The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-05-10
WIDOW DIES AFTER
CHARGING FRIENDS
WITH $1,000 THEFT
Mrs. Effie Bull Stricken
Following Appearance
in Court.
CORONER OPENS PROBE
Man and Woman Accused
of Robbery Still Are
in Jail.

IN jail.
Stricken as an aftermath
of a robbery and alleged at
tack, Mrs. Effie Bull, So, of
1910 North Meridian street,
Apt. 3, died today at Meth
Odist hospital of undetermined
causes.
DR.. John E. Wyttenbach, deputy
coroner, Immediately opened an in
vestigation, and said at least two
and half hours would be devoted
to an autopsy, in view of the cir
cumstances preceding Mrs. Bulls
death.
Taken to Hospital
Mrs. Bull, widow of DR.. John H.
Bull, who was a well-known Indian
apolis surgeon, was taken to Metho-
dist hospital at II Tuesday night
after she was stricken with con-
vulsions.
She appeared a few hours earlier
in municipal court four against
John Cochran, %, and Mrs. Emily
Watkins. q, of 1929 North Alabama
street, friends whom she accused
of binding and gagging her and rob-
bling her of jewelry and clothing
valued at approximately $1,000.
AS she was leaving court, she
collapsed in the hallway and was
taken into the probation depart
ment, where attaches revived her
with smelling salts. Mrs Bull told
friends she had been treated for
several months for. heart attacks.
Held in City Prison
Cochran and Mrs. Watkins are
held in the county Jail in default of
$4,000 bond each ON charges Of rob-
berry and grand larceny. The cou-
pie is alleged to have bound Mrs.
Bulls arms with picture wire,
gagged her with scraps of paper and
a handkerchief and robbed her of
a diamond ring and an emerald
brooch which Mrs. Bull said had
been in the Bull family for more
than 200 years.
They also are charged with taking
$500 sable coat. The jewelry was
found on Cochran when he tried to
thumb ride" on East Washington
street from radio patrolmen Charles
Clements and Melvin Wilkerson.
The coat was found in the check
room of a downtown hotel.
Mrs. Bull had been in a highly
nervous condition since the robbery
and particularly since her appear
ance in court against the two pris-
oners, according to Mrs. L. v. Will
kinson, occupant of apartment seven
of the same building.
Rushed to Hospital
After staying in the Wilkinson
apartment for a time to avoid
visitors, Mrs. Bull returned to her
own apartment Tuesday night. She
was talking to Mrs. Wilkinson and
the maid. according to the former,
and had seemed to have regained
her composure.
Suddenly, Mrs. Wilkinson said,
Mrs. Bulls face became contorted,
she stiffened in her chair and
appeared to be on the verge of
collapse. She was rushed to the
hospital at HAS p. m. and death
came at $3.50 a. m. today.
said She Bought Whisky
When they pleaded not guilty
Tuesday afternoon in municipal
court four to the robbery and grand
larcency charges, Cochran and Mrs.
Watkins admitted being in Mrs.
Bulls apartment and said she had
sent out for a pint of whisky and
served them drinks. This Mrs. Bull
denied.
Today, Cochran was questioned in
city prison by reporters.
who brought the liquor?" he was
asked.
I'D rather not talk until I see nv
lawyer" Cochran retored. Asked the
same question again, he countered:
What good would it do you to
know
Mrs. Bull Just died." he was in
formed.
Visibly shaken, Cochran asked for
a cigaret and inhaled deeply when
it was lighted for him.
That's too bad" he said slowly,
II don't know what We could have
done"
Funeral services have not been
arranged.