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Newspaper
Ferdinand News
Location
Ferdinand, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1913
Page
15
Legal experts contend Stanford Whie's slayer is nearly immune to extradition. The incident occurs as a milkman’s escape triggers a dash into a taxicab with a gate opening at the matterwan insane asylum.
Timeline tracks Harry K Thaw murder of Stanford White and the ensuing legal saga. Key dates cover trials insanity pleas habeas corpus efforts, Evelyn Nesbit Thaw, Matteawan asylum, and appeals through 1913 including escapes and resumption of investigations.
Harry Kendall Thaw, convicted slayer of Stanford White, fled Matteawan State Hospital for the Criminal Insane. Within an hour he crossed into Connecticut by taxi then car, vanishing from New York authorities. Superintendent Rich suspects inside help and planned the escape, with a yacht waiting offshore at a Connecticut seaport.
The wealthy slayer Harry Thaw escaped Matteawan with officials launching a rigid inquiry into possible attendants involved. Dr. Kiel, appointed superintendent after Dr. Russell’s dismissal over a bribery plot, orders investigation while Thaw’s mother Mrs. Mary Thaw and Evelyn Nesbit Thaw seek protection. Police describe Thaw at 6 feet 11.5 inches, 166 pounds, and alert authorities across ferries and stations.
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw, escorted by police and a private detective hired by Oscar Hammerstein, travels to the Victoria theater for her vaudeville engagement amid fear for her safety. She recounts the last words with Harry K. Thaw, describing ominous threats as he remains out of the asylum.
Lakeville Conn. prosecutor Jerome asserts no statement or comment about the escape and says he has no facts or connection to the Thaw case. He claims no reason to speak and says he possesses no information at present.
Indiana expects annual automobile tax receipts to reach 350000 to 400000 with funds going to counties and earmarked for road building. The state acts as custodian, distributing funds by county, gravel road share, and per-capita allocations. Authorities report heavy tag demand, with 49000 to 50000 vehicles to be registered and 20000 tags just issued this week amid shipping delays.
The Mane is Normal Institute, with over 1400 students from many states and foreign countries, will graduate more than 150 young men and women. Some graduates attended Marion Normal college merged with the Munele Institution. The Munele Normal Institute is a consolidation of several normal and manual training schools.
Ng Poon Chew, longtime American representative of Dr Sun Yat Sen, opens the ninth annual Christian Citizenship Institute at Winona Lake. He speaks to delegates from around the world, touring the United States to explain China’s era and aims. He is related to Wu Ting Fang, former Chinese ambassador.
State factory inspector and deputies filed affidavits in Judge Foust's Logansport court charging George A. Strecker baker with child labor law violations after thirteen year old Leland Warner died in an elevator accident at Strecker bakery. Similar charges against George Mulcahey elpar manufacturer filed in Yuma court. Incorporations named Wild Cat Utilities Gary and Club Bazar Gary with capital and directors. Notice of preliminary dissolution filed for News Printing Co of South Whitley Ind.
A preacher likens humanity to sheep to illustrate sin and repentance. He cites scripture on returning to the Shepherd and tells a parable of a sea-roving son who returns to his mother, whose door remained open for his return.
The quote speaks of maintaining sweetness of thought and calmness when facing bitter, rebellious feelings. Overcoming is the victory and reward, strengthening character as it tests the weakest point, with hard challenges revealing true resilience.
A compact meditation urging steady daily effort and accountability. It speaks of bread, personal responsibility, and finishing the work given, concluding with a resolve to write at the bottom of the page that it is finished.
The fragment references Watson BE Coleman and Wie PATington DC, noting free books and text references. It then shifts to a Railway Restaurant lunch query and thrift tips, mentioning Red Cross Ball Blue and iron in blood, followed by tardy arrival remarks about a concert and the Ninth Symphony.
A cartoon caption from Puck questions a woman’s prominent appearance and salary, naming Mrs. Packum as a strong-minded figure who supposedly commands a large income earned by her husband.
A teacher lectures on foreign money in America. When Harry is asked the value of a guinea, he quips that it is worth a dollar and a half a day, reflecting playful humor in a classroom vignette from Everybody's Magazine.
The weekly Stray Shots satirically urges Fort Leavenworth inmates to improve their brown gravy. It mocks the cook for using hot water and uncooked flour, arguing such methods cause indigestion and urging care for the regiment's wellbeing.
At the International Congress of Applied Chemistry in London, Gia Como Ciamician forecast that future women's dresses will change color with surroundings without altering the garment. He cites phototropic colors as the key, enabling rapid shifts from light to dark as lighting changes.
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