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(Jf1 Vv.i'( 1 'i'f' r' i I i 4., 1 I The Weather Generally fair tonight and Sunday, rising1 temperature. News XMsMlatleri 111 Bantlnsl EaUMbhM JIILt Sfe rrpav jnkuis J. 5vninv Zr 7 0 FORT WAYNE, IND SATURDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 15, 1923. CITY EDITION I 4G PAGES PRICE 3' CENTS 8 Ssased Wires Prees Service KILLS uuirET Aim Wirt AN II SELF FOUR ARE INDICTED Grand Jury Report, Charges '7 Burko. Wlth Mujr 1 der and Fuohs With Manslaughter.

TWO ARE CHARGED WITH GRABILL BANK ROBBERY 'Ho Count Against Pritohard ('Tot killing Denner; Jurors rind County Institutions Are Managed Excellently. Four Indictments, one charg Ing murder; one, Involuntary manslaughter, and two, rob b'ery, were returned at noon today by the Allen county grriria jury, which, having opened its session Monday, resumed its deliberations today after an Bdjdurnment since Wednesday. Those Indicted are: Thomas Burke, 1217 Ilayden itlheet, murder. Mrs. Katherin Fuchs, 323Q Anthony boulevard, lnvolun tarv manslaURhter.

George' E. Moore, and Arna il lltitcherm.i rohberv. Burke rhara ad In' the IndlcU fhent with the kflllnf on September ct FranK Albeskl, alias Ktap, alias Kempehowskl, A QUsrrei over a tiiiiiw widow, who wes said to ha been furnishing' moonshine to the two Fort Wayne's Most Beautiful Girls men, Hurke cam to a trade end WMn hat Albeskl tnrougn rhut. Burks jasseftsn that ha baa shot In self defense, that Albeskl had find twice at him and sad threatened i him. The men had.

roomed together and tiad been frUnde for many: years, poth wera said to have keen druok, i. Mrs. Fuchs la charged with the shooting and killing of her husband. Frederick I Fuch.s, at their home en June 31. She alleged, to rukvadls) charged tho weapon.iiiTolon tartly, and "WlUiout malice' but nevertheless la charged with "drawing a dangerous end deadly weapon not In ef 'psreon or property The shpotltir.

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Tha men mde a getaway, but wera captured early the net morning Jn ForfWayna by police detectlvea, making: full ctonfiyielone holdup. The men avldehUy wera amaUure. neglecting; a' large, aura of money which lay In tha rault. Mr. Fuehfe Rearraetad, All of tha paraona Indicted, except Mra.

Furha. are held In, jail. Judge Bel A. "Wood flxed the. bond of Mra.

Fucha at 11.000. When tha charges wera preferred agalnat her before by affidavit was arreatad and placed Sunder $3,000 bond, which waa pro vldedr She waa to oe rearresiau mie afternoon, with the expectation that arrangements would be made Co post tha higher bond. Shrf la tha daughter peter nk, detective sergeant of the city pi Tce deprtment. Burke waa ordered held In Jail without bond Moore and Hutchens are been neia in jail since ins robbery, having bond. Judge "Wood today fixed tha bend of each at SE.000.

The report of tha Jury notes the investigation of Ave oasea and the examination of 18 witnesses. The shoatlna of Charles Denner. Zlt West Jefferson street, by Motorcycle have been Investigated, the evidence 1 net appearing! aufrlclent to reault In KB v. u( PI. cording to a coroner a report, was Dun! Bit tuv vt uuij, Avmivr waa ahot while he was trying to escape from the officer following his arrest at an alleged gambiisT joint.

jn tneir report to juan wooa the grand Jurors praised most of tha county Institutions and their super intendents in glowing terms. They overlooked ttna lnspeotIoit or the girls" detention home and Judge Wood may recall the Jury to Inspect It 'end report. lleferrlng to tha Irene Pyron san. Storlum, tha report says that the ''rand turv Thaa enltf vnMa nf enendatlon and can only say, up the good The sanator. turn waa found to ba "In perfect condition aa to sanitation and tha manner In Which tha buildings and rounds arevcared for." Th nurses' ome.

It said, Is fast nearlngr comple. tlon and "will be a fine and much needed addition. to the fine group of buildings" Jail Needs Kepalra. "The JalL aa usual in similar re ports, comes 'In for a small dose of censure, not becauae tha manage ment, nut Decausa Depute 'old ana nnsanltary" condition, of tha bulld Ingj "The rooms and the cells are In good condition as could be ex pected considering the present arrangement of tha building," according to tha report. Conditions in tha basement are bad! and tha plaster Is falling from' the building In soma places, it adds.

Tha orphans' home Is In orderlv and sanitary condition, tha Inmates laro happy, and well cared fort the report says. Tha Jurors recommend that the floor In tha room where the refrigerator Is kept should ba repaired and that work tables In tha kitchen should have porcelain tons. IteDalra tot the roof anA th purchase of new pa war washer ling tn lot R. 'on. Pag tbla no ii ONE MAN RULE IN OKLAHOMA Governor Walton Muzzles Press, and Says He'll Jail Legislators Who Interfere.

PAPERS GO TO COURT OKLAHOMA CITT. Sept. 18 The mailed net will deaoend Upon whornaoerer opposeK" Gov. J. "Walton lit his war on floggings, Assuming ths powers of a mill, tary.

dictator, the executive made It more plain today that martial law and state'troopif will toe tha answer to any opopsltlon to his will. Members of tha leglalardre. If they attempt fo convene themaelvea In extraordinary aesalon to consider the will go to Jail. rltate iiewapapere that ralae their voices agalnet theiexecuttvav will be muzsled ra censorship. Counties considered by the governor to be hostile to his course of action will be occupied by troops.

This la the plan at campaign by Governor Walton, and the promised today that; he spoke no Idle threats. Should members of tha legislature coma to Oklahoma City without his can ana attempt to imeet in special ,1. 11 a.4 would consider suah sctlon direct In terference with his efforts "to return tho government to hands of the properly constituted authorities." "If they coma here and try such unlawful thing, I'll put thsm all In Jail, and keep them there aa long; as I am In offlce," he warned. With the time limit, drawing near for the execution of the governor's threat to clamp down hand Sd military rule In Tulsa countr. no enort is being made to meet the demands of tha ultimatum calling for the resignation of Ave Tulsa county ofnolals ellogad to ba under dom nation of the Ku Klux Klan.

It waa intimated that unless the officials retired voluntarily, ouster petitions will be Inetituted on the basis of evidence already gathered by the military court sitting In Tulsa. Publishers of the Tulsa Tribune are preparing to go Into federal court to teat the right of the governor to establish a censorship of that news paper, and E. K. Blxbee, manager of the Muskogee has announced that attorneya for hla publication woum join witn tne Tribune In asking a federal Injunction. EXPECT 34 CENT LEVY IS STILL CHAMPION Jack Dempney, World' Champion Heavyweight Battler, Snatpbes Victor.

From Defeat. SOUTH AMERICAN IS FLOORED NINE TIMES Argentine. Giant Thro Time Near Championship Knocks Dempsey Through Ropes; To Be Matched Again. (Br Henry L. renvll.

Welted rtees BUI Oer reeponent NEW YOUK, Sept. 15. Beaten to the floor nine times, after he had twice downed the world's champion and one knocked him entirely out of the Liiis Angel FIrpo, the wild bull of the Argentine, was counted out in the second round of the most sensational ana most savagely fought heavy weight championship contest of alltime attheroiourounas last night KLAN IS ROBBED Unidentified Stranger, Posing Aa KUnsman, QeUes Ku Khw Tfles ff 06ttUinlng names ox. a.uuu. members.

MAKES GETAWAY IN AUTOMOBILE IN WAITING Klansters Mako Desperate Efforts to Stop Man But He Suboeeds in Getting Away With Official Boster. INDIANAPOUS. Sept. IS. A state tax levy of It cents was predicted today By state officials.

With. anDonrlatlona fni hm mm. Ing year totaling K.4S4.12S. and with' Bwanu unci inaeDieaneee 01 tf.S(.000, Robert Bracken, state audi tor. will Insist that the state, tax board, set tha state levy at 4 cents, on the contention "that the debts cannot be continued.

The levy will be fixed next Ved neaday, when the state tax board meets with Governor McCray and Bracken. Amoqg probable changes In the levy will ba an Increase In the teachers' retirement fund from one half cent fo 1U Cents and a als and elght cedti Increase In the general fund levy, which Is 'now two Governor McCray' will recommend that the state highway fund be del creased from three cants to a quart tar cent and that the difference be turned over to tha general fund. BULLETIN MACON'. Hent. II C.

A. Tarbrough, charged with Hot connection with the flogging axilla, was given to the Jury a Between 85,000 and .100,000 spectators eawr the heavyweight crown tdpple three times from the scowling brow of Jack Dempsey and they saw it grabbed back and set in place three times because a cnam pion with a champion brain did not lose the Instinct when his senses aepanea. Perhaps no one will ever be able to. explain accurately and'oonaecu lively what happened In the first round of that sensational fight. It waa patterned nfter that famous first round at Toledo when young pemp sey floored the 'giant Jess Wlllard seven times.

Wlllard did not fight back, but Plrpo got up seven times and went back to' the battle Ilka the wild bull that he haa been called. Wlllard etritck hardly a blow In defense, but FIrpo lashed out In a frenxy of anger and desperation and three times did what, no other fighter has been able to do since Jaok Dempsey became champion. 21a felled the ohamplon thrve times. Three times FIrpo was within one punch of the title and Its million dollars In assets. Three tlmoa he hnd the champion, punch drunk, wearing around on the ropes, groggy and almost defenaaless.

Three times with the crown right In hla hands, FIrpo ls.cksd ths technique to finish It. He lashed out wildly and missed. Those misses cost him tha ohamplonshlp. Ismpsey was never nearer to being knocked out In his He will never come closer than he 'did and escape. The very first punch of the fight, a ataggsrlng right hand that seemed to corns up from the floor, caught Dempsey on the Jaw after he had missed a Isft hook and ths champion went to one knee.

Dempsey came vp dlssy and hs fought tha reit of the round aa he were out of his head. He threw caution to the winds, he, abandoned all Ideas wt dsfenae and tore wildly Into tne dquid American, xne round ne ve loped Ipto the most savage sxhlbl Posing as a member of the invisible empire and sauntering, ndlfferently about in the headquarters of the klan above 107 East Main street, an unidentified stranger suddenly gathered up in his arms the files of the organization containing'' the names of' 3,000 members, and rushing down the stairs, made good his escape in a waiting automobile, shortly before 11 6'clock last FIRST IN CONTEST Mtsa Oertmde Meade, 715 EndisOl Boulevard, vV(ni $100 and Role of "Beauty" in "Xxperlence." VIVIAN TOBIAS, SECOND; KATHRYN BARKER, THIRD Board of Judges Makes Decisions After Long and Careful Study of Photographs Submitted. night Upon reaching the strsst the stranger almost ran Into ths arms of a policeman. He bumped the latter aside, whereupon the Qffcer fumbled for his gun. Intending to frighten the man by firing In the air.

In his excitement officer dropped the rreapon, however, and by tha time he had picked It up. the stranger had Jumped Into the automobile nearby, which quickly speeded away. The stranger's, companion waa waiting with the automobile motor running and tha pair made their escape before the, polloeman realised what had happened. Members of the klan, rushed down the stairs and yelled frantically that the man be stopped. He was too.

quick tor tnem. and ale though several auto loada of klana men drove about the city In the hoper of finding some clue to the speeding car, 'their efforta were unavailing and no clua to the strangers could be found. According to the application tot a parade permit, which waa granted Tuesday by. Chief of Polloe William II, Moeller, the Klansmen will meet at 8 o'clock tonight at Harrison and Grand streets, and will march north to Berry strset, east to Barr street, and to the market house where they will disband. Ah order waa Issued at police head patrolman to ba on duty at o'clock, i It la believed that this action was) enr iroupie wnicti might develop as a result of ths klan An dntt.klan meeting Is alio scheduled be tield this evening beginning at o'clock at tha JSIka' temple.

BULLETIN 'onJFa Two.) OEltMANTOWN CRICKET RLirB. PHIUAnBLPIIIA. Sept. IS For tha fourtn "successive year. William T.

Tllden. 1., of Philadelphia, won tha law tennis singles championship of the United States this afternoon by defeating William Johnston, of Ban Francisco, in straight aeta. The scores were f. 4. This tne, ssoond straight year that ha ass 4 After a long and careful study of' the photographs entered In the News Sentinel Beauty contest, a board of judges, composed of Mrs Itobi ert Fowler, Susan Sim minger and Mrs.

Henry F. last ev.ening awarded first prize in the contest to Miss 'Gertrude Meade, 71? East RudlsiU boulevard; second place to Miss Vivian Tobias, 2020 Phenie, street, and third place to Miss Kathryn Barkerr 704 SouthLafayctte street. The decisions were made only after each contestant's photo had been carefully studied, and gone over several times for any particular claims to beauty that the Jndges might have first failed to note Points or spiritual beauty as well as physical beauty were taken Into con sldsratlon. After a number of elimination'. 15 photographs remained.

These In turn were gone over several times and the winning thrss picture finally agreed upon. Some of beauties who gave tha Judges no end of worry as to Whether not they merited first flace, were! Miss parrell Deaton. 18' Calhoun strset; Miss Gladys llalbar. 4SS Putnam street: Miss Itoaella Braun. Ull East Lewis streetrvMlas Oeorglana Tonkel, IU Weet KeWald street: Miss Qeofgla Bogga PeahU till Alabama avenue: and.Mlea Agnes Dressy, dill Brie street.

Many pthers came within winning distance, but. were ruled out because of aome particular feature that did not strike the Judgee as exactly) measuring up with the features of ths winners. The winner of the contest will ba awarded 1100, and the role of "Beanty In 'Experience." a play to be presented by the.Hherman Stock company, the week beginning September SI. The winner I of second place will be given 'a theater party at the Strands where the play "Kx neTlenca" Is to be. Biased, and the winner of third place will be award ed two BOX tickets to ins snow, on Monday evening or tne wees during which theplay will be pressnted.

The winner of the contest was chosen for expression of eyes, beauty of lips, aad a very near approach to general perfection of featurea One of the Judfrea exclaimed enthusiastically: Mlsa Msade certainly typifies ths role which she will enact in the play, She Is a girl that may; Indeed, be chosen aa truly typical of Fort Wayns's beautiful The winners, all three, may certainly be proud of the honors they have 'merited, for to be chosen the most, beautiful girls out of ths hundreds! and hundreds of girls who CIVIC PROJECTS TO BE REPORTED News Sentinel Representatives Leave Sunday on Two Weeks' Western Tour. offlclsls, city plan and other clvlo ommisslons will be Interviewed In or der that Fort Wayne may be given the benefit of their experience. BULLETIN fT AsMMMTf Pwttaajj ATLANTA, Hept. 16 An order compelling offtclala of the Knight of the Ku Klux Klan to gl teaumony nerore court commissioner taking on the original petition of David M. ftlttenhouae, of Philadelphia, and others, to place the klan In the hands of.

a receiver today, was issued by Judge George L. 13el, of the Fulton superior court. FRY COMMITS DOUBLE KILLING Fred Fry, Suspended Detective Sergeant Shoots Estranged Wife and Himself in Backyard of Their Home This Morning. WAS UNDER CHARGE OF THEFT With four bulleta from his .38 caliber police revolver, Detective Scrareant Fred Fry. suspended from the Fort Wayne police department Under charge of theft of equipment from a police car, this morning made good his threat that he wpuld kill his estranged wife and himself.

He shfli his wife, Lena Fry, twice in the head, killing hr Instantly, ojid then turned the gun on himself, sending the fatal bullet iifto his brain. The double tragedy occurred in the back yard at the Fry home, 1923 South Calhoun street, at 10:15 clock this morning. LOCAL PROBLEMS IN M(ND To acquire for Wrt TVayne flrkt hand Information 'of notattle clvlo acoomplsbmenta'of leading middle western clue, two Jvewa Bentlnel representatives, Robert JIanne. ltor.of the News "Bulldtng Fort Wayne" department, and Robert L. Beard, staff reporter and photographer, leave Bunday for a two weeks' trip which will Include Chicago.

St Louis. Kansas City, Denver, Omaha, and other cities Gratified, by the county council's decision to construct the new Mau river bride from East Main street hue giving the city a through east and west thoroughfare, the city will now take a more aggreeelve stand on other clvlo movements. Including city ion Ing, street widening, river beautlftca tlon, track elevation, flood prevention, smoke abatement and bridge building. Pledaed to the sunnort of these projects, the Nws8entlnel decided to send representatives to tha oltlea where notable, things have been ocompiiSQed along these lines. The Information obtained bv Mr.

llanna and Mr, Heard will be dispatched In special stories to the News Sentinel during their western Journey, and will be used by Mr. llanna In, addressing publlo meetings title fall and winter. Photographs are be taken from which stereoptlcon slides will be made for showing Fort Wayrie audiences what other cities hava accomplished In. the wav nf lvlo bencUlon. Cltyiday after the fourth anniversary of ftfnrfa.lala.

tfltw ail a tm sin it aI aIILi a Since Bunday, when an altercation arose between Fry and his wife, Mrs. Fry had been living upstairs over tho Fry apartment with Mr. and Mrs William I laker at 1931 Calhoun street Mrs. tlaker said that shortly after 10 o'ewek this morning Mrs Fry descended the stairs to the back yard to gjet some sand In a pan for a kitten. She had gone to the rear of the yard, and returning waa opening tne screen door to the stairway wnen Mrs.

Baker heard her cry: "My Clod. Fred, don't!" A shot followed then another, and Mrs. Baker, who had descended part way down the stairs, saw Mrs. Fry fall. A third shot followed and aa Mra.

Baker ran back up the stairs, fearing that Fry might turn the gun on her, ahe heard a fourth shot. It wan the (loal one and spelled the murderers own death. Warned off Husbands Threat Mrs. Fry had been warned that her nuebana had threatened to shoot her, Bunday night he told Mr, and Mra. Baker that.

his wife "would cross the etreet with a aheet over her. The Mungovan undertaking establishment. where the bodies were taken, la Juat across the street The Bakers had warned Mra Fry of the threat and were reluctant to have her stay with them over the Fry apartment, fear ing that he might attempt to carry out his threat there. No one upstairs were aware that Fry waa be ow una teiepnone neu had rung frequently Friday and no one had been heard to answer the phone. Enraged Over Wlfe'a Act.

It Is believed that FTv waa en raged at hla wife for her having tamed over to Chief of Police William If Moeller a police gun alleged to have disappeared from notice headquarters several months ago. The gun. tha property or Patrol Driver Art Williams, waa identified by him as the one stolen from hla holster at the police station. It Is believed that Fry realised that thlar evidence would be used against him when hek waa to be given a hearing before the board of safety next Tuesday night. Ills suspension from tha department came when he wan charged with having stolen an automobile horn from a notice car laat April, wire Sued for uivorce.

Mra Fry brouaht ault for divorce! laat Monday In auperlor court. Juat a their wedding She charaed In the complaint that Fry had mistreated her in many ways but did not give specific Instances. She obtained a re tCoMlnued. ThlrUenwJt Fans Get First Word From Newsv Sentinel, Tha count of 10 had hardly bean Spoken over Flrpo's dated form in tha Polo round ring Friday night when the Immense throne about the News Sentinel office was given the word "Dempsey wins by Thla announcement shouted word bv'word as It came In over a sneclal United Press wire, constituted the first announcement in Fort Wayne of Dempseya' successful defense of his heavyweight boxing title. The fight began at 10.04 eastern daylight saving time, or 8.04 Fort Wayne Lime.

The first round ended at 8:07. The second round began at 8:01. After B7 reconda of fighting In this round, Dempaey laid hla man low for the coun( of 10. It was 8:09 and a fraction when the winner waa known. Before 8.10 the announcement had been shouted to the crowd about the Newa Sentlnel office.

Hundreds received the word by telephone from the Newa Sentlnel office. The wire flashes and the blow by blow" account of the fight were quickly put Into type, rushed through the eterotyplng department and onto the giant press where crowds assembled to watch the first completed extras grind oft? at 8 24 The News Sentinel extras were be ing sdUx the full length of Calhoun street before any other newspaper came out with tha news. tralnlnB pTflcrtopreyent Him" frOTrtraH therelato molesting her while the case was pending and was given permission to occupy the flat at 10US South Calhoun street Later she sought to have Fry cited for contempt of court because ne Lnsistea on occupying the aDart ment himself. Fry had been married twice be fore Wife Given Restraining Order. Only this morning Mrs.

Fry through her attorney had filed an application In auperlor court asking that Fry be ordered to pay her 10 week support money while her divorce case Is pending, and asserting that Fry had been occupying the apartment and excluding her, so that she was dependent on a neighbor for support. While the court had given her the right to use the flat. Fry, she said, refused toi permit her to occupy It, in violation of the court's order. Had Been Drinking. It la known that Fry haa been drinking heavily alnce hla suspension from the police department, and It la thought he may have been under the Influence of liquor when he Committed the crime, although a haaty in npectlon of hla apartrrient by tha po lire thla morning failed to reveal any booze The covers had been thrown back from Fry's bed, and at, the tfdge of hla pillow was found his billfold, containing $89 and a pin and ring There was no note explaining the deed.

Police hold tha theory that ha had been waiting for an opportunity te make good his threat to kill his wife and himself, and seeing MrsUTrx. In the back yard, waited at the back door, which adjoined tha fctalrwsy door, for her return When aha opened the screen aha waa within two feet of her husband's door. Ht cream and cry. "For Clod's sake, Fred, don't!" wera taken to Indicate: that Fry suddenly surprised her and thrust the gun into her face. There were no words exchanged, and no chance for another altercation.

Separation Follows Fight; Mra Fry's suit for divorce filed Monday Is thought to have been xre clpltated by trouble at their horns Hunaay evening. Air. Baker save a version of the trouble thla morning. "Mra. Baker and I had been away all day Sunday, but returned Sunday evening," he aatd.

Fred nailed me and I went dowrf and lnta the living room to find hi in sitting facing a man who appeared ta be badly beaten un. The man waa Sam Stewart." Stewart was at One time resrarded as one of the biggest bootleggers) In tha city. Found guilty of peddling liquor he waa compelled to serve 80 days In Jail, "'I'm rolna to kill this iiiAta Fred said. Ive got tha goods onf him. I found.

Mm in here with mir wife 'Fry waa here, too Stewart said. "There la nothing 'wrong. I cam up to see Fred. I knocked at the door nd Mrs. Fry answered the knock.

She told me to come In. We. woke Fred up, talked a while, played ths phonograph and had a couple ol drinks. Then Fred got Into an argu ment wlh me and beat me up. That'! "Then I told Fred.

'Here, rou haven't anything on this man, Tou were here all the time, weren't your a ioia rrea tnai nea get mmseir In trouble if he didn't watch out and that was all there waa to It. It waa Sunday nlsrht thkt Fred told my wife and me that his wife would cross the street with white aheet over her He said he was going to kill her. We told Lena she oughtn't to jstay with ua right over Ffed a apartment, but she didn't think he'd carry out his threat. We wars (Continued on Page Thirteen.) I "swtss ig.sn.nsja Accused Detective Shoots Wife and The Turns Gun on Self BBBMBMsssKaBBSsssBaa SKasssssasMr janaBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBaS flBBBBBBTSf WBBBBBBsa. i JbbbbbbbV BHsBSaBslKlaBBBBBBBM fJ A HBaBVBBBBBBBBBBBBBB Mfci.l Hbbbbbbbxbi ak I BBBBBBeTTBBBBBBBBBBBB in BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBMf kJCCfj MarMBaaBBBBBSEBBBBBJBBBBBB' i VV.

IH etUe Hrrseant Krai 1 ry. Mrs. I na Vtj. Detective Sergeant Kred Fry. suspended from the Fort Wayne police department upon a charge of having stolen equipment (rprtl a police automobile, shot and killed his estranged wKa.

at lOilB o'clock thla morning and then turned the gun on himself with, ratal crime. was committed athe rear of the Kry home. It! South Calhoun sareeU Mrs, Fry brought suit. tor divorce aaxlr thla week, I tr. 'J.

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