Thaw Found Insane and To Be Returned to Matteawan
In White Plains on August 12 Justice Mills ruled Harry K. Thaw insane and ordered his immediate return to Matteawan State Asylum for the Criminal Insane. Thaw reacted with nervous pacing and denial before news. Evelyn Nesbit Thaw commented by phone, while Thaw’s mother and sister faced the news with distress. The court scheduled further arguments on whether Matteawan is the proper institution, with defense lawyers seeking an alternative facility.
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Mills
Thaw
Matteawan
Justice Morschauser
Duchess
Peabody
Baker
Rich
Jaet
Relief for Fallcreek Promised as Sewage Repairs Proceed
Property owners along Fall creek press for odor and disease relief amid sewage concerns. Mayor Bookwalter reports $7,000 is being spent to repair sewer breaks and plans to reroute lines two feet under banks, with storm water to be drained via streams. Creek users meet to urge action, citing hot weather and ongoing hazards.
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Fall Creek
Bookwalter
Flo
Miéigor Bookwalter
Boston
Indianapolis
Attorney General Bingham Returns From the North
James Bingham returns from Harbor Point Michigan with his family and resumes work at the state house. He files the state's 132 page brief in the local option case before the supreme court arguing the county unit local option law is constitutional. The brief, prepared by the attorney general's office with Minton and others as associate counsel, follows Hamilton circuit court ruling upholding constitutionality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Bingham
Harbor Point
Mich
Bingham
Statehouse
Supreme Court
Attorney General's
R. C. Minton
Anti-Saloon League
Hanly, McAdams
Artman
Hamilton
George McPherson
I. W. Christhan
Charles Wilson and Violet Miller Marriage License Issued
A marriage license was issued to Charles Russell Willson, an attorney living at 7 W St Joseph Street, and Violet P Miller of 2856 Park Avenue. Willson, a former Indianapolis newspaperman, is the brother of Romney L Willson, also an attorney.
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Charles Russell Willson
W. St. Joseph Street
Violet P. Miller
Park Avenue
Wilson
Indianapolis
Romney
L. Willson
Prison escape suspect recaptured after brief arrest
Anna Mueller, 19, who escaped from the Girls' Industrial School at Clearmont, was arrested Wednesday night at Goldie Goodman’s home. Goodman, Albert Lester, and Wilston McKibbons were taken in but later discharged in police court. Mueller was returned to the institution.
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Anna Mueller
Clearmont
W&g
Goldie Goodman
Davidson
Goodman
Albert Lester
Hazelton Hotel
Wilston McKibbons
Buckle
Miss Mueller
Seret
Larsh
Naughton and
Fletcher
Arrest of Dr Brunning on Warrant by Brother
Dr John Brunning of 28 East Morris Street faces police court Friday for practicing medicine without a license. The warrant was issued by his brother George Brunning of 21 Sanders Street amid a family quarrel. Attorney Merle Walker leads the prosecution, arguing the arrest followed treatment of Will Eberg, 12, who was ill with pneumonia and later saved after another doctor was summoned. The State Medical Board will review the case, and the brother asserts the warrant issued from knowledge of no license.
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John Brunning
E. Morris Street
Dr. Brunning
George T. Brunnng
Sanders Street
Brunning
Merle Walker
Will Eberg
John Eberg
East Street
Pr. Petersdorf
Walker
State Medical Board
Tilley Will Allocates Estate to Wife Then Son
The will of Tunis Tilley who died by his own action was filed for probate. He leaves all property to wife Ray A. Tilley for her life, then to their son Clarence. Ray A. Tilley is executor and is to receive a $5,000 life insurance. The mother is to be provided for for life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tunis Tilley
Ray A. Tilley
Clarence
Mr. Tilley
Wife Deserter Returned to Court in Indianapolis
Lewis A. Monroe, charged with deserting his wife and arrested in Illinois, was brought back to Indianapolis Thursday by Deputy Sheriff Merrill and jailed. He is scheduled for trial in September.
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Lewis A. Monroe
Illinois
Indianapolis
Merrill
World and Local News Digest from Aug 12
The Arapaho steamship sits 21 miles southwest of Diamond Shoals with a broken shaft and many passengers aboard. Reports from Miami mention a fight between Seminole Indians and white men. Chief Justice Wallace of California died from a stroke. Abdul Hamid’s death is imminent from angina pectoris. Reading abbatoir plant destroyed by fire causing about 46000 loss. Fire at Jacob Cold & Sons packing plant in East Buffalo destroys building with losses over 100000. Buckeye Rubber plant fire in Akron causes over 200000 loss, 200 workers idled. Washington town near Philadelphia faces fire threat. Missing yachts Seafoam and Winsome reach Portland safely. Automobile crash injures several in Salisbury. Persians report a young shah’s possible abdication. J C Engleman, Queen & Crescent agent, assassinated in Stanford Kentucky.
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New York
Diamond Shoals
Miami
Fla
San Francisco
Supreme Court
Wm. T. Wallace
California
Salonica
Abdul Hamid
Reading
Reading Abbatoir
Buffalo
Jacob Cold & Sons Packing
East
Akron
Buckeye Rubber Company
Mast Akron
Philadelphia
Washington
Woman Arrested for Assault After Lemonade Throw
Mrs. Ella Hicks was arrested on a charge of assault and battery with intent to kill after a confrontation at 957 W Washington street. Hicks says she acted in self defense when she threw lemonade at William Curry, breaking a glass and injuring his face, then struck him with a hammer as he left. She says Curry provoked her by striking her and bruising her arm over board money.
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Ella Hicks
Patroiraen Drunkert
Freeman
Hicks
William Curry
Washington Street
Curry
Angry Moose Seek Return of Charter in Indianapolis
William Wicks and Hugh J Mahcolm along with George Love plan a Friday meeting at Germania hall to restore the original Moose charter claiming it was illegally taken. The supreme lodge issued a new charter for a separate Indianapolis lodge causing division among members and concerns over carnival finances. The old order once had 1 760 members with solicitors promising benefits and medical care for families. E H Fick came in February to build the lodge. Initiation fees were set at a dollars per member.
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William Wicks
Indianapolis
Moose
Hugh J. John Mahcolm
George Love
Germania Hall
Supreme Lodge
The
E. H. Fick
Wife Sues For Divorce Over Husband's Grocery Money
Mrs. Anna M. Conner of Irvington sues Willits B. Conner for divorce alleging failure to provide and misused funds for groceries and fuel. She claims he would become silent for months. He is a druggist. they formerly lived in New Castle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna M. Conner
Irvington
Willits B. Conner
New Castle
Milk Dealers Pay Fines Two Discharged
In police court two dairymen were charged with selling milk below standard but were discharged from fines. E S Waggener and Edward Iter were acquitted or had reduced penalties after the court accepted explanations and sampled milk showed compliance after stirring. Others were fined ten dollars and costs: Albert Cook Andrew Gons D D Royster and Alvin Carlstedt. Carl Jacobson’s case continued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. S. Waggener
Indiana Avenue
Edward Iter
Maywood
Waggener
City Board of Health
Ette
Whalton
Albert Cook
W. Washington Street
Andrew Gons
Suger Grove Avenue
DD. P. Royster
Flackyville
Alvin Carlstedt
Schurmann Avenue
Carl Jacobson
City Owed for Booth Repairs After Primary Voting
County commissioners billed the city controller for 60 dollars to cover repairs to a voting booth used in the recent primary election. The request reflects county repair costs following the polling day.
Auto worker Joslin arrested for deserting wife and children
Emery A. Joslin, an auto worker at Premier Automobile, was arrested Thursday by Deputy Sheriffs Parsons and Lysaght at his place of employment on a desertion charge. The case alleges he left his wife and children on Cruft Street south of Garfield Park with no food after prior arrests and alleged abuse.
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Emery A
Joslin
Premier Automobile Works
Parsons and Lysaght
Cruft Street
Garfield Park
Rioting at McKees Rocks as Pressed Steel strikers clash with troops
In Pittsburg on August 12, 7000 Pressed Steel Car workers riot over work stoppage. State troops fire over their heads. several strikers shot, others clubbed. Cars taken, no fares paid. Twenty arrested, held in a boxcar prison as strikers reform with red flags hoping for another attack on the plant.
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Pittsburg
Rather
McKees Rocks
Pressed Steel Car Company
Boy Loafers Hear Lecture From Police Judge Whallon
Thirteen boys aged 18 to 20 appeared in police court on loitering charges and were lectured by Police Judge Whallon who warned they would be sent to the workhouse if they reoffend. Sergt White and four patrolmen assisted in rounding up the group in West Indianapolis after numerous complaints about corner loafing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whallon
Sergi White
Indianapolis
Lieut Coll Goes Off Duty After Apology
Lieut Dennis Coll of Hook and Ladder Company No 2 is only off 10 days after saying he was sorry for a fight incident at Halleck Ranger, involving a clerk from Schopp's drug store on South Illinois Street. The Board of Safety ordered the ten day suspension.
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Dennis Coll
Hook and Ladder Company No. 2
Coll
Halleck Ranger
Schopp's
Board of Safety
Lieut. Coll
Prisoner Hall pleads for release in embezzlement case
Joseph L. Hall a Grant County man and Jeffersonville reformator y inmate now seeks help from Gov. Marshall and the state board of pardons. Cousin Mrs. Ben Kelsey acts as defender arguing Hall’s term after six years and prior paroles was unjustly served. James W. Hall refuses aid to free his brother despite the charges.
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Joseph L. Hall
Jeffersonville Reformatory
Grant County
Ben Kelsey
Gov. Marshall
State Board of Pardons
Hall
James W. Hall
John Kelsey
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N. Y
Harry K. Thaw
Justice Millls
Matteawan State
Order of Justice
Westchester County
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
Ments
W. Thirty-third Street
Justice Dulls
Justice Mills
Court
Bea
Mary Copley Thaw
Countess of
Yarmouth
Alice Thaw
Hig Chambers
Mount Vernon
Morschauser
Fallcreek
Charles St. Wilson
Miss Miller
Brother
Tilley
Mothca IK
Portland
Seafoam and Winsome
Goarden
Neewerse
Otaikerd
Pennsylvania
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