The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, March 10, 1934, Page 6

q & = | SHOEMAKER H $100 000 DAMAGE FACE + CASEIN CAPITAL Minnesota Congressman De- fendant in Action Brought By Taxi Driver ‘Washington, March 10.—)—The traffic argument that began Monday night between Rep. Shoemaker of Minnesota and Charles Newman, Capital taxicab driver, still is going ot rong. Shoemaker left police court Friday With a confident wave of his hand after winning postponement until March 15 of his trial on an assault dl . ‘The tax! driver went across the street to the District of Columbia su- Preme court and there filed a suit for $200,000 damages against the con- @ressman. ‘The suit sald Shoemaker had ram- ™med his car against Newman's taxi- cab without just cause or provocation. Purther, it charged, the congressman had beaten Newman, used “vulgar and profane language” and “threa- tened to kill” him. Another beating at a different street corner was set forth in a third count, and a fourth count combined the indignities al- Jeged in the second and third. Shoemaker has retained Rep. Can- non of Milwaukee to defend him in the assault trial next week. Cannon, one-time counsel for Jack Dempsey and attorney for “Shoeless” Joe Jackson in the Black Sox baseball scandal, said the Minnesotan engaged his services 15 minutes before police eourt opened Friday. Shoemaker ob- tained a continuance when he told the judge that Cannon’s wife was ill. Shoemaker was arrested Thursday night after officers had waited six hours for him to appear at his office. Earlier informal service of the war- rant against him had fatled to satis- ty Leslie C. Garnett, U. 8. attorney, ‘who had been angered by demands that he drop the case. Before his election to congress served a term in the fed- eral penitentiary at Leavenworth, Kan., for contempt of court. PIERPONT ON STAND INHIS OWN DEFENSE Denfes Guilt Emphatically; Is Charged With Killing Ohio Sheriff Court House, Lima, O., March 10.— (®—Harry Pierpont took the stand Saturday in his own defense for the first-degree murder of Sheriff Jess L. Sarber. This surprise move by the defense came after questioning of the jury by defense counsel had indicated the accused killer of Sheriff Jess Sarber might not testify. The sleek bank robber and gunman took his seat where Friday a former pal, Edward Shouse, declared Pier- pont was “the guy” who killed the ’ ‘eheriff on the night of last Oct. 12. One of the first questions asked him ‘was: “Now, Harry, I'll ask you to turn to the jury and say whether you are Guilty of killing Jess Sarber?” “I certainly am not,” Pierpont said, clipping the words short. “Were you perfectly willing to come to Lima to answer this charge?” “I was.” “Tl ask if while at Indiana state Prison were you ever sent to ‘the hhole?’” times.” “Many ‘The state objected and was sus- tained when defense counsel attempt- ed to question Pierpont about “the hole”. Pierpont’s demeanor on the stand ‘was restrained. He spoke bitterly of treatment at the jail here and charged that when he asked the jail- ers to send for his counsel, several ‘times the request was refused. Chevrolet Mechanics Attend School Here of Chevrolet dealers from the Missouri Slope territory at- tended a school of instruction given Bismarck at the Capitol Chevrolet R, E. Kane, factory schoo! of the service division of let Motor Co. were given in the serv- generally and in the features incorporated in the con- struction of the 1934 model of the Chevrolet car. Featuring his talks illustrations of the simplicity of ther, mencl eee 38 Six machine-gun bandits held up the Securities National bank in downtown Sioux Falls, 8. D., and after terrorizing citizens and disarming police, shooting one, escaped with $46,000. The bank is shown in the Mildred Bostwick, Emma Knabach, Leo Olson, Alice Blegon and Mary Lucas, bank employes who were taken by the bandits and released outside the city. lower photo; in the upper, left to right: Begin Ticket Sale for Abbey Benefit sine The ticket sale for the banjo concert to be given next Wednesday evening | by Rev. Father Adam F. Hunkler,| O. 8. B., of Assumption Abbey, Rich- | ardton, as a benefit for the Abbey, was opened at the meeting of the Knights of Columbus held Friday eve- ning at St. Mary's auditorium. W. F. McGraw, lecturer of the coun- cil, is directing arrangements for the concert. He is being assisted by a committee composed of J. L. Clifford, ‘W. F. Meyer, T. D. Tharalson and James Ehreth. Rev. Father Aunkler, known as one of America’s best concert banjoists, also is among the outstanding teach- ers of fretted instruments, He played for the American Guild’s national con- vention of artists’ in Chicago last year, and was raised by the Guild to Professional artist membership. He will be assisted in the concert, which is to be given at St. Mary’s a ditorium Wednesday evening at 8:15 o'clock, by Edith and James Guthrie, Pupils of St. Mary’s school who will Present a play, and the St. Mary's School chorus. qe Fea 4 5 i i J a i i ii H i é i le 83 & i | : etl Hy 4 il ¥ a3 i & 8 gs 8 a z i H I af i i | ! 3 ard i} ¢ ——___—_—__—_____—____——-@ | Newlywed Couple | In Divorce Action 4 PURI ide a 2? ic Notice of the concert has been sent to Knights of Columbus members liv- ing in nearby towns and several out- ras visitors are expected to at- nd. Chevrolet Parts Men Hold Meeting in City Chevrolet dealers and parts men from the Bismarck district met in the private dining room of the Grand Pacific hotel Friday afternoon to discuss plans for the 1934 season. Talks were made by John C. Mai tin, parts and service manager of the Fargo Zone office, and J. H. McCord and B. A. Felver, parts and service representatives from the Fargo branch office. A feature of the meeting was the presentation of a playlet illustrating the parts man’s daily operation dur- ing 1934. It was announced that the parts sales for October, November and December, 1933, were larger than since 1931. It was the sixth armual meeting of Chevrolet parts men and dealers were in attendance from as far west as Beach. Newspaper Editor Faces Trial Tonight Frankfort, Ky. March 10.—(P)— The question of whether a newspaper editor has the right to refuse to give a legislative investigating committee the name of the writer of a letter published in his paper when he has Promised the name will be kept con- fidential will be submitted to a spe- clal committee of the Kentucky house of representatievs at a hearing Mon- dey night. Vance Armentrout, acting editor of the Louisville Courier-Journal in the absence of Harrison ™mittee which will investigate whether he 4s guilty of contempt.of the house. Legislators believed the letter fly FRE Hi In Suicide Pact \ Pecatonica, Ill, March 10.—(%) —Fear of public scorn is believed to have driven Mr. and Mrs. Ray Holcomb, newly-married couple, to point shotguns at each other's heart and press the triggers sim- ultaneously. The couple, married only 24 hours, were found dead Friday under circumstances which, the coroner said, indicated a suicide pact. Mrs. Holcomb, who was 35, ob- tained a divorce on Thursday from Ray Holeomb's brother, John. Fifteen minutes later she married her former brother-in- - law. Friday John Holcomb called to arrange a charivari for the newly- weds. He found their bodies on a couch in their living room, Ye | Lists. Her Weights jare hearing the radio broadcasts that jare conducted by Walier Damrosch, Pupils Study Music Through Broadcasts Pupils of Roosevelt, Richholt, Wil- lam Mocre and Will grade schools as a part of music appreciation work in music courses at the schools, Miss Ruby Wilmot is teacher. The programs are heard on the one eee DAVID BARRY ss ee David F. Berry, pioneer Bismarck photographer, who died at Superior, Wis., March 6, on his eightieth birth- day, owned one of the finest collec- tions of Indian pictures and relics in the United States. In a feature article the Superior Telegram gives an interesting story of his life. Berry moved to Superior from Bismarck about 40 years ago. The Telegram’'s story in part follows: “For 40 years Dave Barry's home and studio was at 1312 Tower ave- nue, a musty, dusty little place that was nevertheless a mecca for his- torlans. It was crammed with war bonnets, bows, arrows, arrowheads, tomahawks, moccasins, buffalo robes, muskets, beads, buckskin—and even several hanks of hair which close in- spection reveals to be scalps. “Most valuable of the collection, of course, is the copious supply of photo- graphs. This picture of a stern-vis- aged Indian, black hair falling about his shoulders, buckskin shirt reveal- ing a broad, bared chest, is that of Chief Gall, whom Mr. Barry regarded as the greatest of all warriors, a keen intelligent Indian. Gall Led Custer Raid “It was Chief Gall who led the charge which resulted in the death of Gen. George A. Custer at the Lit- tle Bighorn river, near the Bighorn mountains in Montana, Thursday June 25, 1876, when Custer and all of his 277 troopers were slain by 3,000 Indians, the worst Indian massacre in history, When Custer’s widow saw the portrait of Gall, the pride of the Barry collection, she said ‘Painful as it is for me to look upon the pictured face of an Indian, I never dreamed in all my life there could be so fine a specimen of a warrior, as Chief Gall.’ “The greatest and strongest In- dian face I have ever seen,’ was the comment of Trentanova, famed sculp- tor of Florence, Italy, when shown the photograph of Gall. “Chief Gall was Barry's greatest friend among the Indians. One day Gall drew a knife and lunged at Bar- ty in a fit of temper. Barry dodged the knife. drew his gun, and held Gall at bay. Cornered. the Indian relent- ed. Barry then put down his gun, and a lasting friendship was cemented. “There is a photograph of a mag- nificent figure astride a white horse. It is a portrait in color of the most romantic of all western figures, Col. William F. Cody—‘Buffalo Bill—iong, snowy locks, drooping white mustache, and all. It was one of the proudest | Noted Photographer of Indians Dies se 8 eae 80 YEARS OLD ees ses Slope Pioneer Succumbs in Superior Bill came to Superior with his circus and rode Gown, Tower avenue in the same carriage with Barry, who had i nisitinice: oe Heed Superior his ’ sarry photograph of Buffalo Bill reveals him in the full stature of what one writer re- cently called, ‘the most handsome man that ever lived.’ “My Heart Is on the Ground’ “His portrait of Rain-in-the-Face always recalled to Batry his last meeting with that great chieftain. Rain-in-the-Face came to Barry’s cramped quarters. As he rose to leave, he stripped off his moccasins. ‘Take them,’ he said in guttural tones, ‘and whenever you look upon them, think of Rain-in-the-Face. My heart is on the ground.’ The chief turned and walked away, bare- footed. .“The last wish of Rain-in-the-Face on his deathbed in 1905 was that his niece communicate with Barry. ‘Tell him I thank him for what he has been to me,’ he said. ‘And if possible, after death I will think of him and pray for him.’ Sitting Bull’s Death “There were other immortal In- dians who marched across the hori- zon of Barry's memory. Sitting Bull. Barry talked to one of the medicine man’s wives shortly after he was slain in resisting arrest, and was informed that all the night previous Sitting Bull had sat hunched in his blanket on a nearby bluff, communing with the Great Spirit. When he returned to his tepee, he told his wives the Great Spirit had warned him he would die before the next sunset. “Crow King. Barry recalls stories told of Crow King’s prowess shortly after Custer’s last stand. Crow King rode right through Custer’s men, fir- ing to right and left again. ‘After that, the fight was practically over,’ Barry reminisced. “Rain-in-the-Face, Gall, John Grass, Sitting Bull, Spotted Eagle, Crazy Horse, Circling Bear, what a wild, untamed band! Their enemies, Generals Custer, Nelson A. Miles, Sam Sturgess, George A. Crook, Alfred H. Terry, F. W. Benteen, E. 8, Godfrey, George Forsyth and John Gibbons; Capt. Myles Keogh, Capt. Tom Mc- Dougall, Scout Charles Reynolds, Major McLaughlin, Maj. Marcus A. Reno. What gallants they were! Barry knew them all. “A few years ago, General Godfrey, then 89 years old, wrote to Barry from moments of Barry's life when Buffalo first and third Fridays of every month and begin at 10 a. m. Radios in the Roosevelt, Richholt and William Moore schools were pur- chased by funds raised through candy sales, operettas and programs. ‘Will school’s was supplied through the courtesy of a local radio dealer. The programs are prefaced by short, educational talks by Damrosch. For the first of the series, the na- tionally-known orchestra leader has dealt. with the study of orchestral in- struments and descriptive music. The junior high pupils have note- books especially prepared for the ser- jes in which they write questions to be answered about the programs. Space is provided in the books for clippings and pictures relative to the Chicago, March 10.—(#)—The last. five pounds Mrs. Laure Johnston put on may wreck her home. When she merried in 1928, she weighed 125 pounds. In a divorce suit, filed: Friday she set forth these allegations, with a chron- ology of her weight: 135 Ik. 145 pounds—Unkind remarks. -155—Thrown out of her home. 160—' out again and called “fat.” 165 -pounds—Broke scales, and thrown out again. ’ ‘These things, she alleged, con- stituted cruelty since she had “no cone ‘over’ the course of na- ure.” . Former N. D. Man Hero in Tragedy ————__________—_— San Diego, Cal. March 10.— (}—The submarine Nautilus came into port Friday night with Sg Former Bismarck Man Shot. by. Ex-Convict broadcasts. At the end of the school year, Miss Wilmot will judge each notebook, and will send the best to Damrosch. Insull Is Refused ‘German Transit Visa Athens, March 10.—(?)—Agents for Samuel Insull, Sr., Chicago fugitive, applied Saturday to the German le- gation for a transit visa on his Greek laissez-passer. ‘The legation promptly denied the application because the agents refused to specify where Insull wished to go in transit through German territory. Dr. Viadimir Bensis, official physi- cian, said reports that Insull could are with precaution were “almost rue.” Dr. Bensis was understood Friday to have reported to the government that the former utilities czar, now 74, was well enough to leave Greece in com- pliance with the government order now held in abeyance, if due care were taken of his comfort. The official medical report, how- ever, was withheld by John Metaxas, minister of the interior, pending an interview with Premier Tsaldaris, who ‘was ill and unable to hold conferences. Send Bank Bandit to Stillwater Prison Hastings, Minn., March 10.—(%)— Pleading guilty to a first-degree rob- bery: charge, Alfred Otto, former Sum- mit, S. D. farmer who drove the band- it car in the $5,000 holdup of a Hamp- ton bank, was sentenced a 5 to 20-year term in Stillwater prison by District Judge W. A. Schultz at a special session of court here Saturday. Harold E. Stassen, Dakota county attorney, explained that Otto was permitted to plead to the first degree tobbery charge because he never en- INJURIES FATAL TO BOY Valley City, N. D., March 10.—(%)— ; injuries suffered in an accident Aap EERE New Jersey, signing the letter ‘Four Aces.” Immediate! incident he had almost forgotten. Recalls Poker Game “In 1887 at Fort Yates, North Da- kota, General Godfrey and several other Indian fighters were assembled at a poker game, The photographer held four kings in his hand and boosted the game accordingly. The others dropped out until there were but two of them left, Godfrey and Barry. “Barry raised by fives and larger sums, but Godfrey boosted the game only a dollar at a time. Bidding con- tinued until Barry became suspicious of his large raises and Godfrey's dol- Jar raises. “‘Finally’ Barry said, ‘I met his raise and threw my cards face down- ward on the table, saying, ‘Mr. God- frey has four aces.’ And sure enough, there were four aces in Godfrey's hand.’ “Barry was born March 6, 1854, at Honeoy Falls, Monroe county, New York, and in 1861 the family mi- grated westward, settling first at Ostego, Wis., remaining there a year, and subsequently moving to Colum- bus, Ohio. With a yearning for the adventure of the frontier, Barry came west to Bismarck, N. D., while still in his twenties. He had already learn- ed photography, having received his first training as a water carrier to an upstairs gallery in Columbus. Named ‘Little Shadow Catcher’ “When he reached the frontier, the outbreaks between the whites and the Indians were just pegin- ning. Photography proved his en- tree to the scene, and it was not long before he was in the thick of things. In photographing the In- dians, he was forced to overcome their fears and superstitions. They regarded him as a sort of medicine man, a strange being who could trans- plant the human body on a piece of Paper. Hence his name, ‘Little Shadow Catcher.’ “The most remarkable feature of Barry’s photographs is that they are all practically perfect, yet he had to produce them under adverse condi- tions. The taking of each picture then was a scientific experiment. There were no factory-coated plates, or patented developing solutions that worked in the hands of every novice. “Immediately after Mr. Barry took a picture he had to develop it. There was no sending it to a drug store and calling for it the next day. Mr. Barry coated his own plates and within a half hour after each picture was ta- ken, if he was traveling, he had to get down on his hands and knees and develop the plate. “Barry was well paid for his pic- tures, since they appeared in practi- cally all of the leading magazines of the world. Years ago, Leslie’s and Harpers featured his photographs in many issues. “Barry was a pioneer in Superior, too, since he lived here 40 years. ‘Whenever distinguished stage favor- ly Barry recalled an ILL THREE MONTHS, LOCAL MAN DIES Grant Robinson Resident Her¢ 10 Years; Leaves Four Sons, Daughtas Fy Grant Robinson, 65, Bismarck rest dent for the last 10 years, died Friday night at 11:30 o'clock at @ local hos- pital. Since he suffered a paralytic stroke three months ago, Mr. Robinsony had been in bed. The body will Me in state at the ‘Webb funeral home Saturday afters noon and evening. The remains will be taken to Readstown, Wis., Sunday afternoon, to await burial from the Christfan church there. He will be laid to rest beside his wife, who died in 1924, Grant Robinson was born Nov. 29, 1868, in Wisconsin. He came to North Dakota in 1912 and settled on a farm in Dunn county. He was a member of Modern Woodmen of America. He leaves four sons and one daughe ter. They are Ray Robinson, 416 Fifteenth 8t., Bismarck; C. L. Robin- son, Leona, Wis.; Harold Robinson, Fortuna; H. M. Robinson, Fargo; and Mrs. M. C. Johnson, Dupuyer, Mont. He also leaves nine grandchildren. For the last three years the de- ceased had been living with his son here. ites appeared at the Opera house they made a companion of Barry during their stays here. Roland Reed, Tim Murphy, Sol Smith Russell, Nat Good- win, Stuart Robson, Daniel Sully, Otis Skinner, Robert B. Mantell and Rich- ard Mansfield were all his personal friends. ‘Bill’ Hart of movie fame was practically a crony of Barry’s and wrote to him intermittently. “In 1931, Mr. Barry received his most signal honor, when a bronze tablet was unveiled at Cody, Wyo., where many of his pictures ornament the Barry room of the Cody museum. The inscription of the tablet reads, ‘To David F. Barry, famous pioneer photographer of noted Indians, friend and ardent admirer of W. F. (Buffalo Bill) Cody, this room of historic and Soar Pictures is respectfully dedi- cated.’ “Because of his failing health, Barry was unable to attend the dedication, at whioh his friend, J, D. publisher of the Miles City, Mont. Star, and former Superior newspaper- man, made the chief address. “For the past few years Barry has lived in semi-seclusion, glorying in his memories of the past. 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