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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-09-23
MAX KOS FOUND GUILTY
OF KILLING TWO WITH CAR

The second trial of Max S. Kos,
charged with involuntary man
slaughter, ended shortly before noon
today when criminal court jury
returned a verdict of guilty after
seventeen hours elaboration.
The conviction carries with it a
sentence of one to ten years in the
Indiana state prison.
Kos will be sentenced at 8 a. m.
Monday by Special Judge Harvey A.
Grabill of the criminal court. He
was released on bond pending his
sentencing.
Asks for Instructions
The verdict was returned two
hours after the jury had called
upon the judge for re-reading Of his
instructions.
Kos was stoical throughout the
reading of the verdict. The con-
viction may be appealed.
Kos case was submitted to the
jury late Monday after a six-day
trial. Closing arguments were made
by. Paul Enoadarmer. chief deputy
prosecutor. and Ira NJ. Holmes, de-
Tense attorney.
Tried twice for the offense, Kos
is alleged to have run down two
workmen for the Indianapolis Street
Railway Company at Linwood ave-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-09-23
Woman
Is Killed BY
Inte7~urba1a

Stepping in the path Of an inter
urban car at Stop on the New
castle line at noon today, Mrs. Ida
johnson, 60. of 706 North Sherman
drive. was killed almost instantly.
Mrs. johnson was waiting for the
car at the stop with Mrs. Willard
Mithoefer, r. r. II, Box 313. with
whom she had been visiting. Mis-
Judging the approaching interur-
bans speed, she evidently attempted
to run across the track to exchange
a farewell greeting with Mrs Nit
hoefer when the car struck her.
Motorman Charles Bicknell Of
Muncie and Conductor Frank Shell
ton of Newcastle we're held blame
less for the accident. Mrs. johnson
made her home here with her son,
Edward Johnson.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-09-23
CONFESSION AS
KILLER DOUBTED
Admitted Slayer of Appel
Girl Believed Insane.

BIZ nited Press
SOUTH BEND, Ind, Sept. %
Authorities questioning George
Sherman Myers, 40, today expressed
doubt in confession which they
said he made to the murder of g.
year-old Marverine Appel on Aug. 81.
Myers, they said, confessed after
long questioning that he kidnapped
and attacked the girl, then choked
her to death with a piece of wire,
left her body in a barn and later
carried it to an alley, where it was
found two days later.
Some of Myers remarks did not
coincide with known facts, authori-
ties said, and they believed he might
be insane. He was questioned
throughout most of the night at the
sheriff's Office.
Early today he was removed to
Michigan City for safe-keeping
while South Bend authorities de-
bated on what to do with him.
obviously he's demented," Glen
Thompson, deputy prosecutor who
questioned the suspect, said i
don't believe the confession will
stand up. The facts do not check
with the evidence we have. Prob
ably got his information from news
papers"
Myers has lived in South Bend
several years and made a living
salvaging junk and selling it.
From the state prison at Michigan
city, Warden Walter DAILY tele-
phoned Governor Harry G. Leslie
this morning and informed him
feeling against the suspect is run
ming high in Michigan City. The
Governor advised DAILY to safeguard
the prisoner.
When Daily told the Governor
newspaper men we're insisting on
interviewing the suspect, Leslie re-
minded him prison rules forbid such
interviews.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-09-23
DON'T be backward about
~ backgammon

MONT be backward about
- backgammon!
If you're worried about your
lack of knowledge of this fas-
cinating new-old game which
has swept into vogue through
out the country, turn to Page
6 today and begin The Times
new series of articles explain
ing "TODAY'S BACKGAM-
MON"
The series has been written
exclusively for this newspaper
and NEA Service by Elizabeth
Clark Boyden, author of THE
New Backgammon" which is
considered the most authentic
modern text on the game.
She'll make the pastitne I'M
derstandable to beginners and
recall the fine points of the
game to the old timers who
played backgammon in the gay
nineties. Follow Mrs. Boyden's
articles daily in
THE TIMES
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-09-23
Safety Board Sits City Police
Bride Scandal IN Secret Farley
Prior to Meeting, Mayor Sullivan Orders
Department Cleaned Of Alleged Cor
ruption'; Asks U. S., State Aid
SHIFT IN DISTRICTS EXPECTED
Sufficient Evidence Before County Grand
Jury to Obtain Some Indictments, Says
Stark; Is Cops Face Trial

First moves cleanse the indianapolis police depart
of alleged corruption believed under discussion at
informal secret session of the safety board at after
board its regular meeting this morning failed to touch
indictment of eighteen patromen and officers federal
conspiracy charges.
Attending the session all board members except
Frank c. Daley occupied with legal Matters Mayor Reginald
H. Sullivan Police Chief Jerry E. Kinney and Lieutenant
John Sheehan.
Prior to the board meeting Mayor Sullivan ordered the
police department Cleaned up and asked federal state and
county aid in the cleaning
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-09-23
Tram Triangle
Killer Husband Charges
SCrubWoman Loved
Motorman.

BIZ Times Special
CHICAGO, Sept. 23.-M Mrs.
~ Mary Jakubiak scrubbed
floors nightly in a skyscraper to
feed her four children and her
husband Michael.
Michael was out Of work.
He sat around the house in his
socks while Mary scrubbed late
into the night.
Sometimes she scrubbed so hard
her fingers would bleed.
Shed stop then and go to the
window of some empty office and
look out on the city below, play
ing, and she'd dream.
Maybe she dreamed of romance,
of being fine lady and dancing
under the glittering roof signs Of
a loop hotel.
THEN she'd go back to her
Il scrub bucket and smarting
fingers.
Dawn would come and she'd
ride the last owl" home.
1t was CHEEKY inside the street
car and the motorman was CHEEKY,
too. They talked.
Maybe they laughed sometimes,
and maybe Mary forgot Michael
and the four children.
The scrub bucket. the raw
fingers, were forgotten.
She was lady and her
limousine a lonely old owl" car,
and her chauffeur, the motorman.
T IFE went like that for months
L. and then one night a neigh
Dor found her body on the path
she took from her fairy linou-
sine" to the drab home.
Her throat was cut.
And today the children are fed
by charitable organizations.
Michael, in his cell, stands near
the bars in his socks and says:
I killed her myself. She was
unfaithful.
she had been carrying on an
affair with that motorman!"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-09-23

make his probe of the past two
weeks more extensive.
This Office is so crippled for
means that our probe can't be
sweeping and probably won't extend
outside the city," he said.
Stark Boosts Probe
Rumors that Sheriff George L.
Winkler's deputies will come under
the probe ak are believed to be
shattered with this statement.
Stark's boosting of the police in
vestigation is construed in some cir
cles as an escape" from the incom-
plete grand jury investigation into
primary election fraud and corrup-
ton.
Sullivan said he will not seek evil
de@ce from the government for the
Jard of safety trials of suspended
police officers.
"Such a move would not be fair"
he ADDED. I'VE will wait until after
the federal trials in November. 1t
would not be fair either to the men
or the government to place the men
on trial before the board at this
time"
Sullivan said his aids are working
secretly in their efforts to get at
the bottom of the whole mess"
we have consulted with the gov
eminent and we want the co-opera-
ton of federal authorities" he said.
eve also want county and state
authorities to aid.
Attack Warrant System
The city is without a fund to en-
ploy investigators, Sullivan pointed
out. 1t is expected orders will be
given to the detective department
to aid in the operations.
City officials today attacked the
methods which thwart police in
their efforts to obtain search war
rants.
The system is ridiculous, "one
official declared Requirements
police officer must meet before he
is granted warrant have had
lot to do with inability to enforce
laws in this city"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-09-23
Neze, Furniture

THERE are new modes in
j furniture this fall, just
like there are new styles in
clothes-and it's important for
your home to be as up-to-date
as you are!
AS a helpful guide to the
prospective home decorator.
The Times begins on the Home
Page today the publication of
a series of seven authentic ar
ticleS showing the new trends
in household furnishings.
These articles are intended
To make you more conscious
of style and design in the new
furnishings. They will show
the correct arrangement, color
schemes and harmonious
groupings Of furniture that
may be purchased in Indian
apoliS stores this season. Fol-
low these articles closely every
day in this newspaper.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-09-23
RAILWAY Chief
KILLED IN HIS
OFFICE BY AID
Vice president May Die of
Wounds After Fight
With Superior.
SHOTS CLIMAX FEUD
Western Maryland Leaders
Reported at Odds for
Several Months.

BIZ nited Press
BALTIMORE, Md, Sept. 23.-
Maxwell C. Byers, president of the
Western Maryland Railway, was
shot to death today in his Office in
the Standard Oil building.
He was slain, according to police,
by Dudley c. Gray, vice president
in charge of traffic, who is at Mercy
hospital, wounded, probably fatally.
The shooting is said to have fol-
lowed an alteration between the
railroad president and his aid, and
was the elimination of a feud which
had existed between the two execu-
tiveS for several months.
According to witnesses Gray, who
lived in the Eden Hall apartments.
entered the offices about 1890 p. m,
He went directly to Byers' offices,
separated from the main offices by
a frosted glass door and locked the
door behind him as he entered.
Soon after his entrance, it was
said, loud voices were heard inside
the private office.
opens Door ana COllapSeS
1t was impossible to distin-
guish the words of the argument,
George Charlton, Byers' secretary,
told police, but it was evidently the
two were enraged
Suddenly several shots were fired,
Charlton said. Following the fifth
shot, the secretary reported, there
was the sound of struggling and
Byers wrenched open the door con-
Meeting his suite with the main Of
fees.
For several seconds, he chung to
the frame of the door, it was said,
and then collapsed on the floor,
apparently dead.
Employees entering the Offices
found Gray seated behind Byers'
desk, unconscious, a .32-caliber re-
volver on the floor beside him.
Recovery Is Doubtful
ByerS and Gray we're taken to
the Mercy hospital, where the
president was pronounced dead. 1t
was found three bullets struck him,
two in the region of the heart and
one in the left arm.
Gray was wounded twice in the
chest. Physicians at the hospital,
said his recovery was doubtful.
According to information volun-
teered by employees and officials of
the railroad company, business diff
ficultieS between the two resulted
in feud which had fared up sew
eral times within the last two weeks.
The pair engaged in frequent
word battles and recently almost
came to blows at a directors meet
ing.
Bullet Crashes Through Glass
Officials of the Western Maryland
were emphatic in their assertions
there were no differences between
the two outside of their business
relations.
Apart from their contact in their
respective positions, it was said, the
pair never encountered each other
in social circles.
1t was later reported one of the
bullets fired in the shooting crashed
through window of the office into
the main offices adjoining.
Stenographers and clerks were
thrown into panic, it was said,
when the missile buried itself in a
wall at the opposite side of the
room, less than five feet from an
empolye
Several women employees are re-
ported to have tainted when Byers
appeared at the door of his office,
blood Strean1ir. from his wounds.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-09-23

nue. and East Washington street,
killing them both instantly. The
jury in the first trial disagreed on
a verdict.
Kos is a World war veteran, hold
ing several medals for valiant sery-
ice. On the witness stand Monday,
he denied being intoxicated when
his sedan crashed into the men, but
admitted he had lone drink
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-09-23
YOUNG BANDIT
SLAIN BY COPS
Hunted Boy, II, Killed as
He Is Cornered.

BIZ LHjted Press
HAMMOND, Ind, Sept pa
night alleged to have been spent in
banditry was ended for John Ashby,
81, when he was shot and killed
early today by Hammond police
Police said they fired when Ashby
appeared to be drawing a gun after
being cornered.
They captured Monroe Mullen, 20,
Ashby's companion.
Ashby and Monroe, according to
officers, held up garage in Calu-
met City and shot Ed Bisa, the at
tendant. He was not expected to
live.
Robbery Of a soft drink parlor was
said to have followed.
Police found the men at the home
of Ashby'S sister here.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-09-23
SHOOTS WIFE, SELF
Financial Losses Blamed
for Rich Mans Act.

BIZ Tnited Press
CHICAGO, Sept 23-Aldrich Van
Patten, AZ, wealthy credit manager
for Armour g. Co., shot his wife
Maude, As. to death today and then
committed suicide.
The bodies of Van Patten and his
wife were found by a friend in a
bed in the luxurious Van Patten
apartments on Stewart avenue, a
fashionable district.
The friend, R. c. Frederick, who
lives below the Van Patten apart
ment. said the credit manager had
been worrying over improbable in
vestments and several times had
threatened suicide.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-09-23

ON an eastern trip three weeks ago
with the National League pennant
virtually in their grasp and ran into
disaster in the form of thirteen de-
feats in twenty-five games.
Charlie Grimm, captain and first
baseman of the Cubs, also wasimen-
toned as McCarthy's possible
successor, but Hornsby, fCF whom
the Cubs paid the Bostoh Braves
a sum conservatively estimated at
$4,000, was regarded an almost
certain choice.
Confident of Acceptance
Hornsby is with the Cubs on a
train due to arrive from Boston
this afternoon and does not know
that he has been singled out official
ly for McCarthy's job. However,
Cub officials feel confident they will
come to terms without difficulty and
that he will accept.
Bothered by an ailing heel that
slowed him earlier in the season.
Hornsby has not played regularly
since May 80, when he fractured his
leg sliding into base In 1929, he
was regarded as the factor that
clinched the Cubs National League
pennant victory He is 81, we'll along
lin years, as baseball players go,
however.
During recent weeks, with the
Cubs slipping, Hornsby has been
called upon several times to deny
rumors that he was a cause of
friction among the players. He
called the reports absurd.
Overcame Many Setbacks
Mccarthy managed the Cubs to
the pennant in 1929 and overcame
a series of distressing setbackS this
season to keep the Bruins in the
thick of the fight until the waning
epf the season.
The death of Hal Carlson. veteran
pitcher; Hornsbys bad heel and leg
Finjury, the enforced vacation Of
iRiggs Stephenson, hard hitting out
ff1elder; an injury to Captain Grimm,
a complete collapse of his pitching
staff, including injuries to Charley
Root and Sheriff Blake-those were
some of the setbacks the portly
arishman battled against. \
HAS Been a Good Manager
He has been a good manager, -
Wrigley said. However, in recent
> conversations he has said nothing
I about a renewal of his contract and
I felt that he didn't want one"
McCarthys comment when in
formed at Boston of the impending
change in managers was that he was
merely following a long line OF
Cubs managers" He added that
Chance was the only one who lasted
as long as he had.
Hornsby'S baseball record reached
high point in 1926 when, as man.
ager of the st. Louis Cardinals. he
took his team to the National
League and worlds championships
He afterward became assistant
manager of the Giants under Nc
Graw. and in 1923 went to Boston
and from there came to the Cubs
It is assumed that Hornsby will
keep in the game despite his new
role as manager.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-09-23
JACK DEMPSEY STRUCK
BY HIT-RUN MOTORIST

An automobile swept around the
street intersection. striking the
open door Of the car and jamming
the ex-champion's arm between the
door and the side of the machine
He was taken Immediately to a
hospital where several stitches we're
taken.
The wound was painful but not
considered seriQns.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-09-23
MELLON AIDS DENY
HE OWNED BREWERY

Wild Cat Beer Plant Building Is
Listed in Secretary's Name.
BIZ Hitcd Press
PITTSBURGH, Pa, Sept. ga
building listed in the city assessors
records as owned by A. w. Mellon
was raided by Federal dry agents
Monday and a wild cat" brewery,
they said, was discovered.
The local Office Of Secretary of
Treasury Mellon denieI knowledge
of the ownership.
Frank Carr 81, was held in the
raid. Quantities Of beer, wine,
whisky and gin, the raiders said,
were seized.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-09-23

~ United Press
NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 23.-Jack
Dempsey was injured here today
when struck by a hit-and-run
driver.
The accident occurred in the
French quarters, as Dempsey was
getting into his automobile. He
had been attending a reception in
MS honor.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-09-23
CHICAGO CUBS
NAME HORNSBY
NEW MANAGER
Famous 'Rajah' Is Appoint
ed Successor to Mccarthy
as Bruins Boss.
SELECTED BY WRlGLEY
Veteran Star to Confer With
Owners on Arrival in
Windy City,
SELECTED BY WRIGLEY
ByLnited Press

BIZ nitro Prceg
CHICAGO. Sept. %. - Rogers
Hornsby, veteran infelder of the
Chicago Cubs, will succeed Joe Nc
earthly as manager, William Wrigley
,Jr., owner of the Cubs, announced
today. Hornsby is returning with
the Cubs from the disastrous road
trip that cost them the pennant,
land will confer with Wrigley on
arrival regarding his new assign
ment.
Mccarthy, whom the Cubs took
from Louisville of the American AS
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-09-23
BUS ROUTE PROPOSED
Seek Permission to Operate Here
From MOnon to Lafayette.

Monon transportation Corpora
ton, a Monon railroad subsidiary, to-
day petitioned the public service
commission for permission to estab-
lish a bus route between Monon
and Lafayette.
The Monon railroad asks that this
bus line be allowed to replace trains.
operating at an alleged loss of
$4,000 annually.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-09-23
Schools Borrow SsOO.0OO

Bid of the Harris Trust and Saw
ings Company, Chicago, on a $780,
0C0 temporary loan for the Indian
apolis schools, was accepted by the
school board today. The loan, to
be repaid Nov. IS. after fall tax
money is received, will bear 3 per
cent interest.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-09-23

ISOLATION five years
ago, is stepping
out, perhaps into
a n other major
league manager
ship, because he
couldn't m a k e
tWrigley's dream
bof the worlds
series champion
ship come true.
Wrigley's an
nouncement con-
hrmed rumors that
have kept Cubs
{ a n S gossiping
since the team left
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-09-23
SUSPECT is QUESTIONED
Former Convict Held by United
States in Counterfeiting Case.

Federal officers today continued
questioning Harry Jaeger, alias
Hunter, alias Brechong, SO, Of Us
North Liberty street, whom they
suspect as a counterfeiter. Jaeger
has served two federal prison terms
for counterfeiting.
In his room officers who raided
with search warrants say they found
equipment for manufacturing spu-
rious 50-cent pieces.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-09-23
LEGS DIAMOND ON RUN
GOthem Gangster Given Hour TO
Get Out of Philadelphia.
Prcss

BIZ United Press
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 23.-Jack
Legs Diamond, New York gangster
who so cordially was invited to leave
Germany, also was invited to leave
Philadelphia today, but with one
hour time limit
The New Yorker was arraigned on
a suspicious character" charge,
after being arrested upon arriving
here on the freighter Hanover
Monday, and was ordered to leave
town within an hour.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-09-23
81 and Compact Carry
Girl on Long Sea Trip

nied Press
Jew YORK Sept Nelson pretty 22-year-
San boarded the liner Pennsylvania
powder compact here with her paid
first class
board the Pennsylvania at San Francisco
i a deck chair
wenty-four she felt something ought to be
meal known her the captain
put rolling bandages the ships hospital
wealthy heard Of the incident and paid her pass
furnished her with wardrobe for the trip
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-09-23
DRY AGENTS ROBBED
Relieved of Confscated Auto While
They Eat in Restaurant.

While federal operatives munched
sandwiches in a, nearby restaurant,
some one stole their confiscated
Hudson automobile Monday. from
its parking place at the curb in the
200 block Indiana avenue. they re-
ported to police today.
The car, the property of the de-
partment Of justice. bore Georgia
license plates.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-09-23
CITY BONDS ARE SOLD

Fletcher Savings and Trust Gets
Street Improvement Issue.
City Comptroller William L. Elder
sold $4,000 in 4 per cent street inn
provement bonds today to the
Fletcher Savings and Trust Com
pany at a premium OF $3.50.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-10-19
Valley Society
Telephone z
Telephone z

score pprize and Mrs. r. +. Rubarth
the consolation.
Mrs. r. F. Rubarth was a guest
for the afternoon.
Mrs. Bruce Arnold will be hostSeS
to the club on Tuesday Oct. 20.
PERSONALS
Mr.. and Mrs. II. j. Bowe and
daughter, Maxine are motoring
through TO spend the winter in
their McAllen home. After leaving
spent the past four-and-a-half
months at their summer home at
Findlay. Ohio.
Mrs. Clyde Hill. OF Hope, Ark
ansas was a guest last weekend
Of her sister, Mrs. j. NJ. Andrews.
L. d. Martinez. program director
for Radio Station XED, left the
first Of the week on q trip to Mon
terrey.
MI. and Mrs. L. L. Moore Of
Covington Indiana have arrived 10
make their home here.
Mrs. Roy Telford will entertain
the Ma Kocha club next Tuesday
afternoon.
Miss Bell McNear Of San Anto-
MO IS a guest Of Mrs A. J. Nc
Coll.
Mrs. @. A. Price and Mrs. Eva
Morgan. Of Edinburf. were Nc
Allen visitors Wednesday.
Mrs. j. NJ. Hufendick left Wed
nesday for San Antonio for a visit
with her daughter. Mrs. Dorothy
Polk.
Judge and Mrs. j. K. Leslie have
returned from a short trip 10 Cor
pus Christi. They we're accompanied
by Katherine Lee O'Neall.
Mr.. and Mrs. II. p. Griffin have
returned from Henderson. where
they we're called by the death Of Mr..
Griffin's mother, Mrs. w. w. Crit
fin. They returned via Kerrville To
visit with their son. John William,
who is a student at Schreiner
Institute.
Mrs. Lou Ella Smith is enjoying
a vacation trip to Wichita. Kansas
for about ten days.
Mr.. and Mrs. John D.. Barlow Of
Hope. Arkansas. were visitors here
last weekend.
Mrs. Mary Montgomery Of Pres
colt. Arkansas. enioved a visit in
McAlien last weekend.