The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-03-27
BROTHERS LIKE
man Who RAN,
PRIEST SAYS
Notre Dame Professor Sees
Suspect as Answering
the Description
TELLS OF HEARING SHOT
Turned and Watched Him
Race Away and Wheel
Into AIIey.'
BY WILLIAM Z. HALLBERG
United Press stan Correspondent

Inlteh ETtsS stan correspondent
CRIMINAL COURT, CHICAGO,
March 27.-Father John j. Reyn-
olds, professor of history at Notre
Dame university, added the weight
of his clerical integrity today to the
states case against Leo V. Broth
erS, on trial charged with murder
ing Alfred J. Lingle, Chicago Tri-
bune reporter.
The catholic priest who saw Lin
gle in the Illinois Central subway
before the murder last June 9.
walked into the courtroom through
barrage of flashlights. He was
wearing the black suit and reverse
collar of his religious office and
strobe up to the witness chair with
firm step.
AS with other state witnesses de-
Tense attorneys obtained leave to
examine Father Reynolds in an ante
room before he was allowed to an
swer question in open court.
Answers Description of"
Mr.. Reynolds identified Brothers
as answering the description of
the blond young man he saw fleeing
after Lingle had been shot.
I came to Chicago June 8 to con-
suit a physician and was walking
through the Illinois Central tunnel
from a South Shore train when l
retraced my steps to obtain an in
struction book" the priest said.
AS he approached the stairs at
the west side OF the tunnel, he said.
he heard. shot 'reverbrate through
the tunnel" and turned.
Il saw number of men RUNNING
up the east stairway. I went to the
street. 1 heard a hystericaI high
voice, Stop that man, stop that
man
Puts Hand on Leo's Shoulder
Il looked across the street and
saw blond young man making his
way TO the curb. followed him
with my eye. He paused. He ran
nIteen yards up the street and
turned around. Each pause was
about ten seconds. I looked down
IN The street. The policeman on
DUTY was charging rapidly. The man
turned and ran up the alley"
.Q-Do you see that man in this
courtroom? A-Mr. Brothers an
sWers that description.
Mr.. Reynolds left the stand
crossed in front Of Judge Sabath's
bench and paused at. Brothers chair
The priest placed his hand on the
defendants shoulder as Leo glanced
swiftly at G. Wayland Brooks of the
prosecution with a look of surprise
on his face.
CrOSs-Examine Race Man
The priest said he viewed Brothers
at the Congress hotel through
cheeSecIoth screen. This was after
Brothers arrest.
Reynolds used the phrase, He
Brothers. answered the descrip-
ton of the man I saw running"
Despite rain and snow, the at
tendance today was fully as large
as Thursday. The session began
with the defense cross-examininp
Red Apologize. the race horse man
who identified Brothers as LingIe's
slayer.
Apologize said his friendship
with Lingle began at the Hawthorne
race track and in two or three
years they had some business deal
ings."
The witness said he cashed checks
for Lingle, advised him on waeers
and discussed the $65-a-week re-
porter's plans to buy $4,000 or
$4,000 stable"
Important Points Brought Out
Two important points were
brought out-that Applegate was
not sure the man who brushed past
him in the I. c. tunnel was the
same man who killed Lingle, and
that the witness did not see the
slayer until he bumped into
little man" on the way out.
Apologize readily made this dis
tinction. His earlier story had given
/ the impression that the man who
jostled him was the murderer and
that he saw the latter turn imme-
diately after Lingle was killed.
The state called DR.. Clarence w.
Muehlberger of Northwestern uni
versitys scientific crime detection
school, a coroner's physician. The
professor is a small man, with thin
ming hair and cloSe-cropped NOUS
tache.
Muehlberger fondled the bull
dog" type revolver that killed Lingle
and disclosed that one faint finger
print was found on it, useless for
Identification.
He had restored its obliterated
serial number with acid, the wit
ness said. Coroner Herman N. Bun
desen has testified the gun was
traced by the number to frankie
Foster, north side gunman, under
indictment as an accessory in
LingleS murder