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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1909
Page
1
A Boyle Life Team report recounts kidnappers collapsing under extreme punishment meted out to Willie Whitla. The incident centers on retaliation against assailants linked to Whitla and highlights vigilantism dynamics in the locality.
In London on May 11 suffragettes chartered a steam launch named Dreadnaught and sailed toward Parliament. A band on board sang the Marseillaise while rockets fired from the vessel showered handbills onto the terrace crowds below.
Journal de votes its front page declaring the missing archduke Johann Salvator found as John Orth a machinist in Painesville Ohio earning 15 dollars weekly. He reportedly fled Vienna after marrying Ludmilla Stubel and lived worldwide before coming to the United States.
James H. Boyle is sentenced to life imprisonment for kidnapping in Mercer County Pennsylvania. His wife Mary Doe receives twenty five years and a $5000 fine. Both collapse in court as sentences are pronounced. Officers report Mrs Boyle secreted morphine and a razor in Boyle’s clothing.
Three Romanians captured after a mail robbery spree in northern Ohio will be brought to Fort Wayne for a preliminary hearing before U S Commissioner Logan. If evidence supports holding, they go to Indianapolis federal prison for extradition to Ohio. Inspt Heck cites a strong case against Mike Antonea Nick Petroia and Zach Murad. another gang member remains under arrest in Cleveland.
Pittsburg May 11 Mrs James Boyle convicted in the Whitla kidnapping is reported in good spirits after a quiet night at the Western penitentiary She awoke refreshed and enjoyed breakfast with fellow prisoners She was allowed to make cushions and other fancy work by the matron.
Wilbur and Orville Wright, famed aeronauts, arrived aboard the Kron Prinzessin Cecilie in New York. They plan to travel to Dayton Ohio to prepare aeroplanes for government use and then proceed to Washington to test them with government oversight. They deny plans for secret experiments and may later return to Europe to fulfill private contracts.
The Fort Wayne board of election commissioners fixed Friday July 23 as the city primaries date for mayor city clerk municipal judge and council members. Nominations will be by both parties with voting from 8 a m to 8 p m. The board includes J Frank Mungovan Lee Hartzell and Homer Underwood Hartzell named chairman. Voting machines will be used for the first time as the city redistricts from 59 to about 92 precincts.
Brazil Ind May 11 Judge Rawley made permanent the injunction restraining County Auditor Burns from issuing a saloon license in the fourth ward of Brazil The ruling covers Clay County for two years as Powers and supporters celebrate the dry victory with Judge Fortune already ruling in favor of Powers in Terre Haute and a temporary restraining order issued earlier
Indiana Senator Beveridge challenged Senator Aldrich as the Senate opened. Beveridge urged reading excerpts on tariff information while Aldrich defended hearings and his long service. Debate covered the lead tariff schedule and calls for data and a potential information bureau.
A frost likely last week caused extensive cherry blossom damage in the area with estimates that up to forty percent of fruit potential was ruined on the Goshen road orchard. Peach blossoms show little damage, apples are just starting to bud, and other sites may also report cherry losses.
Charles E Felts announces he has purchased a hundred acre fruit ranch in the Rogue river valley near Medford Oregon. He plans to live there and grow noted luscious fruits while enjoying bachelor life until his father J B Felts visits in a few months. Mrs Charles Morris of Lincolnville Wabash county died Friday. The date for the annual Onion day is noted.
Rumors repeat that the Toledo and Chicago line from Fort Wayne to Waterloo may merge with other interests including Northern Indiana interests from South Bend. Some traction men believe a merger could reduce operating costs and unlock strong profit from the forty mile line now under receiver. Company officials deny sale or merger talks.
Mizpah temple arranging a June 7 to 10 trip to Louisville to attend the Imperial Council. About fifty to sixty members from the city will travel by train via Grand Rapids Indiana lines with two or three sleepers chartered. Fort Wayne group departs Sunday night June 6 for a five day journey.
Indianapolis May 11 Representatives of railroad companies debated with the state railroad commission over enforcement of the new law governing train crew organization. Railroad men called the bill ridiculed and inadequately defined. No decision was reached.
Baron Rosen the Russian ambassador called at the White House to bid goodbye to President Taft ahead of his departure on the Berlin Saturday for Europe where he will spend his annual vacation. The baron will return to Washington in October with his family who are now abroad.
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