Gillespie Freed After Supreme Court Reversal
Indiana Supreme Court reverses a murder conviction and frees James Gillespie of Rising Sun. The decision holds the first jury was improperly discharged and him twice in jeopardy, ordering release and abandonment of further prosecution. The case stems from the 1903 killing of Miss Elizabeth Gillespie and previous trials ending in acquittals for other defendants.
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Indianapolis
Supreme Court
James Gillespie
Rising Sun
Elizabeth Gillespie
Belle Howard
Myron Barbour
Gillespie
Lfe
Ily
Governor Hanly T Museum Plum Dispatches New Appointments
On his 44th birthday Governor Hanly announced three appointments in Indiana. John McArdie of New Richmond joins the state board of tax commissioners and Charles T Hanna with Lawson M Harvey of Indianapolis become superior judges for Marion County. Weather delayed the governor’s appearance and the secretary Col. Fred L Wemmer released the news.
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Indianapolis
Hanly
John McArdie
New Richmond
State Board of Tax Commissioners
Charles T. Hanna
Lawson M. Harvey
Marion County
Fred L. Wemmer
John McArdle
Dan Chapin
Rockport
Samuel Thomas
Eastern Hospital For the
Madison
Trolley Line Sets One Cent Fare for G A R Convention
Indianapolis April 3. Traction companies in Indiana reportedly agree to a straight one cent per mile rate for the Grand Army of the Republic to attend the state convention in Fort Wayne from May 22 to 25 inclusive.
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Indianapolis
Traction Companies
Indiana
Indiana Department
Fort Wayne
Fort Wayne Veterans Gather as Steam Lines Consider Rate Concession
The Fort Wayne committee organizing the veterans gathering expects a favorable decision on reduced rail fares. Steam roads have resisted a cent-a-mile rate, but local organizers still hope the concession will be granted in time for the event.
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Fort Wayne
Prisoner James Gillespie Considers Return to Rising Sun
Michigan City Ind April 4 James Gillespie, held in the Indiana penitentiary store room, reacting to the supreme court decision, says he may return to Rising Sun to live though he waits for official notice before freedom.
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Rising Sun
Michigan City
Ind
Supreme Court
James Gillespie
Indiana Penitentiary
Gillespie
Death of Bishop James N. Fitzgerald in Hong Kong
The Reverend Bishop James N. Fitzgerald of the Methodist Episcopal Church died in Hong Kong at 69 from pleurisy while on a quadrennial mission visit. Born in Newark in 184? he joined the Newark conference in 1862 and was later elected bishop in 1888 after serving as recording secretary of the missionary society. He had home in St. Louis and had traveled with his wife and children from Montreal to Asia, participating in missions events in India and China.
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New York
Hong Kong
James N. Fitzgerald
Methodist Episcopal Church
Methodist Book Concern
St. Louis
Fitzgerald
Methodist Church
Montreal
Ray
Asia
India
Bareilly
Board of Foreign Missions
China
Shanghai
Bishop Fitzgerald
Newark
N. J
Missionary Society of the Methodist Church
Renee Newton
Jersey City
Bishop Fitzgerald On World Tour Returns With Tragedy
Bishop James N. Fitzgerald and family traveled from St. Louis beginning last December for a world tour that mixed sightseeing with charity for his wife’s illness. Their daughter Cornelia Fitzgerald died suddenly in Penang, India on March 1, prompting the family to return home for her funeral in the United States. The loss has caused deep sorrow in the community.
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Bishop Fitzgerald
St. Louis
James N. Fitzgerald
Cornelia
Pessie
Ray Fitzgerald
Fitzgerald
Cornelia Fitzgerald
Penang
India
Pacific
Noted Swindler Released From Columbia Penitentiary
Otto Henry known as Prince Sondheim, born in Germany, freed after five years for pocket-picking in Urbana. The so called clever crook swindled the duke of Edinburgh in London in 1891 and boasted a chemical process to add a quarter to a third to gold weight, swindling many and amassing thousands.
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Columbia, O
Prince
Otto Henry
Sondheim
Germany
Urbana
Duke of Edinburg
London
Henry
Goshen Family Found Nearly Asphyxiated at Home
Mr and Mrs Claude Feck and their baby were found nearly asphyxiated at their Goshen home on Monday due to a clogged chimney trapping poisonous coal gases inside the house.
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Claude Feck
Baby
Goshen
Brotherhoods and Railroads Reach Peaceful Settlement
Chicago April 4 The western rail roads and the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen and the Order of Railway Conductors reached a tentative accord after mediation by Interstate Commerce Commission Chairman Knapp and United States Labor Commission Chairman Neill. A 10 percent wage rise and a ten hour day for freight crews are agreed, with a concession on passenger service. Major managers oppose a nine hour day and wage increase together. Prospects for a quick, peaceful settlement appear bright as negotiations continue late today.
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Chicago
Western Railroads
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen
Order of Railway Conductors
Knapp
Interstate Commerce Commission
Neill
United States Labor Commission
Mr. Neill
Grandmaster Morrissey
Garretson
Slason Thompson
General Managers’ Association
Indiana sheriffs barred from in and out fees ruling
The Indiana Supreme Court upheld the appellate ruling that sheriffs are not entitled to in and out fees for receiving and discharging prisoners. The fees, worth hundreds monthly in Marion County, must be paid into the county treasury to fund sheriffs' salaries. The decision overruled a transfer in the case Thomas Starr vs board of commissioners.
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Indianapolis
Supreme Court
Appellate Court
Thomas Starr
Board of Commissioners
Marion County
Judge bans smoking in Peru circuit court
Judge Tillett of the circuit court at Peru issued an order prohibiting smoking in the courtroom after a trial when smoke made it hard to see the jurors. Leonard Highmoor, age 58, of Bourbon area, collapsed on his farm Tuesday after stopping a runaway. He is survived by his wife and the former husband of nine years prior.
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Tillett
Peru
Leonard Highmoor
Bourbon
Highmoor
Judge Zollars sprinting record at Auburn draws crowd
Fort Wayne judge Allen Zollars known as a fine Indiana lawyer amazes Auburn observers by sprinting across Cedar street chasing an interurban car. The scene unfolds during a De Kalb county case, with Zollars finally returning to court for the widow’s $50,000 estate matter while a train crew disputes papers and a slave Easter egg claim evaporates amid laughter.
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Allen Zollars
Fort Wayne
Indiana
Auburn Courier
DeKalb County
Pennsylvania Railroad
Cedar Street
Zollars
DeKalb
Allen County
Auburn
Temple of Justice
Hiram Enzor
Cedar
Seventh Streets
North Cedar Street
Mob Attacks Train Carrying Strike Breakers
A special train carrying forty non union workers from Lima to Lorain was attacked by a mob as it neared American Shipbuilding yards. All windows were smashed and most occupants were bruised or injured. fifteen men remained aboard when the car reached Cleveland. Twenty five men fled as stones and bricks rained on the coach before the engineer escaped to safety.
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Cleveland, O
Lima
Lorain
American Shipbuilding Company
Nickel Plate Road
Women Lead Mob Against Strike Breakers in Lorain
In Lorain Ohio on April 4 a mob of about 600 strikers attacked a Nickel Plate coach carrying non union men to the American Shipbuilding plant. About fifty women urged mob action while glass was smashed and stones struck the cars. The train moved away to the east side near the shipyard gate as the confrontation escalated.
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Lorain
American Shipbuilding Company
Lawton Memorial to Be Unveiled on Decoration Day
Indianapolis April 4 The unveiling of the Henry W. Lawton monument will be held in the forenoon of May 30 with an address by President Roosevelt. The Lawton monument will stand in the southwest corner of the courthouse yard facing southwest. United States regulars from Fort Sheridan and Fort Thomas are to take part. Mrs Lawton is expected to attend the ceremony and Governor Hanly will introduce the president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Henry W. Lawton
Roosevelt
Crown Hill
Lawton Monument Commission
Court House Yard
Lawton
Hanly
Commission
United States
Fort Sheridan
Fort Thomas
Workman blown to pieces by explosive mailed from North Adams
Daniel Miller a 27 year old machinist in Schenectady was mortally injured by an infernal machine delivered to his lodgings at 481 Liberty street. The device contained an electric battery and dynamite with embedded metal fragments. Police chief Rynex and detectives investigate. Miller was due to marry in June.
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Schenectady
N. Y
Daniel Miller
Express
North Adams
Mass
Miller
Liberty Street
Miller’s
Rynex
Ellenville
Ulster County
Penfield Named as Delegate to Arbitration Conference
Washington April 4. At a meeting of the information arbitration treaty conference executive committee delegates were appointed for the international arbitration and peace conference in New York April 14 to 17. Names include Straus Foster Hale Gompers Penfield and Page among others. Roosevelt Root and others will address the congress. Also La Porte church to raise a mile of pennies to lift a debt. expected total $844.88.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Permanent
Executive Committee of the
Information Arbitration Treaty Conference
New York
Secretary of Commerce and Labor
Straus
John W. Foster
Edward Everett Hale
Hannis Taylor
William L. Penfield
Samuel Gompers
Thomas H. Anderson
Merrell KE. Gates
T. S. Ham
American Federation of Labor
Congress
First Christian
Laporte
Fort Wayne and South Bend traction line project faces delays but proceeds
The eastern stock market flare caused some delay yet did not cripple the Fort Wayne and South Bend traction line project. President G A Walkup of Chicago arrived in the city and said affairs are in excellent condition and an early start on construction is likely as spring nears. He noted meetings with directors and ongoing renewed activity, with officials asserting the new trolley road remains an absolute certainty.
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Fort Wayne
South Bend
G. A. Walkup
Chicago
Walkup
Banquet Celebrates Eighth Anniversary of AOH Auxiliary
The Ladies Auxiliary of the Ancient Order of Hibernians held a banquet at the Homestead cafe on Wednesday to mark eight years of the organization. About forty five members attended as Mrs McLaughlin Miss Helen Barry and others sang Irish songs. State president Miss Molie Fox and county president Mrs M J Maroney attended. A dance followed at Hibernian hall.
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Order of Hibernians
Homestead Cafeer
Order
McLaughlin
Helen Barry
Molie Fox
M. J. Maroney
Hibernian Hall
Hats Sent From Philippine Islands Mail to Two Recipients
Major G. W. Wilson and William Mannix received hats made of fine Philippine straw through the mail. Judge Newton Gilbert of the Philippine islands arranged the delivery in a bamboo tube with a note stating one hat was for Wilson and the other for Mannix.
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Major G. W. Wilson
William Mannix
Newton Gilbert
Philippine Islands
Major Wilson
Mr. Mannix
Catholic schools hold successful Haster festival in Columbia City
In Columbia City the Catholic schools hosted a successful Haster festival Monday evening. Special elections set for May 1 in Richland, Columbia and Union townships to decide subsidies for a Fort Wayne Winona trolley line. The Toledo & Chicago interurban plans survey from Watervliet to Butler, with competition from Toledo & Indiana over routing south of Lake Shore.
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Columbia City
Richland
Columbia
Union Townships
Whitley County
Fort Wayne
Union Township
Angola Herald
The
Herald Printing Company
E. C. Klink
EB. C. Gree
Cyrus Cline
Frank M. Powers
Alphonso C. Wood
Green
Klink
John Kron’z
Butler
Toledo
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Indiana Supreme Court
Qld
Tax Board
Fitzgerald Bie Til Hong Nung
Ohio
Wizabete
Zleseles
Appelate Court
Judge Zollars
Joshua Emerick
Elmira
Lagrange County
Lagrange
W. A. Elward
Wabash Railroad
Wabash
Lagro
Calhoun Street
Near, Washington
Earl S. Sloan
Boston
Mais
Judge Penfield
President Walkup
South Bend Traction Line
Vicaries
Sharp
Madison Lin
Pfeiffer & Son
Columbia St
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