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Newspaper
Bedford Weekly Mail
Location
Bedford, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1915
Page
6
Cecil Lay, linked to a pistol duel with Bardstown officers, was returned to this city and arraigned in police court on grand larceny. He waived examination and was bound over to Lawrence Circuit Court in $1,000 bond, later jailed for trial. A forged check and recovered revolver are mentioned amid broader recaptured fugitive details.
Indianapolis news reports Judge Anderson ordering U S Marshal to detain Donn Roberts and seek new charges of attempting to tamper with government witnesses in a conspiracy case. City Judge Thomas Smith Sheriff Dennis Shea and Alexander Steele are also held on $5 000 bonds. Witnesses testified to influence attempts. Adolph Gaga testified about payments tied to Crawford Fairbank and donor contributions.
An editorial urges residents to demand honest and fearless enforcement of criminal laws in Lawrence County. It argues that public duty rests not only on officers but also on jurors to distinguish truth from error, set aside sympathy, and uphold the dignity of the law to protect taxpayers and prevent miscarriages of justice.
Foreman K E Taylor and the South eastern track crew left for Linton to build a roadway and lay track to the Poiv oil field near the city where oil and gas were found recently. Taylor says indications point to a big boom for Linton and residents express jubilant prospects of prosperity.
The Bedford Round Table Club brings an Indiana Artists Exhibition to the city. Open April 6 7 8 and 9 in the Public Library basement with works by W Forsyth Otto Stark T C Steele Clifton A Wheeler and Carl Graf born in Bedford. The two local pieces The City In the Rain and The Approaching Storm highlight Graff the former Bedford boy now recognized in art. The display follows Indiana art fame spurred by the Hoosier Group and Federation of Women's Clubs.
Mrs. Mary Hennicheck aged 59 residing on Oolitic road died Tuesday night at 10:30. She was sister of Andy Lanz and born in Germany. Funeral services will be Friday at 9 am from St. Vincent de Paul church. Burial will be at Green Hill.
About sixty local Modern Woodmen will travel to Bloomington Saturday night as a local degree team conducts the work for a class of around fifty candidates. Following the meeting a large social spread is planned. Also noted is Dr. Q Dobbins reporting fast recovery of a horse’s lockjaw, and Mrs. Everett Asbel with children visiting Norman Station to stay with her mother Mrs. Margaret Kindred, visiting Dr. N E Maddox and wife.
The aged merchant John Wesley Williams, killed Monday at Clear Creek by a Monon train, was interred at Needmore with burial at Avoca. The tragedy occurred at a dangerous crossing near a brick schoolhouse, as Williams and his son were moving goods between Po litic and Clear Creek. The engineer George Miller claimed to have blown the whistle repeatedly. Williams died from a broken neck and crushed ribs, and his horses and wagon were demolished. He leaves a widow and three children.
Clinton Miller was found guilty of assault and battery upon James Knight in police court Tuesday afternoon at 3 o clock. He was fined one dollar and costs. Also noted were moves by M O Bastian family into West Sixteenth Street rear property rented by the Christian Science Society. Walter Owens, former Lawrence County auditor, is in precarious condition in Indianapolis hospitals under medical care.
William M. Kelley filed in the Lawrence circuit court seeking 5000 dollars from the Chicago Indianapolis and Louisville railway for land damage blamed on the White river bridge constructed years ago. He alleges piling and stone dumping have filled the central pier area with sand and debris, causing erosion and holes in his farm land.
Frank Smith and George Morris held at Jackson county jail face trial Monday in Jackson county court for burglary tied to the Glasson store robbery at Reddington and an attempted robbery of the Elizabethtown bank. Judge Swails fixed the trial date, both pleaded not guilty, and bond was set at $5,000 each.
Ulyssis Vendergraft faces charges of operating a blind tiger in Monroe county. Prosecutor Woolery is asked for convenient trial times as the case, stemming from an alleged illegal operation near the halfway point between the city and Mitchell, moves forward.
Mitchell Tohne and his minstrel group rehearsing in the city for an April show. The ten performers include five men and five women. If successful in Mitchell, they may travel to Bedford for a local performance. Wim Benzel of West 14th street continues to improve after a serious illness.
In a Portland letter, the writer praises early park planning and argues for a tax supported city park using native trees and coordinated street plantings. He laments past deforestation for fields and rail yards and urges preservation and native landscaping for Bedford to gain sylvan fame.
Grace Ard Folk, long troubled by family and housing woes, attempted suicide at the Dobbins Hotel with a physician arriving as she concealed chloroform on her clothing. She had previously attempted suicide while working at a boarding house on East Sixteenth Street, with other reported but less serious prior attempts.
Mrs. Smith Cole widow of a former Monon foreman and Mitchell resident died Tuesday night at her Mitchell home after a period of illness. She leaves a daughter Mrs. John Stevens of Seymour and four sons John Roger Charlie Roy Cole, all employed on railroads or related work.
The seven year old son of Grover Starr of North I street underwent an operation at City Hospital for removal of adenoids and tonsils. Miss Miranda Rawlins of West 15th street is confined to her room by illness.
Local option election officials Schulte L. Burton Will D. Ewing and Frank M. Burton met in the city to prepare ballot copy for Marion township voting set for March 30.
The Bloomfield consignees find an un billed calf among stock shipped by train. A baby calf born in the city Wednesday remained unbilled as the car stood in the Bedford and Bloomfield branch yard. Emery Hutchinson of Norman Station visited town Wednesday en route home from Bloomington for a week’s vacation. A. Goo Baker of Indian Springs also appeared in town on business.
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