Grand Jury Begins Probe Of Notorious Insanity Inquest Trust
Indianapolis July 8 The grand jury opened a formal investigation into the Insanity Inquest Trust operations and aims to hear testimony by Wednesday night. Prosecutor Ruckelshaus gathers witnesses while Attorney General Taylor conducts broader inquiries with potential disclosures surpassing previous high profile cases. Deputy Hadley identifies possible conspiracy to extort fees via dispensary affiliations. Justice Lockman participated in many related cases.
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Insanity Inquest Trust
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Court House
Taylor
Capitol
Cash Hadley
Hadley
Justice Lockman
Small Insanity Trust at Work in Vigo County
Special Despatch to Commercial Tribune reports in Haute Indiana that Vigo County may operate a small insanity trust similar to Indianapolis. Aged, feeble woman was adjudged insane and released after habeas corpus seeking relatives. The piece cites gossip about commissions and improper actions by local authorities.
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Small Insanity Trust
Vigo County
Commercial Tribune
E Haute
Ind
Dianapolis
Central Hospital
Frederick White Ambassadors Son Dies by Own Action
Frederick D. White son of Andrew D. White United States Ambassador to Germany died by self inflicted gunshot at his Syracuse home. Officials cite prolonged illness and nervous disease as likely causes though he appeared well earlier. coroner initially ruled cerebral hemorrhage. Born December 16 1859 in Ann Arbor Michigan he studied at Cornell and Berlin then Columbia Law.
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Andrew D. White
United States
Germany
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Matthews
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Ambassador White
Berlin
Ann Arbor
Mich
Cornell University
University of Berlin
Prussia
Columbia Law College
New York
Binghamton
Ben
Death by own action linked to illness of envoy’s son
Rev W P Northrup, an uncle by marriage to Frederick D White, relays to the Associated Press that White died by his own hand due to ill health after typhoid fever and nervous prostration amid a hot wave. Northrup cites Syracuse Postmaster D H Bruce as the source and notes White was planned to sail on the Deutschland for a visit to his father seeking health.
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Frederick D. White
Ambassador White
Associated Press
Aikit
W. P. Northrup
White
Northrup
Anid
Banker Bodel Arrested in Leipzig Bank Scandal
Leipzig July 6 Town Councillor Bodel president of the Leipsiger Bank board, who was abroad in the United States when the bank failed, was arrested by the Public Prosecutor upon return from New York.
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Leipzig
Leipsiger Bank
United States
New York
Elllis Glenn Trial Opens After Two Year Wait
Parkersburg West Virginia July 8 The Ellis B Glenn case a forgery trial with a man woman defendant began in Criminal Court after nearly two years of delays Attorneys for the defense express confidence in an acquittal The State seeks to bar former prosecutor John F Laird from defense duties as the jury is seated and witnesses are summoned
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Parkersburg
W. Va
Ellis B.glenn
Ellis B. Glenn
Bert
Glenn
Williamstown
Litchfield
Ella Duke
Ellis Glenn
Charles T. Caldwell
Agnes Riley
Ellis
Criminal Court of
Wood County
Parkersbur
Caldwell & Watson
McCluer
John F. Laird
J. D. Wolverton
Hunter H. Moss
W. E. McDouglé
Laird
Stapleton
Moss
Here's Platform the Cuyahogans Will Fight For
The Johnson platform stands in Columbus with Cleveland delegates opposing the State ticket in Cuyahoga County. It calls for public appraisal boards open to the public, railroads taxed at salable value, public officers fined for railroad passes, sworn reports from public service firms, joint primaries to curb fraud, popular election of U S Senators or state convention nominations, and special elections to renew public franchise deals.
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Columbus
Johnson
Cleveland
Cuyashoga County
United States
Indiana ex Governor to wed Miss Wachstetter in Lapel
Ex Governor Will Cumback will marry Laura Wachstetter in Lapel near Anderson after a romance formed during a visit to Sailors and Soldiers' Orphans' Home in Knightstown. Wachstetter, longtime principal at the institution, has led a decade and a half of teaching staff. Cumback plans a life devoted to literary pursuits in Greensburg and Buffalo.
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Anderson
Ind
Will Cumback
Indiana
Laura Wachtstetter
Knightstown
Lapel
Madison County
Cumback
Wachstetter
Greensburg
Buffalo
Teace
Dowling Forecasts Victory in Montgomery County Battle
Columbus Ohio July 8 political prophets predict Joe Dowling will win the Montgomery County contest. Dowling appears confident. Tomlinson and McLean factions brace for a decisive clash at the Democratic State Convention. Delegations from Union Portage and other counties loom, with fierce behind the scenes tactics and threats of contested credentials to follow.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus
Toe Dowling
Montgomery County
McLean
Dowling
Committee On Credentials
Tomlinson
Bernard
Joseph
Butler County
Missouri
Schwab
Butler
James E. Neal
Mason
Union
Portage
Union County
J. W. Stewart
Henderson
Marysville
Shar McCloud
Stewart
McCloud
Jos. H. Dowling
Zimmerman
Springfield
Len. Bernard
Great Southern
Colonel Dowling
Man in Minnesota Claims to be Elijah Opposing Dowie
John Hoppe of Albany Minnesota declares he is Elijah the Prophet and will confront Dowie in Chicago. The eccentric evangelist preaches in the wilderness to prove his title and seeks cheap travel with a half fare ticket after borrowing $60 from a bank.
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Albany
Minn
John Hoppe
Elijah
Cage
Dowie
Hoppe
Dowle
Minnesota
Dewie
M'Lean Men Control Contest but Avoid Early Kilbourne Pick
Kilbourne may be kept from pairing too soon as M'Lean's team leads the field. Salon signals a walkout if Johnson's plans aren’t adopted, yet avoids triggering a panic. Zimmerman declines second place, leaving Howells as the sole minor-place contestant in the event.
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Salon
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Convention Factions Scramble Over Kilbourne Ticket and Committees
At the Democratic State Convention in Columbus delegates lag. Kilbourne faction seeks control of Credentials and State Central Committee to seat Joe Dowling and shape the platform. Zimmerman resists lieutenant governor talk, Howells remains as only major rival with new names anticipated. Salen warns Cleveland belt if platform rejected, while resolutions talks stagger into confrontational deadlock.
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Columbus
James Kilbourne
Committee On Resolutions
Credentials Committee
State Central Committee
Joe Dowling
McLean
John L. Zimmerman
Springfield
Kilbourne
Zimmerman
Howells
Anthony Howells
Massillon
Committee On
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Black
Charles P. Salen
Tom Johnson
Salen
Cleveland
McKay
Harry
E. Young
Supreme Court
United States
Matthew Smalley
Young
William Jennings Bryan
Jefferson
Jackson
Cincinnati
Negly Cochran
Toledo
Southern Hotel
Charlies P. Salen
Cuyahoga County
Johnson
Saien
Cleve
Echo M. Wey
T. H. Bo
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