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Newspaper

Indianapolis Sun

Location

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Jun 23, 1893

Page

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Confessed murderer Henderson tells all at hospital

Lor Henderson, an ex convict from Haughville, admits killing John Tarpey in Shaw's saloon on May 31 after a confrontation with four men. He describes the raid, his flight to Mrs Rafferty's, and subsequent arrest by Detectives McGuff and Thornton, while seeking spiritual counsel and hoping for mercy.

Lor Henderson John Tsrpey Shaw Haughville Ind Indianapolis South Side Henderson Delossst McGuff Thornton John Tarpey Rafferty W. Washington St Tarpey Corhan Splan Itis Washington St Colbert Jon Henderson Tipton County Lon Reform School Slig Jion Henderson D Henderson Supt Turnkey Tatle Mer

Bank Runs Fail to Spark Panic in San Francisco

San Francisco on June 28 reports banks prepared for runs after the Pacific bank suspension and the potential failure of the People's home savings bank. Despite crowds at openings, officials urge calm as deposits and reserves are cited. The Pacific bank fails with 1 million capital and 700 thousand reserve. it expects to resume. People's home savings bank, with 1 million capital and 1 million 700 deposits, may not survive without support. Additional suspensions noted in New Viatcom and Paris with the Catar act bank in NyraGara County.

San Francisco Pacific Bank People’s Home Savings Bank McDonald New Viatcom First National Bank NyraGara Paris

Democratic Meeting Weighs Repeal Of City Convention Plan

Sullivan faction moves Friday to repeal executive committee decisions on delegate plan and July 11 convention date. Downing and Sullivan factions brace for a fight as GOP pension disputes flare with local politicians blaming administration. Gowdy visits. resignation rumors swirl around city committee secretary Bookwalter.

City Democratic Committee Hendricks Club Downing Sullivan U. S Ensley Lochren

Bound Himtand And Foot An Express Messenger on a Rock Island Train

An armed robber boarded the Rock Island west bound express at 7:45 pm and bound Messenger Spear hand and foot after forcing him to write a note. He escaped with $85 at Union Pacific crossing, leaving Beatrice before discovery.

Rock Island St. Yester Messenger Spear Tompkins Spear Union Pacific Crossing Beatrice

IHH RACHS Annual July Race Meet at Indian Apoligan Club

The annual race meet of the Indian apoligan fvying club begins July 4 and lasts four days. By noon Friday 140 horses were entered, with expectations to reach 150. Entries show entrants from Tennessee to Kentucky, signaling strong regional interest. Secretary Kennedy notes likely large attendance and affirms the club will not sell gambling privileges nor tolerate immoral features seen last year.

Indianapoligan Fvying Club Tennessee Iowa Missouri Ohio Illinois Pennsylvania Kentucky F. Kennedy Indianapolis

Poem Envisions Weather Forecast for Indiana

A poetic forecast imagines warmer, fair weather returning to Indiana. The piece personifies a verse machine turning out a taking rayine to foretell uplift after a storm. It frames a shift from cold, stormy skies to regained warmth and sunlit skies.

Indiana

Parrots Arrive Soon at Schrader's Bird Shop

Parrots expected in a few days at Schrader's, 740 Washington Street. Early calls invited for selection among four talking varieties.

Schrader's Washington St

ELOPED WITH PAULINE MARKHAM IN ARIZONA AFFAIR

New York June 23 The evening Sun prints an unverified tale that Col Fred C Ainsworth chief of pension records at the War Department who faced blame for the Ford theater disaster eloped with Pauline Markham at Fort Whipple Arizona in 188% They hid in a cabin and fled to New York where after three months he deserted her and later married another woman He denies the elopement saying he never ran away with anyone.

New York Evening Sun Fred. C. Ainsworth Pension Division The War Department Ford Pauline Markham Fort Whipple Ariz Ainaworth Miss Markham Fort Prescott Martin van Buren McMahon Col. Ainsworth Ainsworth Arizona Black Crook” Company

Remarkable 75 Gall Stones Found in Mrs Dean Case

Medical officers report an autopsy revealed seventy five gall stones in Mrs Dean stomach. Capsules prescribed by a local minister caused distress and arsenical poisoning symptoms. Stones are small eighty shapes and colors, to be exhibited in a medical museum. An analysis will follow. Military count dissolved as President appoints revenue collectors and other posts.

Dean Dr. George Medical Museum

Street Paving Ordered by Public Works Board

The board of public works approved brick paving on Michigan street between Blake and West streets and grading and graveling Weat street 368 feet north from Wisconsin. A petition for asphalt on Delaware street between Fourteenth and Sixteenth streets was granted with a desire to extend further north. Ongoing complaints cite poor sprinkling and cleaning of streets.

Board of Public Works Michigan-st Blake West-sts

Man Hangs Self in Indiana Yard

Wanasa June 23 Aged 50 Peru resident Wn Thompson hanged himself Friday morning from a tree in his back yard. Family found the body at 8 o'clock. Temporary aberration of mind cited. He leaves a widow and two children.

Wanasa Ind Thompson Peru

Fragmented notices list names and deaths from several causes

A ragged list records deaths by morphine poison meningitis heart failure and diseases for many individuals including Anais Y Tergensiner 30 Jan Miller 223 Wendling Halbleib 40 Kittie Kerins 71 Effie Smith 3 Linnie Tyler 13 Ethel Misher 2% months and Elsie Machold 11 days Also marriages licenses between Wilson T Handy and Edith A Trees Oliver H Richardson and Elsie J Wichard Alexander R Posey and Irene Bagby and David J Scroggins and Cora Blanche Wamsley plus various household partnerships and relations.

Brratus Dlewson Mrs. Pettit John Viola Ray Clark Laura Crittenden Birs. McMorrow Plinga Collins Jan, Miller John Taylor Martin White Wendling Halbleib Kittie Kerins Effie Smith Linnie Tyler Ethel Misher Elsie Machold Mrs Jane Green Wilson T. Handy Edith A. Trees Oliver H. Richardson Elsie J. Wichard Alexander R. Posey Irene Bagby David J. Scrog Ggins Cora Blanche Wamsley

Attention Mothers Hat for Boys at Dalton's Bates House Hut

Mothers urged to buy a geod arrow hat for their boys at Dalton's Bates House Hut Store located Lor 25 geats.

Dalton’s Bates House Hut

Brightwood Hatchet Attack Leaves Wounded Man Uncertain

William Kline lay unconscious after a brutal hatchet assault in Brightwood on Thursday night. Neighbors and family describe a bloody scene as doctors fought to save him while investigators weigh murder theories and possible suspects near the home.

William Kline Brightwood

Thre Two Murderers Portraits By Jail Photography

The article describes Parker and McAfee, condemned murderers, and how amateur caricaturists could not find photos of them. Luke Power of Marceau and Power used a low light camera at the jail to photograph the prisoners for Tuy Sun, with Tim Sen producing the artwork.

Parker McAfee Sun Luke Power Marceau & Power Tuy Sun Tim Sen

Collision at Sea Sinks Victoria Affects British Navy

London reports the British battleship Victoria sunk after a collision with Camperdown off Tripoli. Four hundred lives lost, including Vice-admiral Sir George Tryon. Camperdown damage minor. rescue efforts ongoing as officials confirm the disaster.

London Tripoli George Tryon Camperdown Charles Johnstone Victoria Kane Victoria Shea Mediterranean Hhe Albert H. Markham Admiralty Syria Maits Loxbox Tryon Morris Lieut Munro Rickcord Iarding Deadman Hatherly Seaton Guunner Tower Barnard Beall Ingle Grieve Fawkes Lanyon Henley Gambien Scarlet Allen Savage Beyroot Cyprus Loxpoyx Maurice Rourke Charles L. Ottley Ottley Fellecome Bourke Admiralty Board House of Commons Gladstone Soula

Hay Fire at Virginia Avenue Corner

Firefighters responded Friday around 10 30 for a hay load owned by Irvin Hensley burning on the street at the Virginia avenue and South streets corner. Hay scattered, horses unhitched and unharmed, with claims the blaze resulted from firecrackers or an electric wire.

Virginia-ave. and South-sts Irvin Hensley

Fine Day at the Fair in Cascado

Pleasant weather drew a large crowd to the Cascado fair on Friday. The St Paul St Louis and Minneapolis choruses joined in music hall while women’s amateur clubs met in festival hall. The Wisconsin exhibit opened and several employees were laid off after July 1. Congressman Metchier Dies at 62 in Easton Pa after seven terms in Congress.

Cascado St. Paul St. Louis Minneapolis Music Hall Women’s Festival Hall Wisconsin Metchier Easton

Railroad Conductor Recalls Harsh Journey and Recovery

An aged railroad conductor recounts a rough passage marked by billows and tears, describing illness, a lean period, and eventual recovery after taking Simmons Liver Regulator. The note ends with the signature A. H. Hieniowsa, conductor.

Simmons A. H. Hieniowsa C. H.R. Qa

Ungrateful Mr Dowling The Cadi Rewards Quiet Action

The court fined James Dowling five hundred dollars and sentenced him to six months in the workhouse on a wife beating charge. He was released on a suspended sentence with instruction to treat his wife kindly. The case was kept quiet until renewed political tensions surfaced after his nomination opposition.

Cadi James Dowling Council Dowling

Vile letters to Mass city officials over Borden case

Mass city officials receive vile letters denouncing their role in the Borden case. Arrests likely. Lizzie Borden received 200 congratulatory letters Friday, and the two sisters drew many visitors during the day.

Riven Mass Borden Lizzie Borden

New rockers at Wim. L. Hitler's

Dyeing and Cleaning Smith's dye works operates at 67 N. Pennsylvania Street offering dyeing and cleaning services with new rockers available at the Wim. L. Hitler's location.

New Rockers Wim. L. Hitler Smith’s Dye Works Pennsylvania-st

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