Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 5 January 1940 — Page 3
FRIDAY, JAN. 5, 1940
PROSECUTOR IN ROMIG GEM SUIT
Estate Seeks Return of Jewelry Left by Victim Of Murder.
A legal battle for the possession of Carrie Lelah Romig’s jewelry was being waged today at the Court House.
Approximately $1500 worth of diamounds and precious metal jewelry which allegedly were stolen from Mrs. Romig’s W. 12th St. apartment before she was found brutally slain Jan. 17, 1939, is being held by the slarion County Prosecutor. Weeks ago, Executor Wilbur F. Pell of the Romig estate filed suit seeking to recover the gems. The suit said they -were left in a will to & sister of Mrs. Romig, Alma D. Wernert, and a niece, Jane E. Muhleman,
Three Named Defendants
Police Chief Michael Morrissey, ‘police authorities in Muncie, Ind. and a Muncie loan company were named defendants. Today, Prosecutor David M. Lewis re-entered the case with an intervening petition, and indicated he
will seek to retain custody of the|
disputed jewels. The gems are being held because the man accused of the slaying has not been tried yet. He is William Ray - Butsch, who is now interned indefinitely in the Indiana State Prison Hospital for the Criminally Insane. He was adjudged of unsound mind last spring and his institutionalizing put aside any action on the criminal charges against him until such time that he may be declared sane.
Termed Important Evidence
Mr. Lewis fears the 47-year-old ex-convict may win his release within. two years. Butsch, who attracted considerable attention at his sanity hearing when he demanded the right to defend himself without legal counsel, is eligible to petition for a rehearing a year from how. The jewels, which the prosecutor gays are important evidence in the
case, allegedly were stolen by|
Butsch
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S trauss Says:
Held by Tribe, Explorer Says
BOSTON, Jan., 5 (U. P.).—Carl Gustav Moberg, a Swedish ex= plorer, arrived here today aboard the British steamer Lady Drake ‘after a five-month expedition in British Guiana during which he said he was held captive for 26 days by a native tribe, Mr. Moberg said he was well= treated during his captivity and had not attempted to escape because there were 54 waterfalls between the Bosh tribe village and the sea. °
Hé could give no reason either for his capture or release. Mr. Moberg said he was guarded night and day by tribesmen armed with rifles and poisoned arrows.
HOOSIER IS NAMED
U. S. AIR CORPORAL
_ Allison Maxwell, son of Mrs. Bruce Maxwell, 46th St. and Millersville Road, has been appointed a corporal in the Flying Cadet Battalion at Randolph Field, San Antonio, Tex. Capt. Maxwell is a graduate of ‘Technical High School and attended Depauw University. He was a member of the 38th Division National Guard Air Squadron at Stout Field here. He was sent to the Lincoln Flying School at Lincoln, Neb. by the Government before he enrolled in the Army's “West Point of the Air.” The appointment was made by Col. John B. Brooks, Corps commanding officer. Corp. Maxwell will be transferred April 1 to Kelly Field, Tex., for the final phase in his training and will be commissioned second lieutenant. Corp. Maxwell's brother, Howard Maxwell, is a lieutenant in the 38th
Division National Guard Air Squadron.
In Indianapolis Is on Page 4 of this Edition.
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