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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-03-26
CLOSED BANK
TO Be PROBE:D
BY GRAND JURY
Prosecutor Takes Steps to
Take Washington Firms
Facts to Quiz Body.
RECORDS ARE STUDIED
At Least Two More Weeks
Needed to Prepare
Enough Evidence.
RECORDS ARE STUDIED

Steps toward a grand jury probe
into failure of the Washington
Bank and Trust Company, closed
last October by the state bank ex-
aminer, were being taken today by
Prosecutor Herbert rilson.
Scrutiny OF records held by
Brandt G. Downey, receiver. par
TALLY has been completed prepare
tory to laying facts before the grand
jury, Wilson disclosed.
Wilson said at least two weeks
would be required before sufficient
evidence was obtained from the
records for submission to the jury.
Wilson declined to say whether
the scrutiny revealed evidences of
irregularities, although he admitted
he had searched statute books for
laws bearing on criminal guilt OF
bank officials who accept deposits
knowing a bank is in a state OF
insolvency.
Failed October %.
The washington bank failed Oct.
%, and Nov. IA, Circuit Judge
Harry o. Chamberlin appointed
Brandt c. Downey, financial secre-
tary Of the Methodist hospital, re-
ceiver.
Wilson said today that Downey
had been urged to hasten a final re-
port on the institution at the time
of closing, and that the report
would bear significantly on the
grand jury probe.
When Downey was appointed re-
ceiver, Chamberlin held that the
bank was insolvent following a
hearing on a petition of Luther F.
SymonS, state bank examiner.
Bank examiners testified that a
review of the banks books shortly
after the closing showed assets to be
So, ,975, and liabilities $3,127, 975.
Deposits amounted to $1,374,25 in
Guiding demand deposits of $751;
821 at that time, the hearing dis
closed.
Reached Borrowing Limit
They testified further that the
institution had reached the limit OF
its borrowing power, lacking cash
to meet demands, and that all cash
reserve had been borrowed.
Il have studied as much informa-
ton as I could get and have urged
Downey to get his records in shape
to lay before the grand jury" Wilson
said.
Receivership activities in circuit
court, according to records, have in
Guided numerous petitions center
around liquidation of assets. Downey
said recently business conditions
seriously hampered rapid liquidation
of assets.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-03-26

4 THOUGH half-century of
4 \ Bringing in the Sheaves"
should entitle any pastor to re-
tirement, the retirement of the
Rev. George L. Studebaker to
begin next week will be taken
with a degree of reluctance.
Sunday, Mr.. Studebaker will
conclude fifty years in the pulpit
when he conducts services at the
Church Of the Brethren, Thirty
second street and Capitol avenue.
He is abandoning "the cloth"
to take care of his wife, his
ministerial pal since their mar
riage forty-nine years ago. He's
quitting so she won't have to
work so hard.
And in his quitting the church
will lose two pastors, Mr.. and
Mrs. Studebaker.
Mr.. Studebaker has been deaf
for a number of years. The
tribulations, lives, loves, mourn
ings of his parish were shouldered
by Mrs. StUdebaker as well as by
himself.
She would make his sick calls
for him. She would aid him in
talking to visitors. She was his
secretary and his assistant-pas-
tor.
But some time ago Mrs. Stude-
baker broke one day in church.
"Her heart" explained the pas
tor today.
"She became i'll and that's why
I'm leaving the pulpit. 1 want to
take care of her as she took care
of me-" he said.
The Studebakers will live in
Muncie.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-03-26
Cop Is Tagged

By United Press
WASHINGTON, March 26.
"A Washington policeman was
recommended for dismissal on
Wednesday following testimony
of a Baltimore prohibition agent
that he had been instructed to
get enough " on the patrol
man to cause his dismissal.
The agent, R. S. Tag, was as
signed to the case after re-
ports had been received by
Oscar j. Letterman, police
lieutenant, that the patrolman,
Thomas D. Atkinson, had been
selling liquor.
Tag, according to his own
testimony, played Atkinson for
a sucker" posing as a penni-
less war veteran, and propos-
ing that they drink together.
AtkinsCn's counsel character
lied the alleged frameup as
one Of the nastiest and mean
est pieces of work that ever has
come before the trial board"
He gave notice of appeal.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-03-26
QUIZ COLE JURORS
Woman Cries at Mention of
Death Penalty.
By Times Special

BY I4meS Special
RUSHVILLE, Ind, March 26.-
Her unconcern broken, Mrs. Marie
Cole, 25, Indianapolis, wept fire.
quently today as states attorneys.
examining veniremen for her trial
as accessory to her husbands muir
der, made repeated reference to the
possibility of a demand Tor the
death penalty.
Eleven jurors had been accepted
tentatively at noon recess.
Holding hands most of the time,
the defendant sat with her mother,
Mrs. Rosie Schienbein, of Indian
apolis.
Mrs. Cole is charged with being
an accessory to the murder of her
husband on lonely lane near
Greenfield last Halloween.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-03-26
FIND WOMEN DOPED
Drug Ring Hinted by U. S.
Narcotic Agents.

After three women were found
unconscious early today in an
apartment at 436 East Pratt street,
police and federal narcotic agents
opened an investigation which, they
say, may lead to barring local dope
ring.
At city hospital, physicians said
the women were suffering from ef-
fects of opium and other narcotics.
The women were Marie Bradfleld,
%; Ora Treece, 81, and Esther Gel
ger, 26. Police were asked to search
for them after other residents Of
the building said they had not been
seen for the last two days.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-03-26

Burke admitted his identity after brief
questioning, officers said.
A telephone call received Wednesday
night by police here conveyed the word that
he was at the home of a relative at Green
City
a squad Of police left st. Joseph i'm
mediately for Green City, reaching there
shortly before daybreak.
They surrounded the house and entered
without awakening Burke. They covered
him with guns as he lay asleep in bed
room.
Suddenly awakened, Burke surrendered
without resistance.
Burke's record became almost legendary
in the midwest after the Staying of the
Michigan policeman.
At the time of this killing he was liv-
ing in a lavishly furnished home in ST.
Joseph with striking blonde, who was said
to have left her home in Kankakee, III, to
follow the gunman.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-03-26
BOY TOPPLES NINETY
FEET TO HIS DEATH
Loses Balance While Walking on
Beam at Power Plant.

Losing his balance while walking
on a beam ninety feet above the
ground at a power plant under con-
struction at $500 South Harding
street, Donald Kiefer, II, OF 1048
North Belle Vieu place, fell to his
death Wednesday afternoon.
The youth was returning from
carving water to workers and was
walking across a beam. Falling, he
struck a steel cross-beam, fractur-
ing his skull.
The boys father, Elmer Kiefer,
foreman of steel workers, was on
a lower floor and saw the bucket
his son had been carrying hurtle
through the air.
Funeral arrangements have not
been completed,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-03-26
Put ON a Hat

A IL kinds Of hats will be
IA seen bobbing along in
Indianapolis Easter style par
ade this year. There never
was such a variety; big hats,
little hats; brimmed ones and
brimless ones; tricorns and BIZ
corns; toques and sailors.
But-on Page 2 Of The
Times today Is a picture Of a
girl without any hat at all
If you can draw one on her
head-and describe it in no
more than fifty words-you
may win one Of the prizes
which this newspaper is offer
ing. Try your handl
II you're one Of the three
winners, you can take your pick
from the fine stock Of nillin-
cry at Morrison's, 1928 West
Washington street
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-03-26
ASKS TO HEAR HYMN:
NABS PURSE IN CHURCH
Soldier Boy Harper Given Thirty
day Term by Judge Wetter.

Melody Of a hymn f1oated through
the Negro Baptist church, Thir-
tenth and Missouri streets.
Mrs. Cora Perry, Negro, COS West
Eleventh street, played while Jess
Soldier Boy) Harper, %, Negro,
address unknown. listened in rap
ture. He had asked Mrs. Perry to
play a hymn as she practiced alone
in the church Tuesday.
Suddenly Soldier Boy" lunged for
her purse. He got it and the 81
inside.
All this was told Judge Paul C.
Wetter this morning and admitted
by Harper. Consequently he was
sentenced to thirty days and fined
81.
Police said when they arrested
him he said he was special police
man and he displayed a toy badge,
small blackjack, handouts and a
water pistol, resembling an auto
matte.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-03-26
Two in Death Car Held

bN THcs Npcbt@t
NOBLESVILLE, Ind. March 90
AS the result of an automobile &C
cident in northwestern Hamilton
county, in which Peter Lomax OF
Sheridan, was killed, two arrests
have been made. Lomax was ac-
companied by Harry Weaver and
Herschel Frye. both Of this city.
Frye was taken into custody on a
charge of driving a machine while
drunk, and Weaver on a charge OF
intoxication.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-03-26
THIRD MAN IN
Jingle DEATH,
court IS TOLD
Leo Brothers. Frank Foster
and One Other at Tun-
mel, Says Chef.
CROWDS AGAIN GATHER
AiSIeS damned as Truck
Driver Points Finger
at Defendant.
BY WILLIAM E. HALLBERG
United Press STAFF Correspondent

CHICAGO, March ga mysteri-
Gus third character was drawn into
the trial of Leo Y. Brothers on
charges Of numbering Alfred j. Lin
gle today through the testimony Of
Otto Svoboda, Bohemian ex-chef
who claims to have been at the
scene of the crime.
In his earlier testimony Svoboda
had named Brothers and frankie
Foster, northside gunman. as ac-
complies in the Staying of the Chi
eago Tribune reporter on last June 9.
Today the fat little cook revealed
that he had seen a third man in
the pedestrian tunnel beneath
Michigan boulevard, where Lingle
was shot. Three men, Svoboda said.
hurriedly passed him in the tunnel
a few seconds before he heard the
shot that killed Lingle.
Says He Saw Three Men
Svoboda was being cross-exann-
ined by Harry Cantwen of the de-
tense counsel when the third char
acter was mentioned.
Q-You we're walking through the
tunnel?. Ayes, slowly. / didn't
have any place to go.
Q-You saw two men in the tun-
mel? A-No, three men.
With a pointer, Svoboda showed
on map where he saw the thres
men hurrying along. The pointer
rested at the middle Of the tunnel.
Svoboda told of identifying
Brothers at the Congress hotel after
the latter's arrest in December.
They turned on strong light
and I said, yes, that's him
I Can Remember Faces
Svoboda said he identified
Brothers because I can remember
faces and because he was straining
cat the tunnel exit there as to
which way to run"
The courtroom doors were opened
forty minutes early today because
Of the clarnor and milling of the
record crowd that gathered outside.
Women were admitted first. By
the time all had been seated, space
for men was scarce. The aisles
were thick with persons standing.
Another 200 waited hopefully in line
at the door.
Deputy sheriffs and police con-
tinued to search questionable char
acters for weapons. So far they
haven't found anything more dam
gerouS than a corkscrew.
Points at Brothers
Patrick Campbell, a tall, bushy-
haired young truck driver, was the
second witness called by the state.
Tyrell Krum, defense attorney,
asked to examine Campbell pri-
vately and recess was taken while
Krum examined the truck driver.
Campbell said that at the hour
Of the Lingle murder he came out
Of the Illinois Central subway and
was half way up the stairs when he
heard a shot.
Il walked across the street and
was standing there when heard
somebody shout, Stop that man."
At that cry, he said, man start
ed running up Randolph street, and
went down an alley.
I think it was that man right
there"
He pointed at Brothers, who
stirred slightly
Campbell said that he saw a
priest in the tunnel at the time of
the murder.
Il met him later as Father John
Reynolds" he said. Father Rey-
nols, a professor in Notre Dame
university, is on the states witness
list.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-03-26
BV Times Special

~ Times Special
BLOOMINGTON, Ind, March rs.
"A meeting OF the student affairs
committee this afternoon, rumors
mat tWenty-one men students will
De ousted from the university. and O.
purported "Whitewash" report on
alleged carousing in fraternity
houses on the campus Of the Indi-
ana University formed the high
lights Of today's gossip here.
reports that the junior prom and
other social functions would be can
celed as the result of alleged LIQUOR
parties were branded as absolutely
false" by G. E. Edmundson. dean OF
men.
An official statement describing
the findings of the university inves-
tlgating committee promised by the
dean after all students connected
with the case had been questioned.
investigators we're expected to COM
plete their questioning late TODAY or
Friday, it was said. ,
AN~"e1Sh AbCpOFt huEm0fe0
Reported expulsion of twentv-one
members OF a fraternity was denied
py members of the faculty investi-
gazing committee, and no action
VIII be taken against students until
alter the committe has completed
its work, it was said
A member of the universities pub
licity department declared that the
dean planned a "Whitewash" report
on charges of excessive drinking
and wild parties.
Thirteen faculty members are on
the student affairs committee.
The rumor that twenty-one male
collegians would be dismissed from
the university for their conduct at
fraternity dances gained momentum
in Bloomington, but was counter
balanced by the report of the
"Whitewash' inves ig a tion and
charges of students that a hush
hush" campaign had begun.
Hint Liquor Investigation
The men to be ousted, it is said.
are members of the Sigma Alpha
Epsilon.
That the faculty committee was
busy Probing alleged liquor cpl
Sodes in fraternity houses was in
Dictated after Agnes E. Wells, dean
of women, and Edmonson began
holding an open house in their Of
fees for students under the cloud
OF suspicion.
1t is asserted that Shoppers, ="
campus police, and faculty mem
bers have recited to the committee
instances where drinking parties
we're held on the upper floors of
fraternity houses while goods danced
en- the lower floors.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-03-26
student Riots Spread in spain

MADRID, March 26-Student dis
turbances in which civilians joined
spread in Spain today while author
tiles at the capital stationed troops
and police in the university district
to prevent further outbreaks here.
The red flag was hoisted in several
cities
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-03-26
STARVING DOE is SUICIDE

Stranded for Three Days; Ends
Life by Plunging Off Cliff.
BIZ United Press
ORISKANY FALLS, N. Y, March
26.-A graceful doe, isolated for
three days without food or water on
a cliff, solved its problem here by
leaping 100 feet to death.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-03-26
BY SHELDON KEY

TIN five years privately owned
l. airplanes will number tens Of
thousands and in the next gen.
Grafton every one will fly, for it's
the petty fears of our grandpar-
entS that is holding aviation
back"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-03-26
GRANT NEW DEATH STAY
Execution of Gary Negro AK Slayer
Postponed for Fourth Time.

Fourth stay of execution was
granted today by the supreme court
to Ulysses Mack, Gary Negro, and
ak slayer. Mack was to have died
in the electric chair at the Indiana
state prison on June II, the time
set by the court on his third stay.
Additional time was granted today
to perfect an appeal.
Mack was sentenced Nov. 8, 1929,
for the murder of Miss Josephine
Odoricze, Gary. whom he was con-
victed of Staying with an ak.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-03-26
Tnvestigate steel Price Fixing

WASHINGTON, March 26.-At-
torney General Mitchell announced
today that the justice department
had begun an investigation of
charges by Senator Couzens Rep.,
NIich), that steel companies had
entered an agreement fixing the
prices of steel rails.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-03-26
Lynching Attempt Feared
BIZ United Press

SCOTTSBORO, Ala, March 26.-
National guardsmen patroled the vi
cinity of Jackson county jail here
today to prevent the threatened
lynching by a mob Of 500 men Of
nine Negroes held on charges Of as
saulting two white girls late
Wednesday.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-03-26
GOOD FRIDAY TO BE
OBSERVED BY BUSES
Street Cars Will Pause for Minute
at 2:54 2. VI.

All street cars and buses Of the
city will observe Good Friday, April
8, by halting at 2:59 p. m. and re-
manning stationary for one minute.
j. P. Tretton, general manager
of the Indianapolis Street Railway
Company. announced this decision
today to the citys Good Friday
committee.
Associated employers Of Indian
apolis have agreed to observe the
day by hating as much activity as
possible between 2:55 and 3 p. m.
A. B. Cornelius is chairman of the
Good Friday committee.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-03-26

This statement
from the average
aviation enthusi-
asst would be
merely a predic-
ton, but from
the lips of An
tlony Fokker,
brilliant inven-
tor, who has
d e signed and
built six success
full nonstop
flight" ships, 1t is
prophecy.
Fokker stopped
st the municiDal
port here
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-03-26
Alcohol Causes Death
By Times Special


SOUTH BEND, Ind, March Is
Funeral services were held Wednes-
day for Alex Cwinklinski, 20, who
was found dead Of alcoholic poison
ing in an abandoned house Monday
morning.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-03-26

mental model plane at the air
port. His accent is broken Eng
lish.
What will planes for the aver
age man cost in five years?"
They vii range in the price
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-03-26
cick Man Kills Self

MONTICELLO, Ind, March 90
III health is believed to have caused
William Gordon, So, to commit sui
eide by shooting.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-03-26
High Kansas Judge Dies

By United Press
TOPEKA, Kan, March 26.--John
Marshall, 70, associate justice OF the
Kansas supreme court and militant
supporter Of the prohibition laws,
died Wednesday nisht Of paralysis
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-03-26
CANISTER is CONVICTED
Carl Shelton, Notorious In Illinois,
Guilty in Booze Trial.

u 2 WtttU FFt68
DANVILLE, Ill. March 26.-Carl
Shelton, notorious southern Illinois
gangster, was found guilty in United
States district court today on two
counts charging violation Of the ma
tional prohibition law. Alcohol was
stored in his garage, it was said.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-03-26
ARREST rs TRUCKMEN
Police Continue Drive Against all
Who Have No Permits

Police drive against drivers Of
trucks and wagons who have not
obtained city permits continued to-
day with seventy-siX persons under
arrest.
The campaign is being led by
Captain Otto Ray Of the city license
department with the aid of police
officers. Owners of all trucks fall
ing to have permits will be slated
in Municipal Judge Clifton R.
Cameron'S court.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-03-26
Nab Killer Burke
After Long H1tnt
81 United Press


ST JOSEPH No. Burke called "the
gunan captured the home Of relative
City brought to ST. Joseph
Burke suspect the Chicago St Valentine day and
wanted killing Joseph ch) policeman cap
wit resist
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-03-26

one day Burke was in minor automobile accident His
brushed the
other policeman stepped
running board killed the policeman
Police raided BuTkes home pistols
and ammunition Months later Coroner Herman
Chicago through the science bastc discovered
the guns the Valentines
day
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-03-26
'WHITEWASH'
RUMORED ON
III. DRINKING
lWenty-0ne Men viii Be
0uSted From School,
Says Report.
DENIES BAN ON PROM
Dean EdmondSon Asserts
Social Functions Not to
Be Cancelled.

by United Press
BLOOMINGTON, Ind, March
26.-NatiOnal presidents of six
fraternities at Indiana university
will come here next week to in
vestigate alleged drinking parties
among the students, it was learned
from an authoritative source to-
day.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-03-26
TWO BROTHERS SLAIN

Police Characters Each Shot Six
Times in Back of Head.
By United Press
KANSAS CITY, Kan, March 26.-
The bodies Of William and Wallace
Ash, brothers, known as police char
acters, today were found face down.
ward in a ditch alongside their
blazing automobile on the outskirts
of the city. Each had been shot six
times in the back of the head.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-03-26
BLIZZARD HITS WEST
Sweeps Down From Medicine Hat
Across Rockies States.
BIZ United Press

By United Press
DENVER, March ga blizzard
which blew out Of Medicine Hat,
paralyzed traffic today as it swept
across the Rocky mountain states.
Air mail was halted and automobile
travel throughout Wyoming and
northern Colorado was at a stand
still.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-03-26
EVERYONE IN NEXT GENERATION TO fly SAYS FoKKER

field of the middle-class automo-
biles today" Fokker answered.
How many passengers will they
carry?"
-Four seaters will be most pop
ular," he returned, hurrying away
to see another plane in the
hangar.
= q n
lockers life reads like 8
4 Horatio Alger story. In 1915,
he left his fathers home at Haar-
lem, Holland, to make his own
way.
Now at Al, he is directing engi-
neer and principal stakeholder in
the General Aviation Corporation,
one of Americas largest COM
panies, backed by General Motors.
Oddly though, at Al, the man
who has made others fly, and
loves industry with all his heart.
no longer enjoys fying-like many
other American business men
Fokker is in too much of a hurry
TO really enjoy hying-at least he
said so.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-03-26

only fifteen minutes today. How
ever, in i've minutes the inter-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-03-26
SADIE BLAKE IS HOAX
Jack Mann Tries to Complete Call;
Now He's Looking for Joker.

BIZ Times Special
MUNCIE, Ind, March 26.-Big
Jack Mann, giant Negro center Of
Muncie's state championship basket
ball team, is looking for practical
joker.
A telephone call was left at
Mann's hotel room at Indianapolis
from Sadie Blake" and fellow
teammates declare he spent con-
siderable time in trying to complete
the call.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-03-26
BIG? DIET, SAYS DOCTOR
II WIN 20 1t in IS Per Cent of
Obesity Cases, He Asserts.
81 United Press

on tNtttu ffNSo
BALTIMORE, March %. - DR..
Frank A. Evans of Pittsburgh at the
sixth annual session of the Ameri-
can College of Physicians here to-
day told the physicians that in SO
per cent of obesity cases a limited
diet is all that is needed to reduce
weight