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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-05
LODGE INSTALLS
new OFFICIALS
Otis L. Maberry Seated by
F. and A. M. No. 35

Otis Maberry has been installed
as worshipful master of Marion
lodge No. IS, F. and A. M, second
oldest Masonic lodge in Indianapo-
lis.
Dispensation from the grand
lodge of Indiana to Marion lodge
was made Oct. IS, 1916, and the
first meeting was held a few days
later in a room on Washington
street where the Pettis store now
stands. Other new officers of the
lodge include:
Albert F. Bromley. senior warden: Ed
ward ]. Hughes. junior warden; James G..
Drummond. treasurer; Harry j. Stom-
baugh. secretary: William Prosch, senior
deacon: Fred B. McNeely. junior deacon;
the Rev. David r. Hutchinson. chaplain;
Fred w. Mewhinney. senior steward; j.
Elwood Jones. junior steward: s. A. Witt
hoft. tyler: August Without. tyler emeri-
tus: Emil Soufflot. stereopticon; Clarence
E. MCGEE. Masonic temple director; Ed
ward F. Nom. representative to the Ma
sonic relief board. and Samuel Lewis, mu-
steal director.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-05
FOR 1881
ARE INSTALLED
BY B'NAI BIRTH
S. J. Sternberger Again Is
President # City
Lodge.

Sidney J. Sternberger, president
Of indianapolis B'nai Birth, today
announced that the executive COM
mittee of the lodge will begin max
ing arrangements Immediately for
the 1891 program Of the orgsniza-
ton.
Sternberger has been reelected
president for the first six months Of
1891 and was installed at the
lodges last meeting last Monday
light.
Others installed were:
First vice-president II. Joseph Lyman;
second vice president. Charles J. Kara
bell; financial secretary. George Solo,
mon: recording secretary. Leo Lefkovits:
treasurer. Rufus Isaacs; monitor. Samuel
J. Mantei assistant monitor. Richard
Munter. and trustees. Henry Blatt. Max
Katz. Nathan Joplin ana Norman Isaacs.
Six delegates to the B'nai Birth
grand lodge were elected. They are,
in addition to President Stern
berger:
Eph Levin. Saul Munter. Abe Goldstein.
Leo Kaminsky and Norris Strauss. Alter
mates are: Henry Blatt. Meyer Efroymson
and DR.. JAEGER
A smoker and social hour followed
the meeting at which the officers
were installed and Sternberger took
the opportunity to thank officially
all committees which functioned in
1880.
In addition to its social activities
the lodge takes part in many ath-
letic activities. Bowling is one Of
the features of social programs and
the athletic committee, headed by
Dick Munter,' is planning for base
ball team next spring.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-05
INSPECTION GROUP FOR
MASONIC RITES NAMED
Calvin Prather Council to
Start January Events
Saturday.

Cherubim and Craft for council
inspection Saturday night of Prath-
er council No. 100. Royal and Select
Masters, was announced today with
the calendar for Calvin w. Prather
Masonic lodge. They include:
K. v. zimmerman. Benjamin H. Bass.
Harvey Black. r. C. Burcaw. Fred Buskirk.
Robert Creighton. Pierce E. Cummings.
Scott L. Denny. Kenneth P. Fry. Albert
s. Hamp. Charles R. Kellogg. Herbert W.
Linton. Gage McCotter. Alex MCNEIL.
Arthur H. Norris. Stanley Sheard, Harry
Shipman and A. D. Stanley.
Remaining January dates for Cal
vim Prather lodge No. TIT, F. g. A.
M, include: Jan. 9, Entered APP
prentice degree; Jan. 16, lodge for
instruction; Jan. %, Fellow Craft ;
Jan. 81, dance and card party.
Prather chapter No. SIT, Royal
Arch Masons, Robert M. Thompson,
high priest, will hold stated convo-
cation tonight and will hold a din
ner at $50 Saturday with inspection
at 7:3O p. m. by Grand Lecturer
Herbert A. Graham.
Broad Ripple chapter No. las will
confer the Mark Master degree and
Prather chapter the Past Master
degree. New committee chairmer
of the Prather Masonic lodge IN
clude:
william Steeg. music; Henry L. Ayres,
Funeral Calvin J. Clymer. visitors; Albert
H. Meyer. house: George H. Dreschel,
finance: Frank Seidensticker. speakers;
Burton Stout. Masonic home; Fred Men
ninger. entertainment: Lester NJ. Ford
audit; Scott Mccoy. instruction of candi-
dates: Frank McNeeley. reception: Carl A.
Ploch. budget: Charles A. Mann. banquet,
and Howard Stradling. relief.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-05
LODGES JOINTLY
INSTALL HEADS
Masons and Eastern Star
Meet at Portland.

By Times Special
PORTLAND, Jan. 5.--Joint in
stallation was held New Years night
by Jay county lodge No. 81, F. and
A. M, and the Eastern Star chapter
at the lodge rooms on Commerce
street. Officers installed by the
Masonic lodge we're:
william Parks. worshipful master:
Harold Pope. senior warden; Clarence
Marchsnt. Junior warden: Ernest Steed,
secretary: Paul eagle. treasurer; William
Skinner. trustee: Ray Morris. senior dea-
con: Waldo GeRenheimer, junior deacon;
Frank Green. senior steward Acquilla
Hutson. junior steward. and otto Fogle,
tyler.
Eastern Star officers installed
we're:
Mrs. Ray Shank. worthy matron: j.
w. Miley. worthy patron; Mrs. Fred Stolz,
associate matron; Charles Baird. asso-
ciate patron; Mrs. Oral Barr. secretary:
Mrs. Ward Stone. treasurer; Mrs. Robert
Stevenson, conductress; Helen Bosworth,
associate conductress; Mrs. T. w. Shrimp.
chaplain; Mrs. Everett Gantz. marshal:
Mrs. Robert Bradley. organist; Mrs. Ray
mond Bore. Adah; Mrs. j. J. Moran. Ruth;
Mrs. j. w. Miley. Esther: Mrs. Harry
Stevenson. Martha; Mrs. Fred Schell, Elec-
ia, and Mrs. Dolly Green. sentinel.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-05
ODONNELL WILL
Be SPEAKER AT
EAGLES AFFAIR
Initiation to Be Held at
First 1881 Meeting
of Organization.

indianapolis Eagles tonight, at the
first 1881 meeting, will hold an mi
tiation to be followed by a program
arranged by the trustees, Frank H.
Rhees, Bert Duke and Richard
Berry.
The program viii include an adj
dress by Thomas E. O'Donnell Of the
orders national organization de-
partment at Kansas City, Mo. In
addition to matters Of direct inter-
est, from an organization stand
point, he will discuss the old age
pension movement, the Eagles prin-
cipal welfare work, and of special
interest to Indiana members, as
pension bill will be introduced dur
ing the general assembly session to
open Thursday.
There are no good poorhouses'
is among the statements which are
favorites Of -O'DOnnel.
A new drill of the aerie's uni
formed team, directed by Secretary
Wilbur H. Miller, will be among the
special features tonight. With one
exception, the team is the only che
ever to win first prize three con-
secutive times in national competi-
ton.
Arrangements already are being
made to take part in the 1881 con-
test, which will be held in connec-
ton with the national convention
at Cleveland.
President j. Pierce Cummings has
arranged for a large attendance at
the first 1881 meeting. He has COM
pleted checking results OF the
Christmas program held Dec. q,
and announces it was a financial
success in addition to having drawn
one of the largest crowds in the
history of the annual event.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-05
PLAN joint FARLEY
Frankfort and EIWO0d
MaSonS to Convene.

By United Press
ELwoOD, Ind, Jan. 5.-Joint
session will be held the afternoon
and night of Jan. Fl at Frankton
by Frankton and Elwood Masonic
lodges.
Instructions will be given by
Ivory c. Tolle, Lebanon, instructor.
The Elwood lodge will exemplify
the entered apprentice degree at
p. m. and the Frankton lodge will
give the master Mason degree at
ian
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-05
PLAN NIGHT COLLEGE
Lecturers Named for First Baptist
Classes to Open Jan. 20.

Lecturers for the eighth winters
night college term of the First Bap-
fist church, which will open Jan. 90
with classes scheduled each Thurs-
day until March IL, include:
DR.. Homer p. Rainey. Franklin college
president: DR.. .Tolbert F. Reavis. soci-
olgy professor at Butler; Or. o. r. Nc
Kay. associate pastor of the church; DR..
A. A. Shaw, Denison university president:
DR.. Joseph Taylor. missionary to China;
Mrs. Clayton D. Eulett. member of the
northern Baptist convention board: DR..
John Timothy Stone. president of the
Presbyterian seminary Of Chicago; George
w. Coleman, president OF the Babson In
stitute; Or. H. E. Traille. church archi-
lecture authority; Or. William Lowe
Bryan. Indiana university president. and
Charles p. Benedict. Bible class teacher of
The church
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-05
SLAIN AT DANCE HALL
Man Shot at Shephardsville Dies
En- Route to Clinton.
By United Press

Ali ANOAeO w AAAAASOhs
By United Press
CLINTON, Ind, Jan. 5.-Police
today are without clews to the iden-
tity of the slayer of Luther Nc
Millen, 80, shot fatally Saturday
night during an argument at a
Shephardsville dance hall.
According to information received
here, McNdillen was shot as he and
four companions were preparing to
leave. Cause of the argument was
not known.
Following the shooting, McMillen
was placed in an automobile and
brought to Clinton. He died en-
route. Corner c. NJ. link returned
verdict of homicide.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-05
DRILL TEAM FORMED

Columbus Eagles to Begin Practice;
Entertainment Is Planned.
By Times Special
COLUMBUS, Ind, Jan. 5.-A
sixteen-man drill team has been or
ganized by the local aerie of Eagles
under the direction of Edgar Gill
lespie, who also will serve as drill
master.
The team will begin practice at
once and it is planned to visit a
number Of other aeries in the state.
The lodge has planned series of
entertainments for the winter.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-05
NAMES C. OF C. HEADS
Chairmen of Committees Are An
nOunced by President Borinstein.

Chairmen and vice-chairman of
committees of indianapolis Cham
Der of Commerce for 1881 were an
nounced today by Louis j. Borin-
stein, president. Chairmen named
are.
William Fortune. civic affairs: Charles
F. Coffin, legislative. and Perry w. Lesh,
publicity. Merchantmen named: Henry
L. Dithmer. civic affairs; James W. Noel.
legislative. and r. c. Rottger. publicity.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-05
secretary,s Car Kills Man

By United Press
WASHINGTON, Jan. 5.-Jose Ri
cardo Gomez Acebo, first secretary
Of the Spanish embassy, was ques-
toned by police today in connec-
ton with the death of an unident-
flied man who was injured fatally
early today by an automobile driven
bv AcebO.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-05

Fqogging in the American army
was not abolished until 1861, the
same year the Civil war began. That
form of punishment was officially
abolished in the navy in 1850
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-05
Now You Can Wear
FALSE TEETH
With Real Comfort

Fasteeth, a new, pleasant powder,
keeps teeth firmly set. Deodorizes. No
gummy, gooey, pasty taste or feeling.
To eat and laugh in comfort just
sprinkle a little Fasteeth on your
plates Get it today at Liggett's. Hook S
and other drug stores.-Advertiseme
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-05
Junior Order to Hold Dance

Junior Order of United American
Mechanics will hold dance Satur-
day night in their hall at haywood
Music will be furnished for both
round and square dances starting at
$3.50.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-05
RELIEF CORPS HOLDS
INSTALLATION RITES
Mrs. Amy Mcdaniel Assumes Post
jim Program at TT. Friendly.


Mrs. Amy Mcdaniel was installed
as president of Joseph R. Gordon
corps 40, Women's Relief Corps, in
rites at TT. Friendly, 512 North I'LL
nois street, under direction Of Mrs.
Hazel Hadley. past president. Other
officers installed we're:
Mrs. Ollie Vancel. senior vice-president,
Mrs. Lettie Sims. junior vice-president;
Mrs. Lula Martzog. treasurer; Mrs. Fran
els Free. chaplain; Mrs. Ada Mendell.
conductress; Mrs. Sadie Nichols. guard:
Mrs. Lillian Carlin. secretary; Mrs. Clara
Robinson. patriotic instructor; Mrs. Hazel
Hadley, press correspondent; Mrs. Laura
Pahls. color bearer No. l.. Mrs. Myrtle
Armel. color bearer No. Q: Mrs. Eliza
beth Hans. color bearer No. 3. and Mrs.
Kate Scott color bearer No. 4. and Mrs.
Lillian Rothermel. musician.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-05
CHARITY BRINGS ARREST
Officer Finds Home Brew While on
Trip to Help Woman.

If friends of Mrs. Mary Gardner,
So, of 81 North Noble street, hadn't
thought her destitute she wouldn't
be in Jail today, but--
Patrolman L. j. Allison went to
her home to see if he couldn't do
something to help her get fuel, food
and other necessities Of life, and
found ten gallons of home brew.
Mrs. Gardner is charged with
blind tiger.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-05
MRS. HOMER SMITH Is
LEGION SENIOR REGENT
Elected Head of Button Group; to
Be Installed Wednesday.

By Times Special
BLUFFTON, Ind, Jan. 5.-Mrs.
Homer Smith YVES elected senior re-
gent of the Button Mooseheart
Legion at a recent meeting and will
be installed with other new officers
Wednesday night. Other new off,
GERS include:
Mrs OFT High. past senior regent: Mrs.
Ina Miller. junior regent Mrs. stem Sand
burg. chaplain; Mrs. Harry MendenhalI.
recorder; Mrs. Bert Miller. treasurer: Mrs
Morris ROLL. musician
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-05

Mrs. Dimple Had1ey has been
installed at worthy matron of In
dianapolis chapter No 1913, Order
of Eastern Star. Mrs. Blanche
Roget, grand installing officer,
directed the rites. George w.
Baird was installed as worthy
patron of the chapter.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-05

Mooseheart cares in more ways
than one for the children in
trusted to its care, as the above
photo shows. Each one of the
/ 400 boys and girls of the child
city" founded by James j. Davis,
United States secretary of labor,
and maintained by the Loyal
Order of Moose, periodically must
visit the Mooseheart dentist.
Teeth of children at the home
are kept in as perfect health as
constant attention by skilled
dentist and his assistants can
make them, all costs being borne
by the lodge.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-01-22
BARONESS TAKES
POISON TO END
TRIANGLE CASE

SHANGHAI, Jan. %. W.P)-Bar-
oness Paulitte Depidoll, wife of
Baron Charles Depidoll of Luxem-
bourg, died today at a local hos
pital.
Physicians attributed her death
to poison taken last Saturday af-
ter her return from Japan with Sir
Frederick Whyte, advisor to the
Marking government.
The baron in a formal statement
said he had been estranged from
Baroness Depidoll since last Octo-
ber.
Local papers described the bar
cness' death as terminating "5ne of
Shanghais most discussed love tri-
angles"
Sir Frederick Whyte, former pres
ident of the Indian national as
sembly, was a delegate to the In
stitute of Pacific Relations at Hon
olulu. He was said to have been
cne of Baron Depidolls closest
friends until the estrangement last
fall.
The baroness was also reported
to have taken poison aboard the
Nagaski Maru while enroute here.
Whyte summoned physician i'm
mediately after the boat docked at
Shanghai.
Lady Whyte was believed to be
in San Francisco for the purpose
of placing her son in school there.
Baron Depidoll was the repre-
sentative in China for the Comp
toir Metallurguirque of Luxem-
bourg.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-01-22
WOMAN FEDERAL
OFFICIAL DUPED
BY SWINDLERS

SPRINGFIELD. ILL.,, Jan. ~. tU.A)
Mrs. Myrtle Tanner Blacklidge
United States collector Of internal
revenue at Chicago, told police early
today she had been fleeced of $4,000
in cash and SPOT 900 ION paper" by
two men with whom she played fare
at the Abraham Lincoln hotel.
Mrs. Blacklidge told Police CHIEF
Thomas Sullivan that she came here
last Sunday, at the suggestion OF q
friend. and gambled with two mer
whose last names were Reynolds ano
Parker.
At that time, she said, she won
SPOT 500 ION paper" which the iner
refused to pay until she had giver
cash for a $4,000 check which she
had put into the game.
She went Chicago, she said,, ano
told Edward r.. Litsinger, member
of the board of review and promi-
nent politician. what had happened
Litsinger. she said, furnished hel
men, this time at another hotel, she
brought back to Springfield last
night. Again she gambled with the
men, this time at onther hotel. SHE
said, and on the first deal lost al
of her $4,000. The men left the
room q few minutes later and dis
appeared.
II realized I had been duped." she
told Sullivan.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-01-22
POLICEMEN OF
FRESNO AVENCE
OFFICERS DEATH

FRESNO, Jan. %. U.p)-Leo Sol
do, ex-convict killer of Policeman
Frank c. Campbell, was shot and
killed here early today, week after
the murder of Campbell.
Soldo shot and probably fatally
wounded Police Sergeant j. o.
Brame, one of Campbell's best
friends and the most persistent
searcher for the killer. Brame was
shot between the eyes when he
flashed light.
Soldo was discovered when he re-
turned to the scene of his crime in
West Fresno. He was killed only a
block distant after scores of police
had gathered and poured hail OF
lead into the back porch of the ne
gro home where he sought refuge.
Soldo returned to lodging house
apparently to get clothes he had left
behind when he shot Campbell and
fled.
Two dodgers saw him and shot at
him.
Sergeant Brame and a squad of
llNC iiiCAi WClC dl lllt IlOuSC Nltllili
a few minutes,
Brame met Soldo almost in the
same back yard where Soldo a week
before killed Campbell
Shots were fired. One struck
Brame in the head. Two cartridges
later were found to have been fired
by Brame, but whether before or
after he was injured was unknown.
Soldo fled down an alley and
lodged into another back yard.
More police came and within half
an hour nearly all the force of IT'S
men were on hand
Boy Uninjured
Policeman G.. E. Talbot saw Soldo
again, and at short range fired a
buckshot charge from riot shot
gun. Others fired until, officers
said later, it sounded like machine
gun battle.
Soldo crept into the back porch
of the negro home to die.
The hail of lead continued. Later
] it was found small negro boy was
sleeping on the porch. He was un-
hurt, although showed of lead sang
inches above his body.
Soldo, 41-year-old Slavonian,
had served term in San Quentin
prison for robbery and another
term in Mcneil Island federal
prison for assault.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-01-22
COMPREHENSIVE STATE WATER
PROGRAM INVOLVES HUGE SUM

by the Hoover-Young water COM
mittee in its recent report were the
Kennel and Friant dams, although
mention was made of fresh
water industrial canal.
| Dry Lands Aided
=, Immediate relief for the farm
lands of southern San Joaquin val
/ ley, now drying up for want of
water, would be provided under the
proposed Friant dam. The pro-
gram involves the purchase of
some $4,0O0,O00 worth of water
rights now held by Miller & Lux
and other interests for grazing
lands in MADEIRA county and storing
it in the large dam in that river.
Whether or not the state could
gain title to these water rights was
the subject of heated discussion in
the committee.
Kenneth reservoir, agreed upon by
both commissions, will doubtless be
the starting point for coordinated
water program for California.
It's benefits would be five-fold-for
flood control electric power develop
ment, salt water control improved
navigation, domestic water supply
and irrigation. Like Boulder dam on
the Colorado river, Kennett would
pay for itself out of the power de-
veloped over period of so years.
AS the final solution of the San
Joaquin valleys water problem in
wolves taking the water from the
Sacramento river and carrying it
south, the commission recommended
the system of booster dams at the
mouth of the San Joaquin, costing
$25 100000.
Senator Ralph e. Swing of San
Bernardino was first to attack the
Hoover Young water commission S
report, for leaving the Santa Ana
flood control project out of its rec
concentrations. Swing now has a
bill before the legislature calling
for appropriation by the state of
So 900, 900 year for 10 years to aid
in financing this important project.
Because the Santa Ana river works
were among those recommended by
the 1927 water committee, and the
fact that Southern California sup
port is needed if any state water
program is put across, there ap-
pears little doubt that the project
Continued on page 81
Imperial Valley press., 1931-01-22
NEWSPAPER LIBEL
BILL PROPOSED

SACRAMENTO, Calf, Jan. %.
W.H-The Merriam newspaper libel
bill, which failed by single vote
at the 1929 session, was introduced
in the state legislature today by
Senator Will R. Sharkey, of Mar
tinez.
Backed by the California News
paper Publishers Association, COM
posed of 400 newspapers, the mea-
sure would permit publisher who
is sued for libel, to sho wthat the
article in question was published
through his misinformation or mis-
take. In this case, a plaintiff could
recover no more than actual dam
ages.
Proof of the publishers good will
must be shown by retraction, pub
lished in as conspicuous place and
type as were the statements COM
planned of, the measure provides. If
the retraction is not printed, the
complainant may recover both ac-
tual and special and exemplary
damages.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-01-22
JURY REQUIRES
LITTLE Time TO
CONVICT OROzCO

LOS ANGELES, Jan. %. W.p)-
Jesus Orozco, 24-year-old Mexican,
today was awaiting sentence fol-
lowing his conviction late yesterday
on charges of assaulting two young
girls Christmas Eve. Less than Is
minutes was required by the jury to
reach its verdict.
Orozco, who was found guilty on
two charges of criminal assault,
will be sentenced Monday by Su-
perior Marshall McComb. He may
be sentenced to terms of one to so
years on each count
According to testimony at the
trial, Orozco and another Mexican,
Salome Morales, now awaiting
trial. attacked Thelma. %. and
Maxine Ungeheuer. Is. of Glendale.
while holding the girls escort at
bay with revolver.
Shortly before the case was given
to the jury, Orczco was attacked
in the court anteroom by another
prisoner. Frank Biffer, who had
appeared momentarily before Judge
McComb on an extortion charge.
Biffer asked the Mexican If he
was the man on trial and when
Orozco admitted he was. Biffer
struck him several times. When
the jury returned with its verdict.
Orozco's eye was swollen and dis
colored.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-01-22
BANDITS ROB
PASSENGERS ON
BIG FOUR TRAIN

BELLEFONTAINE, Ohio, Jan. %
U.P)-Six bandits held up Detroit
Cincinnati Big Four train at Grants
near here early today, shot one pas
senger and robbed seven others OF
S2500 in cash and jewelry and then
escaped as the train entered Belle
fontaine.
Edwin K Nelson. Jr., Tampa, Fla.
was shot through the lung when he
made an outcry as the bandits
sought to search him.
All the victims were occupants OF
a sleeping car, which the bandits en-
tered when the passengers were
asleep. They were aroused, forced
to accompany the outlaws to the
dressing room and there robbed.
The train was held up as it lay
on a siding at Grants, awaiting an
other train to pass. Wearing red
masks, the outlaws entered from a
day coach ahead and began rousing
the passengers from their berths
Prodded by guns, they were forced
to march down the aisles to the
smoking room where others had pre-
ceded them and were placed under
guard of four of the bandits.
After the passengers had been
robbed, they were compelled to re-
main silent while the train con-
tinued toward Bellefontaine. AS it
pulled into the yards, the outlaws
threw open the vestibule door and
jumped out. Police believe that
they were awaited by accomplices
with cars in which they escaped.
Nelson's condition was regarded
as serious. The bullet penetrated
his left lung and he was in semi
conscious condition.
Search was Immediately institute
cd. Authorities in wide area were
ordered to watch all roads. The
outlaws we're believed to have
boarded the train at Toledo.