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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-06-05
MASONIC TRAIN IS
WRECKED;FIVE DIE
Thirty Injured on Trip to.
Flint, Mich.

BIZ United Press
DURAND, Mich, June 5.-Five
persons were killed when a special
train carrying Masonic Knights
Templar to a State convention at
Flint, was wrecked six miles west OF
here at noon. Thirty were injured
ten seriously.
The dead included two members of
the Iona, Mich, cOmmandery Of the
knights Templar, the engineer and
fireman Of the train and a news boy.
The train carried Iona, St Johns
and Muskegon communicates.
W. K. McSween, commander Of the
Iona commandery, was reported to
have been seriously injured.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-06-05
CROOK USES CIRCUS
Two Firms Victims of Crook
Who Promises Publicity
in Show Tent,

Some promises and some valuable
experience in new wrinkle OF crook
dom were all that two Indianapolis
firms had TO show today for money
and services given a shrewd ''adver-
tising man." The man is not "adver-
tising" his whereabouts.
Giving his name as L. A Patter-
son. the man sold" his proposition
to Fred Williamson and p. D. Cooke
OF the Overland Company. 43 n. Capt.
to Ave. last week Patterson ar.
ranged TO got a bright red automobile
to lead the grand pageant at the
Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bal
ley circus Monday. The car also was
TO be used to bring the leading lady
from the dressing tent to the ring
Three large electric signs were to be
under the big top TO advertise the
ccmpany's cars.
Paid $50 I'm Advance
The arrangement. Williamson said.
was that the Overland Company
would pay $3.50 for the advertisement,
$50 in advance and the remainder on
the day of the show. Williamson
said $50 was collected by Mr.. Patter-
son Saturday, but nothing has been
seen Of him since.
He is welcome 70 the $780," declared
Williamson, for he was tho shrewd-
est duck ever talked to. He was
real advertising man. He could sell
advertising to any company. Cooke
took Patterson around to nine retail
dealers and he sold them advertis-
ing while Cooke just sat and listened.
The nine dealers were each to share in
paying for the advertising, but, of
course, the $50 will be paid by the
Overland Company and the dealers
will not lose a cent"
Took Proofs Along T.
Smith and Smith Printing Company,
115 e. Maryland ST.. also is said to
have been a victim. Patterson had
his printing done by that company,
Williams said. He took some proofs
of the printing and this helped him
sell his advertising. The printers,
it is said, were instructed to see the
purchasing agent Of the circus when
he arrived in Indianapolis Monday.
Inc puICildSlHS agent AillolIleu lHeHl
that Patterson was not connected with
the circus. The Overland Company
also was informed that the circus had
no advertising stunts.
Williamson described Patterson as
being about 80 years Of age. five feet
eight inches in height, and being a
man who. certainly knew all about
the circus business and how to sell
advertising"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-06-05
LOS ANGELES BAND HERE

Policemen Parade and Give Concerts
in Downtown Streets.
The seventy -f1ve-piece police band Of
Los Angeles paraded through down
town streets today.->They started at
the Union Station and gave concerts
in front of the newspaper offices.
The band is en- route to Buffalo, N.
Y, to the police chiefs convention,
escorting their chief, Louis D. Oaks.
The party was welcomed by John
B. Reynolds, general secretary of the
Chamber of Commerce, at the Union
Station.
A concert was given in University
Park. The band departed for Co
lumbus, Ohio, at 10:45 a. M
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-06-05
HEAT OVERCOMES
SHRINE PARADERS
Muat Delegation From Indianapolis Wins Ovation at
WaShingOn-Harding Greets Lodge Brothers.

makers. Last night they packed no
tel lobbies when they staged an ori-
entail dance with little negro as the
dancer.
Forty heat prostrations among
Shriner marchers occurred here today
before half the parade had passed
the Presidents reviewing stand.
A boiling heat wiIted the marchers
as they toiled up Pennsylvania Ave.
took thirty.two to hospitals. while
eight others were given treatment in
drug stores.
Scores Of spectators also were
affected. The temperature mounted
to 90 degrees.
Shrine officials and police estimated
that hundreds of spectators, crowded
together in thick ranks tainted.
Harding Welcomes Brothers
Noble Warren C. Harding. dropping
his official role as President of the
United States, welcomed his brother
Shriners today as they marched past
him In the greatest civilian parade
the capital has ever witnessed open
ing the Shrine conclave.
Later the President made hts wei
come still more personal by sitting
In the first meeting of the Imperial
Council.
Representatives from nearly every
temple in the country. garbed in gay,
flashing costumes. returned the wei
come Of the President as they marched
past the stand before the White
House
Thousands Of visitors and thousands
of citizens packed every seat in the
two-mile grand stand which bordered
the line Of march up Pennsylvania
Ave. Cheer after cheer swept along
the multitudes as the visiting patrols
maneuvered to stirring airs.
Merry-makers Active
Frequent feature stunts of a comical
nature enlivened the march. Conspic'
nous among the merry makers were
the black faced comedians Of Bagdad
Temple. Butte, Mont. Abu Bekr,
Sioux City, Iowa, had a mounted pa
troll of pure blooded Arabian horses.
Morocco Temple. Jacksonville, Fla.
brought a bear and eight alligators for
President Harding Mecca Temple.
New York, the oldest temple in the
world. sent 500 mobiles. 200 women,
and a band of 120 pieces.
Ruth Ethel Paula and Linder Il.
Brostrom. a member of Abu Bekr
Temple, Sioux City, were married IN
the shadow of the Washington monu-
ment.
Kansas City, Philadelphia. and Den
yer are the strongest contenders for
the 1924 convention.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-06-05
Park Officer Stricken

Riley P. Ward. 314 Douglas St,
special policeman at Garfield Park,
suffered a nervous breakdown today
at New York and Douglas SITS. Mo
tcrpolice Chitwood and Mas took him
home.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-06-05
Seeks Darts

Arrow points from every
corner of the globe are sought by
A. D. Babcock, Goodland, Ind,
for use in a mosaic he plans for
his museum. y
Babcock asked The Times to-
day to print his request. He has
been collecting curios for more
than forty years for the benefit 4
of the boys and girls OF the greaN
State of Indiana"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-06-05
Increase of Cents Hundred Pounds viii Cost House
holders About $3.50 Each, Says Manufacturer
BameS Higher Materials for Tilt.
DITHMER ASSERTS PRODUCERS HAVE HELD OFF YEAR
New Scale Should Occasion No More Furry Than Boost
ing of Telephone Rates. He Argues Directing At
tenon TO Plant Operators Position,

general increase of hundred pounds the price of
has been announced by with arrival of
hot weather The retail price is 50 cents
The boost Is necessary according Henry Dhme presi
dent of the Polar Ice and Fuel Company owing increased cost
of labor and materials going manufacture and delivery
of ice.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-06-05
REALTORS TO BE HONORED
Board Will Observe First Members
- Day" at Luncheon. Wednesday.

- First Members Day" will be OBJ
served by Indianapolis realtors on
Wednesday at the weekly luncheon at
the Chamber Of Commerce. II. NJ.
Stackhouse, vice president, will pre-
side.
The board will choose eight realtors
10 attend the national convention at
Cleveland, June 27-30.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-06-05
Man Arrested AS Fugitive

Harry Stark, 923 Goodlet Ave, was
arrested early today on charge of
being fugitive from justice Stark
was arrested by local police and Con
stable Sweet OF Terre Haute. Ind.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-06-05
ALL READY FOR WHAT?
Thief Takes Silk Shirt and Flowers
From Yard.

Just where a colored man seen leav-
ing the yard of Mrs. A. B. Craig. 1406
Breokside Ave, with silk shirt and
a bouquet of flowers is going is a
puzzle to police.
Mrs. Craig washed the shirt. hung
it on the line and left home for few
minutes. Neighbors saw the celored
man take the shirt and flowers
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-06-05
FAIRBANKS
WILL FEE
SUIT OPENS
Daughter of Late Vice PreSi-
dent Wins Preliminary
Victories,
LAWYERS DEFENDANTS
Seeks to Break Contract In
voIving 100000
Charges.
Opening of the trial of the suit

Opening of the trial of the suit
brought by Adelaide Fairbanks,
daughter of the late Charles
Warren Fairbanks, against her
attorneys, Thomas A. Daily,
State Senator from Marion
County, and Charles T. Hanna,
resulted in a series of victories
for the plaintiff in Federal Court
today.
The suit grew out Of a contract en-
tered into between Miss Fairbanks
and Hanna and Daily, by which it
was said the attorneys We're to re-
ceive 20 per cent of all money re
covered for her from the Fairbanks
estate. Under the terms Of the will
she was given an annuity of S12 900 a
year. The case was compromised and
she received her full share. amount
ing to about S1,10O,00O
Cuts Out $4,000
Judge Albert B. Anderson ruled
early that $4,000 of the more than
100000 fees claimed by Hanna &
Daily were unconscionabIe. He then
stated that the defendants must show
that a confidential relation OF client
and lawyer was not already in exist
ence at the time the contract was
signed.
You are going to have a lot Of
trouble convincing me Of that" Judge
Anderson told Daily
The claim for $4,000 was based
upon the theory that Robert Fair
banks, who IS said to be insane, would
remain so and would die before his
E6ister, thereby increasing her share
II the estate. "a
Cannot Value Contingency
THAT is unc6nscionable on the face
Of it." Anderson said. You cannot
figure out the present value of a con-
tingency."
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-06-05
Blind Boy Has Great Time Seeing Ringing Circus
From Behind Scenes and Meeting Star Performers
'BiIP Nottingham, 12p
Takes Ride on Head of
Largest Elephant,
BY RALPH E. BROOKS

" VEN If William Nottingham, IL,
is blind. many an Indianapolis
- boy or girl can envy him today.
He saw the circus Monday from be-
hind the scenes.
Bill-he doesn't want to be called
William-had a fine ride on the head
Of Queen, the largest elephant in the
Ringing Brothers circus. The only
mistake Bill made was to think he
was on Queens back. He laughed
when he learned Of his mistake.
Bill. who lives at Eaton and is a
student at the Indiana School for the
Blind. wasn't like the famous three
blind men who. saw the elephone. He
had a very good idea of what the ami
mails were like. He even fed them
peanuts.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-06-05

7 IKE all boys, Bill is interested
IN machinery. A miniature fire
engine struck his fancy more
than all the rest of the curositles
He examins I'd it closely. and Buck
Jones, who made il, started It's tiny
engine for MIN. He was delighted
with its pUrr.
And the dwarfs-they were the fun
niest men he had ever heard tell Of
There was a Mr.. Casino. VINO V7us 33
years old and not nearly so ,aI as
Bill Casino was delighted, 100. at
Bills wonder.
Il thought he was sitting down"
Bill said. He was rather fat, wasn't
he?"
Casino is rather stocky.
Il suppose 1 could tell he was fat
from his hand" Bill said.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-06-05

n ILL met some of the notables Of
n the circus, too. The star of them
all, Lillian Leitzel, champion
aerial artist took a liking to him.
He applauded bravely when told
that Miss Leitzel had finished her act.
And Buck Jones, and Mr.. Fellows,
and the Nelson girls, and Herman
Peollette, the clown, all gave their
best assistance to show Hmm a royal
good time.
Bill enjoyed the music But the
screeching of the Clown Band puzzled
him. He didn't think much Of It.
Under the big tent. his constant
query was. What are they doing
now?" Between munches, for he ate
lots Of peanuts, he listened 10 run
ming fire Of description of the actions
Of the CLOVIS, tight wire performers,
and the girl who braved six lions in
a cage.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-06-05
HUNDRED SOCIALISTS
ARRESTED IN JAPAN

Drive Being Made Against Alleged
Plot to COmmunize Nation.
By United Press
TOXIC, June 5.-One hundred So
cialist leaders were arrested today III
a drive against an alleged plot to
communize Japan.
The arrests were made while the
cabinet was in session considering re.
sumption Of negotiations looking to
ward an agreement with soviet Rus.
sia
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-06-05
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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-06-05

7 0CAL thunder showers this
L. afternoon or tonight.
Wednesday, partly cloudy.
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1923-02-23
Banquet Was Given Henry Pmmer Noted Bandit Chief
Vigne Chiefs Who Hanged Him Month Later

with blankets and masks, and rid
ing the fastest horses their stoler
gold dust could buy, they haunted
the lonesome trails in waiting fol
their prey. AS the doomed coach
or wagon drew near, the horsemen
were upon it with pistols drawn
The slightest hesitation of driver
or passenger to obey commands
shouted at them meant sudden
death, so resistance was seldom Of
fered. In many instances these
hunters of human prey became SO
callous and bloodthirsty that they
killed for the lust of killing.
1t was not until more than one
hundred brutal murders had been
committed by Plummer's men that
any resistance was offered to the
rule of the desperadoes. Then, in
December, 1868, Plummer's right
hand man, George Ives, who was
probably the member of the band
most dreaded by honest citizens,
committed murder SO brutal and
so cold-b1ooded that public 1ndig-
nation was aroused to a pitch that
brought on speedy vengeance and
the downfall of Plummer's reign
of outlawry.
This particular crime of Ives
was the killing of young Ger
man, Nicholas Tiebalt. The body
of the youth was found in the
brush, bearing about the throat the
marks of a small lariat, which had
been used to drag him, still living,
to the place of concealment, where
he was killed by a bullet through
the head. The hands were filled
with fragments of sagebrush, torn
off in agony as he was jerked along
behind Ives horse.
The finder of the boys body car
ried it to the camp of Nevada City,
three miles from Virginia City. A
crowd of miners gathered, and
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1923-02-23

/; ticed riding past at gallop, turn
ing suddenly and shooting at the
mark. They became the most ex-
pert of pistol shots, and they used
the same methods on the road
They passed their intended victim
at top speed, swung their horses
about lightning quick, covered the
wayfarer with one or two guns, and
if he did not instantly comply with
their demands, he fell dead with a
bullet in his heart
Plummer's men had their method
of operating thoroughly systema-
tized. By means of messengers,
whose slightest failure to obey or
ders spelled instant death, they
kept up constant communication
between Bannack and Virginia
City, the two most important early
gold camps. Every road and trail
was watched carefully day and
night. Whenever a miner made a
rich strike the news was sped to
headquarters and record made of
it. No quantity of gold dust ever
left either camp in those early days
without the coach or wagon that
conveyed it being marked with a
sign the road agents understood.
They possessed a most remarkable
and diversified code of secret sig
mails. Horses, coaches and even
men were branded with some cabal-
istic character that marked them
for plumber. The bandits made.
known to each other by
some mysterious means. Often it
was peculiar knot in a necktie.
Their password was innocent.
Stage-coach Robbery
The road agents had the best of
equipment for their work of rob-
berry. They usually were armed
with two pistols, short-barreled
shotgun of large bore and bowie
knives. They disguised themselves
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1923-02-23

| WllCI TIC uCtdllS VI lilC SlAilC WSi
known, their rage knew no bounds
In the presence of that pathetic
lifeleSs form there set in reaction
which gathered force until TIL
country was purged of crime anc
criminals.
Organizing of Vigilantes
The same evening the body wa.
found Is citizens of Nevada City
signed an obligation of mutual sup
port and protection, armed them
selves and rode forth in search Of
Ives. They arrested Ives, took hin
to Nevada City, and upon his be
ing found guilty of murder, he was
Immediately hanged. A hundred
armed miners surrounded the gal
lows and prevented any attempt al
interference upon the part of the
road agents or their friends.
A few nights after the hanging
of Ives five men from Virginia
City and four from Bannack or
ganized the Vigilantes, meeting in
the back of store. By unanimous
consent Captain James Williams,
one of the bravest men who ever
stood in boots, was chosen chief
of the Vigilance Committee. Al
though he was the directing genius
and master mind in the ensuing
trial of strength with Plummer's
men, his modesty was such that at
his own request his name was omit
ted from Dimsdale's story of the
Vigilantes. Nor is it to be found in
N. P. Langford's Vigilante Days
and Ways, or in any other work
on the subject. His story, almost
lost to history, was written few
weeks ago by Chief Justice Lew L.
Galloway, of the Montana Supreme
Court, who describes him thus:
"In appearance James Williams
was five feet, ten and half inches
tall, and heavily built. The chest
was deep and full, the shoulders
somewhat rounded the neck was
short, supporting a leonine head
covered with plentiful black hair
with beard of the same color. The
eyes were his most striking feat
ure, being blue and deep set. They
looked straight at you. When he
was in good humor the eyes car
RED a merry twinkle, but when he
was in earnest they seemed to go
Jet black, and in anger or excite
ment they blazed with black in
Eensity that was fearful He was
a natural leader; those magnetic,
compelling eyes told you to go and
you went. He was a rare judge of
human nature. Deliberate in what
ever he did, he was so in his judg-
nent of men, yet after he studied
4 stranger for a brief period he
seemed to ascertain all he cared to
know in forming an estimate of
him and was hardly ever mis-
AIKEN"
AS one of Williams lieutenants
aid: II know that Captain Viii
Jams did more of the hard work.
md hard riding than any other
i've men in the whole outfit" Not
,nly did he conceive all the plans
n the warfare with the Plummer
,ang, but his executive ability car
led them all through successfully.
lie led in person the posse that cap
ured Ives and directed the hang
ng. He led all the principal expe-
itions undertaken in freezing,
weather excepting one.
lis will was law and the judgment |
f the committee was autocratic.
)ne of its bylaws was: "The only |
unishment that shall be inflicted
y this committee is death" In
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1923-02-23

In 1860 the northern Rocky
Mountain section, which within a
year or two was to witness the dis
covery of several of the richest
placer gold streams on earth, was
wilderness. In that territory now
comprising Idaho and Montana
there were only two trading points.
These were Fort Benton, at the
head of navigation on the Missouri
river; and Fort Owen, west of the
Rockies, in the Bitter Root valley.
But for mining supplies, the near
est trading settlement was Walla
Walla, Washington, thousand
miles westward.
The discovery of fabulously rich
gold deposits populated that wild
erness as if by magic. Colorado
and California had been prospect
ed and ransacked, and rich as they
were, they failed to satisfy the
greed of countless gold-seekers.
These territories, having passed
through a reign of lawlessness, had
thrown off the yoke imposed upon
them by organized bands of the
most murderous desperadoes the
west ever knew and banished hum
dreds of the criminals whose COM
rades had been hanged. For such
as these, Montana, the new Edo
RADIO, remote and inaccessible in
the heart of the Rockies, was a
haven of refuge and a virgin field
for further atrocities. The long,
lonesome trails over which gold
dust had to be transported made it |
robbers paradise.
These conditions brought about !
in the newly discovered gold fields
of Bannack and Virginia City, in
Montana, a reign of outlawry that
has never been equaled in the his
tory of the nation, with sudden
and dramatic assertion of law by
the people that forms one of the
most thrilling chapters in the an
nails of the west. The story of the
Montana road agents and their
has been told we'll in that
remarkable historic document, The
of Montana, by Thomas
7. Dimsda1e, Montana only news
paper editor during those stormy
days, who died at Virginia City
shortly after he had completed his
book. There are, however, certain
dramatic events which were not in
Guided in Dimsdale's story and
which have not been published in
any volume bearing on the happen !,
ings of that period.
Well-Organized Gang Il
The road agent band that plung- !
I'd the Northern Rocky Mountain /
area into a bloody reign of terror ,
was no haphazard gang of Grimm I
ais. 1t was, on the contrary, a re- :
narkable organization of some ,
fifty men led by Henry Plummer, 3
he sheriff of the gold camps of I
3annack and Virginia City, whose +
official deputies were also his lieu i
enants in crime. Besides the act {
We members of the band, it con- +
rolled and held in subsection a 5
hundred more accomplices among Y
he hangers-on of the camps. z
Plummer's road agents, so-called
because most of their robberies and
were committed on the
highways, we're deliberately and e
arefully trained for their work b
1t their rendezvous, or ranches, in v
he mountains, targets were put up S
nd the members of the band prac- k