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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-02-06
SOUTH OF
CITY FOR SLAYER

Automobile squads of police and
deputy Sheriffs today we're searching
woods, houses and barns south of
the city for Paul Mattrich, 38, OF
Hanna Ave. and Bluff Rd., charged
with killing Fred Hess. 81, at his
home, Troy Ave. and Bluff Rd., at
midnight Sunday.
Deputy Sheriffs Ragan and Shipp
pieced together this story of the
shooting from statements Of wit
neSSeS:
Mattrich went to the home of
Alex Kahn, SO e. Pleasant Run
Blvd, earlier in the evening and
told Mrs. Hess, visiting there, that
her husband was on a spree. He
said Hess was wrecking furniture,
burning clothing and had fired two
shots at him with shotgun when
he tried to quiet him.
Mrs. Hess said her husband often
went on such Sprees. Kahn went to
the Hess home and disarmed Hess.
Later Mattrich went to his own
home, got shotgun and returned
10 the Hess house.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-02-06
HAITI IN FETE
GARB ASLINDY
PLANE LANDS
100000 Persons Welcome
Good Will Envoy at
Flying Field.
SPECIAL STAMPS MADE
Order of Merit to Be Given
Aviator by President
of Republic.
SPECIAL STAMPS MADE
By United Press

~ CHttbu IItoo
PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti, Feb. 6.
Col. Charles A. Lindbergh landed
at the United States Marine flying
field here at ISL p. m. today-his
last Intermediate stopping place on
his long, triumphant good will tour
toward the Pan-American confer
ence at Havana. He had taken off
from Santo Domingo at II a. m. on
his 160mile hop.
A frenziedly enthusiastic crowd,
estimated at 100000, the most in
congruous of his long flight, await
ed the American flier.
American marines in occupation
here mingled with officials and
wondering natives from the interior
some of them from districts
where the dread secret voodoo magic
is not only believed in but practiced.
The landing was made at a field
named after an American marinev
Bournefield.
Testimony Of the admiration in
which the boyish aerial ambassador
is held was furnished by the an
nouncement that the street along
which Lindbergh will be conducted
through the heart of the city has
been named the Avenue Charles
Lindbergh.
A special issue Of postage stamps
bearing Lindbergh's portrait was to
appear following his arrival.
Thousands of people had ar
rived by mid-morning to partici-
pate in the national welcome to the
American aviator. Not only did
the remotest points of Haiti con-
tribute to the crowds that japlmed
the city, but many people had come
from Santo Domingo, at whose cap
ital Ltndebrgh had, been a guest
since Saturday.
All streets in the city we're deco
rated in honor of the arrival Lind
bergh's reception was the greatest
ever accorded a foreigner.
President Borno will present
Lindbergh with the order of merit.
Lindbergl1 is the first white man to
be awarded the decoration.
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Ready for Stewart Hearing
on HabeaS Corpus Writ,
Set for Tuesday.
IS WITNESS
Sinclair Aid Denies He Has
knowledge of Bonds;
Subpoena Taber.
BY PAUL II. MALLON
United Press STAFF Correspondent

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6.-Possi-
bility of delay in the haheas
corpus hearing of Robert w.
Stewart, oil magnate, set for Tues
day, faded today when George w.
WickerSham, chosen to represent
the Senate, announced he will be
ready to proceed at that time.
Wickersham, president of the
American Bar Association and At
torney- General in the Taft cabinet,
said he will not seek a delay to
study the case, arising from Stewart
declining to give all details wanted
by the Teapot Dome investigators
concerning the $3,O0O,OO0 Continental
oil deal of 1921.
Stewart was arrested and ordered
before the bar of the Senate for
contempt. Speedy action OH the
problem Of whether the Senate can
send the oil king to Jail is sought.
H. L. Phillips, president of the
Sinclair Crude Oil Purchasing Com
pany, called today by the probers,
denied knowledge of the secret
contracts or of disposal of the
profits in the Continental deal.
Serve Taber's Subpoena
The committee has learned from
this fund that Harry Sinclair gave
former Secretary Albert Fall $233.-
600 after Fall leased him the naval
OH reserves and that James E.
O'Neil, another oil man, became
conscious stricken and turned back
100000 of the fund to his former
company, the Prairie Oil and Gas
Company.
Following Phillips testimony the
committee went into executive ses-
sion before adjournment until 10
a. IN. Tuesday.
After the meeting it was an
nounced that service of a subpoena
has been obtained on George Taber
Jr., former president of the Sinclair
Crude Oil Purchasing Company.
TaberS name was signed to one
of the secret 1921 contracts that
enabled the oil magnates to divert
hidden profits in the name of the
Continental Trading Company of
Canada.
Didn't See Contracts
Phillips said he did not recollect
seeing one of the contracts the day
it was ratified by his company board.
His was the contract Stewart and
Sinclair guaranteed for the Con-
tinental to buy oil 25 cents a barrel
cheaper than they were to buy it
from the Continental.
Phillips also told how the half
expired Continental contract, appar-
emily worth $5,000,000, had been re-
purchased for 100000 by the Sin
clair and Stewart companies.
He said he met H. S. Osler, nom
inal head of the Continental, and
now missing, in New York at the in
stance of a Mfr. Crowley Of the Sin
clair Consolidated.
Osler brought him the contract
with the 100000 figure already ar
ranged, he added
"All did was to execute the con-
tract didn't ask him about the
figure" Phillips said.
Senator Walsh of Montana last
night wrote Secretary of Treasury
Mellon asking whether income taxes
could be collected from those who
reaped profits Of the Continental
Company. No taxes ever have been
paid, it was said.
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SPEED PLANS
FOR JACKSON
TRIAL START
Linemen Busy Installing
Wires to Flash News
Across Nation.
400 MAY HEAR CASE
Desks Being Arranged for
Many Newspaper Men
at Sessions.

Final arrangements were being
made in Criminal Court today for
the trial, starting Wednesday, OF
Governor Ed Jackson, charged with
conspiracy to commit a felony by
offering bribe.
From the court room on the sec
ond floor of the courthouse, where
barely 400 spectators can be crowded,
press. telegraph and telephone wires
will flash the news of the Governor S
trial to newspapers throughout the
nation.
Linemen and electricians today
installed phones and telegraph facil-
tiles for newspapermen and news
gathering associations.
Desks will be rearranged in the
courtroom Tuesday, to accommodate
local and incoming newSpapermen.
Witness Stand at Right
At the right of the bench, occupied
during Jackson's trial by Special
Judge Charles M. McCabe of Craw-
fordsville, is the witness stand.
Questioned by attorneys, its occu-
pants will affirm or deny the story,
related in the indictment, that
Jackson, while secretary of State,
carried to foner Governor Warren
r. McCray an offer of $4,000 and
immunity from conviction if he
would appoint James E. Mcdonald
as prosecuting attorney, succeeding
William p. Evans, McCrs VS. son-ila-
Law, who resigned.
Court reporters to take down the
questions and answers in shorthand
will be next to the right. BEYOND
them is the table for correspondents
from metropolitan newspapers.
Before the bench and to the right,
near the jury box, will be the de-
PENDANTS and their attorneys; to the
left, the States attorneys.
Police Detail on Duty
Back of the defendants at another
table will be representatives of press
associations, while Indianapolis
newspapermen sit at a table back
OF CIle prosecutors.
A police detail will be on hand to
insure order and to keep spectators
in the rear of the courtroom back
against the wall. An officer will
stand at the foot of each aisle.
Bailiff Clarence Clegg, whose
Hear Ye! Hear Vel" will open court
at $50 a. m. Wednesday, stands at
the left of the judges bench, as does
Clerk William Kaiser.
Desiring to use his own law IL
brary and office between court ses-
sions, Special Judge McCabe will re-
turn to Charlottesville each evening
For his convenience, court sessions
during the trial, have been set from
$50 a. m. until noon, and from
1:30 to 4:30 p. m.
VIII Crowd Corridors
The court room and balcony viii
be emptied at the close of each ses-
sion. Because of the limited seating
capacity. corridors in the proximity
of Criminal Court probably will bt
crowded.
Stairs back of the bench lead tc
the jury room on the floor above
States attorneys are believed GER
tain to ask for separation for wit
nesses. Defense is expected to con-
cur in the request, with the prob
ability that witnesses will have tc
loiter in the corridors.
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Experts Declare SIayer'S
Mind Not Unbalanced;
Medical Mixup.
WANTS TO BE STUDIED
Youth Advises Scientists to
Use Him to Find why
of Crime.
BY DAN CAMPBELL

COURTROOM, LOS ANGELES,
Feb. 6.-The trial of William Ed
ward Hickman today became en-
meshed in medical terms, as DR..
Paul Bowers, State alienist, resumed
the stand.
William Edward Hickman is
suffering from autographia and not
dermatographia, as had been indi-
Gated in test in the courtroom
Saturday, DR.. Bowers said.
While dermatographia is a Symp-
tom of dementia praecox, auto
graphia simply is a nervous condi-
ton that may be found in normal
persons, DR.. Bowers testified, as the
State attempted to break down the
effect of the test made on the slayer.
DR.. H. E. Schorr, formerly con-
neced with the Bellevue Hospital
in New York, followed DR.. Bowers
on the stand.
The State qualified DR.. Schorr as
an examiner of lunacy in the New
York courts.
Calls Slayer Sane
Or. Schorr testified Hickman was
sane. The expert declares the
slayer had not inherited traits OF
insanity from his forebears but that
he might pass mental disorders on
to succeeding generations.
DR., Victor Parkin, graduate OF
the San Francisco Medical College,
followed DR.. Schorr to the stand.
The defense did not cross examine
DR.. Schorr.
DR.. Parkin testified that during
his examination of Hickman the
slayer declared science should study
him as q composite of all youth in
crime. .-...-. e..- o.. ..
The alienist declared that Hick-
man said his life should not be
taken until some use had been
made of him as scientific study.
He testified Hickman was coher-
ent at all times during examina-
tions i'll his cell in the County, Jail
Fate to Be Known Soon
BY the end of this week Hickman
may know whether he is to die on
the gallows or go to an asylum for
the murder of Marion Parker.
Using Perry Parker, father of the
slain girl, as its last witness in
Hickman's trial. the State was ex-
pected to rest its case late tomor-
row.
Deputy District Attorney Forrest
Murray today confirmed a report
that Marions father would testi-
fy. His testimony was expected to
be the most damaging evidence
against Hickman's insanity defense.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-02-06
ZceCabtiUe
Ten Men AfIoat in Lake
on Huge FIOe; Boat
Finds No Trace.

By United Press
BUFFALO, N. Y, Feb. 6.-At
ID least ten men today were
believed floating on>a field of ice
that broke from shore and was
swept out on Lake Erie.
After bucking tn savage ice
foes along the Canadian shore,
the tug Edward E., manned by
coast guardSmen under command
of Capt. Vaul F. Former, returned
to it's base with the report that
no trace could be found of the
fishermen.
Captain Former left here at day.
break to hunt among the ice packs
for the missing men. none of
whose identity is known. Grave
fears were expressed by the
searching party for the safety of
the stranded men.
Captain Former said he had
cruised among the ice foes for six
hours, but could not get close to
the main foes, because Of i'm
minent danger to all aboard the
boat.
The men were fishing off Wind
mill Point, Ont. According to re-
reports from the Canadian bor-
der, the ice chunk separated from
the mainland and the men were
unable to reach safety. The re-
ports from Canada said there was
no question that at least ten men
were on the ice.
Rescue by boat will be difficult,
guardsmen said, because of drift
ing ice. 1t was hoped, however,
that a strong SouthweSterly wind
would shift the ice to the Ameri-
can shore and that the men could
be rescued there.
Il ARLY reports from farmers
IL along the Canadian border
said that the fishermen appar-
entity were about two or three
miles out when huge field of
ice broke and started moving
swiftly into the lake.
The fishermen did not seem
overly excited at their plight, the
reports here said.
Patrols of coast guardsmen dur
ing the night scanned the Ca
madam and American shores for
signs Of life from the lost men,
but found nothing but ice fields
devoid of life.
Capt. Paul H. Former, coast
guard commander, said he would
appeal to the New York National
Guard and to Lieut.. Edwin M.
Rome of the Buffalo airport for
planes to join in the search.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-02-06
LACK FORCES ISL
. TO LEAVE SANATORIUM
Situation Acute as Wells
Fail for Third Time at
SunnySide.

Operation Of Sunnyside tubercu-
losis Sanatorium at only third
capacity for at least several weeks
appeared certain today, due to
acute water shortage.
Conference of county commission
erS and the board of managers of
the Sanatorium resulted in a deci-
sion to seek expert advice from the
engineering department of the In
dianapoliS Water Company.
Meanwhile the 300-bed institution
is able to serve only ninety patients,
due to lack of water. The shortage
caused the removal of ISL patients
to their homes Sunday. This is the
third time patients have been sent
away for this cause within a year.
Definite action will be held in
allegiance pending report of water
company engineers. Talk of au-
thorizing expenditure for immedi-
ate repairs or the starting of a new
we'll as an emergency measure by
the board of commissioners was
heard at the meeting.
Favor Rush Action
Board members and sanatorium
officials however, favor calling a
meeting of the county council,
which alone can make appropria-
tions except in emergencies.
This would require ten days. In
the meantime. report of the water
company engineer will have been
received.
Mrs. M. F. Ault, member of the
board of managers of the Sana-
torium, was reappointed this morn
ing. Other members attending
were Alfred Henry. DR.. David Ross
and Irving LemauX. DR.. Harold S.
Hatch, superintendent. also at
tended.
George Montgomery, chairman of
the county council, met with COM
missioners in an informal meeting
after the first conference. All who
appeared agreed the emergency
must be met as speedily as possibly,
but delay Of several weeks is certain.
Situation Is Acute
The situation has grown more and
more acute since the second well
became clogged with sand. A third
we'll is not in operation, leaving the
smallest of the three, the first put
in operation, the only waterSsupply
Estimates Of cost have not been
made. DR.. Hatch set $1,000 as the
probable cost of a new, adequate
we'll and a large storage tank to
supplement the small one now in
operation.
Quality of the water being used
is such that a filtration plant was
installed only recently.
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ENGLISH PRIZES TO
PRINCE AND SHEAD
Get That Prize

THE Gorilla" is loose in In
dianapolis today, and Times
readers are offered their first
chance to capture" a prize.
Just turn to page 10 of this
issue of The Times and fill out
the coupon, with an appropri-
ate subtitle, according to the
simple rules.
Prizes total $3.50 and sixty
pairs Of tickets to the Indiana
Theater, where THE Gorilla"
moving picture, opens Satur-
day.
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COUNCIL PROBE OF
POLICE is HINTED

'I am opposed to police arreSting
persons for vagrancy because they
are found in a poolroom," Moore
said.
indianapolis is paying police to
protect taxpayers and not to protect
a few individuals. I'm South Side
representative and guess Ill have to
do whatever the South Side busi-
ness men want" Moore said.
Rumors that some councilmen are
leading a move to ''impeach the
safety board" have been current at
city hall for several days.
Further action to unseat Slack
was considered unlikely. Council
President Otis e. Bartholomew said
he knew Of nothing out Of the Or
dinary to como before council.
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The girls mother, Mrs. Helen
Taylor, said she signed the ap-
plication, for a marriage license
because I thought it in the best
interests of Beatrice's happiness.
However, I do not approve the
marriage"
It was said the marriage would
be performed tomorrow by the
Rev. George S. Brooks Of the
Union Congregational Church.
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Introduction of a resolution to
investigate the police department
and board of safety at city council
meeting tonight is likely, Council
man Boytnon j. Moore, Republican,
declared today.
Republican councilmen have been
on the war path against the board
of safety since police guards we're
stationed around Mayor L. Ert
SloGk's office a week ago when the
council sought to oust Slack.
Moore said he had not decided
whether he would sponsor the in
vestigation resolution. He said sew
eral south side leaders asked him to
start an investigation of the police
department" as q result OF the war
on gamblers. .,.,..
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Hourly Temperatures

Entering the house, Mattrich
pointed the gun and pulled the
trigger. AS the shell exploded,
Mattricll exclaimed:
my God! I didn't know the gun
was loaded y I was just trying to
scare him."
Hess toppled down a stairway to
a basement and died before an am
bulance arrived. He was struck in
the groin and right leg.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-02-06
URGES a. PER CENT BEER
Berger's Bill in Congress Also Pro-
vides IL Per Cent Wine.
2N limited Preei

By United Press
WASHINGTON, Feb. 6.-Repre-
sentative Victor Berger (Soc), Wis
consin, introduced a bill today to
legalize 4 per cent beer and IL per
cent wine.
He declared, "The drinking races,
the liberal consumers of wine and
beer and ale, always have been the
vanguard of human progress.
"All the great men in history,
from Noah and julius Caesar and
General Grant, were drinking men.
without wine and beer, three
fourths of all poetry and one-half
of all art would. have been lost
to u.s."
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GIRL OF MAYFLoWER LINE TO WE'D NEGRO

The girl said she was marry
ing the Negro for the sake of her
own happiness and that her
mother, an invalid, had sane
toned the approaching nuptials,
although not approving them.
"I have loved Mr.. Kellem since
met him four months ago and
I am confident I am not taking
a false step in marrying him."
she said.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-02-06
FIND 2 IN MOTH DEATH
Chambers and "EagIebeak" An
nounce They Will Give Up.


CHICAGO, Feb. 6.-Gordon
Chambers and Joe (Eaglebeak) Mil
Ter. sought for weeks in connection
with the tape murder" of Betty
Chambers, declared today they
would surrender to Chief Justice
William V. Brothers of the Criminal
Court.
Fear of mistreatment by police
had kept them hidden, they indi-
Gated.
81 am innocent and can prove an
alibi," said Chambers.
The murder of Betty followed
her return from Cleveland, where
she had participated in a 100000
gem robbery.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-02-06
FLIER HOPS FOR CUBA

Navy Pilot to Make Three Stops
From Washington to Havana.
Bg United Press
WASHINGTON, Feb. 6.-Lieut.
Arthur Navin, Navy pilot, left the
naval air station here at $40 a. m.
today in a giant two-motored ST.
&orsky plane on a three stop flight
to Havana, Cuba.
He expected to refuel at Moor
head City, N. c.; Jacksonville and
Key West. Fla, reaching Havana
About $50 p. m.
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RN United Presa

BIZ United Press
ID OCKVILLE, Conn, Feb. c.
m A 19-year-old girl, who
claims Mayf1ower ancestry, has
announced her intention to marry
Negro dye house employe.
The girl, Miss Beatrice Fuller,
Saturday filed her intentions with
the town clerk to marry Clarence
Kellen, whose father was a Negro
and whose mother is white
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vanced to today, because, in the
words of the judges, two men have
rendered such conspicuous service
as to make further inquiry by the
committee unnecessary"
THE advance date OF the an
nouncement is expected to give the
1923 contenders an incentive" the
judges explained.
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Destitute Miners Aided

By United Press
EVANSVILLE, Ind, Feb. g.
BicknelI ana Littles, two mining
towns hard hit by poverty, are be-
ing aided by Evansville organiza-
tions. A truck load Of food was
sent to Bicknell to stave of threat
ened starvation.
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WOMAN HURT IN CRASH

Automobile Driven by Husband in
Collision OF Ohio and Oriental.
Mrs. Laura E. Moore Of 302 N.
Randolph ST.. was painfully injured
today when the automobile driven
by her husband, Frank G. Moore,
collided with a car driven by Paul
r. Shirley, %, of 1885 E, Fifty-Sec-
ond ST., at Ohio and Oriental Sts.
She was hurled to the street.
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HINTS AL TO MARK TIME
Hyland Thinks Smith Could Max
Better Race in 1882.
BIZ United Press

By United Press
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 6.-Jolan F.
Hylan, former mayor of New York,
said here that Governor AL Smith
of New York may not enter the
coming presidential race despite
Smith for President" agitation.
Hylan said he believed Smith
could make a stronger race four
years hence.
MANY Democratic leaders believe
Smith would almost certainly be
elected in 1882" Hylau said. II be-
lieve Smith now is under consider
able pressure to withdraw from this
race"
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Two-Trouser Suit Parts

bU itmeS ODectdt
GARY, Ind, Feb. Oscar L.
GuStafson, city church minister,
hopes there will be a mating call
soon. While he was at church a
burglar stole the coat, vest and one
pair Of trousers Of a new two-trouser
suit.
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Plate lunch, 35c. Noon and eve
ming speciality. FLETCHER CAFE
TERRA, Basement Fletcher Trust
Bldg. 1880 a. m. to 1850 p. mad
Eertisemepts ,s..,-......,......
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Larry sen1on Bankrunt

BV United Press
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 6.-Failure
of pictures which he produced have
bankrupted Larry Semon, film CO.
median. He is $4,000 in debt, ac-
cording to a court judgment award
ing $293 to a collection agency.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-02-06
LEGION WILL SEE LINDY
Other Famous AviatOrS to Give
Exhibitions at San Antonio,

By United PreSs
HARLINGEN, Tex, Feb. 6.-Col.
Charles A. Lindbergh and several
other Of Americas best known
aviators will give flying perform
ances at San Antonio during the
National American Legion conven-
ton next Oct 8 to IL, Phil Stapp,
director of the national convention,
announced here.
Stapp said the Mexico City police
band has been entered in the
$4,000 band contest to be held dur
ing the convention.
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SET GOVERNORS RITES

"A. B. Pothier, Rhode Island Execu-
tive, Died Saturday.
BY United Press
WOONSOCKET, r. l., Feb. g.
Funeral services for Rhode Islands
Governor, Adam j. Pothier, 73, who
died late Saturday, will be held
Wednesday at 10 a. m. at the cathe-
dral Of SIS. Peter and Paul in Provi-
Sience.