The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-04-09
BOMB MURDER
CHARGES FILED
AGAINST GANG
Widow of Victim Is Among
Six Named in Plot at
Marion, Ind.
CHICAGO MEN ARE HELD
Suspects in Labor Warfare
Explosions Walk Into
Trap of Police.

BIZ United Press
MARION. Ind, April s.-Af1-
davitS charging murder. and con-
spiracy TO commit murder, were
filed in Grant circuit court today
against six persons arrested Tues
day as suspects in three Marion
bombingS which have claimed five
lives since last October.
One affidavit charges Peter Kinie-
ciak, Harry Danford and Joseph
Beckett, all Of Chicago, with muir
der and conspiracy to commit the
murder Of Andrew LegoS, who died
of injuries sustained last Oct. %
when a bomb exploded as he stepped
on the starter of his car.
The second affidavit charges Mrs.
ErIna LegoS, widow of Andrew Legos,
and Duke and Mabon Humphrey,
the latter two of EIwood, with con-
spiracy to commit murder, and the
murder Of John Ashcraft on Feb. IS,
1880.
Floyd Humphrey, brother of Duke
and Mabon, is sought.
Held without Bond
The six will be held in Jail at
Marion without bond, pending ac-
ton of the grand jury, which is
scheduled to meet April %.
The affldavitS we're signed by
Lewis Lindenmuth, Marion police
chief
Red Heaylin, Marion, was named
by police as the informant whose
efforts resulted in the arrests.
Heavlin brought the Chicago men
to Marion on the pretense of hiring
them to pull q bombing job for
him, police said. Through these al
legged gangsters he learned Of the
Humphrey brothers at Elwood, 1t
is claimed.
In addition to Marion police.
Grant county sherif's officers, and
the state fire marshal, investiga-
tors have included operatives of the
Cal Grim Detective Agency, Gin
cinnati Of which the noted detec-
tive. Ora Slater, is a member.
The Grim operatives Tuesday
afternoon sprung trap which had
been carefully prepared. Working
with Heavlin, they announce
they arranged for bombing OF an
automobile, negotiations being car
ried on through the Humphrey
brothers.
No Shots Fired
At meeting Tuesday afternoon,
final details for the bombing were
to be made. Heavily armed officers
surrounded the place and arrest Of
the Chicago men was made without
a shot being fired. They were found
unarmed. The brothers were
arrested at Elwood few hours later.
After first offering to bomb the
automobile for $3.50, the plotters, de-
tectives said, demanded $500 and
arrangements we're made TO pay the
larger amount.
The spy of the probers asserts that
while ne was riding in an automobile
with Danford, the man now in jail
pointed to the explosion wrecked
State theater at Hammond, and re-
marked that it was one OF the
gangs Jobs. lie made a similar
boast when they drove past the
wrecked Labor Temple here, the
undercover man asserts.
Three Lost Lives
In an explosion at the temple Oct.
10. Fred Dicken, Charles Humes and
William Dean lost their lives. The
next victim was Andrew Legos, an
official of the mold makers union,
fatally hurt when a bomb shattered
his automobile. The missile was set
of when he stepped on the starter
Of his car. Iegos was an official
of the mold makers union and was
in the labor temple attending
meeting of the organization when
the other three men, all members of
the union, lost their lives.
The fifth death was that Of John
Ashcraft. On Feb. Is he received
mortal injuries when the starter Of
his automobile set of a bomb.
While no definite statement has
been made regarding a motive for
the bombings, victims Of which were
members of the local Glass Mold
Makers Union, 1t has been the the
DRY that labor trouble was to blame.
Investigation so far reveals that
the gang had headquarters in FL
wood, was composed in part Of men
from Chicago, and that working
connections were maintained with
gang in Newport, KY.
Efforts we're made to trap the
Newport gang into doing the
supposed job here, but It's members
refused, declaring Marion officers
already were looking for them.