Indianapolis Times, Volume 47, Number 31, Indianapolis, Marion County, 16 April 1935 — Page 5

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SLAIN PASTOR MANIAC. YOUN6 MATHERS SAYS Drunkard, Alleged Killer of Minister Relates on Witness Stand. fly United Prrtt LEBANON, Ind.. April 16.—Theodore Mathers, 21. Coalmont. chflrged with murder, returned to the witness stand in Boone Circuit Court today to tell his version of how the Rev. Gaylord V Saunders, former Wabash minister, was slain. Saunders was killed Feb. 2, 1934, after a drinking party in Indianapolis, where he and Mathers were students at an embalming school. Defense attorneys said Mathers would complete his testimony today and that they will rest after presenting alienists to support an insanity plea. Mathers described the former pastor as a maniac, drunkard and degenerate as he related circumstances which preceded the killing. The youth said Saunders forced him to submit to abnormal relations under threat of death. Mathers testified that Saunders was drunk almost every night. “He used my money to but liquor with. One time he named two chairs in the room after his sons, Jimmy and Billy. He kicked them around the room in a drunken rage. “I prevented Saunders from killing his two sons with a knife when we were at his home in Wabash one time.” Mathers testified that he was forced into intimate relations with Saunders’ wife while the minister stood over them with a knife. CONVICTS QUELL BLAZE VtE Chemicals to Extinguish Fire at State Prison Hospital. By United Prrtt MICHIGAN CITY, Ind., April 16. —Convicts used chemicals to extinguish a small fire at the Indiana State Prison hospital yesterday. Dust under the flooring caught fire from an overheated steam pipe. A hole was burned through the first floor ceiling.

FIRE REPORTS

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News Survey of Indiana

Bp Timet Special TERRE HAUTE, April 16.—It'* an ill wind that has blown to benefit the medical fraternity of this city—to wit, the recent dust storm winds. Local physicians, especially those specializing in eye, ear and throat ailments, have reported Increase in their practice since the dust storms. “Imported real estate” from Kansas. Colorado and other western commonwealths during the past six weeks has made the local atmosphere so thick that an epidemic of irritated membraces has been prevalent. “There is no do* bt but that the dust has affected the eyes to a very great extent," one doctor stated.

Teachers Will Meet Bp Timet Special NOTRE DAME, April 16.—More than 250 high school and college teachers of French will gather here May 4 for the annual spring reunion of the Indiana chapter of the American Association of Teachers of French. The outstanding feature of the meeting will be the inauguration of the first annual contest for freshmen students of French from the various colleges in Indiana. Arrangements for the reunion are in charge of Rev. C. L. Doremus, C. S. C.. Benjamin Dubois and Earl Langwell, members of the Romance Language Department of the University of Notre Dame. Prof. A. Ratti, Butler University, is president of the association. a a b Union Leader Dies By United Prett TERRE HAUTE. April 16.—William D. Van Horn, 78. who served nearly 40 years as an official of the United Mine Workers of America died yesterday. He was a former international board member and a former president of District No. 11. a a a Two Await Trial By United Prett AUBURN. April 16.—Wilbur Seigal and Harry Richards, local youths charged with criminally assaulting a 15-year-old girl, will go on trial before Judge William P. Endicott in Circuit Court here tomorrow. The alleged attack occurred last Wednesday and the two youths were arrested the following day. They pleaded guilty to the charge but after retaining an attorney changed their pleas to not guilty. man Santa’s Aid 111 By United Prett SANTA CLAUS, April 16.—Postmaster James F. Martin, who has convinced thousands of children that Santa Claus is a reality, is critical ill. He has been entirely disabled by a paralytic stroke. Mr. Martin’s postoffice has ben swamped at Christmas time for 25 years by thousands of letters addressed to Santa Claus in childish scrawls, and more thousands of packages and cards were sent to him for mailing so gifts might bear his reassuring postmark.

Given Life Term fly United Prett ROCKVILLE, April 16.—Richard Sweet, alias Roy Stevens, pleaded guilty in Parke Circuit Court yesterday to a charge of kidnaping and was sentenced to life in the Indiana State Prison.

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3558 GIVEN JOBS BY STATE BUREAU 2124 Men, 1434 Women Are Placed in Industries. The Indiana State Employment Service set a record in March by placing 3558 persons in private industry jobs, Martin F. Carpenter, service director, announced today. Os this number 2124 were men and 1434 were women. The Indianapolis office placed 690. In addition to private placements in the state there were 1195 Public Works Administration jobs found. Employmei.t in Indiana manufacturing establishments increased 3.67 per cent in March over February; pay rolls 4.13 per cent and man hours 4.42 per cent, Mr. Carpenter announced.

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