More Evidence Woman Has No Attorney In Sprague Case
Greensburg Indiana July 20 The Sun reports Mrs Sprague denies hiring lawyers to defend her amid Noble accusations. Coroner Guffeler has not finished the probe though there are lines of evidence diverging from Noble blame. Noble says he found unlocked doors. A neighborhood feud is suspected. William Noble brother to Ben is a suspect in town. A forged check dispute involves Noble and Sprague over a six dollar payment and buggy accounts.
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Greensburg
Ind
Albert Sprague
Noble
Bruce
Marion County
T. B. Guffeler
Sprague
William Noble
Ben Noble
Clyde Elliott
Ben
Sprague Funeral Held for Murdered Man in Columbus
Albert Sprague, murdered near Greensburg, was laid to rest Wednesday at 10 a.m. from the United Brethren church. His body arrived Tuesday evening and was taken to Freeman Dugan's home. The Odd Fellows lodge, linked to Sprague and Ben Noble, conducted the services at the grave. Sprague left eight sisters and other relatives in Bartholomew county.
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Columbus
Jud
Albert Sprague
Greensburg
United Brethren Church
Freeman Dugan
Odd Fellow’s Lodge
Ben Noble
Sprague
Bartholomew County
PARENT DIES SHE SWALLOWS POISON IN HIDING GRIEF
Special to The Sun. In Huntington Indiana July 20 Mrs Lewis Creviston requested to leave the room after learning her father Rufus Hyser died in the limber yard. Soon after she was found ill having taken morphine from a bottle whose label revealed the dose. An antidote was given and her condition improved toward recovery.
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Huntington
Ind
Lewis Creviston
Rufus Hyser
Mrs. Creviston
Evangelist Eaton Disappears After Visit to Mother-in-Law
Washington Indiana July 20 The itinerant evangelist Reverend William C Eaton has vanished after taking his almost blind wife to her mother in laws home and leaving the place he was lodging. The wife appealed to the prosecutor saying he excused himself and has not been seen since.
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the Sun
Washington
Ind
William C. Eaton
Carbolic Not Camphor Burns Woman in Washington
In Washington Indiana on July 20 Mrs Mary Lavelle sought camphor for a toothache and instead grabbed a vial of carbolic acid. She was severely burned during the application and requires medical attention.
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Washington
Ind
Mary Lavelle
Portland traction line to Celina extension report
Reports say the Muncie Portland traction line will extend to Celina Ohio. The Ball brothers and Muncie stockholders have not confirmed the plan. Citizens await official confirmation on the proposed expansion.
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Portland
Ind
Muncie Portland
Celina, O
Senent
Ball Brothers
Muncie
Newlyweds Stranded on Honeymoon in Indiana
New Albany Indiana July 20 In a romantic but costly start to marriage Mr and Mrs Thacker were stranded in Kentucky on their way from Louisville to Elletts ville Monroe county Their funds ran out after paying for a marriage license minister and a night's lodging Their young stepdaughter accompanied them and Probation Officer Kraft assisted their return voyage.
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New Albany
Ind
Kentucky
Thacker
Louisville
Ellettsville
Monroe County
Kraft
Children Wait Mothers Death After Interurban Collision
In Anderson Indiana on July 20 Patrolman Beeman’s five children waited for their mother as she lay dead in hospital after an interurban car struck their carriage. Mrs. Beeman and Mrs. John Poor died in the crash. Poor a widow of 60 with grown children. The collision occurred as the carriage crossed eighth street and the horse tried to clear the track. Mrs. Beeman’s mother-in-law Mrs. Nancy J. Roberts of Indianapolis is named in the notice.
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Anderson
Ind
Beeman
Mamma
John Poor
Destitute 90-Year-Old Civil War Veteran Seen in Wabash
In Wabash Indiana a 90 year old veteran crippled by rheumatism was found ragged and hungry after alighting from a Huntington train. He claimed to be a colonel under General Grant and sought treatment in Chicago before heading home to Los Angeles. The G A R post led a local collection to aid him.
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Wabash
Ind
Huntington
McClure
James H. Emmett Post
Gen. Grant
Chicago
Los Angeles
Veterans of Wabash
Picks lemon apple in garden of love
Crawfordsville Indiana July 20 special to The Sun Mrs Maulsie Griffin McCormick after a brief first marriage to Howard McCormick and an alimony divorce has wed Rolla Apple in her second matrimonial venture She says she has now chosen an apple following the lemon of her first marriage.
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the Sun
Crawfordsville
Ind
Maulsie Griffin McCormick
Mail Carriers of State 10 Convene in Logansport
Logansport Indiana hosts the State Letter Carriers association meeting on Sunday and Monday September 5. Expected attendance reaches about 500 rural letter carriers. Arrivals Sunday will kickoff a social program with business to be conducted Monday.
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Mail Carriers
Logansport
Ind
State
Glancing bolt strikes Edward Sullivan at factory in Washington
In Washington Indiana on Tuesday a fellow worker’s sledge struck a boiler bolt which flew into Edward Sullivan’s face. The bolt shaved the cheek and exposed bone causing severe injuries as coworkers looked on.
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Washington
Ind
Edward Sullivan
Yardmaster near death after assault in Greensburg
Harry Cochran yardmaster lay unconscious with a fractured skull after an assault by a Black man Saturday night in Greensburg Indiana. The attack left him at the point of death as police searched for the suspect.
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Greensburg
Ind
Harry Cochran
Plan Motor Line Between Fruitdale and Nashville
A survey for a motor line between Fruitdale and Nashville was completed on Tuesday in Nashville Indiana. The project aims to connect the towns with a modern transportation route and could influence future development in the area.
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Nashville
Ind
Fruitdale
Wealthy Evansville Bride Fears Poison in Ice Cream Soda
Mrs Will Reltz Foley, 56, claims a druggist at J H Schride’s Evansville shop spiked her ice cream soda with poison after an argument. She had just married Will Foley, 21, a former messenger, amid gossip about the age gap. The druggist denies the charge, saying he only added lemon extract.
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Will Reltz-Foley
Indianapolis
J. H. Schride
Foley
Evansville
Man Killed by Car in Rushville Tragedy
Rushville Indiana July 20 George W W Trader of Osgood was instantly killed after failing to hear a warning whistle from an S and C traction car at a local crossing. The accident occurred Tuesday with no further details released.
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Rushville
Ind
George W.W. Trader
Osgood
Farm Sells for 10450 in Indiana Township
Special to The Suan. Warsaw Indiana July 20 R A Jennings of Ford County Illinois purchased from Joseph Gerber 95 acres in Van Buren township for 10450 dollars.
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Warsaw
Ind
R. A. Jennings
Ford County
Iinois
Joseph Gerber
van Buren Township
Heart Beats Rapidly Eight Days Before Death
In Franklin Indiana Miss Floss Bohymer an instructor at the Indiana School for the Gifted suffered a nervous heart affliction with heart pulsations reaching 260 per minute for eight days before death. Physicians note only four similar cases in the nation. Funeral held in Franklin Tuesday.
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Miss Floss Bohymer
Bohymer
Indiana School For the Treat
Throat Cut Threat Reported After Buggy Incident
Luther Lamar suffered a critical throat wound when an altercation led to him being hurled from a buggy in Newbern Indiana on Tuesday. His horse reportedly reared at a passing motorcycle during the incident.
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Newbern
Ind
Luther Lamar
Brakeman Stung Most Dangerously Near Huntington
Erie brakeman Edward Bechtelhimer was severely stung on the neck while riding a caboose north of Judson. He drew in his head and treated the sting, but the swelling spread from his neck to his chest as the injury worsened.
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Edward Bechtelhimer
Judson
Amazonian Negress Runs Amuck in Washington Street Chaos
Washington Indiana July 20 witnesses report a gigantic crazed woman running amuck in the streets. Police captured the unclad suspect identified as Mrs Hattie Barnes who was awaiting admittance to the Evansville asylum.
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Washington, Ind
Hattie Barnes
Evansville
Slayer's sick wife proud refuses help
Kokomo Indiana July 20 Mrs Oscar Welty wife of the constable who shut J W Edwards negro awaiting trial is too proud to accept aid from relatives or friends and is without means of support She is under a physician's care due to worry over her husband Prosecutor Manning has obtained photographs of the wounds of the victim to press a first degree murder case Welty will stay jailed until his September trial.
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Oscar Welty
J. W. Edwards
Police Probe Death In Lafayette Boxing Connect
Lafayette police investigate a report that Russell Miller found dead Tuesday morning near his brother’s home may have been injured in a boxing contest the night before.
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the Sun
Lafayette
Ind
Russell Miller
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