The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-11-19
insult SERENE
AS CLIMAX OF
TRIAL NEARS
Former Utilities Car Calm
Despite 0verruIing of
Defense Motion.
DIMES WITH WIFE, SON
Jury May Get Gigantic
SWindIe Case Thursday
or Friday.

Br Trf,f Pres
CHICAGO. Nov. l9.-The climax
% a lie which led from a farm
home on L0ndon's outskirts TO the
purple OF one Of the worlds greatest
financial empires approached rapid
d. today for Samuel insult Before
the week is out he probably Will
stand acquitted or convicted OF
wreckinc his own $1,000 100000 util-
itv system in swindle of more than
100000 investors.
Lawyers for eleven Of the white
haired old mans cO-defendants in
their trial on mail fraud charges
were ready today 10 conclude pres
cntar0n of motions for directed
acQuirt5ls Final arguments Will be
heard Immediately afterWard.
Court attaches predicted that the
trial. nearing the end Of its seventh
week. VIII 60 TO the jury Thursday
or Friday
Judge James II. WilkerSOn indi-
Gated Saturday that he will deny
motions for directed acquittals. He
acted negatively then upon pleas by
insult end his son. Samuel insult
Jr.. and four other defendants.
insult Unperturbed
The government has made a
case sufficient to warrant presenta-
ton 20 the jury" he said.
The elder insult. whose colorful
life and dominating personality
have made him the center of the
courtroom scene. was apparently
unpertTbed by its fast nearing end.
with IT'S dramatic possibilities in
shaping the lives Of himself. his son
and fifteen Of his friends.
VARYING his customary Sunday
routine not a whit. he dined yeSter-
dav with his wife and son and his
4-yCar-Old grandson. Samuel insult
III. walked a bit between showers
and worked on an autobiography.
LAhts spartan EAl>AtnCB
Since his return as a prisoner last
spring from Turkey. to which he
fled in a chartered steamer from
Greece. the 74-year-old financier
has lived a life almost Spartan in
comparison with the former grand
eurs of a Gold Coast mansion. a
thirtv-room country house and a
pent house atop the fOrty-fOur- story
Civic Opera building.
Although he insists that he is des-
titue. a personal fortune once eSti-
mated at s2OOOOO.O0O wiped out TO
the last penny. he has a luxuriOusly
appointed fOUr-rOom apartment in
the Seneca hotel. two blocks off
Lake Michigan on the near north
side
Mrs insult. with the maid she
brought with her from Paris. has
another apartment adjoining on the
buildings front and their son and
grandson a third. The combined
rent is somewhere between $500 and
$500 a month. insult Jr.. still active
IN management Of the companies his
father lost. pays the bills.
Dictates Chapter a Day
insult dictates a chapter Of his
autobiography daily. The book al
ready has been sold for $40 900 to q
magazine and motion picture COM
psuv.
He walks alone 70 a nearby bus
line every morning. preferably nd
ing atop the bus on his way 10 court
He returns at night IN an auto
mobile az HalSey. Stuart & Co. bond
house which III twenty-five years did
S10OO0lO00 worth OF business with
his firms.
HIS principal diversion. since the
World Fair closed. is gossip with
music and dramatic critics Of local
newspapers. He has not visited the
Jewel Box civic opera which MS
endOwmentS ana gifts created. nor
has he any intention OF doing so.
7 don't even own a dress suit any
more" he explained. Why. ]
haven't even money enough for a
taxCab 10 set there" The idea
apparently caused him more amuSe-
ment than distress.