The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-08
new SUSPECT
I. IS NABBED IN
MURDER HUNT
Third Man Is Under Arrest,
as Hit-Run Victim
Is Buried.
PASTOR ASKS CRUSADE
War on Death Drivers Is
Urged by Mr.. Kenna in
Funeral Sermon.

a third suspect was being queS-
toned today in connection with the
mystery killing seven days ago of
Mrs. Nettie Bertram, SIS, sorority
house maid.
The suspect, according to police
information, was seen in the vi
cinity of 2200 North New Jersey
street, where Mrs. Bertram disap-
peared just week ago, after sup
poSedly being struck by an auto
mobile.
1t also was said the man was
seen near a thicket at Thirty-fifth
street and Wallace avenue, the fol-
lowing day, when Mrs. Bertram's
body was found.
The man was taken into custody
at his home by Detectives Morris
Corbin, William Stalcup, Will
liam Kurrasch and Stewart Cole
man, who questioned him more than
three hours this morning behind
locked doors.
He left the city on a hunting trip
Saturday, and returned early today,
it was said He owns a Model T
Ford, the type Of car believed TO
have killed Mrs. Bertram, accord
ing to police.
Victim Is Buried
Mrs. Bertram was buried in
simple ceremony Monday afternoon
at Anderson cemetery, following
funeral services at the undertaking
establishment of Coroner Fred w.
Vehling.
Plea for the awakening of public
opinion against reckless drivers was
sounded at the last rites by the Rev.
Alpha H. Kenna, pastor of Roberts
Park M. E. church.
Mrs. Bertram is believed to have
been struck by speeding automo-
bile as she walked in the alley in
the rear of her home, 2101 North
New Jersey street
Her body was tossed into a
thicket near Thirty fifth street and
Wallace avenue, twenty hours later.
One Suspect to Be Freed
Although detectives were grilling
two other suspects in connection
with the widows death, it was in
dicated neither is responsible for
the Staying.
Harry Russell, II, of 731 Massa-
chusetts avenue, first suspect to be
arrested, was to be released today,
according to detectives. Russell was
arrested Saturday after informers
said he appeared nervous and
frightened after the Staying.
The second suspect, whose name
was not revealed, is unflinching in
his denial of implication in the
crime, and details of his story check
almost completely, detectives say.
Numerous other clewS and
theories were being traced in re-
doubled efforts to capture Mrs.
Bertram's slayer.
Death Called Challenge
The dead woman's character was
praised by DR.. Kenna in the funeral
sermon.
Her mysterious death is a chal-
lenge to all of u.s. he declared.
Human life has become about
the cheapest thing on the market.
Today there is criminal negligence
abroad and we should not allow it
to continue" DR.. Kenna stated.
The Constitution of our govern
ment guarantees us the right of
property and of life, and yet today
we take our lives in our hands when
we walk through the public thorough
fares. Criminal drivers strike us
down and speed away in desperate
effort to escape the penalty of a
criminal act.
THE burden of the law is not en-
tirely upon our police force.
Citizens Must Act
Responsibility is upon the citi-
zens as well, and their cooperation
is necessary to enforcement If laws"
he continued.
Criminal negligence will continue
to menace our lives until the ma
chinery of justice is beyond re-
preach.
The death of Mrs. Bertram, who
was struck down and killed by
fleeing motorist, is an indictment
that we ought not to let stand
without doing something to make
such things impossible of happening
tomorrow" he asserted.
Mrs. Bertram was a member of
the Roberts Park church.
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