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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-10-26

Morris. "He was wonderful. Poor
boy, he's dead, too, now"
But what first made him sus-
picious the woman hadn't died
from gas, Doc?"
ct was simple, old man. There
were five children. One of them
had been there in the room with
the mother, a 14-months-old baby.
"a child is more susceptible to
gas than an adult, and the baby
was alive. Anyway, how could
that chandelier have fallen to the
floor without awakening the poor
woman? Impossible, old man.
I'VE made an autopsy and found
she had been strangled. There
wasn't a trace of gas in the
chemical analysis.
The husband choked her to
death and then to cover it up
pulled the chandelier down."
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gun case I'd seen. We haven't
had many Of them here in New
York. you know.
Coils body had at least eight
cen bullet holes. 1t was almost
impossible to trace the wounds.
Terrible things, machine gun bull
lets. They leave a hole as big as
the bottom of a teacup, as if the
flesh had been hacked out with a
Ratchet.
The police must be careful. One
man with weapon like that
could stand in a second floor win
dow and wipe out an entire
emergency wagon of police. The
emergency wagons are open, un-
protected. The men wouldn't have
a fighting chance"
All kinds of cases-but it is the
obscure ones which seem to dem
onstrate best what the medical
examiners Office can do. Take the
case of Mrs. Harry Fruendlich,
81, who was found dead in bed
IN her tenement fiat at 27O De-
lancey street, Nov. 13, 1923.
n u
THE room was filled with gas.
Il A broken chandelier lay at
the foot of the bed. Apparently
the matter was simple.
The chandelier had come loose
from the ceiling and flooded the
room with gas while the woman
slept. DR.. George Hohmanr3 was
the assistamt medical examiner
who went to the scene. He or
dered the body to the morgue for
autopsy.
That night the woman's hus-
band was arrested for murder and
subsequently was sentenced to ten
years in Sing Sing.
Dear old George" sighed Chief
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-10-26
When Your Cough
Hangs On, Mix
This at Home
Saves 81. So Easyl No COOkinsl

The best cough remedy that money
could buy can easily be mixed at home.
1t costs very little, yet it's the most re-
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Any druggist can supply you with
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cough medicine. Keeps perfectly and
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It is surprising how quickly this
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and heals the infamed membranes,
clears the air passages, and thus ends
severe cough in hurry.
Pinex is compound of Norway
Pine, in concentrated form, the most
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1t is guaranteed to give prompt relief
or money refunded.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-10-26
MAROTT BARES
'DOUBLE-CROSS'
ON HOME LOAN
Charges Watson, Cannon
Took Site, ignoring Offer
of Free Location.

Charges that directors of the In
oianapolis home loan bank ignored
an offer to locate the institution in
the New City Trust building without
cost, leasing instead inadequate"
quarters in the former j. F. Wild
Bank building at an expense Of
5000 for the first six months, were
made today by George ]. Marott,
indianapolis capitalist.
In letters to Representative Louis
Ludlow, Fermor s. Cannon, home
loan bank director, and other direc-
tors of the bank, Marott charged
the refusal constituted double
cross" by Senator James E. Watson
and Cannon.
Marott pointed out that City
Trust building site, fully equipped
and ready for occupancy, was ac-
knowledged to be the best location
in the city" for the bank.
Move Called Strange"
ct is strange that the purpose
OF the home loan bank was to help
distressed people, and yet the board
denied accepting quarters SO splen-
idly equipped as those in the new
City Trust building, or location
we have offered on the second floor,
formerly occupied by Strauss & Co.,
investment bankers, and offered rent
free if necessary for one year and
a small, reasonable sum thereafter, "
Marott said in his letter to Ludlow.
There are more than three hun
dred people who have $640,000 Of
preferred stock invested in this
building, who are distressed on &C
count of their investment, yet this
noble board of home savers rented
OF the Fletcher American bank,
owners of the Wild building, quar-
ters which can not compare with
those we offered, and are paying
5000 as rent for the first six months.
Something Is Wrong"
"This does not smack of the
policy Of economy, and it smothers
their newspaper article that they
would have no salary until the bank
operated with profit. We feel we
have been e-crossed by Mr..
Cannon and Watson, who led the
way to a unanimous conclusion that
conveys 'humbug,"
IF it is possible to interfere with
the Home loan bank making
further lease than six months, we
stand ready to give all or any part
of our banking quarters and vault,
on the second floor of the building,
which are better quarters than they
now have rented, rent free for at
least year, and possession at
once.
Il am stating this to evidence
that something is wrong in the
board ignoring our offer"
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Rigor mortis already had set in.
IF we could have determined
the time of death several alibis
might have blown up"
Other famous cases drifted into
the conversation. What could the
chief tell about the murder of
Arnold Rothstein?
mot much, old man, except he
probably was shot sitting in his
chair in that poker game in the
hotel. The wound ranged from
the left downward.
HE might have been shot on
the stairway after he left the
game. But I'm convinced, old
man, that he was shot without
warning while the game was go
ing on.
Il doubt if it was any one play
ing as that time. Some one
stepped up beside him while he
was playing and let him have it"
The case of Ruth Snyder and
Judd Gray, who murdered Al
bert Snyder, the woman's hus-
band, March 20, 1927.
How that case was broken
never has been told,' said the
Chief. NEAL handled that one
CDR. Howard w. Neall, assistant
medical examiner). A bright fell
low Neall. A beautiful worker.
"You remember that Ruth Sny-
der claimed her husband was
killed by robbers. She. said she
had tainted and was unconscious
for six hours.
"Silly. Stupid. Neail told the
detectives that no one ever faintS
for six hours. She was lying.
That was the first thing that put
them on the right track.
"XXTE did good work on that
wv case. DR.. Gettler analysed
the husbands organs and proved
she had been feeding him bichlo-
ride of mercury in whisky.
THAT didn't work, apparently,
so she tried to chloroform him
that night. I suppose he raised
up out of his sleep. Chloroform
acts as stimulant at first, you
know. That's why they had to
put a hammerlock on Dot King
and push her head into the pillow.
Snyder raised up and they had
TO hit him with the sashweight.
1t came out later that after the
murder she tried to get Judd
Gray to drink some of the poi
soned whisky. A nice girl, old
man."
How Ruth Snyder happened to
confess fits in at this point, lit
tie known story. She had been
taken to the police station, where
she sat weeping and insisting her
husband had been killed by rob-
bers.
A policeman who knew her, but
had not heard of the case, came
into the station house.
why, what's the matter,
Ruthie?" he said. what are you
crying about?"
She looked up and said, I'm in
trouble"
The policeman patted her on
the back, probably thinking she
had violated traffic rule or
something like that. That's all
right, Ruthie," he said. Go in
and tell them the truth. I'll fix
it up" She took him at his word
and confessed.
TINE famous cases, the obscure
Il cases-Chief Norris has some
thing to reveal in all of them, the
inside story of crime in the most
violent city in the world.
His observations are pointed in
even such an unmysterious case
as the machine gun murder of
Vincent Coll, gangster, in a teIe
phone both.
Il was very interested in that
body. 1t was the first machine
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-10-26
BY w. E. M'KENNEY

BY w. E. M'KENNEY
Secretary American Bridge League
THE majority of original bids at
Il contract bridge are suit bids OF
one. At auction bridge We, in
reality, bid against our opponents,
endeavoring to buy the contract as
cheaply as possible; while at con-
tract bridge we must bid for our
partner, so that partisanship bid
ding may progress on a constructive
basis and thereby safely reach the
correct final contract.
There was an old established
principle at auction bridge that
dealer and second hand could open
with less strength than that re-
quired for a third or fourth hand
opening bid, and this principle was
carried over into contract for a
short time.
Today, however, after we have
had opportunity to study con-
tract bridge thoroughly this bid
ding principle is changed complete
ly in the one over one system Of
bidding.
ITO open with first or second
l. hand bid is laying the founda-
ton for game or slam contract.
The requirements for an original
suit bid of one first or second hand
are:
First. Two and one-half to three
high card tricks. In other words,
you assure partner that even
though your side does not win the
final contract, your hand will be
able to take from two to three
tricks defensively.
Second. Your hand must contain
biddable suit. A suit, to be con-
sidered biddable, should be as
strong as the following:
(a) Any six-card suit.
(b) Any flve-card suit headed by
jack ten or better. A five-card suit
headed only by the ace, king jack
or jack ten, should not be rebic
unless supported by partner.
Co Any four card suit headed by
ace, jack, nine or king, queen. There
are times when a king jack ten y
suit may be bid, especially wher
the hand does not quite meet the
requirements for an original M
trump bid, but contains too many
high card tricks to pass.
THESE requirements for a bid
i dable suit are entirely TO-
original bids. There are time
when, on the second round of bid
ding, weaker suits may be shown.
Third-Not only must the han,
contain two and one-half to tire
high card tricks and biddable sui
to open first or second hand, but il
addition the hand must contain
rebid.
In other words, the original bid
der must be in a position to handl
any bid that partner may make
either by rebidding his own suit
supporting partners suit, Showing
a second suit, or bidding no trump
TAKING into consideration tn
Il especially high requirement
for high card tricks, you will real
ize the great strength required fo
first and second hand opening bio
in. the one over one system.
This is one of the most importar
factors in the system and must
strictly adhered to.
| 1T is only by strong original bic
thatsa sound foundation can be lai
for game and slam contracts.
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Bridge Contract Awarded

Henry v. Hay Company, Boon
vile, has been awarded a $4,465.38
contract for construction of two
bridges on State Road So, in War
rick and Spencer counties. Award
was made by the state highway
commission.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-10-26
RIDDLES ARE DISSECTED
Crime Chief Gives Vices of Dot King and Snyder Cases

Among his books in hts library at
home. Or. Charles Norris. New York's
chief medical examiner. RECALLS his most
mysteries with Earl Sparling--the Dot
King murder. the Snyder-Gray case. the
Rothstein shooting the Louise Lawson
smothering. the machine cunning OF
Vincent Coll and the strange death OF
MrE Harry Fruenclich.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-10-26
D. A. v. SPONSORS SALE

Annual For Get Me-NOt Cam
paign Set for Nov. IL and IL.
Annual forget-me- sale, spon-
sored by Disabled American Vet
Grams of the World war, will be
held Nov. II and IL, it was an
nounced today following meeting
Tuesday night Of DR.. Worthington
chapter, of which Omer Stevens is
commander.
The sale is nationwide and par
ticipated in by $50 chapters of the
disabled Seterans who enlist sup
port of other organizations.
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CONT RACT
BRIDGE

This Is the fifth OF a series Of articles
by william E McKenney explaining the
one over one system for contract bridge.
the system employed oy practically every
expert IN the country.
Evening star., 1932-04-03
BY W. BOYCE MORGAN.

Don Leeds is a fire lookout for the State Forest
Service. stationed on top of the Goats Head,
30 miles from his home. Bill. his younger
brother, starts out to pay Don visit and to take
him a letter from the State University, announcing
that Don has a forestry scholarship. Mr.. Leeds
takes Bill by to the foot of the mountain. and
he starts the trail He stops to eat his lunch and
comes upon four setting fire in the forest in
order to get Jobs fighting IL. The men see him. and
are determined that he shall I'm not escape to report
and the FIRE. and Bill chooses to take his chances
with the flames which have now spread to roaring
confederation He fees into the fire and manages to
fight his way through it, aided by shift in the
wind. Meanwhile, Don. in his lookout station. has
reported the blaze and worried because he knows
Bill must be it, Bill pauSes to rest a rocky
slope that gives him protection from the flames. and
above the billows Of smoke he that a thunder
storm is gathering. This may mean rain. or merely
lightning and fires
Evening star., 1932-04-03
RIDDLES

l. If butter is fifty cents pound In Chicago.
what are window panes in Detroit?-Betty
Golden
2 What goes ever water and under water,
and yet does not touch water?-Evelyn Hart.
g. What can you keep after you have given
it?-Vernon Evans.
T. What is behind a star?-Chester Thayer.
ANSWERS
1. Glass. 2. man going over a bridge, with
a pail of water en- his head. 3. Your promise.
4. A policeman.
Evening star., 1932-04-03
Il Sad Truth

'When water becomes ice," said the teacher
"what important change takes place."
Change in price, SIR said john
COW Is quite useful animal-it makes the
same noise a saxophone. and gives milk
besides.
"1his pen leaks" said the convict as the
rain came in through the roof.
Evening star., 1932-04-03

Behead to nag and get frigid. Behead again
and get ancient.
Behead to plait and get hostile invasion.
Behead again and get assistance.
The words missing from the sentence below
are pronounced alike, but spelled differently,
and they have different meanings. Can you
figure out what they are?
His mother gave him for candy
when she - him to buy her some -.
=
Take q four-letter word for a loud sound,
add B, rearrange the letters and form a bower.
Take a four-letter word for governed add
c, rearrange and form CONCEAL.
s.
CROSSWORD pVIZZIE
Evening star., 1932-04-03
The definitions are:

The definitions are:
Horizontal
I. Kind of cloth.
4. Musical instrument
Z. So.
g. Musical note
9. Inhale through the nose.
IL. Period of history.
IA. Donkey.
16. Side by side.
IT. Open (poetic).
18. Part of a ships rigging
90 Regulations.
%. Eastern time (abbr).
rs. Mathematical quantity.
&c. Midday.
27. The Orient.
1. Venture.
2. We.
g. Relatives.
4. Not on.
S. Belonging to.
g. Organs of hearing
g. Cavalry sword
10. Ethical standard
IL. Goes without food.
13. Strike smartly.
Is. Pig pen.
IT. Beasts of burden.
19. Departure from the stag.
81. Burial vessel
%. Femalc sheep.
"a. Toward.
25. Postscript (abbr).
Answers.
l. The square is wisp. idol, soda ane play
2. S-c-old. Braid.
3. Cent, sent, scent.
a. Roar, add B. form arbor
Ruled add C, form curdle.
5. Crossword puzzle solution:
Evening star., 1932-04-03
81 81 G{R}S R99$ PXG2R 132
PUZZLES

THE first picture in this word square may be
] rather hard to guess, but we'll give you
hint It's 9. bit of hair.
Evening star., 1932-04-03

armloadS of wood and then retreated to shelter
How in the world would Bill the poor kid ever
be able to climb the mountain against that
wind?
The lightning seemed to be coming closer
and closer, until every bolt ratified the windows
and made the tin dishes do a merry dance on
the table A sudden gust of wind lashed the
windows with rain and hail, but it did not con-
tinue long. When the storm over, Don
told himself, there would be new fires to report
to the ranger station below. But for the time
being Don had grounded his telephone line,
fully realizing the danger of using it at the
height of an electrical storm.
THINKING of that telephone gave him an
idea, and the more he worried about Bill,
the stronger became his determination to use
the phone. in spite of the danger He would
had actually left for the lookout, then get the
forest patrol to start looking for him. Don
dared not leave his station but the men fight
ing the fire below could be reached from the
ranger station by their portable telephone,
and they could search for Bill. Don was now
thoroughly convinced that something had
happened to him.
A bolt of lightning hundred million volts
of electricity discharging almost in his ears,
seemed to rock the cabin. But Don stub
bornly connected the telephone and lifted the
receiver.
The wires cracked. Dimly from the other
end of the wire Don heard the supervisors
Hello
Hello" replied Don fairly screaming above
the roar of the storm. Say Mr."
He got no further. Suddenly the cabin
seemed to rock on its foundations. Ribbons of
purple flame burst from the network of copper
wire surrounding it. The wall through which
the telephone wire entered shivered, trembled,
and collapsed with shattering tinkle of break
ing glass. The telephone exploded to pieces in
his hands
DON knew meme of these things, was not even
- conscious that lightning had come in over
the wire. For he had suddenly started, trem-
bed, and then slumped to the floor There he
lay, stunned and unconscious, while the wind
whistled through the cabin
And just outside the door the woodpile,
ignted by the discharge, began to burn feebly
The light rain had not wet the wood enough
small at first. spread rapidly. In five minutes
the woodpile was roaring fire, and the leaping
flames were scorching the walls of the cabin.
The same bolt that came in over the tele-
phone and struck the woodpile almost finished
Bill, who was now only quarter of a mile
away coming up over the last rocky stages
of his climb. Knocked to his knees and dazed,
he struggled back to his feet, shook his head
to clear it. and doggedly, determinedly pressed
onward. He knew that the battle was almost
over. and how anxious he was to reach the
shelter of the lookout and talk to Don!
CTo Be Concluded Next Sunday.)
Evening star., 1932-04-03

y Goats Head. Nevertheless, Bill was
not prepared for what followed.
The fire seemed no longer a grave danger,
for the wind, now blowing almost gale was
carrying it around the mountain, away from
the trail. But as he climed higher and higher,
the lowering clouds gathered all about him
until he was enshrouded in mist He could see
only few yards along the trail but he dog
gedly kept climbing, anxious now to reach the
shelter of Don's cabin.
few drops of rain raised his hopes that
a doWnpour would check the fire below but
for the time being the storm was mainly elec-
trical. The first crashes of thunder some dis
tance away, were followed by others, drawing
closer and closer, until they seemed to be
sounding in his very ears. Great bolts of
lightning, forming just above the mountain
and being discharged almost at his feet,
shocked his nerves and literally made his hair
stand on end, cracking with electricity
II one OF those ever takes notion to hit
me-" he said to himself nervously, "TI wish
I'd stayed down there in the fire"
| IE estimated that he should reach the cabin
! in another half hours climbing, but the
higher he went the worse the storm became
He thought of seeking shelter under some ledge
of overhanging rock, but the desire for the
comfort of Don's experienced presence was
too strong. He resolved to keep on going until
he reached the cabin-or until the lightning
stopped him!
Meanwhile, the lookout station sheltered a
very nervous young man. Don had watched
the gathering storm with misgivings, for he
now thoroughly worried about Bill. He
was not greatly concerned about his own safety
for storms were no new thing to him. His
little cabin was firmly anchored to the rocks
of the peak by stout steel guy wires, and
surrounding it cage of heavy copper
wire leading to the ground, which could be
depended upon to keep the lightning from
striking the cabin directly.
Nevertheless, the deafening crash Of the
thunder and the whine of the wind through
the guy wires did not add to his peace of
mind. So enshrouded in mist was the cabin
that he could not see more than a few yards
and watching for fires useless Nervousy
he paced the floor, continually gazing down
the trail and watching for Bill, as he jumped
in spite Of himself at each crash of thunder
| IE decided that he must do something to
] calm his nerves He thought of the
rangers good-natured caution to have a meal
ready for Bill when he finished his long climb
Don decided to put the coffee pot on the stove
and have bacon ready in the frying pan.
He opened the door of the cabin, only to
have 1t almost blown off its hinges by the
bowling wind The woodpile was only few
feet from the door. He carried in several
Evening star., 1932-04-03
INSTALLMENT Nv.

ILL had never before been high up on
a mountain during a severe storm, but
Don had told him vivid stories of his
experiences in the lookout cabin on the
Goats Head. Nevertheless, Bill was
rarnrna rod 70, r.,lan
Evening star., 1932-09-16
The State of Manchukuo.

The expected has happened, and
.Jauan has recognized Manchukuo as an
,ndependent state. Ceremonies attestfng
that accomplished fact were held yes
terdav at Changchun, the capital OF the
new commonwealth which was formerly
Manchuria. Their outstanding feature
was the signing Of treaty between
Japan and Manchukuo which binds
them In defensive alliance. 1t
specifically permits the japanese to
station in Manchukuo such military
forces as may be necessary for the pur-
pose Of maintaining the country's ma
tional security. Thus terminates. on
almost the first anniversary Of the
Japanese invasion OF Manchuria, the
nrst chapter Of the new history Of China
which was written by that event.
1t is unlikely that the story will end
there. China has promptly countered
the ceremonial at Changchun by ap-
pealing to the League Of Nations and
the signatories to the nine-power treaty
to nullify the recognition Of Manchukuo
as a sovereign state torn from Chinese
territory. Whether in her latest effort
TO thwart Japan China will meet with
any greater success than crowned her
enortstA b the past is problematicaf. Def
mite Indications as to this may "ensue
Evening star., 1932-09-16
Startling Problem
Requires Solution

70 the Editor OF The Star
If Washington can evict a bonus
army why can it not be rid of the
thousands Of starlings which are a
growing menace to the health and
the appearance of the city?
1t is not so long ago that Penn
SyIvania avenue was infested with these
birds. To rout them the branches Of
trees were Topped off and only now.
when most OF the buildings are torn
down. Is the avenue free of the birds.
But the starlings have a pretty taste
In trees. Dislodged from Pennsylvania
avenue. they have settled on the elns
OF New Hampshire avenue. Every eve
ming they circle in clouds overhead and
finally descend and roost with much
noise and enthusiasm in the tops Of
the trees. Next morning they depart
again. but the street and sidewalks are
left In an unspeakable condition. The
bird cage at the Zoo Is presumably
cleaned every day, but the street ID
only scrubbed twice a week by the
Street Cleaning Department. The
stencil in the hot weather is appalling
and the flies are breeding In the dirt.
This has been going on all the Summer
How long must we submit to such con-
ditions? MARGARET L. HAYES,