Man Held for Attempted Firing of Mother-in-Law Bed
Evansville Indiana April 4 Grant Waymen 29 is charged with trying to cremate his mother in law Mrs Jennie Whitaker by setting an oil soaked bed on fire where she and her two children 8 and 10 slept Mrs Whitaker says Wayman saturated the bed with coal oil and struck a match She was badly burned but the flames were put out with a pillow The children were uninjured
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Evansville
Aid
Jennie Whittaker
Grant Waymen
Berry pleads not guilty to murder in Indiana case
John N. Berry of Indianapolis faces a second degree murder charge arraigned in police court. He entered a not guilty plea and was bound over to the circuit court as the grand jury prepares to review the case. The Big Four detectives and Indianapolis officials coordinate his defense.
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Mark Robbins
Big Four
Indianapolis
Berry
Robbins
Foster
Talcott Sued for Divorce and 200000 Alimony
Thaddeus M. Talcott a 70 year old South Bend man is facing a divorce suit seeking 200000 in alimony. Cruelty is charged and depositions in Chicago reveal he rented a room with a young woman and an older woman claiming the girl is his second wife.
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South Bend, Inc
Chicago
A. G. Graham
Thaddeus M. Talcott
South Bend
Talcott
Yale
Graham
May N. Niman
Ato
Rhodes Avenue
Couple Divorced in 1896 Remarry in Indiana
Charles Wickham aged 65 and Mrs Mary Wickham aged 55, div orced in 1896, have remarried in Laporte Indiana after fourteen years apart. He had lived in Michigan City most of his life while she resided in Laporte since the divorce.
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Laporte
Ind
Charles Wickham
Mary Wickham
Michigan City
Lfe
State Short News From Indiana Towns
statewide items report a Chandler riot on an Evansville Boonville traction car injuring conductor Ben Shelton. Newcastle farmer Lee Huddelson draws 160 acres near Pasadena in a government land lottery. Wabash man William J Hunt 26 to face manslaughter arraignment for kicking a man from a train. Doell buried after carload of grain wreck. he escaped but injured. Huntington forms Post Y with 50 members. Newcastle reports George W Bunch 65 arriving from McPherson Kansas after visiting son Professor William M Bunch.
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Boonville
John Byers
Clarence Statler
Chandler, Ind
Evansville
Ben Shelton
Newcastle
Lee Huddelson
California
Pasadena
Wabash
A. G. Doell
George W. Bunch
McPherson
Man
Board closes alley amid opposition in public works vote
The Board of Public Works voted to close the 12 foot alley from Washington avenue to Market street between the Merchants' Heat and Light company and the Acme-Evans company. C L Hutchinson dissented as the alley has been contested for months with ownership on both sides held by Merchants' Heat and Light.
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C. L. Hutchinson
Board of Public Works
Washington Avenue
Market Street
Merchants’ Heat and Light Company
Acme-Evans Company
Market
Blackford Streets
Death of 6 month old child found in White River Noblesville
Police near Noblesville Ind faced a mystery after the discovery of a six month old infant's body in the White River. Despite witness interviews by Coroner C C Ray no leads emerged to identify the child or identify those who tossed it into the river. The corpse was buried at Crownland cemetery after being found by two fishing men along the riverbank.
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Noblesville
Ind
White River
C. C. Ray
Crownland
Albert M. Wolter
Ruth Wheeler
Wolter
New York
Welter
Severe storm roars through Wayne County and Richmond
Reports from across the country describe widespread damage from a rain and wind storm on Sunday. A cyclone near Chester unroofed a barn and overturned buggies while stock remained unharmed. In Richmond a street accident injured Miss Emma Engiebrecht as rain and an umbrella hindered visibility and a buggy wheel ran over her. she was taken home unconscious but improved.
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Richmond
Ind
Chester
Here
Edward Charles
William
Cranton
Lewis Hamton
Emma Engiebrecht
Main Street
Edward Ruch
Ruch
Petition for Walsh pardon to be presented in Washington
Special to The Sun reports Terre Haute petitions with 50 000 signatures from the region will be presented to the president for clemency for John R Walsh Representative Cullop will present the petition in Washington with the deadline imminent.
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Terre Haute
John R. Walsh
Representative Cullop
Buried in Potter Field His Son Wealthy
Henry Wilke a veteran of two German wars was buried in Potter's field after failing to secure a grave outside. A brass band led the cortege to the cemetery in Michigan City Ind. His son is reputed to be worth about $15,000.
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Michigan City
Ind
Potter's Field
Henry Wilke
Wilke
Tragic teenage death after delayed plea for help
In Wabash Indiana on April 4 a 12 year old boy died 24 hours after an appendectomy. He confessed to his father that he had many pains but hid them to avoid worrying his parents. The operation followed a late diagnosis with small hopeful outcome.
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Wabash
Ind
Joseph Hipskind
Timely photograph leads to capture in Newcastle
Chief of Police Burr arrested Frank Chodak of New York City as he left the postoffice after Burr opened an envelope and saw a photograph that matched the man at the window. Chodak admitted his identity and was taken to police headquarters. He is charged in New York City with grand larceny.
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Newcastle
Ind
Burr
Frank Chodak
New York City
Chodak
Democrats endorse Marshall plan at Indiana convention
Greenfield voters in Center township back Gov. Marshall's state convention plan for selecting the senatorial candidate. The move opposed state chairman A. B. Jackson, a Greenfield native who attended the gathering.
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Greenfield
Ind
Center Township
Gov. Marshall
A. 8. Jackson
Moorman Plans Fight on Tariff Issue in 13th District
John K L Moorman of Knox Republican nominee for the Thirteenth district vows a strong campaign against Democratic incumbent Henry A. Barnhart. He denounces the Payne Aldrich tariff and Cannonism while endorsing a tariff with objections. Moorman’s past nomination defeat boosted his following and united party factions amid local party tensions.
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The
Sun
South Bend
Ind
John KL. Moorman
Knox
Congress
Thirteenth
Henry A. Barnhart
National House
Moorman
Fairbanks
Beveridge
A. L. Brick
Louis Mead
Democratic Party
St. Joseph
Elkhart
Barnhart
Washington
Hendricks Favors Plan of Marshall
Danville Indiana April 4. Democratic county convention features include Lamb speech and resolutions commending Gov Marshall and endorsing selection of US senate candidate by the state convention. Ticket listed: representative William A King Danville prosecuting attorney Clyde Thompson North Salem etc.
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the Sun
Danville
Ind
John E. Lamb
Ends Life After Quarrel With Girl
Melvin Spangler a 21 year old man shot himself through the head on a boarding house balcony in Evansville Ind after a quarrel with a girl he had known a week. He died in the arms of bicycle officers as a passerby intervened before he could shoot the girl.
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Evansville
Ind
Melvin Spangler
Spangler
I T
Machinists at Washington face potential strike order
Washington Indiana April 4 machinists at the B and O Southwestern shops attend a special meeting. Vice President Buckelew states an imminent strike order to affect workers at Chillicothe Cincinnati Seymour Washington and Flora. Local men resist, arguing Southwestern is separate from the main line, but union officials insist otherwise.
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Washington
Ind
B. & O. Southwestern
Buckelew
International Organisation
Chillicothe
Cincinnati
Seymour
Flora
Wife of Educator Dies by Own Hand in Elkhart
Mrs Blam Meyers wife of Professor Meyers head of Elkhart grade schools committed suicide Sunday by cutting her throat with a razor she had secretly obtained She was prominent in church and educational circles but had been ill recently.
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The
Sun
Elkhart
Ind
Mre
Blam Meyers
Prof. Meyers
Babe is Taught to Chew by His Father
Mount Vernon April 4 The case of Floyd White charged with teaching his 2 year old son to chew tobacco has been brought to the Posey circuit court through the Board of Childrens Guardians. Complaint was made by citizens.
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Mount Vernon, Inc
Floyd White
Posey Circuit Court
Board of Childrens’ Guardians
Citizens
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