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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1908
Page
1
A Tuesday 4 am robbery at the Michigan Lumber Co office used a large explosive to wreck the safe. Neighbors heard a bombardment like explosions and the two robbers escaped with about $3, carrying a small steel cash box. No clues to their identities were found.
A Marion county juror, W K Rybolt of Ben Davis, refused to take any pay from the John Higgins case. He argued the money belonged to the county but feared it would not be returned. Auditors and clerks debated how to handle the unsettled payment as records show Rybolt served from November 22 to December 3.
Financiers threaten to withhold campaign funds if Theodore Roosevelt runs again, demanding leniency in investigations of corporate mergers and trusts. New York reports say bankers across the country echo the demand, fearing a weaker crackdown on capital combinations if Roosevelt is nominated.
A blaze at a residence on Tuesday afternoon caused extensive damage due to a defective flue. Peter Brochhauten is reported dead and Peter Drochhanaen, a resident at 28 East Street, is injured. Anne M. Brochrasee, principal at a local school, is connected to the incident.
The ninth page carries new classified notices including Girl wanted, Houses for rent, Rooms for rent, Nurse wants a situation, Farm for sale, Laundry for sale, and White men wanted. Mead eit the taers om ninth pene today.
The Cork Leg Oil Company, capital stock 204m, belongs to Indianapolis men including Harry B. Smith, William F. Wocher, Ralph Bamberger and Albert Metcalf. Papers filed with the secretary of state show no directors. The group planned to engage in oil business with questionable secrecy and faced local skepticism as the venture formed under an odd name.
Fragmented OCR text describes a Roumanian feud connected to the disappearance of Zassie Toder and a trunk found in an alley near 2M. Names like Mendy John Rus and Invtians appear in unclear context amid references to places, markets, and a Chicago return fare. Reading is uncertain.
Rumors swirl as Mayor Holtzman plans a trip to French Lick for a meeting of Democratic editors to launch a possible gubernatorial candidacy. Taggert is seen as steering the effort while others doubt the plan and watch for political maneuvering by Holtzman and allies like Meredith Nicholson.
Robert Rowan 67 Camp Street known as Kentuck walked into the workhouse superintendent’s office Monday and gave himself up to serve the remainder of a sentence cut short by escape. He had been sentenced for wand larceny on June 1 and escaped July 10 while working on the workhouse ranch. He requested to be locked up to finish his term.
Alfred Knipp, convicted of tying his wife Tannah Goddard Knapp, was sentenced in the circuit court to a term in the electric chair on December 12. The judge granted a delay of execution until January 1 while the court considers a new trial motion. The court also took under advisement the defendant’s request for a new trial.
In Sivenite court on Tuesday, 14 year old Harry Voickerbucker faced charges of robbing his grandfather Mary Knickerbocker. Martin Knickerbocker urged mercy, and Judge Stebb a noted the boy deserved a chance and discharged him after the grandfather offered to care for him.
A teen named Canan 18 of 1114 Pleasant Street faces court again Tuesday charged with stealing a chicken from Sig Schoen who runs a sale on Buchanan and Virginia avenues. Evidence was weak per Judge Thalon, and the boy was discharged after his parents testified they gave him the chicken for shoes and wear. Patrolmen watched him attempting to sell a chicken resembling Schoen’s.
In Richmond Indiana on a Tuesday a resident of Lynn Harvey Hill was accidentally shot while hunting with his brother-in-law John York. York dropped his gun causing the firearm to discharge and strike Hill in the side. Hill sustained fatal injuries.
The National Congress of Mothers in session plans to pressure Reed Smoot. They will ask preachers to denounce Smoot from pulpits on Sunday and will organize a petition to Congress against him.
Indiana governor Winfield T. Durbin hunts wild turkey and deer with Ernest Tripp of North Vernon and Col. DePauw of New Albany. The governor will be out of state for two weeks but remains reachable by telegram. a mutt near Fitzgerald, Georgia to monitor his party.
To the Grand Jury with Blackburn Walter Payne and Leander Dearson, three colored men, charged with robbing the Stevenson building stores and office, were sent to the grand jury by Judge Whallon on Tuesday under bonds of breach.
Early morning blaze scorched the club house causing about 800 dollars in damage. Firemen arrived just in time to prevent a larger loss. The attic and wiring sparked the fire while no democratic structures or leaders' pictures were harmed.
A scattered crude list notes deaths and injuries across multiple states, including Rev J. Lindsay in Boston and Henry Smith in Kalamazoo. Other items mention whisky price movement, political figures in Washington, a hospital operation in New York, and various crimes and accidents with minimal detail.
Democratic congressmen press for a full congressional probe into post office frauds citing a partial release of a Bristow report. Republicans oppose, arguing investigation would hinder prosecutions and quoting Attorney General and President opposition. Senator Carmack to lead the push for inquiry.
Forecast for the 36 hours ending at 8 p m December 2 calls for partly cloudy skies with little temperature change. Temperatures at 7 a m and noon expected around 2 and 28 degrees, with winds from the west likely. conditions partly cloudy in Indiana and nearby states with probable warming.
The Indiana hotel firm Jessey at Claypool places a mortgage bond of 200000 at six percent interest payable semi annually with 10000 due each year starting December 1 1904 and the balance due in 193. The mortgage covers the Tew hotel building its leasehold furnishings and equipment. Directors reportedly hold most bonds and Indiana Trust Company is named mortgage trustee.
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