Evening Star Newspaper, April 27, 1931, Page 25

FARD PLOT VICTIM IDENTIFIES PERRY Mrs. Blacklidge Views Body and Holds Self Cleared of Litsinger Charges. By the Associated Press. SOUTH BEND, Ind, April 37.—Com- plete vindication of an accusation that she was a party to the faro game swindle in which she lost $50,000 was claimed today by Mrs. Myrtle Tanner Blacklidge, former internal revenue col- lector of Northern Illinois, throu(h her | ldenflflcanon of the body of George “Big" Perry as the le-der of the swindlers. Arising from a sick bed in Chicago, Mrs. Blacklidge came to South Bend yesterday and pointed to Perry as one of the three men who fled with the 850,000 after a card game three months ago at Springfield, ILl. Edward R. Litsinger, a member of the Chicago Board of Review, who lent her the muney accused Mrs, Blacklidge of being me to the swindle. Litsinger main- tained he was unaware of the nature of the transaction. Subsequently Mrs. “lu’;lldle resigned her internal revenue , posi 1 Holds Self Vindicated. ! “T¢ is just retribution that this mn' who almost succeeded in assassinating | my reputation lha\lld. himself, die of an assassin’s bullet,” Mrs. Blacklidge said. “His death vindicates me and proves that I had no part in the plot that swindled Edward Litsinger out of $50,000. The vindication gives me & new lease on life.” Meanwhile the police here and else- where were searching for Roy Browder and Roscoe Reynolds on the they were involved in the fatal shoot- ing of Perry last Priday night near the garage at the home of his father-in-law, Caniff. They expressed belief ca in ths dividing of the loot of tho hm game swindle. Perry’s Widow Released. Caniff was released by t.he police terday after Mrs. Blacl flmd with (he autho: mmng &he was ronfident he othing to do with 1he swindle. Perry's widow, Mrs. Ruth Caniff Perry, also was released. Both she and her father, however, were orcdered to hold themselves in readiness for further questioning. Mrs. Perry turned over to police & key which she said she believed 'D\Ild open a safety deposit box rented b her husband in New York. The mme of the bank was not revealed. g CERMAK ENDS DISPUTE BY HIRINC UNION BAND Professionals Replace School Band for Inaugural When Labor Group Objects. B the Associated Press CHICAGO, April 27. —'flu band of 50 which will play tonight when Mayor Anton Cermak is formally inaugurated wes hired by the mayor himself and he'll pay the 8550 out of his own Ppozket. The Senn High BSchool Band was originally scheduled to &N at the ceremonies, which are to broadcast over a national radio chain. It was n;: economy move on the part of city. But the union musicians objected on the grounds that only a band could broadcast. James Petrillo, pres- ident of the union, threatened to with- draw 400 musicians from radio sta- lems if the students were allowed to play. To end the controversy the mayor hired union musicians—at lll -Gh. RICH LUMBERMAN FALLS TO DEATH IN AIRPLANE Motor Fails and Craft Plunges Down as Seattls Millionaire Returns From Business Trip. sociated Press 'ELUM, Wash,, April 27— ‘Thomas E. Stimson, 47, mnlion-ln lumberman and aviation enthusiast, of Seattle was killed in an airplane crash near Nespelum yesterday. Stimson, unaccompanied, was return- ing from a business trip to Boise, Idaho, when residents near the Colville Indian Reservation heard the motor of his plane falter and saw the craft dive downward. He was president of the Stimson Mill Co. A graduate of Cornell University, - he served as ground officer in the Naval Aviation Corps during the World War. He was the brother-in-law of A. Scott Bullitt, Democratic national committee- LOTHES T)OCTOR LEANERS JJYERS R SINCE 1905 Laziness Guilty Simply of Acidity! 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