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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1910
Page
3
In Logansport Indiana a Pennsylvania Railroad special train aided a Chicago mother, Mrs Henry C Ambrock, to reach her baby left behind when she missed her connecting train. An engine and car were dispatched from Bunker Hill to reunite them amid anxious passengers.
In Rensselaer Indiana on July 14 James Haines shot Deputy Game Warden Al Gillian who had traveled from Indianapolis to arrest him for poaching. Gillian pursued Haines by road then on foot and fired, with Haines returning fire hitting Gillian in the chest and hip. Gillian was wounded twice and Haines escaped.
Special to The Sur Robert Crawford a pioneer Franklin County teacher aged 85 died at Whiteland on Wednesday He began teaching in 1849 and spent 30 years in Pleasant township An active Republican and longtime justice of the peace Crawford is noted along with William Hollenbeck who died at his home west of Franklin at age 72.
The Crawfordsville Water and Gas Company buys Indiana Lighting mains and related property to supply artificial gas. Preparations will start soon, with the company planning to ask the city for a new franchise in the near future.
In Fontanet Indiana July 14 a wild man terrorizing the community was arrested. The man was John Higgins aged 28. H J Adams a Nevada township trustee lured him to a farm house, where the sheriff was alerted by telephone.
Columbus Ind July 14 Frank Griffith tried to back up but pressed the accelerator and drove into an Indianapolis Columbus and Southern traction company pole. The impact tore down a high tension wire and blocked traffic on the line for thirty minutes.
Special to The Sun. Terre Haute Indiana July 4 Clay Bowsher defeated Republican nominee for state legislature was held in Kansas after a contested campaign. Local reports say he arrived here amid political tension as authorities investigate the elopement controversy surrounding the candidate and his affiliations.
Special to The Sun Crawfordsville Indiana July 14 The charm of car lights aids a new sport by auto owners on country roads Bunnies sit and blink as hunters approach in machines making easy shooting distance reported from Crawfordsville Indiana
Kendallville Indiana July 14 Albert Lehr 38 was murdered early Thursday on the Lake Shore depot platform by five Italians from a section gang. Lehr was likely mistaken for the engineer blamed for a prior Italian death. the gang bought revolvers and three Italians are missing as police hunt them.
In Anderson Indiana on July 14 Mamie Vandenslyfer a divine healer faced petty larceny claims after a shirtwaist and other items allegedly stuck to her fingers during a cure. The police labeled the act petty larceny but the court accepted her claim of innocence linked to her church membership and dismissed the case.
Columbus Ind July 14 A farmer Thomas Chambers received a corked whisky bottle warning “Stop hunting for the man who killed your cow if you don’t want to be next.” Chambers’s cow had been killed a few days earlier and no motive is known.
Mrs. Martin Blackwood age 32 of Vincennes drowned when she and her husband visited a mussel camp and she accidentally fell from a houseboat into ten feet of water on the Wabash River near Nine Mile Island.
Mrs. Sam Coombs sustained three leg wounds when a cook stove exploded Wednesday in Crawfordsville. Officials suspect dynamite may have been placed in the stove, causing the blast and injuries.
In Vincennes Indiana on July 14 farmers in Knox County report selling new wheat at about 90 cents a bushel. Evidence suggests growers are organizing to hold grain off the market to try for a $1 price.
Thieves looting Fred Nontrup’s woodshed in Columbus Indiana set the shed on fire by accident while taking items from the shed. No injuries reported as investigators inspect the scene and determine the cause.
Evansville Indiana July 14 Officers found Charles Thacker holding a baby when Mrs Annie Floyd, angered by a rent collection dispute, told him she would call police unless he helped. She carried the child while she confronted him, and the scene prompted officers to intervene.
Gettysburg Pennsylvania July 14 a fire destroyed cook and mess tents at the United States training camp forcing 6000 regulars and militia to respond. The woods behind division headquarters burned endangering the camp but swift efforts by the troops saved the site.
In Kokomo Indiana on July 14 a two year old named Robert Berger cried for his mother and died shortly after. An autopsy by the coroner revealed an acute intestinal disorder as the cause. The tragedy occurred while the child’s mother was at work in the Berger home.
George R. Butler of Brazil slept in his car beneath a tree when officers laid hands on him for beating a board bill totaling 4.50 last May. Butler simply yawned when told of the charge.
In Sellivan Indiana on July 14 an explosion aimed at Mrs. Bessie Barbre’s house shattered a side window, waking Mrs. Barbre and Maggie Kennedy as two men fled the scene. Barbre reports no known motive for the attempt.
Columbus Indiana July 14 James L Cowles and Miss Ruth Barnaby eldest daughter of Mayor and Mrs Charles Barnaby wed quietly at the bride's home Wednesday.
Wabash Indiana on July 14 recounts 108 dogs that have lived and wagged in happiness, now passed away as the scene closes on a quiet memory of canine companions.
New York dated July 14 report says Secretary Knox plans to surrender Porter Charlton to Italian authorities for wife Mary Scott Castle Charlton’s murder. Charlton’s supporters plan to oppose on grounds of insanity, aiming to obtain a statement from Hudson county jail warden John J. Sullivan that Charlton is mentally unfit. Capt H H Scott, brother of Mrs Charlton, accuses officials of undue favor toward Charlton and aiding his defense.
The Greenwood, a steamer from Cincinnati to Pomeroy carrying thirty passengers, hit a rock in the Ohito river two miles below Gallipolis in fog early Thursday. Passengers were jolted from beds but crew controlled panic. The vessel beached itself as passengers aided at the pulps.
Berlin reports Count Puelker, who escaped from a mental health facility, has been recaptured. The former political agitator led a cavalry unit on his estates in Tschirne with plans to raid neighboring lands to massacre Jews. He proclaimed killing Jews as a public benefit.
Fire in Kokomo Indiana damaged the Darby block the Excelsior garage and Elks clubrooms causing about 5000 in losses. A brazier burner loosened and flames spread to the basement ceiling.
London observers assess how the Russo Japanese accord shifts power dynamics. England worries over a potential Japan U S clash but backs the broader alliance with Japan. Russia’s restraint raises concerns about Germany and Austria and prompts careful attention to Korean, Manchurian, and Western sphere interests.
Pittsburg July 14 Common Councilman A. V. Simon was sentenced to four months in prison and fined 200 dollars after his conviction on graft charges.
Springfield July 14 Angered at the activity of Thomas Dawson an attorney among the witnesses summoned to testify in the inquiry of the charges that state assemblymen were paid to vote for Senator Lorimer State Attorney Burke has started out to train men higher up One person he is concerned about is Roger Sullivan Democratic national committeeman from Illinois with whom Dawson is said to have held long conferences over the telephone Burke is said to have obtained telephone records and will produce witnesses or rather auditors to the conferences Burke wants to know what interest Sullivan can have in the case and what he and others talked about in long distance conversations with Dawson.
Chicago July 14 Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis convened a federal grand jury to hear new veer trust investigation testimony. Packingtown leaders including Ralph Crews Arthur Colby Lemuel Patterson William Webster O G Snow Alonzo Benn and J J Risch were subpoenaed. U S Attorney Sims aims to push the probe rapidly and submit prior hearings' testimony to the jury.
Col July 14 Dr G Stanley Hall Clark University Worcester Mass lecturing at the summer normal school here asserts that girls turning 16 are irreligious and devoted to trifles like rats puffs Psyche knots fudge and giggles He adds the budding girl is as baffling as the soul of woman noting that women now have one two three or four more souls than men.
In Cincinnati on July 14 Lone Star, a Cherokee Indian, pleads not guilty to killing John Donovan, the Silver Moon saloon manager, saying the man insulted his dead mother. On the stand he recounts the insult, defending his act as protection for his mother and asserting I did right as he wept.
July 14. The executive committee of the Cloak Suit and Skirt Manufacturers Protective association, claiming 500 employers, declared it would never recognize the union and would fight to the utmost of its resources as 83,000 workers strike in New York.
Beverly Massachusetts July 14 Arthur Twining Hadley president of Yale University is the first man Taft has asked to join the congressional commission to study preventing railroad over capitalization. Hadley asks for time to decide if duties at Yale conflict with the assignment.
The Claypool Hotel Terrace Garden announces the cafe opens at 6:00 p m patrons may reserve tables and place dinner orders by telephone for service this evening.
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