Insanity Duestrow Goes On Trial For Double Murder
Union Missouri August report on millionaire Arthur Duestrow of St. Louis facing trial after two years of legal wrangling over insanity. Servant Kate Hahn testified detailing Feb 13 1894 murder scene at the Duestrow home with the wife and baby slain. Hahn described Duestrow’s drunken assault, a pistol shot, and the killing of the infant, followed by the father's cold reaction.
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Union
Duestrow
St. Louis
Duestrows
Katie Hahn
Dnestrow
Baby
Hoosiers Rally Past Milwaukee In Slugfest Showdown
Indianapolis wins 6 to 8 at home as Freddie Roat shines with seven chances, a double and two singles. Cross pitched well but Rettier allowed 11 hits early while colleagues Canavan and Wogan struggled at the plate. Weather forecast for Indiana calls for fair to warm with a warm Friday.
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Indianapolis
Milwaukee
Cross
Ban Johnson
Sheridan
Phillips
Trogriever
Bob Wood
Freddie Roat
Freddie
Hoosiers
Canavan
Wogan
MacFarland
Rettier
Oruendianapolis
Kettger
Nicholson law ruled unconstitutional in Vigo court
Judge Taylor declared the Nicholson law unconstitutional due to a single penalty covering three offenses, challenging its uniformity. Col Ritter doubted the ruling would hold in other circuits and predicted a Supreme Court review. A second point questioned ownership alignment under the law for saloon and restaurant owners.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Taylor
Vigo County
Circuit Court
Supreme Court
Philip “Aph
Daniels
McCray
Syrup Stains Mistaken for Blood in Ida Gebhard Case
Coroner Dr Castor says syrup caused the spots on a dress, clearing a suspect of blood. Detectives swarm West Indianapolis chasing leads as Gebhard parents and others are questioned. Bob Wyatt bonds out on $2000. Prank Dunbar remains under bond amid conflicting alibis.
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Castor
Gebhard
Ida Gebhard
Custer
Ile
West
Indianapolis
River Ave
Ireland
O'Flaherty
Stevens
Bob” Wyatt
Danville
Ill
Dunbar
Tam Sun
Wyatt
Tom Sun Dunbar
Coal Miners Are Restless in Wake of Strike Threat
Gov McCorkle of West Virginia hurries back to Wheeling after a coal miners strike threat reaches his administration. Five states may be drawn into the dispute starting in Pennsylvania and possibly spreading to West Virginia Illinois Ohio and Indiana. He aims to avert any outbreak.
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McCorkle
Wheeling
Atlantic City
N. J
West Virginia
McBride
Mineworkers’ Union
Pennsylvania
Illinois
Ohio
Indiana
Durant murder case mystery widens as wife figure sought
In San Francisco the Emanuel church murder case grows puzzling as a well dressed woman tried to kiss Durant at the courthouse. A Chicago woman sent him a scented kiss letter while juror selection resumes with only four of the fifteen jurors secured. Durant reportedly led a woman into the church before disappearing to a library and returning unclothed, but authorities have no conclusive proof of the tale.
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San Francisco
Durant
Emanuel Church
Chicago
Efe
WARTS A DIVORCE BETWEEN ANNA TRACY AND JAMES VHEY
Anna Tracy petitions for divorce from James C Vhey married May 788 and cites assault and threats. She seeks custody of three children, 1000 cash and 200 alimony per year. Couple resides at 22 Roost. Minor crime note mentions a workhouse sentence for Vhey.
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Anna Tracy
James C.vhey
Widow seeks damages after undertaker delays body return
James H. Dolby sues Undertaker Whitsett for 10000 dollars claiming that after his son Arthur Dolby drowned near the White River water works gallery on May 30, Whitsett’s men removed the body to the undertaker’s morgue despite protests and refused to release it until payment. Dolby says the undertaker had no authority to hold the body and that a friend later posted security. the incident caused great distress.
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Jas. H. Dolby
Undertaker Whitsett
Arthur Dolby
White River
Water Works Gallery
Whitsett
Dolby
Bennett
State Fair Premiums And Transportation Plans Announced
The state fair premium lists total 40000 in prizes and 8500 in racing purses with entry fees abolished this year. The State Board of Agriculture seeks better transportation to the fairgrounds and notes current accommodations are insufficient on peak days. It will work with Citizens' Company on new arrangements and special trains at regular intervals.
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State Board of Agriculture
Citizens’ Company
Divorces Sought by Burkle and Daniels Wives
Charles W Burkle files for divorce claiming failure to provide meals cruel treatment and association with bad characters against wife Sarah Millie Daniels sues Charles A for divorce citing habitual cruelty including knocking her down and vile name calling as grounds for dissolution of marriage.
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Chas. W. Burkle
Sarah
Millie Daniels
Charles A
The Indian Scare Expels Soda Springs Residents
All settlers in the Soda Springs valley have moved north as fear of Indians drives many from the area. A large group of tourists also departed from Soda Springs hotel due to perceived danger.
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Pocarni 10
Ida
Soda Springs Valley
Soda Springs Hotel
City Life News Recap From Indianapolis Local Notes
City Life section reports varied items from Indianapolis and surroundings. Mentions a 440 mile distance to New York, a street car barn project on West Washington, deaths and injuries including Marion county veteran John H. Martin, and Bernhard Metzgar’s accident. Also notes Typographical union leadership, cooperative store talk, a cigar and news stand at the Commercial club lobby, Central Street cedar block debates, fumigator exhibit by Villiers, firemen relief fund, new park and sewer funding, a bicycle accident near Washington and Illinois, a police search for a fake employment agent, and a list of marriages, licenses, and residents in the area.
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J.T
Buffalo
New York City
Wiltsie
West Baden
W. Washington St
John H. Martin
Marion County
Hloughville
E. T. Oburn
J C. Keeler
Ile
Commercial Club
Indianapolis
Central
Harvey
Cedar Block
Board of Or
Villiers
Chicago
Haughville Commercial Club
Sahm
J. A. Avery
G. P. Kibbler
B. L. Smith
A. W. Gulley
Council
Park Commission
Board of Works
St. Washington St
Chas. F. Burns
Vermont St
Washington
Illinois-st
Donald Shepard
Vajen
Richmond
Ind
Rochester
N. Y
Birrus
Edmund
Millie Gordon
John
Emma Nelson
D. G
Mrs. Vollmner
George
Inrietta Richter
J. P
Anna Hay
Chas
Margaret Hoening
Christian
Louisa Plunge
Clarence D. Hoover
Roxina D. Hiatt
Alred P. Conklin
Edith Stabler
James Tinerran
Bessie Maloney
Folding beds at all prices by William L. Elder
Advertises folding beds at all prices from dealer William L. Elder and mentions driven wells priced at four cents per foot and a contact number 173L in Indiana.
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Wm. L. Elder
Indiana
Owen qualifies as state tax commissioner amid board session
Secretary of State Owen joins the board for the first time in this session but departs Thursday night to take Mrs Owens to the seashore for her health. He expects to attend again in ten days. The German mutual insurance company of Richmond challenges its assessment claiming benevolent exemption.
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Owen
Richmond
Thieves Break Into Bartholomew Brewing Office Fight On Roof
Two men entered the Bartholomew brewing company office on Wednesday afternoon. One distracted the bookkeeper while the other tried the rear room. An alarm brought pursuit. one suspect was cornered on a neighboring building’s fourth floor and fought, throwing three men from a window before being overpowered. The second thief fled.
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Cunvenann
Bartholomew Brewing Company
Murderous Chinese Feud Disturbs San Francisco Chinatown
In San Francisco Chinatown a factional fight between two Chinese societies escalates after a murder blamed on the rival group. Consul-general Li Yung Yew seeks a settlement but faces an unsatisfactory outcome and travels with a bodyguard amid alleged assassination plots.
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San Francisco
Chinatown
Li Yung Yew
Insurgents Defeated Near Sagua in Battle
An official dispatch from the interior reports insurgents defeated near Sagua with severe losses. Havana August 1. The clash showed heavy casualties for the insurgent side and ongoing fighting in the region.
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Havana
Interior
Sagua
Contemptuous Bid Fails in Indianap lis Against New York Firm
The Board of Works condemns a New York company over a failed contract to manage night soil in Indianapolis. Secretary Kamong Kelly warns that the city seeks redress for three months of delays, big outlays, and public humiliation, asserting the firm wanted to avoid consummating the agreement and urging full compensation.
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Kamong Kelly
Wall St
New York City
Campbell
Denny
Reth
Kelly
Indianapolis
Murderess Bridget Gregg Shot by Martha Reilly in New York
Bridget Gregg aged 24 was shot and killed by Martha Reilly on Thursday morning in New York. Thirteen hundred more striking tailors returned to work as bosses signed the desired contracts.
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New York
Bridget Gregg
Martha Reilly
Hotel Tonywatha Destroyed In Maprox Fire
A blaze Thursday gutted the Tonywatha hotel in Maprox Wisconsin causing an estimated loss of 380000 dollars. Insurance coverage is about half the value of the structure.
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Maprox
Wis
Tonywatha
Political tips as councilmanic race moves forward
Arch Young may run for councilman at large while Newton M Taylor and Dave Partlow emerge as Republican hopefuls for police judge. Judge Stubbs urges party unity and an independent ticket is rumored to counter Trusler and Taggart. Democratic hopes ride on a mature slate as Good Citizens League circulates pro enforcement leaflets.
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Arch Young
Newton M. Taylor
Dave” Partlow
Judge Stubbs
Republican Club
Brew
Trusler
Taggart
Good Citizens’ League
Denny
M. Cummings
Curtis
Democratic City Committee
Commercial Club
SiSherin
Democratic National Committee
Denver
San Francisco
Chicago
St. Louis
Stubbs
Indianapolis Gas Company
Woman falls from College Ave car at Alabama crossing
Mrs Walter Scott tumbled from a College avenue streetcar at the Alabama street crossing on Wednesday while trying to alight before the car halted. She was knocked unconscious and required revival efforts. she resides in the Empire block.
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Walter Scott
Alabama St
Empire Block
More Troops for Madagascar Dispatch Ordered
Touton August 1. Orders issued for immediate dispatch of fresh troops to Madagascar to replace invalided units ordered home.
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Madagascar
Touton
Merchant G E Strait of Troy fails for 20000
Wire notes report G E Strait of Troy New York merchant has failed for twenty thousand dollars. Santa Fe shops at Topeka after long half time runs at full capacity. Standard Wagon Company of Cincinnati failed for nine hundred thousand earlier and now again fails. Debates between Gen Hardin and Col Bradley for Kentucky governorship open in Louisville on August nineteenth.
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G. E. Strait
Troy
N. Y
Santa Fe
Topeka
Standard Wagon Company
Cincinnati
Gen. Hardin
Col. Bradley
Kentucky
Louisville
Moving notice to rent house in The Sun column
Moving notice for a house to rent appears in The Sun rental column. Advertisement lists contact phone 880 and references location at 79 E Ohio St. The fragment mentions fresh roasted Golden Santos coffee and buys time for the rental listing. Local streets and names indicate a classified notice style from a historic paper.
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Golden Santos
Geoge BR
Pennsylvania-st
Vilice
Ohio- BI
Leaky Cisterns Cleaned and Cemented at Factory Creek
Leakage repairs priced at $1.50 with pumping services available at Factory Creek. Contact Butts at 133 Indiana Ave, phone 3 Gu for details.
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Factory Creek
L Butts
Indianaave
Holmes Case Seethes Over Convent Claimings
Philadelphia dispatch reports Mrs Quinlan’s confession to police as officers weigh implications for H S Holmes. Holmes maintains Emeline Cigrand is alive in a convent after a mock marriage accusations, while Miss Georgeanna Yoke lies weakened amid marriage revelations. Detectives chase Allen or Hatch link and Minnie Williams ties surface.
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Capps
Allen
Hatch
Little Rock
Harry Walker
Greensburg
Ind
Holmes
Walker
Chicago
Williams Sisters
Moss
Philadelphia
George
Anna Yoke
H. H. Holmes
Barlow
Detective Geyers search for Pietzel murder house yields nothing
Detective Frank Geyers exhaustive Indianapolis canvass failed to locate the house linked to the Pietzel murder case. He suspects Li H Holme rented a North Indianapolis home for the crime and has questioned real estate agents and workers before returning to Philadelphia.
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Frank
Wall of water floods mining town near Cripple Creek
Cloudbursts in Hightmile creek area wash away buildings and sweep a freight train and a hotel near Cripple Creek Colorado. At least six deaths reported with extensive damage to Adelaide area and surrounding properties. In Socorro New Mexico a larger disaster loft twenty foot waves and 57 lives recovered, with property loss reaching 1.5 million dollars. Dams and homes along the canyon suffer, with townwide damage and missing residents.
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Cripple Creek
Col
Adelaide
Carrie
Socorro
N. M
Casper
Newby
Dr Price’s Cream Baking Powder Awarded Medal
Dr Price’s Cream Baking Powder earned a gold medal at a midwinter exhibit in San Eran, highlighting its quality and popularity among judges and consumers.
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Price
Dr. Price’s
San. Eran
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