Robbers Nearly Seize $600,000 Express Shipment
At Logansport Indiana police report six rough looking men planned to steal a money shipment from Chicago to the First National Bank of Logansport. The Adams Express strong box carried gold and bank notes valued at $600,000 on train transfers to Indianapolis. Four patrolmen guarded the transfer. suspects fled along the Wabash river bank as officers closed in.
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First National Bank
Logansport
Opin
Loganeport
Adama Express
George Cashdollar
Wabash River
Deathbed confession ties Cascone to six murders
New York report says Raphael Cascone confessed on his deathbed in Hudson Street hospital to six murders, including two for which he was acquitted. He named Italian killer motives linked to Amato Santaniello, with victims in Brooklyn and Italy. Cascone’s body lay in state at 112 Mulberry Street as thousands viewed him.
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New York
Raphael Cascone
Mulberry Street
Hudson Street Hospital
Albert T. Patrick
Cascone
Amato Santaniello
Italy
Brooklyn
Desert family 10 follow carnival in Indiana arrest
In Blehart Indiana on August 14 Ernest J Moore of Battle Creek was arrested on a wife desertion charge. He returned to Michigan under the protection of his father Willard Moore and Sheriff G A Baker of Calhoun County.
Bingham says New York graft reaches 106 million yearly
Gen Theodore A. Bingham former New York police commissioner tells Hampton's Magazine that about 106 million dollars in graft and blackmail changes hands yearly in New York City. He blames Tammany Hall and a weak judiciary, estimating 4,600 to 12,000 police officers may be unscrupulous grafters and claims he could have earned 1 million in a single term.
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Gen. Bingham
New York
New York City
Theodore A. Bingham
Hampton's Magazine
Bingham
Tammany
Tammany Hall
Wife Accused Of Setting Fire In Cook Household
Henry C. Schott files for divorce claiming his wife Mary B. Schott burned coal oil on a bed and tossed a lamp onto it while he rested. He says she also burned his week’s wages in the cook stove. He filed suit in circuit court Saturday. Also filing for divorce were Annie Anderson vs Bevy A Anderson Wyatt Chappel vs Susan I Chappel and Oran K Smith vs Pearl Smith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry C. Schott
Mary B. Schott
Circuit Court
Annie Anderson
Bevy A. Anderson
Wyatt Chappel
Susan I. Chappel
Oran K. Smith
Pearl Smith
Railroad officers shifting quarters in Union station balcony
Indianapolis Union Railway superintendent A A Zion moves offices to the balcony floor. custodian Cc M Dickson takes the vacated main floor office. Big Four general superintendent J H Houghton plans a removal from Delaware Street to the balcony at Union station.
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A. A. Zion
Indianapolis Union Railway
Cc. M. Dickson
Union Station
Rattler Debt Trickster Arrested With Five Foot Snake
Charles Hancock aged 35 at 1815 Kentucky Avenue attracted crowds by a five foot rattlesnake. He toured saloons offering to perform with the snake in exchange for drinks, claiming debt collection. Police officers moved him to a box carried by a wagon man until his brother retrieved the reptile by the crime scene at West Morris Street.
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Delaine and
Englebright
Southwest Street
Charles Hancock
Kentucky Avenue
Hancock
Jess Sanders
Illinois
Washington Street
al Mathey
Sanders
W. Morris Street
West Street
White Boy Shot by Negro Lad In Vacant House
William Ballard white 12 was fatally shot in the left side at 5 45 am by Leonard Hall 12 a Negro in a vacant house at 220 Foledo Street. Ballard survived with slight chances of recovery. Hall confessed after initial denial. James Newton remains at large. Ballard to City hospital. Hall to Detention Home charged with shooting with intent to kill.
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William Ballard
Leonard Hall
Ballard
Foledo Street
Hall
James Newton
Miami Street
Fred Gerke
Indiana Avenue
Hall Way
New York
Roomera
John Demas
James Polus
Newton
Toledo Street
Mav
Simo
Central Station
Police seek new suspect in Rochester murder case
Rochester N Y Aug 14 police took up the hunt for a new suspect in the Anna Schumacher murder mystery. Edward Ewald was released after proving no alibi and is said to have named a man the police are seeking today. Investigators found a pair of men’s shoes on the Genesee river banks and two women testified they saw a man washing there last Saturday.
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Rochester
N. Y
The
Po Ice
Anna Schumacher
Edward Ewald
Ono
Ewald
Bors
Genesee River
Ill-fated Col. Fesler Missing After Salt Lake City Visit
Col. John R. Fesler of Indianapolis, 74, sick at Salt Lake City after attending the G A R encampment, was placed on an eastbound train by friends. He has not arrived in Indianapolis and relatives fear for his condition. He travels alone among strangers while relatives await word. Col. Fesler, assistant adjutant general of the Indiana G A R, is frail and has shown signs of collapse after the strenuous encampment period.
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John R. Fesler
Indianapolis
Col. Fesler
Salt Lake City
Utah
Ben
Col. Fester
W. A. Ketcham
G A. R
Evelyn Thaw Begs for Support in Court Fight
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw, wife of Harry K. Thaw, declares she will seek court relief for adequate support, denies imminent divorce, and blasts her husband’s lawyer Charles Marschau ser for poor advice. She cites insufficient $200 monthly allowance and $70 weekly living costs, and blames the move back to Mattenwan on his attorney.
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New York
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
Harry K. Thaw
Thaw
Mattenwan
Indiana brewery cases seek ban on brewery owned saloons
A compiled set of briefs and citations in the Indiana case against eight breweries aims to end brewery owned or bonded saloons and bar beer retailing by wagon. Prepared by the attorney general under Governor Hanly, the volume covers actions begun over a year ago by Attorney General Bingham.
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Indiana
Bingham
J. Frank Hanly
Boy Burglars Caught After Creek Swim
Jules Boughton aged 14 and Archie Gephart aged 13 were arrested by Patrolman Glenn Dugan while swimming in Fall Creek. Police say the youths broke into six homes during vacations, entering via keys left hanging outside. They surrendered that their haul never exceeded $1.60 in one location and a gold chain from another.
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Fall Creek
Jules Boughton
Archie Gephart
W. Fourteenth Street
Glenn Dugan
Kitzmiller and
Barrows
Auto Drier for Shank. 3 Hurt in Van Crash
Richard Hull, a helper on a Shank Furniture moving van, suffered a badly crushed right leg when the steering gear failed on a hill four miles south of Mobiesville. The wreck sent the van down an embankment 16 feet. Ballard drove the vehicle. a pin came out of the steering gear, leaving Ballard unable to stop on the steep incline. Hull was taken to Indianapolis.
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Richard Hull
Shank Furniture Company
Mobiesville
Hull
S. Liberty Street
A. Ballard
Ballard
Indianapolis
Indiana rifle team heads to Camp Perry for national match
The Indiana state rifle team departed for Camp Perry Ohio to compete in the national shooting contest. Maj. Gen. W J McKee of Indianapolis captains the team with coach Capt R P Young man from Crawfordsville and Lieut D W Gordon of Indianapolis as porter and Maj D I McCormick of Indianapolis as range officer. The lineup lists numerous infantry officers and enlisted men from Vincennes New Albany Terre Haute Albion Connersville Angola Warsaw and Indianapolis with ranks from first to third infantry and company designations.
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Indiana
Camp Perry
Ohio
W. J. Mckee
Indianapolis
R. P. Youngman
Crawfordsville
D. W. Gordon
D. I. McCormick
Thomas EB. Coultes
Vincennes
Harry Mr. Austin
New Albany
Herbert W. McBride
Benjamin IE. Wimer
Terre Haute
Frank L. Bridges
Albert Catlin
Albert Black
Adbion
Myron Cosler
Adolph H. Bruse
Basil Middleton
Conmeraville
Valorous L. Clear
Albion
Glenn van Auken
Angola
Herman A. Collins
Terre Hiante
James W. Hurt
Inianapolis
Harry A. Thrush
Warsaw
Plenty of Fun for Men of Courthouse Picnic Event
At 1 30 pm Saturday a special car took courthouse staff and friends to 122 Ripple for their annual picnic. Games were played and cigars and lemonade were free. A chicken dinner with all trimmings was planned for 6 o'clock.
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Ripple
Chicago physician Dr Sarah Hac et Stevenson dies at 7 40 am
Wire dispatches report the death of Dr Sarah Hac et Stevenson a pioneer woman physician in Chicago at 7 40 am after three years as a patient at St Elizabeths hospital. The notice also covers a 15 mile London swimming marathon start by 25 men and eight women, a stabbing of boxer Al Delmont in Boston, E H Harriman leaving Munich, and a U S revenue deficit of 200 733 08 from alcohol taxes.
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Chicago
Sarah Hacet
Stevenson
St. Elizabeth's Neepital
London
Thames
Boston
al Delmont
Torro
Doverville
Westend
Munich
E. H. Harriman
Washington
Internal Revenue Officers
Rio Grande Train Wreck Near Monument Kills Five
A head on collision between Rio Grande passenger trains No. 1 and No. 8 at Husted, five miles south of Monument, Colorado, leaves five dead and about 25 injured. No. 1 was an overflow Denver to Pueblo train. No. 8 had eight cars and two engines. relief trains with doctors and nurses were sent from Pueblo and Colorado Springs.
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Colorado
Springs
Col
Rio Grande
Husted
Monument
Denver
Pueblo
Colorado Springs
Potter Manufactory head fined for speed violation
J L Potter of Potter Manufacturing on E Washington street was fined one dollar plus costs in police court for violating the motor speed law. He argued a following car caused the offense, but police said no car was behind. Potter then asked arrest of a street car motorman for speeding, which was declined.
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J. L. Potter
Potter Manufacturing Company
E. Washington Street
Wven
Potter
Stone
Women scare constable over bicycle dispute in Norwood
Bicycle constable O. P. Craig from Justice Kelly's court sought to repossess a Kelso Bicycle purchased on Virginia Avenue. A crowd of women at 1205 Madeira Street in Norwood surrounded him and he called for Hull and Murphy to help. The officers found he secured the wheel amid the confrontation.
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Hull and
Murphy
Madeira Street
Norwood
O. P. Craig
Justice Kelly's Court
Woman Burglar Trap Teaches How It Is Done
New York Aug 14 Mrs Freda Jacobs testified at Essex Market court that catching burglars is simple. She described chasing a thief after seeing him leaving her husband’s room and grabbing him after a two block pursuit. A man named Charles Beyer was held for examination in $1000 bail.
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New York
Freda Jacobs
Madison Street
Cornell
Essex Market Court
Assassin of Wyllie to Die Tuesday
London Aug 14. Madar Dhingisa the young Indian student who killed Sir Curzon Wyllie and Dr Labacu at a public reception in the Imperial Institute will be executed on Tuesday. An effort for a reprieve failed.
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Curzon Wyllie
Labacu
Long Sentence For Man Who Lured A Girl
John D. Morgan aged 40 received 180 days in the workhouse and a $500 fine plus costs from Judge Stubbs in juvenile court for contributing to the delinquency of Jennie Canfield an under 11 year old. Mrs Ella Becher and Lee Watson had earlier received jail terms for unlawful assembly and Morgan aided police by reporting them. Mrs Becher may face neglect charges and Watson further delinquency charges.
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John D. Morgan
Stubbs
Jennie Canfield
Ella Becher
Becher
Lee Watson
Jair
Morgan
Mrs. Becher
Watson
Storm Hila Deluges Chicago With Record Rainfall
A severe electrical storm swept Chicago causing record rainfall, widespread flooding, and traffic delays. Basements flooded with three feet of water trapping residents, rescuers saved a woman and three children, lightning struck sites sparking fires, and hotel guests faced blackouts during the rush hour. The storm marked the heaviest of the summer.
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Chicago
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