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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-08
NEWS OF SOCIETY FOLK

Mrs. oscar Torian, 1902 North
Talbot street. is in Savannah, Ca,
to attend the University Of Georgia
commencement exercises at which
school her daughter, Anna G..
Torian, will be graduated.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Simmons
White, 323 North LayInan avenue,
will go to oxford, O., Tuesday, to
attend graduation exercises at
Western college, when their
daughter Marion White, will be
graduated.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. j. Harwick and
daughter, Dorothy VosS Harwick,
have returned here for resi-
dence after spending the last ten
years In San Antonio, Tex. They
ere at the Washington at present.
They will go to st. Mary's-of-the-
Woods Tuesday to attend the COM
mencement exercises. Miss Harwick
will enter school there in Septem-
Der.
Among indianapolis persons at
the Roosevelt in New York are Mr..
and Mrs. James S. Watson, Miss
Elizabeth Watson, Mrs. Fred Leeds
and Frank c. Ffshback.
DR.. Thomas j. Dugan. 1888 West
Washington street, will attend the
fortieth meeting of Baltimore and
Ohio Association of Railway Sur
geons at Atlantic City, today and
Tuesday. He then will attend the
annual meeting Of American Medi-
cal Association aS Philadelphia,
Wednesday to Friday, and will
spend a day in Washington with his
sons, Thomas, Jr., and Roger, who
are students at Catholic university.
He win return June IA.
Mrs. George w. Dietz and Miss
Alice Dietz, l907ia College avenue,
left Sunday to attend June
week activities and graduation Of
the United States Military Academy
at West Point, N. Y. Cadet George
Edwin Dietz is a member Of the
graduating class.
Miss Marie Foster, Batesville.
Okla, viii be the guest Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Paul B. Hoffman, 2l6l North
Meridian street. next weekend
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ALun1nae Group
VIII Elect at
Final Meetine

indianapolis Alumnae chapter of
Kappa Alpha Theta will hold the
closing meeting of the season Sat-
urday at the home of Miss Frances
Krieg, 4510 Park avenue. New
officers will be installed, after which
guests will be entertained with a
garden party and bridge. Those
who will take Office are:
Mrs. Charles E. Binkley, president: Mrs
John Paul Ragsdale. president; Miss
Constance Jones. recording secretary: Miss
Mildred Morgan. treasurer: Mrs. Leo Ter
fas. corresponding secretary. Mrs. Charles
Farmer. corresponding editor; Miss Helen
De. Grief and Miss Virginia Kingsbury. CO.
chairmen Of social service department:
Mrs. Donald Hoover. chairman of pub
Lefty. and Miss Elizabeth Berterman
chairman Of telephone committee.
Mrs. James J. Murray, chairman
of hostesses, will be assisted by:
Mesdames E. G. Barnes Harold Cunning
Carl Eveleigh. walter Hubbard. Olin Nor
man. James L. Schel Misses Berterman
Eleanor Dunn and Marjorie Spencer.
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W. T. UGroub
to Meet With
Mrs. Faulkner

Bay Laurel w. G. T. U. will meet
at 2 Friday at the home Of Mrs.
Claude Faulkner. 1888 Wilcox
street. Mrs. William Castleman
local director Of the Flowers Mis-
sions is in charge of the program
which will include talk on Flower
Missions by Mrs. Emma Miller.
director of the department.
A playlet, "The Spirit of Flower
Missions" will be presented by
Mesdames Euretha Wright. Elizabeth
steams. Edith Carroll. Bonnie Easley. Ruth
White. Nell Shot. LoisoAfires. Anna Camp
bell and Matte Morgan.
Music will be provided by a
quartette composed of Mesdames
Clyde Steffey, Fred Chastain, Lula
Ham, and Ola Glover.
Members are asked to bring
garden flowers, to be distributed at
the hospital. Mrs. M. c. Morris
will preside.
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INITIATION RITES
HELD BY CIRCLE

Mrs. Lillian ODay, state regent,
and Mrs Mayne Speaks, local re-
gent of the Daughters of Isabella,
were in charge of the initiation
services held at 2::30 Sunday
at the Catholic Community Center
by the Mother Theodore circle of
the organization. Candidates for
initiation were:
Mesdames Mary Glaska. Louise Her
NANNY. Marie Sacchette. Alma Hoffman,
Lorene Sheats. Patrick Barton. E. H. Arsz-
man. Josephine Calabrese. Jennie Rosasco.
Antoinette Penns. Lucy E. Ritchey. Vim
cent Carrigan. Mary Ellen Magee. Rose
Weber. Rosemarie Benefited. Irene D. Kise,
FAY NJ Brady. Aldene Grapp. Marie
Murello. Genevieve Matheny. Mary Oliger.
Pauline Coatin. Katherine Bowen. Rather
inc Wakelan. c. ]. Austermillel. Margaret
Cutshaw. Rose Peterson. Misses Lorene
Kaufman. Gene Gtti. Margaret Pedicini.
Aida G. TriIla, Anna j. Brogsn. Ruth Nab
bitt. Viola Surge. Winifriede NJ. Kitson.
Helen j. Grosh. Catherine Murphy. Mar
garet Marks. Helen Hawee, Catherine
Doyle. Frances Roach. Nora Barton. Opal
Harmon. Marie Kiefer. Elizabeth zersn and
Esteua Austermiller
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Just
Every
Day
Sense

THIS column, along with many
Il better ones, has razzed the
ladies of the w. c. T. U. and others
with an uplift complex.
Today, because Of certain let
ter, we shall hasten to their de-
tense.
How on EARTH" asks this mas
culine scribe, could anybody be
as dumb as these women proved
themselves to be when they pro-
fessed to believe that by the mere
passing of law booze no longer
would be consumed in this courl-
try?"
In the face of results 1t does
seem stupid, this beautiful faith
that women had in humanity. You
see, it was something like this:
They had ideals, these wives and
others. They dreamed of a finer
America. They had seen the grave
evils wrought by the Incorporate
use of liquor. They knew thou
sands of mothers who shed bitter
tears as they stood helplessly by
and watched their husbands drink
UP the family income while their
children lacked the necessities Of
life. They suffered tremendously,
some directly, some by looking at
the misery of others.
=
THEY believed that men re-
l. spected the laws they them
selves made. They thought, there
fore, that if a law could be set
up, the men would obey it. All
their lives they had heard talk
about the sacredness of the Con-
stitution. They had faith in its
power.
1t was unbelievable that men
who spoke so fulsomely Of ma
tional ideals would have no rever-
ence for their code of government.
The bitterness of their mistake
probably never will be compre-
hended fully. They have learned
that the law of their country is
not a power and that its Consti-
tuition is not a sacred document.
The whole story of the eight
zenith amendment, the high hopes
that preceded it, and the black
despair that has followed it,
proves something more than the
impractical natures of women. 1t
proves their sublime faith in their
men.
That this faith was trampled in
the gutter is not a pleasant fact
to contemplate. That feminine
idealism continues to be exploited
by penny politicians is something
still more shameful.
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State Couple
Goes on "Trip
After Wedding

Miss Emily Ruth Davis, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles G.. Davis,
Winchester, and Kenneth L. Lipp.
Frankfort, were married at 4::3O
Sunday afternoon at the home of
the brides parents. The Rev. Fred
Carter of1ciated.
The brides only attendant was
Miss Hope Rankin, Brownstown.
After a short wedding trip
Through the south, Mr.. and Mrs.
Lipp will return to Nashville for the
summer, and will come to Indian
apolis in the fall to make their
home.
Both the bride and bridegroom
are graduates of Hanover college.
Mrs. Lipp is a member of Alpha
Delta Pi, and Mr.. Lipp is Beta
Theta Pi.
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There are several interesting Slim
ming features in this smart all-day
dress.
The appliqued front that falls in
cascading effect at either side soft
ems and minimizes the width
through the bodice.
A narrow belt that marks the
natural waistline gives emphasis to
the moulded hipline of the long
wasted bodice. The attached circu-
lar skirt cores the front which lends
charming height to the figure.
Any of the soft silks or sheer
woolenS are suitable.
Style No. 723 may be had in sizes
Sc, 38, 40, 42, A, as and 48 inches
bust. The 36-inch size requires 37s
yards of 39-inch material.
Our large Fashion Magazine shows
the latest Paris styles for summer
for adults and children. Also in
StructiVe lessons in sewing.
Price Of book 10 cents.
Price of pattern Is cents In
stamps or coin (coin is preferred).
Wrap coin carefully.
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Ranks Awarded Camp Fire
Girls at Outdoor Council Fire

Torchbearer, the highest rank a
Camp Fire Girl may attain, was
awarded four girls at the out-of-
door Sunset Council Fire Friday
night, June 5, on the Butler campus.
Those taking rank were RATHER
Inc Ross of Technical high school,
Dorothy Strong of Shortridge high
school, Lois Mills and Hattie Belle
Halstead of Zionsville.
An original patriotic play was
given by the dramatic club under
the direction of Miss Kathleen
Klaiber.
Miss Mary Marshall, who is the
director of city-wide camp fire
choruses, directed the singing. Hon
orS were awarded for community
service, ten-hour service, 100 per
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Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Fogas, 1884 Col
lege Ave, have as their house guests,
Mrs. Lucille Moore and Mrs. Anna
De Void. Evansville. Mrs. Elizabeth
EaLichtenberger, Mrs. Fogas' mother,
will accompany them home. Carl
Hunger and Howard Beal, Elyria, O.,
have returned to their home, follow
ing a visit as Miss Dorothy Fogas'
guests.
Mrs. Marie Schneider, s44 South
Oakland avenue, left this morning
for San Francisco to spend two
months visiting her sister, Mrs.
Christian Thomson, and Mr.. Thorn
sen, and two brothers, Christian and
Johanus Christensen.
Mrs, Major Taylor, 3433 Washing
ton boulevard, and Mrs. Frederick
Wallick, 946 North Meridian street,
are guests at Chalfonte- Hadden
hal, Atlantic City, N. j.
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WOMAN WET TO
ADDRESS HOLSTERS

Mrs. Frederick M. Alger, state
chairman Of Michigan division,
Women's Organization for Prohi-
bition Reform, will speak before the
advisory council of Indiana division
at the residence of Mrs. j. S: Hol-
liday, 1850 West Forty-second street,
at Tuesday.
Mrs. Alger has made wonder
full record in Michigan, where in
one year the enrolment of the or
ganization increased from 1,70o to
$4,000, and is increasing steadily at
the rate Of about 1900 month.
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Bridge-ShOWe1-
Held in Honor
of Miss O,Brien

Miss Mildred Gallagher enter
tanned with a bridge tea and per-
sonaI shower Saturday afternoon at
the home of her sister-in-law, Mrs.
j. E. Gallagher, $50 North Denny
street, in honor Of Miss Marietta
O'Brien, whose marriage to Robert
Vollmer will take place Wednesday
morning.
Gifts were presented by Miss Gall
lagher's niece, 10 Ann. Guests in
Guided:
Mesdames Della o'Brien. George Thomas.
H. J. vollmer. Howard McDavitt. Alvin
Leeb. James McDermott. c. J. Burke.
Misses Betty Vollmer. Marie Sinerlin.
Catherine Delaney. Margaret Corcoran
and Anna Reardon
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Miss KeiIhOIz
Is Married to
Louisville Man

Miss Marguerite Keilholz, daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. John Kielholz,
South Arlington avenue, became tie
bride of Walter F. Nolte, Louisville
son of Mrs. William F.. Nolte, in a
ceremony at Saturday afternoon
in the Seventh Presbyterian church.
The altar was decorated with
many baskets of summer flowers.
The Rev. Thomas Hunt performed
the ceremony in the presence Of the
only immediate families.
Mrs. Samuel E. Garrison, organist,
played.
The bride wore white two-piece
suit, with white accessories. She was
unattended.
Mr.. and Mrs. Nolte left after the
ceremony for Louisville to make
their home.
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Fresh Fruits

1t is a mistake not to use fresh
fruits and berries as they come into
the market. Sponge cake topped
with berries and served with
whipped cream is a delectable des-
Sert. White Of eggs, beaten up with
raspberries, and with sugar added
when stiff, makes a beautiful and
dainty last touch to a meal.
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party and miscellaneous shower at
Mrs. McVey's home, 643 West
Thirty-first street, in honor of
Miss Mary Cutler, who will marry
Joseph F. Burkhart, June II, at
SIS. Peter and Paul cathedral.
Appointments and decorations
were in the bridal colors, pink,
white and blue. Guests included:
Mesdames James Mitchell. George De-
Haven. Ray T. Dilley. Arthur Miller, Henry
Osterman. Charles Mcvey. Harry Laudick.
M. F. Rusch. Fred Clements, Catherine
Burkhard. Patrick Haley. Misses Julia
Beatty. Wilma Cutler. Mary DeIlane. Mary
Hungerford Marie and Della osterman.
Alma Schearer. Mary Louise O'DonneII.
Emma Weisbach and Emma Cook.
Miss Cutler will have Miss Beatty
and Miss Wilma Cutler, her SIS
ter, as bridesmaids. Robert f.
Neuling will be best man.
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cent attendance, scribe. and BIRTH
day honors.
The following girls took fire.
makers rank, the second step in
Camp Fire: Helen Conner, Kath-
crime Amato and Fern Studer. The
first step in Camp Fire is wood
gatherer. The following girls were
awarded this rank:
Betty Pickett Dolores Lane. Jeanne
Tudor. Shirley White. Florence McCouum.
Joan Hcrine, Dorothy Lemons, Mildred
Kattau. Charlotte Carpenter. Frances OLE
man. Frances Heury. Florence Schulz.
Jane Wilcox. Mayre Bradford Smith.
Mickey Burnett. Inez Barnett. Lois Ever
hart. Margaret Small Charlotte Kloepfer.
Anna May Hayden. Patty Roesch. Dotty
Burnett. Vera Stanley. Frances Robson,
Elaine Everhart. Daily Perryman. Virginia
Nichoalds. Jenoise Legg. Marjorie Amt.
Marian Fesler. Esther Louise Owen and
Emily Miles
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BRIDE-ELECT IS
FETED BY PIT. A.

Mothers Of Parent Teacher Asso-
citation, School 80, entertained Fri
day afternoon at the school in honor
of Miss Grace Wright. whose mar
riage to R. F. Baker will take place
this month.
Mrs. Charles Lentz. assisted by
Mesdames Webster Nichols. Frank
Lentz. D. j. Haynes, j. H. Gate
food, F. o. Rene and j. w. Clark
son, was in charge Of the program.
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CHILDREN TO BE
GUESTS AT PARTY

Children Of members Of Indian
apolis Alunlnae Association of Pi
Beta Phi viii be entertained at the
annual party given by the associ-
alton Saturday afternoon at the
home of Mrs. Scott G. Legge, sol
Blue Ridge road. Mrs. Norman
man Green will be in charge Of
games.
Approximately sixty children will
be present.
Mrs. Harold C. Curtis is chairman
Of hostesses, assisted by Mesdames
Lewis o. Wood, Louis E. Smith, E.
A. Strong Jr., and w. G. Bachelor
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MARIE OLTEAN IS
MARRIED SUNDAY

Miss Marie Oltean, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. John Oltear, and
Frank Fleser were married at 1880
Sunday morning at the Christian
Orthodox church. The Rev. George
Popa officiated.
Following the ceremony a party
in honor Of the newly welded couple
was given at the Rumanian Pro-
gressive Club. After a wedding
trip through the East they viii be
at hoJie at % North Grant street.
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OPEN HOUSE HELD
AT SUMMER HOME

Lambda Mu chapter, Sigma Beta
sorority, held informal open house
at it's summer cottage, 5000 River
view drive, Rocky Ripple, Sunday
afternoon. Miss Edith Gray, chap
ter president, was assisted in receiv-
ing by Mrs. H. L. Shipley and Miss
Mary Schwinlmer.
Summer flowers were used in
decorating, with appointments in
the sorority colors, orchid and gold.
The committee in charge was Mrs.
c. R. Moore, Misses Betty Ray, Wa
neitta Judy and Helen McNerney.
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Card Parties

Big sister maternity branch of
Catholic Women's Union will hold
a card, bunco and lotto party. at
$3.50 Tuesday night at st. Cecilia
hall.
Degree staff, Banner Temple No.
81, will hold a card and bunco party
at 2:30 Tuesday at the home Of
Mrs. Edward Sears, 1887 Leonard
street.
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SISTER IS HONORED
AT BRIDGE PARTY

Miss Maize C. George enter
tanned with bridge party and
miscellaneous shower Friday night
at the Columbia Club, in honor of
her sister. Mrs. Truman j. Leffler,
formerly Miss Lillian M. Woods. The
hostess was assisted by her
mother, Mrs. Thomas j. Riley.
Guests were:
Mesdames Curtis Jordan. Lynn William
sen. Russell Mash. Donald Styles. Edward
Lernhon. Robert Brewer.
Misses Josephine Wolfe. Beatrice Fentz.
Pearl Toup.s Eyscinth Richardson and
verene NefkiIl,
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SERVICE STARGROUP
TO MEET FRIDAY

Hamilton Berry chapter, Service
Star Legion, will meet at 2 Friday
afternoon at the home Of Mrs. Hugh
McGibeny, Golden Hill, for its an
nual Flag day party. The program
will include songs by Miss Bernice
Reagan and a talk by Mrs. McGibe-
ny on the years activities Of the
Red Cross. Assistant hostesses will
be:
Mrs. George M. spiegel, president, and
the following members Of the social COM
mittee. Mesdames Fred T. Byers, chaix-
man. E. H. Pursel. Frank Conner o. E.
Green. and W. L. Horn.
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CITY NEWLYWEDS
SOON TO RETURN

Mrs. William A.
Russell, before her
marriage on May
20, was Miss Ruth
Marietta Owens,
the daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Rob-
ert Mason Owens,
2159 East Riverside
drive. The Rev.
William G. Hart
niger ohciated at
the ceremony. Fol-
] wing their
honeymoon trip,
Mr.. and Mrs. Rus
sci will make their
home at 1850 West
'Thirtieth stree t.
MIR. and Mrs. Glen
he couple.
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S0r0ritn to Initiate

Sigma Phi Delta sorority will
meet at $50 Wednesday night at
the home of Miss Leah Eltzroth,
1914 West Thirty third street. Ini-
ton services will be held June 81 in
charge of Misses Eunice Broadway
and Virginia Holman.
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Girl Scout Service Ribbon to
Be Given Evelyn Willsey

The first red, white and blue
community service ribbon to be pre-
sented to any Girl Scout in Indi-
annapolis will be presented to Miss
Evelyn Willsey, 513 North DreXel
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Plan ChiZdrelo's Partg

Indiana WELLESLEY Club will enter
tain with children's party al 1850
Friday afternoon at the Meridian
Hills Country Club Reservations
should b., made with Mrs. Robert
Dorsey. u
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Miss Cutler, Bride-to-Be, Is
Honored at Bridge Shower

Mrs. Raymond McVey and Mrs.
William H. Cook, entertained Sat-
urday afternoon with bridge
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Daily Recipe
BOILED CHOCOLATE
CUSTARD
I pint milk, scGIded
! tablespoons sugar
1-2 ounce cooking ch0c-
oldte
I tablespoon cornstGych
2 egg yolks
1-2 teaspoon camilla
IL teaspoon salt
=
Mix sugar. cornstarch and
salt; add egg yolks slightly
beaten. Add the scalded
milk in which the chocolate
has been melted. stirring
constantly. Cook in a double
boiler until it thickens and
coats spoon. Strain, favor,
and set in refrigerator until
thoroughly chilled. When
serving sprinkle chocolate
shot over each portion.
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Family Is Threatened

Bergin's widow and three children
Gloria, 10; John. II, and Leo, 10
were not molested until Sept. 5,
when letter reached their home.
This is an honest debt and we
must collect" the letter informed
the terrified widow. "Send at once
$1,000 in the same old way, and re-
member the fact that it is between
You and us. NO embarrassing
goes, you understand. The Boys
BY "the old way" apparently
meant that the Bergin family
chauffeur. who had driven the
capitalists to several rendezvous
with the extortionists, was to be
entrusted with delivery of the
money.
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the famous dash for land in the
Cherokee strip, Sept. is, 1893. He
was stricken. at his large ranch
home here.
AS friend of presidents, railroad
executives and governors, Colonel
Mulhal ranked with Colonel Zach
1. Miller of l01 ranch fame and
Major Gordon w. Pawnee Bib
Lille as a pioneer leader.
When President Cleveland issued
the order for settlement of the
Cherokee strip, Mulhall fastened
to Oklahoma to participate in the
famous run. He staked his claim
at the present site of Mulhall,
Logan county, the town named in
his honor.
His ability to handle cattle led to
his employment by railroads ship
ping cattle through the state from
Texas. He was named livestock
commissioner for the Frisco railroad
in 1890. Benjamin F. Yoacum,
president of the Frisco for many
years, was his intimate friend.
Colonel Mulhall's instructive
showmanship placed him before the
public frequently.
He became intimately acquainted
with Theodore Roosevelt in 1901,
when the first annual reunion of.
the famous rough riders was held
at Oklahoma City. Mulhall, in
charge of entertainment, staged a
wild west show.
When Roosevelt became Presi-
dent, he would have appointed Null
hall Governor of Oklahoma ter
ritory but for opposition of the
Republicans.
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BUSINESS MANS
DEATH LAID TO.
GANG EXTORT|ON.
Terror Plot by RothStein
! Gunner Is Barred in
Los Angeles.

BIZ United Press
LOS ANGELES, Sept. ia
story Of terrorism in which gang
sters of the band headed by the
late Arnold Rothstein bounded
their victim to death was revealed
today by District Attorney Buron
Fits.
When their victim, Leo p. Ber-
gin, former president Of the Los An
geles Soap Company, died in a hos
pital here last May, after nervous
breakdown, the gangsters continued
efforts at extortion upon his family,
Fits declared.
He revealed the search for the
gang Thursday when Harry Leslie,
an investigator, was shot and seri-
ously wounded by the accidental
discharge of his own gun as he lay
hidden in the rear of an automo-
bile driven by the Bergin chauffeur,
en- route to a rendezvous with the
gang
Search for the extortioners today
centered in Los Angeles, and Fits
declared he had the names of three
New York gangster5 implicated in
the plot.
Loses Total of $4,000
Fits said the men had extorted
$4,000 from Bergin before he died,
after long term of terrorism in
which they threatened harm to the
Bergin children.
In a letter written shortly before
his death, the wealthy manufac-
turer told of a high spade" poker
game with associates of Rothstein
and narrated the bleeding proc
ess employed by the gamblers.
Bergin played game with the
group in a New York hotel in 1926.
There he met and associated with
Bob Goldie of Los Angeles, identi-
fled with the local gambling fra
ternity, but later a close friend of
Bergin, and Eddie Rollins, known
as a high rolling" gambler
Refused to Pay Check
Concerning the game, Bergin
wrote:
Il paid about $1,000 to Rollins on
account of the games played with
him when was not well. 1 refused
to pay one check. 1 did not have
chance, but 1 was afraid of his
crowd"
For a year Bergin was not mo-
Tested. Then the gang embarked
upon a series of regular shake
downs" Fits said. He was threat
ened on the street and by tele-
phone.
His car was forced to the curb
and he was forced to write and
sign checks never for less than
thousand dollars" at the point of
gun.
In desperation he told Fits his
story in 1929, but asked that moth
ing be done at that time. "In case
anything happens to me, you'll
know why" he said. He then
penned his farewell letter" last De-
cember, explaining the actions of
the gang, and recently it reached
the hands of the district attorneys
Office.
Family Is Threatened