Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 9 April 1949 — Page 1

- 2. : L FORECAST: Fair and cool with light frost tonight. - Cloudy and show ers by night tomorrow. Low tonight, 33; high tomorrow; 60. [Soures—mowars§ 60th YEAR—NUMBER 28 °° SATURDAY, APRIL 9, 1940 * ro Ie. Toes Dor ner

s Worker Cuts Into Well Sha go a bul < 3 ; Machinist Uses Drill XN On Casing Wall After

fl Crew Digs New Tunnel

i SAN MARINO, Cal, Apr. 9. (UP)--A machinist whe broke Into the well easing in which $-year-old Kathy Fiscus has been trapped since late Friday sald today he saw what he believed to be the child's pink dress, about 85 feet from the earth's surface, | He sald he was pot sure that the object he saw was the dress.

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By JOSEPH M. QUINN, United Pros Staff Correspondent SAN MARINO, Cal, Apr. 9—A rescue technician = dropped down a parallel shaft today and began cutting a {14-inch casing of an abandoned water well where 3-year-old. 8 Jathy, Kiscus was. imprisoned. oy ooorov gloair angiron tor co eed Machinist O. A. Kelly attacked the rusted casing some “IS oF 80 Téet deep in the earth while the girl's anxious pare

ents, other rescue workers Goo “with oxygen, and polices ‘and crowd of onlookers wait-| forced big crowds to keep their ed. The casing was 120 feet a ened crowd which swelled deep, und it was feared the child 1, 2500 last night watched the was all the way down. joperations from behind ropes The little girl toppled Into the sypting off the area where the open top of the well while at play diggers worked. {yesterday and had been trapped [died to 500 of {17 hours. Her cries long since night, but sg tors by | had stopped and it was not known (ering again this morning, (if she were alive. police and deputies + Two volunteer workers had cut ‘pared to handle 5000 watchers, {8 shaft on one side of the welll My, Linnel, after earstully {through which Kelly worked his tunneling completely around the way to the casing. Another shaftitube was hauled to the surface lon the opposite side of the well'to rest. Although estimates {was stalled when diggers encoun to Kathy's location In i. Ke! —— ai 20 — meusuring Mr. Kelly for a as 120, a S :

A ‘gensrel view rescue attempt in San Marino, Cal. “Kathy Kathy'— ’ Tediia

“All She Did Was

Pry? . Cry,’ Says Cousin JK Boy, 5, Tells How He §° - Found Abandoned Well

! SAN MARINO, Cal. Apr, 9 (UP)—"All I did was call ‘Kathy,’ {Kathy. but all she did was cry,” | {little Gus Lyon, 5, said today. He was telling how he found

\anid chisel as he began his work weighted with 8’ rubber

and then requested a high speed ‘to rest 87 feel from the surface.

David H. Fiscus, father of 3.year-old Kathy Fiscus, prays over | drill. The tools were lowered down The ball came up dry, indicating

the opening of the dry well where his daughter is trapped.

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bo | ithe abandoned, weed-covered well | {the rescue tunpel, i no water at that level, illed, 2 Hurt as Car nko which hin three-year-ou Faeroe al phent eatin : : {cousin, Kathy Fiscus, slipped yes-| | “This is pretty tough stuff,’ On the scene

[terday afternoon. |

Mr. Kelly reported back over an grandparents, Mr. “1 could hear Kathy crying”

inter-communication phone jearried, A few minutes later Mr, Kelly ported he had broken his hy-| : An wu

: * | Hits Tree, Falls in Canal TE a hea Kathy rang? Fails to Negotiate Sharp Turn Near Fall | dark down that hole and I couldn't Creek; 3 Other Fatalities Listed in Crashes hoe. Saying. AJ] | could ear wan

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i Mrs. Hamilton Lyon, Gus’ moth er, said her son Btamley, 10, |

Ey Two men were Kliled afdtwo mre injured when the car in EE which they were riding smashed into 4 tree on Allisonyille Rd. and | 8 p into a milirace near Fall Creek early today, } g Marine veteran died in his automobile last night after § 2 sideswiping .a streetcar in the 2000 block on E. Washington St. a State police reported two other deaths, one a 61-year-old pedes-! Arian Fho was hit hear Waterloo! == ro ees mnie bata * about 8 p. m, yesterday. The SWiPed a car driven by Clifford | second was a motorcyclist who Adams, 4300 Fletcher Ave. 4 crashed into an automobile near { _ (proximately 300 feet, police said,’ Brazil last night and died today. and went up on the sidewalk be-! , List of Dead ‘¢ {fore stopping.

The car continued on for ap-|

two sides of the pipe. | | Noise of Tools Heard i ldgets Be | The loud speaker system con-| Sires thin men, jockeys, mid. nected with the inter-communica- 8°18 and neighbor children voltan-

‘But Kathy didn’t appear And Mrs. Fiscus dropped her ;hbuse-

‘work. With the other children she’

The dead: Served in Pacific sey, 24, of 1630 3 ran out. : ) Dut Behotontoine Br |" A veteran'of four years’ serv-| Little Gus joined them. He (tion clearly recorded the banging the

‘of Mr, Kelly's hammer and chisel

aidn't know. What: had happened, Sod thé buzz of his saw,

Calvin White, 25, of 2103 Car- ice, Mr. Clark served in the South |

ER mmr ooorolltont Ave soon Pacific and saw action in the New! - he said, He was just “looking for A phvidician feared” that the ndly-euty | ! - , of T28 8. isomething’" with the others. ! : | Kathy plunged into the 20 years ——— : pnt R. Clark, 30, o 8 | Hebrides Islands and in New [e%ius wandered off ond came little girl could not be alive after

{the long entrapment ia the nar- 01d abandoned well while plays

Anthony F. Eller, 61, of ‘Wa- Caledonia, where his gun crew | 1 rosy cating. ing in the vacant lot with her

f upon the mouth of the 14-inch,

terloo: a received a Presidential citation] lining the 120-foot deep JF TE A a. : Workers ‘at the top lowered a Mister, Barbara, 9 and a cousin, = George Kaebler, 19, of Brazil. for bravery. 2, ig wai] fir te Jat thy: eri Thrée-year-old Kathy is shown with Gus Lyon, 5, her cousin, microphone directly down the as Jon, ~ as and Barnars Injured; or 21: 'of 1630 Beile ake Clare was born on an of re “I found ber,” he shouted, ana *ho was playing with her at the: time. : {wel a Hn Pio Dt: po oats NF he air. fontaine St. Arsenal Technical High School, ’ - his mother came running up. SX |" Mr. Kelly's banging and the They telephoned police and Clifford Higgins, 29, of 2103!and an employee of Eli Lilly Co. Acme Tetephotos | Calls to Girl rl? Ay racuous squawk of hix own micto-/then ran to the lof, calling Kathy, . Carraliton Ave i whlch two. where he worked before entering One workman holds light at 2 5 Lyon called down to “I Lda A oh, phone _eammunieation ; Stowned, Finally ae ard ne Aiwa H died gn were injured tolled] pe tor Mr. Clark will be | pening of well. “I asked if she epuld hear me.” FIREMEN PUMP fil es been heard from the bose seemed to come frofn inside tha

Albert Linnel, 29, a former earth. She kept calling and diver, was first to reach the pipe. finally we found the top of the - The shart through which he hole”

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to negotiate the sharp turn of yeild at 1:30 p. m. Monday in . the aunt said. “First she said, Allisonville Rd. at Keystone Ave. Moore Mortuaries Peace Chapel. | 0 ice lies yes then she just cried.” cS

as it approached the city at a yn additiomr to his wife, Mar- Mrs. Fiscus was shocked and

~ : high rate of speed about 4:30 5046 and son, Duane, he is sur- in tears. The two older children 1 crawled was dug through —a Hears Faint Response a m. : y lvived by his parents, Roy and rushed, home with her where she /] treacherous shifting 12-foot belt: “Can you hear me, Kathy." Mr, £4 a Rips ‘Guard Rail {Mary F. Clark, Indianapolis. Nn | 0 S g telephoned her husband, who of sand from the bottom of a 72- Fiscus called, leaning over the el

Deputy Sheriffs Felix Blazic, ao. Eliert died in Sacred Heart called the fire department.

and Donald Maris, who Investi-/ yoenital. Garrett, last night of . Mrs. Lyon sald she and Mr. gated the accident, said the car io received when ight of Body Found Outside riscus talked: to Kathy for “a

skidded sideways along the gravel oor bv a car driven by Albert Trailer at Hammond couple of hours. - All the time

foot-deep trough near the 120- well. “Yes,” came the faint ree foot shalt. It was believed the ply. girl might be at the 120-foot level,: The little girl cried gently at and the rescue shaft was well times, and her confused answers

above through the use of portable radio show under police escort to

berm of Allisonville Rd., knocked: 3 » accel Kathy's voice was growing ‘above this depth. showed her hysterical state. down a portion of guard rail mor, 88 of Angele a" HAMMOND, Apr. 9 (UP)- Po- weaker and weaker until it finally lle Nad Tain trapped in. the] Yehen her parents called, “Are along a small milirace leading 300 oo iior died today dn Clay !ic€ sald today they were virtually stopped.” . well all night, and the last sound you standing up, Kathy?’ she ane from Fall Creek. hit a tree andi, iy Hospital of injuries suf- Yithout clues in the murder of & we from her was heard about 8:30 swered: : came to rest with its nose in the red when he collided with a car 34-year-old crippled widow whose h ‘ . m, Mr, Idnnel and former —*Yes. I am.” : water. {driven by David F. Lewis last beaten and burned body was found w en a Red, Red miner Jobn Inhnat, who dug the A little later they asked If she A The impact as the car hit the ight near Brazil. Just utaide the door of her house R bi G “Bob -jateral shaft, said they would not were lying down. Be dena aad ete pre | iui s tock stun we sowsews Robin Goes: Bob, st Lhe Je Senug fof Cu | vow: 3 am: Say anmmettl 4 4 . eg : > 9 pe of hours.” ; again ] : two who died, Mr. Lindsey and April Showers An autopsy showed, that Mrs. Bob, Bobbin sine ; A physician expressed doubt ania. the well was drilled Mr. White, 3 : Evangeline Thomas died of a __ © di a at they would-find the child alive. ny the Culifornia Water sand Taken to Hospital On Tap Tomorrow fractured skull caused by a blunt POLICE LT. JACK SMALL “Inder such circumstances I Tel Co. of which Kathy's M instrument and protrusion of the a a . Be ” f u + Telephone Co. 0 e v! : r. Carter, driver of the car, LOCAL TEMPERATURES skull by.a sharp instrument who has, answered a lot of don’t see how she could live more father 13 resident manager, eed : and his surviving companion, g . m. 10a m... 50 The trailer tn which she lived emergency calls in his time, be- than four hours,” he asid. Fire equipment from Pasadena 1 Mr. Higgins, were taken to 2 54 1m... 36 11am... 58 Iwas almost . destroyed . by fr lieves appeals for help can go too Not Sure of Exact Depth and Ban Marino soon arrived. * i pumping station office of fhe in. 8am... 41 12 (Noon). 35 |wnich pupned in o i in far. Like this mofning. for in- Mr, Linnel and Mr. Inhnat did = Police lowered = rope and y 0“ “ stance. “rs Bier to General Fospaal, Mr Th MM 10m... 38 | whe gutopsy-report said SNe! ISharge of the desk, 14. Smal cia ey Ee ar Te Ih were moss when Toes Matted ; z Carter received a broken. left leg April showers tomorrow will had not been raped. was taking Incoming phone calls PIPE BENDS casing. Their shaft from thé side {0 raise it, ti 5 and Mr. Higgins suffered frac- rollow fair skies and light frost Five Ribs Fractured {while his dispatcher was on relief. AV of the trough dipped slightly as it| A policeman lowered his hand. § tured ‘ribs. : tonight, according to Weatherman FIve of her ribs were fractured The phone rang and a man’s voice was pushed toward the casing cuffs Into the well, but the child . i They told police they had been paul Miller. and her breast bone was broken. said: wall, and they estimated that they, afled to grasp them and they on their way into the city from| Marion county farmers: and There were second and first de- “There's a robin in my base- made contact somewhere between were lost, ; Noblesville, where they had gone orchardists anxiously awaited re- gree burns on her body. ment.” 75 and 85 feet in the earth. Johnny, the Philip Morris ¢ige - last night. An observer, H. 8. suits of last.pight’s freeze and The body was found shortly "A what?” They Kept in touch with crews aret midget, left a Hollywood i i Newlund, 2620 E. 7ist St, told!fpost, when temperatures in In-i after 10 o'clock last night by fire-) “A robin. A bird.”

¢ the deputy sheriffs he saw their gianapolis dropped to 32 and Men who extinguished the blazing! “Oh” | : : michophones strapped to their volunteer for the job. When £ car round the curve at an esti-i{, 25 at Weir Cook Airport. {trailer. - Police did not know who. “T want him out of there” ; aah bodies. 3 “Skeeter” Challers, 13, and Jack ‘ Shi £ mated 95 to 105 miles an hour: Temperatures were expected to turned in the alarm. “What do you want him out 2 CASING 14 IN / Rescuers said the well appar- Allen: 18, & jockey, volunteered, fort and i ~The mutomobile. was owned DY remain above 33 tonight as a Detective Lt. Frank O'Donnell of there for?” IN DIAMETER [77 \ 7 ently was dry, even at the low Mr. Fiscus told them: ER : ? Robert Rhubsche, 26, of 1630|warmer low pressure area moves said a letter from a Mrs. Ivabelle, “Pm afraid oell kili* himself : CE i : Z level. rn “Thanks, boys. 1 want her . i Bellefontaine St., who said he had|jn from the southwest. ‘A high Benjamin, Zural Route No. 2 bumping into a wall” sss ¢ wt To protect themselves, the two saved, but not st the risk of some 1 “loaned it to the men for the eve- ,¢ gy was forcast for tomorrow. Oneonta, N. Y. had been found ] oc. : are J 2 77 men used 30-inch pipe to line other youngster's life.” ? ning. 4 rest primer {among the charred ruins. He maid SWELL, 60 downstairs and 777 BAN _ _ the inside of the t Lo They Be -— } Sideswipes Trolley : : Mrs, Benjamin apparently was Chase ‘ S EY on : Ty - s — & Mr, Clark, rien and the ta- Chuckhole Throws oo IMI. iam oni 4 i “How” : Diagram shows method rescuers are using “in sttempt to Sala Amini SIAoH ao uve Times P reviews ; g ther of a son, Duane, 3. was driv- Car OF Wrecker | |. “Why, just open the door or reach Kathy. Trapped 87 feet below, it is feared she may have ins which might trap t alon; : » ; r Find Hasnital Bill 24 hi $" : y y might trap them "ES F h 2 Ing west on E. Washington St. =, __ being hauled by a wreck-' Evidence was found showing window and shoo him ou - slipped farther down. Shale stopped drilling on one side. with the girl they were trying to pr ng asnions 3 Rbout “10:13 BB vieh his a er jumped off its hook and tore that the Lake County Welfare Dut: Rt what 3 be Domes haps : en . : es r= {reach. i You can be “the prettiest i Sideswipe iped 20 K. Nasmingion 81. up several feet of concrete, side- PArtment had paid a hospital bill Loo 0 TUTe Ch Ul SRE Street Funds Must Stretch : © | The shaft sunk by two vohn-| ..

walk early today-because of a for Mrs. Thomas recently. Her." ™ 0 wait & t while hel

‘teers appeared the best hope of | \chuckhole in a city street. {left leg Wag crippled and she naedis oy cove of it. When be returned

" Indianapolis will have {0 stretch troller painted: & gloomy pictiire reaching the girl. On the other

i happened in. ® crutch. oh 1 sad hun ; {$33,708.50 for street repair this of an additional $33,000 in gas side of the casing, whose upper Tow's % block W. Morris St. as, Ok ter Shite hér hug entrar rr Just as Year, City Controller Phillip Lo tax revenues which the state had end EE I amt lot, a bt BB wreck- | ond He had worked for the BAPPY to have it end that way. . Bayt disclosed today. * impounded. istarted. a parallel diode; 1 eur [Pullman Standard Ca | The amount represents the un- This amount, according fo Mr. been stopped by layers

Manus! o , facturing Co. “It was not khown Baby's Body Found (expended 1949 balance of the Bayt, may have to be refunded to and shale at the 85-foot ‘ | Police today were searching for : ithe parents of an infant! girl

[gasoline tax fund from the state the state hecause of a gas tax law : : — said it was the only one: { i 8: tg 'W labored throughout the ri He . 8 Side the “0.0m the lot. Others parked there, found dead wrapped In old pews. ** Of Dec.31. 0d [passed by the 1947 General As- gig away the trough. ne Editorials ... 10/Soblety ..... 3 jump off the hook and tear UP: recently had been moved i Jo. papers shortly before noon on the, while he knows how much he sembly. 'Kept the scene clearly

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: He | Kept hs of west pank of the canalMaear the will have to resurface streets and Mr. Bay( said the Bw will be during the night. Firemen : town district. gf ifill chuckholes, the city con- contested. ol (air lato the tube to

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