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SCRIPPS-HOWARD Entered as Second-Class Matter Outside Marion VOLUME 39—NUMBER 213 INDIANAPOLIS, FRIDAY, JAN. 13, 1928 at Postoffice, Indianapolis TWO CENTS County 3 Cents WhoKilled The Canary? Donkey Bray CHILD LURED INTO AUTO BY RUTH SNYDER AND GRAY DIE POLICE CLASH ~ y > —■— 4 Margaret Odell, the toast of Broadway, known inter- Rogers Pours Fiery Ban- IN ELECTRIC CHAIR; KILLERS nationally among theatergoers as “The Canary,” was found WITH GARAGE ter on Democrats At- KIDNAPER, TAKEN TO WOODS murdered in her room. And out of the maze of clews left tending Dinner. in the luxurious room, after long and patient search, Philo Vance, the most amazing detective of all fiction, achieved WITH KNIFE GO CALMLY TO THEIR DOOM ON STOP LINE Jan. 13.—Will AND MURDERED solution of a fiendishly ingenious crime. “The Canary Mur- WASHINGTON,Rogers, cowboy humorist, der Case,” starts Monday Times. told the Democratic national com- by S. S. Van Dine, in The the Pair Walk Without Sign of Fear to Seat of story. Circle Motor Inn Smudges 1 mittee all about politics at Enraged Michigan Posses Search State for; Don’t miss a chapter of this enthralling Jackson day banquet, Thursday Praying for Mercy; Double Off New Paint; Worley night. Killer, Believed Fleeing From Execution, “A politician,” he said, “is a Puts It Down Again. bandit who having made a local in Electrocution in Fourteen Minutes. reputation, is sent to Washing- Scene of Crime Auto. ton to raid the treasury. He takes TO ROW his loot back to his constitutuents WOMAN PLEADS FOR FORGIVENESS COURT SETTLE and is then sent to the Senate. TWO SUSPECTS QUIZZED BY POLICE "The Senate is a body that opens with a prayer and closes Left Turns Tie Up Traffic, with an investigation. First they Blonde Slayer Goes First to Death; Forty investigate the chaplain, then Body, With Incisions by Skilled Hand, Found Says Chief: ‘Not So/ they investigate each, other to see Witnesses in Sing Sing Chamber as how much each pays to get in. Near Creek; Farmer Gives Retorts Manager. If one paid more than the other Murderers Expiate Their Crime. did, they throw him out. Description of Slayer. The score stood one to one in “The House never has an in-' Other Snyder-Gray details on the game of “traffic, traffic, who'll vestigation. They just figure that Bn United Press Page One, Section Two. block the traffic?” between police if you paid to get in you are a FLINT, Mich., Jan. 13.—An aroused citizenry joined hands and T. B. Rogers, manager of the simp. the kidnaper By LOUIS F. KEEMLE , the forces of the law today to apprehend ( Contrast Circle Motor Inn, W. Market St. Rogers said he was glad the with United Pres* Staff Correspondent harmony E.u Vnited Press Monument Circle, today. Democrats were having a and slayer of Dorothy Schneider, 5 years old. SING SING PRISON, OSSIN- Y., and OSSINING, N. Jan. 13. Police, for the moment, had Rog- dinner. Dorothy, blonde kindergarten pupil in the suburban Mount ING, N. Y., Jan. 13.—Ruth Ruth Snyder and Henry Judd ers nonplussed, but he bided the “Democrats ought to eat in Gray were in decided contrast, harmony if can’t drink in into an automobile by an Snyder and Henry Judd Gray, hour when he would go to Superior they Morris consolidated school, was lured when a few hours before their Judge Byron K. Eliott’s court to harmony,” he explained. away. have execution each was advised elderly man yesterday and driven lovers and murderers, press a plea for a permanent in- that last-minute efforts at police from Her body was found last night in Benson creek, three miles paid the penalty for their love clemency had failed. junction to prohibit “I nothing more standing in front of the garage and from home. It had been mutilated with incisions that might aud murder in the same electric expected keeping motorists from making left Gray said calmly, and turned 'WE' TAKE REST have made by precise hand of a skilled surgeon. chair. turns into and out of the garage. been the back to his Bible. clothing They went to death, between “Ain’t there anything any- Caused Traffic Jams The had been body can do?” Mrs. Snyder stripped from her body and shoulder to shoulder with State o’clock night, Twice within two days employes PANAMA CITY troopers, county sheriffs and city 11 and 11:11 last asked, and wept violently. IN Inn smudged out the yellow ravine spread without a sign of fear and pray- of the scattered through the police, fanwise in all direc- line which police painted down the tions from the scene of the crime.* mercy.” where the creek flows. ing to God for mercy. “Jesus, have center of the street in front of the Lindy Will Take Off Next for So great was the city’s revulsion this The mask was snuffling the sound. garage to prevent the left turns, Two suspects were arrested today. of The first woman to die in the at the atrocious crime that many in twenty-nine years, and one “Forgive me, Father, for all my which they say h tve caused serious One was rushed to the scene of were private state Venezuela. crime in police efforts to obtain a the searching parties of the few ever to suffer capital sins.” traffic jams for months. ventures, organized and led by pro- executioner in the al- Not only motorists trying to get confession. Then the Bjr I‘rrss „ _ punishment in this country, met I United _ fessional men, merchants and Panama, 13.—The First Suspect Freed death with calmness and resigna- cove threw down a switch, hard. into and out of Monument Circle, COLCN, Jan . workers from Flint's automobile chair, mechanical half of Col. Charles A. the tion. The figure in the that had but pedestrians trying to get past The first suspect, proved to factories. garage Lindbergh’s good-will police She Gray, been il- been limp, threw itself forward the entrance on the side- combination satisfaction of that he was Clubwomen Enraged and who had bonds, “We”—his airplane. The licit lovers, were put to death for against the restraining walk have appealed to the police of Spirit not the man wanted. Twenty clubwomen viewed Dor- Louis—today was undergoing Albert Snyder, stiffened and stayed that way. It for relief. of St. The second manarrested answered several killing her husband, newspapers received and overhauling, after hunted othy’s body and afterwards in Village, N. Y., last never moved voluntarily again. Police and inspection the description of the told Sheriff Grean that they would Queens many complaints garage hours in the air in the weight. They chloroformed It was 11:02. that the strenuous criminal, except in He the execution March. him, parked dozens of cars tour of Central America. pounds, whereas be willing to aid in beat him to death with a sash- The silence endured for three management weighed about 175 of the man responsible. only sound the outside in the sub-zero weather As soon as the plane is re- the of the suspects slay- weight and strangled him with pic- minutes. The was description The killer, however,. will escape heavy., breathing of a stout witness. New Year’s Eve instead of in the conditioned, Lindbergh will take off er fixed his weight at 200 pounds. ture wire. but interior where for Venezuela, but he is not certain said they found blood death, even though he is captured, Their lives were to the At 11:05 the current was shut off warm, crowded Police if he is guarded closely by author- ..forfeited body slumped thought their property when, neither is he certain what driven by the State in a little high-ceilinged room and the down in the car owners stains in the auto being stops he will make after leaving suspect. man ities. Capital punishment was out- forty feet long and twenty chair. was safeguarded. second The first about another minute the group Venezuela. arrested, police announced, was one lawed in Michigan many years ago feet wide, in which a group of forty In Officer Guards New Paint and the most that he would suffer Stepped forward, the front of Mrs. He said today he would like to stupid from the effects of liquor, in persons, including two women, had would imprisonment Snyder’s frock was laid back and The fact that Inn employes visit Colombia, but he had not re- Hurley Hospital. He was released be for life. gathered. fields f)r. C. C. Sweet, prison physician, smeared pitch over the latest line ceived reports of the flying when he convinced detectives he Farmer Gives Clew* Forgiveness Asked . .. - applied painted night did not to there and until he was certain about on a week’s “spree.” ¥ for and one of his assistants, last had been The best “Forgive me. Father, all my their stethoscope. sweeten police disposition. Police them he would not decide on his Today heavily armed posses, in clew to the identity of ■sins,” Mrs. Snyder said in a low, the wanted furnished by Dr. Sweet the witnesses and painters scraped off the pitch and itinerary. which private citizens advanced man was before 2,200 faced Archie Bacon, a farmer, lives thin little voice just said—- painted anew line this morning. Lindbergh flew here yesterday who volts electricity were shot into and a stone’s throw from the spot where of “l pronounce this woman dead.” A uniformed man stood guard from Panama City was received body. whimpered the body was found, and who as- her Then she and That was 11:07. with instructions from Police Chief joyously. REMY PROMISES FIGHT sobbed ever so faintly. Claude M. Worley to arrest and haul Lindbergh said he also would be sisted the suspected man to get his The guards stepped up, unbuckled out of after had In the solemn, strained stillness of the straps white-robed in the wagon very glad to met Dieudonne Costes car a mudhole he and two to headquarters patrol ON VENDER MACHINES of the body. the execution chamber it was plain- laid a finger on the new and Joseph Lebrix, French fliers en disposed doctors lifted the limp body and anyone who Bacon said the to ly audible, and it sounded like a lit- placed it on a wheeled, line. route here from South America. He man appeared tle child about to be punished. Then white-* late said he had watched progress of Slot Gambling One of Worst Forms, be about 50 years old, was five feet enameled hospital table standing The garage management ten inches tall, the current was turned on. She ready. Thursday obtained a temporary re- their flights—across the South At- Says Prosecutor. and weighed nearly again. up through South 200 pounds. He was stooped slight- never moved It was wheeled past the witnesses. straining order from Judge Elliott lantic and thence witnesses, interested Prosecutor William H. Remy an- ly, Bacon recalled* of light com- The gathered in the At 11:07*4 the door of the autopsy prohibiting police from standing in America—and had been to the Margaret Odell, known to Broadway as “The Canary.” greatly. nounced today that his office will plexion and full-faced. He wore a warden’s office, were led room closed behind Ruth Snyder, the middle of the street and refus- death chamber in a far corner of fight the injunction sought by the fur cap, and a gray overcoat, both Judd Gray Enters ing to permit motorists to make Superior Confection Company to respeaking moderate circumstances. the prison by a long route under gar- The prison door opened again. left turns into and out of the AMNESIA VICTIM IS prevent Sheriff Hawkins and Police Bacon’s description of the man, the open sky. A few stars showed. opinion It was cold. Judd Gray, escorted by the prin- age. Worley obtained an Chief Claude M. Worley from con- who, it was indicated without doubt, GRAY’S BODY GOES from Corporation Counsel John W. the actual slayer, sub- Warden Is at Rear cipal keeper, John J. Sheehy, and IDENTIFIED AS HOOSIER fiscating mint-vending machines as was was Holtzman that the line stantiated by Warden Lewis E. Lawes stpod at the Protestant chaplain, . the Rev. putting gaming devices on orders of the William Lawrence, a the rear. Guards and the doctors Anthony Peterson, entered. down was no violation of this order Temple Ave. Man Wakes Up In Chi- board of safety. neighboring farmer, who helped for ranged either wall. At the left Rev. Peterson was reading aloud TO GRAVE TODAY and that any interference with the cago; Friends Go to Aid. Superior Judge James M. Leath- about 15 minutes in the process of opposite prayer line on the part of the garage man- temporary extricating the car. rear, the witness benches, from a book. C. Steinkamp and Harold Man- ers issued a order against the of “ agement was a law violation. H. afternoon was closed door the autopsy that the world through Him cries of Indianapolis, today iden- county officials Thursday Crime Pieced Together might to Disperse chamber. be saved.” Police Forced tified the amnesia victim held in and set Jan. 28 for hearing on the The witnesses were ushered in a Gray walked erect, eyes fast- Painless permanent injunction. From several sources, authorities fils the Pyschopathic Hospital at Chi- together a resume the minute or two before 11 o’clock, all ened on some Infinite point straight Throng of Curious at B,u United Press “I will make every effort to see pieced of girl's cago as Harry Price, 24, of 2522 N. activities immediately the the others were In their places. No ahead. He noticed neither the SPRINGFIELD. 111., Jan. 13. FLAGMAN IS KILLED according that the temporary orded is dis- preceding Temple Ave., to a United killed, one spoke. There was a shuffling witnesses nor the waiting chair. His Funeral Home. —Electrocution is a painless solved and the permanent injunc- time she was and were able, be- Press dispatch. with little conjecture, to recon- as the witnesses took their places. lips were moving in prayer. He death, Dr. Elmer Trapp Steinkamp, of 2942 Brookside Ave.. tion denied,” Remy said. “This of- The guards stood with folded By United Press lieves, after conversing with a struct the murder down to the arms. seemed to be repeating after the Train Strikes Car, Crushing is Price’s employer and father of fice has leveled its guns against stopped. ORANGE, J„ 13. regained smallest details. The shuffling There was chaplain: EAST N. Jan. man who conscious- Price’s fiancee, Miss Henrietta all forms of gambling in Indianapo- ” Dorothy was known to have left a second or two of silence as the “Blessed are the meek Judd Gray, electrocuted with Mrs. ness after a 33,000-volt shock, Aged Crossing Guard. Steinkamp. Mancries, 23 N. Gray lis and this is one of the worst.” witnesses eyed the empty chair. It dying later. school at 11 a. m. She passed a He was in a gray sack suit of Ruth Snyder last night at Sing Sing St., is price’s cousin. gasoline par- was something like an old-fashioned "It was apparent,” Dr. Trapp John Pedigo, 68, of 955 N. Tibbs station en route to her cheap prison material, with a white prison, given funeral and Price stumbled into the Chi- barber’s chair, with high back. will be 1:1s said, “that death was immi- flagman at the Pennsylvania DEFIES SLACK OUSTER ents modest home and was seen by shirt, collar attached and necktie. Ave„ cago Central Y. M. C. A. wife Mrs. Snyder, her faded blonde burial at 3 p. m. this afternoon. nent when I was called to at- crossing on Tibbs Ave., died at the Mrs. R. Hodges, of the proprie- A handkerchief peeked absurdly Wednesday, and asked aid in tor. hair hanging straight in a sort of from The funeral services will be at the tend Elmer G. Carstens, a Methodist hospital at 10:45 a. m. to- He remembered bob, was dressed in a his breast pocket, over his identifying himself. Marketmaster Says He Will Not As was her custom, Mrs. Mabel Buster Brown home, civil engineer, who had come day from injuries received as the re- nothing. left home Tuesday skirt heart. Colonial funeral where the Price Quit, as Mayor Orders. Schneider, Dorothy’s mother, was short, dark of cheap prison His back in contact with 33,000-volt sult of a train crashing into an au- morning to go to downtown bank was to the chair and he body now rests and the burial will be a a watching for her from a window of material and a light green smock. wire. tomobile at his crossing earlier in to make on a truck. The city may have two market- She slippers and of her down. It was 11:09. a payment her home. She sighted her when wore one in Rosedale cemetery. - Strapped “To my surprise, he regained the day. masters after Jan. 15. white stockings was rolled halfway In Rapidly The crowd which began to collect The demolished car was driven William she was about two blocks away, and Then quick activity consciousness. He told me that T. Cook, appointed six immediately pre- down the calf. ensued and by Virgil K. Wayland, 36, of 3605 THREE HURT ”lN CRASH left the window to Gray was strapped in. He had no about the place when it was known he just became insensible when months ago by former Mayor John lunch. A matron was on either side and Rockville Rd., pressman at The today pare strap across his waist, only one over that Gray’s body was there became the charge hit him; that there Motorman, Two Passengers Bruised L. Duvall, declared he does But when-she returned to the win- the Rev. John P. McCaffrey, Catholic Times. En route to work, he saw intend of the prison, walked in the chest. Until the mask covered that detectives was no pain, and that he Cars Collide. not to resign on that date dow Dorothy had disappeared Nor chaplain so great three were neither flag nor flagman at the as Street when, acccording to of holding crucifix .before his face, his lips moved in earnest would get up in a minute and appointment did she reappear, and by 2 and. m. front, a her sent from police headquarters to crossing and was almost on the Three persons were slightly ( in- an eyes praying prayer, that the witnesses could not be all right. He died a few Mayor L. Ert Slack, Harry Spring- way. and in low-voiced it tracks before he saw the train ap- when Lexington and English extensive search was under guard hear. disperse and keep the curious minutes later.” jured steen, cousin of Councilman Robert Latin. A was well in the rear. proaching, he reported to police. * cars collided head-on at Mrs. Snyder, a little woman He did not appear like a mur- moving. Ave. street E. Springsteen, is to become mar- Father Starts Hunt derer. His open, attractive f&ce had Applying the brakes he leaped Lexington Ave. and Pine St. early ketmaster. against whom the silent guards ap- Persons who saw the body in the noon. Among them will be Gray's Leslie Schneider, Dorothy's father, a helpless kind of dignity about it. from the machine. The car skidded today. Both cars were damaged. Seven hundred of the 1,000 stand- peared like giants, walked slowly undertaking establishment said it mother, Mrs. Margaret Gray; his path of the locomotive and was called home and led the hunt It was a face, you would think, that in the Leg of Fayne Malloy, 1265 Naomi holders of the market have signed a sundown, and steadily. Her eyes were straight looked natural and the face bore sister, Mrs. Harold Logan, and her is thought that in his automobile. About ahead apparently taking in would attract children. It was tossed aside. It St., motorman on the Lexington petition asking he be retained, Cook had got far deserted and were an expression of calm repose. re- husband. it struck the aged flagman and injured. Miss Datha he as as a the figure of the cross. At 11:10 the current was turned mained somewhat reddened from Ave. car, was said. road three miles west. on. Gray shot just as Mrs. threw him against a crossing sign. Hester, 906 Lexington Ave., and Mayor Slack She advanced to the chair, guided forward the effects of the electricity, they said he postponed Bacon, Snyder had done and Bodies Taj
breaking of glass tumbler. blessing, eyes. / a NEWvisited the Italian tenements tried to console her grief- ; saints. But Mrs. Licata feared ANOTHERLombardi, had come a few frenzy in his black tered the house two hours later. Bil United Press “Forgive them, Father, they know of Brooklyn today while thou- stricken husband and five children, him. stricken, she watched PARIS, Jan. 13.—Since the war minutes earlier to pray that the Terror He screamed ,an alarm and not what they do.” sands mourned for Mrs. Rose Li- police seSVcherd for Santo Nicas- “He spoke of killing me as a sac- him slowly draw a revolver from the population of France slowly is Tbs words tumbled out less like cata, known to them as "the tro, the assailant. rifice,” she told her husband one baby she was expecting might be his pocket and without a word, neighbors filled the tenement, in- increasing, although during a cen- a prayer than like some familiar Saint,” who was shot to death as Nicastro was believed a religious day. a boy. With “The Saint” and fire two bullets into the kneeling creasing the wailing. tury before that time the popula- line, spoken to keep her courage. she knelt praying before the altar fanatic. He visited the*tenement j But the husband laughed her Nicastro, she kneeled before the form of Mrs.JLicata. As she sank When police were notified and tion had fallen steadily. During the "Forgive them, Father.” in her home here Thursday night. shrine of Mrs. Licata often, pray- ! fears away, and Thursday after- crude little altar. They prayed for to the floor. He fled. obtained a description of the slay- third trimester of 1927 births jn Her voloe was a note higher and While Italians from all over the ing for hours in the room dimly | noon Mrs. Licata welcomed three hours. A 9-year-old son found the visi- er, Nicastro had had ample op- France numbered 184,745 and deat.is half-stifled. city wjio had prayed with their lighted by tapers and adorned Nicastro without alarm. Then suddenly Nicastro rose. tor wringing her hands and wail- portunity to escape and hide. 136,867, jp excedent of 47,878.