Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 14 March 1938 — Page 2

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14 Others Hurt Here Over V/eek-End; 109 Held.

{C ther Stories, ries, Page Seven) A 6- -year-old child id was orushed wheels: of her uncle’s truck and 14 other persons were injured, several seriously, in week-end traffic here. : Twenty-eight accidents were reported and police arrested 109 mo-

torists, nine charged with drunken | driving. three as reckness drivers

and orn- on & hit-run charge. Of. thease, were defendants in Municipal Court today and 12 cases were continued. - Forty-five were found -uilty and fined $297 with $286 Site su 9 nended by Judge Charles J.

Eight speeders were fined a total of “$79 and 15 preferential street Tunners. $67. Judge Karabell warned that. if the spe-ding doesn’t stop, “I. will have to 70 back to my old system of fining “olators $1 for every mile they a> going over the speed limit.” Betty Jearine Stokes, 8 was killed instantl: late Saturday when she fell out of a truck driven by her uncle, Falph Stokes, 22, and was Tun. ove: by the rear wheels. : Falls Beneath Wheels: The -ccident occurred in ‘the drivewa; of the Stokes home, on Rural Route 18, where Betty Jeanne lived with her mother and stepfather, Mr and Mrs. Ralph Schrader. Mr. Stokes had been asked to go rocery store, ia: quarter of

and her cousin, Tommy Stokes, 4, asked pe mission to go along. They c imbed into the cab.of Mr. Stokes’ cump truck and he backed the car =round in the driveway. As Mr. Stok-s started to drive out, Betty Jeonne leaned against the door handle, The decor swung open and the child fell to the driveway, the rear dual whecls passing over her chest. Charles Kettleborough, 50, of the Spink-Ar: ns Hotel, State Legislative Bureau director, and Thomas Boyd, 42, of 922 Park Ave. were struck by an automobile as they crossed New York ‘St. -t Meridian late yesterday. . Heavy Rain Blamed Charles E. Freeland, 20, of 207 N. Illinois St. driver of the car, told police hes: 'y rain obscured his vision and. ne failed to see. the two men. Both m-n were taken to Methodist Hospital, Mr. Boyd with a back injury and Mr. Kettleborough with head injuft es. ‘Miss Mary ‘Walsh, 19, of 2310 Roosevelt Ave, was struck in front of 1040:-N. Delaware St. yesterday by an auto driven by Fred Roeder, 21, of 142° E. Terrace Drive. She was . taker to. City Hospital for treatment of body bruises. B.-J. Henkemeier, 61, of 1512 .N. Meridian £5., suffered head injuries when struck by an automobile while crossing. Pierson St. at 16th. The driver. Loren’ ‘King, of 1427 Bellefontaine St., was making a-left turn when the "accident ectiired, police said. - + Thrown From Bicycle Donald Speakman; 14, of 3056 E.

" 21st St, Shortridge High School . student,

roceived head injuries when thrown from his bicycle after striking a car at E. 21st St, near Central Ave. Melvin Ross, 217, of 521 Lockerbie

.8t., receive: 'a deep gash on his

forehead when he struck a signal standard at the Belt Line Railroad crossing on Madison Ave. Oscar ‘Jackson, 27, of 955 Elam St., suffered a back injury when hurled out of a car after it collided with another machine driven by Leroy Joyce, 45, of Rural Route 9, Box 645, at Noble and Maryland Sts. Police held Joyce on drunken driv-

charges ing ch Neal Jr., 4, of 528 E. North

. St, suffered a possible fracture of

his right lec when, police reported, he ran into the path of a machine driven by Cerl H. Waggoner of 14th

“St. and Shaceland Ave.

Cut on Forehead George Faucett, 22, of 211 Koehne St, passenger in a car driven by Henry Haynes of 131 N. ‘Elder St. received a. d-ep gash on his forehead when Mr. Haynes’ car was struck by one driven by Robert Pittman of Jamecstown at Morris and He was taken .to

Miss Cleati- Lohman, 20, of 1213 Woodlawn Avz, was: thrown :from her bicycle wi en it was stnick by a

"machine driven by Mrs. Louis Wiefe

of 5125 Burgess Ave, at Orange St. .and State Ave. Ba Hub-r, 40, of 1407 N. New Jersey St, received a head injury when the car in which he was. riding struck the machine driven by Earl Teener, 1742 S. New Jersey St, in the 1500 block S. New Jersey St. William Seats, 22, of 1660 Sheldon St., suffered a back injury and Mrs. Walter Milburn. 20, 611 N. Delaware

‘St, passenger in a car driven by

her husband, receive a head inwhen th- two machines colat 17th St. and ‘Columbia Ave. - Both w-re ‘treated at City pspital. : Hits 5 Parked Cars : was sought on charges of

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(Editorial,

Simple Rites, Without Clergy, Planned for Clarence Dorm

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CHICAGO, March 14 (U. P.) —An ~—An old friend will say a few words over the bier of Clarence Darrow tomorrow. . There will be no clergyman, no prayers, no hymns for the famed criminal lawyer who believed there is “nothing after death.” . Rites will be held at 2 p. m. in the Joseph Bond chapel of the University of Chicago for those who wish to mourn the man who devoted his

life to defending “underdogs.” ® Judge William H. Holly of the U. S. Distriet Court, Mr. Darrow’s lifelong friend, will speak at the simple memorial service. Mr. Darrow’s body will be cremated. Mr. Darrow, who would have been 81 in April, died yesterday of heart trouble in the small apartment where he had lived for 30 years during his rise to fame as a “great defender.” : At his bedside were his wife, Ruby; his son, Paul, and his sister, Mrs. Jennie Darrow Moore. They said Mr, Darrow had been seriously ill since Thursday and Saturday had passed into a coma. In his‘long career, defender in a hundred or more murder trials, Mr. Darrow never lost a client to the gallows or electric chair. He spent much time fighting capital punishment and laws which he said were of “benefit. neither to: the criminal nor society. r He, was almost as greatly -notedfor his agnosticism as for his talents in the courtroom. He believed in freedom m of education as well as speech” “and thought. Three years: ago, before his retirement, he: proclaimed himself a materialist. “It has taken me 350 -years,” he said, “to learn that there'is nothing after death.”

Friend of Downtrodden

Mr. Darrow had many wealthy clients; but built a reputation as the friend of the downtrodtien. He wds perhaps best known for his defense ‘of Richard Loeb and Nathan Leopold, “whim slayers” of Bobby Franks, Chicago boy. He took the case although the crime had aroused ' strong public feeling. “I was 66 and weary,” he said, “but I went in to do what I.could for sanity and humanity against the wave of hatred and malice that, as ever, was masquerading under its usual nom de plume—justice.” His other outstanding legal cases included defense of Prof. John T. Scopes in the Dayton, Tenn, evolution trial in 1925; the McNamara brothers, Joseph .and James, for dynamiting the los Angeles Times building in 1911; and Mrs. Roland Granville Fortescue, Lieut. Thomas Massie and two sailers in the Honolulu “honor” slaying of 1932. They were found guilty of second-degree murder in the death of Joseph Kahawa ‘which occurred after an alleged criminal atiack on Massie’s wife. All were paroled after being held in technical custody for one our.

‘Wins Own Acquittal

After the McNamara brothers were sentenced to prison terms in the Los Angeles bombing, Mr. Darrow. was indicted on a charge of; tampering with prospective jurors. His trial lasted 13 weeks and he argued his own case. The jury acquitted him in 34 minutes. . He was born April 18, 1857, Kinsman, O., when he was 21. He married Jessie Ohl, at Ashtabula, O. His son was born of that marriage. He was divorced in 1897 and five years later married Ruby Hamerstron, Galesburg, Ill, journalist. He moved to Chicago in 1887. Lonely days followed. He often »|stood by the hour at State and Madison “Sts.,, the “world’s busiest corner,” and scanned the faces in Ye erowd or Sie one from his part o 0 e first year he took in less than $300 in fees. But one bright spot was the Single Tax Club, where he spoke joften. . He attracted attention and

appointed special assessment attor-

a pacifist.

ney for the city at $3000 a year and from that post rose rapidly to assistant corporation counsel, then became corporation oounsel. Mr. Darrow resigned as corporation counsel to become general attorney for the Chicago & Northern Railway Co. It was: while holding that position that he appeared in the first of a succession of nationally important legal battles which were to bring him ultimately the reputation of being the greatest criminal lawyer in the United States.

Leading Cases His life from that point cannot be separated from his career. Other printiple cases in which he played a leading part were: The defense of Eugene V. Debs after the American Railway Union strike ‘In 1894; representing the United Mine

‘Workers of America .in ‘the Penn-

sylvania anthracite coal strike arbitration in 1902; defense of Moyer, Haywood and Pettibone against: charges of murdering former Governor Frank Steunenberg of Idaho in. 1906. Mr. Darrow’s life was molded in the strife of the law court. Many of his closet . friendships were formed there, whether with the judge on the bench, or the prisoner in the dock. Frequently he argued when a life was at stake despite the fact he himself was so ill that doctors warned him he would die if he left his bed. Mr. Darrow ran for Congress on the Democratic ticket in 1896 and was defeated. Just before Darrow went to Pennsylvania to sit on the aribtration board in the anthracite strike, he was elected to the State Legislature. The years that followed brought cases in the development of which Mr. Darrow’s legal genius was perfected. Then came the World War. Mr, Darrow had considered hmiseif But when he pictured the German hosts marching across prostrate Belgium, his inherent sympathy for the weaker side changed him overnight into an ardent patriot. He devoted all his time to speaking in the - cities wn support of the war.

Darrow Appeared In City Five Times

Clarence Darrow made five appearances in Indianapolis. In 1911

{he was counsel for John J. and

James B. McNamara, secretary and treasurer of the International Assdciation of Bridge’ and Structural Iron Workers, with offices in Indianapolis. They were accused of bombing the Los Angeles (Cal) Times, with a loss of 21 lives, and the Llewellyn Iron Works, also in Los

were sentenced, On Oct. 18, 1928, Mr. Darrow and Rabbi Feuerlicht of the Indianapolic Hebrew Congregation, debated “Is Man a Machine?” in Cadle Tabernacle before 4500 persons. On May 7, 1930, Mr. Darrow spoke on. agnosticism in the National Guard Armory. In July, 1931, he

‘was scheduled to plead for a new

trial for ‘D. C. Stephenson, former Klan official, before the Indiana

Angeles. |’ in | Subsequently they confessed and|

BURGLARS AND BANDITS TAKE

Second. Time; $850 in

“ Burglins and andite-tock cash

. Furs valued : at $850 were. ‘stolen from the Indiana Fur Co. 29 E. Ohio St., by burglars’ who early to-

“t day smashed the show window, tak-

ing -three- models.

It was the second

by po-

Robbed of Overcoat

Two men, who said they. were excise officers, robbed Robert Spauld-

|ing, of 3119 W. North St, of his { overcoat, he reported to police :

He said they approached him at

maechine, driving him to

Pershing { Ave. and Michigan St. where they |* | put him out of the car after taking

the garment. Edward Gunneman, 2516 Union St, a merchant policeman, fired a shot at an-auto thief he said he saw attempting to ‘Central Ave. 1000 block. A lone robber late Saturday obtained more than $100 from the Standard Grocery Co. store at 3367 W. 10th St. where he held up the manager, a clerk and five customers. Customers See Holdup

Robert Gould, 1325 Roach St, manager, said the bandit, after ordering cigarets, drew a gun and

| forced Herschel Scott, 550 N. Lyons

St, a clerk, to place the contents of

‘| the cash register into his pocket,

while he covered those in the store with his gun. He forced Mr. Scott to accompany him to the door and fled ugh an alley nearby. The customers in the: sto were: John Bryance, 250 W. 42d St.; Alfred Peterson, 837 Greer StS Robert McWhenney, 2001 Station Ralph Anderson, 1147 Centennial St., and Clarence Scott, 550 N. Lyons St. Lawrence Newland, 1537 S. Harding St., attendant at ‘a gas station at 1443 Howard St. reported three men robbed him of $15 late Satur-

day. Police a short while later arrested two men, riding in a machine in S. ‘Illinois St. 100 block and ‘found a revolver on the seat. They are suspected of the gas station robbery, answering the description of two of the men seen by. the vigum. police

said. Equipment Stolen

Equipment valued at $700 was reported stolen from the McPherson Coal .Co., 1524 Southeastern Ave. by. burglars who. - gained entrance through a rear door. Police ‘were holding .a' ‘16-year-old youth whom they say confessed stealing a purse and a penny bank from the Friends Church, 1241 N. Alabama St., during services yesterday. The purse belonged to Mrs. Lorraine Brown, 3552 Salem St. Mrs. Edna , 2249 Brookside Ave., reported her p was stolén’ while she was atten services at St. John’s Church. Mrs. Kathleen. Roach, 1034 S. Senate Ave, told police her purse was snatched yesterday while she was walking on W. Ray St, near

Illinois. Home Ransacked

Mrs. Elizabeth Bowman, 11 Wisconsin St., said a thief seized her purse in S. Meridian St., 1220 block. Elwell Ewing, 1903, Broadway, reported his home 1 ked and clothing valued at $50 stolen during the family’s absence yesterday. ong Sirah 3165 N. Meridian police that burglars broké into his apartment and stole three suits. Charles Specker, operator of a market at 1048 S. East St., reported tas merchandise worth several red dollars was stolen by a rs who attempted to open the safe. He said they drilled several holes into it, but were unable to open it.

EVANSVILLE PRESS SUED

EVANSV. , March 14 (U. PJ). —Charles G. Copp today hac on file in Vanderburgh Circuit Court a suit asking $10,000 damages from the Evansville Press for the death of his son, Franklin, 18, an Evansville College student, last Dec. 12. The suit alleges the boy was injured fatally while riding ‘in ‘a Press Selivery truck near Chandler.

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$1700 IN LOOT SESE SE {Fur Firm Window Smashed The. thres

Merchandise Taken, La -

» at shams th sal {in s series of ‘week-end crimes. ' bai

time in two weeks that Fy company had |

Brin last, of L. after a pa it od :

‘reported. . X h 3 hE k gd found in ‘the ! aa was being examitied 1 lice for fingerprints.

Holmes Ave. and Walnut St. and at| the point of a gun forced him into a.

Thursday, the anni anbiversaty’ of te. death of of the Emerald Isle’s ‘patron

to steal a car in saint. Public dhservance. of st. Patrick's : Day was held here yesterday under |.

auspices of the Ancient Order of

attended Mass and received Communion at St. John’s Catholic Church and then 650 attended a breakfast at the Claypool Hotel. Daniel J. O'Neill, president, said attendance was the largest im his-

tory. : + Law Dean Speaks Clarence E. Manion, Notre Dame | University law school dean and In-

address, said international ' ¢onditions call for a renewal of ideals of the Irish race and the Catholic Church. , Other speakers were the Rev. Fr. Michael W. Lyons, Our Lady of Lourdes Church; Mayor Boetcher and Floyd I. ‘McMurray, State School Superintendent. James F. Cunningham, Center Township Assessor, was toastmaster. James A. Watson was general chairman. Entertainment was furnished by Miss Rose Dowd, harpist; John Ryan, tenor; the Lyric Theater Or-

rent bill at that theater. *

11S. INCOME FILING

1S DUE TOMORROW

Federal Returns.

a aia litep

Siig tomorrow is the deadline for filing of Federal income taxes. > 3 Will H. Smith, internal revenue collector, said more returns had been received to date than at the same time last year. However; complete tabulations o _date are not available. * Taxpayers were warmed that they must file. before the deadline. o escape a penalty. ac vd

AUTOPSY ORDERED

LOGANSPORT, March. 14 @.2. —Authorities are

Ruth Williams, 35, nurse at City Hospital, Indianapolis, who died yesJerday in Cass -County Hospital ere.

Saturday in the hay mow ‘of the barn’ on her farm 10 miles southwest of here by Dorothy Slusseér, 8,

Hubert Gros of Delphi, said he believed she died of poisoning. Aue thorities are analyzing a pili which yas found beside a well on the arm.

oe Nh in RE Ed

Since 1932. .

PF. holders in ‘this co-operative enterprise have,” * through their clected

Hibernians. Members of the: order | Gross

diana director of the National| ‘Emergency Council, in the principal

chestra and entertainers on the cur-

Midnight 1s Final Hour" for i

IN DEATH OF NURSE!

performing § antorsy today on the body of Miss

She was. found unconscious late]

whose father had rented the farm |

| R Doment & Son.

a [POS stated. The old services of |}

government cost. $971,254 less in 1931 than in 1932,

|. Following is & list of new services

established since 1932, and their

cost’ during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1037: oyment | ‘compensation adtation {begun April Ly 1.54 Depas + RE “of” "public "welfare . "sdministrtion { March inconie tax administration ws begun May i, ‘1 Liquor and 3

Intangibles ta un Em loyment Phee 1932) WPA

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386,433 21.27 200,344

312.098

i 86.224 Material and Shi. nesith serve

sess 85,630] 8 +-$8,581,50¢ { §

Oe Pa TO VOTE ON * GOVERNMENT FORM

DELPHI March 14-—Status of Delphi will be decided May 3 when the city votes at primary election on whether to remain a city or revert -ta_town form of government.

After a statute was passed in 1938 §

ordering all cities of less than 2000 population to revert to town government, Delphi by means of an injunction remained under the city form of government.

A NICKEL DRINK-WORTH A DIME § RI-3306

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getting flooded and we thought we'd ‘take some publicity pictures.” And

Governor Lehman began a purge

OLLYWOOD, - March 14.—

" it storm’ out here, |

when I saw the water backin' up and risin’ in my basement, I got panicky: and called every plumbin’

shop in town} and told ‘em tof}

. ‘bring a - pump, but I was told

‘they couldn't 1

get through’ Finally in

Four hours’ Inter, I was down in the basement, pilin’ furniture up high when my wife hollered down that the men were here from Paramount. I. rushed up to welcome ‘em-and there were two cameramen. “They said “We heard you were

there 1 was without a bit of dry smmnunition in the house. ]

' GUARD JURGE ORDERED N.Y, March 14 (U. P)

loday of aliens serving in the New.

all commanding | manded an immediate investigation vy of all enlisted noncitizens. -

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