Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 24 January 1952 — Page 3

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. THURSDAY, JAN. 24 1052

No Blondes on Your Arm—

Privately, ‘The Eyes’ Haven't Any Glitter

By IRVING LEIBOWITZ PICTURE yourself as a private detective, like on television, with -a- blonde

on one arm and a bottle of

booze in the other. Fascinating? “Bunk,” say the real McCoy private “eyes” of Indianapolis. The town, it seems, is loaded with them. And the work, they say, is “dull,” not glamorous.

But if you still want to be-

come another Sam Spade, Perry Mason or Nick Carter, it's easier in Indiana than drawing a six-shooter. On the radio, television or a Mickey Spillane novel, the private “eye” sets up in business by latching onto a sexy secretary, usually a blonde, rents an office in a swanky skyscraper and waits for the.telephone to ring. It usually does. on o » IN INDIANA, the process could be the same—but usually isn't. In - most cases, the fledgling detective strolls up to .the Statehouse, signs a certificate and hands the Secretary of State $100. Now he's in business—unless, of course, he happens to have a police record. Then, Secretary of State Leland Smith turns thumbs. down on the application. This has happened. Some of the 100 or so private detectives spread around Indiana—in such unlikely private detective towns as Goshen, Morgantown, Ft. Wayne as well as Indianapolis, Muncie, Evansville and South Bend—are run-of-the mill private “eves.” They are usually ex-cops who want to be their own boss. There are, of course, some high type, industrious agencies which perform useful services. There is even one fabulous private detective — Samuel P. Haines, who calls himself a special representative. In real life,

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Across the Indiana countryside —

‘and touns—new cables are’ . : bringing telephone service to more Hoosier , _ homes. Here, a construction crewman ad- . “lasher” which binds the telephone cable to the support wire above it.

Mr. Haines musters more power and prestige than Ellery Queen does in fiction. » n " HE'S A political power in Washington, D. C,, eveh though he is licensed here and maintains a year-around residence in Indianapolis, 5125 Crittenden Ave. He has been called everything from a special agent to a lobbyist and a promoter. He's a flashy entertainer, spends money like a sailor on leave and maintains what some people have called a “king’s mansion” in Washington, 4407 16th St, N.W. ; week,

Only last he was awarded $25,799 in a legal suit against Ronnie Alcorn, the

movie producer of the Hoosier film, Johnny Holiday. : Mr. Haines charged that Mr. Alcorn hired him in 1946 to find a buyer for 5000 tons of sugar stored .in New Orleans, The deal fell through, but Mr.

Haines wanted—and got—his dough. He told Judge Walter Pritchard that his detective

agency and others had searched four years in vain for Mr. Al-

corn and finally located him through a newspaper story. Other private detectives in ! Indianapolis are the more conventional types. There is Robert M. Dodd, whose agency specializes in civil, criminal, «domestic and commercial investigations. He says quite | frankly that there is “no comparison” between -the “hardworking" tectives and the make-believe, but more glamorous, investigators of stage, ‘screen and television fame. i

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real-life private .de- |

. 8 » =u pa THERE 1S one private detéc- .

tive in Indianapolis, who uses big ads to proclaim his prowess as a specialist in ‘getting the ' truth.” He specializes, however, in ‘domestic cases”-—the kind where a husband or wife | wants some spying done on the other, usually as a prelude to a divorce suit. He has been ‘“delicensed” by the state-—but still does a thriving business in direct violation of the state's pri- | vate “eye” law. The law on who should crack down on his operation now is vague. Most of the local private detectives, like William™ Carroll, 1143 N. Warman St., advertise routine investigation. They guard plants, protect people and stay clear of murder. “Murder,” exclaims Mr. Carroll. “That’s for the police.”

Tract Near Covington |

Leased for Factory | COVINGTON, Ind... Jan. 24! (UP)—E. I. duPont de Nemours

Co. has leased 640 acres of land in Warren County as a proposed site for another firm's manufac-

turing plant, it was announced today. The area is about four miles

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39 seniors on H. other Beta company was not identified, but!Branigan, a duPont spokesman said it was!rence J. Noling, not connected with government Place, business manager of the

THIRTEEN NOTCHES—Pfc.

Ronald E. Rosser of Crooksville, O.; notches his carbine to show the 13 Reds he killed in

one Korean engagement, for which he has been recommended for the Medal of Honor. He killed the Communists with grenades and carbine as they were trying to ambush a United Nations patrol. Asked why, he said it was to avenge his brother, who was killed in Korean fight-

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ndergraduates’ daily paper.

i THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES _. di Bh Recluse Wanted Ashes Cast to ‘Cross the Bar’

. recluse who was

among Hanover, N. campus/ newly elected to Phi

Kappa. They are Roger Lafayette, and Law1207 Pickwick

By United Press ' NEW YORK, Jan. 24—An aged, buried in Pot-| ter's Field three months ago was) |identified today as a Harvard| [classmate of Poet Robert Frost, {an intimate of Novelist Henry |James and the ghabby hoarder of la $500,000 fortune. ) | At Brookline, Mass., another of | {his college classmates said Henry Chapin Smith had asked him- to scatter his ashes into “a river {lowing into the sea” while recitling Tennyson's ‘Crossing the Bar.” : | City-authoYities who found the fortune in a safety deposit box yesterday withdrew enough of his {money from a bank to re-bury, (Mr. Smith in a private plot mere; fitting the station he refused in life William T.

Retd Jr.. a former

{Harvard football coach and Mr. lay in a morgue for 12 days be-| Smith's friend, said he had not|fore it was buried in Potter's | decided whether he would comply! : .

| With the romantic burial request. Up in the Air |

“I wrote to him several times to make the necessary arrangements.” Myr. Reid said in Brookline. “But he didn't do so. Now I am sort of up in the air as to {just what to do.” Mr. Smith's fortune was found in a Brooklyn warehouse vault after a banker acquaintance beK2n a private search for the 84-vear-old rag picker, Mr. Reid recalled that Mr. Smith's trip to the 50th reunion of Harvard's Class of .1901 was paid last June by his “wealthier” classmates because Mr. Smith reported he “didn't have the cash” for the .trip. It was during those festivities that he asked Mr. Reid to scatter his ashes ower a river.

College a Struggle

Mr. Reid said Mr. the oldest member of whose members included Mr. Frost and Poet Wallace Stevens: He was a confidante of Mr. James, Mr. Reid said. and Mr. James helped him in his “terrific finan- | cial struggle’ to complete college. | Even in student days, however,

Smith was the. class

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Death of Man Killed In Fight Under Probe Dr. Roy B.: Storms, Marion pital morgue for a full investiga County coroner, today ordered an'tion. <5 v’ investigation of ‘the death of a Three persons were arrested bo-year-old man who was critical- following the fightgheéc. 9," but the ’ ly injured in a fight Dec. 9 cases were dropped when all of ; g Dale Trinkle, 549 Marion Ave. 4the participants refused to talk. he was withdrawn. from the life gjed at his home last night. His The victim was released from the around him, Mr. Reid said. body was ordered to General.Hos- hospital Dec. 16. “Hardly anyone knew Smith in ———— meme em - college “hecause he kept pretty! much to himself,” he said. | He said Mr. Smith had attended

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; SAYS: TRADITION WITH A TOUCH OF TOMORROW only one: previous class reunion,| ; in, 1941, and had once replied to| a class questionnaire that his| v private affairs “would have no interest for the-members of the | class.” | “On his last trip up here he| . mentioned going to Springfield,” | ‘ » Mr, Reid said, “to search for the] . graves of relatives.” : In Springfield, it was said Mr - Smith had been a reporter for the Springfield Republican in 1890F and afterward worked for a few months in the post office at Chi-| dl copee Falls. Mr. Smith died at a Brooklyn q hospital Oct. 24. His frail body | Field. : . - | ‘11th District Gets | 'Most Delegates Indiana Republicans will elect 2116 delegates and Democrats] 1807 as their representatives to] party state conventions this] year, tabulations by the state . election board revealed today . Voters in the 11th District . . Marion - County, will. send the It Is merely in the nature of a most delegates—=296 GOP and 215 reminder—that can be converted or Derocrals, The Sid District) harnessed to your great advantage!— wi e Second 1ignest in repre | {sentation at the GOP meet, and| there are CLEARANCE OPPORTUNITIES Eighth District second highest of immediate and passing importance! for the Democrats. { Delegates will be elected at May | E . . : primaries, one for each 400 votes| or instance: cost for Secretary of State inj here are TOPCOATS of the preceding ejection, A dele tweeds, pretty much wonderful—at gate also_is given for each frac-| tional vote of 200 or more. | Number of delegates from each district—Republicans and Demo . cratic in that order—are: f a District, SA Second: There are SUITS—worsteds and flannels i 198-125; Third, 209-184; Fourth,| : . 179-127; Fifth, 226-193; Sixth, and Shetland types and Gabardines— q {176-154; Seventh, 173-165; Eighth, | that you'll enjoy tremendously—and {183-201; Ninth, 146-136; Tenth] al Savi 1197-143: Eleventh, 296-215. | pocket substantial Savings. | The Democratic convention Be sure to see them— opens June 9, and the Republicans July 3. 49 15 d 59 15 sy . an ’ Woman, 64, Says Girls Beat Her, Grabbed Purse| There's a SPECIAL Company of PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 24 (UP) Pedigreed FASHION PARK SUITS— — Miss Nilson, yy Wis . . En pra, Wison, ot hor full Custom lined—of choice Imported handbag containing $2.80 last textures—that are something entirely night by three 16-year-old girls new io the clothing world dressed in dark slacks and wear- 5 ing bandanas over their hair. for the past decade— Miss Wilson said the girls, 3 walking arm-in-arm, blocked her | 85 5 : path, surrounded her suddenly.| knocked her to the pavement and pe ¢ i her bag. fled after grabbing her hand ag These and same mor ET — BLddCREYYR WE Jy 4 lenty more! The Second Floor—is just 48 ! Seconds from the Washington Street doors via escalators. =I J fo l. STRAUSS & CO. It wouldbe a lot easier to figure | r a poy THE MAN'S STORE signed their Sins of their ° | signatures, ” BNA

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