Trial Evidence Tied to Murder at Woodburn
Fred LaDuke testified that Herman Miller helped rob the Eby barber shop and was present when Marshal Columbus Croy was shot in Woodburn. He described a sequence of robberies, the barber shop loot, and a plan discussed with Miller and John Stout before the killing. TheWitness's background and travels were outlined as context for his reliability and connections to Miller.
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LaDuke
Marshal Croy
Stout
Herman Miller
Marshal Columbus Croy
Woodburn
Fred LaDuke
Miller
Eby
John Stout
Thomas
la Duke
Court House
LeDuke
Judge Erwin
Homer C. Underwood
Amelia Croy
Fred Alexander LaDuke
Cadillac
Mich
Carp Lake
Gilbert LaDuke
Kalamazoo
Traverse City
Henry LaDuke
Empire
Lake Ann
Hatfield
Lee
Allen County
James Campbell
Indiana
Campbell
Will Landis
Landis
Ted Molter
Molter’s
Ben Thomas
Marshal
Cray
John Haby
John Baker
Union
Main Streets
Reddison’s
Molter’s Bakery
Croy
Miller's
Miller’s Shop
Eby’s
Faulkner
Baker
Kerns
Baler
Malter
Wes Saylor
Doc Betts
Herman
Joe’s
G— Boys
Joe's
Bill Wearley
O’rourke
Prohibition Drive Shapes Indiana Legal Battles
Testimony details a 1919 saloon break in and killing linked to conviction of local figures. Witnesses describe Baker and Stout entering Joe's and firing as law seeks to curb liquor. The judge's remarks frame Indiana as moving toward a statewide dry era within years with political shifts in county units shaping the drive.
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Indiana
Cortelyou Seen as Roosevelt Taft Backers' VP Choice
Washington dispatch says Cortelyou is favored by Roosevelt and Taft forces as New York’s vice presidential candidate if Hughes falters. His backers send an advance guard to Chicago led by Louis Collidge with Cornelius Bliss and Senator Murray Crane also joining to secure delegates.
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Washington
Cortelyou
Roosevelt
Taft
Chicago
Hughes
New York
Fairbanks
National Committee
Louis Collidge
Federal Court Session Opens in Fort Wayne
United States circuit and district courts convened in Fort Wayne under Judge A B Anderson with sessions at 1 30 p m The docket included settled cases against the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad and a bankruptcy dispute with Miller Goodwin and City National Bank The Farrah case against Kaleel Shaheen as bankrupt received exhaustive argument while other actions including Whitledge versus B and O and Winch versus Pittsburg Plate Glass were carried forward No criminal cases were on the docket Deputy Marshal Alonzo Boyd met the court attendees in Fort Wayne
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A. B. Anderson
United States Circuit
District Courts
Fort Wayne
Judge Anderson
Noble C. Butler
H. C. Pettit
United States
Warne Hotel
T. J. Logan
A. R. Walter
Ferdinand Wyneken
William Engle
James H. Whitledge
Garrett
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company
E. L. Waterman
Miller & Goodwin
City National Bank of Auburn
Hassen Farrah
Kaleel Shaheen
Shaheen
Charles P. Winch
Kokomo
Pittsburg Plate Glass Company
John Neumann
H. S. Smith
Fort Wayne Electric Works
Alonzo Boyd
Indianapolis
Boyd
Campaign Headquarters Prep for Five Month Political Battle
District superintendents receive orders to avoid remonstrances and focus on the national convention later this month. Rev Shirey and leaders plan to attend the two week session in the east and return with methods to defeat liquor interests in the fall campaign.
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Shirey
East
Brewers Gather in Milwaukee For United Brewers’ Assn Meet
Milwaukee opens the forty Eighth annual United States Brewers association convention amid a push to study prohibition from all sides. Mayor Davis Rose welcomes attendees and pushes action against low class saloons, while President Julius Liebman argues regulation requires balanced trade and law.
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Milwaukee
Wis
United States Brewers’ Association
Davis S. Rose
Common Council
Lose
Browsers’ Association
Liebman
Julius Liebman
Bouquets of Flowers Given Tuesday by WCTU
The Woman's Christian Temperance Union marked flower day with bouquets of garden flowers for the sick and needy. Volunteers distributed roses and other blooms with scripture verses to hospitals missions children's homes and similar places as silent comforters.
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Woman’s Christian Temperance Union
National
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Leo
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Poli
Council For Salvation
The
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