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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-12
Country Wide DemonStra
ton Is Sabbath Feature;
Letter Asks Boycott.
BIZ United Press

BIZ United Press
SAN FRANCISCO. Oct. 12-
Grey haired Tom Mooney, i'm
prisoned and branded felon, saw
his dfteen-year battle for freedom
clinaxed today with a demand for
nationwide action against injustice
and framed evidence"
All the public opinion aroused by
MONEYS famous case was centered
Saturday on the man behind San
Quentin walls when San Francisco
led the nation in acclaiming the
hour for his pardon. Mooney him
Elf sounded the call for action in
a. letter advocating a world wide
boycott against California until he
is out of prison.
An audience of 5000 at the Moo
ney anniversary convention arose in
a mass to cheer his message urging
adoption of the same methods that
the Mahatma Gandhi used to bring
the most powerful empire to its
knees
L suggest that all athletic and
sports representatives refuse to come
here in 1882 to the Olympic games
as long as l. an innocent man, re-
main in prison" wrote Mooney.
Governor Rolph has no more in
tention of freeing me than he has
of taking his own life" he said.
He has been Governor for ten
r,ooY1fhS ToStnad Of oivino mo q
hearing, he has been stalling."
Mooney was not alone his own
advocate. Rupert Hughes, author;
Fremont Older. San Francisco edi-
tor; Lincoln Steffens, liberal writer
and editor; Fred Moore, defense
counsel for Sacco and Vanzetti:
Oscar Ameringer, Oklahoma labor
editor; John D. Berry San Fran
cisco writer. and Judge Franklin
Griffin, who presided at MONEYS
trial, all urged his pardon.
The hour for the pardon is at
hand said DR.. Robert Whitaker
of the American Civil Liberties
Union.
Mrs. Rena Mooney, wife of the
convicted man, made dramatic
appearance.
L heard my husband sentenced
to DEATH she said. Il am here
only because Frank Oman, the
main witness against Tom, was not
used against me. If Tom is guilty,
I. too, am guilty.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-12
SzUO1n Accusation Made
in Picnic Poison Case

State of Indiana, County Of
Boone, SIS:
My name is Charles w. Fried
man. I live at 2427 North Ala
bama street in the city of Indian
apOlis. 1 am druggist and own
and operate a drug store at 1902
South Meridian street in said city
of Indianapolis. I am a registered
pharmacist.
I was in the store on June 18,
1881. In fact, had been there
all morning, from 7 a. m. until
noon.
Along about 10 a. m. a lady
came into the store ard told me
she wanted to buy some strych-
nine. 1 then showed her a bottle
of strychnine sulphate, which sold
at retail at Is cents. She pur-
chased the bottle of strychnine
and paid me Is cents for it.
l wrapped up the bottle and
gave it to her and informed her
that strychnine was very deadly
poison and that she should be
very careful how she used it.
told her that if she got any on
her hands to be sure to wash her
hands, as it was very dangerous.
We had a little conversation
about this poison and she told
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-12

With the identification
the states last link in the
poison murders that shocked
Boone county as well as the
Saskatchewan was rushed
to the witness box in Mrs.
Simmons trial here, to tell
the story of the poison pur-
chase which he recited to The
Times.
All other testimony of the state
was shelyed today for the dramatic
recital in the court room of the
strychnine buy"
The purchase was made on day
when Mrs. Simmons is known to
have been in Indianapolis.
Bought Strychnine
She came in the store about 10
o'clock the morning of June 10.
was alone in the store at the time,
calmly related the druggist.
"I want some strychnine, she
said to me. I got one-eighth-
ounce bottle containing sixty grains
of strychnine sulphate and showed
it to her. She said, I'll take it.
Il warned her." continued the
druggist. that it was a deadly pol
son. She told me she wanted it to
kill vermin that had been killing
her chickens.
MY men folks said it might be
rats, but I think it's a weasel that's
killing my chickens" the pharma-
cist quoted the poison purchaser as
saying.
"She asked me what was the best
way to use it and 1 told her to put
it on meat" the druggist asserted.
Warned by Druggist
He warned her to be sure TO wash
her hands after handling the strych
nine
She was very calm while I was
talking to her. Her voice was low.
I wrapped the bottle of strychnine
for her. She paid me and left. L
didn't see how she came to the store
or how she left. From her CONVEX
sation, / gathered she lived on a
farm" Friedman related.
Friedman said he thought no
more about the purchase until after
the death of Alice Jean and Vir-
GINA Simmons and the poisoning
of five other persons at the Sim
monS-Pollard reunion.
Il saw a picture of Mrs. Sim
mons and thought she resembled
the woman who bought the bottle
of strychnine. I told my wife of
the resemblance. She told me 10
not get mixed up in anything like
that. So I said nothing" Fried
man explained.
During the last week I saw an
other photograph Of Mrs. Simmons
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-12
IS IN PANIC
WHEN DRUGGIST HURLS
CHARGE OF POISON SALE

Her eyes WaVered from Friedman
to other parts of the courtroom and
then returned to the surprise wit
ness.
Look at her, Friedman Roy Ad-
ney, special prosecutor, said. DO
you know her?"
Friedman looked directly at the
accused woman. Her eyes dropped
Yes, I know her" Friedman an
swered. She is the lady to whom
l sold the strychnine"
Recovered partly from the testi-
mony, defense attorneys ripped into
Friedman, attempting to show that
he could not remember selling poi
son to one person, in view of the
large number of people who came
daily into his store.
He said, though, that he remem-
bered Mrs. Simmons and the ex-
preston on her face.
Doesn't Know Woman
'Are you acquainted with Mrs.
Simmons?" defense attorneys asked.
w. IEkl1EQ.
Are you sure Mrs. Simmons is
the woman?"
Yes"
and you couldn't be mistaken"
NO; I'm sure it is she"
Friedman repeated his converse
ton with the poison buyer again
and then told how he had men,
toned the sale to his wife and
friends several times since the pic
mic"
He told that he first talked to
states attorneys Saturday and his
meeting in The Times Office with
newspaper men and the prosecution
counsel.
He told the defense attorneys and
jury that he had been in the jail
and viewed Mrs. Simmons Sunday.
when he posed as a Mr.. Scott of
Cincinnati" who had been involved
in an automobile crash on State
Road So.
Has Story Repeated
Drawing the curtain again from
the orug store conversation, CharleS
Tindall, defense attrnev, had Fried
man repeat his actions and talk
with Mrs. Simmons.
Friedman said there was another
woman in the waiting room of the
county Jail when he talked with
Mr.. and Mrs. Simmons, but that he
did not know who she was.
Were you trying to deceive the
sheriff by giving the name of
Scott?" Tindall asked.
NO"
Who told you to give that name
and who arranged for you to come
to the iail?"
That fellow over there Fried
man answered, pointing to The
Times correspondent at the trial.
For several minutes the defense
grilled Friedman on whether he
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-12
LIFE TERM FOR
BOY MURDERER
Perry Swank Changes Plea
to Guilty.
By Times Special


CROWN POINT, Ind, Oct. "a
Perry Swank, 15-year-old slayer of
an elderly filling station attendant,
changed not guilty plea to guilty
today and was sentenced by Judge
Martin L. Smith in Lake county
criminal court to life imprison-
ment.
The Lowell schoolboy, who had
confessed he shot Eugene Duck
worth, 70, to death ia get $45 and
had given $44 of his loot to a young
unwed mother and dropped the 9TH
er dollar in a church collection
plate, was unconcerned as the brief
trial progressed.
He grinned happily at the SEN
tence, congratulated his attorney,
John Halter, and thanked the
lurV
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-12
South Side Store Owner Declares He Sold
Strychnine to Defendant in
Picnic Murder Trial
IDENTIFIES PRISONER AS PURCHASER
Tells of Suspicious After Seeing Pictures;l
Finally Decides to Ask Help of The
Times in Staying Mystery.
BY STAFF CORRESPONDENT

LEBANON. Ind, Oct. 12-Mrs. Carrie Simmons, al
legged posoner of her children purchased sixty grains
of strychnineenough to kill 100 personsfor 25 cents in
Indianapolis drug store three days before the death of
her daughters at the family reunion picnic according
to charges sworn to-.
This learned by The Indianapolis Times when
Mrs Simmons identified positively by Charles w Fried
man, druggist of 1902 South Meridian street as the poison
purchaser.
She's the who into my store on June Is
and bought oneeghth bottle of strychnne" de-
cared Friedman after viewing Mrs Simmons the Boone
county Jail.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-12
JAPAN READY TO DEFY
u. s. AND NATIONS LEAGUE

As the hour for the meeting drew
near, it appeared evident that Japan
will stand her ground, should active
intervention in Manchuria be at
tempted. The most hopeful attitude
was maintained, however, in the be-
lief that Japan's reassurances of a
desire for pace would quiet the sit
uation.
Government authorities indicated
that if the league and Washington
accept the Japanese view of the
Manchurian crisis, they will be able
to publish Japans minimum de-
mands for a settlement.
These already have been Indicated
in a general note to the world pow
ers and dealt chiefly with the anti
japanese boycott movement in
China.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-12

me that some vermin were killing
her chickens. She said the men
folks thought it was rats, but she
thought it was a weasel. 1 sug-
gested to her if she was going to
use it to kill rats or weasels, that
she put it on meat. She left the
store and I don't know how she
went away.
At that time there was no one
else in the store. 1 had not sold
bottle Of strychnine before that
day for several years and I have
sold no bottles of strychnine since
June 10, 1881.
1 never saw the woman above
referred to before that day on
June 10, 1881, and I never have
seen her since, until today, when
I saw her in the Boone county
jail. 1 saw her with man who
is said to be her husband. ana I
learned her name was Carrie Sim
mons.
CHARLES w. FRIEDMAN.
Subscribed and sworn before me
this 18th day Of October, 1881.
ROY ADNEY,
Notary Public.
My commission expires Jan. 20,
1888.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-12
IS URGED TO
HELP FREE MOONEY
81 Murders

A woman who waited for her
husbands return from work
was the victim of a clubber.
That was but six months
ago; the most recent of twenty
one unsolved murders in less
than ten years in Indianapolis.
Read about this Staying and
others on that long list of city
crimes never balanced in the
scales of justice, ain the last of
a series of three stories on
Page 2 of today's Times.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-12
By MILES VAUGHN
United Press STAFF Correspondent

TOXIC, Oct 12.-Increasing in
dications that Japan is prepared to
defy washington and the League Of
Nations were evident today. after
publication of Tokio's reply to the
league note on Manchuria.
The tensest atmosphere was Gre
ated in government circles as the
reaction of the United States and
the league was awaited.
The note. reiterating Japan's posi-
ton in Manchuria and diSclaiming
territorial ambitions was dispatched
in time to reach an urgent session
of the league council in Geneva
Tuesday.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-12
CREDIT POOL ORGANIZED
Directors to Be Named as IncOrpO-
ration Is Made.
BIZ United Press

NEW YORK, Oct. 12.-Names Of
directors of the National Credit
Corporation, the $5OO,O0O,OO0 credit
pool organized at the suggestion OF
President Hoover, were expected to
be made public today when the
corporation is scheduled to be in
corporated under the laws of Della
ware.
The new corporation is expected
to put in circulation many millions
of frozen assets by discounting
sound securities for banking houses
which they are unable to discount
at the federal reserve banks.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-12
EDISON BATTLES ON
Doctor Believes Inventor Is
in Last Week.
By United Press

~ BntteG Press
WEST ORANGE, N. j., Oct. IL.
Thomas Alva Edison, extremely
weak from effects of uremic poison
ing, diabetes and stomach ulcers,
today began what may be the last
week of his life.
DR.. Hubert S. Howe. his physi-
clan, said he did not believe Edison
can live more than week, al
though the s4-year-old inventor has
shown amazing vitality" and there
appears to be no immediate emery
ency.
Edison sat up in an armchair for
two hours Sunday afternoon after
eating a few Spoonfuls of stewed
pears, but by mid-afternoon again
fell asleep.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-12
BY STAFF CORRESPONDENT

LEBANON, Ind, Oct. distilled
by a master stroke of the prosecu-
ton, a crowded Boone county court
room today hung on the words Of
Charles Friedman, Indianapolis
druggist, as he accused Mrs. Carrie
w. Simmons, alleged daughter poi
soner. of buying strychnine from
him June 1S.
Entering the court which had
been occupied by humdrum testi-
mony in the closing stages of the
states case in the Simmons trial.
Friedman was the target of the eyes
OF the jury and spectators.
Like lightning, word flashed
through the court that the states
star witness, brought forward by
The Times, was going to tell the
most sensational story Of the trial.
flushed and awed spectators stood
on chairs and leaned on each 9TH
er's shoulders, ready for the state
ments of the indianapolis pharmacy
owner.
Mrs. Simmons, seated with her
family, became nervous and pale
and whispered to first one and then
another of the group assembled
about her.
She collected herself a few min
utes later and whispered to her hus-
band John, who sat beside her. and
other members of her family,
grouped close by.
Defendant Is in Panic
Her husband dashed to the de-
tense table for a whispered con-
versation with attorneys, and, when
he returned, he comforted his wife,
who seemed on the verge of tears.
Calling Mrs. Wilbur Small. wife
of the county sheriff, to the stand
after Friedman stepped down, the
state asked her one question.
What did Mrs. Simmons say to
you after Friedman left the jail
Sunday"
She told me, Tt seems like I've
seen that man and heard him talk"
Friedman, Immediately after TAX
ing the stand, launched into the
details of his testimony that he had
sold poison to the murder suspect
in his store at 1902 South Meridian
street, indianapolis, three days be-
fore the fatal Memorial park picnic
here.
He said he noticed her express
sion and remembered her face,
when, during the last two weeks.
he has seen several pictures of her
in indianapolis papers.
Asks Woman to Stand
Turning abruptly, Prosecutor Ben
Scifres asked Mrs. Simmons to
stand. Weaving slightly and sup
porting herself with her hands, Mrs.
Simmons rose from her chair.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-12
CHAIN STORES
TAX LAW CASE
DENIED REVIEW
Way Paved by u. S. Court
for State to Receive
License Millions.
REFUSE IACKSON'S PLEA
School Aid Fund Deficit Is
Likely to Be Wiped Out
by Decision.

Several millions Of dollars in back
taxes and additional income of more
than $1,5O0,0O0 a year was assured
the state today when the United
States supreme court refused to re-
consider it's decision in the Indiana
chain store license tax case.
Before adjournment last spring
the highest court held constitutional
the Indiana law, passed in 1929.
Vote was to 4.
Rehearing had been petitioned by
Chester II. Jackson, executor of the
estate of his father, the late Lafay-
cite A. Jackson, owner of the Stand
ard grocery chain. The case had
been instituted by Lafayette A.
Jackson and fought for the state by
the staff of Attorney General James
M. Ogden.
Slain by Bandits
Lafayette A. Jackson was muir
dered by bandits in one of his stores
IN the interim.
Collection of the tax is in the
hands of the state tax commission.
When the supreme court decision
first was made it was announced by
Chairman James T. Showalter of
the tax board that Lewis o. Johnson
who has had many years service
with the state administrative Offices,
would be in charge of the tax col
lectionS.
Room has been prepared for a
staff of collectors at the tax board
Offices at the statehouse.
Back tax to be collected will In
clude those for 1929 and 1880. I'm
der the laws provisions, state aid
for schools will get $250,0O0 of the
1929 tax, $550,00O in 1880, $500 900
in 1881, and 100000 thereafter.
To Wipe Out Deficit
These revenues are expected to
wipe out entirely the state aid
deficit.
George E. Cole, superintendent of
public instruction, predicted that
The sums will be sufficient to leave
state aid balances for the first time
in history.
License fees provided under the
laws are:
One store, So; two to five, $40
each; five to ten, SIS each; ten to
twenty, $40 each, and over twenty,
$25 for each additional store.
With the revenues from the chain
store tax going into the state gem
eral fund, it may not be necessary
to take 100000 from the state
highway department TO keep the
state tax levy at 20 cents.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-12
MACDONALD IS TODAY
Britain's Prime Minister Observes
Birthday; Future Problematical.
~ UHitcd Press

30 UNitcn PFcsS
LONDON, Oct. 12.-Prime Min
lister j. Ramsay Macdonald ob-
served his sixtyafifth birthday to-
day, a national hero, but political
outcast.
MacDonald'S future appears as
obscure as when he left a little
fishing hut at LoisSiemouth TO en-
ter politics. He ends his sixty-fourth
year riding the crest of a wave of
popularity. When the wave breaks,
he may become mere political flot-
sam, find safe refuge in the House
Of Lords. or be caught up in an
other wave of popular enthusiasm.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-12
MINERS BACK AT WORK
q 900 Return to Jobs as Strike in
Pennsylvania Ends.

By United Press
SCRANTON, Pa, Oct. 12.-Twen-
ty-seven thousand miners OF the
Glen Alden Coal Company returned
to work today after a strike of more
than two weeks.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-07-12
CONVENIENT TERMS

Terms, to suit your income, may be arranged
on any purchase at any of our stores. during
'TRADE-IN EEK
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-03-18

oaklahoma Gas and Electric 1880 total
income before depreciation and charges
$685.. Oe7 against S7,O3O.S42 in 1929.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-03-18
SWINE PRICES
UP Is CENTS
AT CITY PENS
Slaughter Classes Showing
Tone in Cattle Mart;
Sheep Higher.
HOGS

Hogs were mostly to Is cents
higher this morning at the city
stockyards, prices for the bulk, 40
to 300 pounds, ranging from $3.50
to $40. Top price for early sales
was $3.50. Receipts were estimated
at $500; followers were 1876.
In the cattle market slaughter
classes showed a stronger tone. Re
ceipts we're 1000. Vealers were weak
to so cents lower, most selling at
$3.50 down. Top price was 50. Calf
receipts were 900.
Sheep were 25 to so cents higher
with an early top of $685.. Receipts
were 300
Chicago hog receipts were $4,000,
including 1900 direct. HoIdovers
were 5000. The market held slow
with a few early bids around steady
with Tuesdays average. Generally
asking higher on strong weights;
good to choice ITO to 100 pounds
bid $500; 900 pound averages bid
So; 270 Founders bid $3.50 to $3.50.
Cattle receipts 1000: calves 1000;
market steady. Sheep 1000,
strong.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-03-18
GRAIN FUTURES
LOWER AFTER
FIRM OPENING
Steady Cable Reports Are
Ignored; Weather Is
Market Factor.
BY HAROLD E. RAINYHLE,
United Press stan Correspondent

CHICAGO, March l8.-Deferred
wheat deliveries continued their de-
cline as the Board of Trade opened
today but were of only fractionally.
The nearby months showed some
f1rmneSs.
SteadineSs in foreign markets was
ignored at the start. I,ivernooI
was relatively strong and steady at
small decline on the steadiness in
Canadian offers. Snow and rain
over parts of the belt inspired the
scattered selling at the start but
the precipitation was not universal
and the market recovered. Corn
started firm, the wet weather bid
ding fair TO impede the movement
TO market. Oats were quiet and
steady. YIN
AT the opening old wheat was =
TO 4 cent higher, new wheat was
cent higher, and oats we're un-
changed to Is cent lower. Proyi-
sions were weak and lower.
Liverpool was stronger than dre
although declining Z cent to q cent
by mld-afternoon. Buenos Aires was
on 4 cent during the morning
Heavy supplies Of cash wheat al
all leading export countries and the
favorable weather for the new cron
IN the United States are the don1i-
hating factors in the wheat stu
alton. The effect of the stabiliza-
ton OF May here, on the futures.
Is decreasing. The trade now awaits
Tor some sign as to the sterilization
OF the, new crop or similar action by
the farm board.
Pressure on corn became severe
near the close Tuesday. The readi-
ness with which the country sold
grain on the recent advance disau-
pointed traders and the weakness
in wheat was all that was needed
to precipitate the break. The mar
ket acted overbought on the decline.
Oats showed more strength than
the other grains. but were dull. Cash
interests bought heavily, ofTsetting
selling from the northwest.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-03-18
U. S. HOSPITAL
DATA GATHERED
Survey of Need to Precede
Locating Institutions.

By Scripps-Hotoard Newspaper Alliance
WASHINGTON, March l8.-In-
formation is being assembled by
the veterans bureau for the fed
eral board of disqualification pre-
liminary to the ALLEGATION of. the
recent appropriation of $20,877, 600.
This measure contemplates the
construction of hospitals for 5000
additional beds in twenty states.
Because political pressure is be-
ing applied by rival communities in
various states, the board is pro-
ceeding with the utmost care, ac-
cording to Brigadier- General Frank
t. Hines Of the veterans admin
istration.
Only one institution thus far has
been located, in South Carolina,
where no veterans hospital facili-
ties are now available and where
an urgent need was found
A survey of the entire United
States will be made before any
other institutions are allocated,
General Hines has notified senators.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-03-18
BrightSpots
of Business
1880 second best year in history OF
General Electric Company.

General ElectrlC Company.
Business now in first phase of
recovery period, says Clark, Will
liams & Co.
General Motors Corporation Feb
ruary sales 96O03 cars, against 3d.
$40 in January.
New York Stock Exchange seat
sells at $4,000, up $4,000.
Commerce department reports i'm
proved trade in many foreign coun-
tries.
Empire Trust raises annual diyi-
dend to $500 from $40
General Fireprooflng Company
business highest since start of year.
Chicago Steel Ingot output up z
per cent to so per cent of capacity.
Missouri Pacific railroad week
ended March II handled 28,022 cars,
against 1924 cars previous week.
Philadelphia Company declares
extra dividend with regular quar-
terly on common.
New England Telephone and
Telegraph Company to spend ST.
1886 034 on new construction.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-03-18
Theodore B. Griffith was named

Theodore 3. Grlffith was naned
president of the indianapolis Civic
Music Association at a meeting Of
the organizations directorate Tues
day at the Chamber of Commerce.
Other officers elected are: Herman
P. Lieber, first vice-president; Mrs.
Thomas r. Kackley, second vice
president; Arthur I. Franklin, Sec
rotary, and Mrs. Grace Watson
Duckwell, treasurer.