Nashville divorce case sparks wild courtroom tale
Mrs Phoebe Hatchett armed with a shotgun and ax and a group of ministers clashed in a dispute over prayer services. Bart Hatchett testified he feared for his life as she threatened to kill birds and men, while a body found later in the county is linked to a separate inquest. The judge delayed ruling until April term as investigators pursue a possible crime connection.
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Phoebe Hatchett
Nashville
Bartlett Hatchett
Hatchett Home
David Graham
W. A. Crabb
Preston Petro
Hartlett Hatchett
Phebe Hatchett
Hatchett
Deupree
Farnklin
Mr. Hatchett
Phoebe
Phebe
Percifield
Phil Fettig
F. H. Heideman
Moritz
Jesse L. Dowden
Mr. Dowden
Slaughter of Innocents in B and O S W Train Case
A report notes a pattern of infants being discarded from B and O S W trains. A Georgia crossing found an infant girl, while Seymour records a male infant found near the railway ditch by Wes ley Christie. Authorities investigate the grim tragedy along the line.
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Georgia
West Corporation
Birthday Surprise Honors Mrs. Cannedy on 35th Birthday
Neighbors and friends gathered Monday at West 18th Street home to celebrate the 35th birthday of Mrs. W. E. Cannedy. Dozens attended, including Mr. and Mrs. James Culhan, Mr. and Mrs. William Benzel, Mr. and Mrs. John Miller, and many others.
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W. E. Cannedy
West 18Th Street
Jas. Culhan
Wm. Benzel
John Miller
Fred Cannedy
Robert Gyger
Fred Smith
J. W. McGuire
Schoonover
Elbert Owen
Clyde Quackenbush
Frank Quackenbush
Bart Short
John McMurphy
Harve Fox
Ned Mitchell
Albert Lucas
Fannie Carson
Sarah Taylor
Alex White
Jennie Duncan
Bitha Owen
Monon Louisville Flyer Narrowly Misses Wreck Near Clear Creek
The Monon passenger train No 856 led by Engineer Fred Kurfess escaped a wreck when a huge boulder on the track cracked the pilot and shattered rock fragments. The engine swerved two miles south of Clear Creek, struck the rock, but remained intact and proceeded to Bloomington yards three hours late after repairs.
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Monon
Louisville
Ketchams
Fred Kurfess
Clear Creek
Flinders
Bloomington
Runaway Bedford Boys Returned After Brief Escape
Henley Cannedy son of W E Cannedy and a companion named Bowman ran away from Bedford seeking Western life. Parents alerted police on the B&O SW line. A Carlisle Pennsylvania chief reported the boys were headed off and a ticket was sent to bring them home.
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Henley Cannedy
W. E. Cannedy
Bowman
Bedford
Mr. Cannedy
Maddox
Carlisle
Ars
Wendesday
Cannedy
Louden Calls for Recount of Lawrence County Primary Ballots
Capt. W. M. Louden filed for a recount of Lawrence County primary ballots with James A. Zaring, chairman of the County Central Committee, on Monday. He remains in the prosecuting attorney race and plans to continue in Monroe County, though Zaring says no petition was received.
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W. M. Louden
Lawrence County
James A. Zaring
County Central Committee
Louden
Monroe County
Bloomington
Zaring
Ministers Gather in Bedford for Interfaith Clergy Session
The Southern Indiana Ministerial Association met at the First Christian church in Bedford with about twenty pastors. Dr J W Newland gave the welcome as Rev E R Edwards of Kokomo delivered the principal address to a large audience. Rev Campbell of Chicago was to speak next, inviting the public to attend.
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Southern Indiana
E. R. Edwards
Kokomo
Bedford
Campbell
Chicago
Town Water Works Plan for Spencer Indiana
Spencer attorney Homer Elliott filed incorporation papers for the Home Water Works Company to supply Spencer with pure water. The capital stock is $20,000. Directors are John R. Thomas James F. Lawson and John H. Smith. The move follows the town’s fire department concerns and aims to improve fire protection with local stock and support from wealthy citizens.
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Spencer
Owen County
Indiana
Homer Elliott
Secretary of State
Elliott
Home Water Works Company
Mrs Olive Woolen Invention Bed Worth Eighty Thousand
Mrs Olive Woolen of Franklin has become wealthy through her patented bed designed for invalids. The invention arose during her husband W E Woolen’s father Judge Thomas Woolen’s illness and has attracted $80 000 offers from Western capitalists. She seeks a better bid or to form a manufacturing company while keeping the bed’s development private.
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Olive Woolen
Franklin
Will Miss No One Tax Delinquent Youths Face Poll Tax
State commissioner Wingate travels the state focusing on delinquent taxes. He cites a farmer with a horse and buggy and a city man with a diamond ring and cane as subject to poll tax. He reports numerous 21 plus voters who never paid, while county treasurers resist turning lists to prosecutors.
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Wingate
Ed Greer Fast Paced Pacer Dead After Injury
Ed Greer a fast pacing horse once owned by Sheriff Thomas W Box of this city died after a fall caused leg injury. The animal belonged to W B Jones of Lafayette and Monon transporter. He raced at Springfield Ills beating a mile in 2 93 with Box aboard and earned 1625 in a season for his owner. He was later sold for 200 over his cost. Bedford residents will mourn the untimely end of Ed Greer.
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Ed Greer
Thomas W. Box
W. B. Jones
Lafayette
The
Monon
Springfield
Ills
Mr. Box
Principal John Rumsey Found Guilty Of Assault In Mitchell Court
Prof John Rumsey principal of the colored school at Mitchell faced a Monday night court hearing charged with assault and battery. Found guilty and fined 1 dollar plus costs totaling 12 50 as it was proven he whipped Jennie Findley a 14 year old beyond reason and unwarranted punishment.
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John Rumsey
Mitchell
Squire Wood
Jennie Findley
Republicans Held Second District Delegate Convention in Indiana
The Republican Party of Indiana's Second Congressional District scheduled a delegate convention in Washington Indiana on March 25 1908 to nominate a candidate for Congress. County representation totals Daviess Greene Knox Lawrence Martin Monroe Owen Sullivan. Joseph H Barr district chairman. Also notes a misprint in Zaring's card. John Torphy and Miss Mary E Maroney married at 7 30 am at Catholic church with Rev Father Lannert officiating. groom a quarry superintendent near Bloomington.
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Indiana
Daviess
Greene
Knox
Lawrence
Martin
Monroe
Owen
Sullivan
Joseph H. Barr
John Torphy
Mary E. Maroney
South H Street
Father Lannert
Bloomington
Towboat Sprague Carries Vast Coal Load
The towboat Sprague departed with a massive coal shipment totaling 2,625,000 bushels or 210,000,000 pounds across seventy five boats and barges. The load equals 105,000 tons, would fill 8,500 railroad cars, makes over 200 trains of more than 15 cars each, and creates a solid train nearly thirty miles long.
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Sprague
New Albany Tribune
Davis Wins Lawrence County Mass Convention Despite Padgett Pressure
A snap convention in Lawrence County called by Friends of Hon. C E B Davis delivered about 40 votes margins in the largest county mass gathering. Padgett faced a short two day window to respond as his father lay dying. The win offers no clear encouragement for Davis supporters nor discouragement for Padgett backers.
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Lawrence County
Friends
C. E B. Davis
Mr. Padgett
Death of Capt S A Snyder and Hobson funeral at Presbyterian church
The Tribune notes Capt S A Snyder died at Bedford Indiana home on Wednesday. A Civil War veteran and valued citizen, he is remembered fondly as a helpful and enterprising man. Funeral for Hugh Moore Hobson was held Wednesday at 2 PM from the Presbyterian church with Rev J W Findley officiating. Interment at Green Hill followed under Masonic auspices.
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the Tribune
Bedford
Ind
Snyder
S. J. Richardson
Albia
Iowa
Daily Tribune
Hugh Moore Hobson
Presbyterian Church
J. W. Findley
Green Hill
Masonic Fraternity
Son Accepts Bond To Administer Judge Hargis Estate
Mrs. James Hargis named administratrix of the late Judge James Hargis estate by Breathitt County Kentucky court. Bond secured by her son Beech, temporarily released from jail for the purpose, and Dr. W P Hogg husband of Judge Hargis' daughter. No objection. will undiscovered.
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James Hargis
Breathitt County
Hargis
Bond
Beech
W. P. Hogg
Trains Merchants Push Petition Over Time Card Change
Local merchants circulate a petition after the Southern Indiana passenger train was removed from the east timetable on Feb 24. The change delays arrivals and mail service to Bedford, hurting trade in Jackson and Lawrence counties. A. W. West visited from Bloomington.
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Indiana
Jackson County
Lawrence
Bedford
Cincinnati
Suckers Bite Bloomington's Crop Of Trust Busters
A Bloomington report highlights a new group of trust busting reformers with a notable share of women among its members. The article details the movement's aims and the size of the female contingent within the cohort.
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Bloomington
Bloomington Women Crush Dress Goods Trust Scandal
In Bloomington, Indiana, women fight a dress goods trust after a Kirksville Missouri salesman bilked fifteen ladies of about 100 dollars total. They paid 15 to 20 dollars each for supposed discounted dress suits delivered never, with monthly letters promising shipments. Government authorities are informed of mail fraud in the scheme.
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Bloomington
Indiana State University
Missouri
Good Ladies
Kirksville
Bowles Hotel
Washington City
Uncle Sam
Great Sachem Robinson visits local tribe after hunting success
The Great Sachem Robinson of the Improved Order of Red Men visited the city with about 84 chiefs in attendance. He praised the order’s growth and heard local warriors recount the Opitsah Tribe’s hunting exploits including 26 scalp captures, signaling plans for further “pale face” hunts in the coming moons.
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Sachem
Robinson
Opitsah
Owensburg
Tunnelton
Fayetteville
Mitchell
Oolitic
Sanitary condition aired in Bedford suit against city and Monon
Anna M. Mitchell sues the City of Bedford and the Chicago Indianapolis and Louisville Railway Co in Lawrence Circuit Court claiming a floodback from a stream backs up onto her property in Stalker's Addition. She cites a railroad embankment 300 feet away that worsens the issue and asks for $1,000 in damages.
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Lawrence
Anna M. Mitchell
Bedford
Chicago, Indianapolis and Louisville Railway Co
Stalker
Defendant Monon Company
City of
Pocahontas Stampede Ends in Self-Inflicted Wound
In Cammack near Muncie Augustus Snodgrass eight alarms a Daughters of Pocahontas meeting by rushing inside and shouting Vernon Snodgrass shot himself in the head. Vernon, a boy, used a flobert rifle during a pretend ceremony and was not seriously injured. The gathering adjourned after the incident.
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Cammack
Muncie
Augustus Snodgrass
Augustus
Daughters of Pocahontas
Pocahontas
Holy of Holies
Vernon
Grand Pocahontas
Snodgrass
Vernon Snodgrass
Red Men’s Lodge
Auxilary
Foot Amputation After Quarry Derrick Accident
Bert Snisley an 18 year old Bedford Quarries Company employee was crushed when his left foot tangled in a derrick gear. He was taken to City Hospital in Bedford where surgeons removed the foot. Snisley resides in Oolitic and will be a cripple for life.
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Bert Snisley
Bedford Quarries
Young Snisley
Bedford
City Hospital
Czar Bob Miers Consolidates Power At Bloomington Events
The Bloomington Telegraph notes Czar Bob Miers forms a loose trust by seizing three events on a busy Saturday. He dominates the court house dedication committee as orator, leads the Democratic organization to push rivals aside, and attends the Jackson club banquet, sidelining another Democrat’s speech. A Evansville student speech remains bottled up.
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Bob Miers
Bloomington
Miers
Court House
Jackson Club
Paul Davis
R. W. Miers
Nabobs
Evansville
Bob
Wreck Salvage Whiskey Scandal at Mutton Creek
Salvage from the February wreck on the B&O S-W line at Mutton Creek included seven year old bourbon. A local farmer is accused of removing a barrel and selling whiskey to neighbors at two dollars a gallon, with federal agents pursuing charges.
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Mutton Creek
Jackson County
James M. Myers
Uncle Sam
Detective Myers
Governor Hanly notes drop in murder convictions in 1907 report
Governor J Frank Hanly of Indiana reviewed the 1907 fiscal year report at the Indiana Reformatory in Jeffersonville and found nineteen men from ninety two counties condemned for killing, down from 1906. He cites stricter liquor laws and indeterminate sentencing as factors.
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J. Frank Hanly
Indiana
Indiana Reformatory
Jeffersonville
Hanly
Michigan City
Gov
Glendale man seeks mayor for missing husband update
Fred Priddie of Glendale Kentucky wrote Mayor Stipp yesterday asking for information about his wife Mary Priddie’s action. He read about the incident in the mail and personally urged the mayor last night to provide the needed details. Priddie said he had been at the cement plant and would return to his wife today.
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Fred Priddie
Mary Priddie
Glendale
Stipp
Priddie
Boy Undergoes Surgery Replacing Bone With Dog Bone
A fourteen year old boy Verne Wolfe of Oaktown had a bone from his arm replaced today by Dr. W H Gilbert with a bone taken from a St Bernard dog. The operation was successful and the boy had suffered rheumatism.
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Verne Wolfe
Oaktown
W. H. Gilbert
Damage suit over street extension in Bedford
The case of Joseph and Lena Drehoble versus the city of Bedford proceeds with Judge Wilson and a jury of farmers hearing Thursday evidence. Plaintiffs seek $1,000 in damages for the extension of a street through their real estate, with John H. Underwood for the plaintiffs and City Attorney Zaring for Bedford.
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Wilson
Joseph and
Lena Drehoble
Bedford
John H. Underwood
Zaring
Wildcat Attack Shocks Brown County Farmer
Henry Hobbs near Mt. Liberty Brown County reports a wildcat leaped into his spring wagon after dark and attacked him. He felled the animal with the whip end and believes it was torn to pieces. Local farmers escort children to and from school amid fears.
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Henry Hobbs
Mt. Liberty
Brown County
MEET DEBT To Relief Embarrassment Over Bond Worthlessness
Monroe county officials plan a re issue at next week's meeting to address the embarrassment over the court house bonds sold. Taxable property including exemptions totals 10 631 935 dollars and after exemptions 10 202 190 dollars. Bond issue should have been limited to 2 percent of taxable property, trimming 59 000 to 53 000 dollars.
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Monroe County
Court House
Bloomington
Bedford Public Building Bill Promised by Chaney
Postmaster Keach received a letter from Congressman John C. Chaney about introducing a special bill to provide a new federal building for Bedford. Chaney expressed confidence the bill would pass with no opposition this year. Andrew J. Burgess and Anna E. Perris wed in the county clerk’s office with Rev. Cal Bair officiating.
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Keach
John C. Chaney
Bedford
Congressman Chaney
Andrew J. Burgess
Anna E. Perris
County Clerk’s Office
Rev
Cal Bair
Lawrence Court Seeks Divorce Over Alleged Cruelty
Joseph N. McBrayer files for divorce from Ellen McBrayer in the Lawrence Circuit Court citing marriage on November 2, 1905 and separation on February 11, 1908. He alleges cruel and inhuman treatment including temper, cursing, and insults, with repeated separations and promises to reform.
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Lawrence
Joseph N. McBrayer
Ellen McBrayer
Governor Hanly Vetoes Bills Citing Vincennes University Bonds
In a statement explaining vetoes on last session measures Governor Hanly rejects a $120 548 bond issue for Vincennes University as invalid and warns the debt would total over 156 000 with three percent semi annual interest due in ten years. He notes he refused to sign the bonds and kept them safe during his term.
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Senate
Thcennes University
Hanly de
United States Senate
Vincennes University
Walnut Tree Sale Nets Shelbyville Dealer $100 Deal
John Henry a Shelbyville lumber dealer paid $100 for a single walnut tree he bought from a Noble township Shelby county farmer.
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John Henry
Shelbyville
Noble Township
Shelby County
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