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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-02-23
FREE WOMAN IN
fathers DEATH
Jury Finds Young Wife Not
Guilty of Murder.

E1 HtCd Press
WENTWORTH. N. c., Feb. 20
Mrs. Alma Petty Gatlin, whose pros
ecution for the murder of her ia
Their, Smith T. Petty, was based
mainly on an alleged confession she
was said to have given a preacher,
today was free.
The jury returned a verdict of not
guilty for the wife of Fire Chief
Eugene Gatlin, a former beauty con-
test winner
Mrs Gatlin was arrested some
time after her fathers body had
been found buried in the basement
Of the Petty home. He had been
killed with an ak.
The State based its chief strength
on the testimony of the Rev.
Thomas F. Pardue that Mrs. Gatlin
had confessed 10 him that she killed
her father.
Mrs. Gatlin on the stand blamed
the murder on her mother, saying
the rest of the family had pledged
to keep the murder a secret.
The defense attacked Rev. Par
dues testimony saying he had per-
lWed himself Ito prosecute this
woman" They also cited old Eng
lish law to show that a confession
made under religious emotion was
incompetent evidence.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-02-23
VICTIM AWAITS MAIL
Watches for Bandits Re-
turn of PoCketbOok.

Rainey Stewart, 40, Negro, of 532
w. Michigan ST., today hopes the
bandit who robbed him Of his
pocketbook and 60 cents Wednesday
night will keep his promise and mail
back the pocketbook.
Stewart was the victim in one of
Wednesday nights two hold-ups,
both of which took place within an
hour.
The bandit walked up behind him
at st. Joseph and Illinois SITS. and
poked a revolver into his back,
Stewart said Before fleeing with
the go cents, the bandit made Stew
art lie in all alley. Ill mail it." he
said when Stewart asked for the
pocketbook.
Paul EaStburn, manager of the
Standard Grocery at $50 w. Mich
igan ST. was held up in the grocery
by lone Negro, who looted the
cash register of $40.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-02-23
STUDY CHARGES
IN SUB PROBE
Naval Court to AmpIify
Case Against Admiral.
~ United Press

~ United Press
WASHINGTON, Feb. 23.-The
Naval court OF inquiry in the S-4
disaster resumed it's work today
under instructions from Secretary
Wilbur to amplify its charges of
incompetency against Rear Admiral
Frank H. Brumby, commander of
all submarines on the Atlantic
Coast.
Orders for Brumby's return to
Washington. so that he may testify
in his own defense before the court,
probably will be issued today.
Brumby may demand a court
martial to give him an opportunity
to prevent his defense.
The courts recommendation that
Brumby be relieved from command
of the control force will not be
acted upon, Naval officers said,
until the court has submitted its
second report.
Meantime, House administration
leaders praised the naval courts re-
port on the disaster today and said
its thoroughnesS has made a con-
greSSional investigation unnecessary.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-02-23
CONFERS WITH
FORD ENGINEERS
ON new DESIGN
Ship EmbodieS Unique
Principles; Is Joint
Product.
HACKERS FLY WITH HIM
Party Comes From St.
Louis for Conference;
Slim Avoids Public.
FLY WITH HIM

DETROIT, Mich, Feb. 49,
Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh to-
day assumed the role of inventor.
With his financial hackers, Lind
bergh flew from Selfridge field, Mt.
Clemens to Detroit to discuss with
Ford engineers the details of his
invention.
The conference was the first con-
f1rmation that Lindbergh was the
co-deSigner of a new airplane.
1t was to see the plane, reported
to embody several new principles,
that Lindbergh made d secret flight
Wednesday from st. Louis.
He brought with him B. F. Ma
honey, manufacturer of the Spirit
of st. Louis" William B. Robertson,
former head of the Robertson Air
craft Company; Harold M. Bixby,
president of the st. Louis Chamber
of Commerce, and Harry H. Knight,
president of the st. Louis Flying
Club.
They stayed Wednesday night at
the quarters of Maj. Thomas G..
Lanphier, commander of the First
pursuit group, United States air
service, who elaborated with Lind
bergh in designing the new plane.
Details of the plane were a secret.
Its development was the subject
of a conference which lasted we'll
into the night. Today Lanphier,
Lindbergh and the Iatter's hackers
flew to the Ford airport, where the
new plane was discussed at a private
luncheon
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-02-23
U. PRESIDENT
Tells AID CLUB
OF NEWS Value
Calls 1t Greatest Collector,
Distributor of Facts
in World.

The fact that Londoners forgot to
place wreath on the statue of
George Washington in Trafalgar
Square Tuesday doesn't mean a
thing" in the opinion of Karl A
Bickel, president of the United
Press, who is in Indianapolis to-
day as a guest and speaker Of the
indianapolis Advertising Club.
Bickel pointed out, however, that
it is just trif1es like that which are
often clutched upon by propagan-
dists to foster animosity between
nations.
Bickel returned last fall from
world tour and has often visited
the British Isles and other countries
of the British commonwealth of ma
tionS.
when saw that dispatch from
London about forgetting to place a
wreath on the Washington statute,
as has been the custom since is was
erected in 1921, I thought here is
an opportunity for the disturbers,
Bickel told The Times.
United States and Britain Friends
America and Great Britain are
friends and will continue to be
friends. We are not going TO war
because they forgot that Feb. %
is Washington's birthday"
THE United States is just enter
ing into a great political campaign
All indications Doint to its being one
of the most interesting we have
had in a decade. Partisan preju-
diceS will unquestionably be
aroused; superficial passions
whipped up, and all the froth and
cream CT popular excitement that
a tense contest develops will be
brought to the surface Bickel told
the Ad Club.
In this the American people will
not be peculiar. Similar nantes
tations are in evidence, in an even
greater degree, in every other coun-
try where the people are permitted
to indulge in politics. But in one
point America will be unique.
News Impartial
The news-not the editorials
but the news OF the campaign as
written. edited and presented by the
great American press associations
will be as absolutely impartial and
entirely honest as American press
association reporters can write it
The American press association is,
without any question. the strongest
and most efficient and honest col
lector and distributor of facts in the
world.
1t is an established principle of
the United Press, III its foreign
connections. to have no contracts
or news exchange arrangements
with any foreign subsidized and
controlled official" agencies.
Due to that fact the United
Press today has the largest and most
comprehensive foreign news COL
lection and distribution agency in
the world. We directly serve the
newspapers of forty nations. In
most of these countries we come
into competition with the subsidized
official agency.
THE fact that we are known to
be an independent agency without
any official connections, however,
has been an asset to us, as news
paper publishers the world over
resent the necessity Of relying upon
a governmentally controlled press
service and utilize the United
Press as a check upon the socalled
official service"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-02-23
Tally HO!
Fraternity Pledges Hunt
40 CoCkroaCheS in
City Jail.

DOLICE CHIEF CLAUDE M
Il WORLEY rejoiced today that
he has found an outlet for one of
the by-products at city prison
cockroaches.
A trio of Gamma Tau fraternity
pledges came all the way from
Bloomington. Ind, to capture
forty-nine Of the elusive insects
and take them back to the Indi-
ana University chapter house as
part of the Rough Week pro-
gram of initiation. The student
cockroach hunters we're Roy Ruff,
Irwin Levin and Chester Bucha-
nan. They were assisted in their
work by James league, janitor
at the Jail.
AS prescribed by those who sent
them, they had to procure a letter
from the chief teStifying that the
cockroacheS were real Indianap-
oils prison products. Worley point
ed out in the letter that it, was
impossible to lind forty-nine of
the tiny animals, but since there
were several pair there was no
cause for alarm regarding num-
berS.
Your neophytes arrived safely
at the city bastile in search of the
lowly cockroach." the letter stated,
being addressed to Abe Farb,
president of the fraternity. 1--WE
don't have huge supply of cock
reaches on hand, as we deal
mostly in lounge lizards and bed
bugs here"
In closing Worley expressed
great pleasure at the market for
our product"
Ruff displayed letter from
Kingan g. Co., proving that he
had honestly procured a pigs eye
there.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-02-23
REMUS
FREEDOM PLEA
State to Ask Dismissal of
HabeaS Corpus Case.

By United Press
LIMA, Ohio, Feb. 23.-The State
today was expected to make a mo-
ton for dismissal of the habeas
corpus proceedings brought by
counsel for George Remus, former
millionaire Cincinnati bootlegger,
seeking his release from the State
hospital for the criminally insane
here.
The defense rested after five
alienists testified directly and a
sixth by deposition that the former
bootleg king and acquitted wife
slayer was sane.
The State planned to counter
with the charge that the Court of
Appeals hearing the case is with
out jurisdiction.
This failing, the State may call
Franklin L. Dodge, former Depart
ment of Justice agent and one of
the principal figures on Remus' trial
for the murder of his wife, Imogene,
RemuS charged Dodge was his
wife's paramour and conspired with
her to loot his estate and bring
about his imprisonment.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-02-23
LOCAL YOUTH BELIEVED
DOUBLE DEATH PLOTTER
Officers at GreencastIe Find Black
jack Before Trip to Reformatory.

Officers at GreencastIe Find Black
jack Before Trip to Reformatory.
By Times Special
GREENCASTLE, Ind, Feb. 23.-
Sheriff Edward Eiteljorge of Put
nam County and his deputy, Alva
Bryan, believed they were marked
for death like two Tippecanoe
County officers killed recently by
two prisoners they were taking to
the State Reformatory at Pendle-
ton.
Just before the officers left here
for the Reformatory with Robert
Brown, II, Indianapolis, they
searched his person and found a
homemade blackjack, fashioned of
iron bars and covered with a piece
of blanket.
Brown was originally sentenced
to the State Farm for auto theft,
but escaped long before completing
a one-year term. Recaptured here,
he was sentenced to one to five
years at the Reformatory.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-02-23
FRAT PLEBES FREE
Butler FroSh Out of Jail;
Fear Consequences.

Father Fraternity may forget all
about his sons, the pledges or he
may remember them so well they'll
never be able to forget.
That was the situation at the Tau
Kappa Tau Fraternity house today
with the return from Jail of nine
freshmen, who lodged paddle ac-
tivity" Wednesday. They had them
solved locked up by Police Chief
Claude Worley.
It is generally understood the
"freshies" will be faced with rough
initiation until they finally take
their medicine.
The pledges who subjected them
selves to prison terms are: Wayne
Halford of Greenville, Ohio; Cecil
Bolings Of Medora, and La Mar
Perigo, Waldo Clark, Paul Thomp
son, John Waldron, Edward jolly,
Emanuel Buckler and William
RantzeS of INDIANAPOLIS.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-02-23
HOLD 7 WITH LOOT
Stolen Property Worth 5000
Taken From Negroes.

Six Negro men and a woman were
arrested by Captain Walter Claffey
and squad who raided Sill Hudson
ST., late Wednesday night. and re-
covered approximately 5000 worth
of stolen goods.
The arrested are: Mrs. Anna Wat
son, her husband, Linzie Watson;
Bonnie Smothers, and Jess Ken
nedy, all of Sill Hudson ST.; John
Smith, SIS Hudson ST.; Perry Jack
son, $751; Hudson ST., and Arnett
Wright, 434 Arch st.
jackson and Watson admitted,
according to Captain Claffey, that
most of the loot consisting of cloth
ing, watches, cameras and a bicycle
was stolen property.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-02-23

tWenty-one years on Broadway,
says he no longer can make
money with "Follies," what with
the high cost Of production and
actors salaries and occasional
law suits when stars get temper
amental.
Besides, he says, he doesn't
want to be classed with his "vul-
gar" imitatorS.
And. incidentally, there's more
cash to be made in musical
plays"
ziegfeld opened here Tuesday
night with his fourth musical
play" of the season, THE Three
Musketeers" With becoming re-
straint, the producer predicts 1T
will Guido even his SHOW Boat
for Broadway popularity, to say
nothing of his Rio Rita" and his
smashing hit, Resale"
The daddy OF modern revues
not only promises to attempt no
more revues, but also says THE
Three Musketeers" is the last
musical play he will stage-that,
produce Show Boat" and Rio r
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-02-23
DIES AT HOME OF SON
Mrs. EIva White Britts, Sc, to Be
Buried Saturday.

Funeral services for Mrs. Elva
White Britts, &c, widow of Clarence
r. BrittS, who died at the home of
her son, Harold Britts, $50 S. Sher-
man Dr., Wednesday, will be con-
Quoted at 2 o'clock Saturday at the
sons home.
Burial will follow in Memorial
Park cemetery.
The Rev. Fred A. Line, pastor of
the Central Universalist church of
which Mrs. BrittS was a member,
will off1ciate. Born in Montgomery
County, Mrs. BrittS came to Indi-
annapolis in 1906 to make her home.
She is survived by two sons, Harold
and Paul Britts; a daughter, Mrs.
G. E. Hudson, all of Indianapolis,
and seven grandchildren
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-02-23
GENERAL WILL SPEAK
Reserve Officers Will Hear Nolan at
Dinner, March 5.

Marion County members, Indiana
Reserve Officers Association, will
hear an address by Maj. Gen.
Dennis E. Nolan, 5th Corps area
army commander, March 5, at a
dinner in the Riley room, Claypool
Hotel General Nolan will speak
on THE Military Intelligence of
the American Expeditionary Forces
in France"
indiana reserve corps q officers,
Army and Navy and civilian guests
will attend, it was announced by
Col. A. J. Doougherty, 84th Division
chief of staff.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-02-23
MODIFIED NAVY
BUILDING BILL
Gets APPROVAL
House Committee Adopts
Fifteen Cruiser
Program.
By Unitcd Press

By UHitCd Press
WASHINGTON, Feb. ga naval
building program Of fifteen cruisers
and one aircraft carrier, to cost
$274,500,0O0, was adopted today by
the House Naval Affairs Committee
and will be embodied in a bill to be
introduced by Chairman Butler.
The program calls for cruisers of
10000 tons each, to be laid down
in three year and completed in six.
The aircraft carrier, of 1890 tons, is
to be laid down in two years.
Coolidge Asked 100000, 600
The committee adopted a pro-
vision, presented by Representative
Kale (Rep), New Hampshire,
authorizing the President to suspend
this proposed construction In whole
or in part if an agreement for
further limitation is reached at a
future disarmament conference.
The cost of the proposed COM
mittee program, $274, 500 900, is only
for the vessels and does not include
personnel and necessary airplanes.
1t compares with basic cost of
approximately $80000O,0OO for the
program originally requested by
President Coolidge. The committee
voted down proposals for sub
marines, members explaining that
the United States has more sub
marine tonnage now than other
nation.
The President wanted seventy
one ships, including twenty-five
cruisers, thirty-two submarines, nine
destroyerS leaders and five aircraft
carriers. He also desired authority
to suspend the program on the mere
calling of another disarmament
conference.
Protest Big Nay
The National Council for Pre-
vention of War made public today
protests by two House members
against excessive naval expendi-
lures.
Representative Adkins (Rep), ILL
nois, said large naval Expenditures
would threaten farm relief. He
declared the farm relief program
lis meeting with opposition and par
ticularly from those centers that arc
seeking big money for naval eX-
penditures."
Representative Burtness (RepO,
North Dakota, urged that Congress
go slow land not permit itself to be
rushed headlong into a program
which is unnecessary and burden
some" Both Adkins and BurtnesS
favor adequate" naval prepared
ness.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-02-23
PAY WASHINGTON HONOR

Washington, the Mason" was
the topic of Fred r. Farnum, past
illuStriouS grand master of the In
diana Grand Council Of Royal
and Select Masters, at a luncheon
Wednesday at the Columbia Club of
the sales force of the Washington
Park Cemetery Association, Inc.
officers of the sales force are
George A. Leabody, president; Paul
L. Vittur, vice president and sales
manager; F.. w. Ahrbecker, secre-
tary-treasurer; Charles Schultheis,
grounds superintendent and Sam
Williams, chief engineer.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-02-23
GREATER SAFEGUARDS
FROM CRIME ASKED
Attorney Says Law Puts Emphasis
on Rights of Accused.

The criminal code places too
much emphasis on the rights of the
accused and not enough on those
of society, George M. Barnard, In
dianapolis attorney, told the In
diana Law School at an annual
banquet at the Lincoln Wednesday
night.
He urged revision strengthening
society's safeguards. "These theo-
rieS," he said, have been forced
upon me as citizen because of SO
many travesties perpetrated in the
name of justice"
He recommended that the trial
judge be allowed to discuss evidence
in manner of expert analysis for
the jury; that the fact that a de-
PENDANT does not take the stand in
his own behalf be noted by the
judge, and that the State as we'll as
defense have the right of appeal.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-02-23
HOLD FUNERAL FRIDAY
FOR MRS. LUCY CLARK
Aged Woman Will Be Buried in
Crown Hill Cemetery.

Funeral services will be held at
2:30 p. M, Friday, for Mrs. Lucy
G.. Clark, 70, of 1909 w. Thirty
Third St., who died Tuesday. Service
will be at the Thirty First st. Bap-
fist church, Thirty-First and An
nette SITS. Burial will be in Crown
Hill cemetery.
Mrs. Clark was born in Nichols
vile, Ohio, and came to Indian
apolis in 1892. She was a member
of the Baptist church.
Survivors are the husband, four
sons, Ivan j., Myron T., and George
w. Clark of Indianapolis, and O..
R. Clark of Louisville, KY; three
daughters, Mrs. Florence Ford and
Mrs. Helen Friedley of Indianapo-
lis, and Mrs. Nina Terrell of Evans
vile; a sister, Mrs. Florence Gray,
and brother, Edgar Riley of Indi-
annapolis.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-02-23
HELD FOR WINCHESTER
Joseph Ellison Taken Here; Charge
Clover Seed Theft.

Joseph d. Ellison, 1919 w. New
York ST., was arrested today for au-
thorities at Winchester, Ind, where
he is wanted on a charge of stealing
$4,000 worth of clover seed from the
Goodrich Brothers elevator.
Detectives said Ellison was at
tempting to sell some of the seed
here when they arrested him.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-02-23
SACK TRIAL CLOSING

By United Press
LOS ANGELES, Cal, Feb. 3d.
The trial of DR.. Charles Mcmillan,
charged with the murder of Mrs.
Amelia Appleby, wealthy widow as
a Chicago inventor, may go to the
jury today.
DR.. Mcmillan, who managed the
Appleby estate and was chief
beneficiary in a will purported to
have been signed by Mrs. Appleby,
was expected to testify as the last
witness for the defense.
Mrs. Appleby's body was found
in a burlap sack last December.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-02-23
Gone, but Not Forgotten

Automobiles reported stolen to po-
lice belong to:
Dewey Elmore, 80 S. Belmont Ave-,
Ford, from Belle Viey Pl. and Mich
igan st.
Marion County Nash Company,
846 N. Meridian ST., Ford, M-1635,
from side of that address.
George F. Brown, Y. M. G. A.,
Ford, 620-844, from New York and
Illinois SITS.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-02-23
DYNAMITE TRIAL OPENS
Children to Testify in Attempted
Murder of Teacher.
~ [ niicd Press

OTTAWA. ILL.,, Feb. 23.-Five
small school children were expected
to be the first witnesses for the
State today in the bombing trial
of Hiram Reed, "a, charged with
dynamiting a school room in an
attempt to kill his school teacher
sweetheart, lola Bradford.
Opening statements of defense
and State will be completed this
morning and testimony will start
Immediately afterward.
The school children were playing
in the school yard when Miss Brad
ford kindled a fire in the stove
where a dynamite bomb had been
placed.
The State was expected to intro
duce a confession, made shortly aft
er the explosion, in which Reed said
he tried to kill the girl to escape
marriage
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-02-23
PLAN SAFETY MEETING
School Principals, Traffic Patrols to
Discuss Problems.

Three hundred fifty school prin-
cipalS and captains and lieutenants
of school traffic police patrols will
attend meeting at police head
quarters at 10 a. m. Saturday to dis
cuss school safety problems.
Mayor L. Ert Slack. Police Chief
Claude M. Worley, Lieut.. Frank
Owen and DR.. w. A. Ocker, school
director Of physical education, will
speak.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-02-23
'CHURCH GOD WANTS is
TOPIC FOR EVANGELIST
Christian Spirit In Home Is Urged
by DIR. GOOdelI.

THE Church God Wants" will be
the topic Of the fourth union evan
gelistic sermon by DR.. Charles l..
Goodell at Roberts Park M. E.
Church tonight at 8 following a
workers conference at Gas.
Protestant churches of the city
have united in sponsoring the pre-
Easter services under direction of
Mr.. Goodell, secretary of evangelism
for the Federal Council of Churches.
You never can have the Chris
tan spirit without Christianity in
the home" Mr.. Goodell said
Wednesday night.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-02-23
Guard Against Death Photos


OSSINING, N. Y, Feb. 23.-Sing
Sing Prison officials are experiment.
ing with new system of lighting
the death chamber to prevent news
paper photographers from sulrep-
titiously taking pictures of victims
in the death chair.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-02-23
TWO PERSONS MISSING
Man, 10, and Woman, 81, Sought by
Police and Relatives.

Martin Lannan, 1886 S. Addison
ST., today asked police to search for
Lige Gates, 40, of that address,
missing since Tuesday. Gates had
nearly 500 in cash and Lannan
said he feared he has been beaten
and robbed.
Police also are seeking Mrs. Ida
Kassulke, 81. of 1858 Carrollton Ave,
who, according to her husband,
walked away from her home. She
is i'll and may be an amnesia VIC
tim, KaSsulke said.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-02-23
NOTE EXPLAINS SUICIDE
Aged Man Blames Long Illness, In
ability to Earn Living.

This is a case of premeditated
suicide caused by long continued ILL
ness and inability to earn living"
wrote Fred Brown, 70, in a letter
to police and coroner just before he
hung himself in his room at 306
N. West ST., Wednesday night. He
added THAT Mrs. Nellie Chapman"
SIG Gable ST., had enough Of his
earnings that he had saved to afford
him a modest burial" Mrs. Chap
man operates the West st. rooming
house.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-02-23

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