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i 'rveicome n. Lawson, 76-year-old | ticket.(Central Press)OMSHAHNE GHAIRn Send One :o the EIec- 4.,hairCrown Point Sees HeavyLosses in Obliging LawCity Figures It Will Lose$250,000 Yearly IfRuling Stands•JL.BEItMANn I. N. SERVICE] ov. t.—A worn* :reea the death darie Hahn the ss-murderess of t them of theirislng 11 women ed their verdict idge Charles S. 1 one half hoursarged speclfical-h the death of Wagner, retired the court gave0 mention other ;h which Mrs. inked.1 teacher, whose omposure has vers during the trial, remained o the end.ne of her lawyer, as the jury dcked th’et most e possible ver-given. ,. straight ahead, rtnted h’andker-coftpd from the to be *in a daze. 1 unsteady andi yelloVv. , German imml-u.~tSPECIAL TO THE TIMES]CROWN POINT, Ind., Nov. Crown Point, the Gretna Green of Indiana until yesterday, is staggering from the heavy blow which Circuit Judge T. Joseph Sullivan directed at the marriage ltcense business with his injunction against issuance of licenses to non-resident women.The city figures it will lose at least a quarter of million dollars a year if Judge Sullivan's injunction sticks. This loss will be suffered by hotels, garages, restaurants, filling stations, taverns, the telephone company arid the telegraph company.In addition, the county government will have to do without about $36,000 in license fees every year, which represents almost 1 cent on the county levy.County ..Clerk George W. Sweigart, against whom the injunction was directed, had nothing to say today. , He, merely ordered hfs clerks .to comply with the order until, the Indiana Supreme court can rhle on his appeal.Unaware of the blighting injunction, about 60* out-of-state couples were waiting at the door of the county clerkV-office this morning to seek marriage licenses. They came from Chicago, Wisconsin, Michigan, Washington, D. C., NewYork, and Pittsburgh.Clerks had to refuse them licenses under the provisions of Judge Sullivan's restraining order.Another effect of the injunction will be to close the clwk's office at 12 o'clock noon* today for the first time In Almost 30 years. * Y-*While all thestr'adverse* devetoj» meats were . materialising, Clerk Sweigart was rushing his Supreme court appeal. He posted an appeal bond of $1500, which Raymond Rudolph', manager of the Crown Point Telephone company, as surety. Court clerks now are hurrying completion of the transcript so that Sweigart may enter his appeal the forepart of next week.With the injunction in effect until the* Supreme court’s ruifng, Crown Point's lucrative Gretna Green business comes to a stop for the first time in 30 years. It began when Ernest Shortridge became county clerk. Shortridge cooperated with Justice of the Peace Harry B. Nicholson to advertise the marrying advantages of the county seat.Shortridge remained in office until IMS and during his eight-year regime, he developed the marriage license department of his office so carefully that he laid the foundation upon which' thfe business * * has flourished since then..It wras Shortridge 'who succeeded in winning the'interpretation that the IS52 law did not apply to out-of-town women,* This interpretation prevailed until Judge Sullivan returned his historic ruling yesterday, upholding the validity of the 85-year-old act as applying to all women not residents cf Lake county.PRESIDENT’S woman driverBy HAKOLtUnited Press SPARIS. No of Windsa visit to the Ui a telephonic « his brother -George VI, it usually reliabl* over the possiah-American be harmed if with his plans.It was said th situation -over, agreed' that a b duke by Americ voke a wave of £ raent in Great P agreed, also ac ants, would be i view of a tense which Britain ar might cooperate Private F Deeply chagr criticism, the di regard himself i ly private citize thoriratively.From now on the duke told th duke will consilt; private and will ment as. to hisand goings. Wment of his Ar longer considers figure, the sjpokX m authoriz continued, to a and duchess ar« over the week-e no hasty depart* The duke and early and seem d oke!s_ associat e. plans other than for the* present, i ing the future w was believed- tl (Continued on J
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Hammond Times
Hammond, Indiana, US
Sun, Nov 07, 1937
Page 1
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Clipped by
Lake C.
IN, USA 26 Apr 2019
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