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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-20
LAST PLEAS MADE
AT MURDER TRIAL
Family Burden
Brings Liberty

BB Times Special
COLUMBUS, Ind, April 20.
Having a wife and four chill
dren to support proved both a
help and a hindrance in
Bartholomew circuit court here
to John w. Henley, IS, In
dianapolis.
Arraigned before Judge Jul
liam Sharpnack on a charge of
failing to support the family,
Henley was freed after the
court remarked:
Il think you are guilty, but
I am not going to find you
guilty"
Judge Sharpnack explained
that he thought it better to
release Henley so he could
work than to inlprison him.
Henley is bl cksmith and
preacher.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-20
EXPECT RECORD
CABBAGE CROP
Bartholomew County Farm
erS Plant Now.
BIZ Times SDecial

BIZ Times Special
COLUMBUS, Ind. April 20-The
1929 crop Of cabbage in Bartholo-
new county is expected to be the
largest in history.
Before the planting season ends,
it is expected 100000 plants will
have been placed. About 5000
plants are set to the acre, and the
yield from an acre of that size runs
from ten to twenty tons.
In one shipment, 10000 plants
we're received here from Coleman
plant farms near Upton, Ga. Among
the larger growers is Jesse New
som, who has planted $50 acres.
The Morgan Packing Company,
operating a canning plant here, has
contracted for cabbage from 800
acres for use in making kraut
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-20
Zimmerman Case viii Be in
Hands of Jury
Today.
BB United Press

BIZ Uuited Press
ANGOLA, Ind, April 20.-The
trial Of Charles Zimmerman, for
mer Steuben county sheriff, charged
with the murder of Thomas Burke,
alleged bandit, will reach the Jury
here today.
The hearing of evidence was con-
GUIDED and final arguments begun
Friday
Special Judge James L. Hartman
allowed each side three hours for
closing arguments and said the jury
would receive the case after he had
given them instructions, which
would take an hour.
State Attacks Alibi
Rebuttal witnesses were present.
ed Friday. The defense endeavored
to prove that the former sheriff
was in Colon, Mich, with his pretty
stenographer, Miss Nellie Coleman,
when the murder occurred and the
state disputing it with witnesses
who testified Zimmerman was seen
in the vicinity of Angola.
Rex Kumerick, one of three spe-
cial prosecutors, named Zimmerman
as a man presenting the sad spec
tacle of a sheriff gone wrong" in
his final argument.
Reviewing the evidence from the
opening of the trial two weeks ago,
Emmerick directly accused the for
mer sheriff of the murder.
Branded Betrayer
Maurice McClue, another special
prosecutor, described Zimmerman
as "a man who had betrayed public
faith and given Stebuen county
more unfavorable publicity than
ever before" He referred to the
former sheriff, whom he said he
had known for ten years, as man
who had permitted bank robbers,
liquor runners and gangsters to
make their headquarters in Steu-
ben county.
The courtroom again was filled
to capacity, it being necessary to
halt proceedings several times be-
cause Of laughter and loud remarks.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-20
SIX WILL HAVE
SINGLE FUNERAL
Services Monday for VIC
tins of Fire.
81 Times Special

BY I imeS Special
SOUTH BEND, Ind, April 90
The six victims of the Purucker
home fire Thursday night will be
buried together Monday in st. Jo-
seph's cemetery, Mishawaka.
Six caskets containing the bodies
of Mrs. Mary Cooley, rs, and her
five grandchildren, Aloysius Pur-
ucker, Is; John Purucker, 10; Ed
mund Purucker, 10: Louis Purucker,
8, and Catherine Gardr, II, will be
taken into st. Monica's church
Monday to receive the benediction
of a solemn requiem high mass to
be sung by the Rev. Theodore Fet-
tig.
1t will be the largest family
funeral that the twin cities of South
Bend and Mishawaka have ever
seen.
Throughout Friday crowds of
curious gathered in front Of the
charred ruins of the home. A traffic
policeman was on duty all day,
keeping automobiles and taxis NOV
ing. Two other officers were re-
quired to keep away thieves who
entered the scene of the tragedy.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-20
TRIAL NEAR CLOSE
BoShears Murder Case to
Jury Today,

BIZ Z lines Special
SPENCER, Ind, April 20.-DeWey
BcShears of Bloomington may know
his fate late today on a charge OF
the first degree murder of Ralph
Pogue, special policeman, during a
liquor raid at Boshears' home.
Closing arguments said instruc-
lions were scheduled today for the
trial in Owen circuit court here,
after which the case was to go to
the jury.
On the witness stand Friday,
BoshearS testified, 81 thought 1
would be killed" in referring to the
shooting of Pogue. He said raiding
officers struck him about fifteen
times before the shot was fired.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-20
Search Continues for Rob-
bers of Bank at Column
bia City.

BIZ United Press
COLUMBIA CITY. Ind. April 90.
The search for four bandits who
killed one woman, injured another,
and wounded seriously Sheriff j. M.
Haynes, when they robbed the state
bank here of $500, was continued
today with rewards totaling $4,000
offered for their arrest,
The town of Columbia City has
offered 1000 for the arrest OF each
bandit, and there is standing offer
of $1,000 in the county for the arrest
of bank robber.
Crisis Near for Wounded
Sheriff Haynes, wounded in the
head by bullets from the bandits
machine guns, remained in hos
pital today. his condition being re-
ported better" by physicians. We
expect the crisis either soday or
Saturday when we attempt TO dis
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-20
Pledged by Fraternity

Y IWtt0 NUGCIVL
BLOOMINGTON, Ind, April 90
Alpha Kappa Psi, national COM
merce fraternity, has announced
pledging of the following Indiana
university men: Jennings Carter,
Mentone; Paul Rake, Evansville;
Frank Brown, Hobart; Roland Weir,
Scottsburg; Paul Jessup. Union City;
Charles Wright, Kendallville; Her
schel Spencer, Sandborn; Albert
Scheidt, Columbus; Harry Dawson,
Connersville. and Charles De Bruler,
Indianapolis.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-20
TWO IN AUTOS killed
Brother of 0Wnie Bush Is
Among Victims.
BIZ United Press

BIZ United Press
DUBLIN, Ind, April 20.-Michael
Bush, AZ, indianapolis, brother of
OWnie Bush, manager Of the Pitts
burgh National League baseball
team, was killed; E. A Hughes,
Poland, O., was injured fatally and
three other persons hurt in an au-
tomobile accident near here.
Paul Sullivan, 50, Detroit, driver
of the automobile in which Bush
was riding, said his machine was
forced off the highway by one
driven by Hughes. Sullivan received
Slight injuries.
Olive Lawler and Hughes wife
were injured slightly
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-20
Class of Sixteen Graduated

BIZ Times Special
RUSSELLVILLE, Ind, April 90
DR.. L. r. Eckhardt Of De Paw uni
versity gave the commencement
address for high school seniors here
Friday night. They are Virgil Bal
lard, Geraldine Clodfelter, Flor
ence Ellis, Robert Dragoo, John
HARRISON, Sophia Jackson, Clarel
Myers, Paul Marsteller, Olive Thorn
as, Wayne Miller, James Nicholson,
Frank SeWell, Kenneth Shannon,
Bertha Sutherlin, Kathryn White
and Mary Sellers.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-20
OFFICIALS VISIT PLANTS
Chicago Men Inspect Marion Radio
and Cabinet Factories.
BIZ Times Special

~ 1 lhleS special
MARION, Ind, April 20.-J. H.
Clark, vice-president of Brokaw &
Co, Chicago, headed a delegation of
forty representative of the COM
pany, who visited the plants of the
Spencer-CardinaI Company, and The
Case Radio unit of the United States
Radio and TeleviSion Corporation,
here.
Spencer-Cardinal plants here and
at Wabash are manufacturing radio
cabinets exclusively for the corpora
ton, A production, in the near fu-
ture, of 5000 sets per day was
predicted by Arthur E. Case, vice.
president and general manager of
the Case unit, in talk at lunch
con honoring the visitors.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-20
WOMAN WOULD ADOPT
CHILD GIVEN BY WILL
Acts to Garry Out Wish of Dough
ter Who Died at Muncie.

=
CAMDEN. N. j., April 20. - To
carry out the will of her daughter.
n actress, who died March / at
Munoie, Ind, Mrs. Ruth Balfrey,
So, has made formal application in
orphan court here for the adoption
OF her granddaughter, Myrtle
Flanagan, 5.
Surrogate George Whyte refused
to allow probate of the will in which
the actress gave her child to Mrs.
BaIfrey so that her husband would
never gain custody of the child he
deserted"
NJ P Flanagan, Utica, N. Y, uncle
OF the little girl, sent a letter which
WIS read in court, announcing he
planned to contest the adoption be-
cause he wanted to give my niece
a good education and raise her
we'll"
The surrogate set May 3 as the
date for hearing of the contest.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-20
Faces Manslaughter Trial

81 7 lDleS SDecllL
BRAZIL, Ind, April 20-ElWood
pollon, charged with manslaughter
in the death. Dec. 81, of Charles
A Gilbert. will go on trial in Clay
circuit court here Monday. Gilbert
was the victim OF an automobile
accident.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-20
PART OVER RELIGION
Banker Seeking Divorce at Muncie
Alleges Peculiar Desire

BIZ Times Special
MUNCIE, Ind, April 20.-Rollie
S. Cummins, president Of banks az
Yorktown and Selma, has filed suit
for divorce in Delaware circuit court
here against Mrs. Mae A. Cummins,
due to religious differences.
The husband alleges Mrs. Cum
Minis has had Eat all times a pecu-
liar wish and desire that their chill
dren attend schools belonging to
the church to which she belonged,
and that she sought to keep the
children apart and separate from
the public schools and the churches
of the community" There are four
children
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-20
Urges Friendly Church

BIZ Tunes Special
COLUMBUS, Ind, April 90
Make the church and Sunday
school as friendly as the dance hail."
was the plea of Charles r. Lizenby,
director of young peoples work in
Indiana, before the fifty-elghth
semi-annual convention of the Bar
tholomew County Council of Re-
ligious Education here.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-20
SIXTEEN GET DIPLOMAS
Exercises Held for cambridge High
School Glass.
81 Times Special

D Y 7 ITIJo ISVtLTUU
CAMBRIDGE, Ind, April 90
Twenty-Five seniors we're graduated
from cambridge high school Fri
day night. DR.. G. Bromley Oman,
president of De Paw university,
gave the address. Those receiving
diplomas were:
Stanley Dickson. Raymond Morris. Ray
mond Weller. Samuel D. Baird, E. Louise
Booher Ellen Geane Bugg. Elsie Gully.
Mary Marguerite Darnal George Estes.
Kenneth Fivecoast, Doris Huffman. Frances
Jones, Falden Libks. Robert McGaughey.
Ruth Morphew. Myrtle Miles. Thelma
OHair. Ruth Rogers. Freda Scobee. Marie
Shildmyer, GLADYS Walls and Mary VIM
ner
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-20
PROGRAM MONDAY FOR
FRANKTON GRADUATES
Eleven High School Seniors Will
Receive Diplomas.

By Times Special
FRANKTON, Ind, April 20. -
Professor John S. Harrison of But
Ter university will be the speaker
at commencement exercises of the
Frankton high school to be held
in the school gymnasium Monday
evening.
Baccalaureate services will be held
Sunday evening at the Christian
church. The Rev. Otto Stroup will
deliver the sermon.
Eleven graduates will receive
diplomas. They are:
Louise Dickinson Eva Steward. Lea
Bouslog, Marguerite Hobson, Cleta Jack
ley. Catherine Deaton, Cecil DickerSon.
Harold Pitts, Augustus Wright, Harold
Conkljn and Parvin Poland.
A special musical program will be
given.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-20
Slayer Sent to Asylum

7
RUSHVILLE, Ind, April 90
Bert Rees, so, slayer Of his wife, to-
day stands committed to the hos
pital for criminal insane at the In
diana state prison. He shot Mrs.
Rees March 81, after he had been
discharged at a hospital for the in
sane as cured.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-20
Fatally Stricken at Funeral

BIZ Times Special
CRAWFORDSvILLE, Ind. April
90. Milton Wilkinson. rs. Strick-
en- with paralysis while attending
funeral services for his brother
Aaron H wilkinson, near here
Thursday afternoon, is dead at the
home of his daughter, Mrs. Seth
Swank.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-20
Fraternity Pledges Four

BIZ Times Special
BLOOMINGTON, Ind, April 90
Sigma Delta Chi, national profess
sional journalistic fraternity, has
announced pledging at Indiana uni
verSity of Ray Mullen, Kokomo;
John Rosenbaum, indianapolis; Lee
roy Corey, indianapolis, and Cliff
ford Minor, Rome City.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-20
Ordered to Support Child

b. tntCN SpeCtat
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Ind, April
20.-Besides being the loser in a
divorce case in circuit court here,
George E. Smith suffered the fur
ther bad luck OF being ordered to
pay 800 month support money
for his 8-yesr-old daughter, Virginia
Mae. The payments are to con-
tinue until the child is q years old.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-20
Bridge to Cost $4,000

3 ? 7 lHltS NUGClUt
GREENCASTLE, Ind, April 90
Appropriation of $4,000 to replace
the recently demolished Reelsville
bridge with a new steel structure
was made by the Putnam county
council here this morning. The old
wooden structure was wrecked April
6 by a truck loaded with wooden
ties
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-20
SHOE THIEF TO FARM
Greencastle Youth who Took One
Pair Given 80 Days.

D 7 7 TNJtS NUtCIUJ
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Ind, April
20.--Three youths received fines and
one Of them penal farm sentence
when they were arraigned in city
court in connection with the theft
Of a pair of shoes from a residence
here.
Leon Murphy, Greencastle, was
fined $3.50 and costs and given
ninety-day penal farm sentence on
a petit larceny charge while Ron
aid Mauk and William Schrefler,
both Of whom said they had no
home, were fined $25 and costs.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-20
PATIENTS OF AMATEUR
DOCTOR SERIOUSLY ILL
Gary Police Arrest Man They As
sert Can Not Read or Write.
BIZ Ttnles Nnectnl

BIZ Times Special
GARY, Ind, April 2O.-Two per
sons are in a serious condition after
being treated by Manuel Espenosa.
&c, alleged by police to be an litter
ate steel mill employee. Espenosa
is held pending outcome of the ill
nesseS of the two.
One of those i'll, Jose Herrera.
may lose his right leg as a result
of the amateur doctors work. Her
rera was operated on for minor in
jury and blood poisoning developed.
Miss Frances Compos is in a
serious condition after a weeks hos
pital treatment following taking Of
medicine Espenosa prescribed.
Police who raided Espenosa' S
home found a set of surgical instru-
ments and an assortment Of medi-
cine.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-20
ESSAY WINNER CHOSEN
Hammond Electric Board Cites 20
Per Cent Statute.
BIZ Times Special

BIZ Times Special
HAMMOND, Ind, april 20-The
city election board has ruled out
the citizens ticket for the May 7
primary election, and, as a result,
only names of Republican and
Democratic candidates will appear
on the ballot.
In announcing the action, John
Morthland, board chairman, de-
clared it is based on statute which
provides that only those parties
which polIed at least 10 per cent of
the total vote for secretary of state
at the last general election are en-
titled to hold primary.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-20
Wounded Man Sues

81 Times Special
MARION, Ind, April 20.-Dam-
ages of $1,000 are asked in suit
filed in the Grant circuit court By
Christy Shugart for injuries Suf-
fered when a gun, said to have been
thrown to the floor by Harley D.
Lyons, was discharged, FEB. H.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-20
Students Present Play

BIZ Times Special
GREENCASTLE, Ind, April 90
The senior class play, Billy" was
presented Friday evening at the
high school auditorium here. Stu
dents taking part were Roland
Campbell, Ardith Moore, Evelyn
Mccullough, Mildred Caviness,
Lloyd Thomas, Clifford Black, Ethel
Marie O'Hair, James Stops, Marion
Sears, Dorothy Harlan, Frederick
Thomas and Gordon SayerS.
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Q = 7 IftF = NUttIUE
NEW SALEM, Ind, April 90
Commencement exercises will be
held tonight for graduates of the
New Salem high school. The speak
er will be the Rev. j. S. E. Nc
Michael, Connersville Presbyterian
pastor.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-20
Offers Lawn. Garden Prizes

81 IinieS Npeci1I
RUSHVILLE, Ind, April 20. -
Plans for a lawn and garden beau
tifying campaign project for this
city. with cash prizes to be awarded
for the most beautiful, were out
lined at a chamber of commerce
banquet. The chamber is sponsor
ing the contest.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-20
Liquor Offender Appeals

D Y M 3 NUtIIHI
BLOOMINGTON, Ind, April 90
Grover Hines, who was convicted
here Feb. % for transportation Of
liquor and sentenced to one to two
years at the state prison, has ap-
pealed the case to the Indiana SUI
preme court.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-20
Lions Club Formed

BIZ Itries NpecidI
CLAYTON. Ind, April 20. - A
Lions Club will be installed here
Thursday evening with Lynn Craig,
Scottsburg. district governor, pre-
senting the charter Attendance of
$50 is expected. The new club has
a membership of twenty-five.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-20
Two to Attend Convention

BIZ, 7 ines Special
BLOOMINGTON, Ind, April 90
Lowell G. Day. assistant postmaster
and James Thrasher, superintendent
of mails, will represent this city at
the convention of the Indiana
State Association of Postal Supervis-
ors in Newcastle, May 6.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-20
ESSAY WINNER CHOSEN
Monroe County Farmers Seldom
Use Package Mail.

BIZ Times Special
BLOOMINGTON. Ind. April 20.
Following an inspection of the
seven rural routes of Monroe county
during the past twelve days, James
Thrasher, superintendent OF mails,
revealed that the parcel post service
is seldom used by farmers of the
county.
1t was shown that only ninety
seven parcel post packages were
collected from the patrons by the
carriers out of total of 1901 total
pieces of mail handled during the
twelve days
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-20
Log Cabin Burns

b. Times Special
COLUMBUS. Ind. April 20.-A
three-room log cabin on the John
Quick farm, two miles north OF here,
known as the Quick homestead, was
destroyed by fire. The cabin was
more than eighty years old and was
one of few such buildings in Bar
tholomew county.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-20
Chosen Department HEAD

FB Times Special
LAFAYETTE, Ind. April 20.-Dr.
j. A. Estev has been chosen head
Of the Purdue university history and
economics department to fill
vacancy caused by the death Of DR..
Thomas =. Moran.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-20
Plants 10000 Tree Forest

BIZ Times Special
SANDBORN, Ind. April 20. -
Planting Of 10000 trees, bringing to
$4,000 the total on the hill farm
of Dr.. q. N. johnson, three and
,one-half miles north OF here. has
been completed.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-20
Judges Gavel Missing

. 7 IWto a VtCtuI
RUSHVILLE, Ind, April 20. - A
gavel used ten years by Judge Will
H. Sparks of Rush circuit court is
missing. He missed it when it was
needed after being idle for several
weeks.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-20
Asks Gifts to Museum

BIZ Times Special
PLAINFIELD, Ind, April 20.-A
plea for donation of curios, memen-
toes and specimens of historical or
scientific interest to be placed in the
museum Of the Indiana Boys school
here is made by c. A McGonagle,
superintendent.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-20
Two Face Staying Charges

BIZ Times Special
WASHINGTON, Ind, April 90
Two Staying cases are docketed for
trial at the May trem of the Davies
circuit court to open here Monday.
Charles Wilson, IA, is charged with
manslaughter in the death of a
school mate and Joseph Exc is &C
cused of first degree murder of
Robert Marley. The latter case was
brought here on a change of venue
from VincenneS.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-20
Poor Relief Costs Ss,ls6.1s

BV lmes NpeclQI
GREENCASILE, Ind, April co.
Township poor of Putnam county
caused an expenditure of s3,l66.1S
for the first three months of 1929.
according to reports given the coua-
ty auditors once here.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-20
OFFICIAL QUITS CASE
LoganspOrt Prosecutor Related to
Alleged Slayer of Two Men.

BB UHitcd Press
LOGANSPORT. Ind, April 10
Explaining that he is a cousin OF
John Crockett charged with muir
dering Walter Armstrong and Jack
Williams in the formers soft drink
stand near here, Glen L. Miller,
prosecuting attorney, has asked the
court to appoint special prosecutor
in the case
The two men were found shot
to death early one morning shortly
after Crockett appeared at a local
hospital to be treated for revolver
wounds.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-20
DIES WHILE DAUGHTER
PRESIDES AT MEETING
Lifelong Resident of Anderson Had
Been Ill Four Years.

IN INES Special
ANDERSON, Ind, April 2O.-Al-
bert G. Davis, IS, Civil war veteran
and life long resident of this city.
died here while his daughter, Mrs.
w. A. Denny, was presiding over the
annual convention of the May
Wright Sewall Indiana Council of
Women at Huntington
Mrs. Denny wife of the superin-
tendent of the Anderson public
schools, left the convention and re-
turned home.
Mr. Davis had made his home
with the Dennys for many years.
Death was unexpected, although he
had been in poor health four years.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-20
Bride Left ON Wedding Day

BIZ Times Special
ANDERSON. Ind. April 2O.-Al-
leging that Mrs. Anna Knittle de-
serted him on their wedding day,
Nov IS, 1926. Rupert NJ. Knittle
has filed suit for divorce.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-20
MAN OF MANY NAMES
GIVEN PRISON TERM
Receives Fifth Sentence for Fraudu-
lent Checks.
BIZ Times NpeciaL

BIZ Times Special
CRAWFORDSVILLE, Ind, April
20.-Albert Wagner, AZ, the man
Of a hundred alie SEES" received a
sentence Of two to fourteen years at
the state prison at Michigan City
and a fine of $40 and costs when lie
pleaded guilty in Montgomery cir
cult court here to a charge OF forg-
cry in connection with check kit
ing scheme he worked on the three
local banks.
Wagner was arrested at Brazil
early in February and has been in
the local jail since then awaiting
trial.
Until a few hours before he was
arraigned, Wagner indicated that
he would fight the case and demand
jury trial. Evidence had been
obtained that he had been sent
enced on similar charges at least
four times previously.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-20
Wabash Instructor Resigns

BIZ Times Special
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Ind, April
20.-Professor Lyman Cady has re-
signed as head of the Wabash COL
lege department of religion to be-
come a teacher in China.