Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 18 January 1950 — Page 2

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‘Missing Cor Found

\ 'CROTHERSVILLE, Ind. Jan. of the Indianapolis Medical So- Cemetery. tune is being played daily at the oo carrying his dog, Brownie . 18—Lawrence Kovert, Crothers- |clety. da Semetale Jody will Xe on Fountain Square Theater at each|,. names Rg up a pine door ville's only taxicab operator, was » show and at the Wm. H, Block few feet from his bed.

found siain early today on a lonely road near here. ad A former Army sergeant and] veteran of overseas combat, his : was discovered in a water-| filled ditch at 7 a. m. His cab was found abandoned in a parking lot in Scottsburg. | Mr. Xovert, about 30, was re-, ported missing at 6 p. m, yester-i day when he did not return for, . dinner at his parents” home where he lived. . ’ Marshal Sampson Mitchell Im-| Officer Jacque (Jack) Durh mediately launched a search| # 8» which culminated today with the

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been operating his one-car con-| Robbery Suspect Says Accused Policeman cern since SCharge rom Bserv-| i - . iad Den Heen 1 death] Was ‘Spotter; More Witnesses Scheduled Rtate police have been called Into] A second convict today corroborated charges that Patrolman the case. Detective Sgt. Robert Jacque (Jack) Durham was involved in a burglary ring here. Bennett and Detective Wayne The convict, James Connor, who is out on bond pending a Tolbart, Seymour post,-are assist- rohbery charge here, told the Safety Board that Officer Durham Ing Marshal Mitchell. planned “jobs” for a gang of Indianapolis robbers. Mrs. Irene Fieldon, Crothers- Connor substantiated the story given by Charles Price (C. P.)

ie elophons operator, described Webb in the opening hearing yesBd am. a tie Jest ; terday. Officer Durham ia being men” in the town young darren 0 Ive tried on charges that he failed The young bachelor Is survived } to arrest ‘known felons.” At least 10 more witnesses for

by his parents, Mr. and Mrs, Henry Kovert, and two brothers, dn oncert the city were to be questioned Paul and Lester, after the noon recess. The dey { ~ fense has yet to call its 27 sumENORIRG IN BED | Warren Central High School moned witnesses to the ‘stand. : moking in bed in a room at the wil present its annual midwinter Two More Days Colonial Hotel, 220 8. Illinois 8t., band and orchestra program at!’ Opgervers said the trial would! was credited with causing a mat- 8 p. m, Jan. 26 in the school gym- ) ot ¢ ‘fire at 3:30 a. m. today pastum A take at least Sve ore a. a . a . O » i . -l Police sald guests in the room, Paul Hamilton is faculty spon=| qin ty ARorney a brat. registered as Mr. and Mrs. J. Van | sor of the orchestra and Cecil Ha- |, . " ( *p wether convict] Arsdale of Greenbury, Ky. had vens, band faculty sponsor. Bruce yoo (rs Price. sto ” checked t of ] ' URL . “backing Price's story. out of the hotel prior to Fowler will be soloist and tne discov: { the fi " . The convict is Robert Lewis, of ery of the fire, strink quartet, including Gaynelle|y oo Angeles, now in custody in GANG ROUNDUP COMPLETED Vansickles, Lois Askern, PeggY california. ’ en of twe Tadianapaiis men Bolick and Yolando Beery, will. A other charge against Officer —y — eX jnam to- play. “im Durham, known as a “rebel” in 8 » pected members of a “trigger Warren Central's seventh grad- poich vit” conor and Mre happy” holdup gang wanted by ers will hold a talent show Tues- pip [ewis, “known felons.” police in at least four robberies day in the school gymnasium with waph told the board Officer - and burglaries. Kenneth Groenert acting as mas- pon supplied -him with a - Detective Chief John J. (Jack) ter of ceremonies. blackjack and “was liMhg up| O'Neal was notified today of the Scheduled to take part are Shir- some Chicago jobs” for him arrest of Herman Kellett, 27, and ley Rockwell, accompanied by her 1 wis and Connor; He identified Joseph Harris, 18, both of Indian- teacher, Miss Mary Ellen Gal- o ,p000 of the "blackjack . he apolis, on armed robbery war- braith; Fred Cutler, accompanied «yok trom the policeman ‘rants issued by Indianapolis by his mother, Mrs. J. F. Cutler; p,. Het also sald plans f police. : {Reba Perkinson, Vernice Schae- | po r ne Rufus Harris, 45, father of Jo- kel, Bertha Keen and Virginia Ho- je." hoi’ “tell through. s seph, and Edward Leon Kellett, gan. Ya & brother of Herman, of 1438 Deloas| Taking part in a boys gym a Mow Bt.. confessed to four Indianapolis stunt will be David Limback, He testified “Durham let me robberies and were held in $10,000 Harry Smith, Jerry Grabhorn, Is- down and now I'm letting him bonds yesterday in Municipal on Cox. Venne Ferguson, James down. He said Officer Durham| Court. Brown, Forrest Simmerman, Rich- Taine SS oy jab. me” from the) BANDITS GET $150 - ard Prince, Frank Strain, Ron-

ald Hargrove, Melvin Bland and Webb linked the policeman to| Four armed holdups and a Robert Belvis. Mrs Harriett the burglary ring in conversations

slugging net'ed bandits approxi- Clark is faculty sponsor. with Police Sgt. Spurgeon Daven-| mately $150 last night and early «ux .. port, Detective Sgt. James Rogers today. Senior pupils of Warren Cen. and Chief Edward D. Rouls. |

A Cumberland hitch-hiker was tral will take examinations for, “These visits were substantiated robbed of $35 by four men with college scholarships the week of by Rush County Sheriff Harry

whom he hitched a ride outside Feb, 6. Levi. | of Cumberland late last night. Scholarships are offered In-| Rush County Prosecutor Vance State police identified the victim diana University, Purdue Untver- M. Waggoner testified Webb in as AnJjrew Rayburn. sity, Ball State Teachers College November denied Knowing Officer Three Indianapolis taxi drivers and Indiana State Teachers Col- Durham. The prosecuter said he were victims of holdup men in lege. felivered a message from the povarious parts of the city, Vier Other merit scholarships in- !lceman asking if Webb had been tims and amounts taken were: clude the LaVerne Noyes scholar- Promised dismissal of burglary J. B. Campbell, 50, of 710 E. ship offered by Indiana and Pur- charges if he would festify

New York St, §7; Charles John- due Universities: the Rector schol- 28ainst Officer Durham in a son, 35, of 635 E. Maryland St, arship offered by DePauw Uni- Probe by “some group. | $35, and Wayland Emery, 23, of versity and Rose Polytechnic In- Charges ‘Deal’ Offer | 1137 Park Ave, $18, - stitute scholarships, Mrs. Doreatha Watts, 1663 Robert McDowell, 28 of 3735 Entering freshmen also’ will Bellefontaine St. testified she E, Vermont 8t., told police he compete for honor scholarships to heard Webb tell Ofcer Durham was slugged by four thugs and Wabash College and students may nnd Defense Attorney Henry R robbed of $50 after leaving an submit original compositions for Wilson at the Rush County atl! Illinois St. bar. Police said the scholarships to Jordan College of he had been offered a “$500 d , 1" victim had been badly beaten. Music by Indianapolis policemen aes TT TT Earlier in the hearing. Mr. Wil-

——————————emm————— son urged Safety Board President ER RE Leroy J. Keach disqualify himself in the case. He contended Mr. Keach “had a prejudgment” beUse Our ! cause he gave evidence of the case

to Prosecutor George Dailey. The board overruled Mr. Wilson's demand.

decision in Officer Durham's first trial on different charges in Mar- —) lon County Circuit Court last En | NS week “negates a sense of direc tion the board should -follow in (O le) this hearing.”

In the first trial, a jury reversed a. 60-day suspension and reduction of rank from acting detective sergeant given Officer ae Durham by the Safety Board last (Ask Your Insurance Agent . . . He Knows) August. However, no final ruling on the casq has heen given by Judge Lloyd D. Claycombe,

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The session, called for 7 p.m. Cathedral's Chapel of St. Joseph ~ 0. toy department at 10 a. m. | iff the Indianapolis Athletic Club, of Arimathea from 12 noon 10°9 3 ang y Har oe buys other, Mes: Mary was described as an “informal P. 3h. Soday J tunapolls ho Contest question cards are . rob Co raituré Co. had and unofficial” discussion With parrow, us pli {3 aiiable fo Sub members a ey left their room a few mint fore and was dressing in a " » _/borne to the cemetery for serv- must. be dropped in the contest cond floor bathroom. Prior to only as “citizens.” Board Presi foes *> be held at 2 p. m. In the box at the theater, leaving her sleeping son she had dent Fred W. Nordsiek empha: white marble amphitheater near aga of tit Sout wn lighted a gas barnes in the fouls | “I was asleep,” James be attached to the meeting. dier, Om, 36, fromm the stage of police. “I woke up and saw fire ” The sub-committee of the Med- President Truman's personal Winner to-Visit Filmland lon the door. I could not breathe. James Lee Johnson ical Society, headed by Dr. J. plane, The Independence, is bring-| The boy or girl ‘who wins thet thought of Brownie, my pooch. C.. "l thought of Brownie.” William Wright, is eager to geting the Genera¥s widow here contest will go to Hollywood ‘with He was tied right outside my door. ] houy * Sere. Cat official action started on the pro- from Somona. Air Force officials a) expenses paid to visit Roy| “I got out of bed and untied and belongings o A A angi jected county institution. Fri- sald Mrs. Arnold, who is ill, will Rogers and Trigger and to se mY dog and then I ran downstairs and ber Soh a day's conference will be the first Témain at a hotel until the serv- the movie studios. The winner's '® the bathroom and pounded for the second foo y

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Council, the physicians were told Borden's Capitol Dairies and |rooms. the plans would first have to be TOPEKA, Kas, Jan. 18 (UP) Borden's Furnas Ice Cream divi- door at the top. ot he stalfy waa The owner estimated the dame considered by the Board of Com. —10Peka pedestrians who cross sion here. The Roy Rogers Riders blazing. She said she rus lage at about $1500. Damage ta missioners. intersections on amber or red Club is sponsored by The Times, the first floor to arouse her step- the house was covered by insure The. hospital was proposed by lights will, from now on, be risk- the Fountain Square Theater, the 'ather. Roy White, owner of the| nee, Mr. White said.

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