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New Britain herald., 1929-01-10
NAN slain AS He
ATTEMPTS MURDER
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Wood to the doorway Of his office,
beat him into Inconsistencies. carry
him to an isolated spot and kill him.
They were to leave the body. with
narcotics stuffed in his pockets. SO
police, when they found it, might
think Wood had been killed as tho
result of dope feud.
Police of Detroit. Riverview and
Wyandotte, deputy sherifs. state
police and nevspapermen surround
ed the isolated frame structure
which houses the construction COM
pany offices late yesterday after
noon to await the coming Of the
conspirators.
At 10 o'clock two men creps
through the heavy shrubbery In
front of the office building. One.
Haggerty. hid behind an ornament.
al urn beside the Office door. The
other was Holt. who in accordance
with the plot. stepped to tho door
and called Wood.
Falls Dead
As Wood stepped onto the porch
the concealed man leaped toward
him with lifted blackjack. At the
same instant Wood. who has but
one arm, fired. Haggerty fell dead.
As the shot sounded car, occu-
pied by two men, drove to the walk
leading to the office and its occu-
pants opened fire upon the group
on the porch.
Immediately fusllade Of shots
burst from the shadowy shrubbery
and the car, with windshield shat
tered, sped away.
Mrs Wood was in bed when state
police entered her home. She said
she was i'll with influenza but she
was almost completely dressed ana
the officers took her to the hospital
for examination. Physicians there
permitted her TO be taken to police
headquarters for questioning.
Chain OF Motives
The involved chain of motive.
ascrbed by police to Mrs. Wood was
tangled even more as details OF the
Woods domestic difficulties came TO
lixht. Wood had filed suit for d.
yorce but Tuesday ordered the aul,
withdrawn.
Police said he had settled $50, 900
cash, two large houses and IL other
pieces OF city property on Mrs.
Wood pending outcome OF the d.
vorce action. She was reported to
have demanded more.
Thompson and Pierce told assist :
ant prosecutors they did not know
how much they were to get for the
Job
To ''Slug'' Him
When the plot was first formen.
they said it was decided merely to
slug Wood and carry him to the
country and then rob the office safe,
in which they were assured a large
sum OF money always was KEPT,
This they were to divide. The COM
bination of the safe. they were tolo
was known by Holt,
Pierce said Iaggerty Introduce,
! him to Mrs. Wood and invited him
| to join in the plot. He was told, he
said, that Mrs. Wood wanted some
valuable papers from her husband.
safe and that the men were to &c,
the cash. He said he did not know
| that Wood was to have been killed
as part Of the plot.
Thompson's statement was much
/ like Pierce's.
| Thompson and Pierce We're en-
4 ployed by private police organiza
! ton here. Haggerty was a former
omploye OF the concern. Hasgerts
came here from Toledo severa
years ago and Pierce and Thompson
came here three years ago from
| Kentucky.
New Britain herald., 1929-01-10
DENY OWEN IS EMPLOYED
As pLAlNVILLE MAILMAN
Man Discharged as Nolcott Rcscr-
voir Keeper Not On Carrier
Force Office Insists.

Plainville postal authorities today
refuted the statement of Councilman
Samuel Sablotsky that w. Z. owen.
who lost his position an caretaker
of the Wolcott reservoir in the New
Britain water system. is employed as
4 mall carrier In Plainville. Owen,
who had been collecting $1,000 a
year for his services, was found to
be absent from the job and the sixth
ward councilman explained that his
discharge followed discovery that he
was Q member Of the Plainville mail
carrying force.
New Britain herald., 1929-01-10

Benny Zablocki Of 80 High street,
u no was fined 800 and costs and
to Jail for SIN months on
NOV. 10. 1875. by Judge " D. SAKE
for violations of the motor vehicle
las. has been released from iaiI on
order of Judge SAKE. and placed in
care Of Probation Officer Connolly
for six months TO pay the money
penalty.
New Britain herald., 1929-01-10
Arkansas Sends First
Woman to Washington

Batesyijlc, Ark. Jan. 10 PIDn
The face of early returns the second
ArkanSas congressional district today
apparently had elected the states
first woman representative in con
gress- Mrs Pearl b"dtn Oldfi"id,
widow of Reprcse sentative William \.
Dldfeld, who represented the dis
frirt for 90 wears
New Britain herald., 1929-01-10

toria since 1891. He was. born in
England on March II, 1870. He was
q classical scholar at Cambridge uni
versity and Greek testament prize
man. He became a deacon in 1898
and 4 priest in the following year.
After serving in various English
parishes he was sent to South Africa
in 1906 and later returned to Eng
land. He was appointed president
New Britain herald., 1929-01-10
MOTOR VEHICLE REPORT

The police were notified today Of
the suspension of the operators IL
censes of the follow ing: Jacob Las
kewicz of 1879 Gold street, William
e. Perkins of "a Talcott street, Maui
rice HoNcy of 24l West Main street,
John l.. Schenk of A South High
street, Sebastian Coccomo OF 349
Clinton street.
New Britain herald., 1929-01-10
SIGN WITH GIANTS

New York, Jan. 10 UP)-Chirk
Fullis and Art Veltman. rookie out
felders. have signed their 1929 con
tracts with the New York Giants.
Veltman was bat boy for the Giants
eight years ago when they trained
In San Antonio.
New Britain herald., 1929-01-10
WATER RENTS PAYABLE
Bills Sent Out from City Hall WsFa
Dclinquents Of Power TO Shut On
Service.

Aemi-annual water bills have gone
out from the office of the board Of
water commissioners and those
which remain unpaid at the close Of
the month will be taxed 4 10 Per
cent delinquency penalty. the COM
missioners warn. The department
also exercises the statute right to
shut off the water service in all cases
where the accounts are not met
within 50 days after the first month
Of grace. The owner Of the property.
not the tenant, is billed for the serv.
ice, and failure to receive a state
ment from the Office of the water de-
partment is not considered 4 de-
Tense tor non-payment.
New Britain herald., 1929-01-10
Rev. Harrington Lees
Succumbs In Australia

Melbourne. Australia. Jan. 10 ~
The Most Rev. Harrington Clare
Lees, Anglican archbishop Of Mel
bourne. dropped dead today. He
was IS years old.
DIR. Lees had been archbishop OF
Melbourne and metropolitan OF VIC
New Britain herald., 1929-01-10

More than lh.1HO COWS in CALI
fornia are known to have produced
40 pounds or more Of butterlat each
in one month
New Britain herald., 1929-01-10

OF the MeiLou:hv =. -. -
1872.
His publications. inclr,ss',a "ef,.:s Gil
the life Of Christ and II l.'ul
New Britain herald., 1929-01-10
NURSERY REPORT
BY MISS FEENEY
IvXMVXy0 H3AS u -
Aggre< Attendance During
Past Var Is $685.

In Apfu the new 0rItAlH Doy
nursery moved from = rented house
where 1t was located for several
years into its own home on Winter
Hreet. The new location 10 equally
q central but the neishborhood IL
far more attractive.
The new home Il spacious and
well adapted to the needs Of the
children. 1t includes two large rec
ieation rooms, = dining room.
kitchen, office, isolation room and q
dormitory on the second door with
80 beds. There is also 4 splendid
play yards
After six months In the new quar-
tiers. Miss Irene Feeney. director OF
the nursery. states with conviction
that increased air and sunshine,
brighter furniture and decorations,
more music and more toys have all
been mirrored In sayer spirit
among the children and her stan.
Each year shows new opportunities
and new needs.
The nursery is grateful for and Is
proud of its new building but is re-
minding itself that it must never be.
come an institution in which mass
of the poor" young are htted into a
mould but rather happy free home
in which the little individuals are
learning to grow into different types
of creditable men and women.
Miss Feeney's report for the past
years il ~ follows:
Aggregate attendance ......,3 ,23a
Days opened ........,..... .3-
Number Of families represented ~
Number Of children specially
treated
Number OF children sent TO
hospital ...,..''.'.
Number of children sent to
clinics -
Number of children given
dental care .........'.'''
Children sent to Fresh Air
camp -..'.' -
Infected fingers treated ..... 10
Burns treated .....,......... .
Skin infections treated ...., -
Fitted to used shoes ..,.... ~
Fitted to used clothing ...... o.
Widows supplied with coal 49,,
flick room accessories supplied
Employment found for mothers ~
Widows working .......'..'
Mothers and fathers both work.
ing to pay bills ......... :.
Mothers deserted ..........
Fathers deserted ...........
WidoWerS ..........' ''''''
OrphanS .''''''
The limited space for this report
nreyents the nursery from naming
Individually those who have SO kind
w contributed to the maintenance OF
the nursery, as well az for the pleas
ure Of the children. Special thanks
are due to the Board Of Health, PUB
lie Welfare Association. Boys CLUB
and Chamber Of Commerce.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-10-26
DOCTOR, 70, TO
FACE TRIAL IN
DEATH OF BOY
Grand Jury IndiCtS for First
Degree Murder at
Kokomo.


KOKOMO, Ind, Oct. 26-Dr.
Josiah j. Shrock, 70, Greentown
physician, faces first degree MUIR
der charge as a result of the shoot
ing of Darwin Curless, II, at Green
town the night of Oct. 9. The boy
died In hospital here two days
later. His body was riddled with
shot.
Following return of the murder in
dictment here by the Howard coun-
ty grand jury, Prosecutor Hills said
he desired a trial as early as pos
Sible, and expressed a belief that the
case may be handled during No
vember.
In death bed statement, the boy
said he was not one of a group
which had been throwing stones up
a stairway leading to the doctors
Office, but merely looked up the
stairway, when shotgun was fired.
DR.. Shrock has admitted firing,
declaring he intended ito hurt him
just a little and had shot at the
boys feet" The aged doctor, a
prisoner in the county Jail here, re-
marked on being told the boy died:
well, now, that's too bad"
The accused man is already under
a suspended prison sentence of two
to fourteen years, imposed in How
ard circuit court, when he was con-
victed about one year ago on a
charge of performing an illegal
operation on a 17-year old girl. His
advanced age saved him from serv-
ing the term.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-10-26
Rensselaer, Bank Robber
Defendant to Face
Trial on Nov. d.
BIZ Times Special

BU Times Special
KENILAND, Ind, Oct. 26.-Henry
T. Davidson, charged with COM
plicity in the robbery Of the State
bank of Rensselaer,, Sept. 7, 1923, is
preparing for another bout with the
law-hiS trial in Newton circuit
court here, which is scheduled to
open Monday, Nov. 4.
After one of the most bitter eX-
tradition contests in Indianas his
tory, Davidson was returned from
Oklahoma to Rensselaer, several
months ago. A change of venue was
taken to the court here from Jasper
circuit court at Rensselaer,, and bond
set at $4,000. During most of the
time since being returned to Indiana,
Davidson has been held at his pres
ent place of confinement, the Lake
county jail at Crown Point. 1t was
deemed safer than the Jail here, as
authorities feared there might be an
effort to free the prisoner by persons
alleged to have taken part in the
bank robbery.
Arrested in Oklahoma on a tip
provided by man who said he dis
posed of bonds taken from the bank
at the direction of Davidson, the &C
cused man tried in almost every way
to prevent return to Indiana for
trial. However, Jasper county auth
critics, aided by an assistant in the
Office of Oklahoma's attorney-gen-
eral, finally defeated him and he
waived his right to carry his case
to the Oklahoma court of appeals
after he lost in a habeas corpus pro-
ceeding.
Jesse Schlarbaum. Chicago, al
legged to have had some of the stolen
bonds in his possession, has escaped
clutches of the law at least tempo
rarily. Arrested In Chicago, he pro-
vided $4,000 bond and fled. The
bond was forfeited. No trace Of
Schlarbaum has been found since.
A third defendant, John A. Dun
lap, convicted in the court here, has
filed a motion for new trial on
which a ruling is likely within ten
DAYS
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-10-26
Tragedy,S End
Divorce Case to Be Finale
to Staying of Social
Worker.

PU Times Special
HAMMOND, Ind, Oct. rs. -
4 l. When the divorce case of
Mrs. Harriet SimpkinS against
Fred Simpkins is concluded in
Judge v. S. Rieter's court here
Thursday, the final chapter in
tragedy which cost the life OF
Mrs. Lucille Meyers, social welfare
worker, will have been written.
Simpkins, father of six children,
shot Mrs. Meyers down when she
called at his home in March. 1925,
to seek reasons for the absence
from school of the children. He
fled and no definite trace of him
has ever been found. The wife
and mother had asked Mrs.
Meyers to call, but at the time
was a patient in a hospital.
Rumors have reached the wife
that Simpkins committed suicide
in Delaware and also that he had
gone, abroad.
All ironical angle developed in
the tragedy when the Community
Chest, in the same field of work
as the Staying victim, provided
a comfortable home for the
mother, the oldest of whom is
now IS.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-10-26
MORAL SIDE OF
AB0LISH|NC WAR
GIVEN EMP ASIS
Philosophy Instructor at
Notre Dame Writes
New Book.
BIZ Times Special

BIZ Times Special
NOTRE DAME, Ind, Oct. 3d.
Moral responsibility among nations
must be the basis of world peace,
according to DR.. William Francis
Roemer, Phi. D., a teacher of phi
losophy at the University of Notre
Dame, in his new book, THE Ethical
Basis of International Law"
DR.. Roemler in. the book has I'M
dertaken to discover the soul of
international law" which undoubt-
edly exists despite the fact that in
ternational treaties and agreements
alone seem to limit the horizon of
modern statesmen.
In his resurrection of the soul of
international law" Dr.. Roemer dis
cusses need for neo-scholastic phi
losophy to revive an interest in the
rediscovery of mans human soul
for the enlightenment of those mod
err psychologists who deny mans
spiritual nature.
While the latter school of "beha-
viorists" prefer to profess an in
ability on the part of mans intel
ligence to penetrate beneath the
surface of human behavior, scholas-
tic philosophy retains its medieval
conviction that every man really
possesses an immortal soul, Dr. Roe
mer declares.
Going back to the Roman law,
the canon law, and the early me-
dieval codes In his study Of the
sources of international law, DIR.
Roemer finds that since the treaty
of Westphalia in 1923 it has become
the fashion to obscure the con-
ception of natural law with respect
to relations between nations.
The book will be used In an
elective philosophy course next
year, dealing with international re-
lationships and their ethical basis.
DR.. Roemer has received requests
for copies of his work from nearly
every university in the country,
from the department of state and
the World Court Library in Geneya.
The author is chairman of the his
torical committee of the Catholic
Association for International Peace,
and number of the executive
council of the American Catholic
Association.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-10-26
DEATH DRIVER FREED
Inquest to Follow in Foot Tapping
Auto Tragedy.

L
ANDERSON, IND, Get. 26-James
Brown, Chesterfield, has been re-
leased from the Madison county Jail
here upon recommendation of state
motor police follwing an accidnt
Sunday on the Madison-Delaware
county line, which resulted in the
death of William Scott, 10.
Brown will appear at an inquest
by Coroner Earl Sells of Madison
county.
An automobile in which Brown
and Scott were riding was demol-
ished by a Union Traction Company
car. Witnesses said Brown stopped
the car on approaching the tracks
and that Scott, keeping time with
foot to the rhythm of a har-
monica he was playing. accidentally
pushed down the accelerator and
sent the automobile forward on to
the track. The interurban struck
the car, hurting it several yards and
then hit it again.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-10-26
Fl. WAYNE WOMAN NEW
INDIANA LIBRARY HEAD
State Association Closes Annual
Session at Gary.


GARY, Ind, Oct. 26.-More than
800 delegates to the thirty eighth
annual convention of the Indiana
Librarians Association closed a
three-day meeting here with trip
through Gary works of the Illinois
Steel Company.
The final business session closed
with election of officers for the en-
suing year. Miss Marian Webb of
Fl. Wayne was unanimously elected
president to succeed Frank Whit
more of East Chicago. Miss Clara
RolphS of Gary was elected vice
president. succeeding Miss Florence
P. Crawford of Terre Haute.
Miss Grace Kerr of Indianapolis
was named secretary to succeed Miss
Myrtle Weatherholt of Crawfords-
vile; Miss Carolyn Dunn of Con-
nerSville was reelected treasurer.
william j. Hamilton of Gary was
named delegate of the Indiana asso-
citation, to the American Library AS
Sociation'S general council, and Miss
Ethel Mccullough of Evansville was
named member of the Indiana as
sociation's loan fund committee for
term of three years.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-10-26
CITY'S OLDEST
WOMAN DIES
Mrs. Lydia Thornburgh of
Newcastle Was 81.

BH Times Special
NEWCASTLE, Ind, Oct. Is. -
Funeral services will be held Sun
day afternoon for Mrs Lydia j.
Thornburgh, 81, NewcastIe's oldest
woman, who died here Wednesday
after a short illness.
A native of Union county, the
pioneer became the bride of Hiram
Thornburgh, first white child born
in Newcastle, when she was II years
old. She lived here eighty years,
having come to the city the day
after she was married. At that time
Newcastle had population of 400.
She has voted ever since woman
suffrage went into effect, the last
ballot she cast having been for Her
bert Hoover for President in 1923.
Mrs. Thornburgh leaves four chill
dren, Mrs c. H. Hernley, Miss Ethel
Thornburgh and S. P. Thornburgh
of Newcastle, and DR.. F. L. Thorn
burgh of MiddletoWn.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-10-26
ELECTION BODY
Gets into ROW
Use of Machines Starts
Anderson Dispute.
BN Times Special

BN Times Special
ANDERSON, Ind, Oct. 26.-Inter-
est in the Anderson city election is
now centered on g. controversy
among members of the board of
election commissioners.
Trouble started when Harry Bart :
low, Democratic member of the
board, requested two voting
machines in the large precincts.
Sherman Harlan, Republican
member, opposed the move, saying
the heaviest vote in the history of
the city was cast in the general cleo
ton last November with one
machine to a precinct and without
one complaint being made of a voter
being denied the right of suffrage
because of congestion at polling
places.
Ray Hall, third member of the
board and a candidate for re-elec-
ton as city clerk, has not expressed
an opinion.
Harlan said the first year voting
machines were used in Madison
county two we're set up in one
precinct and resulted in confusion.
Counters on the two machines
showed more votes were cast than
could be accounted for by the cleo
ton clerks, Harlan asserted.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-10-26
PURDUE UNIT
IN new HOME
Department of Gas Engi.
neering Housed.
By Tim eS Special

By Times Special
LAFAYETTE, Ind, Oct. 26.-The
department of gas engineering
which was organized a year ago at
Purdue university, is now housed in
its new quarters in the mechanical
engineering building. The west
wing has been completely remodeled
for the department. Purdue is one
OF two schools in the United States
offering a specific curriculum in
gas engineering. The chemical en-
cheering school has the direction
Of the department.
Professor r. B. Leckie, a gradu-
ate Of GlasgWow Technical College
with managerial experience in
Scotland and six years service in
the United States, heads the de-
partment.
The activities of the department
are in two major divisions, educa-
ton and research. Research activ-
tiles have been confined to work
on gas conversion burners for
house heating boilers carried on in
conjunction with the engineering
experiment station.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-10-26
INJURED FLIER SEEKS
BUYER FOR BALLOON

Argentina's Race Entrant Sends
Call From Terre Haute Hospital.
Ba Times Special
TERRE HAUTE, Ind, Oct. &c.
Lieutenant Eduardo Bradley of the
Argentine flying corps desires to
sell a good balloon used but three
times, he announces from the
Union hospital where he is a pa
tent.
The lieutenant was injured in the
recent James Gordon Bennett in
ternationaI races when his balloon
hit a tree near here. He has been
in the hospital since then.
The flier says his balloon cost
$4,000, but in the United States
would cost $1,000. Letters have been
sent to the government officials and
the Guggenheim Foundation seek
ing a prospective buyer.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-10-26
|. U. PROFESSOR CITES
NEED FOR IL REFORMS
Law Instructor Discusses Steps in
Social Control.
RN Times SDecidJ

EW i fH6S SUcClNG
BLOOMINGTON, Ind, Oct. 26.-
Twelve reforms are needed to de-
velop an adequate scheme of So
cial control, Professor Hugh E.
Willis of the Indiana university
law school declares in an article in
the KiWaniS magazine.
Writing on the subject, "On the
Trail of the Bad Man." Professor
Willis lists the reforms rs follows:
Theory of criminal law should
be made over; civil law simplified
and made uniform; best methods
for obtaining and retaining best
judges should be utilized; lawyers
should be better educated; better
class Of men for all enforcement
officers; all private warfare out
lawed; disarmament of individuals
should be required; courts organ
lied to transact judicial business;
legal procedure should be a means
and not an end; criminals should
not be glorifed; trials by news
papers abolished, and obedience to
law and social interests taught.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-10-26
GIRL ON TRIAL IN
Staying OF LOVER
Temporary Insanity to Be
Defense Plea for PanSy
Funk.

Ru Times Special
SOUTH BEND, Ind, Oct. 90
Fansy Funk, 2o-year-old La Paz girl,
is on trail before a jury in st. Jo-
seph circuit court here charged
with the Staying of her married
lover, Jesse Mater, father of two
children.
Mater was shot down on street
near his home in the summer. The
girl has never denied the Staying,
declaring she acted because Mater
turned her out of the house and
out of his affections for another
woman.
A technical plea of not guilty has
been entered by the defense, which
alleges temporary insanity 1t is
contended in the girls behalf that
she was crazed because Mater
spurned her and by the fact that
she is to become a mother.
After killing her lover, the girl
turned a revolver on herself, and
fired once, suffering a slight wound.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-10-26
CHESTERFIELD'S WATER
DISPUTE GETS AIRING
Public Service Commissioner Hears
Petitions of Both Sides.

En- Times SDecia!
ANDERSON, Ind, Oct. 26.-Com-
missioner Jere West represented the
Indiana public service commission
at a hearing in Madison superior
court here on a petition of the
Chesterfield Water Company to
issue stock to construct water
works and petition of a number of
taxpayers of the town of Chester
field to declare void a franchise the
town board gave the company.
1t was indicated at the close Of
the first day of the hearing that
the commission has no authority to
declare any franchise the board
grants illegal over protest of at
toEneyS for taxpayers who directed
attention to a special statute.
The hearing was commenced in @
building on the Chesterfield camp
grounds and transferred here be-
cause of lack of heating facilities.
Several hundred residents of Chest
ertield attended. Evidence will be
submitted to the entire membership
of the commission before a ruling
is formed.
Suit for injunction against the
water company is pending in SUI
perior court Judge Lawrence V.
Mays is withholding a decision
pending ruling of the commission.