Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 3 April 1940 — Page 14

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Pichi for 7 Years

‘MERCY SLAYER’

Of Murder for Killing : Insane Sister.

whether defense counsel would

MAY NOT TAKE | WITNESS STAND

Retired Nurse, 77, Accused

ALLENTOWN, Pa. April 3 (U. P.).—It- appeared doubtful today

j Times Photo:

LeGrand Payne « « « Collects oy U. S. issues.

| Lond Payne Started

When LeGrand Payne was seven .years old and lived on an Illinois ‘farm, the tamps on the letters ‘which came from his father, traveling salesman, fascinated : There ‘wasn’t much to do of an evening in an oil- lighted farmhouse anyway. so he started collecting them. Hi pasted them in the “meat ‘book”—that's what they called the book in| which the grocer or the butcher ‘made his charges of p chases. | And ever since, LeGrand Pa; of the State Life Insurance Co.

| books—they've been fancy ~for years.

* Dean of Collestorg

Nearing 78, hels the Hoosier |stamp collectors. spective] exhibitor at the more than 100,000 stamps by clubs of Indiana, Illinois and at the Osage] Hotel ol be held

them. i - albums?

of philatelists.

been, a) member of rather inactive stamp clubs, the Lincoln-Harrjison Club and the Indianapolis Collectors’| Club.

rapher and an ardent collecto thought a new club shoul

Glasses will not be prescribed un-

Hav your eyes examined n o Ww. Jer you need

Offices at

's Collection

ith ‘Meat Book’

formed. Interesting about 20 colectors, | they formed the Indiana Stamp Club, and because of his Betivity, Mr. Coburn was chosen first president. Mr. Payne was its second.| E tpects Notable Conclave Now [the club has an‘active membership of about 85 with Mr. Coburn

‘medicine.

again Js president and Mrs. A. F. Eiteljo g as secretary. | “This will be a notable ear and it should be a notable convention,” Mr. Payne said, adverse to talking of himself and his stamps. “This

is the 100th anniversary of the first|.

stamp| ever used, the Great Britain one- penny black.” Back to that Illinois farm. | Mr. Payne's collection of ordinary stamps grew and he wanted more. There, were tax stamps on | patent He saved those. | There were tax stamps on the medicine for the stock. He cornered: them. Matches had to have a stamp and they helped fill the “meat books. »

| Sticks to U. S. Issues

As 3 grew he broadened his collection field, but always dealt exclusively with United States issues because “that’s a big enough job for anyone.” He has a specimen of every U. s. postage stamp issued, but regrets he missed some specimens of revenue stamps. A true collector, he never sells. He would rather give some away to help a new hobbyist start. | Almost every evening he spends an hour or more admiring his collection. How many are there? J “I could miss 1t 25,000 either’ way it 1 said 100,000,” he smiled.

NEW-TYPE BOMBER ‘CLAIMED BY NAZIS

BERLIN, April 3 (U. P.).—German newspapers mentioned for the first time yesterday a new Messerschmitt bombing plane which the air force has named the {Jaguar.” Der Adler, Air Force magazine, said the plane is equipped with two motors, each developing 3000 horsepower. It carries a four-man crew ‘and is equipped with heavy and light machine guns. The Jaguar “has a flying range great enough

mit Margaret L. Cowan, sprightly 77-year-old retired nurse, to testify

‘lat her murder trial for the “mercy

of her insane sister at last

killing” Allentown State: Hospital August. The nurse has admitted killing her sister, Mrs. Louella Saeger, 67, of Spinnerstown, at the hospital to “put her out of her misery.” She was self-possessed and alert yesterday as the trial opened with the selection of a jury cf six men and six women. Frequently she leaned over to consult Defense Attorney Daniel M. Garrahan as she took voluminous notes on the testimony of hospital officials who sketched the killing. Dr. Henry I. Klopp, head of the hospital for 25 years, said he suggested, when he was called to Mrs. Saeger’s room shortly after the shooting, that Miss Cowan be searched. He said the defendant retorted coolly that it was “too late, I should have been searched when I came.” Faces Capital Charge

Dr. ‘Edward N. Blew, who said Miss Cowan declared she was “not on speaking terms” with him, had discussed what she considered mis-

|treatment of her sister with him on

several occasions. At the insistence of her counsel; the State had been forced to try her on a capital charge. The indictment had charged both murder and involuntary manslaughter. Counsel objected that this was faulty and involuntary = manslaughter was stricken. Her attitude then and now was philosophic. She was satisfied with her deed and willing. to accept its consequences. Her sister was a victime of paranoia, generally -considered ingurable. It «tortures its subjects with delusions of persecution. Paranoics usually are dangerous enough’ to be confined and such had been the case of Mrs. Sager.

Served Well-Known Families

Miss Cowan is a retired nurse. Graduated from the Pittsburgh Homeopathic Hospital, she served many well-known families, including those of the late Charles M. Schwab and George Westinghouse. She retired 20 years ago and for the last four years lived alone in a one room apartment in Quaker-

{town, 18 miles from here.

Mrs. Saeger had been an inmate

lof the insane hospital for several

years, constantly visited by a devoted . sister. On Aug. 15, Miss Cowan went there with her sister’s husband, John S. Saeger, a pistol in her purse and her arms ladened with fruit and flowers. First she induced her sister to eat oranges. She had impregnated them with morphine, to dull the pain of the shots she intended to fire into her. Then she sent Mr. Saeger out of the room. There were three shots. Mr. Saeger came running back to find Miss Cowan placing the flowers in Mrs. Saeger’ Ss dead hands.

Found Sane by Physicians

To police Miss Cowan said, “I feel happier now than I have all my life. her misery.”

sane. She told this commission: “I don’t care what becomes of me. My work on earth is done. I am glad I did it.”

RETURNS HALF OF LOOT

PHILADELPHIA, April 3 (U. P). —A “bad night” proved some consolation for cab driver Martin DeBoe when he was held up by a “fare.”

Averting Wreck

Times Special EDINBURG, Ind. April 3~The wife of a county school superintendent and a 15-year-old high school sophomore are to be honored by high officials of the Illinois Central Railroad for flagging down a passenger train last Febtuary and probably saving many lives. Mrs. Custer Baker and David Hopper risked their lives to flag down the train when four utility poles fell across the tracks and caused wires to cross the rails. Some of the wires hung dangerously over a transformer of nearby high tension wires. Both will be awarded medals for giving valuable service in an emergency, officials said.

Honor Two Hor

MILK BOARD RULING

RESTRAINER ASKED

DANVILLE, Ind., April 3 (U. P.). — A suit requesting a permanent restraining order to prevent the State Milk Control Board from enforcing a ruling requiring milk producers to pay expenses entailed by the two-pool milk plan in the Marion County District was on file in Hendricks Circuit Court today. The suit alleged that money deducted from their checks was being used by the Indianapolis Board of

Health to inspect herds, buildings and equipment of farmers not pro-

I Y' J The Y’s Men's Club of the Y. M. C. A. will sponsor the first annual city-wide Hobby Fair to be held at the Central Y April 25, 26 and 27, Announcement of the project was made today by Emsley Johnson Jr., club president, who named committees for the affair. Kirkwood Yokey, general chairman, said arrangements will be made, to include all

hobbies offered. There will be no entry fees. ' John R. Jones and George Horton were named associate chairmen and Arthur Williams was appointed executive secretary. Other committees listed by Mr. Johnson included:

abby Fr Opens April 25

Awards—Mr. Johnson, chairman; Vernon Parker, John R. Jones, Robert Deardorff, W. L. Le Master and Parker P. Jordan. Properties— Henry Ostrom Jr., chairman; Floyd Wilson, R. D. McHenry, Leland Swengel, Jewell See. Committee on

Protection—Lylé Tinsman, chairman; Harold Thompson, Jack Matson, Charles Cantwell and Larry Ross. Tickets and Finance—Crawford Barker, chairman; Miss Doris Clarke, Grossman,

BIG SEAL HUNT ON ST. JOHN'S, Nfid.,, April 3 (U. P.).

Walter Idle and Leon

ducing milk for the Indianapolis market. . The plaintiffs contended|A that such procedure defeated the purpose of the Milk Control Board by attempting to add new producers to a market already oversupplied.

Horton, Henry Miller,

Publicity—Ovid Jones, chairman; . H. Thompson and James AngeloAN Entries— Russell Abdon, chairman; Warren Fisher, George Clarence Elliott and Carl Alford. Judging

—War or no war, the annual seal hunt is underway. The day after the big hunt opened, the ship Ranger radioed it had killed 3000 of the animals. The fleet expects .to go farther north than usual this year.

TES 0 RECEIVE SAFETY AWARDS

Awards will be presented winners in the 1939 Indiana city and county | traffic safety contest during a bane f quet at 6:30 p. m, tomorrow at the’ Indianapolis Athletic Club. Plaques and certificates will be presented to officials of winning cities and counties by Paul G. Hoffman, president of the Studebaker Corp. and the Indiana Traffic Safe= Council. Governor M. Clifford

Townsend is to review the State's

Safety programs. Faul Jones, Chicago, publicity die rector of the National Safety Couns cil, wili be the principal speaker. | The banquet is sponsored jointly by the safety council and the Gove ernor’s Co-ordinating Safety Come pitee with which it is affiliated.

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She was examined before a com- | mission of physicians and found |

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