Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 38, Number 300, 25 October 1913 — Page 1

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VOL. XXXVIII. NO. 300.

ATTORNEY STRAYER WILL CHARGE BUDD TODD WITH MURDER Local Lawyer to Appear Against Union Co. Man Before Ky. Governor. ECHO OF TERRY CASE Toddy Prosecuting Witness Against Young Man, Recently Tried in Richmond. Frank T. Strayer, an attorney of this city, as a result of information Be-1 cured when collecting evidence for the i defense of Owen Terry tried in Richmond as an acessory in the murder j mond as an accessory in the murder county, Indiana, believes he will be j warranted in appearing before the gov-, ernor of Kentucky next week and making charges that Budd Todd, who i lives near Cottage Grove, Ind., and who was the prosecuting witness against young Terry, was the murderer of Mrs. Mollie Abbott, an aged wornan who was slain at her home at Win- i Chester, Ky., five years ago. Two brothers named Curtiss were convicted of this crime and sentenced to life imprisonment. The evidence against them was purely circumstantial. Will Ask Todd's Arrest. Strayer will ask that Todd be arrested on the charge of murdering Mrs. Abbott and that the case be investigated by the Winchester grand jury. - - Today Strayer received the following anonymous letter, mailed at Liberty, Ind.: Mr. Straylor attorney at law . Dear sir I seen in the Palladium that Budd Todd was wanted for murder and did not know where he was he is living about one mile northeast j of cottage Grove ind and has lived i there for 2 yr with his family and i works a round in the country will not slgne my name to this letter fore if he knew who told on him I would be a fraid he would kill me You can come to Cottage Grove Ind., or write there and see if it is true that he Is -living so close to Cottage Grove Ind Respectfuly Does Not Know Writer. Mr. Strayer has no idea of the identity of the writer but believes he is a friend of Owen Terry, who was cleared of a charge of being an accessory before the fact in the murder of Marshal Richardson of Union county. Owett Terry was at first convicted of aiding his father in killing the marshal. Budd Todd, who is a brother-in-law of Owen Terry, was influential in bringing him to trial and was the nrosecuting witness.

Before the trial Attorney Strayer ! ror tne treatment or the wound until charges Todd said, "I'll have that boy i four days aS- during this time, while sent to jail if I have to swear to a ! Cook was able to De about, he apd n lie." peared as one dazed and unable to He then swore before the jury that remember anything about how he rehe saw young Terry hand to his father ' reived h injury. Finally he was the gun which was used to kill Rich- taken Dr. S. N. Bailsman at Pleasardson. The elder Terry is now serv- ant Hm- who uPn making an examIng a life sentence for the crime. ! inr-tIon. found a broken scissors shaft Turns Up New Evidence. I inbedded in the man's skull. The docThe Liberty attorney who was de-' tor was able to remove these blades fending Terry did not have the com-!onlr with difficulty. At that time he plete evidence in the case and Strayer cou,d do no more for Cook. The man's became interested in it. He discov- condition growing worse, he was ered that Todd was not near the place brought to the Memorial Hospital at the time he swore heaw the trans- wn?re the trepanning operation was fer of the gun from Owen Terry to Performed. his father. ! In order to disprove the testimony i GORMON HAS STEEL.

of Todd, Strayer secured a history of

his life from his sisters. Straver says'Chief Relating Story of the they admitted that Todd often spoke j First Operation, to them of the murder of Mrs. Mollie j Abbott, and admitting to them he com- j Returning from Piqua, O., where mitted the crime, and that he knew ' tney went to Ket an ante-mortem two innocent young men were serving statement from Richard Cook, who is life terms for the murder j believed to be in a dying condition, Secures Release of Terry. fo'J:'in5 a. stabbing affair with DonStrayer secured a new trial for Ter- a,d Nester ,n front of the Grand hotelry and the young man was released af- October 6, Chief of Police Gormon ter the second hearing, returning to a,nd Prosecutor Reller brought w-ith his home, October 3, without a jury hem .tbf &ecf8. stffl 'hif h .had trial. His case had been set for Octo-! b.een imbedded in Cooks head since hpr is hut .Tiwico pvw vnioi tviat that time.

evidence showing his innocence of The steel blades lying together, were complicity in the killing of Richard- j removed from Cook s head by Dr Teeson was strong enough to warrant Lr: Ha?LHllh?lIhttl

his release. I Strayer expects Todd will be indict- i 21 J!! Ky., on the strength of the statements to his sisters that he killed Mrs. Ab bott. Strayer believes he can secure a par don for the Curtiss boys who still de ny their guilt. He has written the gov

ernor of Kentucky and asked for er-s home at Pleasant Hill, O. He cornhearing next week t18 probable that : ained of nis head and went to Dr, the Curtiss boys will be present whenjTeetor who examined the wound, but the governor considers the case. Baw onlv a c,ltt which he treated. . Cook went about the town for several

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I Each day he visited the physician, Managers of the Margaret Smith ' wno decided that there was something Home for Aged Women will fix the j in the cut when it did not heal. Tuesdate for the institution's annual "Do- j day Dr. Teeter made a two-inch innation Day" at their next meeting to j cision just above the ear and found be held Nov. 5. One day each year, ; the broken ends of the steel blades, pome time, before Thanksgiving, is set I Grasping them with a pair of forceps, apart for securing supplies for the in-1 the physician pulled with all his stitution. i strength to remove the steel. On the day that is fixed for making j A second operation was performed the appeal, the lady managers of the I Wednesday at the Piqua Hospital at home will give a dinner to the board j the base of the wound to drain off all

of trustees and the inmates. At the 1 present time there are 12 old women being cared for at the home. WEATHER FORECAST STATE Fair tonight. Sunday unsettied. Colder in the north portion, i . I TEMPERATURE. fgoon ' 53 f vVsTPRniv j (Maximum 55 j m o t minimum ....................... rO W. t. MOORE'S FORECAST. Local Pair tonight and probably rain Sunday or Sunday night. ?,he present good weather is due to a "high" over this section. A ' low" now over the middle west is expected to move eastward during the next ?6 hour and produce rain before Mon-

DEATH OF WOUNDED YOUTH HOW MERELY MATTER FEW HOURS

Trepanning Operation Performed on Richard Cook Fails to Improve Him. FIRST WAS REVIVED Today, However, Nester's Victim Was Much Worse and Sinking Rapidly. FIQUA, O., Oct. 25. Unfavorable symptoms are developing in the eondltion of Richard Cook, of Richmond Ind., who is at the Memorial Hospital suffering from a stab wound in the brain, said to have been given by Donald Neater. Cook is unconscious, and the doctors declare his death is a matter of but a few hours. Since the operation he has been able to make no connected statement, Following a trepanning operation yesterday Cook seemed stronger and brighter, but when his physicians maae an examination .this morning they found a change for the worse had developed. At the time of the operation the doctors removed the broken bone and the blood clot that had formed over the wound, which was found to have penetrated the brain four inches. After his appearance in Pleasant Hill, this county, at the home of his father, Joseph Cook, nothing was done DONALD NESTOR. had entered the head just above the left ear Penetrated the skull and bnThekeni ends were imbedded a half inch under the flesh. Physicians say it is reI markable that the wound was not i fatal almost instantly, j After leaving Richmond the day aft- ; v t Vwi f rrtn V 1 rrr want r c fa t - days as usual, but was unable to remember what had happened or any of fh - rtfttJllu mnnwt(Ml with th inlnrv. line ueians eonnecieu wiiu tue injui. foreign substances In a conversation with Chief Gormon last night, Donald Nester, who will be confined in the city jail pending the outcome of Cook's injuries, admitted i that he got the scissors at the Thea- ! torium. He said after the argument ' xi-ltVi Prink ho walfeorl infrr, thfk thntri Picked up the scissors and followed Cook into the street, where he stabbed him. Tne Prisonr has not been told of Cook's condition except that it is serious. He has not asked" about his victim. GRANTS 2 DECREES I Divorces were granted to Susanna Lamborn from Charles Lamborn and j Christie Groff from William Groff. j Mrs. Lamborn charged cruelty -while j the charge of Mrs. Groff was habitual drunkenness. Mrs. Groff was given j the custody of two children, Wilhelmi- i na, 17. and Elizabeth 10.

Some Reasons Why "My Administration" is the Best City Ever Had

"i 0 rr OFFICIALS TO ASK OF ALL City Ordinance Committee to Hold Conference on Milk Question. WILL HEAR DAIRYMEN Councilman Wessell Says Bottled Milk Should Not Be Sold. At a conference with physicians, council men and dairymen the ordinance committee of the council will consider the milk situation from all angles before framing the new ordinance governing the sale of milk, which will be introduced to council in the near future. City Health Officer Davis, who recommended that the new ordinance contains provisions for tuberculin tests, has asked that the ques-' tion be considered before definite action is taken. Consider All Phases. Dr. Davis said he believed the dairymen would be more willing to obey the ordinance, if their side of the case were heard before the measure was passed. A number of considerations ! would enter ,nto the QXisioni he ; - id. which could only be settled by an open treatment of the case. That all cows shall be tested for tu berculosis once a year, at least, is one of the reforms advocated by the city health officer. Against Bottled Milk. Councilman Wessell declares that bottled milk can not be pure, and that it should not be sold in the city. He says all milk should be dipped. Then

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j and was serving his time when the t n t v. a i nnn killing of Hawkins "occurred. KllSSell Brehm AskS $2,000 1 When Hawkins re-visited Ingalls, at Pnr Tninnoc I tne instigation of Prosecutor Shunr or injuries. j man of Madison county, to investij gate additional reports of "bootlegInjuries from a sixty-foot fall downing" and "blind pig" operations, he t. ,. ... . - 4. , : encountered the Browns, father and the open elevator shaft of the Beebe ... . . . , i son. in the Mam - street. A auarrel

Glove company in the F. and N. LawnlenSEed and iater Hawkins was found

Mower company building at Fort Wayne Avenue and the railroad several months ago resulted seriously for Russell Brehm who i confined at his home while his next friend, Louis Brehm, has filed suit against the companies, demanding $2,000. Brehm was working in the top of the shaft, before the elevator was installed when a rope he was disentangling and to which he had hold, slipped. He i held onto the rope while he was falllng, but the end was within twenty feet of the bottom of the shaft and he was jerked loose by his own weight when the end of the rope was reached. He was unconscious and was taken to the hospital where he remained for several weeks. The glove company and the lawn mower company are .named dafendant.

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Robbins Takes Lead in Straw Balloting In the ballots taken by the Palladium today Robbins and Farwig made big gains,. Robbins now, being in the lead with eleven more votes than his Democratic opponent. Zimmerman dropped from the lead to third place and is being closely pressed by the Socialist candidate, Charles Sehi, who is only seven votes behind his Republican opponent and fifty-three behind the Progressive candidate. The following table shows the result

of the 572 votes cast yesterday and Announced Yesterday Central Business District Starr Piano Company Totals OFFICIAL FACES E Township Trustee Brown to Be Placed on Trial With Son. ANDERSON, Ind., Oct. 25. William W. Brown, Sr., 54, trustee of Green j township, will be placed on trial in circuit court Monday charged with the murder of Constable Albert Hawkins, 26, at Ingalls, on the night of August 9. Judge Paulus, of Marion, will preside as special judge. William Brown, Jr., 27. son of the present defendant, also is under indictment in the same connection Shortly after his arrest, the younger Brown confessed to the killing of Hawkins, claiming it w-as done In self defense, but considerable doubt existed among Green township citizens as to which of the Browns struck the fatal blow and the Jndictment of both followed. x Constable Hawkins, whu lived with an aunt at AndersonwentHo Ingalls, a small "dry" village n the southern tiart of Madison countv on the nicht aVa a I win" (Previously he had raided an alleged blind tiger" in the hotel building at Ingalls owned by William W. Brown,

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ed the hotel. Camp was fined $50,"" -""""" " Cn..i.-jr

; and sentenced to forty days in jail.

dead in a pool of blood on the side-; These various methods have been cowalk. His throat had been slashed j ordinated arM worked into a system.

and his jaw crushed.. While search for the Browns was in ; progress the latter drove to Anaerson i and surrendered. Father and son were held without bail, but th former did not resign as township trustee. MEET TO APPOINT RUSH SUCCESSOR Members of the Democratic city committee will meet late this after noon to consider the appointment of a successor to Ben Rush, who has re- j signed as candidate for council from j the Third ward. Notice of Mr. Rush s f resignation and the withdrawal of hi3 certificate of nomination were filed with City Clerk Beacher yesterday aft-

OCT. 25, 1913

11 'viltll today: Farwig. 46 9 108 Zim. 73 12 36 Sehl. 54 1 59 Robbins. 72 44 58 163 121 114 174 EFFICIENCY COULD CUT CITHXPENSE Two Dayton Experts Give Their Views on Conditions in Richmond. 'Your city can save $25,000 the first year by the application of efficiency methods. In the street department j alone you can save at least $10,000." This was the verdict passed after an analysis of the Richmond city records by L. D. Upson, municipal expert in charge of the Bureau of Research, Dayton, Ohio. Mr. Upson was one of the experts employed in Cincinnati's reorganization of municipal administration; he has led the fight in Columbus, Ohio, for commission government, and his services are in demand by large cities over the nation. He was trained in the Bureau of Municipal Research of New York and has since studied European municipal methods. Ouatin Also Visits City. He was accompanied to Richmond by C. O. Dustin. also a graduate of the New York Bureau, and an expert city engineer. "It is a erpat mistake " ksJH Mr T'n. system, "to suppose that a citi with the old form of government must re tain its cumbersome and extravagant method of doing business. Commis-1 sion government is an excellent thing and much to be desired, but it is not as essential as the right system of administering a city's business affairs. "The most progressive cities over the land have worked out the best possible methods of rininr hiiKinoss This system has been put into application Dy se eral hundred cities. In eTery case tney have greatly reduced I expenses, cut down the tax rate, and increased the prosperity of the community. Could Save $10,000 on Streets. "There is no reason why Richmond cannot do the same thing." Mr. Dustin was an interested observer of Richmond's streets. "My observations of your streets, your street department methods, and your engineering practices have shown that $10,000 could easily be saved in one year in that department alone," he remarked. Omaha, Nebraska, is now negotiating with Mr. Dustin in an effort to have ; him take charge of its new bureau of j research. j

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MILLS SECRETARY OF B1GMEETING Former Earlham Head Honored By Friends at Final Session.

START NEW MOVEMENT Step Taken to Establish Chair of Advanced Theology At Seminary. Prof. Joseph J. Mills, of Pasadena, Cal., former president of Earlham college, was appointed general secretary of the Five Years' meeting of the Friends church at the final session of the executive committee at the South Eighth Street Friends church last night. Prof. Mills will serve for the year 1914, performing the duties at his home in Pasadena. By that time the board hopes to be able to establish permanent headquarters for the executive committee in Richmond, and secure a young man ta take charge of the office as general secretary. After being the head of Earlham coV lege for eighteen years. Prof. Mills retired in 1903. Since that time he has traveled over the country, serving as pastor of Friends congregations at Toronto, Canada, and Whittier, Cal. He was succeeded as president of Earlham college by Robert L. Kelly. Wants Additional Chair. Through President Kelly, as chairman of a special committee, the executive board took steps to establish a chair of advanced theology at the Hartford (Conn.) Theological seminary. The chair is to provide Instructions for young men wishing to enter the ministry. "This is a radical departure of the Friends church." said President Kelly. "The Friends have never maintained a theological institute of their own, but there are so many of our young people looking forward to advanced theology that the executive board deemed it wise to establish a theological chair in some acceptable seminary. It was not believed advisable at this time to take any action leading to the establishment of a theological institute of our own. Headquarters Here. The establishment of permanent headquarters in this city was postponed for some time. While practically all the business of the executive board is transacted here, it is the intention of the board to centralize all the activities in one office. Members of the board believe a location can be obtained and a secretary employed to take charge of the headquarters at the expiration of Prof. Mills' term. Power to make arrangements for this move was placed in the hands of a sub-committee. The board approved and decided to push the nationwide, co-operative missionary campaign, A series of conferences and meetings will be held to inform the church members of the needs of the churches. These meetings will culminate about March 1914. in an effort to systematize the giving and collecting of funds for the church interests, including the operating expenses, benevolences and missions.

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TELLS OF PLANS IF ELECTED Will Not Be Subservient to Any Individual in Performing His Duties. A REPLY TO ILIFP If Humble Birth Is a Crime He Says He Must Plead Guilty to Charge. William J. Robbins. the Progressive candidate for mayor, today issued the following statement concerning his candidacy in reply to a statement recently issued by Kdgar Iliff. chairman of the Republican city committee. It is as follows: To the Voters of Richmond: In a recent issue of one of our local papers there appeared a letter signed by Mr. Edgar Iliff. Chairman of th Republican City Committee. In which he made certain statements concerning my ability to take charge of the affairs of the city as your mayor, and which statements were based principally on the fact that th place of nay birth, my early boyhood days, and my early manhood, had been in a crossroads village. I acknowledge these statements of Mr. Iliff to be true. I cannot deny them, nor do I wish to do so. Rut if an bumble birth in a place where the necessities of life were gained only by hard knocks, and if an early hardship and a simple method of living in early life is criminal, then I have greviously erred. But I cannot think that the cltitens of Richmond will attempt to measure up a man by this standard. I fully believe that the same Impulse of what is right and wrong throbs In the breasts of every citizen of this city, whether he be born within the confines of a gilded castle or within the humble cottage at Its base. Cannot Lead Voters Astray. I cannot think that the people will be led away from the main issues of this campaign to that of a series of personal attacks of one candidate against another. Therefore I will leave the statements of Mr. Iliff In his letter with you and ask that you carefully consider their merits and demerits before you cast your ballot. But appended to said letter and cast out in bold type was a statement that "A vote for Zimmerman la a vote for all the people. A vote for Robbins Is a rote for Rudolph Leeds and a rote for millionaire control." In answer to the first part of said statement I will make no reply. That Is an issue that should be determined by the people of this city, and one which they should carefully and conscientiously consider before they cast their ballots. He la Not Boss Controlled. But to the reEt of said statement which Implies that I would be controlled by Rudolph Leeds In the event of my election. I wish to brand as absolutely false, and which was framed only to detract the voters from the main issues of this campaign. I will not be subservient to the wishes of any individual, be it Mr. ' Leeds or any other citi sen. In regard to my appointments, or In regard to the shaping of the policies of my administration. But. as I said In my platform, which has appeared in both local papers and which has been placed 4n your homes by our local city committee. I will be glad to advise with any and all citizens at all timet, be they' business men backed by thousands of dollars of our city's wealth, or be they men from the humbler walks of life, to which class, as Mr. Iliff In his article Implies, I belong, and on account of which he attributes my sole weakness as a candidate for mayor of oar city. Improvements Can Be Mad. I have refrained from personalities in this campaign and shall not indulge in them now. I have nothing bat the kindliest feeling for my opponents as cltitens of this city. No one haa ever heard me say one word of criticism against them personally nor will I do so. It has been my motto, that if I can say no good of a man that I will speak no ill of him. and I shall continue said policy In this campaign. I would rather tell you of a few things that I propose to do than to state things in a negative manner as to what I will not do. I would rather state to you that I feel there are certain improvements that can be made for our city's good and for the good of all our people. I feel that in my statement to yon in my platform, which you no doubt have read, that I have covered the field in a general way of certain things that will be done if I should be elected as the mayor of this city. I wish, however, for the benefit of those who have not come In touch with tbeae statements to give to them in a brief manner the things for which I stand, and for which I will make a fight, that they may be embodied as a part of this city's government. What Robbins Stands For. They are as follows: A careful selection of the heads of the various departments based only upon their character and Integrity as men and upon their ability to do their duties as officials. The giving of my entire time to the duties of my office, and a requirement of the same from all department heads. Regular inspection and regular reports from each department. Safeguarding of the people's Interests in all matters that come up before the Public Utilities Commission. Granting franchises only with the purchase clause, granting the city the right to purchase at any time. Condemning as wrong the present system of the payment of the lighting of our streets by only the patrons of our City Light Plant, and pledging that hereafter such practice shall not be (Continued on Last Page)

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