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ICE-COVERED STREETS PERIL CITY AUTOISTS 8-Year-Old Boy Is Victim of Hit-Run Driver on Downtown Corner. SOME ROADS BLOCKED Two Deaths in State Laid to Snow: Temperature Not to Change. With residential streets a glare of treacherous ice, Indianapolis traffic today had one foot in a garage as cars slid part street intersections, over railroad crossings and into each other. v Without even the traction of a light snow to give some semblance of direction to their autos, drivers found they were practically powerless to perform any of the quick maneuvers necessary to motoring without mishap. The Weather Bureau predicted snow for tonight or Friday here and expected the lowest temperature tonight would be 25. the same as it was at 6 today. The thermometer had risen but. one degree by 9. Southern Indiana had rain and no snow. In the state, some highways were drifted into impassibility and others were fully as treacherous as the city at >fts. Northern Indiana in many places was well covered with snow, some places having as much as seven inches. Two deaths in the state were credited to the snow. Joseph Carville, 67, died at Hartford City of apoplexy, thought to have been induced by exertions in shoveling snow. At Michigan City. John Wiscomt, Bcnton Harbor. Mich., was killed when his car slid on to a railroad track and was hit by a train. His companion. Elmer Kerr, was seriously injured. In Indianapolis. John Hartley. 8. of 15 W. North-st, was injured by a hit-and-run motorist last night at Washington-st. and Senate-av. Police, armed with license numbers, are scaiching for the driver, who may have found the slippery condition of the street a contributing cause for the accident. The child is at City Hospital with serious back and head injuries.

TODAY’S WEATHER

Hourly Temperatures 6a. m. ... 25 10 a. m. ... 27 7a. m. 26 11 a. m. .. 28 8 a. m. ... 26. 12 (noon) . 28 9a. m. 26 Ip. m. ... 29 Sunrise tomorrow. 7 a. m.; sets. 4:21 p. m. In the Air Weather conditions at 9 a. m.: Wind, southwest, 11 mlies an hour; temperature. 25; barometric pressure. 30:09 at sea level; overcast estimat'd at 1000 feet: visibility, seven miles. EX-MAYOR’S STOLEN OVERCOAT IS FOUND Duval’s Garment Is Recovered at Pawnshop. With the temperature down in the 20 s. ex-Mayor John Duval was very glad indeed to get his overcoat back today. The overcoat was stolen Tuesday from the office of the Governor's Unemployment Relief Commission. Detective Jerry Houlihan and George Stewart found it in an Indiana -av pawn shop this morning. SEALED BIDS ON CITY SUPPLIES RECEIVED Losche Refers Offers to Various Department Heads. Sealed bids for approximately 550.000 worth of assorted supplies and services for departments of the city were opened today by Albert H. Losche. city purchasing agent, and tabulated in his office. They will be referred to various departments who will buy on recommendation of the purchasing department. Times Index Page Bridge 14 Broun 17 Comics .. 27 Crossword Puzzle 27 Curious World 27 Drawing Lesson 23 Editorial 18 Financial 26 Hickman—Theaters 6 Pegler 17 Radio 8 Sports .. 21-22 State New* 6 Woman's Pages 14-15 i * . : Buy :n/K&fci' More Jeolx • mVifu. •

The Indianapolis Times Mostly cloudy with probably snow tonight or tomorrow; not much change in temperature; lowest tonight about 25.

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VOICING INDUSTRY’S OPINIONS

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Among the industria leaders named to draft a program for NRA modification representing the opinions of big business are Charles R. Hook (left), president of the American Rolling Mill Cos., and E. T. Weir, chairman of the American Steel Corp., and moving force in the famous Weirton steel case. They are pictured as they met in White Sulphur Springs. W. Va., at an epochal conference to give industry a unified voice to influence legislation. Hook is chairman of the committee studying NRA labor provisions.

U. S. Prosperity in 1935 Predicted by Famed Seer French Woman Who Forecast Marseille Assassinations Says Roosevelt May Resign After Next Year ‘Copyright. 1934. bv United Press) PARIS. Dec. 20.—Happy days for the United States during 1935 were forecast today in the crystal of Mme. Valentine Praya, the eminent French seer. • End of the depression rise of the dollar and brilliant diplomacy that will overcome danger of war with Japan are among the main events predicted for the United States. There also are in the crystal murders, flodds. transport accidents and the possible voluntary retirement of President Roosevelt as having done

all he could for the country. But this last, she said, was vague, and probably would not happen in 1935. “The sign of Mars will dominate the world,” Mme. Fraya told the United Press after emerging from her study cf the globe which she vows tells her of the future. "It will be a violent year, particularly for Europe, but much of this violence will be transformed into vigorous, masterful diplomacy. War Danger to Be Great “The menace of war will hang over Europe like a pall and there will be skirmishes in the Far East, involving the Russians and the Chinese, but actual war will not break out during the coming 12 months.” Mme. Fraya. after being reminded that she is credited with having predicted such event as the double assassination at Marseilles, the dethronement of King Alfonso of Spain and the depression, went on to explain the evil influence of Mars. “In love as well as in politics.” she said. “Mars will dominate. In the United States, lor example, there will be many sensational marriages in which passiens rather tha- affections will be the motivatir j force. There will be more murders than usual because of jealousy Sweethearts and married couples must be careful or they will be torn asunder. Crime to Be Wiped Out “Crime of a materialistic sort will increase in many parts of the world, but in the United States I believe Mars will give the police strength and they will wipe out gangsters in great numbers.” The astrological influence. Mme Fraya said, would cause great storm.’, ana floods throughout the world. She foresaw disastrous inundations in America during March and April. She was also pessimistic about airplane, railroad and steamship accidents. BOY, 5. BUILDS FIRE UNDER PARLOR COUCH Maid Extinguishes Blaze Before Firemen Arrive at Scene. Thcmas P. Newett Jr., who is 5 years old. felt the urge to build a bonfire today and. letting no inhibitions stand in the way. he built it. The only objection of Mrs. Este’la Smith, maid in the Newett home. 5804 Carrollton-av. was that Thomas built the bonfire under the Newett couch in the Newett front room. Mrs. smith, who had been work- : ing in the kitchen, carried buckets of water from there to the front room and extinguished the fire before firemen could arrive. Mr. and Mrs. Newett were downtown at the time.

Our Hats Are Off to You, Men of Malleable Castings- You ’ve Put Clothe-A-Child Over the 500 Mark by Making Those 16 Boys Happy

Five hundred and eighteen needy boys and girls were assured anew start in life today. Approximately SSIBO had been spent in Indianapolis stores up to 8 a. m today to dress children in The Indianapolis Times annual Clothe-A-Child campaign for the city's indigent. All Clothe-A-Child records for individual donors were surpassed today in one mighty spurt. All hats are off today and all honors go to the employes of the National Malleable and Steel Castings Cos. for taking Clol •>-AChild over the FIVE HUND. D mark. ' \ It took four cars to haul the boys and girls to city department sywes. Creed, race, religion, were forgotten as the National Malleable men took to their hearts SIXTEEN boys. "We like girls, but we wanted so do our own shopping and we

SOME FUN, EH, BOSS! DRUNK DEFIES COLD, PARKS COAT ON TREE

While Mrs. Elizabeth Burton was looking out the window of her home at 1320 E. Market-st today, a drunken man walked into her yard, took off his overcoat, hung it on a tree, and walked away, she reported to police.

MILE-OF-DIMES NOW ON ITS 12TH ROW Have You Added Your Share to the Line? Hearts are damp. Clothing sops up snowflakes. Torn shces chill feet. ' But in front of L. S Ayres & Cos. ~nd S S. Kresge Cos. is an auxiliary Santa Claus of Clothe-A-Child of The Indianapolis Times, the annual campaign for needy school children, which seeks to give every one in Indianapolis a share in helping individual donors to clothe the city’s underprivileged youngsters. It is Mile-of-Dimes and it has reached 12 rows or approximately SIBOO assured to aid in turning those damp hearts, wet clothing, chilled feet, into warm comfort. Saturday. Mile-of-Dimes and its silver shrine will be aided materially when Loew s Palace Theater gives a DIME children’s show at 9 a. m. Laurel and Hardy, Mickey Mouse, and Our Gang comedies will give a one and one-half hour's entertainment and every DIME will go on the famous line. With the clang of the ringing bell at Washington and Meridiansts you can almost hear the DIMES slide alongside their neighbor and say, “Howdy pal. I'm a start on another pair of warm mit’ens." GIRL FLIER ENDS LIFE Parachute Jumper Found Dead id Apartment. By f .’itrd Pit** CLEVELAND. Dec. 20.—Viola incombe. 22-year-old parachute jumper, found shot to death in the apartment of an airline pilot, died by her own hand. Coroner A. J. Pearse ruled today in his official verdict.

know how to dress a boy up warm," said their leader as he supervised the loading and unloading of the SIXTEEN. * m AND then the Malleable boys who played at being boys again by dressing their children told how they could se' in the flames of the casting furnaces the chills of boys trudging to school without proper body warmth. —And so they meldeo their money. They gave themselves Christmas present and brea hed a Yuletide spirit that makes Clothe-A-Child know that alls right with the world when children matter so much. The Real Silk Hoosiery Mills departments flocked to the campaign to near the mark of FIFTY children dressed in the campaign. Other heavy donors of *iie day were Raper Commandery Knights Templar No. I, Spencer Case

. INDIANAPOLIS, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1934

SULLIVAN PAID HIGH TRIBUTES IN CIVIC FETE

Mayor Discounts Praise, Gives His Department Heads Credit. M'NUTT LAUDS RECORD Roosevelt Sends Message; C. of C. Plays Host to Executive. A self-effacing business man, who guided the City of Indianapolis through the economic shoals of the depression years, claimed last night he merely sat in the mayor’s office, shooif. hands and received callers. Termed “tne best Mayor Indianapolis ever had,” Mayor Reginald H. Sullivan received non-partisan acclaim at a testimonial dinner sponsored by the Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce, and insisted “the credit should go to the loyal! persons who have worked and co- j operated with me.” Leaving behind him a record; which Governor Paul V. McNutt told the diners will be written high in the annals of Indianapolis city government, Mayor Sullivan was honored through oratory and tributes from all parts of the nation, including a message from President Roosevelt. At the close of the banquet the retiring Mayor was presented a : watch on behalf of those present.! Louis J. Borinstein, Chamber of Commerce president, made the presentation following an address reviewing Mayor Sullivan's administration. Others Praise Record In addition to Gov McNutt and Mr. Borinstein, speakers were Louis B. Hopkins, Wabash College president; Dr. Carleton B. McCulloch, Park Board member; Arthur V. Brown, Union Trust Cos. president, and Mrs. Walter S. Greenough, speaking for the women of the city. Mayor-Elect John W. Kern was introduced as “a man to whom we can look with confidence for a continuation of the fine standards of government set by Mayor Sullivan.” ' Deploring the lack in this country of the British tradition of training men for public service, Gov. McNutt referred to the retiring Mayor as a man possessed of all the essential qualities for holding public office. McNutt Lauds Service ‘‘There have been those who have been unwilling to accept the villiflcation of a political campaign and the criticism that follows an attempt to render good public servj ice,” the Governor declared. “Our guest of honor, however, was willing for the sake of his city and country to go through unpleasant experiences to serve the people. His record speaks for itself. It will be written high in the annals of Indianapolis city government.” Mr. Borinstein, reminding the aud f ence that’Mayor Sullivan had been drafted by his party, declared I the retiring executive “has created for himself memorials which are priceless and matchless because j they are those he has implahted in ; the hearts of the people.” Pays Tribute for Women [ Mrs. Greenough praised Mayor ! Sullivan for his devotion to duty. “The city administration,” Mrs. Greenough declared, “more than any other, reaches the lives of all j the people. Mayor Sullivan deserves ; the gratitflde of all the people for | the manner in which he has served j through all city departments.” Congratulatory messages were received from J. K. Lilly; A. M. Gloss--1 brenner, who opposed Mayor Sullivan for the office in 1929; Senator Frederick Van Nuys; Joseph M. Cravens, Madison; Rep. Louis Ludlow; George P. Torrence, Chicago; Thomas L. Sullivan, the Mayor’s father; Jackiel W. Joseph, Park Board president; Thomas D. Taggart, French Lick, and Adolph J. Fritz, Indiana State Federation of Labor secretary. Fred Hoke acted as toastmaster and introduced Mrs. William K. Larrabee and Charles W. Jewett;, former Mayor. Members of the Cit£ Council, city boards and department heads were introduced: Praised by the toastmaster were Evans Woollen Jr., retiring City Controller, and William L. Elder, his predecessor.

t Bowling League. Clerks Big Four Freight Agent’s Office. Call Riley 5551 to get a child o shop for Community Fund relief agencies assure you of the children’s need. Or if you can’t shop, The Times will do the job for you if you mail a check to Clothe-A-Child. Today's banner donors’ list, with 518 children clothed, follows: Employes of National Malleable and Steel Castinrs Cos., sixteen boys. Employes of Lincoln C"tet. three children. A Bachelor, itrl Third Floor Leerers, Day <*hift. Real Silk Hosiery Mills. Inc., two bovs and two rirls. Wadley Cos., two boys. Manufacturer division of Herff-Jones Cos., boy. South Side Bakinr Cos. Employes, rlrt. Statehouse Women's Democratic Club, boy. Is Memory of Henry Kahr. till. Anonymous, boy. 0. E. K.. Santa helper, two ' .ye, Eitotoyos of Mta-NsrOp., lit

BURNS GOES BACK TO INDIANA PEN, U. S. OFFICIALS ANNOUNCE

Joseph (Jerry) Bums, 41-year-old escaped convict and Dillinger gangster, will be returned to Indiana to finish a life sentence at Michigan City Prison, it was announced this afternoon by postal inspectors in Chicago. Walter Johnson, chief postal inspector, said eastern authorities have been unable to identilfy Burns as a participant in the $427,000 holdup of an armored truck in Brooklyn, N. Y„ last Aug. 21. “We don’t want to hold him for anything, so we’re sending him back to Indiana,” Mr. Johnson St.id He added that police of South Bend, Ind., who came to Chicago yesterday, also had been unable to identify Burns as a member of the gjng of bandits that held up the Merchants State Bank there last July. Burns had served 12 years of a life sentence, imposed for the killing of a bystander in a bank holdup, when he escaped.

24 WIN MERCY FROM GOVERNOR 14 Pardoned, 10 Sentences Commuted by McNutt on Recommendations. Twenty-four inmates of Indiana penal institutions this afternoon received Christmas presents from Gov. Paul V. McNutt, who issued 14 pardons and 10 communications on ,ne recommendation of his Clemency Board. Sixty-nine other prisoners received the bleak disappointment of denials to their petitions, while four cases were continued by the board. Perhaps most important among the cases dealt with by the board was that of J. Stephen V7eber, Ft. Wayne, who was sentencec' to from five to 50 years from Aller. County, Dec. 29, 1931, after he had pieaded guilty to embezzlement cf funds from the Home Loan & Savings Assn, there. Weber’s petition for a parole, backed by prominent Ft. Wayne citizens, was denied when offices <_u ine association protested against his release. The board ruled he had not served enough of his sentence. A State Accounts Board account- ! ant said at the time of Weber’s arrest he had taken $211,000 over a period of years. Weber said he had used the money to save other companies in which h’e was interested from bankruptcy. Among the Marion County cases, most interest attached to that of Charles Northern, brother of Mary Kinder, notorious as the sweetheart of Harry Pierpont, Dillinger mobster who was executed at the Ohio State Penitentiary, Columbus, in October. Northern, serving 10 years for auto banditry and robbery, petitioned for a paro.e, but his petition I was denied on the ground that, sentenced in 1932, he had not served ! sufficient of his sentence.

'PREPARE FOR WAR,' DU PONT TELLS U, S, Surest Way to Peace, He Says to Probers. By L nit> and Press WASHINGTON. Dec. 20.—Irenee du Pont, spokesman for the Delaware powder industry, told the Senate Munitions Committee today that the “only way to prevent war is to prepare for war in time of peace." “If you don’t do that,” he said, “you’ll have, a hell of a time. “There is only one way to prevent war—prepare for war in time of peace,” he said. “If we are well prepared we will never have a war." BUILDING WORKER HURT Tile Falls on Head of Niman Transfer Cos. Employe. Lyman McLernon. 30. of 136 W. 19th-st, an employe of the Niman Transfer Cos., today received a skull fracture when a large piece of tile fell on his head while he was working on the new William H. Block Cos. structure on W. Market-st. near N. Illinois-st. He was taken to Methodist. Hospital.

Cecilia Carey and Family, bovIn Memory of Sennv-Bov. boy. Stereotypers and Electrotypers Ladies Auxiliaries Nos. 30 and 3S. bov. Girl Employes of Fendriek's Terminal Station Restaurant, two boys. John and Jane Scott, boy. Anonymous Santa Claus, rirl and boy. Employes of Greer A Sons'. Inc., rirl. Ruth M. Maher, eared for one ehUd. took|Pnother rirl. Mr and Mrs. Arthur Cassell and Leo Cassell, boy. Jacob Cassell, rirl. Second Floor Lerrine Dept. Bldr. 1L Real Silk, live children. National Federation of Postoffiee Clerks. Loral 130. Women’s Auxiliary, eared for one ehild and took two more. J. K. C.. boy. Pritchett s Recreation Bowlin'. Learue. rirl. Hoosier Athletic Club Bowlinr Leatce. bov. L. M. D., riri. Spenser Calc Bowline Leacre, three children. Indianapolis Water Cos. Bowline Learue and Olfite. boy. Maiafeaaacs Dept.. SUk, rirl sad

MOB, INTENT ON LYNCHING NEGRO, BATTLES TROOPS; COURTHOUSE IS BURNED

imitm; ms $4Q.000 CASH PAY ROU 12 Lined Against Wall by Mob Led by Mais, No. 1 Bad Man. By United Pres* PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 20.—Four bandits under the leadership of Robert Mais, Pennsylvania's “Public Enemy No. 1,” today looted the Philadelphia Eeiectric Co.’s pay roll office of between $40,000 and $48,000. A number of the 12 employes who were lined up against a wall while the bandits worked identified photographs of Mais. an escaped killtr. as the leader of the gang. Coincident with the Mais raid, it was revealed that Federal agents and local police were guarding the home of Police Superintendent Joseph A. Le Strange. “Death threats” were received by the police chief. It was believed the letters warned Le Strange to “cail off’ his hunt for Mais.

LIST 10 eiGGEST EVENTS OF '34 Best News Stories Chosen by United Press From U. S. Viewpoint. By Lnit< and Press NEW YORK, Dec. 20.—United Press editors today chose the ten best news stories of 1934. The United Press selections were made from the viewpoint of the American newspaper reader. The selections follow, not necessarily in the order of importance: 1. Arrest oi Bruno Hauptmann. 2. Assassination of King Alexander and Barthou. 3/ Dionne quintuplets. 4. Hitler’s blood purge. 5. Morro Castle disaster. 6. Killing of John Dillinger. 7. San Francisco general strike. 8. Assassination of Premeir Dollfuss. 9. Samuel Insull’s extradition and trial. 10. Senator Huey lea’s ascendency in Louisiana. ANTI-HUEY TOWN’S OFFICIALS ARE OUSTED Legislature Rebukes City . Siren’s Marred Speech. By United Press BATON ROUGE. La.. Dec. 20 The Louisiana Legislature before it adjourned sine die today voted to vacate every city office in the town of Alexandria where fire sirens sounded last fall while Sen. Huey P. Long was delivering a political speech. The Legislature provided that the governor, a follower of Long, shall fill municipal offices in alexandvia by apointment until an election can be held in 1936. NAZI DRIVE IS ENDED 300 Arrested In Berlin Alone on Sex Charges. By United Press BERLIN. Dec. 20.—The drive against sexual abnormality in Nazi ranks was considered officially ended today. Arrests in Berlin alone totalled about 300 party members and non-members, including most of the national ringleaders. Many were sent to contration camps.

Clerks Btz Four Freight Agents’ Offln. three children. A Tuesday Night Learnt at Pritchett’* Alter*, hot. Marion Count? Tonne Women'* Dtmoeratie Club. two rirla. Indianapolis Chapter of Sigma Sirma Sigma. hoy. From Greenwood, boy. Serriee Club of PuMie Serrfee Cos. Lenors plant, two children. Women’s Society of Indianapolis Florists. girl. , Lincoln Lean Corp.. offices Meyer-Klser hank bnildinr, eared for three children and took another. Forty-Second Street Station Poatoffice Employe*, boy. i. J., fir!. Paat Presidents League. Major Robert Anderson post. Woman’s Relief Corps So. 44. boy. Superior Judge W. A. Pickens and Employes of Marion Connty Superior Court Three, boy. Indiana University Club, firL A. F. Bromley, girl. Fraternal Bowling League, Illinois alley*, hoe. Raper Commander?, Knights Templar So. 1, three children. Mr. and Mrs.. S, New Jersey, hoy.

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300 Additional Soldiers Rushed Into Shelbyville, Tenn., After Night of Rioting, Mad Violence. FEAR FOR LIFE OF SHERIFF’S KIN Brother of Peace Official Pulled Into Automobile; No Word Is Heard; Two Are Killed, 19 Are Injured. By United Press SHELBYVILLE, Tenn., Dec. 20.—Three hundred National Guardsmen entered Shelbyville today to establish order and protect property from a mob which burned the Courthouse and threatened destruction of other public buildings. Three companies from Nashville and Jackson arrived in trucks shortly before 8 a. m. and officers prepared to station them at posts in the business district. Local officials believed the mob which had terrorized the

city since yesterday morning, when they unsuccessfully attempted to take by force from a courtroom a young Negro being tried on charges of criminally assaulting a white school girl, had dispersed completely. Only a few early risers were on the streets and there were no signs of another mob gathering. Members of the pillaging band apparently had abandoned threats to dynamite the jail. Ruins marked the site of the county Courthouse, scene of yesterday’s fighting between 100 National Guardsmen and a mob of more than 1,000, in which two were killed JUDGE, BORED WITH SHOPLIFTER’S FACE, GIVES HER 180 DAYS Miss Opal Treece, ho hum, was in jail again today. Since Jan. 1, 1932, she has been arrested 41 times, convicted twice. Municipal Judge Dewey Myers this time gave her 180 days in the Indiana Women’s Prison on a shoplifting charge.

PRESIDENT, BUSINESS LEADERS TO CONFER Haart-to-Heart Talks to Be Held Shortly. (Copyright. 1934. bv United Press) WASHINGTON. Dec. 20—President Roosevelt and industrial leaders plan to get together soon for a heart-to-heart discussion of business problems, it was learned today. The White House conference, to take place “at the earliest possible momefit” was arranged at the joint conference for recovery at White Sulphur Springs, W. Va. The conference ended last night. At the conference between the President and representative members of the 90 industrial leaders who attended the West Virginia meeting, both sides will lay their cards on the table for a frank discussion of perplexing business problems. The Administration, it was learned, is ready to discuss recovery problems and any complaints business may offer in the light of the conciliatory attitude shown by the business men at the White Sulphur Springs conference. CODE VIOLATION LAID TO ANHEUSER-BUSCH Fede-al Indictments Returned Against Giant Brewing Company. Hy f nitrd Pr> *4 WASHINGTON, Dec. 2.0.—A Federal Grand Jury has indicted An-heuser-Busch, Inc., of St. Louis, on 17. counts of violation of the code of fair competition for the brewing industry. Joseph H. Choate Jr., director of the Federal Alcohol Control Administration, announced today. Mr. Choate said the indictments were returned yesterday in the United States District Court for the western district of Louisiana, charging the company, one of the largest breweries in tlie world, with furnishing items ot bar equipment to 17 retail outlets subsequent to the effective date of the coot, Dec. 5, 1933. CONVICTION IS UPHELD IN WYNEKOOP CASE Supreme Court Rules on Appeal Taken by Woman Doctor. By t nitr4 Pret* SPRINGFIELD. 111., Dec. 20. The state Supreme Court this afternoon affirmed the conviction of Dr. Alice Lindsay Wynekoop in the Cook County Criminal Court on a charge of murdering her daughter-in-law, Rheta. The 23-year-old victim was found shot to death on an operating table in the basement of Dr. Wynekoop's home a year ago. The aged woman physician is serving a 25-vear term in the Women’s Reformatory at Dwight, Bl-

HOME EDITION 1 PRICE TWO CENTS Outside Marion County, 3 Cents

and at least 19 injured, eight seriously, two critically A Negro hotel had been damaged, also by fire. Grave fears were felt for the safety of Ollie Gant, 42, brother of Sheriff Tom Gant. James Dugan, former deputy, reported early today that he saw several members of the mob force him into an automobile late yesterday when the mob's anger against the sheriff was at its height. He has not been seen since. 24 Prisoners Removed The extent of the mob, still formed at 3 a. m. (Indianapolis time) this morning, could not be determined exactly, but 14 to 16 cars were seen repeatedly racing through the, streets in procession and each was believed to contain from 6 to 10 men. Their intention of dynamiting the jail had been announced and the 24 prisoners held there had been removed. A United Press correspondent made a tour of the Negro section, several square blocks of cabins and shacks. It was a city of the dead. | Not a sign of life could be detected. All doors were barricaded. Attempting to arouse someone, the correspondent pounded on doors. Several times he heard moans and once a prayer for mercy. One Negro said they all expected the section to be burned by the mob. E. K. Harris, 22-year-old Negro, accused of a criminal assault on a 14-year-old white girl, object of the mob's wrath, was safe in the Nashville County Jail. Mistrial Is Declared His trial was beginning with a juiy already selected when the mob forming all morning around tne courthouse, rushed the building. A mistrial was declared The National Guard escort of 100, which brought Harris here from Nashville where he had been held since his arrest, went into action. Thereafter, events followed rapidly. The mob rushed the courthouse four separate times. Each time tear gas bombs and bursts of machine gun and rifle fire, mostly directed over its head, drove it back. But several times, soldiers and rioters locked in hand to hand fighting. Put Into Uniform Harris was put into National Guard uniform. His hands were gloved and a gas mask put over his face. In this way he was spirited from the building and taken to Nashville. The national guardsmen retreated to their camp outside the town to avoid further bloodshed. Enraged, the rnob burned four guard trucks. Shenff Gant tried to make a calm;ng speech. Hs was stoned. Socn after dusk, mob leaders broke into his office in the courthouse, saturated it with gasoline and applied a torch. The fire department attempted to fight the flames. The hose were cut and ladders upset. Within a few minutes the two story, high ceiling structure, built in 1867 and staving a replacement value of *200.030; was in ruins. “Let's lynch the sheriff,” yelled the mob's leaders. Gant hurriedly gathered his wife, two sons and daughter and fled. At midnight the Negro hotel caught on fire, but the flames were extinguished before it was destroyed. Mob Termed ‘Logical’ By i nit> and Pr< $a MEMPHIS. Tenn., Dec. 20.—The mob which burned the courthouse at Sheltyville last night “was more logical than most mobs.” the Memphis Press-Scimitar, a Scnpps-Howard paper, editorialized this afternoon. Because “they did not burn the prisoner; they burned the courthouse."' The editorial oentinued “For a community where a mob rules has no need of a courthouse. What need has a mob for trial, th> judge, the jury, the careful search for truth and justice which the courthouse stands so law? ‘ The young men of Shelbyville were not slain by the soldiers, who did their manly duty in upholding the law. They were slain by the mob, which forced the soldiers to resistance to lawlessness. 71 they were spectators, they were murdered; If they were part of tht mob, they committed suicide,” euvnnf-A-cirnn at a<*