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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1930
Page
16
Four gangsters and the husband were questioned as police probe the murder of Mrs Marie Pelletier a 49 year old housewife returning from a grocery. The men of the 42 Gang were arrested after discarding a purse matching the victim's and the husband Louis Pelletier was detained for questioning after the body was found near their Berwyn home.
Harold J Mayer, pilot, perished when his plane attempting a forced landing struck a tree near Crawfordsville Indiana. Mrs Louise McCusker of Chicago was cut and saved but not badly wounded. Dr Frederick Harvey of Chicago was only slightly hurt and planned to continue the journey.
Athens DeMolay Lodge 7 calls a meeting at the lodge rooms in the Lostro Building to perfect organization. All members urged to attend.
Winners of agricultural scholarships at Ohio State University were announced after nearly 600 Ohio high school seniors sat the annual exams. The four year free tuition scholarships are valued at 240 dollars each. Southeast District winners include Gerald Syphers and Hubert Muse of Stockport, Lawrence Best of Pennsville, William Hoover of Ashville, and John R. Moody of Groveport.
Michael Corcelli 43 and his wife Jennie 42 were shot on their porch as they sat with a radio. Corcelli died at City Hospital. Jennie was wounded but not seriously. Police suspect gang warfare in the Ohio city.
The Senate Lobby Committee reported dye importers contributed to Senator King’s campaign fund. Testimony from a former secretary to King alleged Herman A. Metz of General Dyestuffs Corp gave $1,000 in 1928 and another $1,000 in 1922.
Seek damages ranging from 15.2 million to about 1 million dollars in Common Pleas Court suits filed by stockholders of the defunct State Exchange Bank at Stryker.
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