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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-28
GAMBLERS TO
Join FOR WAR
ON KIDNAPERS
Wealthy Turf Followers
Will Aid in Stamping
Out Gangs.
PV United Press

PV United Press
CHICAGO. Aug. 28.-Powerful
gamblers and wealthy followers of
the turf were reported organizing
today for a fight to the finish
against gangs which have terror
lied the midwest in recent months
by kidnapping racing men nd hold
ing them for ransom.
Pat Roche, states attorney inyes-
tigator, who solved the Lingle muir
der, and John j. Lynch, racing
publisher freed Thursday by Lid
napers, who held him for almost
week, were said to be leading the
fight.
Upon returning to his estate at
Lake Geneva, Wis, Lynch broke
the precedent of other kidnapping
victims by declaring he would do
everything he could to help capture
and convict the abductors.
Denied He Paid Ransom
Lynch denied he had paid any
ransom for his release. His friends,
however, limited that a ransom,
probably $4,000, had been paid, al
though Lynch did not know about it.
Reports to police were that
Lynch'S friends turned the money
over to Alphonse (Scarface AID Ca
pone and that Capone gave it to
the kidnaperS.
An indication of the stand of rae
ing men was given last Saturday,
while Lynch, who is part owner of
national racing news bureau, was
still in the hands of the kidnapers.
The Daily Racing Form at that
time offered $4,000 for arrest and
conviction of the kidnapers, stating
that action must be taken to stamp
out" gangs which turned last win
ter from kidnapping bankers to kid
mapping gamblers.
"The gambling fraternity has de-
cided to battle the kidnapers to the
finish was the word that went out
as Lynch and Roche organized their
forces today.
Seek for Capone
Roche expressed a belief that the
men who kidnapped Lynch we're the
same gang which recently kidnapped
James Hackett, wealthy Blue
Island gambler. He has received
reports that the gang is composed
of former st. Louis men and mem
bers of the old Fred Burke (the
Killer organization.
The investigator continued his
search for Capone, who disappeared
while Lynch was returning home.
The understanding was that the
kidnapers we're enemies Of Capone,
but that, inasmuch as he had paid
the ransom, he probably knew who
they were.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-28
JAMES JACKSON
TO LEAD PARTY
Ex- Governor's Brother Will
Be Coin Harvey'S Aid.

James G. jackson, brother of for
mer Governor Ed Jackson, will head
the national committee of the Lib
erty party" formed at Monte Ne,
Ark, under leadership of w. w. H.
Coin" Harvey, famous free silver
advocate, according to dispatches
today.
Jackson has made his home at
Dunreith and Dublin, Ind, since be-
ing ousted as head of the Ft. Wayne
school for feeble minded youth and
the Butlerville farm colony for the
feeble-m minded, to which he was ap-
pointed by his brother.
He was substituted as chairman
of the committee after Harvey, the
party's nominee for president,
brought about the resignation of
Arthur M. White of New Orleans.
The brother of the former Gov
ernor moved to Dublin eight months
ago from Dunreith, where he con-
Quoted a general store.
He is engaged in the real estate
business at Dublin.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-28
$50 TO FACE
JURY ON DOPE,
BOOZE COUNTS
Federal Investigation to
Start in Court Here on
Sept. ID.
MANY HALF PINT CASES
Jeffrey to Ask Indictment of
Alleged Operators of
AIky Stills.

Violations Of the liquor, narcotic,
counterfeiting and bankruptcy laws
involving approximately $50 resi-
dents of the southern district of
Indiana will be presented to the
federal grand jury converting here
Sept. IA.
Seventy per cent Of the cases will
BIT for liquor law violations, George
r. jeffrey, district attorney, de-
clared today.
Majority of these are the half
pint" violators arrested by the fed
eral prohibition agents, but the
special agents are to present evil
dence against twenty-five persons
involved in the giant alcohol dis
tilling operation at Clinton.
Huge Stills Raided
Eleven additional 200-galIon alco-
holic stills were raided and de-
stroyed by the special agents, bring
ing their total for the year to So
standard" or 200-gallon stills, two
200-gallon whisky stills, and spe-
cially constructed 200-gallon alco-
hol plant operated by steam, said to
be the largest ever operated in In
diana.
More than $4,000 gallons of mash
was discovered in one Of the eleven
still cases to be presented to the
grand jury, while the ten others
averaged approximately $500 gal
Ions of mash.
With these raids, the special
agents believe they practically have
cleaned out the Clinton or Wabash
valley liquor ring.
Many. City Defendants
Names of approximately twenty
will be presented to the
grand jur,' in connection with the
sixteen so to $50 gallon stills seized
in indianapolis during the last six
months by special agents.
Raids two weeks ago today by a
federal narcotics squad and city po-
lice on the Edwards hotel and on a
private apartment resulted in ar
rest of three men on narcotics
charges and one on a liquor viola
ton count.
Confiscating large amount Of
opium in the hotel raid, the agents
arrested Morris (Sailor) Cohen and
Robert Goblinger, and later break
ing into another room, held Don
Carson on liquor charges after a.
cutting plant was uncovered there.
Nets Opium Supply
The same day a raid on the apart
ment of Jimmy Tomasella, 1920
North Illinois street, netted another
opium supply, and Tomasella, a
former liquor runner, was held.
The bankruptcy law violotions
will include approximately one-half
dozen defendants, Jeffrey declared.
Subpoenas have been mailed to
fifty prospective grand jurors by
Albert c. Sogemeier. clerk of the
court. The jury will be composed
of either sixteen or twenty-three
members.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-28
EIGHT IN CITY
SEEK Share IN
HUGE ESTATE
Claim KinShip to Cousin of
One Time President
of U. S.
WEALTH IN MILLIONS
1000 Relatives Expected to
Benefit by Terms
of Will.
BY REY RINTALA

Fortunes smile is being wooed
today by eight indianapolis resi-
dents to whom the bounty Of the
courts may bring a golden reward
totaling millions.
If their courtship is successful,
each will win one-half million dol
lars, sharing in the $850,O00,0o0 es-
tate of William Buchanan, cousin
Of President James Buchanan.
Investments made by President
Buchanan'S cousin have been tied
up by ninety-nine- year leases, pre-
venting division of the estate. The
last lease expired July 81, 1881.
BY the terms of William Buchan-
ans will, the estate shall be divided
among his blood kin, each and
every one alike" Nobody seems to
know just how many heirs there
are eligible to share the vast for
tune.
Other Claimants in State
Indianapolis persons, claiming di-
rect lineage traced to the Presidents
cousin, estimate that 1900 to 1000
blood kin" will be found.
Those in Indianapolis seeking a
part Of the vast fortune are: Dom
aid L. Merrill, Mrs. E. c. Merrill,
Claude John Merrill and Robert
Merrill, all of 255 South Audubon
road; Mrs. Lyman H. Price, 1923
Park avenue; Edward S. Merrill and
his 2-year-old daughter Patricia
Rose of II North Wallace street,
and Frank Clore, Antlers hotel.
There also are claimants in Mar
ion, Boone, Clinton, Ohio, Dearborn.
Ripley and Vigo counties.
Contribute to Fund
Buchanan heirs first settled in
Cincinnati and later moved to Ohio
and Dearborn counties in Indiana,
it is said. Since then the family
has taken up residence in various
sections of Indiana and other states.
An all-day meeting was held
Thursday in Lebanon by all Indiana
residents who claim kinship to the
wealthy Buchanan to compile proof
of their claims.
Tuesday night in Cincinnati a
meeting was held at which enough
money was contributed to carry on
any needed Investigations.
Claims to Be Filed
Claims, to be filed at Houston,
Tex, will be considered, it is under
stood as soon as federal court con-
venes there in the second week of
September.
Investments involved in the estate
are in New York, Pennsylvania,
Texas and California.
Mrs. Clara N. hilbert, Aurora, Ill,
and Mrs. Beulah Buchanan Selby,
Rockford ILL.,, also will file claims
with the Indiana heirs, who have
an attorney working in Texas on
the case. Mrs. Selby formerly lived
in indianapolis.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-28
Nab THREE FOR
BANK HOLDUP
Trio Suspected of Marion
and Gas City "Jobs.'
By United Press

By United Press
MARION, Ind, Aug. 2S.-Arrest
of three suspects here may not only
clear the $500 bank robbery at Gas
City, but two other bank holdups
here in which the loot aggregated
$4,000, Sheriff Bert White said to-
day.
Sheriff White announced that it
had been learned that Frank Gen
slak, 26, alias Frank Duda, was a
paroled convict. Two employees and
a customer in Twin Cities bank,
robbed last Friday, identified him
as one Of the holdup men. En-
ployes of the defunct Gas City state
bank, which was robbed twice, were
to be brought here today to view
Genslak.
The other suspects are Peter F..
Simonni, %, and George Baier, 81,
both of Detroit.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-28
BY BEN STERN

SUPPORTERS of Frank Daley for
~ his second Democratic nominal
ton for Governor and adherents of
the three possible Indianapolis
seekers of the senatorial nomination
are attempting to have one or the
other groups get out of the field.
Their worry is caused by the
obvious fact that no state conven-
ton, be it Democratic or Repub-
lican, will nominate Indianapolis or
Marion county residents for both
first and second places on the state
ticket.
Especially with Floyd E. William
son, also of Indianapolis, a probably
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-28
STRANDED MOTHER is
AIDED BY NEEDY FUND
Returned to Monticello Home After
Night in Statehouse.

Returned to Monticello through
the aid of welfare organizations and
police, Mrs. Esther Wakeland and
her baby today are recovering from
the experience of having no place
to sleep and nothing to eat.
Monday, Mrs. Wakeland took the
baby to the Riley hospital for
treatment and awaited the arrival
of her husband Leon, who was to
hitch-hike to Indianapolis.
When Wakeland failed to appear,
Mrs. Wakeland took her baby and
spent the night on a couch in the
women's rest room at the state
house. Her husband was found the
following day and the family re-
turned home.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-28
Bankers Reach Accord
By United Press

bY CHtt6U FFCeS
PARIS, Aug. 28.-French and
British bankers have reached an
agreement with Clement Moret,
governor of the Bank of France, for
French participation in new credits
to England, officials of the ministry
Of France informed the United
Press today.
The agreement will be submitted
by telephone to New York and Lon
don before being published tonight.
The French proposed to share
with American bankers 100000 900
pounds (S392,800,000) in the form
OF one-year bonds of the Bank Of
England.
Great Britain's acceptance was
almost certain, since three repre-
sentatives of the British treasury
and two of the Bank of England
participated in the conference.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-28
URGES WAR ON GANGS
Catskill Mountain Jury Advises
Citizens to Arm Selves.

Catskill Mountain Jury Advises
Citizens to Arm Selves.
BIZ United Press
CATSKILL, N. Y, Aug. 28.-Cats-
kill mountain residents, who have
been harraSsed by gang shootings,
coercion and racketeering the past
year, are advised to arm themselves
and fight force with force"
This recommendation was con-
tanned in presentment, compiled
by the special grand jury which
since last April, investigated the
activities of Jack Gegs) Diamond
and his gang, made public Thurs
day.
The grand jury urged that citi-
zens obtained permits to carry pis-
tolls in order to protect themselves
against racketeers.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-28

QreSS lOuu Speaker
S ystem a t tn e
dedication Of the
Municipal airport,
Sept. IS to 81.
Brinkley, W h o
will announce the
program, has eX-
planned events at
215 air meets held
in thirty - seven
states since 1920.
Persons a t tn e
field have only to
send their queries
about aviation to
him to have them
explained in de-
tail through the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-28
BuUnited Press

bV DHtted PTe8s
NEW YORK, Aug. pa mother sat today and
Y listened to her son being feted thousands Of
miles away. Mrs Evangeline Lindbergh, mother
of the American flier who was rendered welcome
banquet at Toxic after his successful flight, sat at
her home in Detroit and listened to the welcoming
addresses and to her sons response.
Later she sent telegram to M. H. Aylesworth
president of the National Broadcasting Company
expressing her thanks and sincere appreciation
for the broadcast.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-28
Mother of Indy and His Son Hear
COlOneIS Radio Message Shan Sea

By United Press
NORTH HAVEN, Me. Aug. 2s.-Charles Angus
tus Lindbergh Jr. heard the voice of his dis
tinguished father as it carried by radio from
Toxic to the big living room of the summer home
OF United States Senator Dwight NJ. Morrow today
Mrs. Morrow, mother OF Mrs. Lindbergh and
her daughter Constance, listened to the colonel's
address. but Senator Morrow was en- route back
from New York by train and missed it,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-28
Deny Taking Over Theater

By United Press
NEW YORK, Aug. 28.-Radio-
Keith Orpheum Corporation has not
taken over the Orpheum theater at
Cincinnati, but has concluded an
interbooking arrangement with the
house, it was said at RKO Offices
today. Officials refused to comment
on whether the theater eventually
will become one of the RKO chain.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-28
HONOR DEAD TEACHER
Pupils Of Miss Luie Huff Elect al
Basket Dinner.

The association Of former pupils
OF Miss Luie Huff of Allisonville
held a basket dinner and business
meeting Thursday in Brookside
park. The officers, all of whom were
reelected, are Mrs. L. c. Pitcher.
president; j. B. Haverstick, vice.
president, and Miss Mary Nesbitt.
secretary. Speaker was Julian Wet
eel, a member of the indianapolis
school board, and former pupil OF
Miss Hun.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-28
Store Robberies Charged

7g United Press
MARION, Ind, Aug. 2s.-Clarence
SHUTTLE. %; Joe Lacey. Is, and En-
NETT Ellison. 10. all of Marion. were
arrested here on charges Of robbing
stores at Polingtown and Pennville.
Loot aggregated SIS. Police said the
description of an automobile in
which the men we're riding tailed
with that Of the bandits machine,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-28
ELROD JR. GETS POST
Named Legal Editor Of Insurance
Service. Publishing Periodicals.

Milton Elrod Jr., 251O East Six
tenth street, has been named legal
editor of the Insurance Research
Review Service, 1913 West North
street, publisher of a group of in
surance services and periodicals.
Elrod is an Indiana law school
graduate and member of Sigma
Delta Kappa fraternity. He former
ly practiced law at 329 Circle Tower.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-28
CHASED OUT OF WINDOW
Magazine Writer in Suicide Leap;
Suffered HaIIucinations,
By United Press

By United Press
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Aug. %
Paul L. Wilson of Pittsburgh, who
said he was a magazine writer,
committed suicide today by jump
ing from a sixth-story window of
a Kansas City hotel.
Ben Isaacson of Altoona, Pa, a
hitchhiker whom Wilson picked up
in Wheeling, w. Va, said Wilson
appeared to have hallucinations
that some one was chasing him, and
jumped through the window.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-28
II. Ashhrook

IT. AShDrOOk
The Murder of Steven Kester,"
just published by Coward-Mc-
Cam, is authored by H. Ashbrook,
pictured above. A man who is
wealthy and lives on Long Island
gets the works. And the mystery
is not solved until the very end.
And you will not be able to guess
the ending. This one is a sweetie.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-28

BARTLEsvILLE, Okla, Aug. %.
Phoebe Omlie of Memphis led
the women f1iers in the national air
derby when they stopped here for
the night on their way to Cleveland.
Her point standing was 1O5.17 per
cent. Edith Foltz was second with
100.39, Martie Bowman third with
1914; Mae Haizlip, fourth, 97.35;
and Gladys ODonnel, fifth, 97O6.
Lee Brussy led the mems division,
with a score of 1892. D. G. Warren
was second with 1929, and Charles
G.. Trap, third.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-28

IUUU opEdhGIos
Brinkley, former editor of Air
ports, an aeronautical magazine,
now is on a nation wide aerial sur
vey of airports, line and factories.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-28

1--WE Times-known by the
IL little white crosses at the side
of the road-death has struck at
this blind interurban crossing on
High School road. the only entry
to municipal airport.
Those fatal crashes occurred
before the airport was completed
when traffic over the road south
from west National road was COM
paratively light.
Now with the flying field draw
ing hund1dss and sometimes
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-28
Plane Nose Dives, Killing Pilot

By United Press
BLOCK ISLAND, R. L, Aug. 28-
A biplane nose dived from an alti-
tude of 200 feet, crashed into a hay
field and burst into flames, here late
Thursday, killing the pilot and sole
occupant, Gottfred E. Lundbergh, &c.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-28
Bum Break

By United Press
OMAHA, Aug. 28.-An Omaha
woman became suspicious when
an unknown man handed her
a package. She feared it was
a bomb. Police opened the
package for her and found
nineteen quarts of champagne,
worth $3.50. The police kept it.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-28
WRITER WILL APPEAR
AT AIRPORT DEDICATION
"Ask Me Anything" Dare Made for
Loud Speaker Broadcast"

'Ask me anything!" That's the
dare of Russ (SkybalD Brinkley,
noted aviator and writer, who will
answer questions over a public adj
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-28
THEY TELL Me

successful candidate for renomina-
ton for state auditor.
If Marion county Democrats seek
to put over a nominee for Gov
ernor, a nominee for senator, and
a nominee for auditor, they may
find themselves with nothing.
Hendricks Kenworthy, Ninth ward
chairman and acknowledged leader
of the city hall group, is positive
that Walter Myers, 1881 Speaker of
the house, is to be the senatorial
nominee.
Friends of Albert Stump, twice
the Democratic choice for the post,
are certain that he is to be the one
selected, while many of the old
guard who feel that Evans Woollen,
favorite son candidate for President
in 1928, is the qualified one, declare
that he has the best chance.
1t is certainty that Kenworthy
will attempt to bring the city hall
strength to Myers.
He has been out over the state
lining up support and seeking dele
gate pledges.
But there is no doubt that he will
find split Marion county delega-
ton on his hands when he starts
counting noses at the next conven-
ton.
Meanwhile, the Stump supporters
also are travelling the state and
they claim to find much support in
the rural districts.
Inasmuch as the senatorial nom
inee IS the first to be balloted upon,
Daley or any other Indianapolis
seeker Of the governcrship will be
out of luck if the choice should
happen to be a local man.
Knowing that friction can be
stirred up easily among the ad-
herents of Myers, Stump and Wool
len, the Daley men are out encour-
aging all sides.
A split Marion county delegation
probably means selection of sena-
torial nominee from an other section
Of the state. and would make the
gubernatorial contest an out and
out fight between Daily and Paul
v. McNutt of Bloomington.
But what those seeking to widen
the rift are forgetting is that if
the cleavages are too sharp, they
may result in bitterness and the
Marion county delegation will not
be able to get together again with
everything smoothed down by the
time the roll is called for the Gov
ernog vote :.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-28
CHEMISTS TO GATHER

American Society to Open ConcIaye
at Chicago Next Monday.
BIZ Science Service
BUFFALO, Aug. 29.-Chemistry.
the science Of industrial revolutions
Will take stock of itself at the fall
meeting Of the American Chemical
Society here next week, where a
considerable proportion of the
10000 members Of the society viii
exchange news and views regard
ing their newest researches. The
meeting will begin Monday.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-28

Although her two books bear such
unassuming titles as plain Anne
Ellis" and THE Life of an Ordinary
Woman" Anne Ellis is nevertheless
alarmingly ambitious. II have three
overwhelming ambitions" she says:
TO have some one call me dear
and mean 1t; to have dress I did
not make myself; to be so rich that
when dining in a public place and
mechanical music is turned on,
could hand a waiter $40 and tell
him to turn Ii off"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-21
Farrell Points To Sixteen Years
 Service Record
West Haven Police Head Incensed at Newspaper Reports That He Was Tn the Know" on Program Stunt Which Blew Up After Investigation in This City z

The East Haven police department is apparently in turmoil at present over the arrests here of two solici- tors for the Connecticut State Police association convention program. Yes terday Chief Hugh J. Farrell was quoted as declaring the principal Waterbury witness was bootlegger and a squealer. Some of the New Haven papers apparently intimated that he was supporting the two accused agents, John J. Callahan and Charles J. Duffy, who were ordered held for superior court by Judge John F. McGrath.
 To-day's report from East Haven was as follows:
 Alarmed to find himself unwit- tingly in the role of staunch de- fender of pair of so-called pro- gram racketeer suspects, Police Chief Hugh J. Farrell of East Ha- ven hastened to clarify his posi- ton on the case to-day to turn away suspicious he might be condoning crime.
 Me defending racketeer sus- pects!," the chief declared in utter amazement at a newspaper head line over his comments on the case. sixteen years I've been police man and I never defended rack cteers or suspected racketeers. If these men are guilty let them go to the bat!"
 Chief Farrell found himself In the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-21

limelight of publicity yesterday in connection with the cases of two solicitors arrested in Waterbury and charged with obtaining money and goods under false pretenses
 while acting in behalf of the East Haven Police Aid association.
 Both were bound over to superior court.
 Chief Farrell was quoted correct | ly, he admits, when he declared in an interview yesterday he "wasn' in on" the program affair but was interested to the extent of advising the solicitors mot to go to boot leggers" for contributions. He made no denial of his original stand that Duffy and Callahan had "No wrong
 intention, in using q letterhead oi the police association as a credcn tial. He revealed himself as com
 pletely out of sympathy with the
 men if they were guilty. however and declared--in that event--they
 could Ego to the bat for all of him The East Haven police, regard | less of the outcome of the case vii hold the annual Connecticut police
 convention there fin July, Chiei
 Farrell said. The program that has entailed all the trouble will Dc printed and every ad 50 far solicited
 will appear but no more canvassine
 will be done. All solicitors for the undertaking have been recalled | from the field, Chief Farrell said.