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association met. a—jniinny xomo. retired sung leaaer. «nn i* rejiur.ru iu umr l ship lost by A1 Capone when be pleaded guilty In the Federal court.IRA HOLMES DEMANDS RETRACTION FROM DEMOCRAT AS RESULT OF EDITORIAL; HE DOESN’T LIKE GANGSTER ATTORNEY NAMEIra Holmes has demanded a retraction from THE INDIANA DEMOCRAT as the result of an editorial which appeared last week.Lawyer Holmes takes u at some of the things said in editorial, all in fact, except the part where THE DEMOCRAT commended Judge Clarence Wier for fining him for contempt of court Holmes says the things said about him in the editorial are not true and demands we tell the world they are not true.The editorial among other things said Holmes was known as a gangster attorney, that he had defended criminals, guilty of the foulest crimes, that tactics used by Holmes did not foster a respect for law and did nothing to raise the standard of the Indiana bar.Here ia THE DEMOCRAT’S retraction:he demands his clients “cross his palm,” using those words, before he undertakes* their defense, then THE DEMOCRAT retracts.New Refuge on SoundIf Holmes has not defended more so-called gangsters, public enemies, hoodlums or what not than any other attorney in Marion county, then THE DEMOCRAT retracts.If Holmes has not defended men guilty of the foulest crimes, then THE DEMOCRAT retracts, and If Holmes has not been guilty of contempt of court, then THE DEMOCRAT retracts, and Further, if the Indiana State Bar Association is proud of Ira Holmea and the tactics he uses, then THE DEMOCRAT retracts.If Ira Holmes has not boasted to newspaper men and others thatWest Haven, Conn., July 3 (INS)—A new storm refuge for small craft operating in Long Island sound is being constructed here at a cost of $190,000. Cove river, on the Milford-West Havenboundary, £aa been selected for the site, wnich will be larger enoughfor 400 boats when it is done along in the falLEfficiencyCoilDespite tht moblie licemless automob Indiana this gasoline tax continues to s last year, acc Tracy, collect Floyd Williai The increa: does not indici crease in gaw it does in the the tax collect The total ta was $1,729,830 crease of $4t 1930. Refunds gas used in fa; 653.63.HEREDITY MAY PLAY IMPORTANT IN TRIAL OF MRS. SIMMONS; R ASYLUM FOLLOWING BURNHeredity may play an important role in tho trial of Mrs. Carrie Simmons. Greenfield matron, charged in an indictment by the Boone county grand Jury at Lebanon with the murder of her two daughters, Alice Jean and Virginia by strychnine poisonidfc.This fact became known when it was learned that Benton L. Barrett, father of Mrs. Simmons, is an inmate of the Norwalk, Cal., hospital for the insane.The records show that Barrett’s second wife, Mrs. Irene M. Barrett, was burned stock near Sants 18, 1916 and 1 charged with tb adjudged insane the asylum. Ti considerable atte: at the time for known there, and having been the I Sunday school cl| Did Mrs. Simn denly insane, as will be one of th« (Continued t
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Indianapolis Indiana Democrat
Indianapolis, Indiana, US
Fri, Jul 03, 1931
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