Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 4 March 1947 — Page 10
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Airior sacrifices had been “sent to join him in death. He demanded that a person of high rank be killed and sent to him. Two royal . throne carriers ‘told the court that they peeked through the lattice -work of the palace and saw eight defendants club Mensah as ‘he entered the room. Then a sepor, a ceremonial spear, was thrust through the cheeks and {tongue ' to prévent Mensah . from {putting a curse on the murderers and their families. After all eight had been sentenced to death, two were reprieved, including. one son of Sir Afori because of his youth. Two-other defendants died in prison while await{ing execution. | The execution of the condemned | men was first set for November, 1045, | A colonial office spokesman sald {last night that the men actually had been taken into the condemned cell block of Accra prison five times rather than six, but had been removed to other cell blocks on each } egasion
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BURNED BY CIGARET LIGHTER Mrs. Mary Stuart, 29, of 929 Locke st., suffered second degree burns last night when her cigaret ignited a cigaret lighter she was filling.
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same indictment, the girls has not been set. . The boys were white-faced and sober at the hearing. Both were neatly attired. The girls sat apart, listening ine tently to the questioning. Mary Ruth wore a pastel green blouse
Jean had on a gray sweater, white .blouse and black skirt. Both wore bobby sox and saddle shoes. Meanwhile, defense attorneys reledsed to The Times copies of two letters, one written - by Johnson and the other by Mary Ward. The girl's letter, written to Johnson Feb. 11 from the county jail, urged him to “give your heart to Jesus and really, fully surrender.”
Religious Letters Her letter was inclosed in One Johnson wrote to his mother, Mrs. William Johnson, Feb. 13. He said “God has forgiven me.I know. . . . Mary is my guidance and help.” His Bosse high school grt mena had written: . “Sweetheart, things are bad, let Jesus live within your heart. He does miracles -and works wonders. .« Don’t let the devil overcome you. Sin got us here... ..” The night after the killing she sang in jail, “Pistol-Packin’ Mama.” Mary: Ward enclosed some religious tracts for Johnson to read. Of these he wrote his mother: “One said: ‘Will it be goodnight or goodby?’ Mother, I want it to be good-
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NEW DEPUTY—Norman E. Brennan, attorney and war vet: eran, has begun his duties as a county deputy prosecutor ase signed to Municipal courts,
night. I want to be in that number when the saints come marching in, Mother, you've lived a wonderful life in front of me and now I'm ready to repeat that kind of life.”
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Mrs. Johnson is a nurse and an evangelist, Johnson is alleged to have handed! Price the murder weapon in the killing. : As the case progresses, defense attorneys said they may invoke a law “never before used in Ihdiana” in an attempt to save their clients from the death penalty demanded by the
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state. They did not explain, The opening day of the trial in the 75-year-old court house was held before an overflowing gallery of farmers, women and curious teen-agers. ' There were, 250, including a Columbus high school civics class, in court this morning. Meanwhile, Judge Long indicated
witnesses on the stand tomorrow, probably will last as long as two weeks. A Touch of Humor a The case is being tried here on a change of venue obtained by the defense. Representing the teenagers are Mr. Kelley, Anderson; Emmanuel Baugh, Evansville, and Mr. Dobbins, Columbus. Prosecuting are Harold Meloy,
Lienberger, Bartholomew county ‘prosecutor, and Mr. Wall, state attorney general's office. Only once was a note of humor introduced into yestérday's proceedings as prospective juror after juror was questioned with monotonous regularity. Charles 1. Doty, a farmer, was being quizzed by Mr. Dobbins. “Mr. Doty, are you a. family man?” he asked. “I think so,” Mr. Doty replied. with emphasis, after a pause. “And how many children do you have?” ' “Just 10," Mr. Doty said.
Barbara Hutton, Prince On Swiss Honeymoon.
ZURICH, March 4 (U. P)— Barbara Hutton, 5-and-10 heiress, and her fourth husband, Prince Igor Troubetzkoy, were honeymooning today in the Hotel Dolder, high in the Alphs near Zurich. A Swiss registry official, Lucius Giamars, said the couple was married Saturday at Chur, Switzerland. Only two witnesses were on hand. Prince Igor handed the official 500 Swiss francs ($117) for Chur's
liked to give more but his “funds were running low,” the official said.
G. I. Allowances OK'd
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to meet soon for their third caucus on the liquor reform bill. Two
|closed huddles yesterday brought the net result of nothing, ~ ¢
Sentiment indicated: a decision would be reached somewhere between the two extremes. That is, the senators probably will agree to let precinct and ward party officials work where liquor is sold, provided they don't own the place. Promised Last June For the sake of those who just
came in, this is what the fuss is.
all about: Away back last June Governor Gates made a &peech before the Republican state nominating convention saying he would ask the legislature to divorce partisan politics from the liquor business. He did ask the legislature to do it: His bill provided, among other things, for throwing the wholesale beer and liquor business open to anyone who wanted to have a try at it. This meant county chairmen no longer could say who was to have a wholesale license and who was to-be frozen out, Amendments Tacked On The. county. chairmen who had been handling beer wholesalerships on a patronage basis didn't like it. Reports were that some big breweries thought it was fine—they could set up their own beer distribution centers if they wanted to,
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Find Fourth Body In Chicago Blast
- CHICAGO, March 4 (U, P).~ Firemen abandoned their search of a blast-ravaged three-story loop | building today after finding the body of » fourth victim, He was | the last person unaccounted for after the gas explosion. The body of Louis Pappas, 53, proprietor of a restaurant in th building, was found late last night buried under six feet of brick and stone. Mr. Pappas had gone ¢H his cafe a short time before the blast oe curred Sunday noon. - Earlier yesterday, the body of a third victim, George A. Henry, 43, a postal worker, had been recovered from the rubble. Mr, and Mrs. Harry W, Koons of Ft. Wayne, Ind, were killed as they passed the building at the time of the blast. Their bodies were blown 30 feet into the air and onto an elevated train track. Fire Marshal Anthony J. Mullaney told a city council investigating committee yesterday that the build ing, through which the illuminating gas seeped for almost 12 hours before the blast, was “a huge gas bomb waiting lo be set off.”
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