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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1916
Page
13
The Kirkland township dispute seeks a court order to compel the advisory board to authorize borrowing for a school site and building. Separate court notes report divorces, mortgage suits, and criminal cases including Emil Koerber charged with assault.
Robert C Bastress a 20 year old driver suing New York Chicago and St Louis railroad for 1590 alleging injuries when his jitney struck a freight train Feb 20 at Broadway New Haven His car wrecked he was thrown hips and face The train allegedly ran 40 mph with no warning Boxcars on a siding blocked view Attorney John H Aiken Also Hazel Casebeer seeks divorce from Stanley Casebeer citing cruelty violence while he serves a Michigan City prison term for felony in another suit The court dismissed Mary Metzler vs Clem Metzler divorce suit
Wells street is closed at Pfeiffer avenue and another north point due to city and county road repairs. Motorists may detour via St Marys avenue to rejoin Wells street beyond the blockade. County says Bluffton road near the city will reopen soon after weather delays.
Friday special judge Hon W H Eichhorn arrived in Fort Wayne to hear the defense motion to quash the grand jury impeachment against Wayne township trustee Henry P Scherer who is accused of unlawful use of funds. He aims to rule this week. Also Divorce actions appear in Fort Wayne courts including Hennings, Ulmer, Kohler disputes with alimony, restraining orders, and custody claims.
Numerous divorce actions and related motions fill the county's superior court calendar. Cases include Carroll Geary versus Ethel Geary with alleged abandonment, Clara Billman versus Lester Billman for cruelty, and Elizabeth Hill against Michael Hill over separation and support. Multiple trials, venue changes, and confessions drive ongoing proceedings.
Monday reports Edward Davis charged with a statutory offense will be tried in the circuit court Tuesday. Vairn Fleet, testifying, has been brought from the state girls' school after a man’s death by hanging and another’s weeks in county jail. Davis earlier rose to prominence after lottery charges. later he filed a federal suit against Fort Wayne merchants, which was dismissed. An old 1847 deed transferring 68 acres in Aboite township to Hiram H. Clark is recorded.
Newton McIntyre fined 25 dollars plus costs after repeated horn blasts near Hope hospital. Officer Coulter detained him when he refused to stop an electric horn while driving by the hospital late Saturday and Monday morning. He argued he did not know of the hospital’s presence and was later jailed for the offense.
F. J. Belot represents plaintiffs in a $100 action. Ida Webster sues William Barr for $500 damages over an April housekeeper agreement and discharge. F. M. Hogan is her attorney. State ex-rel Ellen Garver versus Charles Garver for fraud penalty was dismissed. A battery with intent to kill case was arraigned and continued. Superior Court grants divorce to Bertha Mathewson from Homer Mathewson with belongings. Sophie Hoppe is divorced from Henry Hoppe. Naomi Conrad awarded divorce from John Conrad with custody and child support set at $2.50 weekly.
The livery company seeks a venue change from the circuit court to another county after claiming $1,500 in damages. The defendant has asked the court to relocate the case to a different jurisdiction.
Judge Carl Yaple ruled for the defendants denying a stockholders meeting injunction in the Karr versus Rouch and American Steel Dredge works case. The plaintiff who held 249 shares seeks a new trial, while other court actions included Edward Davis charged with a statutory offense and testimony by Vairn Fleet. Distribution of spring tax funds totals and allocations across state and county funds are detailed, alongside notes on older cases and divorces.
A list of marriage licenses shows pairs with ages and occupations led by William B. Schumm and Elsie Walker, followed by many couples including William Rabus and Ada Lee Schockley, Charles Hansche and Charlotte Deardoff, George Bayer and Velma Storcher, Joe Hoy and Marie Vallride, Albert Espee and Charlotte Vallride, and more. The mix includes occupations such as stage carpenter, tailor, clerk, machinist, liquor dealer, auto mechanic, knitter, farmer, conductor, cashier and book keeper, foreman, shop specialist, and boilermaker, with spouse names and ages.
To Mr and Mrs Kaleel Bedee 507 Holman street a boy. To Mr and Mrs Walter H McDonald 532 East Washington street a boy. To Mr and Mrs William Henry Enz 2818 Gay street a girl. To Mr and Mrs William T Ellison 1930 Calhoun street a boy. To Mr and Mrs George Kruse 1501 East Pontiac street a boy. Billy Merrill 344 West Berry street scarlet fever. John F Bartels 1219 Crescent avenue a boy. G E Kohlmeyer South Lafayette street a boy. William Garman St Joseph hospital a girl. Andrew Nomina 407 Spy Run boy. To Mr and Mrs Grover Druley 2414 South Wayne avenue a boy. To Mr and Mrs Arthur Allen Armstrong 4383 Montgomery street a boy. To Mr and Mrs John S Farrell 430 East Suttenfield street a girl. To Mr and Mrs John C Reinhold 2020 Smith street a girl.
Tri State transfers to Walter A Fleckinger and Nettie J Fleckinger 17 block 29 Forest Park add for 800. H L Gerden to Louis C and Sophie Gerkelot 80 Industrial Park add for 800. William C Schust tax to M L Schicks 93 0f w 883 410 ft of w 200 ft of Wells Res for 1. William C Schust et ux to M L Schick lot 2 Schusts add for 1. M L Schick et ux to William C and Louis Schust lot 2 Schusts add for 1.
A sequence of real estate transactions is listed, detailing sales in Shirley City, Romy’s Sub, Harrison Hill, Fletcher’s Add, Ewing’s Add, Calhoun Street, and other neighborhoods. Buyers include M A Chapman, F Karl, Anna Williams, and Jasper Metzner, with prices ranging from 1 to 34,480 dollars. Additional parcels in Jef ferson and Adams townships show figures up to 4,050 dollars.
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