Chapman Sentenced to Hang as Nation Demands New Trial
D C Stephenson hires attorney Inman as Sunrise June 25 is fixed as the fatal hour for the noose. The case centers on the bandit exploits that stirred the nation, prompting a move for a new trial.
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Newspaper
Indianapolis Times
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1925
Page
1
Convicted Crook Clings to Past Record in Murder Trial
In Muncie the accused murderer testifies that prior convictions drive the verdict, insisting the present case rests on his history rather than new evidence. Prosecutors seek to prove intent and motive through the current trial.
City manager plan gains praise from multiple cities
A nationwide survey praises the city manager system adopted in Phoenix Portland Kenosha Sacramento Knoxville and other cities. The reports claim lower taxes, more efficient services, reduced politics, and improved budgeting under professional management.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Far West
South
Middle West
East
Portland
Maine
Points to Use in City Essay Contest
Eldon N. Trussler promotes three main talking points for Indianapolis as an industrial center location labor supply and transportation. The Indianapolis Times Industrial Essay Contest offers prizes of 15 10 and 5 dollars for top essays by high and preparatory school students. Essays are due by midnight April 15 and must be single sided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Eldon N. Trussler
Bureau of Industry
Chamber of Commerce
Times
Central Library and Business Branch
Indianapolis Times
Party Worker Is Given Post In State Agencies
Mrs. Vivian Tracy Wheatcraft, vice chairman of the Republican State committee, is named head of the new department of intelligence and education in the State fire marshal's office. She declines to accept directorship of the department of women and children of the industrial board, to which she was elected. The decision ends a bitter controversy as Mrs. Margaret Tomlin Hoop resists resignation while Mrs. Wheatcraft assumes the post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vivian Tracy Wheatcraft
Republican State Committee
Department of Intelligence and Education
Department of Women and Children of the
Industrial Board
Wheatcraft
Margaret Tomlin Hoop
Shelbyville
Women and Children’s
Hoop
Zener Admits Petition List Contains Invalid Names
A city government petition drive faces questions as Zener says not 10,000 signatures are valid. Mayor Shank ordered police to circulate petitions seeking a special election on adopting a city manager form. The Citizens Committee of 1,000 appeals for minister support to back the reform. Petitions continue from 407 Meyer-Kiser Bank Building HQ. Women’s committee plans progress with a prominent executive secretary candidate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Dru
John Zener
Shanks
Shank
Zener
Citizens Committee
Meyer-Kiser Bank
Edward 0. Snethen
Speakers Bureau
Christian Builders
Union Congregational Church
Seventeeth
Rembrandt Sts
Benjamin Harrison Law School
N. Delaware St
Emund R. Pates
Dayton
Ohio
Boy Struck by Auto Injures 4-Year-Old
Four year old boy from 1115 St Peter Street was hit at Churchman Avenue and Prospect Street by a car driven by Edward Hayes 40 of 1414 Minocque Street. The child was taken to the city hospital with probable internal injuries. witnesses said he darted into the street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Junior Hurt
St. Peter St
Edward Hayes
Minocque St
Churchman Ave
Prospect St
Hayes
Means Indicted in Forgery Charge in Washington
Gaston B. Means, former Department of Justice agent and key witness in the Senate Daugherty Investigation, was indicted by a grand jury in Washington on a forgery count.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Washington
Gaston B. Means
Department of Justice
Senate
Daugherty
Trail of Blood Found After Grocery Firing
Patrolman Orr fired at a colored man found in Charles Railsback's grocery at 39 W Sixteenth St Friday night. A blood trail suggested the man was wounded. Other robberies: Charles McGinzie at 1566 Columbia Ave took $1.50, $5 in cigarets from a drugstore. Mrs Florence Goldstein at 924 Illinois St. ten chickens and one goose valued at 22.50. Mrs E N Hughes at Lotto Ave reported six rings missing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orr
Charles Railsback
Sixteenth St
Charles McGinzie
Columbia Ave
Florence Goldstein
Illinois St
E. N. Hughes
Lotto Ave
Flapper Fanny Vents On Traffic Cops And Fire Plugs
Flapper Fanny jokes about swearing traffic cops and those who park near a fire plug. The humor rests on everyday city annoyances and playful social satire of authority.
Two Named With Ex Klansman Official in Attack Case
Two men named in an attack case, linked to an ex Klansman official, arrange to surrender with bond provided by a local company. The case involves threats and a planned confrontation, and the suspects face charges following the incident.
Indicted Stephenson Hires Eph Inman For Oberholtzer Case
David C. Stephenson retained Eph Inman to defend him on five indictments connected with the alleged attack on Miss Madge Oberholtzer. Oberholtzer remained unconscious after a blood transfusion, with no clear effects yet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eph Inman
David C. Stephenson
Madge Oberholtzer
University Ave
Inman
Stephenson
Miss Oberholtzer
Marshall
Bandit Robbery Hits Showmen’s League Meeting
Chicago police rounded up several suspects after a masked gang robbed about 40 attendees at a Showmen's League of America meeting. About 20000 dollars in cash and jewelry vanished, with President Fred M. Barnes losing 8000 dollars. Attorney Leon A. Bertalak and Walter Driver were assaulted during the raid. A women’s auxiliary meeting occurred on the floor below.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Chicago
Showmen's League of America
Fred M. Barnes
Leon A. Bert_alak
League
Walter Driver
Drivers Brothers Tent Company
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Slate Drivers Over Telephone Action and Officials Clash
Report outlines how altered seeders will be slated by telephone from a call box under orders by Police Chief Herman Rikhoff to Traffic Inspector Michael Glenn and Deputy Prosecutor Paul Rhoadarmer. The prosecution wanted speeders named in the state file, while Glenn warned immediate trials would strain the department. Rhoadarmer agreed to postpone cases when motorists refused to plead guilty until arresting officers are assigned to court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman F Rikhod
Michael Glenn
Paul Rhoadarmer
Glenn
Rhoaadrmer
Rikhoff
Rhoadarmer
Tragedy Over Irvington Home Drives Family to Seek Justice
Miss Madge Oberholtzer's family prepares for court action against D. C. Stephenson former Ku Klux Klan grand dragon charged in an alleged assault. The father insists the case stands for humanity and progress as the daughter battles slow acting poison upstairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. C. Stephenson
Fromer Grand Dragon
Ku Klux Klan
Indiana
Oberholtzer
Klan
George E. Oberholtzer
Fragmented Weather Ledger Readout
A scrambled hourly temperature fragment shows numbers for morning to afternoon hours with readings around mid 40s to mid 60s. Exact times and locations are unclear but indicate a temperature progression through the day.
Y. M. Marble Club Enters Times Tourney
The Indianapolis Times third annual marble tournament expands with the Y M C A Marble Club entering ten members. Entrants include James McNamara and others ages 11 to 14. District matches soon. Open to all Indianapolis youths under 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis Times
James LD. Sturges
James McNamara
Tommy Walters
Jack Richardson
Terrence Fisher
Ted Karney
William Luckett
Archie Friedman
Chester Canada
Bennie Leonard
the Times
Atlantic City
Indianapolis
Charles Davis Jr
Irvington Ct
James E. Shipp
Bellefontaine St
Kenneth Jones
Louis Mueller
Delaware St
Manford Shirley
Julian Ave
Harold Jolliff
East St
Robert Mattaeck
Noble St
James Brown
Draper St
Joseph Alleyn
Eates
Home Exhibit promises big show at state fairgrounds
The fourth annual Home Complete Exposition opens Monday at the Indiana polis State Fairground with displays by the Indianapolis Real Estate Board and furnishings for every home type. J F Cantwell director says final touches are on display for thousands of expected visitors. Henley T Hottel executive secretary notes housewives will seek spring spruce up ideas and Frank E Gates will host Indiana realtors at a Wednesday luncheon. Z B Hunt chairs the Home complete committee with E J Holliday J J Argus and Frank E Brown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Fairground
Indianapolis
J. F. Cantwell
Manufacturers
Indianapolis Real Estate Board
Statehouse
Henley T. Hottel
Frank E. Gates
Indiana Realtors
Home Complete
Z. B. Hunt
E. J. Holliday
J. J. Argus
Frank E. Brown
Skull X rays Feature Trial
In San Francisco on April 4, the defense uses X ray skull photos of the so called jazz girl to argue mental similarity to the Loeb Leopold case and Dorothy Ellingson who killed her mother. Radiographer Franklin W McCormick notes similarities in skull abnormalities and pituitary cavity. Dorothy proclaims sanity while the defense urges mental incapacity. Governor Jackson signs a requisition to return Rose Tierce to Chicago over a $906 confidence game, with police holding her.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bu _ United
San Francisco
Cal
Dorothy Ellingson
Franklin W. McCormick
Leopold
Dorothy
Jackson
Chicago
Rose Tierce
Tony Weed
Didn't Think I Had a Chance Says Chapman in Court
In Hartford on April 4 Chapman voiced that jurors were biased by past records, arguing they convicted him as a notorious criminal rather than for this murder, speaking to Judge Groehl and his counsel after court recessed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Hartford
Conn
Gerald Chapman
Chapman
Groehl
Death Sentence for Gerald Chapman Pronounced
Gerald Chapman, dubbed the prince of bandits, was sentenced to hang on June 25 for the murder of Policeman James Skelly after a jury found him guilty. The hearing in Hartford followed his capture and transfer from Atlanta, with the judge ordering execution within prison walls at sunrise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Prilarte Ford
Conn
Gerald Chapman
James Skelly
Jennings
Chapman
Rigamarole
Judge Jennings
Sheriff
Muncie
Ind
Atlanta
New York
Hartford
Skelly
Walter E. Shean
Connecticut
Worker Overcome by Heat in Texas
Houston reports its first heat prostration of the year as laborer W. C. McDonald collapsed while working in 90 degree temperatures. The incident occurred Friday in Houston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
United Frew
Houston
Tex
W. C. McDonald
Herriot Works On Tax Plans In France
Paris April 4 Premier Herriot, given a brief respite, spent the day with advisers shaping a financial program based on a capital levy. The plan aims to steady a confused economy with three key steps including cabinet unity and Parliament approval of a radical levy and a new national election.
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United Press
Paris
Herriot
de. Menzie
Tiey Clonabee
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By Ruby Weil
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