Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 16 December 1946 — Page 11

72 Ve A "

a ...,

He Is Facing

(Continued From Page One)

Howard Roose school, then I wanted to quit. I wanted to earn some money. “They sent me to Gibault school at Terre Haute and I stayed there for 10 months. I was 15 years old and I became a lifeguard at Gibault. Then I came home and started to. Bosse high school. “I was there two and a half years and sports was all I was interested in. I didn't do any studying. I didn't bring home any homework. I wanted to play football and basketball and I made the second teams. “I got so I started to skip school and they finally sent me to Indiana Boys School. (Later he met his

CtHend; BING Price; "it the" school) cosmo: Stole,: Blew. Money! «x= 10. De, a. barber. poi

“I also started to steal. I stole because I needed money ang I just

blew it. I'd swipe basketballs at for a month, then went back to to

MONDAY, DEC. 16, 1948

“At 13 He Stole Goldfish, at 17

1 wd

a Murder Charge

learned the ropes in escaping. He got out twice, was thwarted in trying it.the third time. “The first time was in 1945 and I went home to my mother,” he said. “I stayed a couple of months and mother made me go to the police station and give myself up.

Got License as Barber .

to escape through a tunnel. We sawed off some locks to a tunnel entrance with some hacksaws but somebody turned us in.

School. T found out that if you

“I finished in 1945 and went to | Indianapolis and got my license to (barber. I worked at Beech Grove

At Plainfield, Johnson, like Price, |son stole a gun. Together they stole

the car. : Together they pulled their holdups in Anderson.. Together. they planned to shoot Officer Smith, according to state police. Bill had hoped to get married to his childhood sweetheart, Mary Ruth, and settle down at Evansville, {he said. The Johnsons and the

“Two months later I ran away | Wards live only a few blocks from again. The third time I planned |each other.

But like Price, he had no money, no immediate plans except to bum around the country and steal. When Virgil Johnson went over

“It wasn’t bad at the Bays | © Evansville Bosse high school to

pick up his sweetheart, he carried

treated them right they would, treat the gun he had stolen several nights | you. right. So I straightened up | before from a car in the back of and quit trying: tocescaperT learmed | FDRAMCCULAY. holebuue wxoen "

“He threw back his coat and told

IE To 100K,” Said Mary Ruth.

What Happened to Bill?

Later that evening, the four were get together and drive to Ander-

Bosse and sell them at Henderson, |Evansville. I lived there for about [son again, to start the ride that led Ky. Then I'd steal basketballs at|three months, then I joined the to the death of Trooper Smith.

Henderson and sell them at Evansville. I just picked them up every time I saw one. “I tried to break into a sporting goods store at Evansville to steal some footballs and basketballs but they caught me. They sent me to the Boys School where I stayed 14 months.

SEND FOR FREE BOOKLET

Describes use of Minature Bat~ teries in newly designed hearing

aid. ACOUSTICON 130 E. Wash. St, Suite 515

TGIN. eTL hve ail Downtown Salesroom 39 Nerth Meridian, Board of Trade Bldg Main Office and Salesroom 4018 College Ave., Frank H. Sayder, Mer.

HOOSIER PAINT and LINOLEUM CoO. INNERSPRING MATTRESS and Matching Box Springs, pre-war anatttyS 1990 211 E. Washington RI1-8315

SALES and SERVICE MAYTAGS & EASY Washers

Parts and Wringer Rolls For All Makes

EDEN WASHER SHOP

1911 W. Wash. St. MA-4825

|army.”

The Official Record Johnson's official record at Vanderburgh county Evansville is this: April 11, 1942—Stealing goldfish dismissed. { | May 18, 1943—Theft. Lectured and | | dismissed. | Oct. 2, 193—Burglary and truancy, ran away to Tennessee. Oct. 14, 1943 Attempted burglary sent to Gibault home. Released to mother Aug. 24, 1944. Sept. 9, 1944—Entered high school. Dec. 1, 1944—Became school problem, | Jan. 1, 1945—Called in by proba-| tion department. Feb. 2, 1945—Car theft. Kept + thome pending search for foster | home. - March 2, 1945—School problem. { March 7, 1945—Sent to Indiana Boys school. April 15, 1946—Placed by I. B. S. {as barber at Beech Grove. There about a week, left without I. B. S. permission. Came to Evansville,

<] enlisted in army.

Sept. 9, 1M6—AWOL from Ft | McClelland, suspected of committing burglaries in Ohio. While being AWOL, Johnson met Price on Thanksgiving night. John-

| =INDIANA MUSIC C0.

T15E. OhioSt. ri x woe mes FR. 1184 Imported Direct From Cuba! MARACAS

o $1.49, $2.24, $2.89 a

- ££

TTT WEAVING COMPANY

WHERE QUALITY i]3 WORKMANSHIP GIA

INDIANA 320 ILLINOIS BLDG. ro Indiana’s Oldest

MAIL ORDERS GIVEN

$ REWEAVING

a wd Fe

Moth Holes, Tears, Burns

ZIPPERS Repaired—Replaced

0 PURSEs U Relined—Repaired

HOSIERY

Expertly Mended ==

Mrs. Johnson rocks back and forth in her living room at 1606 Indiana st., Evansville,

courthouse at| Neither does she know the an- | “covering up” for the syndicate

| swers. | “What happened to Bill?” she was asked.

“That's for the Lord to judge,” said ‘Mrs. Johnson; who is a nurse by trade, but preaches on the side.

(TOMORROW: Billy Price’s girl, Vera Jean Hornbeck.)

Miss. Boyd Named New Head of Youth Council

Miss Barbara Boyd, 4647 Sunset ave, will serve as the new president of the United Christian Youth

council sponsored by the church federation. Miss Boyd, who -succeeds Miss

Laurel McPherson, is a Butler university student. and active in young

| people’s affairs of the North Meth-

odist church. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Guy Boyd and was

elected at the touncil meeting Sat- |

urday. Other elected officers include George Keller, vice president: Miss Laurann Brown, regording secretary; Miss Marjorie Murphy, corresponding secretary, and Herbert Barnard, . treasurer, Miss Mary Pauline Keller, retiring vice president, was appointed. associate associate counselor and the Rev. E. E. Russell will continue as counselor.

Electronic Workers To Entertain Children

A Christmas party for 150 Indianapolis children of foster homes, | sponsored by Electronic Labora- | tories, Inc, will be held at 7:30 p. m. Thursday in the Athenaeum.

| The children range from two to 12 years old and each will receive {a new overcoat or snowsuit.” Employee contributions of $1000 were matched with a similar sum by

Electronic Laboratories.

—————————————— SUFFRAGE LEADER DIES NEW YORK, Dec. 18 Mrs, Maud Nathan, women's suffrage leader founder of the Consumers’ League of New York, died at her home yes|terday. She was 84.

JORDAN BROS.

CABINET CO. Immediate Delivery on All Size BUILT-IN CABINETS See Our Large Display .

333 W. Washington St.

«= LI-9em Weaving Company » PROMPT ATTENTION

New Shipment! Just Arrived

"AKRON" The Perfected

BALL PEN

Makers Advertising Price

This pen will be priced at $12.50 after this sale!

wv > 9 2 2 Q Q ¢ he - a. =

WASHING ION

JE A

QUIAEHNIECLIP THIS COUPON MAIR | for Christmas Gift Shoppers = Lu wv

Guaranteed To Write

3 YEARS

Without Refilling

Makes 6 to 8 carbon copies— writes on any surface; paper, leather, cloth or wood. Leakproof-— No Smudges, No Smears,

iiss .$ IAVS—NOJNOD SIHL di

Mail Orders Add 5¢

LEADER

DEL]

6 F " | -f : oo L 0 Oo 3 =

FURNITURE od SAVINGS Vacuum Ginter SRA50 / ore

PREMIER FLECTRIC

Racks

5/98

USE OUR ~~___,

Large Selection of

- Framed Pictures

Large Size Reproductions

CHRISTMAS LAY-AWAY PLAN of Oil Paintings by 4 Up Famous Artists

HUB FURNITURE CO. 14 E. WASH.—FR-0314

BSHELBY FURNITURE CD ma Hi SHELBY—MA-0453

iio

(U. P)— prominent and

Attempt to ‘Fix’ Pro Game Probed

(Continued From Page One)

way character named Alvin Paris, a thin red-haired man of 28, was arrested. He readily admitted trying to put the fix on Filchock and Hapes, But he gave no hint he represented a syndicate which. Mayor William ¥F. O'Dwyer said was “vicious” He was held on a felony charge at $25,000 bail which was expected to be posted today. More arrests were expected. Paris said he offered Filchock and Hapes $2500 apiece in addition to the profits on a $1000 bet in| their names if they would throw the game, Both refused.

Permitted 10. RIAY ove National League President. Bert) Bell wouldn't let Hapes play yesterday because he had been approached directly. Filchock was | permitted to play because he was {approached only “by innuendo.” But |most of his passes went awry any- | how. | Assistant District Attorney George |Monaghan said Paris merely was

| Which reportedly bet $20,000 on the | {Bears on the strength of the “fix,” {then hedged when [Filchock and |Hapes refused to follow through. | For the record, Attorney Mon-

THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

Maguire to thev-ease. He was the! agent who broke the Brooklyn col. | lgge basketball bribery scandal last! year, Police commissioner ‘Arthur Wal. | lander rounded up Mr. Bell; Tim| Mara, who founded the Giant team, Mr, Mara’'s sons, Jack, now presi dent of the club, and Wellington, a club official, Mr. Maguire and other officials. He took them to Mayor O'Dwyer’'s office Saturday afternoon. That night the talks went on at Mr. O'Dwyer's residence. Then Hapes and Filchock were brought in. PFilchock was released immediately. But the officials questioned Hapes from 1 a. m. to 6 a. m,, and he probably wouldn't have been much good on the field yesterday.

Signs Confession

Then Paris was arrested and yes- | terday morning he signed a confes- | sion. He said he met Hapes at a |

“ally mentioned Fflchock. Last Tuesday he tnvited beth players to ‘his office, but they declined. The next day he went to the Polo Grounds to watch a Giant workout and try again. “The other boys say we could win,” Hapes told him. “We don't! want to let them down.”

No One Lost {

The Giants then moved to Bear Mountain and Paris tried unsuccessfully again on Thursday and Friday. The case began breaking! on Saturday. | Hapes disappeared and Flichock |

gocktall party on Noy. 33 and Rus Buile Russ Highways.

| }

|aghan charged Paris with attempt- |

ed bribery of a participant in a

' professional game. Conviction on|

{the charge is punishable by one to five years in prison and a $10,000 fine. His hearing was set for Dec. 23. | With the first tipoff, authorities Raymond |

{assigned Acting Capt.

+10 PIECE

DRESSER SET $7750

TERMS TO SUIT

A complete set of secenerion m mate! gles ond plastic, combining domty pastels with the eater of yellow gold. far bovdeh heavy, ond woeoming plese,

BRACELET axed LOCKET

$749 TERMS TO SUIT

We vistors A jewelry piace ned tor he waior pictues Dainty, hond sngroving sekanes:

he twin-heert tiratch Broceist end matching focket She ¥ adore i *

| | ¥

said after the game: “I don't know a thing about it at all.” The way the game turned out no one lost anything. Bets on the Giants with 10 points to boot, would have made it a tie score for | the gamblers, The result was no bet.

UNIQUE! COSTUME PIN

: 3 75 jo SUIT

6 9% of glomow far Net Nondeene Sivas Din wit h bethany on wile dese oad

EVERSHARP a” SET “27%

TERMS TO SUIT

WEEKLY PAYMENTS to

ARGE. No down OPEN CH on easy terms.

There is only one P

__A YEAR TO PAY

it's the same CA $H

2 8

| National Foundation for Infantile

suit your conv

"No interest of carr

Polio Foundation Chief to Speak

Basil O'Connor, president of the

Paralysis, will speak at a luncheon of the foundation's Marion county chapter’ at noon tomorrow at the Indianapolis Athletic club. 2 Other guests will be Governor Gates, Mayor Tyndall and Dean H. Mitchell of Hammond, state chairman of the foundation's “March of Dimes” to be held in Januagy. A tour of the Indiana university medical center, including Riley hospital, which is assisted by the foundation in its treatment of polio cases, will follow the luncheon.

TT BHANGHAT Deo 18 (U, "Py alls

Beauceant Assembly 90

To Install Mrs. Holmes

Mrs. Bernard H. Holmes will be installed as president of the social order of the Beauceant, assembly No. 90, as 8 p. 'm. Wednesday in| ceremonies at the Commandery | Room of the Masonic temple, Other officers to be installed

Mrs. Harold Rubin, oracle; Mrs. llam Albrecht, first vice president; Floyd Wright, second vice president; Luther Manly, preceptress; Mrs, Rabe, recorder,

are: wil. Mrs. Mrs, Herman

Mrs. Dorval Chrisman, treasurer; Mrs. Clifford Steele, marshal; Mrs, Elmer Baldwin, assistant marshal; Mrs. Harry Buchhols, chaplain; Mrs. Harry Hartman, director- of music; Mre. eodore Pence, standard bearer, He Mrs, Barl Bcott, Soler Bearer: "Mrs, Z. Keller, mistress of the wardrobe, Mrs, Clarence Sharp, daughter of the household; Mrs. Georte Innis, inner guard, and

Mrs. Russell Tirey, outer guard

GARLIC TABLETS

200 Tablets por Bottle REGULAR PRICE ., . $1.18

Sale Price 2 Bottles 1.20

4 Bottles 2.408 Bottles 3.60

KEENE DRUG STORES

Malling Address 208 N. Delaware Indianapolis, Indians

( Miseris of Child's

most 3 million Axis prisoners of | war are building railways and highways for the U. 8. 8. R. in Siberia, | according to a report in the Irkutsk Pravda received here today.

Advertisement Lemon Juice Recipe Checks Rheumatic Pain Quickly

If you suffer from rheumatic, arthritis or neuritis pain, try this sifiple inexpensive home | recipe that thousands are using. Get a pack- | age of Ru-Ex Compound, a two-week supply, today. Mix It with a quart of water add the Jules of 4 lemobs. It's easy No trouble at All and pleasant. You need only 3 tablespoonfuls two times & day. Often “within 48 hours ~ Wplendid resulta are

em and ing to try a8 #8 Is sold by your druggist under an al money-back guarantee Co

pL ' J

Lovely PEARL NECKLACE

$72 0

TERMS TO SUIT

enience.

red.

payment requi

rice at Kay's or § oIT. ying charges

The best-known homeremedy you can use to relieve distress of children’s colds—is to rub warming, soothing Vicks VapoRub on throat, chest and back at bedtime. Its special penetrating - stimulating action starts instantly . .. keeps on working for hours to bring relief while child sleeps. Often by morning most misery of the cold is gone! Only Vicks VapoRub gives you this special penetrating-stimulating action (aspictured).Sobe sure you get VICKS VAPORUB,

upper bronchial tubes with icinal vapors,

special med

VSTIMULATES chet and back surfaces like 8 warming, soothing poultice.

TIGER-EYE +2975

TERMS TO SUIT

New Stylecrest creations, including birthstone sings. cameos, ond Eastern Star rings. she'll be proud to wear! No charge for credit

77%

TERMS TO SUIT

A gift

LOCKET

YOUR CHOICE 39

NO MONEY DOWN

Sor 0. 0 Aer expres afaction, hoon donty gold Wied, heort thapad locket with Qroved Rorel porters; or he delicate, Saouittvily engraved cross with shown, She would ow » en bod