davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Washington times., 1929-12-03

JOSEPH and Florence E. Longo, girl.
John H. and Blanche E. Jessie, boy.
Gilbert G.. and Mae F. Teates, boy.
Annunzlo and Mary Spassro, boy.
Charles and Marian Butler, boy.
William H. and Margaret Brown,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-09-16
Gun Case Dropped

CHARLOTTE, N. c., Sept. 10
Eight labor organizers and textile
strikers arrested Friday night on
charges of disseminating the doc
trines of communism. we're fl eed
today when Judge E. MacCulry
nolle pressed the case without COM
ment.
The eight men were: Peeler
Slythe, John Gibson, Eddie Ritch,
Paul Shepard, George Saul, Dewey
Martin, c. L. Lell, and G. D. Saylor.
Lell and Saylor are two of the
three men kidnapped by mob of
Gastonians Monday night and car
r;ed for a wild ride into the country
where their comrade, Ben Wells, q
British textile worker. was beaten
severely.
The men were arrested at a
boarding house here by a squad Of
city officers who were searching for
LIQUOR. They encountered the men
in the act of unloading firearms and
ammunition from taxi cab.
The prisoners with their guns and
several rounds of ammunition were
brought to the city police station
and placed in custody.
Bond was set in the amount Of
81 900 each and they remained in
jail until late Saturday afternoon
when the international Labor De-
fense provided the necessary cash
for their release.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-09-16
Pantages' Case Prediction
Draws Attention of
Trial Judge.
BIZ United Press

BIZ UHited Press
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 16.-The
Rev. R. P. Shuler, pastor of Trinity
Methodist church, was ordered to-
day to appear in superior court and
explain his charges that the jury
in the murder trial of Mrs. Lois
Pantages will be hung"
The Rev. Shuler's prophecy was
made last night to members of the
congregation of his Trinity Metho-
dist Episcopal church in a sermon
that was broadcast over the radio.
Informed of Shulers prediction,
Superior Judge Carlos Hardy, sit
ting in the Pantages trial, called for
the minister to be in court after the
regular session today.
In the absence of the jury, Shuler
will be asked to explain his state
ment that "the jury in the Mrs.
Pantages case will be hung and I
can name the person who will hang
it."
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-09-16
DEPUTY FACES
drunk CHARGE
Selection of Jury Started in
Petty'S Case.

Selection of criminal court jury
to try Elmer c. Petty, deputy
sheriff, on charges of drunkenness
and operating an automobile while
drunk, started today before Judge
Jamees A. Collins.
Second venire of fifty talesmen
was ordered drawn at noon today
after the first venire was exhausted.
Ten jurors tentatively we're chosen.
While selection of the jury was
expected to take several hours,
thirty two friends and fellow-em-
ployes of Petty waited to testify the
charges are untrue. Request for a
jury trial for Petty was founded on
the political significance Of the
case," Stark said.
A deputy sheriff's car driven by
Petty June 6 struck car driven by
John Stack, Speedway City, at Six
teenth street and Riverside drive,
damaging both. Sheriff George L.
Winkler suspended Petty, following
the accident.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-09-16
Under $1,000 Bonds,
Charged With Firing Into
Strikers Truck.

By UBtted Press
GASTONIA, N. c., Sept. 16.-
After examination of more than
thirty witnesses in which the tragic
story of the killing of Mrs Ella May
Virgins, mother of five children,
during an anti-union demonstration
near here Saturday afternoon, had
been pieced together, seven men
we're held under $1,000 bond today,
charged with the killing
Six of the seven men, employees of
the Manville-Jencks cotton mill,
were identified by witnesses as being
present when the shooting occurred.
They were turned over to the sheriff
with instructions to hold them under
bond.
They were: George Lingerfelt, l..
M. Sossman, viii Lunchford, Low
cry Davis, Theodore Sims, Troy
Jones and F. c. Morrow.
According to testimony given at
an all-day inquest here Sunday Mrs.
Virgins and twenty-one others, all
mill workers and union strikers, were
riding in an open truck en- route to
their homes in BeSsemer City, near
here, when group of anti-unionists
dashed by the truck, caused it to
collide with another car and as the
machines crashed, a shot was fired.
Heard Guns "Pop"
At the moment of the crash J.
D. McLennan testified: II heard
the guns pop just as we hit. A car
pulled opposite the truck and went
on by" 1t is believed the shot that
killed Mrs. Virgins was fired from
this car.
Charlie Schope, who helped carry
Mrs. Virgins to nearby house,
said when Mrs. Virgins "hollered"
he jumped out and, with the aid
Of Roy Carpenter, carried her to a
nearby house. "She breathed sew
eral times and it was quarter of
3 when she made the last gasp, for
I took out my watch to see," he said.
Fled Across Fields
A large man with touSled hair, he
was very nervous as he told of rec
ognizing "a man named Jack Carver
and a Mr.. Sosoma11 come up to the
men that were surrounding the
truck and told them, That's all
right, boys; don't shoot 'em any
more.
Witnesses told of seeing several
strangers who fired upon the flee
ing strikers as they scrambled across
cotton fields.
The coroner's inquest will be re-
sumed Saturday. These men now
under arrest will have to await the
extra regular term of superior court
to be investigated by the grand jury,
which does not convene until
Oct. 20.
In the meantime a private in
vestigation will be conducted BY
county officials in an attempt to
learn the identity of the person
who fired the shot which killed Mrs.
Virgins.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-09-16
PLANE SIGN PLANNED
Adjutant- General to Paint
Roof of Church.

Adjutant- General William G. Ev-
erson today announced he will aid
flying in Indiana by placing a sign
for fliers on the roofof the new $375,-
600 Baptist church at Muncie.
On Sundays the acknowledgement
becomes the Rev. MI. Everson, pas
tor of the church ior the last eight
years.
The sign, in chrome yellow on a
black background, on the Sunday
school building roof, in four-foot
letters, will say First Baptist" and
in ten-foot ones "Muncie." A ten
foot arrow will point north.
The first preacher to become ad-
jutant-general, Everson also is the
first to mark his church for f1iers.
He is learning to fly Indiana Ma
tional Guard planes.
Tuesday he will join the ali-state
flying tour at Richmond, making the
trip by air from Muncie.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-09-16
Is DAYS GOAL
OF FLAM|NG0
FLIGHT PILOTS
FIiers Send Messages to
Ground Crew After
Sixty-TWo Hours.
EVERYTHING is FINE
Pair Sleeps Well; Reports
Planes Motor Is Work
ing Well.

With sixty-two and one-half hours
toward the 420-hour sustained flight
record behind them. Lieutenant
Walter r. Peck and Lawrence Ge-
naro, pilots of the Indianapolis
Flamingo, this afternoon were be-
coming accustomed to the monotony
of their endurance grind.
'We both are getting settled here
in our new apartment and hope to
stay here for the next twenty-five
days or more" Peck write in one
message to the ground crew today.
Genaro and Peck joined this
morning in textending best wishes
to pilots of the Indiana air tour,
which left from Hoosier airport at
10 a. m.
Motor Is Splendid''
Another message early today said:
Everything going fine, motor splen-
did. We both feel great and are de-
termined to get the record. Get
good sleep last night and feel like
new"
At 2:30 p. m. today it was esti-
mated the fliers had gone distance
of more than $500 miles, based on
their own estimate of an average
speed of eighty-flve miles an hour.
Food for the pilots, prepared by
Mrs. Peck and Mrs Genaro, Is sent
to them with gasoline supplies.
Major Muller today issued
statement asking all pilots not to
fly close to the Flamingo.
Sunday afternoon a pilot, whose
identity was not learend, flew so
close to the endurance ship that
Genaro and Peck feared collision.
Crowd Fills Airport
A large crowd taxed the capacity
of the airport and lined roads sur
rounding the field today and wit
messed the numerous contacts made
during the day with refueling planes.
Both the Douglass biplane and the
Travelair monoplane are being used
for refueling.
During one contact Sunday, when
signals became confused, the crowd
saw the gasoline spray in a smoke
like stream from the hose before 1t
could be placed in the Flamingo's
tanks, about thirty-five gallons be-
ing spilled.
A third plane often is seen with
the endurance and refueling planes
and has attracted attention as 1t
swoops within few yards of the
two ships. The plane is that of
Zinna's Aerial Survey Company, 1872
East Maryland street. Photogra-
pliers succeeded in obtaining re-
markable pictures Sunday that are
to be used exclusively in The Times.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-09-16
PRESIDENT OF LOCK
CORPORATION is DEAD
Funeral Services to Be Held Tuesday
for Leo Kahn.

Funeral Services to Be Held Tuesday
for Leo Kahn.
Funeral services for Leo Kahn,
As years old, president of the Ameri-
can Sanitary Lock Corporation, who
died Saturday night, will be held
at Tuesday at the Flanner &
Buchanan mortuary.
The Rev. Morris M. Feuerlicht,
rabbi of the Indianapolis Hebrew
Congregation Temple, will conduct
services. The body will be crenated.
Mr.. Kahn was born June 18, 1884,
in indianapolis. In 1927 Mr.. Kahn
suffered relapse after an influenza
attack, and since September, 1928,
had been i'll.
He was a member of the Chamber
of Commerce, Masonic order and
Elks lodge. Indianapolis Athletic
Club and F'riars Club Of New York.
Surviving him are the widow, Mrs.
Bertha Kahn, and three sisters, Mrs
L. Wolf and Mrs. E. Kahn Of Gin
cinnati, and Mrs. S. Fox of Indian
apolis.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-09-16
$4,000 LOSE VOTES
BombshelI Is Dropped in
Pittsburgh Primary.

BIZ United Press
PITTSBURGH, Sept. 16.-Pros-
pective voters, estimated as high as
$4,000 in number, will not cast
their votes in the bitter Republican
primary election here Tuesday as a
result of a ruling by judges in COM
mon pleas court today which de-
clared that twenty-six extra assess
ment books were null and void.
The decision came as the most
sensational bombshell so far explod-
ed in the turbulent campaign.
The official decision which fol-
lowed the challenge by the
Allegheny county bar association,
declared the assessed names null
and void for the collection Of taxes
or for any other purpose"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-09-16
CITY BENEFITS
IN SPEED WAR
OF RAILROADS
Pennsy, Big Four Revised
Schedules to Afford
Faster Service.
FORMER ADDS 5 FLIERS
Counter Move Is Slash of
Hours From Running
Time to Seaboard.
FORMER ADDS 5 FLIERS

Faster and more frequent railroad
service, virtually affecting Indian
apolis, today appeared the result OF
a speed war" indicated in schedule
revision announcements by two
leading railroads connecting the
middle west and the eastern sea-
board.
The Pennsylvania railroad, whose
Broadway Limited's twenty-hour
schedule between Chicago and New
York City equals the fastest steam
transportation between those cities,
will add five other express trains
plving that distance on even terms
with it's crack f1ier.
:. 19-Hour Service Given
The Big Four railroad, which last
week announced a 100000 i'm
.provement expenditure, will cut
hours from several of its best trains,
running from indianapolis to New
York in nineteen hours, it was said.
It's reduction in hours between
terminal points will include faster
train service from Indianapolis tG
Detroit, Big Four officials said, with
a nine-hour night train and a
seven-hour day train to Toledo and
nearby points. Two and one-half-
hour service between this city and
Cincinnati also is announced.
Made General Agent
A. C. Thompson, formerly of the
indianapolis passenger department
of the Big Route route, is general
passenger agent of the Rutland
railroad, one of the New York Cen
trail lines, the new schedules an
nounced.
Between Chicago and New York
the Pennsylvania's Broadway
Limited will be flagship to the fol-
lowing twenty-hour trains: The
Pennsylvania Limited, Manhattan
Limited, the Red knight, the Fast
Mail. the Golden Arrow, the Rain
bow and the Gotham Limited.
"The fleet will establish virtually
commuter service between the two
cities" H. E. Newcomet, vice-presi-
dent of the western region OF the
Pennsylvania, declared.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-09-16
INJURIES CAUSE
DEATH OF MAN
James Henderson Fatally
Hurt by Automobile.

Struck ty a car driven by Martin
Steed, 10, of Oquawka, Ill, as he
crossed the intersection of Ritter
avenue and Washington streets,
early today, James Henderson, %,
of 5615 East Washington street, died
an hour later at the Methodist
hospital.
Steed was arrested on charges of
speeding, reckless driving and as
sault and battery.
Henderson suffered fatal injuries
when Steed's car, travelling west,
knocking him to the pavement.
After striking Henderson the car
skidded into an east-bound auto
driven by John Strickland, North
Vernon
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-09-16
Defense Will Admit Earl
Peacox Shot and Burned
Young Wife.
ACCIDENT IS CLAIMED
Woman Pointed Gun and
Was Shot in Struggle,
to Be Alleged.
zone Page One, Second Scction)
BY JULIUS FRANDSEN
United Press stan Correspondent

WHITE PLAINS, N. Y, Sept. Is.
Earl Francis Peacox, a dapper
young man dressed in immaculate
style, strolled into court nonchal-
antly today to defend himself of a
charge Of numbering his young wife,
Dorothy HeinZelman PeacoX.
The imperturbability which Pea
cox showed when he was arrested
after his wife's body had been found
burned April %, remained with the
youthful radio salesman today. His
manner was almost scornful as he
sat down at the defense table and
started comforting with his chief
counsel.
His natty gray suit, black tie, pol
ished black shoes and Spotless white
shirt contrasted vividly with the
almost shabby black clothing his
mother, Mrs. Catherine PeacoX,
wore. She seemed far more nervous
at the impending events than did
PeacoX.
Accident Is Claimed
Sidney A. Syme, defense attorney,
will attempt to prove Peacox was
a victim of repressions, jealousies
and wounded pride; that his wife,
Dorothy, was friendly with other
young men, and that he invited her
to his apartment.
Then, according to the defense
contention, Dorothy Peacox re-
marked. this is the same old
dump" and pointed to a revolver
at her husband. In the resultant
struggle for the weapon, Syme will
say Mrs. PeacoX was killed by acei-
dent.
If, by such tactics, Syme can con-
vince the jury there was no pre-
meditation. even though there might
have been intention to kill. the find
ing must be second-degree murder
or less, and Peacox will escape the
chair.
1--WE admit that he killed this
woman" Symes said in court today.
I'VE are going to admit that, after
the killing of Dorothy Peacox, Pea
cox carried her dead body out of
MS dpdI lIIlSIlJ dllu ISlG ~ III q 'OAACAS
woods in Greenburgh.
I'VE admit the body was left in
Greenburgh on April % and that
Peacox returned to the body April
q. He poured kerosene on the
body and then set it on fire so 1t
was burned badly"
Six of the first seven taleSmen
we're excused because they said the
circumstances admitted would pref
udice their decisions.
Selection of a jury was expected
to require two days and it was be-
lieved two weeks would be required
to complete the case. District At
torney Frank H. Coyne has indi-
Gated he will ask for the death PEN
atty. employing a confession said to
have been made by Peacox last
April.
Coyne will insist Peacox premedi-
tated the crime. that he deliberately
invited her to his apartment in Mt
Vernon the night of April %, suf-
focated and choked her with his
hands and a towel, carried her limp
form to his car and threw 1t along
tho roadside
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-09-16
BOY FINDS CORPSE
Son, 6, Discovers Mother
StrangIed With TWine.

BIZ United Press
NEW YORK, Sept. 16.-Joseph
Barbetto was arrested today in con-
nection with the death of Mrs. Ju-
liza Quintieri, a murder discovered
by the womans 6-year-old son
Charles.
The little boy awakened and went
to work Sunday at his job of shin
ing shoes in one OF the public
squares. His face was sad and some
one asked him the reason:
Mother was killed by a man."
Police investigated and found the
woman dead at her home, with four
strands of butchers twine wrapped
tightly around her throat. Barbetto,
police said, had been annoying the
24-year-old woman recently.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-09-16
NOTED WRITER DIES
Jesse Lynch Williams Vic
tim of Heart Attack.

Bg United Press
HERKIMER, N. Y, Sept. 16.-Jesse
Lynch Williams, So, former presi-
dent of the Authors League of
America and winner of the 1918 Pu-
liter prize for his play, why
Marry?" is dead here.
He was stricken with a heart at
tack late Saturday night at the
home of a friend, William Douglas
Robinson.
Williams was born in Sterling, Ill.
His first successful writings dealt
with Princeton university, of which
he was a graduate.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-09-16
Jumps the Gun

BIZ United Press
STERLING, Mass, Sept. 16.
-Despondent because of fail
ing health, George L. Bean, so,
retired merchant, wrote two
farewell notes and then lay in
bed with a loaded revolver in
his hand, prepared to commit
suicide.
A few hours later his wife
found him there, dead. But the
gun in his hand had not been
discharged.
The medical examiners re-
port showed he died of a heart
attack.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-09-16
NAB is FOR GAMBLING

Prosecutors Squad Raids PoolroOms
Alleged Running Slot Machines.
Affidavits charging sixteen men
with gambling were filed in criminal
court today by Prosecutor Judson
L. Stark.
The charges resulted from two
raids by attaches Of Stark's officS
at poolrooms at $50 and 230 East
Wabash street, where slot machines
are said to have paid money,
Defendants will face trial next
month before Criminal Judge James
A. Collins.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-09-16
SEVEN HELD FOR DEATH
OF WOMAN AT GASTONIA
DURING ANTI-UNION RIOT
Good Old Days

BIZ United Press
HUTCHINSON, Kan. Sept.
16.-The old family album is
women,s best defense against
critics of modern dress, Mrs.
Ruth Bryan Owen believes.
II defy any one to look at
pictures Of the girls of the COS
and keep straight face" the
Florida congresswoman de-
clared.
Mrs. Owen spoke at the Kan
sas state fair. She discussed
women in politics, declaring
Uncle Sam would be better off
with a wife who could do a
better job Of housecleaning and
manage a few economies.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-09-16
TAX TRIALS VENUED

Horizontal Increase Cases Go 10
Court at Greenfield.
Suits Of $1,000 county residents to.
recover taxes collected under the
1919 to 1921 horizontal increases will
be tried in the Hancock circuit court
at Greenfield, Superior Judge
James NJ. Leathers said today after
he heard evidence in petition By
county commissioners for a venue
change.
The petition was fled before
Leathers last week, and was based
on contention of commissioners that
Leathers was "prejudiced against
the defendants"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-09-16
is HURT AS SEWER GAS
EXPLOSION ROCKS CITY

shop, was the most seriously in
jured. He was blown from the front
of his shop into an automobile
standing nearby.
AS soon as excitement had sub
sided, workers started digging in
the debris of the Green store to
learn if any persons had been
caught in the wreckage. Up to
mid-afternoon no bodies had been
discovered and the hospitals re-
ported they had heard Of no deaths.
Firemen from adjoining cities re-
sponded to calls and they held the
fire to the Meyer Millinery store.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-09-16
MOB MENACES FIVE MEN
ACCUSED IN GIRLS DEATH

knocked down. Her condition was
critical today.
The five prisoners we're removed
to another jail Sunday when towns
people and students gathered about
the jail and shouted threats.
A university student driving the
other car with whom the Negroes
were racing was arrested, but later
released. The driver OF the auto
mobile which struck Miss Blood
worth was a Negro known to police
only as Nine Fire."
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-09-16
FORM UTILITIES co,
Inland Corporation viii
Control Franchises.

Articles of Incorporation have
been filed with the secretary of state
by the Inland Utilities Corporation,
which will acquire, own, hold, assign
and transfer franchises and con-
tracts 70 rthe supplying of water to
cities and towns.
Capitalization is fixed at 1000
shares no par value.
The corporation will be inactive
for some time, A. v. Clifford, In
dianapolis attorney and incorpora-
tor. said today. Other incorporators
are: F. E. Matson and T. G. Bless
ing.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-09-16

BIZ United Press
UNIVERSITY, Miss, Sept, 16.-
Fearing mob violence, authorities
today placed extra guards over five
men, two of them Negroes, charged
with the killing of Blanche Blood
worth, %. University Of Mississippi
senior.
Miss Bloodwortt was struck by an
automobile IN which the men were
racing with another car and was
thrown from q bridge. Annie Lee
Crawford, a, walking with her, was
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-09-16
PLAN SPEEDWAY ROAD
Motor Line Above Detroit Pontiac
Tracks Assured.

BD GHtted Pre8s
DETROIT, Sept. 16.-Plans for
erection of motor speedway, ele-
vated forty feet bove the rails, be-
tween Detroit and Pontiac, have
been announced here by c. @. Bow
ker, general manager Of the Grand
Trunk Western lines, as feature Of
the 100000 900 development project
providing for identification Of the
Grand Trunk lines between Detroit
and Pontias, a distance of twenty
six miles.
The erection Of modern terminal
station and office building also Is
planned. Bowker announced.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-09-16
CALLED ON
HUNG JURY CHARGE
Tables Turned
By United Press

By United Press
WILMINGTON, Del, Sept.
16.-Two young women were
sought by police here today at
request of Hugh Martin, 25,
who says he was picked up by
the pair, driven to a lonely
woods near Arden, beaten,
stripped of his clothing-except
his socks-and forced to walk
home.
Doctors took five stitches in
Martins scalp, where the Am
azons hit him with an auto
wrench, according to the vic
TINS tale.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-09-16
DUNES PARK SHELTER
CONTRACT AWARD UP
Building VIII Be Completed for
Opening Next Summer.

State conservation commissioners
were to let a contract today for a
permanent service building at Dunes
state park. Teh building is to be
completed prior to the park open
in gnext summer, Director Richard
Lieber of the department an
nounced.
1t will be located on Waverley
beach in front of the automobile
parking area. The second floor will
serve temporarily for a bath house.
The lower floor will be occupied by a
cafeteria
The building will be protected by
a twelve foot sea wall. Total i'm
provements at the Dunes this year
are estimated to cost approximately
$4,000.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-09-16

BY United Press
NEWBURGH, N. Y. Sept. 16.-
Two severe explosions, believed to
have come from gas collecting In
sewers. ripped two blocks OF the
business section today and caused
injury to fifteen persons.
Only one of those injured is con-
si6ered serious. Fifty buildings were
damaged. Plate glass windows were
blown out and store supplies Jared
to the floor. In some cases persons
reported they were blown out Of the
front of the buildings.
William S. Green. owner Of book