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Newspaper
Bluffton Banner
Location
Bluffton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1904
Page
5
Geneva Indiana January 11 1904 Della Reed writes the Muncie Star to dispute rumors in the Terrell murder trial. She asserts her relationship with Melvin Wolfe as siblings and describes family living arrangements and Melvin's work as a teamster to counter alleged improprieties.
Marshal Crosbie and his son Jim returned from Muncie where they searched for Claude Saunders the man linked to Ira Eichhorn's jewelry. Police were stirred to assist as news of a counterfeiting outfit circulated. Crosbie vows another trip if Saunders is captured to bring him home for trial.
Marshal Crosbie arrested L Oliver and Henry Bennett on burglary charges. They allegedly stole a carload of coal from Clover Leaf railroad, then took a rifle, butcher knife, and meat. A search warrant led to recovery at Cal Bennett's home. They pleaded guilty and were bound over to the circuit court in $500 each. They remain in county jail.
W H Eichhorn for Ira Huff files divorce complaint against Ida Starr Huff alleging cruel and inhuman treatment. She refused cooking and accused him of infidelity, and once tried to stab him with a butcher knife. Huff’s past romance with Starr was noted from Marion. Also suit against Peter J Green et al to foreclose a mortgage for Leah Estabrook linked to Green’s mill suspension on South Street.
A local youth, while intoxicated, rode around city streets with a young woman last night and ended up in an audi. 8 condition. Investigators report the pair avoided major harm but officers cautioned about dangerous driving.
The Grand Rapids and Indiana railroad will be among the first to install car telephone service, a new invention noted by the Grand Rapids Post. The American Car Telephone Company is formed with a 2,500,000 capital and officers including Theodore D. Morgan as president, Frank W. Lyle as vice president, BE. L. Silver as secretary, and R. J. Fisher among directors.
Dr. Goodin suffers a severe grip attack and Mrs. Frank Frypack is dangerously ill with pleural pneumonia. Jacob Richey from Wabash Avenue had a slight stroke and shows improvement this morning. Will Burris, a local resident, is mentioned as well in the day's brief notes.
The Democratic national committee selected St. Louis as the convention city for July with a two roll call vote. St. Louis offered $40,000 and free Coliseum use, plus a 97 percent hotel rate pledge. Indiana candidates and Missouri figures sparked talk of a preferred vice presidential pick and possible chair succession.
Wes Estabrook and Mr. Schneider report no suitable city site yet for their foundry and machine shops. They rejected an offered year free at the scale truck factory as too large, preferring a smaller, cheaper plant with gas engine power costing about ten dollars a month in gas.
Ashbaucher and Quick owners of the new building at Johnson and Market have rented the front rooms. Mrs. Charles Hill of Pennsylvania closed a year contract for Tooms and will open a millinery and dressmaking shop soon. She will arrive with stock within two weeks and start business immediately.
G Craney and a representative of Barber Asphalt Company were involved in a local street business dispute noted in the QC report. The fragment references an on street matter but lacks full details or outcomes.
H. S. Robinson has been named state manager for Fidelity Mutual in Indiana with full charge of Indiana operations. He carries authority to run Indianapolis office, set office hours, and earn 5 percent of any increase in business over last year. Salary is 200 dollars monthly plus railroad fares and 3 dollars daily expenses, plus around 60 dollars monthly in projected bonuses. He will begin duties immediately while remaining in Bluffton until he moves to Indianapolis, likely keeping Bluffton as home.
A R Snedden the grocer is reported as much improved after a week of illness. The Banner corrected a misprint about arrests from Sunday night cleanup and Join Crosbie claims he was involved in five of the pinches.
Guy DeWitt, a National Express driver, was injured when his revolver discharged as he strapped it on. The bullet pierced his left instep and lodged in a wall. Doctors say no bones were hit and he will be laid up for several days, with his father managing the express until recovery.
Harry Spencer sustained a severe cut to his forearm when he fell against a door during a wrestling incident at the mitten factory at noon today. He and a boy were roughhousing and the door frame broke glass as he tried to break his fall.
In Indianapolis a couple and a landlady’s guest narrowly escaped death when coal gas fumes filled a room. Charles Gutelius arrived, opened doors and windows, and a physician diagnosed the danger as gas from a coal burner. The party would have succumbed soon without help.
The Junior Staff plans a meeting at I O O F hall on the evening of January 14. All members are expected to attend.
A head on collision between a freight train of five immigrant cars and a standing freight near Uniondale Indiana caused extensive damage but no fatalities. Locals say the immigrant train ran uncontrolled at speed before the crash. a Huntington wrecking crew cleared the line by 8:30 AM and the derailed freight moved to Markle for siding.
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