The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-10-11
GREECE FREES
INSULL;;'ORDER
POLICE GUARD
Transferred to Hotel, but
Watch on Movements
Is DeCreed.
FEARED NEAR COLLAPSE
u. S. Asks for Extradition,
but Athens Demands
Documentary Proof.
BY ANTHONY KEDRAS
United Press StaH Correspondent

HENS, Greece, Oct. 11.-Sam- /
uel insult was ordered released from
arrest today and was transferred to
the best hotel in Athens from police
headquarters.
1t was ordered that he not be de-
tanned further but should be
watched by police, however, until
the United States consulate fur
nished the authorities with docu-~l
mentary proof of the charges
against him in Chicago.
Efforts of Cook county, Illinois.
to bring the aged utilities magnate
back there for trial on charges of
embezzlement developed into a
dramatic contest between insult and
the United States authorities.
The Greek government is in a
somewhat uncomfortable position.
in the middle-anxious to cooper
ate with the United States. but at
the same time not to infringe In
sull's rights under international
law.
Arrest Appears Debatable
insult was taken to the Hotel Petit
Palace, where he can direct the
efforts of his counsel to obtain his
release.
The United States, which has
formally asked his extradition, will +
have to prove its case in the Greek |
courts. Extradition papers, it was
estimated, could not arrive here be-
fore two weeks, at the earliest.
The right Of Greece to hold insult /
under international law appeared
debatable, but the authorities were
anxious to cooperate with United .
States officials and offered them
every opportunity to make Insults
arrest legal.
Police Are Cautioned
The interior minister received a
telephone call today from Premier
Eleutheros Venizelos, who is resting
GU a. spa al JOuOl dhlg dShlIlE MI1ebIleT
there was tangible evidence of In
sull'S culpability, Or whether official
and judicial persecution might en-
ter into the case.
In accordance with Greek laws. |
the minister said, the police are
entitled to detain, arrest and deport |
a suspicious alien. Press reports |
of insults sea and aerial travels /
in Europe he said, and his sudden /
disappearance made him suspicious /
Otherwise. he continued insults |
travels are inexplicable for a man
of his age. insult will be 70 on
Nov H.
Officials Are Confident
American legation officials said
they were confident Greece will eX-
tradite insult willingly, and that
unimportant legal impediments will
be overcome easily, due to the
friendly disposition of the Greek
government.
It is feared. police said. that the
utilities magnate who fled from his
Paris hotel to Turin and then to
Athens by train and Seaplane, after
his indictment in Chicago, might
collapse before he is returned to
the United States to face embez-
Element charges.
Earlier, several famous persons
had attempted to persuade Premier
Venizelos and other government
officials to intervene in Insults be-
half. 1t was argued that Insults
papers were in order and that police
had no right to hold him. officials
at that time declined to act.
Seeks Lawyers Aid
insult sought the advice of the
best known criminal lawyers in
Athens, TSoukalas and Ladas. He
was optimistic regarding the final
result of the charges against him.
insult was arrested at the request
of the legation on cabled instruc-
tionS from Washington. He had been
detained by police, acting on their
own initiative.
Worn out by his dramatic Six-day |
flight across Italy to Greece by /
land, sea and air, insult was I'M
dergoing a tremendous emotional |
strain when United Press CORE
spondent visited him at police
headquarters He indicated an in
tense hatred for newspapers.
He had a special room. The ma M 4,
ager of the American Express Con. !
pany was allowed to furnish him
a bed and other necessities. The I
tragic figure, alone in a strange I
land, seemed more the tourist pro-
fessor who had lost his way than /
the head of utilities empire whose
arrest became internationally i'm
portant.
Il Am Destitute"
He was nervous and irritable.
Il only learned from newspapers
that Chicago authorities were inter-