Grief filled hearts of Ferguson family after crimes
In Indianapolis the Ferguson family endures a grim vigil awaiting Ora Coppenhaver’s execution for the murder of Ellen Coppenhaver and her child Daisy. Miss Etta Ferguson forgives him and vows to care for Daisy as the clock ticks toward death, while relatives confront the haunting scene at 30% N Davidson St.
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Daisy
Ora Coppenhaver
Etta Fergason
Indianapolis
Jesse Ferguson
Edla Ferguson
Ellen Coppenhaver
Daisy Coppenhaver
M Ether
Fergusons
N. Davidson St
Ferguson
Coppenhaver
Mixy Etta Ferguson
Moppenhaver
Silent Grief Envelops Coppenhaver Home After Tragedy
In Michigan City the Coppenhaver family grieving silence as investigators weigh a double loss. Mrs. Coppenhaver and relatives endure shock with the son at 516 W North St. Neighbors glimpse the sorrow, while former coworkers at the waterworks gallery recall the victim’s life and friendships. Insurance fights loom over funds tied to the murdered woman and her husband. William Beck retrieved the body Friday afternoon for interment at the family home on North Street.
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Ora Coppenhaver
Wnate
Wiieh
Siienuy Narren
Testet
Storeal
Lttle
Coppenhaver
Voygenhaver
Odp
Tolge
Ferguson
BES
Michigan City
Huber
Willam Beck
Coppenhaver Executed Early Friday Morning
In Michigan City the executed men Coppenhaver and William Jackson were hanged at the Indiana penitentiary just after midnight. Jackson’s body dropped first at 12 07, arterial collapse followed, then Coppenhaver walked to the scaffold, appeared contrite, and voiced a final prayer for mercy as the cap fell.
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Michigan City
Inq
Coppenhayer
Indianapolis
William Jackson
Alten Blankenstip
Lvansvine
Idiana
Je Wa
Ninth Page Classifieds Mention Lost Items and Help Wanted
Linsa Advertisements announces new inner ads on page nine listing a missing poodle, lost diamond brooch, lost fraternity pin, and a general help wanted note. It also mentions furnished and unfurnished rooms for rent, and several job wants including cook machinist and cabinet maker. The notice urges readers to read all liners on the ninth page.
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Cook
Eden
Diabolical Killing of Ellen Copperhaver Details Emerged
A sensational report describes the murder of Ellen Copperhaver on September 8, 190, by her husband. The account portrays the act as deliberate and remorseless, noting the husband lured her with a loving demeanor before the fatal shot.
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Ellen Copperhaver
Indianapolis Wife Shot by Jealous Husband in Montpelier
Coppenhaver, driven by jealousy after a three year marriage, killed his wife in her father's yard, then calmly contacted police from Noblé and Michigan. He taunted officers at the station and claimed insanity as his defense. He was sent to the prison north after months of confinement.
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Coppenhayer
Montpelier
Ind
Indianapolis
Jesse Ferguson
N. Davidson
Coppenhaver
Paddy
Caoppenhaver
Noblé
Michigansts
Davidson St
Hull
Criminal Court
North
Els
Robbers Loot Express Car Near Hammond to Rochester
Robbers entered an Erie express car at Hammond and looted it, throwing undesired packages along the road to Rochester. A following freight train spotted the packages and alerted officers at Bentonville. Two robbers hid behind large packages as police found others with valuables and one robber was captured later in a lumber yard.
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Rochester
Ind
Erie
Hammond
Roschester
Bintington
Geome
Watch Giveaway Offer from The Sun Office
A Sun office promotion promises a free gold watch to anyone who secures 25 newspaper subscribers starting next Monday. No paper delivery required, just recruit. first five boys and five girls in Indianapolis who succeed receive a five dollar gold piece.
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SUN
Indianapolis
Smuggling Ring Probed as Inspectors Seize Goods in Albany
Treasury department inspectors probe an alleged smuggling combine bringing rugs diamonds furs and other prohibited articles from Canada into the United States. Several valuable items have been seized and are now at the local customs house.
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Alhany
N. Y
Treasury Department
United States
Canada
Contented Is Young Moses Fowler Chase at Norways
Moses Fowler Chase the demented Lafayette heir arrived in Indianapolis at 1:30 a m and was taken to Dr Sterne's sanitarium on Tenth Street. His father Frederick S. Chase accompanied him. the doctor declined to discuss the case. The patient is said to be comfortable and contented at the retreat near Norways.
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Moses Fowler Chase
Lafayette
Fowler
Ind
Indianapolis
Dr. Steme
I. Tenth St
Young Chase
Frederick S. Chase
Little North St
Holtook Storage Company
Norways
Young Mhase
Norwa
Sterne
Mr. Chang
Young Chare
Varways
Mayor Visits Pesthouse and Talks 1054 Smallpox Patients
Piltsburg, Pa. June 12. Mayor Hays wore a rubber robe as he visited the municipal hospital housing smallpox patients. He spoke with each inmate offering encouragement. After an hour he was disinfected and vaccinated at the safety department building.
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Piltsburg
Hays
Safety Department
Auto chases dog injures boy in Indianapolis case
An automobile northbound on Thursday night struck Robert Hanson at Bellefontaine and Seventeenth streets, bruising him as drivers pursuing a dog allegedly rode on the wrong side. Police seek the auto bearing N. M. VW. Separately, brakeman R. J. Fisher of Big Four, Amo, was crushed between a boxcar and a building during a switching incident and hospitalized at St. Vincent.
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Robert Hanson
Co W. Hanson
Bellefontaine
Seventeenth-sts
N. M. VW
R. J. Fisher
Iiring
Amo
Indianapolis
St. Miacente Hospital
Slew 10 With the King and Queen of Servi
London dispatch reports Belgrade Friday afternoon that 170 people are dead. The king and queen were secretly buried in the old cemetery to avert demonstrations. Queen Draga’s sisters were initially listed among the dead. The assassins were treated leniently in Belgrade.
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London
Belgrade
Queen Draga
Fridar
Arinie
Ten Thousand Min Locked Out In Pittsburg Strike
Ten thousand men are idle due to a lockout initiated by master builders to force a settlement of a dispute among rival unions. The lockout has caused near stagnation in building trades and is expected to spread next week, impacting more than forty nine thousand workers.
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Pittsburg
Dse
Jail Riot Averted by Timely Discovery
A sheriff at Fort Leavenworth era discovered dirks revolvers and razors hidden in prison mattresses Thursday by inmates bound for Leavenworth. The finding halted a planned large escape attempt as authorities searched each prisoner and cell for further weapons.
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Sheri
Metzger
Fort Leavenworth
Kay
Two Men Arrested in Furnishings Theft Case
Theodore Deltz Jr of 18 North Street is under arrest charged with stealing several dollars’ worth of gentlemen’s furnishings from Shaw & Vinson. James Preston, a friend, is charged with receiving stolen goods. Preston wore a gaudy cinther suit and a four inch cap at the time of arrest.
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Theodore Deltz, Jr
B. North St
Shaw & Vinson
James Preston
Deltz
Preston
Still Another Mysterious Disappearance Reported
The mysterious disappearance of John Fredericks at 48 W. Twenty- eighth street is reported to the police. He left two weeks ago to go to work and has not returned. He left all belongings at the Udell home. No sightings have been made. Forecasts for Indiana, Illinois, and Kentucky predict rising temperatures and possible frost in Michigan and northern Ohio.
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John Fredericks
Edna
Udell
Frederick
Indianapollo
Vicin- Sky
Indiana
Iillhole
Kentucky
Michigan
Ohio
General Strike Shuts Down Chicago Hotels and Restaurants
Chicago at 2 a.m. June 1 saw a citywide general strike of restaurant and hotel workers. Committees from waiters, cooks, wait staff, and misc employees ordered strikes across large hotels and outlying districts. Some establishments locked out cooks and bartenders while elevators stalled with guests dining on chafing dishes and seafood. The Palmer House and Kinskey’s were scenes of arbitration rejection. the executive council deposed President George W. Walton amid allegations of bribery and negotiations with labor leaders. The strike disrupted major hotels including Del Prado, Chicago Beach, Holland, Windermere, Hyde Park, Kenwood, Louvre, Innes, Tayden, Alabama, Colorado, Hayes, Ellis Park, Oakland, and Scholls. No violence reported. workers faced long climbs as service collapsed and provisions ran scarce.
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Chicago
Frida
Mteirth
Jack Mutineie
Palmer House
Kinsky’s
George W. Walton
Ween
Lise Ruiney
Foamion
Delbrads
Chicago Beach
Holland
Venduns
Windermare
Hyde Park
Kenwood
Louvre
Innes
Tayden
Alabama
Colofal
Hayes
Ellis Park
Oakland
Scholls
Clubmoen
Acre
Hope
Mem
Mystery double murder ends in suicide in King home
Mrs. Sarah King and James Dumas were found dead at the King residence on Pratt Street after a suspected homicide and suicide. Neighbors recall a dull thud earlier and Alice King found the bodies. Dumas had threatened death by his own hand over a forbidden relationship, with police deeming the act premeditated.
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Sarah i
King
Ea Joy R. King
James
Dumas
Wit
Pratt St
Amit
Númahors
Alice King
Duras
Mrs. King
Barr in Custody for Murder Confession at Elizabethtown
Meade Barr, a reader of five cent novels, is believed by friends to have confessed in detail to the murder of Eugene Burke, a Black man. Arrested at Elizabethtown, he reportedly boasted of the crime. Barr previously faced dynamiting and theft records but served little jail time. His case was continued in police court Friday amid fragmented notices and local ads.
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Meade Barr
Eugene Burke
Barr
Hat Thin
Elizabethtown
North Vernon
Federal judge rules coal road contracts privileged evidence
Federal judge Lacomb ruled that contracts between coal carrying roads and naley agents are privileged documents, barring the Interstate Commerce Commission from compelling production. The decision also upholds the Reading Company and other witnesses refusals to answer questions on business conduct.
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New York
Lacomb
Naley
Baer
Reading Company
Illinois coal dealers found guilty in conspiracy trial
In Chicago during the recent famine strain, all members of the Nicnois coal dealers association indicted for conspiracy in restraint of trade were found guilty. On Friday they were fined $500 each. Similar penalties, $100 fines, were upheld for members of the Retail coal dealers association of Illinois and Wisconsin after denied motions for a new trial.
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Chicago
Nicnois Coal-Dealers’ Association
Retail Coal Dealers’ Association of
Illinois
Wisconsin
South Side Residents Seek Assembly Hall for School No
South side residents plan to appeal to the school board to improve School No. 5 on Virginia Eve and add an assembly hall. The project began during the recent school commencement. Citizens fear the area lags behind others in hosting school officer and civic gatherings. a strong effort is expected to secure the improvement with Principal C W Stone joining Columbia College in New York and Lett Ett joining as support.
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Virginia
C. W. Stone
Will Jo
Columbia College
New York
Lett
E.tt. Itv
Miron, Md
Aetna Reserves Seek Local 1-Year-Old Team Games
GAMES WANTED The Aetna Reserves seek a game with any 1-year-olds in the city. Call and phone Math 184. The United States Specials defeated the Postemics clerks by 210. Fitzgeralds praised as the crack amateur pitcher of the city. Semi-professional teams may apply. Address EB Short 616 N Amruet. T P A Convention closes sine die after electing officers. A grand ball at the German Reuss tops a day of parade and pageantry.
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Aetna
United States
Fitzgeralds
W. Short
N. Alnamuet
Ciy
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