Twenty Five Club Leaders Attend MEF Meeting
Twenty five 4 H club leaders and junior leaders from Putnam county met in the Putnam county courthouse to hear County Agent E W Baker discuss the goals of club work and the need for active leader participation. Plans were outlined for a county fair in Greencastle in August or September and for the annual club picnic around July 15. Two Putnam girls will attend the Indiana State Fair school on July 1 with representatives chosen by a computer process.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Putnam County
E W. Baker
Greencastle
Eugene Akers
Bainbridge
C. B. Edmundson
Harold Storms
Fillmore
Olive Caywood
Rowena South
Mrs. Gerald
Eva Call
Marjorie South
Esther Whitaker
Mary McClure
Clara L. Conklin
Lorene Hicks
Charlotte Ener
Mary L. Talbott
Mildred Gown
Eugene Ak
Youths Face Trial in City Court
Wilfred Crawley of Madison township was fined five dollars and costs and sent to the Indiana State Farm at Putnamville for petit larceny. His brother Eugene Crawley was fined one dollar and costs for driving a truck without a license. Authorities allege the pair, about 20 and 18, are members of a Putnam County gang of petty thieves and were to be arraigned in city court before Mayor W J Denman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilfred Crawley
Madison Township
Indiana
Putnamville
Eugene Crawley
W. L. Denman
Ty Court
Putnam County
W. J. Denman
Legion to Elect Delegates at Monday Meeting
Putnam post No. 58 commander Robert Hoffman announced the post will elect delegates to the state convention to be held in Anderson on August 22 24 24 and 25 at the regular Legion Hall meeting Monday night. He said other ex service matters of county interest would be discussed and that many Putnam county Legionaires plan to attend the state convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Hoffman
Putnam Post No
American Legion
Anderson
Legion Hall
Hoffman
Putnam County
Witt to be grilled by federal men
Federal officers plan to question Charles Vernon Witt, 24, of New Maysville, in Indianapolis about the Roachdale post office robbery. Witt, a fugitive from Kansas State prison, had confessed and is linked by fingerprints to the crime scene. Police say his capture could solve related robberies in Putnam and Montgomery counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Vernon Witt
New Maysville
Roach Daly
Witt
Indianapolis
Lafayette A. Jackson
Standard Grocery Company
Putnam County
Marshall D .Abrams
Charles Witt
Putnam
Gouth
Montgomery
G. W. Irwin
F. C. Collings
Bainbridge
Alva Bryan
Pinkerton
Tola
Kansas
Eapital City
Kansas State Prison
Questioning of Layton Murderer Continues in Indianapolis
Detectives questioned James T. McCubbin 25 in Indianapolis about the May 2 robbery and murder of barber William Layton at Michigan and Pine streets. McCubbin admits participation but denies firing the fatal shot. authorities seek names of two accomplices. Layton, originally from Greencastle, worked as a barber in town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
James T. MacCubbin
William Layton
Barker
McCubbin
Layton
Michigan
Pine Streets
Louisville
Man Arrested After Raid On Farm Home
Elijah St. Clair of Madison township was arraigned on possession of intoxicating liquor after a raid led by Sheriff Alva Bryan. Twenty seven quarts of homebrew were seized from a spring behind the farm home. St Clair pleaded not guilty and trial was set for July 1. Prosecutor Abrams said a charge of selling liquor would also be filed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elijah St. Clair
Madison Township
W. L. Denman
Marshall D. Abrams
Alva Bryan
Court of Justice of the Peace
Robert Newgent
St. Clair
Greencastle
Putnam County
Putnam
Otto Dobbs
Walter Bryan
Justice of Peace
Coroner Hears Tragic Drowning Tale Of 16YearOld
Testimony at a Putnam county inquest Details the drowning of Mary Elizabeth Nicoson 16 at Big Walnut creek near Oak Hill Park west of Brazil The swimmer Mary could not swim and allegedly slipped into a 35 foot hole while a group of girls learned to swim under John Gray 45 of Brazil Gray said he looked away for a moment and the swift current pulled the girl away from him as she clutched his shoulders before sinking to the waters edge
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Mary Elizabeth Nicoson
Brazil
Putnam County
Frank E. Reed
Cloverdale
John Gray
Big Walnut Creek
Oak Hill Park
National Road
Here
Gray
Miss Nicoson
Heavy Trucks Damage County Gravel Roads
Residents south west of Morton claim heavy trucks hauling stone to State Road 36 from Greencastle quarries damage county roads. Prosecutor Abrams cites no active law to bar haulers yet. A new law grants road superintendents power but its effective date is January 1.
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O. 8
Boling
Indiana State Highway Commission
Marshall D. Abrams
Onder
Morton
George Walker
Greencastle
Walker
Highway Commission
Cox and Bloom Set for Fort Harrison Ten-Round Main
A boxing card in Indianapolis at Fort Harrison is nearly set for Tuesday night except for two scraps. Tracy Cox of Greencastle will fight Lou Bloom of Columbus in the ten round main event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
Fort Harrison
Tracy Cox
Greencastle
Lou Bloom
Columbus
Notable Visits and Local Society Notes From Greencastle
Twenty years ago in Greencastle dated Tuesday June 27 1911 lists Mrs Charles Broadstreet visiting Indianapolis Miss Ella Beckwith in Coatesville and Mr and Mrs F M Lyons with son Glenn in Indianapolis Also Mrs F C Tilden planned to read a paper at the Methodist church Woman's League meeting this afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Broadstreet
Indianapolis
F. M. Lyons
Glenn
F. C. Tilden
Woman's League of the Methodist Church
Poison Sandwich Poisoning at Boone County Reunion
Greenfield Indiana June 27 coroner Dr Guy A Owsley began hearing witnesses in the Simmons Pollard family reunion poison sandwich case. Carrie Simmons mother of two victims remains jailed awaiting grand jury action while eight Lebanon residents testified earlier. Emma Pollard testified that a sandwich she received was cautioned against eating and contained a dissolving capsule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carrie Simmons
Alice Jean
Virginia Simmons
Lebanon
Owsley
John W. Hornaday
Boone Cieiut Court
Emma Pollard
W.H. Pollard
Hancock County
Memorial Park
John W.simmons
Gillen Plans Return Visit to Brazil to Meet Applicants
Congressman C. C. Gillen will return to Brazil next week to meet those who could not see him after last Monday’s influx. The exact date isn’t fixed. interested parties should call Democratic County Chairman James C. Penman in the coming days to learn the schedule.
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Brazil
C. C. Gillen
Democratic
James C. Penman
Cloverdale Man Files for Divorce Here Today
Jesse Jewel Williamson filed for divorce in Putnam circuit court alleging cruelty by his wife Rachael A. Williamson who he says struck him with firewood and threw a bucket. They married June 23 1927 and separated March 4 1930 with claims of recurring cruelty from March 1929 onward. Mrs Williamson is said to live in Owen County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rachael A. Williamson
Jesse Jewel Williamson
Putnam Circuit Court
Williamson
Weather Outlook Quiet Tonight With Sunday Storm Potential
The forecast calls for fair conditions tonight with Sunday turning unsettled especially in the far north. Temperatures remain warm overall as a changeable pattern develops later in the weekend.
Gasoline Truck Demolished After Going Through Fence
A Shell Oil gasoline truck driven by E. R. McAvoy of near Reelsville overturned control Friday near Walker's lane west of Greencastle. The empty truck smashed through a hedge fence but the driver escaped injury and the vehicle was towed to a Greencastle garage for repairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shell Oil Company
E. R. McAvoy
Reelsville
Walker's Lane
Greencastle
Third Trial Looms For Warbritton In Putnamville Escapes
Joseph E Warbritton of Rensselaer is back in Putnam county jail charged with escaping from the Indiana State Farm at Putnamville. Captured near the institution he will be arraigned Monday before Judge James P Hughes. Warbritton began his crime record in 1916 and has escaped multiple times, receiving sentences of one to six years for each escape.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph E. Warbritton
Rensslaer
Indiana State Reformatory
Indiana
Putnamville
James P. Hughes
Putnamette
Putnam County
Warbritton
Alva Bryan
B. L. Arment
Rensselaer
Reformatory
Hughes
Beling
Jasper County
Jasper
Putnanville Institution
Two Men Hurt By Falling Wire Near Fincastle
Near Pin Castle last evening two men from Gaywood Texas and Virginia were hurled about thirty feet when a sagging wire struck the truck they rode in. Charles Wall gurn and Charles Roach suffered cuts burns and facial injuries. Waligura was taken to Putnam County hospital with unspecified injuries.
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Pincastle
Charles Wallgurn
Gaywood
Texas
Charles Roach
Virginia
Alexander Duffey Trucking Company
Fincastle
Waligura
Putnam County
Witt admits chain store head murder in Indiana confession
Indiana police say Charles Vernon Witt of New Maysville confessed after intense questioning to his role in the murder of Lafayette A. Jackson head of Standard Grocery. Witt said Louis A. Hamilton urged the robbery and used a sawed off shotgun. Hamilton was extradited from Topeka to face trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Charles Vernon Witt
New Maysville
Lafayette A. Jackson
Standard Grocery Company
Witt
Louis A. Hamillton
Tola
Kas
Hamilton
Indiannapolis
Jackson
Ashland Avenue
Allen
March
Louis Hamilton
Massachusetts Avenue
East Street
East Washington Street
New Jersey Street
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4-H Clubs
Baker
Legion
Roachdale
Alva Lay
Greencastleton
Mary Nicoson
Ernest Beler
DePauw University
Cox, Bloom Will
Ella Beckwith
Coatesville
Boone County
Greenfield
Gillen
Indiana State Farm
Charles Waligura
Capital City
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