The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-04-29
YOUTHS ADMIT
BRAWL FATAL
TOCAB Driver
Father of Victim Strains
SightIeSS Eyes for Last
Look at Son.
KEEPS VIGIL BY CoFFINS
Brother Also Dead in Chain
of Tragedy in Life of
Guy Hereth.
BY HEZE CLARK


SightleSs eyes straining futilely
for glimpse Of his dead loved ones,
Guy w. Hereth, So. Of 80 North
Davidson street, CROPPED his way be-
tween two collins in the parlor Of
the modest home today
One coffin held the body of his
son, William P. Hereth, %, taxi
driver, VINO died at the Methodist
hospital Monday night, the victim
of smuggling.
The second held the body of the
brother of the blind man, James
Hereth, 48, who died Saturday.
Two Youths Held
Meanwhile at police headquarters
detectives were holding two youths
on first degree murder charges. One
of them. Frank Allen. H. of 918 East
Georgia street, police say, confessed
to participation III a street brawl
Saturday night during which Hereth
suffered fatal injuries.
Allen implicated Artie Bishop, 81,
Of SIS East Wabash street.
They met Hereth in an East Wash
ington street poolroom, and left
with, him. walking to Pearl and East
streets, where Bishop and Allen
quarreIed about a taxi bill, Allen is
said to have sold detectives.
Hereth hit Bishop, and the latter
knocked the taxi driver down and
ran, Bishop is said to have related.
Allen then knocked Hereth down,
and left him lying on the ground,
the boys confession relates.
Sunday, Bishop came to me and
said, We'd better get our travelling
Clothes" Allen said.
They were arrested on tap be-
fore they fed the city.
Third Year
When the funeral cortege for
James Hereth left home at this
afternoon for Crown Hill Cemetery
it was the third time within a year
and the second time within sixty
days that collins have been borne
through the doorway.
Returning from this funeral, led
back into his own home which but
few months ago he could see with
his own eyes, the father was to
await the fourth funeral process
sion Thursday, procession which
will leave him absolutely alone in
the darkness of blindness
The son, william, died Monday
night without regaining conscious
ness after being found on the side
walk beneath the railway elevation
on East street near Washington
street Saturday night. A blow from
a blunt instrument had fractured
his skull.
Believed by police to be intox-
icated, he lay unconscious in a cell
at city lookup for four hours until
Howard Hendricks, another employee
of the Checker Cab Company, visit
ed police headquarters and found
his friend was injured.
Never Regained Consciousness
Taken to Methodist hospital,
Heretl never regained conscious
ness. Detectives were unable 70 OBJ
tain any story of the attack on him.
His cab was found abandoned at
Maryland and Illinois streets several
hours after his body was found.
William last was seen at $40
Saturday night when he was dis
patched on call to Noble and
Georgia streets.
Refusing to surrender the only
picture he has Of his son, a picture
his eyes can not see, the father, be-
wildered by the lashing of misfor-
tune, heard Of his sons death early
today. Collapse of the father was
feared as he suffered from heart
disease.
He has been blind for fourteen
months, the blindness coming grad
ually. Almost coincident with the
fading of the light for him, misfor-
tunes began.
Mother, Wife Die
His mother, Mrs. Gertie Hereth,
died Jan 16, 1929. His wife, Mrs.
Hattie Hereth, mother of the dead
taxi driver, died March 3, 1880. The
brother died last Saturday and the
son died Monday night without
knowing Of his uncle's death.
The only living relative Of the
blind father Is another brother,
william Shorb of Cincinnati.
The father formerly was en-
ployed by the Big -Four railway. The
dead son also was employed by the
railway as a brakeman until re-
Gently.
Funeral services will be held for
the son at Thursday afternoon,
with burial at Crown Hill ceme-