The Daily Banner, Greencastle, Putnam County, 17 January 1933 — Page 1
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“IT WAVES FOR ALL”
RAZED GARY FARMER KILLS TWO; IS SHOT
GREENCASTLE, INDIANA, TUESDAY, JANUARY 17, 1933.
HERIFF FALLS MORTALLY WOUNDED IN OUN BATTLE; SIX WOUNDED
CRN'S HOME INTO FORTRESS
Armored Truck Used After Gas Bombs And Bullets Fail To Dislodge Barricaded Farmer
, ' lEN \rc , sz‘ N PB T “ SED s legal snarls Reduction uf the state gasoline tax J ft FI AY RTI I ^ from 4 cents a gallon to ;{ cents is ULiLt-X 1 UIIoLaJ sought in a measure introduced in ! |\1 AC^I71VIRI \ the Indiana house yesterday by Rep-i 111 /\»Jrjl-il*lDlj I
resentative J. Clinn Ellyson of Ham
mond and others. ~ Representative Mai tin J. Downey | MAJOK s l ATE ADMINISTRATION of Hammond, a co-author of the bill. I MEASURES HELD UP asserted that the lower tax rate DURING DAY would not decrease the amount of i revenue brought to the state because i BEER MEASURE IN GROUP
it would stop gasoline bootlegging! and cause Hoosieis to buy their gasoline within the state borders instead of driving into adjacent states to es-
cape part of the tax.
LOCAL MAN HONORED
GERMANY ASKS RIGHT TO \RM BORDER LINES
Bill RcorKauizing State Highwac Commission Only (tare To Reach
Legislators
GARY, Ind., Jan. 17, (UP)—While lis daughters watched, Mike Lantare. fanner, fought a five-hour battle 'against sheriff’s deputies and police ■which ended shortly after midnight ( \cith three dead including Sheriff Roy jF. Holley and half a dozen wounded. A rain of hundreds of bullets from [rifles, machine guns and revolvers poured into the simple two-story farm home where he hud barricaded
himself.
Only after an armored car had ear-
PKOPKRTY NOW EXEMPTED INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 17, (UP) WOULD BE TAXED BY BILL i •' ,a j° r administration bills were de-
I layed in introduction to the Indiana
Real estate held b> foundations or •egislature today because of unforeholding companies for religious, edu- ; ' ecn difficulties, but one, that reoicational or charitable institutions will *> aniisin * tlic - taU ’ highway commisbe subject to taxation under provi- i "as to be reported to the sensions of an amendatory bill intro- ! ate for P assa K e b >' th e roads
N I X ESSARY C. ER M A N S l LA IM DUE TO STAND TAKEN BY FRANCE
TOUNGER GERMANS INSISTENT
PROFESSOR REVEALS ALL EXPLAINS FRESHMEN WOMEN A happening, occurred Tuesday evening which may or may not explain why many freshman women look and act that way! Professor G. B- Manhart was giving a lecture on European history of the Middle Ages, illustrating this lecture with lantern slides. "These,” said the professor, “are examples of the architecture of the Middle Ages, and-in walked six freshmen women.
New
Generation Emphatic On Point Of Armed Equality In Europe
The
ARE w \RNED TO BE ON LOOKOUT FOR STAMPS
NO. 79 BANDITS LOOT STATE BANK AT NORTH JUDSON
ASSISTANT CASHIER JUMPS FROM BANDIT CAR AFTER BEING KIDNAPED ILLINOIS PLATES ON AI fO Six Bandits Obtain About $4.1100. Use Bank Official As Shield Against Gunfire
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YRED I . O HAIR.
duced before the Indiana house yes-1 C0, JJ i m *^ ee ’
today by Representative Wilfred
Jessup of Centerville.
The present law exempts all prop-
tied officers to the doorway of the ^ hel<1 b - v sueh hoIdin K tur,,ra -
home at Ross, a nearby small town. I< ’ 11 '
and torches had set fire to the frame , ^Kresentat.ve Jessup said that
building, were police able to gain en
F. L O’Hair FIimIimI \ DePauvv TrusU^e
NORTH JUDSON, Ind.. Jan. 17, (UP)—Six bandits robbed the Amer- ! ican State Bank here of between $2,000 and•$3,000 today and kidnaped ) Frank Vanek, assistant cashier, to
of
large amounts of property, much of which is being held for commercial purposes, is now off the tax duplicates because it has been given to some religious, educational or chari-
table institution.
try to the improvised fort.
In a second story room, crouched before a picture of the Virgin Mary 1 , police saw the madman. Fearing Lantare might be feigning death to
trap them, they discharged their re- ~ _
volvcis into his body. Examination |)||M k ‘||| I
indicated he might have fallen victim
to the earlier bullets.
Laura and Nancy Lantare, 18 and I ^ 20 years old, daughters of the mad dened farmer watched the weird struggle that ended with the farm house in flames that illuminated the powder-smeared faces of the attack- 1 cr They fainted when the body of | their father was cairied from the j
burning home.
The beer bill was one of those held
up.
Frank McHalc, Logunspurt, administiation spokesman, said that none o! the Democratic platform measures being prepared would be introduced today. Unexpected problems such as legal snarls must be
met first, he said.
PRESIDENT OF (ENTRAI
TIONAL BANK N \MKD ON
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Postoffice officials in Greencastle have received a circular from the postoffice department inspector's office requesting them to be on the lookout for any person in possession of an unusual amount of stumps. On ,
tlie night of January 6 the Westport. | P rotoa them from «un fire of vigil-
Ind., po-toff ice safe was robbed 0 f
$234.78 worth of stamps ranging' Vanek - who had been heW ca P tive from the cent size to *1.00, as well on the runnin K board - J um P ed rr ""' as a number of special delivery, spe- the car about two miles west of he,li
N y Eur °P e to Ja >'- Germany intends to in-[ cia , hand | inf? an(J ajr mai , gtamp8 , in «'> -state road 10. and escaped. ight of arming hei self | atlditjon to $7>44 in mone y. Attention He wag br ' ,l “f ht ba< : k ^ Nortb *^ ud '
was called to tiic fact that the gov- 8on ' n one tbt! ''Kdantes automo
EDITOR’S NOTE: This i., the sec I ond of a series or articles by Richard! D. McMillan on why Europe will not i
disarm.
j By Richard D. McMillan
United Press Staff Correspondent i I BERLIN, Jan. 17, (U'P)-So long ns France remains armed to the | j teeth, the most military nation in
Make Annual Drive
Fred L. OHair, president of the Central National bank was cl 'cted a member of the board of trustees of
While the house held its usual fore- [ DePauw university at their annual noon session today, the senate waited ; January meeting in Indianapolis until afternoon to reconvene. It then | Tuesday afternoon, was scheduled to receive the recom-1 Mr. O’Hair is tho second (ireencasmendation for passage of the bill re- i tie man to be named a member of the placing the present fooi-member part ; board, Ch'ailes H. Barnaby being the
other member.
sist upon thi
if need be “for defense.
'•’Ins statement is the summing «P j e ro m ;" t 'V f f e r»'aVa"nding”reward’for j bi,es whil ° other cars ,oaded "'<' b
cf the conversation I have had with responsible German diplomats and other authorities, as well as members of the Steel-Helmet and other organ . tal|
izations . The younger generation in j
Germany is particularly insistent i r
upon this point. ; |\ vo \\ omen l^rs
the apprehension of postoffice bur-j armed mun r’outinued the pursuit, glais. It was believed the burglars | Vanek " a s uninjured except for
| might attempt to dispose of the [
in Greencastle.
ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP PAIGN TO START IN COUNTY
ON JAN. 19
time highway commission with three-man full-time body, eliminating the position of the highway de-
partment director.
Although the beer bill is said to be
The strange battle which Lantare in the county Never in the history fought for hours against unequal odds of organized agriculture was it so
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, in its final form, its introduction, which had been scheduled for today, will be delayed until Wednesday or I Thursday.
The annual campaign for farm j Its present provisions include: A 3- j bureau members js getting under way cent a gallon state tax on beer; a
“We did not make the last war,” a j young German student told me. I “Even if it is accepted that Germany was guilty for plunging the world i into the greatest carnage of all time and we dispute this question of war j guilt—we. the younger generation,-
(T j were not responsible. Why, then.;
r |\. VI4 ‘I Tmtio III ' sbotdd we lbe humiliation and i 1 II ,*11 LI I ' inHijjnjty 0 f 0 ur present situation?’
Saved Alter ( rash
K. Of l\ Ivodjres
RESCUED FROM WILD LAND AFRICA; BOTH WOMEN INJURED
NA1ROBA, Africa, Jan. 17. (UP)—
had started in late afternoon in a seemingly minor incident. The farmer had come upon Alvin ami Lawrence Boettner, two neigh | hors, sawing up a tree. He ordered them to go away. Louis Boettner, 70. Ifather of the pair, interceded and said they hiof a right to saw up the
tree.
Lantare, whose daughters told police they had feared for two years he was going mad. left Without a word ami returned with his shotgun. He fired both barrels at close range at Louis Boettner, killing him instantly The sons fled.
important that old members renew their affiliations and new members join in the movement, according to of-
ficials.
“Farm problems will not be solved by other interests or groups of citizens”, says one county official. “Farmers well organized will solve them—
$;)0() license for retailers on which theie is no limit in number; limitation of wholesalers to one for 20,000 persons with a city tax of *1,500: the serving of no more than three pints
ULOVKRDAI.E K NIGHTS In BE HOST TO DELEGATES FROM SEVERAL COUNTIES
with a meal; and a BO-cent a pint tax i sentatives from
Cloverdale Diamond Lodg<- No. 341), Knights of Pythias, will be host this evening at a special meeting of repre-
lodges in several
on medicinal whiskey. counties at the hall in Cloverdale. Legislative leaders today were Ceremonies of initiation in the rank framing their new intangibles tax 0 f Page will be exemplified by Diu-
law. Plans call for levying from 25 mond lodge. *
farmers unorganized have no chance I to 3D cents on each $100 of the in- Candidate- from overal hxlgos in to do it.” tangibles value, Receipts of the tux, eluding Darlington, Ladoga. Spi-ncer. The drive for 1933 members will be ! estimated to run as high as $7,500,000 Russellville, Plainfield, .Martinsville,
The leaders of the Reich govern-1 Mlaa • llian Pa ^ a "«l Mi « Audrc V inent, even Adolf Hitler, head of the ] Sale-Barker, British women fliers. Geiman Nazi party, deny that Gei-| werc reseued from the wlld ke " ya many actually wishes to re-arm. : bush tt,da y b >’ a '' air l )lane What they wish is equality in prin- 1^ and P laced in a nura,n « hom ® eiple with the other nations of the here ^ recover from injuries received u ()l | ( j | when their plane crashed near Lake
“Grant us this and we will colla- Maifadi.
borate lovallv with the rest of the I Mis « Pu * e - ‘laughter of the chief world in'bringing about equal dis- i ll * tice of Bunna > Sir Arthur armament amongst the nations,” the, offered a fractured leg Miss Page said. “W.- do not wish another war, > « professional pilot. Miss
liarker suffered a head wound.
Sale-
The
made on the strength of returns or benefits to the farm people of the state through organization activities, it is said. ‘‘One of the first things that a prospective member of the
Summoned by the sons. Sheriff farm bureau must consider, particul Holley went to Lantare'a home with urly in times like these, is what will four deputies. Lantare peeped the membership mean to me financithrough the door in answer to their [ a ll>'” says L- L. Needier >eeretar\-
would go to the state treasury It has been proposed that the tax be applied to bank deposits, to be collected by banks and discounted
from individual accounts.
THE WEATHER
knock and then slammed it in their faces. He showed himself at an upper window a few minutes later when the deputies shouted to him to sur-
render.
A deputy shot at him and lie screamed and toppled over, appar
Mostly cloudy and colder; rain extreme soutli portion tonight; Wednesday cloudy; possibly some rain or
treasurer of the state organization “For the pa.-t five or six years, o in other words, since the cooperativ
enterprises of the farm bureau have, snow west and south portions,
gained a footing, there has not been j a single year in which less cash was _ j paid to the farmer in the way of re-
Walter O’Brien
ently dead. The officers, led by Holley, entered the home and started up the stairs. Suddenly Lantare appeared shotgun in hand and fired at the sheriff. The shots struck the of-
ficer in the head.
Holley’s companions picked up the officer hut as they ran from the house the madnuin opened fire on • hem, wounding Deputies Otho ('aidwell anil Edward Rogers who were carrying the sheriff. They were forced to drop Holley and flee for their lives. For an hour and a half the sheriff lay on the ground, rescuers unable to approach in the storm of bullets reined down by Lantare. A riot call brought 100 officers j
funds than was paid by them in membership fees in support of the farm bureau, township, county, state ami
national,'’ says Mr. Needier. This work reached a peak in mi ^ NKK A| sliKV ICES TO BE HELD
when the total refund paid by tm [ farm bureau to members was double the amount of membership fees, ac- j cording to the secretary-treasurer.
“These refunds came largely through Funeral services for Walter O’Brien the purchasing department, the live-1 son of Dr O’Brien of Danville, w ho stock division and the cooperative died suddenly from an attack of heart creameries," he says. 1 trouble Monday, will be held from the There are also savings which are Danville home at t"n o’clock Wednc
and New .Market "ill be pp -ent to
take the work.
Another feature of the evening will be a session devoted to the answering of questions pertaining to lodge topics by visiting state officials. Talks are scheduled bj Edwin R. Thomas of Fort Wayne, grand chancellor, and Harry C. Sullivan, of Ve-
vay. grand vice chancellor.
Arrangements for the Cloverdale meeting are in charge of special deputy II II. Kiim of Indianapolis; district deputies William F. Compton of Russellville and II I. Clemmer. and Chancellor Commander J. Branneman, Geoige B. Rockwell, and va-
but we do not wish to pass another ,
10. IT, O, 20 VHUS with powerful nidi-! men ^ ere to England after tury neighbors on either side-Fra b '' lida >' fli « ht tH l 0 ™- , on 'the one hand, and Roland, on the ^ w f r “ " rhtpd . fro '" other, wit!, Red Russia looming | J( .. | «r late Sunday, but it was impossible
yond in the background as a potential | nialc-
danger to our country.”
The Germans further argue that, , ,
the women s plane crashed. I lie rescue party cut through the bush and
landing near them. Three
I airplanes took up the search today, land one landed two miles from where
they signed the Versailles treaty on the understanding that, once its conditions were fulfilled, the signatory nations would proceed on an all-round aling down of their fighting forct s and war implements. Instead of reducing arms, the Germans argue, Europe now is mightier in military strength than before 1914, with the principal nations pouring out their people’s money at the rate of two billion dollars a year for the purchase of war material and the maintenan e
of armed forces.
brought the injured women out on a stretcher made from a wing of their
plane.
Miss Rage was brought here by the rescue plane and Miss Sale-Bar ker b; automobile.
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IMiriUi HtTC' ri,,US 0ther CluVL, " lilb ' "fThdals. According to German statistician
Three Die In
few bad bruises.
Five employes and two customers were in the bank when five of the , bandits entered. The sixth member ! of the gang remained in the car. The first man they encountered . was John Anderson, proprietor of a restaurant across tile street, who was 1 preparing to make a deposit. He an t 1 the other customer, William Heinke, North Judson, were herded together
i with the employes.
While the holdup was in progress | the fire siren was sounded, calling vig- : ilantes to the scene. The bandits ordered Vanek to accompany them, holding him as a shield and making him stand on the
running board.
Several of the vigilantes by that time, including Lewis Kran, editor of the North Judson paper, were pre-
pared to fire.
They were prevented, however, by Vanek’s presence Sheriff Alfred Norris of Starko county, state police and officers from Valparaiso and Michigan • ity started
in pursuit.
.They traced the bandit c ir to a point two miles west where it turn d north. A report said later it had been seen at Wanatah, south of I .a •
Porte.
The automobile carried Illinois license plates 368-9(51. Two other banks have been robbed in Indiana since Jan. 3 and the holdup of another was thwarted. Those robbed inclu led the Western State bank at South Bend and the Centerville bank. Bullet proof glass prevented a holdup at the Kempt',n State bank. Jan 7.
Dwelling Fin*
AT DANVILLE WEDNESDAY
BURIAL I N A BBT
Officers and members of the Cloverdale lodge anticipate the presence of several other state officials at the meeting tonight. Rreparatioii- have been ma le to care for a large crowd of Knights from visiting lodges.
VI TENDANCE I RG ED
Sam Manna, chairman of the attend-
these two billion dollars aie divide I j
up. partly as follows: Great Britain (mainly
for navy $655,521,000 France 475,000,000 Italy 237,345,000 ; These figures, baaed on the army navy, and air force estimates of the i power for 1930-1931, show that Ger-I many’s expenditure of slightly more
VETO OVERRULED
WASHINGTON, Jan. 17, (UP) — The senate today overrode President
| Hoover's veto and enacted into law TRAGEDY U( < I RS A I EVANS-; the bill to give independence to the YTLLK EARLY Tl ESDAY Philippine islands after 10 year., unMOKNING * der a transitional common") alth gnv« ernment. The vote was 66 to 26. EVANSVILLE. Ind., Jan. 17, (UP) —
most members and prospective members do not give consideration," hi says. This is the accumulation of re
from Gary, Grown Point and other I 8er ' ea ’ rtiis, it., in ,arnl
ance committee of the Kiwanis Club, than $120,000,000 is overshadowed by
“"h 1 ? n i Hiiv mornino- Burial will hr made | n i hopes to have the membership present the military budgets of her neiglibors. | not pard back in cash and to wh.eh | da^morj,^^ m ^ ^ ^ at The German ease is that all
The family is well known in this city and eastern part of the county and many from here will attend the
Attendance is Ireiug .-.tresseil this year by the local club and Jacob Mc-
—Three persons peri-hed today in a j fire which destroyed the interior of 1 the Edward Lowe home here:
The dead:
Mrs. Marie Lowe, 57. ,
Henry Lowe, 24, her son.
Howard Lowe, 6, her grandson. The child’s father, Chester Lowe,
this was J.Q Be verely burned that phy- |
He
The German case
expenditure, which can only lie a pre-1 |ii(.j a u s f t .:jr he will not recover, cursor to a general armament race, ^ taken to Deaconess hospital.
Curry and Harvey Walls are assisting! needless Germany, disarmed, de-1 Only one occupant of the two-story
house and opened fire Lantare answered with sniper's bullets that cut
owned cooperative agencies which constitute the physical machinery and the revolving capital necessary to
down half a dozen beseigers and stop- car !2 "" r<lli ' u buM "‘ ^ 1 . .*<1 the officers each time they at- rcfunds "7 ab tempted to attack ' or t ’ arnln ‘ fK institute only a small
Gas bombs were tossed at the i p * rt ;’ f ^
house, but the n.adman’s cunning others involved,
rendered them ineffective. Lantare
services. noon.
Burial here will be about ‘'* r ' Banna in reminding (he Kiwsn- j priced of a navy above certain limits, f ralne dwelling, Julia Lowe, 18,
Nippon Planes Bomb Chi nest'
inns of their weekly meetings. A good program has been arranged for tlii Thursday with achievement projects , as the feature matter of business.
such as resulting from efforts in cooperative marketing of grain, wool and poultry and dairy products, farm legislation and tax reduetjon a better farm credit situation, lower costs of insurance and a better community
spirit.
CATCHES 16 RATS
bad broken every window in the house so that the fumes were quickly blown away, and did not bother him. Finally an armored bank truck was brought up from Hammond, Ind. The car was equipped with two machine guns which were loosed on the bullet - , Pocked house. Under cover of the i diversion created by the car, other i
deputies set fire to the house with oil- ' sjxt#en rats wa . s the cat ch’of a rat soaked torches. terricr belonging to Ola T. Ellis, I hen vox .men were rushed up * j wegt - Wa | nu t street road, when it was the front doo| of the home. They , m a hrn hoU8e Mon( i ay night, broke through and. climbing the stair- ^ r< , atjve „f Mr. Ellis had been com"uy of the burning and ruined struc- \ ininK of the number of rats in his ture, found lantare and ended the he|) house and Monday night Mr. s 'uggle. g||j 9 locked his dog in the house. : vVhen the <loor was opened Tuesday MASONIC NOTICE * morning a tired dog and sixteen dead Stated meeting Temple Lodge No. rats, some of huge size, were found. 47, F. & A M., Wednesday 7:30 p. m. To prove his story Mr. Ellis displayed _ L. E. Caldwell, Sec’y. | rats. .
MEA\ Y CASCALTIES REI’ORTED AFTER AIK ATTAC K AT K AILl HSIKN
Lieut, and Mrs. Frank Irwin of Kellv Field, Tex., who have been here visiting relatives since Christmas, i will leave by automobile Welnes lay for Kelly Field. Lieutenant Irwin is in the U. 25. army air service.
(( ontimicd on Rage 2)
Greeir Permits Iiisull To Sliiv
1 ilaughtcr, scaped. Her father, E»l- , ward, is employed as night custodian 'at the Owl’s club and was not home. He did not learn of the fire until he was on his way to the house about 4
■ a. m.
Mrs. Lowe and Julia, both sleeping | in a dow nstairs room, were first to be awakened by the flames. They ran
MOOR SENTENCED It) DIE M IR8HALL, III., Jan. 17, (UP) Hubert C. Moor. Robinson high school teacher, was sentenced today to din in the electric chair at Chester prison Felnuary 24 for the murder of hi; wife, Maijorie. A n.-ition for a new trial was overruled. Bmllciin Fur Loti Is Uohhnl
THIEVES ENTER BARN JUST OVEKCOCVn LINE M VIVAI LY
l-ORMI R ‘ Bit AGO ( Al IIALIsl s -re U inIng down the street in thoGEl S l-AIENSION Oh HY E | night cb thea, asking for help.
MONIHS IN ATHENS They went about a block and re-! over the county line in Rarke county
Eldmi Brattain <>f Y'ivalia, notified the otfi) of fs) e iff M' Bryan Monday that thieve- I a'l entered a fur ' loft belonging to Isa re Brattuln, just
20 Years Ago
TODAY IN GREENCASTLE
MUKDEN, Manchuria, Jan. 17, ( UR—Japanese military planes today bombed a concentration of Chinese -oldiers at Ksiluhsien, MM tile north-
ern border of Jehol province, killing 1 Jphn li- James presided as special authoritative quarters. 'ack into the smoke and flames,
an unestimated number and heavily; judge in the Putnam circuit in a $10.-! The home office recommended that I hev were too late, hovvever, to damaging the town, it was reported 000 damage suit venued from Brazil [the foreign office allow Iniull to re- keep Mrs. lajwe fruln going in an at-
here. ! in which Mrs. Ellen Spend* was sti- main here at Fast five months longer, tempt
went about
■ turned. i sometime Sunday night, and stole a AT HENS, Jan. 17, (LHP)—SamueL Meanwhile Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Day, quantity of fur. Sheriff Bryan and Iiisull’s permit to stay in Greece has neighbors, had been awakened by the deputy sheriff Ed-vard Eiteljorge inireen extended to January. 1934, the shouts. They reached the house just ; vestigated the theft Monday afterUnited Press was informed today in in time to restiain Julia from rushing neon.
According to 'Brattain his loss con-
I’ilots of the military plane wJiich participated in the bombing today estimated that 50.000 Chinese troops .have been massed 'in the vicinity of Kailuhsien. Hurriecf preparations were begun to dispatch Japanese cavalry and infantry units to the vicinity of Tungliao to check any advanc* of Chinese forces across the Jeho! frontier.
ing the inter-urban company for in-i a s he i- iM considered a criminal and grandson who were asleep in an up-
juries sustained in a fall from a trad- j is not engaged in trade which would stalls room, tion car. cause unemployment among Greeks. 1 I "°‘ “■ " Dr. and Mrs. G YV. Bence spent the The five mouth* are expected to lie
day in Indianapolis. • increased to 12.
Charfces H Barnaby returned home from a business $rip to Chicago. Mrs. YY' I,. Denman entertained the Bridge Club at the home of Mrs Roy
Abrams.
Formation of a new cabinet’by exRremier Y'eniveloa, • who inteivened and ordered Insuil’s release when he was first arrested here, was believed
to be is: !: favor.
si.-ted of 23 opossum hides, 23 muskrat, 30 mink, ami five raccoon At
to save her two sons and 1 prevailing fur priet s the loss amount-
ed to over $100.
Thieves had pried the planks off the.
Just as she plunged into the house,, barn door and then filed through a Chester jumped from an upstairs link chain to open a trap door to tho
window.
YVhen firemen extinguished the flames they found Mrs. Lowe’s body at the top of the stairs. The bodies of^Tepry and Howard were still id
their bed.
loft wlfcre the furs hail l>een stored. No clues were left by which tho thieves could be tracel. Inasmuch as the theft was in Parke county tho investigation is being pushed front that county. ®