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Newspaper
Indianapolis Times
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1929
Page
1
Marie Viau and Philibert Lefebvre, both living in northern Quebec, were hanged for murdering Viau’s husband to pursue their clandestine romance. The double execution occurred after two delays, with Viau as the sixth woman hanged in Quebec.
In a Municipal Court session presided by James E. McDonald the warrant for a liquor raid was challenged as evidence. Clerk's office said no warrant on file, a raiding sergeant claimed he filed it, while the clerk quipped that it had evaporated. Marie Mitchell and Isaac Clark faced the matter in Clifton Cameron's court.
TALEQUAH Okla Aug 23 G Alfred Demoss deputy United States marshal was arraigned in Cherokee county court on charges of murder in the October liquor raid case involving Charles Jenkins. The case centers on Demoss alleged role in the shooting following the raid as investigators seek to determine motive and legal responsibility.
Miss Elaine Marschner, 19, a University of Michigan student, was abducted and assaulted by a stocky youth while picnicking with her escort John H Rickel on Clinton river banks. She was found in a farm house in hysterical condition and taken for medical care. Deputy sheriffs and citizens searched woods north of Mt Clemens for the assailant, a man who appeared with a drawn revolver. Marschner is daughter of Edward P Marschner, clerk of the Detroit recorder's court, and niece of Judge Adolph Marschner. Rickel is son of a Mt Clemens attorney.
Meridian street will be extended from the canal to Kessler boulevard before winter. Park Commissioner Michael E. Foley announced the plan as bids were received by the park board and referred to Park Engineer J. E. Perry for analysis. The contract, estimated at about $24,000, may be let next Thursday. County and city officials discussed construction of a bridge over night.
An unidentified man kidnapped and attacked the wife of a prominent Savannah man last night. He bound her with a wire around the neck, leaving her unconscious in an open field near a fashionable hotel site. Police from Savannah city and county hunted the suspect today.
South Bend report states William Duff former prosecutor of LaPorte county was named district attorney for the northern Indiana federal division succeeding Lloyd Hartzler of Fort Wayne who resigned.
Sir Fulque Agnew sailed from Shanghai for Scotland after receiving an honorable discharge from the United States Marines. The man known as Sergeant Agnew revealed he holds a title dating to 1629, inherited from an uncle who recently died. He crossed the Atlantic in a 130 foot boat and has worked as a cowpuncher and served in the cavalry.
Assistant state bank commissioner Thomas D. Barr will be in Hobart on Saturday to assist in reopening the American Trust and Savings Bank which was closed August 8 due to weakened financial structures. It is expected the bank will reopen early next month after strengthening its financial position per the commissioner’s demands.
Indianapolis real estate board civic affairs committee announced a budget sub committee to sit with the chamber of commerce subcommittee. The group includes Scott R. Brewer as chairman with Frank E. Gates and Frank E. Brown. chamber head A. M. Glossbrenner. The Realtors committee will monitor the 1930 tax budget and inform the board of directors.
MARION Ind Aug 23 search is under way for a motorist whose car struck and fatally injured Charles Penington 18 messenger boy and fled. Penington died in a hospital of a fractured skull.
Weather officials said Thursday night and today will bring little heat relief as temperatures ran about 9 degrees above normal in the last 24 hours. The mercury rose from 70 degrees at 8 am with higher temps forecast for Saturday. Thursday’s high reached 92 and about 0.15 inch of rain fell early today.
United Press reports tension between China and Russia as mobilization expands across Heilung kiang Kirin and Fengtein. 120000 troops mobilized in Manchuria while 50000 Mukden troops move toward the border. Observers anticipate a broader clash, with both sides massing near Pogranichnaya and Manchuk. Casualties mount as tanks armored cars and artillery enter border fighting.
Hong Kong correspondent reports in Shanghai that Holung and his men have burned between forty and fifty people to death, massacred 500 families, and set fire to 2,000 houses. About 20,000 people fled in panic. Chinese soldiers dispersed Russians laying mines near the Chinese Eastern Railroad, with 40 Russians captured and sent to Harbin per Mukden official release.
In Portland Indiana on August 23 Weldon Imel a local farmer sustained the loss of his left arm after his limb was caught in a hay baler.
In Stendal Indiana on August 23 the four month old daughter of Mr and Mrs Curtis Baldwin died after being smothered beneath a bedspread while the mother canned fruit nearby.
New York Aug 23 Stock market activity aboard the Cunarder Berengaria reached from 10 000 to 30 000 shares daily after docking today Travelers reported the ship’s brokerage office was highly active as a branch of M J Meehan & Co with Charles Goudiss as manager aboard the westward voyage
Joshua S. Cosden, once ruined by a Wall Street crash after amassing a vast oil fortune, has recovered about 15 million dollars in eighteen months using borrowed capital. He organized Cosden Oil Company in 1928 with 3 million dollars in funding, receiving most stock while his shares rose to roughly 12 million in value. He now runs the operation from Fort Worth, Texas, producing about 15,000 barrels of oil daily and expanding.
Tulsa dispatch reports women aviators racing from California toward Cleveland, led by Louise McPherridge Thaden with Ruth Nichols and Amelia Earhart close behind. Several competitors injured or out, repairs and illnesses affect their northward leg toward Wichita and Fort Worth.
Sam Armstrong, 57, of 1019 South Fleming street, was taken by deputy sheriffs to city hospital in an unconscious, critical condition after drinking poison at home during lunch. He told his wife he believed he had lost his job before collapsing on the back porch.
Marillo Tex Aug 23 Kernel Erasmus R Tack alias Gene A Howe editor doubts Bozo the Black must eat razor blades and glass. After criticism in Howe column, the carnival manager sent cigars and the crowd surged. Three youths witnessed X-ray showing metal in the stomach and Howe paid $200 for the stunt.
Two Ayrshire prize cows trek from Vermont toward Indianapolis aiming for the state fair. They started to the National Dairy Show at St Louis on foot to prove stamina, with stops planned at the Ohio state fair and in Indianapolis. Dan Goodman of Chicago, in charge of fair publicity, reports the pair were last seen in excellent condition en route.
Lee Monroe, 33, of 3353 West Twenty-third Street, suffered severe injuries this afternoon after his clothing was caught in a revolving pump shaft while working on a sewer at Seven teenth Street and Fall Creek. He sustained a crushed left arm, internal injuries, and extensive bruising, and was taken to city hospital.
Four people injured when two passenger buses collided near Michigan City Indiana on August 23. About forty five passengers were shaken up and a man lost his right arm in the crash. In Sardinia Indiana the seventh annual session of the Decatur County Baptist Association closed after a two day meeting. Rev. C J Bunnell presided as moderator.
Graf Zeppelin raced across the Pacific on the third lap of its world voyage with 19 passengers and 41 crew. Eckener aimed for Los Angeles then Lakehurst, hoping to finish in about twelve and a half days of flying time, despite delays from typhoons and motor damage.
Anne Morrow Lindbergh earns solo pilot status at Hicksville after days of practice with Charles A. Lindbergh guiding her. The couple spent nights at the Aviation Country Club hangars as Mrs Lindbergh flew a Fledgling open cockpit plane alone marking her first solo flight after nine hours of instruction.
Wayne Township Civic League members today backed five township taxpayers who sued County Auditor Harry Dunn and Treasurer Clyde Robinson to block collection of more than 17.5 cents on township property tax. The suit follows Superior Judge Joseph Milner ordering Dunn to allow a 98.5 cent levy for the year after Vestal Davis, trustee, asked for it, while the advisory board cut 21 cents. Davis’s attorneys said the suit does not affect the levy.
Pasadena police officer James McFeeley stopped former world champion sprinter Charlie Paddock and a friend on Lake Street in Oak Park. Paddock produced a captain's badge from Pasadena claiming he was rushing to the railway station to meet a friend. He was arrested and fined $3 plus $3 costs.
Monticello Kentucky August 23 The assault trial of Blueford Abbott 24 accused of criminally assaulting Ruby Taylor 19 a country school teacher was given to a jury today and will be deliberated by jurors.
Hourly readings show 6am 71, 8am 70, 9am 75, 10am 71, and noon 71. Local weather data lists stations and times with brief numeric values for temperature.
Indianapolis may glimpse the Graf Zeppelin as it completes its Pacific crossing and heads to New York on the final leg of its world circumnavigation. T A T officials said Dr Hugo Eckener and crew would use weather and radio facilities to avoid weather delays on the cross country night route via Kingman and Winslow.
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