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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1915
Page
1
Cloverdale hosts a gala horse show attracting thousands of visitors to a display of purebred animals. R. M. Taggart of Orleans serves as judge, with a large list of entries and an awards lineup announced.
Thousands gathered in Cloverdale Indiana for a town celebration featuring a horse show and a Brazil band concert. By noon about 100 entries lined the events as R M Taggart of Orleans judged with music provided by the Brazil band.
After judging and prize announcements this afternoon the Brazil band will play a concert tonight. Awards up to 3 PM detail Heavy Dra horses Best stallion over 4 years first $5 second $2.50 with Broadstreet Cloverdale and Carter Cloverdale among winners. General and light harness divisions list first prize $5 to $6 with multiple riders named. One arrest at Cloverdale reports Otho McCammack held after altercation with special officer Lem Blue. charged in Greencastle after transport by car.
The Cloverdale horse show attracted many Greencastle people today with a large crowd traveling by morning and afternoon trains to the South Putnam county town. Auto parties moved along Cloverdale road this afternoon and many will attend an evening band concert. Attendees included Otis Grubb Harry Moran Ruth Pollard H Askew C K E Skelton F M Lyons Jacob McCurry Albert Hamrick Doc Hurst George Christie Paul Cherry G R Boyle A N Holloway Sam Gibson and Leslie Haymaker.
The Domestic Science Club schedules an outing at Torr's on June 2 with secretary notifications due by Monday. A prayer meeting in the Christian church will appoint a deacons nomination committee and invite all members to attend. Eli H. Redman, jailed in Leavenworth for election fraud, is not the Vigo Circuit Court judge. the Supreme Court granted the attorney general's impeachment petition following a Parke Circuit Court finding that Redman’s election was fraudulent and that Charles L. Pulliam won legally.
Greencastle residents report witnessing the Aurora Borealis in the northern sky forming an arc with colored streaks. The lights appeared around midnight and lasted until about 3 AM, seen by many as a rare phenomenon in the area and not caused by fire.
Attorney General Richard Milburn, here for a legal matter in the State vs Fletcher Hunter, has retained Andrew Durham to assist. The state seeks to condemn Hunter land for the State Farm project after Hunter refused a reasonable offer, prompting condemnation proceedings.
The article clarifies squirrel hunting seasons from July 1 to November 1 with open season rules on hunting but not selling. It warns that shooting or pursuing during the closed season invites fines, including $10 per squirrel in possession, and notes enforcement is strict.
William Pittman died at his Johnson street home Wednesday night after a long tuberculosis illness. He was 26 and a Greencastle native, a DePauw and Indiana University attendee, Sigma Alpha Nu member, survived by his parents, a brother and a sister. Funeral services were held Friday at the Baptist church with burial in Forest Hill cemetery.
Frank Hays 23 of Columbus Indiana was seriously hurt when a telegraph wire snapped while he was transferring lines on the Big Four right of way four miles west of town. He fell from a twenty foot pole landing on his shoulder and back. He was treated at Greencastle and later taken to an Indianapolis hospital with internal injuries feared.
The jury receives all evidence in the Clemm McCammack shooting case. Attorney arguments begin as closing statements wrap up. The defendant James Simms, a young Belle Union farmer, faces manslaughter charges in a tense courtroom.
In Putnam Circuit Court Clemm McCammack stands trial for manslaughter after a Christmas morning fight in south Greencastle that fatally wounded James Simms. Prosecution and defense opened arguments as jurors heard character witnesses for McCammack and for Simms. The jury faces a verdict likely Friday morning.
Prosecutor William M. Sutherlin opened the day with a forceful argument challenging McCammack's stories about the shooting of Simms and questioning the hammer evidence. The case featured detailed bullet path demonstrations and debates over the victim’s orientation. The defense rebutted with its own line of reasoning as the 90 minute closing arguments proceeded. If jurors reach a verdict tonight, it will be announced tomorrow at 9 a.m.
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