The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-11-15

show him a bill of sale on the
Cadillac showing Baldwin had
bought the car in Illinois, but did
not see anything suspicious in the
fact it carried Ohio license plates or
in Medcalf'S desire to get the Ohio
plates back. According to Wednes-
days testimony the car was stolen
from Cleveland, Ohio.
Ward brought out that when
Wohlfeld first saw the car it was
parked across the street about 100
feet from Traugotts store.
Mortimer Wohlfeld took the stand
and told virtually the same story
of the car purchase as his father
had. He admitted he made no at
tempt to find out where Medcalf
got the car and said he didn't see
it until after he had bought it.
Six character witnesses testified
for the Wohlfelds. They were Cliff
ford K. Gay, Vice-president of the
Pettis Dry Goods Company; r. Wal
Jarvis, city park superintendent:
DR.. Charles r. Sowders; Samuel
Rubins, merchant, 628 South Illinois
street; Joseph N. Jackson, overall
manufacturer, and Joseph Regan,
wholesale jeweler.
LibOwitz Gives Evidence
Bertram Libowitz, brother of
Harold Libowitz told of buying a
Buick car, which has been estab-
lished as a stolen car, from a man
who gave his name as Sam Good
man, in February. The man fol-
lowed him from a used car place
on North Meridian street and
offred him the. car. He bought it
the next morning He never had
seen the man before and has never
seen him since. he said.
He bought the car for 5000 ard
sold it six months later to Joe
Hunter, one of the men indicted in
the theft case who now is a fugitive,
he said.
He declared he knew nothing of
any of his brothers activities and
did not know his brother had been
using the name Monniwitz which
the government has showed Harold
Libowitz used and which figured in
one "hot" car transaction.
Eleven Witnesses on Stand
The government put eleven wit
nesses on the stand this morning
before resting.
Three department of Justice
agents testified they were unable to
find a number of persons whose
names were listed on bills of sale
and certificates of title of some of
the stolen cars. In some cases they
were unable even to find the ad-
dresses given for some of the pur-
ported sellers of the hot" cars.
Frank E. Drunmeyer, clerk at the
Marott hotel, testified hotel records
show no men of the names of Rob-
ert Palmer, Charles H. Medcalf or
Charles Wilson were registered at
the hotel in December. Those men
were purported to have sold some of
the hot" cars to some Of the Indi-
annapolis defendants and to have
given the Marott as their address.
Corroborative bits of evidence
we're given by John Bowser, Terre
Haute poliseman. and H. G. Powell
of the Indiana auto license bureau.
huntington In Court
G. H. Hennegar, local department
of justice chief, told of a CONVEX
sation he had with Wolf Sussman
regarding Sussmans' connection
with a stolen La Sale coupe found
in possession of his son, Harry.
Robert Palmer originally came to
him and asked to borrow $1,000 on
the car, Hennegar testified Sussman
said. Sussman said he called his
son Harry, in to pass on the value
of the car and the certificate OF
title and made the loan, having
Palmer transfer the title to Harry.
William H. Remy, Marion county
prosecuting attorney, was in court,
subpoenaed by Edward Traugott's
attorneys. He had with him a sheaf
of checks and other private docu-
ments belong to Traugott which had
been taken from the safe in the
wrecked Edward Traugott g. Co.
store following the mysterious ex-
plosion Aug. 26.
Take Turns in Defense
Defense attorneys, after a confer
ence, announced that the remaining
will present their defense
in this order: Wolf, Elmer and
Harry Sussman, Traugott, DR.. Fred
Binzer of Terre Haute, w. Lee
Smith and Robert F. McNay, for
mer khan leaders, are to follow.
Last will be Mr.. and Mrs. Will
liam Jones and William Laffey, also
local residents. and Miss Lloyd Har-
rison and the Baldwins of Chi
cago.