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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1910
Page
1
Judge Ross will devote Fridays and Saturdays to examining guardianships and interview wards to assess treatment and estate management. He plans a new card system and annual ward visits, demanding detailed current reports, tighter bond oversight, and possible issuance of citations and attachments if guardians fail to file.
Farmers living between Indianapolis and Fort Benjamin Harrison plan a petition to Marion county and the U S War Department. They request half the dredging cost from city limits to the army post to beautify the boulevard. Gravel from the creek would aid the boulevard and curb stagnation, boosting nearby property values.
Philadelphia report details Ferdinand Cohen a waiter accused of abduction with Roberta De Janon the $10 million heiress. Detectives allege multiple marriages and hypnotic control over women. A Norristown tip placed them in a single room for ten days. A New York wife seeks $50,000 for alienation of affection.
In Pittsburg Kansas on January 10 two armed men robbed a general store south of town. A man entered, refused to raise his hands, was shot dead. The robbers then fired on three others, wounding two and beating another as they fled the road.
Dr. J. F. Michaelis has been appointed deputy coroner at Beech Grove by Coroner Blackwell. Beech Grove is described as a thriving city and in need of a deputy coroner.
The Rev. George D. Adamson of Home Presbyterian Church will begin a series of meetings this evening continuing through Saturday. He will be assisted by a former moderator of the Indianapolis congregation.
In Lincoln City Indiana trappers reported catching a large wolf the first seen in Southern Indiana in years. Other notes include BH. B. Sayre in South Bend regaining his mind at Devil's Lake North Dakota after six days wandering. R. F. W. Rayhouser, Fort Wayne editor, dies. Evansville ice gorges break. Fred Weeden dies in Lafayette. fruit tree agents report excess county sales. Lizzie and Lou Rummel arrested for hair pulling. tobacco suction sale brings high prices in Madison. Law and Order league formed in North Vernon. Armstrong London Hardware fire causes damage in Kokomo.
Clyde Harlan aged 21 of 1519 N Capitol Avenue was accidentally shot while adjusting an old revolver Sunday evening. The bullet entered the abdomen and spine. he lies in critical condition at the Methodist Hospital. The weapon had belonged to the Harlan family for 15 years and had never been used.
Four former weighers of the American Sugar Refining Co were sentenced to terms on Blackwell's Island for conspiracy to defraud the government by falsely weighting imports. Oliver Spitzer, a key prisoner and former dock superintendent, was not sentenced due to illness. Judge James L. Martin presided. sentencing was delayed by motions for new trials.
County officials prepare for Tuesday council session to consider reappropriations of funds reverting to the treasury. County Surveyor Paul Julian proposes a bridge plan costing 285000 including a Fall Creek crossing at Delaware Street, a White River bridge at New York Street, and a Little Buckeye/Bagie crossing at Washington Street.
In Shreveport Louisiana at midnight a wreck between a switch engine and Texas Pacific passenger train No 53 killed three people and injured one. Victims include Miss Evans passenger Boyce John Cornwell conductor and Percy Parrish switchman. Pullman porter John Brandon crushed and fatally injured. others badly buried.
Mayor Shank nearly approves recommending Peekaboo Veach to the Board of Public Works for the asphalt plant engineer job. Veach, a former baseball champion, umpire, writer, and machinist, claims Wallace promised to help him secure the position.
Dr J B Thomas told coroner Blackwell he treated Laura McKinney in Shelbyville and had only met her once before the Jan 3 visit. He said the patient wished life saved but a late turn after anesthesia led to death. Edward Dougherty, Indiana University Medical College student, assisted with anesthesia and knew little of the case. The physician said money from a Shelbyville patron had stopped and the mother urged secrecy about the death cause.
A blaze at the Eighth and Walnut streets tenement in Cincinnati results in the cremation of William Berger five, owner of a restaurant, and serious injuries to Mrs. Ellis Dorris, while thirty other roomers escape, with no further fatalities reported.
Large Cumberland crowd gathers in criminal court for the Halloween riot case against Henry Frankie William Frankie Benjamin Frankie Charles Van Sickle Charles Hoopey and Clarence Means. They are charged with throwing stones and clubs at Ernest M Linton the Cumberland schools principal and at his home on Halloween evening. Linton testifies his house was not badly damaged and admits past frolics including moving a bell at Butler University.
Boston January 10 Edward McSweeney secretary to Thomas W Lawson said he knew nothing about a report claiming Lawson bid 82000000 for tobacco interests The item cites a Redan Pobatoe society stake and lists unclear figures and entities in the garbled text.
Commander Robert N Peary will be signally honored in Chicago Wednesday night January 2 with the presentation of the Gold Medal by an unspecified committee.
Amiel Soukup a 20 year old known as Schlitz committed suicide Monday in Henry Kampmann's saloon at 354 Virginia avenue after writing 39 postcards to friends in Indianapolis and Bohemia. He despaired over a love affair with Florence Clark of Muncie and claimed he was living with a woman as his wife. Soukup left letters to colleagues and parents saying goodbye and confessed to not being married. He had spent Sunday posing for pictures and showed his muscles before drinking the poison. The body was taken to the city morgue and the postcards will be mailed only by order of the coroner.
Samuel Bowman from Greensburg to Indianapolis worked in an auto plant and faced neglect of his two children in juvenile court. Judge Joige Stubbs released him without bail after hearing his account and set return for next Monday to hear more witnesses.
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