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Newspaper
Bedford Weekly Mail
Location
Bedford, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1912
Page
5
The jury for Samuel Gray administrator of Sarah Gray's estate travels to Mitchell to view the track near the railway station where Mrs Gray was killed by a Baltimore and Ohio train. The suit seeks 10000 dollars in damages and court expects a verdict later today.
H J E Barnard state health chief will push a certificate system for food handling firms after their outlets pass an excellent rating under Indiana Pure Food and Drug Act. Ft Wayne officials already use the system. Mrs Tim Murray and daughter Thelma of Orleans visited Mrs G C Hays over Sunday.
Clarence V Link of this city to Emily L Houston. Ilda Akin and Edna King returned to Bedford for school work after visiting relatives here.
Huff Bakery on West 15th street has been sold to John Hartman and his son in law Kreiger who are now in charge. The deal was concluded last Monday.
A Shelbyville to Indianapolis Star special recalls the case in which William Holcomb of Bedford took Elizabeth Kerr, 6, from this city to his home. Kerr of Montre, Canada denies signing any paper authorizing Holcomb to keep her and knows nothing of Holcomb’s plans. Relatives here have not moved to recover the girl. Dr. J T McFarlin of Williams was in town en route to Louisville. Edward James traveled to Indianapolis for a Bottlers Association meeting.
Vincennes police propose humane rock pile to deter hobos from Bedford and other areas. They argue able bodied men travel for warmth and food, preferring jail to work, though past efforts included eleven days on a rock pile.
Fred Ramsey faces larceny charges after allegedly stealing a case of eggs. A trial is scheduled for Thursday in local court.
The Bedford Quarry known as the Hoosier of Oolitic loaded 1 228 cubic feet of scabbled stone, a record shipment for 25 years. Car 1649 on the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern carried the load to H W Hoerner Son of Newark New Jersey, weighing about 137 tons with empty car and contents.
Clinton Hovious faced a ten o clock preliminary hearing before Justice John B Little and was bound over to await circuit court action without bond. Dr Robert C Rogers testified as the only witness. Henry & Hast represented Hovious. The case goes to the January term grand jury.
The trial of Fred Ramsey ex brakeman charged with stealing a case of eggs from a Monon freight train is set for Thursday in the Lawrence circuit court. Monon detective John A. Hays filed the affidavit lifting the case from police court. A damage suit on Thursday may delay proceedings. The trial will likely occur Thursday.
The Bedford high school alumni basketball team issued a challenge to Shields high school alumni. Bedford players, new to organizing and with limited outside play, expect practice games and hope to schedule a game with North Vernon on Friday December 20.
Mr and Mrs John Brown left the city a year ago for Montana and moved to Los Angeles California now reside in Texahoma Texas. James Simoon of Cincinnati Ohio and Mr and Mrs William P Malott of Indianapolis attended the Link Houston wedding and are lodgers at W C Winstandleys L street home.
George Goode, acquitted of stealing $11 from Richard Bafford, asks police for return of money or clothes. He claimed a confession led to the case, but the jury found him not guilty. Police say the confession existed and funds were refunded to Buffard.
James Hackler aged 54 a farmer near Silverville died at his home Wednesday noon after about two months of stomach trouble. He moved to Silverville from near Oolitic and is survived by his wife and four children. Funeral services will likely be held Friday with burial at New Union cemetery.
A three room frame house owned by William Owens and occupied by Oliver Les Bick was briefly threatened Wednesday when a chimney flare lit paper and boards. Firemen used chemical tanks to extinguish the fire, incurring only minor damage estimated at a few dollars.
Postmaster informs that the eight hour law will take effect after March 4. It requires carriers and clerks to work an eight hour day within ten consecutive hours. Local carriers currently work eight hours, but regulations do not specify a maximum span. A rearrangement of hours is likely when the law takes effect.
Mrs. Robert Bell of Wichita Kansas visits Miss Mary Wallhéiser and Mrs. Andy Gratzer before returning home. She will leave the 20th to join her husband in Columbus Montana where he is employed. Gratzer's sister Mia Koetter has rented the Gratzer property on West 18th Street to run a rooming house.
Hemt Son a s ACE, three months old, died at 6 o'clock Tuesday night at his home on West Twelfth Street after a brief illness. Burial is at Beech Grove Cemetery. Mrs. J2 Mapes of A7th and I streets is seriously ill with bowel trouble. her husband, a limed worker at Clear Creek, was sent home this morning due to her condition.
Police placed James McDonald in custody Tuesday night after a report stated he beat his wife and warned of resisting arrest with a revolver. He was found hiding in the Monon coal chutes and his wife bore a black eye as evidence. The case was not acted on in Mayor Fields' court and may proceed in a justice's court.
A delivery horse owned by the Gainey grocery company bolted Wednesday in front of the Sculley home on K street as a fire department hose wagon rolled past. The frightened animal bounded along K street between 16th and 15th, navigating the tight passage on a narrow route without incident.
A man calling himself Cain living near Martinsville asked Sheriff Marley in Indianapolis to arrest Hugh Johnson who is said to have abducted Cain’s 15 year old daughter. Cain said the girl and Johnson left on a Morgantown to Indianapolis train about three days earlier. Johnson, 23, 160 pounds, five feet ten inches, with a light complexion, wore a checkered overcoat. Authorities were advised to watch for the couple.
Miss Mayme Matthews visited her sister Mrs Orin Barnett in Franklin and friends in Indianapolis. She has returned to the city for the remainder of the winter with her sister Mrs R B Leonard of West 13th Street.
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