The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-08-22
THIRTEEN DIE
VIOLENCE
over INDIANA
Automobile Accidents Fatal
to Eight During Week.
End.
TWO SLAYING VICTIMS
Man and Woman, in III
Health, Die by Own
Hands.

Thirteen persons are dead in Indi-
ana today, victims of violence during
the weekend. Eight died as the re-
suit OF automobile accidents, one of
these being in Indianapolis. There
were two slayings and two suicides.
A man was electroeuted..
Included in the fatality list is a
man 81 and a woman 70 and q
baby 5 months old.
William Dilts, 81, of near Alexan-
dria, respondent over Ill health,
killed himself with a razor at the
Madison County .Iniirmary. Mrs.
Charles F.. Real, SO, died after TAX
ing poison at her home in Bicknell.
She had been sick.
Eight in Upset Car
Mrs. Andrew j. Clarkson, 10,
Madison, was killed when the auto
mobile in which she and seven other
persons were riding upset in a ditch
after leaving road twelve miles
west of Madison. Her husband and
William Griffin may/not survive in
juries.
Bruce Gilbert, II, Terre Haute,
died of injuries suffered when his
automobile collided with another.
Herman G. Adams, %, Shelbyville,
was fatally injured when run over
by stone-laden truck at a quarry
south of that city.
Ralph Dearing, 33, Marion, was
killed at Alexandria, when he came
in contact with a high tension wire
while engaged in his work as line
man for the Indiana General SerV-
ice Company. He leaves his widow
and twin sons.
Kokomo Baby Killed
Dale Edward Beaman, 5 months
old, son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Court
Beaman, Kokomo, was killed when
the family auto was struck by a
Union Traction car at Alexandria.
r. G. Helborn, 40, Little Rock,
Ark, was killed while en- route to
Crown Point to be married when
his car collided with another on
State Rd. SO, ten miles north Of
here. Miss Anna Cohee, Louisville,
KY, the bride-to-be, was slightly
injured. Herman Riley, 10, one Of
the three persons riding In the
other car was so badly injured he
is expected to die. Joseph Keys,
19, Of near Bowers, Station, Ind,
driver of the other car, also was
killed.
Drivers Held
Newton Scott, 70, Logansport, was
fatally injured when struck by an
automobile said to have been driven
by William Diamond, IS, who is held
on a charge of manslaughter.
Edward Gross, 46, Marion, was shot
to death at the Aaron Griffith farm
north of Van Buren, the tragedy,
according to Grant County author
tiles, ending the operations Of a
chicken stealing gang which has
been operating extensively in the
Van Buren neighborhood. Harvey
Foreman, Earl Miller, Virgil Cham
bers and Lewis Gross, son of the
dead man, all alleged members Of
the gang, are in custody. Richard
Meese, Warren, and Fred Hampton,
near Van Buren, members of the
Horsethief Detective Association,
are said to have fired the fatal shots.
Members Of the association had
been guarding number Of farms In
an effort to catch chicken thieves.
Hugh Cole, 26. Brazil, was beaten
to death at Taylorville, near Terre
Haute. His body slumped in a chair
was found in front Of a house. Rob-
berry was believed TO have been the
motive for the fatal attack. Three
persons have been questioned by
Terre Haute police in the case.