Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-10-27


the Third precinct Of the Fifteenth
ward. He st.hed that LAMAR made a
bet of $500 with Will Howard, a brother
of the witness, and with another man,
over the outcome of the election. He de-
MED that Hartman had made a bet.
Mrs. Augusta Lamar of 1922 West Mar
ket street, testified that she is the widow
Of Lamar and that Hartman appeared
at her home on primary election day and
had her husband drive him to the polls
In her husbands automobile.
Mrs. Lura Donahue of 2S1 North
Holmes street testified that she saw
Hartman and LAMAR together on primary
day.
TALKED ABOUT
STOLEN AUTO.
Prior TO Wilmeth resting his case as
an intervening defendant, William Rug
enstein, a city detective, testified Of talk
ing to Hartman regarding Frank Moore
this year relative to an automobile which
was stolen and for the theft of which
Moore was suspected. On cross exam
nation. Rugenstein stated that he had
known Moore as Moore for about year
and a half before heard that Moore's real
name was Francis He testified that
Moore's reputation was bad"
DR.. Edward II. Katterhenry, whose
home. It is alleged, was burglariEed by
Francis. testified that he visited Hart
mans home recently and recovered bed
linen, towels, aluminium ware, blanket
an electric toaster and other household
goods which had been stolen from his
home He first stated that some OF his
linens were embroidered with the initial
"K," but on cross examination he refused
| to state that the linens recovered at Hart
] 4 I1f& afr1h rO d.
| cred on them, but contended that all
linen had his laundry mark on them.
| He answered in response to questions
| nut to him by Mr.. Holmes that he had
| filed an affidavit charging Francis with
burglary and that the police so far have
refused to serve 1t.
! Shortly before the court ordered an ad-
| journment at o'clock last night after
| having been on the bench since 1 o'clock
In the afternoon, counsel for Wilmeth
exercised their right under civil pro-
| ceedings to call Hartman to the stand.
| After answering a few question perta n
| ing to his name, age and occupation. he
was removed temporarily from the stand
to permit Jennie Corbett, a nurse, of No
| q The Ardmore at NqRh East street
and Massachusetts avenue. TO testify.
| When cour. resumed at s a. m. today
| Miss Corbett was on the stand for the
purpose Of answering questions pro
pounded by Ira Holmes, who is CHIEF
counsel for Mr. Hartman in criminal &C
/ lions now pending In both the United
| States District Court and the Marion
County Criminal Court.
! On direct examination by counsel for Mr..
| Wilmeth, the nurse stated that she has
| lived in Indianapolis about twenty years
and had been a nurse for about eleven
years. She testified that she was calle,,
| to 25O6 North Delaware street on the last
| dav of January of this year to nurse a
| Mrs. Moore"
| On the following day, Feb. /, she testi-
| fed that MI Hartman came to the hcuse.
| "Mr. Hartman came to the house and
answered the door, she testified. He
| introduced himself and asked me If Mr..
Moore was there. I told him Mr.. Moore
was out He then asked to see Mrs.
! Moore and I took him into the room He
| introduced himself to Mrs. Moore and
said he was Hartman and that he was
her husbands attorney and friend. She
/ said she was glad to meet him because
she had heard her husband speak Ct
him"
Miss COrbett testified that after Mr..
| Hartman had a conversation with Mrs.
Moore he asked me if there was any
! liquor in the house. There were four
quarts. I don't know what it vas. ]
think it was whisky. Counsel for Hart
man objected.) Anyway, there were four
bottles with labels on them, and he told
/ me to take them to the cellar and bury
! them in the ashes"
| THIS BRINGS ON
| HEATED DEBATE.
| Heated debate followed by counsel for
| Hartman when she attempted to give
her Impression" of why Hartman or
| dered her to do this. The court ordered
that her impression" should go out.
my best impression is that l was told
| to bury the four bottles so that if the
house was searched they wouldn't be
| found"
"Who told you to bury the four
cuarts?" counsel asked.
Hartman told me to bury them. He
Just told me to bury the bottles. I knew
that Moore was in Trouble. Counsel for
Hartman objected).
On the last day that she was at the
Moore home. as she referred to Franz
Francis, the ''confessing burglar Moore
left VITA his wife and baby.
Moore took his wife and baby away
and left me there" she testifsA. ''Mr.
Hartman came and told me that he would
relieve me the next day and he Aid
Miss Corbett testified that on Got. 3, Of
this year, when she was attending TO a
case at 20o6 College avenue, that Hart
man came to her.
He asked me-" she testified. Ito iden-
tify the things that were in Moor,s house
while I nursed his wife. ] told him at
fret that would go to police station.