Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 29 November 1949 — Page 1

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‘Hiness Interrupts Hearing of Gardener in Municipal Court

Charged with the midnight slaying of a crap game companion, a. 57-year-old Indianapolis gardener suffered a stroke when arraigned in Municipal Court today. Roscoe W. Rowe, 1217 Oliver Ave., arrested early today

after Harlan Jent, 28, of 522

in Raye 8 8 howe; Collages in Judge Joseph Howard's court-

Harlan Jont . . . slain after crap game,

"lin Rowe’s hand at the time Jent

Fred Conner co got killed."

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Henry H. Law . .. saw smokIng revolver.

Death Held Suicide

BEDFORD, Ind., Nov, 20 (UP)

~Coroner 8am Rotman today re-

turned a verdict of suicide in the death of Eric B. Dishman, 57, Springville. Dishman's body was

found in a road near. his home

yesterday with a sawed-off shot-

gun at his side. A note found-on

his body said he was despondent because his second wife left him.

Accused Killer

Tide De was taken to General Hi Where he was reported 5 lin fair con _ ~ | After detectives askéd-that.-the|

Vapsed In an adjoining. office,

f |W. 38th St, was ransacked but

ing Pal Stroke

Chase St., was shot to death

room as detectives asked for a continuance in the case.

Rowe was accused ‘by two witnesses of shooting Jent to death in Ww over a $20 bitl in a crap game in the kitchen of the Rowe home, Following his collapse in court

case be continued until Dec. while they searched for .the still missing death weapon, Rowe took his seat in a front row and started trembling, police said. Judge Howard ordered him taken from the room and he col-

Raymond Sheehan of the Phot Hospital staff told Judge

clot in the left side of his head. The prisoner was able to walk to the ambulance, however, with the

ver two witnesses said they saw

was shot. Rowe had not admitted the slaying and the death weapon has not been found.

Doesn’t Admit Slaying

police said they could not locate the death weapon. Police said called them to his home the statement that co. al iss beers shot’ 4 when arrived they found Jent ED as My found dent

Two other neh bss said “they were engaged in the clqp.-game in Rowe's kitchen decused the gardener a ve detaifed statements to yt es. Fred Conner,

of 632 Warren Ave., statements to the effect that they had seen & revolver in Rowe's hand after “a violent argument” over a $20 bill, n Roscoe and Harlan started arguing we started to leave the place,” Mr. Conner said. “There were five of us there, I started for the door and heard

(Continued on Page 9—Col. 1) Burglars Take $40 From 2 Auto Agencies

Burglars struck at two adjoining North Side agencies last night, obtaining $40.| The money was: taken from a| filing cabinet at Snider Auto| Servic, Inc, 3757 N. Illinois St.| Using tools obtained in the com-| pany shop, the yeggs failed to open an office safe. Office desks were looted. Entry was gained through a side window, police said. The Community Buick Co., 58

the burglars left empty-handed. A rear window was brol.en.

Agreement Reached in Kokomo Steel Strike

KOKOMO, Ind, Nov. 29 (UP) —The end of a two-month strike at the. Continental Steel Corp. was in sight today after company and union officials announced they had reached a tentative tative agreement. !

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City Gets New Bid "Medieval Jail Practices Condemned by Committee

Sheriff's Group Plans Three Projects To Do Away With Unwholesome Conditions

By LARRY STILLERMAN Steps to remedy “medieval” retentiop of prisoners in Marion

. Hearings on Fare Hike Plea Close

By ROBERT BLOEM The city administration today received a new invitation to join in an efficiency study of IndianRailways, Inc, The invitation was made by utility Attorney John Groves as the Public Service Commission wound’ up hearings on the emergency rate increase demand. Throughout the hearings City Corporation Counsel Ed Knight has indicated Mayor Feeney was hurt because he had not been

(Continued on Page 9—Col. 4) Railroad Loves To Please Riders Despite Big Loss

Times Foreign Service MANILA, Philippine Islands,

automobile) Nov, 20--We may not make.any!

money but we do have a lot of] fun. That seems to be the motto of the government-owned Manila Railroad Co. these days. Explaining the recent Iinauguration of the railroad’s pullman recreation coaches, despite the fact that the company has been losing money for years, one company official said: “We aim to please our cus-

COME JT wer being taken today.

unwholesome practices in the jail.

the sheriff's committee, today was to set up a Christmas toy painting project for long-term prisoner. The project Is patterned after work city firemen do in off-hours at their stations. The seven-member committee made recommendations to improve prisoner relations at their fourth roundstable discussion last night in the sheriff's residence. Two-Month Probe Their suggestions followed a two-month probe of local jail methods, which several committee members termed “senile” and “medieval.” Other projects but still under study,

recommerided,

Hospital or the Indiana Univer-| sity Medical Center. The committee warned, hows ever, that rehabilitation measures are a “long- -time; slow and

: projects to rehabilitate inmates, one of Which’ Wwill- be! started within two weeks, were under further study after Sheriff Photo, Page 's professional jail committee [160 sited pevehotogienl psychologically

Miss Mabel A. Dunn, county assemblywoman and chairman of

3 Young Prisoners Take a Walk

Three young prisoners, two from Indianapolis, walked away from the Indiana State. Farm early today, prison officials.’

the trio “walked off under cover| of darkness during the morning {lineup outside the building.”

include a Were asked to pick up Robert [library set up for short and long- Fulkman, term inmates and daily medical Brown, 20, both of Indianapolis, examinations of incoming pris- and Claude A. Webster, 21, of oners by interns from General Madison.

and were classified as trusties at the farm.

t dead have been accounted

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PUTNAMVILLE, Nov. 29-—

The superintendent's office said

Police throughout the state 23, and Walter F.

State Farm officials said all three were serving one-year terms

thorough A roots” They cited the need to stimu-

tomers.” » »

THE PHILIPPINE traveler

can now “dance” his way to hiainsecurity and failure to adjust reten

destination — for. an extra 25) cents added to his fare.

Recreation coaches for excur-| sion or party purposes are being| Butler

attached to regular passenger coaches. Each of these cars is equipped to accommodate 20 |

dancing couples.

How empty can Christmas be?

Her grandparents do the be youngster who isn’t old enough to go to- school. What Mary re-| Bo out of life are only the bare necessities ., . . and they are mighty skimpy at times. For the

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grandfather is ill and unable to work. All the clothes a princess could demand wouldn't give little Mary the joy that goes with opening packages from mother and dad on Christmas morning.

In THE BIGGER ,_ BUNDAY TIMES

Little Mary can tell you. Bhe's poor . . days because she doesn’t have enough clothing. She’s never experienced the real joy of Christmas , . she was deserted by her mother and father long ago.

Child Deserted by Parents

Faces Gloomy

Times Clothe-A-Child Drive Cites Only One Of Many Cases in Need of Urgent Attention

By ART WRIGHT

Christmas

» . and she's cold these

. because st they can i. "thin bright-eyed

Here is the dived Yaiing of con-

tributions for Clothe-A-Child’s 20th year: : Herbert Todd ........00v0.8 3.00 B. P. O. Elks No. 18 ....... 50.00 AFriend ..ovvievvirianess 10.00 Golden Rule Aux, OES .... 5.00

Shasta anne

Denny The Late Book Club ......

10.00 former Superior Court jurist. tion 25.00 10.00

late a more “cheerful” attitude {at the jail, one which would erase “punishment before conviction,”

A Major Step Dr. Charles C. Josey, head of University’s psychology department, urged the library | erect to “bring some sunshine {into a psychologically dark at- | mosphere.” Chief Jafier Harry Cook, exai member of the committee, rned that classification of Wears must be studied to set {up proper rehabilitation process. {He agreed, however, that a li{brary was a major step in taking “time off prisoner's han The third project was suggested by Dr. Thomas A. Cortese, | South Side physician and sur|geon. He urged hospital interns {help solve the jall's “medical | problem” by giving examinations to incoming prisoners. “An intern would only need to devote one day In every 60 to gain this invaluable experience,” he said. Not designed to “pamper prisoners,” the committee decided last night to invite local municipal judges, Federal Bureau of Investigation agents, social agency ahd civic group consultants to sit in at future meetings. “This is a community project,” sald Judge Herbert E. Spencer,

“There's no overnight solution, but rehabilitation must be insti-]. tuted to help curb crime here.”

All Lit Up

NEW YORK, Nov. 20 (UP)—A 10-man crew will work for the next five days decorating a 75-foot Christmas ‘ree set up in Rockefeller Plaza. The tree, a 10-von Norway spruce, will be coated with 200 gallons of flame-proof paint and decorated with 500 plastic globés and 7500 lights on

‘Escape Fla NE Into Building

Craft Crashes in Trying To Land at Dallas With One Dead E

Plows Through Roof of Structure

As Pilot Fights to Gain DALLAS, Tex., Nov, 29 (

DC-6 passenger plane, trying to land with one engine de crashed and burned at Dallas’ municipal airport, Love before dawn today, An airlines spokesman said 28 of the 46 persons

that Mrs. Conrad was “the of numerous beatings” at hands of her husband, Claude, 53, for whose murder she is now on trial. “On various occasions,” Mr, Cisse) testified, “I saw bruises and marks on Mrs. Conrad's face and

Conrad was shot during a do-| mestic quarrel.

the shooting on Mar. 17 in General Hospital wound in the chest.

wife,” the witness testified,

our conversation at the jail Mrs,

of her head,” the witness said. Backing Away

for an acquittal on the ground that the shooting was accidental. Mrs. Conrad, who underwent a four-hour cross examination yesterday, sald she was backing away from her husband who had

__Beven miles of wiring.

"Ill" Only Short Time

Leland L. Crawford, first vice president of the Fletcher Trust Co., died of a heart attack in Bt, Vincent's Hospital this morning He was 57

last night after he had come plained of not feeling well. and Mrs. Crawford had just returned from a trip to the West

Bankers Association.

vice president of the bank in 1048, He started his banking career in

tional Bank and joined the Fletcher Trust Co. in 1912. Elected Auditor In 1922 ‘he was elected auditor of the bank and in 1924 was made

L. L. Crawford, 57, Dies Of Heart Attack in Hospital

_ Fletcher Trust Official

He was taken to the hospital He |

Coast meeting of the American. Mr. Crawford had been made ¥

1909 with the old Fletcher Na- J

"LL. L. Crawford survived by four children, N

h He was a member of the Ameri Amn, Kathryn Lov, Jud Louie can Hanikers And. Indiana Bank- nd Caralyn:

Mr. Conrad died two days after said.

reported as being on the On State Roads |“ Hed ‘0 100. tout. high. Wut 2 Ki as Fog ee eatrored Blankets Highway a

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Another traffic victim, George

from a -gunshot|W. Lenover, 36, of Rockville, died

in a Clinton hospital today of in-

“I went to the jail with my|juries received last week. “to| State police said Mr. Lenover see If there was anything we | was injured in an accident at the could do for Mrs. Conrad, During |junction of U. 8. 36 and U. 8. 41.

. In Indianapolis two

Conrad showed us fingermarks were injured, one . and a bruise on her left arm.| George Garner, 59, of Shé also had a knot on the side St.

vas in critical condition in

General Hospital oday. He was struck by a car driven by Paul The defense is pinning its hope |W. Brown, 34, of 1229 Eugene St. |2¢ as he crossed W. 16th St. The car w.s turning left from North-

western Ave, Brown was arrested on c!

of reckless driving and failure to

give a pedestrian right ‘of way,

night, as the fog slowed trafic and caused mishaps,

China Reds Take Over Chungking

on affidavits signed by the in- Fo

Hospital, Police were called to 12 other trafic accidents in one hour last

HONG KONG; Nov. 20 (UP)

Altitude 20 (UP)—An American J

whether the plane ever its wheels to the runway,