The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-06-26
MAYORS OF THREE
CITIES SWAP YARNS
At CITY BUILDING
Bunch, Watkins and Robbins
Discuss Winters Case, Pol
itics and Million Dollar
Coliseum for Indiana.

Richmond had mayors convention
| on her hands tonday as we'll as con-
vention of happy-go-lucky fraternity
boys.
| Delegates to the convention of may
ors were the chief executives of Nun
| Gle and New Castle. General R. II.
Bunch of Muncie. and Admiral J. L.
Watkins of New Castle. Mayor Rob-
bins was initiated into the organiza-
! tion and "a pleasant time was had by
all AS escort to the visiting mayors
were H. S. Maddy of Muncie. a police
commissioner of that city, and H. o.
! Bell of Indianapolis, whose only title
| is private citizen. All of them came in
an automobile, and all were strenuous
, ly boosting the Indiana coliseum pro-
| Ject, which COntemplateS the forma-
tlon of an Indiana club and the con-
structiOn of pretentious building in
! Indianapolis, where state meetings of
all kinds can be held, and where Indi-
ana industrial exhibits can at all times
be displayed. The building would also
be the headquarters for the Indiana
tiuu. - Stdtc-N lue cdlupdlSH is now IN
! progress.
Many applications for membership
in the Indiana club have been receive ed
! by the boosters wherever they have
! gone.
Differ In Politics.
General Bunch is a Democrat, while
Admiral Watkins at the present writ
ing is a Republican. He recently
jumped his contract with the Pro
sressives. Watkins likes the job of
being mayor, but says he would much
prefer being United States marshal of
Indiana. which job Bunch promptly of
| fered him if he would make another
flop into the Democratic party. Wat
kins spurned the offer. He believes
deliver the goods.
Bunch is thoroughly enjoying ihs
| trip through the wheat belt For sew
eral weeks he has been engaged in a
hand-tO-hand conflict with the blind
tigers of dry Muncie. and he shows
the strain to which he has been sub
jected. He now weighs but little over
two hundred pounds. but his brief va
cation is expected to restore him to
normal health.
This blind tiger fighting is hard
work. I'll tell YOU complained the
MunCie mayor. In the last several
! days there have been six tiger cases
! in city court. and there hasn't been a
conviction yet. Nearly all of them
have dry lawyers. Some job, I'll tell
| you.
Relates Winters Thriller.
Bunch then related a thrilling story
and the latest chapter in the Catherine
Winters case, in which the Muncie and
, New Castle executives play the lead
ing roles. A mysterious grave was
located near Muncie, and Watkins call
ed on Bunch to take him to the place
in his automobile. After several spade
fulS of earth had been removed a bone
was exposed to view. Bunch. you
are a doctor: tell me where this bone
fits in excitedly exclaime dWatkins.
according to Bunch. and the latter
quotes himself as replying, "On a hog,
I-eb. That is the part about which
the kell-known ham accumulates. In
other words, Leb. that is a hambone" ="
Bunch concluded by making blood
curdling threat against the life of
Watkins if the New Castle mayor
ever wakes him up again in the dead
of night to go grave digging
Il may make a few mistakes on
graves, but l don't make traction cars
run through New Castle at a rate of
three miles an hour, like you do in
Muncie," was Watkins retort.