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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-14

Margaret moved suddenly, Held
man said! There was a flash and a
shot.
"Oh my God" the gun-woman
moaned.
The car careened and Heldman
grabbed up the form of his wife as
its Slumped in the seat.
Heldman became semi i-hysterical
on arriving at the sheriff's Office.
Sheriff Gibson directed Heldman
to Mercy hospital. The girl died as
she was being carried to an oper-
ating table.
PhiIanderer by Day
Heldman's story painted this pic
ture of Fearn:
"a stay -at-home at night, with
his wife, Mary, and daughter, Kath-
ryn, 9.
"Philanderer by day, parking his
car boldly in front of the Heldman
home.
"He first met my wife in a dance
hall, the Smile Inn, before we were
married.
my wife told me coming over
here that he met her again on the
street one night, offered to take her
home in his car, but took her out
in the country instead. She said
he assaulted her.
Later he came to our house
while L was at work. Margaret said
he annoyed her all summer.
HE danced with her, I remem-
ber, the night we were married.
don't dance, and looked on, as a
wall flower"
QuarreIeG With Mate
Mrs. Heldman was the daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Matthew Horner of
Dubois, Pa. She completed high
school and was aching for a
career" so she came to live with her
sister, Mrs Roy Pierce, in Canton.
Margaret met some girls who
worked at the Victor Furnace Com
pany office and it was there she
met Heldman. In the summer of
1927 she married him.
Meanwhile the Pierces had intro
duced her to Fearn, the coal man.
Shortly thereafter Margaret and
Heldman quarreled. She did lot
Of things "she shouldn't have" ac-
cording to Heldman, and the latter
treated her coldly and sometimes
brutally, relatives said.
Were Separated Twice
They separated twice, but each
time were reconciled.
In the meantime, Heldman said
Fearn became very attentive to his
young wife. They met frequently
at dances.
Then Baby Emmett Heldman was
born and Heldman believed happi-
ness was at hand.
But jealousies and suspicious
continued, he said. They separated
again and were reunited, then they
decided to leave Canton and seek
contentment among strangers.
They went to jackson, Mich, then
to Lansing and finally t. Lorain
where they settled six weeks ago.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-14
URGES. FALL TRIAL
Seek to Try Former Cabinet
Officer for Bribery.

BIZ United Press
WASHINGTON, Dec. IA mo-
ton to try former Secretary of In
terror Albert B. Fall on a charge
of bribery in connection with his
Elk Hills oil lease to Edward L. Do
heny, Los Angeles oil man, was pre-
sented to the District of Columbia
supreme court today by Atlee Pom
creme, special government counsel,
and United States Attorney Leo A
Rover.
A hearing on the motion will be
sought Dec. 18.
The government contends Fall
received 100000 bribe to influence
him, as secretary of interior, to
grant Doheny the Elk Hills reserve
lease.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-14
BIZ United Press

BU UHtted Press
LOS ANGELES, Dec. IA
Sorrow over the death of a
puppy, which was all the fam
lily ne had, was said by police
to have caused Ed ellison, 10,
formerly of Louisville, KY, to
attempt suicide here today.
The youth, found in the
grounds of a parking station,
was sent to the psycopathic
ward of the general hospital
for treatment and observation.
He will recover. He told police
he came here from Louisville
after the death of his parents
and obtained a position as
janitor in a downtown office
building, where he lived with
the dog as his only companion.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-14

"they don't come back from"
An hour before his execution
his nerve still held firm.
She states mourners followed
him, guarded him, to the death
chamber. Some one gave him
match. He lit crumpled cigaret.
Two puffs and he threw it away.
He stepped into the chair.
Strains of IT Want to Be Hap
py"-from the prison warden's
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-14
VILLAGE QUARANTINED

Seven Die of Meningitis, Doctor
Forbids Citizens to Get Groveries.
BIZ United Press
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo-, Dec. IA.
DIR. James Stewart, health COM
missioner of Missouri, today estab-
Iished a fifty mile quarantine area
around Potsdam, near here, as a
result of an epidemic of spinal
meningitis which has claimed seven
lives since Friday. Residents of the
district are not permitted to leave
their homes even to purchase gro
ceries, it was said.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-14
KING AT CRISIS IN
BATTLE FOR LIFE
POLICE CHIEF AND AIDS
COMMENDED FOR WORK
Associated Employers Praise WOrley
for HOhlt Coup.

Police Chief Claude M. Worley
and men who participated in the
gun battle in which two bandits
were killed and third captured at
the F. w. Hohlt & Son dry goods
store, 1929 Kentucky avenue, last
Saturday, were commended today
by the Associated Employers of In
dianapolis in a letter written by
Howart T. GriffithS, president, and
Andrew j. Allen, secretary.
Men of the police department
were commended for courage and
determination and Chief Worley for
effective plans and efficient general
ship.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-14

spent his last hours listening to
the lilt of "Tea for Two and Il
Want to Be Happy" floating in
from the Sing Sing prison hall
where the convicts presented mo!
Mol Nanette," as their annual
musical comedy.
Seventeen months ago he was
brought to the death house. He
had seen twenty-five men travel
past his cell down the corridor
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-14

phonograph-see2ed duly in the
chamber.
"Well, I'm game he muttered
as the mask was placed over his
face
The cast-of cigaret glowed a
few feet away. An order was
given. "I Want to Be Happy"
moaned the phonograph.
A guard crunched the half
burned cigaret out with his foot.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-14
BIZ United Press

CHICAGO, Dec. 14.-With uni
versities and schools closing daily,
influenza and pneumonia still took
their toll of life in the middle-west
and west today.
Ten deaths from influenza and
eighteen from pneumonia we're re-
corded here in the last twenty-four
hours, while Denver reported twen-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-14

BIZ United Press
OSSINING. N. Y, Dec. "A
~ Thomas CRed) Moran tipped
a cigaret away and stepped into
the electric chair today with the
strains of the popular song. "I
Want to Be Happy" coursing
through his brain.
Six minutes later he was pro-
nounced dead.
The wizened gangster, found
guilty of Staying two policemen,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-14
CHARGE CHILD STEALING
Man Held on Affidavit Sworn to by
His Divorced Wife.

william Pfeiffer, 46, of 817 North
Jefferson street, was under arrest
today on a child-stealing charge.
He is charged with taking his two
children, Thursday, from a West
Washington street home where they
had been placed by his divorced
wife, Mrs. Ruth Pfeiffer, 536 North
Illinois street.
Police said Mrs. Pfeiffer, who
signed the affidavit for the fathers
arrest, was given custody of the
children by the court. She was
Pfeiffer'S fourth wife, police as
serted.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-14
BJf!Fined
BIZ Times Special

BIZ Times Special
NEWCASTLE, Ind, Dec. IA.
Giving boys courses in SOCK
ology is not tolerated here. Earl
Rosaa, 26, was fined in Henry
circuit court for encouraging his
nephew, Frederick Wiles, 8, and
Junior Metteret, to engage in a
fist fight. A charge If contrib
uting to delinquency of a minor
child was filed against Rosaa
by the Metteret boys father.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-14

The dog Fannie, a 14-year-
old fox terrier, dashed up
stairs, apparently just before
the stairways crashed, and aft
er barking furiously in an at
tempt to awaken Mrs. Liddil,
pulled the covers from her bed.
Waking to find her room filled
with smoke, Mrs. Liddil screamed
and ran to the hall to warn the
children, but was forced back by the
dense smoke which poured up
stairs.
Leap to Adjoining Roof
Sensing her intention, the dog
dashed through the smoke clouds
to Marjories room, awakened her,
and then warned Charles.
The children, unable to advance
throngh the hall shouted to- -Mrss
Liddil that they could easily leap to
the roof of the A 81 P grocery that
adjoins the house.
Clad only in their night clothing,
the children scrambled from the
windows of their rooms to the
safety of the roof. Marjorie carried
the dog to safety with her.
The mother, also only partially
clad, climbed to the front porch of
the home and screamed for as
sistance. The father, an employe Of
the Big Four railroad, was not at
home.
In the drizzling rain, the mother
and children were forced to remain
atop the roofs for several minutes
before aid arrived.
Blaze Loss Is $4,000
Hearing Mrs. Liddirs screams,
Timothy Harrison, 2451 North Tai
bott, dashed from his home, pistol
in hand, believing burglars were in
the Liddil home.
Seeing the fire, and recognizing
Mrs. Liddils plight, he turned in a
fire alarm and obtaining a steplad-
der ran to Mrs. Liddils assistance.
Aided by two other neighbors, he
carried her from the roof just be-
fore firemen arrived.
John Ryan and Henry Hand, fire.
men stationed at No. 2 truck COM
pany, carried the wet and half
frozen children and the canine
heroine from the store roof.
The fire, of undetermined origin,
was checked after it had done dam
age estimated at $4,000. Firemen
believe the blaze started either in
the kitchen or in the basement.
Made Ill by Exposure
The mother and children, made
i'll by the exposure, were much inn
proved this morning
Fannie, pedigreed terrier, has
been the property of the Liddil fam
lily for three years, but has been
the family pet much longer. Former
neighbors of the family in the east
section of Indianapolis we're Fan
MES original owners, but the dog
virtually lived at the Liddl home.
When the neighborS moved three
years ago they gave the dog to the
Liddil children.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-14
TERHUNE HIT BY AUTO
Author Struck by Car; Driver
Runs; Condition Not Serious.

POMPTON HAKES, N. j., Dec. IA.
Albert Payson Terhune, promi-
nent author and short story writer,
was struck by hit-and-run motor
ist today. Examination indicated he
was not seriously injured.
He was taken to his home at
Sunnybanks. Doctors said they
could find no broken bones.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-14
POSTAL REVENUES OF
CITY TO BE Boosted
Adjustment of Real Silk Branch
to Help Uncle Sam.

Adjustment OF Real SILK Branch
to Help Uncle Sam.
Increased postal revenues at the
indianapolis postoffice will result
from discontinuance by the Real
Silk Hosiery Mills of it's Salt Lake
City distribution branch, Dec. %,
Postmaster H. Bryson said today.
The branch was established two
years ago to facilitate delivery, Bry-
son said, but the company plans to
make all shipments in the future
from here by mail.
Statesmen will send orders by air
mail to the factory and the orders
will be filled and mailed the same
day.
The change is expected to increase
postal revenues here $150,000 a year.
The company at present spends
nearly 100000 year in postage,
delivering it's orders.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-14
BUTLER CLOSES TODAY
Takes First Christmas Recess From
New Quarters.

Butler university closes today at
p. m. to celebrate its first Christ
mas holiday season in it's new quar-
ters at Fairview. About 588 stu
dents, or one-third of the student
body, will go to thier homes over
the state and throughout the mid
west after the holiday dances this
weekend.
Glasses will be resumed Jan. 2.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-14

matte with which she killed F'ea
Mrs. Heldman formerly lived
in Canton, where she had met
the rising young coal dealer.
A week ago Thursday night
Fearn was called to the front
porch of his home in Waco, a
suburb.
Five steel jacketed bullets felled
him. He died in his wifes arms
gasping that he did not know the
gun woman.
The gun-girl, after shooting
Fearn, calmly walked to an inter
section and hailed Canton-bound
bus.
Crime Baffled Police
Police completely were baffled.
Early today Heldman sat in the
Office of Sheriff Edward Gibson for
two hours and pieced together the
story, as he knows It.
For seven days after the killing
Mrs. Heldman led the life of con-
tented housewife. But she had been
brooding the last few days.
Heldman had become acquainted
with the story of the Waco shooting
He said he suspected his young wife
but was unwilling to admit the
suspicion, even to himself.
He read the papers, he said, fol-
lowing developments in the mystery,
from day to day.
The description of the gun-girl
tailed exactly with the description
of clothing worn by his wife.
Suspected His Wife
Mrs. Fearn, who answered the
door the night the gun girl knocked,
described her as slender, pale and
very pretty. She wore a dark coat,
apparently made of Chincilla, and
turban.
Once or twice Heldman chided
Margaret about her similarity. She
laughed it off, he said.
Thursday he came home early in
the afternoon.
He noticed a bundle of papers in
the hall.
It was his custom to place the
old papers in the furnace room.
He was about to follow the custom
when his fingers felt something
hard. They we're shells of bullets,
He saw there we're wrapped in
paper on which the handwriting
of his wife appeared.
He read the writing. 1t was the
letter of despair
He confronted his wife and asked
her for an explanation.
The letter follows.
Life Hell on Earth
"I am leaving your life forever
and truly am sorry for all the
trouble I have caused you and
rather than try to go through the
rest of my life under a lie I am
taking this means of telling the
truth. 1 can't face you and tell you
this, so I am leaving this to ex-
plain the things that you don't
know.
"He has made my life hell on
earth. He came to our house when
we lived at Poets and threatened to
expose me if I didn't do as he
wanted me to.
"The day you kicked me out be-
cause that fellow (Fearm was there
was one of the times and you didn't
know him, for I don't think you
ever met him.
"I can't stand the worry any
longer and to be away from my
baby so I do hope you can forgive
me and give our baby good home
Love him even if you don't me, for
do truly love you.
MARGARET"
"P.S.-Please don't tell mother"
"Come on" Heldman ordered
1--WE are going back to Canton"
"Take Care of Baby"
Heldman bundled her into the
car and the death ride began. Mrs
Heldman became calm. Heldmar
said he was excited.
AS Heldman became more nervous
Margaret's calm became deadly, he
said.
"Be sure. and take good care Of
the baby" she said.
Better than you did," Heldmar
said he answered.
what do you think they'll do tc
me?" she asked.
'They might give you the electric
chair"
c;Ia,a0o
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-14
ARRESTED FOR BIGAMY
Second Wife Files Charges Against
Soldier.

Robert Victor Sheets, 4, soldier,
Ft. Benjamin Harrison, was arrest
ed today on a bigamy charge filed
by his second wife Mrs. May Sheets.
Detectives, who still we're investi-
eating Sheets marital records said
Sheets was alleged to have married
a Miss Thelma Brown in 1925, and
without having been divorced, mar
ried the second wife in Anderson,
Aug. 2, this year.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-14
Dog Is Heroine of Fire

The dog
heroine pictured
here, Fannie,
14-year-Old fox
terrier, saved
the mother
and her two
children, shown
below, from
burning to
death at 2
this morning
when she
awakened
them as their
house was
swept by flames.
The rescued
members of
the family are,
left to right,
Charles, Mar
garet and Mrs.
Norma Liddn,
PASS North
Talbot street.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-14
ELECT OFFICERS MONDAY
Scientech Club to Have Musical
Program Following Vote.

Scientech Club officers for 1929
will be elected at the regular meet
ing Monday in the Chamber of
Commerce. A special musical pro-
gram has been arranged.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-14

Too late to write? Telephone in
stead. Basic rate to CHICAGO
only $1.05.-Adveytisement.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-14
MAIL AT ILLINOIS DEPOT
Urges Christmas Parcels Be Taken
to Sub Station.

Suggestion that citizens mailing
Christmas parcels use the Illinois
street postal station at South street
was made today, by Postmaster
Robert H. Bryson.
The Illinois street station, Bryson
said, has facilities equal to those
at the poStoffice, is not as crowded
and affords better parking facilities
for motorists.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-14
HIGH JURY TO QUIT

Term Scheduled to End Dec. 81; to
Complete Work.
The Marion county grand jury is
expected to complete it's work for
this term within few days. The
jury'S period of service expires Dec.
81, but, it is understood, an effort
may be made for dismissal of the
jury several days prior to that time,
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1928-10-04
City Items

The police were notified today of
ne return of the operators license of
'onstant Kowaczyk OF 80 Erwin
Place.
A meeting Of the Scoutmasters
association will be held on Thursday
evening, October II. This will be the
frst meeting OF the season. and
plans for the coming months will
be made.
A daughter was born at New
Britain General hospital today to
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Miller Of $40
Maple street.
George F. Weaver Of 10 Woodland
street reported to Captain Kelly at
] so this afternoon that John Hardy
Of 205 Broad street stepped out from
the sidewalk behind parked car
on Park street and was struck on
the left leg by Viewers car. which
dragged him along about ten feet.
He limped but did not appear to be
seriously injured. according to
Weaver.
Carl Thurson. aged -. of So KEEL
sey street. sustained general bruises
in q fall at his home today and was
treated at New Britain General
hospital.
Harry Cook. aged A., OF Plain
VILE, was treated yesterday at New
Britain General hospital for burns
about the left foot, which was
scalded by water at the Trumbull
Electric Co. factory.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1928-10-04

determined by Hipparchus of Nice.
about 1852 B. c..
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1928-10-04
PRINCE OF WALES ABLE
TO SPEAK IN AFRICAN
Answers Kiswahli Tribe sman In Own
Language-Studied 1t On
Sllipboard

Nairobi. Oct. 4 (UP)-The Prince
of Wales has added one more ac-
complishment-fhat of being able to
speak kiswahi, the native African
tongue.
He was presented with pictures
of himself and of several leading
Africans and thanked the donors in
Kiswahli. 1t was revealed he had
studied the language while en- route
to Africa.
The British royal heir has pre-
pared to start Friday on his big
game hunt in the interior and the
first camp will be Is miles from
Nairobi.
Yesterday Wales was startled for
a moment when 100 natives in war
costume and brandishing shields and
spears. advanced on his motor car as
he visited native camp near
Nairobi.
1t was found the gesture was one
Of friendliness. however. and the
natives were expressing their graft
tude at Wales visit. They accom-
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1928-10-04
Find Church Converted
Into Arsenal in Lowell

Lowell. Mass, Oct. I WA
church converted into an arsenal
was the discovery made by police Of
hcers today when they forced their
way into Holy Trinity Greek church
to serve a writ of replevin in the
hands of a constable. They found
rifles. shotguns, automatic pistols,
revolvers. knives and large guam
tity OF ammunition.
For many weeks the church has
been closed as result of a con-
troversy between two factions Of the
pa rishioners. 1t has been guarded
by a group Of men allied with one
of the factions and the writ served
today was designed to give the
church property to the other faction.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1928-10-04
Public Auction

BY order of the Superior Court OF
Hartford County will sell at Public
Auction to the highest bidder. on
the 18th day OF October at 2 o'clock
in the afternoon, the premises known
as Lot No. 80 on map entitled Maps
of Property of the Gridley Realty
Company. Plainville. Conn.," and
certain piece or parcel of land with
all buildings thereon situated in said
Town Of Plainville. bounded
South on Main street. 3s feet.
North on land of Plainvlle Manu-
featuring Co.
East on land of R. T. Kenyon and
Seauassen Lodge / q. q. r.
West by land of George r. Bying-
ton.
Terms of sale: 10 per cent at time
Of sale and balance on the approval
of the Court
MARTIN II HORWITZ.
Committee
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1928-10-04
Steamer Reports One
Man Lost in Storm

New York, Oct. 1 R)-Loss of one
Of the crew of the sinking Dutch
freighter Ce,acno when a wave car
ried away lifeboat and washed the
man overheard was reported in a
wireless message today from Captain
Paul Wiehr of the Hamburg Ameri-
can liner Albert Ballin.
The radio indicated that the Al
bert BALM was proceeding to New
York, leaving the Baltic With the
distressed vessel.