Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 23 January 1952 — Page 2

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By United Press 5g BERN, Switzerland, Jan. 23. —Swiss federal police an‘nounced today they have arrested a man believed connected with the mysterious death two years American |naval attache assigned to Com-

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munist Romania The attache, Capt. Eugene 8.| Karpe of Delhi, La., fell or was pushed from the famed Orient Express as it sped through a tunnel in Austria Feb, 23, 1950. The captain's mutilated body was found by a track walker. Swiss federal Police Chief Walter Balsiger said an “alleged Romanian . probably connected” with Karpe’s death was arrested “a short while ago.” He refused to give further details, even as to whether the man arrested was the same unidentified Romanian seized soon after. Capt. Karpe’'s death and released after questioning.

‘Dearest Friend’

Chief Balsiger's surprise an'nouncement was the first indication that Karpe's death still was under investigation and that the inquiry had spread’ to Switzerland. Capt. Karpe was a close. friend of Robert Vogeler, American businessman who only two days| before the attache’s death had been convicted of espionage in Communist Hungary and sen-| tenced to 15 years in prison.

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SHE WON—Actress Madge Meredith (right) with a friend, Mrs. E. Marvin Goodson, weeps in court in Los Angeles after winning her suit to regain a home she once owned from Nicholas Gianaclis, the agent she was convicted of having kidnaped and beaten five years ago.

Vogeler’'s wife and two children]

‘death. Mrs. Voegeler called him| |“one of Bob's dearest friends.” | Ex-Manager a Loser— { ‘He boarded the Orient Express] for a trip to Paris en route home| o ® Madge Meredith Wins mime oa {Salzburg. | $22,500 H in Suit | ’ ome In duit

on leave and plunged to his]

Suspect Murder |

No official verdict ever was

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 23 (UP) pay her $11,371.85 in back rent. {Interior Minister Oskar Helmer| — Actress Madge Meredith wept, Miss Meredith brought suit for said at the time Capt. Karpe with joy yesterday when a judge return of the home following her Probably had been murdered. | awarded her the home shejrelease from the Tehachapi NO trained criminal investigacharged her former business man-| Women’s Prison where she served tor can lend much credence to| ager tricked her into signing over nearly three years on conviction, the theory that he died by acct-| to him, of having conspired to have Mr. dent, since it was established

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Capt. Karpe, 45, had visited Mr. | .

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|given in the death, but Austrian|

Superior Judge Thomas J. Cun-| Gianaclis béaten and kidnapped. ningham ordered Nicholas Glana-| The judge ruled Mr. Gianaclis clis to turn over to the actress the had used “fraudulent representa$22,500 Hollywood home and toltion” in gaining possession of the —————— " home and that Miss Meredith was the legal owner. ‘From the $11,371.85 back rent, the judge ruled Miss Meredith must repay Mr. Glanaclis a $5112 loan and approximately $2000 interest. The actress charged she thought she was signing a note for the loan when she gigned a deed giving Mr. Gianaclis ownership of the property. Seeks Full Pardon

BEAUTY

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you find a beauty who has

brains and a personality, ‘you Miss Meredith was released is . from prison last year after a methin nl ; have something. Beauty is only legislative committee reported

there were indications she was . : | “framed” in the kidnaping case. —but when you find beautiful || During the trial of the suit for return of the home, Mr. Gianaclis denied he had been Miss

skin deep with restaurants, too

surroundings and excellent food

and fine service and popular Judge Cunningham in his ruling| said the evidence convinced him Mr. Gianaclis had handled her. business affairs. The former starlet’'s attorney

prices — you've found thing. From 11 A. M. to 9 P. M. at

some-

given false testimony because his statements sat the civil trial did not agree with those he gave at the criminal proceedings. Mr. Gianaclis had testified at the kidnap trial that his relationship with Miss Meredith had been strictly business” but in the civil trial he said they had “lived together.”

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|was “perfectly well” bef | |disappearance and “had rot been) | Dyke (center) has her hat in top-top shape, just the way it was inj last night's dress rehearsal of

accused Mr, Gianaclis of having]

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[that his sleeper-car door opened [to the inside,’ Mr. Helmer said. | “Careful interrogation of the |train attendants established that| jnone of the windows of the car was open at the time of the in-| cident. : | “Karpe was six feet tall—too {tall to fall through a window—| {and you do not look out of win-| {dows when a train is passing {through a tunnel.” | Mr. Helmer also quoted train attendants as saying Capt. Karpe e his)

drinking alcohol.”

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Lt. O'Neal's Suspension Confirmed

Suspension of former Police Chief John O'Neal for “misjudgment” in investigation of burg-| lary charges against a patrolman was confirmed today by the |Safety Board. : Lt. O'Neal was suspended for seven days for failure to press charges against Patrolman Rob- - lert Liese for a reported burglary, |and theft at the Melody Gardens tavern, 6440 Winthrop Ave. «Oct.! 18. : The Safety Board this morning rubber stamped the finding of a police board of captains. Trial of Patrolman Edward Wolsiffer, former-squad car part{ner of Liese, will be set by the |Safety Board where he will face | possible dismissal from the force. Previously Denied Chief Ambuhl told the board Patrolman Wolsiffer previously had denied knowledge of a hardware store break-in in which Liese is charged with stealing garbage disposal units. Patrol-

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man Wolsiffer was Liese’s squad car partner at the time. The chief said Officer Wolsiffer

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_CALL ME MISTER—Judy Waurster clenches her fist and flexes her muscles to show Myrna | Murphy, Barbara Warrick and Nancy Pflueger she has what it takes to be "Mr. Touchdown™ in a musical comedy portrayal of IU.Purdue football rivalry. She appears in several numbers of "Pleas- | ant Run Review," Howe High School's all-student variety show. It opens at 8 p. m. tomorrow, will be repeated Friday night, More than 300 students are taking part.

coy BUT CUTE—The act is corny, but the girls are cute. Judy Miller gets help from Phyl. |

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later admitted knowledge of the thefts after a disposal unit was found in Liese’s home. In other Safety Board action, Patrolman Vernon Britton was suspended for 30 days after he pled: guilty to a charge of using his private car to “walk” a foot district.

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Error Admitted . The Safety Board also admitted it erred when it demoted Officer Dean Schwartz in the Police Dee partment shakeup after the new city administration came in. Officer Schwartz had been an acting lieutenant in the traffic division and had been demoted to motorcycle patrolman. He ap pealed the action to the board, stating he had been promoted under the merit system in 1938 to the permanent rank of sergeant, The board today ordered him “reassigned as sergeant of police.”

‘Self-Service’ Carried Too Far at Market

Wholesale self-service was the motto of some nocturnal ‘“custos mers” at the Witt Market, 510 E, 24th St. . Ivan A. Witt, 54, of 3846 Park Ave., owner, said missing when he opened this morning were; One hundred cartons of cigarets, 10 bottles of beer, 50 pounds of ham, 80 pounds of beef.

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