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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1908
Page
1
Charles Brown, a former Claypool hotel employee, devised a plan to eat gratis by posing as a worker in another department. He ate for weeks until he attempted access to upper floors and was caught. He was fined $20 in police court for fostering and trespass after being dismissed from the hotel.
Governor J Frank Hanty declared the Indiana Woman's Prison corrections department open after the board of trustees recommended the transition to receive inmates under the recent legislative provisions.
The panel for Warry W. Thaw’s murder trial of Sanford White includes Charles Gremmels, Arthur Niething, George Carer, George Rupprecht, John Holbert, Deyvid Ox, William Doolittle, William McHugh, Frank Howell, William Bure, Francis Dovale, and James Hooper. Ages range from 30 to 69, with varied occupations and marital statuses.
Gottlieb Hofacker aged TL years, a renowned Indianapolis grocer, died Saturday morning at his home on N Liberty Street. Immigrated from Germany 50 years ago, he first made shoes then opened a grocery. A stroke a year ago left him paralyzed. he could not speak in recent weeks. Survived by a widow and three grown children.
Oliver P. Ensley succeeded himself as Republican chairman in the Seventh district. Delegates chose in primaries and meetings praised Capt. Harry S. New and endorsed Charles Warren Fairbanks for president. Taylor’s race for governor was boosted. conflicts over state chairmanship hint at GOP fractiousness ahead.
The mid winter convention of the Christian and Missionary Alliance will close Sunday. The gatherings have been held at Gospel Tabernacle Massa chusetta avenue and Eustat.
New York and Indianapolis Sun report the Thaw murder trial of Stanford White begins with a jury sworn and Evelyn Nesbit Thaw in motion to testify. Attorneys plan an insanity defense claiming Thaw suffered from stuporous mania before shooting White on the Madison Square Roof Garden. Evelyn Nesbit Thaw, living at Tarkave, expresses optimism about the jurors.
Police fear the missing Muncie real estate dealer C. Te. Johnsen, last seen Wednesday near Fairview park, may have drowned in White River or died of exposure. Bloodhounds traced a five mile path along the river and canal, with searches extending to barns, boiler houses, and sheds as officers direct farmers and rail guards to aid the effort.
A vulcanizer in Dr. A P Herron's office on Pennsylvania Street exploded Saturday noon sending a metal mold and a set of teeth through the front window. The crowd surrounding the busy thoroughfare narrowly escaped injury as glass and debris flew across the street. Attendant T A Johnson barely avoided harm, while Herron had stepped out moments earlier. The device, a small copper and iron press for hardening bridge work, normally bears about 326 pounds of pressure. The incident follows a past close call at Herron'sOffice.
A blaze at the 13 story Farker building in New York traps workers and injures several firemen. Firemen rescue four on the roof using a life line attached to the Florence hotel next door. The fire destroys art collections including Henry Walters assets valued at about 2 million dollars. 1,900 employees are laid off citywide. Firemen battle blaze for hours as others on the roof signal for help.
Hlerveyry W. Ray who runs yard No 5 of the Indianapolis Coal company and John Garvin were arrested Friday by Inspector Isadore Wulfson on a short weight charge. A coal load delivered at Tomlinson hall was 250 pounds light. The cases go to trial Tuesday.
Burglars entered George Hammer’s grocery at 410 Massachusetts Ave Friday night and removed a small amount of money from the safes, which were found unlocked.
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