News Briefs From Indiana Selections and Crimes
A scattered Indiana round of crime, marriages and local notices reports a burglar claiming to be Jesse James sent to Marion’s northern prison, a Kokomo man breaking both legs after a fall, and a man near Madison taking his life by cutting his throat. Also details church mergers at North Marion, a Bernie forger at Peru, a Wabash counterfeiter, a drowning baptism at Lake Michigan, and a curfew call from Portland. Local court verdicts include a $14,000 injury judgment at the Tippecanoe center. Several towns record consolidations, hotel purchases, and incorporations as the Indianopolis Monetary Conference reports 300 delegates.
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Jesse James
Marion
Kokomo
John A. Slider
Micheal Fisher
Madison
New Southern
Munete
Bits
Robert Bly
Chiesco
Jerry Barkholder
Peru
Billy” Bernard
Wabash
Michigan City
Lake Michigan
Jesse Lynn
Leander Young
Morristown
Cora Parrish
J. W. Parrish
Shelbyville
North Marion
Pocketbook with 40000 Found at Lindel Hotel
George Moore a colored bell boy recovered a pocketbook containing 40000 dollars in cash checks and mining stocks at the Lindel Hotel in St Louis Mo He turned it over to the owner Maracer Dueva whose patrons Mr and Mrs A T Hannon reported the loss later.
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St. Louis. Mo
Lindel Hotel
George Moore
Maracer Dueva
A. T. Hannon
Canon City
Francis Confirmed as Interior Secretary Nominee
The nomination of David R. B. Francis to be Secretary of the Interior was favorably acted on by the Senate Finance Committee and reported to the Senate in executive session despite prior resistance by Senator West.
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Washincrox
David RB. Francis
Interior
Committee On Finance
Senate
Jesse James Burglar Sentenced Fast in Grant Circuit
Phil Lyons's clothing store was robbed at midnight. A burglar named Jesse James, a tramp, was grabbed by Merchant Policeman Julian Smith, pleaded guilty before Judge Custer, and received a two year penitentiary term. He is en route to Michigan City.
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Jesse James
Hoe
Limited Mail creator backs new play for Beatrice
Elmer H. E. Vance, famed for The Limited Mail and Patent Applied Pet, aims to remain involved with his hit while drafting a new work for Beatrice. He seeks $200 to $250 real estate loan through Kinney & Kinney.
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Elmer HE. Vance
Beatrice
JO Kinney & Kinney
Green Goods Scheme Nets 50 From Farmer near Fisher’s
Hampton West, an elderly farmer near Fisher's station, was duped by a man who called himself Thomas Raby from Noblesville. Raby showed counterfeit bills and persuaded West to hand over $50 after promising a large sum. They met in town, stopped at a restaurant, and West waited two hours for payment. He alerted a friend at 1175 H Michigan Ave and police were notified. Curren searches for Raby with calinera in Indianapolis Sentinel.
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Hampton West
Fisher’s Station
Thomas Raby
Noblesville
Raby
West
Massachusetts Ave
Roby
Michigan
Curren
Calinera
Indianapolis
Postoffice Changes Key Fees Under New Washington Ruling
The Postoffice will confiscate keys that were paid fifty cents for then return them to boxholders for twenty cents under a new Washington ruling. Previously the charge was seventy five cents. The Merchants Hotel at Franklin remains closed indefinitely.
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Postoffice
Washington
Jeff
Journal
Merchants Hotel
Franklin
Wallace Recalls Buckner Meeting After Donelson
General Wallace recounts a 4:50 pm hotel meeting with General Buckner, recalling their Kentucky ties and Buckner’s chivalry at surrender. He details their wartime friendship, Buckner’s breakfast with corn cake and coffee, and Buckner’s later role as a pallbearer for Grant.
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Bucker
Bucknr
Tom
Buckner
Grant
General Buckner
Indianapolis Journal
Finger tip reattaches after 36 hours in medical curiosity
A bicycle chain crush injuries severed a right index fingertip. The tip, saved by a bystander, was reattached 36 hours later and united to the stump. The case, noted in a medical journal, reports a good recovery. In Chicago a large lawyer turnout handled a $1 806 000 special assessment case affecting 20 square miles.
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Mc Caulk
Seb
Chicago
Cewt
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