The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-11-21

Erfnar "A few minutes before Isl
yesterday afternoon and walked
across West St Joseph street 4
40 80 where Mrs. Williams had z
single room They had concluded
q tao and a half hour discussion In
the apartment OF Mrs. Mary Butler
Mr. WalIcEs sister. VINO lives al
the Glenn Martin
A. 30t west s. Joseph street
Talbot and MIS- Williams evident
Is had resumed their discussion and
Mrs Williams evidently had beer
returning from the bathroom wher
she was shot. for when she fell dead
she was clutching a hair comb IN
her left hand
Marvin Red HuffOTd orchestra
leader. who lives IN the Livingstone
said that as the pair crossed the
street. Mrs. Williams seemed ap-
prehensiye. She appeared TO be Try
ing 20 outdistance Talbot. Mr.. Hub
bard said
During the morning. employees OF
the Glenn Martin said. Mrs. VII
hams had appeared nervous and
agitated when telephone calls were
received at the apartments. She
seemed 20 be expecting a telephone
call. they said
Relatives said Talbot had been
extremely nervous for three years.
Intimates said he had a nervous
breakdown after the end Of the
World war in 1918.
Patient Early This Year
At city hospital. It was disclosed
that Talbot had been a patient
there between May p and May %,
1854. for treatment of a toxic gOlter
Pins iCians said this type Of gOiter
produced extreme nervousness. Hos
pItal authorities would not say they
had recommended Talbot for OBJ
servation IN the pSychOpathic ward.
although Mr. Walhck. husband Of
the society matrOn who avoided the
murders wrath. said Talbot had
been N the hospital for observation
regarding his mental condition.
The murdered woman vas a
daughter of DR.. James r. DOwden,
Slaughters ky physician. and wife
Of Clarence Williams. emplOye Of
Best Grand Laundry Company Of
which Mr.. TalbOtt's brOther-inlaw.
Fred }. Denny. was president before
his suicide last year.
Mrs. Williams. il was said at the
Glenn Martin apartments. was not
separated from her husband. She
maintained the room diagonally
across the street from the Living
stone apartments. q West St. Jo-
seph street. operated by the Wal
licks as an annex to the Glenn Mar
TIN. IN order TO maintain super
vision over those properties. Mr..
WalliCk said.
Salesman for Paper Company
Mr.. Talbot. described by relatives
and intimate friends as extremely
nervous and interpretive since
birth. for a dozen years had been a
salesman for the Lily Paper Com
pany He IS married. his widow. Mrs.
Josephine Talbot and a 6-year-old
daughter Joan. residing at 1921
West Thirty-sixth street.
Mrs. Fred j. Denny, $50 North
Central court. sister Of Talbot. at
whCes home Mrs. Talbot remained
eriet-stricken last night, said she
cid not know Mr. and Mrs Williams
and could suggest no motive for the
murder and attempted suicide.
The diving man also is a nephew
Of Mrs. Glenn Talbot BiSsell. Can
ton co. society matron. Mrs. Bis
sell. was the widow Of Henry Tai
bolt. who as a member of the realty
firm Of Dickson & Talbot. owned
the Park theater. now the Capitol
theater. the Grand theater. where
B. F. Keith's now stands. and other
indianapolis realty holdings. She
told The Times by telephone from
Canton that she could aScribe no
motive for the Staying.
Never Right" Says Friend
John T. Jameson. nephew of
Booth Harrington and secretary
treasurer Of Equitable Securities
Company. 400 Broadway. who at
tended Princeton while Mr. Talbot
was a student there. declared Mr..
Talbot never had been mentally
richt" and had suffered a nervous
breakdown after the war. Other In
dianapOliS classmates Of Mr.. Talbot
include Leroy B. Miller. 1889 Cen
trail avenue. and Donald A. Morri-
son. 1921 Guilford avenue.
AIr Talbot attended the exclusive
Phillips AndOver preparatory school
in the east and received his early
education AT Howe Military
Academy. Howe. Ind
Mrs. Lens Foley. who occupies an
apartment al SOL West St. Joseph
street. was az home when Mrs. VIII
hams was killed in the second floor
hallway. Mrs. Foley heard one shot
rushed 70 the door and saw Mrs
Williams lying on the floor. A man
she said. ran down the stairs.
Runs Across Street
Mrs. Foley called TO her Iandlady
Mrs Irene Wucherpfennig. who
looking from her firSt-floor window
saw Mr. Talbot run across West
S. Joseph street 10 the Glenn
Martin
Following him. Mrs. Wucherpfen-
rig ran 10 the Glenn Martin. As
she entered. Mrs. Wucherpfennig
SAID. Talbot was on the second
floor. where he had encountered
Mrs Wallck
Don't do that" Mrs. Wallick
shouted. according TO Mrs. Wucher-
Ptennig. as Talbot pointed the blue
steel automatic az her as she ran 10
an apartment
Leaning over the stair rail on the
second floor. Talbot shouted to Mrs
Wucherpfennig.
Is she dead2"
Keeps BrandiShing Pistol