Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 18 March 1952 — Page 2

chuster Slaying Probe

Put “

Runs Into Wall of Fear

*. On Feb. 18 Arnold Schuster recognized Willie Sutton as one of the nation’s 10 most want. ed criminals and informed police. Sutton was arrested. Ninefeen days later Mr. Schuster was ambushed and killed, Today a reign of terror grips the dren in Brooklyn where the shooting took place. The following dispatch discloses that police have run into a blank wall in. their search for the killer. They believe witnesses: are afrald to make themselves §nown; afraid they might die &s Mr. Schuster did. By United Press NEW YORK, Mar. 18—A reign of terror today gripped the Brooklyn neighborhood where Arnold Schuster was murdered Mar, 8. The streets were empty at night. Blinds were pulled. Children kept inside. “Police believed terror was sealing the lips of witnesses who saw Mr. Schuster, a 24-year-old pants salesman, shot down six doors from his home on a Saturday evening because he did his duty as a citizen, What Mr. Schuster did was lead police to Willie Sutton, the potorious bank bandit and head man on the FBI's “most wanted” list. He recognized Sutton on a subway from a poster the FBI had sent out. Nineteen days later Myr. Schuster was dead. Police believed there must have been witnesses to the four-shot slaying which occurred shortly after 9 p. m. on a mild clear 8aturday. Normally many persons

WPBM to Air Church ‘Sharing’ Program WFBM will carry a musical and dramatic “One Great Hour of Sharing” program at 9:30 p. m. Friday. The broadcast will be presented as part of the Protestant drive for funds for overseas relief now in progress in the nation. Some churches distributed envelopes for contributions last Sunday. Others will take offerings the com-

LINKED TO SCHUSTER CASE— William Brinckerhoff Brown (above) was arrested yesterday by the FBI in New York on charges of mailing a threat. ening letter to Arnold Schuster, murdered "fingerman” in ar. rest of Willie Sutton, before Mr. Schuster's death.

street, But police have met a blank wall—a wall of cold fear. For death might strike again.

derer as I am to you, and I could remember his face for the rest of my life, I still wouldn't talk— I wouldn't tell you a thing,” a

will visit their locations in Warren Township tomorrow. Residents who did not vote in either 1950 election or have moved to another precinct must re-register to vote in the May 6 primary. Branch boards will ‘operate from 2 to 9 p. m, at the following sites: Cumberland 8chool, Cumberland; Shadeland School, E. 30th 8t.; Warren Central High School,

ing Sunday. * The program tells the story of Czechoslovakia, as they say there, “over the green border,” and what happened to them after their it.

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four persons who escaped fon oe Heads Home

TOKYO, Mar, 18-U, 8. Am'bassador Willlam J. Sebald left today by Pan-American Clipper 'for consultations in Washington.

Boards to Visit Warren Twp.

Branch voter registration boards 1001 N. Post Rd., and Albert

mother in the neighborhood told an interviewer, What struck terror to. the of letters, more than two dozen of them, abusive, death-threaten-ing, which have gone to Mr, Schuster's kinfolk, to the doctor who pronounced’ him dead, to; Sutton himself, to a Kings County Hospital psychiatrist, and! to Kings. County Judge Samuel 8. Leibowitz, who has no con-

nection wifh the case. Judges Being Guarded

Judge Leibowitz was undersm had warned the men repeatedly 24-hour guard after a threat toto make up delinquent payments or face possible one-t0-seven-yeat}

Judge Harold R. Medina, before prison terms.

bomb his home. 80 was Federal

whom the 11 top U. 8. Communists were tried in 1949. Judge

Medina would not comment on Warnings,” he asserted.

reports that he had been threat-| ened. A 61-year-old gravedigger was| arrested last night and charged with writing a letter to Mr. Schuster, warning him that “your days are numbered for being a squealer on Willie Sutton.” William Brinckerhoff Brown, {admitted writing the death! {threat, the FBI said. But the’ FBI announced later there was|

the Schuster killing. The FBI, 200 detectives, and a

squad of women detectives were in the drive. In addition a new American Aggregates Corp., 1400 ng him into a huge sand hopper. “It I were as close to the mur- Working full time on the murder, short form affidavit has been pre- w, Raymond St. ;

|And New York's 18,755 policemen {have been told that catching the {killer is their No. 1 assignment. | Rewards offered now total $38,000,

Walsman School, Ave. In addition, the Registration Board office, Room 12, Courthouse, is open from 8 a. m. to 10 p. m. daily, including Sunday.

1731 Sloane

Correction

Sorry. In reporting the political campaign on Sunday, The Times incorrectly identified Lester Durham; candidate for Republican nomination for County Commissioner as “precinct chairman.” James N. Walden is chairman of the eighth precinct of the Second Ward in which both re-

has the BIG S=A-L-E of

side.

| nored hearts of residents was a chain, idre

110 and 12 years old, for two years.

| |

planned a mass roundup of 250 delinquent dads who have Ig-

n. Nonsupport . charges already| have heen prepared against 50 fathers, Other charges will be filed at the rate of 10 a day for the next four weeks,

“We shall institute as many criminal prosecutions against these men as the facilities the two criminal courts permit,” the prosecutor sald. Mr, Fairchild said his office

will

“But they refused our efforts to ald them and ignored our

Families on Relief ©

Mr. Fairchild pointed out his; new campaign also was aimed at) reducing welfare rolls, since somei nonpaying fathers have forced their families to seek public aid. “We want to decrease this burden on the taxpayers and at the

THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES Mass Drive Aimed at 250 Dodging Dads |

Prosecutor Fairchild toda y|

warnings to support their!

of’

a” po,

same time give these innocent

children the help to which they] \jAN TRAPPED—Police and workmen struggle t

are entitled,” he said. :

Man Trappe

ed 4

o free William O. Sink, trapped in the sand hopper.

Truman on te 3 X' | His ‘Mr. By United Press SOUTH SALEM, N. Y,, Mar. 18 |—Henry A. Wallace, former Secretary of Commerce under Pres lident Truman, said today that if Mr. Truman names him as the {“Mr. .X” in his diary “I shall -“icharge siim- with deliberate char acter assassination ... to make 'money” and “build political pres|tige.” Mr. Wallace made the charge in a statement following publica{tion of a biography of Mr. Tru-

iman. by William Hillman. The 'baok is entitled “Mr. President.”

| Sends Telegram

In the diary Mr. Truman said: “Mr. X is a pacifist 100 per cent, {He wants us to disband our |armed forces, give Russia our atomic secrets and trust-a bunch ‘lof adventurers in the Kremlin 'polit-bureau. I do not understand a ‘dreamer’ like that. The Ger-man-American Bund under Fritz {Kuhn was not half so dangerous.”

| Mr. Wallace said he had chal. {lenged Mr. Truman by telegram iat his winter White House at Key |West, Fla. to say whether he |(Wallace) was the mysterious Mr, |X in the diary. He said he had received a “no comment” reply from Presiden-

The prosecutor sald he has the, A 71-year-old workman was|York St, had crawled out onto pulley. . Police and workmen tial Secretary Joseph Short.

would have been walking the ''no evidence” implicating him in!«complete co-operation” of both

criminal court judges, Saul I. Rabb and Hagry O. Chamberlin,

pared to ‘speed” the filing of} charges. bl In the last 14 months, Mr. Fair-| child said, about 2500 complaints have been received by his office against delinquent dads. tary settlements were. made in most cases. “The new campaign is being launched to clear our records and

plaints being received daily,” he explained.

Many in Other States {

Among the 250 flagrant cases are several fathers who have fled the state to avoid prsecution. They will be returned under reciprocal ‘agreements with other states, Two prosecutor’s investigators, Joseph Stutesman and Laurence C. McLaughlin, returned yesterday from California after four weeks of tracking down six fadeaway fathers. Another investigator, Charles Russell, left today for West Virginia to return a father who has failed to support two daughters,

Prosecution of the nonsupport cases will be handled by Deputy Marjorie Wessner, who is prepar-

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Two Youths Arrested After Wild Chase Here

A two-mile auto chase, which ended a block from where it started after police fired two

two teen.age boys last night.

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William O. Sink, 302 W. New pinched between the belt and a shock and injuries to his arm.

the jammed conyeyor belt, about 15p5red half an hour dismantling the machinery to release him. * | He was taken to Methodist Hos-|these charges lying down,” Mr,

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In the fall, his right arm was pital suffering

‘Truman Knew’ “Truman knew I could not take Wallace said, “and he hoped that

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National GOP Parley State Aid Named Dies Following Fire

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