Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 26 February 1942 — Page 4

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Probably ‘Operated by En~emy Agus He Says After Alarm, (Continued ‘Page One)

that no bombs sdropped, Mr. Stimson said. :

He said the operation probably| | age. Seven ci were killed

and 21 injured. Dutch reports was initiated bye an effort to disco anti-aircraft poses of bi

‘He Bd. m ry and civilian defense authorities in Los Angeles for their conduct during the alarm. “It’s better to be too alert than he added. planes flew at n 9000 and 18,000 ported. A lain why American planes did go into action against the unidentified aircraft. Likewise he refused to guess where the planes, if they (were commercial ships, may have based. But he indicated that coast authorities are making every effort find outl fof Says

emy agents in locations of es and for purg the civilian

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Morale Hurt, .. To the statement of Mr. Knox Sheriff Biscailuz |of Log Angeles replied: |

“We decry the very great damage done to civilian defense morale.

the fourth interdo what they > e situation. | © “We believe it is highly important . that we deal in faith with the thousands of ‘raid wardens, auxiliary policemen and . other volunteers in the defense effort.” The Times ed a front page editorial under the title, “Informa- . tion Please,” and| quoted Mr. Knox @s saying: “It was just a false alarm. There were no planes over Los Angeles last night. At least that’s our understanding.” Four Deaths g Blackout The editorial | cited the fourth army’s announcement which said: “The ajrcraft which caused the blackout in the| Los Angeles area for several hours this morning have not been ident Police in Long/ Beach, Huntington Park and Ingléwood reported seeing planes at the apex of anti-aircraft

ME TO DIE . Y., Feb. 26 (U.P). r 24, murderer of Mrs. will have the

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Lieut. William Miller presses a The honking is the air raid alarm,

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eadquarters—an out comes a honking noise, like that of 200 auto horns and 10,000 geese.

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set up at police headquarters today.

continued fiercely against. the Japanese on Celebes island and in Borneo, where the eremy advancing from Pontianak occupied Sintang on the west coast. Dutch forces fell back from Sintang, still fighting. The American submarine action

was one oO e¢ most successful phases of efense of java.

Blast Japanese Base

One of the American submarines attacked a formidable enemy squadron, and wes believed to have torpedoed one warship. As it attacked, however, enemy lookouts spotted it, and it was forced ta crash dive to safety. Today's Dutch communique sail Netherlands ngval forces had bombarded Japanese storage yards

‘near Costhaven, at the southeast-

ern end of Sumatra opposite Java, starting 'numerois fires. (Oosthaven is the terminus of the raflroad from Pdlembang, and thus communique implied that the nese had reiiched the lower end 5 Sumstra, which is separated by 20 miles of water from Java.)

warcraft by their slashing attacks Japanese invasion fleets and planes had permitted restoration of communication with Australia.

tion of Bali and Timor, had said that normal communication with Australia had been severed.

ime) tonight.

Today, however, it was asserted

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| Spokesmen;-foaring that Java was, isolated becaus¢ of enemy occupa-

\U. S. Attacking Bali Armada; Subs Torpedo 5 Enemy Ships

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on good authority that communication with Australia, and thus with the United States by the transPacific route, was functioning normally.

SHIP SINKINGS T0 TAX YARDS

Estimated Losses Set at 8,300,00 Tons Since War Broke Out.

By WILLIAM H. STONEMAN

a of . the 18,000,000 deadweight tons of shipping which the United States is scheduled to build during 1942 and 1943 will be needed to offset the gigantic losses inflicted by the Axis. Losses from the outbreak of the war until the end of 1941 are estimated at 8,300,000 tons gross and it is an _open secret = since Jan. 1 have soared to a really dangerous figure which only frantic building can Mr. Stoneman repair. Prime Minister Churchill was putting the fact mildly when he announced that “in the last few months there have been a most serious increase in shipping losses and that our anti-u-boat flotillas and naval light forces of all kinds have been and are strained to the utmost.”

" Tanker Loss Serious

Losses on Atlantic highways have been serious in themselves. Losses in the Pacific and along the American coasts, which have included many tankers—the most precious of all ships—have made the total no less than staggering. Enemy losses are estimated at between 5,000,000 and 6,000,000 - tons, giving a world loss of between 13,000,000 and 14,000,000 tons gross. The pre-war world total of shipping was 63,000,000 tons gross. Losses have been replaced to some

extent by building in the British

Empire, neutral countries and enemy countries, and especially by American yards, which contributed 1,000,000 tons deadweight in 1041.

Explains Gross Tons

Gross tonnage, which is calculated on the internal volume of a ship, is, in general, about two-thirds

indicates the weight of water displaced by the ship. Thus, 1,000,000 deadweight tons produced by the Americans last year is equivalent to about 700,000 gross tons and the 18,000,000 ‘ deadweight tons scheduled to be produced by American yards in the next two years, about 200000 gross: tons. e losses dile to enemy action have been aggravated by the longer haul§ now imposed on allied shipping. The loss of safe passage through the Mediterranean alone

around the Cape en route to the Near East and the Far East alore is estimated to have reduced the efficiency of British empire sea communications by 30 per cent.

‘ENVOY REACHES CHUNGKING ~ CHUNGKING, Feb. 26 (U., P.).— Sir Horace Seymour, new British ambassador to China, arrived today via India.

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and. “hanged ty “his ts oe wrists until he collapsed. °* He repeated the story in a slate. ment when admitted. to the Michigan State prison to begin his 2-21-year sentence for manslaughter, ~ In his prison statement, now en file with the state clemency commission, he said: ‘After they took me to the old house they told me that I knew what I was there for and to start

and put Boicnd oh me and trung me up by the arms. They left me hanging there for about 30 minutes and asked me if I was

“I again tried to tell them the same story, (a denial of guilt), but they would not listen. They beat me and cursed me and one of them tried to burn me in the eye with a cigarette, but I kicked him in: the groin, “They then hung me up again and

, I was taken to the state police barracks and signed a statement that I did not understand or know. what it said because I cannot read.”

Confession Not Evidence

When he was removed to Crawfordsville, Hitch repudiated his confession and the document was not admitted as evidence in the trial. In. commenting on the prison statement made by Hitch, Judge Edgar A. Rice, who presided at the trial, according to clemency commission records, said: “The statement made by Paul Hitch is in line with his contentions at his trial. This man was convicted after a 12-day trial by jury. After finding him guilty, the jury was really lenient in making the crime manslaughter instead of murder in the first degree.”

Hear Other Claims

During their investigation of the Hitch story, the two investigators reportedly ran into a number of other stories of “third degree” tac-

month on the investigation. As far as is known, the evidence

is mostly that of men now in prison and it in no way implicates the state police department itself but only a few of its officers in addition to some deputy sheriffs and city police forces officers. Don F. Stiver, state police superintendent, declined to comment on the investigation except to say that it was in the hands of Mr. Beamer.

MOVIE SLAYER ASKS CHAIR

CHICAGO, Feb. 26 (U. P.).— Clarence McDonald, the youth who killed as he kissed in the balcony of a downtown theater, said today that he “hoped for death” in the electric chair because life would be meaningless without his sweetheart and victim, Dorothy Broz, 17, dark{haired “all American girl” of Morton high school.

AGREE ON PENSION REPEAL WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 (U. P.). —A senate-house conference committee today reached virtual agreement on legislation repealing the pensions-for-congress section-of the recently enacted civil service retirement law.

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her father. He detailed an unpleasant experience with Mrs. Payne on the Sunday prior to Decoration day in 1041. It followed shortly after he and his wife had returned to their apartment at 1005 N. Pennsylvania

thi st., Indianapolis, after an announce-

ment party at the Mattingly’s residence at 1222 N. Tuxedo ave. Indianapolis. The announcement conSéifed the coming birth of the Mat. tingly child. “Mrs. Oberholtzer and I had just entered our apartment,” Mr. Oberholtzer testified, “when the house | 275, buzzer sounded. A taxi driver called up from the street that a woman downstairs wished to see me. Mrs. Payne ‘In Rage’

“I started for the first floor, On the landing I encountered a tall, dark-faced woman. After she had identified herself as Mrs. Payne, I Rated her what she wanted. She said: © “ ‘You know exactly what I want.’ “I said: ‘I am sorry, but I don’t understand.’ “She said: ‘Is it true that your daughter is married to Charles

. | Mattingly ?’

“I told her it was.” Mr. Oberholtzer then said Mrs. Payne without provocation, lashed him with “foul, filthy and abusive” language and stamped. down the stairs in rage, shouting aver. her shoulder: “That's one marriage that’s going to last!” ;

Called to Sanitarium

Mrs. Irene Houchins followed Mr. Oberholtzer on the stand. A former employee of Mrs. Payne, she said the defendant had enlisted her help in trailing Mr. Mattingly and his wife about Indianapolis anid other cities of the state, including Ander-

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.|son, Columbus and Shelbyville.

~ Mrs. Houchins said . Payne had at one time summ ed her to} a sanitarium where she was resting in Indianapolis and introduced her to a private detective. e witness quoted Mrs. Payne as saying: “I want you to keep an eye on Charlie and this woman’ of his.”

Seemed of Sound Mind-

"In questioning Mr. Cook, the prosécution sought to establish the condition of Mrs. Payne's mind following her arrest the night of July 5. Mr. Cook said: “She seemed to me to be of very

gety and smoked one cigarette after another.” “Mr. Mattingly was still alive when Mrs. Payne was first brought to the jail?” Prosecutor Sylvan Tackitt asked. “Yes,” the witness replied. “Did she seem relieved by the fact he was alive?”

“No, she didn’t. A few minutes

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Mattingly Final Witness for State ~ Testimony That Death 'Pleased’ Mrs. Payne Stricken

later Dr. DeMott came into the police station and said: 's dead. "rm “What was Mrs. ‘Payne's reaction?” “Well—.” Mr. Cook studied his answer carefully. “She looked like she was pleased,” he’ added. : x Defense attorneys objected to this answer and Judge Staff instructed the court stenographer to. strike it. from the record. The defendant was seated at the defense table between her attorneys yesterday afternoon when Mrs. Mattingly, with Charlayne in her | was escorted by Deputy prosecution table, / Behind Mrs, Mattingly walked her ther and Mrs. Charles East, witha home Mrs. Matt is sta in Bloomington.

0. K. With Baby

There was a momentary stir in the courtroom followed by an instant silence. Caroline Payne's large hands, pink tipped at the nails, gripped the arms of her chair. She leaned forward with her elbows on the table, her eyes fixed in apparent fascination upon the bundle in Mrs.” Mattingly’s arms. , The widow took her seat at the prosecution table, unfolded a large knitted blanket and up bounced wide-eyed Charlayne, dressed in white lawn with blue flowers at the neck and hem, and blue booties. Over all, she wore a full length white knitted wool coat. Photographers “asked Mrs. Mattingly if pictures were in order. Charlayne gave her own answer in the best of “goo goo” English and her mother smiled broadly. A dozen flash bulbs exploded and then the hearing of testimony was resumed.

“I Wish It Were Mine”

A newspaperman asked Mrs. Payne what She | aout of the baby. The furrows oothed out in Caroline Payne's! tired face, the brilliant black eyes misted slighiiy and her lips quivered almost imperceptibly. “I think,” she said slowly, “that it is a lovely baby. I wish it were mine.” ‘ Without a single outburst of temperament, to which every baby is entitled, Charlayne remained throughout the rest of the afternoon’s. session, which closed the sixth day of Mrs. Payne’s trial. It was a day in which the prosecution had placed eight witnesses on the stand to sketch the tempestuous life of Caroline, Payne and Charles Mattingly during the period between their ‘romantic break in 1939 and the murder on July 5, 1941. John Conley, Moie Cook and Harold C. Mull of the Indiana Public Service commission were the day’s first witnesses. Each described in

detail several visits Mrs. Payne had

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Payne. She, on the other hand,

1 if Conley were, aware y told

Mrs, ‘Mattingly at the time) that she was bejng “ridiculous.?

mission offices and her “verbal attacks” upon the information girls whom she accused of deceiving her about Mattingly’s whereabouts. Charles R, Swaim, attorney for the State Highway Commission, was the afternoon’s first witness. He recounted twa different threats Mrs. Mattingly had made against her erstwhile fiance while playing hound and hare with him in Indianapolis. “Mrs. Mattingly asked me,” Swaim testified, “if it were true that ‘Doc is sweet on his secretary?’ I told her I knew nothing about it.”

Reveals Alleged Threat

Deputy Prosecutor McCrea framed his next quéstion slowly. “What, if anything,” he asked Swaim, “did Mrs. Payne then say?” “She said,” Swaim replied, “that I'm not sure there is another woman, but if there is, I'll kill the ” (meaning Mattingly.) After learning that Mattingly had married’ his secretary, Swaim said, Mrs, Payne told him: “I'll plaster the so that the whole world will know what he is.”

made to the commission chambers hunting Mattingly after he had left his ‘quartgrs at ‘the: Payne home in Bloomington and: gone to live in

dianapolis. ‘Mattingly, the witnesses indjicatan effort to avoid

was determined to force an inter-

him. . Conley declared that Mrs. troduced herself to him as to ferthe location of Matt-

ay,

In quick order, tHe prosecution placed other witnesses on the stand in an effort to prove a direct link between Mrs. Payne and the crime. They included Judge Donald A. Rogers, regular judge of the Monroe county circuit court who was disqualified from sitting in this par-* ticular trial; Myrtle . Henderson, Mrs. Payne's niece who formerly lived at her home; Clyde A. Snoddy and Roy Hayes, friends of Mattingly’s, and Edith Lucas, former maid in the Payne home.

Denied Her Gun Permit Judge Rogers testified that he

had denied Mrs. Payne a permit to carry a gun upon her application “early in 1941.”

Snoddy and Hayes testified as to

the time of Mattingly's: arrival in Bloomington on the. night of the shooting. Both placed the hour .at approximately 6 o'clock.

The defense charged in its opene

ing statement that Mattingly and his wife drove past Mrs, home shortly after 6 o'clock, that Mrs. Mattingly giggled and Mrs. Payne suffered an feeling.”

Payne's

“indescribable

‘Mental Blackout’ . This “indescribable feeling,” the

defense maintains, caused a “mental blackout” on Mrs. Payne's part tantamount to amnesia.

Defense Attorney: Q. Austin East declared that Mrs. Payne remembers nothing bettveen the time the Matting-

lys: drove by her home and.a few

hours later when she found. herself at police headquarters. being. ques~ tioned in Mattingly’s death. : Miss Henderson claimed that “sometime after 9 o'clock on. the night of July 5,” Mrs. Payne came to her and handed her some money, her diamond rings and two guns in a paper sack.” “She: asked me to take care of them,” Miss Henderson testified.

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