Strine Murder Trial Passes Testimony Day One
Ora Strine on the Goshen murder case took the stand, recounting his marriage to Alice Cochran Conley, alleged threats, and the razor purchase on December 14. The defense portrayed him as inconsistent but credible, with testimony detailing key relationships, letters, and the night of the fatal wound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ora Strine
Goshen
Ferrall
Blake
Elkhart
Strine
Alice Cochran Conley
Ed. Hatfield
Mabel Sassman
Anthony Deahl
Alice Cochran- Conley
Clarence Guess
Nathan Cochran
Hd Cochran
Ed. Cochran
Newt Cochran
Enos Hite
Silvers
Dausman
Alice Cochran
Hile
Dodge
Deahl
Ed Hatfield
Hatfield
Alice
Elkhmart
James S
Dodze
Aes Deahl
Alice Cochran-Conley Strine
Hostetler’s
Elkhart & Western
Most Economical price baking powder Co Chicago
A fragment notes Most Economical price baking powder Co of Chicago. No additional context or dates are provided beyond this product reference.
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Price Baking Powder Co
Chicago
Fire at Godfrey Bros Lumber Yard Burns 14 000 Loss
The Godfrey Bros lumber yard at the foot of High street burned in the early hours, with an estimated loss of 14 000 and only about 9 000 insured. Firemen saved adjoining buildings including Borneman & Doll's, despite a gale and limited equipment. one worker was overcome. The origin is unclear but suspected incendiary.
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Godfrey Bros
High Street
Bornewand& Doll’s
Main Street
Borneman & Doll
Sanford
M. Martin
Delta, No. 2
Willowdale
B. C. Godfrey
South Main Street
Godfrey
Seret, Stamp
Officer Rinehart
Bucklen
Guardian petition for Maria B Newell notes court action
Court records show a petition to appoint a guardian for Maria B Newell confined in an insane asylum. The clerk notes a supreme court reversal in Mary S Sherwood versus Guy C Johnson. Berkey paid 10500 to Portland Savings Bank for a loan. Elkhart Hardwood Lumber petitions to rename to Elkhart Lumber. Henry Clay Dodge attended court after a recent incident with Sears Gardner. his face remains disfigured.
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Maria B. Newell
Supreme Court
Mary
Sherwood
Guy C. Johnson
Berkey
Portland Savings Bank Co
Portland
Frank Binkley
Nappanee
COURE
Vanfleet & Vanfleet
Elkhart Hardwood Lumber Company
Elkhart Lumber Company
Henry Clay ‘Dodge
Sears Gardner
County council urged to fund telephones in court house
A Wakarusa Tribune note criticizes Elkhart County for not affording telephones in the courthouse and at the county farm, calling the stance too economical for the people.
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Elkhart
Wakarusa
Tribune
Elkhart Man Ora Strine Found Guilty of First Degree Murder
Ora Strine was convicted of murder in the first degree for killing his wife Alice Cochran-Conley Strine in Elkhart on December 14. The six jurors voted for life imprisonment with the other six initially for death before final verdict after six and a half hours deliberation.
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Elkhart
Clark Tiedeman
Elkhart Township
Stephens
Evans
Benton
Charles Dill
Osolo
Charles Gardner
Jefferson
Charles Mast
Charles Moore
Olive
Phillip Bowser
Daniel Teeders
Concord
Ed Stage
Joseph Jorbin
John M. Berkey
Sam Niederer
Harrison
Ora Strine
Alice Cochran- Conley-Strine
Strine
Col
James S. Dodge
Atorney Anthony Deahs
Smallpox Outbreak Reported in Elkhart City
Smallpox returns to Elkhart with cases in the southern city area and at the Elkhart Institute on Prairie Street. Health officers order quarantines and fumigation. several students and residents are affected, including J L Shhenk Walter Christopher Rudy Singer and nurse Adeline Yoder. Authorities warn the disease appears mild but precautions continue.
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Elkhart
Elkhart Institute
Prairie Street
Hoppingarner
J. L. Shhenk
Walter ~ Christopher
W. S. Gingerich
South ‘Main
Rudy Singer
Mrs. Wilson
Kinzie
George Bender
South Prairie
N. E. Byers
Fred Reed
Tucker Block
South Second Street
Adeline Yoder
Reed Home
Hikhart Institute
Ellen Bunger seeks divorce and name restoration in 1900 action
Ellen Bunger through Vail and Wehmyer petitions for divorce from John A. Bunger for failure to provide. They wed in 1889 and separated January 18 1900. She seeks to resume her maiden name Ellen Hapner. William C. McCoy sues on a note against William Strine for 105 dollars. Church and Hughes attorneys. John Larue of Elkhart arrested on bench warrant for contempt of court for unpaid divorce proceedings. The Hlkhart Hardwood Lumber Co files to change its name by dropping Hardwood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellen Bunger
Vail & Wehmyer
John A. Bunger
Ellen Hapner
William C. McCoy
William Strine
Church & Hughes
John Larue
Elkhart
Hlkhart Hardwood Lumber Co
Circuit Court
Hardwood
Teacher and pupil clash at Paulus district school
I Py Wyman, teacher at Paulus district school No 9, ejected Grover Coffman the twelve year old son of Daniel Coffman after a younger brother struck the teacher with a club. Wyman won the confrontation.
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I. Py Wyman
Paulus District
No. 9
Grover Coffman
Daniel Coffman
Wyman
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Mr. Dausman
Commonwealth
Cochran
Cochrans
E. A. Baker
S.’ Law
Aaron ‘Madley
Clara Hartman
Sheriff Elliott
Dell Ackley
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