The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-06-28


Of Milton Hoffman. james Taylor
and James GATES
Unable 10 Trace Moves
Chief Frahm charged that Ferris
vas wanted IN Oakland County on
a charge Of patty larceny.
Movements Of tn attorney. who
vas here IN connection with
claim against the S40O00O00 estate
Of the late William II. Yawkey.
millionaire lumberman. after he left
the Book Cadillac hotel at $50 p
m Wednesday r.-ht we're unknown
and authorities faced the answer 10
these questions
l. Did Mr. Dickinson carry with
him the brief case that vas 50 mys-
teriously returned 10 his hotel yes
terdav. and we're any of the papers
in % relating 20 the YaWkey case
disturbed
2 Did ne leave the hotel By ap-
p0intment TO meet friends or ac-
Quaintances. and was he carrying a
large amount Of money!
Scene Of Murder Hunted
3. What happened To his hat and
to the tOpcOat he had carried on
his arm when he rushed from the
hOtel2
(. Assuming that the body was
transported to Rouge Park and
dumped some time after the Slay-
ing. where did the death occur2
Police determined today after
Close check Of hotel records that
Mr.. Dickinson had received no tele-
phone calls early Wednesday eve
ming before he left the hotel for the
Ias: time. There were no calls after
his departure. either. they learned.
Reports. some Of them denied or
mercy not confirmed. circulated
freely as police officials dashed to
md from their headquarters offices.
One. which police we're checking, was
that Mr.. Dickinson OF a man re-
sembling him. had been seen in a
Dearborn beer garden late Wednes-
day.
Robbery Motive Secuted
Robbery. first thought Of as the
motive in the excitement imme-
diately following discovery and
identification Of the body. was
more and more discounted against
new evidence and the white light
OF logic.
When Mr.. DiCkinson'S body was
found IL vas fully clothed except
for his coat and his hat The coat
was found IN a roadside gutter two
miles from where the body was left
last night. A bullet hole exactly
correspondent with one of the
wounds of the body. showing that
Mr.. Dickinson was shot while wear
ing the coat. The garment bore
no more evidence OF its owners
identity than did the clothing on
the body. Then why. asked detec-
tives. had the murderer or murder
ers stripped the coat from their vic
tim before diSDOSing Of his body?
Mr.. Dickinson was a corporation
attorney. and had never practiced
criminal law. His reputation. pro-
feSsiOnally and privately. was as UNI
questionable as the circle of birth
and achievement into which he was
born and IN which he had always
lived. His mother was a sister of
the wife Of the Chief Justice of the
United States His periodic legal
associate was Charles Evans Hughes
Jr-. his FIRST cousin
Conferred With Partner
He and his cousin. Mr.. Hughes Jr.
were attorney for the huge estate of
the late William H Yawkey. multi
millionaire lumbcrman. Arthur
Carmichael. Detroit attorney. filed
a $4,000 600 claim against the es-
tate i'm behalf of his sister. Mrs.
Elizabeth Carmichael WItherSpOon.
claiming she was Mr.. YaWkey'S
daughter. As a baby she had been
given TO the Carmichaels for adop-
tion. the claim said. and she did not
learn Of her paren;age until after
Mr.. Yawkcy'S death
Mr.. Dickinson had made several
trips to Detroit IN connection with
this claim. Last week he notified
Mr.. Carmichael he would arrive
here Tuesday Monday morning he
left rs TarrytOwn N. " home.
and. arriving here. registered at the
Book-CadiliaC. Carrying his laden
brief case. he set about his business.
Wednesday afternoon. he con-
ferred with Attorney George Krap-
Eel. his Detroit associate. He was
in his usual excellent spirits and
during the course Of their confer
enCe he made references 10 his wife
and children. as any family man Is
likely 10 do.
The conference over. Mr.. Krapfel
drove him 10 his hotel and on the
way they stopped az a photogra-
piers shop. where Mr.. Dickinson