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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1908
Page
2
Albert H. Murray fires two shotgun blasts at youths he says stole fruit. Donald Russell, 12, was hit in the chest. Mary Welch was struck in the arm. Bicycle Officers Mullin and Stewart arrest Murray as boys deny theft and run toward a river swim.
Evansville Ind June 24 Harry Simmons 35 last night killed his wife and fled. The murder followed the wife's discovery of her husband's infidelity.
Three hundred Indianapolis Sun newsboys were guests at the Grand Opera House for two shows. They sat in good balcony seats and were treated as princes by management. Navy department uniformed attaches watched Life at Sea films praised by Uncle Sam. Local recruiting officers helped stage the noisy boxing, hocko, and vaudeville acts featured with the films.
Cleveland dies after gastro intestinal and liver troubles culminate in heart failure. President Roosevelt and Secretary Taft expressed condolences. Born March 8 1837 in Caldwell New Jersey he rose from clerk and teacher to lawyer president. Notable acts include tariff for revenue only and a record of 115 vetoes.
The account tracks Grover Cleveland from his 1845 move to Buffalo via the Erie Canal to his rise as attorney, sheriff, mayor, governor, and president. It highlights his vetoes, Democratic victories, key policy acts, and controversial decisions, including Hawaii, Chicago strikes, the Sherman silver purchase, and the Venezuela arbitration, ending with his later years in Princeton and writing.
Cincinnati June reports Col J H Woodard known as Jayhawker veteran journalist and election prophet died at his Madisonville home from heart disease aged 64 He was born in Attica Indiana and gained fame predicting Indiana campaigns of 1884 and 1888 He worked as Huntington's private secretary and later in Indianapolis city garbage contracts Woodard helped promote an interterminal railroad in Cincinnati and founded the Society of Online Policy Holders in Life Insurance Companies He was a friend of Roosevelt and had wide political connections with senators and congressmen.
Harry A Massey thirty one, of 1644 EL Palmer street, shot himself through the heart at his home Tuesday night after a year long battle with alcohol. He asked his wife for water as she returned she heard the pistol shot. Massey had locked himself in the bedroom. The family had moved here from Bloomington.
Frank Siltz of New Albany was convicted of grand larceny in Desoto Missouri for stealing a room mate William Gelbachs watch and fifty dollars during a Desoto hotel stay. Siltz will serve three years in Jefferson City prison with eight months already served deducted. Gelbach returned home after pursuing the case.
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