Case Arguments Open in Dunn
Continued from page one the debate centers on expert testimony by physicians who testified in the Dunn case.
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel in Fort Wayne, Indiana
We have 10,635,812 pages in Indiana
View this page and access billions of articles with a 7-day free trial.
Start Free Trial
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Not what you were looking for? Search our billions of articles
Articles on This Page
This newspaper page contains 18 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1908
Page
2
Dunn murder trial nears defense phase with key witnesses
In the Dunn case, Marie Sampieson testified as a principal witness as the state nears closing. Mrs. Cothrell and others recount the child’s disappearance from Dunn’s home and the cistern discovery. Medical experts debated the hyoid bone fracture and cause of death, with Dunn expected to take the stand next. Adjournment set for Monday after potential night sessions to finish evidence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marie Sampieson
Charles Dunn
Alice Cothrell
Thomas
Hench
Sampleson
Dunn
Cothrell
Edward Cothrell
Maggie Mains
Charles Gillette
Macbeth
A. H. Macbeth
Morris Rosenthal
G. L. Greenawalt
L. Morris
E. V. Emrick
Rosenthal
Emrick
Greenawalt
Juror murder trial of Charles Dunn nears closing
The state pressed to finish direct evidence in the Charles Dunn murder trial of Alice Cothrell. Defense plans to present innocence claims by tomorrow morning as material testimony from Marie Sampleson and Ednad Murray were discussed and rulings on prior statements were noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Dunn
Alice Cothrell
Marie Sampleson
E. V. Emrick
Thomas Swank
Dunn
Ednad Cothrell Murray
Watkins
John Smith
Witnesses Testify On Dunn Dynes Fraud Claim
Mrs. William Mains, a leading state witness, testified that she saw Charles Dunn fake a dynes from a...
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Mains
Charles. Dunn
Dynes
Dunn Murder Trial Defense Emphasizes Reputation Evidence
In a Charles Dunn murder trial hearing the defense presented a long list of community acquaintances to establish Dunn’s good reputation. Dr. Macbeth testified on the hyoid bone and possible liberties, while the state pressed discrepancies in earlier statements. Witness Walter Hare described entering the Dunn cistern to address claims about the opening’s size and the child’s fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Dunn
Robert L. Romy
Perry A. Randall
George L. Ashley
Benjamin McQuiston
August Martin
Charles M. Gillett
Dunn
Macbeth
A. H. Macbeth
Rosenthal
A. H. Daemling
Bud van Sweringen
Walter Hare
Dunn Cistern
Hare
Trial of Charles Dunn Near End In Death Case
The third trial of Charles Dunn for the death of Alice Cothrell nears closure in circuit court with arguments expected later today or tomorrow. Dunn’s refusal to testify limits the state’s witness pool and the defense rests its case. The state argues drowning occurred not strangulation, citing doctors and testimonies, while witnesses from the grand jury recount prior statements. Court adjourns for Christmas Day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Dunn
Alice Cothrell
Pittsburg Graft Scandals Shake City Politicians
Nine Pittsburg councilmen and bank officials face federal bribery and conspiracy charges linked to the German National bank. Bail demands range from 14 000 to 30 000 dollars while investigations unfold and arrests prompt bank directors to meet amid bribery accusations over city deposits and bridge and sewer contracts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Dunkle
Nesbit
Pittsburg
Voters’ League
William Brand
John F. Klein
J. C. Wasson
T. O. Atkinson
Jacob Soffel
W. H. Melaney
Hugh Ferguson
W. W. Ramsey
A. A. Vilsack
German National Bank
Brand
Wasson
Klein
Thom
Lennard de Wolf
Robert Wilson
Municipal League of
Scranton
Guthrie
Lang
McQuade
Public Safety
Wilson
A. Bank
Ramsey and Vilsack
Charles A. Fagan
National Bank Examiner
Ramsey
Vilsack
Allegheny
Heberton
North Side
The
Civic League
Itty
Hains Trial Hearings Continue With Witness Claims
The trial resumes with defense asserting Mrs Annis coached testimony and plans to subpoena Darrin and White. Witness Merrill L Downs testifies he saw Thornton Hains surrender a cocked revolver and that Captain Hains claimed he and his brother were involved as the shooting unfolded on the Bayside float.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hains
Claudia Hains
Brooklyn
White
Merrill L. Downs
Flushing
Bayside
Downs
Captain Hains
General Hains
Regular Army
Thornton
Mr. Downs
John C. Stephens
Mayside Yacht Club
Mr. Stephens
Annis Rose
Harway
Annis
Thornton Hains
Stephens
Shooting on the river float spurs cross country courtroom remarks
Witnesses describe a deadly confrontation on a river float. The defendant boasted of army ties and claimed to protect his brother as shots rang out. Louis Harway testified he saw a pistol aimed and heard the name Annis before the fatal fire, with Hains and Birchfield present on the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thornton Hains
Mr. Stephens
Recess
Annis
Louis Harway
Harway
Mr. Roberts
Mr. Birchfield
Birchfield
Mrs. Annis
Thornton J. Hains
Hains
Farmers Fight Fire at Herbst Farm
Dispatches report farmers battling a fire at Herbst farm as high waters damage upper works and the La Fayette vessel is in bad condition. At noon, Prosecutor McGary of Kingsville, Texas, said Princeton officers left Brownsville with H. E. Agar and would reach Princeton soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LaFayette
McGary
Kingsville
Texas
Princeton
Brownsville
H. E. Agar
Van Buren Post Office Robbery In Indiana
Thieves blew open the Van Buren post office safe after 2 am using nitro glycerine. They stole 17.50 in cash and 286.50 in stamps after forcing a rear window. The robbers fled on a horse and buggy from John Camblin’s place, one mile west of Van Buren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion
Ind
van Buren
John Camblin
Farmer Attacks Wife with Hatchet in Owensville
In Owensville Indiana James Akin a farmer struck his wife with a hatchet today. Neighbors rescued the woman as she screamed. Akin fled before officers reached the scene and a warrant for his arrest was issued amid rising local outrage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Owensville
Ind
James Akin
Akin
Castro Plot Suppresses Venezuelan Cabinet Resignation
A fragment notes claims that Castro plotted Gomez Castro’s death and forced a cabinet resignation, raising questions about President Castro’s rule in Venezuela ending his reign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Castro
Gomez
Venezuela
Caracas Uprising Ends Castro Rule Rumors Begin
An angry Caracas mob attacks Castro loyalists and their property, removing statues and symbols of Castro from clubs and public buildings. Officials have yet to depose him though that step is anticipated as demonstrations grow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caracas
Venezuela
Willemstad
Castro
Plaza
Bolivar
Holland
Netherlands
Gomez
Parattieal
Riot Seizes State Office and Attacks El Constitucional
A mob sacked the State Enterprise offices and burned its property along with lottery tickets. They ransacked El Constitucional print shop, damaged a steam laundry owned by editor Guaresindo Rivas, and wrecked drug stores linked to his son in law. Statues linked to Castro were burned and inscriptions erased. Troops fired on protesters with multiple fatalities. Editor Rivas and staff face criminal action and publication of El Constitucional has halted in Caracas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
el Constitucional
Castro
Guaersindo Rivas
Senor Rivas
Presi- Senor Thielén
Tello Mendoza
General Mendoza
Deat Castro
Plaza
Bolivar
Gomez
Rivas
Caracas
Steel Industry Says It Needs No Tariff Protection
Andrew Carnegie testified before the House Ways and Means Committee in Washington on December 21 claiming the U S steel industry has reached a point where it can compete without protection and denouncing income tax He praised Schwab and Gary while predicting wages would not fall if tariffs are lowered He called income tax a source of lies citing Gladstone and noted opposition to such a tax In Huntington Kentucky the county sheriff George Mahoney retires January 1 after four years of service and the bar banquet honored him with Deputy Ava Mahoney noted as the nation s only woman sheriff in that period
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mnatch Committee
Eleventh Street
Pittsburg
Allegheny River
Finance Committee
Heberton Street Railway
Getten
Washington
United States
Andrew Carnegie
Committee On Ways and Means
House of Representatives
Congress
Carnegie
Laird of
Skibo
Laird
Skibo Castle
Schwab
Gary
Gladstone
Huntington
Huntington Bar
George Mahoney
Hotel Huntington
Mahoney
Texas
Ava Mahoney
Couth
Cabinet lineup claims loom for Taft administration
Augusta reports secretary designate Knox will approve Herrick as treasury chief as Taft reshapes the cabinet. The list includes Wickersham as attorney general, Magoon as War secretary, Loeb or Thompson for Navy, Ballinger Interior, Hitchcock postmaster, Wilson Agriculture, and Knight Commerce and Labor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Times- Star
Augusta
Philander C. Knox
Taft
Myron T. Herrick
Ohio
Treasury
Knox
Roosevelt
Frank
Pinchot
Agriculture
Garfield
Interior
Pennsylvania
George W. Wickersham
New York
Charles Magoon
Nebraska
Navy
William Loeb
Charles A. Thompson
Richard A. Ballinger
Seattle
Wash
Frank H. Hitchcock
Massachusetts
James M. Wilson
Commerce
Labor
George A. Knighht
California
Woodmen Degree Conferred at Northern Indiana Meeting
Modern Woodmen camps in the region held a district meeting at Saengerbund with Hon. George W. Reilly, the national lecturer from Danville Illinois. About fifty candidates received the Modern Woodman degree amid an enthusiastic social hour and a gold ring presentation to Frank Catshall. The class list includes numerous Decatur Fort Wayne Auburn Berne and Monroeville residents among the candidates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. Reilly
Danville
Ill
Saengerbund
Indiana
Frank Catshall
Cutshall
South Bend
Ray McAdams
Entertainment Committee
Charles King
H. Olman
E. M. Stillwell
G. A. Schust
J. W. Wilkens
W. R. Kelly
Auburn
George Bruhn
Decatur
William Burley
Herman Hebble
Herman A. Gottschalk
Berne
Noah Zehl
Charles Mars
Charles Yager
Matt Briner
John Sceiman
Michael Hoover
Fort Wayne
L. J. Hammond
E. G. Mayzer
Monroeville
Russell Hube
Martin Joubert
R. H. Davis
Clarence Byers
George A. Marschand
Ira Hadsell
George Hill
Frank Railing
Otto Funk
Fort
Also Mentioned on This Page
H.l Cothrell
J. B. Fenner
Budd van Sweringen
H. A. Duemling
Frank Greenwell
W. W. Barnett
M. F. Porter
E. A. Vanbuskirk
Joseph Tonkel
Henry Wellman
Benjamin McIntosh
Greenwalt
Gourt
Mrs. Hains
Farmer
Wife
America
Charlie Schwab
Myron T. Herrick Will
Search the Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel Today with a Free Trial
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
Not Finding What You Were Looking for on This Page of The Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel?
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
Browse Newspapers
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
By Location
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
By Date
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
By Publication
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.