Indianapolis Mayor Duvall Trial Opens With Armitage Testimony
Indianapolis Mayor John L. Duvall faces political corruption charges as William H. Armitage, longtime city boss, testifies about a $10,000 campaign deal to appoint two public works members and the city engineer. Prosecutor Remelated frames the tale while defense aims to paint Armitage as the power behind expenditures and promises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene J. Cadoll
I. N.S
Indianapolis
William H. Armitage
Armitage
John L. Duvall
Duvall
Marion County
Board of Public Works
William H. Freeman
Ernest L. Kingston
Frank CC. Lingenfelder
Armitagef
sWillam H. Armitage
Biy
Cassius C. Shirley
William H. Rem
Martin M. Hugg
Hugg
Arrest of Fred Schomeyer on chicken theft charge
Fred Schomeyer of Indianapolis was arrested at his Bainbridge area farm by Deputy Sheriff Alva Bryan and turned over to Clinton county officials to be taken to Frankfort on a charge of receiving stolen chickens. Authorities say Schomeyer operated a chicken factory receiving and selling stolen birds. Information came from a Clinton county informer whose flock had been stolen and who bought a chicken from Schomeyer claiming it came from the stolen flock.
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Fred Schomeyer
Indianapolis
Bainidge
Big Walnut Creek
Alva Bryan
John Huffner
Clinton County
Ken
Frankfort
Meyer
Schomeyer
Quadruplets Born to Naples Peasant Woman
A Naples peasant woman Angela Favello has given birth to quadruplets. The four babies were born as two sets of twins. All four children and the mother are reportedly well.
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Naples
INS
Angela Favello
Miss Allen Weds William Hester in Autumn Nuptials
Miss Cornelia Hypes Allen daughter of Mr and Mrs J P Allen Jr of 636 Seminary Street marries William Frederic Hester of Cambridge Massachusetts in a Methodist Episcopal Church ceremony. Dr C Howard Taylor officiates. Maid of Honor Aurelia Adams and bridesmaids Helen Hester Helen Grose Frances Phares Betty Tilden, best man James Brown. reception at the Allen home with roses asters and dahlias.
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Cornelia Hypes Allen
J. P. Allen, Jr
Seminary Street
William Frederic Hester
Cambridge
Mass
Methodist Episcopal Church
H. J. Barnum
Edna Bowles
William Blanchard
Thais
Jocelyn
Mendelssohn
C. Howard Taylor
Aurelia Adams
Lake Junaluska
N. C
Walter Jobe
Xenia
Ohio
George Smock
Delphi
Richter Castle
Union City
Allen
Hester
Greencastle High School
DePauw University
Kappa Alpha Theta
Phi Beta Kappa
Mortar Board
Delta Theta Tau
Beta Theta J
Citizens Trust Co Receives Receiver of Closed Bank
The Citizens Trust Company of Greencastle was appointed receiver for the Farmers State Bank of Bainbridge by Judge James P. Hughes. Petition filed by Luther F. Symons, state bank commissioner, after Bainbridge bank was closed. Depositors likely paid in full. stockholders to be assessed.
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Citizens Trust Company of
Greencastle
Farmers State Bank of
Bainbridge
James P. Hughes
Putnam
Trust Company
Luther F. Symons
Indiana
Bainbridge Bank
State Banking Department
Disappearance of DePauw Freshman Stirs Campus
Tait Murdock, a DePauw University freshman and Lambda Chi pledge, vanished from the Lambda Chi Alpha house at 9 p.m. Tuesday. He is 5'11" tall, 145 pounds with tan skin and black hair, last seen in a dark brown double breasted suit. He suffers temporary amnesia and may lack ID, leaving no clues but his name. University and fraternity seek information forwarded to their Fort Branch Indiana home.
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Tait Murdock
Fraternity House
Fort Branch
DePauw University
Lambda Chi Alpha
Ind
Lambda Chi
West Poplar Street
University
Green Adams Pleads Guilty in City Court
Green Adams of Bainbridge pleads guilty in city court after several days in County Jail. He is fined five dollars and given a suspended six month sentence on a charge of stealing five bushels of corn. The suspension requires him to move with his wife and four children back to Kentucky.
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Green Adams
Bainbridge
Indiana
Charles McGaughey
Kentucky
Enrollment at Greencastle High Reaches 359
Enrollment at Greencastle High School totaled 359 on Thursday morning. Principal F. L. Busenburg reported class counts of 104 freshmen 99 sophomores 96 juniors and 60 seniors.
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Greencastle High School
F. L. Busenburg
Isa Dora Duncan Dies In Auto Crash At Nice
Paris dispatch reports world famous dancer Isa Dora Duncan killed in an auto accident at Nice. Her Spanish shawl fringe caught in a front wheel mechanism, dragging her from the car. Neck broken, body dragged twenty five yards before the chauffeur halted the car.
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Paris
Isadora Duncan
Nice
Indiana Gas Association gifts 50000 to Purdue University
The Indiana Gas Association announced a 50000 gift to Purdue University to fund the gas engineering department for five years at 10000 annually. The first payment was received today and is supported by Indiana gas companies including Central Indiana Gas Muncie and Northern Indiana Public Service among others.
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Lafayette
Ind
Indiana Gas Association
Purdue University
Department of Gas Engineering
E. C. Elliott
Indiana
Central Indiana Gas Company
Muncie
Southern Indiana Gas Company
Evansville
Northern Indiana Public Service Company
Fort Wayne
Interstate Public Service Company
Indianapolis
Citizens Gas Company
Northern Indiana Power Company
Kokomo
Wabash Valley Electric Company
Indiana-Ohio Public Service Company
United Public Service Company
Central States Gas Company
Northern Indiana Fuel and Light Company
South Bend
Indiana Gas Utilities, Company
Terre Haute
Columbus Gas and Light Company
Gary Heat, Light and Water Company
Greencastle Gas and Electric Company
Rochester Gas and Fuel Company
Examined Under Oath In Roachdale Veneer Case
Robert L. Conner head of de funct American Veneer and Lumber Company of Roachdale testified under oath in Putnam Circuit Court this week. Attorneys for the receiver Citizens Trust Company of Green Castle and for stockholders questioned him about company affairs. The examination was continued to October 15 with a court order to file a complete accounting from June 12, 1925 to present detailing assets liabilities and all purchases and sales with prices.
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Robert L. Conner
American Veneer and Lumber Company
Roachdale
Putnam Circouit
James & Allee
Citizens Trust Company of
Greencastle
Brown & Frank and Corwin & Gillen
Conner
Weather Forecast Dense Cloud Cover and Cooler
Cloudy and cooler conditions expected with sunset at 5 55 and twilight around 6 20, winds light from the northwest. Temperatures to dip into the upper 50s to near 60s with chances of brief showers unlikely.
Pride of Detroit aborts world flight over Pacific
The Pride of Detroit crew William Brock and Edward F. Lehlee announced abandoning their attempt to circle the globe by flying across the Pacific via Midway and Hawaii. After starting from Harbor Grace, North Carolina on August 27 and landing near Kasuumigaura, Japan, the monoplane will be shipped back to the United States on September 17, covering about 12 435 miles of the voyage.
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United States
Tokyo
INS
William Brock
Edward F. Lehlee
Pride of
Detroit
Pacific Ocean
Harbor Grace
N. C
Kasu Umigaura
Ledlee
Brock
Atlantic
Dur ham sign ed voucher for extra salary in Indiana
Indiana state details report that Senator Andrew E Durham Greencastle signed a voucher for the $4 daily pay increase approved in 1927 while withholding payment on the $292 check. Auditor Bowman said payment was withheld per Attorney General Gilliam before a Supreme Court ruling. The check will be held until year end and then returned to the treasury if Durham does not revoke his claim.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Andrew E. Durham
Greencastle
Bowman
Paten
Arthur L. Gilliam
Supreme Court
Durham
Divorce Filed While Husband Serves Prison Term
Mary Lawson of Russellville, represented by attorney E F Neel, petitions for divorce from John Lawson, now incarcerated at Putnamville State Farm. They married July 28 1923 and separated May 27 1927. He is accused of cruel treatment and failure to provide. The complaint notes prior offenses including check forgery and theft. Plaintiff seeks custody of their 3 year old son.
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Mary Lawson
Russellville
John Lawson
Putnamville
Putnam Circuit
State Farm
Barley Bonnets Taboo In New York Fashion
Today is the last day straw hats may be worn if owners want them usable next season. After September fifteenth barley bonnets become taboo and the long neglected felt makes its seasonal return.
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New York
Huge Elevator Crash Mains Hanna Building
Workmen of the Wabash Valley Electric Co and the S C Prevo furniture dept in the Hanna building narrowly escaped injury when a freight elevator fell twenty feet to the basement floor. The lift carried a heavy box and rugs. the cog mechanism failed as it started upward. Theodore Watson, basement worker, and a young loader both avoided injury. The only damage was to the elevator itself.
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Wabash Valley Electric Company
S. C. Prevo
Hanna
Theodore Watson
Electric Company
Democrats Look Over Candidates in Governor Race
Indiana Democrats convened at Lake James with State Chairman R Earl Peters stating the 1928 campaign will stress honesty in state government The party eyed potential contenders including Frank C Dailey Curtis M Shake Paul V McNutt Addison Drake Chas Greathouse and Frank P Baker while efforts sought to recruit Dailey as a gubernatorial candidate
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Angola
Ind
INS
Indiana
R. Earl Peters
Democratic State Committee
Lake James
Peters
Albert Stump
Arthur R. Robinson
Frank C. Dailey
Curtis M. Shake
Vincennes
Paul V. McNutt
American Legion
Bloomington
Addison Drake
Fairbanks
Chas. A. Greathouse
Indianapolis
Frank P. Baker
Marion County
Car Load of Montana Broncs Arrives Ahead of Putnam Rodeo
A Montana car load of seven and eight year old range broncos will arrive Friday to pasture for the town's Putnam County Fair week rodeo. The animals have never been haltered and will headline the bucking horse events, promising ample amusement for cowboys and spectators.
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Montana
Putnam County
Downey Sues for 30000 Damages in Categorical Alimony Case
Chlora Downey of Putnam County files suit in the circuit court seeking 30000 in damages against Clifford Munnett claiming he alienated his wife Gladys Downey’s affections. The suit cites multiple separations since 1916 and asserts a August visit where Munnett won the wife’s affection. Hazelton represents the plaintiff for three children.
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Chlora Downey
South Greencastleman
Putnam Circuit
Cliford Munnett
Gladys Downey
Monument for Andy in Statehouse yard discussed
Indianapolis News notes a legislator who refused full salary deserves a monument in the Statehouse yard. Amid near 98 degree heat, local schools dismissed Thursday afternoon and students sought shade and cooler spots outside classrooms.
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Statehouse
Indianapolis News
First Ward
Former Putnam Woman Takes Poison Potion
A 25 year old Russellville woman Ida M Kruer attempted suicide in a rooming house at 817 West New York street Indianapolis. She swallowed a large amount of poison and was taken to City hospital by Motor Policemen Bernauer and Englebright. She left a note asking that her mother Mrs John Ellis be notified.
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Indianapolis
Ida M. Kruer
Russellville
New York Street
City Hospital
Bernauer and
Englebright
John Ellis
Circus Arrives Late Frustrating Greencastle Kids
The Gentry Bros. show reached Greencastle from Michigan City late in the forenoon missing many pupils who waited at the Monon switch. Train unloading stalled as cars moved gear to the Stoner grounds north of the County Hospital leaving hopeful youngsters disappointed by bells signaling end of the school day.
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Gentry Bros
Greencastle
Monon
Michigan City
Stoner
County Hospital
Systm
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Methodist Church
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Greencastle Concern
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Hawaii
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Clifford Munnett
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George B. Hazelton
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