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and glamor and halo of romance. One
by one ir his last days OF life perish
colorful legends built when he wore
the title CT super bandit.'
Perhaps the cruelest of these reve-
lations was one which robbed him Of
his oft-told Glamorous love story.
Betty Beeswax" she was known as
during his trial She was the "mys.
terry" woman in his past. A $50
ciety matrOn' of Providence, r. L.,
who had been his great love. In this
tale it was related that it was his
love for Betty" that had been his
undoing in Muncie, Ind, where he
had successfully hidden in a cottage
that bore a doctors placard.
1t was said that Chapman had in
discreetly written to Betty" that
these letters were intercepted by po-
lice and Chapman traced to his hid
ing place, where, it will be recalled,
he tried to shoot an arresting officer.
Perhaps, somewhere in his life,
there was a Betty" but the Betty
BeeswaX" of Providence is now dis
solved and. instead, there rises the
pockmarked face Of a one-time
crook, pal Of underworld years
"Pocky Dillon" as the police knew
him. The Providence letters, it has
been revealed, were to this one-time
partner in crime, planted by the
police as a trap for Chapman.
Dillon. who had been serving time.
"squealed.' gained his release
through an arrangement with Coun-
ty Detective Hickey, of the Hartford
staff, and used the initial "B" in
signing letters that were credited
to Betty" Postal inspectors
stepped in, Chapman carelessly left
brown, kit bag behind him-and
that was that.
Then, in his last feverish efforts
to escape Wethersfield's newly con-
trived scaffold, Chapman tore off
the trappings of a "super-bandit." y
lie had not been the master
mind" OF the thrilling Atlanta prison
escape, he said; he had not been the
master mind of the great post
office robbery; he had been no phan-
TOM" but merely one, who having
once been involved in crime. was
blamed for a dozen and one. things
he had not done.
Not a single gesture of heroics
did he leave himself: not an ounce
of glamor for which he did not HIM
self act executioner.
The very nature of the crime for
which his death was demanded, like
the final deed of his pal. Dutch An
derson, detracted from his criminal
glory. Anderson. the much glorified
master" was engaged in the petit
est of crime when he met his end.
Chapman was reduced to the role
Of robber of a small town store in
which the reward would have been
most trivial to a "super.crook.
Not even the picturesque name of
Gerald Chapman is to remain. For.
If his sister claims his body-as il
is believed she will-the family rec
ords may show him as George Char
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SOLD MULE TO
WRONG SOLDIER
Barbecue Operator Held on
Liquor Charge.

H. \. Evans. r.. r. j. Box 903
D., proprietor OF a barbecue stand
on the Pentdleton Pike at TT. IIar.
rison RI, was released under bond
today. lie was arrested on a blind
tiger charge Saturday by Deputy
Sheriffs Sands, Bell, Brown, Wag-
ner and Sergt. William Paulscll.
Mrs. Evans and Miss Bernice Bel
leau. an employee, were also arrest.
ed and later released under bond.
They were to appear before the
grand jury today.
Sands said Army officers charged
Evans was supplying liquor to sol.
diers at Ft. Harrison. lie said lGv-
ans would sell only TO men i'm uni
form. Last Friday night Deputy
Reams donncd an Army uniform and
purchased liquor from Evans, It was
alleged.
Deputy sheriffs eonfiscated two
gallons Of white mule and nine pints
buried in the ground. Sands said.
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H0STETTERS
return mot
GUILTY PLEAS
Father and Son, Reeves and
Mrs. Kaiser Face Bank
Robbery Charges.

Pleas of not guilty were returned
today in Criminal Court by Dennis
Hostetter and his father, Richard
Hostetter, and Kenneth Reeves and
Mrs. Rosemary Kaiser, all alleged
to have been implicated in the hold.
up Of the Citizens Bank at South
port, Ind, last Feb. s. Sheriff Omer
Hawkins returned at 4:30 a. m. from
Laredo, Texas, with Reeves, cap
tured there. Robert and Howard
Hostetter, sons of Richard Hostel
Ter, wanted for connection with the
bank hold-up, escaped from the La
redo Jail.
Sheriff Hawkins said the three
were locked in a hotel room after
they returned from visit in Mexico,
The brothers escaped while the con-
stable was wiring indianapolis po-
lice, but Reeves was nabbed before
he could get out through the win
dow.
Judge James a. Collins consented
to lower Richard Hostetter's bond
from $4,000 to $1,000. The father
is charged with receiving $1,699.06
taken from the bank, and the other
five are charged with conspiracy to
commit AUTO banditry, robbery and
grand larceny. Judge Collins said
he would try Mrs. Kaiser Friday.
When arraigned Mrs. Kaiser,
nervous and on the verge of tears,
said she had gotten into dad COM
pany." She said she attended Man
ual Training High School and was
married. Later, she said, her hus-
band deserted her and is in Detroit,
Mich.
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COOLIDGES HOST TO
HARD BOILED PARTY
First Aid Stations Set UP to Take Care of Casualties Ex
pected When Children tage Annual Egg Rolling.

to have learned etiquette from Don
aid Ogden Stewart rather than
Emily Post, and so the precautions.
If the children would stick to egg
rolling everything would be very
peaceful. but eventually they begin
to eat the eggs and then ptomaine
poisoning is not uncommon Break
ing a ten-minute egg over the head
of ones playmate occasionally re
suits in a rush order for the arnica.
And when you get several thousand
children together, it is not impossi-
bic that some arguments will arise
and fistic combats ensue.
All in all, it has been a poor
Easter party during which some
guest was not carted off in an am
bulance to Emergency Hospital,
handily only a few blocks away.
Same Rules
The rules this year are much the
same as they were last. Until this
afternoon no adult was allowed in
the White House grounds unless ac-
companied by a child. This gave an
opportunity to the more practical
youngsters to make a little pin
money by charging alults % cents
for walking in with them. Some
times several trips can be made
without detection.
The egg-rolling proper is a minor
matter. No one seems to know eX-
actly the point of this game. There
are a number of knobs on the lawn
in back of the executive mansion
and the serious-minded egg-roller
urges the colored produce up and
down these slopes.
At the gates were thrown open
to all, old and young, who care to
attend a concert given by the United
States Marine Band.
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CLUB TO GIVE PROGRAM
Concert at Second Reformed Church
Thursday.

The Glee Club Of Heidelberg Uni
versity, Tifin. Ohio, will present a
program at s p. m. Thursday at Sec
ond Reformed Church, Alabama and
Merrill SITS. The event is being spon-
sored by the eight Reformed
churches of indianapolis. There will
be no admission charge.
Prof. Amos S. Ebersole is director
of the organization. SOloists are:
Prof. Harry X. Behrens. Walter S.
Armbruster. Marcus J. Englemann,
Myron Il. Barnes and Marion r.
Martin. officers are Armbruster,
president: Neil B. Reston. vice presi-
dent: Englemann. business manager,
and Arthur II. Knippenberg, secre-
tary. There are twenty-three mem
berS.
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COM MISSION PRAISED
Evansville c. of {. Official Pleased
With Phone Rate Ordfr.

H. a letter from Leslie T. Lacroix,
Evansville Chamber of Commerce
traffic department manager, public
service commission members are
congratulated for the recently
drafted rate order affecting the In
diana Bell Telephone Company.
LecroiX complimented commission
members for their diplomacy in pre-
venting another Federal Court APP
peal. THE able and conscientious
way in which you handled this case
has brought to Il close what years
of litigation could not do" Lacroix
said.
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INJURED BY BROTHER
Man Treated at City Hospital After
Fight Sunday.

Two brothers battled at $40 Ellis
worth 81. Sunday night. Injuries
Of one were dressed at city hospital
Alexander Campbell. Negro. 500
w. Vermont st. told police his
brother. Earl, 81. OF 336 n. West ST..
struck him on the head with broom
handle and then fired two Shots
both of which missed. Earl ran,
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Without feeling over the CHASTITY
flogging to death of his nephew
McIIenry Bobby Hill, I, son Of Mrs.
Catherine Hill, 500 River Ave, for
which he was sentenced to die in the
electric chair May 81, Andy Farris,
%, mountaineer, today was in Knox
vile, Tenn, Jail.
Farris was convicted of first de.
gree murder by jury there last
week. His 22-year-old wife was
charged with being an accessory to
the fact. Attorneys plan to appeal
Bobby made his home with his
uncle on a Tennessee farm.
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MORE WORRY FOR ma
Texas Seeks Data on Executive
CIemcncy I'm State.

Something new for Governor Mir
lam (MO Ferguson OF Texas 10
worry about
A nationwide chcck.up on execu-
tive clemency I'm other States is be-
ing made, from Texas just 20 prove
to MA" that she is too good to the
bad.
Governor Jackson received a circu.
lar letter today from Emmy Grigs.
by Meharg, secretary of state in
Texas, asking the number OF par
dons, paroles, combinations. re
prieves and stays OF execution In.
diana has granted.
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new men Are
GIVEN JOBS OF
UNION STRIKERS
Announcement Made by Of
ficiaIS of Contractors
Association.

Nonunion hosting engineers and
painters and decorators today took
over duties OF union men. who are
on strike in indianapolis, it was an
nounced by officials of the General
Contractors Association, the EN-
ployers' organization.
The tradesmen, with the sheet
metal workers. walked out Thursday
after the association refused to
grant wage increases asked by
workers at the expiration Of the
wage scale agreements.
Others to BE Hired
Employers Of sheet metal work
ers will employ nonunion men if the
strike is not cneded soon, it was
said.
1T is no longer possible FOR this
organization to deal with labor
unions which continue to make
these demands" association officials
said
Because of the number Of unem-
ployed men in the city construction
work can continue uninterrupted"
Business Agents Meet
Business Agents of the Marion
County Building Trades Council. rep
resenting strikers, met this morn.
ing and discussed the situation. No
statement was issued.
2 1t was said neither organization
has made any advances toward COM
promise on the wage scales.
Increases of 10 to 20 cents an hour
are asked.
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Births
Bows

WYATT and Doris Mitchell. 1907 w
~ Annas and Geneva Ellis. 336 Cora. ,,
Stranthcr and Thelma Crews. Ito w
Paul and Forrest Crisler, Long Hos
Amos and Roxy Heaton. 1928 w; Ohio
Charles and Minnie Meadows. 1854 N
Fred and Beulah Parish. 1547 Villa.
seldom and Daisy Jones, 1913 King
god. o,o- o,;,.o
Girls
Herman and Waneta Lacefield, 2lo9
Iohn and Hazel Sherers. Long Hos
Floyd and May Garrs. A23 living .Pl;
john and Neilics Co.lingsworth. us
Earl ard Lena Tener. 2o6 Sanders.
Harry and Maud OFT. 1889 5. Talbot
Charles and Mary Martin, e52 high. ~
Robert and Mary Miller "164 n
Capitol
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time or another lived in Akron
Ahat was all.
Is This brings back the carefully laid
plot for escape that surrounded
g'hapman's stay in Federal row at
Che Marion County Jail.
Captured at Muncie
He was captured at Mnucie on
San. 10, 1925, by police.
& He had been watched there for
four months before the Sunday
norning when Detectives Harry
Brown and Marvin Collins and Capt.
Fired w. Pickett apprehended him
Dn Mulberry ST.
Chapman drew his gun and fired,
Out was captured before he could
get away.
q The following day he was brought
q Indianapolis.
: Before he left the Jail as No.
= 1888, bound for Atlanta peniten-
e larry from which he had escaped on
| March q, 1928, it was learned that
Aplans were laid for his escape.
"a Arrangements had been made by
zAhich a friend" was to place keys
ION hrs %handeuffs, a revolver and a
5oxtle of nitro glycerine in a com
parEment of the Pullman in which
he would travel. He was to shoot
his Vway to freedom.
I This failed when the person he
Mad ttrusted with the job went to
A'edeAal authorities with diagrams
and Information revealing the plot.
It ISL believed that if Chapman
4langs, (he great bandit gang known
SIS the( most efficient working Or
ganizatidn Of this type, will com
pletely disappear. Charles, "One-
zzArm" Wdlfe. another alleged mem
der of thy gang is serving a life
Sentence I'm Indiana State Prison,
alnd GeoAge Dutch Anderson
svas killed Aecently.
Some Mystery Remains
/ Several stAains of mystery still
emain uncleAred
Who and where is Betty Bates.
known in Chapman conversation as
Betty BeeswAx"?
She is a forrAler Lafayette Und)
girl, born near THAT city and lived
3here the early part of her life.
1t is said that\ Betty Beeswax,
Known as Chapmalns sweetheart and
woman was the cause of his cap
*ure at Muncie. That she had
.squealed' on him and turned him
over to the police, is the story.
She is reported to be operating a
millinery store in San Francisco.
and also is said to be a married to
. prosperous merchant in Provi-
dence, r. 1.
Some officials contend that
ssPocky" Dillon, a pal df Chapman S
underwood years, and not Betty
betrayed him.
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KILLS BRIDE, SHOOTS Sci
Soldier Also Wounds His Mother.
in.LaW.

CW8ttW 7 zoo
ADMISSION, Ala, April 5.-An-
gered when she threatened 10 leave
after learning he had another wife,
Private Joseph Floris, stationed at
Camp Mcclellan here, today shot
and killed his bride Of six months,
wounded his mother-in-law and then
shot himself in the mouth. Attend
ants at the hospital where Floris
was removed, said he would die.
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NO REFUND, OPINION
Full Auto License Fee to BE
Charged Says GiIIiOm.

No rebates shall be granted auto
mobile owners when they transfer
the license plates from one car to
lower classification, attorney general
ruled today in an opinion to Secre-
tary of State Frederick E. Schorte-
meier, The 81 transfer fee shall be
charged in all cases, he held.
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BEFORE G. o. p. CLUB

Dr. Henry Noble Sherwood. State
superintendent of public instruction,
will speak tonight before the Irving.
ton Republican Club. DIR. Sherwood
will discuss "TIighlights in IIoosier
Education"
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BANDIT BEGS
FOR own LIFE
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nacticut. He said he was in solitary
confinement in Atlanta and was
given no intimatiOn that the transfer
was planned.
lone postoffice inspector talked OF
it but spoke as though he were mere
ly fooling. He asked me if l would
rather go to Connecticut or Atlanta
| said it would be all right to go to
Connecticut, for 1 had nothing tc
fear. l had seen too many other
cases where L was accused of killing
policemen.
1.-THE next thing 1 knew 1 was TOLD
one day to get up and dress and was
taken to Connecticut. That is why
they now say no objection was made
to the transfer.
"That appeals to my prison
sense of humOr. Do you know
what that is? don't think so. II
is compounded from a peculiar
sense of futility; from the feeling
that whatever comes ErOm au-
thority must be whether it is right
or wrong.
Another thing that appealed to
my Queer sense Of human is that
Mr.. Alcorn says | have not pro
tested my innocence. A plea of not
guilty was entered at my trial. If
were half the actor that Mr.. AL
dorn is ] might present you with
abuse and recrilnination ard refer
ence to past performances and the
future and all that. Most of Mr..
Alcorn's statements have been
prophecies of the future in case
should live"
Appearance Is Sudden
The appearance of Chapman was
sudden.
When the prison board went into
session the previous announcement
that Chapman would not be allowed
to appear still stood.
Then after the meeting had beer
in progress a few minutes word
came out that plans had been
changed completely and the board
would hear Chapman in person.
Guards Immediately went to the
bandits CELL not far from the confer
ence room, and brought MhGaa the
meeting. The doors of the meeting
room were bolted behind him ano
guards and State police with rifles
paced the corridors outside.
Meanwhile preparations were com
,>latod for tbe ha DING
Unique Gallows
The gallows on which Chapman
will be executed is the only one Of its
kind in the United States.
| 1t is d permanent affair and no
preparations were necessary to make
| it ready for use. The death cham
Der is a, small room not far from
the solitary cell where Chapman has
been confined for more than year
In this chamber is a long rope
going up the high wall out Of sight
Actually it goes through a pulley nj
the top Of the wall and down the
other side where it connects with
a counter weight many times as
heavy as an ordinary man.
After the moose is adjusted Il
guide rope releases this weight on
the other side of the death cham
ber wall and the condemned man is
jerked sharply upward. 1t is con
tended that the first upward swing
breaks his neck. bringing death in
stantly and painiessly.
However, if the upward rush does
not kill him the sharp jerk back
when the weight reaches the floor
on tn eother side of the wall breaks
his neck. The condemned is al
lowed to hang until it is certain that
the spark of life is eXtiguished and
! then is cut down
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for examination by the committee Of
five-four drys and one wet.
Among those TO appear are An
drews, District Attorney Buckner of
New York, Bishop Charles Fiske of
Utica, n Y; Rabbi Alexander Lyon
of Brooklyn, Mayor William Dever
of Chicago, Matthew VOL of the
A. f. of L., Ceoge Brennan. candi-
date for the Democratic senatorial
nomination. Chicago; William S.
Ware, candidate for the Republican
gubernatorial nomination. Pennsyl-
The Senators will also consider the
new drastic bill extending the Vol
stead act, just presented for the ad-
ministration, which would establish
government supervision Of cereal
beverage plants and permit search
of homes on evidence that liquor is
being manufactured.
AS Congress is three-fourths or
more dry, the latter bill is the only
one that has the slightest chance
at this session.
If the drys make a successful de-
Tense Of prohibition in the hearings,
the last remote chance of mOdifica-
ton for many years will vanish.
The Administration and all politi-
clans except those from strictly wet
localities will move to tighten up en-
forcement and the number of
parched tongues now hanging out Of
thirsty threats will increase rapidly
IL VETS Win
On the other hand, if the vets
make their case stick. the next
Congress probably will have 4
smaller dry strength, enforcement
probably by ultimate weakening Of
the Volstead act-something more
than one-half of per cent Of
alcohol will come into general ac-
ceptance.
As three-fourths of the States
must approve any alteration Of the
Eighteenth Amendment, a change
in this foundation Of Federal pro-
hibition is far, far away, even if
prohibition loses its case.
But as laws ere in the long run
the formal expression of public
opinion, these beer hearings prob
ably will mark a turning point in
the prohibition experiment. They
will set general opinion running in
one of two directions. They are
likely either to convince the country
that prohibition is a good thing and
can be enforced eventually, or that
a mistake has been made and that
whatever desirable social ends were
sought through prohibition, the
method was wrong.
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the six days allotted to the prosecu.
ton.
Others will follow them during the
week and more than 100 are ex.
pected to take the stand to por.
tray expenses and suggest plans for
Government distribution Of beer and
light wines or for @ocal option to
State government of municipalities.
Mere Time
"If the committee determined that
more evidence is needed after the
vets have used their six days and
the drys have used their six sue
ceeding days, it will summon whom
is pleases," Chairman Means said.
The hearing was begun with an
opening statement from Senator Ca.
bel Bruce, Democrat, Maryland. au-
thor of a resolution to permit States
and cities to decide whether they
want prohibition, or liquor dispensed
by the Government under the
Canadian system.
Bruce's Charge
Bruce charged the prohibition
law has no true moral sanction of
the public back of it.
He charged that drunkenness has
increased; that the law itself en-.
couraged faithless administration;
that corruption has grown among
officials; that 800 smugglers are
besieging the coast; that even prison
inmates are making their brew by
simple process; that temperance has
been forgotten and that the law is
breaking down completely. To rem
edy these alleged conditions, Bruce
suggested that the United States
adopt the Canadian system of local
option and government distribution.
The Government has tried honest.
| ly for six years to enforce the law.
| he contended.
Never in the history OF free in.
situations has any government more
pertinaciously sought to carry out
policy obnoxious to a powerful SEN
! JlInenC IMAM mas the eueIdl GON'
eminent in it's relation to the Vol
stead act.
But it has fostered deceit, per
| fdy, espionage and tyranny.
1T has lowered the prestige Of
the Federal Government. 1t has
rendered more than one sober Amer
lean citizen who gave his blood or
treasure freely to our national cause
during the World War to ask
whether our forefathers did not
shed their blood in the cause of
American libeyty at Bunker Hill and
| Camden in vain
Bruce argued for the Canadian
system
Senator Walter f. Edge, Repub-
lican, New Jersey, leader of the con-
gressional wet bloc, was to submit
his, proposal for a national refer
endum on prohibition and his bill to
amend the Volstead act, which now
permits nothing of more than one
half of per cent of alcohol by sub
stituting phrase Notwithstanding
in fact"
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Permits Beer

This latter amendment would per
nit manufacture of beer and light
wines provided they are "nonintoXi
eating in fact"-that is, wines and
beers of strength which could not he
taken in Sufficient quantities to in.
duce drunkenness.
Then Col. Julian Coresman, legal
adviser of the consolidated wet or
ganization, was to make a brief
statement before the first witness of
the vets, General Lincoln Andrews,
in charge Of national prohibition en-
forcemcnt, was called to the stand
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ESCAPE plans

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