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Newspaper
Elkhart Daily Review
Location
Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1908
Page
1
Frank Cain city marshal was fatally shot and Elmer Magruder killed in the Salisbury jail after three arrested suspects tied to a railway station robbery opened fire during a cell search. A prisoner was wounded and one of the suspects escaped.
Vice President Fairbanks hosts the opening of Washington's official social season at his K street mansion with President Roosevelt as guest. Tensions between the two leaders are noted, linked to Fairbanks relative Delavan Smith and the Panama charges coverage in the Indianapolis News republished from the New York World.
Harvey Hazel, a seventeen year old boy on trial for killing his mother near Toledo Ohio, has all testimony in and attorneys will present final arguments today. The case heads toward a jury verdict next week as Assistant Superintendent Love of the local police outlines the state’s position.
The Rev. Harry B. Goodin of Pontiac New Jersey was arrested in Chicago on a charge of abducting fifteen year old Anna Blanche Edgerton. Sheriff John W. Morse of Livingston County escorted Goodin and the girl back to Pontiac. Goodin is forty one and has a wife in Pontiac.
Mrs Burl Greer died from injuries after being struck by a car driven by William B Ridgely former comptroller of the currency Ridgely was not in the vehicle at the time Greer had recently filed suit against him for 25000 dollars in damages in Missouri
Berlin reports the Kaiser has pledged lifelong abstinence from all alcoholic drinks as a personal reform measure. He now requests non alcoholic beverages for meals and is served in champagne bottles at times.
In Somerville Massachusetts James B Harmon eighteen killed his former sweetheart Maud Hartley eighteen. He fired after she said she no longer loved him and reportedly said she would never marry another. In Mindanao Philippines ten soldiers of the eighteenth Infantry died after drinking a native beverage called bino at camp in Keithley.
Edison home phonograph advertises the latest equipment for the home priced at 40.00 with old stock being carried and popular payment terms offered.
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