Delayed Trial as Death Impacts Testimony in Baker Case
Mrs. Herman Miller testified that her husband was in bed in Woodburn when the marshal was killed. Her account, tied to a nighttime incident with a sleeping child, was challenged under cross examination. John B. Ryan denied sharing confidential information, with testimony aimed at proving a Miller conspiracy.
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Miller
Herman Miller
Baker
Woodburn
Carrier Miller
Mrs. Miller
John B. Ryan
Thomas
Erwin
Woodburn Murder Trial Hearings Focus on Escape Routes
Prosecutor Thomas outlined a wide net of locations including Herman Miller’s home and John Stout’s lodging as possible hiding places for Cray suspects. Fred LaDuke testified again on the Faulkner saloon robbery and Cray killing while the court delayed his testimony to tomorrow morning.
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Fred LaDuke
Fort Wayne
Reichelderfer
Joe Faulkner
Croy
LaDuke
Allen County
Jennie Faulkner
Wearley
Main Street
Aker and
Stout
George Overmeyer
Woodburn Lumber Company
Faulkners
Sone
Harry Overmeyer
Woodburn
Faulkner
Jesse Lindemuth
R. K. Erwin
Jas
Huntington
Ind
Aaron Reichelderfer
Columbus Cray
Michigan
Ailen County
Maysville
Ted Moulter
Ben Thomas
Albert E. Thomas
Thomas
Herman Miller
John Baker
John Stout
Keller Machine Shop
John Conners
Miller
Cook
La Duke testifies in Baker murder trial remains steady
Fred La Duke testified for hours in Huntington Indiana as the state presented statements by John Baker after Marshal Columbus Cray was killed. LaDuke stood firm through grilling cross examination, with prosecutors aiming to complete direct testimony by tomorrow morning. Jack Bennett also appeared as a state witness in the ongoing murder case.
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Huntington
Ind
Fred LaDuke
John Baker
Marshal Columbus Cray
Baker
A. E. Thomas
LaDuke
Crogza
Jack Bennett
Defense Opens Alibi Case in Baker Murder Trial
Huntington Ind Feb 27 Judge Erwin begins defense in Baker murder case. He plans alibi witnesses to place Baker in bed at Wes Saylor home when the marshal Cray shooting occurred. Prosecution rests after Capron testimony. Miller and Stout to testify Monday. defense expects verdict by end of next week.
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A. P. Betts
Baker
Erwin
Herman Miller
Miller
Fort Wayne
Betts
Woodburn
William Kel Jer
Herman Messman
Faulkner
Julius C. Huguenard
Stout
R. K. Erwin
Jesse Grice
Allen County
Joseph E. Stults
Wearley
Dayton
Harvey Hughes
J. M. Robinson
William Jones
Mike Sullivan
Wearly
Jennie Johnson
Huntington
Ind
Cook
John Baker
A. E. Thomas
Miller and Stout
Wes Saylor
Marshal Columbus Cray
Sarah Jane Saylor
LaDuke
Jack Bennett
John C. Capron
Thomas
Capron
Harvey Gustin
Woman Repeats Alibi Story in Woodburn Murder Trial
Huntington report confirms Sarah Jane Saylor testifying for the third time about John Baker’s alibi in the Columbus Cray murder case at Woodburn. She maintains Baker entered about midnight the night before the shooting and did not leave, while she cared for her daughter’s baby as the mother attended a party ten miles north.
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Huntington
Ind
Sarah Jane Saylor
John Baker
Marshal Columbus Cray
Woodburn
Allen County
Herman Miller
Fort Wayne
Mauretania Sets New Eastbound Atlantic Speed Record
The Mauretania reached Daunt's Rock at 9 47 a m completing the eastbound New York to Queenstown voyage in four days twenty hours two minutes. The ship averaged 25 28 knots on the run and logged a best day of 607 nautical miles from Friday noon to Saturday noon.
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Queenstown
Daunt’s Rock E
New York
Quennustown
Mauretania
Husband Responsible in Paris Child Abuse Case
Paris authorities continue probe into Englishman Sargent and his American wife after their arrest at Asnier for ill treatment of four adopted children. New details identify the husband as the abuser while Mrs. Sargent, née Josephine Savin, protests innocence amid long examination. The husband’s absinthe addiction is noted.
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Paris
Sargent
Asnier
Josephine Savin
Columbia City Fire Damages Maynard Dry Goods
Fire at the John A. Maynard dry goods store in Columbia City Indiana caused 8000 to 10000 dollars in losses. The blaze started from a first floor heating stove and was controlled by 2 am after heavy water damage. Kraus and Apfelbaum owned the building and held insurance. Maynard had purchased the store about a year earlier from Maxwell and Lancaster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia City
Ind
John A. Maynard Dry Goods
Kraus & Apfelbaum
Maynard
Maxwell & Lancaster Company
Smallpox Reported in Sheldon and Nearby Areas
Dr D G Wybourn of Sheldon reports the first smallpox case in Sheldon with a score or more cases across the Wells county line nearby. Health officials push to prevent spread into Allen county and none of the cases are described as serious.
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D. G. Wybourn
Sheldon
Wells County
Allen County
Bill targets book making and pool selling in Illinois
Springfield March 2 A house bill by Representative Thomas Tippitt of Olney would punish book making and pool selling with one to five years in prison and a fine of 100 to 500 dollars.
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Springfield
Thomas ‘Tippitt
Olney
Quake would end Panama Gatun dam debate at conference
New Haven Conn Feb 25 Earnest advocates of the Gatun dam to confine the Chagres River waters at Panama clashed with critics of the lock plan during the American Institute of Mining Engineers discussion of The Panama Canal. Col Goethals and Capt Oakes defended the construction against Granger who warned of an earthquake threat and cited alleged remarks by Parsons and Ehle about seismic risk and sea level preferences.
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New Haven
Conn
Gatun
Chagres River
Panama
American Institute of Mining Engineers
Panama Canal
Henry G. Granger
Cartagena
Colombia
Taft
Claims Commission
Chicago Drainage Canal
George W. Goethals
Canal Commission
J. C. Oakes
United States Engineering Corps
Board of Consulting Engineers
Granger
Telia
William Barclay Parsons
Parsons
Boyd Ehle
Chagres
Culebra
Isthmus
Conservation groups to unite in national plan launch
Washington March 1 The joint committee on cooperation will hold its first session March 5 to coordinate efforts by state and national bodies for conservation of natural resources. Six of eleven members are state conservation chairmen. The plan aims to assign roles to 37 state commissions and about 500 organizations, reviewing proposals to form an effective nationwide program.
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Washington
United States
Joint Committee On Co
Governors’ Conference
Joint Committee
America
Heavy Snow Paralyzes Central Europe Railways
Snow has fallen since Sunday over central Europe, disrupting rail, telegraph, and telephone lines. In eastern Prussia depths reach six inches to two feet, with ongoing heavy snowfall still continuing.
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Berlin
Europe
Prussia
Million Gift Funds Sanitary TB Tenement Project in New York
Mrs. William K. Vanderbilt Jr. donates 1 million dollars to build four six story sanitary tuberculosis tenements in New York between avenues A and B and 77th 78th streets. Ground bought last week with site by John Jay Park and a public school. Construction to start soon with roof gardens balconies and direct access to air and light. Rents to be as low as East Side cheap homes and apartments rented via the Presbyterian Hospital tuberculosis clinic.
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New York
William K. Vanderbilt, Jr
Vanderbilt
Henry J. Shively
Presbyterian Hospital
Shively
John Atterbury Smth
John Jay Park
F the Presbyterian Hospital
Miners Escape Fire After Port Blanchard Explosion
An Erie Coal company mine at Port Blanchard Pennsylvania suffered a gas explosion that killed two foreign workers, left one missing, and burned twelve others. Sixty miners were entombed briefly but all escaped to the surface as a fire persisted underground and officials worked to contain it. Relatives gathered amid the rescue effort.
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Wilkesbarre
Erie Coal Company
Port Blanchard
Twe
Arkansas Racing Bill For Forty Day Meet In Hot Springs
Representatives Whittington and Boyle of Garland county introduce a bill to legalize horse racing in Hot Springs for forty days yearly. Racing would be run by a governor secretary of state and attorney general appointed commission of Garland county citizens, allow betting unless fraud is shown, and permit racing four days a week instead of three.
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Hot Springs
Little Rock
Ark
Whittington and Boyle
Garland County
Union Men Win in Historic Typothetae Printing Case
In Cincinnati on March 2, union men claimed victory in the long running dispute within the Typothetae of America. The printer workers were involved in a protracted struggle with their employers over working conditions and union recognition, marking a significant win for organized labor in the printing industry.
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Cincinnati
America
Defense rests in Cooper Sharpe trial over Carmack murder
Nashville reports the defense finished direct testimony in the Cooper Sharp case. Adjutant General Tully Brown testified about Bradford’s note to calm Carmack. Dr. Duncan Eve described fatal wounds and Robin Cooper’s shooting. Rebuttal testimony by the state was anticipated.
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Nashville
Tenn
Coopers
Sharpe
Carmack
Cooper- Sharp
Hart
Tully Brown
General Brown
United States
J. C. Bradford
Bradford
Colonel Cooper
Senator Carmack
Cooper
Anderson
Dr. Glasgow
Eve
Duncan Eve
Glasgow
Robin Cooper
Robin
Court
McCain
Walker Far On His Ways to San Francisco
An article notes Harry Garaepy arriving in San Antonio after walking from Boston toward San Francisco. The piece reflects his long journey and progress to date.
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Walker
San Antonio
Texas
Boston
San Fransisco
Harry Garaepy
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Henry Chapman
Marshal Croy
John A. Baker
Joseph Faulkner
Henry Rothgeb
Mauratania
Great Cunarder
Husband
Maynard Dry Goods
Welle County
AM I
W. K. Vanderbilt
Omfely
Penn
Sylvania Mine
Arkansas Racing Bill
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