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The Indianapolis times., 1932-01-28
WITT HEARS HIS
DOOM SENTENCE
Jackson Killer Will Die in
Chair Aug. /.
By Times Special

By Times Special
LEBANON, Ind, Jan. 28.-Sneer-
ing at court officials and Spectato
Charles Vernon Witt today was
sentenced to die in the electric
chair at the Indiana state prison
before dawn Aug. l, for the murder
of L. A. Jackson, Indianapolis chain
store chief.
The convicted killer retained his
composure throughout the pro-
ceedings, and he spent half
an hour with his parents, after he
was sentenced.
Witt became abusive to Sheriff
Wilbur Small when the latter re-
fused to remove the handouts as
the criminal stood before Judge
John w. Hornaday.
When Hornaday reached the sec
ton of his statement, condemn
ing Witt to his death in August, the
convicted gunman turned to Chester
jackson, son of the slain grocer, who
was seated at the states table. For
1uII minute WlCC stared at jackson,
and his lips moved.
Defense attorneys lost motion
for retrial in the Boone county court
after presenting arguments before
Hornaday. The attorneys said they
will take immediate steps to appeal
the conviction to the state supreme
court.
The court ordered Witt and Louis
E Hamilton, alleged trigger man.
III the Staying, returned to the Mar
ion county Jail. Witt will be held
IN Indianapolis two weeks before
being sent to the state prison. Ham
ilton will remain in Indianapolis
until his trial, which may be held
here next month.
The Indianapolis times., 1932-01-28
LOTTERY MESS is
GIVEN GRAND JURY

Asserting this case has the ear
marks of fraud and threats" Mu-
nicipal Judge Clifton R. Cameron
today abruptly halted the trial of
three men on gaming charges. and
turned over information on the
alleged Butchers and Packers lot
terry to the county grand jury for
investigation.
Scoring the defense, Cameron
made his assertions after Herman
Wiltsee, 2748 Napoleon street, states
witness, testified Fred Baldridge,
1850 North Illinois street, and Don
CutShaw, 602 North Sherman drive,
alleged operators. paid him only $3.50
on a $500 ticket.
Wiltsee is charged with gaming.
while the Others are being tried on
The Indianapolis times., 1932-01-28

counts of operating a lottery and
gaming enterprise.
There's not clean thing about
it." said Cameron. "It's so rotten it
smells like it came from a sewer.
I'm turning the whole mess over to
the grand jury"
Cameron continued hearing
further evidence in his court until
Feb. 18, permitting prosecutors to
place it before grand jurors in the
meantime.
Wiltsee, in his testimony, said his
demands for full payment of win
ningS on the ticket brought the re-
sponSe from Cutshaw that the
tickets a phony." Wiltsee said
Cutshaw told him he was paying
him the half price Of the ticket to
prevent him from turning the case
over to police. s.
The Indianapolis times., 1932-01-28
Surgical Attempt to Save
Child From Lifelong
IdioCy Delayed.
By United Press

bV CUtbGO Ff6SS
NEW YORK, Jan. 28.-Of1ciaIs
of the Neurological institute, where
the infant Diana Moore is undergo
ing brain examinations, have with
held decision once more as to an
operation to save the baby from life
long paralysis and possibly idiocy.
Further tests will be made next
Tuesday, the institute announced,
with its spokesman making this
comment:
If an operation is performed, it
will not be an experiment or a 1000
to-1 chance. The institute will not
rsik its reputation unless a definite
end is to be served. If there is an
operation, it will be by surgeon. -
Mother Is Determined
The baby's mother, Mrs. Lillian
Moore, announced her determina-
tion several days ago to have the
operation performed, even eff my
baby has only one chance in thou
sand of living"
Meanwhile, as surgeons and neu-
rologists continued to argue over
the operation, a growing protest
against the effort was noticeable in
the neighborhood of the Moore
home.
"She has no religion" a neigh
Dor said of Mrs. Moore, "but what
right has she to take odds of 1000
to l against her child?"
Another remarked: How'd you
like to have 1000 to 1 chalked up
against your life, with all the world
watching?"
Mrs. Moore, who is near a nerv-
GUS breakdown, answered this ar
gument with, "If the operation
cures her, she will thank me when
she grows up"
Father Is Located
Publicity given to the case has
enabled Mrs. Moore to find her huS-
band, James, whom she charges
with abandonment He is in Detroit
and Mrs. Moore will press for a
grand jury indictment today.
Mrs. Moore and her mother have
given Diana loving care during the
13 months of her life. She is g
very fat baby now, with heavy
thatch of dark hair on her too-smal
I head.
She is helpless, can not hold her.
self up for more than a few seconds
and physicians claim that she vii
not even be able to do that much
longer.
She never will walk, or talk, they
assert, unless an operation can ex-
pand her skull so that she may de-
velop enough brain to make hel
normal.
The Indianapolis times., 1932-01-28

ledIileu- ALldilAS Hldy De que 10 LnlS Darnyard
creature, who neither tolls nor spins, if the
proposal is permanently shelyed.
Ever since his demand with the statement
that eggs could be purchased for "16 cents a
dozen," his telephone has been ringing with
requests for the market or farmer who sells
them at that price. Several colleagues joshed
him so frequently that he hung up in their ears.
Hundreds of protests have reached him
by mail, and almost every writer has informed
the Hoosier representative of the price eggs
we're bringing in their section of the country
Wood now knows the status of the retail and
wholesale market on this commodity from
Maine to California.
"He escaped questioning and a checkup
when he discussed problems involving millions
of dollars" said a Democratic wit, "but when
eggs, people knew what he was talking about"
The Indianapolis times., 1932-01-28
So Boring
By Times Special

By Times Special
CROWN POINT, Ind, Jan.
28.-Joseph Horvath, tired of
waiting for a Lake circuit
court jury to return a verdict
in his trial for the first de-
gree murder of a neighbor,
John Gresko, asked to be taken
to his Jail cell. The request
was granted. Horvath was
sleeping soundly when officers
arrived to inform him that the
jury acquitted him on the six
teenth ballot. Gresko, said to
have been drunk, was shot
fatally after hurting stones
through windows of Horvath's
home.
The Indianapolis times., 1932-01-28
JUST A NECKTIE PARTY
Thief LOots Ohio Mans Car of Forty
Dozen.

Enough neckties to last him sew
eral years we're stolen Wednesday
night by thief who looted the au-
tomobile o. Sol Schultz of Dayton,
o., while it was parked near IN
diana and Capitol avenues.
Schultz told police forty dozen
neckties were taken.
Looting the car OF H. H. Skabo.
$500 East Fall Greek boulevard,
thieves stole luggage and clothing
valued at 500, he informed police.
Three crates Of eggs, valued at
$3.50, we're taken from the car of
William Boullie. 143 North Highland
avenue. he reported today.
The Indianapolis times., 1932-01-28
RICH s. BEND
MAN IS FREED
BY KIDNAPERS
Howard WooIverton Home,
Unharmed; Payment of
Ransom Denied.
AGREEMENT INTIMATED
Police Think Seven Gang
Given Money; Secrecy
ShroudS Return.
By United Press

| By United Press
SOUTH BEND, Ind, Jan. 2S.-
Howard A. Woolverton, 81, wealthy
industriaIist and latest victim of a
million-dollar midwest kidnap
ring, was safe at his home here
today, after being held nearly
twenty-four hours for $4,000 ran
som.
His release came while author
tiles hunted through Illinois and
Indiana underworld gathering
places for trace of the infamous
Seven gang" believed to have
conducted the abduction.
Representatives of the promi-
nent Woolverton family issued de-
mails that any ransom had been
paid or promised. Police asserted,
however, that circumstances of the
industrialist's release indicated an
agreement had been made.
An aura of mystery yelled the
facts of Woolverton's sudden reap
pearance, unharmed and well fed
during his detention.
Blind Folded by Captors
A prepared statement was given
to newspaper men by state police,
who thronged the home. One re-
porter, who asked one pertinent
question, was elected without cere-
mony.
1t apparently was known to those
gathered at the Woolverton home
when he would return, and he was
met at the station when he left the
interurban train.
Woo1verton said he was blind
folded from the time the kidnaperS
seized him in his automobile in the
heart of rich residential section
Tuesday night until Wednesday
night. At no time, he said, did he
know where he was.
Wednesday night, he said, the
kidnapers placed him in an auto
mobile and drove for several hours.
Then the car was stopped, he vas
led out, and his bandages removed.
He was told to wait a few moments
to enable the abduction automobile
to drive away.
Denies Ransom Paid
Woolve.ton said he did not know
what city he was in. He said he
walked few blocks and questioned
a passerby, who told him he VIZ : in
Michigan City. He then went to
the railroad station and boarded an
electric train, which brought him
to South Bend at 1920 p. m. Ac-
cording to the prepared statement,
he went by taxi to his home and
entered while police guards and
state troopers sent to protect his
family were waiting.
The only hint of his impending
release made public was state
ment by attorneys for the Woolver-
ton family during the evening tIat
they expected break" around
midnight.
Captain Rex Risher of the state
! ponce declared Wo0lVerLOn refused
to converse with authorities or give
details of the abduction. Risher
said he believed the kidnapers had
threatened him with death if he
gave any aid to police.
Attorney G. A. Farabaugh, repre-
Senting the victims family, denied
fatty any ransom was paid.
The victim is a member Of one
of the wealthiest of South Bend
industrial families. He was seized
Tuesday night as he was driving
home with his wife after attending
the theater with George M. Stude-
baker and his wife. of the we'll
known automobile interests.
Mrs. Woolverton was in collapse
today from shock of the kidnapping,
and under the care of physicians.
The Indianapolis times., 1932-01-28
BOTH PARTIES
VOTE mo- ON
TAX SESSION
Secret Poll Of Delegates to
1880 Convention Shows
Opposition.
PUBLIC VIEWS OPPOSITE
Home Owners and Farmers
Would Convene LegisIa-
ture for Levy Changes.
BY BEN STERN
fCopvright. 1882. bv The Timea


Everybody is against a specia
session of the general assembly ex-
cept the common people.
That the politicians are in op-
position is clearly indicated today
in the tabulation of The Times
secret poll on this question by 1890
delegates to the state conventions
OF the 953 delegates who ex-
pressed themselves, SAT voted
against issuance of the call, while
All favored such a move.
Party domination was evident,
especially among the Republican
delegates, who voted 272 against 157
for a session.
The cleavage was much narrower
among the Democrats with an op-
position of 275 to 254 for the call.
Seventy-nine ballots were laid
aside because no preference was in
dicated.
Many of the ballots carried nota-
tions to the effect that if tax relief
matters only would be considered
they favored a special session, while
others asked: What can we expect
from the type Of legislators we
have?"
Marion County Vote Close
Proponents of a special session
carried Marion county by narrow
margins of four votes in each in
stance. Democrats voted so for and
Sc against. and the Republicans 80
for and "a against.
That the delegates in the indus
trial centers sense the public re-
action is shown in the Marion and
Lake counties poll where the pro-
ponents in each party carried the
vote.
The heavy vote in favor OF z
session which was expected from
the rural counties failed to ma.
terialize in the most instances.
Division among the Democratic
delegates was not as sharp as
among the Republicans, yet there
can be no doubt that the politi-
clans in both parties are fearful
Of the results Of an extraordinary
meeting.
There is also no question that
If a program for a session had
been announced the "ayes" would
have won in the balloting.
But as many delegates declared
in notes and letters, there is a
distinct fear of the results of a
session, and that, to a major de-
gree, influenced the voting.
Partisanship a Factor
Then, it must also be remembered
that convention delegates are usual
ly selected because of their firm
partisanship and because they obey
orders.
And so far no commands Ia
favor session have been trans
mitted.
Rather than vote for a session
many of the delegates, as was said
before, left the spaces blank and
so escaped, what they felt to be,
a responsibility.
On the other hand if poll was
taken of the men on the streets. or
on the farms, the small home owner
or farm owner, the results would be
far different.
roof of this contention is seen in
tn statement of Indiana Farm
b eau leaders that $4,000 farmers
a clamoring for a special session,
q also in the score of letters re-
d. seeking information as to
cause of the delay of the call.
/ the result of the poll speaks
for tSelf-it says emphatically "the
politicians are against special
session.
Therefore, and logically-after
studying the records of the
politicians-Such a session must be
good for the people.
The Indianapolis times., 1932-01-28
SOCIAL INSURANCE is
DEFINED BY EPSTEIN
Industrial Democracy League Hears
Old Age Security Expert.

Social insurance is the use of
the organization of society to take
care of inevitable accidents and old
age by each person paying a small
sum for protection" said Abraham
Epstein, executive director of the
American Association for Old Age
Security, Wednesday night.
Epstein told more than 200 per-
sons at a lecture, sponsored by the
League for Industrial Democracy in
Roberts Park Methodist Episcopal
church, that approximately 3,0O0,-
900 workers are injured in industrial
accidents each year, and that three
fourths of million are disabled for
four weeks or more.
Powers Hapgood of the Columbia
Conserve Company of indianapolis,
will speak on True and False In
dustrial Democracy" at the lecture
meeting Feb. 3.
The Indianapolis times., 1932-01-28
Fire-Fighting Fee Set

PORTLAND, Ind, Jan. ga
charge for sending Portland fire.
fighting equipment and men out of
the city has been fixed by the city
council. The fee will be $40 for use
of the truck and each man will re-
ceive So.
The Indianapolis times., 1932-01-28
Runaway Girl Returns
By Times SpecfaI

. 2 7 'I'.to = 8EFE-IA7
GAS CITY, Ind, Jan. 2S-Mary
Walls, Is, has returned to her home
here after travelling several hundred
miles on freight train with three
men, one Of them an ex-convict.
She was taken into custody at
Charleston, H., while attired In
male clothing. She said she left
home to escape doing housework.
The Indianapolis times., 1932-01-28
HUEY IN ABOUT FACE
New Senator Unexpectedly Leaves
Capital for Louisiana.
BIZ Inited Press

WASHINGTON, Jan. 2S.-Sena-
tor Huey Long Dem., Lao, who
this week renlinquished the gov
ernorship of his state to take the
oath as a senator, left Washington
at 2 a. m. today, for New Orleans.
The United Press was informed at
Longs Office that the journey was
unexpected. His Office force did
not know of the senator's depart
ure until this morning. It was un-
derstood his return to Louisiana
had to do with the dispute over
the governorship.
The Indianapolis times., 1932-01-28
VEHLING RULING WILL
BE GIVEN SATURDAY
Judge Cause Will Announce Fate
of Motion to Quash Bribe Charge.

Ruling on defense motion to
quash the affidavit charging Cor
oner Fred w. vehling with hribe
solicitation will be made Saturday
by Fred G. Cause, special Grim
inal court judge.
Defense attorneys are expected to
file a motion with Cause for a
change Of venue if the quash Pc
tition is overruled. The trial ten
tatively has been set for Feb. 9, but
transfer from the county would
delay it several weeks.
Judge Harry O. Chamberlin to-
day directed VehIing's attorneys to
file a new abatement plea to the
impeachment proceedings pending
against Vehling. Chamberlin said
the plea was not in proper form.
The Indianapolis times., 1932-01-28
BRAND FATHER KILLER
Colorado Rancher Alleged to Have
Slain Three Children.
By United Press

DELTA, Colo, Jan. pa charge
OF numbering his three motherless
children for $4,000 insurance and
OF trying to conceal the crime by
burning his home faced Michael
Stefan, rancher. today. Stefan, in
a critical condition from burns,
was held under guard without bail
in hospital. The children.
Michael Jr., 9; Marjorie, 5, and
Donald, 3. perished a week ago
today.
The Indianapolis times., 1932-01-28
Grief Blamed in Suicide

CORYDON, Ind, Jan. 28.-Grief
over the death Of her husband is
believed to have been the motive
for the suicide by hanging Of Mrs.
Rebecca j. Albin, So, in a barn on
her farm near here.
The Indianapolis times., 1932-01-28
LINDY 80 NEXT WEEK
Eagle Is Thankful He Has Slipped
Off Nations Front Page.

10 AAdS OAApPNu
Off Nations Front Page.
By United Press
NEW YORK, AIN. 2S.-Charles
A. Lindbergh will celebrate his
thirtieth birthday week from to-
day, thankful he has slipped off
the front page and can apply him
self to his work as an aviation
technical adviser.
The flier is supervising finishing
touches of the new home in New
Jersey he will occupy with his wife,
the former Anne Morrow, and his
infant son.
1t was learned the hier's plane
has not been taken from its hangar
in several weeks.
The Indianapolis times., 1932-01-28
GERMANY CAN'T PAY
Faces Ruin If Forced to Continue
Reparations, Says Diplomat.

ReparatiOns, Says Diplomat.
BY United Press
NEW YORK, Jan. 28.-Germany
can not fulfill her reparationS OBJ
legations, and demands that she
continue to pay would destroy the
whole basis of German private
credit abroad, and thus completely
bar all possibility of future German
solvency for political or private
purposes" DR.. o. c. Kiep, German
consul-general here, today told the
eastern regional conference of the
New York State Savings Bank AS
sociation.
The Indianapolis times., 1932-01-28
Woods 16-Cent Egg Talk
Pr0UeS Real BOOmerung
By Scripps-HOt0drd Newspaper AViance

NeCspGper AHtance
XXTASHINGTON, Jan. 28.-The humble had relatively
w important part in quieting Representative
demand for 10 per cent cut in federal salaries
The Indianapolis times., 1932-01-28

Total number Of Republican Democratic
delegates for a special session-4I1s
Total number 0pposed-S4s.
The Indianapolis times., 1932-01-28
Aged Man Kills Self

BIZ United Press
TERRE HAUTE, Ind, Jan. 2S.-
Illness was blamed for the suicide
by shooting of Jacob L. Jones, So.
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They're Washable!
Voiles, dimities and print
ed batistes in sleeveless
and shOrt-sleeved styles
for women and misses!
Broken lots!
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Times and Broad Rippl lie
Park Cooperate for
Free Lessons.

Can you swim? Here is your
chance to learn, without cost. The
Times and Broad Ripple park will
conduct the fourth annual Learn-to-
Swim week at Ripple pool, July 18
to %, and plan to teach thousand
men, women, and children how to
paddle through the water. The
American Red Cross will cooperate
If you are afraid of the water, Bill
Tomhson and Monty Montgomery
swimming professors at the tank
will take the water scare out of you
Teaching people how to swim has
been their business for ten years
and they have whipped water fright
out of hundreds of students.
Water safety" will be one of the
special courses in the Learn-to-
Swim week. You will learn how to
revive drowning persons, how to
breathe, properly while in the water
how to judge your endurance, and
many other rudiments of the sport
llldu may odNC SOlu lllt oOlllt udy
DR.. Francis Hodges, director oil
American Red Cross life sd wing in
Indianapolis will assist Tomlinson
and Montgomery, who are fxamin-
ers of the American Red CROSS.
Times Ripple Learn I'd Swim
weeks have been held at Broad
Ripple's great outdoor tank for -four
summers, and approximately 1,5OC
men, women, and children have
been taught to swim.
This year the park management
has reduced admission charge to the
pool during the week as a special
attraction to prospective swim stu
dents. The coupon printed herewith
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ONE KILLED AS
TROOPS BATTLE
MINE STRIKERS
Gun Fight Staged in Dark;
Railroad Bridge Is
Dynamited.
ggLnifcd press

BB ttifcd Press
ATHENS, o.. July IA night OF
rioting, incendiarism and dynamit-
ing near Chauncey was climaxed
early today by an open battle be-
tween striking miners and national
guardsmen in which Ray Freeman
10, was shot TO death.
This was the second fatality in
forty-eight hours. Steve Bowen, 40
Of Buchtel, died in local hospital
of a bullet wound.
A bridge on the Kanawha and
Michigan railroad near Fishers
station was set on fire shortly after
midnight. Coal oil had been used tc
stimulate the flames.
Persons living near extinguished
the fire before it got a good start
The New York Central railroad
bridge over the Hooking river al
Chauncey was wrecked by dynamite
at 2 a. m. officials estimated that
- PObtAAhn VI NAllOolNC Wdb uStQ
The roar could be heard in Athens
eight miles away.
The battle in Chauncey, ter.
rorizing residents who we're awak.
ened by the sharp cracking of riff
fire.
Singly and in pairs, armed mer
strobe out OF the hills surroundin,
Chauncey to gather in small group,
on the street corners. The Bower
shooting had aroused high feeling
Pistols, rifles and shotguns were
carried in plain sight.
Then about midnight there wa,
a general concerted movement il
the direction of the national guards
men camp. Some one fired. A few
struggling shots answered.
Soon battle was in progress
Guardsmen fired into the darkness.
at the little sharp lights made b,
rifle fire.
After the battle Freeman was
found lying in cemetery fatally
wounded
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BUY 5 USED STREET
CARS FOR CITY SERVICE
Move Regarded as More Economical
Than RecOnditioning.

Purchase of five used street cars,
regarded as more economical
measure than reconditioning pres
ent stock, has been announced by
Charles w, Chase, president of In
dianapolis Railways, Inc.
Under he rehabilitation plan be-
ing followed in the reorganization
of the street car company, approx
mately sixty of the street cars now
in use will be reconditioned and
modernized.
The used cars purchased are of
the four motor type instead of the
two motor type now being used, it
was said. Seats are upholstered in
leather, exit is from the center, and
wheels are unusually low. The cars
will be placed in use shortly, off,
Gals say.
Bids will be received on the pur-
chase of twenty-five new cars which
will be placed in service by Nov. /.
according to recent announcement.
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Get OUe1" That Water
Scare! Learn to SzQim!

will enroll you in the Learn-to- Swim
school.
Three classes will be held every
day during the week. One in the
morning is for children, high school
students will be taught in the after
noon, and adults will receive in
Struction in the evening.
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FIRE CAPTAIN IS DEAD
Rites to Be Held Thursday for
Clarence Miller, Negro.

Funeral services for Clarence Mil
lcr Negro, 55, for twenty-five years
a member of the fire department,
and for eighteen years captain of
hose company at Engine House No
/, AS Indiana avenue, will be held
at l Thursday at the st. John A.
M. E. church. Burial will be in
Grown Hill.
Captain Miller died at city hos
ptal Monday after more than a
months illness. He is survived by
the widow, son, Clarence A. Mil
Ter OF indianapolis, and sister,
Mrs. Virginia Fisher of Campbells-
vile, Ky. The Miller home is at
1916 Martindale avenue.