Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-12-31
GIRL ASSAUANTS
GIVEN WARNING

GIVEN WARNING
Continued From. PAGE One)
ferred him from the reformatory to the
penal farm.
MADE Up FOR
LOSS BY ESCAPE"
However. no soon made up for the lost
time and "escapedp with almost the same
.alacrity shOwn-br his partners in crime.
There IS a report. as yet unsubstan-
tiated that the escape" of these
three men fFoRa-the penal farm was
planned before Judge Collins so ac-
commO dRtingIy recommended their
transfer from the refOrmatOry, and it
has been stated by persons who ought
to know that an automobile left In
danapOlis with the knowledge of
Marion County officials to meet Phil
lips and Schribble and bring them
back to Indianapolis soon as the
formaIities attached TO their escape"
could be attended to at the penal
l. farm.
These a-ran gements are reputed 10
have been made following the failure Of
croup of "hxers" in indianapolis to
boys" whose ofense was only such n
trifing thing as the luriag Of a young
girl to a secluded spot where they might
successfully attack her without inter
ruption.
The trial Of this particular gang Of
child abusers took place in Criminal
Court shortly after the community had
been disguised ny the two-time failure
Of the grand jury in Judge Colhus's
nationally noted court TO indict Roy
Iingenfelter. the man who confessed to
the police that he had assaulted so many
girls he could not remember them all
LISGESFELTER CASE
BROUGHT TO MIND.
Public sentiment was somewhat
aroused over the fact that instead Of be-
ing brought to trial after being caught
in the act of assaulting child, Lingen-
felteF was permitted to Join the Navy
aud the grand Jury. without examining
witnesses to his attack, decided that
there was not sufficient evidence pre-
sented" on which to base an indict-
ment.
Under these circumstances the Tower-
ful Influences that have heretofore OBJ
tanned suspended sentences IN the Grim
inaI Court for other couvicts failed and
Judge Collins declared publicly that the
nature Of the otfense Of these men was
such that they must serve n term in
the reformatoTy.
Then. before the two men reached
the reformatgzS the nationally
noted" judge rsSmmended thst they
be not confined In the rerormatory.
but be allowed TO serve their term
/ at the penaI farm because conhne-
meut might iniure their health
These recommendations to Governor
Goodr rich were not made public at that
time and none came forth 10 voice a ref
| erence to the health Of the little girl
who had suffered so severely at the hands
i'ef these criminals.
The crime, the penalty Of which three
men have so far escaped through the
/ secret manipulati0ns Of the publicly rem
dered judgment OF judge who stiil sits
in the Criminal Court is disclosed by the
4 records of the police department and
/ the reports OF detectives.
FACTS ABOUT ASSAULTS
/ On LITTLE GIRLS.
: Briefly, It IS this:
/ A girl whose age was probably such
/ rs To make an assault on her a Ilfe-tern
( oaense. was lured into a taxicab and
hurried TO Big Eagle Greek bottoms
( where her sbductors were met by an
other taxi load Of boon companions.
The taxi driver who hauled her there
/ realizing her fate and being powerles,
TO night the gang, hurried to the tele
( phone and notified the police.
Two emergency squads were sent to
/ comb the bottoms ana d part Of the gang
/, was rounded up.
From Information given by the LITTLE
( girl when she recovered from the hOr-
rible abuse suffered ot the hands Of this
merciless gang, others were arrested and
the whole crowd eventually was tried In
/ police court. where it was revealed that
other girls had suffered at the hands OF
some Of them.
J As is usual in such cases. the detectives
( We're able to learn OF other victims bat
I unable to produce them as witnesses. in
/ some cases because Of the natural dread
/ Of being revealed as the innocent victims
OF brutes
. JUDGE COLLINS KNEW
ALL ABOUT 1T.
The records Of the case disclose thaI
Judge Collins was fully cognizant of al
the circumstances and tine memory OF
/ newspaper men goes back 10 MS publ,
effort 10 make It appar that he was MOI
tie kind Of man who would condor
such an otfCnse against society.
But the records Of the Governor,
office also disclose that although he re
! fused clemency Of any kind 10 these IneI
on Oct -, he recommended the transfer
4 Of Phillips and SchPibblpe- to the Pena
Farm from which The knew they coulf
escape 1T viii BEFORE y WEEK HAD
/ ELAPSED. - .-.
And the accommodating Governor
Goodrich issued the transfer order!
! Now, the honorable Judge James 4
/ Collins is quoted in the columns OF the
/ Indianapolis News. which for some re
. Gently discovered reason suddenly la,
/ decided that its readers also should
know Of these things, IS saying that
| Philips and Schri0ble ana Nichols will
/ be sentenced to the reformetoly for an
additional two to five years If THEY
/ ARE CAUGHT.
/ But he does not say whether or not
/ in event they are caught and so sen
/ fenced, ne VIII recommend that they
again be transferred to the Penal Farm
/ because confinement might injure their
/ health or because it is easier for their
/ parents to visit them there.
Woman Hit by Auto on
Massachusetts Ave.
/ Lizzie Paul Al. 81 East Vermont