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Opening Statements Waived by Defense (Continued From Page One) " home of Mrs. Harriett Stout, 7910 College Ave., legedly was frustrated in a rape attempt the morning of Nov. 12. ~ Another “X” marked the nearby Burney home where the state says Watts went after the at. tempted attack on Mrs. Stout. All these locations were re-
ferred to indirectly in Mr, Dailey’s!
opening statement to the jury in which he outlined what the state will attempt to prove. He described Watts’ duties as a driver for the city asphalt plant—
driving crews to a given location!
and returning later to pick them up. : “During the rest of the time,”
show. the defendant took advantage of this situation and drove all over Marion County finding ‘women he could prey on. The evi--dence will show Robert Austin
said was Watts’ method of operation. He told jurors Watts would drive to a home and pretend to have a load of asphalt to deliver. He would then gain entry to the house, Mr. Dailey alleged, on the ruse of using a telephone to find
the proper location for the asphalt. Once inside, the prosecutor
said, if Watts found an’ unprotected woman he would attack) her. - Mr. Dailey said Watts used this same ruse on Mrs. Stout and that his rape attempt. was frustrated
{free and run out of doors. He said Watts used the same method to enter the Burney home and shot Mrs. Burney when she grabbed her husband's shotgun to defend herself.
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Stand by . . . Shirley Brown,
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List of Accused
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Records Introduced
Louis Morrison, 61, president of
As Tax Dodgers
{the uninformed the place where
Pie In The Eye For Girl Whose He
1518 Roosevelt Ave., warily eyes
the pie held by Vincent Lisher, operator of Vel Cleaners at 1507 Roosevelt Ave. Mr: Lisher apparently isn't going to eat it.
Hitler—Alive or Dead?
Spirit of Fueh
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{Hitler died. |
Or did he? The story persists
The next witness on the stand the Union Fountain Pen Co; Ed- Hitler's Spirit Becoming
: was - Glenn W. Parrish, deputy, county clerk. Over defense ob-!
.. jections, records of Marion Coun-| Undergarment Co., and Henry ang ty Criminal Court No. 2 were in- Mindell. 42, Woodmere, L. I, of |
.troquced. These records pertained to Watts’ first indictment in the! slaying. The time-consuming task of im-! pameling a jury and selecting a 13th alternate was finally com-| pleted yesterddy — five and ‘one-! half days after the second trial _ opened. Among the state -vitnesses will be law enforcement officials, sev)
husband of the slain woman, Herschiel Burney, Indianapolis food broker. Mr. Burney, who still resides at the Indianapolis Athletic Club where he moved shortly after the slaying of his wife, was a principal witness in Watts’ first trial. --In-ill health, he suffered a break= down after the close of that trial. Under Doctor’s Care He is still under a doctor's care and is accompanied daily to court by business acquaintances who have remained at his side since the tragedy. . : Mr. Burney has maintained his composure throughout this trial so far. He almost broke down at the end of yesterday's session, however, when old acquaintances came forward from the crowded courtroom to express their sympathies. In their youth both Mr. * Burney-and his wife lived in Hope, near here. " State Bolsters Case <e-In--addition- to My.~Burney-and law officers, Prosecutor Dailey is expected to introduce a group of “surprise witnesses,” who were not-heard in the first trial, Several of these witnesses are expected to be women who, will “testify they were victims of Watts’ rape forays in and around Indianapolis. Co In addition to his confession
ward Abrams, 51, head of Capital
the Lehigh Manufacturing Co. Minister Faces Trial x Dr. N. M. Harrison, former Methodist minister who was once vice president of High Point College, was indicted in Greensboro,
'N. C., Mar. 6 for reportedly evad-| ing more than $100,000 in per-|
sonal taxes. Under the law, it is a felony for anyone to lie in his income tax
imprisonment and $10,000 fine.
Five years ago, there were about |
50 prosecutions ‘annually Since
“ is the start of the 1950 fiscal year,/ western zone, where the Ameri- many to her position after Sep- Sets the concillation period “out can taxpayer
WHITE—PINK His program is to restore Ger-| They contend the present action PREIInE: ® diately, Sizes 2 to 8 . ’ i » -l* ” become resigned however, the Justice Department cans, British and French are try-|tember, 1938, when the Munich °f the way” if no local or na-|“softie” or has beco 7° Free Chest X-Rays 5%
has referred nearly 350 cases to U. 8. attorneys. Very few run of th: mill eriminals are involved in tax evasion cases, Government sources said racketeers generally are honest in their returns because they realize that it was a tax evasion case which finally put Al Capone. behind bars. }
Found—One Safe; But It's Empty
Police today were scratching their heads over disposition of a safe which nobody - seemed to
want,
__The safe, empty, with its door battered open and no identifying marks, was found in a field at 1900 E. 234 St. yesterday by Judson Bruder, 2117 N. Tacoma Ave.
But nobody has reported miss-ing-a- safe. ” Another safe, owned by the Sam Rose Produce Co. 221 E. Maryland St., was broken into
to the slaying of Mrs, Burney,/!ast night and about $50 taken,
"Watts also confessed the slaying of Mrs. Mable Merrifield and numerous attacks on women as! he roamed-in—and-around Indianapolis as a city truck-driver, But his confessions are not admissable as evidence in this trial, as the result of a Supreme Court decision which ruled he was deprived of his constitutiondl| rights.
Former Purdue Cashier |
Awaits Theft Sentence LAFAYETTE, Mar. 14 (UP)—
Purdue University cashier, awaited sentencing today -after he “pleaded guilty to embezzling $2300 from the school.
«ws Jiollansbee; whose -peculationsy
were not learned until after he ‘surrendered to Sheboygan, Mich., police last summer, pleaded guilty yesterday although his arraignment was not scheduled until]
Mar; 200 His attorneys asked that sentencing be delayed until Mar. 25, when ‘they expect to present evidence in ‘his behalf. Hollansbee remained frée on bond pending|
“I'he "Store 1s across the street from Marion County jail’ and half a block from police headquarters.
———— $7.4 BILLIONS IN BUILDINGS
WASHINGTON, Mar. 14 (UP) —Americans poured $7.4 billion into new building for their cities last year, more than at any time since 1926, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported ‘today. Home building accounted for$4 billion, an increase of 11 per cent over 1948.
IN INDIANAPOLIS
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nationalism not much 4ifferent from Hitler's. | The Russians have dropped all pretense of punishing or reform-| {ing Nazi offenders. They ended |denazification in 1948, giving,
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|small timers full citizenship| joe Fhe. ruse pes eral-technical “experts,” -and the oi no Violators are liable to a Fights. In 1949 full civil rights leader seeking to organize for- no agreemen maximum penalty of five years Were granted to all former Nazi mer Nazis into a powerful politi. that time, these union spokesmen
{party members.
{ Under a variety of names nazi-|
{ism is beginning to boom in the |
ling to teach democracy. ; The extremists or —~ aw] Nazis” are organized in. about one-fifth of western Germany.!
Hedler Beaten, Tossed Out of Anteroom
SOCIALIST and Communist
dict had been appealed to a highe room.
him out of the building. Now he seeks to join Mr, Richter. He will be welcome. ]
Bavaria is. a hotbed of nationalism. It is the early source of
several Nazi-like parties. They alk in- such terms as regaining lost provinces and exacting reparations from the Allies for war damage to Germany. —-American-authorities ‘are —sud-
gers. High Commissioner John J. McCloy cracked down on the as:
on policy in Germany. “We shall not hesitate to use all of our power and Influence to expose -and counteract any subversive influences which condone or encourage the revival of naziism in German life,” he said. The mere fact that he felt it necessary to say that was accepted here as a matter of political significance, and as proof that German nationalism again threatens to be on the march,
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EVENTS TOMORROW Junior Chatiber of Commerce—noon, Wash-
hearing.
i Mite} urdue- Association of Indianapelis—noon,
NC) een n's| b—evening, Fidelity . Bank Bullding,
DEATHS
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| luncheon, Buc
{__Athletig Club, Utility Club—dinner, Lincoln. - National Association of Cost Accountants
nner, Marrott. Noah Emmons Keller, 78, at General, A —
finals. The payoff was a pie in the face for the loser.
All of Germany Again
Several ‘Big Shots’ in| (Continued From Page One) |
BUT DEAD or not .in body, Hitler's spirit is alive in Germany, question Attorney General Embecoming livelier “every day. sparked by resentment against defeat, poverty and the self-invited| [indignity of occupation by the armed forces of foreign powers. . | There are no professed “Nazis” in Germany now. That would cumstances,” Mr. Campbell said, be against the law. But in the East, Russia encourages a brand of ‘he Governor will go ahead with| o 5 "08 = one than-45.008:
would be trouble if Mr. Hedler returned to take his seat. He did last! Aiherited fetri Crowe Mth: will b week. The chairman ruled him out of the chamber because the yes Harold R. Christoffel today was| One man inher PS State Board of Health w *
A band of Socialists found him there, beat him badly, and threw about his Communist connections. listed as dependents his grand-'to 5 p. m. both days.
Hitler's strength. Bavaria has|
denly awake to the potential dan-|-
tonished Germans last monthl aTter éonterences in Washington
Standard Drops Gas Prices 1 Cent °
art Belonged To Tech When Big Green Lost to Cubs
: " the tank wagon pi of # ge. |one cent on Standard Red Crown : 3 and one cent on ethyl this moraAt the order department .of Standard thé. new price was quoted 22 cents for regular and — 124 cents for ethyl. : { But this did not keep at least one Standard station from selling Hat cost. At-Standard's Fall Creek - land 38th St. station it was 209 for regular; one cent hiffher for | 1éthyl. : ok : { - The tank wagon cut follows a “100 days gas war” which began in December between the inde | pendents and big name companies,
BOMB KILLS FIVE TOTS | JERUSALEM; Mar. 14 (UP)— } [Five Jewish immigrant children were killed and 12 injured when a child exploded a live bomb by poking it with a stick yesterday,
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Photos by Lloyd B. Walton, Times Staff “Photographer. The target . . . dripping remains of the banana cream pie fall on the protective raincoat. Mr. Lisher collected at Shane's Pharmacy, 1531 Roosevelt Ave., where Shirley is employed. >
- Direct hit . . . a former Tech student, Shirley bet the Greenclads would win over Madison in the Indianapolis basketball semi-
State Seeks Law Late Taxpayers Rushing To Enter Dispute To Beat Deadline Tomorrow
By DAVID WATSON |parents who died 10 and 20 years Federal tax collectors today ago. : : - |prepared for the final spurt in| Eyebrows were raised questions Phone Workers Ask the filing of 1949 tax returns. ingly when a woman's “depenFor Conciliator Latecomers started jamming dent” listed as “Son, Tom,” was! BJ0D tat he is Sead. Coriajniy {Continued From Page One) |the hails of the Federal Building finally jdentific1 as a cat. "|dispute while the federal truce |exists and while a federal medi{ator is working. This was the
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in Germany that he still lives. A| great many believed it at one | time. Now the Germans seem to}
yesterday to beat tomorrow's mid-| A third man sought a deduc-| night deadline and the 5 per céntitjon on his overalls because they, delinquency penalty for late filing. were the workmans “uniform,” | Nearly 2000 taxpayers flowed {porerore deductable under unithrough the lines before closing ;..... expense allowances. { swer. fms yesergey: t th t- this. 5 % eputies expec e coun d “If it falls within the jurisdic- oar = 0s her than the 50-] JOO Snappy : jton--of the state-under the cir- 952 mark totalled on Mar. 15 of} BERLIN, Mar. 14 (UP) | —Mayor William B, Harts{=~figld of Atlanta astounded
last year. Already the 1950 count ; ~- the provisions of the law as re- On the third floor of the Fed-| ga Russian guard today by They polled 700,000 votes in thejquested. eral Building, 90 interviewers! gnapping his picture and last election, but have only five! Union Shokshnien 25d the 1a% have processed tung at i handing hint the developed rest | Was Invoked now to save time. igzg high as 300 an hour, rint a few seconds later. Of the 462 sats‘! Ue West irne 30-day conciliation period. mo tay collector's mail has | pr Hartsfield took the German Bundstag at Bonn. . ~~ |will bring the Indiana unions grown this year in volume. More - picture at the Russian war Franz Richter is the extremist near the end of the truce period. ote are filling out the forms|— monument in the British at home, according to Wilbur O.| sector of Berlin. It was the Plummer, assistant collector for| Soldier's first experience Indiana. . with a new type camera
: : vi . Indications are that the Ameri-| Which develops Sms imme
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It is the spirit of nationalism Melt McManamon was asked.to
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i | 1 donations to the| [tional agreement can be reached/to the annua . | : Diet Save Fier the Suasten ates |during_ the truce period. “| Treasury. Department. Collectors To -Be Given on Circle cation “approved” his oy P ¢| “Otherwise it might be months in the Indianapolis. office have Free cliest “Xoravé will be: of: Austria. Pp ’ seizure ofl under the Indiana law before: a been spared the usual jabs which fered Friday and Saturday on| NOTE: Our little gol model ; settlement could be expected,” annually accompany the mailed yo oni Circle by the Marion| doesa’t have soap in her He |one spokesman said. returns. She's just drying well!
Perplexi ti v County Tuberculosis Association. | i erplexing questions are a : : | AL. STRAUSS & C0.
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