Woman Evans Gunness Lookalike Traced Through Elkhart Streets
Police in Elkhart and LaPorte chase a woman resembling Mrs. Belle Gunness, the LaPorte murder figure. Witnesses describe a tall, 180 pound woman in a gray suit with gold front teeth and a Swedish or Norwegian accent. Officers checked hotels and depots after tips from a clerk and hotel staff, but could not confirm an identity.
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Belle Gunness
Sergt. Whiteman
Robbins
F. S. Timmins
Ollie Spillman
Spillman
Main Street
Tyler Avenue
Ballenger
Elkhart Woman Suspected in Chicago Shoplifting Case
An Elkhart man suspects the Chicago shoplifting case referenced in the Tribune may involve a local resident. A woman calling herself Mrs. Jennie Little of LaPorte was arrested in State Street store, claiming to be the wife of a LaPorte businessman. She posted bonds for release, saying she met a train companion who spoke of easy theft.
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Elkhart
Chicago Tribune
LaPorte
Ind
Jennie Little
Chicago
Aaron Andrews
Largest Tax Collection Sets Record for Elkhart County
Elkhart branch reports a record tax haul totaling 77,924.78 from Concord, Osolo, Cleveland, and Bayog townships, over fourteen working days April 18 to May 4. Leading payments came from H. E. Bucklen, J. W. Fieldhouse, and C. G. Conn. the smallest was 15 cents. Dog tax refunds are not allowed after receipt is issued, even if the dog dies.
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Elkhart
Concord
Osolo
Cleveland
Bayog
Simpson
Mr. Simpson
H. E. Bucklen
J. W. Fieldhouse
CG. G. Conn
Croop
Martin
Batchelor
Ingratitude Showed at Depot Departure Across Country
Frank Fitzsimmons, former Chicago Telephone Supply Co. employee who lost a leg in an accident, left his wife destitute as he boarded a train to Buffalo after a quarrel at the depot. An Elkhart friend reports the scene as his wife, penniless, was aided by local workers and friends to return to Milwaukee. The couple had previously lived with aid from the metal polishers' union while he recovered.
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Frank Fitzsimmons
Chicago Telephone Supply Co
Main Street
Lake Shore
Buffalo
Elkhart
Fitzsimmons
Clark Hospital
B. J. Arisman
Metal Polishers’ Union
Milwaukee
Indiana Interurban Interests Report on 1907 Rail Fares and Deaths
Mary Stubbs Moore reports Indiana electric railways carried 152,016,610 passengers in 1907 with 28,082,487 on interurban lines and 123,934,123 on city lines. Average city fare 8.6 cents, interurban 16.6 cents. Total earnings 10,378,939.76 and expenses 6,407,102.19. Seventeen systems earned a surplus, fourteen ran deficits. Ten deaths from uncontrollable causes, forty eight due to self carelessness. 7,654 employees earned 8,287,104.48 in wages.
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Indiana
Mary Stubbs Moore
Indiana Bureau of Statistics
Plans For Remodeling Mrs Clayton Frederick House
Architect E H Turnock will finalize plans Monday to convert the Blackburn home at Marion and Third into a double residence. The eastward extension increases size, brick walls gain rough cement, a slate roof replaces the old, and a west balcony is added. A small residence will be built on the south end where the barn stood.
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Clayton Frederick
Marion and
Third Streets
E. H. Turnock
Blackburn
Ice Cream Man to Use Artificial Ice This Season
William Leininger sr the ice cream man contracts Mishawaka Brewing Co to supply artificial ice for the coming season. He averages about 600 tons yearly and says the artificial ice yields a better product at lower cost. Ice to be shipped in carload lots from Mishawaka and stored at the factory, first car arriving yesterday.
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William Leininger, Sr
Mishawaka Brewing Co
Mishawaka
Attorneys Seek Judge For Liquor Cases In Plymouth
Attorneys J. H. State and C. F. Raymer, who were in Plymouth on Thursday to help choose a judge to hear the Wickwire and Harper liquor cases, returned last night. Charles Kellison was the man targeted by the lot system under the statute. The preliminary hearing is set for next Tuesday but the case will likely not be heard until later.
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J. H. State
C. 4. Raymer
Plymouth
F. W. Wickwire
W. H. Harper
Charles Kellison
Boyle Awards Contract for Double Residence
L. R. Boyle awards the contract for building a cement double residence at the corner of High and Fifth streets to J. C. Bontrager. Work will start next Monday and follow details described in the Review.
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Boyle
L. R. Boyle
High and
Fifth Streets
J. C. Bontrager
Elkhart police search for woman linked to Mrs Gunness case
Reports from Elkhart detail a woman resembling Mrs. Gunness sought by police. An Elkhart physician notes a crime scene link to hog bone peddling and souvenirs tied to the horror.
Weather Forecast Showers Tonight and Saturday
Government forecast notes showers tonight and Saturday with partial cloudiness. Displayed figures mention a high and low, light wind, and rainfall around 0.27 inches, reflecting a cloudy local condition.
Bodies unearthed as Gunness farm mystery deepens
At dawn sheriff Smutzer resumed searches on Belle Gunness LaPorte farm uncovering a tenth body and nearby bones, boosting total recovered since Tuesday to twelve. Pinkerton detectives joined. Attorney Worden claims Gunness may have killed her own children to fake escape, and relates her panicked actions to Lamphere’s questioning.
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LaPorte
Smutzer
Belle Gunness
Pinkerton
Worden
Lamphere
Michigan City
City Redeems All Warrants Except 24 70
The city has redeemed all warrants from the money stringency except 24.70 dollars. Four warrants of five dollars each and one for 4.70 dollars remain outstanding. The controller urges quick bring in of these funds.
St. Joseph Motor Car Co Ship Three Cars Today
Charles S. Conover of St. Joseph Mo visited and announced the St. Joseph Motor Car Co shipped three cars to Kansas. Eyewitnesses described the cars as beauties.
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Charles S. Conover
St. Joseph Motor Car Co
St. Joseph
Kansas
Bigamist Expected in Superior Court
W. V. Marsh was arrested in Detroit on a bigamy charge for marrying a Goshen woman while his legal wife was alive. He waived examination and the case will likely be filed in the superior court tomorrow.
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W. V. Marsh
Detroit
Methodist Memorial Home for the Aged Incorporation Planned
Articles of incorporation filed with the secretary of state establish the Methodist Memorial Home for the Aged to be located at Warren Indiana. Eleven directors will serve six from the Northern Indiana Annual Conference of the M E church with ministers Cyrus A Wade Frank G Browne John K Cecil Brenton Hellopeter James A Beatty and Frank P Morris as initial directors and lay members C Cartwright A B Cline C O Shul T R Block Eli P Miller to also serve.
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M. E. Home
Methodist Memorial Home For
Warren
Ind
Northern Indiana
M. E. Church
Cyrus A. Wade
Fort, Wayne
Frank G. Browne
Newcastle
John K. Cecil
Bluffton
Brenton
Hellopeter
Wabash
Shoemaker Trustee Today in South Bend Meeting
Creditors of the defunct Shoemaker Automobile Co met in South Bend with Referee Lambert to select a trustee. Several Elkhart attorneys attended the meeting representing clients.
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Shoemaker
Shoemaker Automobile Go
South Bend
Lambert
Elkhart
Mail carrier’s wagon breaks down on Main Street
Rural carrier Verne Yoder of route No 6 had a minor mishap on Main Street at Prairie Street when his wagon broke down this morning. He continued the delivery on horseback to complete his rounds.
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Verne Yoder
Main Street
Prairie Street
Bucher Assumes Proprietorship of Shaw Hotel at Cassopolis
Jonathan Bucher of South Bend has assumed proprietorship of the Shaw Hotel located in Cassopolis. The transfer marks a new chapter for the historic property as local officials note ongoing operations and community ties.
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Jonathan Bucher
South Bend
Shaw Hotel
Cassopolis
Knoxville bidder Oliver indicted for eight hour law violation
W J Oliver of Knoxville Tennessee once a Panama Canal excavating bidder has been indicted by a Nashville federal grand jury for allegedly making laborers work ten hours daily on what was decided as government work.
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W .J. Oliver
Knoxville
Tenn
Oliver
Hikhart
Nashville
Two Old Men Die Suddenly In Indiana Inquest Held
Coroner F N Dewey and Attorney E A Baker traveled to Millersburg to hold an inquest into the death of Simon Delcamp found dead near Elk Hart river. Heart disease is suspected. Delcamp, 68, unmarr ied, lived with sister Mrs John Harter. He fished Thursday afternoon and was seen at 5 pm. His body was found face down with a fish pole in one hand and a string of fish. The town alerted after he failed to return home. He belonged to Howell Post G A R Goshen. Michaels Stiver Sudden Death: Michael Stiver, 74, died while driving cows home from pasture near New Paris. He collapsed at 5:30 pm Thursday. apoplexy listed as cause. He left a son C B Stiver who runs a Goshen furniture and undertaking business, plus three other sons, two brothers, and four sisters. Funeral planned for 9:30 am Sunday.
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F. N. Dewey
E. A. Baker
Millersburg
Simon Delcamp
Elkhart River
Milersburg
George Method
Dan Boomershine
Lou Lecount
Mr. Delcamp
Indiana
John Harter
Howell Post
Goshen
Michaels Stiver
Michael Stiver
New Paris
Frank Method
Montgomery County
Ohio
C. B. Siiver
Record flood sweeps Indiana towns with rising Wabash
In Vincennes and Evansville reports describe the greatest flood in local memory. The Wabash River nears record height, rising nearly two inches per hour amid heavy rainfall. Rail traffic disrupted as floodwaters inundate streets and lowlands. Terre Haute and surrounding areas report distress from the downpour and swollen waterways.
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Fiere
Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern
Carlisle
Minson J. Niblack
State For Association
Indiana
Evansville
Ind
Ohio
Record for Economy in Kokomo Describes Desperate Proof
Mrs Charles Henderson holds a city record after Justice De Raven's court revealing she supported herself and four children for seventeen weeks on two dollars a week. Illness after eighteen weeks left her and the children as township charge. Trial of husband noted as wife desertion with witnesses confirming the hardship.
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Kokomo
Charles Uenderson
Population figure from Indianapolis school census
Indianapolis reports total city population at 244,701 and school age count of 48,?8 (likely reading error) from the recent enumeration by the Indianapolis School Board. The data use a long standing method to estimate broader population.
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Indianapolis
May
Indianapuis School Board
Indianapolis Board
Fattest Man in the State Dies in Kokomo
John Russet a 75 year old Black man from Kokomo Indiana is dead at his home. He stood seven feet two inches tall and was regarded as the tallest man in Indiana though he resented being called a giant.
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Kokomo
Ind
John Russet
Iana
Derebt
Another Victim of the Pite at Fort Warne
Fort Wayne Tidings May 8 reports RE. M. Matthews of Columbus Ohio died after breaking his back leaping from the fifth story of the New Aveline hotel. He was twenty four and married eight months. This marks the twelfth fire victim.
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Fort Warne
Tid
RE. M. Matthews
Calumbus, O
Aveline
Ste
Fire razes Hughes grain elevator in Brooklyn incident
Thought to be incendiary, a May 9 blaze destroyed the Hughes grain elevator in Brooklyn, Martinsville area. Firefighters fought flames that consumed the structure and its grain contents, with investigations likely into arson.
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Martinsville
Ind
Hughes
Brooklyn
Woman nearly killed by carbolic acid in house cleaning
Mrs. Martin Robinson of Locke township drank what she believed wine and burned her mouth when it proved carbolic acid. A physician saved her life, likely due to the acid's weakened strength from age. Cassopolis Vigilant notes W. V. Marsh, once of Cassopolis and now in Goshen for bigamy, had two prior marriages before marrying Miss Stuckman of Allegan, who led to his arrest for marrying Anna Rathka of Goshen.
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Martin Robinson
Locke Township
Cassopolis
W. V. Marsh
Goshen
Miss Stuckman
All
Western Wages High Across Regions and Child Labor Noted
A census bureau report finds Western factory workers earn an average of 13.65 per week, higher than the North Central 10.62 and other regions. The national average is 10. Child labor is highlighted with 90,107 workers, 2.7 percent, averaging 3.40 weekly. Population density and regional composition explain regional pay gaps.
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Washington
Census Bureau
West
North Central States
North Atlantic
South Central
South Atlantic
East
South
The Biggest Yet Nashville gunboat to join Illinois militia
Washington May 8 The Nashville gunboat, based at the Boston navy yard, will be transferred to Lake Michigan for Illinois naval militia use. At 220 feet on the load water line and 38 feet beam it carries eight 4 inch guns and a heavy auxiliary battery. It can accommodate 15 officers and 200 enlisted men and fired the first shot and captured a Spanish boat in the 1898 war near Key West.
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Washington
Nashville
Boston Navy Yard
Lake Michigan
Illindig Naval Militia
Great Lakes
Key West
Havana
Prominent Indiana Banker and Official Dies in Bloomington
Nat A. Hill of Bloomington aged prominent Indiana figure and twice state treasurer died today after an operation. He led the First Indiana National Bank of Bloomington and was active in Indiana University affairs. He suffered from cancer and his death followed surgery in Indianapolis.
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Indiana
Indianapolis
Nat A. Hill
Bloomington
Ind
First Indiana National Bank of
Indiana University
Big Fire Ravages Atlanta Wholesale District
A major blaze swept Atlanta’s wholesale district on May 8 injuring the business section severely. The fire destroyed multiple wholesale houses, with total losses estimated at $1,500,000. Daily operations were disrupted as investigators assess the origin and scope of the damage.
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Atlanta
Superior Court Docket Briefs May 18 Adjudications
The superior court listed actions including a verdict for the defendant in Chapman vs Lambert over sewer drainage and a postponed jury call until May 18. Lambert vs Chapmans to reform a deed was dismissed, Royal Stove & Range Co. appointed receiver, Zumpfe owed $81.90, Kistner vs Automatic Sprinkler dismissed, Graham suit filed, Blosser tendered $160, Indiana & Michigan Electric damages set at $25, Cook divorce suit dismissed as her husband serves a life term for murder, Weatherwax liquor case dismissed, Boyer declared of unsound mind with Milburn guardian, Goshen assessor counted 311 dogs. Hillhart 165.
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Melville
S. Chapman Et al
George Lambert
Chapmans
Louisa J
Melville S. Chapman
Royal Stove & Range
Graham
Arcenus N. Blosser
Amos Pippinger
Indiana & Michigan Electric Co
Ann Beeson-Purdy
Rosa Cook
William Cook
Cook
James Perkins
Granger
Jeffersonyville
Lewis M. Weatherwax
Harvey Kantz
Bristol
John Boyer
George Milburn
Boyer
Davis & Schaefer of
Goshen
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