Indianapolis Times, Volume 48, Number 19, Indianapolis, Marion County, 2 April 1936 — Page 3

APRIL 2, 1936

GOV. HOFFMAN TO TESTIFY IN WENDEL PROBE Governor, Parker to Appear Before Jury Probing 'Confession.’ fContinued From Pare One) announced he was heading for the grand Jury room. Wilentz carried a long, typewritten statement, but declined to reveal Its text. It was believed to have been prepared after his conference with Hauck, Schwarzkopf, and Lieut. Buster Keaton and Capt. John Lamb of the state police. They were the men whose investigations led to Hauptmann’s arrest. Hoffman Silent on Reprieve Both Wilentz and the Governor refused to make any statement. Asked about another reprieve, Hoffman said: "I have no statement to make.” Wilentz arrived at the prosecutor's office a few minutes after Hoffman left. He appeared in fighting mood but refused to say a word as he went in. Wilentz said the typewriter paper he carried was an important statement which he would give out as soon as he completed his testimony. Arthur Koehler, Madison (Wis.) wood expert who testified at the Hauptmann trial, was in Trenton today and said he would not be surprised "if the whole case is thjown wide open again.” Not Subpenaed, Says Jafsie Dr. Condon said at his home in New York City that he had not received a subpena from the grand jury. He declined to say whether he would go to Trenton and testify if requested. Hoffman said later that he offered to go back any time and tell the grand Jury anything he could. •tlsn’t the Lindbergh case busted open again?” he was asked The Governor grinned. "It’s been busted open for about four years,” he replied. In reply to Hauck’s charges, Gov. Hoffman said: "If he ( Hauck) comes to me, I’ll tell him why I took the records.” Farker’s Activities Probed Meanwhile, it was learned that Wilentz and other members of the Hauptmann prosecution have been studying law books relating to conspiracy indictments, apparently in furtherance of their investigation into Parker’s connection with the case. “You can bet that we’re looking Into Parker’s activities,” said one of the conferees. At the prison, the Rev. John Matthiesen visited Hauptmann early this afternoon. The prisoner asked what the grand jury was doing and was disappointed when the minister could give him no definite information. Mr. Matthiesen said that Hauptmann spent a good night and was in good spiirts. Just before the grand jury went through the big doors of the jury room, Foreman Allyne Freeman issued a statement declaring that "nothing of a political, biased or prejudicial nature will be tolerated in the grand jury room so long as I remain foreman.” Tarker to Testify "I,” the foreman declared, "shall Jnever accept a penny nor an ounce *>f political patronage as remuneration for any statement I ever make about this unfortunate case, and the statements I do make will be based upon fact and will be truthful. "There will be no vote taken in any case when there still remains testimony to be heard.” Ellis Parker, Burlington County detective to whom Wendel confessed, was expected to be the principal witness before the jury again. No Indictment, Is Rumor Atty. Gen. Wilentz was prepared to quash any indictment returned by tb' rrand jury against Wendel. He h offered to appear as a witness, saying he could prove “in a few minutes” that Wendel's "confession” Jras a hoax. Wendel, a shewd expert in New Jersey law, petitioned for permission to testify, offering to waive constitutional immunity. He, too, claimed the ability to prove that he had had nothing to do with the Lindberg case. The grand jury was considering Wendel's case Tuesday night when Hauptmann was about to die. Freeman telephoned Warden Kimberling and obtained a stay. Yesterday the grand jury worked hn routine matters while private investigators and state employes, diverted from other tasks—those who have worked frenziedly to obtain new evidence since Gov. Hoffman first intervened in January—sought any passible shred of evidence that would corroborate Wendel’s "confession." Whether this needed evidence was found could not be learned. So far. It was said, the grand jury has not received evidence justifying an indictment. True, Parker Insists Parker contend s that Wendel's confession can be proved to be true It is a strange document—or rather three documents, for Wendel wrote three different confesions, running some 24 pages. None of the confessions has been made public but parts of them have been shown reporters. With variations, according to officials, they relate that Wendel planned the kidnaping singlehanded, built a ladder, put it up against the side of the Lindbergh home, took the baby from its crib LAWYER DENIES PART IN FIGHT ON COFFIN Name I’sed Without Authority, Carl Humble Says. Carl Humble, local attorney, today said the use of his name by the Republican county reorganization committee, in a statement that Mr. Humble was one of 350 G. O. P. workers seeking to break the rule of George V. Coffin, was unauthorized. "As I am taking no part in politics at present, the unauthorized use of my name In connection with this matter must have been through some error and mistake,” Mr. Humble said.

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and walked out the front door of the house. One amazing version asserted that Wendel kept the child in the attic of his home for a month without any one in the house being aware of its presence. At the end of the month, the repudiated confession reads, the baby fell from its bed and was killed. Wendel says that the confessions were written after he was beaten, and threatened with a gun. Many Rumors Heard Hauptmann, whose head had been shaved for the scheduled execution Tuesday, waited hopefully in his cell in the death house while the jury deliberated. He was showing renewed courage after his breakdown on Tuesday. He had been moved back to cell No. 9 and his books and writing materials—taken away to guard against a possible suicide attempt on Tuesday—were returned to him. C. Lloyd Fisher, his attorney, visited him yesterday and then left for Flemington. Many rumors filtered through Trenton as the grand jury met. One concerned Stephen Spitz, who was bailed out of a Chicago jail yesterday with SIOOO and who was reported flying to Trenton to tell Gov. Hoffman that he was offered SSOOO of the Lindbergh ransom money by unidentified gangsters. Another rumor, denied in all official sources, was that the Department of Justice was investigating the Wendel case.

VICTIM LOSES PANTS, HAT, CASH IN HOLDUP Gunmen Make Escape While Disrobed Man Calls Police. Doak L. Wells, 40, 416 E. New York-st, today is minus a gray felt hat, a pair of gray checked trousers, the pockets of which contained $1.65 cash end some insurance papers. Two robbers covered Wells with a revolver late last night at Marketst and Park-av, and forced him to walk to the Monon railroad, where he was relieved of his clothing. The robbers walked north on the railroad tracks while Wells went in search of a telephone to call police.

Pleas’ ‘G-Men’ Anew type of "G-Man,” unlike any the Federal government is so proud of, has made his bow to Indiana and it is understood that scores more will be in circulation in quick order. It’s strictly on the q. t., but every little parking lot and curbstone is to have motorized squads of "G-Men.” if the supporters of Pleas Greenlee, Democratic candidate for Governor, are successful in a campaign to place stickers on the windshields of the cars of their workers. You will be able to tell a "G-Man” by the green-inked stickers which read for the benefit of observers: "I am a ‘G-Man.’ Greenlee. the Go-Getter, for Governor.”

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Snnrise 5:27 I Sunset ........6:10 TEMPERATURE —April 2, 1938 7 s. m 43 1 p. m 48 —Today—--0 a. m 33 10 a. m 32 7a. m. 33 II a. m 33 8 a. m 32 12 (Noon) .... 31 9 a. m. 32 1 p. m 32 BAROMETER 7 a. m 29.59 1 p. m 27.71 Precipitation 24 hrs. ending 7 a. m... .11 Total precipitation since Jan. 1 6.77 Deficiency since Jan. 1 3.21 OTHER CITIES AT 7 A. M. Station. Weather. Bar. Temp. Amarillo. Tex Clear 30.28 14 Bismarck, N. D Cloudy 30.26 10 Boston Rain 29.88 38 Chicago Snow 29.64 28 Cincinnati Rain 29.56 38 Denver PtCldy 30.22 14 Dodge City, Kas Clear 30.32 10 Helena, Mont Clear 30.38 —4 Jacksonville. Fla Cloudy 29.74 72 Kansas City. Mo Cloudy 30.06 22 Little Rock. Ark Cloudy 29.98 36 Los Angeles Clear 30.10 48 Miami. Fla Clear 29.90 78 Minneapolis Cloudy 29.96 20 Mobile. Ala PtCldy 29.74 62 New Orleans Cloudy 29.76 70 New York Rain 29.78 40 Okla. City, Okla Clear 30.24 20 Omaha. Neb Cloudy 30.12 18 Pittsburgh Cloudy 29.42 48 Portland. Ore Cloudy 30.22 36 San Antonio, Tex Clear 30.04 44 San Francisco Clear 30.12 46 St. Louis Cloudy 29.82 28 Tampa. Fla Cloudy 29.80 74 ATHLETE’S STOMACH, HEART DISARRANGED Beckner Ponders Operation to 'Reset’ Organs. BtrUnitcd Press MUNCIE, Ind., April 2.—Arthur J. (Art) Beckner, Delaware County clerk and former Indiana University football and basketball star, today pondered the advisability of a corrective operation to rearrange his heart and stomach. X-ray photographs revealed that his heart is on the right side, his stomach upside down, and his esophagus out of normal position. Physicians call it "diaphragmatic hernia.” Beckner believes the trouble started either in 1927 when he was hurt playing football at I. U. or in an automobile accident in 1928. Hindenburg Over Atlantic By United Pres* FRIEDRICHSHAFEN, Germany, April 2.—The dirigible Hindenburg headed southwestward over the South Atlantic for Brazil today on the long ocean stage of its maiden flight to Rio De Janeiro.

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PROBES METEOR crashinstate I. U. Educator Finds What He Expected, Mud Hole Near Linton. Time* Special \ BLOOMINGTON, April 2.—Scientists are curious people, indeed! Prof. C. A. Malott, Indiana University geologist, and two graduate students, who acted like they were going to a third alarm fire in their trip to Linton yesterday to see a meteor crater, admitted today that they didn’t expect to see anything but a muddy hole in the ground. According to Prof. Malott, a meteor travels about 40 miles a second, and when it strikes the earth the friction is so great it usually explodes. Usually, too, the friction of the atmosphere causes them to consume themselves before they even reach the earth’s surface. "The meteor couldn’t have been very big,” he said. "The hole was four feet deep and six feet wide. The explosion threw dirt in a 300yard radius and could be heard for 15 miles. "Meteors are not uncommon, but it is hard to find one that stays in one piece. It is a scientific victory when you do,” he added. "This one probably was of a super-heated stony substance. That’s the common type.” If this meteor had started on its celestial journey a split second later, the residents of Linton might be putting in new window glass today, Prof. Malott explained. "If it had landed on a house, it would have destroyed it and probably killed people,” he said. “It was not large enough, however, to cause any widespread damage in the town, outside of breaking windows.” The "shooting star” landed on the Fred Streitlmeier farm near Linton, and just half a mile from the center of population of the United States. M. M. Fidlar and G. F. Fix were the graduated students who made the scientific dash with Prof. Malott. Sentenced for Manslaughter After deliberating 14 hours, a Criminal Court jury returned a sealed verdict early today convicting John Sadler, 37, Negro, of involuntary manslaughter in connection with the fatal stabbing of otto Breeder, Negro, June 22. Sadler was sentenced to two to 21 years in j Indiana State Prison by Criminal I Judge Frank P. Baker.

MONGOLIA IS DANGER SPOT, SAYSJOWARD Publisher Doubts There Will Be Immediate War in Europe. BY H. R. EKINS Lulled Pres* Staff Correspondent NEW YORK, April 2—SovietJapanese border clashes have made Outer Mongolia the tinder box of the world, Roy W. Howard, chairmon of the Scripps-Howard newspapers, said today upon his return from a trip around the %’orld. "The Outer Mongolian situation is much more tender than any in Europe,” Howard said aboard the S. S. Bremen. He recalled his recent interview with Soviet Dictator Josef Stalin in which the Russian leader warned Japan that the Soviets would fight to maintain the independence and territorial integrity of sovietized Outer Mongolia. After a torn- of the Far East, India, portions of the Near East and Europe, in which he talked lengthily with Stalin, Adolf Hitler and other international figures, Howard was reluctant to prophesy the international future. “It would be tempting fate to predict the events in Europe,” the publisher said. "There is nothing to go by. But" there is every reason to believe that, despite Germany's reoccupation of the Rhineland, there will be no war in Europe for at least two years. New Alignment Going On “There is one very good reason. A complete, new realignment of nations is going on. They are choosing up sides. They are seeking to determine whose friend is whose. "When I left Europe only five days ago it appeared perfectly obvious that no nation or group of nations was going to attempt to force German troops out of positions they have occupied in German territory. "While the general international realignment is going on there is another in progress in England where there are two schools of thought: "1. Desiring England to participate in security pacts ringing Germany with men and steel and making it impossible for her to fight with any hope of victory. "2. Favoring an isolationist policy for England. This school .wants England to get out of the rows on the continent and back to her old position of Europe’s ‘honest broker.’ It wants England to return to her old position, giving her balance of power; able to swing her weight and influence against any obstreperous nation.” GAS FIRM IN CONTEST City’s Utility Hopes to Boost Refrigerator Sales. The Citizens Gas and Coke Utility is to participate in a nationwide sales campaign on gas refrigerators through this month, May and June, Fred G. Rastenburg, sales manager, announced. Winners in the contest are to be presented with swords. Hundreds of gas utilities are to compete in the contest sponsored by the American Gas Association refrigeration committee. 1 j mm\

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‘Closed Shop’ Issue Prevents Settlement of Block Drivers’ Strike

Statements Made by Company, Labor and Federal Conciliator. Efforts to settle the strike of approximately 14 delivery drivers and helpers at the William H. Block Cos. were reported unsuccessful today as a result of the union’s demand for a "closed shop.” Robert Fox. United States conciliator, said today that differences between the store and the union had simmered down to “a refusal of the store to sign an agreement along closed shop lines with the union.” He added: "The door, however, has not been closed to the possibility of further negotiations.” Charles Wiison. representing the Building Trades Council, which has been supporting the drivers, said hour and wage questions could be adjusted but that the “closed shop” feature is resulting in a continuation of the strike. Harry Peats of the Teamsters’ Union, could not be reached for a statement. Concerning the negotiations, the William H. Block Cos. issued the following statement: "For days we have been negotiating with conciliators of the United State Department of Labor sent here from Washington and representatives of the Building Trades Council without result. "The wage and ho’ rate is not a vital issue. "We have offered from the beginning and now agree to reinstate all drivers and strikers now out with the same seniority standing and without prejudice or discrimination. This includes 1936 vacation with pay, if employed prior to June 1, 1935. I "Overtime is to be paid as heretofore for all time over 48 hours a week. "Continuing our policy of years’ standing, uniforms will be furnished drivers and helpers without cost and premiums paid on surety bonds by us. Drivers also enjoy the same privileges accorded other store em-

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ploj-es, such as participation In our Mutual Aid Association, sick and death benefits, free hospital service with graduate nurse in attendance and physician on call. "Delivery' employes who are out on strike shall have the right to appoint a committee of three of their own number to represent such employes in all negotiations with the firm. "We can not and will not compel any of our employes to join any organization. "We consider a clased shop as demanded by the Chauffeurs’ Union—not the Building Trades Council—as impracticable to our present and future employes. "Our 40-year attitude of fair dealing with labor has not and will not change. "We have no differences with the building trades who left our job ‘in sympathy’ with a scant dozen delivery drivers thus tying up building operations of another $500,000 in addition to the vast amount we have already been happy to place in circulation. "For weeks while our delivery’ and receiving departments were blockaded, members of several unions were at work in other departments of our store. During our building and modernization program Block's gave employment to more union men in the building trades than any other private enterprise has done in several years. But suddenly without dispute of any kind 147 men with a daily pay roll of SI2OO were ordered to tease work.” Marilyn Miller "Improving” By United I‘rrn* NEW YORK, April 2.—Continued improvement was reported today in the condition of Marilyn Miller, actress, who was critically ill at Doctor’s Hospital early this week. An attendant said she was "better and doing nicely.” Files Bankruptcy Pica Mrs. Bessie Burnsten, 3921 Parkav, today filed a petition for bankruptcy in Federal Court. She listed her debts as $17,524.99, and her assets as $5150.

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JOEL A. BAKER NAMED COUNTY WELFARE HEAD Board Begins Its Duties With Naming of Court Aid as Director. (Continued From Page One) shall proceed with the work a$ swiftly as possible in order that the people whom this law is designed to help may receive its benefits.” Judge Frank P. Baker of Criminal Court, who named Mr. Baker as investigator in his court, said: "I know of no one for whose honesty. integrity and efficiency I hold a higher opinion than I do of Joel Baker's. While we are in no way related as the similarity of our names might indicate. I have known him intimately for many years, and for five years he has been attached to the Criminal Court under me. and his services here have been invaluable to me in the conduct of the court. I predict that his services on this board will be outstanding. "I very much regret to accept his resignation as investigator of this court and the loss of his services. I shall not, however, appoint any other investigator as this board has to do with the probationary matters in this court, and I shall ask him in this new position to assist the court within the scope contemplated by the act.” Once City Purchasing Agent A graduate of Emmerich Manual Training High School in 1911, Mr. Baker attended Indiana University. He was chief deputy clerk of the Indiana Supreme and Appellate Courts from 1922 to 1926. and secretary of the Indiana State Bar Association from 1925 to 1930. During the campaign of 1921, he served as secretary of the Democratic city committee. When L. Ert Slack was appointed Mayor. Mr, Baker was named city purchasing agent. Since 1930 he has been chief investigator for the Criminal Court. He never has held an elective position.