The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-09-28
INDIANAPOLIS, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER %,
Girl Leaps 3 Stories to Avert
Alleged Attack; Boss Is Held.
I'm Glad | Did It, She Says
to Mother From Bed
at Hospital.
I'm glad I did it. mother"

I'm glaQ L old II, mOGIleI.
Smiling wanly through her tears,
her face twisted with pain, Mary
Beyerlein, 18, of 26 South Addison
street. Law on a small white cot in
city hospital today after jumping
from a ~three-story window Wednes-
day night to prevent what she told
police was an attempted criminal
attack.
Bending over the pretty dark
haired girl, her mother, Mrs. Sue
Shadwell, stroked her daughters
forehead.
Tin proud of you, Mary" she
said, I'D rather see you dead than
dishonored."
' Standing behind the mother at
the hospital bedside. a tense little
group watched the scene.
Delmas Beyerlein, %, and Robert,
IS. brothers OF the injured girl, al
ternately clenched their fists and
cried. Nellie Chadwell, 8, her STEP
sister, sobbed openly.
She is a good girl" Mrs. Chad
we'll told reporters waiting in the
hospital corridor" She only made
81 a week in the drugstore, but she
brought every cent home to help us.
Her morals were above reproach."
Tells of Tragic Party
Mrs. Chadwell, a stately, light
haired woman, told of the tragic
party which ended with Mary
jumping from a third-f1oor window
of an apartment house at All
North Illinois street. The girl told
her mother that she attended the
party ito hold her job"
Shortly after finding the girl lying
on a pile of bricks in the rear of the
North Illinois street apartment
house, clad only in her under
clothing, police arrested Richard Hey
man, 80, of 600 East Twenty-fourth
street, the girls boss" in a down.
town drug store, and William Bow
ers, "a, SIT North Delaware street
a clerk in the same store.
Both were charged with vagrancy
and held in default of $4,000 bail
each to await the outcome of the
girls condition which was reported
critical at city hospital. She is
suffering from internal injuries and
possible fracture of the skull.
Leaps Through Window
The girl told her mother and po-
lice that Heyman had asked her to
attend the party and when she re-
fused, threatened her with loss of
her job. Finally, she consented to
go with Bowers on the understand
ing that another girl also would be
present with Heyman.
Miss Beyerlein told police that she
expected the party to be held in a
beer joint, but when she got to the
apartment, she found herself alone
with the two men.
After conserving, under protest, to
drink a 'highball,' Miss Beyerlein
told police that both men attempted
to attack her and when she strug-
gled, threatened to beat her.
In the struggle, she told police
that one of. the men tore her dress
off and in a moment of freedom she
hurled herself through the window,
falling to the courtyard three floors
below, where police found her in a
semi-consciouS condition.
Men Deny Attack Charge
Both men denied any attempted
attack on. Miss Beyerlein when
questioned by detectives.
She was just crazy drunk"
Bowers is alleged to have told de-
tectives William Miller, Thomas
Barnaby and Louis Fosatti. She
was smoking marijuana cigarets
and just went crazy, that's all"
Police said that Miss Beyerlein
was not drunk when they questioned
her.
Mrs. Chadwell was indignant at
Bowers insinuation that her daugh-
ter was smoking "marijuana," a
narcotic.
Just another deliberate lie" she
said, my daughter did smoke Gig
arets occasionally, but never that
sort"