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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1905
Page
6
Police arrest William Goodman ex convict Samuel Bartelstein known as Jenstein with 15 prior arrests Morris Levine ex convict and William Miller after a cane linked to a woman used to aid robberies on the East Side of New York City.
Talph W. Rose, Cantor nivt representing Michigan University and the Chicago Athletic Association, set a new weight throw mark before over 6,000 spectators at Madison Square Garden. He hurled 2 feet 2 1/2 inches, breaking the prior best of 3 feet 17 Dutchches by George Gray in 1890 at New York Athletic Club.
In Athens on Saturday Judge Wood sentenced six of eight soldiers found guilty of rioting on the streets of a village last year. Each received 3 days in the Columbus workhouse and a $5 fine with costs. The men were committed. Privates Davis and Bateson were not punished due to lack of evidence.
Miss Belle Reynolds, a Warren II store bookkeeper, was bound and gagged by a horse blanket at closing time Friday night. Paul Krohn, a night watchman, freed her after claiming he had been held in the basement. Reynolds used a knife to cut the ropes from his wrists. Police arrived as Krohn confessed and he was jailed on grand larceny charges.
John H Crall appointed receiver for Capital Music company faced trouble as Hy EH Homer secretary refused to deliver books and papers verifying Cralls legal control Crall notified Judge Leathes who issued an order for turnover or contempt proceedings against the officers.
Attorney Callie E Kinney faces contempt of court after his wife secured a limited divorce and a monthly alimony payment for five months. Judge Carter orders Kinney to appear January 4 to show why he should not be punished for noncompliance.
Charles Bhepant faced a police court hearing Saturday on cruelty to animals after allegedly dumping a malformed hare at the White River dump to die. The brief proceeding addressed the alleged act and potential penalties.
Ralph W. McCracken was granted a divorce by Judge McMaster after claiming his wife, Mary Tyre, was only ten at their with a long history of abuse. He said she sought liquor and to run away with another man, while Mrs Tyre described years of coercion, sale of jewelry to pay boards, and repeated beating.
District Attorney Jerome refuses bail after a Wheeling dispatch reports Col. Tom Deveney arriving with 50 000 in cash for Nan Patterson. He vows no bail will be accepted and that she will be tried again, indicating ongoing legal action in the New York case.
Detectives Haley and Manning arrested Ea Cherry and Eugene Journeon of Terre Haute on Friday night for tearing overcoats from dummies outside Jacob Linzer's store at 44 W. Washington. Officers recovered items and the duo awaits further investigation.
Indiana faces a looming coal famine as cold weather approaches. Railroads may divert supply to engines, with only enough coal on hand for two weeks. Cars are scarce, prices rising, and households fear winter cold as dealers scramble to stockpile, framing a potential citywide shortage.
The Speaker recounts John Morley experiences in America. Asked what impressed him most, Morley replied Niagara Falls and Roosevelt, noting both convey an sense of going on forever. The remark appears in the weekly periodical The Speaker, cited by the Press Association in London.
A Saturday morning blaze swept the Cunningham Mining company and Little Rock Furniture works, causing an estimated loss of 150000 dollars. Damaged facilities include mills and shops, with minimal injuries reported. Investigators inspect the scene for the cause and assess remaining risks to nearby properties.
Scripps-Wrae Telegram reports Ann Arbor high school building destroyed by fire on Saturday. Estimated loss about 110000 dollars. An enslaved person in the basement is suspected to have caused the blaze.
Philadelphia report on a proposed vast trolley system extending from Philadelphia to Pittsburg Cincinnati Indianapolis St Louis and Chicago under Widener Dolan Ryan interests. Hugh McGowan of Indianapolis is reported as a potential investor.
Washington January 2 secretary of the treasury designated General Appraiser 1. B. Fischer as president of the board of general appraisers in New York to serve for one year.
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