Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 43, Number 39, 27 December 1917 — Page 2

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THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND UN-TELEGR All, THURSDAY, DEC. 27, 1917.

F.1UNCIE JUDGE PROBES ESCAPE OF JWSONERS Three "Bad Men" Started Sawing way to Liberty Ten Days Ago. MUN'CIE, Ind, Dec. 27- Judge William A. Thompson of the Circuit Court this afternoon started an investigation

of the jail breaking here this morning

which resulted in the escape of Edward McCoy, under sentence of life imprisonment for murder; Otto (Hickory) Harris, paroled convict, arested last Monday night suspected of a bold holdup, and John"Wilkerson, paroled convict serving sentence Imposed in the City Court here when convicted of larceny. Judge Thompson's court of inquiry brought to light that the work of sawing the iron bars at the jail was started more than ten days ago, immediately after McCoy was convicted of murder; that certain persons in the jail who did not escape, aided in the work; that more than twelve saws were (.lipped into McCoy from time to time: that McCoy was permitted to see visitors any day; that last Friday McCoy's mother came to the jail, when visitors were not supposed to see prisoners, and gave McCoy $200; that McCoy was permitted to receive boxe and baskets of food at almost all times; that prisoners were not locked up In their cells at night and were permitted to roam about through cell halls as they pleased. The three men broke from the Jail, ' supposedly about 5 o'clock this mornlug, after they had sawed a lock on a door 'leading to the upper corridor. Previously they had sawed the bars to one of the windows and after getting into the corridor their escape was fasy. Police in surrounding cities have been asked to look for the men. All Known as "Bad Men" All three of the prisoners are known as "bad men" and all have served time in rison. Andrew Brown, a negro prisoner, testified before Judge Thompson that he learned of the work that was going on more than ten days ago. He said McCoy had several of the men in jail working for him sawing the bars on the promise that he would let them in on the escape. He said men who had sawed on the bars told him of their work and the plan to es-! cape. He said that he was told the

break was to be made tonight, but he said McCoy and his two pals "put it over" on the rest by getting away this morning. He said one of the escaped men stole a suit of clothes from one of the prisoners. One of the men told him, he said, that there would be two automobiles outside the jail to take them away after thoy got out. Men whom Brown mentioned in his story deny any knowledge of the intended escape. Tt is believed that several persons outside the .is il knew of the intended escape. Sheriff and Mrs. O'Hara had been away for a few days visiting at Ixitansport and they arrived home at the jail at 2 o'clock this morning. At that time. Sheriff O'Hara said everything was quiet about the place, and it is his opinion that the men did not set away until about 5 o'clock this morning. McCoy, formerly a bartender, was convicted on Dec. 6, last, of first decree murder for the killing of Frank Butler, a young negro. McCoy shot Butler without any provocation, and the Jury fixed his penalty at life imprisonment. Harrison was placed in jail Christmas eve after he had staged a daring hold-up iff a drug store here and had shot at the proprietor's wife. The authorities say they have no clew as to the whereabouts of the men.

"HE STUCK IN HIS "THUMB, PULLED OUT A PLUM" ' '

BENEFIT DANCE FRIDAY NIGHT

A war-fund benefit dance will be given at the Coliseum Friday night by the T. P. A. lodge of Richmond. Part of the proceeds of the dance will be contributed to the Richmond chapter of the Red Cross society and the remainder to other war funds, for the benefit of soldiers. All T. P. A. membars are invited. Soldier and sailors in uniform will be admitted "free of charge.

I Hoosier Happenings

$5 FOR SEED CORN LAFAYETTE. Dec. 27 "Cora growers who ask more than $5 a bushel for their seed corn will be classed as profiteers by the government," declared Prof. G. I. Christie, state food

production director, today. This prac

tically means that a maximum price of $3 a bushel has been placed by the government on this seed. STOLE TO DODGE ARMY MTJNCIE. Dec. 27. Oliver H. Collins, admitted in circuit court that he had forged notes and checks to the amount of $2,000 in order to finance himself while evading army service. Judge Thompson first gave him his choice of going to prison or enlisting and Collins said he would go to prison. Later be changed his mind and said that he would enlist. Judge Thompson suspended the prison sentence. BEATEN AND ROBBED LAWRENCEBURG, Dec. 27. John H. Russe, Jr., former deputy prosecuting attorney, was held up beaten and robbed by four men in Fourth avenue

in Cincinnati while on his way to the union station to return here. A purse containing $14 was taken and also a suite case containing Christmas presents valued at $45. The robber8 overlooked a roll of bills in Russe's vest pocket. STABBED FIVE TIMES KOKOMO. Dee. 27. William Rounds, an employe of the Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company's plant, was stabbed by an unidentified man while waiting for a street car near the plantFour stabs in the back penetrated the lungs and another thrust cut open hi3 left side. His recovery is doubtful. J. O. COLE IS 89 PERU, Dec. 27. James O. Cole, a pioneer of this city, celebrated his eighty-ninth birthday anniversary with a dinner party. Cole is one of the wealthiest men in Indiana and is sti.l active in business. He went to California in 1849 making the journey from Peru to the gold fields of the western slope by way of the Isthmus of Panama.

Sends to France For Body of Son Killed in Battle

PHYSICIAN ENABLES ELEVEN TO ENTER

WASHINGTON. Dec. 27. Eleven men, who otherwise would have been unable to do military service on ac

count of slight physical defects, were

made fit at one station of tee public health service last week. All have since been accepted by the recruiting officers. Secretary McAdoo recently approved an order directing the officers of the public health service to communicate with the Chairman of the Examining Boards and furnish advice, including prescription, to all rejected on account of curable conditions, and to request them to direct such persons to apply to the public health service officer in order that he might assist them to so improve their physical condition as to be able to serve their country in a military capacity. That the order is already having results, is shown by a report received by Surgeon General Blue from the medical officer. In charge of the Marine Hospital at Detroit, which reports that as a result a number of men rejected for military service on account of curable conditions have been sent to the hospital and in a single week eleven were returned and accepted foi military service.

Service Flag With 1,154 Stars Raised

BOSTON, Dec 27. -A service flag with 1,154 stars was raised on the building of the United States Rubber Company. The stars represent employes of subsidary companies ,as wen as the main corporation.

HOBART, Ind., Dec. 27. Funeral Director Kosanke of Hobart is on his way to New York today, the first step of his journey to France under orders of William Kostbade, whose son Edward was one of the American -soldiers killed Sunday in the French

trenches. Kosanke expects to bring! the body home for burial.

Edward Kostbade was 18 years old and enlisted at Gary when war was declared. He was re ported "killed by an explosion" with the American

troops in France. A brother. Sergeant 'Major William Kostbade is stationed at Hattiesburg, Miss.

LOVE LETTERS TO SOLDIERS BANNED

WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN FRANCE, Dec. 27. Love is getting a cruel jolt these days when it encounters such a material thing as tonnage. The army authorities are frowning on the efforts of many American women and girls becoming "godmothers" for the soldiers in France and writing and sending them presents. The army does not wish to put the kibosh on any regular love affair of long standing, but does not want the ships holds to be cluttered up with letters to soldiers from girls and women whom they have never met. The censorship regulations also forbid correspondence between soldiers and strangers. Recently an advertisement was received in the different camps showing a picture of a pretty girl urging soldiers to write to a certain address and get "godmothers."

EXPECT COLBY TO SPEAK IN INDIANA

INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. 27. Of the six men now representing the federal food administration in a personal investigation of conditions existing in England, France and Italy, both as to civilians and the fighting men, it is expected that Everett Colby, of New York, will be assigned to make addresses at the county meetings in the interest of food conservation to be arranged in Indiana during the latter part of January and early in February. With Mr. Colby will be assigned Mrs.

Raymond Robins, of Illinois, wife of the well known politician and writer who will take on the practical work to be done in the home, and there will be a third member of the campaign party, who will be able to present the local situation as it affects production and consumption. . .. An effort will be made to have thes? authorities visit at least two coun

ties each day, for a period of twenty to thirty days. Their assignments and routing are now being worked out by the speakers' bureau of the Indiana State Council of Defense, which will co-operate with county councils and food workers, in order to secure the largest possible measure of good.

Strikes Cause Loss of 500,000 Days WASHINGTON, Dec. 27.More than half a million working days the equiv

alent of the labor of 20,000 workmen for a solid month have been lost to the government ship building program through strikes and lockouts, R. B. Stevens, of the shipping board today told the senate investigating committee.

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STUDY WEST FRONT IN NEW YORK

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Captain David C. Fallon (Pointing) showing officers points on clay map of western front.. The western front is still a long: way from New York, but the United States officers in their service club in the Hotel McAlpin study its, hills, valleys, rivers and towns on a huge clay map laid out by a soldier who has; been over the entire front from Ostend to Switzerland.

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Rear Admiral Ralph Earle. The chief of the bureau of ordnance Rear Admiral Ralph Earle is likely to have to tell the congressional navy inquiry committee what his bureau has been doing toward carrying on the war to a successful issue.

CHURCH NOTICES OF CENTERVILLE

Christian Sunday school at 9:30 a. m.; preaching morning and evening at the usual hour; Christian Endeavor at 6 p. m. Rev. McCormick, pastor. A cordial invitation is extended to all. Methodist Sunday school at usual

hour: preaching in the evening at

7 o'clock: subject, "The Devil Take the Hindmost" Special music. Rev. J. B. O'Conner, pastor. Rev. and Mrs. O'Coner wish to extend thanks to members who remembered them with useful Christmas gifts. Friends Sunday school at 9:30 a. m.; preaching morning and evening; Christian Endeavor at usual hour. Rev. Mildred Allen, pastor. All are welcome.

THOMASON RETURNS.

C. E. Thomason has returned from Pittsburgh, where he attended a conference of insurance agents from Pennsylvania, Ohio and eastern Indiana.

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BELIEVE AMERICAN STEAMER IS LOST

NEW YORK, Dec. 27. The American steamship Tuscarora, formerly a lake vessel and requisitioned by the United States shipping board for Atlantic service, together with her entire crew of thirty-five men, is believed to have been lost at sea somewhere north of Cape Breton Island, according to advices received in shipping circles today from Nova Scotia.

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MILAN, Italy, Dec. 27. One of the patients at a big military hospital here is perhaps the greatest Italian hero of the war If single-handed feats of daring make one a hero. He. Is Sergeant G. Morint of the Bereaglieri. While on patrol at 5 o'clock in the morning at the gates of Udine be stopped a German automobile in which General Von Berrer was riding with an adjutant and two soldier chauffeurs. The sergeant's first 6hot killed the general. When the two Chauffeurs saw their general killed they leaped from the car and fled in panic The adjutant, a German captain, leaped out, too, but not to flee. He grappled with the Italian, and it was not until they had staged a firs-class rough-and-tumble fight on the highway that the Boche was made a prisoner. Morini was detailed to the cycle patrol on rear guard action. He was wounded after his heroic engagement and brought here to the hospital.

JOIIANNING GETS JAIL SENTENCE

Henry H. Jofaannlng, Ittcbmond plumber. In city court Wednesday, was sentenced to serve fifty days in jail and was fined $50 and costs, when he pleaded guilty to charges of tapping a gas main and electric wires at hiB home, 1022 South C street He was sentenced to jail and fined $25 and costs on the affidavit charging him with altering the electric connections and was fined $25 and costs for tapping the gas mains. - Johanning was arrested last September but owing to his Illness he was not arraigned In court until Wednesday. He paid the fines and started to the county -jail to serve bis centence. Although Johanning appeared in court he made no plea in his own defense. He was represented by Attorney Henry TJ. Johnson who told the court that he had advised Johanning to make a settlement with the gas company and the municipal light plant for the gas and electric current he had consumed by tapping the wires and mains, without the knowledge of the company. Johanning, through Attorney Johnson, claimed that he had just been using the gas without paying for it, for a year. N. H. Johnson, superintendent of the gas company, however, claims that he had tapped the mains several years ago.

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