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Schricker Ready Seek State Police Patrol of Muncie Daiey Maps FO Tes (So Harm en Sa eo post.
To Order Probe
Willing to Send Troopers to Muncie (Continued From Page One)
8 the Hai of the shooting ve stories to police, Some! said they had heen playing ma and others insisted it was Ry
Gratzer refused to sign’ the statement until his attorney ar-, rived from Bedford. The reform group said it) planned to create a municipal crime commission on the pattern’ of such commissions in Chicago, | Gary and Los Angeles. Mayor Orders Recheck Mayor Lester Holloway denied that organized gambling had sunk its roots in town. But he ordered Police Chief Earl Nelson to “re-examine” the slayings for evidence of a possible gang war or gambling motive. Chief Nelson yesterday. said he was satisfied that the men who did the shooting were “triggerhappy punks working on their first stiek-up.” State police still were searching for Donald Dalton, 29, of Bedford, whom they believe to be the gunman who killed two men and shot and critically wounded Ralph Frazier, 40, manager of the store. Dalton is also accused of shooting his pal, George Gratzer, 27. Bedford; Glenn Casteel, 40, and Thomas Cook, 56, both of Muncie, and John Stewart, Cincinnati. All are in “good” condition. The shock of the shootings wore off in Muncie, known as a “typical” U. B. city, as.night fell yesterday. Things Are Normal Poker games, craps and horse race bookies were running full blast. The red light which opens and closes its doors like a bank, ran unhindered. Young girls, dressed in halters and shorts, coaxed passers-hy into the plush confines of their establishments. In one joint— Dolly’s, 900 block S. Mulberry St. —the girls and their customers talked of the shooting. One girl said she thought the two thugs visited the place. Taxi drivers continued to pick up fares and politely inquire: “Do you want to get some girls or gamble a little?” No effort is made to hide punchboards, pick 'n wins, put 'n take and other lotteries. On the cigar stand of the Delaware Hotel, one of the leading hotels in Muncie, a full gambling display, including a dice game, covers the counter. ‘All Over Town’
Asked if the games of chance were against the law, Mrs. Donna Kelly, hotel cigar stand clerk, said: “They must not be against the law. They have them all over town.” Police Chief Nelson and Detective Chief Mervyn Collins said they had no information about this. “I haven't seen any,” said De fective Collins. “But then 2 don’t go out very much at n Both police officials ion they had no knowledge that gambling was going on in the cigar Store where the shooting happe Tipsheets, lottery tickets nel other gaming equipment found at the store have disappeared. Were ‘All Over Floor’ Police said there never were any tickets. An earlier police report, however, said ‘that lottery tickets were littered all over the floor. Less than one month ago, a Delaware County Grand Jury heard evidence of gambling in’ Muncie but failed to return an indictment. “There wasn't enough evidence to support an indictment,” one member of the Grand Jury said. Spurred by the double tragedy, feeling against gambling interests mounted in Muncie. A Social Action Committee, composed of clergymen from more than 50 churches in Delaware County, has indicated it will strike now ‘while the iron is hot.” The Muncie editorialized: “The double killing stands as a black mark on Muncie's name, a mark that can only be erased by a tightening of police control
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he New Deal Cigar Store, 604 Walnut St., Muncie, was the scene of the early morning shoot- tenced to die for the Burney slaying. Crowds milled around all day as
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George Gratzer, lying in a Muncie hospital, received word his
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Ralph Frazier, cigar store proprietor, was shot in the chest.
Fund Drive Hits
28% of Goal
$359,650 Received During First Week
First-week campaign collections’
in the 1949 Community Fund drive for support of Red Feather services have reached $359,650.59
and 28 per cent of the campaign
goal, day. Directors of the drive said the current , movement is keeping pace with the 1947 campaign and has surpassed figures recorded in last year's drive during the same period. The goal is $1.280,000. Leading collection divisions at the close of the first week is the industrial division with $126,155. To boost division activity, its members have organized tours of Red Feather agencies by labqr leaders and management representatives. Other reports submitted yesterday at a campaign luncheon at the Ipalco Club were: Residential division, $15,158.49 and 18 per cenf of the division quota; downtown division, $5239.50; public division, $3483.17,
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Methodists Start Teaching Mission
A statewide Methodist preaching and teaching mission now Is in progress in Indiana. The mission was introduced by; mass meetings this week as part of the Methodist ,Advance for, Christ and His Church. » Approximately 4000- laymen including Indianapolis Methodists and those from other towns in {the southern part of the state at-|
[tended the closing mass meeting
yesterday in Bloomington. Bishop Richard C. Raines of
'the Indiana area urged the lay-
men to supplement the salaries of {German Methodist preachers so| | they can carry on evangelistic, in Germany, The bishop
and for {support for 17 young Germans who fled from behind the Iron
| studying The young men are now
studying for the ministry in the { Methodist Seminary, Frankfurt, | Germany. Bishop Raines also reminded the laymen that the Methodist, publishing house in Bremen, Germany, was bombed out during the, war and needs money for a rebuilding program.
| FILMS F BECKON TO INGRID ROME, Oct. 14 (UP)—Actress | \ngrid Bergman indicated today | {she may resume playing in mo-| me pictures sometime next year] | ji i
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police sought the second bandit.
Glenn Casteel was treated for a wound in his thigh.
Thomas Cook, shown with Mrs. Harold Burkey lll, a nurse, received a shattered wrist.
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good turn deserves , Mr. Blakeman said, be 3 On Watts ACTON, Oct. 14— Services for, But Robert Blakeman, an elec- Siugged from behind, Miss Julia Etta Joyce, who died trician at Billings General Hos- When he awakened four hours yesterday in her home here, will Pital, today is convinced it later, Mr. Blakeman continued on. * Defense Contends {he held 3 held at 10:30 a. m. tomorrow doesn’t always work out. to .he hospital where.he was in the Stirling Funeral Home He told deputy sheriffs he was treated for a knot on the head. Indictment legal ‘here. Burial will be in the Acton driving back to the hospital last Mr. Blakeman was robbed. ne (Continued From Page One) Cemetery. She was 80. inight after a bowling session Said. but wasn't sure how much 19.40 home when she reported A lifelong resident of Marion when he was stopped by a Hotere money had been taken. for auty. But later J Rabb County, she was a member of the ist near Lawrence High Schoo vY AL testified : that ter Juage that Acton Baptist Church. She is sur- who seemed to be in distress. o HEA MET grand jury showed Mrs. Clay was vived by a brother, William H.got out of his car to see what The little known metal iridium 42d in a list of prospective Jurors Joyce. ‘assistance he could offer. is nearly twice as heavy as lead. and that the six-member grand ~ jury was completed with the 29th
venireman, thus excusing all be-! yond the 29th man. | Cites Specific Case The deferse however, argued jexclusion on the basis of a {United States Supreme Court ruling on the case of Patton vs. the State of Mississippi. In this® action the high court ruled that in an instance where Negroes had not actually served on a grand {Jury in 30 years time when there ° {was a substantial number of {qualified Negroes it could be presumed there was systematic exclusion. | Judge Marshall took the bench in the Watts trial after the defense asked a change of judge. He granted four defense motions overruled by the previous judge. including the plea in abatement hearing which was heard yesterday. Watts, once convicted and sen-
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ing, was granted a new trial by the U. 8. Supreme Court which held his confession was obtained illegally. In his appeal Watts also brought up the exclusion charge out the high court did not sustain’ this. |
P11 Reds Guity Of Revolt Plot
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24 United States marshals were! " on guard. Fifteen of the marsh-
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Fy als were inside the wall of the x courtroom near the 11 defend‘ants Thus ended the nine-month
trial of the U. 8. Communist Party national Hoard. Immediately after the verdict was announced in the tensely quiet courtroom. Judge Medina directed the court clerk to poll the jurors. The clerk read the name of the jurors and then the names of all 11 defendants. Each juror then confirmed the verdict as regards each of the defendants. The Communists did not move a muscle when the verdict was announced. They all sat erect. | There was no sound in the court-
Face Heavy Sentence Each defendant faces a maxi{mum sentence of 10 years impris- + onment and a fine of $10,000. Each juror replied “I do” to the question as to whether he found the defendants ‘‘guilty as charged.” Immediately following the polling, Mr. Gladstein interrupted when Judge Medina began to thank the jury. Mr. Gladstein requested that the jury be asked if it had considered the evidence against each defendant “separately and individually.” The jury had started its second day of deliberations after arriving at the federal court house
in a chartered bus from the mid- ¢ town hotel where it spent the ; f night. ¢ . McGrath ‘Grateful’ | OPPORTUNITY » ® With Jury Verdict IR EEE,
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