Judge Rules St Joseph County Prosecutor Must Stand Trial
Judge Van Fleet orders Joseph B. Talbot to move toward trial or show cause for delay in disbarment proceedings. State’s testimony hinges on ex yeggman “Yock” Allison. defense seeks February term second Monday setting. Other cases include DeFreese vs Zimmerman, divorce for Louis I Jacobs, and Myers farm dispute ruling.
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Joseph
B. Talbot
van Fleet
Joseph BR. Talbot
St. Jjoseph County
J. S. State
State
Talbot
C. P. Ducomb
Harry R. Wair
South Bend
Sr. Ducamb
van Moet
Yeggman
Mr. Wair
Yock" Allison
Lake Shore
Yeggman Gang
Supreme Court of Michigan
Allison
Calvert H. Defreese
Alpheus Zimmerman
A. J. Deer Company
Peter Wangeres
Thomas Sarantos
Gien
Anna M. Jacobs
Louis I. Jacobs
Floyd
Treva
Myers
Mandilla Myers
John W. Myers
Hillsdale Furniture Firm Assets Fall Short of Solvency
Edward Furgeson trustee reports Hillsdale Bacon furniture branch assets far below liabilities. Appraised stock worth $1466, Indiana stores $16,991 before auction. total likely under $11,000 from four stocks with leases totaling $15,000. Estimated recoveries 50 to 60 cents on the dollar.
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Edward Furgeson
Hillsdale
Bacon Furniture Concern
Swan
Detroit
Ben Zigler
Zigler
E. A. Baker
Indiana
W.P. Bacon
Bacon
Graft charges target Elkhart county officials
Honest Jawn Gattshall accuses Elkhart county officials of graft and pilfering from the public treasury and says he can prove more than 7000 has been illegally paid out. He plans to present evidence to the county commissioners and may pursue cross-bond suits if the board does not act.
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Elkhart
Gattshall
James FH
The
Rumored Plan for Special Election Under New County Law
Reports from temperance circles speak of a preliminary movement toward a petition driven special election under the new county option law. The plan reportedly involves temperance meetings followed by canvassing for signatures to support a section petition, though several workers doubt any action is imminent.
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Sany
Child dies after ingesting medicine in Pittsburg incident
A brief notice reports a child died after consuming medicine at home in Pittsburg. The fragmented text references Mr Arthur Haines and a visiting relative, with convulsions noted before death.
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Arthur Haines
Pittsburg
Police Suspect Romance Motive in Elkhart Death Letter Case
Sheriff Green and Goshen police pursue a theory that a woman influenced George Miller in a blackmail plot linked to a threatening death letter. Miller mailed $200 to J M Anderson of Elkhart as demanded, a claim supported by Miller’s wife, while Miller’s mental state declined after the Goshen assault and he was treated at home.
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George Miller
Miller
Goshen
I Smith
Ava
George
Recommendation for a simple prison system and truancy officer terms
The ES recommends a rational prison system and a compulsory educational law. It argues detached correction facilities for convicts and that newly appointed truants officers begin at the start of the next school year to ensure continuity and better results.
Socialist action grows over Russian refugee Rudowitz case
Elkhart socialists plan petition drives to Secretary Root to oppose Rudowitz extradition and push for broader anti extradition measures. The effort hinges on local socialist approval and a forthcoming meeting to formalize protests and appoint a committee to circulate petitions.
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Elkhart
Root
Christian Rudowitz
Foote
Rudowitz
United States
Chicago
Russia
Juran
National Party
Crackers Fail at Standard Oil Safe Raid in Elkhart
Cracksmen attempted to rob the Standard Oil office by wiring a safe after the building’s electric line was cut by agent Thomas Keene. The burglars fled when power was cut. only sixty cents in postage stamps were stolen from a cash drawer. The case links to similar attempts in Baker meat market and South Bend, suggesting a local gang operating between Elkhart and nearby cities.
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Standard Oil Company
Thomas Keene
Baker Meat Market
South Bend
Standard Oil
Elkhart
Earl BW
Baker
Buehler Brothers
Fragmentary religious phrase linked to heavenly descent
TheSource text presents a fragment referencing a Homeric and golden chain descending from the throne of God to man. It suggests a concept of divine linkage between heaven and humanity.
Change of venue fought over in Goshen remonstrance case
Affidavits allege bias against Judge Van Fleet in a Goshen case. Special Judge McKibben grants remonstrants five days to perfect a venue change and sets up potential appeals or new judge selection. Lawyers for Smith and remonstrants name local Indiana firms in ongoing dispute over where the trial should occur.
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Vernon
van Fleet
A. Beeks
Horace “N. ‘Spear
McKibben
van. Fleet
St. Joseph Superior Court
Guv
Hanly
James H. State
Robert E. Proctor
Smith
C. Raymer
Elkhart
Deahl & Deahl
Goshen
Rem. F. Geahl
Mrs. Ira D. Lambert Dies After Blood Poisoning
Mrs. Ira D. Lambert, 26, died at 9 a m at 117 West Indiana avenue from undetermined blood poisoning. Husband is son of Rev George Lambert of Mennonite missions in Egypt. Survived by four year old son Willis, two brothers Chas and Jacob Domer, sister Mrs Amos Miller, and mother Mrs Mary Tuggle. Funeral Wednesday at Prairie Street Mennonite Church. Burial at Prairie Street Cemetery.
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Ira D. Lambert
West
Indiana Avenue
Jacob
B. Domer
Goshen
Amos B. Miller
Wakarusa
Mary Tuggle
Prairie Street Mennonite Church
Prairie Street Cemetery
Vaccination Order Faces Public Protest in City
Reports from the secretary of the board of health note many parents resist the vaccination order while physicians say compliance is widespread. No smallpox cases are reported, yet an anti vaccination movement is discussed as a possibility for school certificates.
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Bord of Health
Valparaiso Man Targeted by Death Threat Letter
George Miller, a wealthy Valparaiso resident, received a death threat demanding $200. He sent the money to Elkhart to an alias, J. M. Anderson, while police watched Goshen and Elkhart post offices for the writer. A suspect, Lloyd S. Trump, was briefly arrested then released after relatives intervened. Miller, driven to distraction, had been robbed of $40 the previous summer and beaten, leaving him in a fragile state.
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J. M. Anderson
Elkhart
J. MM. Anderson
Ami
Lloyd
Trump
Lexington Avenue
Jurkhart
Jerry Trump
Goshen
Gilbeer Fonda
Miller
Valparaiso
Ties arrive for Jackson St Line upgrade
The St Joseph Valley Railway received its first loads of a 2000 tie consignment today and distributed them along East Jackson Street. The ties were contracted from residents north of the city and will lay nearly a mile of track. A car of 460 ties arrived yesterday and was unloaded.
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Judge van Fleet
St. Joseph County
Attoney Gattshall
Geo. Miller
Pikhart
Green
Anderson
Ind
Cracksmen
M. V
Derson’’ Money
Miller of
Valparaiso, Ind
Jackson-St
Louis
M. Simpson
Main St
Elkhart, Ind
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