Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 14 June 1939 — Page 5

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 1 5 BANK BANDITS. GIVEN 20 YEARS BY U. S. JUDGE

Linden Robber Led Tape Gang,’ State Police | Declare.

Maurice Merle Herring, who was sentenced yesterday to 20 years in a Federal prison for robbing Linden State Bank, was described by State Police today as “the tape bandits’ leader.” Detective Robert O'Neal said the 31-year-old parolee from Indiana State Reformatory had been identi-)

fied as a participant in 15 holdups|§

and robberies, the majority of which were blamed on the “tape bandits.” Lieut. Ray J. Hinkle said he was “positive Herring is the ‘tape bandit’ leader,” but added State Police had not been able to identify Byron A. | Piner as a member of the same] gang. Piner also was sentenced to| 20 years in Federal Prison for the] Linden State Bank robbery in which $2000 was taken May 12.

Three Others Sent to Prison |

Three Evansville men who pleaded guilty to robbing the Mackey State Bank on Jan. 26, also were| sentenced to 20 years. They are Walter Carl Smith, 32; Victor Al-| bert Geppner, 26, and Ernest Robert Bayes, 29. Ira Kenneth Tooley, 32, of Som-| merville, Ind, charged with aiding] and abetting the robbery, was sen- | tenced to 10 years. Nov. 13 was set as the trial date] of four persons charged with using! the mails to defraud 200 investors) of $640.455. Those who pleaded not guilty were Mrs. Ethel Pitt Donnell, 3707 N. Meridian St.; Robert Beck-| ett, 5520 College Ave.; John K.| Knapp, 2703 Washington Blvd, and] Fdward J. Hartenfeld of Chicago.! Bonds of Beckett and Knapp were reduced fo $5000 apiece, but the | $10.000 bonds, of Mrs. Donnell and Hartenfeld were not changed. Arthur LaVerne Bailey, 32, Evansville was sentenced to three years in prison.when he pleaded guilty to violating the White Slave Act. Draw Two-Year Sentences Murray J. Gibson, Kansas City, Mo.; DeWitt Green, Denver, and Frank Anthony, Detroit, pleaded guilty to mailing narcotics. Each was sentenced to two years in prison. Raymond W. Fisher of Linton pleaded guilty to forging a Linton doctor's name on four prescriptions calling for narcotics. He was placed on probation pending sentence Oct. 2 at Terre Haute. Mrs. Mabel M. Wells, 48, of Colfax, pleaded guilty to forging a Covington doctor's name on prescriptions calling for narcotics. Her sentence of one year and one day in prison was suspended for three years when she told Judge Baltzell that she was cured of using drugs. Sentenced to 3 Months

John Henry Baker, 31. formerly of Indianapolis, pleaded guilty and was given a three-months jail sentence for using the mails to defraud. The Government charged he established credit with fish wholesalers and then ordered large amounts of fish for which he did not pay. Slayton Wilkerson, alias Buster Dailey, 32, of Evansville, was sentenced one year and one day in prison when he pleaded guilty to

forging the name of his sister, Mrs.

Lauretta Evans, on a WPA check. Claude Leavell, 32, of Evansville, pleaded guiltv to forging his brother's nan. a WPA check and was given a three-months jail sentence. James Conrad Reinhardt, 22, of Kokomo pleaded guilty to forging indorsements on three WPA checks he stole from mail boxes. His case was referred to the Court probation officer for a report. Admit Auto Charge

Willie Rowan Steeie and William A. Candler, both 23 and from Linton, pleaded guilty to transporting a stolen car and their cases were referred to the probation officer. William John Anderson, 21, and James Albert Cain, 22, both of Cin-

cinnati, pleaded guilty to stealing a |g car in Cincinnati and driving it to | They were sen-|H tenced to two years in prison. Wal- | ter Roberts, 20, also of Cincinnati, |} who accompanied the other two on|§

Fast St. Louis, IIL

the trip, was sentenced to 18

months in the reformatory.

Delbert A. McClelland, 24, and Al- | i both of Muncie, § to transporting a == stolen car from Muncie to the out- |} Their cases were | &#

bert Jones, 23, pleaded guilty

skirts of Chicago. referred to the probation officer. Three pleaded not guilty charge of possessing counterfeit half

dollars and will be tried Oct. 2 at} They were Donald |# Harding, 34; Nathan Level, 40, and | §#

Terre Haute.

Johnnie Campbell, 27, all of Terre Haute.

Cread Stockton, 44, of Indianapo-

lis, pleaded guilty and was sen-

tenced to three months in jail for 4 possessing 35 gallons of liquor on|fE

which no tax had been paid.

4 108 Granted

Miss Walters Miss Collins Mr. Stark

the y

Miss Wilcox Miss Lewis Mr. Merrill

These nine are among Shortridge High School graduates who wili go to college next year on scholarships. Jack Siegesmund and Richard Stark were awarded Rector scholarships to DePauw University. Both were members of the Shortridge Honor Society. Jane Collins, Barbara Frederickson, Martha Jo Runyan, June Walters and Marian Wilcox were among 16 who received scholarships to Butler University. Robert H. Merrill won a scholarship to Purdue

University and Adelaine Lewis to Western College. Miss Runyan

Water’ We Going to Do? Asks Town in Water Crisis

WEST WILDWOOD, N. J, June] West Wildwood did have a

14 (U. P.).—Most of this town's 178 avor: ; t inhabitants sidestepped tubs and] om il S lar te

pails of water in their homes {dag Naventier, and wondered when the council councilmen, two of them Democrats. members would patch up their dif-| The defeated Democrats obtained a ferences and form a quorum, so the | recount and succeeded in replacing

quorum could elect a mayor, so the|the mayor and one Republican mayor could name a treasurer, SO|gouncilman with Democrats.

of |

{the treasurer could figure cut how |to pay the town’s $21,000 water bill, so the nearby city of Wildwood

{ more. | There hasn't been a council ‘meeting for 10 weeks for lack of a quorum. The two Democratic members refused to attend. Last night, at a special meetinug [to deal with the water situation, the two Democrats showed up, but |two Republican members were absent. About 100 citizens who had {gathered outside the chamber |stamped off to their homes and be|gan filling water pails. | The water had been cut off for three hours Saturday night, but the

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The Republicans came right back

land got the new mayor and one of

fw w cater the Democratic councilmen turned [wouldn't shut off the water any]

out because they were not legal residents. This left the present lineup of three Rpublican and two Democratic councilmen, with four needed for a quorum. But two Democratic councilmen refused to attend meetings. The town did have a treasurer, too. And a tax collector. But the man who filled both jobs was jailed on a charge of having embezzled $28,000. Last night the wife of one Republican councilman, Edward Stro-

bel, called and said he became ill

mayor of Wildwood had agreed to|shortly after 5 p. m. The second {turn it back on pending last night's | absentee, Benjamin Hann, had left

efforts to adjust the bill.

town on “business.”

INDIANA ENGINEERS T0 STUDY WATER CO.

A tour of the Indianapolis Water | Co. property will be made tomorrow {by about 50 members of the Indiana (Section, American Society of Civil { Engineers. The tour, starting at the filtration (plant, will include inspection of the (various parts of the water system, | concluding with a buffet supper at the filtration plant. | Arrangements for the trip were | made by H. S. Morse, general man{ager. It will be conducted by C. K. | Calvert, Water Co. chemical en- | gineer. Officers of the Indiana section are | Fred Kellam, president; J. E. Hall, | vice president, and Denzil Doggett,

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$5000 SUIT FILED BY MASONIC LODGE

The Trinity Lodge, F. and A. M., today asked $5000 damages from Luther McClain in a suit on file in

Superior Court 5. Filed yesterday,

the suit charges that Mr. McClain]: containing i

circulated pamphlets “certain slanderous and libelous remarks about the lodge.”

The lodge also asks for an in-|.

junction to restrain Mr. McClain from circulating the alleged literature.

I. U. ENROLLS 1624

BLOOMINGTON, Ind, June 14 (U. P.).—Registration of 1624 students at the 49th annual summer session was announced today by Indiana University officials who said the total was slightly higher

to alg

| secretary. than last year's registration.

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POLICE PUSH HIT-SKIP DRIVE

Scene of Accidents While A Third Is Sought.

A campaign against motorists who fail to stop after accidents was continued by police today. Two

drivers were arrested on charges of leaving the scenes of accidents and another was sought. Fifty-three drivers were arrested overnight while five persons were hurt slightly in 14 accidents. Thomas Mattingly, Sanders St, was charged with being drunk, driving while under the influence of liquor and failure to stop after an accident. charged his car collided with one driven by Corwin Calvert of 46 S. LaSalle St, at Morris and East Sts. Wayman Coleman, 29, of 2038 Columbia Ave, was charged with being drunk, driving while drunk, leaving the scene of an accident and failure to have a driver's license. Police charged his car struck a parked car on Martindale Ave., 2200 block. A driver suspected of being drunk was sought for crashing into a car parked on W. Ray St., 200 block. Joseph Delaney, 40, of Tulsa, Okla., a hitch-hiker, escaped injury when struck by a truck on Road 40 near the Post Road. He told deputy sheriffs that the truck swerved and the rear of it hit him. No one was injured when a police car driven by Patrolman Karl Kornblum of 731 E. McCarty St, and a car driven by Joseph Hartwell of 2144 College Ave. collided at 21st St. and College Ave.

__ THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES Discuss Jobless A

Two Accused of Leaving!

Police] :

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left),

Cemmittee in Washington.

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Indiana unemployment compensation director, is shown with William H. Book, executive vice president of the Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce, discussing unemployment comnpensation amendments at a hearing before the Senate Finance Mr. Jackson is trying to figure out the additional burden to Indiana business if the state is forced to drop its employer merit system and the whole unemployment compensation scheme is completely federalized, he said. Both Mr. Jackson and Mr. Book want the Indiana law unchanged, but House amendments would not permit this, they conteded in asking Senate changes.

GIVEN 1-10 YEARS IN SLAYING OF WOMAN

BLOOMFIELD, Ind. June 14 (U. P.). — Sanford Humphreys was sentenced to a 1-to-10-year prison term yesterday after his surprise plea of guilty to slaying Mrs. Mary Eliis, elderly Green County recluse, in January, 1933. He changed his plea after two

days of questioning had failed to

complete a jury to try him. If he had been found guilty of the charge of murder in perpetration of a robbery he would have faced the electric chair. Sentence was pronounced by Special Judge Robert Mellon of Bedford. He took into consideration a state recommendation that Humphrey be released after serving his minimum term. Mrs. Ellis was beaten to death during a robbery which netted $1.35.

BOARD TURNS DOWN CAMERAMAN'S PLEA

The Safety Board today: refused to give Sam Schoen, 2254 Central Ave, permission to take candid camera shots of persons on downtown Indianapolis streets for commercial purposes because “such ac-

tivity would litter and clutter up the street.” Chief Morrissey told board members that the cameramen hand out cards after taking the pictures and that a majority of persons immediately throw the cards on the street.

- |He pointed out also that the pres-

ence of a cameraman in the middle of the street tended to impede pedestrians, and said that the department had reports of several persons sending in quarters to other cameramen for their pictures, but never getting any pictures.

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STEAL $400 IN MERCHANDISE

Thieves pried their way into the Meyer B. Cohen Pharmacy, 2847 Central Ave., early today, and stole cigarets and whisky valued at $400, Mr. Cohen told police.

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