The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-02-17
CERMAK HOLDS OWN
IN BRAVE BATTLE FOR LIFE:
ASSASSIN'S HEARING DELAYED
Judge Names Lawyers to
Defend Gunman: Puts
OF Arrangement.
WOMAN GAINS SLIGHTLY
Halter of Rulers Is Facing
80 Years in Prison,
Say Officers.

Sdy UIllCeTS,
By nucd Press
MIAMI, Fla, Feb. IL
Mayor Anton Cermak's condi-
ton was very satisfactory
at noon today. The Chicago
mayor appeared to be "hold-
ing his own" in his fight for
life.
The following bulletin was issued;
Mayor Cermak is sleeping and
his condition is very satisfactory.
Pulse 96. temperature 1854 respira-
ton 20
DR.. T. w. Hutson. who is attend
ing Mrs. Joseph H Gill, Miami So
ciety matron, said that she would
be given another blood TRANSMISSION
early this afternoon.
Hutson pointed out that trans
fusion was not imperative, but
would be given to help Mrs. Gill
hold the gain she has made.
Judge E, c. Collins this morning
/ postponed arraignment OF Giuseppi
Zangara until 10 a m Saturday,
after appointing three attorneys to
defend the diminutive fantaic,
whose crazy one-man plot to kill
President Elect F. D. Roosevelt
failed Wednesday night
Appoint Assassin's Lawyers
The court insisted that Zangara
should be defended on four charges
of assault with intent to kill, and
named James M. McAskin. past
president of the Dade County Bar
Association; Louis M TWyman,
present president of the association,
and Alfred Raia, Italian lawyer,
as counsel for the prisoner.
zangara, already in the court
room and still insisting he would
not accept legal aid. was forced to
acquicsce in the judges ruling.
The small and sullen hater Of the
rich and powerful formally is ac-
/ cuSed of a murderous attack upon
four persons, among them Presi-
dent-elect Franklin D. Roosevelt.
who escaped zangara's bullets, and
the three persons who suffered
slight injuries - Miss Margaret
Kruis, William Sinnott and Russell
Caldwell.
Additional charges involving the
shooting Of Mayor Cermak and
Mrs. Gill, await the outcome of
their injuries.
Personal Doctor Arrives
Friends were cheered when Ger
mak's personal physician arrived
from Chicago to join the fight to
save him from bullet intended for
President-Elect Roosevelt.
Dr.. Karl Meyers of the North
western university medical staff,
Mayor Cermak's own physician, ar
rived here today by train after
storms near Jacksonville Thursday
halted an attempt to fly to Miami.
With DR.. Meyers were DR.. Frank
Jirka and State Senator r. V. Ora
ham Of Illinois, sons-in-,aw of Ger
max, and William Haberkorn, SER
geant-at-arms of the Illinois senate.
Mayor Cermak was sleeping when
they arrived, and he was not aWak-
ened.
Cermak's daughter, Mrs. Helen
Kenlay, arrived late Thursday to
be with her father, and Governor
Henry Horner of Illinois was en-
route, but is not expected here be-
fore Saturday night.
Face Hard Struggles
Both Mayor Cermak and Mrs. Gill.
it was evident, face long, hard strug-
giles to recover from the BODY
wounds inflicted by Zangara, who
fired wildly at Mr. Roosevelts car
Just as the President elect concluded
a speech in Bay Front Park Wednes-
day night
An X-ray report showed that
the bullet, which was lodged in the
eleventh dorsal vertebra. had passed
through Cermak's diaphragm and
liver and physicians did not dis
guise their concern over his condi-
ton. The chief danger, they indi-
Gated, was from pneumonia or q
heart attack induced by the wound.
Others in No Danger
Mrs. Glll's doctors announced it
would be two days or more before
they could pronounce her out Of
danger.
Zangara can be imprisoned for
eighty years if convicted of the four
assault charges already filed against
him, prosecuting officials revealed
today. The charges Of assault deal
only with Mr. Roosevelt and the
three who suffered minor injuries.
When Zangara was taken from
the Miami jail high IN the tower Of
the skyscraper municipal building
Thursday for his first appearance in
court, he shouted that he did not
want a lawyer to help him.
You are the judge, you can do
what you want TO-" he cried 10
Judge Z. c. Collins in criminal court.
Zangara ate almost nothing, Jail
attendants reported, but did drink
a little coffee. His clothes we're re-
turned TO him Thursday after he
had been kept almost nude through
night Of rigorous questioning.
He told me that he had planned
to kill President Hoover this week,
but that cold weather hurt his
stomach ard ne decided TO shoot
Mr.. Roosevelt instead" the sheriff
said. He Is bitter against his
6ther and against organized society
because he had TO work in brick
yard when he was a child