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Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1923-02-08

beside, the surgeon. Connery turned
toward him.
IL sent for you. sir, because you are
the companion OF the man who had
this BERTH
Avery pushed past him. and leaped
forward as he looked past the sur
geon. "wbat has happened to Mr..
DorneT'
You gee him as we found him. sir"
Connery stared down nervously beside
him.
Avery leaned inside the curtains
and recoiled. Hes been murdered !"
1T looks so. DIR. Avery. Yes: II
he's dead, he's certainly been muir
dered." Connery agreed. You
teIl"-Connery avoided mention OF
President Jarvis name-"teIl anyone
who asks you, Mr.. Avery. hat you
saw him Just as he was found"
He looked down again al the form
In the berth. and Avery's axe fol
lowed his; then. abruptly. II turned
away. Avery stood ~cIinging TO the
curtain. his eyes darling from one to
another of the three men.
~wiIl you start your examination
now, Doctor Sinclair" Connery sug-
The surgeon. before examining the
man In the berth more closely. lifted
he shades from the windows Every
sbout the berth was in piacs.
1ndistursed: except for the mark of
he savs2e blow on the xdx Of ths
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1923-02-08

mans head, there was no evidence oil
anything unusual. II was self-evidenl
that. whatever had been the motives
of the attack. robbery was not n
whoever had struck had done no more
than reach In and deliver his muir
derous blow then he had gone on
Sinclair made first an examination
OF the head; completing this, he un'
butfoned the pajamas upon the chest,
loosened them at the waist and pre-
pared to make his examination of the
body.
"How long has he been dead7" Con-
merry asked.
"He Is not dead yet. Life Is still
present" Sinclair answered ~guardedly.
Whether he win live or eve- regain
consciousness Is another question"
zone you can't answer9'
"The blow. as you can see"-Sin-
clair touched the mans lace with his
deft hnger-tips-"fell mostly on the
cheek and temple. The cheekbone Is
fractured. He is In a complete state
Of coma and there may be some frac-
ture Of the skull. OF course, there is
some concussion OF the brain"
Any inference to be drawn from this
as TO the seriousness of the injuries
vas plainly beyond Connery. "How
long ago was he struck" he asked.
"Some hours Since midnight GER
tainly: and longer ago than FIVE
o'clock this morning"
Gould he have revived half an hour
ago-say within the hour-enough to
have pressed the button and rung the
bell from his berth7"
Sinclair Strengthened and gaxed at
the conductor c~uriously. "No, cer-
tainly not" he replied. THAT is COM
pletely impossible. Why did you sskf"
Connery avoided answer. But Avery
pushed forward. "what Is thatf
What's thatY' he demanded.
"Will you go on with your exami-
nation. Doctor?" Connery urged.
you said the bell from this berth
rang recently p Avery accused Con
merry usss -
'The pointer In the Mushroom, In
dicating a signal from this berth, was
turned down d minute ago" Connery
had to reply. "A few moments ear
ller all pointers had been set In the
position indicating no CALL"
THAT was before you found the
body7"
THAT was why / went to the berth
Connery replied; that was
before / found the body"
Then you mean you did not find
the body" Avery charged. Someone,
passing through this car a minute or
so before you, must have found him I"
Connery attended without replying.
"And evidently that man dared not
report 1t and could not wait longer
to know whether Mr.-Mr. Dorne was
really dead so he rang the bellr"
fought we keep Doctor Sinclair any
longer from the examination, sir?"
.onnery o seized Avery's arm In
"The first thing for us to
js whether Mr.. Dorne Is dying.
Isn't"
Connery checked himself; he had
Won HIS dppeui Edtoh, stanutns Qul-
stly w%atchful, observed that Avery's
sagerness TO accuse now had been
by another interest which
he conductors words had recalled.
the man In the berth was TO
i've OF die-evidently that was mo
nentously to affect Donald Avery one
way or the other.
"Of course, by all means proceed
With your examination, Doctor"
livery directed.
AS Sinclair again bent over the
lody Avery leaned over also Eaton
azed down, and Connery-a little
'aler than before and with lips tight
= set
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-20
FOUR PICTURES
ARE SCRUT|N|zED
IN MURDER PROBE
Detectives Seek Young Man
Pointed Out by Witnesses
Of Stabbing.

Detectives investigating the fatal
stabbing of Robert Watson. 10. of 215
n. Richland St, last Thursday, today
were searching for four young men,
pictures Of whom appeared IN the
Arsenal Cannon, Technical High
School annual publication, in the last
three years.
Witnesses of the murder and per
sons who saw the young assallant Of
Watson run away after stabbing him
four times in the rear of 221 N. Rich
land St, looked through the ANIMALS
at the office of Inspector Of Detectives
John Mullin and chose the four as
bearing the most resemblance to the
dagger wielder. Watson, a short time
before he died, said he did not know
the name of the man who stabbed him
but had known him at Tech where
both were students.
Police Sergeant Edward Shubert is
looking for young woman believed
to know something Of the affair
Steve Bait, 1913 n. Warman Ave,
who saw the man as he ran east along
the Peoria g. Eastern Railroad tracks
making his escape was unable to pick
any of the pictures as that OF the man.
Detectives continued to work on
the theory that the assailant and
Watson had on some previous occa
sion had an argument. They point
out that 1t Is said that Watson was
extremely nervous on the morning Of
the stabbing and did not eat any
breakfast. Watson also was said to
have had an argument over woman
while at the Twenty Sixth st. bathing
beach the night before. William Hall,
$50 ketcham St, a close friend OF
Watson, who was at the beach. said,
however. that the argument at no
time passed beyond a friendly banter.
Police responded today 10 call
from two carpenters working on Il
new house at sos E. Washington
st. James Mclaughlin. 602 Fletcher
Ave, and Elijah Stone. 1907 f. Mar
ket St, told Motorpolicemen Moriarty
and Marcy that Saturday morning
they noticed evidence that some one
had slept in the house and today when
they arrived a young man appearing
to be % years old, 1856 pounds In
weight and wearing light cap, shirt
and trousers hurried away from the
house.
Detectives do not believe that this
man was the murderer and maintain /
that the man has left the city toward |
Terre Haute, Ind, as all accurate |
clews lead that way.
Watson was buried at Brownsburg, |
Ind, Saturday afternoon following |
services at the home. 215 n. Richland /
ST.. at which sixty robed members of /
the Ku-Klux Khan took active part. |
Six members acted as pail bearers and /
the remainder stood in the yard while /
the Rev. w. II Brightmire, national /
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-20
Superintendent Is Arrested

Henry w. Dennis, Gal Division St.
Is under arrest today charged with
assault and battery. A warrant. filed
by Edward Gather, 10, OF 6O2h s.
west St, alleges that Gather worked
Tor the Niman Transfer Company.
Senate Ave. and Merrill ST. where
Dennis is superintendent, and that he
was shored in his pay. When he
complained to Dennis the latter struck
MIN and choked him, according to
the complaint.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-20

Punishment was not a mild spank
ing Victims Of the invisible govern
nent were fogged to the point where
many were in serious danger of
death. Wounds were opened in their
backs by the curling end of the whip,
frequently loaded A wet rope also
has been used in many instances.
In Macon, Ca, authorities be-
lieved they had broken up a gang
which had terrorized that city for
months, with the arrest OF three
brothers alleged to have been caught
in the act Of whipping negroes.
Texas Rangers on duty in Port
Arthur and Amarillo. where recent
foggings occurred, had apparently
forced flogging bands in those cities
to put an end to their parties for the
time being at least.
Guardsmen enforcing martial law
in Tulsa met opposition from civilians
Military officials said they were pre-
pared to file charges of perjury
against two men alleged to have
given false testimony in investigations
into floggings.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-20

Veterans of Foreign Wars sounded
taps today for Joseph Thomas, %,
1915 Reisner St, who died Saturday
at the city hospital as the result of an
accident in which he broke his neck
several days ago when he was thrown
from a truck at Denny and e. Wash
ington SITS.
The Rev. NJ. V, Foster, formerly
pastor of the W. Morris st. Christian
Church, Of which Mr.. Thomas was a
member. conducted services at 2 p
m. at the home Of Mrs. Florence
Richard, 22O7 Morgan st. Services
were held at the grave at Crown Hill
cemetery by the Veterans of Foreign
Wars.
Thomas had lived in Indianapolis all
his life. When the United States en-
tered the World War he enlisted in
the Rainbow Division He served
overseas throughout the war, remain
ing on duty on the Rhine three years
following tho armistice.
He is survived by the widow. Mrs.
Helen Thomas, and two small daugh-
tiers, Evelyn and Virginia; a brother,
Herschell Thomas; his mother, Mrs.
Elizabeth Biggs.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-20
FIRE PREVENTION
UNITS ORGANIZED
Larger Cities in State Have
Missionaries,

Organized fire prevention work is
now being conducted by permanent
committees in most of the larger cities
of the State. Newman T. Miller, fire
marshal of Indiana, announced today
after completing a survey of the edu-
cational and missionary" work that
has been done by his department up
to Aug. l.
Terre Haute Is organizing perma-
nent fire prevention committees and
the preliminary work Is being com
pleted there now. the fire marshal
said. Other cities already organ
lied for fire prevention work
are Evansville. TT. Wayne. Kokomo,
New Albany, Richmond, Muncle and
Lafayette.
Under the fire marshars plan Of
organization the committees in each
city are formed through the coopera-
ton OF chambers OF commerce, civic
clubs. and similar organizations. If
er the fire prevention committee is
completely organized it becomes a
permanent organization and it's work
is constant rather than spesmodic, 1t
was said.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-20

CHARLES @. SANDERS
The Charles G.. Sanders Company,
1925 N. Meridian St., today sue
ceeded the Boozer- Patterson Com
pany Of this city as distributors in
central Indiana for Durant and
Star automobiles. Territory COW
cred by the new company includes
Monroe. Bartholomew, Fayette, Hen
bricks, Johnson, Putnam, Hancock,
Decatur, Boone. Morgan, Brown,
Jennings, Hamilton. Rush, owen,
Jackson, Shelby and Marion coun-
ties.
Charles Sanders. president of
the. new organization. has been
president Of the Sanders Haynes
Company and has been State dis
trtbutor for Haynes automobiles for
nine years. and distributor for
Cleveland automobiles He has re-
linquished his former connections.
Sanders also is president of the
indianapolis Automobile Trade
Association.
An informal reception and display
OF the current models of Star and
Durant cars will be held all next
week. The show rooms have been
decorated with flowers.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-20
DETROIT BANDITS
COMMIT ANOTHER
LARGE ROBBERY
Collector Is Held Up and
$4,000 Taken-15O Din
erS Among Victims,
By United Press

By United Press
DETROIT, Mich. Aug. 20.-Two
youthful bandits in a stolen automo-
bile, held up Arthur Hamm, collector
Of the General Ice Delivery Company
here today and escaped with $4,000 in
cash.
This holdup climaxed a twentyfour
hour series of holdups, shootings and
maraudings. probably by the same
band. according to police.
Four men had been arrested under
suspicion that they were members Of
a band of seven which held up $50 pa
irons of the Allendale Inn early yes
terday wounding two men and a
woman, escaping with between $4,000
and $4,000 in cash and jewelry and
killing a policeman in their dash for
the open.
The prisoners gave their names as
Ray Scheere, 26; Edward Edwards, 36;
Charles Baker, 20, and James Jones,
&c. Two of the men have criminal
records, police said.
A fifth man, Herman Sakales Of
Brooklyn. N. Y, was also arrested,
after he admitted being in the auto
mobile from which the policeman was
killed. He denied he took part in the
hold-up.
The bandits appeared at the Allen
dale Inn in two automobiles and in
pairs entered the three doors to the
place. The seventh man remained in
one of the cars.
A continuous firing was kept up by
the men while the $50 persons were
searched. None of the wounded was
said to be seriously hurt.
Shortly after the hold-up Policeman
Oscar Rinehardt saw a car carrying
seven men speeding toward the Ohio
line and Communicated a passing
automobile to give chase. AS he sped
alongside, volley of pistol shots was
fired from the bandit car.
Rinehardt was killed only after he
had emptied his pistol into the car.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-20
MAYORS TO MEET
ON HIGHER PHONE
RATES THURSDAY
Ell Seebirt of South Bend
Calls Conference
at SEVERN.

A call for mayors of the twelve
Indiana cities affected by the increased
telephone rates temporarily ordered
by Federal Judge Page in Chicago
last week to meet at the SEVERN here
at 100 p. m Thursday was issued
today by Mayor Eli Seebirt, of South
Bend. president of the Indiana Munich
pal League.
City attorneys also were asked to
the conference, Seebirt told Corpora
ton Counsel Taylor E. Groninger over
long distance telephone.
Groninger Represents City
Groninger will represent Indianapo-
lis, Mayor Shank being at Detroit this
week.
Steps were being taken today by
Groninger to place the A. 7. & T. Co.,
parent company of the Indiana Bell
Telephone Company, under jurisdic-
ton of the Interstate Commerce Com
mission.
1t is hoped to interest State govern
ments in the proposition so that Con.
gress may give attention to the mat
ter this year
1.-The affair is bigger than any city
or State" said Groninger. II the pres
ent plan of Groninger is followed, the
recommendations Of the Municipal
League will be taken up at the con-
ference Of Governors at French Lick
in October.
Commission Awaits Lesh
The public service commission Is
Withholding any further action until
the arrival Of U. S. Lesh, attorney gen
eral.
John F. White, secretary of the
Federation of Community Civic Clubs,
today sent copies Of a resolution
passed by the executive officers of the
federation to Governor McCray, May
or Shank, John w. McCardle, presi-
dent of the public service commission,
and Groninger. The resolutions state
that all S.vic clubs viii aid in every
legitima Il way to prevent any raise
in telephone rates.
Members of the executive commit
tee are: Edward o. Snethen, presi-
dent; A. Leroy Portteus, first vice
president; L. L. Fellows, second vice
president. and John F. White, secre-
tary-treasurer.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-20
TRAFFIC EXPERT COMING
Washington Engineer to Aid City in
Solving Problems.

j. Rollin Bibbin. consultant traffic
engineer of Washington, d. c.. is ex.
pected to arrive in Indianapolis Tues
day or Wednesday for preliminary
survey Of city traffic problems un.
der direction OF the city plan commits
sion. He was TO have arrived to-
day but was detained by the death
Of a relative.
Bibbin will examine maps and charts
of the plan commission before making
recommendations.
transportation problems to be
worked out under Bibbin's direction
include speeding auto and interurban
freight traffic through city streets.
Major thoroughfares. an interurban
belt line and elevated tracks are
under consideration.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-20
TWO HELD IN LILLY CASE
Edgar Marley and Ray James in Gus
tOdy-BeIieved Gangsters.

Edgar Marley. 10, 1887 S. Alabama
St, and Ray James. "a, 139 w. Nc
Carly ST., were held by police authori-
ties today, charged with being mem
bers of a gang which attacked Roy
Buchanan, night Waterman at the Eli
Lilly Company plant several nights
ago. They were charged with assault
'S2d battery with intent to kill. One
<s&he assailants, Homer Deering, was
- Aly shot by the Waterman during
49, attack
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-20
THREATEN PERJURY CHARGES
Court Action Proposed i'm Oklahoma
Whippings.

BU JUIItU FTtHH
TULSA, Okla, Aug. 20.-Military
officers In charge Of martial law in
Tulsa as a result of many whippings
and fioggtngs here today prepared to
file perjury charges against two men
who they declare gave false testimony
in the investigation into mob action.
Adjt. Gen. B. H Markham. who an
nounced the perjury charges would be
filed. declined to name the men who
would be accused. The inquiry was
broadened today to include more than
q score OF fioggings.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-20
.ClARKE DENIES HE HAS
ACCEPTED KLAN JOB
Former Imperial Wizard Here Investi-
eating Local Problems.

Shrouded in secrecy. Edward Young
Clarke, former imperial wizard of
the Ku-Klux Khan. was in Indian
apolis today investigating local Khan
problems.
porarily an executive position at the
Khan headquarters in Atlanta. Ca, to
smooth various factions were denied
b. Clarke. He will leave the city
shortly for the East. where, it was
said, he would be engaged in tnvesti-
cations.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-20
Man Sought in Shooting

Sam Cave, S3, colored, 1928 Alvord
St, is at the City hospital with
bullet in his left hip while Robert
Harding. colored, 1853 Alvord ST.. is
being sought in connection with the
shooting. Cave said he was in a
restaurant at 2O6S Yandes st. Sat
urday night when Harding appeared
in the doorway and fired three shots.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-20
TE OFFICIALS CONTINUE DRIVE ON BANDS OF FLOGGERS
Military and Civil Authorities Act to Stop Teorizaton in
South-Orderiy Procedure Is Followed
Arrests Made. -
By United Press.

Rule by the lash in sections of the South fought
by the force Of visible orderly governmental procedure
Regularly constituted authorities in three
trated all possible to stamp the invisible
which enforced its ects with the back snake pot and
feathers.
Operation of foggng bands several cities had become
bold and promscuous that certain classes of people afraid
to from their homes after dark
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-20
THREE ARRESTS ARE MADE
Georgia Authorities Hold Men Follow.
ing F1ogging.
BIZ United Press

MACON, Ga, Aug. 20.-Three
brothers, alleged to be connected with
a band Of fioggers which has terror
lied Macon for months. were caught
in the act Of whipping two negroes
last night. authorities announced.
The automobile in which the three
mems. R. Hudson, j. b Hudson and
c. II. Hudson-were riding, was
wrecked and they were unable to es-
cape when authorities appeared.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-20
Thieves Are Tnconsiderate

Edward Haley, r. r. c, Box All.
S. Lynnhurst DR., told police his fam
fly had a rough ride from the city
TO their home Sunday night. Thieves
stole the rear cushion out Of his au-
tomobile, parked at Maryland and IL
llnois SITS
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-20
Bees Turn Robbers

Due to the lack of honey producing
blooms this spring the summer honey
flow is almost a total failure, Frank
y. Wallace, State entomologist, said
today There was such a lack that
sctivA bees became robbers.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-20
FOUR NARROWLY
ESCAPE DEATH AS
TWO AUTOS CRASH
Baby Uninjured When Car
Turns Over After Being
. Hurled Fifty Feet,

Four persons narrowly escaped
death early today when two automo-
: biles travelling at high speed met at
Speedway and Somerset AYES, accord
ing to police.
The car of Thomas Dickerson. $500
! w. Tenth ST., going east on Speed
way Ave, struck a machine driven
- out of Somerset Ave. by Ralph Stew
ems, 1900 Somerset Ave.
The collision turned Stevens car
over and witnesses say the Dickerson
/. car hurled through the air for fifty
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-20
Grocery Fire Loss $3.50

Fire, said by firemen to be the re-
suit of spontaneous combustion, re-
suited in a loss of $3.50 Sunday night
at a grocery and dwelling building at
2414-16 Brookside Ave, occupied by
william Gordon and A. F. Anderson.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-20
BARBER is KIDNAPPED
Crowd Sees Masked Band Spirit Man
Away.

By United Press
EAU GALLIE. Fla. Aug. 2O.-G. A.
Davis, local barber, was taken from a
deputy sheriff by band Of masked
men here today, and spirited away in
an automobile.
The barber had been arrested by the
deputy on a charge of nonsupport
of his wife.
A large crowd witnessed the kidnap-
ing
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-20
BANDITS OBTAIN $4,000
Two Men Hold Up Card Players in
Vancouver.

By Jntted PreSs
VANCOUVER. B. c.. Aug. 2O.-En-
tering the Seventh Battalion Club
early today, two armed and masked
bandits held up a score Of card players,
went through their pockets and in
forty-five minutes fled, taking with
them more than 100000 The bandits
made their escape in an automobile.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-20

the kidnapping and beating of Caesar
Nealons, negro, Of New Smyrna.
Authorities say the negro was
beaten because he gave police of New
Smyrna information about the men.
A big oak club was used for the
dOePiuR