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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-10-11
Potato Grower Sets Record
FL Times Special

PN Times Special
FRANKTON, Ind, Oct. H.
Thirty bushels of high grade Rus
sett Rural potatoes is the yield from
quarter Of an acre planted by
CasSius H. Hobbs, Frankton high
school student and a member OF
the Madison County All Club po-
tato division. Certified seed was
used. The record setting spuds will
be entered in the county All club
potato show to be held next month
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-10-11
LITTLE FLOWER SERVICE
FIRST GIVEN IN STATE
Ceremony Honoring st. Therese
Opened Today at Laporte.


Opened Today at Laporte.
Pr Tisnoq cnocfGL
LAPORTE, Ind, Oct. ia three
day iridium honoring st. Therese
Of the Child Jesus, more commonly
known as the Little Flower, opened
at st. Joseph's Catholic church here
today, the first time the Little
Flower ceremony has been given in
Indiana.
The service is one Of series in
celebration Of completing a remodel
ing and decorating program at the
church of which the Rev. A. @.
Van RE is pastor. Several of the
relics Of st. Therese have been sent
here for the iridium from the
American national shrine of the
Little Flower at Chicago.
st. Therese, a Carmelite nun, who
died at the age of "a in France,
is the latest saint canonized by the
Roman Catholic church.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-10-11
Salvation Army Seeks $4,000

P.v Times SpecicI
NEWCASTLE, Ind, Oct. lin
its old plan Of soliciting on streets
and in stores for funds to carry
on its work, the Newcastle Salvation
army post is conducting a special
home service appeal. A goal Of
$4,000 has been set. The fund, with
donations of clothing, and fuel, Is
expected to carry the post through
the winter.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-10-11
Traffic Club to Entertain

~ Times Special
ANDERSON, Ind, Oct. 11.-Om-
Gals of Big Four and Pennsylvania
railroad will be guests of local ship
pers at the annual banquet of the
Anderson Traffic Club here Dec. IL
Fl. E. Steele, local agent for the
Pennsylvania railroad, is president
Of the club.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-10-11
Aged Woman Dies

BIZ Times SpeciGl
PENDLETON, Ind. Oct. 11.-Mrs.
Mary Morrison, "a. is dead at the
home Of her son, Orman Morrison,
officer at the Indiana reformatory.
She was the widow of Isaac w.
Morrison and for many years was
a resident Of Rushville.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-10-11
Bus Kills Two Horses

PH Times Special
ANDERSON, Ind, Oct. ia bus
en- route to Muncie struck and killed
two horses owned by Ross Summers
as the farmer was driving them
across q road TO pasture. The bus
narrowly avoided overturning.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-10-11
Lawmakers Wife Ill

BIZ Times Special
ANDERSON, Ind. Oct. l1.-Mrs
Albert H. Vestal, wife of the Eighth
Indiana district representative IN
congress and whip Of the house, is
recovering at st. Johns hospital
following an operation.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-10-11
PostmistreSs Dies

RN Times S1ectGf
WAWAKA, Ind. Oct. 11.-Mrs.
Mile Earl, 81. postmistress here is
dead. She has been succeeded by
her sister-in-law, Mrs. Ruby
Schwartz
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-10-11
INSURANCE MEN MEET
State Agents Association in Session
at Muncie.

BiU TIMES SDectdI
MUNCIE, Ind, Oct. 1.-THE In
diana Association of Insurance
Agents will close its annual two
day convention here late today with
election of officers and selection OF
the 1880 convention city.
Speakers today Included Clarence
Wysong, indianapolis, state COM
missioner of insurance; George w,
Fishering, Fl. Wayne; Chauncey S.
Miller, indianapolis, E. ]. Schoeheld,
Detroit, and R. P. DeVan, Charles
ton, w. Va.
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~ Times Special
ANDERSON. Ind, Oct. ii.-After
Yielding q generous crop of apples,
. tree Is again in full blossom on
the lawn at the home of Albert
Meicher, 1913 East Tenth street.
The Washington times., 1929-10-10
Father Says She Had Money
That is Still UnGccOunted for

A. A. Hurley, of Chester, s. c..
father of the slain girl, today con
f1rmed in telegram to the man.
aging editor of The Times the ru
NOR that Mrs. Mcpherson had con-
siderable money that had not been
accounted for since her murder.
Mcpherson told me he and his
wife were saving their money end
depositing it in joint bank ac-
count. read the telegram. Mrs.
Mcpherson nursed continuously
after her marriage and my under
standing was that her money was
not being spent. II this Is true.
she should have had considerably
more than $1,000 in cash some.
where"
With the inquiry OF the special
board, named to sift charges of in
efficiency and huneline on the part
OF Inspector shelby and Lieut..
Kelly, in the investigation of the
Staying of Mrs. Mcpherson. halted
until after the trial of Robert, A.
Mcpherson, jr., Federal agents are
continuing to assemble new evi-
dence in the case.
The members of the homicide
squad still cling to their theory of
suicide. despite the fact that the
Grand Jury found that the nurse
had been slain.
Every effort is being made by
agents of the Department of Jus
tice to get at the facts and it is
understood several additional wit.
nesses have heen located. whose
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testimony tends to bear out muir
der theory.
That Virginia Mcpherson was not
the morbid girl, subject to frequent
fits of dependency, that the police
painted her, was borne out. it is
understood by one of her most in
innate friends.
This friend, who was in training
with Mrs. Mcpherson, declared to
Justice agents that her chum was
not inclined to dependency. but
on the contrary looked upon life in
a most philosophical manner.
others, who were more or less
close to the dead nurse, said that
she was of a most happy disposi-
ton and even the frequent clashes
she had had with her husband. wait.
ing trial in the District Jail, did
not seem to dampen her naturally
CHEEKY frame OF mind.
Young Mcpherson, since finding
the body of his wife in their apart
ment on the tragic Saturday morn
ing, has maintained his innocense.
He has thus far been unable to
throw any light upon the mystery
death but stoutly maintains that
his wife was a suicide. He also
insists that Virginia was good
girl and 1 trusted her implicitly"
Despite the efforts Of police and
others to build up a strong suicide
case, thus disposing of the McPher-
son death on the books at head.
quarters, more and more evidence
it is understood is being gathered
to support the murder angle.
The Washington times., 1929-10-10
Strangler Took Sex Volume
To Room to Loan Sweetheart

Craving" for drink and the quarre1
with her drove him to strangle her
he loved her.
He Has No Money
The handsome young insurance
salesman and former medical stu
dent, still has not employed COUNSEL
He has no money, he said, WITH
which to fight the case.
If his action was a reaction to
the Mcpherson murder, he said. he
had not been conscious of it. He
had seen both Robert A. Mcpherson
jr, and his slain wife. but did not
know them.
Asked whether he regretted his
action, he said, "Of course. Anyone
who wouldn't regret a thing like
that would be calloused.
If I had that 48 hours to live
over again. l would be a firm be-
lever in temperance
Dayton, while he said his cell
was hardly" comfortable, said he
had received nothing but kindness
at the hands of Capt. Robert Doyle
Eighth precinct. However, he
seemed annoyed by the various in
sects which crawled about the place
and felt his head frequently, be-
lieving one might have fallen on
him.
He said he and Miss O'DonnelI
were not engaged, but that he had
wished to marry her
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BOB BEAT VIRGINIA.
SISTER CLAIMS

asked IL Virginia didn't smoke Gig
arettes. I replied that she did. With
hint of sarcasm in his voice, 1nspec-
tor Shelby said: From the condition
of the apartment. she must have been
an invererate cigarette smoker.
Il was annoyed, naturally. but
controlled myself and asked. Did
Bob smoke cigarettes?' When he ad-
mitted that he did, l asked if Vir-
ginias smoking was anything
against her. He said, No, but
cigarettes do have an effect on a
persons nervous system
"All this is rela ted so that you
may have an idea of the manner
in which we were treated by the
detectives. In our interview with
Inspector Shelby and Lieut.. Kelly.
Shelby did most of the talking, but
kelly's remarks and attitude were
along the same line. even though
he was not so harsh.
LAS to Nirginia's married life,
she told me herself about her hus-
bands beating her"
The Washington times., 1929-10-10
SERGT COLLINS
WEDS TODAY

Detective Sergeant James G. Col
Inns, assigned to police headquarters,
and the brand new Mrs. Collins
are honeymooning today at an un-
known place, following their mar
riage at $3.50 O'Clock today in St.
Peters Catholic Church, Second and
c Streets Southeast
The wedding took place just
across the street from Providence
Hospital. where. three years ago.
the policeman first met the now
Mrs. Collins. Collins partner. De-
tective Sergeant Patrick O'Brien.
was a patient in the hospital and
Miss Margaret Smith, 80, of the
400 block of Seward So. S. E., was
his nurse.
Collins was a constant visitor at
the bedside of his dying partner,
He came to know Miss Smith real
well' and after the death Of O'Brien
continued his friendship with the
nurse, which eliminated today in the
wedding.
The bridegroom Won his sergeancy
mainly through the capture and con.
Vlct1on OF Philip Jackson colOred. for
criminal attack upon a white
woman. in the Capitol grounds.
jackson was the first man electro
cuted in the District.
Collins is 36 years old and has
lived in the 1000 block of l st. n. E.
but now he has changed his address
to A house in the 6400 block of Sew
enth st. n. w. He is a native of
Ireland
The Washington times., 1929-10-10
NEVER WAS DAYT0N'S
SWEETHEART, CLAIM

had failed to put in her appearance,
Katherine believed that perhaps she
had gone to the home of friend and
did not worry much until sometime
in the forenoon. when she could find
no one who had seen her sister on
Tuesday.
A search of the many places where
her sister might have gone was i'm
mediately made. Miss O'Donnell said,
and at last she came to the CON
clusion that Marjorie had had a
change of feeling toward Dayton
and had married him.
1t was not until the early hours
of yesterday morning that she
learned Of the tragedy from police
of the Eighth precinct.
Marjorie, her sister declared, was
not a girl addicted to liquor except
in very moderate amounts and on
rare occasions. Neither was Dayton
a heavy drinker she said, and ex-
pressed the belief that he was In a
state where he knew nothing.
Katherine said she believed hel
sister must have been lured to che
apartment by Dayton who had told
her his brother or mutual friends
We're stopping there.
A story is also told by DR.. Harry
Kenna Of the Roosevelt pharmacy
who said that late Tuesday after
noon,s O call came from the room
occupied by Dayton and the girl
for two orders of double rich choco
late matted milk and two ham sand
wiches.
Max Swales, colored messenger
at the drugstore, stated that when
he took the order to the Dayton
room the man came to the door anr
flung 1t wide open. The bill came
to so cents and Swales was rendered
a 81 bill with instructions to keep
the change.
Dayton, the man said, was visibly
drunk and attired in dark pajamas.
No one was lying on either bed at
the time. Swales said, but as the
room was darkened he could not see
everything in detail.
Belief was expressed by several
officials that the girl did not meet
her death until sometime Tuesday
afternoon or evening as Dayton ap-
veared to have been intoxicated for
some time and suffering from bad
hangover.
A check-up on rooms adjoining
and in the immediate vicinity of the
Dayton room failed to produce any
one who had heard cries or groans
from the death room.
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to him that she was not feeling
we'll. Ernestine said. but it did no
good.
Department of Justice officials
seemed interested in the informa.
ton, for it was while similarly in
disposed that Mrs Mcpherson came
to her death.
Il gave this Information to In
spector William S. Shelby, former
chief Of the detective bureau, and
Lieut.. Edward Kelly, former head
of the homicide squad, In the pres
ence of my husband" says Mrs.
Blackwelder. "They said that what
told them had no bearing whatso-
ever on the case. as they were not
supposed to fix the moral response
bility for a crime.
They spoke of the McPhersons
as elegant people, giving me the i'm
preston that they were far from
thinking anything like that about
Virginia or her people, and they
The Washington times., 1929-10-10
5.PARENTS NAME
MRS. P. CLARKE

Mrs. Pricilla Clark was elected
president of the Shaw Junior High
School Parent.Teacher Association
last night at the opening fall meet.
ing of the organization held in the
auditorium of the school.
Other officers elected We're A. s
RuCker. secretary, and W. F. Good
loe. treasurer.
Following the election addresses
were made by J. G. Logan. princi-
pal of the school: Garnet G. Wilkin
son, assistant superintendent OF
schools, division 1913, and the Rev.
+. l. A. Bennett, member of the
Board of EduCation.
Nearly 500 parents were present
and at the close of the exercises
they were served lunch in the
school cafeteria. A special feature
Of the menu was that it was nre-
pared by the students of the domes.
tic science classes.
The Washington times., 1929-10-10
Greek Rector to Greet
Russian Singers Here

In memory of an occasion when
the kedroff Quartet of Russian sing.
ers stayed two days over their al.
lotted time in Washington to sing
for the congregation of st. Alexan-
der Greek Catholic Church. the Rev.
Niaschislaw. rector. will be on hand
to welcome them when they return.
The singers will be here for a
concert at Central High School Audi
tOrium on October % under the
auspices of the Community Institute.
The concert will open the third
consecutive season of the Russian
singers in this country. They re-
Gently toured Europe.
The Washington times., 1929-10-10
Death of man. By
Gas Is Another
D. {. Mystery

Deep mystery surrounds the
death early today of a party
known only as Man" in the
kitchen of a second.floor apart
ment In the first block of Fourth
Street, Northeast.
The body was found by Mrs.
w. Coombs, resident of the apart
ment, who awakened shortly be-
fore Z o'clock and who smelled a
strong odor of gas apparently
issuing from the kitchen. The
body was lying on the floor by
the kitchen stove. One jet was
wide open. No notes were found.
Investigation disclosed h t
Man" is a 1.year-old pet Maltese
cat. the property OF Mrs. Coombs.
The Washington times., 1929-10-10
MOTHER KILLS
SON AND SELF

When she committed suicide by
gas late yesterday afternoon, Mrs.
Eleanor Becky, 35, of the $500 block
Fifth St. n. W., also contrived to
end the life of her 4-year.old son
Gordon. preferring. in death, to
keep him with her.
Mrs. Becky, who has threatened
suicide several times. according to
friends, carefully sealed cracks in
the doors and windows of the
kitchen and taking her son in the
room. turned on Jets from the stove.
Her husbad, George, so, returned
home at p. m. and smelled the gas
fumes. His wife was dead, rescue
forces found when they arrived, but
brief spark Of life remained in
the boy. Attempts to revive him
were vain. He died a half hour
later
Mrs. Becky suffered a nervous
breakdown recently. with complica-
tons OF frequent melancholia. She
had been under a PHYSICIANS care
but despaired of regainine her
health, 1T was said. Neighbors said
she had always been exceptionally
fond Of her son.
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SISTER THINKS ODONNELL GIRL WAS LURED TO DEATH RO
CONNIE GIVEN
CREDIT FOR
VICTORIES
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ball has a better grasp of field
.

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ball has a better grasp of field
strategy.
Certainly, If this series, as al. !
legged. has already been won, the
man who has won it is this staid.
dignified elder with the heart Of a
: and a mind that is as agile
"ts in the long
years Connie ack has been identi.
fled with the profession. He has
taken the buffets of the game with
rare patience since last he had a
champion back in 1914. Now, with
the same grace, he is ready to accept
its rewards.
The reward will be neither Garnet
slippers nor chloroform. Connie
Mack's career may be nearing its
end but his life would seem to be
only beginning.
Work For OsIer
AS to that. Chicago might have
been able to give DIR. Oslor few
pointers in this case. If the doctor
nad wished to do anything at all,
Ihicago would have been better salts.
lied today IL he had done something
about Connie Mack at the age Of
sixteen
That might have helped. But to-
day even Chicago is always willing
10 admit that he is beyond help. Its
r1ornsbys and its Cuylers cannot hit
the Athletic pitching; it's pitchers,
Earring Root, have seen unable to
stop the Athletics hitting.
There was no attempt on my part
o draw a deadly parallel at Joe Nc.
Carthy's expense by lauding Connie
Mack. l am inclined to suspect, in
act, that not even Santa Claus could
make the Cubs win the way they
IRE going.
Charley Root might turn out to be
The old man in disguise when he
pitchers the third game against the I
Athletics in Philadelphia tomorrow.
Root would have beaten almost any
man in the world except Ehmke in
the series premiere. Tomorrow. he
will get his chance to repeat and pcLx
haps stake the National League 70
its first series victory since 1926 ana
the Cubs to a white mans chance
for the title
But even should Root win tomoH-
row, Mccarthy has no counter punch
20 offer. Bush was far from good
after he relieved Root on Tuesday
Malone. Blake and Carlson We're
even worse yesterday. Therefore.
with the Athletics ready to come up
with Ehmke, Quinn, Earnshaw.
Grove and Rommel for the remain.
ing games. the Chicago situation is
far from what it might be.
In fact, it was even money that
the three games in Philadelphia
would suffice and that the series
never would see Chicago again-ex-
cept maybe next year.
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which Dayton said he had drained.
Richard A. Wilson, clerk at the
Hotel Roosevelt, identified Dayton as
the man who, under the name of
Burton, registered at the hotel
around midnight Monday.
Lorenzo Jones, an elevator opera
tor at the hotel, told of having gone
to the eighth floor and there meeting
Dayton, who. wild eyed. told him to
call the police, that he had murdered
. his sweetheart.
William w. Bowman, house de.
tective at the hotel, described the
sight that met him when he entered
the room.
He told the jury of seeing the
body of the girl lying on the bed
and of the boy kneeling beside it
lingering a rosary. He said he
: placed the boy in chair and ther
called the Eighth precinct.
DR.. Joseph D. Rogers, deputy
= coroner, was the last witness. He
explained the result of his autopsy
which showed that the young
woman has died from strangulation
The ooroner's jury deliberated less
than 10 minutes.
Her Sisters Story
A story of searching for her sis.
ter, who had left their apartment in
the 1900 block Sixteenth st. N. w.
Monday night, in high spirits to at
tend a dance with an admirer, and
later the crushing news that her
sister was dead at the hands of a
stranger. was told to a Times re-
porter today by Miss Katherine
O'Donnell.
According to the gruesome story
told by Dayton, he and the girl
had quarrelled because she refused
to marry him, and in a fit of
drunken jealous rage he choked her
until she died. Later he said he
attempted suicide, but failed when
the drink he took to steady his
nerves caused him to collapse.
Katherine declared she had known
Dayton c'Dex," as she called him)
since last July, when he first met
Marjorie. Dayton fell madly in love
with the attractive girl. but she fire.
quently became irritated and vexed
at his attentions.
1t was about $50 Monday night
that Dayton called at the home, i'm
maculately attired in evening dress
and ready to take Marjorie to a
dance.
When morning came and the girl
The Washington times., 1929-10-10
Automatic Mail Box
Weighs and Stamps

unstamped letters or cards are
handled automatically in a letter
box made by a Cologne inventor.
The mail is dropped through q
slit and falls on weighing ap-
paratus. a device at the top of the
box registering amount of postage
required. says Popular Mechanics
Magazine.
The sender then places the proper
coins in slots and these bring into
action paid-stamp mechanism
which marks the missive and dumps
it into a cortainer below.
The Washington times., 1929-10-10

Hunched on his cot in his Eighth
, precinct cell. an oVercoat thrown
over his body, Dexter Dayton, 25-
year-old confessed slayer of his
sweethea rt, Marjorie O'Donnell. last
night told the sordid story of
Washington's newest tragedy of
youth. sex and gin.
The light near the cell was dim.
A policeman sat outside the bars,
placed to guard the youthful slayer
and to thwart any attempt at
suicide.
Unshaven, none too clean, and
get retaining more than a sem.
blance of dignity, Dayton discussed
with obvious intelligence Nietzsche,
Freud, Ellis, and other authors of
books on sex. He told how, on
Monday night, when he and Mar
torie O'Donnell, the 23-year-old
writer whom he chopped to marry,
went to the Roosevelt Hotel, where
he etrangled her to death, he took
with him Sex in Civilization" a
much.argued volume on the same
subject.
Youth Had Read 1t
e. "She had wanted to borrow 1t, y
he said, land I took it with me,
with, two pictures 1 had wanted to
give her. We had talked about
the book before, think, and I had
read it through. I thought it
was very good"
I'VE just went up there to talk
things over" he said. Il had taken
the room Monday morning. 1 had
been drinking since Sunday"
He was too intoxicated, he said,
TO remember the letter he is alleged
to have written his mother, but he
has q vague recollection of two
matted milks, said to have been
brought to the room from a drug
store.
He "Saw Red"
"She had a bad cold" he said,
land hadn't had much to drink.
She had a small drink early in the
evening and a larger one later.
down. We had been quarreling
and I Just got furious. 1 saw red"
Dayton said he had been drink.
ing both gin and rye. while Miss
O'Donnell had had only rye, and
na0 INTENDED 10 go nOHle UelOIe
she became Ill.
The principal reason he failed in
his attempt at suicide after the
murder, he said. was that his pis-
toll wouldn't work. He didn't know
why he had brought the gun, ex-
cept that he was drunk when he
got his things together and hap.
pened to pick it up, he said.
Dayton told reporters he had met
Miss O'Donnell about four months
ago at the home of another girl.
He had never been In love with
anyone, but her from the moment
he saw her, and even when his
The Washington times., 1929-10-10
Knights of Columbus
Honor Discovery Dav

Exercises in celebration of Dis.
covery Day will be held by the
knights of Columbus Saturday
morning at 10 o'clock at the Column
bus Monument in front of Union
Station.
A wreath will be placed on the
monument and the ceremonies opened
by the State chaplain. There will
also be an address.
The Washington times., 1929-10-10

have been taken by the President
and the premier, but there is uanai-
nous belief the way has been paved
for perpetual world peace.
mo better achievement could
have been demanded from these i'm.
memorial meetings" comments the
Times, in summing up the joint de
clara ton.
The Washington times., 1929-10-10
Traveller Will Discuss
India Tomorrow Night

Branson DeCou, noted lecturer
and traveller. will give an illustrated
lecture tomorrow night at 815
o'clock at Meridian Mansions, 2400
block of Sixteenth Street N. w. The
subject of DeCou's lecture will be
mysterious India"
The affair is for the benefit of
the Episcopal Home for the Aged,
Wisconsin Avenue n. w.