Minister 15 Arrested in Death of Fiancée Richeson Murder Case
Boston police arrested Rev. Clarence V. Richeson pastor of Immanuel Baptist Cambridge for murder by poison in the death of Avis Linnell 19 of Hyannis. The arrest followed evidence he bought cyanide potassium Oct 10 in Newton Center. Linnell had been his fiancée and was to wed Oct 31. Richeson held without bail for Oct 31 examination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Clarence Virgil Thompson Richeson
Immanuel Baptist Church
Cambridge
Avis Linnell
Hyannis
Mass
Moses Grant Edmands
Chestnut Hill
Viola
Richeson
Reicheson
Miss Linnell
Murray
Wm. B. Watts
Boston Police Department
Jos. McMann
F Edmands
James R. Dunbar
Edmands
Brookline
Dugan
Watts
Edmonds
Tie
Fife
Maki
Chief Dugan
Rutherford
Hucker
Oa Drug
Newton Center
Newton
William Hahn
Williams
Linnell
Avia Linnell
Young Women’s Christian Association
Mr. Richeson
Miss Edmonds
Newton Theological Institution
Rose Hill
William Jewell College
Liberty
St. Louis
Iiyannis
Crane Director Hurt In Fort Wayne Electric Shop Incident
August H. Haenel, crane director in the main machine shop, sustained injuries Thursday morning while helping load machinery onto a car. He fell and struck his back on a milling machine corner, was treated by Dr. Schulz, and returned home on Fox Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
August H. Haenel
Fort Wayne Electric Works
Haenel
Schulz
Fox Avenue
Democrats Nominate Town Ticket At Chirvubusee Indiana
In Chirvubusee Ind on October 20 Democrats named their town ticket to be voted on November at the town hall. Dr J H Briggs presided and J A Pressler acted as secretary. Nominations included D O Coulter for clerk treasurer W A Bloom for marshal and Dr Franks for first ward councilman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chirvubusee
Ind
J. H. Briggs
J. A. Pressler
D. O. Coulter
W. A. Bloom
Dr. Franks
Oldest Pennsylvan ia Planing Mill Worker Ernest Lenz
Ernest Lenz shown in portrait is the oldest employee by service at the Pennsylvania planing mills. He began May 8, 1868, totaling forty three years and five months, with five more years likely before retirement age. Born February 7, 1846 in Germany, he arrived in 1865 and worked as a teamster, farmhand, and bakery assistant before joining the mills. He has been a lifelong Lutheran and now attends St. John’s Lutheran church after leaving St. Paul’s. He is highly respected by his shopmates for his character and steadiness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Lenz
Pennsylvania Planing Mills
Mr. Lenz
Cloatzer
Germany
Americ
Hearst Returns to Regular Democracy In New York
William R Hearst announced his return to the regular Democratic fold at a Fusion campaign rally in New York. He criticized Tammany Hall and Murphy while calling for independence from undemocratic tendencies and indicating possible use of the Independence League in upcoming battles. The crowd largely consisted of Republicans and Independence League members. The fusion movement opposes regular Democratic candidates for this fall’s assembly judiciary and county offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
William R. Hearst
Independence League
Hearst
Murphy
Democratic Party
National Democracy
Tammany Hall
Mgr.Tharst
The
Mr. Hearst
Assembly
Florists Hold Seventh Annual Meeting Near Fort Wayne
About 25 to 30 members from Fort Wayne area cities attended the Northern Indiana Florists association seventh annual convention. The Anthony hotel displayed Vesey greenhouses flowers with Sunburst rose by E. G. Hill of Richmond drawing praise. Exhibitors included Muncie Floral, Biebrick & Weber Huntington, Frank & Son Portland, Bassett & Washburn, and Rienberg Chicago. Delegates toured Vesey greenhouses before public viewing at 3 PM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northern Indiana Florists’ Association
Fort Wayne
Wergener
Anthony Hotel
Vesey
Muncie Floral Company
Muncie
Biebrick & Weber
Huntington
WY Frank & Son
Portland
Bassett & Washburn
Peter Rienberg
Chicago
E. G. Hill
Richmond
Anthony
Will Vesey
Out of the City
Harry White
J. J. Martin
North Manchester
George Pastor
Tony Biebrick
R. F. Carpenter
Angola
Fred
Auto mishap and fines in city court notes
Victor Mounsi, using alias Smith, faced a $60 state fine after a midnight drive with a tag and a damaged car. Judge Murgovan warned against dangerous driving while intoxicated and a repeat offense could bring heavier penalties. Bertha Souders was fined for assault. Joseph Harvey, intoxicated, had an unloaded revolver. detained. Thomas Norris received indefinite continuance. John Leikauf’s meat license case continued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victor Mounsi
Murgovan
Mouish
Bertha Souders
Charles Souders
Davis Street
Costa
Josephine Burton
Joseph Harvey
Thomas Norris
Emanuel Seitz
John Leikauf
Aged 106-Year-Old Woman Visits Auburn
Elizabeth Mochamer, aged 106, mother of sixteen and foster-mother of four, arrived in Auburn to stay with her granddaughter Mrs William Lee. In good health she can smoke a pipe as vigorously as many younger men, likely the oldest woman in Indiana and among the oldest in the nation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Auburn
Ind
Elizabeth Mochamer
William Lee
Hero Medals for Orphaned Wards
Mrs. Ida Overmyer received word from the Carnegie Hero Fund Commission that Edgar Current and Claude Bauserman, both wards of the Allen County orphans home, were awarded bronze hero medals and $2,000 each for saving two fellow inmates from drowning in the St Marys River on August 6, 1909. The boys, now separated from the home, were praised for their bravery, with Current pursuing farming and Bauserman seeking higher education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ida Otermyer
Allen County
Orphans’ Home
Carnegie Hero Fund Commission
Pittsburg
Edgar Current
Claude Bauserman
St. Mary's River
Fort Wayne
Bauserman
Indiana
Stellhorn Dam
Chester Snowberger
Snowberger
Albert Neirman
Harvey Current
Hoosiers receive Carnegie Hero Fund awards in Pittsburgh event
Six Hoosiers including two from Fort Wayne are among 60 Americans honored by the Carnegie Hero Fund commission for saving lives or risking life. Forty seven bronze and twelve silver medals are awarded, with cash grants totaling 53 036 dollars. Indiana recipients include Edgar A. Current Claude Banser man Frederick W Morrice and widows and a mother of deceased heroes. Morrice saved Walter W Fox from a burning home in Goshen November 3 190? and received a bronze medal and 1009 to relieve debts. Fox died next morning.
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Tittsburg
Indiana
William H. Williams
Hartford City
Leonard M. Elder
Indianapolis
Russell L. Manlove
Frederick W. Morrice
Goshen
Ind
Walter W. Fox
Fox
Morrice
Vox
Boiler worker injured in mudring hole operation
G T Wansitler lost control of an air motor while forming a mudring hole on a boiler Wednesday and was thrown to the floor. He sustained scalp and facial lacerations, hip and body bruises, was treated by the company surgeon, and sent home at 1326 Michigan avenue with expected several days of confinement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. T. Wansitler
Wansitter
Michigan Avenue
Man’s body at street station identified as HH A Rehling
Indianapolis Indiana October 20 After T W Barrymore was roused from bed to deny suicide local police identified the man found at the street railway station as HH A Rehling who had shot himself Rehling resembled Barry more and the denial was made to reporters
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
T. W. Barrymore
HH. A. Rehling
Rehling
Barrymore
Witness gone stalls Sturgeon liquor case in circuit court
In a circuit court session Judge Hench postponed the case of J. Rufus Sturgeon, Grand street saloonkeeper, charged with selling liquor without a license and on Sunday after the state’s key witness William Coler disappeared. Coler, an itinerant bricklayer, had been in town but went missing as the trial neared, prompting a continued hearing to locate him. Coler’s absence raises questions about his whereabouts and potential inducements, while Sergt. Kintz remains concerned for the witness’s fate and the state weighs suspending Sturgeon’s license amid prior trouble with authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Rufus Sturgeon
Grand Street
Circuit
William Coler
Judgef
M. Hench
Sturgeon
Harry Hiilgemann
Hench
Coler
Iench
John Moore
Moore
Sergt. Kintz
Dozen Miners Lost In Flooded New Langdon Shaft Disaster
Twelve foreign miners perished at Hibernia New Jersey when a blast fractured a partition between two shafts at Wharton Steel allowing vast water to flood the gallery. Foreman David Slaight died aiding others as rescue efforts begin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hibernia
N. J
Wharton Steel Company
David Slaight
New Langdon
Iags
Lutheran missionary societies hold Indiana session
Mrs. AL F. Ruhl, Mrs. Emma Moreland and Mrs. P. Tt Alberthus, representing Christ Lutheran church societies, attended the Northern Indiana conference session in Auburn. Plans for the 1912 convention in Fort Wayne include officer elections with Mrs. J. P. Merillat named historian. Mrs. Kate D. Sheffer of Delaware spoke on the mission efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AL F. Ruhl
Emma Moreland
P. Tt. Alberthus
Christ Lutheran Church
Auburn
Indiana
Foreign Missionary Societies
Lutheran Church
Dirs. AC BK. Mumata
Noagland
Fort Wayne
J. P. Merillat
T. H. Whipperman
Logansport
F. A. Dressel
Elkhart
WW. C. Patterson
St. Joe
S. W. Tustison
Dr. Zeigler
Columbia City
Harry Zeigler
Elkkhart
Kate D. Sheffer
Delaware
Lutheran Synod
Pastor Brier Attends District Pastors Meeting
Rev. G. F. Brier of Calvary CU. B. church returned from Ro dtouke after attending the district meeting of the denomination at the U. B. church. Rev. W. E. Stanley presided as elder and led institute work and planning for the writer's work. The closing sermon on Regeneration was delivered by the presiding elder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. F. Brier
Calvary CU. B
Rodtuoke
U. B. Church
W. E. Stanley
Roth escapes jail time after brutal assault in court
Theodore Roth, mill worker, fined 25 and costs for assault on his foreman J. W. Bolt. Sentence suspended. ten days jail avoided due to wife’s illness. Roth previously struck Bolt in a dispute over a demanded raise. Judge called the act brutal and unwarranted, noting only marriage saved additional punishment. Other brief items mention Frank Willis seeking gambling news, loitering charge, a case of assault continued, and small fines for drunkenness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theodore Roth
J. W. Bolt
Roth
Bolt
Hint
Gamblin
Frank Willis
Fort Wayne
Chicago
Leslie Wolf
Kent Sweet
Andy Schlenker
Stanley Keskark
Henry Kruse
Verdict Found Against Defendant in Breach Suit
In New York on October 19 a jury returned a verdict for the defendant in Russell G. Griswold’s $50,000 breach of promise lawsuit against Miss Helen Woodruff Smith of Stamford Connecticut.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Russell G. Griswold
Helen Woodruff Smith
Stamford, Conn
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Clarence Richeson
Baptist Church
CRANE
Pennsylvania
William Ranpolpa
Covor Hearst
Tammany
Florists
AADE
Children IN Fight
Carnegie Commission
G. D. Wansitler
Rufus Sturgeon
New Jersey
Uirks City
Northern Indiana Missionary Convention
Lutheran
Roanoke
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