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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1902
Page
6
The murder case tale follows Lee Phillips wife suing the estate of victim Chas Markin for 10000. A separate kidnapping report notes 9 year old Gladys Eisenhart abducted then recovered in Wabash with her mother seeking custody and support through legal action linked to Markin's alcohol sale and murder conviction.
Solomon Harness, previously warned by regulators to care for his father, is arrested in Kokomo Indiana for a deadly attack on Austin Keating a Young America school teacher. Harness struck Keating with the butt end of a buggy whip and may face further regulator action.
James Creason an eight year old inmate of Howard county poorhouse died Wednesday after news reached him that he was heir to a 410.00 Rush county estate and to several thousand dollars from the estate of Mrs Katherine McGuire of Galveston.
Miss Mida Bundy files suit against Bart Payne for breach of promise of marriage seeking 15000 dollars. Payne is son of a local banker and a prominent Rush county figure. Bundy resided in Rushville until about a year ago.
Hammond Indiana December 4 J R Stevens collector for a sewing machine house and I C O F officer has disappeared leaving a letter claiming his body will be found at the bottom of Lake Michigan.
Elwood Ind Dec 4 Dr James F Ginn prominent physician sues his wife for divorce. He owns substantial property in Elwood and Muncie and recently deeded it to her. The lawsuit has created a local sensation.
Rushville Indiana December 4 Rolla Clingman ends his second trial for the murder of Stewart Miller by pleading guilty to a lesser charge. The plea resolves the case against Clingman and closes the courtroom dispute.
A testimonial filled notice extols Dean's Kidney Pills as a reliable remedy. Mr G T Paulger from Indianapolis describes kidney and back pain relief after using the pills bought at a local drugstore. Mrs Paulger reportedly enjoyed long relief after prior physician visits and various remedies. The pills are priced at 50 cents per box, Foster Milburn Co. of Buffalo are the U.S. agents.
Bedford Indiana December 4 Mrs Ma Linda Lovell aged 105 said to be Indiana's oldest woman died. She was deaf and blind yet retained a good memory.
Rushville forms a committee to set up factories while Elkhart reports a fatal skull fracture from a run away. Greenfield raises 20000 to retire church debt. Yorktown to receive gas from Maring & Hart's factory in Muncie. Shelbyville man loses fingertip. Muncie park system to undergo extensive development next spring.
Albert Clark files divorce suit alleging his wife harassed and scolded him continually since 1896, seeking legal separation. The action cites ongoing disagreements and a breakdown of the marital relation in Summitville.
Anderson County commissioners assume smallpox costs outside cities in the county. Fort Wayne reports fear over Pennsylvania moving yards to Columbia City, with company concessions requested. Elwood forms a Chicago artificial gas firm planning a premier plant within 60 days. Valparaiso suit over slander heads to court with Rosa Wiseman vs Augusta Joers for 5000 dollars. Logansport a four year old nearly burns clothes with a match. mother injured. Kokomo gas well yields strong flow as 15 stockholders mistrust big gas firms. South Bend Mishawaka form American standard bearer fraternal insurance. T. EB Howard and G. M. Fountain key promoters. Terre Haute council rejects city printing union-office ordinance despite voter support. Lafayette May Mitchell to train for stage dancing with Murray and Mack in Chicago. Lafayette reports liquor license remonstrances reducing applicants in Laramie township.
KOKOMO Noah Loop and Catherine Loop settle a quarrel over a pie with a divorce in which Mrs. Loop receives the pie and $500 alimony while Loop keeps the farm. The case began over a pie dispute and a child's arm injury.
At the Indiana horticultural society annual meeting inside the state house a display features second-crop strawberries grown by J. C. Grossman of Lagran ge county gathered December 1. Grossman notes he harvested about a bushel at 20 cents a quart and compares them to the first crop in flavor. The exhibit also includes Arkansas black apples shown by J. M. Zion of Tippecanoe county and Wolf River apples grown on his Clark's Hill farm. Wolf River fruit reached 18 inches in circumference the world’s record.
Richard Cook a workman on a hot water pipe trench on Meridian Street attempted to stop bicycle policemen Asking and Duncan from riding over a plank bridge Tuesday and was fined one dollar in police court Wednesday on a charge of interfering with an officer. The patrol wagon was called and the bicycle policemen crossed the bridge.
In Omaha a Nebraska social beauty Miss Bessie Moore married the thief known as Stumpy Dick alias Tom Black after he charmed her in a Lincoln Hastings area town. The pair wed at the courthouse and later traveled to St. Louis while local friends report he has since reformed and works as a street car conductor.
Deputy prosecutor Benedict pushed a bill to raise embezzlement penalties to match larceny. The plan lowers punishments for under 45 dollars to one to three years or up to one year in jail with a 500 dollar fine, and sets one year to 14 years for amounts of 25 dollars or more. A second petty embezzlement could carry grand embezzlement penalties.
City officials indicate no objection to dropping the local polo company plan. The controller notes some dates were refused and recovery possible, but the city will not pursue it. They hope to remodel Tomlinson Hall in the spring, with no contract signed yet.
John Reed, brakeman, is in dangerous condition after a gust blew the top from a boxcar during a wind storm. Reed stood atop the car when the wind struck, tossing him and pinning him under the shattered top on a steep embankment in Columbus.
The mayor signed the new milk ordinance on Wednesday. The action confirms regulatory changes affecting dairy sales and municipal policy.
Just in time Mr. Alex Macperson of 140 Washington St Indianapolis reports using Dr A W Chase's Nerve Pills for a nervous low spirits and weak strength. He says the pills acted splendidly restored nerves vigor and natural sleep. Pills sell for 50 cents a box with portrait and signature of A W Chase on every package.
James Buchanan Elmore a poet of Alabama tells of a plan to gauge a maid's preferred suitor by feeling her pulse. He pitches to Col. Charles Wilson at the governor's office that the pulse reveals the name the maid loves, a claim deemed strange by the secretary.
Mrs. Florence Turner of 429 Belfton Place asks police to find her husband George W. Turner who disappeared from their home last Saturday. He left without saying his destination and promised to return soon.
Washington December 4 the House on Wednesday passed the Cannon Dill bill appropriating funds to defray the expenses of the anthracite coal strike commission.
An advertisement touts a home cure for impotence and related conditions from the Dr. Knapp Medical Co. It promises a free prescription and supplies by return mail after sending name and address to 1970 Hull Building Detroit Michigan. Testimonial letters praise revived vigor and enlargement.
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