Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 18 April 1939 — Page 4

OFFICERS FOL HOLDUP IN TAY

In Lightless Auto, Capture!

Two Gunmen, Question One in Menaugh Holdup.

Two policemen, cruising with auto lights out, interrupted a taxi driver robbery early today and captured two gunmen. The gunmen were sponsible, police said, for two other

holdups last night and one of them immediately was questioned in connection with the death of W. Clyde

believed re-!

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Menaugh, 37, fatally wounded dur-|

ing a holdup at his drug store, 2960 College Ave, March 22. The prisoners, charged with robbery, violation of the firearms act,

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and vagrancy, are Charles Gregary, |

18, of 920 N. California St, and Charles Johnson, 21, of 822 W. 11th St.

Offered No Resistance Patrolmen Robert E. Butler and

Tricycle Hitch-Hiker Hurt

Alexander Posey said they had re-| ceived radio information of a previous cab holdup and were cruising | with lights out, inspecting all cabs.!

They noticed the car parked in|

& dark place in the 800 block Camp]

St.. they said, and pulled alongside. Gregary, they said, was holding a pistol against the neck of the driver, Marmon Bean, 32, of 832 Lexington Ave. The patrolmen covered the gunmen, both in the back seat, and they offered no resistance. “Well, you've got me,” they said Gregary said. At headquarters, Patrolmen Butler and Posey said Johnson admitted the holdup of Lee Bennett, 57. of 656 E. 21st St. cab driver, earlier, in which $5.80 was taken.

Tokens in Possession

Times Photo.

Men in white worked over 6-year-old John Davis at City Hospital today, all because he hitch-hiked a ride on the back of a tricycle ridden yesterday by his 4-year-old brother, James, near their home, 1621 Milburn St. John fell off and broke his arm. Today doctors were X-ray-ing the break and setting it in a cast.

Boasting of Young ‘Moll’ Leads to Arrest of Gang

BOISE, Ida., April 18 (U. P) —Three states and the Federal Govern-

In possession of the suspects were

and police said they may be re-| ! r a third holdup during] boasting of one of the girls in the party tipped off police they were in

sponsible for

the evening of Kyle Link, 32, of el

Roosevelt Ave,

operator, in which $8 in currency |

and $8 in tokens were taken. Three o‘*her men, believed to have;

been with the pair earlier in the |

night, were held on vagrancy charges for questioning. | Two other men held up Paul]

Terry, 23, of 1608 Broadway, an-|

ment entered claims today for three Army deserters and the school-girl | “molls” arrested with them at the end of a trail of alleged robbery and a large number of streetcar tokens! yjgnaping through four Western states.

The three couples were trapped

the Boise area. Shortly after the robbery of Mrs.

trackless trolle¥|5.oce Ceatty, Lewiston, Ida, hotel

proprietor of $20, the bandit car scraped fenders with a machine on the outskirts of Boise. One of the girls leaned from the car and screamed: “Get out of our way—we shoot people for less than that.” The driver reported the incident

other cab driver, and took $5 in cash to police who broadcast an alarm.

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and a $40 radio from the cab, he|A service station spotted their latest

told police. Charles Hafer, 78, Drexel Gar-| dens, a watchman at the Independ-

stolen car, a maroon-colored sedan, and notified authorities. Armed with rifles and shotguns a

ent Oil & Coal Co, Harding St. nh, of State Police and Sheriff's and Oliver Ave, armed with a shot-| ;mcers converged on the auto camp

in an auto camp after the arrogant

PAROLEE KILLS ONE, SELF AS ‘REVENGE’

SPOKANE, April 18 (U. P.).—The revenge Dan Salinas swore while an inmate of McNeil Island Penitentiary was written today into the coroner's records. A parole Violator, sought on a Federal liquor charge, he kept his vow to “get even” last night but he went further and, in a blind rage, killed an innocent man and wounded another man and a woman. Then he killed himself.

DU EY

IS THURSDAY AT LITTLE FLOWER

Founder of Small East Side Parish Saw It Grow To 700 Families.

The Very Rev. Charles Duffey,

founder of the Little Flower parish|

and for 14 years Little Flower Cath-

olic Church pastor, died last night | { i lat St. Vincent's Hospital after an

illness of six weeks. He was head of the diocesan matrimonial tribunal, chairman of the

{ lcouncil of vigilance and diocesan : !censor of books. Recently he was

appointed diocesan director of Boy

| | Scouts.

Ordained in 1910 The office of the dead will be re-

cited at 9:30 a. m. Thursday at the|

Little Flower Church, E. 14th St.

Cemetery. Father Duffey was born Jan. 22, 1885, near Millhousen, the son of

. {Thomas and Anna Duffey. He at-

tended the parochial schools of Greensburg and later studied at the St. Meinrad Seminary. He was ordained May 21, 1910, by the Most Rev. Dennis O’Donaghue, then bishop of Louisville.

Organized Parish in 1925 He celebrated his first solemn high mass at St. Mary’s Church at Greensburg. From 1910 to 1918 he served with St. Anthony’s Church here. He then became superintendent of St. Vincent's Orphanage at Vincennes, serving until 1924. He lived at St. Patrick’s Church here until 1925 when he organized the new Little Flower parish on Indianapolis’ East Side. He watched the parish grow from fewer than 100 families to its present size of more than 700 families. He is survived by his mother.

EARTHQUAKE IS FELT IN SANTIAGO AREA

SANTIAGO, Chile, April 18 (U. P) —An earthquake which lasted about one and one-half minutes was felt in the Santiago area at 2:28 a. m. today. Telephone and telegraph officials reported lines cut to Copiapo, north of Santiago. Reports said that at Copiapo the shock was strong but that no material damage was caused.

NOTRE DAME GIVES ARGHITECT PRIZES

Times Special NOTRE DAME, April 18—An open competition in small church or chapel designing was announced today by the Department of Architecture of the University of Notre Dame. : Closing May 9, the contest is open to anyone with architectural training, and will offer prizes amounting to $200. First price is

$100. Purpose of the contest, according to the department, is to secure better design for the small Catholic churches in those communities

called ‘“out-missions” and served by nonresident priests.

On May 12, three uniformed Boy Scouts will be in command of the first trip undertaken by the new “Council Flag Ship” of the Indianapolis Council of Scouts. Formerly a Sea Scout patrol, the group now has 18 members, four boats and the honor of being the only Sea Scout Ship in Indianapolis Council.

'TRIALTOSTART | INCIRGUS CASE

Cincinnati Man Charges Breach of Contract, Seeks Million.

FT. WAYNE, April 18 (U. P.) —A

| million-dollar damage suit over ale

leged breach of a circus ownership contract was scheduled to begin today before U. S. Judge Thomas Slick. The suit, filed by John Robinson IV, member of a Cincinnati circus-

§ [owning clan, charges Bessie Bowers,

Times Photo. The trip will begin at Scout Camp on Fall Creek and end at Indianapolis. In the group are (left to right) F. O. Belzer, Chief Scout Executive of the Indianapolis Council; C. J. Carlson, regional Scout executive of Chicago; Fred S. Cretors, skipper; Ralph McCoy, third mate, and Paul R. Brown, first mate.

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HARVARD PAPER HITS [crim TUTORING SCHOOLS The drive was opened by the news-

paper's vote to prohibit further adCAMBRIDGE, Mass., April 18 (U.|vertising of such schools in P.) .—Extinction of tutoring schools columns—representing a $2000 loss

on the ground they are “making a|tnhat this advertising is in part the

its

in revenues annually—“in the belief

executrix of the estate of Bert Bowers, and Mary Edith Mugavin, widow of Jeremiah J. Mugavin, both of Peru, with violating the terms of a contract for the sale of circus properties by Mr. Robinson’s father and grandfather. Mr. Robinson states that his father and grandfather transferred their rights in John Robinson's 10 big shows to the defendants on March 6, 1916, for $40,000. This, he said, was under its value, but the sale agreement was predicated by a clause saying the properties were to be sold back to the seller for the same amount if the defendants ever decided to put them on the market, He says he lost properties and good will worth $500,000 and suse tained additional losses of not less than $500,000.

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PHILIPPINE LEADER CHARGED WITH FRAUD

NEW YORK, April 18 (U. P) — Felipe Buencamino, member of the] National Assembly of the Philippine | Commonwealth, was held in $4000] bail today by U. S. Commissioner Garrett W. Cotter on charges of conspiracy to use the mails to defraud. Buencamino was accused of conspiring with William P. Buckner Jr. | a close friend of film actress Loretta! Young, and others in an attempt to

compel the Commonwealth Govern- |

ment to redeem first mortgage bonds of the Philippine Railway Co. above the current market price. U. S. Attorney John R. Cahill appeared personally at Buencamino's arraignment and told Commissioner

Cotter that the Assemblyman and|

‘of San Francisco.

cabin. When one of the men appeared he was ordered to put up his hands and tell his companions to come outside. The men, Edward Klaus, 24; Vern Jensen, 25, and Donald Bailey, 27, all clean-shaven and nattily dressed, surrendered without a protest. Trailing them out of the cabin came Jewel Smith, 17; Antoinette Delore, 18, and Cleone Alyea, 17, all All were disheveled, lacking makeup and giggling self-consciously. In addition to the possibility of prosecution for the Lewiston robbery, authorities in Portland and San Francisco wanted them. The Portland charges involve the gun duel and the holding of five persons hostage in a suburban home for {ive hours. They also allegedly stole two or more cars in Oregon and burned one taken in San Francisco.

KANSAS CITY JURY HITS AT GAMBLING

KANSAS CITY, April 18 (U. P). |—The municipal cleanup forced by

Buckner “devised a plan whereby Federal, State and County agencies

Buencamino would engineer a bill compelling the Philippine Government to redeem the bonds” and said that their price rose from $14 to $31 in January and February of last year, before President Quezon de-

nied that the Philippines would re-|

deem the bonds.

MRS. NETTIE NEW, 74 DIES AT HOME HERE

Mrs. Nettie Mcore New, a resident of Indianapolis more than half a century, died today at her home, 1605 Central Ave. She was T4. Born at Francisco, Ind., Mrs. New had lived at the Central Ave. address 23 years. Her husband, Frank R. New, died several years ago. Mrs. New was active in club work here when a young woman and was affiliated with the Woman's Department Club at the time of her death. She is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Jessie M. Ransdell and Mrs. H. C. Ryker, both of Indianapolis; two nieces, Miss Helen Walker of Hollywood, Cal, and Mrs. Dorothy Stivey of Indianapolis, and a nephew, William Ransdell of Indianapolis. Funeral services are to be held at hoon Thursday at the Flanner & Buchanan Mortuary. Burial is to be at Crown Hill.

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was accelerated today with indictyment on Federal charges of the ‘city’s alleged gambling overlord and {with a criminal court jury sitting in | judgment on County Judge David E. | Long, charged with corruptly allowing claims. The latest indictment, returned by the same Federal Grand Jury which |indicted Democratic Boss Tom J. | Pendergast and former State Insurance Commissioner R. Emmett O'Malley in the beginning of the cleanup drive, called for the arrest today of Charles V. Carrolla on a “preliminary” charge of using the mails to defraud.

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