Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 6 May 1938 — Page 4
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HICKS EXECUTED ~ Names Son
AFTER DELAY IN
DEATH CHAMBER
Doctor Forgets Stethoscope; Head and Hands Killer Dies Resignedly. MICHIGAN CITY, May 6 (U. P.). !
—Heber L. Hicks, 40, was electrocuted early today at the State Peni-
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JUDGE REFUSES T0 EXTEND TIME ON TRAFFIC FINE
Warns Convicted Drivers They Must Pay at Once Or Go to Jail.
While a woman was from serious injuries received in an
graduation from Spencer High School and went for a walk with her best friend, Irma Winkler. As they crossed a narrow bridge over White River near here, a truck approached and they tried to climb the railing to avoid being struck. But the truck hit Hazel and she tumbled over the railing into the water, 20 feet below. Her arm broken, she was unable to swim. Her body was recovered within three hours. William Harris, Ellettsville, was the truck driver. Coroner Edward Argenbright is to investigate.
One Killed, Three
Hurt in Collision
LAFAYETTE May 6 (U. P).— |One person was dead and three in
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FRIDAY, MAY 6, 1938
a hospital here today as a result of an automobile collision on Road 43, seven miles north of here last night. P. W. Nelson of Brookston was killed when his car crashed into one driven by Earl Bryan, 38. Nelson's wife, Lina, 64, and Miss Lillian Workman, who was riding with Bryan, were injured. Miss Workman suffered a fractured skull.
Speed Limit Signs To Go Up in Towns
Auto speed limit signs will be erected by the State Highway Commission on State highways through
all cities and towns, with the exception of Indianapolis, it was an-| nounced today by M. R. Keefe, chief | engineer. Signs also will be erected at dan- |
ger zones in rural and suburban areas, he said. Mr. Keefe said the speed limit in business districts is to be placed at 20 miles an hour and through residential districts at 30 miles. He aded, however, that there will be a few exceptions. Unauthorized directional signs erected by businessmen to attract motorists to business districts will be removed if they are within 200 feet of the highway, the engineer reported.
MENDING SPLITS COUPLE LOS ANGELES, May 6 (U, P.).— His wife's divorce suit today complained that R. B. Wheeler, as a drastic move to get some mending done, drove downtown in shorts and a sweater, explaining to curious persons that his wife wouldn't sew buttons on his pants.
RELATIVES HINT ‘FAT LADY’ WAS POISONED
MIAMI, May 6 (U, P.).—States Attorney G. A. Worley ordered an | autopsy today on the body of Doris | Bleau, circus “fat lady” who once | weighed 714 pounds, after her relatives reported they feared she died of poisoning. She was 38. Attendants at a hospital where | AND BAKIN
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tentiary for the "head and hands” murder of Harry Miller, retired Cincinnati Fire Department captain. He was the fourth man executed
Judge Charles J, Karabell fined 17 motorists $137 and warned traffic ——
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h “I will not allow a minute of time UCN OR AND IE 05 Sou for the slaying. John Joseph Po- i ‘hi . i0= " : ying p in which to pay fines for traffic vio Fr TROT Thon Do
holsky, Frank Gore Williams and lations.” William A. Kuhlman were electro- Sa In the past, convicted drivers cuted in the same chair last sum- | ® ; ' | sometimes have been allowed a few mer, LE TE .: | days of probation in which to pay They admitted their guilt after © | fines if they do not have the money. having been convicted. They con- When Judge Karabell fined Daniel fessed that Hicks had been their Spaulding, 1910 Cornell Ave., $1 and leader in a plot to kill Mr. Miller costs today and Spaulding asked for and obtain his $150,000 savings. time in which to pay, Judge Kara-
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violators from now on.” 1936. His head and hands were Violators unable to pay must lay severed and tossed into a lake near out their fines in jail at a dollar Carrollton, Ky. His torso was dis- a day. posed of in a culvert near Eminence, Ky. Skillfull detective work brought recovery of his remains. Hicks was arrested first. He had been chauffeur for Miss Flora Miller, sister of the victim. Weeks later, Poholsky, a former Pennsylvania coal miner, was seized at Warren, O. Williams and Kuhlman were captured on the West Coast. Hicks’ parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Hicks of Cincinnati, visited him yesterday. They returned home last night after they had made arrangements for his burial at their former home in Kentucky. cidents reported overnight was Miss He went to his death resignedly. : Arlena Wagner, 23, of 434 S. Gray Failure of one of two attending Gl Lae St. She received a fractured skull physicians to bring his stethoscope | Sess: : nS when the car in which she was ridto the death chamber delayed the ing collided with another machine execution five minutes. Hicks at State and Spann Aves. finally was pronounced dead at She was riding in the machine 12:14 a. m. (Indianapolis Time). driven by John T. Kiesel, 23, of He lost his last chance of escap- 10 vears. A few davs before her |637 N. Keystone Ave. when it was Ing death early yesterday when | giphoquled release from Washing- |Struck by @ truck driven by Robert Governor Townsend refused to in-| 44 State Prison, Mrs. Smith |Kilbert of 5309 E. Washington St. tervene. The Governor said he wrote to the warden, naming her |She was taken to Methodist Hoscould not overrule the Supreme son, Decasto Earl Mayer (lower pital. Court of the United States, the photo) as the actual killer of Joseph Fischer, 47, of 1147 S. State State Supreme Court and the judge | njya) Lieut. James E. Bassett in | St. was held on drunken driving and jury which found Hicks guilty. | |< Angeles. Mayer is now serving |charges when, police said, his car
Claimed Perjured Testimony a life sentence on a habitual crim- Suck the lztine iigng i Pp y . arty Ls Hicks had claimed he was convict- inal charge. (Story, page 11).
parked in front of his home. ed on perjured testimony and that a confession he made to State Po- | reading and smoking. He ate a ‘nl } 3 lice was not voluntary. His three | chicken dinner at 6 p. m. and later Girl in Graduation accomplices in the crime testified | was visited by a Catholic priest. 'Finery Is Killed against him. | The only witnesses to his execu- | Aftr he had learned of the Gov- [tion were Warden Louis Kunkel, a | Times Special ernor's refusal to intervene, Hicks | deputy warden, the priest, and SPENCER, May 6 —Hazel Ison, 18, spent the remainder of the day |death room attendants. put on her new dress bought for her,
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Although Judge Karabell's fines today included $87 levied against three speeders, 51 drivers arrested overnight were to face him this afternoon. Two who died in accidents outside Marion County were P. W. Nelson, Brookston, killed in a crash near Lafayette, and Hazel Ison, Killed when a truck knocked her off a Sx : ; Ea hs wf . bridge neat Spencer, A yf g WL hy | A Woman's Skull Fractured ~~ le
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