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~~ PAGE 1% — : ; _ THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES Local De Christen Trial !Almost Every Letter s. A Problem CEL Is New Chapte Zi gn Rites : " = Ser ph LAN Ex-Poli In Weird Case WHILE YOU AY Boe -WGIH adh, «8 WAIT SERVICE 2 : 4 agis {the Indiana University division of , \ 110 | yesterday in Accused in Slaying adult education and public ¥ Y S after an lin Confessed by Lobaugh Berviees. foals wilt pe held a C 9 : was 84. By ROBERT BLOEM m | 47 £. WASHINGTON — DOWNSTAIRS. pM, Lougt _Ralph™V. Christen, former Ft.! iy. Mayor Wayne druggist, goes on trial in| Served + te Columbia City tomorrow in one : boy pe of the weirdest murder cases ever # re departm recorded in Indiana. i employed as If the state fails to prove he A native c murdered . Mrs. Dorothea Howard former chie in 1945, another man waiting in| near Indian the death house may pay the pen- — ; r— } and held alty—a sort of reserve candidate = 1-1 Beech: Grov for the electric chair. For this! - —1 | and Beech C murder and two others, 32-year-: - r—1 ¥ Ser old Ralph Lobaugh of Kokomo - — Services has been sentenced on his own. 1 — 10:30 a. m. confession to die, : — yo son Chapel As the trial of Christen neared, A -— —\\ burial in N the state’s top legal question was — y Mr. Loug how can a mdn be tried for a i= wife, Flore murder to which another man al- : 8 y Mrs. Ruth. ready has confessed. Yet.Chris- Human. Catoillne Aldrich. | Jute Elva Craw ten was Indicted by an Allen ridge H *8hool Jona "5 | Jr. and Do County grand jury after the Lo- gh fichool. W. Gene mes, | - Beech Grow: baugh confessions and without inter, Clavion E. Ray, David — —Cora~Harshy any change In Lobaugh's status, , — -< © aod pawardB. Landreth. ham George Ette as the “guilty” one. o s PTA (7s 2 ———, 4 Snes | He en SS A gut ren | : bl yo Zane Hitch oa taugies Guilt Doubted Dear Governor: . . . Another batch of letters from "the people” is Dear Mayor: . . . Each letter held by Mayet Feeney's secretary, Charla piharp. wad Robert Schaefer. | | Sry and Mn. ; n the other hand there has ; i i i idei i i i ich Hi v 2 Lough, DO Tah Gti tet Aes handed Gov. Schricker by his secretay, Miss Genevieve Amidei. Miss Mary Smyrnis, contains a problem whic Hizzoner must solve OES CHAPTER TO TIBET Eo Lobaugh was guilty, Since the!

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day in 1947 when he astounded Kokomo police by confessing the murders of three Ft. Wayne women, he has changed his story periodically. er Never has the state seen a less convineing confession, Seven times lobaugh's execution ‘has béen set, Bix times he has been granted more time while

~ Constituents Tell Mayor Feeney - How to Run City—By Mail = By IRVING LEIBOWITZ Mayor Feeney gets explicit orders on how to run the city—by mail A dally pile of postcards, letters and telegrams tells Hizzoner what to do with pigeons, fast time, slow time and spars time. | a Women pen wiglders are the most “insistent, consistent and con-| Mo ie San 1 state herds yp structive,” the Mayor says, The fairer sex scribbles 90 per cent of *¢NUnE the ng orthorn

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all the mail he gets, champions of state fairs and See these BELA type blinds for the friendly ond « & Jacobs, at the state, the Supreme Court and An average of 60 epistles each| Canada will be present at thet i: : tising, will local authorities tried to convines| BY LOUIS ARMSTRONG day tell 60 re fu of them | 42Y at work, I put on my hat | pu dromatic look you've been wanting for your dress the an themselves he was telling the Hoosiers are as close to their|, qo0i ing the current big topic of) ANd Coat and started for my International Milking ‘Shorthors favorite rooms. Only BELA has on interchangeable Pan-Am } truth. » Governor. as their. nearest. mail the day. Som : & top | haven of rest. In passing one [Show in the State Fairgrounds]. Cash or Terms y - ogg og re a A gg a} Baas vive vers wp . a ne y. Some, however, pour out a3 a — | box and facia board. BELA blinds ern Dry : Many murderers’ claims of in- poy, <i ..|the human dramas of everyday| Of OUT many Beautiful Puiidings, |oct, 8-1. p HEE== “I0Psry dot Gna 'aCiG boare at the Ma Bo mone Ttaneen doubted. in| And don't ‘think for a minute] Ving. 1 was ‘shamefully marked bY & | The show will be held in econ- 2, ny /a HE will'have your friends and family raving Hotel Fri and reed amore bear thousands of them don’t realize ca Sontonts Varied “My beautiful wine.-selorsdiifiSHer ia ihe. nttationsl pa [44 (li aly over the: Newsbook-ohhomeuommyscisis Bight. tain the 32 * The contents are mixed. Some| wool coat will never be the |-auy Exposition at that time, Mr, Hoo -year-old former grave- w as will the anntal meeting of the | 0 ACE VENETIAN BLINDS AND SHADES who has vi isn’t a serious tal Each mail sarrying day a post- are belligerent, some plead, some same. Of course, I might em- 8 APPLIANCE & FURNITURE ( FE BETTED NIK AE A2ANE - digger JL 8 aeviow Joantsl case he/man lugs 300 to 500 letters to offer advice, some threaten, Others| proider the likeness of a pigeon [American Milking Shorthorn So- | ARE THE BETTER KIND. WE MAKE THEM Latin and § sometimes claims to be. Gov. Schricker from his eonstitu-|seek advice, like the letter from a| over each spot. , Slety. ; SR : » America 3 On the prosscution against ents. North Side woman who wrote: “Mr. Mayor, your honor, why | Premiums totaling $9000 will ACE BLIN D CO sry Christen will be the Whitley! Contents of the messages run| . MY dear Mr. Mayor: Phave | gare we as a city so lax in elimi- be awarded to Milking Shorthorn o the last yea: County prosecutor, James Biddle, [the scale of human emotional] 13 Cats at home and Ilove them | nating Mr. and Mrs. Pigeon and |breeders when their cattle are : Roy C. Roberts, Owner Ball, having fresh out of law school, the Allen| problems, requests for state jobs| Very much. My husbandobjects | ramily. Indianapolis is a marked- [judged Oct. 14*and 15 by Keith BPA Public County prosecution staff and|and unusual suggestions for run-| !0 them and is forcing me to get | gity, Lets pretend they are—as |King, Victoria, Ill, a past presi-| | 646 Virginia Ave. Phone MA. 0300 or FR. 2921 jis firm 1m : probably a representative of the|ning the state, ..- rid of them. ell me, Mr, May- | {nay are—the enemy Invading [dent of the American Milking. tell of his e: attorney general's office. Mr.| “We try to answer every letter,”| °F: ©&% You place them for me?” | yp4ianapolis. Lets go out and |Shorthorn Society. Rasa ; spcicasond m—— S— American. sald he had uested hel v. Schricke Fy t he No matter how hédvy the vol- battle. It can be done.” = I —— - Mrs, Lillia , Bad ; roq P|Gov. Schricker sald, “but the vol-|,,,\, "Mayor Feeney answers all eta enm— the Foreign from the state. ume keeps us a little behind in : ; y oy . ) : : ; Coun Indi lis While lawyers and the Whitley our work.” = ° letters. [But he admits the ‘tough- Bendix Reduces Prices Del a apo ty Cireult Court work on the » est” kind are the ones which come | . merce, . sald on of Bow many men: can A Major Duty from distressed parents asking On Automatic Washers agents were ed of the same murder Actually, handling the dally for for advice on how to cope} price reductions . were an- bration and State Police will be investigatin g mail comprises a major duty for with a wayward daughter or son. nounced yesterday on two Bendix dinner woul the Lobaugh case still another|l® Governor. Yet on occasions| The Mayor often turns these|automatic washer models by H. The Wm. ! other matters must take prece-|over to Mrs, Manners, The Times’ A. Hollibaugh, vice president, Ra-| sent a sty time. The investigation was ordered |3¢n°% family relations columnist. dlo Equipment Co. Indianapolis Where to Friday by Gov. Behricker, who| ‘ome days I can find only School Kids Write . Bendix distributors. _. : Waar" sires granted the sixth stay of execu- enough time to dictate one letter,” “yr get the biggest kick out of The gyromatic model dropped | The Refrigerator that The Was! tion for Lobaugh after refusing to|th® No. 1 Hoosier = declared.| answering mail from school kids,” sharply from $320.95 to $206 and : Soloulal on commute his death sentence to| 160 On Others We are able tothe Mayor admits. “They mean the same model with the soap has never been overpriced can studen life imprisonment. The Governor PAK® MOre progress. - |more to me than letters from the [ejector was cut from $349.95 to| loge i 1 re sald he ordered the investigation| Only during legislative sessions, so-called big-shots.” . 19.95. The new prices include : Ame ow I because “if the man is not guilty according to the Governor, is| City traffic “problems come in!normal installation. The New it would not serve the ends of there any general appeal over|for a major share of criticism and| Mr. Hollibaugh sald the cuts an g News, justice merely to commute his ‘19sues.” Few letters dealing withipraise in the Mayor's mail. But were about 10 per cent and the % Hoover, sentence to life.” national problems are received, |during the past three months largest percentage reductions in (er ehh frm— Lobaugh's newest execution Four Categories smoke and fast time hit the jack-|the washer industry. § oO —~ Jee date is Aug. 25. TE ; pot. — per 4 his mall A surprising amount of the Grotto to Meet : ” R l H y Our classes: Mayor's mail comes froin school-| gahara Grotto Auxiliary willl ealtors to Hear ONE: Concerns inmates iniage children. Most of them thank meet at 8 p. m. Wednesday in institutions. Letters " either re-|“Mr. Mayor” for visitf & par- > Auditort oT B " E B T k : Ng & DAr-ithe Grotto’ Au um, 41 . . « 18C emeyer Sua 4 it & person 3 an institu-| ticular S6h0] and participating In| washington St. Mrs. Laatia| {ton released or t A person ian assembly program. ° resident, will preside, Karl 3. Tskusalvs; Suctutary on the outside be placed within] One letter from a youngster last Pranfy prott te be provided treasurer of Schm "lone of the institutions. week prompted the Mayor to start

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TWO: Requests for clemency In — behalf of state prisoners. Most often the letters are pleas from wives asking that their husbands be released so they can assist in supporting the family. THREE: Patronage requests. This type of letter has been fluitering into the Indiana gover-i; nor's office ever since the first capitol was established at Cory-|

an investigation of the city’s playground facilities, * An annuakcampaign is the let- | ter crusade against the city’s flock | of pigeons. One indigant sales-!| lady wrote: : : 2 | “Dear Mr. Mayor: I wish to | report a tragic mishap. “After spending a pleasant IT

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