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Newspaper
Bedford Weekly Mail
Location
Bedford, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1906
Page
4
John A. Beath and Frank T. Sherwood fished Guthrie Creek Friday and hoped for a bass and pickerel string. While returning they found turtles had beaten them to the spot, leaving the anglers disappointed and deeming the event highway robbery by the shelled thieves.
Walter Williams, a Negro, killed Mike Collins, superintendent of the Hunt Brothers construction gang at the Indianapolis Southern camp. Williams was moved to Daviess County Jail for safety after a Friday night killing sparked fear of lynching among railroad workers and Greene County residents. He took Collins' revolver and used it to shoot the superintendent after being reprimanded.
Solsberry resident A. L. Parker traveled from Bloomington to Terre Haute to test a madstone after a dog bite at a Smith & Carr railroad camp. The dog was killed. Parker’s wound worsened over a week and a doctor urged the madstone treatment.
At the County Infirmary on Thursday Dr. Duncan announced the birth of twins to inmate Bell Glasseen. A girl and a boy were born, prompting the matron Mrs. Dodd to order extra baby linen as the stork’s visit proved larger than expected. The mother arrived from Oolitic two months ago.
The event will occur next Friday night May 25 with all association schools participating except Salem. The athletic portion is canceled. A separate note covers the Sutherlin case, where Adelia Moore seeks a venue change for a paternity suit against Rev. Ulysses G. Sutherlin, now in Clark circuit court after Floyd county concerns.
A Sunday gathering at Retreet near Everett Toon brought together twenty six relatives including A K Keck and wife Gates Center Kansas Elmer Walker Monroe county John P Keck J W Keck Burns City Jesse Walker Browns town N E Weimer Bloomington Mrs Rebecca Kutch Burns City Alva Walker Everett Storms and families from Bedford A photographer captured the group as a keepsake and the feast followed making it a day long to remember.
At about twelve Saturday night a volley of shots and thrown rocks rattled a neighborhood near the B and O S W track. A group of youths reportedly tried to rock a house. an elderly man appeared and fired a revolver, scattering the assailants. Police say they have no information on the incident.
Lafayette and Bloomington residents chased a Canadian wheat land deal led by promoter Kellogg. About 35 Lafayette buyers each paid 50 dollars with 150 dollars promised later, while Bloomington officials and citizens also began for Alberta trips only to learn tickets and transport failed, leaving many desolate and wary.
Caleb Powers, held in Newport jail, was ordered by a London Kentucky court to be handed to Kentucky State authorities. United States Marshal Sharp is to transfer him to Georgetown Scott County jail to await arraignment for a fourth Goebel murder trial. Bedford residents have shown strong interest and supported the defense fund.
Caleb Powers former Kentucky Secretary of State received a warm send off at Newport jail before being moved to the station for transfer to Georgetown for his fourth trial in the Goebel murder case. His Newport cell brimmed with flowers as prisoners and local officials bid him farewell. Powers, flanked by U.S. Marshal Orr and Jailer Ploeger, expressed faith in a fair trial.
John Root a Monon freight brake man fell from a moving train near Borden late Saturday. He suffered a crushed skull a broken shoulder blade and two arm fractures. Taken to Borden for care his condition was critical with expectation of death within hours. Root of Bedford is married and well regarded by peers and family.
A Kee Mar College auditorium recital featured Miss Jessie Peers of Smith College with Miss Bessie Tufts and Miss Mary Erwin. Peers impressed with breadth, expression, and technique. Tufts sang sweetly in the Irish Love Song. Erwin delivered powerful elocution with multiple encores.
Nineteen graduates from Shawswielk and Marshal Townships received diplomas at the second annual joint commencement at Oolitie Baptist church. Speaker Prof. Geo W Dunlavy of Danville College praised education as a lifelong process, and Trustee A F Dalton urged graduates to view this as a true commencement. Music by Tirey and Nova Evans accompanied the diploma presentation.
The marriage took place Sunday May 20 1906 at 8 pm in the home of the bride on Went 19th street. Rev E R Edwards of the First Christian church officiated. A small, select gathering attended with out of town guests from Louisville and Salem. The couple will reside in a North Bedford home.
The notice describes a Memorial Day program in court house park with parades from West Side school house, a marching sequence including Grand Army of the Republic, ex soldiers, Veterans groups, and children, plus a request to decorate shops and homes with the flag and bring flowers to the court house. Also included are health bulletin notes on tonsillitis prevalence, death rates, and disease stats, followed by local news items about a Mabel Herbert Urner story, Bedford baseball result, a freak calf born to a Shorthorn cow, and a Nashville post office letter listing.
A Brookston dispatch reports surprise over Bloomington claims that A B Kellogg of Brookston was charged with taking fifty dollars for a railroad forest trip to Alvarota Canada and not supplying coaches. Mrs Kellogg says the matter is a mistake and will be corrected. Kellogg left St Paul for Winnipeg and should return soon.
The State Board of Education issued life teaching licenses to 36 individuals across several Indiana high schools including Bedford Laporte Goshen Elkhart Lafayette and Rochester township in Fulton county. The list includes Claude F Brown John A Carnagey Horace P Cook Henry C Deist and others.
Deputies and a twenty-strong posse pursue Rev. Wolfington, United Brethren minister from Freetown, accused of paternity. He escaped Dale into the countryside after a breakfast escape from a Rockport detective. Bloodhounds trail him as officials widen the search across counties. a reward may be offered.
At a town board meeting a list of Odon citizens subject to road tax was given to the marshal who is enforcing orders literally. He collects $1.50 from each non exempt resident or requires two days of labor. The marshal warns any non exempt person must pay or face suit. Barn and Mrs Herschel Sharp of South G Street welcomed a son.
Boone Ingalls was arrested Friday evening for intoxication and fined five dollars in police court the next morning. He also carried a load of unaccounted for picks and claimed they were not his property. Police search for the owner as Ingalls said he worked on 16th street with Hoffman's contractor men.
Mrs. Davis of Bedford died at her parents’ home in Heltonville after a several months illness of consumption. She was forty, a Church of Christ member, survived by her husband and four children. The family had lived on North I street in Bedford before moving to Terre Haute, then sought her childhood home for final hours.
The Bedford City Schools elected Prof. J. B. Fagan as superintendent to replace Prof. Ellis H. Drake. Fagan, about forty, heads Goodland schools and holds Indiana University and Terre Haute Normal School degrees. He will arrive Monday for a week to familiarize himself with Bedford’s work.
The court in Shipley v Shipley held a husband cannot recover property titled in his wife’s name purchased during marriage. No resulting or implied trust exists between spouses in lands. The decision affirms a lower court ruling from Tippecanoe County and dismisses cross-complaint relief based on oral agreement.
Winthrop Lawrence of this city died Friday at 8 45 p m at his brother Lee Lawrence’s Mitchell home from injuries suffered May 8 when he fell from a Monon freight train while attempting to alight at Mitchell His skull was fractured and he remained unconscious until death He was 30 and survived by brothers Earl Bert Lee and I R Lawrence Funeral services were held Sunday at his mother Mrs S M Lawrence’s home with Rev E R Edwards officiating Interment at Green Hill Cemetery
The Boston and Maine Railroad offers a free eighty page guide to New England resorts with a map, 2000 listed hotels and boarding options, daily rates, and descriptive reading. It features Denman Thompson’s Old Homestead image on the cover and is mailed upon request to any address.
The jury in the Bertha Gastineau vs Wid Turner paternity case was discharged after twenty four hours without a verdict by special Judge H P Pearson. Judge Wilson returned to Bloomington leaving Pearson to receive any verdict. The discharge followed a twenty four hour deliberation.
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