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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-06-28
PASTOR MURDERED
PREACHING SERMON
Husband, Enraged at Wife'S
Church Going, Wounds
Her, ByStander.
BIZ Enitcd Press

Bb LHitCd Press
NIAGARA FALLS, N. Y, June %.
Frank Ross, 81, who Friday night
shot and killed the Rev. Edgar r.
Wood, 81, and wounded his wife and
another man, surrendered to police
today.
I'D been planning to kill four
people for two months" he said.
explaining that he considered his
wife too friendly with the minister,
Ross said he had been practicing
Workmanship to be certain not to
miss. He shot Wood at the con-.
clusion of the evening service in the
Tenth Street Mission, killing him
instantly. Then he shot and seri-
ously wounded Mrs. Mildred Ross,
his estranged wife. Leonard Towe,
q, who tried to prevent Ross from
leaving the church was wounded in
both legs.
The shooting eliminated a long
standing quarrel between Ross and
two of his three victims. He opposed
his wifeS attendance Of mission
services.
Wood just had completed his eve
ming sermon with the passage, "In
the midst Of life, we are in death"
when Ross, who was sitting I'M
noticed in the back row, walked up
the aisle and fired his first shot.
Wood fell dead.
Then Ross wheeled around and
fired one shot at his wife. The bull
let struck her just below the heart.
The small congregation was panic
stricken. Most of the men covered
behind chairs. But Towe attempt
ed to stop Ross as he started leav-
ing the church. He was shot twice
in the legs.
Ross and his wife. both in their
late thirties, had been estranged for
some time. The yhad quarreled
violently on several occasions over
church affiliations.
Mrs. Ross was reported in crit
ical condition. Towe was not wound
ed seriously.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-06-28

BH united Press
SANTA FE, N. M, June 28.-Woo
Oak San today pondered one of the
most perplexing problems that ever
confronted a condemned man.
The Chinese slayer tried to decide
whether to die in the electric chair
or seek escape by permitting ply
sicians to inoculate him with
trachoma germs.
If Woo submits to the physicians
proposal, an effort will be made to
have his death sentence committed
to life Imprisonment.
And while the Chinese attempted
to reach a decision at the state
prison here, word came from an AL
buquerque medical authority that
should he offer himself for expert
mental purposes he would not die
from the disease.
Medical authorities said further
more that chances of Woo becom-
ing blind were remote.
It is blindness that the Chinese
fears more than death. He has
indicated his willingness to be in
oculated if assured there is no
danger of him losing his sight.
DR.. Polk Richards of the United
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-06-28
HotD the Market
Opened

NEW YORK, June 28.-Stocks
were quiet and irregular in a mar
row range at the opening on the
stock exchange today.
Fractional declines were made by
such issues as Packard, Information
al Telephone, Westinghouse Elec-
trio, National Power and Light,
Chrysler and United States Steel,
the latter opening at 1855, off Il
Southern Railway was down IA to
911s, within q of its low since 1925,
touched Friday.
Small gains were made by Radio
Keith Orpheum, Kennecott, Vana-
dunn. Atlantic Refining and Fox
Film A. Texas Corporation, Ameri-
can Telephone and Lorillard held
unchanged at the previous closing
levels.
The market lacked feature in the
early trading. Utilities were ex-
pressed more than other groups, but
selling was not in large volume.
Rails continued to drift lower on the
decline CT 80 per cent in May net
as compared with 1929.
Prices held steady near the OPEN
ings in the first few minutes of
trading. General Electric met sup
port and rose q to 66S4, while Beth
lehem Steel was up point at 1914.
General Motors held steady at 38i2,
the previous close. Steel dipped to
154A, of 4 from the opening.
Tickers were idle for several sec
onds at q time. The market was
one Of the dullest OF the year.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-06-28
RODDER
PAROLED FROM
INDIANA PRISON
Trustees Keep Their Word
to Gangster; Fire Hero
Also Freed.

Bu Times SDeoiaI

BIZ Times Special
MICHIGAN CITY, Ind, June %.
Thomas Toohey, Chicago gangster,
who has served time for robbery of
the L. S. AyreS Company store, In
dianapolis, since December, 1924, was
released from the Indiana state
prison here today.
Trustees, who had promised Too
hey last fall that he would be pa
rolled this summer eff politicians and
lawyers cease their pleas" kept their
word. The release was voted at the
monthly meeting of the trustees Fri
day night.
Toohey was reported by the
prison doctor to be in bad physical
condition. He was sentenced to
from two to fourteen years and has
served more than two years over his
minimum.
One of the largest sluSh funds
ever raised for fighting for release
of an Indiana prisoner is reported
to have been spent in vain in Too
hey'S behalf.
Prominent politicians of both ma
jor parties and high-priced lawyers
beSieged both former Governor Ed
Jackson and Governor Harry G.
Leslie on his behalf.
Announcement that he would be
paroled only if this activity ceased,
was made last fail by Michael E.
Foley, prison trustee from Indian
apolis.
Toohey has had two brothers shot
down in Chicago in gang wars.
His wife and two children ap-
peared before the board on his be-
half, and DR.. C. H. Weeks testified
that he is suffering from palsy, from
which he is unlikely to recover.
Parole also was granted William
Adams, because of heroism in the
Ohio state penitentiary fire. After
the fire he had been paroled from
the Ohio institution, because of his
courageous conduct. only to return
to Michigan City, where he had vio-
lated a sick parole.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-06-28
IN CRASH
Loses Control of Auto Near
0akIandon.

Losing control of his automobile
near Oaklandon on road 81 early to-
day, Adolph Wooster, SIS, of 624
Linden street, was injured seriously.
He suffered internal injuries and
was burned when the car caught fire
and he attempted to extinguish the
although injured.
He was taken to Methodist hos
pital where his condition is serious.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-06-28
VISIT TO TORCH CAR Scene
WILL BLAST SCHROEDER'S
COMPOSURE, OFFICIALS HOPE
Mobile Man Promises to Lead Police to
Private Residence Where He Lived
During Stay in Indianapolis.
ACCIDENT STORY TO BE AsSAILED
Investigators Cling to Belief Victim Was
Slain at or Near Spot Where Blaz-
ing Machine Was Located.

The private residence where Harold Herbert Schroeder
SAYS he lived during his stay Indianapolis prior to the burn
ing of automobile the High School road May 81 was
to be located this morning
The bespectaced souherner who police has admit
ted firing and who they believe killed the man whose
charred body found in the blazing machine was taken
bv Sheriff George Wner and group of police officials, in
an automobile to locate the house.
He had told officials he find the house.
From that place. where authorities believe some valuable
evidence may uncovered the accused was to be taken
To the High School road scene of his car burning.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-06-28
HOOVER DENIED FUNDS BY
CONGRESS FOR CRIME QUIZ.
SEEKS PUBLIC DONATIONS

them go ahead and do it," COM
mented Senator Carter Glass Dem.
Va0,a dry, who sponsored the move
to reduce the commission appropri-
alton from $780, 900 to $4,000 with
explicit instructions that it be used
only for prohibition investigations.
Glass charged the Wickersham
body has made "wanton expendi-
lures" including $11,Co0 for food at
the most fashionable hotel here and
$500 for an auditor to go over its
own expense accounts.
Mr.. Hoover stated Chairman
Wickersham informed him that the
work Of the commission would go
forward without hindrance. When
it will make its report is still prob
lematical.
1t has employed a number of
social workers and crime experts
who are investigating conditions in
various sections of the country.
1t Is conducting a QUESTIONABLE of
crime conditions and has more than
fifty employees on its pay roll.
Twelve subcommittee are at
work, going into all phases Of the
causes Of crime and law enforce
ment problems.
In his statement issued from the
White House soon after the senate
voted 35 to 80 to cut the commits
sion appropriation, Mr.. Hoover
stressed the necessity for investigat-
ing matters other than prohibition
law violations.
Seventy per cent of the prison
population is composed of men i'm
prise ned for offenses other than
liquor law violations. he said.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-06-28
DUEL STAGED IN
SPEEDING CARS
Seven Shots Fired as Autos
Race Along Abreast.

Shots blazed from two speeding
cars on Ohio street early this morn
ing, residents reporting men in
each car were firing shots at each
other as the two cars sped down the
street side by side.
Seven shots were fired, according
to Patrolman E. A. Lands, who saw
the cars at Ohio and East streets.
The battle continued to beyond the
Monon railway tracks.
Police had no report on wound
ing of any person. That the gun
battle was another outbreak of hi
lacking or rum running rivalry was
the police theory.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-06-28
CONDEMNED KILLER
OFFERED CHOICE OF
CHAIR OR DISEASE
Chinese Slayer May Be InOcuated With Trachoma Germs
as Martyr to Science.

States Indian hospital at Albu-
querque, advanced the proposition
to Woo. The physician said he and
his colleagues wished to determine
if the germ isolated by the late DR..
Hideyo Noguchi four years ago is
the true germ which causes Trach-
ona.
DR.. Richards said that various
experiments performed on monkeys
and chimpanzeeS produced a disease
similar to human trachoma, but
lacking certain complications that
appear in human beings affected by
the malady.
Trachoma is a disease of the eye,
sometimes causing blindness. 1t is
prevalent among the Indians, par
ticularly the Navajos and Lagunas.
No one has ever been known to
have died from the disease.
Human incubation, it is under
stood, is necessary to prove whether
or not the germ isolated by DR..
Noguchi in this region is that
which causes human trachoma.
Sufferers Of the disease have been
cured. If after being inoculated
with the germ, Woo developed the
disease, he would be given the best
Of medical care and an attempt
made to cure him.
Woo killed a Chinese store keeper
at Culver City, N. M, in 1926. He
had been sentenced to die next
month.
Originally he was sentenced to
die on the gallows, but subsequently
the state of New Mexico substituted
electrocution for hanging.
Next week Woo will be taken to
Grant county and resentenced to
death-by electrocution. At that
time it is expected he will make
known his decision to his attorneys.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-06-28
WOMAN ENDS LIFE
Dies at Hospital After TAX
ing Poison.

Placing $3.50 in bills on the bed at
her side. Mrs. Clara Junker, 48, of
r. r. 9, Box 1856, ended her life by
taking poison Friday night.
She separated from her husband,
Charles Junker, three weeks ago and
it is believed domestic difficulties
caused her act. She was un-
conscious when found by Mrs. Opal
Reed, with whom she has lived
since the separation, and died at
city hospital short time later. The
couple had no children.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-06-28


.3H United Press
SAUGUS, Cal. June 28.-After
welding BETTING one OF the
screens most versatile cowboy ac-
tors, Hoot Gibson and his bride,
Sally Eilers, were speeding north
today for honeymoon in
Canada.
Gibson and Miss Eilers, once a
Wampus baby star and now a
leading screen actress, were mar
ried Friday night at Bakers ranch
famous for its rodeos.
Miss EilerS was attended by
Miss Carmen Pantages as maid of
honor and Marion Nixon, Mae
Sunday and Marie Provost as
bridesmaids.
William (Buster) Collier, screen
actor, was Gibson's best man.
The ranch where the wedding
occurred recently was acquired by
the actor, who spends much of
his time there.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-06-28
TAXI DRIVER DIES
SuCcumbs to Heart Disease
While on Call.

While answering a call for a
taxicab at 100 West Twentieth
street, early today, Harry Sellers, 40,
of 2210 Central avenue, chauffeur,
became i'll suddenly and died be-
fore physicians could be called.
Sellers had gone to the West
Twentieth street address on a call
for cab from Mrs. Harriet Milroy.
Mrs. Milroy told police Sellers
was seized with choking spell as
he knocked on her door.
He was taken into the home and
died shortly afterward. Heart
disease is believed to have caused
his death.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-06-28
FOUR POLICEMEN ARE
APPOINTED TO FORCE
Safety Board Also. Names Four to
Fire Department Posts.

Safety Board Also Names Four to
Fire Department Posts.
-Four policemen and four firemen
were given appointments by the
safety board in session Friday night.
Made patrolmen, second grade,
were Walter Baase, 329 North JEFF
ferson avenue; Donald S. Milburn,
318 East North street; Edward F.
Griffin, 1880 North Illinois street
and George Rusler, 1920 South
Randolph street.
Appointed to the fire departments
were John w. Hahn, 1922 West
Minnesota street; Charles H. Ogle,
729 West Thirty-second street;
Edgehill E. Thompson, 916 South
Randolph street, and John F.
OBrien,, 235 North Walcott street.
George McCloskey, fireman at No.
26 engine house, was found guilty
Of reporting late for duty and was
suspended for thirty days without
pay.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-06-28
PECK is TRANSFERRED
Filler to Take Up Work in
Alabama.

Transfer of Lieutenant Walter r..
Peck of Schoen field, Fl. Harrison,
to Montgomery, Ala, July l, was
announced today by army aviation
officials.
Peck, in his five years at the fort,
has built up the most competent
organized reserve squadron in the
United States air corps, officials
said. Announcement Of Peck's trans
fer was made by Captain R. E.
Whitehead Of the air corps reserve.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-06-28
P0RKERS MOVE UP 25
CENTS AT CITY YARDS
Cattle and Calf Markets Extremely
Dull Over Weekend.

Dull Over Weekend
Decided strength held hogs to an
upward trend at the union stock
yards this morning. The week start
ed slow and lower but later, based
on the opinions of many traders,
livestock picked up in sympathy
with the stronger tone exhibited in
other markets following the recent
setbacks on the country's stock ex-
changes.
Hogs today were a good 25 cents
higher, mostly 10 cents up, with the
bulk, 100 to 300 pounds, selling at
$685. to $40. Top price paid was
$3.50. Receipts were estimated at
$500; holdoyers were $50.
Cattle receipts were 100, the mar
ket nominal VealerS were steady
at $1,000 down, calf receipts num-
bering $50.
Sheep we're quotably steady with
receipts of 150
Chicago hog receipts were $500,
including 5000 direct. Holdovers
were 1000 Today's trade was steady
with Fridays average. A few loads
of choice ITO to 220-pound weights
sold for $9.15 to $500. Around 260-
pound weights brought $40 Cattle
receipts were 800. sheer 5000.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-06-28

Bv United Press
TERRE HAUTE. Ind, June Is
Suit to test validity of the state
teachers tenure law is on file in
Vigo superior court Grace Barnes,
q teacher in Terre Haute schools.
fled the suit, naming the school city
as defendant. She was dismissed as
9 teacher.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-06-28
EVACUATION MARKED

German Eagle on Bridge Symbolizes
French Troop Withdrawal.
BIZ United Press
PARIS, June pa German re-
publican eagle was erected today
at the Rhineland end Of the inter-
national bridge linking Strasbourg
and Kehl-symbolizing the depar-
ture of the last Of the soldiers OF
occupation from German soil.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-06-28
so BURIED IN LANDSLIDE
800 Workmen Are Digging Out
Train in Japan.
BIZ United Press

BIZ United Press
LONDON, June 2S.-A railway
train bearing fifty passengers was
buried by a landslide near Yama-
guchi, Japan, an Exchange Tele-
graph dispatch from Toxic said to-
day.
The fate of the passengers WAS
unknown, but 300 workmen were put
to work Immediately to dig the train
out
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-06-28
Gasoline Theft Alleged

Bu Tinted Press
BRAZIL. Ind, June pa man
who gave his name as Earl Eggert,
Toledo. o., was arrested here a.:sr
police caught him siphoning gaSo-
line from the tank of parked auto
mobile. A companion escaped. A
search of Eggert's car revealed a
large amount of tobacco.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-06-28
Man with slOO Held

" IHlff1 Press
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. June 3D.
William c. Kisley, 46. is held in the
go county jail on a warrant from
Evansville charging him with beat
board bill in Evansville. ks
had 500 on his person when ar
I'd.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-06-28
In the Air

Weather conditions at 9 a. m:
Northwest wind, eight miles an
hour; temperature, IL: barometric
pressure, 80 at sea level; ceiling I'M
limited: visibility, five miles; field,
good. sAlaaa
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-06-28

That the calm with which
he first met questioning on
the mystery and which was
shaken Thursday afternoon
when he was quizzed across
the plain pine box bearing the
charred remains of the torch
car victim, may be further
shaken by a visit to the scene
of the car burning, was the
belief of authorities.
Investigators hold to the idea that
the torch car victim was slain at or
near the spot where the car was
burned and was not injured fatally
as Schroeder claims, in an automo-
bile accident west of Terre Haute.
In case Schroeder does not give
information indicating fallacy OF his
earlier story, the inquisitors VIII
take him from the High School
road to west of Terre Haute, where
he will be asked to designate the
spot where he claims his car lett
the road when he fell asleep. IL
was this accident, he claims, IN
which the hitch-hiker he had picked
I'D near indianapolis suffered fatal
injuries.
Story to Be Assailed
His story that he drove back to-
ward indianapolis, passing through
Terre Haute without stopping, and
burned the car and body because he
feared murder accusation, VIII be
assailed at every part Of the trip
today.
Schroeoer's sisters, Mrs. Ferne
Sans of Elkhart and Mrs. Faye
Speight of Clarion, Ia, will arrive
here this afternoon. Letters he re-
ceived today from Mobile, Ala, in
dictate his wife's parents VIII ar
rive tonight.
Whether Mrs. Schroeder, who has
declared she will stand by her
husband in his troubles, will come
with her parents, was not stated in
the letters.
Trace = tai Work
Further evidence supporting be-
lief the torch car victim may have
been Frank Macy, 81, of Cincinnati,
o.. was gathered by authorities Fri
day night and today A wrist strap
found near the torch car was iden-
titled by several witnesses as similar
TO one worn by Macy.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy B. Keener,
rooming house proprietorS at 1908
North New Jersey street. with whom
Macy roomed, declared he tallieS
with the description of the torch
car victim and said he had suit
similar to the bit of trouSer goods
found on the burned body.
Efforts will be made to trace
dental work Macy is known to have
had done in order to establish
whether ne was the victim.
Schroeder appeared calm today
after his more than twenty-four
hours of rest. He was not questioned
all day Friday, but read newspapers
in his cell
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-11-27

jewelry and sllverware. the delicate
workmanship on its lovely pocket
books and antique furnishings. all
tell the story OF the city's long
established supremacy In the field
Of the decorative crafts.
In Dresden n also finds educa-
tSUn and the sciences enthroned. on
the shores OF the Elbe River. which
runs through the city. are many uni
versities and scientific Institutions.
which have retained their eminence
down through the centuries.
More priceless art treasures can
be found in Dresden's ZwinEer MI.
scum than In any European city out.
side or Rome and Paris. Most cell
ebrated Of all these artistic gems
Is Raphaels The Sistine Madonna"
for which an entire room has been
set apart.
Among the galleries. other mag
nets are the Madonna by the
younger HolbeJn; Titian's Tribute
Money and Venus: R~embrandt's
Portrait OF Himself. with His Wife
Sitting on His Knee and many
more. particularly OF the Italian.
Dutch and Flemish classical schools.
Across the way stands another
wing Of the museum. which contains
splendid examples OF the modern
school or painting. Outstanding
masters OF the late nineteenth and
present centuries. such as Picasso.
Matisse and Monet, are n presented
here.
The museum also contails a mag
nificent collection Of elgravinEs.
ancient and modern sculpture and
drawings.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-11-27
The Ruse.

Yes. / know. and I won't keep
YOU. but a minute or two"
gathered around the Christmas
We went directly 10 the living
room where we foued everybody
gathered around thu Christmas tree,
10 which Bill and E>1ry. under Lii
lian's direction. were fastening the
last trimmings.
There" Lillian turned 10 me. tri-
umphantly. Isn't that the most
scrumptous thing you ever saw
Switch off the room lights, Bill. and
Hank, switch on the tree lights"
There was a second OF darkness,
and then. Ike a thing OF fairyland.
the tree sprang into glowing points
az light. reflected IN the cleaning
surfaces OF the holly red balls and
ornaments depending from the
branches.
Lillian waited only for our ex-
carnations before declaring emphat-
ically:
AND it's all due 10 the boys. They
are the best trimmers l ever saw.
Didn't they do a quick job?"
Indeed you did" | said. turning
20 the boys, "but | knew you would.
and I'm going 10 give you a reward.
All the young people from The
Larches are coming over 10 dance
about IL o'clock. and I shall see
that you have a dance with every
girl"
"wh-what?' both boys exclaimed.
patiently horror-stricken.
CONTINUED Tomorrow
Copyright. 1889 by Newspaper Feature Service, Inc.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-11-27

hearts on Thanksgiving Day.
IL YOU are unemployed spend this
period OF forced idleness in building
up your health. then these dark
days may prove a blessing. II you
are forced 70 eat the simplest. the
plainest foods. that won't hurt you.
IL Is good for you 10 do this. IL
would be better II you did il when
money IS flush.
In this world there are thousands,
millions. OF blind. deaf. rheumatic,
b~ed-ridden, insane and feeble-minded
persons. You are not blind or other.
wise helpless. You have a good
brain and a clear mind. Be thank
full today for these blessings. worth
far more to o than the wealth Of
Rockefeller.
OF US tries 10 find somebody worse
off than VIC are. II we do some
thing for such. our own skies will
clear and happiness VIII sing in our
hearts.
For as ne thinketh IN his heart
50 - he" Solomon said. Let us
think happiness. prosperity. the
common welfare. and good will 70
men. When our thoughts are right.
we arc on the way to help the ma
terial world TO better standards, a
better economic system. a better un.
derstandinG OF our fellow men. Then
we will be better men and women,
better boys and girls.
Let us make Thanksgiving Day
a day Of praise for what we have
and what we hope for. Let us not
lament over what we have not. nor
over what might have been. Gods
in His heaven still,