAPE Babe-Face Killer Sought for Murdering Crack Federal Men. (Continued Prom Part One) William Gallagher, state highway ; patrolman, taw the chase approach- \ uig while buying gasoline in a filling station His account of the tragic denoument was the most lucid avail- 1 able. * “I heard a roar of motors down j the road and then a burst of shots," ' he said. "I think the officers fired first, but the men in the first car shot right back Officers Started tiring "About a thousand feet west of the filling station the Ford—the car in front—slammed on the brakes and skidded into a driveway into North Side park. The Hudson ran past nearly 500 lcet before it stopped sliding.. "Two men in the second cai started firing on two men and a woman in the first car. The woman i Jumped out and dived into a ditch covered with tail grass. Her men j flopped behind their car. One of ■ them had a machine gun and one J a shotgun—and how they them!” Gallagher ran into the filling sta- j tion and obtained a .32-caliber rifle ■ but did not use it because he could not determine which group of combatants he should aid. Crouched in grass beside the road he watched, the battle, with bullets whining all around. One narrowly missed Mrs Frances Kramer in the filling station and another smashed glass in a car belonging to her son. “I don't know how .many shots : were exchanged," Gallagher said. "You can't tell when those machine | guns are going. But the two men I j later learned were federal agents' fell. One dropped on one side ot | their car. parked cross-wise in the street, and his companion on the other.” Freed After Gangsters The firing ceased immediately I The woman believed to be Nelson’s wife ran from her refuge in the ditch to the steering wheel of Mr. Cowley's Hudson. She drove back for the men. who leaped in as she passed, gaining speed toward the west. Gallagher fired six or seven shots, but apparently without effect. He believed, however, that the unidentified man m the gang limped as he ran for the car. as though wounded "When I got up to the man lying in a pool of blood on the south side of the road,” Gallagher ended his part of the story, "he was muttering and moaning. He said to me: | “ 'l'm an officer. Help me, j please.’ “That was Mr. Cowley. “I ran across the street to where j the other wounded man was. 1 turned oack his coat and found he | was a federal agent. That was Mr. j Hollis. He died a little while later." J Wife Near Hysteria An ambulance took Mr. Cowley to the Barrington General -hospital but because of his critical condi- j tion he was moved to the Sher- 1 man hospital here, better equipped for emergency operations. Because of lost blood, surgeons were unable to remove bullets from his abdomen. Mr. Piurvis, notified in Chicago, hastened here. He obtained only a few whispered words with his colleague before surgeons administered an anesthetic. Mrs. Cowley. attractive and youthful, was near hysteria when she arrived from Chicago with her five-months-old son in a bassingt. ■ A special nurse put her and the baby to bed in a room on the floor beneath that of her husband. Her 4-year-old boy was left in Chicago with friends. Brunette Mrs. Hollis, not yet 25. j was waiting for her husband in his Chicago office when she overheard strangers discussing his death. Her 4-year-old son wept terrifiedly. hearing and comprehending the news. Baby Boy Terrified "Will they kill us. too. mama?" he sobbed The widow went to Barrington, but did not see the body of her husband before it was removed to Chicago. She will attend an inquest today. A few hours after the shooting the fugitives were variously reported as seen in Sycamore. Aurora and Evanstpn. 111. On the western edge of Evanston a speeding automobile with a smashed rear window collided with another car. injuring Mrs. Nora Smith of Glenview, an occupant. The offending car continued without a halt. Mr. Purvis, taking charge of the

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HERE ARE SCENES FROM THE FAMOUS SANTA CLAUS PARADE

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Here are some of the features which will be included in the great Santa Claus parade, sponsored by The Times, which will be presented to the citizens of Indianapolis Friday morning at 9:30. It will be a great celebration for the cnildren. Downtown streets will be packed with children and their parents who, for the first time in the history of the city, will have the opportunity to see a spectacle of this type.

man-hunt, sought to bottle up the \ northern part of the state, hoping ; to force the men and woman to , haunts where the federal men have contacts. Mr. Cowley came to Chicago last summer from Washington with the special duty of running down Dillinger. Either he or Purvis, most police believe, fired the shot into Dillinger's breast which killed him as he left a north side Chicago theater. He was with Purvis, too. when the southwestern outlaw. Charles (Pretty Boy) Flofd was caught and killed near East Liverpool, O. Had Crown Point Case Mr. Cowley was the federal age’ \ to whom Edward Barce, deputy Indiana attorney-general, and other federal officials gave the data on their investigation of the Dillinger escape from the Crown Point jail. Barce turned his information over to Mr. Cowley after Barce had held several witnesses for several days while he was attempting to question them on the details of the escape. Herman E. Hollis, federal agent murdered last night in Chicago by George (Baby Face) Nelson, was in Indianapolis last month in connection with the government's investigation into the kidnaping of Mrs. Alice Speed Stoll, young Louisville

OFFICERS ARE ELECTED BY SHORTRIDGE JUNIORS | Wesley Martin Named President of Class. Election of Wesley Martin as president of the Shortridgr high school junior class was announced ! today, following the annual election Monday. Other named were Martha Schissei, vice-president; Mary Morrison. secretary; Lewis Morrison, treasurer, and Dick Neff. vaudeville chairman. Student council representatives named were Carter Boyd. Rachel Feibleman. Bettie Pearce and Ballard Smith. OLDEST ODD FELLOW IN STATE. 100. DIES Centenarian Moved to Indiana From California in 1864. 5y l nitfd Prr* COLUMBIA CITY. Ind.. Nov. 28 Andrew Kenner. 100. retired Whitley county farmer and oldest Indiana Odd Fellow, died at his home near here today. He came to Whitley county in 1864 from California. CAR HITS TRAIN: 1 DEAD Cincinnati Man Dies in Crash; Companion Hurt. Press LAFAYETTE. Ind.. Nov 28—Joseph Reice. 50. Cincinnati. O . was killed and A1 Kirschner. 45. also of Cincinnati, was injured early today when their automobile ran into the side of a freight tram at a Nickel Plate crossing on Road 52. southeast of here. Kirschner suffered a broken leg. Drowning Victim Identified Sy l nit'4 Prrts VINCENNES. Ind.. Nov. 28 —The body of a man found on the Wabash nver bottoms near here Sunday was identified late yesterday by his widow as Peyton Lewis. 65. H&zellon. He had been dead for . several months.

Santa Claus will be there. He’ll have real. Siberian reindeer. There will be funny men and women, with enormous heads and long legs; there w'ill be real, live characters out of the fairy tale books and numerous other sensational parade features. No one, not even at the age of 90, can afford to miss it. Upper waving to the crowds, while his favorite reindeer are led by attendants.

ALARMS BLARE! 1,300 FIREMEN HASTEN TO GIVE BLOOD TO CHIEF

HU l nitrit Prrs* CHICAGO, Nov. 28.—Gongs in fire houses all over Chicago sounded a general alarm. Men on watch grabbed at telephones, tilted chairs slammed to the floor, drivers edged toward huge engines. But it was an emergency of another sort than a raging conflagration. commissioner Arthur Seyferlich, 63 years old and a fireman since he came of age, lay critically ill of a gangrene infected leg. He refused to permit an amputation because “a fireman who can't climb a ladder isn't worth much.” He needed a blood transfusion. Five minutes after the headquarters rang his general alarm and asked for blood donors the hospital had received more than 1.300 offers. The transfusion probably will be made tomorrow. WOUNDED HUNTER DIES AS DOGS BALK RESCUE Farmer Badly Bitten by Animals Guarding Dying Master. By L n’tril Pre m HAMMOND, Ind., Nov. 28.—Kenneth Keen. 29. Hammond, was killed while hunting on a farm south of here when his gun discharged as he swung it at a rabbit. Farmers attempted to take Mr. Keen to a hospital, but were chased away by his two dogs. They stood guard until their master died. One of the farmers was badly bitten. CITY PASTOR TO SPEAK The Rev. O. Herschell Folger to Address Exchange Club. The Rev. O. Herschell Folger. First Friends church pastor, will be the speaker at the Exchange Club luncheon Friday at the Washington. Eugene Osborn, in charge of the meeting, announced today. Special music will be provided under the direction of John Jefferson. Raymond D. Jackson will be soloist.

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Lower—Garbed in Mardi Gras finery these girls will play an important part in the colorful parade. The parade starts at 9:30 at the Memorial plaza and heads south on Meridian street. You can get a good place early. DON’T MISS IT.

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VENUE CHANGE ] GRANTED IN GAS FRANCHISE PLEA Users Firm’s Fight for Permits Carried to Hancock County. The legal battle to prevent Marion county commissioners from granting an exclusive, perpetual f franchise to sell natural gas in the county to the Users Gas Company, moved to Hancock county today. Superior Judge Russell J. Ryan granted the Users’ petition for a change of venue. Counsel for Users had argued that the Citizens Gas Company of Indianapolis, applicant for an injunction against the commissioners, wields an “undue influence over the people of Marion county.’’ Meanwhile, Judge Ryan’s tem- j porary restraining order, granted yesterday, will be in effect. The commissioners had set Dec. 7 as the date for final hearing on the Users ] Gas Company petition. An appeal is expected to be taken from Judge Ryan’s order in an effort to have the restraining order set aside. After attorneys had debated the subject three hours yesterday. Judge Ryan restrained the commissioners from further consideration of the petition, asserting that he could see no reason why the officials should continue to consider granting a franchise which he said would bene- | fit the applicant!, alone. Judge Ryan asserted the franchise, if granted, would give the Users Gas Company a "tremendous power over the weifare of the community’’ without the investment of a dime. Dow W. Vorhies, county commissioner, said his board had not discussed judge Ryan’s decision. Shoots Girl Friend, Kills Self CHICAGO, Nov. 28.—Miss Eva Shifress, 33, was in critical condition today after she was shot twice by Joseph Lefkowitz, 39, who immediately afterward shot and killed himself. Varicose Veins— Sores Clean Powerful Penetrating Oil Quickly I Promotes Healthy Healing. Get a two-ounce bottle of Moone’s Emerald oil .(full strength) with the distinct understanding that you must get quick relief and splendid results or#your money cheerfully refunded. The very first application will give vou relief and a few short treatments will thoroughly convince you that by sticking faithfully to it h short while longer your troubles will disappear. Hook's Dependable Drug Stores are selling lots of it.

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