The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-03-21
Steel HeImeted Troopers
Raid Four HideoutS in
DiIIinger Hunt.
ONE WOMAN SELECTED
First State Witness 10 Be
Called This Afternoon
in Staying Case.
BY BASIL GALLAGHER,
Times stan Writer


lance against a surprise attack,
jury to try Russell Clark for the
murder OF Sheriff Jess Sarber was
selected late this morning, and court
recessed until afternoon, when the
first witness was 10 be heard.
The Jury as seated. is composed
OF eleven men and one woman, Mrs.
Harriet Polser, Lima.
During the recess. Brigadier-Gen-
eral Harold NJ. Bush announced that
the four raids made early today by
his steel-helmeted gusrdsmen, in
search for John Dillinger and gang
sters reported maneuverlng to free
his three henchmen from jail here.
will be repeated daily.
FIRST witness this afternoon Tor
the state was to be DR.. Frank Nor
ris. who conducted an autopsy on
the body of the slain sheriff.
Ministers Praise Judge
Judge Emmit f. Everett. during
the recess, announced he had re-
ceived numerous letters from minis
ters commencing him for his stand
during the trial and expressing
themselves as favoring capital pun
ishment.
The prosecution has made it PLAIN
during the trial that the state does
not prefer women on the jury.
All the peremptory challenges
used by Ernest NJ. Botkin, prosecu-
tor, were directed against prosper
Incclp
Levy Indianapolis, defense attorney.
on the other hand, frankly admitted
she was anxious to have women
Jurors in the case.
Women are more merciflll than
men in murder trials" she said.
When the prosecution today per-
emptorily excused Mrs. Clarence
Snyder. the next juror called was
John Butcher. Lima merchant.
Defense attorneys commented on
the coincidence that Mr.. Butcher
sat directly behind Edward Kill, an
other prospective Juror.
Bush Starts offensive
Il am tired of being fingered by
gangsters while I am in command
of this detail" General Bush said
following today's raids. To-day
started on the offensive. From now
on. combat patrols of soldiers, fully
armed and wearing steel trench
helmets as further protection, will
make raids periodically on any
places we deem suspicious
The ruddy-faced general. veteran
of border campaigns and the World
war. was interviewed by The Times
reporter in his temporary headquar-
tiers at the Hotel Norval. Outside
his room two guards. armed with
riot clubs and pistols. kept guard.
A lieutenant of artillery in steel
helmet and equipped with side arms
and a gas mask entered the gen.
erals room early today and saluted.
We went to four places, sir" he
reported, looking quizzically at the
reporter.
Did you find anything, lieu
tenant?" asked the general.
No sir said the lieutenant.
General Bush admitted that his
under cover men" had been hot on
the trail of persons suspected of be-
ing Dillinger gangSterS, as reported
exclusively in The Times yesterday
Tired of Being Spied Upon
we were too hot for EN-, I
guess" said General Bush. Late
last night we went to fiat We have
been watching on the west side of
H.r& fod
in a great hurry. For several weeks
I've been suspicious of certain
strangers in town and a few days
ago I started a real offensive.
Just got tired of being spied upon"
Various mysterious circumstances
and incidents have led General
Bush TO believe. that Dilinger has
been in Lima since the start of the
trials of Harry Pierpont, Charles
Makley and Clark.
Some of the circumstances which
General Bush has referred to as
lingering" were the appearance of
six men in a large car which circled
the courthouse and Jail several
nights and the appearance in town
of several persons who in one way
or another intimated that they
we're interested in the gangSters.
Two Women Involved
General Bush revealed that his
men practically had established that
two women, both from Indianapolis,
figure largely in the present plans
of the Dillinger gangSterS. One is
alleged 10 hold the purse strings of
more than 100000 worth of loot,
and the other woman is alleged to
have driven the gangSter's car from
the scene of the murder of Sheriff
jess Sarber.
Clark. sullen, was brought into the
courtroom at 9 a. m. In the room
again was his little niece, Barbara
Lee Norton, Il months. who won the
hearts of spectators yesterday.
Included among spectators in the
crowded courtroom today were two
Indianapolis women lawyers. Miss
Bess Robbins and Miss Esther
Fsber.
The two surprise witnesses which
the state is expected TO produce in
the trial of Clark are said TO be
two. guards in the Lima Jail who
are reported to have overheard
Clark. in conversation with Makley
and Pierpont in their cells a few
DAYS ago, admit that he had been
an outside man" in the Jail break
here after the Staying of Sheriff
Sarber.