Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 4 April 1947 — Page 8

‘Political Smear’

Evansville Mayor {1° Wants Early Trial (Continued From Page” One)

onerate himself in the eyes of the public. > A Vanderburgh county grand jury yesterday returned the indictments charging the mayor and four others with. collecting political funds under ‘false pretenses, corrupt practices and malconduct in office. The mayor posted $1000 bond shortly after the indictment was] ith \ : served. : t of mystery was DC nder Others indicted and arrested were agile <lemen: the Te — Ques} ONE } Calm ge City Controller Julius Ritter, the voman's mother told deputies ner| Quesioning. antey '" |mayor's brother-in-law; Charles daughter had hired a private detec- today stuck to his story that he |Keating, county election commisive several weeks ago because “she| |... nothing of the murder of |sioner; Clarence Wolf, county planwas afraid of something.” The | ohi ; d wile. .Mrs. Jesh: ning commission secretary, and mother did not know the investiga “"'S estranged wiie, rs. Burt «Burton, national housing tor's name, ette Griffin, Investigators pre- [agency expediter. . Circumstantial Evidence pared to give him a lie detector. | The warrants charge the mayor Deputy Virgil Quinn today said test . |unlawfully directed eertain persons Griffin is a “suspect,” but that there|. eS’ {-+Charles (Red) Lee, tavern operais only circumstantial evidence. He i tor, Clarence Coogan and Ben Bartaid Griffin remained calm during working. She left, after learfing he |lett—to collect money from bookies questioning and “stuck to his story.” {was employed at the restaurant. |of 46 horse race bettifig establishThe circumstantial evidence] Her body was discovered on the ments operating in Evansville duragainst him is: bridle path yesterday. A murder ing Mayor Reichert's term. ONE: The. bridle path where mystery thriller, “House of Dark-| “This is untrue,” the mayor said. Mrs. Griffin was found was muddy ness,” lay nearby and her gloves, “If Ben Bartlett or any other pernd recently scrubbed shoes found hat and contents of her purse were son collected any money, I had no

Her employer sald she never to 1s knowledge received calls “from fellows” and that her main inter1st was in her sorority. 8he always aad library books with her, he sald.

Reichert Charges

‘Workers Honored

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complete the action because. “she was in love with him and didn’t want him to marry another woman.” In her complaint she charged he was “keeping company” with another woman, - ; The attorney sald Mrs, Griffin withdrew charges before the case came to trial in September, 1044, Meanwhile, relatives today said services will be held at 2 p. m. Sunday at Lynam funeral home in

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Greenfield for the murder victim. Mrs. Griffin was a member of Greenfield Methodist church, a graduate of Greenfield high school | and former student of Ball State ‘Teachers college, Muncie, and a member of Phi Delta Pi sorority. ‘She is survived by her mother, Mrs, Loretta Crider, with whom she made her home at 250 N. Tacoma ave.; a niece, Betty Lou Shaum, a nephew, Gerald Shaum, and a brother-in-law, George Shaum, all of South Bend.

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Two Indiana Bell Telephone Co. men have been awarded service emblems in recognition of long periods of service with the company. They are N. FP. :

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in Griffin's closets disclosed particles | scattered around the body. She had knowledge of it.” of mud. been shot at close range. Tire tracks| Ritter and the others also said] TWO: Griffin said “no one saw |led investigators to believe she had they were not guilty of any of the! 2im,” when he left work as night been shot in a car and her body | charges in the indictments. { counter man at the American Cof-| tossed qut into the path. | The corrupt practice warrant] {ee house and returned to his hotel | Investigators today were check- served on the mayor is in nine ‘oom between “11 p.m. and 1 a. m.." ing names in a little red address counts. i the night his wife was murdered. book found near the victim's body,|” It charges he collected some | He is to be arraigned in magis- to learn if any of her friends saw [$51,800 from varigus persons for | trate court in Speedway tonight. He her Wednesday. Most of the names [political purposes in the 1944 and | * hag protested his innocence since are those of her sorority sisters | 1946 primaries and general elecae was arrested at work yesterday. in Theta chapter, Phi Delta Pi so- | tions.

Doesn't Own Car rority.

He explained the mud on his Jumps From Car | . hoes with the story that he walked| Deputy Quinn questioed mem- P one eiziire ‘n Broad Ripple park during the bers at a meeting last night but no last snow “just to be outside.” one remembered seeing the victim |

Deputy Quinn said Griffin doesn’t | recently. own a car. It is believed that Mrs.| Also under investigation was the| OWer Epo e Griffin's body was. dumped from a|report of one resident that she| car. Griffin told deputies he dogs | SAW s Roman Jump from a ear in : a : {the vicinity of the slaying WednesA admitted being arrested in | day. i phone Workers (Ind.), appealed to 1939 for striking his wife on the | A report of another resident near | the board of directors of the Ameri2ead with a poker. The charge was |S. Arlington ave. south of Road |can, Telephone & Telegraph Co. to dismissed. He said he and his wife | 39, of a mysterious car sent detec- |instruct countrywide Bell system nad been married 13 years but sepa- | tives there to search for a murder Managements. to “bargain in good : weapon. Deputy i i {faith on the union's demands for rated for the past two years. pon eputy Quinn said the Seen. at Hotel driver of the car had backed up ® $12-weekly wage boost.and im- : and driven forward several times, Proved workifig conditions. He also had been arrested on |nepans Jooking for a spot to throw | The union policy committee will charges of drunkenness and as a , oun { meet late today to consider the peeping Tom. The victi . 259, Union's course in event of governHe sald the last time he saw his |x To CD Jot rer wus BY ment seizure. wife was a week ago Monday When ner mother, Mrs. Loretta Crider,| TWO: C.F. Craig, personal repshe went to his hotel to see him. |, was going to look for a job, |resentative of A. T. & T. President Meanwhile, deputies tracing Mrs. | eneenm— walter 8. Gifford, arrived here to Griffin's movements the day of the MRS. FOX TRIES TO AID FOX | direct the company’s negotiations murder, learned. she visited the, WAKEFIELD, Mass. (U. P.).—A with the union. Mr. Craig assumed home of her husband's brother, small red fox hit by a truck here|a similar role in last year's con- * Russell Griffin, 858 N. East st. at died despite the ministrations of ferences. He personally signed a 6:30 p. m:. There she is said to have Mrs. James A. Fox, who witnessed | strike-averting contract a bare 25 asked where her husband was! the accident. | minutes before the deadline.

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Mr. Nicoles, who has been with the Bell system 35 years, began his career : . as a lineman for) N. F. Nicoles 1. ld Central, Union Telephone Co. A world ‘war | I veteran, he spent two years in| the army signal corps. | He also served as line construc-| tion engineer, facilities engineer | and draftsman. Mr. Bare, a veteran of 30 years’ service, also started with the Cen-| tral Union Co. He has been night | wire chief, supervising foreman | and PBX repairman. Both men are members of Tele-| phone Pioneers of America. {

Mother Faints, Child

Drowns in Bathtub NEW YORK, April 4 (U. P)~— When 2-year-old Burton Kurcias had a fit of convulsions,h his mother grabbed him from the floor and doused him in a bathtub full of | warm water, | Mrs. Lillian Kurcias, expecting her | fourth child son, fainted from the! exertion. When she recovered, Burton had , drowned. Nassau

county police listed ‘his death as accidental today.

$3000 in Cash, Checks Stolen From Safe

An estimated $3000 in cash and!

checks were stolen last night at | the Home Appliance Co. 3360 N.! Illinois st., the owner, B. F. Simmons, told police today. Burglars entered by prying open a side door and battered open a safe. Several radios and electric shavers were taken.

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