Indianapolis Times, Volume 47, Number 46, Indianapolis, Marion County, 3 May 1935 — Page 1

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ADMITS S3OO PAID TO GET ‘COURT BREAK’ Woman Says 'Friend' Gave Money to Bondsman in * Her Behalf. PLACED UNDER ARREST Faces Manslaughter Charge as Result of Fatal Auto Accident. Miss Margaret Polsgrove. who says a gentleman friend” paid ‘.some bondsman ” S3OO so she could get a break’ in disposition of involun : tary manslaughtef charges against her. today was rearrested on anew capias charging involuntary manslaughter, and returned to jail for new $2500 bond. The capias was issued by Criminal Judge Frank P. Baker who yesterday took the case under advisement, indicating at the time that he would find Miss Polsgrove guilty. The charges grow out of fatal injuries Miss Polsgoves auto inflicted on Walter Oeisendorff, 19, on the National-rd, west of Indianapolis. Miss Polsgrove was arrested in her Sherman Hotel room this morning as a sequel to Judge Baker's promise of sensational developments in the case. Arrested with her was Wilbur Pardue, who also was taken to jail, where he met William Pardue. his brother, who had been arrested a few moments earlier.

Held Under $2500 Bond Miss Polsgrove is held under $2500 bond and earh of the Parriue brothers is held lor vagrancy under S3OOO bond. Before the capias was issued for her arrest this mroning, Miss Polsgrove explained the case to a reporter. • I guess what you want to know about is the $700." Miss Polsgrove said. ‘•Well, it was all news to me. You see, I didn't know a thing about it until a girl friend read it to me out of a newspaper last night. 1 have worried all night. I thought I was going to get a break in Criminal Court, but since reading that I guess I won't.” Miss Polsgrove said there was no men non of “S7OO being paid" while >he was in court. She added that so far as she knew none of the at- *'■ r-evs who have represented her , ince the accident occurred have been paid for their services. About $.700 Was Paid She said she was represented by an attorney whose name she did not know in Municipal Court last August. She added that Attorney Thomas McNulty, a friend, represented her when she was arraigned several months ago. but received no money. She was represented yesterday by Edward McElfresh. County pauper attorney "How about paying r. bondsman S2OO to ‘fix’ the case?” she was asked; "Oh. I see they say S7OO was paid," she replied. "That was not true. It was S3OO that was paid.” "Who received and who paid the money?” she was asked. “A Gentleman Friend” "A gentlman friend of mine put up the money, but I did not see it paid and I don't know the name ot the bondsman who received it. I was to get a break. You see I didn’t know I hit someone with an automobile and I stopped in Ben Davis to get medical aid for my uncle who was in the car with me and who was cut by broken glass.” "Who was the gentleman friend who paid the bondsman the money?" shf was again asked. The answer was a smile and a remark: "He was a fellow who I used to go with." "Who k* on your bond?” she was asked. "Gay Kimble, a friend of Harry Tnmb ! r." she replied. FLAMES DESTROY HOUSE S2OOO Blare After Atove Blast Ruins New Dwelling. The explosion of a kerosene stove started a fire which destroyed the home of Harvey Moon. 648 S. Worthst late yesterday. The house is outside the city limits and firemen w ere hampered bv lack of water, Mr Moon was able to save some of his furniture but the loss was estimated at S2OOO Mr. Moon had built the one-story structure himself and had occupied it only since the first of this week. EXTORTION PLOT~NIPPED Suspect Accused of Threats Against Standard Oil Heiress B” Tim** Spinal BRIDGEPORT. Conn.. May 3. Peter W Zmmdak. 22, factory worker, waa held incommunicado at a hotel by Federal agents, this afternoon. thaiged with having sent an extortion note to Miss Annie Burr Jenmnga, daughter of one of the founders of the Standard Oil Cos. lie is alleged to have demanded $12,500 under threat of bodily harm. Times Index Books r Budge 14 Braun 21 Church News 4-12 Comics 3S Crossword Puzzle 35 Curious World 35 Editorial 22 Financial 34 Food Ptfes 27-28 Hickman—Theaters 32 Notes on Canvas..,, 6 Pegler 21 R*di 24 Bporta 30-31 Stamps 16 Womans Pages H-15-16

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Address of Rum During ‘Hunt’ Lee Barker Arrested by Police on Liquor Charges 15 Days Before Baker’s Court Issued Contempt Order. NAME ALSO ON STATEHOUSE LISTS Bootlegger Gave Home Number in Applying for Auto Driver’s License Nine Months Before He Was Seized. While Lee P. Barker, convicted Indianapolis bootlegger, was being “hunted” by investigators from Criminal Judge Frank P. Baker’s court to commit him to the Indiana State Prison on a 1926 dry law sentence, Barker’s name and address appeared upon official records in Indianapolis, it has been discovered by The Indianapolis Times. The Times has disclosed that Barker was released from Marion County Jail Nov. 26, 1934, upon a release order hearing the name of Frank P. Baker, and initialed “J. A. 8.,”

without being: committed to the state prison under the conviction affirmed by the Indiana Supreme Court in 1930. While Criminal Court investigators were hunting for Barker, records of the Indianapolis Police Department included Lee Barker's name and address. He had been arrested Oct. 16. 1934. on charges of operating a motor vehicle w'hile intoxicated. Matter of Public Record This arrest occurred and was a matter of public record 1.5 days before Lee Barker was placed in the Marion County jail under a contempt of court attachment issued out of Judge Baker's court. The official records of Municipal Court. Room 4. also show' that Barker was fined $1 and costs on the drunk charge in that court on Dec. 12. 1934. which was 16 days after he had been released from the county jail on a release order bearing the name of Frank P. Baker and the initials “J A. B." Those are the initials of Joel A. Baker, then and now Criminal Court investigator and probation officer. Records of the Municipal Court, Room 4. do not show' that any detainer warrants had been filed there for Lee Barker for service upon the disposition there of charges against him. Auto Bureau Files While investigators of the Crim- ] inal Court were "hunting - ’ for Barker his name and address appeared upon his automobile operator's license application in the Indiana Department of Motor Vehicles. The address written upon the auto license application Jan. 4. 1934. nine months and 27 days before he was arrested on the contempt of court attachment, was 6049 Forest Lane, the same address at which he was apprehended in October, 1934 and in April. 1935. It was learned today that Lee Barker was paroled from Leavenworth Federal penitentiary to Frank Schussler. who operates a meat market at Market and Alabama-sts. He worked in the Schussler meat market for more than one year, making his parole reports from that point. Just Across the Street The Schussler meat market is located across the street from the Marion County court house and visible from the windows of the Marion County criminal court. According to Indianapolis police department records, Lee Barker said he was living at 6049 Forest Lane on Oct. 16. 1934 when he was arrested on the intoxicated driving .charge. According to the 1931 Indiar oolis directory, Lee Barker then resided at 1124 Broadway. This is the address to which he returned and lived for a year after his discharge from Leavenworth Federal prison, while the authorities say they were hunting for him. “Unable to Locate This Man’’ Judge Baker and Joel A. Baker. Criminal Court investigator and probation officer, said they had released Barker from the jail, without committing him to the state prison, when Barker promised to return to the criminal court after (Turn to Page Three)

Illinois Dropped From Federal Relief Rolls

By r*t itrd Pm* WASHINGTON. May 3.—Relief Administrator Harry L. Hopkins today carried out his threat to withhold Federal aid to states which do not meet his demands for co-oper-ation. He dropped Illinois from states allotted Federal money ior May relief. The next move in determining the fate of Illinois’ 1,200,000 needy is up to the state Legislature, which Mr. Hopkins has demanded contribute $3,000,000 a month to the state's $14,000,000 a month relief bill. "It's up to the Legislature whether or not people on relief in Illinois are fed or go hungry," Mr. Hopkins said. "A small minority of politicians is responsible for blocking Gov. Henry Horner's revenue bills." Mr. Hopkins also "cracked down” on two other states, Georgia and Pennsylvania. In refusing additional rural school aid money to Georgia, he blamed Gov. Eugene Talmadge. New Deal critic, for not supplying back pay to country teachers. "The responsibility is all -u Tal- , j

RABB PROTESTS TIMES ARTICLE Woodard Named to Utility Post April L District Counsel Says. Albert L. Rabb. counsel for the City Utility District, in a letter to Mayor Kern, today took issue w'ith statements contained in The Indianapolis Times yesterday relative to the proposed purchase of the Citizens Gas Cos. by the city. In the article yesterday The Times declared that Isaac C. Woodard, vice president and general manager of the Acme-Evans Milling Cos., was elected to the board of the City Utility District on April 5. the date on which the group adopted the resolution authorizing the city to call for bids on the bond issue. "The fact is,” Mr. Rabb wrote, that Mr. Woodard was elected April 1. and had the opportunity to give mature thought to the matters before the board of directors of the district.” On April 3 Mr. Rabb told The Indianapolis Timps that Mr. Woodard had not been elected. Mr Woodard also said that he had nor. been formally elected. On April 5 Mr. Rabb formally announced tbs election of Mr. Woodard. "The pending steps for acquisition of the property of the Citizens Gas Cos are but the development of a plan which originated with consumers of gas and citizens of Indianapolis and hence needs no referendum." Mr. Rabb said. KILLER OF GIRL HANGED Itailan Pays Penalty for Slaying of Canadian Dancer. By United Pres* MONTREAL. May 3.—Joseph Alisero, 38. was hanged today at Bordeaux jail. The Italian insurance salesman was taken from the deathhouse shortly before and Jed to the scaffold. where he paid with his life for the murder of Grazielle Viens. 23. pretty Fiench-Canadian night club dancer. BANK" TRIAL RECESSED Counsel for Woman Defendant Again Taken 111. By In i tcU Prr** LAFAYETTE. Ind..—May 3—Trial of Miss Margaret Chpney on charges of making false entries in records of the Tippecanoe Loan and Trust Cos., of which she was an executive, was recessed again today because of illness of Dan P. Flanagan, chief defense counsel. Slayer Accepts Fate Hy United Press WILKES-BARRE. Pa.. May 3. Bobby Edwards. 21 -year-olcL"Ameri-can Tragedy" slayer, today pledged himself “to die like a man.” The State Pardoi Board having rejected his petition for mercy, he dies in the electric chair Sunday night.

madge." he said. "The Governor vetoed a bill putting up state money for state schools. If he isn't interested in their fate. I don't see why the Federal Emergency Relief Administration should be." He warned Gov. George Earle that Federal aid would be withdrawn from Pennsylvania's 1.800.000 needy unless the Legislature contributed $5 000.000 a month. G. 0. P. Blocks Action By I mint Put* CHICAGO. May 3.—The Illinois relief crisis verged on a famine today as 367.000 persons, more than a third of them children, besieged private charities with appeals for food The Illinois Emergency Relief Commission, its flow of Federal funds cut off because of failure of the stat*> Legislature to provide $3,000,000 a month, admitted that the situation was becoming "really desperate.” Needing 103 votes to pass the Governor's relief program, the Homer forces were blocked by a small Republican minority.

INDIANAPOLIS, FRIDAY, MAY 3, 1935

King on Public Records by Court, Survey Reveals

THE COURT ORDER THAT SET FREE LEE BARKER, RUM KING State of Indiana 1 County of Marion j * a, IN THE MARION CRIMINAL COURT . jUP To the Sheriff of Marion County, Greetings: jL du, who is now held by you by virtue, of a- commitment from the Municipal Court of Marion County to await Jhe action of the Grand Jury (or upon a capias from this court) as I have this day ordered him released on his ow-n recognizance, pending the further order of this court. * T'UUdc igU&M, Judge Marion Criminal Court. STATE OF INDIANA/ MARION COUNTY j U The State of Indiana, to the Sheriff of Marion County, Greeting: You are hereby commanded to attach.. and bring him before Hon one of the Judges of the jC:... Court of said County, presiding in Room N0.....4...<?l thereof, forthwith then and there to answer for a contempt of the authority of said Court, niieged hy him to have been committed, in disobeying certain process thereof issued in the cause, the title whereof is on this writ endorsed. And herein fail not. WITNESS, the Clerk and seal of said Court, at Indianapolis, this .... day ~ 19-?..^

Sought by Criminal Court investigators since 1932 Lee P. Barker, convicted Indianapolis bootlegger, had not been committed to Indiana State Prison to serve a 1926 dry law sentence, when a release, bearing the name Frank P. Baker, judge of Marion Criminal .Court, and initialed "J. A. B." freed him from the Marion County jail Nov 26, 1934. Barker then had been jailed 26 days on a contempt of court attachment (shown in the low'er reproduction) issued out of Judge Bakers court. Judge Baker has told The

Cox Orders $200,000 Suit on Bond of Officers for Defunct City Bank

BY ARCH STF.INEL Times Staff Writer Final legal move of Circuit Judge Earl E. Cox to seize the last tangible asset of closed banks of Indianapolis will be taken in Federal Court within 10 days when suit is filed against the oonds of officers of the defunct States Savings and Trust Cos. The suit, expected to be for ap- : proximately $200,000, is one of a | chain of similar suits, ow pending, that are expected to save for bank creditors the most visible and negotiable assets of defunct banks. Coupled with this last legal battle to insure money to bank creditors. an attempt to change trustees of Florida real property in litigation in the Meyer-Kiser case will be resisted by Judge Cox. Confident of Success Attorneys for the receiver of the State Savings and Trust Cos. will file the bond suit, which will bring the total of bond actions filed in Federal and Circuit Courts on the bonds of bankers to approximately $1,500,000. Judge Cox, confident the suits will be successful, said: “It may be sometime before we collect because of the possibility of appeals but I feel certain that the law in the bond cases will bear out my contention that the bonds themselves were and have been, prior to my coming into office, the best assets of creditors of the defunct banks.” Judge Lifts the Veil Prior to his taking office, in January, 1933, not one suit against bankers’ bonds had been filed by any of the receivers. Prior to his tenure receivership reports were few and far between and defunct banks were clothed in what Judge Cox has termed “a veil of silence ’ Judge Cox lifted the veil. Receivers of the Washington Bank and Trust Cos., State Savings and Trust, and Citv Trust Cos. resigned. Audits of the bank books were ordered. Receivership reports were ordered to be given monthly. $400,000 Actions Pending Then suits on bonds began until at the present time eight suits totaling $400,000 are pending in Federal Court against officers' bonds of the Washington Bank and Trust Cos., one suit ior $450,000 on bonds of officers of the City Trust Cos. in the Shelby Circuit Court, a suit for $125,000 against Brandt C. Downey, former receiver of the Washington Bank and Trust Cos., and a minor bond suit against officials of the Meyer-Kiser Bank. Judge Cox discovered, on taking office, chst one suit on bonds, that might have been begun in 1931. agairst the Washington Bank and Trust Cos., was lost as a legal asset, as the bonding company had gone

lndianapolis Tb.e& be consented to the release of Lee P. Barker because Barker promised Joel A. Baker, Criminal Court investigator, he would appear in court after Christmas, 1934, with his brother, Dell, also wanted for commitment. The brothers were not committed until April 24, 1935. Other reproductions of documents in this ? mazing chain of circumstances are printed on pag< 3 in The Times today.

into the hands of a receiver. This suit alone, if it had been filed, might have raised the assets of the Washington Bank $150,090, it was pointed out. Indictments and affidavits, charg-

HUGE STEEL MERGER APPROVED BV COURT Rcpuolic Absorbs CorriganMcKinney. By United Prex* CLEVELAND. May 3.—Merger of the Republic Steel Corp. and Cor-rigan-McKinney Steel Cos. was given the approval of Federal Court today when Judge Frederick M. Raymond ruled against the government in its suit to block the amalgamation. Judge Raymond, in an opinion mailed to Cleveland from his home in Grand Rapids. Mich., ruled that the proposed $323,000,000 merger would not be in violation of the Clayton anti-trust act, as charged by government attorneys. Approval of the merger makes Republic Steel a dominant figure in the steel industry, creating a corporation with a capital structure of more than a third of a billion dollars. Republic will be topped only by the giant U. S. Steel and Bethlehem Steel Corporations.

What's Wrong With the Railroads? £ In today’s Times, John T. ■ Flvnn, famed writer on economics . . . whose newspaper articles, incidentally, will appear regularly in The Times exclusively in Indianapolis . . . turns the searchlight of his clear-thinking intellect on the muddled and perplexing problems facing the country’s railroads., In his absorbing article. Mr. Flynn points out the difficulties facing the railroads . . . how and why they got that way . . . and suggests a sound, logical, well conceived program for bringing them back to a healthful condition. Read this absorbing and authoritative article. You’ll find it . . , On Page 13 of Today's TIMES

Entered as Bcond-Clis Matter at Poatoffice, Indianapolis. Ind.

ing embezzlement, now pending against officials of the four defunct banks of Indianapolis, have been predicated on testimony, evidence and investigation in receiverships of the banks in Judge Cox’s cours. After a depositor's committee of the State Savings and Trust Cos. had authorized Alvah J. Rucker, attorney, to investigate that defunct institution the circuit judge swept broom-like all other bank receiverships into Mr. Rucker's hands with instructions to pierce that “silence veil” and give creditors and depositors the actual facts of the alleged juggling of their finances. Mr. Rucker's inquiry, under Judge Cox, resulted in indictments of four officials of the Meyer-Kiser Bank Julian J. Kiser, former vice president, will begin trial Monday in Criminal Court on an embezzlement charge. Ultimately the inquiry led to the conviction of Melville S. Cohn, former Meyer-Kiser official, on an embezzlement charge. His case is on appeal in the Indiana Supreme Court. "From a receivership view point, the Meyer-Kiser Bank, operated for (Turn to Page Three)

Crush Philippine Revolt; 55 Killed , Scores Injured

•Copyright. 1935. by United Press) MANILA. P. 1., May 3.—Order apparently was restored throughout the Philippines tonight following a widespread series of engagements between government constabularymen and revolting bands of Sakdalistas. Constabulary headquarters here reported quiet had been restored at nightfall in all provinces where ragged members of the minority Extremist party had clashed with government forces in a short-lived insurrection. Estimated death toll of the rebellion remained unchanged at 55. with scores injured in fighting resulting from Sakdalista dissatisfaction over government taxation and the 10year American plan for Philippines independence. The scattered, marauding bands of Sakdalistas were melting away rapidly before a concerted drive launched by the constabulary, which swooped down swiftly’ each time an outbreak developed in outlying provincial towns and villages. Constabulary headquarters said an expected battle in the vicinity of Caiamba, site oi the huge Calamba k

STATE STREAMS SWOLLEN; FEAR LOWLAND FLOOD Torrential Rains Send Waters Over Danger Mark; Many Fields Are Inundated in Northeast Section. WHITE RIVER NEARS 9-FOOT LEVEE Trail of Destruction Left by Windstorm and Lightning; Trees Felled, Making Driving on Highways Hazardous. Indiana streams, fed by torrential rains that have poured 2.75 inches of water generally over the entire state in the last two days, are on their way to flood stages and worse. Already the west fork of the White River at Elliston, Green County, is over flood stage and probably will go to 22 feet or higher before the crest passes, J. H. Armington, Federal meteorologist, predicted. Flood stage is 19 feet.

$30,000 BLAZE SWEEPS PLANT Lightning Hits High Voltage Wires, Starting Fire in Printing Firm. A lightning bolt which struck high voltage wires in the rear of the Sentinel Printing Cos., Ft. Wayneav and lOst-st. early todiy, caused a fire in the company plant resulting in a loss estimated at 330.000. Flaming live wires dangling to the ground menaced the lives of firemen, but no injuries were reported. Hose lines across Ft. Wayne-av and Central-av stopped traffic on both streets more than an hotr. The crash of thunder which followed the lightning bolt awakened residents of the entire neighborhood and the alarm was turned in almost immediately. Most of the damage occurred in the binding department Walter J Twiname. company president, said today.

TODAY’S WEATHER

Hourly Temperatures 6a. m..... 53 lfi a. m 67 7a. m 59 11 a. m 66 Ba. m 62 12 (noon).. 53 9 a. m 64 1 p. m. ... 52 Sunrise tomorrow’, 4:41; sunset, 6:42. 200 KILLED, 500 HURT IN TURKISH QUAKES Violent Shocks Continue, Terrorizing Thousands of Homeless. By United Press ISTANBUL. Turkey. May 3.—Continued violent earthquakes terrorized the population of the Kars region today as rescue workers fought under great handicaps to aid the suffering. Two hundred were reported dead and 500 injured. Thousands of persons huddled without food or shelter all over the region, in fields broken by great earth fissures. Fifteen villages were reported destroyed. Kars is a Turkish province on the frontier of Russia Transcausasia. It is mountainous. It contains the ruined ancient capital of Armenia. Legislators’ Train Kills Truckman By United Press MERIDEN. Conn., May 13 —The “Legislature Speciai” rammed into a delivery truck at a grade crossing here this afternoon, killing the driver and causing injury to several Connecticut Assemblymen.

sugar properties, had failed to materialize. In a dozen other towns, Sakdalistas who had gathered during the day apparently had dispersed. Despite their apparent victory, constabulary officials kept their forces active throughout the troubled areas, with heavy detachments concentrated at Santa Rosa, Binan, Cabuyao and Calamba. Col. Miguel Nicdao, who directed a successful counter-attack at Cabuyao, after rebels had captured the city, returned to Manila late today. He said the Sakdalistas had been routed and completely scattered. Lieuts. Edward Andrews, A. Gabriel and J. Crame made the first aerial r rrvey in the constabulary's history late today. They covered all provinces neighboring Manila and reported no concentration of insurrectionists was sighted anywhere except at Cabuyao. where a crowd of about 500 was gathered in the presence of constabuiarymen. The fliers said scores of bodies tf'ere being wrapped in woven native matting and buried in a common grave without coffins In the town cemetery. The most serious fighting centered at Cabuyao. W

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“All streams,” Mr. Armington said, “are rising rapidly and most of the lowlands will he inundated. The crest of the flood will move uncertainly and not in downward progression. D€cause, although the rains were general. there were noticeable differences in intensity. "The crest probably will not reach Vincennes for from two to four days. However, it appears that the heaviest of the rains are over. The storms passed. any rains tonight or tomorrow are likely to be local and spotty, losing any effectiveness in the flood situation. "Indianapolis streams probably will reach flood stage, but we anticipate no damaging waters. The White River here stands now at 8.5 feet and may go as high as 12 to 14 feet, which would flood some of the lowlands.” The storms, which raged again early today and made driving all through the state hazardous, was accompanied by lightning which left a traU of destruction. In addition to a $30,000 fire loss in Indianapolis, which is attributed to lighriung, many trees fell before It ancl much damage was done by wind. There were reports from northeastern Indiana that property damage was heavy there, and that many fields are inundated in five or six inches of water, and those roads that are not paved are virtually impassable. Strewn across paved highways are trees felled by the lightning, adding to the traffic hazards. Snow flurries occurred last night in the northeastern region. Aside from property damage, the storm' was beneficial to jhe state. All crops but winter wneat, of which there are 1.910,000 acres, were benefited, and wheat was not seriously damaged. It did postpone the planting of corn until the fields are dry enough to be worked again, but the delay is not. serious, if, however, there should be another delaying rain in about a week, the matter would be considered serious. The rains were quite beneficial to oats and hay crops. 11 Killed by Tornadoes Bv United Press. Tornadoes, electrical storms and wind-driven snow brought death to 11 persons, injury to scores of other* and caused untold proper*v damage in the Middlewest today. Floods brought additional hazard to the stricken area. Three persons were killed by tornadoes in northeastern Arkansas, four others in Kentucky and four in southern Arkansas. Property damage estimates ran into millions of dollars. The twisters were accompanied by a deluge of rain and at historio Churchill Downs, freshly groomed for the Kentucky Derby Saturday, slight damage was reported and i appeared I’kely the race would b* in the mud. A late spring snowstorm whipped across Wisconsin Five inches of snow covered the ground at Lacrosse today and it still was snowing. The storm amounted almost to a blizzard as it swept toward Lake Michigan borne on a 40-mile wind and with the temperature below freezing. Meanwhile torrential rains sent rivers to near the flood stage in Indiana and Illinois. Railroad service on two lines was disrupted by washouts near Peoria, 111. Communications disrupted by a half-million dollar sleet storm in Minnesota was being rapidly restored. Jasonville Clears Debris B >/ Unit*ft Prxxx JASONVTLLE, Ind , May 3.—FERA workers today were cleaning up the wreckage left by a tornado which caused $50,000 damage to the coal mining community of Jasonville. Seventeen homes were destroyed. Other small buildings were razed. Utility poles and trees were broken off and 10 persons were injured. Considerable damage also waa caused in northwestern Sullivan County. Ram added to the discomfort of the homeless. Mrs. John Sexton. 42. who suffered a broken hip, internal injuries and cuts when her home collapsed. was to be operated on al Robert Long Hospital in Indianapolis today.