Marion county grand jury indicts city market master for bribe
Joseph Foppiano city market master indicted after a grand jury alleges he accepted a $3 bribe on Oct 1 1967 to transfer market stands 481 and 482 from Wilbur Cobb to Frank Wicholson and Doral J. Baker. Foppiano surrendered and posted a $1000 bond. he denies the charge as witnesses were called in secrecy. In Washington a streetcar collision injures Rep Chaney of Indiana Rep Tawney of Minnesota and several others including librarian Mrs G G Griffin and staffer Benjamin Fiery Oden. Accident blamed on brakes failing.
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Joseph Foppiano
Marion County Grand Jury
Foppiano
Clay
Wilbur W. Cobb
Frank Wicholson
Doral J. Baker
Wilbur Cobb
James P. Tracy
Washington
Chaney
Indiana
Tawney
Minnesota
Pennsylvania Avenue
Chante
G. G. Griffin
Lbrarian
Congress
Benjamin Fiery Oden
Representative Flood
Virginia
Frederick L. Trowbridge
Newton
Mass
Newingland Conservatory of Music
Boston
Stone River Survivors Meet at Statehouse
Survivors of the battle of Stone River met at the statehouse on Wednesday to arrange printing of the proceedings from a January meeting held in Kokomo Indiana.
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Stone River
Statehouse
Kokomo
Ind
Judge Pritchard May Rebuke Grand Jury Over Voting Machine Probe
Judge Pritchard expressed dissatisfaction with a Marion county grand jury report on the voting machine deal and the X ray matter. He indicated he may discharge the jurors or order new witnesses and a fuller investigation, saying he would summon the jury to hear additional evidence if possible. Officials quoted said he could aim for a reprimand or discharge, and the jury had overstepped its duties in commenting on settlements.
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Pritchard
Marion County Grand Jury
Marion County
Grand Jury
Ivo
Prairie search for lost child in Alberta
April 22 Prairie Medicine Hat Alberta reports the two year old child of James Norquay, rancher, missing since Saturday. Search began within half an hour. twenty riders worked in the afternoon and fifty men now scour every foot of ground. Belief centers on a wolf or eagle carrying off the child amid a district where many eagles abound. A previous 4 year old disappearance nearby last year suggests possible abduction or eagle involvement.
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Medicine Hat
Alberta
James Norquay
Here
Body of Menhaden Chief Found in Atlantic City
The former head of the coast wide Menhaden fishing firm, T. Albert Marsh, who vanished last November, was found floating in the Thoroughfare at Trenton and Sunset avenues. Smith J. Albertson located the body and will claim the $1,000 reward offered by Marsh’s relatives. Investigators weigh whether death was self inflicted or an accident.
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Atlantic City
T. Albert Marsh
Atlantic Coast
Trenton
Sunset Avenues
Smith J. Albertson
Poker
Petition for liquor treatment home at Merion county workhouse
County commissioners receive a 4900 signature Indianapolis petition urging a dedicated facility for liquor habit treatment linked to the Merion county workhouse. Endorsed by Theresa Voss Smith and prominent civic leaders, with church and court officials also attached. A separate pursuit tracks a wanted man, William Romerill, for tax fraud tied to land links in Missouri, found in Louisville, Kentucky.
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Indianapolis
Merion County
Theresa Voss Smith
Five Express Companies Barred From Express Franks
Chicago April 22 Judge C C Kohl granted an injunction against five express companies restraining them from issuing express franks and transporting property in interstate commerce in exchange for franks as prayed for by the government. The defendants named are National American Wells Fargo United States and Adams.
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Chicago
C. C. Kohlfeet
Trans
United States Circuit Court
National
American
Wells Fargo
United States
Adams
Roosevelt's son makes ascent in army signal balloon
Washington April 22 Theodore Roosevelt Jr son of the president with Capt. De Forest Chandler Capt. Lee and Capt. Robert C. Vanhorn made an ascension today in army signal balloon No 10.
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Washington
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr
de Forest Chandler
Lee
Robert C. Vanhorn
Army Signal Balloon
Skating Rink Ordinance Puts New Youth Protection In Force
Mayor Bookwalter signed the skating rink ordinance on Wednesday, making it unlawful for a girl under 16 or a boy under 17 to enter after 6 p m without parental company. The law, paired with the dance hall ordinance, becomes effective and police will enforce it strictly to protect the young.
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Bookwalter
Unidentified Man Dies. Body Taken to Morgue
The unidentified man who died from a fractured skull at City hospital has been taken to Tutewiler and Sons morgue on W. Market Street. Several calls have come in, but no one can identify him. Police have learned nothing about how he received the injury. He was found unconscious on Senate Avenue and Washington Street late Saturday night.
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Bockwalter
Wiihan Romerill
Fortuerix
Rerstone Avenue
Rromerill
Graham
Romerill
Mussouri
Roomerill
Louisville
First Street
Apul
City Hospital
Tutewiler and Sons
W. Market Street
Senate Avenue
Washington Street
Capitol Boulevard Faces Urgent Road Repair Demands
Capitol avenue boulevard is described as deplorable and in serious, damaged condition. City officials say the Board of Public Parks has been ordered to arrange repairs with material shipping delays causing postponement, while residents press for prompt improvements.
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Capitol Avenue
City Board of Public Parks
Chicago
Kentucky Will Back Fairbanks at Chicago Convention
Cincinnati April 22 United States Senator elect W O Bradley of Kentucky said Kentucky will be for Fairbanks at Chicago and with several other states will go to the convention for him. He added he believes Fairbanks is the most available candidate and that many delegates will share this view when they reach the convention.
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Cincinnati
Kentucky
Fairbanks
Chicago
United States
W. O. Bradley
Republicans to Name Tigret Meeting in Marion County
The Republicans of the Third ward meet May 1 at Garber's hall at Sixteenth and Illinois. Candidates will attend and voters receive instructions on operating the primary election law in Marion county.
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Third Ward
Garber's Hall
Sixteenth
Illinois Streets
Marion County
Funeral procession wreck prompts damages suit in Indy
The funeral of Christian F. W. Poehler ended when a car struck the hearse on Virginia Avenue, injuring feelings. Relatives Sophia Stuck Minnie Lowe Fred Taylor and Charles Taylor sue Indianapolis Terminal Traction Co and Henry C. Wehime for 95000. Undertaker Vehling also named, held liable with the traction company.
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Christian F. W. Pochler
Sophia Stuck
Minnie Lowe
Fred Taylor
Charles Taylor
Indianapolis ‘Terminal Traction Company
Henry C. Wehime
Poehler
Lutheran Cemetery
Traction Company
Virginia Avenue
Vehling
Governor Hanly Tours Tuberculosis Hospital Site in Greencastle
The tuberculosis commission of Indiana inspected a Greencastle site on Wednesday as part of a statewide tour of four or five possible locations. Gov. Hanly joined the inspection with plans to complete the trip Thursday and visit the statehouse that afternoon.
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The
Tuberculosis Commission of Indiana
Greencastle
Ind
Hanly
Bullets Hit President as Students Slain in Guatemala
In Mexico City on April 22, reports say Polytechnic Institute students attempted to assassinate Guatemala’s President Cabrera during a palace reception for Maj. William Neimke. Several bullets struck Cabrera but caused no serious wounds. eight students were executed after capture.
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Mexico City
Polytechnic Institute
Cabrera
Gua
Temala
William Neimke
United States
Pilfering couple fined after spectacles theft
Mr and Mrs Wright were accused of stealing Mrs Elmer Douglas’s gold rim spectacles at Southeastern Avenue and Washington Street. Officers Golnisch and Woodward investigated. Mrs Wright confessed to taking spoons and other small items. They were fined $10 and costs and sentenced to ten days in jail.
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Thomas Wright
Elmer Douglas
Southeastern Avenue
Washington Street
Douglas
Murder claim sparks police scene at brass works
Jesse Smith, a machinist, rushed into the captain’s office at the police station claiming no man had murdered Frank Gangingcamp and his father, brass foundry proprietors on 8 Delaware street. Officers deemed him mentally unbalanced and confined him for a sanity inquest.
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Jesse Smith
Frank Gangingcamp
Delaware Street
Capt
Asche
Smith
Release to see dying daughter moves judge in New York
A tearful woman begged Judge Crane to free her cruelly sentenced husband so he could bid farewell to their dying daughter. Charles XI Jacobs, builder of the McAdoo subway, offered compassion and ten dollars. The judge ordered the release and praised such acts as pale the church’s work.
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New York
Crane
Charles XI
Jacobs
McAdoo
Jacobs Buld
Daughter Leia Martin Missing After Night Out
Police search for 16 year old Leia Martin who left 915 Redmond Street with plans to visit friends. Parents fear she may have taken her life after being last seen Tuesday night. Neighbors are alarmed as officers scour the area for her. The girl had been ill and was slowly recovering.
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Leia Martin
Redmond Street
Traction and Terminal seek large valuation cut
The Traction and Terminal company and Indianapolis streetcar intercars asked the State Tax Board on Wednesday to reduce their property assessment from 7,090.90 to 5,600,000. Ford Winter represented the company while officers testified to conditions they say justify the proposed reduction.
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The
Traction and Terminal Company
Indianapolis Street Car Intercars
State Tax Board
Ford Winter
Kirsch Confesses Robbery Tied to River Disappearance
Jacob Kirsch, sought after for a possible suicide in the White River, is arrested and admits robbing Otto Hoffman's saloon at 931 8 Meridian, and breaking into Peter Clemens' alcan at 141 Palmer, Tuesday night. He says Hoffman locked him in a room and that he fled aiding a bogus river-jump story. He was found at Meeker Bros. saloon on Illinois Street. He claimed $50 set at Hoffman's and $25 stolen at Clemens'. relatives fear he harmed himself.
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Jacob Kirsch
White River
Otto Hofffman
Meridian Street
iKirsch
Strcke
Meeker Bros
Kirsch
Chestnut Street
Cleveland Still Guest at Lakewood Hotel
New York April 22 Grover Cleveland remains at the Lakewood hotel after season close as a guest and his condition prevents removal. He visited March 18 to celebrate his seventy first birthday joined by Mrs. Cleveland and his children with Dr. Joseph D Bryant as physician. He has received hydrotherapy baths and walked in the pine woods. a Lakewood dispatch last Friday said he was much improved.
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New York
Lakewood Hotel
Grover Cleveland
Lakewood
Cleveland
Joseph D. Bryant
Pine Woods
Burglars Loot Office But Leave Goods At Meyer Fuel
Burglars smashed a rear window of the Meyer Fuel office at Davidson and Ohio streets Tuesday night and ransacked the premises but took nothing. Mrs. Chester Bradford of 240 N Illinois Street woke at 4 AM Wednesday and scared off a prowler who was trying to pry a window.
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Meyer Fuel Company
Davidson
Ohio Streets
Chester Bradford
N. Ilinois Street
Richards School recital aids five families in need
The Richards School of Music held a Tuesday recital to benefit the unemployed. Though funds fell short of hopes, Mr Richards plans to support five families for three weeks. The program was well received with the professor performing a self composed piece and pupils showcasing notable style. Participants included Powight Lace Edna Louder Mary Thompson Mildred Schoesnaker Alvey Calvin Charlie Pearson Loretta Van Mater George Thompson and Louis Wels.
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Powight Lace
Edna Louder
Mary Thompson
Mildred Schoesnaker
Alvey Calvin
Charlie Pearson
Loretta van Mater
George Thompson
Lous Wels
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Prince
Addi
Josephine Moffitt
Prince OF
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Uaink Cure AV
Demanged
Eapaegg
Roosevelt
Capitol Boulevard
Rearse
Gralll Furdawiabed
Palooh
Peter
Clemens
Alcan
Palmer Street
AEEP
the Richards School of Music
Mr. Richards
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