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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1915
Page
1
Charley McBride, a dangerous criminal, escaped from State Farm guard Dick Haze Lett at Practical Station in Indianapolis Friday afternoon. He was being brought there for unknown charges.
Charley McBride a prisoner from Linton Indiana escaped from State Farm guard Hazelett during a transit from Seymour to Greencastle. He slipped into the motorman’s compartment then jumped from a interurban car and fled east toward Illinois Street. Police chased but McBride remained at large with possible help from criminal associates.
The paper reports a one act play titled Six Keys to the Booze Cabinet performed in Police Court Friday afternoon. James Barrett, vice president of the International Waiters Club, was fined 50 dollars and sentenced to thirty days at the Penal Farm after a raid on the club where liquor was allegedly for six officers with club keys. A pool room license charge was dismissed. Pearl Young planned to return to Ann Arbor and will enter DePauw University this fall.
The annual Putnam County Teachers Institute will convene Monday at 10 o clock in the county courthouse court room. County school superintendent L G Wright announced a fine program and expects large attendance.
The Putnam County Teachers Association begins a seven day institute Monday at 10 in the court room. Principal speakers include Prof A R Shear of Poughkeepsie and Prof N W Barnes of DePauw University with multiple lectures on English composition and chemistry plus evening entertainment by Prof and Mrs Howard J Barnum.
A timetable listing daily sessions including devotional periods, music and chemistry with Prof. Barnum and Prof. Blanchard, geography with Prof. Shear, and general fundamentals, observations, and “The Glory of Common Things” lecture throughout Thursday and Friday.
The Lincoln Chautauqua return contract for next season lists 109 Greencastle business men and citizens as guarantors for 500 season tickets. The agreement was finalized Friday evening. organizers expect an even stronger program and larger attendance despite recent bad weather.
A man using the name of Dr G W Bence presented as a physician and claimed to be the son-in-law of a Greencastle physician. He was taken into custody by Brazilian police on fraud charges.
Arthur Rose aged about 35 was arrested by Chief of Police Jackson for obtaining money under false pretenses. He posed as a son in law of Dr. Bence an ophthalmologist from Greencastle and offered to remove a cataract for 25 dollars after taking 10 in advance and promising to return for the rest. He also claimed to cure another eye for 25 dollars. He was jailed and linked to similar scams in other towns.
Judge James P Hughes or Ders Superintendent C E Talkington of State Farm ordered the release of George Baker who had been sentenced to 130 days by Terre Haute Police Judge. The writ of habeas corpus directs immediate discharge.
Terre Haute man George Baker freed from the State Farm at Putnamville by Judge James P. Hughes on a writ of habeas corpus. Baker had been sentenced by a city court judge for intoxication, with contention that the third offense penalty was applied though not charged. The writ found the judgment excessive and the court without jurisdiction, returning Baker to his Terre Haute home. Whitlock and Owens represented Baker.
Jake Holderman a former DePauw star first baseman who played with Ft. Wayne this season has been sold to the Milwaukee Club of the American Association The Fort Wayne Central League club announces the sale and notes Holderman reports to Milwaukee next spring.
Dick Edwards of Sullivan, affiliated with a railroad company, spends the weekend with relatives who formerly resided here. Mrs. William Blackwell and her children, along with guests Mrs. James Cherry and daughter Miss Doreen of Brazil, visited Roachdale on Friday.
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