Indianapolis Times, Volume 47, Number 234, Indianapolis, Marion County, 9 December 1935 — Page 3

DEC. 9. 1935

DEATH IN NOOSE 1 AWAITS KILLER OF U. S. AGENT Barrett Is Convicted by Jury: Sentence to Be Passed Saturday. BV JOE COLLIER George W. Barrett, 50-year-old Kentucky bad nftn, today is in the Marion County jail awaiting hanging prescribed for him Saturday by a Federal Court jury that found him guilty of the murder of Federal Agent. Nelson B. Klein. Sentence will be pronounced at 10 Saturday by Judge Robert C. Baltzell. When he heard the jury’s word of doom, after only 50 minutes’ deliberation. Barrett moved not a muscle, flicked not an eyelash as he sat in his wheel chair. During the week-long trial he frequently guv.-d his Federal agent guards and deputy United States marshals over his apparent fate, indicating that he expected just the verdict that the nine farmers, two auto salesmen and one saw miller brought in. However, his counsel, Edward Everett Rice, 38-year-old Hamilton <0 ) attorney and himself a native Kentuckian, pleaded in his summation for the jury to find him guilty of voluntary manslaughter. Taking only one of the two hours Federa. Judge Baltzell allowed him, Rice used the last 20 minutes of it in a curious comparison of Barrett to Christ, which District Attorney Val Nolan later described in his summation as "hideous.” Feared Feudists, He Says Apparently the jurors voted oniy once on the matter of whether Barrett, w ith malice and with premeditation, killed Agent Klein, Aug. 16, in West College Corner, Ind., as Agent Klein was attempting to arrest him for violation of the Federal stolen rar laws. Barrett admitted the violation of the Federal law’, admitted the killing and said he had expected Federal arrest for more than a year. He admitted his stolen car activities had lasted over a period of four years. But he claimed that he feared the vengeance of Kentucky feudists. Barrett told tne jury that he made numerous trips into the Southwest and Mexico for the sole reason that he feared a feud reprisal. Returned in Stolen Car However, the government brought out that he invariably returned to Kentucky and Ohio in a short while each time in a stolen car. Barrett, w'ho also murdered his sister when he killed his mother, but never was charged with it, explained his return to the communities from which he had fled in terror by saying that his love for his family always brought him back. Barrett raid that, on the lay of the Klein killing he had been told by a man he never brought into court that the Manchester gang was in Hamilton, 0., looking for him. He also said that when Klein and Agetit Donald C. McGovern attempted to stop him that afternoon, he saw, in addition to them, a man across the street with a machine gun and assorted other armed men here and there over the neighborhood. It was the contention of the government that Barrett was preparing to Dee Federal officers and that he intended to shoot his way out of any trap, and did. Marion County's last hanging was in 1888. w’hen three men were strung up on what now is the Courthouse ground.

CARDINAL HAYES HITS BIRTH CONTROL MOVE Takes Pulpit First Time in Four Years at New York. Bu I'nitcd Prw* NEW YORK. Dec. 9.—Patrick Cardinal Hayes took the pulpit of St. Patrick's Cathedral yesterday for the first time in four years to denounce attempts by several national welfare organizations to obtain birth control instruction for families on relief rolls. The Archbishop of New York struck particularly at the American Birth Control league, which held a meeting attended by 2500 persons recently to urge legalization of widespread information about contraceptive methods. SISTER CLIPPER READY Scheduled lo Take Off Today for Philippine Flif.ht. By liiitcd I'rcss ALAMEDA. Cal., Dec. 9.—The Philippines Clipper, sister ship of Pan-American Airways trans-Pacific air mail seaplane, the China Clipper, was scheduled to take off for the Philippines, via Honolulu. Midway. Wake and Guam, at 3 p. m. today. BEAUTICIANS TO MEET State Food Commissioner to Be Speaker at Severin. Indianapolis Chapter. Indiana Association of Beauticians, is to meet tonight at the Severin. Speakers are to be Martin L. Lang, State Food and Drug Commissioner, and Mrs. Verna McKinley, Methodist Hospital dietician. Committee in charge is composed of Miss Mae Todd and Mrs. Jean Hill. WAGE HEARING DELAYED Local Bus Drivers Ask Postponement Until First of Y'ear. At the request of the bus drivers union, the hearing scheduled for today before the Indiana Public Service Commission on a petition of Indianapolis Railways for a longer day for bus drivers has been postponed until after the first of the year. Newspaper Vendor Dies A heart attack caused death of Lawrence Danahev, 435 N. Illt-nois-st. a newspaper vendor, whose body was found Saturday on the sidewalk in the 300 block. N. Sen-ate-av. A brother, John Danahey, 1124 College-av, survives. Fall Fatal to Woman Mrs. Catherine Murphy, 25 N. Hawthorne-la. died today at St. Vincent’s Hoospital following a hip fracture received Friday in a fall at her home. She was 65.

GUNMEN HUNTED AS WOMAN COMPANION IS QUIZZED BY POLICE

Object of an interstate police search. Donald Joseph (left), and Paul Pierce (center), have left a trail of abandoned stolen cars over

GRILL BLOND IN POLICE SHOOTING Two Suspects in N. Side Gun Battle Hunted Near Rushville (Continued From Page One) ered with blood. It was stolen from a Shelbyville man Saturday night. The blond is Mrs. Grace Mae Nowling, who was arrested yesterday morning after her presence at the scene of the shooting was established through an auto license, and since then has told police some details of the outlaw lives of the men. Meantime, Detective Orville Quinette, who was shot five times by the gunmen when he attempted to arrest them for questioning in the Hazel Dell apartments, 12th-st and Park-av, remained in a serious condition in City Hospital. Sought in Anderson Killing Detective Russell Chatham, who was in the apartment battle but escaped with only a superficial toe wound, w’as regarded as out of danger. Both city and state police believe that one of the two men shot and killed Patrolman Frank M. Levy in Anderson, Ind., Nov. 24 whan the officer aapproached a parked car in the residential section to investigate its occupants. It was in connection with this case that Detectives Quinette and Chatham went to the Indianapolis apartment house Saturday and immediately w'ere embroiled in a gun battle that is supposed to have wounded at least one of the fugitives. The car Patrolman Levy sought to investigate when he lost his life was found next day at Newcastle, and another was reported stolen at Anderson the night of the shooting. In this car, its owner told police at the time, were some insurance policies. Find Insurance Policies Those policies were found by the detectives in the apartment the two fugitives occupied. Mrs. Nowling, however, denied that she knew anything of the Anderson slaying, although it is known that a blond was sitting in the parked car with the gunman at the time of the murder. Meanwhile at Anderson, Robert Mace, grocer who was held up by two gunmen Thanksgiving night and robbed of S2OOO, of which SI2OO was cash, identified pictures of Joseph and Pierce as the men who robbed him. "Hair Tonic” Bandits Pierce and Joseph were known in Indianapolis five years agn as the “hair tonic” bandits. They had weaknesses for all manner of barber shop aromas and left as clews, in an amazing series of crimes of violence, the pungent odor of hair dressing fluids. They staged the Checker Cab Cos. money truck robbery Feb. 18, 1930; the Yellow Cab Cos. pay roll robbery, March 11, 1930, and the Freihofer Baking Cos. robbery, March 7, the same year. They were arrested after also holding up the Donaldson-Omar Bakery Cos. in Columbus, 0.. when they held nine persons at bay and escaped two police cars in a spirited chase through a cemetery. Trapped at Statehouse All their money had been spent and they had gone to the office of the Secretary of State to get a legitimate Ohio bill of sale for a car transferred to Indiana. They wanted to sell the car. Someone got suspicious and they were arrested for questioning, which brought ready admission of the crimes. They both had criminal records at the time. On Oct. 4 Pierce and Joseph and another prisoner walked through the gates of the Indiana State Farm, where they were serving sentences, and disappeared. Prison officials say their records had been exemplary or that they never would have been in a position to make such an easy escape.

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Going Up Diamond Chain Employes Take 19 Boys, Girls to Clothe.

THE sprocket department employes of Diamond Chain and Manufacturing Cos. forged a heavy link of Christmas warmth for the city’s needy children today when NINETEEN boys and girls were taken in the Clothe-a-Child campaign of The Indianapolis Times. With the department’s request to shop for 19 children the campaign total reached 97 youngsters assured warm garb for the winter days to come. Contributors in previous Clothe-a-Child funds, the sprocket department employes welded their good-fellowship and Santa Claus spirit in Clothe-a-Child by saving 10 cents weekly throughout the last year until $l9O in money was raised. “ —And is we find we can clothe more than 19 on the money we’ve obtained, we’ll call you,” the chairman of the sprocket department declared. Anew bowling league was added to Clothe-a-Child with the “boyand girl” request of the Insurance Bowling League, Central Alleys, while the G. T. Club found its happiness in the donors’ list today with two girls and a boy. Today’s donors brought the Clothe-a-Child campaign near 97 children taken from the rolls. The list follows: Diamond Chain and Manufacturing Cos., Sprocket Dept. employes, 19 children. Big Four Wheel Shop employes, Beech Grove, cared for boy and took a girl. G. T. Club, two girls and a boy. Insurance Bowling League, Central alleys, boy and girl. Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Weiss, boy and girl. W’ants-Same-Bov-Again, boy. Mr. and Mrs. R. S.. girl.

BREWERY WATCHMAN FALLS DOWN SHAFT Gabriel Ostermeier Fatally Injured in Accident. Funeral arrangements were made today for Gabriel Ostermeier, 66,

of 1311 Ringgoldst. who incurred fatal injuries last night when he fell in an elevator shaft at the Lieber Brewing Cos. plant, 1254 S. West-st, where he was employed as a watchman. He was found unconscious in the shaft. First floor safety gate of the shaft w T as open,

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police reported. Mr. Ostermeier. who came to Indianapolis from Germany 28 years ago, is survived by the widow, Mrs. Teresa Ostermeier; daughters. Miss Effie Ostermeier and Mrs. Teresa Beard, and a sister, Mrs. John Whetzel, all of Indianapolis. Funeral services are to be held at 2 Wednesday at the G. H. Herrmann Funeral Home. 1505 S. East-st, with burial in St. Joseph's Cemetery. HEADS NATURE CLUB J. Lloyd Wayne 111 Is Elected to Lead State Study Group, J. Lloyd Wayne 111 is the new president of the Nature Study Club of Indiana as the result of elections held last night in Cropsey auditorium. John W. Noble is vice president; Miss Veva Thompson, secretary, and Mrs. Leah Johnston, treasurer. William A. Myers and S. E. Perkins 111 are new directors. Works Board Head Improves Improvement was reported today in the condition of Hubert S. Riley, Works Board president, who is suffering from a severe cold. He is confined to his home.

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Nowling, 27-year-old companion of the desperadoes, is under arrest and being questioned here.

G. 0. P. REFORM GROUP TO MEET Demand Leadership Change in Marion County Organization. The demand for a reorganization Df the Republican leadership in Marion County is to be given impetus tomorrow with a luncheon at the Columbia Club at which C. H. Willis, former Howard County judge, will speak. Objective of the reorganization movement is to replace Wayne Emmelman, county chairman, with John H. Bookwalter. Mr. Emmelman's close political connections with George V. (Cap) Coffin, Republican boss of the county, have motivated the reform group. Howard M. Meyer, reorganization committee chairman, said “many of those who heretofore have refrained from pre-primary struggles in the party now are engaged in the reorganization movement because they are convinced there is no chance of party success until there is anew Republican leadership in Marion County.” Mr. Meyer said the reorganization group would not interest itself in any candidates for renomination or in any slate of candidates, but would center its activities on electing precinct committeemen pledged to Mr. Bookwalter's election as chairman. Mr. Bookwalter, son of a former mayor and engaged in the printing business, never has taken an active part in organization politics. ’ The reform organization has opened headquarters in the Washington.

PACIFISTS ASSAILED AS SECURITY MENACE Admiral Tells Reserve Officers Navy Building Is Blocked. Pacifist organizations were assailed as the greatest menace to United States security by Admiral John Downes, Chicago, before reserve officers of Indiana at their annual dinner Saturday in Scottish Rite Cathedral. Admiral Downes, commandant of the Ninth Naval District, charged “well-meaning, but misguided, members of peace groups have for 11 years defeated our Navy’s attempts to build to full strength.” “Peace is a gentle lady, but she can not be wooed by weakness,” the admiral declared. Teachers to Hear Stinebaugh Members of Phi Delta Kappa of Ball State Teachers’ College, Muncie, are to be addressed by Virgil Stinebaugh, director of curriculum of the Indianapolis public schools, in Lucina Hall, tomorrow night. His subject is to be “Creative Supervision.”

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AUTO LICENSES PUT ON SALE AT Frank Finney Warns That Dec. 31 Deadline Not to Be Extended. Automobile license plates for 1936 were placed on sale today at all license bureau branches with a warning by Frank Finney, state auto license division head, to all motorists to get plates by Dec. 31 or keep their cars off the streets and highways. Mr. Finney said there would be no extension of the deadline and that state and city police would be asked to start making arrests Jan. 1. Pointing to increased sale of both new and used cars, Mr. Finney predicted a record sale. State employes have been sending out plate applications and driver license forms for the last three weeks. Each auto owner who bought & 1935 plate was sent the forms. Under the department new plan, all the auto owner needs to do is to fill out the form, take it to any branch office with his 1934 poll tax receipt and have it notarized. Open Three Offices Twelfth district of American Legion today opened three offices for plate sales. The locations are at 46 Monument Circle, the Indiana Pythian Building and at 930 N. Meridian-st. Complete license service is provided, including plates, drivers* licenses, chauffeurs’ licenses and tractor and trailer licenses. Proceeds of the operation of the branches are to go to the welfare work of the Legion, which has operated motor vehicle license branches in this city for the last three years.

OFFICIAL WEATHER _rnited States Weather Bureau __

Sunrise 6:55 {Sunset 4:20 TEMPERATURE Dec. 9, 1934 7 a. m 22 1 p. m 23 —Today—--6 a. m 39 10 a. m 38 7 a. m 36 11 a. m 43 8 a. m 38 12 a. m 47 9 a. m 37 1 p. m 59 BAROMETER 7 a. m 29 94 1 p. m 29.92 Precipitation 24 hrs. ending 7a. m. 0.26 Total precipitation since Jan. 1 36 "8 Deficiency since Jan. 1 0.92 OTHER CITIES AT 7 A. M. Station. Weather. Bar. Temp. Amarillo. Tex Clear 29.98 36 Bismarck, N. D Cloudy 29.94 20 Boston Rain 29.72 40 Chicago Cloudy 29.86 32 Cincinnati Clear 29.92 42 Denver .........p.. .Clear 30.08 28 Dodge City. Kas Clear 30.04 30 Helena. Mont Cloudy 30.12 38 Jacksonville. Fla. ...Cloudy 30.00 60 Kansas City. Mo. ...PtCldy 29.96 36 Little Rock, Ark Cloudy 30.06 40 Los Angeles Clear 29.98 54 Miami, Fla Cloudy 30.04 70 Minneapolis Cloudy 29.78 26 Mobile. Ala Cloudy 30.04 52 New Orleans Clear 30.04 58 New York Rain 29.64 46 Okla. City. Okla. ...PtCldy 30.04 40 Omaha. Neb Clear 29.94 30 Pittsburgh Cloudy 29.7 r 46 Portland, Ore Cloudy 30.14 44 San Antonio. Tex. ...Cloudy 29.98 56 San Francisco Cloudy 30 12 48 St. Louis Clear 29.94 40 Tampa, Fla Rain 30.04 64 Washington, D. C,...Rain 29.74 52 DISCUSS HOLIDAY SALES Continental Distillery Holds Sales Meeting in City. Holiday sales plans were discussed at a meeting of Indiana and Kentucky agents of Continental Distilling Corp.. Philadelphia, this weekend in the Columbia Club. Speakers included L. Michael Condon, district director; C. K. Sheffield and Nelson Marks, Indianapolis; Earl R. Stephan, Fort Wayne, and Alan D. Staffard, Louisville. Invite Mayor to Dedication An invitation to attend the dedication of the longest railroad bridge in the world, the Tuey P. Long span across the Mississippin River at New’ Orleans, has been received by Mayor Kern.

PRIZE LETTERS CARRIED BY CHINA CLIPPER

Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence L. Rudbeck, 3833 Graceland-av, are among Indianapolis residents who today are prizing letters carried in the pioneer trans-Pacific air mail flight of the China Clipper, trail-blazing ship of Pan-American Airways. The letter was received from their son. Stanley Henry Rudbeck. attached to the United States Navy Medical Corps in Cavite. Philippines. Miss Margaret Rudbeck (above), a sister, is shown examining

the lettej which bears 15 stamps, each costing 10 centavos. The letter left Manila aboard the Clipper Dec. 2, reached San Francisco Dec. 6 and was delivered here Dec. 8 at 5 a. m. Formerly four to five weeks were required for the journey. The brother, w’ho has been in the Philippines eight months, received a Tetter from his sister on the Clipper’s outwardbound flight. Miss Ruth Pierson, 2204 Broadw r ay. also received mail carried by the Clipper. Her brother, Robert J. B. Pierson, mailed her a letter from Honolulu. Negro Held for Murder George Williams, Negro, 515*2 In-diana-av, is held on a murder charge today following the fatal shooting yesterday of Willie Hafley, Negro, 22 N. West-st, at the Indi-ana-av address. Six other Negroes arrested w’ith Williams are held on vagrancy charges.

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KENTUCKY AUTHORITIES GET THEFT SUSPECT Two Compansions of Rutherford Held in County Jail. Robert Rutherford. 40, wanted in Richmond, Ky., in connection with a jewel theft and in Los Angeles on a check charge, nas been turned over to Kentucky authorities by state police, who captured him and two companions. The other two. Merrill Webb. 19. of Nakersville, N. c„ alias Patrick Lewis, and James H. Kile. 22, Marietta, Ga., are being held in Marion County jail for further investigation. State police captured them when they were chased across the Illinois line near Hillsdale as they fleeing from a traffic arrest. The car they were driving had been stolen in California, according to Capt. Matt Leach.

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ROBBERY LOOT FOR WEEK-END REACHES SIOOO Farris Hill Loses S2OO in Garage Holdup at Residence. Police today are searching for robbers who. during the week-end, obtained loot of nearly SIOOC, mostly in cash. Largest amounts were taken from Farris Hill. 417 N Oakland-av. and Ben Soltau. each robbed of S2OO. Two men robbed Mr. Hill as he was placing his automobile in the garag’ at his home Saturday night. Early today a bandit held up Mr. Soltau in his grocery at 3802 E. Michigan-st. Early Saturday night two armed men obtained Sl5O at the Quality and Service grocery. 1230 Naomi-st. The bandits forced Arthur Ranking. 4120 Guilford-av. proprietor; Mr. and Mrs. Paul E. Williams. 1262 Na-omi-st. and Harold Gary. 430 Mas-sachusetts-av, to stand with hands raised as the money was taken. Take SI2I at Grocery Loot of sl2l was taken by three robbers in a grocery at 2931 Cen-tral-av, operated by Harry Dobrowitz, 2942 Ruckle-st. Besides Mr. Dobrowitz. those in the place at the time of the robbery were Maurice and Sam Dobrowitz of the Rucklest address; Charles Caplin. 2394 Ruckle-st; Irvin Goldstein, 602 S. Pennsylvania-st; Mrs. Max Shane. 3622 Salem-st and Mrs. Robert Solotkin. 5810 Washington-blvd. A SIOO diamond ring. $6 and valuable papers were taken from Mrs. Hazel Russell. 40. of 842 Meikle-st, by a footpad who seized her purse I at Ray and Meikle-sts. Six persons were locked in the refrigerator of a Kroger grocery. 4025 E. Tenth-st, by three robbers ; who obtained $49.50. Harry’ Hook, i 943 N. Denny-st. store patron, was i rcbbed of S3O and Mrs. Hook lost : $3.50. From the cash register the 1 robbers took sl2 and $4 in stamps. Others in the store were Walter Young. 23, of 2935 Cornell-av. the manager; James Schlotter. 563 N. Kamilton-av; James Curtig. 851 N. Grant-av and Virgil Terrance, 1605 i E. Tabor-st. Two Negro bandits scooped $36 I from the cash register of a Standard grocery, 1201 E. 19th-st. James Bel- | don, 22. of 617 N. Linw’ood-av, mani ager, and two Negro clerks, were held up. Keys, pen and pencil set and eyeglasses valued at $53 and sll were taken by a thief who reached through an open window of the apartment of Allen W. Van Horn, 2141 College-av. Aletha Mayes, 18. Negro, 5005 E. 16th-st, is held today on a robbery charge, having been identified, according to police, by Fred Barnes, 29, of 25 S. Richland-st, a taxi driver, as a passenger who robbed him of $2.25.