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GREENCASTLE, INDIANA. WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 9. 1935.
NO. 73
PLAINT IN
MANDATE FILED m EX-FIREMEN
BERT HOWARD AND FRANK DAVISON AI.I.EOK. WRONO- \ FUI. DISMISSAL
OFFKTAI.S DEFENDANTS
Thiil They Ih' Reinstated As Firemen. Suit Hnsed On Ordinance Of IIMHJ
I AlleginK illegal dismissal as city Ijriremen All.nl llowapl ami Frank ■ )avi*»n • ■complain' III maii'latn in i limit o.urt Pagabiat the Hoard of Public Works and Saf' ty of the City of GrecncasJ.le, George Williams, fire chief, and Jessie M Hawkins, clerk-treasurer. \ de*r.a&iiing tneir reinstatement as 1 firemen IT The complaint wan filed for the plaintiffs by Marshall I). Abrams and CJlenn H Lyon, local attorneys. Members of the hoard of works flytre Hated as Mayor Charles F. Zeis. HCity Attorney Wilbur S Conner, and Councilman James G. Campbell. R| The complaint alleges that the two '“''plaintiffs were appointed city firemen Jan 14, IfKiO by members of the boat'! of Public Safety, under an ordinam e passed by city officials April 24 1906, and have since served firemen at an annual salary of 1,170. plaintiffs charge that on or Jan 1, 1935, the said defendant K. £eis, mayor, unlawfully 1 to dismiss them and caused mes to be stricken from the of the city, and that the of Public Works and Safety, evr since failed and refused to recognize them as firemen or to al1 I low them the salaries of such offices. ESiJ The plaintiffs in their complaint further allege "that said dismissal _*r** datemntned on and done by said —defends 1 > Charles K Zeis, Mayor of n ' ( the city of Greencastlc, and without " Uiy assigned cause therefor, and in lta 'set sdt trout the existence of any ;auS8 therefor. That no charges or Tocusations of any kind were made • tgainst said relators or either of .hem; that no notice of any kind was given to them or cither of them of .he filing of any charges against ^Aem or cither of them. "That said order of dismissal ami failure ami refusal of said Hoard of ^ Public Works and Safety to recognize mid relators as such firemen and nembe s of tlie said fire force and Tra department of said city is illegal and void and of no force and effect." The plaintiffs allege that since the ‘IrstAay of January, 1935 they have ady and willing to do and peril the duties of city firemen, sk the court to order the deto reinstate them as fired to place their names on the of the fire department, and their assumed dismissal be deillegal. Officers Arc Re-Elected
POSSE HUNTS MANIAC WHO KILLED SEVEN IN KENTUCKY DANVILLE, Ky.. Jan 9, iUP> — George Collett, 40, fugitive and reputed onetime associate of John l)illinger, today killed seven persons with pistol bullets, then took his own life. DANVILLE. Ky.. Jan. 8. (UP» Seven persons were fatally shot today by a maniac in an isolated section of Rockcastle county, 30 miles from Danville. The killer escaped. The victims were reported to be relatives of the slayer whose name wtis given to oficers here as George Collett. Among those slain were the mother, father and a brother of M. Helton, Wyoming, ()., officers said. The slayer, after killing virtually an entire family, fled into the hills along the Rockeastle-Lincoln county line. A fosse was formed and pursued him. Authorized To Settle ('laim
NAME CHESTER PICKETT NEW HEAD OF ROADS
APPOINTED BY COMMISSIONERS TUESDAY TO SUCCEED O. C. DILLS.
NO RECORD MADE, HOWEVER
Contract For Tar Top Dressing Awarded To Richmond Firm At Price of 11 Cents Gallon.
WIDOW OF BIRCH SACKETT TO RECEIVE AND DISTRIBUTE SUM or Shjhmi
Lottie Sackett, widow of Hirch Sackett, 50, of Cloverdale, former Chicago, Indianapolis & Louisville Railway Co. brakeman. was authorized to compromise a claim against the railroad for her husband’s death in a collision of freight trains near Jordan Nov. 1, 1934. by Judge C. C. Gillen in circuit court Wednesday. The widow as administrator of her husband's estate was authorized to accept $.8,000 from the railroad in full settlement of the case. She also was authorized to pay $3,000 of this
Chester Pickett. Democratic fire cinct committeeman of Jackson township, was named county road superintendent Tuesday by the board of county commissioners to succeed O. C. Dills of Madison township who has served in this capacity for the past year, according to unofficial reports made following the meeting of th commissioners Tuesday afternoon. No record of the appointnient Wasmade in the county auditor’s office on Tuesday. It was said the record
would be made Saturday.
A list of road supervisors turned in to the auditor by Edgar Hurst for district three included Tol Walters and a Mr. O'Conner of Cloverdale township; George Hurst and Floras Lewis of Jefferson township; Ertis McCullough, John Hinote and L. E. Herbert of Jefferson township; and Gene Cooper of Warren township. In district two Kenneth Knauer was named supervisor in Madison, north to succeed Nelson Wood and Andrew Sweeney was named in
west to succeed Orson Shirley.
No changes were reported In the supervisors in the district of O. E.
Cramer, new commissioner.
A contract for 700 gallons, more or less, of tar or top dressing or county roads was let by the commissioners to E. A. Marini Co., Inc., of Richmond
Jury Exercises by Parading Through Streets POVi Eh HEARING IS SCHEDULED FOR JANUARY 15
CHANGE OF RATES PROPOSED IN GREENCASTLE BY ELECTRIC COMPANY
M \KTI\S\ II I E
OB.I E< T
Closely guarded at all times, the jury hearing the evidence in the trial of Hruno Richard Hauptmann for the murder of the Lindbergh baby is picturrd
taking an exercise walk through the streets of Flemington, N. J., under the watchful eyes of noiice. The dog of one of the jurors can be seen.
HAUPTMANN IDENTIFIED l>A jafsii;
sum to Edward B. Hcnslee, attorney,
as his fee for negotiating the settle-1 at ' l I ,ricc of 14 ccnt,, P" " allon ' ment | This contract is for the lar aeeded The court authorized distribution for thc current y‘‘ ar ’ ■ ,nd * m ^ ;lso, ‘ of the remaining $6,000. the sum of fo * Patching or surface treatment.
$5,700 to go to the widow, and $100 each to three minor children depen-
dents.
EITEL HEADS FLDK1STS
Student Claims He Was Kidnaped WABASH COLLEGE STUDENT ALLEGES HE W AS AKIM CTED AT URAVVFOKDSVILLE
INDIANAPOLIS, Jan 9, 'UP> Jacob Eitel, Grecncastle, headed the Florists Association of Indiana today after his election in 48th annual meeting here. The florists adopted a resolution favoring enactment of a 3 per cent sales tax by the state legislature.
ONE SHOT IN STRIKE RIOT
WAS INTERMEOIARI l\ KATA I KIDNAPING OF I INI) BERGII H MD
IAL NATION AE BANK CONICES OFFICERS OF PAST YEAR~TT MEETING
Dlrec ors elected by stockholders >n Tuesday, met at the Central Na4M| Hank Tuesday evening and lected officers for the coming year, vhich are the same as those who .ve been in control of the Central ink and The Central Trust Comny for the past several years They
ire aa follows:
, t, rf'A Central National Bank
■ n e
r(n ,j Prescient. Fred E. O'Hair. m j]iti Vice President, Conrad C. Gautier. ] #s tc Aiais'.ant Vice President, Kenneth Want riHlier. Harry L. Wells. ^Hstant Cashier, William N.
lea.
AaMstant Cashier, E. M. Kietter-
an.
Central Trust Company e U Pres, lent, Fred L. O'Hatr. I93i Vico President, Conrad C. Gautier. Secretary, Kenneth E. West. , ki Aatlstant Secretary, Ward D. H' Jayhaii. H Aaaistant Secretary, Harry L.
CHICAGO. Jan 9. 'UP' Allen C. Bomberger. 21 year old Wabash college student, reported to Chicago police today that he hail been kidnaped and held for $50,()()() ransom but released before his abductors obtained
the money.
Bomberger is the son of a prominent Hammond. Ind., attorney and had been attending Wabash college at Crawfordsville. According to the
itory he told police today he was! t|ementwa8near
seized from one of the main streets 1 of the college town hist Sunday, held In a cottage presumably in Indianatoiis while ransom negotiations were in p*-ogress, and released early today after his captors dispaired of collect-
ing the $50,000 they asked.
At tiie home of Lowden Bomberger, the father in Hammond, it was learned that a note demanding the ransom had been received but j
that no money had been paid "be-1 ratine we dhln t have it. | gpi^ndid talks, awarding of prizes.
MINNEAPOLIS, Jan 9, (UP> One man was shot today as rioting broke out in the Twin City garage
strike.
The victim gave his name as Clarr Hoga. 29. He was shot In the leg. The shooting was the first serious outbreak of the strike, which started last Friday, and came as both union i leaders and employers believed a set-
Gooil AltrmlaiMT At Poultry School
MRS. /.EI.I.X CEEARW VICKS CHOSEN PRESIDENT OF
ORGANIZATION
FLEMINGTON, N. J . Jan. 9. 'UP' "Jafsie” today identified Hruno Richard Hauptmann ns the man who received from his hands the $50,00') ransom money that failed to restore Charles A Lindbergh, Jr., alive, to his parents. Dr. Cotnlon, “grand old man of the Bronx.” also identified Hauptmann as the man who conducted the preliminary Lindbergh ransom negotiations in the Woodlawn cemetery of the Bronx and talked with him for an hour on a cold March evening. Hauptmann proved to him he had been in the Lindbergh nursery at Hopewell on the night of the kidnap-
ing.
Hauptmann’s reaction to the challenge was a stolid stare, a little mur-i mur of the lips. Hut not a muscle moved as Dr. Condon provided, in a clear, incisive voice the third link of the day by which Hauptmann may be sent to the chair for the murder of Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr. FLEMINGTON, N. J.. Jan. 9. 'UP' Dr. John F. Condon, world famous as "Jafsie,” entered the spotlight of Bruno Richard Hauptmann's trial today to tell a melodramatic story through which the state hopes to send the ex-German machine gunner to the oleett b chair. Dr. Condon, who paid $50,000 o f Col. Charles A Lindbergh’s money for the return of the Lindbergh baby, was expected to relate a scries of startling incidents whirl) have convinced him that Hauptmann is the kidnaper. He will, according to the pros- j e< utor. make a complete Identification of the glowering prisoner as the | man who condueted the ransom negotiations with him in the darkness of two Bronx cemeteries.
motion he caused, has refused to say j to what lie will testily. He is a man of eccenttic mannerisms and a mind of tiis own. The exciting incidents he is ex- j ported to reveal for the first time will he. in the opinion of both sides. I tlie deciding factor in the casei against the stolid Bronx carpenter. Placed at the kidnap scene by a J surprise witness yesterday the age I Amandus Hochmuth who placed his hand on Hauptmann's knee and said, “This is the man I saw” Hauptmann today steeled his nerves against another identification “Jaf sie's” declaration that he was the man with whom he talked for an hour in the darkness of a March night near the Woodlawn cemetery, preparatory to the ransom negotia-
tions.
UEGISLATUEK WILL CONVENE 0\ IIURSDVY
SESSIONS ill SI \T»; I \\\\|\K ERS Will. OPEN AT I N ill A x APOEIS
Outlaw Is Slain By U. S. Igfeffis
MEMBER 1)1' NOTORIOUS BANDIT GANG OF SOUTHWEST DIES AFTER GUN BATTLE
Young Bomberger told police , llIK , plprtinn „ f „ ffi ,. Pn , featured the was abducted by two men and a wo-1 Hnn|jal fK>ll | trv Hchool in the man who blindfolded him and carried I co(|rt hounp t,|y Tuesday him away in an automobile. He i lln , |pr u „, auspices of the Putnam not explain how he arrived at the 1 (Jo|mty p oultry Association, conclusion he was held in Indiana-, Speakrra wrrp |, POI1 T odd. poultry I , mis but declared he was forced to j H p ( . ( . lnUil t of Purdue university, K E.! write a note to his family asking for W(KK , veterinarian of Rockville, and!
* a "»™>- loiyn Henry, Madison township poul- j P«>H"cutlon, the mysterious visitor AVhen negotiations for the ransom tryman (revealed certain intimate details of tsili'd he said he was brought to Chi- the nut ">y which convinced "Jafsie"
CHICAGO. Jan. 9. 'UP' Byron Bolston, described as a suspect in the St. Valentine’s day massacre, w.is captured by federal agents last night after a machine gun battle in which Bolton's companion, Russell Gibson, was killed. The identity of Bolton was kept secret by the government until today Both he and Gibson allegedly were members of the notorious Arthur I aiker Alvin Karpts gang of kidrapers. The gang is charged with the $200,000 kidnaping of Edward G Bremer. Federal agents here who engineered the latest coup against gangland declared Gilison wax a principal in the gang and Bolton was a minor member. Harold Nathan, assistant to J Ed gar lloovet of the division of invest! Ration of the department of Justice, said lie was investigating a report that Bolton is wanted for questioning In the bloody St Valentine's day gang massacre here several yearn
ago.
Nathan lefused to confirm or deny that his men took into custody at
He will declare, they say. that the|
negotiator, who left St Raymond's) , , ^ tw(> wo|np|1 at thp 8amc cemetery With S'-'UWO in bank notes. ^ fatal , y wounfted ( ; jb3on an) ,
biferenos that he j capturod had been in tlie nursery on the night of March 1. 1932, when the babe was;
INDIANAPOLIS, Jan 9, 'UP' With routine preliminaries completed, members of the Indiana legislature will caucus tonight to select officers for the session. The legislature will meet at 10 a m. tomorrow. After brief organization meetings the houses will gather in joint session to hoar the message of Gov. Paul V. McNutt. House and senate Democratic leaders '.verc designated at a conference here last month hut the choice will have to tie ratified formally by the legislature tomorrow. Rep. Edward H. Stein. Dem Bloomfield, is slated for speaker of the house while Sen Jacob Weiss Dem , Indianapolis, will be named president pro tern of the senate. Democratic majority members will caucus tonight at 7:30 in the statehouse. Republican members v/ill meet in the Clay pool hotel. Norman Gordon. Indianapolis is slated for secretary of the senate He is in chaige of the store license division at the statehouae Bernard () Neill, South Rend, I" dated for as sistant seeietary; George Evlo, Terri Haute, for postmaster, and John Huff, Auburn, for chief doorkeeper Edward Beggs, In llanapolis. Is slated for principal clerk of th* house. He was assistant clerk last
session.
With downtown hotels and th*' ntatehouse crowded with legislators organizations desiring special legis lation moved rapidly today to coin plete drafts of their trills. One of the most important group; 'as the governor's t 1 ; committee of 20 which made a last minute effort to ngre*' on recommendations for changes in the revenue laws. Hmllirr 01 Lociil i l^asM's \vvci\
Public Service Commission To Conduct Public Hearing on Proposed Change at Indianapolis Notice lias been received by Mayor Charles F. Zeis that the public service commission will conduct a public hearing on the petition of the Northern Indiana Power Company for aprovai of a new schedule of rates, applicable to Greencastlc. in the rooms of the commission. 401 Statehouae, Indianapolis, at 10 o'clock Tuesday morning. Jan. 15. Notice of the hearing, issued by Samuel L Trabue and Moie Cook, commissioners, stated that public participation in the hearing is re-
quested.
Attitude of city officials on the request of the local power company has not as yet been learned but the matter probably will be discussed at the first council meeting. In Greencastlc the proposed new rates will mean a saving to alt risers Proposed new rates provide a charge of 6' cents per kilowatt hour for the first 30 kilowatt hours, 4'j cents for the next 30 kilowatt hours, and 2V.. cents per kilowatt hour after the tirst 60 kilowatt hours. Rates in effect in Greencastlc at present provide for a charge of 8 ents per kilowatt hour for the first 30 kilowatt hours. 5 cents for the next 30 kilowatt hours and 3 cents per kilowatt hour for all over 60 kilowatt hours, except in homes where electricity is used for cooking where the charge is 2'.. cents per kilowatt hour for all over 60 kilowatt hours. A story from Martinsville indicates the city council of that city will ask to lie exempted from the new rates grounds the minimtuo charge there now is only 6 cents per kilowatt hour for the first 25 kilowatt hours and the new rates will mean an ini'lease in cost of electricity to rninimm users.
Hiidio Kn^inm* Surs For Damans r
BURR \\ DEAL FILES SUIT AGAINST HENRY F. HOOKER IN EOCA1. COURT
j, i stolen front his crib.
To Dr. Condon, according to the
Fou Blanketnl
(irnlral Wrsl
eago and released, unharmed.
First prize for the best dozen white.
eggs went to Mrs. Nelson Wood, sec-
Pollcc were questioning him fur ' on(| pr)ae to Mra Krank McAlinden,
ther.
First-Citizens Bank Elects
RUSSELL E. BROWN AND OTHER OFFIC ERS KK-KI.EfTED BY DIRECTORS
and third prize to Mrs Forest Smith First prize for the best dozen brown eggs went to Mrs. Herbert. Attendance prizes were awarded to Mrs Jchm Rogers, Mrs Frank Farmer and Mrs. Lafe McGaughey, while a guessing contest was won by
Wayne Branneman.
Prizes Included feed, egg scales, and feeders donated by local hatchl crymen, feed stores and groceries. Attendance at the sehool was 90
j he uetually had been preaent at the
J abduction.
Condon, rather enjoying the com-
Directors eleeted by stockholders of, in the forenoon and 142 in the aftcrthe First-Citizens Bank and Trust | noon. A big Irasket dinner was served
Company, elected officers at their at the noon hour,
meeting Tuesday evening. i New officers of the poultry assoriRussell E. Brown was rc-elected 1 atlon elected Tuestlay arc Mrs. Zella
president; Courtland C. Gillen, vice- : Clearwaters. Cloverdale, president; rnwetori* from the Fillmore Christian president; Perry Rush, cashier; Lots John Sears. Fillmore, vice president; hurch The Rev. W. H. Newlin of ; J. Arnold, secretary, and D. M. Wcl- I and Mrs. Warren Caywood, Baini. |lxPljP 6r,tsv ill‘‘ will be in charge. I don, assistant cashier. I bridge, secretary-treasurer,
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Funeral services for Morris Camp'll'. ,,,, ** known resident of Madison ownatnp who died Tuesday, will be l„. Thursday morning at 10:30 o’-
20 Years Ago IN GREENCASTLE
Mrs. Fred O’Hair was hostess to the Century club. Mrs. YV. R. Hutcheson spent the day in Indianapolis. Hadley Cammack. Royal Davis and Tom Manual are in Crawfordsville attending a conference of Methodist Sunday sehool boys. Gordon Thomas who is attending Indiana university, was th* guest of his parents. Clyde Randel was in the city from Terre Halite transacting legal business.
MOTORISTS AA HO AA KKI DKIA INC TUESDAY NIGHT EXPEKIENC EH GREAT IHFMCI 1,'IY. The fog which blanketed Putnam County Tuesday night was laid to have been the worst tills nection of Indiana lias experienced in many years and according to weather oports from over the county, the og covered the entire middle west rom late Tuesday iinttl mid-day "ti Wed-
nesday.
Driving was quite dangerous Tuesday night as it was impossible to ee more than a few feet ahead of a car and even in the city, lignts two blocks away were not visible, no dense was the mist. So far as police reports show. 10 accidents occurred in this county as a result of the fog.
FUNERAI FOR OtTYER WEST TO BE HE! D FRID \A AT
CLAYTON
Oliver Morton Wist, age 7U yearn prominent farmer living 1 mile routli of Clayton on State road 10. passed away at his home Tuenday norning after a brief Illness of pneumonia He was e mem be i of ih" 'layton Baptiat Church uiil n ii'in'ui ■ f ihe building committee when the ueaenl church was built He was n uember of tlie Clayton Masonic ,<> Ige end the Scottish Rite of Indianapolis. He Is survived by his wife, two daugit tens, Minn Amy Went . t mime, Mrs j Sewell Leitzman o: Danville, Ind , ’’j sisters, Mrs. Lucy Harvey "f ’layton j Mm. Jane Barren of ant if Indiana i ixilis, and 2 brothers Henry West ■ f ! Clayton and Milo West of Greencos- ,
tie.
Funeral services will Is 1 held Frt | day morning at 10:30 at the Clayton j Baptist Church with burial il Stiles villc. Putnam County S|»ortlng Club will I meet Thursday evening at 7:30 o'clock at the American Legion hall.
Damages of $2,999 for alleged per■oiih 1 injuries are sought in a suit filed in circuit court by Burr W. Deil Indianapolis radio engineer, igainst Henry F. Hooker, said to live
it Danville, III.
In his romplaint Deal charges Hooker with being responsible for an into crash on Road 34, ten miles northeast of Indianapolis in Hcndrieks county, Jan 12, 1933, in which Deal's car was allegedly struck from behind by a ear driven by the defen-
lant at high speed.
Deal alleges the eiash occurred aa he turned off Road 34 onto a driveway leading to the broadcasting sta lion of WKHF. He said the defendant's ear. traveling at high speed, pushed his auto 59 feet, turned it over twice and demolished it Deal iliege ; lie was confined to a hospital for a month with Injuries. .1 K Can hie of Terre Haute and Mat J Murphy of this city are attor-
leys for the plaintiff.
Bnmucl Dickey, age 88 years, of Madiaon township, who suffered a .troko of ajioplexy Wednesday mornng is reported in a very critical condition.
> O ft O Today’* Weather • I and 0 % Local Temperature ** i ® oo# ® a <jh& Light nsln tonight and probably Thursday morning, somewhat colder niuth portion Thursday.
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