Indianapolis Times, Volume 46, Number 194, Indianapolis, Marion County, 24 December 1934 — Page 1

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INSANE WOMAN KILLS 6, THEN ENDS OWN LIFE

Mass Slayer Deranged by Recent Death of Son, • Is Belief. DROPS ROLE OF SANTA Came With Gifts to Spend Holiday With Family of Brother. By t nthd Prrag PERRYSVILLE, Pa., Dec. 24. Mrs. Katherine D. Schock, 38. stepped from the role of Santa Claus into that of mass killer. She killed her sister, her brother, her brother s four children, and probably fatally wounded his wife. She then killed herself. Authorities today ascribed her act to insanity caused by the recent death of her child. She left four j vaguely phrased notes. She came , here Saturday loaded with toys to play Santa Claus for the children, i but the pistol with which she killed i her victims and the poison which ; she killed her:Si, were in her bag- , gage. Twenty-four hours earlier she j had killed her sister. Mrs. Ruth i Hughes, with a bullet in the back , as Mrs. Hughes slept in her Dun- j ■ kirk. N. Y„ apartment. Mrs] Hughes’ body was not discovered until last night. Wife's Condition Critical Mrs. Schock's brother. Walter F. j Dempsey. 42. and his children, Robert. 11; Walter Jr.. 8; Thomas. 6. and David, 18 months, were wounded fatally as Mrs. Schock moved from bed to bed in the Dempsey's j Perrysville home, loading her six- I chambered revolver, firing, reloading and firing again. Mr. Dempseys wife. Mrs. Clara Veith Dempsey. 36. was in a Pittsburgh hospital today in critical condition. Mrs. Schock came to Perrysville Saturday, ostensibly for a Christmas visit with her brothers' family. In an upstairs rooom—one of the two where the family later was shot— Christmas presents were stacked on a dresser. Mrs. Schock had bought some of them for her son .Jimmy, but when he died six weeks ago. she sent them to Mr Dempsey and asked him to give them to his own children. When she arrived Saturday, the Dempfvs thought she would take oart m ..rv Cnristmas festivities. Thry were glad of the chance to help assuage her sorrow 7 , and though their house was crowded, made a place for her by taking Walter into their ow 7 n bed. Talk of Santa's Visit They talked all they could of cheery things, of Christmas and Santa Claus' impending visit. Mrs. Schock suggested a ginger ale "treat" for the children, and she went herself to a nearby drug store and brought home several bottles. She also bought sleeping powders and dropped them into the glasses when she poured the drinks. The family drank. Then, drowsy, all but Mrs. Schock went to bed. She explained she had to write some letters. She wrote four of them, "to whom it may concern." sketching her preparations for killing the family. The four notes written. Mrs Schock. fully clothed, loaded her revolver and shot Robert and Thomas sVcping in the room she was to have shared. She reloaded, walked into the adjoining bedroom, and shot Mr. Dempsey. Mrs. Dempsey. Walter Jr., and David. Then, standing by the dresser w here the Christ? mas presents lay she swallowed *he poison and fell at the foot oL'het brother s bed. Woman Twice Divorced Mrs Dempsey resinned consciousness about 3 a. rtf; arose and staggered to William Hotel's, home nearby,, Mr. Heid took her to a doctor and summoned Joseph Kunzt. her brother-in-law who. with other neichbors. found the bodies. Mr. Dempsey was emplaned in Pittsburgh in the state e .*t£ency relief service, working on veterans affairs. s ~ % Mrs. Schocfc. twice married*' to Donald Schock of Dubois. P.. had twite been divorced frt?hi him. POPE PIUS DELIVERS ANNUAL PEACE PLEA His Holiness Responds to Historic Greeting of Cardinals. Hy failed Pr> ** VATICAN CITY. Dec. 24 —Pope Pius made an eloquent appeal for peace today in responding to the Christmas good wishes of the College of Cardinals, assembled in the Consistonal Hall. "If there were someone who was a victim of suicidal or homicidal mania and hence was desirous of provoking war. my appeal to the Almighty would be: “ Disperse, O God. all peoples who want war.’ "Several statesmen during the year have said that an increase ,in armaments would give the best assurance of peace. We wish that were true.” Times Index Page Bridge 7 Broun 5 Business News 14 Comics 13 Crossword Puzzle 13 Editorial 4 Financial 12 Hiekman—Theaters a 2 Pegler 5 Radio 10 Sports 8. £ Woman's Pages 6, 7

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Cloudy and probably rain, sleet or snow tonight or tomorrow; slightly warmer tonight with lowest temperature about 27; colder by tomorrow afternoon or night.

VOLUME 46—NUMBER 104

Hurry! Only a Few Hours Are Left to Join Clothe-A-Child

WHAT'S the hurry? Got a Christmas tree to decorate! Say, Mr. and Mrs. Last Minute Shopper, haven't you missed one of the swellest bargain counters downtown? Didn't you know of another Christmas tree that needs decorating? Did you know that by calling Riley 5551 or coming to The Indianapolis Times. 214 W. Marvland-st. you can have a girl or boy for your very own this Christmas Eve? Did you know that you can put warm clothing on him, lift him near to your heart, see him smile at the feel of a warm sheepskin coat or the shine of his shoes? It's not too late now! You have until 6 p. m. or as late as you can shop to take a boy or girl from the rolls of Clothe-A-Child. You can go into the home. You leave the child after dressing him or her with the knowledge that there is "peace on earth and good will to men.”

SEVEN HUNDRED TEN needy children of the city had been assured warm clothing by individual donors in Clothe-A-Child at 8 a. m. today. SEVEN THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS have been spent by those individual donors to clothe children. Will Clothe-A-Child dress ONE THOUSAND under-privileged children of the city? It will if enough of you want to gladden the hearts of needy boys and girls before you get that last present for Cousin Martha or Uncle John. a it a JUST telephone Riley 5551. A boy or girl will be given to you. They will have been checked for need by the Community Fund relief agencies and the social service department of the public schools. It's not too late! But it will be too late if tomorrow finds a bare knee, a shoe without a sole, a ragged coat, and child wondering why his or her plea was not answered. Call Riley 5551 for your last gift to shop for—the Heart of a Child. New donors, bringing the total to 710 children clothed, follow: Srronri Ward Democratic Club, tour rhildren. Postal Employes, three children. I.ink-Belt. Dodge Works Employes, two children. Members of Engine House No. 14. hoy. St. Philip's Ladies Bowling League, girl. E. P. G.. boy. Metal Auto Parts Company's Employes, two girls. West Baking Company’ Emploees, boy and girl. L. B . girl. Cons'ruction Bowling League Pritchett alleys, boy. Herff-.fones Company, girl. J. H. G. Goodfellow. boy. Analylh* Smith, daughter of Dr. F. C. Smith, girl. Polar Ire and Fn I Cc pa ay Employel, Office Employes, boy. Employes of Shell Petroleum Corporation. two rhildren. L. 1.. girl. Jacob Weiss and Family, boy. Receiving Dept., L. Si Ayres & Cos., boy. - ' >v ’ if Employes of Kotbe-Wells A Bauer, two boys. Employes of Gus Habich Company, boy. Russet Cafeteria, boy. Theta Nit Chi sorority, girl. Chevrolet Commercial Body Company, Emploves Dept. No. 55, two children. ' * i& A Stranger, girl. ■■ "jj s Municipal Airport Gang Who'Traded a Ham for a Child, boy. - ?'' Drivers and Emploves of Hoosier Cab Cos., bov and girl. Editorial Dept., Indianapolis Times, two children. Composing Room. The Times, three children. Donors of rash, not included in list of those raring for children, follow: Rotary Club of Indianapolis, S2; Anonvmous. 57.35; James S. Marlow. S2; Anonymous, SI; J. A. P., Sit; Woman's ■t.ions Club. S‘i.so; Woman's Society of Indianapolis Florists, cash St: A. Reporter. $3: Indiana Refining Company. $2; Harry Findley. SI; K. G. M., S3.

Firm and Union Silent on $ Reported Textile Accord v % ) \ i Press Must Be Satisfied With Enigmatic Statement by U. S. Conciliator, to Dispute Say. Textile union leadersand today preserved their enigmatic silence concerning the conference held Saturday at which difficulties arising from the strike at the plant in Sentrrijibpr yfve reported to have been settled.

The conference Saturday held after a hearing before the' Textile La bon Relations Board in Washing-I ton earlier in the week atf wTiich it,l was decided to send Carl E.L. Gill, one of the board's coriciliaTbrs, to Jndianapolis in to reach k final settlement’. * • When a reporter dram The Indianapolis Times weft to the Re-, gional Labor Boafd office, \?here fj|e meeting being held, dered leave the room bv Oorfciliator Gill, who. bristling without thority. declared that a detailed account of the proceedings and fiitfPj mgs of the meeting Vould be issiyStT to the press later in the da>\ True to his promise. Mr. Gill called The Tiries Saturdty afternoon and said that he had ah important announcement to make. -,'j "The difficulties arising from the strike of Sept. 4 to Oct. 3 at the Indianapolis Bleaching Cos. were settled today in the presence of Carl E. L. Gill, the conciliator sent bv the Textile Labor Relations Board, and committees representing the employes and company offici-'; als." Mr. Gill said. The nature of the agreement signed by parties to the controversy was not disclosed Since the statement told nothing. Charles P. Drake, business agent of Local 2069, United Textile Workers af America, who headed the union delegation at the conference, was asked for a clarification of Mr. Gill's 'tatement. Mr. Drake, who during the strike showed himself to be one of the most publicity-minded union leaders ever to operate in Indianapolis, refused any comment and disconnected Ins phone when asked

MILE-OF-DIMES REACHES 53207 Line Will Close Tonight; Needy Children Are Made Happy. Today is the last time in 1934 that you can lay your DIME on a line. At 7 p. m. Mile-of-Dimes, sidewalk Santa for The Indianapolis Times annual campaign of Clothe-A-Child, will be picked up from its pavement shrine where it has lain for twelve days. Hope this prosperous Yuletide of outdoing 1933 s footage of approximately 1900 feet in DIMES or $3207 was seen at noon today as Mile-of-Dimes reached the nineteenth row. The dimes will be washed tonight and the corner on a city’s silver pieces to clothe underprivileged children will have been banked to pay the clothing bills that have accrued since The Times shoppers began buying clothing for needy school children as each row was completed. Christmas morning you’ll know whether your guess as to how many dimes were laid down was correct. Christmas morning you'll know how many children Mile-of-Dimes added to Clothe-A-Child and the good work of individual donors who took children from The Times’ rolls to dress for their very own at Christmas. Those wishing to hazard a guess on Mile-of-Dimes total may hr ahV to figure the amount by remembering that each row, of 100-foot length, will hold exactly $166.95. Today's the day—and the last chance to make Mile-of-Dimes your shrine to a child at Christmas time. Officers and employes of Brinks, Inc., will guard and transport the dimes to The Times. The Merchants Armored Car Service also offered to aid. The Mutual Milk Cos., 2243 Bethelav, today contributed SSO in dimes to the Mile-of-Dimes. The fund was raised by donations from employes and the company and was presented by Don Spugardi. president. and Vernon Lord, chairman of the committee that rasied the money

ONE EDITION The Times will follow its usual holiday custom of printing only one edition Christmas Day. Employes of The Times will be given a half holiday.

again for the facts of the settlement. A. Young, general manager of the bleaching company, indicated that he might be glad to announce the results of the conference. but he said that h£ had been asked to pledge himself to give no inforrpation other than that contained in the Gill "statement." Although Mr. Gill had refused to names of those who participated in the conference it was learned that the workers were represented by Mr. Drake; Robert fSpink. strike committee chairman; Miss Ethel Nicholson, secretary of the local; Philip Bohn, and William Martin.* The ■ company's representatives were Mr. Young; Benjamin B. Evans.'company secretary; William L. Taylor, attorney for Mr. Young, and two St. Louis lawyers representing the Bemis Bros. Bag Cos., of which the bleaching company is a subsidiary. 'i It is understood that the union representatives asked that the 91 who participated in the Strike and who have, not yet been re-employed be reinstated immediately to their former positions and that those who were hired to replace them during the strike be discnarged. Cases of discrimination against some strikers who have teen rehired were also discussed. | Mayor Reginald H. Sullivan, who worked several days in October in an effort to settle the strike at the request of Tne Times, was given no formal notification that a settlement had been reached and had no inkling of the terms of that settlement.

INDIANAPOLIS, MONDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1934

JOYOUS YULE SPIRIT GRIPS ENTIRE CITY Happiest Christmas Since 1929 Predicted for All Classes Here. STORE CHIEFS JUBILANT Holiday Sales Reach Record Peak; Poor Are Not Forgotten. Fired by an optimism encouraged by abundant signs of the approaching return of improved economic conditions, Indianapolis today prepared for its most festive observance of Christmas since the depression began. Leaders of retail trade and railroad executives joined in reporting increased trade and travel. Trains arriving at and departing from Union Station have been operated in two and three sections since last Friday, and Pullman reservations were at a premium. The crush of holiday traffic jammed highways with motor cars carrying holiday groups to and from the city. Merchantilc. establishments today were jammed with late holiday buyers, while merchants said Christmas sales had increased between 10 and 20 per cent over last year. New depression-year records were reported by charitable organizations in their solicitation of funds to provide Christmas cheer for the unfortunate and under-privi’eged. The Indianapolis Times "Clothe-A-Child” campaign wac far ahead of last year's total. Holiday Bonuses Declared From all quarters came reports that church and institutional workers have been able, through generous giving, to carry the Christmas spirit into homes made bleak by misfortune and economic disaster. Some business organizations found it possible this year to give holiday bonuses to employes. Religious programs, as usual, will dominate the city’s observance of the holiday Christmas Day. Catholic churches have discontinued their custom of celebrating Christmas midnight masses. Instead early morning masses will be celebrated. At the Zion Evangelical Church a candlelight sunrise service will be held at 7 tomorrow.. The Rev. FredR. Danes will speak onjjGlad Tianigs of Joy.” Mrs. Ross JLaMwell will direct the musical program. Instrumental numbers wHI be given by Otto and Kurt Mahrdt. Yule Services Begin Yesterday Christmas music filled city churches as the city began the observance of the Nativity. Pag,-, eants and cantatas were presented last night. g. Most of the Protestant churcheV will hold services tonight and to® morrow morning. Gov. Paul V. McNutt spoke at a service of the young people's; department of Tabernacle Presbyterian Church Sunday morning. The radio will participate in the* observance tonight when carols by choirs of seven city churches will be broadcast over WKBF from the auditorium of the Thirty-first. Street Baptist Church between 9 and 10. Ray Harris will direct the; choirs and Curtis Davis will be organist. This afternoon the grave business of army training will be laid aside at Ft. Benjamin Harrison .bile all children at the post welcome The arrival of Santa Claus. Gifts will be distributed. Tonight the Eleventh j Infantry Band will play Christmas carols at the post. Statehouse Holds Party The city’s largest party was held today at the Statehouse. More than 3000 children, guests of the Salvation Army, assembled there to receive clothing, toys, fruit and candy. The Indianapolis Newsboys' Band played from 8:30 to 9. Gov. McNutt. Dr. Ernest N. Evans, Indianapolis Church Federation secretary, and Frederick E. Schortemeier. party chairman, brought holiday greetings. Indianapolis Kiwanis Club will stage a Christmas party tonight for children in the English-Av. Boys’ Club and the Lauter Memorial Boys’ Club. Christmas parties will be given in six city orphanages. At James Whitcomb Riley Hospital for Children carols will be sung by nurses at 5:30 tomorrow morning. St. Vincent's Hosiptal Guild is sponsoring an entertainment and gift program. Trolley Workers Hosts Indianapolis Railways Highland barns employes will entertain 500 children Christmas morning. Wheeler City Rescue Mission will be the scene of a Christmas breakfast for 100 men, guests of the Culture Club. Prisoners in Marion County Jail and City Prison will be given special holiday menus. Services will be conducted in the County Jail at 10. Approximately 100 persons attended the annual "good turn" party of Boy Scout Troop 69 in headquarters at 3731 Boulevard-pl Satur- j day night. The Nineteenth Ward Democratic Club today was distributing 77 baskets of food for Christmas dinners. Members of the Indianapolis Flower Mission today delivered Christmas dinners, toys and clothing to persons in the city suffering with tuberculosis. About 6C homes were visited. $24,000 in Bonds Stolen By United Prrs* WICHITA. Kas.. Dec. 24.—Three bandits invaded a farm home near Stafford today, shot two men and beat a third, and escaped with $24,000 in bonds.

THIS SANTA TO HAVE BUSY CHRISTMAS DAY

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Santa thought he'd been everywhere and seen everything, but it’s an entirely new experience that brings this benevolent smile to his cheery face. He’s getting ready to fill five little stockings, all the same size, hanging in a row. tonight. A versatile man is this Dr. Allan R. Dafoe, in case you didn't know who is going to play Santa in the Dionne quintuplets’ home.

Tommy Touhy Threatens to ‘Blow Up’ U. S. Agents Chicago Hoodlum, Hunted for Postal Raids, Is ’Living Bomb,’ Police Told as Drive Starts. (Copyright, 1934, by United Press) CHICAGO. Dee. 24. —All resources of the Midwestern staff of postal inspectors and of Chicago police have been concentrated into an effort to capture "Terrible Tommy” Touhy, gangster, who has made himself a living bomb. , Touhy knows of the order and has threatened to ’’blow to hell” the first officer who attempts its execution.

CITY BLANKETED |Y HEAVY SNOW Christmas Hopes Rise but Weather Bureau Is Uncertain. It snowed hard this afternoon, beginning at about noontime, but the- question of whether Indianapolis would have a “white Christmas” ’ unsettled. With the scow whirling down in near-blizparclf proportions in the early afterrfekm, those who wanted snow on tbystreets tomorrow were watching the thermometer with uneasy eyes. - The snow was packed on the street and clinging to the clothing of those out on business or pleasure, but the weather bureau's forecast was not encouraging. All that the bureau would concede, with the snow falling in the face of a prediction for warmer weather tonight, was that as long as the temperature stayed below 32, there would be snow—or, perhaps, sleet. Meanwhile, the temperature had climbed from 20 at 6 this morning to 29 at noon. This was considered lamblike for winter, now in its third day, but the weather bureau predicted lower temperatures for tomorrow.

STATE COMMANDER OF G. A. R. IS DEAD * Veteran Dies on Eve of His X* 90th Birthday. By ViiHrri Prmx LEBANON. Ind.. Dec. 24.—The ranks of Civil War veterans were reduced further today following the death of John F. McKinley, commander of the Indiana Department of the G. A. R. He would have been 90 tomorrow’. Mr. McKinley enlisted in the Civil War after hearing an address in Indianapolis by President Lincoln in 1861. He was only 15 at the time but his age as 21. He served ffcreugno'u l ' the war in Company C, 51st Indie la Volunteers. Mr. McKinley was elected state G. A. R. commander at the convention in Muncie last summer. BOGUS COIN IS PASSED Police Hold Suspect on Charges of Counterfeiting Half Dollar. Frank Evans, 55. was held today by police who said he possessed a counterfeit half dollar when they arrested him early yesterday at 16th-st and College-av. There employes of a drug store said Evans had passed one of the counterfeit pieces. He lives at 1716 Broadway.

Waking and sleeping, the tubercular little gangster keeps at his hand a vial of nitroglycerin powerful enough to wreck a building or kill a dozen inert at a blow. He plans to die himself, carrying attackers with him, rather than be captured. Postal inspectors admitted today that they know of Touhy's. determination and that it is a factor in all their plans to end his 20-year career as safe cracker, auto thief, beer and gambling magnate and postoffice robber. Chief Postal Inspector Walter Johnson doesn't want his agents blown to bits by a suiciding gangster, Chief Johnson - wants “Terrible Tommy” chiefly for a $130,000 jrostoffice truck holdup in Charlottesville, N. C., ■■ but incidentally for smaller robberies of postal funds in Cal., and Butler, Pa. He is suspected, also, of participation m. the $427,000 holdup last August of .an armored money truck in BrookljfDfjN- Y. Brother in Prison Touhy is one gangster who has a genuine claim to the "toughness” in whichwris ilk takes pride. Suffering from advanced consumption—underworld reports say he expects death from a hemorrhage at any momertt —he still is as arrogant as on the day when he stuck his face within inches of that of Alphonse 'Scarface Al) Capone and told him: "You get yourself and your gorillas out of my territory—and stay out —or I’ll send you out of here feet first.” The Touhvs sold bootleg beer and collected tribute from gamblers. Roger, elder of the brothers, went to prison last year on a 99-year sence for kidnaping John (Jake the Barber) Factor Hamilton Also Hunted Tommy, now somewhere near 40 years old, began crime as a safecracker 20 years ago. Police say he is one of the best workmen in the line. Desipte his 5 feet, 6 inches of height and a frail physique, Touhy held his own in his early career as labor muscle man, the 'toughest of rackets. Almost single handed he extracted thousands of dollars of tribute from labor unions and their employers alike. Police have heard that he has organized shattered bits of the John Dillinger gang and his own former followers. Joseph Bums, former Dillinger gang gangster captured here last week, was questioned four days in an attempt to turn up Touhy and John Hamilton, Dillinger's lieutenant. The inquisitors learned nothing but did not abandon their theory.

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FEAR CHILDREN, PILOT, LOST IN PLANE, KILLED 100 Join in Searching Mountain Country for Lost Ship; Sub-Zero Weather Handicaps Hunt. # CRAFT BELIEVED BURIED IN SNOW Snowshoe Parties Wade Through Drifts in Nevada Wilds; Four Unreported After 20 Hours. By United Prrsg ELKO, New, Dec. 24. Fear Uiat the pilot and three small children in a plane missing- between here and Mountain City may have died of exposure if they survived an apparent crash, was expressed by searchers this afternoon. The searchers reported temperatures near North Fork, Nev., where the plane was last seen before it disappeared in fog and rain squalls, were below zero. More than 100 men on foot and two airplanes carried on a thorough search of the snowy wastes for the plane which carried Tilot Floyd De Long, June Stinton, 16, and her brother, Donald, 13, and Ruth Womack, 13, their friend.

HAUPTMANN AID PLOTISBARED Fictional Account of Trial Sent Panel Casts Doubt on Kidnaping. By United Pre** FLEMINGTON, N. J., Dec. 24. Safeguards to assure a fair and im- ] partial trial for Bruno Hauptmann j were considered today by state offij rials. The prosecution charged that j “a malicious and deliberate attempt” had been made to tamper with the jury panel. A booklet mailed to veniremen aroused New Jersey authorities and led to postal inspectors beine noti- : ned. The literature, mailed from ! Chicago, described a fictitious case I which closely paralleled the kidnaping of Col. Charles A. Lindbergh's infant son. It set forth that the defendant was acquitted and attempted to prove that the kidnaped infant .strayed from home, was killed by wild animals and was not kidnaped. Anthony M. Hauck Jr., Hunterdon County prosecutor, said the pamphlet was a deliberate attempt to distort the state's case and that it might “land somebody else in a cell along with Hauptmann.” The defense was not suspected. The prosecutor planned a conference with state officials today or Wednesday. Attorney General David T. Wilentz, who is directing the state's case, declined to intimate what step? might be taken. The question of calling anew of 150 for the trial was believed under consideration by authorities. The booklet sent to veniremen was copyrighted by Mary <spencer, who conducts news syndicate at Chicago. Mrs: 1 Spencer, a. lawyer, said/jshe .had “no idea" how the copies'reached the veniremen. a , rW __ SANTA’S ‘CONSPIRACY’ • WITH CUPID REVEALED Holiday Rush to Office Approaches ' The holiday spirit st. rush to the marriage counter at the Courthouse last few days, the all-time son one day having been Saturday w'hen 42 licensesTjvere Issued. The record is 44. * Is The rush to obtain licenses waW reported continuing today, as earin couple approached the license counter, they noticed a spray of mistletoe thoughtfully placed there by Judson West, marriage license clerk. Marriage licenses issued this year already exceed last year's total of 3424 by 539. The all-time record is 4378, set in 1929. UNI FOR MED COPS GIV E GOLD BADGE_TO CHIEF Morrissey Pleased by Gift of Dia-mond-Studded Insignia. Chief Mike Morrisey wes all grins today as he trod the corridors of police headquarters. The reason: Yesterday members 1 of the uniformed division presented the chief with a gold badge, studded with a large diamond. The presentation committee was composed of Capt. Edward P. Helm, Albert Schlensker, the chief's secretary, and Lieut. William Rodocker. in charge of the police garage.

BANK BANDIT SUSPECTS LODGEDJNJAIL HERE Trio Nabbed in Minneapolis Admits Fleeing Reformatory, Is Report. Three youths caught by Minneapolis police and said to have admitted fleeing the Indiana State Reformatory, Pendleton, and robbing a bank at Carbon. Ind.. were lodged in the City Prison today. - They are Wallace Brady. 28, and Everett Kocher, 24. Anderson, Ind.. and Lloyd Gnffith, 25. Bowling Green. Ind. They were returned yesterday by state'police.

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Newton Crumley and Kemp Wolverton, local pilots, took off at dawn but after two hours search of the district were unable to report seeing any trace of a grounded plane. De Long's plane was last seen by Pilot Crumley after both had taken off from here, De Long with the children and Crumley with Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Stinton, prominent Mountain City rangers. Claude Womack, father, of Ruth, is a resort owner there. The four members of the Stinton family and Ruth Womack had been here for the funeral Saturday of Jule Stinton, 17, a sen. The youth had been flown here previously from Mountain City by Crumley for treatment of pneumonia. Flying Erratic Course. Crumley said De Long's plane was ! flying an erratic course when it struck the mists after leaving North Fork. He thought he saw it swerve from the course before the mists blotted the plane from Crumley's vision. A mist still hung over the district early today and impeded the search by air. At noon. De Long and the three children had been missing approximately 20 hours. If their plane had cracked up in the mountainous country between North Fork and Mountain City and they miraculously had escaped injury. it was feared here the sub-zero temperature would cause their deaths. There are few shelters in the region. Believed Buried in Snow De Long had been a transport pilot between Elko and Mountain City for several months. The searchers were forced to use snowshoes in plodding through the deep snowdrifts. Automobile travel between North Fork and Mountain City was blocked. Roads south of North Fork were hazardous. Deep ravines andxanyons, filled* with many feet of snow, cover the area. Officials believed from Pilot Crumley’s failure jto see any dark object on the De Long's plane crashed into a’arm,jmd probably will remain hidden until the spring thaws. ; The snow-covered ravines and intense cold and the hilly terrain of the 'dj&trictvnade the search diffiJr Air Mail Pilot Killed mi-ultra Prrs* Tenn.,"Dec. 24. .Twa mail from a wrecked plane was ulOT&ghi‘-from the mountain fastjjUfss near Sunbright today. Preceding it was tile body of the plane'* pubt, Russell Riggs. The plane, missing almost 24 hours, was found yesterday against a mountainside. The mail was scattered about and Pilot Riggs was dead in the wreckage. The plane left Louisville, Ky.. Saturday and was believed to have crashed soon afterwood. Mr. Riggs was a veteran air mail pilot. Plane Falls: 7 Drowned By United Pre** MAZATLAN, Mexico, Dec. 24. Hope was abandoned today for two American pilots and their five passengers, including a woman and an infant, who clung helplessly to the wreckage of an airplane 135 miles at sea and saw a searching plane circle over them and then fly back to land because it was not equipped to alight on water. Noel Builock and Parker Abbott of Los Angeles, pilots, and their five Mexican passengers left La Paz, Lower California, for Mazatlan Friday in a seaplane of the line operated by H. C. Goakes of Los Angeles. An airplane went out to look for them yesterday and its pilot reported seeing the passengers and pilots clinging to the wreckage of the plane 135 miles off Mazatlan. The wreckage was in sinking condition. Apparently a wing had broken off in a forced landing, the pilot reported. He could not alight and returned to port. Another plane went out, but could see no sign of wreckage or occupants at the position given. Coast guard cutters and other surface craft also failed to find the plane.