The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-03-06
FEAR OF DEATH
is REVEALED IN
GORDON DIARY
'RadeIoff Only One Who Is
Real Enemy" Slain
Woman Wrote.
By I'm &c Special

~ 4tnee Apect1t
NEW YORK, March 6-Excerpts
from the murdered Vivian Gordons
diary telling Of her fear that her
attorney. John A. Radeloff. and an
ex-convct, Samuel Cohen, alias
Chowder Heat Harris" would kill
her, have been made public by Dis
tr1ct Attorney Charles 2. McLaugh-
lin Of the Bronx. Radelof and
Cohen are held as material wit
nesses. Excerpts from the diary fol-
low:
Feb. 10, 192S-"Did not start this
diary for reason other than TO re-
mind me Of date but think-advised
~ so-That it's best to put down
things as they happen concerning
John A. Radeloff, he is not to be
trusted-he could stoop to any
thing"
The words "advisedly so" were
heavily underlined, as we're the
words finale" and "henchmen" in
the following
Feb. Is, 1929-John A. Radeloh
here finale" between us. Refused
to pay DIS bill. Phoned his NJ.
b W. If anything happens to me
he is to blame ne has henchmen.
Don't know when 60 to the hos
pltal-reckon as soon as he J. a. r.
gives me money for Dr., etc"
Threat Is Made"
The next quotation apparently
vas a few weeks later:
The threat has been made-Sam
Cohen, who is client of j. A. r.
in a case has brought the
thugs (2) to j. A. RS ofice-so j.
A. r. told me and he refused to let
them do the trick. How did they
know 90 j. and had a scrap I'M
less he told S. c. and why make a
confldart out of a common loft
thief?
60 The above information was con-
!. veyed to me in my apt. after re-
Cancellation Of Feb %, but still
: list this information in case his
man is according to his statement
supposed to have said WE'LL take
know what happened to her. Every
identification will be missing, espe-
q cially that ring meaning the $4,000
ring I wear"
- Writes of Death Hint
Later excerpts apparently written
late in 1929 or early in 1880, said:
u. A. r. here-again limited about
my getting killed, saying I'd better
get my collars and shirts out of
here-if you should be killed they'd
look for me- There is $4,000 of
mortgages Of mine in his Office"
- A later entry:
John A. Radeloff Office $500-not
show up-waited TX hours.
"Phoned him home-went over
.there-had it out with him-net
him as he and wife we're going out
for walk Read the riot act to
hirn-she didn't say word Dunb
dumb dumb"
Told to Knock Me or
A still later paragraph:
r Radeloff said S. G. had been in
TO see him within the past week.
sam Cohen is the one who was to
have knocked me off last winter. I
guess j. A. r. is seeking his serv-
ices for that deed"
On another occasion: az. A. R.
would stoop to anything" and again,
apparently late in 1929:
- -. a. Radeloff is the only one
who is really an enemy Of mine
because Of certain things have
told his wife in retaliation for all
the rotten things he has done to
nle-he was just using me for
good thing. Treating me half civil
"a necessary evil-as it were-be-
cause he knew he could borrow
:. money from ne-besides-
Tells of Jewel Deol"
II have a mortgage of $11 ,330-
due to close Oct. 30. 1t wouldn't
surprise me a bit if he'd try to grab
that money as there is no one close
to me to put up Squawk if any
thing occurred. Anything I have
done to him he deserves 100 per
cent more"
A later paragraph recorded that
Radeloff tried to get $500 from her
for two men going to Oslo, Nor
!. way, to take over a bank. The word
bank" may have been slang, but
Mclaughlin has not learned its
81 meaning.
The most recent entry regarding
the two material witnesses was on
: Feb. 4. 1881: IT believe John Rade-
loff and Sam Cohen pulled that
Jewel deal alone"
Marion EmnIOve< Paid