Indiana daily times. [volume], October 11, 1921, Final Edition, Page 3, Image 3

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BANDIT ADMITS
BEING SHOT IN
ATTEMPTTO ROB
Thugs Unusually Active in
City Streets Monday
Night.
George Webster, 17, of Houston. Texas,
who admits he is a bandit, was myste
riously shot last night while attempting
a hold-up, according to tne story he told
the police when he surrendered. Two of
his companions escaped.
Webster walked Into a restaurant at
Washington and West streets at 9:30
o’clock and asked that the police be
called.
He told the officers he attempted to
hold up two men and that they took his
revolver away from him and shot him. ;
The revolver was a .38-eal!ber, pearl- ;
handled weapon. The bullet struck Web- :
ster in the leg above the knee, but the
■wound is not serious. He was taken to
the detention ward at the city hosp'tal.
Wlllijm Jones, negro, 407 West Ohio
street, told the police there was a fight
at Ohio and Toledo streets; Jhat two
men took a gun away from a man, and
that they showed him the weapon,
laughed and walked east in Ohio street.
One honr after Webster had walked
into the West Washington street res
taurant the police received a call to 112
West Walnut street. They were told
byk Stanley Hall, 17, of that address, that
he had been halted at Ohio and Toledo
streets by three hold-up men. They re
lieved him of $1.50, and Just then two
other men came along The bandits
stopped these two men, but the expected
victims started a rough and tumble fight.
Hall said he did not wait to see how
that fight ended.
Two hours before Webster surrendered
feto the police, B W. Gift, 76, 310 North
street, was stopped by two
white men at West street and the canal
This Is Just a block and a half from the
place where Hall was held up aud robbed
Gift was robbed of $7.
Ed Mason, <lO, 741 West North street,
was attacked by a hold-up man at West
and Michigan streets. The thug slipped
up behind Mason and slugged him with
a "black jack.” Mason yelled so Iffud his
assailant ran without robbiug him. Dr
C. A. Lucas, EOS West Vermont street
dressed Mason's injury.
A series of robberies by a pickpocket
In downtown stores was reported to the
police yesterday afternoon. Two wom
en were robbed in a crowded elevator of
a Washington street department store.
In each case their purses were taken
from their hand bags.
Mrs. Blanch Janis. 933 Spruce street,
said her purse contained sls. and Mrs.
M. C. Sadler, 935 Spruce street, told the
police her purse contained $35.
Mrs. Ollie Barker, 3702 East Washing
ton street, was robbed of a bill fold while
In a 5 and 10-eent store. The bill fold
contained $55, a picture and a lodge card.
Tire thieves operated as usual last
night. W. W. Mullin, 318 North Ran
dolph street, parked his car on West
Market street and a thief stole a tire
worth $25. Teeter Triller, 3048 Kenwood
avenue, parked his automobile on West
Washington street and a thief stole a
tire and rim from the car.
Mrs. India Quakenbush, 162 Gelsendorff
street, was robbed by a purse-snatcher
last night while she was walking on
Ohio street north of the Statehouse.
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WOMAN JOKES AT
STATE EVIDENCE
Bluebeardess Bought Car
Prior to Husband's Death.
TWIN FALLS, Odaho, Oct. 11.—Mrs.
Lyda Southard's mental attitude Im
mediately before and after theldeath of
her fourth husband, Edward F. Meyer,
for whose murder she is being tried, was
described in detail today by witnesses for
the State.
Mrs. Edwin James, guest at the Roger
son hotel here, where the defendant also
was stopping, said Mrs. Southard was
“ready to Dave in fifteen minutes” after
Meyer’s death.
Shortly before Meyer died ’ his wife
purchased a large automobile, according
to Frank Magel, dealer in cars, which
she promised to pay for by Sept. 10.
Meyer died Sept. 7. She expected to be
come heir to a SIO,OOO estate, Magel said
she told him.
In spite of this evidence, the alleged
•‘woman blueheard" appeared to be in
the best of spirits. She smiled con
stantly and Joked with court attaches.
Herman Harms, State chemist, testi
fied that ’id his opinion there was no ques
tion but that Meyers died as a result of
a dose of poison. He said -he found
arsenic in all the specimens taken from
the body and scouted the suggestion that
ptomaine poisoning might have caused
the death.
TO TRY LEN SMALL
IN LAKE COUNTY
Attorneys for Governor Reach
Agreement.
SPRINGFIELD, 111., Oct. 11—Governor
Len Small will be tried at Waukegan,
Lake County, on charges of conspiracy
and embezzlement of State interest funds,
it was agreed upon here today.
Counsel for the Governor selected this
county from a list of five presented by
State's Attorney C. Fred Mortimer and
paved the way for an early trial of the
Governor and others indicted Jointly
with him on the embezzlement charges.
Bond Broker Dealt
in Foreign Paper
PENSACOLA. Fla., Oct. 11.— Allen
Sterling, who conducted a stock and bond
brokerage house here, and who made a
“specialty of foreign securities,” was
held in jail here today, charged with
using the malls to defraud. The arrest
of Sterling wag the result of an extended
investigation by Federal authorities. He
was held under a bond of £5.000.
Sterling had branch offices in the
South and is understood to have head
quarters in Cincinnati. A State prosecu
tion probably will follow the Government
case.
HOW TO DARKEN
GRAY HAIR
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A well known resident of Cincin
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Crooks Pick
Small Towns
as Their Prey
Yeggs, Highwaymen Leave
Cities to Operate in
Villages.
CHICAGO. Oct. 11.—The crook who
figures the world owes him a living, has
taken a gun and gone to the email town
to collect.
Crooks and highwaymen hare deserted
the big cities and have started their win
ter offensive against villages of a few
thousands population.
Reports reaching Chicago police head
quarters, the clearing house-for Middle
Western crime, showed today that in the
last twenty-four hours, activities of ban- |
dits, thugs and yeggs have centered on :
towns and villages.
This increased record of crime, accord- |
ing to Police Chief Fitzmorris, marks the
opening of the winter crime season.
“The small town is to be the victim
this winter instead of large cities," Fitz
morris said. “This, I believe, is due to
the precautions taken by police in big
cities. With police guarding banks and
rifle squads in readiness to combat
crime, the yeggs have been driven from
the larger cities.
“They find villages easy places to
work. The small town bank seldom has
guards. Usually, only the cashier ,1s on
duty.
“The outbreak of crime in the last 1
twenty-four hours —the most startliug
for months—ls not due to any organized
band with a master mind as leader. The
small bands of robbers are playing their
own games.”
BLACK AND GREEN
EMBLEM STORMED
Ft. Wayne Negro ex-Soldiers
Resent New Flag.
Special to The Times.
FT. WAYNE, Ind., Oct. 11—A crowd
of negro ex-soldlers stormed an Ice cream
parlor In the negro district last night
where the black and green flag of the ;
proposed African commonwealth floated
over the door. The ice cream parlor was
the headquarters of the Universal Im
provement Association, which has the
black and green flag as an emblem of
the phantom colony In Africa. Represen- |
tatlves of the organizations have been 1
farading through the streets of this city
for several nights with the Stars and
Stripes flying at half mast.
Police quelled the riot after several
negroes had been Injured.
HANDCUFFED CHILDREN.
LONDON, Oct. 11.—Protest has been
made to the government Against the prac
tice of transporting Juvenile offenders in
handcuffs from Leeds to London. An
Investigation is being made.
FATHER’S CURFEW WINS.
• NEW YORK. Oct. 11—Margaret BTnn
haled her father to court when he re
fused to admit her after 11 o'clock at
night. The court upheld the father and
warned the girl of the danger of keep
ing late hours.
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TESTIMONY IN
M’ARDLE CASE
IS COMPLETED
Attorneys Make Closing Argu
ments and Jury May Get
Case Tonight.
CLEVELAND, Oct. 11.—Last testimony
In the case of Marian McArdlc, charged
with complicity in the murder of her
stepfather, Daniel F. Kaber, wealthy
publisher, was heard by the jury this
morning, and the State and defense will
make their closing arguments this after
noon. Judge Homer G. Powell, before
whom the case Is being tried, also hopes
to charge the Jury today and the youth
ful defendant may know before tomor
row morning whether she Is to go free
or serve a prison term.
The most dramatic point In the case
was reached last evening when Marian
in her own defense, denied that she had
any part in the killing of the invalid. |
“I did not plot his murder.” she as- '■
sorted, and her lips trembled and tears l
filled her eyes as she replied to question j
after question by Chief Assistant!
Prosecutor .Tames 11. Cassidy tending to
show that she had qullty knowledge of
the plot against Kaber. “Os course, 1
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INDIANA DAILY TIMES, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1921.
heard what my mother td,” ahe
answered, ‘but I did not believe her.”
DIVORCEE WANTS
SEPARATE TRIAL
Attorneys Argue Case in Los
Angeles Court.
LOS ANGELES, Cal., Oct. 11.—Mr*.
. ladnlynne Obenchaln and Arthur C.
Lurch, ‘Jointly charged with the murder
JV J. Belton Kennedy, wealthy young
bri ker, probably will know -today
whe’her they will stand trial together or
alom. The motion for separate trials ia
to be argued before Judge Sidney N.
Reeve.
It was understood before court con
vened that Deputy District Attorney
Keyes would ask that the motion for
separate trials be denied on the ground
of needless expense to the State. .
Ralph Obenrhaln, former husband of
Madalynne, and Attorney Warren Wil
liams were to ask a separate trial for the
ncused woman while Paul W. Schenck
was to appear for Burch.
Woodpile to Supplant
Coal Bin at^Warsaw
Special to The Times.
WARSAW, Ind., Oct. 11.—With the
price of coal nearly double the pre-war
figure, farmer* of northern Indiana were
deserting the fodder today for the wood
pile and the buck saw.
Scores of farmers are preparing fuel for
city markets, cutting cord wood and
selling It. Portable power saws have
been brought Into use In many localities
and some farmers have cut as high as
200 cords of wood.
They haul this to the city on small
motor trucks and sell it for $3.50 to $4
a cord.
TENTH WARD WILL
HAVE FIREWORKS
Democratic Club to Parade at
Ralston Meeting.
A parade through the neighborhood will
precede the monthly meeting of the
Tenth Ward Democratic Club at Hoyt
and State avenues Wednesday night. Red
lights, bombs and other fireworks and
the McClainsvllle Drum Corps are to be
features of the procession.
Boyd M. Ralston, Democratic nom
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lnee for mayor, will he the chief speaker.
E. J. Sexton, ward chairman, and Mrs.
W. L. McClain, ward chairwoman, are In
charge of arrangements. All candidates
on the Democratic ticket have been in
vited.
Mr. Sexton predicted today that the
Tenth ward will return a Democratic
majority of more than one thou
sand on Nov. 8. This would be equal to
the majority given James A. Cox in the
presidential election. Plans for an over
flow meeting, If necessary, are being
made.
Y. M. C. A. Lecturer to
Deliver Three Talks
Three addresses were scheduled for
Dr. George Sherwood Eddy, missionary
and lecturer, an international Y. M. C. A.
leader, In this city today. The first was
delivered to the Butler students in the
college chapel this morning. The second
is to be delivered before the secretarial
staff of the Y. M. C. A. this afternoon
and the third is scheduled for this eve
ning at the Roberts Park M. E. Church
to a mass meeting of students of the
professional schools and colleges of the
city. His subject will be “The Indus
trial Outlook of the World.” J. H.
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