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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-02-08
NORTHCOTT IS
FOUND GUILTY.:
FACES MOOSE
Death Sentence Will Be
Pronounced Monday;
Plans Appeal.
REACH VERDICT QUICKLY
Jury Takes Only Two Bal
lots; Condemned Man
Is Calm.
REACH VERDICT QUICKLY
Bg United Press

BU UHiteG Press
RIVERSIDE, Cal, Feb. 8.-Gordon
Stewart Northcott, youthful Wine
vile chicken rancher, seemed un-
perturbed by an inevitable death
sentence tocay as he lounged in his
county Jail cell, convicted of slay-
ing three young boys on his ranch.
He maintained the same outward
calm that marked his court appear
ance Thursday night when he heard
a jury report that he was guilty of
first degree murder, with no recon-
mendation for mercy.
The 22-year- -old Canadian will re-
turn to Superior Judge George r.
Freeman's court Monday morning to
hear himself condemned to die on
the gallowS. With no recommended
ton by the jury the pronouncement
Of the death penalty is automatic.
Under the California law the SEN
tence can not be carried out before
ninety days and in that time, North
colt indicated, he would appeal.
In his testimony, Northcctt de-
clared that he did not kill the boys
for whose death he was convicted
Lewis and Nelson Winslow and an
unidentified Mexican.
Only two ballots we're required to
reach the hanging verdict. The first
was unanimous for conviction, but
the jurors argued for several min
utes before deciding definitely not to
include a recommendation for
mercy. The second ballot was
unanimous for the death penalty.
The jury deliberated two hours.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-02-08
CONDEMNED TO DIE,
BUT NO EXECUTIONER
First Death Sentence in 100 Years
Puts Virgin Islands in Quandary.

First Death Sentence in 100 Years
Puts Virgin Islands in Quandary.
BR United :reSs
ST. THOMAS, Virgin Islands,
Feb. 8.-The Virgin Islands of the
United States, confronted for the
first time in more than one hundred
years with a capital punishment
sentence, faces a problem in finding
an executioner.
The sheriff, a native of Saint
Croix, announced today that he will
decline to carry out the sentence
which was imposed upon Joseph
Brafdth, West Indian Negro, by
Chief Justice George Washington
Williams of Baltimore, Md, who
presides over the islands district
court.
The doomed man was convicted OF
stabbing to death Peter King, an
other Negro, in a quarrel over a
woman. The execution is slated for
March 90.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-02-08
TAMPERINC With
BILLS CHARGED
Senator Charges Figures in
Draft Changed.

Charging that deliberate changes
had been made in a house bill in
the senate engrossing room, Sena-
tor Winfield Miller, Indianapolis,
unloosed a storm Of protest against
the "inef1ciency" Of the present
system of engrosSment.
All senators taking the floor and
Lieutenant Governor Edgar D.
Bush, agreed that numerous errors
are made in engrossment. Senator
Joseph M. Cravens, Madison, Dem
ocratic floor leader, charged that all
errors there are mot accidental"
and suggested appointing a watch
man from the state board of ac-
counts.
The suggestion was received with
favor by Bush, but later he brought
the matter again to the senator's at
tention and debate closed with ad-
monishing the committee on en-
rolled bills to be more careful,
particularly with amendments.
Edward H. Abernathy, engrossing
clerk, appeared with several amend
ments written by senator's which he
said were samples of how impos-
Sible it is to read them accurately.
Typewriting of amendments was
suggested.
But Miller insisted that the
change in House Bill 81, was on a
typewriter amendment and some
figures had been put in with pencil,
changing the ones rightfully there.
The senators voted to recall the
bill, which provides for county COM
miSSionerS to create and maintain
county hospitals.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-02-08
CLIPPETY-COPWEGO
POHcen1an,S Lot Not Happy One

THE emergency bell changed at
L. police headquarters. A wild
scramble for coats, gloves and
hats, and the fast wagon" loaded
with police, sped away.
Slippery, periIous streets slowed
the high-powered car. A minor
downtown traffic tangle hindered
progress.
It was plenty tough" morning
for run.
At Washington street and the
Belt Railroad crossing the car
was halted by a sizeable traffic
jam, caused by a switching freight
trains For eight minutes they
waited. The air was blue.
The crossing was cleared at
last, and the car sped on to its
destination, grocery at Sc South
Holmes avenue, where a holdup
had been reported in progress.
Arriving at last, the officers
dashed into the store.
They were greeted by G. E. Sand
born, the proprietor.
Its all a mistake" he smiled.
my wife heard a commotion in
the store and called you, think
ing it was a hold-up. The oil
man just hollered a little loud
when he came in and we had a
friendly tusSle"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-02-08
SCORES
COST OF BAIL
Release on Drunk Count Is
Costly.

Methods by which professional
bondsmen and attorneys assess per-
sons, charged with intoXication, $40
and $50 to secure their release from
Jail on 500 bonds were scored in
municipal court today by Judge
Clifton R. Cameron.
The judge asked H. A. Nelson, 81,
owner of farm near Crothersville
who was arrested on a drunk charge
when Motor Policeman Clarence
Griffin took him from taXicab in
front of police headquarters Jan. 81,
if he was one of the unfortunate
victims forced to pay an exorbitant
fee to a bondsman to get, out of
Jail. Nelson said, he paid $25.
His attorney, Paul Scharffin, pro-
tested that the $25 was his attor-
ney's fee in the case and that Nelson
had been charged nothing for the
bond.
Police records showed that Don
aid Underwood, professional bonds
man, II South Alabama street, pro-
vided Nelson's bond.
Judge Cameron continued indefl-
nitely the charge against Nelson
and said nothing further about the
bond situation but later when B. E.
Rathermill failed to- appear in court
to answer a charge of failure to
have 1929 license plate, he imme-
diately forfeited the i25 Underwood
had posted as Rathermill's bond.
Rathermill failed to appear in
court last week to answer the charge
and was rearrested Thursday. Re-
leased on Underwood's bond, he
again failed to appear in court to-
day. Cameron ordered him rear
rested again.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-02-08
SERVES IS TERMS
Man Is Sent to State Farm
for Sixteenth Time.

James Lanahan., 45, who gave his
address as 1920 East Vermont street,
was sentenced to the Indiana state
farm for the sixteenth time since
1924 by Municipal Judge Clifton R.
Cameron, today.
Lanahan told the judge he has
been to the farm fifteen times in a
plea to escape another sentenc.
"I won't squawk. None of your
damn business" the officer who ar
rested Lanahan as he was lying in
a West Washington street poolroom
with blood over his face said Lana
han replied when he asked what
had happened.
Lanahan was fined $25 and sem
fenced to serve sixty days.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-02-08
STATUTE OF
LIMITATIONS
CHANGE VOTED
State Senate Passes Bill
Extending Time to
Five Years.
JACKS0N'S CASE CITED
Alteration Not Justified,
Plead Opponents of
Measure.
JACKS0N'S CASE CITED

Although opponents of the meas
ure pleaded against raising the time
limit of the statute of limitations
from two to five years, lust because
an Ex-Governor used the statute to
escape conviction" the bill passed
the senate today by vote of 20
to 10.
Reference was to the trial of for
mer Governor Ed Jackson, who
pleaded the statute of limitations a
year ago to the bribery conspiracy
charge against him.
Jackson, according to testimony at
the trial, when secretary of state,
offered Governor Warren T. McCray
$4,000 and a promise of immunity
in Marion county courts if he would
appoint James E. Mcdonald Marion
county prosecutor.
Jackson pleaded he was immune
from prosecution because more than
two years had passed since the al
legged bribe attempt.
Extended to Five Years
The bill passed today by the SEN
ate extends to five years the time
within which prosecution may De
started.
Senator Ralph Adams, ShelbyvilIe,
declared that he had no particular
case in mind when he introduced
the measure, but he saw no reason
for not extending the five-year
limit to all felonies, since it already
is five years on some felonies.
Senator William F. Hodges, Gary,
asserted that prisons are already
full and there was no need to ex-
tend the time limit because some
official probably had taken advan-
tage of it and there was a popular
outcry for change"
"The fact that an Ex-Governor
pleaded the statute of limitations
for defense does not warrant chang
ing it," Senator Carl M. Gray, Pc
terSburg, declared. why, that was
the first time 1 ever heard of its
being used in that manner in a
criminal case, and I know of its use
only once in my practice in civil
case"
Holmes FavOrs Passage
Senator G. Oliver Holmes, speak
ing in favor of passage, said that
under the present organization of
the board of accounts the force is
so limited that it takes years before
certain governmental unit books
are checked.
BY that time, if error is disclosed,
the statute of limitations applies
and "the skalliwags escape punish
ment, often with thousands of dol
lars shortage he asserted.
Voting 81 to 5, the senate passed
the Gray bill permitting the state
to comment on refusal of defend
ant to take the witness stand in
criminal cases. Another of Sem
ator Carl M. Gray'S bills, authoriz-
Ing sale of coal land held in trust
by life tenant with remainder-men
in some other person, passed the
senate, 81 to /.
The senate, with its calendar
cleared. adjourned at noon, to re-
convene Monday at 2 p. m.
Free textbooks, a court. Of crim-
inal appeals, state use only for
prison-made goods and easier di-
vorce rules were among the aims
sought in bills introduced in the
senate today.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-02-08
"TIMME a pint"
" Just a minute and I'll


" Just a minute and I'll
fix you right up"
The customer who hfad knocked
on the door of a house at 2020
West Maryland street, waxed
conversational.
Gee. you sure must be doin' a
lot of cookin'. I can smell alky a
block away"
Come on in," said the host.
"I'll show you have we make it."
The customer entered to learn
his host was not Barney Rappold,
owner of the house, but Sergeant
Loren Troutman, who with a
squad of police raiders had entered
the home and decided to await the
return of the family.
Tired of waiting at last, the
raiders dismantled a large still
and started to empty a quantity
of mash into a bath tub.
The customer, railroad worker
who was attired in overalls and
rubber boots, volunteered to han
die the mash. "You fellows would
get your uniforms dirty" he ex-
planned. He was not held.
Rappold, a switchman, was ar
rested later after a chase of sew
eraI blocks, and~held on a charge
of manufacture and possession of
liquor.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-02-08
COUNTY PROBE
IN WILD BANK
CASE ORDERED
Second Quiz to Be Started
in Condition at Time
of Closing.
S0LVENCY is ISSUE
Hope to Settle Conflicting
Reports of Examiners
by Inquiry.

Investigation OF the financial con-
dition of the J. F. Wild 81 Co. state
bank, when its doors were closed
by state banking examiners about
two years ago, will be reopened by
county authorities within the next
few days, it was reported today.
Homer Elliott, former federal
district attorney, is to be appointed
special deputy prosecutor to carry
on the second probe into the banks
failure, it was said. He will begin
an immediate personal investigation
and later submit the facts he OBJ
tains to the county grand jury for
consideration.
SOlvency Is Issue
The main point in the quiz will
be to determine whether the bank
actually was insolvent when it was
closed in July, 1927. On the ques-
ton OF possible solvency, IL is known,
will hang the results of the criminal
investigation. Two firms of ac-
countants were in charge of tabula-
ton of the banks books, and ac-
cording to evidence given in court
cases, growing out of the banks
failure, one of the firms declared
the bank insolvent while the other
disputed this statement.
Prosecutor Judson L. Stark de-
clined to comment on possible
moves relative to reopening the in
vestigation.
An indictment, charging bank
embezzlement, returned by pre-
vious grand jury named John F.
Wild, j. Craig Fisher, w. H. Nc
Nary and Otto P. Kern, officers of
the bank, as defendants. A motion
to uuash this indictment was SuS-
tanned several weeks ago by Grim
inal Judge James A. Collins.
The true bill alleged that officers
of the bank continued to accept
money from depoSitors when they
were aware of the alleged insolvent
condition of the institution.
Richard L. Lowther, receiver for
the bank, has returned 67.5 per cent
IN per cent dividend lots to de-
positors. It is reported that several
other payments are planned as soon
as properties of the bank in Indian
apoliS and Florida are sold.
Realty Company Sold
Ruling on a suit by Lowther to
sell as assets 100000 worth of "ac-
commodation notes" given the bank
by Frank M. Millikan. the late Rob-
ert. 1. Todd and the late John j..
Appel, now is awaited. Superior
Judge Linn n. Hay is exected to
give his decision in the case soon.
Lowther also is trying to collect
$4,000 from shareholders and the
assets of the Elevator Realty Com
pany in a suit before Superior Judge
William 0. Dunlavy. The realty
company, a subsidiary of the bank,
was '1eeching" the bank for money
to operate and pay stock dividends,
it is alleged.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-02-08
VOTE $4,000 TO STUDY
OF SALES TAX METHODS
Bill Sent to House After Passage
in Senate.

Bill Sent to House After Passage
in Senate.
Indiana senators have voted
$40, 900 for creation of a commission
to be appointed by the Governor to
stL.Sy sales taxes and report a plan
for such a levy to the 1881 legis-
lature.
The bill passed the senate Thurs
day and has been sent to the house.
A tax refunding measure, which
state tax board members declare
would provide for refunds for ten
years back and cause repayments OF
s10OO0,000 throughout the state
and S8,000,0 900 in Marion county, was
introduced by Senator Sumner
Clancy, indianapolis. He declared
that he had not understood the
measure and would offer an amend
ment limiting refunds to five years.
The Beeson bill making Armistice
day a legal holiday also was passed
at the afternoon session.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-02-08
MERCURY TO DROP
Temperature Tonight viii
Be is Above Zero.

The fifteen-degree temperature
drop predicted for Indianapolis last
night probably will arrive tonight,
United States weather bureau Off
cials said today.
A drop to a temperature of IS
above zero is predicted tonight with
the temperature Saturday ranging
is to 20 degrees below today's mark.
There was 1.3 inch of snow on
the ground here at z a. M, accord
ing to the weather bureau record.
Occasional snow is likely tonight
and Saturday.
Miles City, Mont, and Sheridan,
Wyo., reported the lowest tempera-
ture in the country, 28 degrees be-
low zero.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-02-08

in line with the organizations stand
on the literal translation of the BIZ
BILE and its opposition to modernists.
1T is question of put up or shut
up" he declared. We are calling
the bluff of the atheists and the
modernists.
THE naticn has been flooded re-
Gently with pro. oaganda containing
general stalsmelsts attempting to
disprove the BSbe. Generalities and
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-02-08
DOOMED SLAYER ASKS TO
WE'D VICTIMS DAUGHTER

Alice Fontaine, his landlady, after
he had coaxed her life savings from
her. He now has asked Sir William
Joynson- Hicks. British home secre-
tary. to allow him to marry the girl
before he is hanged.
Clarke boasted Of his philander-
ings and said he hypnotized women
into providing him with money.
Miss Fontaine declined to, COM
ment on the marriage proposal.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-02-08
PAY QUEEN TRIBUTE

Madrid Citizens Throng Streets at
Funeral of Noblewoman.
BIZ United Press
MADRID, Feb. 8.-Madrid citizens
thronged to the grounds of the royal
palace today to pay final tribute
to Queen Mother Marie Christina
as her body was borne to the royal
rnausoleum at Escorial.
The University of Madrid and all
city schools were closed for the day,
to allow students to see the funeral
procession as it moved through Ma
drid streets.
Many floral offerings arrived at
the palace.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-02-08
ARMY TO HEAR BOOTH

Salvation High Council Will Meet
Next Wednesday.
Ry United Press
LONDON, Feb. 8.-The Salvation
Army high council announced today
that it had met this morning and
adjourned until next Wednesday,
when it will meet in Sunbury Court
and hear General w. Bramwell
Booths lawyer. The court, in
Booths injunction proceedings
against the councils removing him
as commander-in-chief of the army,
ordered the high council to give
Booth due hearing.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-02-08
BOY AIDS COUNTERFEITER
MULCT FIRMS or $500

Levinson hat shop, at Illinois and
Market streets, where he attempted
to pass a $40 bill which had been
raised from $5.
Telling police he had met the man
last Wednesday and did not know
his name or address, they boy said
he had passed several of the bills in
the last thre days.
He made small purchases, he
said, most Of them for amounts tot
aling about So, kept 81 for himself
and gave the man SIS.
The raised bills. police say, are the
work Of master counterfeiter.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-02-08
900 IS OFFERED FOR PROOF ADAM NEVER ATE APPLE

the reward never viii be Claimed,
much less awarded.
"The Bible is an accurate history,
and is in harmony with the proved
facts of science, but out of harmony
with many scientific theories" he
declared.
Paul W. Rood, Turlock, Cal, presi-
dent of the Byan Bible League. viii
address the convention tonight on
Bryan, the Modern Elijah
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-02-08

ONE thousand dollars for def
~ mite, scientific proof that Adam
didn't eat the applet
That amount viii be paid to any
recognized scientist who disproves
any part of the Bible by the De-
tenders of the Christian Faith.
Announcement of the award,
which has been posed by Paul
RAIDER, Chicago fundamentals
evangelist, was made at Cadle Tab
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-02-08

Bg United Press
LONDON, Feb. S.-Reginald v.
Clarke, the boy with a hundred
sweethearts." has asked permis-
sion to marry Miss Mary Agnes
Fontaine, daughter of the woman
for whose murder he has been sem
fenced to death.
Clarke, who claims to have been
a student at Princeton, was con-
yicted this week of killing Mrs
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-02-08
HURT IN TRAIN CRASH

Baltimore & Ohio FreightS Collide
Near Willow Valley.
BIZ United Press
WILLOW VALLEY, Ind, Feb. g.
One trainman was injured and
several others slightly shaken up
when two Baltimore & Ohio freight
trains crashed head-on near here
today.
w. Wilkerson, Seymour, fireman,
sustained a broken arm and cuts
and bruises.
Officials of the railway were to
investigate the wreck late today.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-02-08

theories get us nowhere. Let's get
down to facts and quit dealing in
generalities.
THE challenge is directed espe-
L cially at the American Associ-
alton for the Advancement of Athe-
ism, which DR.. Winrod charges with
directing the anti-Bible propaganda.
DR.. Winrod expressed perfect faith
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-02-08

ernacle this afternoon by DR.. Ger
aid winrod, founder and directing
figure of the organization. at ses-
sion of the groups national con-
vention.
"THE award vii be given the SCI
i enlist who can produce one
proved scientific fact TO disprove
any statement in the Bible Or.
Winrod said. The announcement IS
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-02-08
Two Hurt by Fire Truck

BU Un1ted Press
BEDFORD, Ind, Feb. 8.-Gordan
Lee, mail carrier, and his son, A.
j. Lee, police chief, were injured
seriously here today when their
automobile was struck by fire
truck on run. The truck skidded
on an icy street, ladders striking the
automobile.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-02-08

Using a 14-year-old boy as his
contact man." an expert counter
feiter in the last three days has
mulcted Indianapolis business firms
of more than $500, it was learned
today with the arrest of the boy.
The boy was apprehended at the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-02-08
Senator Recovering from FIu

WASHINGTON, Feb. 8.-Senator
George P. Mclean of Connecticut,
who has been ill with the flu at
his home for three weeks, is recov-
ering and expects to return to the
senate next Monday, it was learned
at his Office today.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-02-08
Fine Fish!
sy United Press

B.B United Press
NEW YORK, Feb. 8.-Three
fish caught by Louis Kostowet-
sky, the Bronx, cost him 81
apiece in traffic court because
he ran through a traffic signal
in his anxiety to reach home
and show his fishing prowess
to his wife.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-02-08
Charity Fatal

BIZ UHfted Press
BRIDGEPORT, Conn.,, Feb.
IA charity operation which
DR.. John H. Finnegan per-
formed four weeks ago caused
his death. The surgeon
scratched his finger with a
lancet before he could sterilize
his instruments after the op-
Grafton. Infection set in, his
right arm was amputated and
he died yesterday.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-02-08
AGAIN CLUB HEAD
Columbia officials Reelected at
Directors Meeting.

Norman A. Perry. Indianapolis
Power and Light Company preSi-
dent, was reelected president of
the Columbia Club today at q meet
ing of directors.
All officers were reelected. Other
officers are Fred c. Gardner, vice
president; E. P. Akin, manager and
club secretary; and Frank Butler
treasurer.
Perry, Gavin L. Payne, and Elmer
W. Stout, Fletcher American Ma
tional Bank president, were recently
elected directors.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-02-08
JOHN, FLO AT DANCE
Young Coolidge Attends Clerks
Party With Fiance.

BIZ JnFeQ PrtsS
NEW HAVEN, Conn, Feb. g.
Attending their first social function
since the brilliant Governors BAH
month ago. John Coolidge and
Florence Trumbun were guests at
the informal dance given by New
Haven railroad clerks at New Haven
Lawn Club Thursday night. John
is clerk in the statistical depart
luent.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-02-08
Lumber King to Be Buried

Lumber King to Be Buried
BIZ United Press
WASHINGTON, Feb. 8.-William
A. Wimsatt, nationally known luun-
Der dealer, will be buried here Sat-
urday. He was president of the
Johnson & Winsatt wholesale lum-
ber firm.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-02-08
BANK RESOURCES RISE

Drop in Deposits in Last Half OF
- 1928 Shown in State.
Resources increased S4,048, ,620.50
and deposits decreased S2,0S6, ,422.79
in banks under supervision of the
state during the last six months
of 1928, as compared with the first
six montsh, according to state
ment by Luther F. Symons, state
banking commissioner.
The report shows a decrease Of
twenty in the number of financial
institutions from June 80 to Dec. 81.
There now are five savings banks,
ia private banks. 503 state banks
and 159 trust companies under state
supervision.