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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-04

They may say that 1 am a
sentimental juvenile. That is not
true as far as the Juvenile stuff goes.
L cried like a baby last night
when the author did not ask for a
tear. and, when he asked for it. 1
cried.
Am not ashamed to tell you that
1 cried, 1 laughed, 1 applauded, 1
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-04

A woman who likes to sleep late
of a morning without any disturb
ance today told her troubles to Mr..
Fixit. But Mr.. Fixit was unable to
promise any relief.
The letter: 1 wonder if 1t is pos
sible to keep the State School for
the Deaf from blowing a long, shrill
whistle at a. m. every morning,
Sunday included. If they blow it
to get their employees up 1 should
think they could get a more quiet
way. Every one in the neighbor-
hood would be glad if it could be
stopped. MRS. l.. e. ID.
Mrs. o. NJ. Pittenger, principal
of the Indiana School for the Deaf,
1850 f. Forty Second ST., declares
the sharp whistle at a. m. a
signal for pupils and employees to
get up. She says dozens of per-
sons in the neighborhood depend
on the whistle to tell the time Of
day.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-04

To E. j.:
The fire alarm box at Fiftieth
st. and Park Ave. already is on
the proposed list, according to City
Electrician w. B. Griffis. The
alarm will be erected in few
days. No definite steps have been
taken toward erecting a station at
Illinois and Forty-Sixth SITS. No
decision has been reached on the
proposed new Gamewell fire alarm
system. 1t would take more than
a year to install.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-04

The letter to Mr.. FiXit requesting
an electric stop signal at Raymond
st. and Bluff Rd. has been referred
to City Electrician w. B. Griffls, who
declared the intersection is on the
list of needed electric signals. The
board of safety realizes that many
electric signs are badly needed, but
has no fund to erect them. If the
safety body budget is not tempered
with next year, you may stand some
chance.
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Questions and
Answers

You can get an answer to any cues.
ton Of taet or Information 3y Trltiing
b Br dns fS3s ReW York ASe Wash,
i31stNn D. e. esnv inc%Ss e9Eca e Sn'S and ID
extended research be undertaken. All
other questions will receive a personal
answered. Ali letters are confidential.
Editor.
How was the prize fight decided
between Gene Tunney and Harry
Greb at New York City, May %,
1922?
Tunney was defeated on points
in fifteen rounds.
What Is the equinox" and when
does 1t occur?
In the spring and fall of the year,
about March 81 and Sept. %, respec'
lively. THOSE are the dates on which
the sun crosses the equator, in its
apparent northern and southern
journey.
Who was Hoyle. who is author
of the book of card game rules?
Edmond Hoyle Q672-176s) was an
English writer on games. OF his
early life nothing is known definite
ly although it is asserted that he
was educated for the law. For many
years he lived in London, writing
upon and giving instruction in
games, and in 1742 he published "a
Short Treatise on the Game of
Whist" which went through many
editions and became the worlds au-
/ thority. He also published works
on backgammon, piquot, quadrille,
brag and chess. The modern Hoyle
books-based on his original works
are recognized as the official rules.
Do electric waffle irons with alumni
mum grids have to be CREASED?
They should be thoroughly washed
before using. One way to treat them
is to brush olive oil over the grids
and then turn on the heat until it
evaporates. After that they need no
greasing.
Is "supersede" spelled with an IS"
or a &C. in the last syllable?
"Supersede' is the correct spell
ing.
Is "Bebe" real name or a nick
name?
1t is French for baby.
Who are the wealthiest prize fight
ers in the United States?
Jack Dempsey is}probably the
wealthiest. Benny Leonard is also
wealthy.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-04

Is "Bebe" a real name or a nick
name?
1t is French for baby.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-04

Who are the wealthiest prize fight
ers in the United States?
Jack Dempsey is}probably the
wealthiest. Benny Leonard is also
wealthy.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-04

How was the prize fight decided
between Gene Tunney and Harry
Greb at New York City, May %,
1922?
Tunney was defeated on points
in fifteen rounds.
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Is "supersede" spelled with an IS"
or a &C" in the last syllable?
"Supersede" is the correct spell
ing.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-05-27
Italian Family Feud
Aired in Police Court

An italian family feud between
Veto Leonetto, a 22-year-old rail-
road worker, Tony MaschNtto, 1921
North Capitol St., and his son-in.
law. Sam Di LIZA, was aired before
Judge Schuldt in Police Court to.
day, and became quite exciting
when Leonetto in staccato Italian
shouted you lie" to Maschetto as
he testified.
Mrs. Lena Maschetto told the
court that Leonetto came to her
house yesterday morning between
l and Q o'clock and threatened her
with pistol. Di Liza, the son.in-
law Of Maschetto, claimed he sent
Leonetto to his mother-in.law's
house to find out whether his wife
and four children who had left him
that morning were at their house.
He swore Leonetto had no gun and
the police officer on the beat who
investigated said there was no
pistol anywhere.
Promising never again to speak
to the Maschettos. the accused was
discharged by the court.
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RUTH SNYDER'S final
APPEAL FOR MERCY

II should say he swallowed not less
than 20 stiff drinks. His nerve was
up by then, end he urged on me to
take him hor,e then and there and
let him do away with the gov
ernor."
When he was intoxicated he swore
in most unlimited terms how he
loved and adored me. He would rage
That was point that never was
asked, Then why did you want to
kill Snyder?" he answered feebly,
I'D like to know"
If this comes to his eyes, can
tell him, and he will know down in
his soul that it is the truth. He
wanted to kill Albert Snyder because
he was insanely jealous of him, and
he never got that burning out Of
his mind and heart. And he wanted
the insurance, too. He knew II 1
got 1t he would get 1t. He could
have gotten anything out Of me.
He was always out of funds. He
owed all his friends, was always
ovcrdrawn with his firm, never had
any cash. He borrowed from me,
and. with one exception, when he
gave me $25, never returned any of
1t. He swore he did, and by check;
but no such checks were ever pro-
duced. He tried to borrow from my
mother the first time he ever met
her in my own house.
Long Session of Drinking
The night I wrote of above, he
was working himself up through
long session Of drinking, to where
he would have the courage to go
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Z 1dBSy
He was the most convincing and
1ngratiating person I had ever met.
A salesman always, the best thing
he sold was himself. Women had
always yielded to him quickly, easy
and utterly. And his appearance
was not such that a romantic girl
would sigh and feel a quickening
OF her pulses on first sight.
Sympathetic and AffectiOnate
His testimony pictured our rela:
ttons. as a series of illicit revels
and sordid chickering's, with him
taking me to task for my blood.
thirsty plots, scolding me for my
Goddess tendencies, trying to break
off with me, shocked at my viii
lainies. ~
The truth is that he was the
most sympathetic, sOft-spOken, mild
and affectiOnate creature that ever
came into my life.
Even when he was drunk. which
was often, he was kind, he was
mild. Only on that fatal night,
when his mad mania to do murder
had taken full possession Of him,
when he had consumed two quarts
Oh raw WnlSkey. was ne ever rouSn
or even rude. And that night
still thought could dissuade him,
hold him in control, for he had
always seemed so easy to handle.
Hadn't done the same thing be.
fore? The night that we ate in the
Chinese restaurant in Jamaica,
which has been testified to in our
directly conflicting versions, I had
dined with him downtown.
He, as usual, drank considera bly,.
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HONE
EDITION

near TO me, and / had never
realized that Judd would or could
actually do such . thing with his
own hands.
I had heard Of third degrees and
grillings, but had never actually
thought Of What one might be like
in personal experience. In jails
and prisons one gets a faculty for
clear reflection. There is nothing
to disturb it much.
How Stupid She Vast
AS see 1t all now, I marvel
that / could have been 30 stupid.
Here had been Juggling dyna-
mite for years as though I were
playing with puffballs.
During that time I never realized
that was very sinful, that
was doing things so terrible. /
knew that many wives, disappointed
in love at home, were carrying on
with other men. I saw them 20
along that way for years.
didn't see where my case was
any worse than or much different
from the others. The fact that my
lover was always talking about
doing away with my husband did
not impress me deeply. / never
believed 1t. At times I put It
down to his way of showing me
that he loved me madly. At other
times put 1t down to the momen.
tary false courage Of whisky.
Seemed So Remote and Unreal
Now and again, when his voice
sounded more serious than usual, !
had for a moment an idea Of pre-
pairing against such a possibility.
But even then 1t seemed so remote,
so unreal.
When / gave him back his sash.
weight. ! distinctly remember it
now, did 1t with a smile. I
didn't feel grim. 1t was such a
clumsy thing, such q childish sort
or Weapon-not as forbidding as
my husbands loaded revolver.
And had lugged that big, heavy
thing all over Manhattan, shopping
and all the way home. I unwrapped
IT. 1t didn't look murderous. II
looked ridiculous. threw It down
in the cellar with the rest Of the
junk.
There was no need of hauling q
sashweight several hundred miles
from where Judd had bought 1t, In
my house there were hammers,
wrenches, all sorts OF tools, and
probably 20 sashweights
The whole action OF buying lt,
bringing 1t all that distance and
then giving It to me to carry home
struck me as the fantastic act of a
little boy, the, same sort of q little
boy, perhaps, who whites q club
to STAY imaginary giants with. And
that was always the spirit in which
l thought Judd talked murder.
A Very Grim Remark
The whole idea came to him, in
the first place, when 1 told him the
story of the detached gas hose,
which shall explain in detail in q
later chapter. That was entirely an
accident, as I will prove to the
mind OF any sane person. But he
glowered and said, TOO bad ii
wasn't long enough to shove in his
tsnoot," when explained that the
mishap couldn't have killed him
anyway, because the windows were
open, the room was big, and fresh
air was circulating through all OF
It.
But that first gave him the sug.
gestionl that, had circumstance
been but slightly otherwise, nv
husband might have died, and he
began contemplating what q wind.
fall that would have been for him.
That little germ warmed within
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dal. Our relations would be ex.
posed. My husband would have
thrown me out and divorced me.
He had always refused me q divorce
because he knew / wanted one.
But If he had ever got "the goods
on me. he would have shown no
mercy. The police, Of course, would
have made it even worse, for ]
would bear all the brunt privately
and publicly as well.
Folishly. trustingly, weakly, ]
took the easy way, sure that ]
could once more dissuade him, dis
tract him. or plead my way out
with him. I thought 1 could keep
on indefinitely carrying water on
both shoulders.
wanted to preserve the only
love that had ever come to me In
my unhappy life from q man and
for q man. yet hold together my
nome. keep a roof over my chiId's
head. and continue as long as DOS.
s1ble living my double life and get.
ting out OF 1t what troubled, incOnl.
pete happiness / cOuId-stiII to me
happiness.
Need to Cover Up
After the CHASTITY deed, was
desperate. More than ever now
was there need to cover UP, to
make the best of the horrible stu.
alton. Be side myself, scarcely
knowing a thing l did, I obeyed
every order from Judd.
He told me to burn the robe and
the nlghtgown and his shirt
He told me to get him money
from the coat that hung over the
back OF a chair down stairs-I
He told me to lie down and let
him tie me, and what 7 should say
and do later--I did it.
He was taking flight. I let him.
/ had to stay behind and take il
and tight it out. / consented.
he asked me to save him. / tried
| see now how pitiful 1t was. How
my silly lies must have sounded to
the experienced, hardened police.
men and prosecutors! But / had
gotten away with lies almost as
ieeb,e for years, successfully. Ny
world had always been small.
L mad read Of murders, but had
nevoE seen one OF had one come
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through with the obsessing passion
he had so long pursued, to do away
with my husband. / got him out,
thinking I would get rid Of him
at the Long Island station, as I
had several times before when he
was in somewhat the same mind.
But I couldn't. He insisted on
going home with me. To avoid q
scene in the lighted station, where
several people were staring strangely
at US, let him ride with me to
Jamaica. He kept repeating that
this was the time-now-tonigh
Never Afraid of Judd
He had eaten only lightly. So,
when we alighted in Jamaica and
he was still bent on carrying out
his diabolical plan, persuaded him
to take me to q restaurant. 1t was
late and only a Chinese place was
open.
He managed there to get some
more liquor, somehow. But the food
seemed to calm him and get him
tractable again. I humored him,
played on some Of the little whims
that had learned pleased him, and
the finish Of that night was that
he let me lead him peacefully and
like a lamb back to the station,
where saw him on a train, and I
breathed big sigh of relief.
l was never really afraid of Judd.
He called me "MOmie''-isn't that
the picture Of how we stood. one
with the other? He would lie in my
arms as tender and as dOcile as one
of the little kittens 1 used to love
to pet when / was q child. The
two weeks trip we took upstate we
spent like q couple Of carefree kids
on a picnic. There was never a
cross word between us. We laughed
and played and loved.
Far from his advising me to cut
the trip short, as he later said
when he was falsely swearing my
life away, he was urging me to
stay on and on. When he spoke
of my husband his brows knitted
and he scowled. He had never
seen him. but he hated him, not
so much because of what I had
told him, and I had told him all
about my domestic unhappiness,
but because the man was my hus.
band.
Wanted To Get Rid of Him
Again and again he demanded of
me how could live with q man
who was neither real husband or
a real lover to me. and again and
again he told me that my only way
out was to "get rid' of him.
Remember, he, himself, testified
that he had bought the deadly
sashweight, the cotton waste, the
wire, the rubber gloves, when I
was not present. when he was
many miles from me.
Are those the actions, prompted
by the thoughts and feelings of a
man who was reluctantly being
dragged by a vampire into com.
hitting first degree murder? All
the long distance telephone calls
that appeared in the testimony
were incoming calls, to me, not out.
going calls from me. He had sent
me bottle Of poison, which / had
poured in the sink. On the night
of the murder he came to my
house. didn't go to his, He
waited. And he did the crimei
Would Have Divorced Her
I left the doors open, YES. It
had gotten to a stage where 1 had
to humor him or tell my husband
or the police. Either would have
Asn an Immediate and final scan.
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Attack on Policeman
Brings Fine of $25

For assaulting Policeman j. WI.
liam Peterson. William Washing.
ton, colored, with his head in
bandages, was fined $25 today by
Judge Schuldt in Police Court.
The officer said he had known
Washington for many years and al.
ways found him industrious and
was surprised when he struck him
In the mouth.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-05-27
d. c. Moves to Obtain
Morgan School Grounds

Condemnation proceedings were
ordered by the District Commits.
sioners today to squire property
adjoining the Morgan school for
Fairgrounds purposes.
Owners Of the property, which Is
at present used as q coal and ice
yard and transfer station, are ask
ing $20,s50 for 1t while the total
assessment Is only $12,75o. Under
the 125 per cent Of the assessment
value limitation the Commissioners
could only pay $16,9S7.
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JAMES D. DOLE

true, and she said to me, Papa, he
did the same thing to me- He
dropped his head In his hands and
sobbed.
''If ia known that. I'd have shot
him"
He said that he never returned
to the colony,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-05-27
No Action Here

While State Department ana
other officials here are greatly In.
terested in the British-Soviet break
and viii give close attention to sub
sequent developments, the govern.
ment plans to take no definite ac.
ton In the situation, at least for
the time being.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-05-27
THEE GETS YEAR

CASTOR H. Viacara. charged with
grand larceny, today was sentenced
to one year in the penitentiary by
Justice Hoehling in Criminal Court
No. 1. He was convicted Of taking
800 from Fannie H. Hope, on May
4, 1927.
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FRIDAY, MAY 81, 1927
End NATIONAL
NET WINNER

The Second National Bank tennis
players defeated the National Say.
ings and Trust netmen in their
opening match to l. The singles
were played in Potomac Park The
doubles were played on the Wash.
ington Golf and Country Club
courts.
The results are as follow:
Singles-Van Hoesen, Is. NJ de-
feated Greenstreet IN. s.&T.), 6-s
and 81. Prodigy, 8. NJ defeated
Collins On. S.&T) rs and Ga.
Cochrane Is. NJ defeated Ellis
IN. s. & IT, SO and 6-1.
Doubles-Greenstreet and Collins
On. S. & IT, defeated Van Hoesen
and Esch, Is. NJ 6-3 and 60.
Cochrane and Corner Is. NJ de.
feated Ellis and Hoffman On. Sd
To 81 and 6-2.
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BEN'S P AS 7 IS
FULLY TOLD
CONTINUED from First Page.J

Continued from First Page.J
Johnson. They were ., 7, s, ana
years old.
When we arrived here, the head.
quarters Of David was in a private
house and the colony was small, go
we were placed In the house with
Benjamin and Mary Cora Mooney
and a few other followers Of the
Purnells.
After q few days, my father
was moved to another house and
the girls sent to live with a
woman who had been converted.
MY baby brother was put to board
with another family. None of us
ever went to school after we Joined
the colony. When we were there
about two years, we got word that
my mother had died in California"
Under the Questioning of George
=. NtchNs, special prosecutor, she
detailed the gradual growth Of the
colony from a few poor buildings to
an estate worth 100000.
Believed All His Claims
''For the first few years / was
In the colony I studied the books
OF BENJAMIN. We all had to learn
every word Of his teachings, which
were n constant refrain Of his
greatness and deity.
He claimed to be the younger
brother of Christ. the Angel Gabriel.
the Seventh Messenger endowed
with the power of the Almighty
God, and the Judge of Israel. 1
firmly believed his claims"
A heart-broken old man whose
three daughters were purified by
king" Benjamin Franklin Purnell
was the first to take the stand.
The measure of his success may
be made from the fact that a full
day Of bitter cross-examination by
PurnelIg counsel, w. G. Barnard,
left his story mistaken, the States
case firmly established and the de-
Tense camp harassed and baffled.
William Emmett Smith, So, still
wearing his hair and beard long
because he retains the faith, but
has repudiated its leader, sat in the
witness chair and alternately wept
and stormed.
He cried bitterly as he related
how, after 10 years faithful service
to King Ben, preaching and prac.
IlCluB MS TSl1SO1Ip ne 4SdIuSQ LLtdL
his three daughters had been sac
rificed to the leaders RIGHTEOUSNESS.
IT Joined the colony in 1906,
bringing my wife, my three little
girls, and my baby son from
Birmingham, Ala. was a tailor
and got the faith when some travel
ing preachers came there. I gave
the colony 5000 and q piano and
worked as q tailor all the years /
was in the colony.
Could Have Shot Ben
my daughter, Dolly, was q very
successful evangelist as a child and
in 1906, she and husband whom
Benjamin had married her to were
preaching in California Ny son
Clyde and / were preaching in
Denver and I wrote her to join us
there.
my daughter lone had written me
saying she had left the colony be-
cause she had learned that Benjamin
had been doing wrong when he
purified her and all the other girls.
cit broke my heart and couldn't
believe it, so / asked Dolly II 1t was
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-05-27
Germany Acts for Soviet

BERLIN, May 27.-Upon the re-
quest Of the Soviet ambassador.
Germany has agreed to instruct the
German ambassador in London 20
take charge Of the Russian interests
In Great Britain.
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MAP OF THE AIR ADVENTURES COAL

MAI OF TIE AK ADVENTURES GUAL
fers which may make the purse for the hop the biggest
offered for such an event. Mr.. Dole plans to ex
tend special invitation to Capt Charles A. Lindbergh
to enter the contest Martin Jensen commercial aviator