South Bend News-Times, Volume 38, Number 285, South Bend, St. Joseph County, 12 October 1921 — Page 2
THE SOUTH BEND NEWS-TIMES WEDNESDAY MOKNINC. OCTOBER 12. 1921
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WARSAW. In.!.. Oct. 11. Chars
Irg that money furnhh'd by him tot ..- v. ifo wa.s US ! Ly her to aM I Arn-. Clark, of Warsaw, to obtain' :l üvr-rc her; r. r contly grantel Inj th- Kulten county circuit court. ;
Will I im Ii. Loh er, of Warsaw, hw fibd In th Iv'.sf iuflko circuit court a crr.H-c or::p:.iInt to an action recently l-rr.ushi Ly Mrs. Loher. who po-
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v.lfe um' l money given to hör by h-r huvl -and to purchase groceries fr Clark, that she ha.t an ungovernable temprr, which resulted In their -j-arati-.n in June of thU year. He akH for the custody of their two chlldr n.
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Mr. Harper. In the- op'-nlng ir.r.ir.g th'- Yanks had stakd Harr. r to a three run had. It was h..; 1 that 'i "h n advantarr woul 1 -t-ady hin;. It didn't. Hob Shnv.k-y r'l-Harper. Frwtrr IMaj Wrll. Chirk rev.-ter V. ho il'U''l left f.e!(! lnrte.id of tho allir.i' Kuth Ftoli orno of r.ab'3 nrU'ir.al s'-'sfT by rrncklnn" out a honi" run In the secrni Innlr.?. Af'.T Sh ".vk y had p!r.frd. Fevster hit a fant hall. hl?;h an1 irl ln'o the wt Ml bP arhrr. Tk the h"rie rur.fl of Knl"T ar.d Meuf-1. 5t van rather a flukey drive. th lil! prlr.s? Into the short Je.ft fl-Id Meachers. It vrai fUiir-M thit th? two nir. woTiId be a bljr en ou.tr h marrrln for Ehawk-wy- worked nicely In the third, and "erned to have plenty of pf:ff. hut four hits, an error and a Ctral Kfivf the man f-ur runs and the lead wh was held to the end. TliriH ITuko Homers. Th plxth tram verified my opinion that r.ukn home mrj would piny a lart In tho r-rlen. All three runs Trr f!u to th Fhort playlnjr fleld. Ia Morsel's hits would have probably been a do'iM on the ordinary rflirk, WiiT.o the hits of Snyder and rwstr would in all probability JiTf Wen outs. If thr waj any brrak In today's frarrvi It was two lulv bounds on Ulli hit by Kflly. "H- should have been nn en.y out each time but a fa!5 bound .cave him a hit on each ocoarton. Those two hit drove In the l?t two run.? of the pam. And thc-!e two runs meant a frrea.t deal to the chance of the d!ants. It will b-- Mays versus Toney In the seventh g:arn.o and I look for Mays to win.
STARK COUNTY BOY SLAYING CASE PUT OFF
Judge Intimates That Prosecti tion Has Gone Far Enough in CourL
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HOLD BROKER FOR CHARGE OF FRAUD rENSACOLA. Fla.. Oct. 11. Alien Stirling, who conJucte-d a tock und bond brokerage- house here and who IT, a do 1 "c'peCialty of foreign ?ecurltieff." was held In Jrdl here today, charged with usinr the mnl to defraud. The arrest of Stirling was the result of an extended Investigation by federal authority. He was held under bond of J5.0CO. Ftirllrjr had branch office In the south and Is understood to have headquarters In Cincinnati. A state prosecution probibly will follow the government case.
MILK IXX)r VAIAT3 TOLT.
ELKHAKT. Oct. 11. Twelve thousand peoole In this iclnlty were told of the feed value of ml'.k In the county-wide ml'.k campaign ratted by nine workers here durins the pa?t two we-rlcH. Address- were! ma-io In all public schools and before i many club. , 1
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the etury goes. And on that day a bird flew from Us nest, perhaps to 'rouso the curion.ty. of those pluying on tht &Tcen belw. liennie climbed
the pol. Cecil had a rxf.e. Some- i phot was fired.'
pointed tho w capon at Bennle's fi.ater. '"The woudtd boy died within CO hours. "Frederick Scherman saw Bennie with the pun just before and Jus: after the shooting. "Frederick, it appears, was at the top of a pole In the Eurkott yard inspecting a Martin house when the
thing happened. Ht-nnlo died. XeighboiH declared that the death
was t:;e result of an accident. Cecil ! out the martin hou3o Mys so, too. Witness's said it upon i ing out straw that
Cct-SI Teil Story. But Cecil t o 1 1 3 the story this way: "Frederick and I were cleaning
Ve were taksparrows had
JOBLESS BODY GIVES HINTS FOR REMEDIES
Ii'OC CHOLHItA ILXGKS. PLYMOUTH. Ind.. Oct. 11. More than 100 farmfl in Plymouth ccunty are infested with ho? cholera, according to an estimate made by Dr. Carl Reynolds, who is combating the disease, today. The dl?eae ha? pained its strongest foothold near Bremen and Bourbon.
Tariff Must Be Settled to Give Business Confidence to Go Ahead.
BRITISH AND IRISH - DELEGATES MEET IN FIRST SESSION
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und recited the rosary as their representatives were closeted with the Uritlh cabinet members. Women Kiicvl In lTayor. Many of them women being In the m:'rity followed the delegates to thetr home In the Wt6t End when the conference adjourned at 1 o'cl-ck for luncheon, and during the jneil again fan? hymns and knelt la pmyer. Similar pcer.es were witnessed dur!x the afternoon session. ! A meeting of the cabinet council will b held at 11 o'clock tomorrow, at whlhc Mr. Lloyd George will adLse hLs colleague regarding Monday's proceeding. Only one untoTrard Incident occurred today. A young mAn passing through a crowd C-t the entrance to Downing st. bought a mall Sinn Fe'.n flag, which Hawkers wtre polling, erat on it. thrw It to the ground and trampled ca 1L Ife wa Immediately attacked b7 & number of Irish girl-? and was fcA.nd.led o roughly that a pollcetiAn took hlra to Scotland Yard for protection. Having routed their enemy, the Clrla cheered lustily and returned to await the departure of their dele-
This Fish Story' Must Bo True, Preacher Says So VATt5,A', Oct. 11. Per. Robert TAl'Iesien of Chicago ?at in hLs boat cn Iittle Chapn-.ar.s lake, near here Monday. He h-.-M a fishing rod In ei hand and v. sndwich In the
Other, hav'.nr f.sh 1 until almost SiyhtfaU without a nibble. Ther wad a s;lah in the water lekde htm an I a or." pound 1 jumped Into the "b-at. The minister fvll upott the g follow and held
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. i;mu i:i:ixilLs. INM AN.r"I.:. ' In 1 . Oct. 11. t:,v,:,:, .-n-;. . i:"-r7i (l-rg Vebter tr'..d :" 1 a b..M-ur man. Two ti . '. v. b. t i ) :r. tot'. led for lct!n;s ov. r-p : b.:rr.. t- k his re- , vol-.fr a r. 1 fir. 1 a h. t Into his Uz t h r a n a : . y . . O'c'-i' walV irt-" a reaurant i,nd a.'-- l tb.it thA f-.ico 1 e notll-d.
: Tor,(vo rrjt ts lntor. "VA!A'A7 ' 11 The h:h Cct .f 1" '." r - down. I'ega: .f v. h t;.-r or not conyrt5a tak - a t: i ! r luce the tax tr. f'ia . i.ir.v 1 raf.l.- cf clear ivhich f r par have been fe;.ini; at v.. and two for lj rei't.- are r t.v Pit.? In Wars w end surr ur.d:r.' i'.vr.-, for live rents tacli.
the stand In the Knox county court A'hen Cecil, sitting with bis parents, brothers and sisttra, on ono eido of the brnall oourt room, looked upon Bennie s parents upon the other side, faced the court and thu Jury with which his fate rested. Twelve men disagreed. Some said that the rifle was not discharged accldentaly, others that it wa. And the deadlock lasted until tho Jurist ordered the jurors to return a verdict of disagreement, and so home. Knox business men, and jome from Ora, willingly signed the bond that permitted Cecil his freedom after tho murder of a seven year old lad, and after Cecil walked from the court room with the bonds of law hanging heavily upon him. TVmn Takes Sides. And every body in this llttlo town has taken sides, though some, in respect to the families of both, refuse to voice their ntand. Yet all agret that the murder is murder and that a murderer Is a murderer, Cecil Burkett, with hi boy's mind, should go free. They do not believe that his mental capacity has matured to tfre stae where he could, willingly or unwillingly, conceive plans whereby he could take In cold blood the heartbeat of a youthful friend. Dr. Harold X. Mover, criminologist and alienist, disagrees with people here. In his scientific examination of Cecil Burkett he gained the conviction that Cecil could plan and execute a murder but that he would not. Dr. Moyer decreed further: It !s impolble for an adult, no matter how clever, to construct a complicated lie that will withstand pcientino questioning. He stood perfectly every trick I tried In examining him In regard to the killing of Bennie Slavin. I found CeVil to be fully normal, mentally and morally exactly like the average normal boy of his age. lie did his best In all the tests I gave him, showed an interest in them and a desire to pleae. I teted his memory, reasoning power, Judtrment. All were good, although his teaching has been deficient. Then I questioned him again and again on every minute point of his, story. It is impossible for a human mind not to betray Itself In a lie by some hesitation, correction or contradiction when science questions. Grell Stands TVst. But Cecil stood absolutely foursquare on h'.f original story'. But aftr finding the lad mentally as old as his years we still must consider whether he can have a fair trial. Ho cannot. He should be tried by a Jury of his peers equals. But will the 12 men or men and women who hear his story and the rtorles of the other child witnesses In this cn.srt be hi peers? They will not By all their lives and training they will be unable to understand his motives and his acts. Science itself couldn't discover those thing. It simply had to copy them after years of painstaking study from th word. and acts of children themselves. Th's lad. no child, whatever the evidence, phould not be broucht ti ar as an .adult, to be tried befadults. T.. boy knows right and wrong Vif V'j rirrnTa!" find ctoniril an.
not 1-e the proce?5es and standards of adults. Why then rtnuM Tie be tried by
adulbs for his life? Why should he, stand to lose his life on the word's of adults who cannot understand him? Right or Trial By Jury. The case is without a parallel in Indiana history. People throughout the state advanced the question "Can Ct-cil be given a fair trial ?' The law giv s a prisoner the right of trial by a Jury of his peers. Strictly interpreted, that would have given Cecil a tr:al by buys of hi own ae. Men. many cf thorn who have turnt d grey with r.umy winters, sat in the jury box in the :;r?t trial, others like t'ura would sit upon tho samt s. .its were Cecil to again face trial. Pros. James A. Dilts. who directed proceedings that led to the indict-
m.nt in February, said: "We believe that there was bad jfetling between the two lads. ; "Cecil, his brother Alfred, who is I nine, and Frederick Scherman, who i is seven, were playing in the Burkett i Lackyard. I Bonnie Slavin and his sister, Clara I were in the adjoining yard. ! "Cecil called Bennie to come into ; hi: yard. Bennie at first objected. !?!:: Cecil held out a kite and tempt- ' t-d Bennie till finally he crossed tho
line.
carried into It. "My ririe was leaning against the side of tho house. "I was taking eome of the straw Into the house to burn It. "I had not seen Bennie. And I couldn't see the gun from where I was walking. "I heard a shot and a yell. I dropped the straw and ran around the corner of tho house. "Bennie was running and the gun was on tho ground. "I picked up the gun and took it and the straw into tho house. "I did not know Bennie was shot. "Then I heard his mother calling and I found my mother and we went out riKht away. "1 think Bennie picked up the gun and was drausdnf? ut away when
(Continued from page ono) speed of proportionate adjournment of the inequalities of deflation." "It will be observed." the resolution continued, In commenting on appended tables showing relative prices ana wage levels, "that agriculture has reached an unusually low plane, while transportation and eome branches of the construction industries are at the highest. Disproportion in l'ricvs. "It will al- be observed that there Is an entire disproportion between tho price of the primary commodities and the ultimate retail price. The.se disproportionate Increases In the progressive stages of distribution are due to increased costs of trans
portation, enlarged nrofits. Interest.
the trigger got caught in some weedd i taxes. labor and other charges.
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'T didn't
Bennie." Cecil is the eldest of elghtt children. His father is a dredgeman and wa3 away from home at the time of the killing. Bennie was the son of a merchant. He had two sisters and one brother. Claims Threats Mado. One of these?, six-year-old Clara, says Cecil threatened to kill her and Bennie. Eleven-year-old Alfred, too tells of threatts. And Bennle's parents say that Bennie twice said just before he died, "Mother, Cecil Burkett shot me." 'Cecil killed Bennie, and ho did It purposely," says the tragedy victim's father. "He ought to hang for It and I'm going to see that he does." But Cecil says: "I didn't do it, and I'm not afraid to go to trial. How can they kill me for killing a boy I didn't kill?" And Cecil's raother verifies her son's story.
"If the buying power of the different elements of the community Is to be restored, then thio levels must reach nearer a relative plane. For example, the farmer cannot resume his full consuming power and thu.give increased employment to the other Industries until either hi
prices increase or until more of the
other products and services come j i ... . . I
iiuo i.ur oa.ance wiui n.s cummoiiiticp, and therefore the reach of his income."
LAKI? COUNTY (JUTS TKIATj SPRINGFIELD. 111.. Oct. 11. Iiko county has been selected as the place for thr. trial of Gov. Iyn Small on charges of embezzlement and conspiracy to defraud the state whilo Ftate treasurer, it was announced today.
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unen me grana jury returneu lis ; havo returned from a vksit of sevindlctment. the public voiced the . cral wcek with relatives in Toledo, criticism that it would have been: Mr. and Mrs. Arthur .Sturgis of better to have referred the wholt j South Bend have b.-en visitors at
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court, to be disposed of as are other charges of delinquency. But Pros. Dilts points out that tho law doesn't allow such action in cases of murder or treason. The jury may recommend life imprisonment or give the death penalty in all murder cases. But W. J. Reed, attorney for the Burkett family, says: "the boy is telling the truth and the facts will free him."
MARIAN READS BIBLE IN CELL, JURORS BALLOT
Prosecutors Ask for Life Sentence for Twenty Year Old Girl.
(Continued from page ono) the fertile and educated brain of Marian." Francis W. Poulon, of counsel for the defense, followed Cas?-idy. He dwelt at length on the testimony of Mr. Emma Colavito. witness for the state awaiting trial for the fame crime, declaring she was Peeking to save herself from the death chair by implicating Mi McArdle In the murder plot. Pleads for Acquittal.
W. H. Wynn. j W. X. Niles is a business visitor iu . Chicago this week. ! Mrs. May Gillespie entertained a ' number of little lolks at her home' Saturday afternoon in honor of her; little granddaughter, Bessie Hager-j
ty. who was eläht years old on that day. Mr. and Mrs. Otto Larsen of South Bend were guests at the George Halbach home Sunday, Mrs. John Kerr, with her little granddaughter, Virginia Clouch, visited her daughter, Mrs. Corinna Clough, in Benton Harbor, over the week end. The Aid society of the Methodis: church will meet Tuesdady afternoon in the church parlors. Mbs Mabel Carter and her mother have moved into It. S. Pennell's house. Irving Knight has employment in Charlotte, Mich. Mr. and Mrs. D. N". Haviland are spending a few days at their farm near Goshen. B. F. Waldorf lias sold his cottace on Bluff ft. to S. B. Horton of Chicago.
.nrs. ueorge u. Dean and Mrs. C. E
L. Di'.ley were Xiles visitors, .Sunday. Mrs. Will Judd. with her daughter. Helen, of South Brnd. has been a visitor at the hom.e of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Kidsou. Clyde Pennell ha purchased a Studebaker light-six edan, II. j: Luke a big-six sedan, and Mra. Kei.Tlev a licht-six Studrbal.rr
F. Itouso and family havo mnv.'
Into the J. I. Goiham house, on Kimn.el st.. which they recently pur- ! chased. Mr. and Mrs. Handd Stor-!
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Mnets of the lurora for a verdict of ! ick have taken an H'artment at till:
acqu'al I VilIri' on IUuff st- Kl1- 11:111 aml fam- 3 -She has suffered enough." Poul- j have moved into rooms in Mr.. g undeclared. Lhzabcth Stem's house on Main st. j Jj
Prosecutor Edward Stanton closed
the case for tho ftate. He declared that Misa
McArdle
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and once more life imprisonment wa.( arked. Iveui E. Hart of Chicaro began the final plea for the defense by quoting from the poem, "Mother Ix e." Ho attacked tho state's ca and pleaded far aenulttal. As Mis-? McArdle came into court for the afternoon she was handed A telegram of "good wishes and "love" from her father. Thomas McArdle, who because of the critical illness of hi wife in Chicago has been unable to attend the trial.
The- June Bind wi.I meet with fe Mrs. E. A. Miller Wednesday. Oct J S 12. The hostess will be assisted by ft
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North Main st. has been improved Ö by new sidewalks placed in front of H
the residences of Loyal G. Mir.Ier and Charles Hankins. Cross walks will be placed on the f-ame street. The Your.g Married Ladies' club will meet with Mrs. Fred Itlkert Thursday afternoon, Oct. 13.
MAPLE GROVE Mr. and Mr?. Mor.roe "Plunimet visited re! ti rs at Plymcuth. Ralph Rc?rrs and family of Suth Bend were pufst.s at the home of his parents. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Rogers, Sunday. Andrew Crocker and family of Edwardsburg visited relatives here
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"At that Cecil reopened the old squabble .and in cold blood shot the o.;r.er by. the bullet entering his right side at the back. "He committed this crime with a "L'-ralibre rife which belonged to the Burkett family.
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i PORT HURON. Mich., Oct. II.
'Trank E. Beard, chairman of the'mday
'county read eommls-ionors in pre-j .Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Crocker of j j sentir.g his report to the supervisors South B-r d .-pent Sunday here. I j stated that the tate would rpend ' Mr?. Laura Weiss and Miss Edna !$30.0C0 in St. Clair ounty in 1322 Boy were guests in this vicinity j ; for good read, providing the ccur.ty ; Sunday. j would raise by taxation one-quarter' A rousing reception wa.s given to I
of that amount. During the present) He v. Polen at the M. E. church last !H
I year county reads totaling SO 1-2 ! Sunday In honor of his third year as . fl
! mvs were completed and state i pastor of tn.s charge. Dinner wast
trunk line totaling 59 miles are; served. The afternoon was pent so-1 cotnp41eted or nearlng complletion. claliy an-i a program was rendered. (
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