Fort Wayne Court Action Covers Mullen Perjury Case and Divorces
In Fort Wayne circuit court President Isadore Mautner testified receiving １０００ dollars from the Detroit Base Ball club for the release of pitcher George Mullen and sought dismissal of perjury charges. Separately Tressa C. Brown seeks a divorce from Jos L. Brown citing habitual drunkenness, assault and domestic strife. County contracts awarded for next year include coal to Enough Coal Co at 3.75 a ton. Fort Wayne Trust reports net receipts of 16151.12 and disbursements 13057.03 since 1901, leaving 3094.09.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isadore Mautner
Fort Wayne
Detroit
George Mullen
Emrick
Robertson & O'Rourke
Mullen
Acquita
Mautner
Fales
O’rourke
Mrs. Brown
Tressa C. Brown
Somer & Kinner
Circuit Court
Jos. L. Brown
Pennsylvania Company
Walton Avenue
McKim
Enough Coal Company
Standard Blank Book Company
Fort Wayne Newspaper Union, Journal Company
Siemon & Bro
Fisher Bros
Fort Wayne Trust Company
Superior Court
Fort Wayne Water Power Company
Divorce Modification Sought In Violence Case
Mary Woodworth asked the superior court to modify a year old divorce decree to prevent her husband James Woodworth from seeing their children. She cites violence and insults when he visits her father’s home, and a recent altercation at Peter Sukup’s residence. Woodworth filed affidavits alleging assault by Woodworth and Sukup parties. Judge Heaton summoned him to show cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Woodworth
James Woodworth
Peter Sukup
William Dunfee
King
Hannah G. Atchison
Oscar Gandy
Ae Gandy
Har
Eggemen
Halloween Trials End With Fines In Allen County
Frank Clark Charles Broxon Frederick Loepert and Richard Loepert were fined five dollars and costs each for obstructing the Illinois road and the county line road during Halloween. Acquitted: William Noyer Cleveland Noyer and Ralph Kantz. Judge Hench heard the case, half of Dunfee’s population attended, and an appeal was taken to the circuit court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Clark
Charles Broxon
Frederick
Richard Loepert
County Line
Dunfee
William
Cleveland Noyer
Ralph Kantz
Ott acquitted in obstructing a public ditch case
A jury in the circuit court acquitted George W. Ott of Eel River township of obstructing a public ditch. Judge O Rourke instructed that liability requires a completed ditch and ownership of the livestock by the accused. in Ott’s case the ditch was still under construction and ownership of the cattle was not proven.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. Ott
Eel River Township
O’rourke
Indiana
Ott
Trial date moved in Kannell manslaughter case
The circuit court granted a continuance in the manslaughter case against Dr. J. W. Kannell due to the coroner Dr. W. W. Barnett's absence. The state sought dismissal. the court allowed the case to proceed but the dismissal was granted as Barnett may file anew upon return. Albert Walter pled guilty to breaking and entering and was sentenced to two to fourteen years in Michigan City prison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prosenter
E. W. Emrick
Circuit Court
J. W. Kannell
W. W. Barnett
Henry Colerick
Dr. Kannell
Barnett
Huntington
Michigan City
Freiburger Divorce Granted Custody and Support
Blanche Freiburger wins a divorce from Peter Freiburger in superior court with custody of their children and a $30 monthly allowance. The judge warned must provide clothing and schooling, granting visitation to the husband twice weekly. Other items include Steifel on trial for larceny and various will probates and bequests in Fort Wayne.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah Frances Decker
Fort Wayne Traction Company
W. G. Colerick
General Court
John Foester
Rohan
Aiiter
Emrick
George W. Ott
Ada Boisenet
Louis Boisenet
Theresa Boisenet
Blanche Freiburger
Peter Freiburger
Heaton
Purdue Exponent appoints William Nutting art chief
William Nutting of this city, a Purdue University student, is in charge of the art department of the Purdue Exponent, published weekly. He has left his previous position and taken up the new role at the campus newspaper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Nutting
Purdue University
Purdue Exponent
Fmuiesedd
Bowser The Pilgrim Fathers Talk Sparks Evening
Mr Bowser claims to have delivered a Pilgrim Fathers address at a club claiming errors in his speech. He misplaces Plymouth Rock and Miles Standish while praising Miles Washington, provoking Mrs Bowser and a cat’s reaction as the tale unfolds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. B. Lewis
Mr. Bowser
Mrs. Bowser
Pilgrim Fathers’ Club
Mr. Bowyer
Old Town
Plymouth Rock
Plymouth
de Soto
Cicero
Miles Standish
Napoleon
Egypt
Africa
Florida
Miles Washington
Jess
George Washington
Mr. Bowter
George Standish
Pilgrim speaker returns home in triumph
Mr Bowser staggers in after a late Pilgrim club speech he deems a colossal success. He boasts of cheering crowds and jokes about his misremembered history while Mrs Bowser quietly prepares for bed and the couple ends the night in a tense, amused standoff.
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Flymouth Rock
Boston Harbor
Bonaparte
Bunker Forge
Bunker Hill
Defense experts testify in Osborne murder trial
In Decatur Indiana on December 2 the defense in the Joseph Osborne murder case focused on mental insanity. A flood of expert witnesses testified that Osborne is insane under the hypothetical questions posed. The state plans fifteen to twenty rebuttal witnesses, with closing arguments expected by Thursday and a possible verdict by Christmas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sentinel
Decatur
Ind
Joseph Osborne
John Busenbark
Osborns
D. D. Clark
J. W. Miller
W. W. T. McMillan
H. F. Costello
S. D. Beavers
Osborne
Rumored deal shapes Indiana political map in Washington dispatch
Washington dispatch reports Fort Wayne Republicans may nominate Lieutenant Governor N. W. Gilbert for Congress in a bargain linked to a pivot by W. L. Taylor for governor. Gilbert could run in a sham campaign to secure the congressional nomination while Taylor gains support in the Twelfth district. The note adds two new rival postal routes and a Fort Wayne patent on a rack and ironing table.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Sentinel
Indianapolis
Ind
Washington Dispatch
Robinson
Fort Wayne
N. W. Gilbert
Congress
W. L. Taylor
Gilbert
Twelfth
Washington
Post Office Department
Churubusco
Allen County
Frank Krabach
Naval recruits leave Fort Wayne for U S navy
Twelve and possibly more young men enlisted in Fort Wayne this week to join the U S navy. Ensign Beckner and his party arranged the enrollments for service with training in Norfolk Virginia Newport Rhode Island and New York offices. Names listed include Charles Schouten Eugene Bollington Smith Stradley Wilson Hummell Peffley Wells Chapman and Highland among others awaiting assignments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Wayne
United States Navy
Ensign Beckner
Uncle Sam
John Charles Schouten
New York
Eugene Bollington
Norfolk
Nicholas Smith
Matthew S. Stradley
John A. Wilson
Harry F. Hummell
Harry O. Peffley
Newport
R. I
Roy FR. Wells
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Ed Heckler
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William Osterman
Andrew Coy
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E. J. McOscar
Alfie J. Martin
Albert G. Steifel
Herman G. Terflinger
Leonard Wood
Mike Boosamara
Tancey
Samuel Bashara
Oscar Walter
Pest House
Justice Skelton
Morse Harrod
Calvin
McOscar
Wesley Carpenter
Findlay, Fort Wayne and Western Railway
Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton Railroad
Geller Joint
Allen and
Whitley
William Sprankle
Eel River
Stout
Johnson
Supreme Court
Cornelia Caruth
John E. Lang
DeKalb County
Edward Dullaghan
William Duffee
Moellering
Sarah A. Heckert
Margaret Lightfoot
E. Rauh & Sons Fertilizer Company
Bash Packing Company
C. S. Bash
Citizens’ State Bank
Monroeville
Frank A. Reynolds
William E. Reynolds
Margaret Young
Citizens’ Trust Company
Everetta Lindenberg
Frederick Lindenberg
Emma Mathias
Max Klaus
Michael Boosamra
Kaleel Teen
Emanuel Strass
William Block
Mary M. Shoaff
Ohio
J. A. Shoaff
Lowry Barbour
Dollie Barbour
John «A. Shoaff
Alice Shoaff
Shoaff
Eliza Shoaff
Fred
Hanna
Lizzie Dawson
Kate Wise
May Prentias
Chicago
Daisy Wickliffe
Ladie M. Pritchard
John A. Sheaff
Frank F. Irwin
Lindsay J. Baldwin
Frederick Rogge
Mary Schilling
Schiling
Washington Boulevard
Mary
Margaret
Agatha Lau
Julian Lau
Calhoun Street
Thomas Lau
Louis Fox
August Fox
Andrew Glutting
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Pilgrim Fazzer
Harry G. Chapman
George H. Highland
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