Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-05-15
SUIT IN MUNCIE
HITS 'HIGHER-UPS'
Gene Williams Charges Vice
Ring Exists-State News.
Special to The Times.

MUNCIE, Ind, May 15.-SensationSl
| charges OF corruption made by Gene
Williams. who has hled suit against
eleven persons for damages of 100000
for alleged false arrest, still was a topic
among law respecting citizens today.
In his complaint, filed yesterday, WI
liams lists q number Of alleged resorts
end blind tigers" which he claims are
being permitted to run through the CO
operation of city and county officials.
He claims he was falsely arrested when
Court Asher. a suspect. was forced into
duplicating him in a whisky ring.
When Asher refused to commit per-
jury Of my name they threatened to
break his leg, which had just been set
from a fracture. and Kenneth Sturgeon
sat on it," Williams complaint recltes.
Williams maintains that his arrest was
the result OF political enemies. who
tried to get him out OF the way"
LAFAYETTE-His clothing catching
fire while he was burning stubbles in a
field, Russell F. Kinney ran half mile
and plunged into a drainage ditch. The
flames were extinguished, but hs was
burned badly about the body. His con
dition Is regarded as serious.
COLUMBU observation-disclosures county has
found q way to relieve the farm labor
shortage. Several days ago the farmers
made it known that they would pay 50
day and give board for workers. To
day there is n labor surplus.
VALPARAISO-Five persons have died
Of pneumonia IN this city during the last
seventeen hours. Among those who ex-
p.red was \ n. Kitchen, 81. for many
years a leading building contractor.
William F. BechtsI. for
merly of this city, is dead In Minneap-
oils. He pTact.ced law here for many
years and later became organizer and was
first president Of the Northwestern Ma
tioRal Life Insurance Company.
wAEsAW-John FauI Jones. IS. has
confessed to the theft Of an automobile
here. It is believed he has been respon-
sible for the disappearance of other ma
chimes. The lad claims be graduated This
year from the New Carlisle Ind.l High
school
BEDFoRD-James NJ. Newkirk. 22. a
in contact with a wire carrying 22,OO)
volts. His parents, Mr.. and Mrs. James
Newkirk, live in indianapolis a sister
Bessie. also lives In Indianapolis. and
another sister, Mrs. Fred Richardson,
lives In Bedford Four brothers. Noble
Charles and Fred of this city, and Eu-
gene OF the United States navy, also sur
vive.
BROoKVILLE-Roy II. Bruins. 90. pro
prietor Of the Magensil summer resort, OF
this city, and Ted Murphy. go farmer of
Glenwood, were instantly killed when an
automobile in which they were riding
plunged down a forty foot embankment
near the top of Browns Hill late last
night William Armstrong a passenger
in the rear seat of the car, escaped with
only a broken nose. Bruins leave q wild
ow and one child and Murphy a widow
and two children.
Mt. VERSON-MIss Pauline Bailey
%. social editor Of the Mt Vernon Dem
ocrat. died yesterday as n result of n
fractured skull received when she fell
from a horse Wednesday.
MARIoN-WhiIe waiting for car
Mrs. Glenn Collett, &c. was fatally In
jured when she stepped in front of
north bound Union Traction line limited.