The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-11-09
3 CONSPIRACY
TRIALS TO Be
| HELD MONDAY
Two JurieS Will Be Used
During Busy Days
for Ward.

With three major conspiracy
cases and many smaller cases set
for trial, Albert Ward, United
State district attorney, Monday,
will begin the busiest eight days
he has experienced in four years
in Office.
The court session will open Mon
day with a number Of minor cases
scheduled for jury trial during the
day. Two juries will be used al
ternately.
Trial of the Interstate automo-
bile theft conspiracy cases involv-
ing tWenty-three persons, several of
them Indianapolis business men,
will start Tuesday and may con-
tinue through Wednesday. In addi-
ton, Muncie motor theft con-
Spiracy case is set for trial the same
day.
Friday, nineteen defendants in
the nationwide counterfeit strip
stamp conspiracy will go on trial.
Defendants in this case live in In
dianapolis, FIT. Wayne, Muncie, Chi
cago, Milwaukee, Minneapolis and
Albany, N. Y.
Committed Suicide
The following Monday, Nov. 10
the Steinorenner Rubber Company
check kiting" case will be tried
This case involves S. Homer FEEDER
man, Noblesville, secretary of the
defunct rubber company; Walter W.
Bray, assistant cashier, and New
ton w. Cowgirl, cashier, Of the First
National bank of NooleSville; E. B.
Ayres, president, and E. P. AyreS,
cashier, of the Huntington County
Statae bank of Huntington.
A sixth defendant, Henry c.
Steinbrenner president of the COM
pany, committed suicide at Chicago
a year ago, following his indictment.
Postal inspectors charge Stein
brenner bought the Burdick Rubber
company of Noblesville, by assuming
its liabilities.
They charge he kept the concern
from bankruptcy by ''kiting" checks
through the two banks, through al
understanding with officials of the
banks. They charge the "kiting" re
suited in failure of the banks and
in defrauding the Guardian Ma
tional Bank, Chicago, of a large
sum. Both Indiana banks lost large
sums through the transaction, it is
said.
Charge Altered Titles
The motor theft case involves an
alleged conspiracy in which expen-
sive automobiles stolen in Cleve-
land, Chicago and other cities, were
altered, Indiana certificates of title
obtained and the cars sold to per-
sons in Indianapolis, Terre Haute
and Evansville.
Those under indictment include:
Edward Traugott and Harry Suss-
man, proprietors Of Traugott cloth
ing store, damaged Aug. 26 by a
mysterious explosion; Elmer Suss-
man, cousin of Harry; Wolf Suss-
man, jeweler, father of Harry; ia
cob Wohlfeld, furrier, and his son,
Mortimer; w. Lee Smith, lawyer,
former khan grand dragon; Frank
R. Wolf, vice president of H. P.
WATSON 81 Co.; Michael j. Glenn,
Long Island, N. Y, former Indian
apoliS traffic inspector; Robert F.
McNay, former khan titan; DR.. Fred
v. Binzer, Terre Haute optician;
Bertram Libowitz, salesman, brother
Of Harold Libowitz, who died Of
burns from the Traugott store ex-
p1osion; William ]. Laffey, former
soft drink parlor operator; Mr.. and
Mrs. william M Jones, $500 Win
throp avenue; Ted Baldwin and
Miss Lloyd Harrison, actress, ar
rested at Chicago, and Louis Wyndt,
Chicago engraver.
Five additional defendants have
not been apprehended.
Fourteen Tons of Stamps
The strip stamp case involves an
alleged conspiracy resulting in
flooding the country with counter
felt revenue strip stamps, labels and