Financier Francis T. Roots Dies by Self-Inflicted Shooting
Connersville Indiana February 10 1910 Francis T Roots financier and prominent citizen shot himself at his home after returning from Battle Creek Michigan where he sought to improve his health He had retired as head of the Farmers and Merchants Trust Company and recently organized the State Bank of Glenwood He was about fifty and valued at at least 200000 Funeral plans were not announced.
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Muncie
Indianapolis
Roots
Young Woman Slain. Man in New York County Gas Incident
Ollie Wachoh of 511 Hudson Street was found with a gash over his right eye and gas in his room at 5 AM Monday. He was not robbed, says Bicycle Officers Schlangen and Radamacher. Detectives will investigate the incident and his account of going to bed Sunday night.
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Ollie Wachoh
Hudson St
Schlangen
Radamacher
Wachoh
Woman Shot on Chinatown Car Over Champagne Drink
A well dressed young woman known as Queenie was killed on a Second Avenue car in Chinatown after a quarrel over champagne. A 21 year old man fired the fatal shot and escaped. two other women and two men were in the party. Police seek the shooter while Mrs. Mebel Cecile Cuzze faces complicity charges.
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Eighth-st
Chinatown
Queenie
Bowery
Grand
Forsythe-st
John Ernest
Houston
Second-ave
Daniel Sullivan
Flo
N Kighth-st
Mabel Cousins
Valley Brook Ave
Lyndhurst
N. J
Wren Sullivan
Twenty Eighth St
Mebel Cecile Cuzze
Winifred Callahan
Saloon Fight Flares in Indianapolis District
Police clash with saloon keepers as Indianapolis fights liquor laws. City divided into sections led by Sergis Stoddard and Leet. Four saloonmen arrested including two for blind tigers. Eight men discharged in court. Sherer and bartender to be tried February 14. Others named: Tyner Stoteffler Cain.
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Indianapolis
Sergis
Stoddard
Leet
Adam Sherer
Washington St
Sherer
Orville Peed
William Tyner
William Stoteffler
Joseph Cain
Man Charged After Safe Robbery Attempt at Restaurant
Detectives watched Charles Willard, night manager at Comstock and Carpenter, as he attempted to open the safe with the cashier’s help. The tumbler failed, he was arrested for conspiracy to commit a felony, and plans to flee to Cincinnati were foiled.
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Lieut. Manning
Askins
Dimeunu
Charles Willard
CHY CAN PREVENT The Telephone Merger By Old Franchise
City franchise clause gives Board of Public Works power to seize the New Telephone Company if it consolidates with a rival or if a rival gains one third of its stock. The clause requires rate reductions and may void the franchise if terms are altered or collusion occurs, allowing a new franchise to be granted.
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Charles A. Bookwalter
Board of Public Works
New Telephone Company
Gaid Company
Grooell in Jail Will Not Tell of the Murder
Emory Cassell, charged with the Mills murder near Quincy Indiana, is in Marion county jail Indianapolis for safekeeping. He refuses to testify against others, claiming no further information for prosecutors while his injuries are bandaged.
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Grooell
Mills
Marion County
Cassell
Thomas Mills
Quincy
Ind
Indianapolis
Successful Merchant Builds Home Delivery Route
Hans Kistner, 218 E Morris St South-side, grows The Sun home delivery route. He covers Buchanan Wood Pawn Prospect Bradshaw Virginia and 8 East streets with 82 customers and increasing. Some boys start routes after school to learn business habits and earn profits.
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Aman
Hans Kistner
E. Morris St
South-side
Hans
Sun
Buchanan
Wood- Pawn
Prospect
Bradshaw
Virginia
Brunaugh Trial Date Set in False Claim Case
Prosecutor Elliott R. Hooton set February 24 as the trial date for Harry Brunaugh on charges of making and presenting a false claim to the city. Two old indictments were added as Brunaugh’s bond transfer was awaited, with Federal Union Surety signing a 300,000 bond per attorney Joseph E. Bell.
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Elliott R. Hooton
Harry Brunaugh
Criminal Court
Brunaugh
Joseph E. Bell
Hooton
Federal Union Surety Company
Cripple Falls On Ice And Injures Leg Again
Stanton Turner slipped on the ice in the yard at his home 417 Virginia avenue last Wednesday morning and sustained a fracture of the right leg just above the knee. Turner is a veteran fire department pensioner who previously lost part of his leg in an accident while driving for the fire chief. He wears an artificial limb and the injury occurred above its attachment, with a high knee joint dislocation. Turner is a well known horseman.
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Virginia Ave
Knee. Turner
Fire Department
Sary
Turner
Missing Indianapolis executive Henry Winters sought by police
Police were ordered Sunday to search for Henry T. Winters secretary of the Indianapolis Paper Box Co missing since February 2. He traveled to Columbus Indiana on business more than a week ago and was last seen alighting from an interurban car at Prospect Street. He lives with his wife at 223 West Fifteenth Street.
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Henry T. Winters
Indianapolis Paper Box Company
Winter
Columbus
Prospect St
Tech City
Victer
Fifteenth-st
Bryan to Speak in Indianapolis at Tomlinson Hall
Hon. William Jennings Bryan will address a religious themed talk at Tomlinson Hall next Sunday night under Meridan and Central Methodist churches. He will also speak to the Y M C A at Tomlinson Hall Sunday afternoon. An Indiana Democratic club banquet at the Claypool hotel will follow on Monday January 7 with Jough Dougherty chairing an overflow Masonic Hall meeting.
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Meridian St
Central
William Jennings Bryan
Tomlinson Hell
Bryan
Tomlinson Hall
Indiana Democratic Club
Claypool Hotel
Masonic Hall
Jough Dougherty
West Indianapolis Sewer Project Approved After High Cost
The Board of Public Works approved the final assessment roll for the West Indianapolis sewer project. The completed system cost $210,542.67, marking the finish of a major municipal improvement.
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Indianapolis
Board of Public Works
Banks Close In Indianapolis On Lincoln Birthday
Banks and trust companies in Indianapolis will close Wednesday to observe Lincoln's birthday as a legal holiday for the first time under the recent law. The observance marks the holiday's debut in the state's official calendar.
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Will Glose
Banks
Lincoln
Indianapolis
Iz Lincoln
Man Drops Dead in Susuc Saloon Basement
Henry Martin 42 of Wibbs-ave near Tenth St entered the Susuc Saloon run by Marion Scott at 56 Virginia-ave. He paused at the free lunch counter then went to the basement where a porter found him dead. Police and bicycle officers responded and the body sent to the city morgue. Authorities consider possible poisoning.
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Henry Martin
Wibbs-ave
Tenthst
Marion Scott
Virginia-ave
Wilson
Golnisch
Driver Injured In Wagon Accident At Massachusetts Ave
Jerry Sullivan 22 Church Street a Terre Haute Brewing Co driver was run over by his wagon at 9573 Massachusetts Ave. He fell from the seat after a rut snapped the wheel throw and both legs were broken. He was taken to St. Vincent's Hospital.
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Jerry Sullivan
Church Sr
Terre Haute Brewing Company
Massachusetts Ave
Sullivan
St. Vincent's Hospital
Minstrel-Mian Clay Takes Center Stage at Elks Show
Al Donahue rehearses the Elks troupe for the minstrel show with a brisk pace on a half mile track in lodge rooms. Sheriff Joe Clay substitutes for absent A as interlocutor while end man Hubert Riley struggles at the home stretch. Cast includes Bill Spires Charlie Raih Charlie Tutewiler Ernie Ziegler and Harry Pierce.
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al Donahue
Hubert Riley
Joe Clay
Bill Spires
Charlie Raih
Charlie Tutewiler
Ernie Ziegler
Harry Pierce
Funeral of Mrs Kerfoot Indianapolis Resident
The funeral for Mrs. Margaret L Kerfoot longtime Indianapolis resident was held Monday afternoon at her daughter Mrs T G Gale’s home at 2224 Central Ave She died Saturday morning from senility and a severe cold She was widow of the late Leland S Kerfoot born in Dayton Ohio Survived by two daughters Mrs Lee and Mrs W H H Merrill of El Paso Texas and a son George B Kerfoot Interment was in Crown Hill Cemetery
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Margaret L. Kerfoot
Indianapolis
T. G. Gale
Central Ave
George B. Kkerfoot
Federal Expert Warns Half of Indiana Coal Wasted
Professor Bailey Willis says half of Indiana coal is wasted while the rest is lost in dumps and roof supports. He urges using waste coal to manufacture gas as a solution to smoke pollution. The government spends 320000 annually researching this coal issue.
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Indiana
Bailey Willis
Fire inquiry lacks scope in Rockville theater
Chief Deputy David F. Spees says the Indiana inspection department has no actionable role in investigating the cause of a fire at the five hundred seat Rockville theater unless exit violations are found. The fire occurred Saturday and prompted questions about theater safety.
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Inspection Department of
Indiana
Rockville
David F. Spees
Sun Readers Bargain Remnant Sale Highlights
A remnant sale offers bargains from 14 cent children's dress plaids to $2 men's gloves. Women's oxford and men's shirts, collars, and suited garments are advertised at unusually low prices with discounts up to 25 percent on tailored suits.
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Sun
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