The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-10-30

lUW Af1U Wt&A MAMkMGE 8N.4|H8y DEp cause Bivens body vas found in his county.
 Residents Angry
 Anger among Brookfields 1000 residents did not abate today and Pletch was being kept, in Macon's modern concrete and steel jaii, 8 miles from the railroad division town where Bivens was a popular auto mechanic and flying instructor.
 Bring that boy here and I'm afraid they won't need any trial" BrooIxfield,s night police Chief. Clyde Cassidy, said, but a statement early today from Mrs. Etta Biveps, widow of the flyer, was expected to have a quieting affect.
 'Take good care of that fellow" she said. T want him handled by the law so he can never do any harm to anybody else. But I do not want Q mob to get him or any lynching.
 "At one. time I would have thought it would be all right to mob a fellow like that but now that this has happened, I feel different about it."
 "There isn't any tangible evidence of mob feeling" Cassidy said, but the undercurrent is there."
 Additional Charges
 Mrs. Bivens indicated she might ask that an additional charge of robbery against Pletch. Her hus- band, she said. probably had several hundred dollars Friday, the pro- ceeds from the sale of his garage to Ray Hunter, a mechanic. She said that not only was this mo':ey miss ing but also his wrist watch.
 She said that through the sale of his garage, Bivens had hoped to pay down on plane of his own and make flying his principal vocation. Regarding the missing money, she recalled that 8 farmer with whom Pletch spent Friday night reported he seemed to have considerable money and offered "any amount" for gasoline with which to Yefuel the stolen plane.
 Pletch, christened "the Flying Lochinvar" last summer when he Kidnapped in . stolen plane an Illi- nois farm girl he wished to marry, appeared calm in his cell after an all-nisht drive from Indianapolis.
 He had been captured Saturday night on a hillside near BloosninS- ton, where he had landed the stolen plane a few hours after stuuting 1t over the farm home of his parents at Frankfort, Ind.
 Mother Sends Word His mother, Mrs. Guy Pletch, sent the information to Indiana police which resulted in his capture. He had come roaring out of the south- west over their farm home and put the plane through barrel rolls, loops, wing-overs and invested climbs. It was reported that he told one of the arersting officers that he had thought of crashing the plane into the Pletch smokehouSe and dying, but had changed his mind. Mrs. Pletch noted the license num- Der of the plane and telephoued po- lice that her son was headed south- west.
 During his two days in Brookdeld where he drove in his sisters car he and Bivens became close friends Pletch told police. Biveus told him that he was in financial difficulty and together they decided to steal the plane, owned by Thomas Wat. son, Brookfleld druggist who ir trade for flying lessons, permitted Bivens to use 1t for i,1structing stu. dents.
 Was Highly Regarded
 Bivens was highly regarded ir Brcokfield and authorities believed that pletchs motive was . desixs to steal the plane which he could ob, tain in no other way thai. staying 1t, custodian who took excellent care ol