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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1910
Page
3
In Anderson Indiana judge's bench guards a shotgun and a baseball bat once kept beside a bed to guard a rumored $40,000 gold pot. The suit against Joseph Beatson seeks its value, claiming the pot existed and was not mythical. Susan B English testifies the old man hid money about the house and filled her lap with gold pieces in past years.
Anderson Indiana June 16 Frank Stretch 35 of Pana Illinois was killed by an Indiana Union Traction car near Portville. He slept beneath an orchard tree beside the track and when the car neared he rose and stood on the ties facing the oncoming vehicle. He was believed half asleep and employed in a Big Four construction gang.
Kokomo Indiana June 15 Acting under orders of Mayor Puckett liquor that caused five men named Jake Brown R D McCoy Joe Watkins Ralph Morrison and Ed Cooper to get tipsy was poured into the sewer at police headquarters. A crowd watched as the bottles disappeared into a hole in the basement city hall.
In Ind, June 18, a week after their wedding, Altha Arbuckle Douglas seeks a divorce in circuit court. The husband sent a final note saying the marriage felt like a dream and he would not speak against her, asking her to return to her parents in Kokomo for a few days.
In Rushville Indiana on June 15 a bolt of lightning struck the home of Mr and Mrs Pete Hill in Falmouth. It raced down the chimney into a room then through transoms to another area, tearing a screen door and damaging the door sill. The Hills were prostrated by the shock and their ill son suffered a nervous shock from the event.
Greencastle Ind June 15 The Bows of the American Revolution unveiled a bronze tablet listing revolutionary soldiers buried in Putnam county. The tablet is mounted in the courthouse corridor. D M Parry, president of the Indiana Society Sons of the American Revolution, delivered the unveiling speech.
Sophia Lenz, six, daughter of Julius Lenz, died after being struck by a moving auto driven by Charles East in Anderson Indiana. East reported traveling under ten miles per hour when the accident occurred. the wheel rested on the child’s neck as the car Joyed forward, leading to her death.
Evansville area suffers flood losses with 1800 acres of corn under water and total losses exceeding 45000 dollars. River falls from 30 feet but lands will not dry for two to three weeks. Damage from Bragansville to Shawneetown nears 300000, about 10000 acres submerged.
Wabash College held its seventy second commencement at Assembly Hall on June 15. Dr. George L. Mackintosh conferred Bachelor of Arts on 41 graduates. Honorary degrees went to Ralph Wilks Warry Anderson Charles Lehman Fred Vordice George H. Tapy Robert Winter Roy Cumins Homer J. Davidson Miki Karasawa Yamaguashi Henry Little Frank Hood Albert D. Thomas.
In Kokomo Indiana on June 15 Mack Thomas, sentenced by his own request to 20 days in the county jail for drunkenness, petitioned Mayor Puckett for release. He is the sole prisoner as the jail awaits June days and a large capacity remains unused.
New York report says Frank Jay Gould, sixth child of Jay Gould, plans to renounce residence in America and settle in Paris. He aims to become a prominent playwright and theater manager and to challenge William K. Vanderbilt for French turf supremacy.
Terre Haute Ind June 15 Opinion divides over painter J W Holmes as his own press agent or a grievance against the Terre Haute Indianapolis and Eastern traction company He ran an ad calling for an open debate with Superintendent Nash on Why Dont We Get Service Holmes could not be found and Nash had no comment wondering about a date Holmes missed
In Peru Indiana on June 15 Robert J Loveland carried his infant son John Ellis Loveland when they fell on a stairway. The baby suffered a broken leg and a greenstick fracture from the fall. The father sustained a large bump on the head. A physician diagnosed a green stick fracture likely caused by the infant’s weight on its leg during the fall.
Indiana report details Dr. Nelson Ledbetter mapping wildlife on the continental divide in Mexico. He notes three bears, four leer lions, two ivory-billed woodpeckers, and remarks on the threatened extinction of the altitos woodpecker species.
Gary Indiana June 15 workmen crowd Broad way as 500 Arabs in desert dress march past in a fake caravan for a Chicago movie company plan to film Bedouin attack on a caravan in the Gary sand dunes. The camels are real but the rest is a staged scene for a moving picture.
Special to The Sun from Terre Haute Indiana reports Judge Batt dismissing Gladdis Schaefer, 20, after finding no law to punish her suicide attempt. He coldly remarks that the river remains, inviting her to go jump in if she wishes, before she accepts no charges.
Evansville Ind June 13 The Indiana Bankers association secretary Andrew Smith of Indianapolis condemned the postal savings bill at a meeting of bankers from the First and Second districts. He argued the law favors urban centers, drains western money, and demands a unified opposition to the measure with a solid compact group.
Gary Indiana June 14 Ralph Snyder son of H P Snyder publisher took out a license to wed Miss Frith Gertrude Turner of Urbana in Lima Ohio Tuesday The two will marry here Wednesday where Snyder is managing editor of a lively evening daily The romance began and flourished in the editorial rooms Miss Turner doing society while Snyder managed the plant
Miss Mollie Bandy of Indianapolis, visiting Thomas Cline’s family at Reelsville, attempted self harm Monday by jumping from a car into a creek. Two fishermen rescued her. Authorities believe grief over a love affair caused temporary derangement.
Special to The Sun from Winchester Indiana on June 15 bees have occupied a hollow log intended as a home for squirrels near the courthouse lawn. The long-tailed critters have largely ignored the log since warm weather began while residents offer peanuts from a lawn bench. The question remains what will happen when cold weather returns and shelter is needed.
Connersville Ind June 14 The Wil McJiwain disappearance mystery ended Tuesday when a telegram from the Wiks lodge New York said Mellwain, a young traveling salesman, was found there with a blank mind and unable to recall events. Worry is blamed for the incident.
Bloomington Indiana June 15 James Edward Ford a Unionville farmer faces a murder trial next week for killing neighbor Frank McCoy during a woodchopping on Thanksgiving Day 1907 This will be Ford s third trial with prior juries split eight to convict and nine to convict each time
Leading farmers in this Indiana county report wheat ripening well and harvest likely by July. Hay prospects are poor due to winter frost damaging grass. A local buyer expects hay at about 20 dollars per ton.
Special to The Saw. Winchester Indiana June 11. David Summers has a cherry tree bearing five kinds of cherries from grafts made last fall. He also owns a plum tree that holds one limb with four small branches, 187 plains.
In Portland Indiana on June 15 Wesley Milligan Jr 4 shows a nickel to onlookers then the meanest man offers two pennies for the coin. The boy returns home to his mother with the two small coins and the incident ends.
Franklin Indiana June 15 The twelfth annual reunion of the Old Academy Boys will be held Thursday. The Old Academy was Franklin s first institution of learning. A mammoth open air dinner and a fish fry are annual features.
In Winona Lake Indiana on June 15 the Kosciusko County Republican convention nominated Jesse Eschbaugh for state representative George Hamlin for recorder C C Longnecker for clerk W Mock for auditor Kinthell for sheriff Charles Kelly for coroner and H V Lehman for prosecutor advancing a full slate for county offices.
Mrs. R. F. Hudson wife of a local grocer stepped from the curb into a sewer man hole Tuesday. She suffered bad bruises but no broken bones. Four men rescued her from the pit.
Waldr on Indiana June 15 The town is seeking a mad dog reported to be headed their way. The animal had bitten its owner James Wagner and scratched Charles Miller who are undergoing Pasteur treatment in Indianapolis. The pursuing dog is said to have been bitten by the Wagner dog.
Kokomo Indiana June 15 A 14 year old boy Joas Miller son of S F Miller a farmer ran away after saying there is no fun in that kind of work He left Thursday and has not been seen since He told his brother he wanted to see the world and hated farming
In Bedford Indiana on Tuesday a mother opossum drowned herself and two young as a man approached. David Fuller and his son witnessed the scene at Leatherwood creek’s Mouon bridge. Wildlife expert Bob Wicker notes animal suicide occurs among water dwellers under stress.
Two persons were slightly injured when two Highland Park street cars collided in Des Moines Iowa on Wednesday morning.
Wabash Ind June 15 Mike Graston longtime Big Four agent and later district passenger and freight agent for Indiana Union Traction company has been appointed general manager in charge of the Indianapolis Newcastle and Toledo line.
Andrews Ind June 15. Marshal Schenefelt loses salary from 30 to 15 dollars monthly after town board calls his bluff. He threatened to resign and sue for 30 dollars monthly dating from January 1, 1910.
Kokomo Indiana June 15 tag day has been announced for June 25 to benefit the local Humane Society. The event calls for residents to participate by placing tags on donated items and contributing to the society's work.
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