Indianapolis Times, Volume 47, Number 292, Indianapolis, Marion County, 14 February 1936 — Page 16

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CONFESSION BY JOSEPH IS READ TO PIERCE JURY Statement Tells of Fight W'th Quinnette in Local Apartment. BY JERRY SHERIDAN Time* Staff Writer GREENFIELD, Ind.. Feb. 14. Paul Pierce, Indianapolis gunman, was accused ioday by the confession of his ~o *defendant, Donald Joseph, of fatally wounding Detective Orville Quinnette in the Hazel Dell Apartment in Indianapolis, Dec. 7. In admitting the confession, Circuit Judge Arthur VanDuyn said: ‘ The defense has failed to show that force was used to obtain the statement.” Joseph, placed on the stand in the absence of the jury, testified that he had signed the confession because he feared he would die of gunshot wounds without medical aid if he refused. Both are charged with Mr. Quinnettes murder. Pope Tells of Identification Lieut. Roy Pope, Indianapolis homicide officer, testified that Mr. Quinnette, as he lay dying in the Indianapolis City Hospital, identifed Pierce as the man who shot him. Pierce and Joseph were brought into the room,” and Mr. Quinnette pointed to Pierce and said, ‘‘That’s the man that shot me without Riving me a chance,” Lieut. Pope testified. Lieut. Pope also quoted Pierce as saying, “If Quinnette dies I’ll burn lor it. and I’ll deserve it.” In the statement read to the jury, Joseph told of the struggle he and Pierce had with Detective Quinnelte end his partner. Russell Chatham, in the apartment at 1201 Park-av. Doctors Refute Statement “Pierce drew a gun, said, ‘Stick cm up,’ and started shooting. I hit Chatham on the jaw,” the confession stated. Two City Hospital physicians, Drs. Vance Chattan and Kenneth Kohlstadt, assistant superintendent, denied that Joseph had been refused medical aid or that his condition was serious. The statement detailed auto thefts from six Indiana cities after Joseph and Pierce escaped from the Indiana State Prison last October, related the gun battle, flight and their capture in Rush County Dec. 10. Pierce Grins Weakly As the statement was read. Pierce sat with a weak grin on his face, and Joseph's head was buried in his hands. J. D. Parson. Department of Justice expert, is to attempt to link the fata! bullet, with the gun found in the Hazel Dell Apartment, where the shooting occurred. State attorneys scored yesterday when Judge Arthur VanDuyn permitted introduction of three guns, j found by state police when they j captured the suspected killers in a farmhouse near Rushville. Witnesses also identified Pierce and Joseph as the pair who fled from the Indianapolis apartment after the shooting. RAIL LOADINGS UP AGAIN Gain of 30,770 Cars Over Last Year Shown for Week. Bit United Prcts WASHINGTON. Feb. 14.—The Association of American Railroads announced today that loadings of revenue freight for the week ending Feb. 8 totalled 622.097 cars, an increase of 258 above the preceding week and 30.770 above the corresponding week in 1935.

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Toung House Wreckers Held Two boys,* 11 and 13 years old, were found last night wrecking the second floor of an untenanted house at 812 W. New York-jt and were arrested. They had done damage estimated by police at 5100.