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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-07-14
May HOUSE TWO
new COURTS in
CITY BUILDING
County Commissioners Ask
Present Rooms Be Used
After Jan. l..

Only two of the four new munici.
pal courts to come into existence
Jan. l. will be housed in the Court
house. county commissioners In
dicated today.
Russell j. Ryan, county attorney,
was ordered to confer with city Of
ficials on the proposal that the two
courts devoted to criminal cases and
misdemeanors be left in the police
station where the city courts they
will replace are now located.
Without Cost
Commissioners also said the city
will be asked to furnish the two
courtrooms without cost to the
county.
According to the law, passed by
the last Legislature, the county Is
required to furnish places for all four
courts and to bear all expense.
Keeping the two courts at police
headquarters, commissioners pointed
out, would save the city money as
it would be a great source of ex-
pense and inconvenience to transfer
prisoners from the city Jail to the
Courthouse for sessions OF court.
Similar opinion was expressed by
City Judge Dan v. White. who said
that transfer of all the courts to the
courthouse would increase opportun-
ity for prisoners to escape.
Two courts devoted TO civil cases
probably will be housed in the court.
house. The entire situation was
gone over Monday at a conference
of county commissioners, several
members of the county council.
which will meet in special session
next Monday. Attorney Ryan and
Harry Dunn. auditor.
RemOdeIling Planned
Remodeling of courthouse to pro-
vide accommodation for the new
courts and provide additional room
for other offices was discussed. One
of the plans most favorably received
was to remodel several courtrooms
which now are two stories in height.
BY building floors between the
first and second stories OF these
rooms, new rooms. one story in
height. would be provided. At pres
ent this additional story Of space is
virtually wasted. containing only a
small balcony in each courtroom.
Some of these balconies never are
thrown open to the public for fear
of collapse.
Appropriation Of $4,000 for archi-
tests fees for plans for the work
probably will be made by the council
Monday.
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Local Bank Clearinqs

Indianapolis bank clearings for Tuesday
July IA amounted to So 1877 900. Bank
debts for TUESDAY. July IA. were S5,752,-
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Chicago Grain Table

July nominal lO.0U 1o.0S
July. .991s 1OoK 81 .9s. 101h
Sept 1898 1.04h 1.00% 1.01% 1.o1 u
CHICAGO July 14.-Carlot receipts
were; Wheat. 70; corn. 10; oats. 81;
rye, O.
CHICAGO July 14.-Wheat--No. 2
10 No. $S! ysiloSs sf%f% ale y ;N ~. 8 yel;
$ii.99SGi.1oo: NO wv white. 81 .oS. Oats"
No 3 white. 40 Y @4Sc: No 4 white,
4}e ftsndssSSds cio 4s SD Rsfsy S7g
ST .6561 SO. Corn-Cash No. 2. 81 .17@
lis, No. 8. S115@116. RyeE-aCash No.
z 81 ;o2: oats@aCash No; 2. 5Sh g sos;
95c. loverseed-Cash, 1890; October,
S14, 30: December. 81 90 Timothy -
gust, S13.75; December. S12.25. Butter
As a Ace. Eggs-32 a SAC. Hay-S20.
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JUDGE STUDIES
SCOPES RULING
CONTINUED From Page u

the truth and do justice to all the
issues involved in this case.
IT have instructed the ministers
who have been invited to my ros-
trum to make no references to this
case. 1t is not the purpose of this
court to bias or prejudice the mind
of any evil, but to do right in all
matters under investigation" the
judge said.
Demurrer Filed
Just before adjournment the de-
Tense filed a demurrer to the indict-
ment based on identical grounds with
the motion to quash.
Another dramatic moment oc-
CURED after the adjournment of the
court when Darrow and Bryan shook
hands and sat together at the
prosecution table for photographers.
AS Bryan was leaving the court
room a New York newspaper re-
porter stopped Bryan and asked him
If he believed Joshua made the sun
stand still.
Bryan turned red and replied
angrily:
I'm getting tired of being in
suited by asses. Don't do it again"
The attack barrow made on the
anti-evolution law in the course of
his argument in support Of the
motion to quash won for him the re-
spect If not the approval OF Dayton.
For Tennessee admires a fighter de-
spite it's fundamentalism.
Spectators Amazed
He thrust his thumb in his blue
suspenders. His voice at times was
cold and hard. At times 1t was soft
and singing. Dayton shivered with
apprehension as the grizzled old Chi
cago lawyer warned that mo sub
ject possesses the minds of men like
religious bigotry and hate. These
fires are being lighted in America
today"
His auditors were amazed. Some
of them were awed by Darrows dar
ing, half expecting to see him pun
ished on the spot for defying their
beliefs, while others were carried
away by his moving, fiery eloquence.
Even several of the attorneys as
sisting William Jennings Bryan
with the prosecution were so deeply
moved they Joined in the occasional
applause which swept the court
room.
"Fanaticism Busy"
'This is as brazen and bold an
attempt to destroy liberty as ever
was seen in the middle ages" shout
ed barrow, referring to the indict-
ment.
Not a single line of any consti-
tuition can withstand bigotry and
ignorance when it seeks to destroy
the rights Of the individual.
"If tndav you can take a thing
like evolution and make it a crime
to teach it in the public school, to-
morrow you can make it a crime
to teach it in private schools and
next year you can make it a crime
to teach it in the church.
1.-THE next session you may ban
books and newspapers. Soon you
may set Catholic against Protestant
and Protestant and Protestant and
try to foist your own religion upon
the minds Of men. If you can do
one, you can do the other. Ignor-
ance and fanaticism are ever busy
and need feeding"
Tears His Shirt
When barrow concluded he
stepped down from the platform and
was met by Mrs. barrow.
Clarence" she said, don't you
think you'd better put on another
shirt 2" His elbow was out at a tear
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STOCKS SHOW
,ASTRONG TONE
WITH OPENING
Wall Street Encouraged
by Steadiness of
=,
List.
Average Stock Prices

Average price of twenty industrial
stocks for Tuesday. July IA. was 1911.
up %. Average price of twenty rails for
Tuesday. July Ii. was 9S7l. up rs.
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Tears His Shirt

When barrow concluded he
stepped down from the platform and
was met by Mrs. Darrow.
Clarence" she said, don't you
think you'd better put on another
shirt?" His elbow was out at tear
in a sleeve.
well, Ruby" smiled barrow,
don't you think It's too hot today
for two shirts
Along his walk from the court
house to the hotel he was stopped
by natives who had never met him,
but who heard him in the court
room a few minutes before. They
all said the same thing.
Damned InfideP'
"a wonderful speech"
Among those who congratulated
barrow was old General Ben Nc
Kenzie, one Of the opposing attor-
neys in the case. He got out of his
Ford came over to the sidewalk,
threw his arm around barrow and
in a voice almost choked with emo
ton, said:
1T was the greatest speech ever
heard in my life on any subject"
barrow patted the General on his
back and said:
Its a mighty kind Of you to say
that"
But two women. leaving the court
room, looked at each other in horror.
"The damned infidel," exclaimed
one.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-12-27

THIS is the story of what comes Of
trying to help the "under dog"
without stopping to think whether
the "dog" deserves to be helped.
Mary Converse, who insisted on marry
ing and uplifting "the dog" and who got
thoroughly bitten for her pains, was no
simple, ignorant child, but the graduate
of smart finishing school of Cambridge,
Mass, and daughter of the late Colonel
and Mrs. Harry Converse, of Maiden and
Cape Cod, very wealthy and socially
prominent people.
The girl was welcome in Boston's fash
ionabe society, and, having wealth, good
looks and high social position, she had
plenty of opportunities to marry as well
as any young woman in the land. Besides
getting all the good things of this world
without effort, it was in her grasp to
settle down and have as the father of her
children some worthy, respected citizen.
Her parents waited complacently for this
to happen, but with the cream of Amer
lean manhood to pick from she chose
Charlie Essick, a jail bird, convicted thief
and murderer, who had been turned loose
on society because he had behaved nicely
in prison:
Colonel and Mrs. Converse refused at
first to believe that they were really con-
fronted by any such nightmare. Their
daughter was neither insane nor stupid I;
therefore, she could not be serious, they
we're sure. But she was serious and
finally convinced them of it and actually
hoped to get their consent. Then they
started to reason with her.
It seemed so obvious to them that a
man who had stolen and committed
murder to cover it up was not person
whom a decent girl would want to ever
know, much less marry, even if he were
the last man in the world. Why should
she want to bring him into their clean,
respectable family any more than, she
would a rattlesnake? But Mary answered
that she loved him and felt that it was
her duty to help him.
"Why don't you try and help decent
people I" inquired the Colonel, who had
fought in the Spanish-American War and
could never understand why there is so
much more readiness to help criminals
than needy ex-soldiers. But the daughter
looked at her father in pity. OF course he
could not understand. She had been do
ing welfare work, visiting criminals, COM
forting them in their sorrow and had
learned all about them. She ratified off
glib phrases about the unprivileged
child, the under dog, the unfortunate who
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Carlson, of Colorado, that it would be a
nice thing to commute Charles sentence
to % years. This meant that as the
prisoner had already served little less
than ten years and had credits for good
behavior and working he was eligible for
immediate parole and out he went.
Charlie was grateful, but the man he
had murdered was still murdered and the
murderer's perfect department in prison
did not seem to console the widow and
children, who were not at all grateful to
Mr.. Osborne. Panied at finding himself
unpopular in his own town, Charlie ac
copied the reformer's invitation to come
TO New York. where he found things much
better. Mr.. Osborne provided him with
job in his prison-reform organization,
where Charlie made speeches at banquets
and was lionized as "brand snatched
from the burning"
In Colorado that murder was still a
liability, but in New York he was sur
prised to find it a big asset. Charlie was
a hero and having the time of his life.
Three happy years of this and then Mary
Converse came into his life. The pretty
heiress saw him through the glorified at
q Great Britain Rislts Reserved
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and absolute pardon and even restored
his citizenship to Essick. He was now
Just as good as any other American citi-
zen in the eyes of the law, and in Mary's
eyes more interesting, because he was a
martyr" who had suffered almost ten
years in prison.
Col. Converse was somewhat impressed
by this executive clemency, and thought
that perhaps there might be some excuse
for dumping a murderer back onto
society, perhaps a doubt of guilt or ex-
tenuating circumstances. So he went
out to Colorado to get transcript of the
court record and find out all about
Charlie Essick, convict and prospective
son-in-law, and this is what he learned:
Essick, like most criminals, particularly
murderers, had begun early. He was the
Oldest son of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles p.
Essick, of Colorado Springs, respectable,
middle class people. Just few days be-
fore Christmas of 1905. Charlie Essick
and Leslie Francisco, both eighteen years
old, found place not far from the rail
road station where they felt sure it would
be quite easy to hold up and rob people.
They had loaded revolvers, but did not
really expect to have to kill with them.
A man came trudging along in the dark
and they tried it. At the command of
ndIluS uH4 Ht ObOyNh anu IL ioOhCN
very easy, but when they came close to
go through his pockets, they were dis
mayed to find that he was Frank l..
Scott, Leslie's uncle, on his way to spend
happy Christmas reunion with his
family on the Pacific Coast
This was bad. SCOTS expression made
Essick suspicious that he had recognized
their voices, so, to avoid any trouble, h.
murdered the unresisting man. The two
bandits then robbed the body of the holi-
day money which had been meant to
gladden. innocent hearts on the coast, and
slipped away.
The boys might never have been sus-
pected if they had been little more
careful in spending SCOTS money, but
after while they grew careless, and once
suspicion fastened on them, the rest was
easy. Confession and conviction followed.
Early in 1906, Essick went to the Colo
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This was all right until the undertaken
found that there was also knife wound
and an autopsy showed that the man had
first been stabbed through the heart. For
this Charles sixteen-year-old brother
Paul and his brother-in-law, Robert Piper,
were indicted, but never tried
Charlie, meanwhile, had proved him
self a model prisoner. His prison man
ners and department were perfect. And
why not? The warden was Tom Ryan,
follow er of Thomas Mott Osborne, the
prison reformer, who has done so much
to convert American prisons from places
of gloom and discomfort to car efree
homes where there is music, baseball,
social life, entertainment, sunshine and
laughter.
In this inspiring environment all the
prisoners were good natured and well be-
haved, and best hammered of all was
Charlie Essick One day Osborne himself
visited the institution and was delighted
with the chummy behavior of everyone,
but most of all with Charlie. Osborne
was much-advertised man at that time,
which was before the trouble at Sing Sing,
and he persuaded Governor George E.
tc) 1895 by American Weekly
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must be given another
chance to go right, the
man who has paid his debt
to society, etc.
Mary's parents took the
view that no murderer
can ever square his debt.
But Mary knew better
and she could prove it.
The Governor of Colorado
had given him a complete
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-12-27
Charles Essick, Former
Life-termer, Who Wooed
and Won the Heiress of an
Aristocratic New Eng
land Family.

RADIO State Pris-
on, at c a n o n
City, supposedly
to serve a life
sentence for the
murder. .
Three y e a T 5
later m ur d e I
cropped up in his
family again and
this time there
was no punish
m e mt a t a IL.
Charles father
was found in bed
with a bullet hole
in his forehead
and a pistol near
his right hand.
T h e coron e r
made a hasty ex-
animation a n d
said:
Suicide, griev-
inc for Charlie "
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-09-14
GALAXY OF TENNIS STARS ON HAND FOR TITLE SINGLES event
Double Play Title
to Brewers
BIZ Times Special

BD Times Special
MILWAUKEE,, Sept. 14.-When
the Milwaukee A. A. team, seventh
in the race, completed three double
plays in the Saturday game with st.
Paul the worlds record for two-ply
killings was broken. The total of
1873 bettered the record Of 1S2 held
by the Washington Senators.
Washington established the pre-
vious record over a season of 154
games, but Milwaukee boosted the
mark in 152 games. The Brewers
made another double play in the
first game at st. Paul, which raised
the record to 1874 in 1913 games.
The sensational fielding Of Mellilo,
second baseman, is responsible for
the honor brought to the Brewers.
The dandy little player has covered
much ground and has contributed
many brilliant stops.
One week ago Saturday Mellilo
broke the field record for second
basemen when his total chances &C
cepted surpassed the mark estab.
lished by Nap Lajoie seventeen years
ago. Mellilo has been out of the
game several days, owing to an in
Jury, but his mates have carried on
with the double play feat.
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= III M ! 8
TREAT ON
PROGRAM
Ti|den, Johnston, H. Kinsey
and Others Here in Exhi-
billions Sept. 20, "a.

indianapolis is going to get some
big league tennis after all. A
rather inauspicious season is going
to be closed in that proverbial blaze
of glory on Sept. % and "a. Bill
Tilden, Bill Johnston and Howard
Kinsey are to appear at Woodstocl1
in exhibitions on the above dates.
The Indianapolis tennis officials
expect at least two more inter
national stars TO perform here.
There is a chance that the f1ashy
Frenchmen, Borotra and Laccste,
will make the trip. Richards, An
derson, the Australian, and Alfonso,
the Spaniard, also are mentioned.
Some Of them will be on hand.
Then, Of course. there is Johnny
Hennessey, the local star. The
prospect for the indianapolis fans IS
alluring. 1t will be an opportunity
to see the very best of the tennis
notables.
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Baseball STANDINGS
Yesterdays Results
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION
indianapolis at Tolo 30. rain.

CFirst Camel
Louisville ~.-... 200 40 3oo-6 IL |
Columbus 500. 200 052 O0'-e Is 8
c. Cyllop, Wilkinson, Meyer. Brottenn;
Second Game. six Innings Darkness)
Columbus -. S98 99!-5 Z Q
=, Holley. Dawson. Redman; Leverett.
(First Camel
Minnsspoois 49,: 99gSY go go 1873 Il Z
zinn. shinault; Frances. McGraw, Ain
Second Came Fight Innings. O'Clock
LAW
E K1Dssso City o 5S2 50 03o 90 J 2
schupp; Olsen. shinault; harris.
(iFrst Game. Fourteen Innings)
Milwaukee 200 O2O OOc 900 Oo-4 13 |
st. Paul. o01 900 102 600 01--5 Is /
Bell McMensmy; Mcoaid. Beall, Roett-
tsecond Game Six Innings. Darlzness)
ST. Paul .:..... ,,.. 1o3 99!-4 3 Q
Burke, McMenemy; Kolp, Collins.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
E Essto Pork ' 49,. 1893 32S 9SS-2 8 I
Wingfleld, Bischoff; ,Hoyt. Bengough.
eleven Innings. Darkness)
wa washington ;. zoo 500 1ooS So-S g /
Groves. Quinn. Gray. Perkins. Cochrane;
Ruether, Ferguson, Ruel
St.. Louis ,...-.. 900 900 111-3 8 2
Chicago ....... o10 100 101-4 8 o
Davis, ,Vanglder. Dixon. Hargrave;
Kerr. Blankenship, schalk.
TEN Innings)
661 stFSis 9955SS d 59YSS fS3 S-S L 3
Uhle. shaulte Wyatt; Collins. Doyle.
Wells. Bassler Woodall.
I NATIONAL LEAGUE
(First Camel
Brookiyni -. 400 4of 100 Is 5
Mitchell. Decatur, Belts, Wilson. Wen
dell: Vance, Deberry.
Second Camel
Philadelphia 004 800 oQQ-7 ID o
Brooklyn ...... 900 600 003-3 0 o
.Pearce, Wilson; Grimes. Brown, Hub
(F1rst Camel
st. Louis 49,. 060 200 1915 IA Q
Yde. Adams, Sheehan. Spencer; Mails.
WICK.
Second Game. Five Innings; Agreementl
St L oius .. -. Nv" 995 2o-8 3 I
Morrison. Kremer Yde. Smith. Spencer;
Reinhart. Warwick.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-09-14
Fall School for
Rookie Giants

BIZ Times Special
NEW YORK, Sept. IA fall
training camp, the first one ever
organized by a major league ball
club, opened today at the Polo
Grounds with a dozen or more
rockies and irregular regulars of the
New York Giants attending a class
in advanced baseball.
Walter Huntzinger AMI Johnny
W1sner, two young pitchers who
wore the Giant uniform this season.
have been detached from the active
roster and assigned to the training
camp for further instruction, while
the regular personnel goes West for
the last tour.
Pip Koehler, formerly a varsity
star at Penn State University, who
tried out with the Giants in Florida
last spring. has been recalled from
Reading, Pa, where he was falmed
out for the summer. and given
slate and a set of books for his class
work in the autumn school.
Earl webb. an outfielder. like
Koehler, who also had some trial ex-
perience with the main squad. has
been brought back from Toledo and
ordered to report for class.
Others in the camp will be Gus
Lindberg. a left-hand pitcher from
Washington and Lee University; Art
Crump, who spent the summer with
the Rocky Mount Club, and Catch
ers OFT and Austin, new boys, who
were obtained from southern clubs.
The roster will be enlarged by the
names Of perhaps half a dozen more
picked-up athletes from various
leagues.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-09-14
FINE DAY FOR BECKER
Acme Pitcher Hurls No-Hit No-Run
Amateur Game.

Rosy Becker, pitching ace Of the
Acme A. AS, performed in feature
style Sunday when he pitched no.
hit, no-run game against the Ma
pleton Maroons at Rhodius Park.
Only one man reached third base,
and not a ball was hit to the out
field. He walked two men. Tom
Grady opposed Becker and was hit
hard. The score was IL to 0.
Becker famed seventeen.
Becker got two hits, one a double,
with two men on. The game was
a farewell for him, as he is leaving
to attend Indiana University.
Next Sunday the Acmes will meet
the Y. P. c. S, at Rhodius Park.
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With the exception of Gerald Pat.
terson, who has to start home to
Australia Tuesday, and Johnny Hen
nessey, Indianapolis, all the worlds
greatest stars are entered, The win
ner will be recognized unofficlally as
the worlds champion
The feature matches of the first
round are Manuel Alonzo. Spain,
against Arthur w. Shaw, Chicago;
Johnston against Horace Orser, New
York; James o. Anderson, Australia,
against Arnold w. Jones, Provi-
dence; Tilden against Carl Fischer,
Philadelphia, and Borotra against
Clifford B. Marsh. Buffalo.
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BUSHM
II u r T BY
w EAT
Held Idle by Rain, Indians
Lose Second Place and
Also Coin.
BU Times Special


TOLEDO, Ohio, Sept. 14.-The
Indians of Ownie Bush were a sad
crew over the weekend and didn't
do a thing but spend money for
hotel bills and mileage. The team
had a chance to earn some expense
money in Columbus Saturday, but
rain interfered and the wind-up fray
with the Senators was erased.
The Tribesmen then came to To-
ledo to play a double-header Sun
day, but showers again prevented
baseball. This city is rated a good
Sunday ball town and there was
much gloom spread among both In
dams and Hens as the rain pelted
down at Swayne field.
The teams were set to start hostil-
tiles today and the Hoosiers were
hopeful Of victory. While they were
held idle over the weekend st. Paul
won three games and ousted the
Bushmen from second place in the
A. A. standing. One game was
carded here today, but a double
header will be staged Tuesday.
Outfielder Joe Wyatt, obtained
from Terre Haute, was expected to
report to the Indians here this after
noon. The Three-I League season
closed Sunday.
The Tribesmen perform here to-
day. Tuesday and Wednesday, after
which the team will go to Louisville
for a series with the champion
Colonies. who by the way, let down
at Columbus Sunday and dropped a
double-header. The Colonies are
in" and they plan to take things
soft" until they meet the Interna-
tional League champs in the little
worlds series"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-09-14
FIRST GAM e
EIWood Eleven Beats Koko-
mo-0ne Gridder Hurt.
BIZ Tfmea SpecinI

BIZ Times Special
ELWOOD, Ind, Sept. 14.--Ko-
komo and Elwood high schools got
an early start in football and staged
a game Saturday, the locals winning,
10 to 3.
Arduser place-kicked twenty-five
yards for Kokomo's points.
Blume and Clyde scored touch
downs for Elwood and Clyde kicked
goal once. Richards Elwood center,
received a broken wrist during a
play in the final quarter.